CHARLOTTE NEWS, SEPTEMBER 27. 19U
11
Irgamzation And
Work of The Red
Shirts Of S. C.
nan S Hend«raon, of Aiken, S.
^jjjrieston News and Courier.)
Vni been Invited by Col. J, O.
, • The commandtnt of thd R«d
>11} >
’.iinlvori. to attend a reunion In
or the 27th and 28th of S«p-
inr^much as court engage-
prevent my attending, I beg
^ to «ubmlt a few recollections of
leading up to that move-
the occasion and iU r««altft. I
s^,.(ljnately connected with It and
Tn#>morv and axtmiH.
case In all great movements) an unex*
pected. , unplanaed. event happened,
which Intensllled the occasion and
fare Tigor to the ttrai^tont mo>ve*
ment. The old town of Hamburg,
Just opposite Augusta on the Savan
nah river, haa becon
ver, ha(f become the seat of
misrule and bad government. Its
master was Prince R. Rivers, former
ly a slave of a Beaufort family, a coal
black, a xneoiber of the legialature and
(«tfmareiy »»Jor general of mllltla. During the
^«k from memory and expert- week of July, the local military
0 ^ company blocked the highway running
from the town and two young white
Tf,e Reconstruction Era.
,egS the National Democratic Con-
which met In New York, nom-
SJ 'as standard-bearers Horatio,
frtour and Franklin P. Blair; the
J^Ilcans nominated U. S. Grant and
^ler Colfax.
■ tremendoiip mass meeting was
^ jn Charleston on Meeting street
wnt of the Charleston Hotel to
(iip democratic nominations.
I college student, at the College
Charleston, I attended that meeting.
B Campbell, the great lawyer,
^ded The chief speaker was Gen.
-^e Hainrtf'D- made a memor-
'wnunclation. that at New York
L’aduced the convention to put In
iolatform the words: "The Reoon-
^ctloQ Acts are unconstitutional,
I'-i^intlonary and void.”
G-ant elected. These Recon-
Arts, which were not declar-
* on ’ by the supreme court
7 ’*nited States until 1878, were
; ..j , the state of South Caro-
' ‘ a trailed hand. Sickles,
citizens of prominence, one of whom
Is now living and a highly respected
citizen, J. Henry (}etsen, passing the
place of blockade, became entangled
with the military company. They
were brought before Rivers as magis
trate, to be tried for interfering with
the company. They issued a cross-
warrant against the members of the
company for obstructing the highway.
On the trial day, the friends of both
parties appeared armed; difficulties
arose; and that night a battle was
fought in the streets of Hamburg be
tween the whites and blacks, which
set the state on fire.
. Gen. M. C. Butler, then an attorney
at Edgefield, being called to defend
the two young men, was present at
the trial and took part In that light;
and with Col. A. P. Butler, afterwards
a senator from Aiken county, -were
the leaders of the whites in the bat
tle
At the Instance of^ Governor Cham-
u 11 jberlain, warrants were issued for sev-
: \d B"-er, with drawn bayo-jeral hundred white men, among th^m
i ri'ar'ial tread, a»lowed theiGen. and Col. Butler, for complicity in
Magfilers from the In-j this matter, charging murder and riot.
e every in-1 it meant in truth the arrest of the on-
supremacy, tire community. The notorious Wm.
>f tVkof
M paralyze every in-iit meant in truth the arrest of the on-
v' of vhlte supremacy, tire community. The notorious Wm.
' ,r; 1..1? the fact that Gov-1 stone, the attorney general, and the
equally notorious David T. Corbin, the
district attorney of the state, were
emploj'ed by Governor Chan^berlain
to enforce these arrests and resist bail.
How'ever, the spirit of liberty was
In the air.
The radical officials wore actually
afraid to make any arrests and the al
leged violators of the law to the num
ber of three hundred or four hundred,
headed by their counsel, Gen. Gary,
D. S. Henderson and G. W. Croft, rode
into Aiken and filled the court house
for the ball hearing. Corbin and
Stone insisted that no ball should be
granted, but that noble judge, John J.
