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IV a v?a%?waa ava \1VVI VV
Ennis.
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A Former Soldi?ar of Sherman's ^
Army Wbo Waa Convicted of
Several Crimes in Barnwell
County. S|
The State, 15th inst. Q
Geo .V Funis will remain in m
the penitentiary. Not because he th
might have acquirod the arson F)
habit from Sherman's army, of B
which ho was internal part, hut P(
because tho habit just would not V(
down. Knnis had been convicted ar
of forgery and of stealing corn tb
from tno field before he began to m
tie caroless with fire. Gov lley A
word has been forced to decline to le
pardon 1he mun, although Hon ti<
Vospasian Warner ctf "Illinois, cb
member of the judiciary commit- b<
tee of congress and chairman of b(
the committee on the revision of e>
la vs, has urged oxecutive[clemeL- G
cy. George'Ennis was "convicted er
of arson in Barnwell county in in
1892 and was sentenced to ho In
hangod. Judge I D Witherspoon to
tried ihe case and [Solicitor W P to
Murphy^was assisted hy Mr G te
Duncan Bellinger as tho prosec.it- M
ing attorney. The sentence of G
death was afterward commuted to M
life imprisonment. w
Sinco the petition for pardon ^
has heen received, it has been
learned upon examination of the
< :? i . . u... l,-> rr
I 'uuiiuti Liui y iui;uivin mm.
was already an exconvict having c?
hoen senionced from Barnwell 80
county in 1881 for obtaining
money under false pretences.
A petition of citizens from De?
Witt county, 111., reeitos that said ^
Ceo W Ennis was an industrious, ^
f 1
honest, peaceable and law-abiding
citizen, and bore the reputation
of being a truthful man.4' Ennis w
. Y\
left Illinois in 1860 and settled in
tb
South Curolira after tho war.
lie was with Sherman when Co- Se
lumbiu was luid waste 40 years
ago next Sunday. Under the
date of Doc 19th Congressman
on
Vespasian Warner of DoWiit *
county, Illinois, wroto in bohalf Dl
of the prisoner: uEnnis insists ln
that he is innocent and that it has
since been ascertained that some ki
other person, colored, I believe, b>
set (ire to the shed. Ennis has
now served in the penitentiary i?
more than 20 years and 1 submit
that htu punishment has been ju
u m ill t7 en flini^nf ntrnn I K/\nKA
mi?< \ ' * J uumvivuif w* vu iUUU^U U tj
did set fire to the shed." ui
lu a letter of January 28th, te
Mr. Warner Bays: 4tl had a conversation
with Enms in your pen- g
ltentiary several years since and ct
he confidentially assured me that w
he was innocent of the crime of h(
which he wan convicted aid I g
have taken an interest in his case
at the suggestion of many good
people in my home county, and ^
hecause I have been and am of ^
the opinion that, even though ^
guilty, his punishment has been ^
amply sufficient.
1 J n<
4lHis fi ienda in bis homo coiin4v *1
J
jusily or unjustly, seem to ho of ^
tho opinion, that inasmuch as a|
Ennis whs n northern man and a C(
member of Sherman's army that f
ho was convicted." ^
Investigation (hows that Ennis
has not served 20 years, that no
other party has confessed, and
that instead of "burning a shed"
he was convictod of a chain of g
crime', several fires having been ]]
traced to him. # \>
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dditional Details of the Tragedy Pro e<
Near Kidgevillo?Mrs Bivens File
Used a Neighbor's Gun. Tur
ti
pecial to The State
Ridgevillo, Fob 13.?Near ^ '" j*
ivhans ferry, which is seven s
iles south of Ridgoville, about v
10 4th of February, Mrs John ^ '
Bivens, wife of State Sonator
ivens, had W Greenberg, a Jew nou,a
jddlor, who stopped at Mrs Biv-ln 1
jni' when in the neigborhood, am^
rested charging him with having! mMm
brou?,r
ireateocd her life after having , 5?
