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WILMINGTON, N. C, SuNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1894.
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TELEGBAPHIC SUMMARY.,
i The Republicans and the Populists of
Wayne county form a combination
The dead body of Dr. WB Seymour,
Mottt uTarTrpf: VflL. has Deen touna in
;the mountains.
He had starved to
Ooxey opens
his Congressional cam-
paign jaCKsoa leiuaco Bigu aiMuiwj
for a fight with Corbett -There are now
438 students at the State university. Of
these 139 are new ones The Supreme
court of Oklahoma, decides that all di
vorces granted in that Territory , by pro
bate judges since March 1893, are void.
There are about 400 such cases and many
i of the parties,
who live all over the
Union, have married other people-
The business men of Memphis, hold an
indignation meetings over the lynching
of the negroes at Millington, and raise
- $1,000 for the widows and orphans of
these murdered and open subscriptions
for more The armies of China and
Japan an Corea are separated only by the
' Imjin river. Many Europeans in the
; ' customs department in China are joiniDg
l- the navy, being offered 150 taels a month
and 5,000 in case of death In Perry
county, Ala., three children are locked
in the house, by their parents who go
to prayer, meeting. The house and ch il
; dren are burned up; in their absence
r R. B. Boone, of Durham, and R. L.
Mitchell, of Caswell, are nominated to
, the Senate by the Democrats of that dis
f 1 trict The Populist convention of
Orange county nominates a ticket-
President Kilgo1 will be installed at
Trinity college1 , September 19th
Trinity opened yesterday with the largest
attendance in its history A pitched
battle accurs in Savannah between union
and non-union long shoremen. The
latter were on their way to load thejfirst
-cotton steamer of the season --The
s -Count of Paris died yesterday morning.
-Corbett's manager signs the papers
for the fight Thorough investigation
shows that the death of the, immigrant
at Cumberland. Md.. was not from
cholera The' Raleigh starts on her un
official trial trip- -Lightning caused
rfires in eight towns ip. Illinois Friday
night- The explanation r of McCarthy
and Dillon about the circular letter ask
ing for funds does not please the Healy
ites, and they are likely to gain by the
incident The Yachting World sympa
thizes with Mr. Gould in the many mis
-haps to the Vigilant t Certain resolu
tions of the Trades Union congress in
' .session at Norwich, have placed British
workmen at a great disadvantage by
; their socialistic -tenor- Rev. Price
'Hughes appeals to the Methodists of the
i lUnited States to enterf ere to prevent
' f u rther lynching of negroes A baz aar
S 'is held by the Queen -and members of the
rroyal family . at Crathie, for , raising
funds to build a church -The pharma
f cists in session at' Ashe ville, resolve to
1 boycott such manufacturers as furnish
drugs to physicians. They , also take
.steps to have pharmacists in the army
.end navy, given' a rank Governor
O'Ferrall, of Virginia, surrenders to
Governor Brown, of Maryland, the
schooners captured trespassing on Vir
ginia oyster: beds Another of the
crew of the steamer at Baltimore quar
antine dies of yellow fever- Governor
Cexr is interviewed by Mr. Christain of
the.News and Observer about lynching
the negro Madkins in Alamance county
and-the criticisms of the Northern jress
on the Governor's conduct. , He says he
t a1T-?1A 1
snau 'recommend 10 ine legislature laws
rprofviiding for taking rapists to the peni
tentiary for safe keeping before trial and
for all executions to take place in the
penitentiary. )
Base Ball.
I Guexelind, Sept. Cleveland-New
York game" called end third inning,
rain. .- - - -.
Chicago, Sept. 8. Chicago, 1; Boston,
Batteries Hutchison and Shriver;
.tchols and (Ganzell.
f PiTTSBCRQ, Sept. 8. Pittsburg, 13;
Philadelphia. .7. Batteries Menefee,
slack- and -Sagden; Weyhing and Cle-
lents. -
O, t ri a e ni. t h
lajvvs,, wept, o. oc. IjOuis, i;
ooklyn, 6. Batteries Hawley, Breit-
tem and Miller; Stem and Kmslow. -
msviLLE. Sept; 8. Louisville. 3:
Itimore, 6. Batteries Knell and
Gleason and Robinson.
