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MACON, GA„ FRIDAY /MORNING, JUNE 19, 1903
DAILY~#T A TEAR }
IS LITTLE CHANCE
OE A CONVICTION
Jury in the Kentucky Feud Cases Unable to Agree
After Twelve Hours and They Retire for the Night.
Ten are Said to be for Acquittal—Fierce Arraign
ment by the Prosecuting Attorney Who Announc
es That He Will, Like Ewen, Leave the County.
Hargi’s Faction is Jubilant.
JACKSON, K>\, June 18.—As expect
ed here, the jury In the case of Curtis
Jett and Thomas White, charged with
the murder of J. B. Marcum, has been
unable to agree on a verdict. The case
has been in tho hands of the jury all
the afternoon, and tonight it is stated
that at letdit two jurors art holding out
for conviction, while the others are di
vided, most of them favoring acquit
tal. The jurors went M bed early, and
there will be no report before tomor
row.
During the suspense there has been
intense anxiety about the court house
and throughout the town in discussing
what might follow a verdict either of
guilty or acquittal or of a compromise
on imprisonment. The indications are
that the jury finally will report that It
has disagreed and ask to be discharged.
AH hope of conviction seemed to be giv
en up here tonight.
It Is not expected that the prosecu
tion for the murder of Marcum and
others will stop with this jury. Al
though court has been in session some
weeks, at great expense to the county
and also to the commonwealth, on ac
count of the troops. It Is believed that
State Inspector Hines will make such
n report to the governor as will secure
other trials under different conditions.
It Is not likely that the county will
soon find such another witness as B. J,
Ewen, who has removed to Lexington,
■ r another such prosecutor as Common
wealth's Attorney Byrd, who expects to
locate at Winchester. Ky. There are
some who expect serioul trouble when
the troops shall be withdrawn. Business
was practically suspended today, as
yesterday, with crowds about the town
everywhere and considerable carousing,
although the provoet marshal with the
troops doing pottce duty, is trying to
keep the “blind tigers'* closed. The
reign of terror still continues, with all
sorts of apprehension as tes the future,
and no hope of any convictions under
;be present official conditions.
The members of the Hargis faction
were almost jubilant tonight over the
official reports from the Jury room,
was r\i'ni«-l confidently th«» ten of
the Jurors were firmly for acquittal,nn«l
t the other two wbuld be induced to
them tomorrow in a verdict of ac
quittal. It is mentioned that nil the
nen brought in for the panel from
which the Jurors were selected were
brought in by deputies or elisor* who
[ arc connected with the dominant fac-
1 Uon. and that the/ can be depended
upon for the result that Is new antlcl-
[ pated. (
After the Juty reported no agreement
and waa Instructed by Judge Redwlne
! to continue Its deliberations, hebetated
that he had never expected n verdict on
the first night, and that he will hold
j the Jury in its deliberations at least un-
I til Saturday unless a verdict shall be
tdered before that time. While a ver
dict Is not generally expected, the
course of the Jury In occupying bo much
time may not be taken as a positive in
tention of no agreement.
In the mountain countries ip import
ant cases It Is a custom of juries to
deliberate at length probably to lend
weight, to their verdict. It is evident
that Judge Redwlne expects a verllct
tomorrow. The Jury spent the night
at the Arlington hotel, under a heavy
guard. A heavy guard was also placed
tonight around the home of Common
wealth's Attorney Bynj/
In making his concluding argument
Mr. Byrd asked the Jury tj> be willing.
If necessary, to make the same sacri
fice that Capt. Ewen had made for Jus
tice. Raising Ms left hand aloft and
shaking It threateningly toward two
prominent men who sat in court, he
fcald: “I want to give warning to you
and all of your followers that your
bloodthirsty duels must stop in
Breathitt county. I leave this county
and Its people. Ood knows they haVe
suffered enough; God knows the day
has got to come when the arch assas
sins, the men who are the controlling
powers behind the Jetts and Whites,
will be exposed to the world and either
sent to prison or to the noose.”