. . , * IiOiidh
ado improper proposals to her. . .
, ., , ruinin
t the time she was forcnl to , .,
fl tlift
nve tier Come and noek nrotec...
, room
on nt a neighbors house. This
7 . cordin
largo was dropped upon Green- ^
Jig promising to leavo the neigh
Drhood and not return. On the
. , , name,
rening of the lOlh ot February j
reenberg returned to Mrs Hiv- ...
? fired h
19'. Aliout 3 o'clock the folio v- . .
took e
g morning, Mrs Bivens sent for ^ )4
st' neighbor, Mr Piatt, to come , ,
. . "0l' <4U
> her home. On his arrival sho ,
I.. * VV!,S s'1
ild him that Greenberg lia<l at- ,
. . ., . . stanth
nip ted to criminally assault her. .
7% - who w
!r rlatt, leaving Mrs Bivens and T
, . . , Linda
reenberg 111 the house, wont to vj(jen
[? U M Limehouse, a neighbor , ,.
n Loudb
ho lives about two milos from . j
Irs Bivens'. The two returned
the ?rn
1 Mrs Bivens' about G o'clock ,7
, 011 the
ie same morning. y\s they I..
I tlio sh
.ached the hull door Mrs Bivens ^
ime to the door and they hoard ..
hams
mieono running through the
, * ,1 hut Wl
ick door. On entering tlio house
Irs Bivens told tht-m that Green3rg
hud run into the shed room, j
hey found the door locked. Mrs ' Wo
ivers brought a hatchet and "'tfh!
loy forced the door open and (je ^
iund Greenberg sitting 011 a box ;e88 8(
ith his hands in his pockets. Foley'
'hen asked why ho had returned j to giv<
lere ho said Mrs Bivens had euros t
nt for him. At that moment ^l5i" ^
rs Bivens entered the room and gj^j ^
*ed upon Groonberg with Mr. ' the do
latt's single barrel breochloading 1 ] got 1
in, the shot taking effect in tho a
ck iuet below the chin, causing re'lc^
. . , , fuse ?i
slant deutb. bulk J
Mrs Bivens then said, 4'God
lows 1 did not wish to kill him,
it 1 had it to do." An A
Magistrate Cummings held an
quest upon the dead body and
11 J < kbc
,e jury rendered a veidict of yyhilo
istifiable homicide. .
of the
Mrs Bivenh has been released _
i J'. M'l
ider bond to appear at the next pmaj|
rm of court.
At tho time of the killing Mr. Gf his
ivens was in Columbia. He re- jn ti Hi
lived a telegram sayintr, "Your $27, Oi
ife has killed the Jew, come plU.
jmo at once." He arrived at 000in
idgeville at 7.30 p. ni., the same jn Hn
?y. total (
Tbe%B were no friends of tie thoug
sceased at tho inqueit to tako Many
urge of the body, therofore throng
lagistrato Cummings iiiStrueted Altooi
li onmUtiln l<? V, ? TT ?. >* 1
?W vwMstwnv I1UT V li IMU1UU 11115 hHH 1 , I
sxt (lay if no one culled for it. siituti
o one having culled for it up to nary i
iat time, it wan buried. Sunday
fternnon friends of the dead man
itne up from Charleston, disinirred
the Wody and carried it
>ck. Ml'
Senator Hivens will return to
olumhia tonight. F A C. n61^1
night
For Coughs - at your %li't/g 1'"J?.e(
ists or direct from Mumay 1 1 ls
)rug Co., Columbia, S. C.? * "1on
Murray's RorchonndMul v'* vdti
and Tar. 2oc for was w
irge si size bottle{ ter Li
1 oy Alleged Seducer.