INCINXATI, Sept. .8. Cincinnati. 14:
Wj
mgton. 9. : Batteries -Dwrer' and
Merritt; Haddock and McG aire.
The following is ; the record of the
clubs, including the games played ves
terday: I -
WOX. LOST. PERCENT.
Baltimore 76 33 678
New York.......... 75 40 652
Boston 74 40 Y 649
Philadelphia.... ... 66 48 579
Brooklyn 62 51 549
Cleveland 57 54 f 514
Pittsburg.......... i 56 58 491
Chicago............. 50 64 439
Cincinnati ..48. - 67 417
6t. Louis ....... 46 ' 69 400
Washington........ 40' v 75 348
Ixjuisville... 33 81 290
, ' Telegraphic Sparks, j
Charleston, S. C.f Sept. 8. Rev. si
B, Jones, D. D. , died at Spartanburg to
day. He was born in Charleston fifty
eight years ago. He was graduated from
the Citadel seminary in -1847. From hi
graduation till 1854. when he ioined the I
the female college m Andreon. ,
FROM OVER THE WATER.
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HAP
PENINGS IN ENGLAND.
The Explanation or tne aeegins virr
h -Mi m -mm
cu!aUnsatisfactrT The Yacnt
ing WOrld on the Vigilantes j
Misfortunes . Appeal to j
American Methodists ito
Stop the Lynchin;
Royal Family's
Church Fair.
London, Sept. 8. The explanations of
Justin McCarthy and John Dillon, in re
gard to the circular issued in the name
of the Irish party, appealing for funds ,
eave the Healyites as greatly dissatisfied
as eyer. ine executive committee 01 tne
Irish National league, of Great Britain,
assume the responsibility of the issuance
of -the circular, but flatly deny that they
forwarded a copy of the letter to Glad
stone or to any member of the Ministry.
Taking this denial for what it is worth,
it is inexplicabief in the face of the now
well known fact that 12,000 copies of the
circular were distributed. It was ob
viously a general appeal to the English
Liberals to contribute to the Irish Par -
liamentary fund, and Messrs. McCarthy
Dillon and O'Connor must has-been
cognizant of it. '
The event assumes the proportions of a
matter of first importance in assisting
Tim Healy to seize control of the next
meeting of the Irish party, when the
matter of electing an executive officer to
succeed McCarthy will be accomplished.
McCarthy is certain to retire from the
presidency at the expiration of his term
and Healy apparently has it in his pDwer
to name his successor if not to assume
the office himself. v
Mr. Sexton maintains a discreet silence
in regard to the new turn of affairs and
the belief is becoming general that his
reticence i3 due to the fact that he has
discovered, as everybody else has, that
he compromised himself by his assertion
in the course of debate in the House of
Commons that neither to the Govern
mentnortoany wealthy English parti
saDs of Irish home rule has any member
of the Irish party been indebted for a
penny, nor will any of them ever be,
and he is no doubt ashamed of his pos
itive utterance in view of the subsequent
developments.
jyiicnaei uavitc. nowever, strides a
different attitude. He warmly defends
the acceptance "of the contributions of
Gladstone and Lord Tweedmouth and
frankly says he wishes that more Liber
als would follow their examples. The
present outlook is that the upshot of the
whole aiiair will be the triumph of He
aly, temporary though it may be. The
Healy ite members already number
thirty in the Hons 3 of Commons and, as
they are likely to obtain, accessions
through the Gladstone-Tweedmouth
affair, they threaten to control the Irish
party
The Yachting World, -in an article re
viewing the yachting season, pins its
faith to the likelihood that the latest
accident to the Vigilant's centreboard
was due to a defective casting: "Eng
lish workmen," it says, "are not accus
tomed to bronze centreboards, but at the
same time it is not unlikely that the first
accident to the boat was caused by
strain upon some part of the mechanism
which had been overlooked. Never
theless it is a remarkable coincidence
that in each case the breakdown occurred
in the same locality while the boat was
oh the same errand. Perhaps all this
comes from sailing on Sunday. Mr
urouia is a sportsman ana we sympa
thize with him in the ill-luck he
has sustained with its bronze beauty,
His trip must have cost him a fabulous
amount of dollars and the result in re
spect of glory is very light. The Vigilant
is an undoubted giant, but ehe met an
other giant who was a trine her superior.