Maher, of Barnwell, (than whom was
no purer or nobler man) granted bail.
r u. R- K. Scott, a noted car- xhis hearing stirred up the ■whole of
\if«er. but fhe spirit of the whites Western Carolina and its echoes went
sot in it, they trusted Butler, but throughout the state. Among the
; no faith In the pyrotechnics of j prisoners bailed w'as B. R. Tillman, of
: Carpenter. 1 Ropers. He did his full share in the
• iCd at .\iken In 1872. During fighting at Hamburg and in the cam-
■ . 7- and 1ST5 I attended each ^algn, which followed.
• , ; . conventions, which ^ Origin of the Red Shirts.
• i i - CoUin'-bia. ; Xo matter what may be said to the
. preluded over mostly by ^ contrary, it was at this time when
.^cn of Charleston, these men gathered around Aiken on
. Porter. [the Kalpiin Heights, b'etween Aiken
•jre .'H^ainn,“secret affairs;Graniteville. to consult w'ith their
=r\;ni:s' Hall up-town, and
i-lall do^n-tow’n, with closed
on the platform of the Con
'r.l.^ra: ronvention of 1868, in
- ''n hai warned the members,
. ’ic elance. that if universal
?r ^ piven the negroes, they
releeated withiii less than
•wni' veare. these deceivers who had
into the state, enacted the
*^l_**.on ^.ad retired to his planU-
la Mississippi. The white lead-
•:i’id- ised 'he people to remain from
;e .oUs, because they alleged the
^construction Acts would not stand,
1;^ foon the state government was in
binds of the "black and tan.”
la the gubernatorial race of 1870;
; ’inter and Butler made a cam-
: were issued to the peo-
owerful and forceful, praying
; :oer in heart; addresses to
=! ari to the president, pro-
the condition of pub-
in the state, brought about
' .■xtrava?ance and misrule.
» ;eor'e listened, waited, bore
iDr^'re. suffered and grew* strong-
L- sujerinsr.
’•'4. after Moses’s administration
' f'T, ■ aaniberlain was nomina
te radicals. A bolting set of
i.' nominated Judge Greene,
. for governor, and a San
-:ro, named Martin De-
u*enant governor,
people (though some im-
w le uiade at the polls In
'..I. took no interest in the
ot tui.' mongrel ticket ana
,-;eria
R -s
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t':
rv.
Pri;
i!
iis elected. The robber
O' 1^75 cleaned out some
and elected the negro
; Beaufort, W. J. '^'hipp^r,
'ton circuit, R- B. Car
■ -‘h ircult and a numb
P. L. Wisgln, from Beau-
ain apparently in earnest,
r mission Whipper, but
’ t’.;a» he was surrounded
u crowd that he could
and they began to
■ r'.ee.
cf the White Tide.
of 1ST6 came in In all ot
. Full of disgust at past
conciliate, full of hupalUa
’ -he Infamous orgies of the
.i? the Palmetto State
dl?2;race on her name ana
‘ lit at home and abi'oad;
■ « -lellef that If something wa«
riH t; e real sons of the
‘ *h» great commonwealth
done 80 much for the
. im wouM have to take their
:.i :ods and goods ‘and go
in;re, early In the spring, conier-
’^'ere held, with a vlw ol a
white man’s light for a
emr ; F government. ,
" a presidential year; aiw
F-'Hiin; nt democrats within and wltn-
stare took the position that a
rTiine^l effort here to
“" s government, w'ould lead to
^ hich would be used agalni
frr.n ;-,c, favor of democrat-
^ :ef^ In the union. Friends oi
■;“!! were sent here to stop tne
veutat ut the swell w’as on. ana
‘ crowing bigger and bigg«r. it
■') nn’s movement; it was tne
rinsT people’s, which callea
d ip and relief.
Gen. Gary.
