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1 ilVi% JVawfMgwr: Fbrtk* Jfrvmtotkm i\if(Wflal, J?l> A irxi?ass?--f?ji?Trrk?ynJ?3ii*a<iwzoW "" J WBEMl 0U0 a Vr ^ *"*"?* ' . r=l, j,,. , ?A.. ^ .~s=~~ _?_. _ f? ?* "X.h ^.lUWKKKLY. LANCASTER. S. O.. j\ IMi U si ::i, 1904 KS1aHL18NED?!KW i Convict Dennett Still at Liberty. Coroner Released Hi hi After Jury Had Given Verdict.?Governor Amazed at Action. The State, 27th inst. Remarkable is the caso of Hen Bennett, the ex-convict whom it i9 desired to find and imprison for the rest of his life. Not only the man's audacity in tho violation of his contract with Gov. McSwee ney in coming hack to the State after he had been nnnlonrH r?n condition of exile but hit* daring insolence in bis testimony at Ihe coroner's inquest aro almost beyond belief. Ben Bennett, it will bo remembered, was sentenced to servo n life torra in the penitentiary for murder. He was sent to prison in 189G but wus afterwards roleased by Gov. McSweenev on condition that be would never come to the State again. He asked to come back but this request was refused. The first intimation that Gov. Heyward had that the ex-convict was living in the State was the account last Mondav morning of the shooting of his wife by himself. From rumors it must have been generally known by citizens of Hampton that Bennett was living at his home It was plainly staled in tho newspapers at the time of tho ivoortl homicide that ho was the man who had b'jen pardoned conditionally and >ot the circumstances of his riolation of his word was not even commented upon in these dispatches If this fact was generally known j it is vary peculiar that the coroner j by whom the inquest was held?; Jomes E Bivers is his name- did not hold Bennett. Instead ho al- ' lowed bim to go, after the jury which he ha 1 empaneled had pass ed an absurd verdict as follows: "That Mrs. Bennett camo to her death by a gunshot wound in the hinds of .1. B. Bennett by misfortune and contrary to his will." BENNETT TESTIFIED "Bennett was present and tog utied that he woke up and heard m noise and that he saw an object and tired; thought it was the sheriff or h constablo that had como to arrest him. lie never thought of killing his wife. "It is stated that the coroner, after the verdict, said that he could not imprison Bennett,basing his opinion on the jury's verdict," says the Hampton County Guardian, sdited by Gov. McSweeucy. Gov. Hey ward after reading in the newspapers of Monday of the killing of Mrs Bennett, tolegruphedSheriff Llgbsey to hold the lelon so that he might be brought back to prison, having violated bis agreement Sheriff Lr'ghtsey was away from home and his deputy sent the following: Hampton, S. C., Aug. 23, 1904. Capt. G. W. tirunson, magistrate Brunaon, S. C. Gov. Hey ward wires to arrest Ben Bennett. L)o your ho?t to get him. Scm d one or two discreet constables after him at onee tu /f ! _ i . .. A anerui is hik-ciii. W. H Anderson, Deputy Sheriff. Magistrate Brunson was asked over the phono hy the Hampton Gnat dian what tie knew in connection with ihe killing of Mrs. Bennett. Ho said; "Hearing of tbo killing y odor-J day 1 sent my constuhlo to arrest J Hen Bennett, which lie did and delivered him to Coroaer Rivers, After tho inquest the coroner sent Bennett to me. I sent him hick to tho coroner with the statement that the proper man to have him placed in jail was the coronor and ^ not to release him. 1 have not seen the verdict of tho jury." I From the deputy sheriff Gov. c Hey ward yesterday received the n roiiowing letter: h "Dear Sir: Enclosed find ver- n diet of coroner's jury in Bennett case. When yonr telegram of f the 23d reached hero the sheriff ^ was absen4 and is now. As you b will see I?y the enclosed clipping ^ I wired the magistrate at Branson to have Bennett arrested and also went to the place at once When () I arrived there I learned that he h had been released by the coroner h and bad left the Stato. I was in. t formed that Bennett boarded the i1 Seaboard Air Lino train at Fairfax h that morning at -t o'clock and bad h gone in the direction of Savannah. Respectfully yours, ? "W. R. Anderson. ? "Deputy Sheriff." tl TIIE GOVERNOR TAI.Ki. U Gov. Hey ward said yesterday ' that bo was very muck amazed at the action of Coroner Rivers in " not binding over Bennett for the SI killing of his wife, notwithstanding toe fact thut. the coroner's jury relumed a verdict that the ,, \\ deceased came to her death by