The repeated damage to her centreboard
does not impress our yachtsmen with the J
3 . i.i . , 1
au vantages 01 tne contrivance ana lew
owners of yachts would make such vic
tims as Mr. Gould, who has been com
pelled to scratch two out of three races
in which he especially desired to com
pete. It was a cruel fortune."
The Yachting World also notes the
fact that the record of the little Herre
shoff boat, Dakota, shows that out of
twenty-nine starts she won twenty six
races.
Certain resolutions passed by the
Trades Union congress, which has been
sitting at Norwich throughout the week,
have placed British workingmen at a
great disadvantage. In an article en
deavoring to excuse them, the thorough
going radical Chronicle admits that it is
staggered by the crnde socialism which
has dom'nated tl e congress, and thinl s
that the delegates have been seeing
visions.
Rev. Price Hughes appeals to the
Methodists of the United States to inter
fere to prevent . further lynching3 of ne
groes. In an appeal to this end he asks
what ; the bishops and ministers of
churches North and South are doing to
quicken the public conscience. The ne
groes, he contends, have immense claims
upon the Church because a majority of
them are Methodists. Mr. Hughes notes
that the facts before the British public
are greatly one sided. While the pro
lynching side is fully discussed, the op
posing question receives little or ho at
tention. A bazaar which the Queen has in
itiated at Crathie, with the object of
raising funds to build a church, is at
tracting hosts of tourists to the locality.
Among the features "bf the fair is a
photographic studio, presided over by
Prince Henry, of Battenberg, who takes
pictures at five shillings each. Within
an enormous shoe representing the old
woman who lived in a shoe, sat Vic-
toria, of Battenborg. and one of the
daughters of the Duchess
These little ladies sold dolls, and Princess
J (naught, drove a good trade and maS
sharp bargains in cigars. Other mem
bers of the royal family, larere and
small, sold baskets of flowers, sweet
meats and toys. The Queen herself made
up for the occasion three plaited chip
baskets, which were raffled off at J shil-
mgs a chance, 109 tickets being sold on
each. Princess Louise of Lome presided
at a stall for - the sale of varieties, in
cluding teas, groceries, etc
A pugilistic match has been arranged
between the American middleweighty
Frank Craigj and the Welsh champion,
O'Brien. The fight will take place in
October in the arena of the i National
Sporting club. J
JHK PHARMACISTS.
They Resolve to-Boycott Manufac
tnrersjwho FuiishErTugitohv8i
clans To Premote the Phar
macists of the Army and
Navy
ASHEYILLE, N. C, Sept.
8. The
American Pharmacautical association
to-day voted to boycott manufacturers
who furnish physicians with their' man
ufactured products for use in dispensing
prescriptions. m This was done for the
purpose of putting a stop to what the
druggists look on with alarm as an
T . t
encroachment on their own business. It
is claimed by them that year ly- year the
doctors are getting more and more into
the habit of filling their own prescrip
tions and dispensing ,drugs from their
own offices, greatly to the detriment of
the-prescription business of drug stores.
The resolution authorizing the boycott
was offered by Professor Whitney of
Boston. It was adoptedwithoUt a dis
senting voice.
The association ' also took action with
reference to the recognition of the pro
fession of pharmacy by the army and
navy of the United States. The pharma
cists of each branch of the service are
paid but $80 a month and have no offi
cial rank. A resolution was adopted to-
aay proviamg tor the appointment ot a
committee from each State in the Union
whose business it shall be to interest the
druggists of their State with a view of
securing the influence of all United
States Senators and Representatives to
wards the passage of a 1 aw giving the
pharmacists a ranJk ana increasing their
pay to that of the assistant surgeon. The
convention then adjourned. J
The Sun's Cotton Review.
New York, Sept. 8. The Surfs cot
ton review says: Cotton advanced 6 to 7
points closing steady, with sales' of 27,700
bales.' Liverpool declined 1-32 d on the
spot, with sales of 10.000 bales. Futures
were unchanged and closed steady.
