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?DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN.THY CAUSE."
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MAY 12,1905. NO. 2K >0 .
VOL. XXX,
AFRICAN COTTON
Claimed that It Can bc Succ?s
* fully Qrown There.
I SOME LARGE CLAIMS.
Aa Undertaking Which it Is Said, Shows
that Colton Can Bc Qrown in Africa
as Easily as in This Favored
Section of the United
States.
DIreotor of the Mint George E.
Roberts has just received a letter
from Leigh Hunt, the noted Ameri
can capitalist and explorer, who is
engaged in opening up an extensive,
area in the Soudan to the raising of
cotton, in which Mr. Hunt says his
experiments in the employment of
American negroes in thc Soudanese
cotton fields have been successful.
About a year ago, Mr. Hunt took a
dosen skilled cotton growers from
Tuskegee to Africa for thc purpose
of testing their value in raising cot
ton and his experiment attracted
much notice at thc time. He has de
olded now to take over several times
as many as in hts original experiment.
He arrived in New York a few days
ago en rouce to Tuskegee and lt was
from New York he wrote Mr. Rob
erts. He expects to reach Washing
ton in a bhort time, on his return
from Tuskegee, and as lie and Secre
tary Wilson of the department of
agriculture are great personal friends,
he will doubtless have much to say to
the seoretary and to the experts In
cotton growlug in the department,
about the method of cotton raising
pursued in the Soudanese region.
Mr. Hunt writes Mr. Roberts not
only that he is pleased with the
American negroes as c olton gr iwers,
but that they themsilves are greatly
pleased with the climate and sur
roundings Into which they have been
taken. His object lu gelling skilled
American negroes is nub entirely on
account of their own worth in the
growing of cotton, but also to have
them teach the Egyptian natives how
to do this work. He will have this
in mind in making his selections of
the next list of tu? e who are to ac
company him on his return. He de
sires to have negroes who have been
technically educated In coltan grow
ing and he will avail himself of tho
v-eorausel^Bookei- T." Wttm'ingt?ifTn
getting men of the right sjrt.
Of this experiment in transporting
American negroes to the Soudan, Mr.
Hunt says:
"Thus far there is certainly no
cause for disappointment. The ne
groes in our employ are technically
educated men, good workers and their
influence on tue natives is the best.
However, it looks as if the prevailing
opinion that the Egyptian fellaheen
'ls averse from migrating to the Upper
?Ile is wrung If he does take kindly
io the Souflun, it means that Lord
Gromer's dream will be realized and
-the Soudan will become the outlet for
the overllow of E.; y pt, in which event
my colored ci uuirymen must meet a
orceful rival."
Mr. Hunt, as the result of the p-'St
sears's experience lu the Upper Nile
country, ls convino d it bas great ag
ricultural possibilities. Sugar cane
and cotton, he says, are certainties
while wheat and barley may bj de
pended upon as fur south as thu Blue
Nile. Tobacco is prohibited, although
Mr. Hunt thinks lite region ideal for
tobacco culture. Vegetables do well,
but lt will take time to determine
what can be done with fruit.
''Our experiments in cotton," tays
Mr. Hunt, "snow a larger yield pjr
acre then Egypt produces and quality
quite up to the best American. He
sides the Egyptian varieties will do as
well as in Egypt If planted early, but
early planting involves the question
of water at low Nile, which is thc
problem of the future Water ls ev
erything. The railway line connect
ing Sheikh Barghut on tin: lt d Sea
with Darner on iii : Nile will bc com
pleted in June, 19116, if no unexpected
interruptions occur. Then the door
which hitherto ha? been cit sod on
that great country will swing wide
open for tile e?a of commercial peace
and prosperity, lt is doubtful if the
full meaning of this new chapter In
the redemption of Ibu .Soudan is very
generally understood."
Mr. Bunt Iras traveled extensively
in the far East and has large interests
in Korea, lu fae:, lie went from
Korea about the time the war was
beginning and went l o Egypt m pur
suance ot an arrangement with the
Soudanese, government to superintend
cotton growing on a large tract be
tween Berber aid Suakiii which he
bought from the govemnoe .1. On ac
count of Iiis personal familiarity with
the conditions at the seat of war, Mr.
Hunt's Ideas on Hie subject are valua
ble. He sajs the after results of-lt
will be yaluablo for all nations but
Germany. That country among out
side intluences, he says, is regarded a:
second only to the ll issu Chinese
bankin bringing it about. Japan
will readily forgive France, for she
looks on France as au lion rabie and
chivalrous ally of Russia, hut she will
never forgive tho meddling of Ger
many. Thc success of Japanese arms
means new aud better iii;; to Korea
-and China, Mr. Hunt luliaves. Now
that Japan ki.o AS lier strength, he
says, she will give to her neighbor a
strong guiding hand, which will mean
that "China'ssuperb natural resources
and incomprehensible wcaltii and
power of her cheap labor are fact.irs
to be reckoned with in the future.