'n the Rpilng, Gen. Martin
.. ..oon Gary, of Edgefield, wrote
I- reived a reply from general
' a'i’p senator) George, of Mlss-
i I pnw the reply. It gave fui-
■ M' .'■'islppl plan of action to re-
1 th(» Ptate, and to send conster-
■ to the vampires of the govern*
1* fhrn in -bp fltale; and Gen. Gary
7iv?n f'lll credit for syste-
'h«: pi in and for adopting It
invironmc-nts of the occasiOTU
hp c'>ura*e of his convictions;
' icted all efforts at compro-
srnod firmly for a straight-
Hamburg.
"'I hai been promulgated for a
~atlc state convention in Au-
delegates were being dec-
m over the state and (at if the
;.iO'
and Graniteville» to consult w'ith their
counsel and get ready to march into
Aiken, that the Red Shirt Idea w’as
originated. At this time Senator Mor
ton, of Ohio, was waving the bloody
shirt against the south in the United
States senate at Washington. George
D. Tillman and A. P. Butler consulted
together and thought It would be a
good Idea to have the Sweet Water
Sabre Club, most of them under ar
rest, to ride through the streets of
Aiken with stained shirts In derision
of the w'aving of the bloody shirt by
Morton. The idea was taken up by
those who had charge of democracy in
Aiken. The ladies of the tow'n, head
ed by Miss Ada Chafee, made long
homespun shirts and assisted the men
to stain them with Venetian red and
poke berries, and thus clothed this
company, the afternoon before the
ball proceedings, rode up and down
through the streets of Aiken to the
horror of the negro population. It
may be so, that afterwards at Ander
son and Goldville and elstf'^'here in
the state, that red flannel shirts were
w'orn, but the idea originated right
here and It Is provable by med who
took part, who are living now, and by
the columns of the local papers.
The August Convention.
The Democratic State Convention
met at Columbia op the 15th day of
August. Previous thereto, on the 12th
day of August, at Edgefield, there was
a tremendous meeting in which But
ler and Gary and Sheppard attacked
Chamberlain and defeated him, which,
in connection with the Hamburg affair,
stirred the state to the bottom. The
night before the sitting of the conven
tion, those of us who favored the
straifhtout movement, gathered In the
parlor of the Wheeler House, lately
known as Wright’s Hotel, at the cor
ner of Plain and Main streets and it
was a notable gathering; young and
old men were there; not only from
the up-country, but from the low-coun
try alike. Gen. W. W. Harllee, of
Marlon, w’as chosen as our candidate
for chairman of the convention. Ven
erable, determined and able, he was
the right man for the place. As was
said of him by the prints of the day,
-his nose, like the movement, was
re^lhot and straightout.”
When the convention convened in
the hall of the house of representa
tives the next day, we pt to work
without ceremony and bickering. The
first test was made on the election ot
the president. Gen. Harllee was nom
inated by the stralghtouts; Col. C. H.
Slmonton, of Charleston, that high and
respected citizen, by ^h® conserva
tives. Harllee was elected by 12 or 1.4
majority. His speech was a clarion
call to duty to redeem the state
Promptly we went into secret sessitm
the doors being closed. \“
was put forward to go into nomina
tions "for state officers and to recom^
mend to the counties to do likewise
all along the
straightout names of
debate was on; calm, dignified and fa
reaching. Many speeches
on both sides. To my recollection the
best for the stralghtouts was ^
Maj. William L. DePass, of
and therbest on the other side
James Conner, of Charleston. In the
heat of debate, Gen. Butler said, re
terring to the election of Whipper to
ths Charleston Judgeship, that if he
came to Edgefield to hold court, he
would be flung out of the
the court house. Gen. Conner,
that while that would be rlght^
treatment. It Wbuld be violation of law
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*
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and would bring federal intervention.
Gen. Butler spiritedly retorted, “If we
stand together now, instead of Cor-
penter Judge in the 5th circuit, we
would have Kershaw or Ycwmans; and
instead of Whipper in Charleston, we
would have Pressley or Porter," a pre--
diction which really came true. The
heat of the day and the stuffy close
hall was terrible. The debate was
closed and the roll called and the
Straightout resolution was adopted by
practically the same vote that elected
the president. The doors were opened
and the crowds' rushed in. - They
were peeping through the closed doors
during, the debate, and were mostly
radicals.