New Orleans advanced 4 points. Sil
ver advanced l-16d in London. Spot cot
ton here was quiet at 6 15-16, with sales
of 177 bales for spinning. . Exports from,
the ports to-day were 874 bales to Great
Britain and 1,385 to the Continent:
Port receipts were 9,394 bales, against
3,168 this day last week and 5,491 last
year. Savannah sold 1,200 bales, Galves
ton 667, Augusta 534 and New Orleans
500. Prices were generally j unchanged;
and steady, though in some cases nomi
nal. Galveston was very steady. Housy
ton's receipts to-day were 5,691 bales,
against 2,667 this day last week and
1.747 last year. Augusta received 741
bales, against 510 last year. Rainfall
for twenty-four hours was heavier
east of the Mississippi in Alabama
1.13 inches, Waycross 1 65, Frank
lin in New Orleans district 1.35;
Waynesboro in ! Mobile district 2.06
inches. In the Montgomery district 1.
inch. Good rainfalls at other points in
the above districts were also reported by
the Government Cotton goods are ac
tive and higher, i
To-day's features Liverpool was un
expectedly favorable to bullish interests.
Some operators were "nervous about the
bureau report on Monday and also be
cause of the fact that the Liverpool mar
ket will be closed on Monday when the
Queen will visit Liverpool. ! There was
very little trading, but the business, such
as it was, took place at higher prices.
Liighning's Havoc.
DeKalb, 111., Sept. 8., Lightning played
havoc among the various small towns of
this section lasl night. As a result, the
business portion of Maltaa small town
of 600 inhabitants, is in ashes, with losses
aggregating $50,C00
The little settlement of Henrietta was
aisa visited by lightning and completely
wiped ut. The loss will not prove very
extensive. - 1 -. - .
At Caledonia four buildings were
struck at different times, and each - was
destroyed.
At Elmhurst a big barn was struck
and totally destroyed. The people had
hard work to save the school house, sit
uated nearby.
Rockf ord came in for its share of the
flames, and in that town three fires were
caused by lightning. j
At Belvidere a physician's stable was
struck and consumed, together with two
horses.
Huntley suffered the ldssof three
buUdings, one of which was a stablev-Jn
the latter instance four horses were
cremated.
At Herbert two buildings were burned.
The Northwestern railway track, for a
stretch of 300 feet, at .Trout park, is
washed out by the heavy flood.
At Geneva, also, a washout occurred
on the line, carrying away a large sec
tion of the roadbed.
The Count of Paris Dead. ;
London, Sept. 8. The Count of Paris
died at Stowe house shortly before
8 o'clock this morning. He began to
sink visibly at midnight, I but at inter
vals was clearly conscious, recognizing
the Countess and his children, and mur
muring words of affection for them.
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Why should the Rad-Pop. fusion fce
called the Raccoon party? Because,
like the raccoon's tail, it is composed of
white and black rings. Kinston Free
Press. . j
GORBETT AND JAGK80N.
THE SIOUX CITY CLUB ANXIOUS
. FOR THE FIGHT.
The Proposition of the Club Sent to
s New York: to be Signed Its Terms
Readily Accepted by Corbett's .
Manager and Signed by
Him To Be Sent to Chi
cago for Jackson's
j Signature.
New York, Sept. 8. This morning at
11:30 o'clock Mr. Lloyd, who represents
the Sioux City Athletic club, met W. A.
Brady Corbett's manager, and Thos.
'kejwell known as Dixon's man
ager, and who represents Jackson in this
cityj in his room at the Hotel St. Dennis.
Mr.! Lloyd immediately drew from his
pocket three typewritten copies of the
agreement for the faght."I come," he said
as representative of the Sioux Citv
club to arrange the contest. There are
what we offer you. " Then he proceeded
to read: 1 . !:--
"These articles of agreement to govern
a close contest for the championshiD of
the world between James J. Corbett, of
America, an(L Peter Jackson, of Aus
tralia." , . 1 ' . :;
The articles of agreement provide that
the contest shall take place under the
auspices of the Sioux City Athletic club
between May 15 and June 15, 1895. the
date to be specified by the club on or he
re March 1st. The contest shall be
governedrbythe Marquis of Queensbury
rules, the gloves shall weigh five ounces
and the other details shall be left to the
decision of the club.