With her extensive iron and coal de
posits and cheap labor you ein safely
count on rapid progress. 1 do not in
the least believe in tue yellow peril
unless lt be the synonym of progress
lu China. But why should the pros
perity of China be sacn ticed to satisfy
the indecision of tlie powers? Jana
nese progress seems tu point to peace
rather than war, for there is little
doubt that the future controlling
combination of the world will he
England, France, Italy and Japan.
?S for the United States, we shall
have our hands full at home looking
after our Socialists unless our repub
lic rides safely through the storm
that is now gathering. The impor
tant issue here ls simply this: Shall
a few rich men, by and with the con
sent of the senate, dominate' the
United States, or shall President
Roosevelt by and with the help of
the people prevail in his light against
corporate greed?"
GEN. FITZ HUGH LEE
Tho Northern Papers Speak Highly
of tho Dashing Cavalryman.
The death of Fitzhugh Lee is the j
occasion for the expression of sympa- j
tbctio and appreciative opinion in the
press of the northern and eastern
States. Without exception, as far as |
we have seen, these papers have gen
erously availed themselves of an op
portunity to speak magnanimously
and justly of the dashing Confederate
cavalry leader who recognized no
enemy save those under a hostile
dag.
It was natural that the attitude of
Fitzhugh Lee should appeal strongly
to the best sentiment of the north as |
it did to the best sentiment of the
south. It was the attitude of a gal
lant tighter, who does his best and,
at the end of the struggle, returns as I
gallantly to the tasks of peace-tasks |
made more dilllcalt by defeat and loss.
In assuming this courageous position,
however, he was not the leader, as
one might infer from reading the eu
logies of him in the northern press.
Ile followed the lofty precept and ex
ample of his uncle, Robert E Lee,
and In this State the course advised
hy that great chieftain had already
been adopted by Gen. Wade Hamp
ton, who, indeed, needed no counsel
In any path of honor, of courage, or of
right conduct. In praising Fitzhugh
Lee's attitude, therefore, the praise
must be accepted, in principle, for
other leaders of the south in war and
in peace.
The New York Times said of Fitz
hugh Lee, the day ho died, but before
it knew of his death: "There ls no
man in the south, and no man in the
United States, who contributed more
than Fitzhugh Lee to form, after the
division of tue Civil war, a more per
fect union"
In an appreciation of Lee, the Phil
adelphia Public Ledger, after speak
ing of the "very important part played
by this patriotic man and competent
administrator in tho era of reconstruc
Mon," said:
Cleveland acted with great spirit
and wisdom in appointing this dis
tinguished son of the south and form
er Confederate ^ emeral successively
internal revenup,coll0"tn" in .'Virginia
?and consul"geefsrai at Havana-, &ud
President McKinley must have great
credit for his decision to retain this
Democrat at the important Havana,
post, aud particularly for appointing
him to be major general of volunteers
during the war with Spain, and
tinally, military governor of Havana
* * * Gen. Lee was thoroughly
"reconstructed," like his uncle, the'
Confederate military leader. Great
?soldier as was Robert E. Lee, his real
greatness-something of that large
ness of seul which we attribute toa
Washington-shone out conspicuously
in bia counsels and practices of peace
and good will, and ia his performance
of new duties for the upbuilding of the
Shattered south In a reunited country
almost from the day that the war was
over.
The New York Sun very gracefully
-aid: "Fitzhugh L-<e died a hero of
the whole American people. The il
lustrions nam; ; e hoie, typical of the
highest and purest American citizen
ship, is a proud national po.sses.sion.
lt is a name a most canon!/.:d at the
South, and at the north it is scarcely
!e?s honored, lt seems a far cry bick
to Appomattox when one reads such
sentiments in thc northern press.
The State.
i'j.Hi their Debts.
A meeting of thc advisory commit
tee which has been in charge since
October, mo:!, of the attains of the
banking houses of John L. Williams
A. Sons and J. William Middendorf &
(Jo., of Baltimore and Richmond, was
held Wednesday night. After the
meeting lt was announced that thc
debts of tho two firms had been paid
tn full with interest and the com
mittee had been dissolved. The two
houses bad obligations aggregating
more than $12,000,000 at the time of
their suspension Had they been
forced int i bmkruptcy at the time,
they would probably have paid twen
ty-live cents on tho dollar. Hut In
stead an advisory committee was
formed and under the supervision of
thc committee, thc two linns have
liquidated more than $10,000,000 of
their obligations. The Una) details
of their settlement called for a loan I
of 8000,000 on securities that the two I
linns desired to hold because of their
developing values. One firm with
Loudon clients offered to take thc
winde amount, several New York
houses also made Himilar tenders and
Baltimore financial institutions sub
scribed largely to the loan.
Search to Dentil.
The New York American says j
worry over a friend's jest ls said to be
responsible for the death of Let n
Kalin, proprietor of "Tile Old Home
stead," Union avenue and First street,
Mount Vernon, N. Y. Kahn, who was
forty-two years old, was a prominent
lodge man. He had not been sick in
twenty years. Saturday Kahn met a
friend, who during a joking conversa
Hon said: "Another white shirt will
tinish you." Tnat statement worried
Kahn. He asked at least two dozen
friends if he looked Bick. They said he
did not. That night Kahn was seized
with pains near the heart. Paralysis ( f j
the organ was the diagnosis. A few]
flours later the hotel man was dead.