Butter Nominates Hampton.
W’ell up in the front, on the righ^
hand ' side where the Edgefield and
Aiken delegations were sitting ^uld
be seen M. C. Butler and M. Gray,
sUnding earnestly talking together.
The writer heard Gray say to Butler.
“Now Is the time for you to nominate
Hampton.” but Butler insisted that
Gray should do it. The Bald Eagle
contended that it was Butlers duty,
and we lifter him up on to a cham
and in that attitude he
name of Wade Hampton of Rlcnmond
cOiinty, in nomination for governor.
His voice was like a sliver cornet; his
words were forceful and J
ert Aldrtch, of B«niwe^l, »» orlglnti
Straightout, (now the able judge of the
2d circuit) on behalf of the Straight-
outs, seconded the nomination of Gen.
Hampton.
Across the aisle, that gallant son of
Charleston, James Conner, who in the
secret session had led the forces of
compromise and conciliation, arose to
second the nomination Of Hampton-
Short and compact in statute, with
his broad determined h6ad, he seemed
ten feet tall.
He said his people were not sulkers
in the camp; they only feared the
movement was premature, but as the
majority thought differerent, come
weal, cpme woe; they were ih for the
fight without counting the cost; and
he pledged hi^life and his all for the
struggle; and the clank of Conner’s
crutch, as he ripped out hi^ earnest
words, told the convention lie meant
what he Said.
Unity, union and massive determin
ation had come to the convention. It
was near 5 o'clock. Hampton, who had
stood apart and. up to this tii&e had
opened his mouth, except to vote for
the Straightout movement, arose In
the back of the hall. Tall, #ath«r slUn
(then), neatly dressed, q^iiet aad cool,
and unassuming, he strode to tlw
front; held up his hand and said on
substance, that before the vote was
taken, h^ wishod to ask the member*
Kin p«rte^uaiy, te
he did not want the nomination; to
think w'ell before acting; that ther#
were other* whose names would do
more good, but that if they said he
must vlead, that for the sake of the*
old state, he would do so. He left the
hall. In a few momenta the unanimous
nomination was made. History had a
bright page written in its book. The
convention adjourned for the day. The
handwriting was written on the v/all
of radicalism, carpetbagism and scal-
awaglsm; It was in the air, mene, tekel,
euphrasln.
The radical leaders had crowded in
the corridors dliring the secret session
Nash. Elliott, Cordoza and the sleek
Tim Hurley, rushed in and felt the den
sity of the atmosphere.
No night session was held, but there
was no sleep In the city on the Con-
garee that night. Two forces were at
work. Without attracting attention,
away up yonder in cotton town a torch
light procession was formed; long and
sinuous it was. As it passed down
Main street and came to the govern
ment building. Its orlflamme was recog
nized In the person of that knight
Col. Alexander Cheves Haskell. He
rode a coal bl£tfk steed and wore an
immaculate white suit with a black
slouch hat. The crowd cried in praise
and enthusiasm; and impromptu ros
trum was erected on the State House
grounds (without permission for erect
ing it,) right under the window of
Governor Chamberlain’s executive
offices; (it waa said he was in there
during the meeting) and such a meet
ing! and such portent, cool determined,
defiant speeches!,Theodore G. Baker,
of Charleaton; George D. Tillman,
of Edgefield, and others, set the pace
of the comlBf campaign. In the ho
tels, the leaders of Uie delegates held
caucuses, how best to mold the ticke^
so as to arouse the people to the
fight. Wh#n thei convention met the
next morning, all was unity and fierce
determination. Such a ticket has never
since and will never afain be put be^
fore our people. Hampton and Simp
son; Conner and Hagood; Simms and
U»phe4rt; Moise and Thompson; all
gone, (but not forgotten, I hope;) and
the fight wag on to the death. We
went home. Then came* meetings at
Newberry, led by Wyatt Aiken and
James Upscomb; at Abbeville l©d by
Samuel McGowan and James S. Coth*
ran, at Midway led by G- D- Tillman.