The case went to the Jury at 11:80
The Attempt to nrlhe Ewen.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. June IS.—From a
staff correspondent sent to Jackson to
learn definitely the facts as to the offer
of $5,000 made to Capt. B. J. Ewen to
niter his testimony ss to seeing Jett in
the corridor with pistol In hand when
Marcum was assassinated, the HernJd
has received a sensational dispatch. It
From a source that Is reliable and
authentic It has been learned that the
full details of the offer of $5,000 to Capt.
Ewen to perjure himself was communi
cated to State Inspector Hines upon hi 1
last visit here and that he reported
those facts to Governor Beckham last
week. The facts. In substance, are that
a man went t«. <\ipt Ewen made him
the proposition * to pay him the
stated if he would either leave
county or swear on the witness stand
that he did not recognise the assn
of Marcum. Cap! Ewen told him that
would have to think the matter
and made an appointment for the man
to come lo'hi* house and told him to
bring the money. Arrangements ^
made that when the emissary returned
everything he said or did could
heard and seen by witnesses. He re
turned at the appointed hour
brought with him five $1,000 notes,
repeated his offer. Copt. Ewen refused
it and told the man to take the money
bark and that he could not use it. Upon
hln refusal, the emissary lost his t*m
per and said it was the worst mistake
Ewen ever made; that he would find
that he would be burned out, destroyed
and absolutely wiped out of exlsten<
THREE MEN ARRESTED
ON PEONAGE CHARGE
Jasper County Farmers Brought Before the United
States Court^Their Arrests Following a Charge by
Judge Speer to the Grand Jury in Which He Called
Pointed Attention to the Gravity of the Offense—The
Defendants Held by Commissioner Martin in Sum
of $iooo Each.
VIRGINIA COURTS
WORRY THE NAVY
an INJUNCTION AGAINST THE LAUNCHING OF THE GALVESTON ISSUED
BY THE STATE COURTS—SEC It ETA RY MOODY HOLDS THAT TIIE
COMPLETION OF A WARSIIIP C ANNOT HE ESTOPPED BY A COURT
PROCESS—SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF A STATE.
and Grosbt-ck,
>m proceeding •
chlng of the j
RICHMOND. Va., Juna 18—Judgo
Brlnnan, of the Richmond chancery
court; today granted an Injunction re
training IJeuti. Thetss
United States navy, fr>
further with the laui
11,1,11 Gmlvr.ton. under c<m«truction
In th. Trig, rtlpjrerde here.
The Injunction WM (Tutted on Peti
tion of a H. Him A Co. of this city,
supply creditor* of the Trigg company,
now In the hands of a receiver, and re
straint the government officials and g
all other persons from In any nay In-
The plan of-nctlon decided on is prac-
Dally unique' In the history of the
i.ivy department It was decided on
nly after the president, the attorney-
eneral and the secretary of the navy
td given the subject their careful con-
judge Speer yesterday morning
charged the United States grand Jury
In the following language:
“Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the
Grand Jury: I may felicitate you that
your labors at this term will not be
arduous. There has been, I nm happy
to assure you, a marvellous Improv-
ment In general respect and obedience
to the national laws In that territory
to which your duties are confined, and
consequence the work of the
grand Jury is not tedious.
The offense of Illicit distillation,
corpmon In previous years, hns been al
most entirely abandoned. This im
provement Is largely ascrlbnble to the
unswerving support given the law by
the best people of the counties compos
ing the Southern district of Georgia,
and especially by the highly respectable
and valuable class of citizenship from
which tho Jury bodies are selected. It
doubt also ascrlbnble In part to
the general appreciation by the people
throughout the country of the most Im
portant truth that , an Illicit distillery
toler/ted anywhere Is a fruitful source
of crime and violence; that It tends to
debauch the unthinking and Ignorant
classes, Increases the danger of unpro- |
tected women and gravely intensifies
the serious social problems with which
people are confronted. Since all
of this Is true. It will bo dangerous for
you to relax In any manner the vigilant
and consclencloun rlgorousne** with
which grand Juries of this court have
Investigated and presented those guilty
of crime of this character, and indeed
all crimes against the national laws.
