The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 28, 1905, Image 1
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The Games Case.
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i M'Jt iHiHiii rtiii'geti i imi no onoi
to Protect His Wife.
Special to The State.
Cheraw, June 25.?The trial of
G VV Games for the murder of
Lfr BH Thurmao rosulted in a verdict
of "not guilty." l'lie trial
consumed two days and the jury
was out nbout one hour.
The familiar plea of selfde
fense was not made in this case,
hut the plea of defer ae of hts wife
was set up. Carnes lived on Dr
Thurmond'? farm as a share.cropper.
The testimony showed that
there had been trouble between
I). Furman and both Mr and Mrs
Carnes, the latter of whom had
at one time taken a gun to the
(1 r>r> l r> r ni rn * ti<y that it _ou In
protect hersel f from being run
oyer.
On the day of the homicide Dr
Thurman and Mr Games drove in
to the farmyard, where Mrs Carno*
was working. Dr Thurman and
Mrs Games got into a quarrel and
the testimony of the State went to1
F M ri
ill
less at the
in our. s
Given FR
A
person trading 8
n give the clerk y
ing. We will th(
esser the parasol.
Everybod3
q "4r 1
.wdU
DEPA
prove Hint Mr ('ernes went on Dr j ?
j Thurraan and that a struggle cn-|
i med, in which a pistol, in the ^
| possession of Dr Thurnian. was
gotten hy Carno?. who heat Dr
Thurnian over the head and broke
ThurraaiTs hand whilo he had it
up protecting his head. When
the fifth blow waa struck the pistol
fired while the muzzle was
against Dr Thurman's head, killing
him instantly. . y
me lesumony or tlie defcnso
went to prove thnt Dr Thurman ^
drew his pistol and with nn oath (
sturted to shoot Mrs Guinea, j>
when ber husband caught the pis- f}
to I and got it away from him, and sj
while heating Dr Thurman with tthe
pistol it went off and killed j,
him. e,
Very few saw the tight, and of
the80 nearly all were for the defense.
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TWO UOrrLES CURED/JIM. | hf
"1 was troubled with kidney
complaint for about two mars/' i w
writes A. H. Davis, of Alt Bter!- <>>
ing, la., 44but two bottles of ty
Foley's Kidney Cure (fleeted a j?
permanent QUre.' Sold by Fun- ^
dor bur k Pharmacy.
in
rArsr
1 MINI
50,000 GU
number of
store Satin
EE to the \
Beautiful Blacl
1.00 and over iliis
our guess and a r<
in compare guesse
ir invited to
,RTMEiY
.atest Dispensary Scheme. "
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r Onl't Obtained from Chief
Justice l'? po Against the State lne*
Poind to Show Cause Why Wfts
Thoy Should not Reopen ' ^
and Keep Open the 'eKa
Pickens Dispen- cour
sury. opei
elect
pecinl to News and Courier. l)eCfl
Columbia, June 24.?Mr. W cone
oyd Evans, who obtained an j[ey
rder today from Chief Justice 8jnc)
ope for the State hoard to ?how (}ov
... ?T .l ^
ium! en jti 1 y o, why a mandamus to ()1
ioul'1 not no issued requiring H!Uy
nun to open and operate the jest,
ickera dispensary , said he was ^j8
nployed by cVtizons of Pickens jn p
??nty. tho <
Ho wont on to my: 4tI will say the ;
connection with tins case that 1 qual
ivo ho"n enph y d by Mr J Sam- whei
s 1 Wilmv:, of Pickens county, fron
hois (,no of the largest land plac<
.vners and taxpayers in tho coun- beer.
r, and also by othor citizens in Som
ickens county, who favor the pare
ispens uy 1 iw, ah<l ^vho are will- fonn
i?l to liavo a fair contest made as on
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ft
te
ib 111
iesser:
4 custom
:aay, uu
>est GU
t Silk Para
?day entiled 1
icord will be
ss with the sa
join in
me
r STOF
rhether the di&pensai-y sht
ain or not, but thoy are n
ing to see it voted out on t
enso of such an election
held about a month ag
y did not deem that elccti
1, nnd tor that reason t
ity board kept the dispenaa
1 for nearly a month after t
lion was held, and closed
mse they received what th
lidcred instructions from Go
ward to close it. They ha
j arrived at the conclusion th
Heyward has not authori
der them to close the dispe
, hut in order to proper
the matter, they havo tak
course. 1 was informed whi
ickens that the superrisor
jounty bases this election <
petition of one f jurth of t
ified voters of the count
n tho petition had men on
i Groonvillo county and oth
es, and men who had on
in the county for a few day
e of the petitions wero coi
d by the county auditor at
d that the men on the peti
were not registered votoi
D m
i
5
bers waite<
ly 1st.
ESSER
sol.
to one guess only.
kept of same unti;
ties sheet and send
the contest
s Cc
IE.
alll No managers were ever appointed I
iot noither was the election declared;
he the registration book was not kept
R9 at the polls, to see whether the
men who voted were legal voters
' " or not.
on ,kl was further told by a mer*ie
chant in Pickens that since tho
r
ry dispensary closed up that the 1
he price of corn in the mountain disjt
trict of the county had gono up
ey from 70 to 80 cents per bushel.
I contend that the Act of the
iV,
Legislature known as the Brice
V 0
. bill, under which this election was
I ft V
held, is unconstitutional, and it is
tv
my purpose to take it to the Supreme
Court to be passed upon.''
The State board has taken the
01)
j position that it had nothing what,
ever to do with the matter; that it
of
could not close the dispensary and
I that it was a matter for the county
board and it will, to be con^'
sistent, have to hold fast to this
11 . . .
position. A. JL.
er r
1 y Sound kidneys are safeguards
8. of lifo. Mako the kidneys healthy
? with Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold
by Fundorburk Pharmacy.
it- Foley's Money and Tar
rs, for children.safe,sure. No opiate*\
I on J
1 Mon- $1
I to the
Accidentally Killed.
Bowman, June 24.?A
negro boy, a son of Vustine
Bowman, a well-to-do coloerd
farmer near town, was accidentally
killed yesterday by stepping
backward on a saw mill while in
operation. He was killed almost
iuatautly. The boy was nearly
grown and had been working
around a saw mill for some time.
A GRIM TRAGEDY.
is daily enacted, in thousands of
homes, as Death claims, in each
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uu?, nuuiutu VIC11U1 OI L/OnHllinption
or Pneumonia. But when
Coughs and Colds are prop
uuy ireaieu, mo tragedy is avorU
od. F. G. Huntley, of OaklandoD#
lod., writes: "My wife had the
consumption, and throe doctors
pare her up. Finally she tookDr,
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds,
which cured her, and to-day she
is well and strong." It kills the
gorms of all diseases. One dose
relieves Guaranteed at 50c rnd
$1.00 by Crawford Bros., J. F.
Mackey & Co. Funderburk Pharmacy,
druggists. Trial bottle free.