Miliix and I lor Motl.er Both A
ut Defendant, Who in
n Kills the One and Mortlly
Wounds tho Other.
isonville, Fla , Fob 13.?
oseph 11 Freeman lies luor- n
rounded; her daughter, Mi?s j
Irown, is dead, and City 8
ive \V 1? Call on is seriously ^
led as a result i f a shooting d
in the court room of 1 L
, justice of tho peace, this
ng Mrs Freeman had
lit ae'ion agaiust Owen E
loldtz, charging him with ^
g Iter daughter. The parties
ease had gone to the oourt B
prepared for trouble. Ac- 8
?
g to witnesses of tho tragedy
Frooman attracted Load- 1
\s attention by calling his ?
and lirod at him. His re
is prompt and deadly. He fl
c
ivo times, and every shot
(Tret. Mrs Freeman was
(3
inr limes in the breast, and
lighter, who Irid fired once,
lot in the mouth and in- *
r killed. Detective CahoD,
us attempting to disaitn
oldtz, was shot in the hack, f
ily by one of the women, n
oldtz was arrested and is in o
.)< soph ltrown, brother of ?
I who was killed, arrived
iceno immediately after f
noting and was locked up 7
inio by order of Justice ti
to prevent further rouble, V
is soon after released. e
A Night Alarm ^
rse than an alarm of fro at c
is the brassy cough of croup, a
sounds like the children's tl
knell and it means death nn- >
imething is dono quickly, p
s Iloncv and Tiir never fails j
l? instant relief and quickly
I10 worst forms of croup. ^
l\ L- Cordier, of Manning, ci
writes: My three year old ii
id a severe case of croup, (j
clor said she could not live. ^
1 bottle of Foley's H.meyand
nd the first dose gave quick
and saved her life.'' Re- ?
ibstitutes. Sold by Funderl?harmacy.
^
pparontly Poor Man Left
Fortune in Cash.
h
insburg, Pa., Feb. 11.?
looking through the effects '
1 late John Troxell, who
to his death conducted a ?
l 11 HI / / /\ 11 it/1 atnf i/\??ah*? i
v? riu\| OUHUMIl l y OIUIO 1
!itzor,Pa., the administrator 6
estate came upon u tin box 0
.8
nail safo which contained j
DO in gold. e
I her search revealed $13,- 4
bills of large denomination, o
old belt he wore, making a c
>f $40,000. rroxell w?as *
ht to have died poor.
years ago he lost heavily
*h the failure of a bunk at
mi, Pa., after which, it is
I10 lost faith 111 banking- in
ons. Trox'dl died in .Ian- ^
ind was 7(1 years old r
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inotner veteran uea<l.
i
V1
. Wm, Cardei, aged sixty ?
, who lived in. tbo Lesslie c
borhood, diod last' Friday 1
of Bright* disease and was j
i Saturday in th&'gravo yard *
i\i.ng creek church.* Ho was ^
nbei* of company II. 12th S.
in the Confederate army atid ^
ouuded several times. ?Chcs *
untern.
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Happenings in the State.
ts Chronicled by the Alert Cor- ^
respondents of The Columbia
Stato.
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TWO N EG ROBS DROWNED.
Beau fort, Feb. 13.-Albert White *
nd Kit Green, colored, while on ^
heir way this morning from Cookw
island to the Farmers mines *
n search of their rowboat were '
Irowned. ^
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fi
CAPTURED TWO RATTLESNAKES. ^
Latto, Feb, 11 .-Friday afternoon t
larvy Bethea, colored, while R
litching on Mr. Manning's place n
lear hero dug up two large rattle- n
nakes One bntl ft nn?i tu
? ...... mo Vlll n
ir 13 rattles. They were placed ^
n a large box and were the centre v.
if attraction for quite a while. fl
loth snakes were captured with- <.
>ut any injury to them or their j
aptor. Harvey proposes to sell t
lis snnkes to a circus that is bills
d for a performance here today.
k
AST FREIGHT TRAINS WRECKED j p
NEAR EASLET. ! n
Gr.eeaville, Feb. 14.?in a ^
reight wreck near Easley at midlight
last night, Brakeman Gilbert
f Atlanta and Fireman Rice of a
ipencer, N. C., were killed.