"There Is nothing harsh in the pen-
Imposed on the guilty In these
ourts. We have long believed that tho
ertalnty, and not severity of punish
ment, Is the great deterrent of crime,
July In our re
spective capacities If we do not so act
) convince every man who ta dig*
1 to violate th£ laws of the United
State* that whether or not his punish
ment Is great his trial and conviction
la absolutely certain If ho shall commit
the crime he contemplates.
"I have no purpose to give yod elab
orate Instructions today. Thdro Is, how
ever, one crime to which I feel in duty
bound to direct your especial attention.
It.la claimed thnt Iri certain portions
of this district there are persons who
are forcibly hold In*, In Involuntary
servitude others who are Indebted to
them In order to compel the latter to
work out real or nlleged Indebtedness.
This If true Is Intolerable under our
system. It Is equally obnoxious to th'*
laws of the state and of the United
States. Article L paragraph 21, Con
stitution of Georgia, provides ‘There
shall be no Imprisonment for debt.' Th'
Constitution of the United States pro
vides that '.Neither slavery nor Invol
untary servitude except ns punishment
for crimes whereof the party shall havy
been duly convicted shall exist In the
United States or any place subject
their Jurisdiction.' It further provides
'Congress shall have power to enforo
this article by appropriate legislation/
“There are few principles of our civ
ilization
which I call your atte
demoralizing in Its effect on the peace
and good order of tho community, and
greater reproach to the humanity
of our people. The district attorney Is
your legal counsellor, ami the advice
of the court is at yfiur service.
I will not detain you further. Trust
ing thnt you may have a short and
told them they couldn't come Into hla
field and take a man off; that it would
take an offfflcer to do that. Said he
told Shy he didn’t think he had any
right to tide around the country Ih
that way.
He stated thnt they came tho second
. time, and nfter that he didn't see any
agreeable session, you may now tetlio'moro of them till last Monday, when
field where he was
ARRESTED FOR PEONAGE
Thrrs .Insper County Farmers Ar-
rnlitnetl Before Commissioner I
Martin
A startling sequel waa furnished last
night to the fchnrge of Judge Speer
relative to peonage, and the grand Jury
will have an Immediate opportunity to
pass upon cases Involving that offense.
Armed with the necearslty warrants,
United States Deputy Marshal George
Thomas went to Htllrboro, Jasper
county, yesterday and going out about
.1 mil'* and :i half from thnt plnfe, ar
rested William Vernon Shy, Robert F.
Turner and Arthur Glawson, on the
charge of forcing and holding n negro
farm laborer mimed William Walters.
Into ft condition of enforced servitude
or peonage.
The accused were conveyed to this
city and brought before United States
Commissioner W. E. Martin, Jr. Upon
being arraigned, they pleaded not guil
ty to tho charge.
The plaintiff I? n coal black negro,
about 25 years of age, and does not ap
pear to be very well versed Oti the
wavs of th- world.
Assistant United States District At
torney A Kerman called him to tho
and and assured him he need not be
afraid to tell all he knew about the
case, ns he would be protected; that
no harm should come to him.
Walters testified that he Cnmrr.encp.1
to work for Hhy about Inst Christinas
time, and had agreed to work for sev
en months. Said he work* l all hut two
months of (he time, and then quit and
went to vyuj* l* Jn J
county, near Round Oak. He
Monday, June 15, while he was work
ing In Mr. Roberts' field Shy and Tur
ner rode up and ordered him to come
along with them. He testified that,
they made him leave the field anil go
with them; thnt they put him on a
hors*- and took him ha ’k to Jasper
county to Fhy’s farm. He stated that
when they got there. Turner held him
and Shy whipped him and then mode
him go out and cut oats.
Sabi he was kept at work hy Khy un
til yesterday, and was afraid tp leave
because they pointed pistols nt'hlm,
and told him they would shoot him If
ho tried to.go, a way. Witness said ho
did not want to go back, and didn't
want to stay when they took him back.