The Sioux City Athletic club agrees to
pay the winner $25,000 in cash, said
amount to be placed in the hands of the
referee, who is to be appointed by the
club j and satisfactory to the principals,
twenty-four hours before the contest.
$ The club also agrees to deposit $5,000
as a guarantee that each man shall re
ceive $2,500 for his training expenses in
case the contest shall j be prevented by
any Unforeseen occurrence other than
the failure of the principals to appear
after signing the articles.
The club requires from each of the
contestants a deposit of $5,000, to be
placed in the Northwestern bank; of
Sioux City, or in the hands of a person
satisfactory to the club, to guarantee
their; appearance at the time appointed
by the club, said amount to be posted on
the signing of the articles. The $10,000
now deposited in Chicago shall go, as
stipulated in the former articles, on the
result of the contest, j
'i 'That suits me," cried Brady, and he
signed Corbett's name and then his own.
; O'Rourke said he "thought Jackson
would besatisfied, but that he was not
empowered to sign for him.
It was agreed that ; Mr. Lloyd should
present the agreement to Jackson in Chi
cago when he went home.
The fight, if arranged ; will take place
in open air or on a barge on the Missouri
riverj near Sioux City, and between
Nebraska and Iowa. It has never been
decided which State has jurisdiction on
it. - .. j ,- v . ' ;
Governor O'Ferrall Surrenders the
j Maryland Schooners.
Richmond, Sept. 8.-Acting under a
resolution of the General Assembly, giv
ing him that descretion, Governor O'Fer
rall has offered to turn over to Governor
Brown, of Maryland, the Maryland oys
ter marauding schooners Stevenson and
Price , which were captured by the State
oyster steamer Chesapeake in Tangier
sound in February last after a running
fieht.i A full investigation of the cir
cumstances of the chase and capture de
veloped the fact that the fight between
the schooners and the State oyster
steamer commenced in Virginia waters
where the former were illegally dredg
ing for oysters, but the prizes were taken
in Maryland water.
Governor O'Ferrall's letter making the
tender of the schooners was delivered to
Governor Brown to-day by Col. C.
O'B. . Cowardin, who, as the Virginia
executive chief of staff was sent to Balti
more as a special messenger to bear it.
The letter expresses regret that trouble
should have occured between the two
States, but says emphatically that here
f ter Virginia will exercise the right to
pursue trespassers in her waters beyond
her boundary line. . N
It Was Not Cholera.
- Washington, Sept. 8. A most satis
factory result has been reached by the
thorough investigation instituted by the
marine hospital service in regard to the
the Bavarian immigrant, Walther, who
died at Cumberland, Md., with symptoms,
which local physicians took to be those
of Asiatic cholera. Surgeon Geneial
Wyman sent Past Assistant Surgeon
Gedding to Cumberland to investigate
the matter. The body was exhumed and
the result of a bacteriological examina
tion showed that it was not a case of
cholera. It was found that the man had
hcarried with him a large quantity of im
properly cooked food, which contained
a ptomaine (or putrif active) poison which
caused his death. '
Highest of all in Livening Power. Latent U. S,: Gi.r Report
ill ' -v'.-:" ' v-'
POLITIC A.L CONVENTIONS.
Democratic Senatorial Nominees
PopuIUt County Ticket Trinity -,
College Opens With Iiarsest
Attendance in its History.
Special to the Messenger.
Durham, N. C, Sept. 8. The Demo
cratic convention for this Senatorial dis
trict was held at Hillsboro to-day. R.
B.Boone of Durham county, andR. L.
Mitchell of Caswell, were nominated
for the State Senate from this district. ;
. The Populist county and Senatorial
conventions were also held there to-day.
no nominations were made for Senators.
W. H. Anderson was nominated for the
House, W. B. York for clerk of the
court, Devereux Turner for sheriff, W.
V. Andrews for register of deeds, and
Wm. R. Hawkins for treasurer.
President Kilgo, of Trinity college,
will be formally installed September
19th. Trinity opened yesterday with the
largest attendance in its history.
Pour Hundred i - and Thirty-Eiht
Students at the University.
Special to ! t&e Messenger.
