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V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. TE DECLARES] EENTEN { ! i ?LU ti POISONER OF FATHER-IN LAW FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER AND IS IN TOMBS AWAITING DEATH PENAL TY, x 7-ii' . (By Associated Press. ) New York. May 27.-Arthur War ida'Waite, convicted today of the| murder of his millionaire father-in law, Jahn E. Peck, is in tho tom?n prison tonight, where ho will remain until Justice Shearn sentences him JaAti first to death in tho electric chair. WaUer Duel, his chief coun sel, said tonight the verdict was pro per and a}l that could bo done for the j defendant had been dene, but one of his colleagues indicated an appeal Would bc prepared. Waite left the I court room with th i -emark that "this | ls a great relief; The prosecution took, up the task early today of contradicting evidence of the defense introduced to prove Arthur Warren Walto insane when lie killed John S. Pock. District-attorney called three alien ists to testify their belief that Waite was sane and shamming when he n??do. iL appear he was not mentally T&rponHlhJe.jf?r^f? Defense .rested: last night after, Wa? Ashing Wp.ito'8 testbpony and bring-' hg two alienists to testify their, he " .ikati^he^prlsonsr-Was-'?. -"moral imbecile.''.' Both admitted Waite , .f>rt.-r ?> ?fnfew Wha^rho 'waa-^Mr?g. but '' ^e*1 dared ho. had no moral sense. A lunatic of thia .typo, they said, may easily appear Uko normal pernon?. Case WHh the Jury. Summing up tho evidence against Dr. Arthur Warren Waite in his trial for murder'of his father-in-law, j John E. Peck-nt Grand Rapids, Mich igan, was concluded by the prosecu tion and defense soon this afternoon. Justice Shearn gave the capo io the ?ary at l:"? ii..,m. ON EVE CHICAGO T. E. ARE ACTIV? (By Associated Press.) .,'ii?i,lcago,-',Mti> i t'.-t:amt>ah/n head JSUartnrs. for ' Theodore I'O lE'volt as n uandldafc foi' tao r>i\:?,Hean nomi nation for. prekldent will.vbc ? pened ,in Chicago uplrtVweek. XFriends of Roosevelt are', active. A campaign among .the delegates will be waged as it la the . general belief that Roose velt might decide ht tho .last moment to come to; the. convention. F?&ST GEORGIA PEACHES SHtefeb TO NEW YORk Atlanta, Gai, ;May 27i-^Th? one:;-i ihg of th? ? Georgia poach season "hi the MarshUHrillo and Fort Valley section was signalised this week hy the shipnieht of the first Georgie peaches from Marsballvillo to How York* accoruihk ' to ' advices iuet'-re> celved hore hy the Georgia Pritlt Ex change. WJ>n& there were Only two crates in the first shipment consign M\. by ?s?i'?y*- ta Pj^it, T, Cochin and Company of New York, it waa directed a .carload would follow I tn med lately ; f rots*Byron; f fir the ?TOO mark?t: :,. ..the K?vrsh?liviile shipment was tha\^Mayirioife^a:;-:very: early vcrlety Which is.quite short this year. ?A-t year: a esri?sd. of Mayflowers was shipped i?i; this time. Tho Syron carload it jtnado up nf Ui.eedos aid Other vdrietios. \v;.^t?ch,;hfifa?rtbnta wilt go. forward MM* rapidly. jibw from dav to dav UTHH thVB*i$m5 - oE- tho s?t??n ts Jf?f- Georgia : Frau .' ??Kcchahge: v'-h?? completed . ?very. possible arrange ment for handling; fha crop1 thrdr^h the territory alt the way from Canada :^ Texaav Af?^ ??Olnfc to ?plertdid . demaud for fr?H, . at good priv?s. HCW^Ye?TStSSft! ; ? ? ? ; New Yrfrfe. my .27-Cotton opened steady 5 td 7 ddwh? and sold about s to 4fl:ne4 loWfcr'.'r,l#M^ ; p??ae?. nmior^n?used ? *?itP: p?reriitg A?d fresh buying, tater afc?iv4 rnO?t?? -American Soldier WOT m ?i Corporal Bieber A Tannons of the ^UedtbS^&r^^ Templiln'B , .de?