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COLUMBUS, N: TH ORSDAY,' J ULY (5, )i)05.
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mOLEHT JOB HOLDS SWflY
White Man and Eight Negroes Are
. i - i f . --a -;
.1 Shot to Pieces ;
WAS A VERY BLOODTHIRSTY MOB
Jail at Watkinsville, Ga., Near Athens,
is Entered by From 50 to 75 Masked
Men at 2a. m.,' and of Ten; Prisoners
One , is Overlooked and Another
Mistakingly Left Dead, While the
Other Eight Are Shot to Death.
Watkinsville, Ga., Special. A mob
entered the jail at Watkinsville at 2
o'clock Thursday morning and took
therefrom5 'nine prisoners,' eight : of
whom were shot to death, and the ninth
escaped only by being thought dead by
the'mobi The prisoners taken 'out and
lynched were Leon J. Ay cock, white,
charged with the murder of F. M. Hol
brook and wife, Oconee -county, and
'seven negroes Rich Robinson, Lewis
Robinson, and' Claud ?., Elder,' charged !
with the murder 1 of the Holbrook J
couple; Sandy Price, ( a young negro,
charged with attempted' rape-oh the
person of Mrs. Weldon-Dooley;Rich
Allen, a negro convicted and under sen
tence of death for the murder of Will
Robertson, another -negrp; Gene ,Yer
by, another negro charged with the
burglary of a rifle from Mr. Marshall,
and Bob. Harris, a negro, charged with
shooting, another negro. -'"
MADE OFFICER OPEN JAIL. .,
The. mob came quetly into Watkins
ville a little before 2 a, m. There were
about 50 to 75 men In ' the crowd. -All
were .heavily masked and no one knows
whence . theyt came or to. what point
they returned. . They went at once to
the house of Town Marshal L.J H. Aiken
and ' quetly ' called ' him to the door.
As he put his head out of the door he
was seized and told that he- must de
liver the jail key. He refused and the
,men put piste Is in ' his; face and over-;
powered him, hebeingW rather small
man. Aiken refused to dress, but some
of the party, pressed him and,-carried
hlm 'along.VTae mob neit, seized Court
ney Elder, a blacksmith, and made him
tring his tools along with him,
CITIZEN'S
PLEA DISREGARDED.
On their way to the jail they wrere
met by A. W. Ashford, a prominent
cltlzenrm'tftWgvTTleTWEdTlda heard
the noise ajUthe marshal's , house, 'and
came; down tQwn- as -soon- as he could)
dress: Mr! Ashford begged the , men "to
desist and let the law take its course,
especially pleading for Aycock, on the
ground that the evidence had not; been
secured 'ttf warrant his convinction. He
also begged them not to lynch those
not carged, with , capital crimes. They
told horn, that they were cool, sober
and determined; and that' he might as
well' goback" and go to bed. The
jail was then opened by the town mar
shal under the cover of several pis--tols.
and inside the, jail the mob held
up Jailer Crow and demanded the keys
to the cells. J He 'refused at first, but
surrendered them after being menaced
with guns.r 'Jailer. Crow ".begged hard,
for-Aycock- on the.-same -ground-that
Mr. Ashford did, and also for the two
negroes who were not charged " with
capital .crimes. Members of .the Attack
1 Wj
uig party told him .to; shut his mouth.
They knew what, ,tb aa.rtheyjsaid, and"
they were 'going to" clear "out the' whole
Jail.:;. -V 3Q ''h vl f ) M ' t f
WHITE MAN DIES PROTESTING.
