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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-10-26

IL Court, the officers of the
Count and the prisoner on trial, /
am going to adjourn the Court
ard 90 home aud stay there until
the cou"ty gets calm enough to
try the man as the law says
man shall he tried, give him a fair
and impartial trial, II, is u per-
feet farce The sheriff gels hys-
tesical, gets timid, don't want to
ifend anybody; telegrapbs the
Governor to send u militia com
pany to the Jail to protect he fell
low from Jail to Court and to pro-
tect the court whilo 1t is in session.
Is that fellow getting fair trial
Don t the jury trying the case see
that public sentiment Is high
against him, to such an extent
that the military has to be called
to prevent him from being torn
TO pieces by the mob like a wild
beast! Now, gentlemen, l have
this to say. l have all.conGdence
in your sheriff and | know if be
had got his hands on that prisoner
that night there wouldn't have
been any lynchlng there or some
body would have been hurt. And
| know another thing. When
ever L mob finds out that the man
who has got the prisoner in charge
is going to hurt-them they a,e
not 50 keen and anxious for it.
There are always one or two
leading men in mob, one or two
cool, Drained fellows directing the
mob, and Il lot of hot-headed peo-
pie do the work, and if you put
man like your sheriff in Jail here,
with oRe or two good deputies,
Will guarantee that no mob in
Lancaster County can take that
prisoner. Why because they
know he is not going to give him.
mp, and they know that somebody
i going TO be Eurt, and if he
acc,d' n;ally bit The leader of the
mun and r!tivd INN, thcn there
would b. u terrible ruuniuy and
breaking Of necks To get away.
Shcriif- who are elected in South
Carolina are geuerally good men
and popular men, and the citizens
of the county who put them IN Of
flee don't want t. xiii them. What
is tie result of hanging this fellow
down heres He was huog last
FRIDAY night, two weeks ago.
Court convenes today. Ii news
paper reports are correct he would
have been hanged Just As certain
as he was brought here, take il,
under the testimony. 1t would
have had very wholesome effect.
1t would have punished the muir
derer more than taking him out
and killing him in hot blood. If
| understand, he had just killed
this gentleman and they hung him
while he was still mad. He Iidn't
care what they did Just then.
They took him off kicking, scramt-
ling and lighting and hung him:
Well, if they had arrested hlm and
let him cool off and realize what
he had done, and let him know for
certain he was going to be hung,
and brought him here and tried
hlm and hang him legitimately,
let the Judge give bim about six
weeks to get ready in, it would
have been terrible punishm> at
for him to so through let him
know he had forfeited his life and
was going to be hung by law.
will tell you another thing. A
gentleman IN this Stale told me
once that years ago he was engae-
ed in lyOching; said they lynch
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-10-26

tnluk uc Is IL Ia" dotu'uS Si''H"''
The testimony, as | recollect it,
was this: A lot Of negroes
sworo that hey we're going al"ng
the railroad making some noise
and that they met Morrison out
on the railroad track aud he
killed one. They were STATE :
witnesses. Morrison went on
the stand aud testified, aud mis-
wife corroborated him in i'll
am not attempting to give all
the testimony, but simply the
substance of it--he testified Il
lot Of negroes came along in Il
boisterous manner, using vulgar, !,
profane and indecent language,
and he begged them to stop and
they fired into his house and
covered IL with shot, and they
lodged against the door and on
the wall, and that he returned
the fire, and killed one. Well,
now, be did not impress me in
Court a. being an outlaw. 1t
was an ordinary case Of "A white
man killing a negro, in Court,
and if tho people in kershaw
had gone and furnished the aoln
and fearless solicitor of this 9Th
cirsuit, Mr.. Thurmond, With
testimony going to show that
this man was an OutlaW and
lawless mau and helped the law
put him up, then the young
gentleman he killed would have
teen alive today aud the people
who lyDched him would have
been stainless and free from
blood on their hands.
Now there isn't any doubt
about it that this lynching busi,
ness in South Carolina is bring
ing about anarchy aud lawleSs.
uess, and | tell you right now |
have got common seuse, and so
have you, and | make this Slate-
ment and nUb4iY can contradict
1t successfully. The.e would bp
no lynchinS tn South Gdr"!.u,
wheu the p:!sDuer got lntO tur
hands Of an "iiicer Of the law
unless he C0un,ved at It or wink.
I'd at it. Whenever you hear
Of man being in the hands of
an officer Of the law and he is
lynched, the mob that took him
from him kaow that that officer
isn't going to defend that pris,
oner they know he is going to
connive at it or wink at it and
not going to resist them-so,
like the fellow who wants to
bring a suit against tho railroad
when the conductor wants to put
him off for not having u ticket
or for not paying fare. The
conductor says "You must pay
your fare or get off," The .fel.
low says "Use just enough Of
force so as to give me an action !;
you needn't klc3 me off, but use
just enough force to give me az
action against the railroad. y
And that is he way whenever
you hear g, 4 person beng taken
by a mob out OF the hands Of an
officer; they know that officer is
in sympathy with them and they
KnoW lac il nos going 30 resist.
Now there is another thing
am going 70 state. am not 90.
ing to hold any Courts under
tho guns Of any militia. | am
JEALOUS OF the military. came
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-10-26