Gilmore Simms and Fred Gantt; and
the blood began to boil in earnest.
The delegates had spoken; it was the
people’s time to act.
The Campaign.
Those were not the days of electriC’
ity. of telephones, of fast trains, of
night messages, and of automobiles,
but theelbow to elbow touch was felt;
the heart to heart message of the An
glo-Saxon was sent from Ceasar’s Head
to the Battery; from the tawney Sa
vannah to the red washed Pee-Dee,
which produced an uprising, the like
of which will never again be witnessed
in South Carolina.
The merchants had to buy extra in
voices of red flannel to clothe the
marching patriots. Every county, every
town, every township, every hamlet,
became a redhot bed of patriotism and
enthusiasm. It was no class of caste
fight; the rich and poor alike vied with
each other to do something. The stal
wart and young rode and showed their
power; the old encouraged them and
gave their money. The great silent
power was the love and devotion of
the women to the cause. They joined
it now for show and display; not
simply to be glorious and wear ribbons,
(they did that fully because ’ they
were not afaird to show their colors,)
but to work for the cause. When the
boys would arise before daybreak for
long journeys, breakfast was ready;
lunches w'ould be added to the outfits;
and when the big outpourings took
place at the court house, they came in
droves to add to the occasion and
serve meals to the men. It was not
simplv the ladies of the towns and
cities,* but all the rural districts as
well, who took part in the fight. All in
all, It was a revolt against tyrany, the
like of which had never beerf seen be
fore; a tyranny sanctioned by law to
humiliate the proud people w^ho had
attempted to do what they thought
to be right; a humiliation deeper died
than the aftermath of the Fi-ench Rev
olution; the placing in power of peo
ple, not of the same race, but slaves,
who were not prepared to knaw the
proper use of a ballot; the act being
done not for the sake of the slave,
but for the aggrandizement of his poli
tical masters; and the proud Saxon
race rose like his ancestors in the
early days and threw off the yoke of
Ihe Norman master; like the Colonies
in 1776 threw off the shackles of the
Royalist invaders w>^ho followed them
into a free country to keep them
downtrodden. Thjs revolution was not
because of racial antipathy to the
negro as such, but a revolt against me
efforts of the pliticians at Washington
to humiliate the white people of Soutn
Carolina by elevating the negro above
them. The legal rights ot the negro
is recognized and enforced by the pTO-
ple of the South, but sicial equality by
them will never be tolerated.
And so the popular feeling bubbled
up as Hampton passed from the up-
country to the low-country; from the
highlands to the lowlands, adown
the Grampain Hills. It was like a
) Scottish fight in which all the Claris
were united and taking part; the Mc
Donalds and the McGregors aWJ®-
When the red banned was waved be
low Columbia, the uprising was as
great as in Anderson or in Newberry.
Business was suspended, homes abw*
doned. occupations given for the
time being; lawyers closed their offices
and led, preachers prayed t>^t joined
the procession, merchants sold thtir
goods cheaper to be people and five
their money; farmers and mechanics
and artisans left their occupation and
were in the saddle. All were In it
and to stay to the end. for it meant
liberty or death. A paraphrase of th^
Colohian lines truly expresses the Kea
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rounding counties headed by that peer
less citi?sen, Hohnson Hagood, and
they tramped with him across the
great country almost to the sea. The
spirit of that procession is spoken of
unto today, as the greatest event ot
old Barnwell county.
Gordon Cornea.
From across the Savannah caiae tbftt
peerless Southerner, John B. Qdrdon.
He was the best stump orator I. ever
heard. At White Point Garden in
Charleston, Gordon, before an immense
crowd, in scathing terms, arraigned
Chamberlain as a Daoiel comfe to judg
ment. At Columbia, at Aiken, and
elsewhere he quickened and ai’ouaed
the fires of patriotism as he knew well
how to do; and went home to return
again after the..€lection by wise coun
sel, to assist in guiding the sequel to
full fruition.