Raleigh, Sept. 8. A special from the
State university eays the student roll is
now as follows: New students 139, old
students 207, law students 1 40, school of
pedagogy and geology 62, total 438. The
Young Men's ! Christian association this
evening gave a reception in honor of the
new students. President Winston made
a speech in which he said that at the
centennial celebration .. next June , 500
students and as many alumni would be
present.
Fusion in Wayne County.
Special to the Messenger. -Goldsboro,
Sept. 8. The Republican
County Executive committee met a com
mittee of Populists here to-day and, after
a considerable wrangle, j decided on
fusion, the Republicans claiming the
offices of sheriff, register of deeds and
one legislator. !
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS,
The Grand Iiodse Session Election
of Officers The Pythian Univer
sity Recognized Assessment
for its Support.
Washington, Sept. 8. The Supreme
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, adjourned
this afternoon after having held business
sessions f jr eleven days,; to meet at
Minneapolis the last Tuesday in August
1895. . It has not yet been decided
by the Uniform Rank where it will hold
the ' next biennial meeting, but it is
understood that it will be at the same
time and place a3 the Supreme Lodge.
Officers were elected to-day as follows i
Walter B. Richie, of Lima, Ohio,
Supreme Chancellor; Phillip T. Col
grove, of Hastings, Mich., Supreme Vice
Chancellor: Albert-Steinhart, of Ala
bama, Supreme Prelate: Dr. ' R. L. C.
White, Supreme Keeper of Records and
Seals; Thomas G. Sample, of Pennsyl-j
vania, Supreme Master of the - tiX
chequer; A. D. Gardiner, of New York
Supreme Master! of Arms; James
Moulson, of New; Brunswick, Supreme
Master of the Inner Guard; John W.
Thompson, of Washington, D. C, Su
preme Master of the Outer j Guard; John
A. Hinsey, of. Wisconsin, I chairman of
the board of control. I .
The following supreme tribunal was
appointed : George E .. Seay, of Tennessee,
hve-years; John H. Alexander of vir
ginia, four years; Edwards A. Graham
of Alabama, three years; Benjamin T.
Chase of Maine, two years; and Frank
tl. ularke of Wyoming, one year.
Numerous reports of a local character
were adopted, but; the day was mostly
taken up with executive business. The
Pythian university, of Gallatin, Texas,
was recognized, and a resolution adopted,
providing for the contribution of 20 cents
by every member of the order, which
will be sufficient to maintain the univer
sity. Later on regents of the university
will be appointed. Tuition in the uni
versity will be free lo sons of Pythians.
Another Death, Prom Yellow Fever.'
Baltimore, Sept. 8. Second Engineer
Cornelius Watson, of the British steam
ship Samuel Tyzack, who was taken to
quarantine hospital yesterday, suffering
with' yellow fever, died to-day. The
other two victims are in r an improved
condition. The vessel, with? her crew
aboard is anchored at quarantine and
every precaution has been taken to pre
vent the spread of the disease.
Starved to Death in the; Mountains.
Tiffin, Ohio. Sept. 8, A despatch from
New Market, Va., announces the finding
of the dead body of Dr. Wm. B. Sey
mour in the mountains near here. ' Both
the man's arms are broken and he evi
dently starved to death. His valuables
were intact. Dr. I Seymour resided in
this city and went to' the woods June
24th to gather herbs for his practice, and
failed to return. He was 84 years old. !
SOUTHERN LYNGHINGS.
GOVERNOR CARR INTERVIEWED
. ON THIS SUBJECT.
Strictures of the Northern Press on
uis Action in Regard to the Mad
kins Lynching He ; Favors '
Placing Certain Criminals
in the Penitentiary for
Safe Keeping and
Having all Execu
tions Then. ;
Raleigh, Sept. 8. Govornor Elias !
Can- has been not a little vexed lately by
what he deems to be the unjust criticism
of many j Northern papers upon his 1
course in the case of Bob Madkins. rl.
ored, who was lately in danger of being :
lynched for criminally assaulting a little !
white girl in Alamance county;
The Governor called; a special term of
court because he says he is on the side of !
law, and asks, if the papers don't like it
what would they have done. The Gov
ernor proposes a remedy for lynching in i
the South. The following is the inter
view, which was rather in the shape of a
conversation, with Mr. W. E. Christian,
a well-known newspaper manj than an
interview, as the Governor is !averse.to
interviews: 1 I j
"It was on July 9th that the court was
called, was it not, Governor?" i .