mischance, for the criminal laws positively direct the coroner, undor such circumstances, to bind over the defendant to the court of general session, that the matter C' may ho then and there inquired 11 into 44 The enormity of tho action of . tl the coroner," said the governor, 4'is further aggravated by the n fact, as published, that Bennett sl said at tho investigation that ho ft' thought the object he tired at was a sheriff or a constable who had ^ come to arrest him, as though ho 11 (1 had any l ight to shoot such of 1 licors, especially when his presence in the State was in direct violation of the terms of the pardon granted ri t?y Gov. McSweenoy and in the il face of a recent rofnsal on my pmt " * I to allow him to return." The governor added that for reasons of policy he deemed it in 11 advisable now to advertise the s: details of such action as he will take to upprehend tho fugitive, but he expiesstd his uuqualitied determination to exhaust every iPCfiiu'on nt liiti PAinntun/1 t?i t li o t Un.l. J 8 ' Bon Bennett said in convert . bfttion that ho kept a good pisto ^ and knife ami that ho would never give up. Ho would kill himself J! first." , ' m m d A pylisicinn Healed n Dr. Geo. Ewing, a practicing physician of Smith's Grove, ky. P for over thirty years, writes his I personal experience with Foley's w kidney Cure; "F >r years I had b?en greatly bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and enlarged . ....I. -1 i t i ' . 11 prosT. hi0 giuiui. i used every thing known to the profession without relief, until 1 dcommence to use Foley's kidney Cine. After taking three bottles 1 was entirely relieved and cured. 1 " prescribe it now daily in my prac 1 tice and honrlily recommend its v use all physicians for such trou- 1 bles. I have prescribed it in 1 h mdreds of cases with perfect 1 success."' Sold by Funderburk ( Pharmacy * ?-? mi 1' ?Suhscriho to The Ledger. 1 Butler Holt Released. lis Wife's Appearance 111 Now- I berry Convinces Every hud v I'll it She Has not Boon Murdered. Ipecial to l'ho State. Newberry, Auj*. 27.?Butler lol and Will Martin, held in onnection with tbo Muudo Allen liirder in Columbia, were re- 1 ' . j snsed from custody this afteroon. Molt was reloasd on an order ^ f Mtiof I not ion P/m ?n A Uaviiao ?'/iu VU1VA tf HOI IV-VJ 1 /V I I III iiuj' I ienerul Gunter having con sen toil |l f t o the release, subsequently Will J iartin was released by Mayor j11 larhurdit. I The end of the Newberry end f the mystery was brought about 1 y the appciraoco of Lula Al- 1 :ii Holt, tho wife *?f Butler ! lolt, in Newberry this morn- j ig. She was brought to New- ' icrry from Bath by A. J. Holt, a ' rother of Butler Holt. Tho main ground of suspicion v gainst Butler Holt was that the * lurdered woman in Columbia was lie woman he married in Newbery 1 Qvornl months ago and who left ( t im after a few days of marrted fe. The appearance of this wo- 1 mn in Newberry today knocked 1 "" I le bottom out of this ground of n-pieion. Lulu Allen Holt .s.ivs that she ?r ^ iyed tit her father's homo at ?ith from Columbia 1 i-l l'uesdav lorning and rtmi.iiued there no j I -.be ieft yesterday, coining to ; 8 [u tvberry. j * Will Martin was held on uc- |w Mint of the belief that he liad lurried Sal'ie Allen, a sister of ' if woman Holt married. Lulu I " Men Holt save, however, that 1 : . . I latthe Mat tiu held in jail was 11 ut the man who married her 1 ster, that it was another Martin ' Itogother. I1 As soon as Lulu Allen Holt up.-. 1 ? %r i - - enroll in ixowucriy mis morning ; " message was sent to Attorney (() leneral Gunter stating the fact. | k telegram wus received from Mr i ' iunter stuting that ho had com? s ninicited with the chief Justice s nd shortly after, late this after- * oon, Holt's release was signed 1' y the chief justice. This was followed a' fow min- e tea later by Martin's release, " igncd by Mayor Eurhardir. c iystander Wounded at Lynching * is Dead. t i Cedartowu, Ga , Aug. 20.? * ohn Sexton, a young farm labor- I r who whs shot during the lynch i ng of the negro Jim Glover hero f iiaf nt'olif rliorl imut /I > ir ;??i itivuu'ijt j UlVU J VOIU1U4J t his homo in Eastviow. The f 'ho shooting of Sexton occurred ( nring the reckless firing of tho I lob. 1 Whether Sexton was taking i art in tho lynching is not known, t t is thought, however, that he ois standing near tho negro nnd no of the pistol bullets intended or tho negro struck Sexton in tho ^ ipper part of the