&?biDOtt|:;;^|t.; Parral, Mexico'.' Ho was among tho troopers Wilson Tells League That United States Stands Ready to Join Any Feasible Union of Nations to Put End< to War Forever. * - ..' . . ' ;<;. b(By Associated Presa. 1 Washington, May 27..-President *ilson declared here tonight"1 before io league to Obforc? peaed t^at tho riited ?StfJxss ?B ready to join auy feasible ?subcla?on of tnt?ion:; to prc a?fv? the. peace bf the world -against "political ambition arid selfish hoa ^tlt?y" ahd in tho tbrvlco. of "com mon order, comrtlbn justice nud.'c6m< dion peace." Ho expressed tho hopo that tehbi bi, peace, which, ended tho l-thtropeah . war would, include, erich: an ?gre?ment. : -li.tho" United-State? had iSp, opportunity^ to. havo a hand <> In Seac? .-. terms, ? ha said-; it would eug gest provision? for tho freedom of tito ?cas which has ba?u-tue h?fcnoto Hot; all diplomatic dlBcuealona with ?germany arid: Great' l?rit?ln, and ai ?*?.:ihc guarantees of tUfrliUm^-.mr ?iNifii^^Afitf ^Mklb?l -..independence. RJP?reBldont: Wlhmn ?aid lie bfc?loted tho'-, fundamentally br lani.lng peace were: "itrKt, every -.people MAH the ?ttfcfct'. to ,blmoso,'tS?l'?Mr?OlKnity- un Hided; in Parral1 Attack J ._A i mini ii|..im.i mi ?nu mi i un i imi in ?i wi.H nf 1,-Vfho wont into Parral on the !?VK? tlon of Carranza ?fljcera oniy; to*li Jattaqked'. whUp;*??^ >'. ( H6 as?a?e {withva ;woundiii-' h's arin, while 4? companion's) wero killed. ?Bil "ii^if Of Wpll Street** Begins A 2 Year Tern (By Associated Prosa.) Atlanta, May 27.-David . Lama Known, as tho "Wolf of Wal! Street arrived hero today to begin a t\ years "sentence in tho United ..Stat '?penitentiary. He , was recently co vic'ted 'in New York for Impereom lng f?presont?tlve ?. Mitchell Pi mer. W?TH A BULLET HOLE THR??GH HEAD Y??TH LtVES-BAmiNG CAS Atlanta. May 27.-With, a bul lioie clear through his, he&tt?'?tift hy tho passage. ol;? 88-ca.tbbrb b let from his mouin to tho back hb skull, and out through the sKt nine -year-old Otis Bruce, an Allai sclidol boy who dcoldently shot hi &*ir whUa t^?ylnr .with .* his" i>tiu father's r?vbltyi?. situ'.lives at Un; hospital, 'ahdihia caee has tomple M^S*Bled-; the doct?r?'i'V^?^V-? . When tho hoy. arrived 'hi:-lite5, hi nit??. unconscious ;ahd bieodlt'il. -i patenlly nioro dead "han alive. ~*\ doctors said ho bouldut ?lvh'ati h? That was tBrco days ?so, and he a hangs- rm ' insisting that' ho^. jggt? ?tSMaj doctor? liave laked bb-mtei into'ffest lu tho boy's . cas? end i deteruiined -to exert Iheumblves tht- dtmoct: to old' hint in hin plut r^fcV/*?r- Ufo: .'.,\i. Mr.- Long ??deraon,?rn M^M county boy whd; has made gond -the colton --mill '-business, was a v tor" In'Hits MW rvmtd?y, abd . 1 bi?ht, V Tbd^y. he will returnAto\ berty, where h? Ik, bc^kke?|WBr?;/ t^^^^Cotooii mills. Mr. dersbtt'= te -a "native tff -.TWlttiuBii where ho Recured hie first will ? ?ierie&ct- ?iece U'?inhing thero bas made rapid advancement in I :mffi()0m&^l'M-*: hnoitwr friends In^r\?^?ei^^?^y:W?*^ i .4$'StH--fc?5. ' . Be?tanOfficer l?its Negro In Cliff Ackcr ^Iiut To Death By j ?*oJ.cema? Acker Late Last Night (Special to Thn Jnlfillbimr.er. ) Belton, M?jj 28.- Policeman W. I P. Ackor. o? ?this placo, shortly af? ter ll o'clock last night, shot and instautly killed CliiT Acker, a young nogro, who grappled with him when tho officer attempted t<> put him un der arrest fdr Rambling, the killing occurring Itt'at railway cut near'the town whcro Ojficcrs Acker and Mar tin Burprlsfl a number of ncgrooai lu ? "- 'An" ga) ir. According tb, n atat?