On cross-examination. witness said
that when Shy and Turner came to the
field near Round Oak after htm, Tur
ner drew a pistol and pointed It at him,
told him If he didn’t go bark they
would kill him. He mid he didn’t
want to work for Shy, Remus** he did
not treat him right, and thnt he stayed
when they took him back because they
made him stay.
Vink Walters, wife of the plaintiff,
testified thnt* she move*! from Jasper
unty to Jones county and that
OZAll’S STRONG ARM
UPHOLDING SERYIA
RECOGNIZES PETER'S JtIGHT TO TIIE THRONE HUT URGES THAT HE
BUST Pl'.MSII THE ASSASSINS—COMMITTEE OF THE SERVIAN PAR
LIAMENT STARTS FOR GENEVA TO MEET THE KING AND BRING
HIM IN PHOPEIt STATE TO BELGRADE.
It la not expected that the
Virginia will regard the act
navy department as In the slightest de-
gree reflecting on the sovereign rights
of that state. The departments feela
that it has acted with unusual Itnittv
ey toward the Trigg company and re-
that rtnan- t! embarrass menu of
otnpany should hav
of. th<
isltated
terferlng with any of the property a 1
th- Trigg yards under control of LI
burn Myers, the receiver, and espectaM]
the cruiser Galveston and the drelg<
BenyartS, under construction for th<
government, . .
ON. J
line 11—Secretary
rposed to act haa-
GaR
WASHINGTON
Moody i* not at i
tily regarding tl
definite delay upon th
that vessel In the eve
tlonal emergency mlg
proceed
her work on the Galveston, nut <
ed to talk on the subject until aft
conference to be held tornorre
i the president and the attorn*
of the
When the Galveston la launched
imboat will probably be sent to a<
>mpany her to Norfolk. It is not e:
peted that the department will ha*
> resort to a show of military force
cute
EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICH.
Lyddite Factory Let* Go and Four'
Iren arc Killed.
LONDON. June IS.—Fourteen m-r
were killed and thirteen were Injured
by an explosion in the lyddite factor]
•it the Woolwich arsenal this mornhat
Several of the victims were llterallj
• hu
id the Interior
inds of relatives of l
husband * a me home every Saturday
,n .i 11 I night, and came to Jones county
ntlon. They in- J Ufipt , '
1 mark that evolution of the t
hlch distinguishes our humane n
,„.|,rn ,y»!«n from th- I rtwtTnr 3“(. 7 dork ul'th.’day
provision, of ancl.nt tltim*. j n-k.-l h.r Wher» Will >«.«
told them she didn't know. Wit
* stated thnt Glatvaon replied;
I know exactly where h* 1 I".’’
they rode Into
working.
Ho ntnted thrft Shy asked him If
Walters was thorn, and ho told them
he had not seen him since Sunday. He
Haiti he told them if he was there they
had no right to take him, and Shy re
plied:
If I can find him. I'll make a des
perate effort to take him.”
He said he told thorn he didn't know
whether Walters was working for Mr.
Roberts or some one else, and they gor
their horses and rode off. About an
hour Inter, he said, he saw them rUlo
by his house with Walters on a horse
behind Shy. He said ho was not close
enough to see whether Walters
tied or not .
Mr. Ben T. Roberts, a farmer living
ear Hound Oak, testified that he only
know defendants by sight, having nov-
elther of them till last Mon
day morning. At that time he saw
Shy and Turner, who introduced them
selves.
He said he was down In his field,
some distance from where Walters and
other hands were chopping cotton,
when Shy enmo up. He said he asked
Shy to light, And tho latter said:
"I haven't time. I am looking for a
runaway nigger,”
Witness stated thnt Shy told him he
had been Informed thnt Walter* \va*
working for him and he was satisfied
he was In the field beyond chopping
cotton.
He testified that Shy claimed he had
a written contYset with Walters and
had come to tnkc him back.
He said about that time Turner rode
up from the direction of the field where
the hands were chopping cotton.
He stated that Turner said to Shy;
“Let's go and get him."