any part Ia II, ana that ne had
rever hc.n he same mau sinca.
Wcll, n'w, | thlnk 1t yer,
terrible misfortune for IL man to
kill any one under any circum-
stances, even where he acts S,rlc
ly IN self-l.fence. We have so de-
great many disagie.nhl. ,hing-
10 this world, uud it is u very dis
agreeable duty man has to do to
take the life OF another even to
save his own. He i, marked
man after that: He is apart, as
it were, from human nhure and
the ch ldren point ,hoir f"grrs at
that mau everywhere and say
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-10-26

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most .erinns nart of NV cbarrc
m vou ,nd rhatis IN rpfarsnca to
this lvrch;no dawn nero at Kp,
shaw T. seems ,s ca,nar
from the report the solicitor
made 70 the Governor when he
enttcinyestipate the lyuching,
and also from the newspaper re-.
ports. that there was a lvrchiup
down there and a man WAS mt
to death by a mob. Well, that
i besmi,chino and hpf,u)ino tho
fair name of your county. |
nave not the slightest doubt bat
what there are a great number
of law abiding citizans in Ian
caster County, as great a. in any
other county, vino deryiy ue.
piore suG reyretth.toccur,encr:
but uuluckilv, and unfortunate.
ly for the administrator: OF
South Carolina It's the azores.
siye mob that runs things for a
certain lenpth OF time. When.
ever YOU get the law.abidins c,..
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There is not Z single man ac-
lively engaged il thas mob that
took Norrison's life that is not
guilty of foul, inhuman mur.
der. They have got blood on
their hands and they can not get
it off. Now, l see by the news
papers that this man Morrison,
who was lynched there, is said
to have been a bad man that he
was a social outlaw that he had
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03

ing l have this bird so that II ,.,
me up at a regular hour every mo-,
ing.
What is more, Judge, l get I'm Goo,
natured and happy as the bird tbo.
hear singing into my ear 1t is = n,o,a
ing sound, far different from tho .
ing. grating sound of a chean oh.
clock. Until | got possession Of ri.
bObOlink. l was always in troubIo =.
cause Of unreliable alarm clocks r W..
formerly a shoemaker. workinr 8
another man. and had to get IN aho,,.
o'clock in the morning. One ,ine f.
alarm clock to which ! trusted =.
awaken me. failNd to go off. and nc
result I lost my job.
80 much for the alarm clock vorr
honor. Now take the other three birds
if you will and do what YOU wish with
them. but spare me my bobolink alarm,
clock"
After expressing regret, Magistrate
Flammer said that the law was nlain
the birds must be confiscated and m.
prisoner held for trial He was held in
500 bail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03
FALL SALMON RUN FAILURE
Dry Spell Believed to Be Cause of Two.
Thirds Reduction.

ASTORIA. Or. Nov. 2-Advices
from Oregon outside rivers convey the
information that the run of fall sal
mon is an utter failure. Only at one
point are fair catches being made. and
it is estimated by local packers that
the output will be only about one
third of last season. The protracted
dry spell is believed to be responsible
for the failure of the supply
There has been a remarkable short
age in the canned fish product of the
Pacific coast this year Thus far little
effect on prices has been created. but
the packers expect the market to ad-
vance shortly after the holidays.
Most of the pack of the Columbia
river canneries was sold in advance.
SO packers will not be benefited by any
rise that may ensue. 1t is agreed by
those who closely follow the market
that the shortage this year will leave
the market in good shape for next sea-
sons output.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03
Y. w. G. A. In Session.

PEORIA, ILL.,, Nov. 3-The state
convention Of the Young Women's
Christian associations of Illinois, which
will adjourn Sunday night, opens In
this city this evening. More than $50
delegates are present. They represent
nearly two-score of colleges besides
a number of city organizations. Among
the colleges represented are: Lake
Forest, Lincoln, Westfield, Eureka
University of Chicago, Northwestern
university. University of Illinois, Knox
Augustana, Illinois Wesleyan and the
several Illinois state normal schools
The report of Miss Harriet Broad, OF
Chicago, state secretary, shows that
the organization has made a crafty
ing increase in membership since the
last convention.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03
j. D. FARRELL VISITS SPOKANE
His Coming Is Unannounced and Gives
Rise to Many Rumors.