It was one of the moRt serious I1
reight wrecks the Southern railway
has had for many years on C
he Atlanta and Charlotte division, o
Vfcen the giant locomotives crash- f*
d ano'ploughed into each other ^
early every car of both trains j
'as derailed and the front cars on Ci
uch train wore torn into splinters C
nd piled in a huge mass. Under ^
liis debris Brakeman Gilbert of ^
fo. 71 was found about 8 o'clock
lis morning whore he was doubt- ti
)?6 killed instantly. Fireman
lice, colored, on No. 71 was
nught on his engine, his body bebadly
mangled. Engineer h
lorzino and his pilot, Engineer P
jemmon of No. 71, jumped, b
'hey sustained bad bruises en h
ccount of the speed of their train. 6
Inginoer Hariis of No. 74 stuck n
o his engine and was in no wise y
ajured. ^
PUBLIC AROUSED fc
t
The public is aroused to a know- e
edga of the curative merits of
hat great medical tonic, Eleetrie
litters, for sick stomach, liver 8
nd kidney. Mary H. Walters, f
f 547 St. Clair Ave., Columbus, a
)., writes. "For several months, ^
was given up to die. I had fev- ^
i uuu u^ue, uiy uorves were wreca
(1; I could not sleep, and my 8
tomach was so weak, from useless c
octors' drugs, tbat I could not t
at. Soon after begining to take r
ilectric Bitters, I obtained relief, ^
nd in a short time 1 was entirely
tired." Guaranteed at Crawford
Jros., J. F. Mackey & Co., f
Vmdeibmk Pharmacy, drug <
tores; price 60c. ]
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What Does it Mean. I
T~ 1
1 wo young white men were con- (
dcted of larceny in the circuit j
ourt in Hampton last week, one ,
was ctmvicted of larcency in the
sircufi court in Laurence and one (
n Columbia. It this means the
:burts are more strict to ounish
* ~ *
(rimes it is a good sign; but if it (
neans tbat this sort of crime is on
,ha increase among white persons
t is k very discouraging Bign.?.
dewberry Observer.
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Make year druggist give
Iou, Murray's Horehound,
Mullen and ' ,r Cures
four cough. 25c a bottle
. r.a ir
Ben Tillman's Pictnri.
Will be Takeu From the Garret
Where it Has Been
The State, 14th inst.
When the portrait of B It Tillman
was placed ovor the speaker's
desk ten year* ago, it was the
i occasion of much bitterness and
, almost personal encounters on the
floor of the house. Subsequently
i the portrait was sont to the Char,
leston exposition and when ref
turned was hung inn unconspieuous
place in the gallery of the house.
i As an evidence of the decadence
. of partisan feeling, the change of
i the position of the portrait was
. unnoticed officially for two years
) until yesterday. The house adoptr
ed a resolution, introduced by
? Mr Ashley,to have the picture rei
turned to the place where it was
three years ago, the most con
spicious spot in the hall.
The resolution provided further
The President Was Wrong
le Mud No Right to Appoint
Crurn Collector.
pecial to News nnd Courier.
Washington, Feb 18.?That
'resident Roosoveltand Secretary
toot were in error in their contruclive
recess thoory, which
hey advanced to boUtor up the
he appointment of Cium as colfactor
at Charleston and Gen
Vood to be major-general, is the
inding of the sub-committee ol
he Senate judiciary committeo,
o which was referred some monthi
go the resolution of Senator Till
nan, calling for an interprotatior
t the hands of the judiciary com
nitteo. The report adverao tc
he President has been drawn b)
Senator Spooner. The memberi
if the sub committee are Messri
ipooner Nelson and McOomas,
Republican, and Bacon and Black
urn, Democrats.
It is not known whether the rec
ort was unanimous, but it it
mown that Senator Spooner pre
tared the document, which demolishes
the theory built upon by
lr Root in order to get the PresJent
out of a hole and enable him
o force consideration of these
ppointments. R M L.