He sold Shy told Turner h** cume to
tell witness of hln contract, nnd that
ho replied, that’s all right, he supposed
they had legal authority.
After that witness said they rode off
toward the cotton field nnd presently
they returned with Walters. He said
he called out:
“Hello, Will, what nre they doing
with you?”
Said 81y told him that the negro
wanted to apenk with him.
He stated that the negro said to him,
"Mr, Roberts, I want you to pay Mr.
Shy what I owo him."
I asked Shy. the witness said, how
much It was, nnd he told me $33.50.
“I told him the negro was n stranger
to me, nnd It was too much to risk."
He said the ne?ro said It was not so
much, nnd Hhy replied:
"You're a d—d llnr."
He stated that tho negro claimed It
was only $13. He said It whs near din
ner time, anil he started for the house,
and Hhy told the negro to drop his hoe
arid get in the middle of the road.
He said the negro asked If he could
not get his dinner, as he was hungry,
•and that Hhy told him:
“No; get In tho middle of the road/'
Witness HiiId the negro asked him
rk In May. about the change for his work, nnd he
ild after he left Jasper county. told him he hadn’t got any, but would
.. .... .. . . i . I nnv II In hi a u-lfA
ST. PETERSBURG, June 18.—An
official note was published In tho Ga
zette today recognizing Prince Peter
Ifnrageorgevltch as king of Her via and
looming his accession. The note de
clares that It Is Incumbent upon King
Peter to avenge tho assassinations of
King Alexander and Queen Drugs. The
note says:
The imperial government while hail
ing the election of the new monarch,
scion of a glorious dynasty, and wish
ing nil success In tho task he has so
well begun, to the supreme head of the
rian people, which Is allied to Rub-
by ties of r/llglon, can nevertheless
refrain from expressing the confi
dent hope thnt King l’eter will be able
give evidence of his sense of Justice
hnd firmness of will.by adopting mcas-
nt the outlet to investigate the
abominable misdeed which has been
committed and to meto out rigorous
punishment to thoso trailroua crimi
nals who have stained thanuslves with
the Infamy attaching to regicides. Uf
course the entire Servian nation or
army cannot be held responsible for
the crime which revolts public con
science, yet It would be dangerous to
Servla's Internal peace not to exact ex
piation for the revolution carried out
with violence by the military. Such
neglect would inevitably react in an
unfavorable manner on the relations
of nil the states with Servla and would
create for Servla serious difficulties at
the very commencement of the reign of
King Peter I."
A FEELING OF SECURITY.
BELGRADE, June 18.—The unenni-
ness heretofore prevailing in Intelligent
circles has been greatly minimized by
the smooth working of the provisional
government and the feeling of securi
ty has been Increased by the favorable
attitude of the powers. It is generally
believed now, that a serious crisis has
been avoided and there Is reasonable
hope of the Inauguration of a peaceful
ruler.
It was officially stated this evening
that tho parliamentary deputation
which Is to meet the kin" will leuve
here tomorrow for Geneva nnd return
with him no later than June 25. Tho
Skupshtina will then be dissolved nnd
a new one will lie elected under the
modified constitution. Home differences
have arisen Jn regard to the precise
terms of tho modification of the con
stitution but all accounts agree In say
ing that after the arrival of King Pe
ter a complete revision of the conatlf
tutlon will be undertaken.
A WOMAN ACTED
AS A GO-BETWEEN
Grnu«l Jury It Is Understood Hum
Indicted Mri, Loren* a* He In if In
volved In the Mnclicn Scnndul*.
WASHINGTON, June 18—Tho Fede
ral grand Jury, which Is Investigating
postal affairs probably will bring In
five Indictments in ft few days against
persons Involved. It Is learned on un
questioned authority that the Jury has
voted to return indictments against
August W. Machen, Diller B. Groff,
Hutnuel A. Groff, George E. Lorenz and
Mrs. Lorenz, the two lutter being res
idents of Toledo, Ohio. Tho specific
charge. It Is understood, will be con-
splracy to defraud the government.