The Result and How it Came About,
The day of the election in November
waa beautiful, but active. Though
martial law had been declared by
Grant in Edgefield Aikan and Barnwell,
because of the Ellenton riot, and per*
haps in other counties, the determined
w'hite men came home in their red
shirts and tramped the land. The old
saying, “all coons look alike"
IN MPITDL Cljy
Speol^l to The News.
Raleigh, Sept. 27.—In the supreme
court there was the argument on ap
peal of the case of State vs, L. M.
Sandlin, from Wilmington, Tuesday,
in which Sandlin is under sentence
to be electrocuted for the murder of
his wife in Wilmington, he having
gone to the boarding house his wife
was running after having forced her
to leave him and take her children
because of mistreatment and cruelty,
and shot her down. There were three
wounds either of which was fatal.
He then slightly wounded himself in
the head with his revolver. In closing
his argument for the trial and sen
tence of death in the coiyt below to
stand Attorney General T7 W. Bickett
made this magnificent appeal, “the
uiu , record in this case registers another
Dating, wuuo had! victim to that dark spirit of crome
helped the negroes to repeat with-'which is stalking through the land
out fear of detection. Reb shirts on' slaying our women or dragging them
men made them all alike, and the down tO) a ruin that is worse than
w'hites had'^been good students from death. The supreme tragedy of lifo
iloi to eeneider
“They left the plowshare in the mold.
The flocks ahd herd* without a lo’d,
The sickle in the unshorn grain.
The corn half sarneied on the ptain;
And mustered in ,their red shirt dress.
For wrong®, to s^k a stern redross,
To dright those wrongs, come weal,
come woe, „
To perish, or o’orcomo their toe.
When Hampton reached Blackville
in Barnwell county, he was met by a
consirt of Red Shirts from all the sur-
sheer necessity. Under the/radical re
gime, there was no registration of
voters and the mangers were allowed
three days before the boxes were
turned over to the county canvassers
for counting the votes. On this occa
sion, determined white men, armed
to the teeth, accompanied the boxes
and camped with them until the votes
were counted.
It is true that a great many negroes
voluntarily voted the Hampton ticket;
numerous names could be given; for
example, Billie Rose, the body servant
of Maxcy Gregg, in Columbia; Henry
Toole, in Rock Hill; Tow Watson, in
Ridge Spring; Tom Hayne, in Aiken;
Caesar Chisolm, in Colleton, and Demo
crat Riley, in Charleston.
Hampton was elected, but Chamber-
lain and his men died hard.
Aftermath.
It would take volumes to tell of the
Immediate sequel and its trials. The
gathering Of determined, anxious, tried
men in Columbia, bent on enforcing
their victory; the supreme control, and
cool management of Hampton under
der trials without number; the dual
housese in session; the desertion of
the sinking ship of radicalism by the
rats; the forbearance and splendid
record of the Wallace House; the legal
fights in the courts, conducted by Col-
Youmans and Gen. Conner.
The gathering of the investigating
committee from congress seeking for
evidence to sustain Chamberlain, and
the unrest to furnish for our side the
evidence of the right, the quartering
of the United States soldiers in the
State House and their efforts by show
cf arms to intimidate ouf people; the
dragging of the Ellenton prisoners into
the United States court at Charleston,
and an ittempt thereby to expose the
movement of the democrats in the cam
paign. These and other' subjects would
take volumes to fill them and tjiey
are left for another time, or for other
pens. Finally Hayes was lnau*urat^d;
Hampton was recognized; amneity
was granted federal and state prison
ers, and the people began to settle
down to peace.
So it was. The Red Shirt, Hampton
Cary, Butler, revolution,was a record
breaking epoch, making a turning
point in the restless history of the
grand old state. It brought about her
rehabiliament and dlsenthrallmant and
l^ve peace and honest efficient and
good govemaaent to long-suffering peo
ple, and should be commemorated hy
the younger generation.