abdomen. i i the DKAlli "eNAI.I Y A liitlo sometimes results iit leuth. Thus a more scratch insic- J liticant cuts or puny boils have / mid the death penalty. It is . vis to have Bucklen's Arnica i >nlve ever handy. It's the best ! < salve on earth and will pi event " at- lily, when Hums, Sores, Ul:ers and 1'iles threaten. Only J5o at Crawford Bros. J. F. ! Vlackey and Co,. Fuuderbuik ' Pharmacy. - Jones Hanged. | lis Exceuiion Was Orderly and Q n i o t.?Condemned Man YVat ned-Ne^roee N<?t to l'luy Willi Deadly Weapons JficUens, A u ir. 2G. ? Henry [ones, tin: negro munlenrr of ,2onstahl Columbus .loncs, was innged today, lie went upon bo death trap a few minutes after [1 o'clock Before placing the loath cap upon tho doomed man lsual opportunity win given him O 111 II k O n fctutommil I..I1H ivowed lus readiness for heaven tnd besuugi t everybody to meet iitii up there. lie warned his ace ?guin>t the possession and iso of lire ai ins. bully twelve hundred people istened with hated breath at the ast words of the man, soon to bo lurled i n t o eternity. At the ioncluston of his confession ho vanted to pray and having prayed 'or some time, and seemingly Irawing to a conclusion Sherill' VlcDaniel descended the steps, mo of which sprung the death rap, and in the twinkling of an lye the neck of the wretched legro was broken, and his life md gone oui Certain Amount of Nitiog-n Most be in bY lilizers. The fertilizer companies ;e illfbAt.there is a mistake in lie act passed at the Ta-t >etsion f the general assembly relating i tie ir products. The act specifies hat the ingredient nm?t "contain .18 percent, f nitio-en, which < equivalent io 7 ptr cent, of .imlonia " - he chemists of the itn'e bo .rd say that the last ligure lion . nc 7.50 tint the fertiliz?r et j-lc wi.-h to hold the rules to he limits of the act passed. The ttorney general gives Ids opinion n tho matter as follows: "Replying to your communieaion of the 25th inst wherein you late that tho phrase "if it ho hown by tho official analysis that he samo contains less that (5.18 ier cent, i f nitrogen (equivalent a 7 per cent, of ammonia) in ref renco to tho requirements for an nalysis of cotton seed meal is a hemical absurdity, and lequestng to lie advised of tho effect of ue'.i inconsistency, 1 bog to statr hat unquestionably the (5.18 per :enl. of "nitrogen requirement prorails and must ho complied with. I be equivalent ingrodiont is nothng more than a mere illustration ind is a redundancy that may bo itricken out without in any munlor effecting positive prime rcpiircmont of not less than 0.1S )er cent, of nitrogen. The (J. IS )er cent, of nitrogen must appear, t matters not what it is equivalent ,o."?The Slate. rurs an end io it all A grievous wail of times conies is a result of unbearable pain l om over taxed organs. Dizziness iuctcacke, Liver complaint and Constipation. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills they ml an end to it all. They arc gentle hot through. Trv them. Dnlv 25c. Guaranteed by Crawford Bros , J. P. iMackey and Co. Funderburk Pharmacy, Drug Store. ? If you have land or lots to >ell or wish to purchaso land seo ho undersigned. T. B. Carter. A 4 Happenings in The State. As (Jhron eled l>y the Alert Cur-! respondents of the Columbia I ,Mi State. ] \va i Ihi PAKAI.Y/RI> MAN MAT ALONF. :'xv,>!,.u| HAYS BEFORE rOLNt). I u, Cnion, Aug. "27.?On last Sat- \\ unlay when the cotton mtllsclo-cd 1 j,ul down for the weeI; (ieorgo CoUor, a machinist, went to his homo on Virgin street and sat down to rc-t. .N' l?l tl ? * mie resting lie neeumc paralvzo I anil sat there until Tuesday morniiibefore be was found, hi* family being away from hosie. K: *7 Lf I'IT OF I'll K ISI.AN D DKOI'l'Kl) IN Till'. Wll SKA. . . ;,'li Charleston, Aug. 20. -A sec- nil lion of the front bench on Snlli- |Ut van's Islam), extending over an , area of 100 feet by 1;"?