SPOKANE. Nov. 81. d. Farrell
arrived in Spokane Tuesday and he
spent the day with republican pOliti-
clans. His unexpected arrival caused
considerable of a sensation in polt-
cal circles, all sorts of rumOrs being set
afOat. Many believed the report that
the railroads were about to open the
long expected barrel in support of
Mead.
Farrell went openly about inducing
friends to support Mead. When ques-
toned by a we'll known democrat, Far
rell replied: Il am working for the re-
publican ticket
Farrell declined politely but firmly
to be interviewed for publication on
the political situation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03

only to lose it, or at least a. good pOr-
ton of it, as the result of the same
broken promise. I shall not attempt to
say why Mr. Hill suddenly changed
than to say that this city was then. as
it is now, the recognized gateway to
Alaska. If Mr. Hill is entitled to any
credit at all in the extension of his
system to this city, it is credit to
his good business sense rather than
that of public benefactor.
Il am friendly to the railroads. and
to all other interests that will facili-
tate or help to build up the business
of the city, but l have sense enough
to know that there will never be a
large city on Puget Sound. so long as
excessive rates prevail between east
ern and western Washington. What
Seattle wants, in order to fully utilize
it's great harbor. and make possible its
future foreign trade, are railroad rates
that will not only result in the settle
ment of the great country east of the
Cascades. but the shipment of its prod
uctS to tide water at a profit to the
producer in keeping with the energy
and enterprise of the people of that
section.
without the producer there would
be neither city nor railroad. and for
this reason l favor the election of
George Turner. not because he is a
democrat, but because he stands COM
mitted to policy of fairness. which.
in turn, will contribute to the great
ness of the state as whole. II he
were a republican and the conditions
were reversed. | should vote for him
just the same 1 am a Washington
man first, and party man afterwards.
Respectfully yours,
s. S. BAILEY,
Seattle. November 1, 1904
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03
A BoboIink Alarm Clock.

A trained bobolink. which had for
eight years saved Peter JOsten the eX-
nense of an alarm clock. has been
wrested from Josten by cruel game
wardens. He was arraigned by State
Game Warden J. +. OvertOn, charged
with having in confinement contrary
police court Josten's plea that life
without the birds would be unbear
cy of the court. He was held for the
court of special sessions under 500
bail and the birds were taken to the
headquarters of the State Game Pro-
tective association.
Your honor. you little realize the
great loss that l would feel if you
deprive me of these creatures, especi-
ally the largest bird, that has been in
nv possession for the last eight years"
said Josten.
Why are you SO attached to the
birds?" inquired Magistrate Flammer.
We'll, the oldest bird, Your Honor,
is my alarm clock replied Josten.
What do you mean asked the
court. Explain yourself.
Il don't blame you for being sur
prised." was the reply. but l have
o;~v1t
years. BY little persistence and train
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03
State of Ohio,
City of Toledo,
TncaS COuDtE-


Lucas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co, doing business In the
City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cember, A. d. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
[Seall Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03

be taught how to farm. Then they will
be colonist farmers worth having and
this will relieve, too the congested GEN.
ters of the east. There are thousands
and hundreds of thousands of such
men in the east. and every live COM
nunity in the west should plant such
A farm instruction colony The work
has been begun in Arizona, and when
will be adopted by every western sec
ton, for it will appeal to all classes.
who desires to see his country settled
by thrifty citizens. 1t will appeal to
the merchant; it will appeal to the
man who has land to sell.
If man, intent upon accomplishing
the most with a large tract of land,
had one million acres, and it were
possible for him to have a prosperous
family on every five acres, would ne
divide it into farms of square mile
or of a quarter section? With small
farms come good roads. The deraded
isolation of the old farm life gives way
to neishbors every few hundred yards,
and all the comforts of modern civili-
Zation become possible.
Greatest National Resource.
The land is the greatest resource Of
a nation. Our public lands should be
securely held for the real homemakers
There are men in the west who have
ACQUIRED as was never intended by
congress. great tracts of thousands of
acres of land without settlement and
without the building of a single home.
These laws are still upon the stat
ute books. Moreover the great live
stock interests and the spectators are
intent upon keeping them there and
even upon attempting to secure new
land speculative legislation.
NdtiOHdI tTTtSdliOu fNSS.
If the National Irrigation associa-
ton had not insisted upon eliminating
communication clause of the homestead
law and the timber and stone law,
under the national irrigation law, all
the lands to be reclaimed by the gov
eminent would have been seized by
spectators and national irrigation
would have become a stencil in the
nostrils of the American people.
If the people of Montana desire ma
tional irrigation, with all it's magnfi-
cent possibilities for the state, they
must stand firm for the repeal of all
land laws except the homestead law.
The faith of the west has been pledged
to the east. and that faith must be
kept. The west must provide homes
for the many upon the lands to be re-
claimed else the east will Spey out ma
tional irrigation as a graft and a hid
eOuS evil.
I'VE would rather have homes for
men than corrals," he said, and we are
prouier of the best products Of Mon
tana, the finest people on earth, than
we are of the fattest sheep or the fat
test cattle.
The National Irrigation association
stands for rigid land policy that will
balk the CRAFTS of every land grab
bling scheme. 1t wants the title of all
timbered lands to remain with the
government and the Stumpage sold,
but the land to remain in the govern
ment so that our water sheds shall not
be ruthlessly destroyed. 1t asks that
every man who gets title from the gov
eminent must be an actual settler and
to show his good faith by living upon
the land five years. You can not eX-
pect the east to donate millions to re-
claim lands that go into speculative
land schemes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03