1 said lust
MACHEN’S ASSISTANT; 0
IS NOW IN TROUBLE
CluirKed With Pressing Claim* |)s-
fore <'onurt-MM nnd Doing Vnrlon*
Oilier Inhibited Thing*.
Th.- sensational feature of today's j Hedge
WASHINGTON, June 18.—Charges
against Chan. Hedges, superintendent
of the city delivery service of the post-
office, alleging that he lias pressed
claims before congress, solicited em
ployes In the service to take stock In
n mining company and other allega
tions, ate under Investigation by tha
inspcctnis of the postoffiee department.
The charges were presented to Poat-
rnester General Payne and, referred by
him to Fourth Assistant Postmaster
1 Bristow. The allegation that
proceedings is (lie connection of Mis.
Lorenz with the transaction which led
to the arrest of Machen and the Groff*
At the time of th** arrest stories were
Jn circulation that there waa a g '-bq-
$woen but the Information at hand
then was not conclusive enough Jo ••*-
tnbllrth the Identity of this particular
party. Whether or not Mrs. Lorenz
acted In this capacity is not known, hut
It has been suggested that this go-be-
the capltol during
MLTCALFE PLEADS
FOR A HEARING
Hr Write* a IlynlrrlrHl Note to
Post ion a ter General—Edward
Kimball Tube* 111* I'luve.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—The post
master general today designated Ed
ward F. Kimball, t‘ie chief cLrk of the
money order system, to act tempora
rily ns superintendent to succeed Jos.
T. Metcalf, who waa removed yestev-
lay on the chargo of’ indiscretion In
ontruct matters.
Postmaster Genera! Payne today re.
'oived a letter from Mr. Metcalf, ask-
ng ft suspension of Judgment until
1 Hhy j Ho
periods In history when the debt
irne the slave of the creditor. In
lghl»orlng republic of Mexico j
there has been of for ■■ a system of '
what is termed "peonage” by which j
the laboring classes In large measure
sj-en l their entire lives In the ostcnsi- j
bis effort to pay off Indebtedness due
to their employers. This Is but lnvo*.»
ary servitude. A peon Is one who
k und to serve his creditor until the
his is, however, dls-
not only by the prln-
ite and United States
rady quoted, but by
<t of <ongre*M made In pursuance
i pay him
willingly,
is pil l. 1
ly for bidder
S Of the Ht
tltutlons air
of (ongreMM
Witness stated that about
hour before sun down she saw them
again riding down the road toward Mr.
Ell Pounds.
Hhe stat'd thnt Inter fiby, Glawson
nnd another man she didn't know,
came to her house In the night an I
called her, nnd that Glawson called to
get up.
and
ntnute
I- latter. This provides that ‘Every (
rson who holds, arrests, return*, cr j
lu*< h to be hel l .arrested o
• In any manner aids In the ar
turn of any person to a condl
on.-ige, shall be punished by a
->1 tern than $l.Wl nor morf
1,000 or by Imprisonment not le 1
if year nor more than five years,
tht
thn
‘ In view of recent fact* officially
railed to my attention 1 have the pain
ful duty of giving you that r
of the revised *tat'it“* la
h.trs* and advising l u it :» >
duty to Inquire and a«*srtaln If It ha*
b en violated.
“I have been advised that in one
I**- in a neighboring county‘a labor
ing man entered into a contract to
work a* farm laborer for seven month*.
It m stated thnt h dispute arising be
ta c»n the employer and the employe
the Litter Dft and went to work for
another; that the first employer
her husband t
asked: “Who
one told her to get
light, and would giv
to do It.
Fhe testified further, that they told
her Jf she hollowed they would tore a
thousand holes through her.
fine s;itd she tobl them she hadn't
any matches, nnd had to make up a
light with lightwood, and that they
told her to throw on more wood.
Hh*- testified thnt when she opened
the d'Cir, Glawson enme In with a pis
tol In his hand and searched the house
but ' did not find her husband Hald
i they asked her where he was. an I that
I ; Hhy asked her who*e wagon *he bad to
move her thing* fllie said elw didn't
**•<* them when they took h*r husband
ba k to Jasper county.