=pirnt m ide nt the police stations? early this morn ("lng Cliff Acker grappled with the officer and had him or. thc ground when .'-tho shot was (ired. Tlu> ne gro never regained conuc.louBno;m. Policeman.viertln ls said to havo boen ' an eye-witness); and was al-*o attack ed* by'tb o negro. Wbcn thc officc-rs appeared on tho Beena the gamblers fled. Officer " Acker caught Clift Acker"and, thoto wss a scuffle'. Mar tin joined tn tho fight, and when the negro attempted to get thc i-istol uway from Acker the officer fired. lt Was said icarly today "that 0'TK cor Acker waa released on his own recognizance, and will on Monday morning .appeal1 boforo .ludgo I'rbioa to make some farrangesettta abouti bond ifould tao judge consider one necessary. Adethor crap gamo was raided carl.ior fis" tho night in a dif ferent pt\rt bf ^Keltqu, four uegroesi being: arrested.^ ... . ? Bl i. ii . Idol ol the French Public Passes Away Ai ter a lingering Illness PariB, May 27 .^-taett?ral Joseph j ?. Ga ll on i, former war, - minister, died at ersallles. His death, while not un expected, created a, profound Impres sion v ns he was idolized by the French, particularly tho-poor, who re-! ga nie d him as tho Savior of Parts during tho '. critical days of Augiib\ 1914. His funeral will bo the ocea. Islon of notable military and civil dc Imonstratlon. Gallieni v/n:) appointed war minis ter after tho battle of tho Marne' lu which ho took . a notable part. He rushed eighty thousand. troopB of tho Paris garrison to tho battle lino in taxicab:; at tho crisis and thereby turned the tide of victor. In the French favor. As a war . minister Galliern devoted) himself to eliminat ing crtd tape it? the af ?ny adminis tration. Ho a ho dei'?-, heavily wich . tho dftlcors. who . secured poBts through favoritism or political f{ In flU?fc?el ; , His' first act was to forbid civilians to .write to general In tho fiold re garding military matters, and bin next was., to send to tho front able bodied soldiers occupying safe billets Iii tho rear. He forced tho fettr teat bt old officers not cd.u?l to the etntibda of . war, und by a revision Ot he exempt HstB he added eighty thousand to the at?iy. Gallien! took over, tho direction bf .the aviation de fcartm?b?ltt February but shortly af tor wind bocamV ill. T with tridriey trouble,'aiid; resigned March 6. |I.'->; , (By Ass?d????d;vPmBS.),. 1 WftGldnkton, my 27.-?A btil jau thc^i^ ny ^e?houseP ft^e'^ttAl^ c^at?W ?t?h. The bili ls. designed : to bebb* ??oattbtt. producers end others whi> *'>,/'''Colutobto,?ia^: . Columbia, May\27.-~THe\'f^|]^nw' '^11^0^: f cbmps?fc -'?m? bf Colurit: bia's J?test Industries, :. ha's pttrchae eil a Rbw\rlver ???i, %hlch waa ?tied at 4he - tiotit?fc; ladflfog yaater* -?af?rafternbon ; -Th? bow Craft if Ot,. ?00 ton capacfty. Is ?t?iw^mXM stern Whee), .aM&Mtti?tho huo'rt? f^tibrTqust o?me of Fawner. . The Mt-tfkaa* purebred. , ^ and J H to be utUli?d tn usulln^tM ber up the river from ?be .Cpi|??? swftjow to ta?'.9??t.,-ta.,CMiuait|*' Official Hats of Tw< mm Tho miff rogo fact'.onB havo begun a war of hats. Toko your choice. Mfa; J. A. K. Hopkins of M?rrintj^wn? J., "Is ehowa in.lhe uppor photograph -wearing- the- official hat of;:iba:;Cdn-* grossional Union for i Welman Siiff ragc, the orgaaUaUon or .wbjohr-tha energetic and 'able luise A?le? Paiil. IS the leader in Washington. Here ls a sailor straw, but covered \Vltrt pufo whlto silk. Tho coBt of it wks'?.O?. I J. J. Wm Aged fi. fi. Builder, ls Ser iously Itt - (By Associated-Press.) St. Paul. M.y 22,-Doctors1 James j and Charles, lt. 