"The court was called on June 4th, to
be held on July 9th." .
"Then the negro was captured 1 on
June 4th ?'
"Yes, sir." ' 1 . :. .
Then it was a month or over before
they tried himr
"Yes, sir, more than a month."
"Then he was hanged two weeks after
court adjourned?"
"One month after hi3 sentence."
f'u ayyLj mi potuuu ait iu
"No; no application for pardon was
made." . ; . . - . t -
"Of course you have read all the com- ..
ments in the Northern papers on lynch-
ins m tne south; Joel unandler Harris ,
wrote quife a ; paper in thel Forum
"i aia not reaa it, . out 1 neara it
sooke of." i '
"What do you think 'will be jthe ulti
mate remedy that we will have j to have -in
the South as to rape between the t
races?" . - ' . !
"I think we are having the remedy
now, sir, in having as speedy a trial as
possible, and to remedy the matter as
much as possible I would suggest that it
would be advisable to confine these
rapists in the penitentiary at I once, as
soon as they are arrested, until a court
of justice can be held, and give them a
fair trial. That would put them beyond
the reach of lynchers." j - :
"Yet, by what law: can they get at
that?" v . - .'7. t . -
Wa1I fffl ran tinvo anmo Rivsnial 1 Atria-
lation, but the law would provide for
that. I would not hesitate at all' to
permit the rapists to be taken at once to
the penitentiary, but I would suggest,
that as a remedy that some legal action -:
be taken in regard to this by the next -Legislature."
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il ; "You believe that would do awajr
hereaf ter with all lynching."
"No, air, I don't, I can't say that, but
1 say it would be a step m the right di
rection; to protect the man's life from
lynching if he is put in the penitentiary
right away or as soon ! as possible, and -given
as speedy a trial as possible. It is
exceedingly fortunate for the white wo
men of our coUntrv that those men that
are rapujis uo not reaa me noixnern pa
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pers, or they would mistake the conduct
oi tne papers as enaorsing their course,
"There are two classes of white people
in the South. Governor, it seems tn m
Bishop Haygood took : a stand against
lynchiDg out and out and Joel Chandler
Harris said that there were a class ox
people in the South who were in favor
of it. I suppose you would stand by the
law out and out against lynching."
; "I would Rtand by the law out and out-
against lynching. I want to do nothings
that will encourage lynching -in any
shape or form." v r
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f - x ou mew very weii mai inia man
would be lynched unless some heroic-
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remeay was onerear j :
! "I felt that way." 1 i i
; "I will do everything that I can to
prevent lynching, and at the same time
I shall throw no impediment in the way rl
of bringing criminals to justice at- the .
very earliest moment."
I VThose Northern papers do not seem
to pass yery severe comments on lynch
ing when they took place up t here.
They, did not have much 'to say about -those
Northern lynchers, therefore it
seems that it is really more in sect ional '
spirit on the part of those editors, than -from
any object they have to bring the,
criminal's to quick justice." i "
"Yes 6ir, and I would like to s ay irr
connection with bringing these men to
the penitentiary, that I shall recom mend
to the next Legislafure that executions
take place inside the penitentiary in -order
that the criminal class there may
be more impressed than otherwise." ,
j- "What is your feeling. Governor,
about the criticism of these Northern
papers?"
i "I think it is very unjust, and I con
sider it exceedingly fortunate for - the
white women of the country that those
who are guilty of the crime of rape don't
read the Northern papers, or there would
be more rapes committed, and if they
condexned'the fact of raping more and
lynching- less it would have a better
effect. Vf : , -:';-' ..-vv-
t May I ask you about politics Gov
ernor? ''-! -V-"" . f"
! "I surmise not. Politics are in a tick
lish state here just now, - and any word
would be imprudent from me except to
urge all to Btand by the Democratic
party with might and main."
Pimples, blackheads, moles, freckles,
tan and sunburn removed by Johnson's
Oriental Soap. Medicinal. J. 'Hicks
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