President Fell Ue-Klcctcil.
Dr. ll. P. Pe'.l has been re elected
president of Converse College by the
hoard of trustees. In assuming tho
duties of president of this well-known
and popular Institution for women for
another year he will pursue lils well
known policy-that of working for
the success of the college, keeping up
its high standard of excellence, hold
ing in mind at all times everything
j that tends to the uplifting and dcvcl
! opment of womanhood.
A NOTED TRIAL.
The Alleged LynoherB of Eutawville
Will Face the Jury.
A. Short History or the Omni, That
Will bo Hoad With I moreat
by our Re adora.
Tho alleged Eutawville lynchers
will ba put on trial today, and the
trial will hist several days, as there are
a good many witnesses to be examined.
This case has excited considerable
comment all over the State, and a re
view of it no doubt would be read
with interest at this time. The so
called lynching was the assassination
of Keitt Bookbardt by parties un
known thc Tlh day of last July. The
negro had been put in jail on the tri
vial charge of having exchanged epi
thets with Henry Edwards. That
night the negro was taken from the
liimsy structure used for keeping
prisoners, and his body was found two
days later lu San tee river, having
floated and brought to the top a heavy
grate bar, which had been tied around
his body.
The body gave evidence of inhuman
treatment at the hands of fiends. Thc
ears had been cut off and there weie
other marks of violence to show In
what manner the murderers had tried
to degrade the body of their victim.
Gov. Hey ward's attention was directed
to the crime hy a letter from Mr. J.
D. Wiggins, magistrate at Eutawville,
who denounced tho murder and begged
Gov. Heyward to take some action.
Accordingly Gov. Ileyward requested
Solicitor Hildebrand to go to Eutaw
ville for thc Inquest. The Pinkerton
Detective agency was also communi
cated with and Inspector Demaio was
put on the ca^e. The investigation
resulted In the arrest, after three
months, of several white men of that
Bectlon.
These men were kept In custody at
the penitentiary until the 17th of De
cember, when a preliminary hearing
was held at St. George, Dorchester
county, Magistrate A. E. McCoy
presiding. The preliminary was held
at St. George because that point is
on the railroad and was as accessible
Eutawville and more accessible than as
Monk's Corner. With one exception
the prisoners were remanded to jail
to await trial. "Piney" Martin was
released, as he had bei:n arrested on
a warrant, Intended for "Penny"
Martin. The others indicated are:
Ileury C. Edwards, who confessed and
ls being used as the prosecution wit
ness.R.-:-;ens, the constable in
?huso "Custuily tins negro was on "the
hight of the lynching; J. II. Palmer,
policeman at Eutawville; Benny Mar
tin, Andrew Martin and Adger But
ler. The latter was released, as noth
ing could b? proved against him.
Toe crime was supposed to have oc
curred in B?rkeley county, and the
accused were taken to the Berkeley
county seat, Monck's Corner, where
they had bysn lying in jail since
last December until brought to Or
angeburg last week. But when the
case was called for trial at Monrk's
Corner in January, Solicitor Hilde
brand sprang a .surprise. De had had
Liic territory surveyed, and whiie it is
true that Eutawville is In Berkeley
county, still the place at which the
murder it alleged to har i been com
mitted is in Or ingeborg county. The
case ?vas thus transferred to this coun
ty in which there was not so much
personal feeling and interest. It is
probable that the defendants at
torney will make a motion to take
the ouse back tu B rkeley county.
Henry 10 I wards, who turned State's
evidence, and who will bi: one of the
principal witnesses against the ac
cused, was kept lu the Penitentiary
at Columbia since his arrest until last
week, when he was brought to Oran
gtburg under guard, lt seems that
tlie authorities were afraid he would
be treated with violence If scut to
the Berkeley jail and Imprisoned with
fite men he bad turned States evi
dence against. He admits his con
nection with the terrible affair,
but claims that the above named de
fendents were the principle actors in
the bloody drama. E lwards ls quite
a young man, and ls from anexcdlent
family. It will ho left for tba jury
charged with the duty of passing on
the case to say what credence there
is to be put In the evidence given by
Edwards. The caso will ha a hard
fought one, us there are able lawyers
on both sides. The defendants have
lawyeis from the Berkeley, D irehester
and Orangcburg bars to conduct their
case, and they will he most ably de
fended. Solicitor Hildebrand will rep
resent the State. He is an aole and
very successful official, and will have
no stone unturned to convict thone
cttsed of the crime he believes them
guilty of. If the defendants are guilty
we hope it will be made so plain that
noone can doubt it, and If they are
innocent we hope they will have a
speedy acquittal.-Times and Demo
crat.
Nu VOM a Train.