The mob1 got every;', prisoner in jail
- except Ed.'-Thrasher, a negro,"- charged
with gambling, who' was on the misde
meanor side of the prison and carried
to a point Some one "hundred yards
fi-omvthe- jail ap4 vtied: tct threes fence
. posts,' b their necks. Aycock-protested
his innocence" to the last.' He said they
were .killing a.ninnocentman. While,
the general belief in Oconee county is
' that Aycock was not guilty, still there
are many who did not believe so. Rich
Robinson said it was all right, so far
as hewaS'..conperned!? butt that .three,
more "negroes werejin .theV LHolbrbbk
murder. Hetfeamed Sidney Norrisgiml
Taylor, and Wiley Durham as the three
. implicated. These negroes had been in
jail before on this charge and had been
released after full investigation by the
committeerTheherriscmers tI tdnot
open their mouths during their, march
to their doom. W -ONE
NEGRfQ WILI4 .RECOVERu f
Afterlhepriioners"had t)een,tiedi,ta
the fence posts, the mob lined up and.
fired five volleys into their bodies.-All
died without a struggle' with vthe ex
ception of Joe Patterson, a negro, who
was charged "with pointing a gun at
Albert Ward. Patterson was fehot sev
eral times in the. body, but was alive
after the mob left and will recover.
Aycock's body was fairly riddled
with shot, a great hole was torn
through his heart and another through
his right breast. ,
,'. . ; Will Offer ftfwaf J
Atlanta, Ga., Special-r In an inter
view with a correspondent of the As
sociated ""Press, Governor "JoseptrMr
Terrell said that he deplored the hor
rible affair Watkinsville. jGoyernor
Terrell i said further that he rwas inak-
ing a rigid investigation Of the affair
and that he'intended to do everything
in his power to bring the guilty per
sons to justice.
"These men killed by the mob
should , have had a fair trial," stated
Governor Terrell.
The Governor will immediately offer
a suitable reward for the apprehension
or the men composing the mob.
GOVERNOR WBIIES OPINION
Governor Glenn, In Reply to an Open
Letter, Makes Public an Open Letter
in Which He , Discusses a Mooted
' Question for the Benefit of the Peo
ple.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
has made public the following corres
pondence: '
' Mr. E. H. Wilson, of Winston, wrote
him: "The recent settlement made
by the State of the South Dakota bond
suit and the bonds held by Schafer and
others , met with the general approval
through this section and our people are
gratified to know that through your
great j efforts and intelligent ,4 manage
ment of this matter a proper compro
mise was arranged. : There now springs
up another matter, which, it seems,
was not considered at the time of the
settlement. As I understand, certain
brokers or financial agents in New
York : are collecting what are called
special tax bonds, and propose to make
the State pay them, I learn there are
a very large number of these bonds
outstanding and the State will be put
to a very great expense should it be
made to pay them, even by compro
mise. As this is a matter of much
interest to our people in this section,
I would be glad if you would let me
know, your opinion in regard to the
difference, if any exists,, between the
Schafer bonds and the special tax
bonds, and if the latter " can be I en
forced, against the State of North Car
olina.'! '"' The Governor's v reply is in these
words..- -f . 1 1 j j
'Replying to lyou letter,. which in
terms is very similar to a great many
others that I have received from many
sections of the State, I deem it best to
reach all inquirers and set at rest
their fears in regard to suits against
our State by persons holding certain
State bonds. There is a vast diffier
ence between the bonds referred to in
your letter as the Schafer Brothers and
South Dakota bonds, and those desig
nated as the 'special tax bonds.' In
1879 the Legislature of the State, com
posed of some of our ablest and most
patriotic men, appointed a joint com
mittee, or rather commission, to fully
consider, the question of the State's in
debtedness and report what debts we
legally owed and what were unjust and,
fraudulent, to the end that a bill might
be- enacted, in a accordance 'with their
findings. This' commission consisted-of
wise, honest and fair-minded men, who
after a most searching and impartial
investigation, reported that our bonded
indebtedness should be divided into
four classes.
" '""First "class ' Bonds' issued before" the
20th, of May U861. upon;: which -we
should pay 40 : per cent of the princi
pal. ' . " - ';'"' J
"Second class. Bonds issued by vir
tue of acts of I860, chapter 3; 1867,
chapter 228; 1860 and 1861, chapter 142,
upon which we should pay 25 per cent
of the principal.