'Mayo, of Rochester, Minnesota, operated on Jamos J. Mill, aged railroad bbllder. ?lato to day. Specialists wore rushed'here on a spevfal train. A' statement of Hills condition given out said . the ? flnani-ier .is-suffering from na Infcc. [tlbn of thd buttock abd thigh1 and at his. advanced URO his condition ts oerious. '. :. v U1LTYOF mm ' W <H<fcrtumbl?.- May. S7-^After being out il hours the Jury trying the. case of. Rbgoto Sanders a nbgro jih?rg?d wfth .tho murder ot Charles Bllem a white milt op?ratlvb in ? thls^ city dur l?g May; ?915,Vr?udcr?d: a verdict of murder, with recommendation to mer cy and tho sentence was for tjfe 1$:. pri?bnmont. Last year Sanders was convicted or mulder and sentenced to bo electrocuted, butv tho stale .; BU-. p?shie court granted hlrb a hew ?rial ott ' tb> gt?uud that, the Jfcdmtofet?tt of a Juror ihat he sn td ho waa p??juaic* od toward the nofro ra?c, brought in wi; eiemsht ' ot!:t r?babi?.: interroga of J??Uce. . . ' ' ' . \ .'. j' ??<:.,. 'Thftjirlht iU&CiiOf ?slfome ; impor tance in thia eoctlon, for, lt was prob ablyIbe ?t.tim ?? nagrd .Itt- South tfcrbtlria > put up a plea^otitfti ??? ?written law.,f He was Ideremted ?by two aegt?: la^ydrs. /The ?feeling ?K?lGst tho convicted mah: WOG., oki Ipmcty bitter, ld tho first trial torr mer ?overnor OBleane ' assloted.tn tho prosecution. ^.^^^MH^ Washington.' Ka* 97,4.9**4 ? bank oftcta?i ott itiat: fcoM, ter Jury today; wera acquitted af|er jury deliberated 'hme^t?teuteaV ? Suffrage Factions HOPKINS ' WEARING TH? CONGRESSIONAL UNION 'OW?rVl MAY! mar. MISSEJWCOVERT Wp ' WEARING tHt W- NATIONALAMERICAN . WOMANS SUFFRAGE The lower hat la shown on ' Miss Erna Covertof .Chicago, .'t will he I worn thy * the 30,000 br mure wnmen' qf. tho National American NVoiuah Suf frage association., y ho will parado An CTlcalgtr^oT'tnT'^^ gatea to tho National Republican ! .convention?."Thia, ia -the,.organisation of which 'Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt ls <h?:ieadcr. lt is iust a plan straw wlth a; yellow b?n'd. The cost waa 20 cents'. I French Unable to Drive Germans From Fort Douaumont- Vf etana Reports Sweeping Suc cess In Capture Moun-| iain Ridge - (By Associated Preas.) . Northeast of Verdun'about Fort Douaumont. fighting continues with ?the Oermans holding tho. grd?Jod recently taken but' un ab! o to . ad vance, although, In Thiampnt wood in. a sector close by tho "Oermans made gains to tho southward. On tho oilier, bank bf Hm Menno, northwest ! ot Verdun, tho* French recaptured th? village of Cuthioros, taken by tho dormans Inst week but Berlin raye thb-Ftehch wore finally driven out. :,;*fhe i Lulim: and Austrian accounts: db bot agree on the eampalga in Trentino. Fi?me admits' tho iot.lr." - mont from ad vu ncc position ? aloug tho Aotlce rivef. but dalma o? Aus tr?an-s were badly eic teated In Lags rina. VIenua ropdrta a . sweeping succ?s? Ntl tho taptiuc of ah enttro mountain Tlo^e-;^??i; Corritecl Ca?d* Vordo to Heavy artillery fighting ts in prc tv9m ?tong: tho entire Macedonian I frdttV whefo the Franco-British -fore* b? 'Are faclntt Teutonic Mt??pf. ^6a lonlkl reporta tho Ihvaalon of Grcct:o by the Bulgarians, who occupied i*v* j oral rptis aloeg .the - Etruria'.-*)ftrY ubti(yiag.Or*ek occupants .to eva J??iMite.'them*';'V-.v:.\ V : \ '.:>t^^j?8?pbift., ';; "PAHS, May 87.-The French h?ve captured ?he castora part ot Cuni tere a ch Cern?an t re rU-he s W^e/eayW the .war feM^fitfftMMatf b'y.i ^rt ' ?W??umpAi War repulsed. ? Serif? J?sW?nt. Berlin.- >.M?y 2?