When in these times of peace and
plenty, the hungry for office quarrel in
the democratic primaries to the un
rest of the advancing, progressive
masses, let that event be pointed to
with prid$ as one in which lov# of
country and liberty was the ruling
idea.
CASTOR lA
;or XsteU OkUAm.
liN KIM Yta Han Aiinifs Btyght
Bears the
figi»at|vre of
Photograph Told tne Story.
Chicago. Sept. 26.—A newspaper
photograph offered mute refutation
of the oft quoted police statement
that there was no gambling In Chi-
ciga when presented today to the civ
il service commission investigating al
leged police collusion with fambllaf
and vice.
The photo was taken just outside
the Chicago American League ball
parlf prior to the Gotch-Hacken-
schmidt wrestling match on L«al)or
Day. It showed a crowd of men *ur»
rounding a table In the irtreet and
apparently placing money on the
table. In the background was at
leut otte poUeemaa.
in the immolation of woman. With a
heavy hand nature wrings from her a
high tax of blood and tears. Have
men become brutes that know no
pity? Is motherhood no longer holy?
Is our civilization to go down in a
carnival of crime where women are
butchered like sheep in the sham- ^
bles? Verily I take no pleasure in
the death of the wicked, but it seems
to me that to this man the electric
chair would hold the least of hor
rors. As he sits in his lonely cell can
he banish the vjisien of the woman
who in the days of her youth put
her hand in his and, with a faith that
knew no fear, forsook all and followed
him? Can he ever forget that momen
tous hour when this woman, with a
smile of ineffible tenderness, went
down in thev alley of the shadow of
death, in order that his child might
live? And then can he for one sec
ond, cease to hear her scream of ter
ror as she fled from his bloody
hand?”
A notable state case argued today
In the supreme court was State vs.
Ed Stewart, from Sampson county, in
which Ed Stewart, a negro school ,
teacher, is under fifteen years’ sen
tence for killing Bishop Wright, whb
was his pupil and whom he undertook
to punish for misconduct and claimfl
that hew' as obliged to kill in self-
defense as the youth, 18 years old
and well grown, attacked him. J. D.
Kerr made the argument in defense
df the teacher.
Sheriff Charles Reid was here from
Pasquotank county, today to deliver
to the penitentiary four prisoners
just sentenced to terms by Judge
Cline, who held the September Pas- ■
quotank court, All four are negroes.
John Cabarrue gets five years for
house breaking; Tom Riddick was
given three years for house breaking,
being charged also with criminal as
sault which the jury held was not
proven; Reynolds Moore, fifteen yeaM
tor murder in the second degree in ^
the killing of another negro and Da
vid Morris, two years for house
breaking. The sheriff says there have
bewi five murders among the negroes
of the county within the past montt
and that the negro Moore is tlie only
one punished thus far. ^
Mr. ISdgAr Hftll. the new secretary
ol tit Kalelgli Young glen’s Chriirt-
lan Association, has taken up his
work, wfcich will be purely In a bual-
nes9 capacity until the new associa
tion building that is to jCost $75,000
Is completed, the first installment of
subicriptiona fi>r which it i»at col
lected. There will be no r^igious
association work until the building is
ready for ©ccu^sey. It 7/iU b? at -A?
northeast corner of capital square.
lt,i* eatimated by the* state depart;
ment of agrifultum that the tobacco
crop in this state this season 4s
about an acreage 160,000 and the
yield 450 pounds per acre. Last sea
son there was an acreage of about
21^,000 and a yield of 600 pounds to
the acre. The lack of seasons for
tra transplating cut the acreage and
continiMd dfy conditions after the
plantiif reduced the Wel^i per acre.
Also tHere was serious inroad by wilt
in some important sections of the to
bacco belt.
Li--
I«n.t it ibout time to bury the dead
languages? ^
Ilf you don’t believe honesty is the
best policy, try It.