."Third class. Bonds issued by vir
tue of the funding acts of March ; 10,
1866, and: August 20, 1868, upon which
we should pay "15 per cent of the prin
cipal. ' ' ::
"Fourth class. All bonds known as
'speclaKtax bonds' they recommended
should not be paid at any price. This
report was enacted into law, as will be
seen by reference to chapters 98 and
268 of the acts of 1879. " Under the first
act our -creditors, 'recognizing our will-,
jngness to pay all honest debts, not
withstanding our poverty, brought on
bythe war and days of reconstruction,
with a few exceptions came in and
cheerfully ' settled Upon : the terms sug
gested, taking new bonds instead of the
old. Under the second act the question
as to whether we should pay the frau
dulent special bonds was submitted?to
a vote of the people, and by a majbr
ty of one hundred and eleven thousand
nine hundred and thirty the people de
cided these bonds should never be paid
and made their decision article, 1 sec
' tion 6 of hut State .Constitution: I
- "Thus we see that not only , the. Xieg
islature but the people refused to rec
bgnize 'these bonds, and so no Gover
nor, or not even the General Assembly,
could order their payment, as long as
the above article of the constitution
.remains in force. Schafer Brothers
and a few. others .refused to' accept
the compromise Jn 11879, and ,10,000
of the bonds included in the second-
class were donated to South Dakota
by Schafer Brothers, and a suit was
brought in the Supreme Court of the
'United 'States' andbya-diYided "-court
ofr five to four the court held that as
North Carolina' had aiways recognized
s9Jaim; xwml (6i8Iui ?paaao iunojnB
etn) nBdpund i ieqt Jio uaDaad 52
Suitud Xq ssaupajqapu-j aajuqas ex
pasiraoadraoo 'iqmassv reaauao sbi
aq s8AtwuasajdeH i osnon pnB eB
-uaS 9 Jo eojraraoD ujof v pub 8Bs
jo iiounoa oq; 'jooieAOO eu. jo odja
-pn aq aapun SurjoB 'uojsioap Jjaq
jo AiajA ui A'ljjnoas airj jo unouiB
aqi ' o sBai B 'papanoo eq pinoa
ataBs eqi 'XuBdraoo pbojhbh buhojbo
qioN ui 2oos s(ews Oq; no eSBSjioui
B,Xq pamoas osib jail qojqiii 'spuoq
asaqi jo sauoq puB Aipuba aqi
on same till the present time While
,these, bondSr-iid j not ; bring, par s when
sold, still we regarded them as non
est; and were therefore willing to pay
what the commissioners or 1879 rouna
the State realized from their sale, with
interest on the amount. The special
tax bonds, however, issued by the Leg
islature of,.1868-'69, are on an entirely
different basis-and" not being honest,
but fraudulent, should for the, follow
ing reasons never be collected: First,
they were issued by a Legislature not
legally organized or constituted; sec
ond, they were part of a conspiracy
and plot to defraud the State; third,
they were placed on the market, soid
for a mere bagatelle and the State
never' received any value for them;
fourth, they are now past due, the ori
ginal purchasers knew of their ' frau
dulent . character ; s they have been, re.
pudiated by both the Legislature and
the people, and anyone now buying
them would take them with notice,
and could not claim, to be. an innocent
purchaser for value. Conceived In sin
and brought forth in iniquity,' neither
in : law - nor ; good : conscience ; should
these bonds ever be paid, and acting
under the authority vested in me 1
would oppose their collection, j if, at
tempted, to tne , utmost nmit or me
law. In reading the decision of the
court in the suit of South, Dakota . vs.
North Carolina, you will see that the
Supreme Court laid stress on the fact
that these bonds were honest, and a
State should not refuse to pay its' hon
est obligations, but no such rule should
anniv when on account of their dishon
esty both the , General Assembly; and
the people of the State nau aeciarea
the special tax bonds of 1868-'69 frau
dulent and 1 void. The parties holding
these bonds cannot bring suit them
selves,1 as this" is positively prohibited
by the . constitution ' of , ,the . United
States. . Their only hope therefore is
to induce some State to buy : or accept
as a donation some of these bonds, and
in the capacity of a sovereign State
sue North Carolina. t ; J :;?