() feet, was jei washed away at I o'clock this j rt*? ironung, leaving an excavation of f... 30 to 50 feet deep. The landslide un occurcd in front of the IVinglc na and Moiso houses, the cave in th< reachinsi within 25 feet of the ; rosidenco With the extension of [tin a few more feet, the residences might have been wrecked and 11? lives lost and injured during the labours of night, when the inmates to' of the bouses were all n-leop. |s The cave in is supposo l to have crj n-vn e>mvd by the currents v.n-b- au Kg ..ay the beach. Hi THK CAVE-IN AT SII.I.IVAN's IsI.AND Charleston, Aug. *27.?The big cave-in of the bench on Sullivan's Jfc Island which occurred yesterday Mi morning is tilling in by tlie action tor of the water. The rent in the Bo beach, 100 by 150 feet and 50 'he feet deep, is the largest caye-in bin which has probably occurred. An the old resident of the island stated ' today that the bo? eh was washed he out at the same point, between the bar two stone grillages, several times h it" before, as a result of the swirliug sue motion of the water and in each yoi case the beach tilled in again. ' ? m y Nl'.UUO CHAUUKI) WITH ARSON. < Cheraw, Aug. 20.?C. (i. l\uis, any a negro, was arrested on the 25th ' at Chesterfield court house for glo burning the dwelling of .1. M. ' Burns at Cheraw on the 1 Otli of sai? I .. I .. 1IIAI 'IM . 4 .(my l./w-i-. i ue was sworn out l>y II. W. Ilollowuy, ha< who wrtS sent by Comptroller General Jones to investigate the burning. Mr. Hums' house was an; set on lire Sunday night, the did of July, 1004, and again on the nia lot!) of July, when it was totally destroyed by lire. 'I Chief of Police Killed by a Negro in Jail. stc Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 27.? Chief of Polieo 1?. IC. Hamriek of Shelby, N. C , is dying and a young negro named Clark, who inflicted his injuries, is fatally in jurcd as the result of a light in jail at Shelby tonight. The negro, accompanied by a companion, was arrest*d for drunk- an enness and locked up. llamrick a i started into tho cage to quiot them, | when Clark fired upon Chief llumrick, the Imll taking effect in ?' the upper left side of tho chest, piorcing tho Iuiilt. The negro rn then fired on Sherdr Settle grazing l>n his abdomen and leg and then up. on Assistant Marshal Kendrick, who roturncd the tire, shooting the ne^ro in the side and ncclc. Kendrick was shot in tho neck hy m the negro l>nt not serioiuly hurt, 01 Tlicro is considerable excitement 0,1 J but no danger of violence. 'kl Maimer 'iml Fireman Killed IMi:irli>lle, N . Vu^ 27. -A freight from Kulei^h to hi rue the Seaboard Air Line s wrecked at Fee Doe, N. s a'ternoon bv rtivmin<^ into a . ..i. . i i i?u n mi ii urn ui'uu *v!isnzti t n\ heavy rains. The engineer, ex Adain>, an I h'ireinan Sliepid were killed, being buried d( r t lie w i eckage. - ? gr>< Says white Man Hired IIid) In Murder. Auiericus, (in., Au? 27.?\V. Morgan, u prominont citizen Iviehland, Webster eo.mlv, brought to Ameiicus and led iliis afternoon alter a coinUneutr trial upon a charge of lrder growing! ut the killing of s. I' l'hillips by William 11. lis, both negroes, at LVestnn vntly. Kills has made aeon si >n wherein he declared he t-i hi red t < > kill iMiilliiw .m.i nie-i VV. S. Morgan r.s one of > |?\11io-s thus employing him. Phillips wis u state witness in otiial of Henry Morgan and ilney llani II, both near rela* ins of \Y. S. Morgan, and jointcharged with having burned the ivn of Preston. Ilenry Morgan now in the penitentiary for the me . Sidney Ilarrell is in jail 'ailing trial. nbarrassing Plunders at Macy's John Aster (the boys call him n'i) is a very modest clerk at ley's. He always wears a hut lierre and drop stitch hose, or Jack, he is so modest that rude women shoppeis keep a stammering and blinking all time. Voucawn't '.ell, Mr Perkins" said, "how dreadfully cmTussed I was today. Those ill Avenno girls t-litl ask mc 1) rude question*?and 1, a nig unmarried man ton! * 'One lovely girl came up to counter and said: 'Young man, have yon got - kids?* 'You bet 1 blushed?she meant ves ?kid gloves. 'Then an old lady came in and 1 she wanted some more antique ' '1 said, how much have you 1' now C and she said: " 'Had whai?' " 4 1 said you don't want to get 1 mere antique'' "Mercy me, 'out wasn't she d> "Then a lady came in and said, want to son vonr lin^n" 4'1 shu!, 'Ma'am?' 'She said 'can I see your tckingsl' "1 said, 'No ? Not now! () iir! but I was embarrassed! ''Then a black woman came in e had a good deal of color ? j 1 >t : black! "She said, 'show mo some drop eh, flesh colored stocking*.' "1 showed her a black pair? d my gracious me! She flashed stiletto. She said, "You dude, want white people,s llo>h color--or tlesh colored people's white _ i ,i I. _ 1 .. I I ?. .1 1 mm i nun Mill' khjkl'ii iiiviiu ;mu n nwiiv. My! hut I was so cm irnissod!" nick Keller for Vslhmsi Sutferos Foley's Honey nn<l Tnr afford lincdiato relict to iiMhnm snlTers in '.he w?,rst stages ami it' taki in time will effect a cure. Sold ; Fmulerbnr\ Pharmacy.