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i bbaxlett enters PLEA OF INSANITY Defense Offers Evidence Along This line During First Day of TrlftL Greenville, Sept. 2.—In the first day of the trial of Hugh T. Bramlett, build ing contractor of Greenville, charged with the Twnrdflr nf hta nnntW.iii..ln». Mrs. L. C. McHugh, the defense of fered testimony which in effect was to substantiate the defendant’s plea of Insanity which was entered at the be ginning of the trial this morning. The State rested its case this afternoon after the examination of a number of witnesses, the principal of whom was Miss Peopla McHugh, who was also shot and seriously wounded by Bram lett at the time her mother was mor tally wounded at their home on Pen dleton Street. About an hour was con sumed in empaneling the jury which is composed largely of middle aged, farmers. ^ The evidence probably will •be closed tomorrow afternoon. The defense produced affidavits from two witnesses who were ill and thiit 3 ^sanity“mns in the family of H. T. Bramlett. It was also stated that the defendant’s father committed sui cide and that Bramlett himself had been sent to Morganton for treatment. Miss Peopla McHugh testified that she and her mother and another wo man were sitting on the porch, that Bramlett drove by in g closet! car and came back. He got out and bounded up the steps, cursing, and saying, “Stop, I got you. I’ll kill you this time.’’ She said he fired and a bullet struck her, and that he went down the BtePS and Started to Agfltn hit her mother. She said he had been drinking heavily. She testified as to. various domestic troubles and said that before and after drinking Bramlett had violent spells. G. R. Hurgiss, 'a farmer, testified that on the afternoon of the killing, Bramlett came out to see him and tried to get him to find out if Mrs. McHugh and children were at Martin McHugh’s home. He said Bramlett took a drink of some* dark substance and after taking It remarked that he didn’t hope to live until daylight. 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It is the great middle class of Japan,-the people working on Small salaries, which is raising the greatest cry. Although wealth has increased as )a result of the war the real wealth of the masses has decreased and the peo ple of Japan are relatively poor. At the same time national tastes have changed and the Spartan simplicity of olden times is no longer endured. Low salaries in public services have so depleted the personnel that govern ment institutions like the postofflee, telegraphs, police force and schools, are all undermanned.—Industrial com panies, however,, are paying dividends of from V)0 4©-100 per cent, and dis tributing big bonuses, lands and rents are rising: |p vaiu^-and the farmer ls~ hoarding his rice until he has pushed the market to its highest notch; The distress of today is chiefly felt by the law abiding class of the nation. No riots have occurred like last year. .The press generally blames'the gov ernment for not finding a suitable remedy. “The situation calls for ur gent action,” writes the editor of the Kogumin. “Some people are about to famish. The continued advance In prices has developed a kind of reign of terror.” “If it is impossible,” says the Yor odzu, “to bring down the price of rice and other necessities, the government must devise means of increasing in comes. ' Otherwise peace and order in society can npt be maintained and the very foundation of the nation will be endangered.” it was necessary one time for Ser geant Smith to beat him over the hqad. The court room was full to overflow ing and* scores of spectators were turned away. Much interest centers the trial on account of the prominence, of the parties and £he unusuai T, rtturps of the case. WANTED! Your Job Printing Business If We Can't Please You Don’t Come Again t > Beginning promptly at 9:00 a. m. Saturday’; September 13th, r- - . 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