Mr. Eli Pounds, a farmer living hear
Round Oak. Jon** county, teftifl -d
that Walters' wife rented a house of
him In April He said some «,f Wal
ter*' folks told Hhy had not given Wal
ters any ration* since he had been
working for him. and wanted him to
write Shy •• note that rome of Walters*
He said Walters did
ud was badly /rights
| The defendants dbl not testify, ('oun-
hnlf "'I for defendant said that, howaver
hern J tho court might determine n* to Shy
nnd Turner, he did not think Glawson
Hhould be held.
Commissioner Martin said thnt he
thought the evidence against all the
parties was sufficient to send the case
to the grand Jury, nnd he should coni-
Id she mit the
The defends
of $1,000 ear
William Gibson <
farmer, qualified
s R.a\v» bond In the sum
for their nppenranr**..
Greer, a Jasper county
Ismnn for the
three defoi
ant*
l» presented to the
or tomorrow.
States statute under
i will be tried reads as
THF. POI‘1
alveinon with the tradl- Jderfully w*-:
4,t hampagne. Capr. his presence
Aill a t as the represent- Monday
ative of the government.
io the pesr.rc.il
elves, went i folks were sick and needed him.
_.nployo waa He testified that about a week aft* -
peaceably at work, seized him, tied t that Walters came to his place and he
him, carried him back to th< farm, j told him he would give him work by
whipped him and put him back to ) the day whei
work and that he l* now virtually heH
condition of slavery or involunta-
•rvltude. if thes«* facts are true,
ndictment of the guilty parties i*
ndel at your hand*. Huch an oc-
•nr# i" distinctly violative of th«
country which I have gl
had It
law son came to
his place about thr*“- week* ago and
n-kM him If h* had a nigger down
th*re on hi* pla-e by the rytme of Wal
ters, He said he told them he had not
the Sunday
The case will b
grand Jury today o
The United 8ti
which the par tie
follows:
."Every, person who holds, arrests or
muses to he held, arrested, or returned,
or In any manner old* In th** nrrest or
r-turn of any person to a condition of
peonage shall be punished by a fine of
rot less thnrw Sl.'O'i nor more than
jyiOO, or by Imprisonment not less than
■ 1. f-i
urd. Th
letter says
• Id
the In
summary dlrmlHxal
ittd, excited nnd i on
1 affalia In tb<* posh
the last, session of congress and urged
the passage uf a claim then pending
was made nt that time. .Mr. Hodges
was Immediately culled upon for a
‘inont, which It Is understood la
on file In the department. Since
other changes have amumed def
inite shape. Mr. Hodges was in *•-,
siRtant to former General Huperlhtrn-
dent August w. Machen, of the frea
delivery service, now under Indlctlnent,
The charge relating to the sale of
stock refers to a gold mining company,
of which Mr. Hedges Is stated to be
president. Th»* charge Is that stock
was sold to postmasters while Hedgoa
whh In charge of Liu* entire city branch
of the free delivery system and that
stork of the company was given to pri
vate secretaries of representatives In
congresH.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AT THE DANGER LINE
t.'nlvse There Should he Heavy
Heine There Witt be Little Dam
age Done.
iOndltL
departent,” and thnt he was
lug only the best inter--ml of
office money order system In
1 did concerning the printing,
self-interest, with no
self or my family, as I
iti the charge against
ght
MILL
ERG I
I'ltOMOTEII
CHARLOTTE, N. June 18. There
was a very small attendance of rnl I
men ut the meeting of mill merger pro
moters In this city t*cl;»y.Tie- innnufa' -
turers present were A. I*. Ithyne und
c. E. Hutchinson of Mt. Holly, J. C.