A DARK DESIGN. !
"To this end it is said a syndicate,
having gotten hold of . these bonds, is
trying, to induce the. State of New
yotk to institute this1 suit, under the
authority of an act allowing the. State,
subject to the approval of its Gover
nor, to buy or receive as donations.
bonds of other States, etc. Under such
an act New York can obtain these
bonds and sue us, but I cannot believe
such a great State will ever contem-I
plate lending Itself to designing men'
to help them harass another sovereign
State, especially when ; the ; additional
safeguard is "thrown around the act
that the Governor must approve the
bonds before purchased 5 or donated
If there are any bonds belonging to
either of the first three classes still
outstanding against the State, , and
they are presented for payment, I will
gladly recommend to the Legislature
to settle them upon fair and honorable
terms, as our State should not, and
will not, repudiate any honest ' debt,
but as to these special tax bonds, so
illegally and fraudulently issued, if
any attempt is made to collect them.
employing the best legal talent in- the
State, to assit our able Attorney-Geni
eral, and rendering personally my as
sistance, in every honorable and legal
way, in the courts and otherwise, the
collection and payment of these bonds
will be fought, and I feel assured that
even if any State .could be found who
would be so low as to make of itself
a 'junk shop to aid these fraudulent
bondholders, no ! court will ever give
judgment against 11s, or enforce the
payment of such illegal and void
bonds. The people ,may rest assured
that nothing short of a judgment and
execution from the Supreme Court of
the United States shall ever compel
the payment of a cent of these bonds,
and 1 have no fear of such a judgment
and execution ever being rendered.
"Thanking you for the kind refer
ence to the part I took of the settle
ment of the Schafer indebtedness,
and with kind, regards, I am, etc."
A Mysterious Corpse. ,
Branchville, Special. The body of a
negro, who had evidently been dead
for several months, was found in a
swamp about two miles from here. The
body was almost entirely decomposed
and could : not -be identified, but the
man had evidently been murdered, as
the body when' found was 'partly bur
ied. As soon as notified of the find
Acting Coroner Dukes empaneled a jury
to hold the inquest, the verdict of the
jury being that a party unknown had
come to his death by means, unknown
to them.
Police Ousted For Grafting.
New Orleans, Special. After, an in
vestigation which disclosed wide
spread grafting by police department,
Inspector Whitaker dismissed Cap
tain John Cooper from, the- force.
Witnesses , testified that gambling
houses; handbook rooms, fake auction
shops and other, t places paid tribute
to the police, and there was specific
testimony against Cooper. Patrolman
JCerin was also dismissed by the in
spector for alleged grafting.
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' No Hurry to Face Rebels.
;' St. Petersburg, 3 By 1 Cable. kA dis
patch which arrived here early , Thurs
day morning from Sevastopol an
nounced that a squadron of ' battle
ships, the ,Tri.' Siatitelia;.Sihope and
Rostislav, with a cruiser and , several
torpedo boats, only started for Odessa
at 8 o'clock last evening. 1
This explains . the non-appearance of
the squadron at Odessa, but It is diffi
cult to conjecture j the reasons for de
laying the departure two, days at so
Critical a juncture. -
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Cruiser, Collides With Liner.
vi ; Ferrol, Spain, ; Special. The. - British
cruiser Carnarvon ran, down the? North
German Lloyd steamer Coblenz in a
'dense fog at 4 o'clock 'Sunday morn
ing off Cape Prior ' (on the northwest
coast of Spain, ten miles 'from Ferro.)
The. Coblehi .was badly damaged and
sprung, a leak. The passengers were
transferred to the cruiser which tow
ed the liner here.; The injury to the
cruiser was trifling, but the Coblenz
will have to go into dry dock.
The two sides of a person's face
are never alike, according to the In
dianapolis News. .. .......