But for tho presence of mind and
natural intelligence of Nannie Gibson,
a sixteen year old barefoot mountain
girl, a mixed freight and passenger
train having Asheville Monday morn
ing, eastward bound, would in all prob
ability have been wrecked at Mud Cut
in the Blue Ridge mountains and sev
eral lives lost. Nannie Gibson lives
close to Mud Cut. That morning s ic
saw a great pile of rock and earth
slide on thc track at that place short
ly after a special train had passed,
and realizing that au engineer of an
eastward bound train would be unable
to see the slide in time to stop the
train and that there was Imminent
danger of loss of life and property,
she picked up a torpedo and running
up tito track some distance placod it
on the rail at tiic mouth of the tun
nel. Then hurrying back, she found a
red Hag, and again started up thc
track when she hoard the engine
whistle of the mixed train. As the
train came she waved the flag, thc en
gineer applied the brakes, and the
train came to standstill within less
than twerty steps of the slide. After
the girl child had told her story thu
passengers showered upon her coins,
amounting to many dollars.
Chicago Strikers Beat and Force
Negro Strike Breakers to
RUN FOR THEIR LIVES
Wherever Negroes Appeared It Wa* the
Signal for Furious Assault by
Strikers and Sympathizers. One
Mau Killed During the Day.
Scores Wounded.
The fighting in Chicago Wednesday
in the streets was more fierce than
the day before. The Btrlker3 and
their sympathizers attacked the non
union men at every opportunity, as
sailing them with bricks, stones,
clubs, knives and any and every other
offensive weapon upon whioh they
could lay their hands.
The fighting occurred in the heart
of the business section of the city,
men being shot down within 200 feet
of the retail Btore of Marshall Field
Co., or clubbed nearly to death at the
corner of the Auditorium hotel, in
plain view of hundreds of ladies, who
wore compelled to run from the. mob
to save their own lives.
In many instances men walking
along the streets who had no active
connection with the strike were as
saulted by hoodlums, who beat them
first and later accused them of being
strike breakers. A notable instance
of this kind was that of Rav. W. K.
Wheeler, pastor of the Ninth Presby
terian church who while passing the
?omer "of Desplalnes and Adams
streets on his way to the Pennsylvania
depot, was attacked by three men,
who knocked him down and beat him
unmercifully until the timely arrival
of the police saved him from critical
injury. Mr. Wheeler managed to
hold one of his assailants until the
police could arrest him.
William Miles, a colored waiter,
while at work in a lunch room at
Adams and Sangamon streets, a half
mlle, from any former scene of rioting
cluing the strike, was also a victim of
the strikers' fury, although he had no
connection whatever with tho trou
ble. He was accused of being p. strike
breaker, was pounded on the head
wi nh a billy, knocked down and tram
pled uiT*'. as was removed to-the
hospital, where ?is injuries'were " pro
nounced s?vere.
As far as kn jwn, but one man was
killed during the day. The list of in
jured is much greater than that
which it is possible to obtain. In
many cases thc nonunion men swung
their clubs with great effect; knocking
men from their wagons headlong Into
the street; in other instances, when
assailed by mobs, they fired point
blank into the crowds, and it ls diffi
cult to see how the members of the
mob could escape many broken heads
or how all the bullets fired during the ,
day should have ?one wild.
THE DEAD AND INJURED,
Cbarles Heard, struck on the fore- l
head in the light near the Auditorium
hotel. Ile died of a fractured skull at
the Mercy hospital, where he had
been taken.
The injured:
Pruno Germain, Naw York city
head cut.
Charles Moody, beat on the head
with caues by strikers, condition seri
ous.
John Blum, nonunion driver, struck
in the side with a brick, one rib bro
ken.
William Miles, colored walter, head
cut with billy, and trampled on.
Police Sergeant Barron, thrown
from patrol wagon while responding to
riot call, leg badly wrenched.
Martin Garray, nonunion man head
badly cut by billies In the hands of
strikers.
W. N. Brown, nonunion teamster,
struck by a bucket of cement thrown
from twelfth story of building at
Adams and State street; leg broken.
Policeman Edward Campton, struck
on head with a brick; severely cut.
Rev. W. Iv. Wheeler, beaten by
striker.^; face and head cut.
Henry Shultz, shot In left side by
nonunion teamsters; not serious.
Daniel Cohen, nonunion man struck
on head with a club.
William Burke, right hand lacerat
ed by brick.
William Hill, head and left shoul
der cut by stones.
A. B. Smith, nonunion man, face
cut with a stone.
Frank Emerson, nonunion man,
right hand smashed by heavy stone.
James Smith, nonunion man, struck
In the back by a stone; Injuries are
severe.
Albert Mcllvaine, shot In the back,
not. expected to live.
Hyde McDowell, shot in the left
hip.
William Bass, shot in the left leg
below the knee.
J. Erickson, shot In the right arm
above the elbow.
Louis Eisman, colored, struck on
the head with a brick in a tight at
Jackson boulevard and Halsted street.
William Davis, colored, nonunion
driver, head cut.
James Butler, colored, nonunion
driver, arm broken.
Andrew Scott, colored, nonunion
driver, head cut.
William Biggs, colored, nonunion
driver, head cut.
Frank Curry, leader of nonunion
men, struck on head hy a stone while
conducting wagons along Frankling
? street.
PIERCE FIGHT WITH SLUGGERS.
A. h. Utely door manager for Mont
gomery Ward & Co., attaoked by
sluggers on Oakenwald avenue.