Hmlth of Newton, J. w. IJndan of
Greensboro, rrpre-cntlng the c/hlrora
mill*. Rock Hill, H. Joseph Norwood
of Gre.-nvlID, H. C.I Jo*. Keith, Jr., o #
Annhton, Ala.; and W. I*. Noshlt of
Fork Hhoals, S. C. Th« promote! s are
Messrs. Percy II. Rrumge and Victor
I, Cumnock of New York, and. Unity
F. Saving of Philadelphia.
The first two ar- prof*siional pro
moters and th- latter la In the >rvr.»
commission buslners. being > nr.eetel
Ith the firm of Spencer. Turner &
WASHINGTON, June 18. — (Special
River Bulletin.)— 1 The Mississippi river
hu* reached the danger line of thirty-
three f. "t at Memphis, but ran rise but
Util** more with tho water now In sight,
as it lias been falling at Cairo for sev
eral days. Below Memphis the rise will
continue slowly for several days, but
danger lines will hardly be reached ex
cept probably at New Orleans. No ap-
pr-henMon need be felt at this place,
howevr. as the maximum stage can
*x< - .d but v.uy little the nominal dan-
hue of sixteen feet without heavy
and general ruins, which arv not now
Indicated,
BANANA SHIPPERS COMPLAIN.
WASHINGTON, June 18.-D. B.
Gardner and W. W. Clark of Danville.
Va., today complained to the interstate
commerce commission against tho
Southern railway, alleging that they
were being discriminated against In
banana shipments from Charleston, S.
to Danville and other Virginia points
In favor of competing shippers from
charleston to Richmond and Lynch
burg. the greater distance. They allego
the rates Imposed on them are unjust.
GIFT TO TECH.
tha
five years,
hy both.” '
ItlHAI, FREE DELIVERY.
f'oatoffice Department llaa Heismrd
Establishment «if Hontes.
WASHINGTON. June ;s.—The post-
offl-e department has resumed the e*.
tabllshrnent of rural free delivery
routes, whi h were held up on account
of the ip-fl It In the nppr- prlution for
that «‘rvl<e, and a large number of
routes will be put Into operation on
July 1, th" beginning of the new fiscal
year. The policy of the department
hereafter will be to establish routes us
rapidly a* i osslble, consist* nt w ith the
best Interests of th" serv:- and eco
nomic administration. Th*- rules re
quiring 100 families on the route, In
order to secure the service, probably
r‘s meeting, the ptuinut i
entirely ir lirnloHry. The
• explained at length to ti,
present. Another m«etin
• held until a auffhdent nun
nuf.i' turers are Inter- »t d l
second conference with th
I HIKE HIIE A K Eft* IA Hit II tIOM),
1 that they wanted to know I will be more strictly adhered to and
!aw or our "(uiiuy wrnrn i nave giteu *«'."•" i
*GU in char*-. Nothin, could b- n.t.4 1 »h-r- Walter.- wl!t wo*. H* .ill Ml ewer exctpUoo, m»4e.
mmmamm
* tausea Disorder
Hurled.
, June tv About IV
:i engaged to brerd
e trolley lines Tll«
Their A ppea ran
Mlssll*
RICHMOND. V
conductor* and n
today, having h*
the strike upon I
striker*, however, Gal in to have won
over a third of them. The company
started four ear* this afternoon. At
point* along the route missiles we: *
hurlad at them and the strike-break* ;s
wars greeted with very uncompllrnent-
*.ry language. No one was hurt.
MR. HEARM*l"!
ATLANTA. Oa,.
men •■m'nt oxerrUe* of f lie- Georgia Bchoot
of Technology, held here today. Governor
T'*rre|i announced that Congressman Wil
liam Randolph Hears* of New York had
given It.ono to the school. The annual
commencement address was delivered by
Congressman James M. Griggs of Geor-
FlftST REGIMENT OPTICERt.
SAVANNAH, O* . June 1»-Jsms* W.
McIntyre, Jr. waa tonight elected second
item»nt of rhe Emmet Rifles. Col. <!eo.
Gordon, coniamndlng the first regt-
r,t. announce* that htls fills all tha
nmtssloned officers’ places In the regt-
nt # with the exception of the first Ileus
i.tn< y of the Swstnsboro Guards,
SOUTHERN
DIVISION
AGENT.
WASHINGTON. June 18—H. L. Mll-
er ha* been appointed division frelgkl
agent of the Southern railroad.