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Report of Frightful Loss of Life in a
Mexican Mining Town
1
CORPSES FLOAT IN EVERY STREET
Guanjuato; Built In a Great Gorge lr
the, Mountains, Is Partly Submerged,
i and the Breaking of a Dam Above
the City Would Mean Utter Ruin
One Report Says at Least 100 Were
Drowned 'and' a Later One Placts
1 the 'Dead at 1,000."
Mexico (Sty, Special. No news has
ben received directly from Guanajuto
regarding a great flood in that mining
city, now the important seat of activ-,
ity by' several large American and
Brtish companies. The wires; were
down all day Sunday and the roads
were impassible Two reports are'
current; . one says 1,000 were killed,
another says at least 100 were drown
ed. ' ;"-.'
fc Late tidings are that Guanajuto is
completely flooded and water is already
invading the higher parts of the town,?
. while, there is fear that "Laolla" dam
inay give way, which Would mean
complete and general ruin.
The city is built in a great gorge in
the mountains and the streets ramble
un the mountain side in picturesque
rasmon. -
A 'storm 1 began furiously on the
night, of June 30th, and after midnight
no one of the inhabitants dared to go
ta'bed, so tremendous were the fury
of the elements. The water rose in the
lower or business streets flooding shops
arid ' damaging thousands of dollars'
worth,, of, merchandise. The lower
streets became lower torrents as the
water? poured in rivers down the up
per streets. Doors were smashed in by
the force of the water, and windows
were no protection against the furious
flood.. . ' . .
WlOPiJRTY LOSS IMMSE. U
The Authorities worked k strenuously
to get people safely from their homes
to the 'higher part Of the city. The
toss of property, it is said, will be im
mense. , '
Advices from Querelaro are to the
effect that there was no; telegraphic
communication with the stricken city
Sunday night.. Messengers who man
aged to get out of the city say the
water stands three or four feet deep in
houses and shops in the lower part of
the city and that panic stricken peo
ple have gone into the mountains car
rying their valuables. The storm be
gan to abate at S o'clock in the after
noon. Later advices state that it is known
that over 100 lives were lost at Guana
juto. Telegraphic communication is
cut off and it is supposed "Laolla"
dam was completely .destroyed, bu this
cannot be confirmed.
SMALLER TOWNS WIPED OUT.
The Mexican Central, northbound
passenger train ran into a washout
north of Irapuato and was derailed,
the water running over some of the
cars. President Robinson.j of the rail
road, say some lives were lost, but he
does not know how many. The town
of Marafil, just below Guanajuto, was
completely wiped out.
Another dispatch to President Rob
inson, of the Mexican . Central, says
that there are 1,000 dead at Guanajuto:-"
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The raging .water is carrying the
dead through every street. The wa
ter is up to the second story of the
Hotel Union. Great damage has been
wrought to the street car lines, and ser
vice cannot be resumed inside a month.
There is only one way the people can
get to Marafil, which is with mules, or
afoot. . ' ,
A Revolutionary Plot. .
St. Petersburg, By, Cable. Reports
received by. the Ministry of the Interior
give an entirely different version of th
origin of ; the Kniaz Potemkine mutiny,
which is attributed to a deliberate plot
organized by twenty sailors belonging
to the revolutionary organization.
These reports placed the number of
killed during the rioting on shore at
300 and .the wounded at twice . that
number. Gossip says there has been a
mutiny on hoard the battleship Tehes
me at Seabastopol, , ;
Martial Law Extended.- ;
St. , Petersburg, By Cable. Martial
law has been proclaimed in the goy
ernment of Sebastopol, Nlcholaieff and
Erivan.' An imperial decree confers on
the viceroy "of the Caucasus the rights
of a, military commander with special
powers. The same powers are bestowed
on the commander of'-the Black Sea
fleet so far as the districts of Seabas
topol and Nlcholaieff are concerned, i
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Fatal Wreck at Spartanburg. :
Charleston, S.- C, Special. A spe
cial from Spartanburg says that a'
serious wreck ocurred at the Brawley
street : crossing, on the Southern Rail
V. ay ; at 1 a. m. iv Through freight ' No.
52, running .in two sections, came ti-
gether while in the city of Spartan
burg near the crossing, and a dozen
freight cars, laden -with coal, and- onp
engine were badly damaged. Sher
man Justice and a second member of
the crew of train No. 52 are dead, and
Engineer Whltmire is seriously in
jured. Another colored trainman was
also hurt. The accident was caused
by .failure of brakes on section No.