Mr. IHoly, who has boen aotlvc in
the Interests of Ward & Co., since the
commencement of tho strike, was at
tacked by men who he thinks have
been following him for several days,
while passing a vavant lob in Oaken
w??ld avenue between Forty-fourth
and Forty-fi; h streets. The mon
knocked him down and kicked bim in
a terrible manner about tbe head and
face. He knocked one down with a
billy, and the others ran. Thinking
he had kill 3d his assailant, Utoly went
call an ambulance but when it arrived
the mau had eltber recovered and
ir'mr away, or bad been-carried oil by
his companions.
A hmm red colored men imported as
strike breakers by the Employing
Teaming Company struok today. The
negroes complained tbat they could
not protect themselves with- wooden
sticks or canes, which were being
furnished by the company. Tho col
ored men declared that the canes
however stout, could not give protec
tion against brloks, atones or similar
missiles. The men wanted revolvers.
Their request was refused.
Ono of the liveliest disturbances of
the day occurred within a block of the
Auditorium hotel. Shooting was re
sorted to by colored nonunion men to
day at Harrison street and Wabash
avenue. Three wagons, formerly
owned by the Edwin F. Daniels Coal
Company, were being driven south in
Wabash avenue. At the Harrison
street crossing a large crowd gathered
about the drivers and guards. Sticks,
tiling, broken bottles and other mis
siles striking the negroes.
NKUUO 8IIOOT8.
One of the colored guards, named
Carter, whipped out a revolver and
shot at Henry Schultz, who, it is al
leged, was approaching Carter.. The
bullet struok Schult/, in the left side.
He ran south in Wabash avenue for a
block before he fell. Th? crowd
thoroughly enraged at the action ol
the colored men quickly closed in up
on the non-unionists and beat them
thoroughly. A police call was sent
In and seventy policemen under In
spector Patrick J. Lavin hurried fcc
the scene and dispersed the crowd
with vigor: Schultz was taken to a
hospital Carter was arrested.
The bullet struck one of Schultz'.1
ribs. ' He will recover.
The shooting caused much excite
ment at the Auditorium. The wo
men became hysterical and rusher
back Into the hotel. For a time al
tratllc on Wabash avenue cable anc
the Indiana avenue electric car lin?
was at a standstill.
MCTUKESQUE SIGHT.
One of the picturesque sights wit
nessed today was a procession 50(
non-union colored teamsters gc' ~<
from their lodgings to the Employ
er.V Teaming Company barns, ai
Franklin street and Jackson boule
vard. The negroes were led by ?
white man, Frank Curry, formerly 1
street car gripman, who became 1
strike breaker during the city railwa;
strike here some months ago, ant
who bas recently been active in labo:
troubles it St. Louis. Crowds fol
lowed Curry's novel procession toda;
but tho ^iSter?f 3he_?qrca.Qf nj? union
companied by fifty policemen seemei
at first to aot as a deterrent of an
untowed proosedings. The proc?s
sion turned into Jackson boulevar
from Michigan avenue, where ther
was an increasing crowd of strik
sympathizers, who, with y oils of de
fiance, began throwing stones an
bricks. Police Lieutenant Dillo
was struck on the head. Ile stat
gered and would have fallen had nc
several of the strike breakers caugli
and sustained him. Other police an
a number of the strike breakers wei
also bit. The march in Jackson hoi
levard w&s stormy, but the barns a
Franklin street were reached wlthoi
severe injury to any one.
Thirty non-union teamsters were a
tacked Wednesday by a crowd e
strike sympathizers at Jackson li m ii
vard and Halstead streets. All kine
of missiles were used. Thenon-unia
teamsters, armed with stout hlckor
dubs, attempted to fight the mol
but were being overpowered when tl
police arrived. William Wrather,
white guard, was severely Injure
Thc police, clubbing right and Lei
rushed the crowd otf the street
Five persons were arrested. Only t<
of the non-union teamsters could I
found, the others having lied.
THOUSANDS ATTACK NEGROES
Simultantous with the shooth
near the Auditorium Wednesday 1
ternoon, another riot was in progre
at Michigan avenue and Lake stree
a mile north on the same boulevar
A crowd of 300 negroes imported frc
St. Louis were being escorted frc
the railway depot to a lodging hdu!
At Lake street and Michigan a\
nue a crowd of 3,000 persons attack
tho negroes, many of whom we
armed with stones, piecer of co
black jacks, revo?. -18 an.i stout hie
ory canes. When parsons in t
crowd began to throw stones, stie
and bottles, thc negroes charged
peatedly, making fierce use of t
hickory. Each time, however, t
crowd increased. Persons in ort
buildings rushed to the streets a
swelled the gathering.
CAUKI'L in Chicago.
Henry G. G?ll, thc former assist)
cashier of the Frst National bank
Milwaukee, was arrested in Chici
Thursday, according to the inion:
tlon given out by thc police authi
ties In Milwaukee. The capture <
made by Detective Dennis Sulliv
of the Milwaukee police departme
G?ll was walking on 30th street
Chicago when a Milwaukee oilicar :
across him. It appears that G?ll
been In Chicago for several days, st
lng at a dillerent hotel every night
warrant was issued for Coil's arres1
the same time the warrant was ser
on Frank G. Bigelow, the default
banker,
Tried to Kill lliniHolf.