nv many acuuaintances whom l place
above yourself in point of esteem, both
as citizen and lawyer. but at the
same time l feel that even you might
be mistaken in your conclusions IN
regard to the future of Seattle.
Having been the trusted repre-
sentative of James j. Hill in this city
for many years. an employment that
is both honorable and commemorate
and out of which much good has come
to Seattle, it is but natural that you
should reflect, to a certain extent at
least. the atmosphere in which you
have lived. In oth/ words. you are in
clined to magnify the work Of the rail-
road, and thus minimize the other ele-
ments which have contributed to the
remarkable growth of Seattle. AS we
both have large property interests in
the city. properties which might suf-
fer by a mistaken state policy, 1 take
it for granted that you will concere
to me the honesty of purpose in this
issue, which 1 cheerfully extent to you.
The Great Northern railroad.
which is the sole cause of the appeal
to King county. to support Mead for
governor, has had no more to do with
the prosperity of Seattle than Seattle
has had to do with the prosperity of
the Great Northern railroad. The hon
ors in that respect are mutual. If there
is one thing more than another that
has contributed to the growth and
discovery of gold in the klondike and
Alaska, neither of which are reached
by the Great Northern railway.
Due to Alaska.
ITO the hardy miners who ''mushed"
it over the trails of the ChilkOOt and
Dyea passes in 1879, and to the sew
eral steamship owners of Seattle, as
we'll as to the merchants who cheerful
ly drew upon their limited stocks of
money and merchandise to make these
measure of the credit which is now
claimed for the Great Northern Rail-
road. AS the result of the energy dis
played by the miners. as we'll as the
merchants Of this city, gold to the
amount of $125 600 900 flowed into the
business and real estate channels or
Seattle. and at once placed it in the
front rank of American cities. If | am
not mistaken. Everett was the ac-
knowledged terminus Of the Great
Northern railroad. rather than Seattle.
at the dawn of Seattle's recent growth.
Il have distinct recollection of in
vesting $4,000 in that city upon a
tip which came from reliable sources
to the effect that it was to be the
western terminus of Mr.. Hills gerat
system. That same recollection, l am
satisfied is shared by thousands of
others who had their attention called
to the great artificial dock system in
augurated there, as we'll as the sew
enty-five miles of side tracks, which
have since been abandoned. That was
as late as four years ago.
SEVEN years before that date Jas.
J. Hill publicly announced that his
terminus was to he at F'airhaVen, and
here again thousands of small and
large investors placed their money.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03
Farm Acre Colonies,

Inc movement is already begun to
establish farm acre colonies where men
In the east who have a little ,,o,a,,
can come out onto an acre of land and
ave there for year Or two years and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-03
King County Issues.

Now, / want to take issue with you
upon your conclusions as to the sit
uation in King county. BY way OF a
during the twenty-five years in which
I have either resided, or been interest
ed in Seattle, there is no man among
New-York tribune., 1904-09-25
VARIOUS KINDS OF MACHINE GUNS

The first machine gun Of any note was the Cat
ling The original Gatling had ten barrels placed
in a circle. with a breech mechoDi9iil " ~ "
maj nv turning n crank these barrels were sue
cessivelv fired the cartridges being placed In
small hopper situated on the top OF the gun ,,
lar arrancemcnts of barrels, but totally t
form OF mechanism The Hotcnhis9 yammnntion
than the Calling The French m,raiIeppse mt az Gus mac nae
thirty barrels They all loaded aI the SAINTS ~
time and an fred smultaneousy ne I.i, - $3.50 49,
so great that it had TO be mounted ines IN rv % rue
ntiirng six horses The apparatus was T Gluiiisy, ~
dificut to operate and had a comparatively Sio"
rate of fire. ,.s serias ~ har-
res arranged side by side, like organ plp'is' S ans
Nordenfeldt gun generally has five baIItls ia aIe
the mechanism Is worked by lever, the
falling down from n hopper on the top OF the al ~ III
into position where the mechanism thrusts it'll InSni
into the barrel. fires them and exIr2cls d aI for
case This gun is Of great SIMPLICITY: am i1L d
time went into extensive use.-(IIarper's weekly