2. The track was soon cleared and
trade resumed.
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Occurrences of Interest In
Parts of the State.
Various
; Charlotte Cotton Market;
These figures represent! prices paid
to wagons: A
Good middling . V I ' 9 1-4
Strict middling 1-4
Mttddling ................... ,T ,9l-8
Tinges . : . ... . . . 7. 7 to
Stains 6 12 t 11-2
Geneal Cotton Market, !:.! '
','.;' ... " Middling
Galveston, steady
New Orleans, quiet . ;
Mobile, steady ... ...
Savannah, firmi . . . . .
Norfolk, steady "4." .
Baltimore, nominal . .
New York, quiet ....
....... :: 9 . z&
99-16
........ 9 3-S
........ 9i 3-8.
..;.v..':;S5-s'
........ 9' 3-4
........... 90
..:i..l;9 JSO
Boston, quiet !
Philadelphia, steady ,...., i rU- .lOJ-S"
Houston,; steady
...... '.9 716
Augusta, steady ,
.Memphis, firm .
St Louis, firm .,
Louisville, firm
..... i'.1 9' 58
9. 9 -16
....... 9 1-2.
:....' 9 13-16
; ; ; Pardons Refused. - , : 5 ;
. Governor Glenn declined to pardon
the gold brick swindlers, J. L. How
ard, alias Frank Thdmpson, of New
York, and H. D. HawleyK alias Snear
ly, of Chicago, who were convicted in
Guilford Superior Court at ' the June
term, 1901, of conspiracy- and - sen:
tenced to ten years each in the peni
tentiarv. The Governor's reasons
follow: .'
.,.,"The defendants were convicted by
jury and sentenced by the court." On
appeal to the Supreme Courts the rul
ing of the lower court was affirmed.
The defendants ask for a pardon on
the ground that . they have already
been punished enough and are old
men. They also furnish testimonials
from every section of the country as
to their previous good character. Or
dinarly these facts would appeal very
much in: their favor, but the evidence
saows conclusively they equipped
themselves with implements .and, ma-
terlals with" which to perpetrate a
great fraud . and also .signed the
names of other persons to letters, to
enable vthem to carry out- their fraudu-
lent schemes.. They took every, ad
; vantage they could of the law, even
carrying the case to the Supreme court
of the United States, but in every In
stance -the opinion of . the .lower court
was upheld, and the Supreme Court,
in affirming ' the lower ; decision, saw
fit to express itself upon the fact
that they were trying to perpetrate
a great wrong and were not unjustly
punished. After full Consideration' of
the evidence, I feel it would be a
wrong to pardon these men. They
were educated, they knew bet
ter, they were contemplating trying
to defraud citizens of our State, they
attempted to do so and when caught
couldn't expect an outraged law to
deal gently with them. The applica
tion is therefore denied." .
TEACHEY ALSO REFUSED.
The Governor also declines to
commute the death sentence of Dan
Teachey, who was convicted at the
August term, 1903, of the Superior
Court of Duplin of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to be hanged.