Tom Cox, sentenced to he han
at Nashville, Tenn., for the mm
of Policeman Ii<jn F. Dowell, ma'
desperate attempt to commit sud
In his cell at thc county jail tl
Wednesday morning by taking poli
Ills condition is critical In the
treme and thc chances are against
recovery. Cox ls perhaps Tennes.1
most noted criminal of recent ye
The killing of Policeman Dowell
of a most sensational character
Cox's trial attracted widespread
tentlon.
Negro Boy Hilled.
Will Salter, a D-year-old colored
while at work at Hannah brick y
near Glendale, Spartanburg oou
Wednesday afternoon slipped Inl
mud mill and his legs were cut off
his body terribly mutilated, ne
Wednesday night about midnight
A HOT TIME
In the Negro Baptist State Con
vention at Union Friday.
THE BLUFF CALLED
By Carroll, Who Told the Preachers
That They Were Guilty of Dis
honest Practices. Carrol's Life
Thr?aien?u ? "C Persis
ted in nis Charges.
"I will put a bullet hole through
you if you repeat your charges lu this
convention," was the sensational
threat sent to Rsv. Richard Carroll, a
prominent negro educator, by a negro
preacher in high circles, both of whom
was In attendance on the negro Bap
tist State convention at Union last
week.
For several months past Carroll has
been orrally and through newspapers
making grave charges against the
character of a number of negro Baptist
ministers in this State, saying that
some of thc more prominent ones had
formed a ring and that collections
made for foreign missions, education
and orphan work had been diverted
into their own private purses. The
knowledge that he was at the conven
tion to push his substantiated charges
made those Interested employ almost
every means, including threats against
his life, to have him remain silent^
However, he was undaunted, and
the investigators which he demanded
and helped conduct brought out facts
and over 75 other ministers corrobora
ted his statements.
A striking feature occurred In the
convention when, in a wild disordered
assemblage, one prominent delegate
dem?udcd of Carroll to "name them!"
"You are one," was the reply.
Another preacher immediately
at 'lng up and shouted. "Am I one,
too?" evidently thinking to bluff the
speaker, who calmly replied: "Yes,
you, toe;" and Carroll proceeded to
draw out a book !n which he had the
names of everyone implicated. This
caused a storm of confusion and calls:
"You need not read any morel"
Carroll, who is doing good work for
negro youths in Columbia and has the
.support of the whites, seems to have
->he special-antipathy of many of his
race, who sarcastically denounce him'
as "an ingrate," "the white man's
friend" and "seeking to raise himself
on the dead bodies of the negro race."
Tue whole secs on was a dramatic
one, and the ring is larger than sup
posed, judging by the violent opposi
tion against Carroll.
After a long session, the following
resolutions were adopted, which,
though strongly worded, are really
ueutrai in character:
"Whereas, in the recent newspaper
articles under the signature of Rev.
R. Carroll, commented upon in and
out of tlic State, the impression has
been made that the negro Baptist
ministers in S uth Carolina are venal
and generaly depraved; and whereas,
the puulic rte ignition gi ven Rev. lt.
Carroll, coupled with the gravity of
the charge-, are calculated to do un
told harm to tile ministry and check
any present looking toward securing
aid and sympathy from those whose
aid and sympathy should be given, be
It
"Res.'lved, That it may be trne and
fully admitted that there is among us,
as among all other peoples and Curis
taiu organizations, some irregularities,
but it is the exception rather than
thc rule. While we fully deplore and
condemn the irregularities among the
few, we, in convention assembled,
most emphatically deny that such con
dition referred ti? herein above obtains
among thejgreat majority of our min
isters and churches. Be it further
"Resolved, That the'Baptist minis
try of South Cs olin, in character, in
tegrity and moral uprightness, com
pare favorably with the ministers
everywhere."
The sentiment of the majority of
delegates, including Dodd and Jen
Kins, editors who had violently op
posed Carroll, seems to be that it is
best to have corruption exposed and
remedied.-T;:e State.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Why Whiukey for Gaffney Could Not
Bo Unloaded in Time,
It seems that the good people of
Gaffney don't drink so much whiskey
after all, atm that a short article we
clipped from the Spartanburg Journal
a short time ago to thc effect that
tito express messenger did not have
time to deliver all the whiskey con
signed to Gaffney and had to carry
some of it on to Spartanburg and re
turn it to Gaffney thc next day, wan
misleading. The Gaffney Ledger
makes thc following explanation of
tlie story, which puts a different phase
on it altogether : "A Ledger repre
sentative called upon Mr. Fisher,
the local express agent, and asked
him about the truth of the article.
Mr. Fisher said that there was a to
tal of fourteen packages for Gaffney ;
that on account of a large amount of
other express, such as tish, cab
bage, etc, they did not have time
to handle the entire fourteen pack
ages of whiskey, and that not more
than eight packages were carried by.
We make no concealment of the fact
that whiskey comes to Gaffney, lt
does come, and more than we would
like to see come, but lt ls manifestly
unfair to try to leave the impression
that the present state of affairs is not
an lmprovemrr.t over the old system.