'ECULi A E DISAPPEARANCE
J. D. Runyau, of Butlerville,
>., luid the pocular disappearance
f his painful symptoms, of indication
and biliousness, to Dr.
Ling's New Life Pills. He says:
'They are a pei feet remedy, for
izziness, sour otomach, headache,
[instipation, etc." Guaranteed at
Irawford Bros., J. F. Mackoy &
lo. aud Fanderhurk Pharmacy,
>rug stores, price 25c.
loveruor Heyward's Pardon Record.
The annual report of Governor
leyward as to the number of
ardons and commutations, granted
y him for the year 1904, has
een tiled with the General Asembly.
The constitution does
iot require that Governor Heyyard
should give any account of
he commutations granted, but he
ias done so. The record shows
knf i bot?n iitAVA A K r\n i?/l Ann /wmam4
uui iuvi u HOIU iu jmi uuiib ^iauia
d during the year 1904, and that
hese 45 pardons set free 63 pert
on*, i. e., in several cases several
mrties were convicted togethei
,nd pardoned together. There
vere 31 comaiutations of sen*
ence and these 31 commutations
let five other persons free. In
>ther words 89 people were af
ected by the pardons and com
nutations granted during the year
1904.
Much has been said aboui
granting pardons to thuso convict
>d of murder or manslaughter
It will be interesting to note tha
A the 89 pardons and commuta
tions granted, 28 individuals wen
pardoned, or bad their sentence
30inmuted, or in other words i
fraction more than 25 per cent o
all the pardons and commutations
were in murder and manslaughte
cases.
The Hoyt Hays case was pet
baps the most interesting in th
entire number.
New Federal Judge.
Washington, Fob 14.?Th
House passed a bill to provide fc
the appointment of a district judfi
for thoWestern judicial district (
South Carolina.
, that the portrait of Gen J B Ker,
shaw he taken down from the
. walls of the gallery and placed in
a more dignified position.
The house passed the resolution
. in an indifferent manner quite dif*
i ferent from the way in which the
i former proposition was acted up*
on.
FIENDISH 6UFFEUING
is often caused by tores, uloera
and cancers that eat away yonr
skin. Wm. Bedell, of Flat Rook,
Mich., says: "I have used Buoklon's
Arnica Salve, for Ulcers,
l Sores and Cancers. It it the
best healing dressing 1 ever
fount!." Soothes end heals cute,
burns and scalds. 25c at Fander*
burk Pharmacy, J. F. Mackey A
Co., and Crawford Bros., drug
stores; guaranteed.
Must be Settled Right.
\Valtcrboro Press and Standard.
The legislature killed the compulsory
education bill after long
and exhaustive debate. This quel,
tion may be settled for this session
but not for all time. It is one
of those great matters that will not
be settled until it is settled inthe
interest of right and the great
1 masses of the people. The time is
1 aot quite ripe yet but before many
years we will see a legislature in
South Corolina that will provide
1 a school within reach of every
^ child and laws to secure to those
children the benefits of a liberal
* education, the indifference of pa'
rents to the contrary notwithstand
1
l ^ mil
"Tak-e Murray's JETore
hound, Mullein and Tai
and stop coughing. 25. for
large bottle, lour drugt
gist or Murray Drug Co,,
. Columbia S. C.
t Petition From Clomson College
for Removal of Dispensary.
b
a A strong petition, it is underfl
stood, is being circulated at Clem*
f son college for the removal of the
dispensary at Pendleton. This
r dispensary was destroyed by fire
0% f a?n /) n ,*ca n n/1 4 Via ? n a r"\ a f r\ f a
n iuw unjro n^u nun iuo luvpvvivip
are now endeavoriog to straighten
e out the accounts. It is said by
the authorities that the students
secure whiskey and beer from
this dispensary and that its ramoT*
al is desirod.?Columbia Record.
^ Winter coughs are apt to result
in consumption if neglected.
?? They can bo soon broken up by
using Foley's Honey and Tsr#
Sold by Funderburk Fharmaoy.