The .Governor gives .the following
reason: ; ,. -
On appeal to the Supreme Court, a
new. trial was granted for, error in re
ception of evidence. The second trial
was held before Moore, judge, and a
jury of the August term, -.1904, when
the prisoner was again convicted . of
murder in the first degree and sentenc
ed to be hanged. J Again he appealed
to the Supreme Court, but no error
was found, and the judgment of the
lower court i was affirmed. In each "ap
Piication for . commutation of sentence
from the death penalty to life impris
onment the prisoner has beenr faith
fully . and earnestly represented, r , f I
have 5 carefully considered all evidence
heard patiently all argument, even al
lowing the prisoner to , see me r and
make his statement, but after hearing
everything that could be urged - "by
counsel and prisoner, deducted , from
the testimony, the conclusion is ir
resistable: First, that Bob Riven
bark was wilfully and with malice
aforethought murdered ; and, second
that the prisoner; Dan Teachey;1 com
mitted the crime. Two fair and , im
partial juries have said the prisoner
was guilty. The trial judge and so
licitor refuse to , recommend commu-;
tation or sentence, ana tne supreme
. .-,' ,. ' . . : ". . ' ' ' 1 Si :
Court without any .dissent has affirm-?
ed the judgment , of j the lower' court
and said; there is abundant evidence
on record to ' the just finding of the
jury that the homicide was committed
in pursuance of fixed design ; deliber-
ately formed beforehand and under
circumstances attended with heartless
brutality; for these reasons I cannot
aisturo tne nnaing or tne jury ana tne
sentence of the 5 court. 1 Application
for commutation - is therefore denied
and the sentence pronounced niust pe
enforced." " 1
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m; r New Enterprises..,
Charters are. granted to the. CaroD-i
na Publishing Company, ot EiizaDetn
City; W. 'F. Canooriand bthers,v 'stock
holders to ' print - newspapers; ' ' books,
etcJ The WUliamson fi: Borland Lu'm-
ber Company, incorporated, t ofiCerro'
Gordo, Columbus? county, authorized
capital stock .$100,000; , to ; the Laurel
Fork Lumber Company, ' of Wkynes
ville, $30,000, Asheville and.! Lttdian,a
men being the owners. The Mars Hill
Wood and Clay Working Company, of
Madison county, $25,000. H. M. Eagan,
and others, stockholders; ;-to manu
facture house-building daterials. brick
and tile. .
Kill
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. LASTING ' BEUEF.
rr Wr WaHsv Super
intendent of Streets,
ofri Lebahott, Ky.,
says;.,f -.. T
My niirhtrv rest was broken. Orrine
irregular actibniTof I tie: kidney .i I
"was sufferios; rntensey from severe
pains irr tbe jnnalf 6f 'my1 backhand
through ""the IMisatfaV annoyed by
painful passages; of abnormal Recre
ations. 'No ampit' of doctoring relieved
" toisconditlon V took" Dba-nTs- Kidney
Pilli and expericd qpick and lasting
relief. . Doan's Kfdtraey 'Pills wiir prove
'a blessing to all sufferers4 froml kidney
disorders , who will 'givetthem a fail
trial."" ' "w .i
Foster-MIlburn BuffalojyN,'wJ
proprietorsFpr".salebyall druggists,
.price 50 cents per box. m
.vThe man who dbesf not, fear-faiiuars
seldom has to f ace iit.' v -,k 4 - ' '
M
.Ladlflr Can- W h t
On size smaller after1 usln3f Allda'S Foo
Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes .
easy;. Cures swollen, hot j wenting, 'aehiag
feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions.. At
' alf druggists aad shoe stores ,J25c. Dont ac
cept any substitute. Trial package Feeb by
firail. Address, Allen Si Olmsted, LeRoy;.N.Y.
iri Norway servant girls- hire f or haifc.
year at a time. ;
Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
t eething, soften the giltos.reduces inflamma-
tion.auayS pam.cureswum colic, aoc.a bottle.
London." England, laysiut for pooiirelief
?uu,uuu a year.
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Piso-'s Cure is thebestmedleinewe everns'svl
for alt affections oi throat and HungB. -Wm.
O. Esdslkt, Yanburen, Ind., Feb. 10r 1900.
..rvrf
Stealmg bicycles has become prevalent
in Birmingham England; KH titm
Itch 'cured -ia 30: mmiiti by i ,vYooVo?d's
Sanitary Jxtion. Never JTaih. Sold by all
druggit its Mail orders,' promptly iilel
by Dr. E . Detchon. CrawforJaville, Ind.