Certainly the consumption of whiskey
In this county has been jeducjd- and
that materially -and that is what we
were aiming at. Our pro-dispensary
friends, however, take every opportu
nity to have it appear that the effort
to reduce thc consumption of whls
.key ls a failure. Such is not thc
oase, and if they would bo fair they
would not try to pervert toe faots."
GREEN GOODS MAN
Caught in the A ot of Swindling a Gen
tleman from Texas.
When Reuben With Roll Arrived the
Clerk of Astor Houae Soented
Game and Notified Police.
They caught a green goods man red
handed in the Astor house. Iiis name
is Nelly Galvin, and the authorities
at police headquarters in New York
City say he is an all-round crook and
old-time pickpocket whose picture has
been in tbe rogues' gallery for years.
The "come on" was taken and is now
locked up at headquarters. He is
Elmer Klahr, part owner of a Kaloon
in Higgins, Lipscomb county, Tex.,
and was lured here by tbe usual cir
culars.
According to Klahr's Btory he Rot
here on the Baltimore & Obio rail
road, and, in keeping witb the direc
tions given to him in his correspon
dence with the gang, went to the As
tor bouse. He was taken In tow by
the swindlers, and that night they
si lowed .him the sights. They also
told bim how lucky he was to be let
in on the ground door in the deal they
were about to put through with him,
and made arrangement? to show bim
samples of the "counterfeit" money
in the morning.
When Klahr came down from his
room he went to the desk and depos
ited his roll of money with the clerk.
The hotel people suspected at once
that he was a "come-on," and notified
the postal officials and police head
quarters, in accordance with arrange
ments that had been made several
days ago when a stranger was re
lieved of all his cash in the hotel by
the gang of whioh Galvin is the re
puted chief.
Klaher, it seems, was taken to
Brooklyn, where some good money
was shown to him as a sample of the
mythical counterfeits. He was satis
fied with the looks of the good money,
and he made a cash payment of 850
to bind the bargain. Then he went
back to the Astor house and awaited
the coming of Galvin te complete the
transaction, first get ting bis roll from
the clerk.
The postal Inspectors and Mccon
ville secreted themselves lu a room
directly across the hall from Klahr's
and took turns peeping In. lu a lit
tle while Galvin came up and was
admitted by the. man from Texas.
The sleuths crossed the hall and tried
to hear through the key hole what was
said inside, but the conversation was
carried on in so low a voice that they
could catoh only a word now and then.
After walting- about ton minuted
Mcconville tried the door and found
it looked. Then he leaned against it
hard and burst into the room, follow
ed by thc postal ofilclals. Galvin
stooped low and essayed to butt bis
way out. Mcconville pounced on
him, threw him to the door and sat
upon him. The "come-on" did noth
ing but open bis mouth and stare as
if he waa looking out through the
gate of his teeth.
When Galvin was searched the $465
in cash was found In his pocket.
Klahr admitted that he had just paid
over the money. He said 8450 of it
was for the balance due on purchase
of the 83,000 worth of "long green,"
which was to be sent to him at his
homo, and the remaining $15 for
thc expenses Incurred by the gang in
showing bim the town.
MELTS HER ALIVE.
UOOB to Bury LioriR Lost Stator Who
Is Not Dead.
Thc New York American says a
drama in which one of the principals
was confronted by the living form of
a sister whose body he supposed was
in a hearse he was following to a cem
etery, occurred Tuesday at the Jersey
City terminal of tfie Barclay street
ferry.
Conrad Ritter, of No. 21 Liberty
street, East New Durham, N. J., was
Informed a few days ago that the
body of his sister Mary had been In
terred In a pauper's grave after she
had died, on April 3d, of self-lntlicted
injuries In St. Mary's Hospital in Ho
boken. The girl had been missing
from home since March 24.
Ritter Investigated and found that
a woman answering the description of
his sister had committed suicide and
had been buried In the Hudson Coun
ty Catholic Cemetery in Jersey City.
He had the b idy exhumed and ar
ranged for Its Interment in Calvary
Cemetery, lu <?aeons County.
Tuesday all arrangements were com
pleted, aud Ritter sorrowfully follow
ed the hearse. He alighted from his
carriage at the ferry entrance, and
one of the first persons he saw was his
sister leaving a boat, lie nearly lost
his reason, and staggered against the
gate, white and speechless.
Thc girl not divining the cause of
'bia agitation, stood horritled, but see
[ lug the hearse and carriage, and not
' lng her brother's mourning apparel,
decided that some misfortune of which
she was not aware had occurred to
him.
When Ritter recovered, the situa
tion was explained, and it developed
that Mary bad been taken seriously
111 at a friend's home In Brooklyn, and
was unable to communicate with her
brother.,. The body Identified as hers
has been returned to thc Jersey City
authorities.
Kmed Por Clamming,
. Some of the gentlemanly gamblers
of Covington, Ga., got lt In thc neck
thc other day. The grand Jury, at the
March term of thc court returned
about twenty-live true bills against
ten prominent citizens of the town
i and county for gambling at different
times within the last several months.