>2fF5f?nch troops Merni lineiC Wy luto tho southern litt**? Ctt?id9r3?i viilnpo.' wost , JWi'JifiiWri??^VW?tai" trchV Ad:it.." yjpf??A fishtin* H:lass S !hl?hf '' fM suhMtjuwatiy were dri^ out,?jfi? I the Cern?an wa? eSSca. DEFACTO LEADERS HOLD TO BELIEF THAT VILLA WAS KILLED-WON'T DISCUSS WITHDRAWAL AT NEW CONFERENCE . ?- ... (By Associated Presa.) Washington, May 27;-'Ofllclais hero made lt clear today that tho"" question of tho withdrawal .of -Amyr lc3n forces, from Mexico wdu'd ?'.it bc illncuBsod nt, tho conference to lie held between Generals Pershing anil Gav-ru. which will probably take place at Namlqulpa. }Tho adminis tration ls determined not to consul* er any proposals for tho withdraw al. Tho stato department heard unof ficially today that should Carram. Vu ?' new noto demand tho withdrawal . he would not Insist'to tho point o? armed effort to expo Americans? but would bo satisfied with a home ar rangement for gradual . retirement. Chillier, A. Douglass,. '?former .'"'Car ranea consul at Waimin^ton. told Chancellor' Polk ot tb^ sta'ta%depart ment Unit Genend Obrpgon ?'nd other Carranza leaders ' bol loved '/Villa' /foad. /WA&RTOR, PAY FOR ? SU?STSTUTE ?Wealthy Fruit Grower Thinks AU Abis?2??sd Ms? Shfe?id Fight Now York, N. Y., Kay 27 -Him self too old to jdlri-tfts'colors, and firm In the bellet'that his bol?ved j country, ls threatened With real dan ger, nn aged but wealth/ fruit grow er or Easton{ Pa., who served aa a. private' of Marines tinder farragut - during the ' Civil ; War,>is . today tot tering along the Streets of New' York j in quost of a t?bBtltute to whom he ?is willing to put a'large bounty to tako his placo in tho ranks of tho proBont day marine corps. Tho white hatred o?d warrior, who refused to divulge his t?amo, stated lt ls hts boiiof that1 every patriotic mah of means, too Old to serve him self, should find a ?hhailtute. "I" get a man to serve in my placo If i novo to pay him ? \ho?sand dol? lar?.? he told C?ptala Prank E. Evan y. In charge of the local marine corps recruiting elation. "Uncle Sam hoods able-hddlfed. men these'? days-not to march lh preparedness parados sj sly. I think every pat riotic cition should- aid in getting men to onltct. I served actively In the long ago, hut now 1" must dp, the nett hest thing and tlrid a mah to lotn the. ranks tu-my atoad," The lloston 'wsteran rotused , tho. aid ot regular marine corps recruit* ors In hts quest tor a substitute, add expressed We deside to "gc it alon*, oh his own account," MORfe?ol^?URI^ - inns? vaiw*?* . Atlanta;. MAy S7.~Tho crowds that gackad the courtroom in the fahio?* jurder tria' o? Leo -'.Wi Prahle arid ^rritshed the defend? oho Of the many srbunds upon which a p?w?trial wai iakod, and' tho. case prdl?^?c;. ;*1U. ttot be allowed iii thQ WffiPraywfefcVv "it?re- ?hmk h? ;h!i:?? 3 ht l&ceny-after?WUEW: ih?Hiilpn with the mys^rtdus saw?; carabee Ot' th*- N?lms alsters.- "/ ; ldge -Ban H mili aJ^Fttttony sd* jr court, who will preside tri' t?i? : trial, has ai?oune?d ??Ht obec t*ter?;i? the i?to"ifc/fo?W:wn^i?'^a?5,:.:'. MA to atabding room dttty.hhd has g?vedlhe\*Mrt o?ct^ ttfthd to ehtorce this- tut? to tho- ?ot-. *?i?>?>?'?'? t V - A- :: ii- ? 'St????h ?ieie i? not. tho sitztest idlc?tloh o?ahy. vf?l?ht .f^itri? rain?t tito irine*^ - a?iige iliiK?ft: 'ermined ..th?t'-:4h^-:v??Vv**;;?0v*?i fairest trial tha>, U t? pofstble .td a lute andi-?ts? cur?dd?,oT??f , .^cobnro^^wfeKa -the trlfU I* . On. ; ./;' ' ?"'' It?ll&a Air W. 'Um ftawi %i?Hgtbia $8 #?m?s-^a thc \ Au*trla?*oai-* ?erftbt? ???ttfig?^d?-ftihunie?} to tia ins unharmed. . :