A diamond 'mine in Souti 'Africa yUldei.
$5.23 veryjmmute last yea,.,1 , J J
- Aii 1& x-K&ttd Jtfc1 Opinion j; W
J ndgQ 0. E. Loclurane, of .Qeorgia, m a
letter to Dr.'Biggers States'thaK 'jhenever -suffers
himself to, be .without a bottle of Dr.
Biggers Huckleberry Cordial fdr the relief
of all bowel troubles, Dysentery. Diarrhoeav
etcV ':-'x- ','.''--Vf 4 vfj ivrOf.li-L'U,
. Sold by all Druggists, 25 and 60c. ott&.
1
Marlcetlng; l'otnto, Cij-ops. . j(
In line with theofassie case or the
oyster shippers, cited I5y , President
Hadley of Yale IJniversity In his book
on Railroad Transportation, Is the case
of the Aroostook, potato growers
brought by President Tuttle of the
Boston & Maine Railroad before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. Nothing could tiettei 'show how
a railroad works -for the interest! of
the localities which it serves.
A main dependence.of the farmers of
the Aroostook region is the-. potato
crop, aggregating annually , eight ? to
ten million bushels which 'find a niar
ket largely In Bostoh"anct the adjacent
thickly settled: regions t,ofi jNewjEng- '
land. The competition of cheap water
transportation from Maine to aTl points
along, the New; England (.jcoastj keeps
railroad freight rates "on these pota
toes 'always at' a very-Idw Jevel. lui
. Potatoes are also a considerablei out
put of the truck' farnii tM'rchlgan.
their normal f market being obtained, in
and 'through Detroit and ChicagQ and
other communities ?of ' that regtnj "
Not many y eats ago favoring sun and
rains brought, a tremendous yield of
potatoes" from' the MicWgan:fields'At
normal rates and .prices, there jwould
have been a glut of the customary mar
kets and thepotatoe wOuld-hayeirot-ted
on the f arms. -,Tp help the potato
growers tuV railrdads frorrJ'tSI lhigan '
. madeunprfcedente4iy ?loyf jratesBon
potatoes to every reaciable market,
even carrying them'Ift large tjuantities
4 to.', a pla,c so remote as . Bj?sto.'.rhe
Aroostook growers had to reduce the
Trice on their pdtatoeSJdnd even ithen
could nptdispose of them .unless the
Boston & Maine Baitr6aJdire(ruc'edits
alread 'loxri xate.' which; iir did-oiBy,
means of. these low, rates, making pos
sible" lopricesVhc' potato ctops of
both Michigan: jnd,Maihe ,x$fx &Mj.
marketed. Everybody eats potatoes,
nd' that 1 year ! everybody Tiad fJlf itho
.potatoes, hejwantedki y-.:iHT .
While the Michigan railroads made
-rates that?-wouId iiareibeeioruInQi to
thejaUroads, had theybeen applied to
the movement of a'Ii ,potafoes.atJalI
times; to'alLplaces, they hp;peL .their
patrons to find markets for thefii. The
Boston & 'Maine Raiirooa suffered aMe
'creaseiintits1jrevenueyfrom,.po but it enabled the Aroostook farmers
t market their crbpTtatfd; thereby, to
obtain money K-whichr they j pent. f or
'the varfed supplies1 'which 'the-lVail-roads
thought- to tbenvaiC tljf nm)os
of rtes were subject to Governmental
adjusfmehteucu rkoical fand3fouipt
adtlon. couidi neverj hae -been, j taken,
because it is well established that ft a
,conmanxit,cattn9t4be:restpr
the red tape of Governmental procedr
xTre' Ifctiie MfchigahafltfQachi ajjdhe
Boston & Mine RaUrpad had been
subjected . to Gdvhmeutar ilnrlfatlon
they would have felt obliged to keep
up their rates as-, dojthe railroads of
France .and Epglapand Germany un
der Governmen,tiaitation and U$
the potatoes rcK-ilxcliaxisa,