By agreement each of the ten persons
charged with the offense entered a plea
; of guilty. Judge Roan Imposed a tine
of $200 in each case on one Indict
ment, suspending sentence upon tho
- other Indictments pending good be
havior for twelve months. In this
: manner the cases were quickly dispos
ed of and the spcolal session did not
ast more than three hours.
FATAL QUARREL.
Thomas Jones Shot Through the -
Heart by Thomas Godfrey.
ABOUT A GBAPE VINE.
The Men Were Next Door Neighbors, and
the Tragedy Resulted from a Dis?
agreement Over a Very Tri
vial Matter. The Slayer
is Now in Jail.
Spartanburg has another murder to
her credit. A special dispatch from
that city to The State says Thomas
Jones was shot and instantly killed in
his yard ou North Church street
Thursday morning by Thomas Godfrey
who was taken In charge by the police
shortly after the shooting and Is
lodged in the county jail.
Jones was shot down very near his
own doorsteps and in his lot by a neigh
bor, Godfrey, whose lot is nearby. At
the time of the tragedy Jones was
sitting in his front porch awaiting a
street car to go to his shop. Godfrey
approached from his (Godfrey's) house
and holding out some pieces ~A grape
vine in his hand, inquired of Jones if
he knew them.
Jones replied in the negative, and
Godfrey Insisted that he did. This
caused Jones to emphatically state,
without the superfluous use of oaths,
that he did not. Godfrey made some
remark to whioh Jones replied, calling
Godfrey a liar. Godfrey drew a 38
calibre pistol and fired one shot at
Jones. The ball entered Jones' left
breast and plowed to the heart, and
in a minute or more the man was
dead.
Godfrey is an Irishman who has
iived in Spartanburg for a number of
years. Ile is an aged citizen, and of
frail feeble frame and Ul health.
He is a skilled workman. He and
Jones have been at outs for a long
time and had held no verbal conversa
tion with eaoh other.
Godfrey, it ls said, olaims that
Jones cut the grape vines in his (God
frey's) garden, causing them to die.
This was the cause for the shooting
down of an unarmed man on his own
premises. Jones was a quiet, honest,
industious citizen and was a black
smith,.woodworkraan and machinist.
He.was running a shop of-ths own at
the time he was killed. Godfrey had
no statement for the press.
BOLD BAHR ROBBERY.
Tho Bandits Booure Betweon Five
and Ten Thousand Dollars.
A band of masked robbers rode into
the village of Gilbertsville, N. Y., at
3 o'olock Wednesday morning, blew
open the modern and supposedly bur
glar proof safe in the private bank of
E. C. Brewer, and made good their
< escape with booty estimated at be
tween $5,000 and 810,000. When the
startled villagers were awakened by
the mutilad roar of the explosion and
had been halted by the pistol fire of
the retreating bandits, they found
that the robbers had completely isola
ted Gilbertsville from the outside
world by cutting all the telegraph and
telephone wires. Efforts to communi
cate with neighboring towns were fu
tile. The bold attack rivals in the de
tails of lbs thoroughness, its daring
and its success the exploits of the
most notorious bandits of the western
country.
It is believed there were five men In
the band. That all were heavily arm
ed was shown by the f requenoy of their
tire when the villagers arrived near
the bank. Thc men first pried open
thc front door of the bank. Not a
light glimmered in the village, and
they evidently set about their work
leisurely. Two holes were drilled into
the heavy steei doors of the newly in
stalled safe, aud Into these the explo
sive, believed to have been nitrogly
cerine, was inserted. The explosion
which followed wholly wreoked the
safe and shattered every window in
the bank building. The robbers hasti
ly gathered up all the money exposed
by the explosion and started on a run
just as the first ot the awakened vil
lagers reached the scene. Other resi
dents quickly came up, but in the
meantime the invaders were making
good their escape, firing as they went.
Doublo Suioido.
The bodies of R. B. Shaw and his
wife, who he married in Philadelphia
five years ago, were found in a field
near Blackpool, Englaud, where the
dead couple lived. Both had been
shot and there was a pistol beside the
bodies. The tragedy unfolds a pitiful
story. After live years of happy mar
riage, it is alleged, Shaw discovered a
fortnight ago that his wife was in
volved in an Intrigue two years beforo
lier marriage. According to thc story,
he taxed her with the offence, and as
a result of her admissions he told her
to prepare immediately to sall for
America, leaving their children at
Blackpool. They started on Tuesday,
seemingly reconciled; but Shaw's
mother was suspicious and caused
neighbors to follow them. Shots were
heard and the bodies were discovered.
Each was shot through the mouth,
the indications being that it was by
mutual agreement, the woman having
carefully removed her hat and placed
it beside her husband's on the grass.
A doublo ticket, for New York by the
steamer Majestic was found in Snaw's
pocket. _
Kobbory and Murder.
At New York the body of Marie
Dacci, forty-five years old, was found
dead in a room of her apartment at
54th street Wednesday morning with
a handkerchief stuffed down her
throat. The woman was evidently
strangled for tho purpose of lobbery.
Thp police are looking for two men
who, it is said by her daughter, visit
ed her mother Tuesday. The wonara
was separated from her husband.
