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JOHN J. JONES LOSES AGAIN. Abe Fearlstine's Slayer Denied NewTrial by Judge Shipp. Orangeburg, March 2.?In an order filed here to-day, Judge S. G. W. Shipp denies the motion for a newtrial in the case of John J. Jones, the Branc'nville lawyer, who is under sentence of ten years and one month, having been convicted in January, 1911, of manslaughter in the killing of Abe Pearlstine. The killing occurred in the postoffice at Branchville, of which town Pearl > stine was a prominent merchant. Judge Shipp's decision holds that the ground upon which the motion for a new trial was based was a mere irregularity. The defendant's counsel, in arguing for a new trial, contended that the grand and petit juries, which indicted and convicted % Jones, had been declared illegal at a subsequent term of court, and that Jones had, therefore, been illegally tried. Judge Shipp holds that the contention is erroneous and denies the motion. Jones's attorneys have not stated whether or not this case will again * A rill nrnm r\ onnrf TI* Vl lr* V) hfl5 g,<J IV LUC oupicuic V.UUI l nuivu already affirmed the judgment of the circuit court without, however, passing on the issue as to the legality of the juries, raised in the motion before Judge Shipp. Jones is in the jail here, having come down from the penitentiary to be present when the motion for a new trial was argued. He had been in the penitentiary since shortly after his conviction, but had not y*t entered upon the service of his sentence. Any new move in this case will be watched with interest as probably no case in the history of the country has been harder fought. TRAGEDY REVEALS ROMANCE. Engraved Wedding Ring Found on Bank Robber's Body. > Montreal, March 2.?The killing to-day, by a vigilance committee, of a bank robber ./ho was shot to death during the pursuit of a gang which tried to loot a branch of the Royal Bank at Montreal, West, ended a romance which apparently was to have culminated Tuesday. In the clothes ef the dead bandit were foiyid the picture of a girl pasted in the back of a pocket mirror and a new wedding ring engraved with the words "Will to Kittie, March 5, 1912." The ring with its engraving and a .tattoo mark on the chest of the man bearing the words ,fIn Memory of Mother and Father" are the only clues on which the police hope to establish the identity of the robber. In their opinion the party of safe blowers came from the United States. Four members of the gang escaped after a running fight with the vigilance committe which attacked the robbers before they could obtain any booty. The fugitives were supplied with snow shoes, which enabled them to outrun their pursuers. The wedding ring found in the man's clothes, the police say, undoubtedly was intended for the girl whose picture he carried. The expenses of the marriage ceremony, set for Tuesday, they believe were to have been paid for with the money the robber hoped to get. Woman Banks Ancient Coins. Monticello, N. Y., Feb. 28.?Nearly eighteen hundred dollars in old coins was deposited to-day in the Monticello National Union Bank by Miss Cynthia Pintler, which amount represented the savings of her brother, Hiram Pintler, for more than seven I ty years. Early in life Pintler formed the habit of throwing all his small change in a tin box. He was never forced to draw from it, and when he died a few months ago his relatives found the box filled with a small fortune. In the collection are many coins * of ancient dates. Large, old copper pennies, two-cent pieces, three-cent > pieces, old nickels and dimes, eagle pennies, quarters and half dollars, a j few gold pieces and several one dollar bills which were of such an outof-date appearance that the ordinary person would consider them counterfeits. Some of these coins have an added value because of their age. Never in the history of the bank has such 1 an antique deposit been offered. Mill to Resume. ? Walterboro, March 1.? It will be with interest that the people of the I community learn that the Walterboro cotton mill will resume operations i~ the nonr fnfiirp The stockholders of the mill will hold a meeting in a few * days at which plans will be matured for beginning work on tlie 11th of March. The authorities of the mill are anxious to begin operating all its departments, and are desirous of having all its former operatives return. We have 100 tons of kainit that i we will trade for cotton seed meal. See us. HUTTO & COPELAXD, at J. * D. Copeland's store. j '/ MAN FOUND IN TAMPA. Memory Faulty, Money Gone, Mis sourian's Plight. Tampa, March 2.?His mind al most a total blank, without mone; and scarcely a sufficient amount o clothing to cover him, J. R. Etchi son, a well known St. Joseph, Mo. man, was located here early thi morning in a cheap rooming house Search for him has been in progres: for several days, on request of attor neys for Mrs. Etchison. Mr. Etchison's vague story of hi: adventures indicates that he ha either lost or been robbed of cur rency and bank certificates to th< amount of nearly $100,000. To i ^ ? * ? ? -3 ? ^ * Vi rt f ft rv\ i 1 t* V* V\ A COW menu Ul HiC launi* 11^1^, 11^ oai< he left St. Joseph early in Februar; to go to Excelsior Springs to tak< mud baths. While getting on th< train he stumbled and fell, bruisinj an old wound on his head. Thj next he remembers he was in a roon with barred windows, at Kansa City. Lands in Tampa. There several strange men, h< says, placed some papers before hin and told him to sign them or hi would be killed. He said he was s< weak that he dropped the pen an< did not remember anything else un til he landed in Tampa with $250 ii his pocket. He does not kno\ whether he drew all of his mone: out of the banks or what became o T -ii Oi II. jueuers iiuiu aiiuiucvs ai oi Joseph say that he drew all he ha( deposited in three banks there. Left Penniless. He has memorandums of deposi of over $60,000 in banks at Wichita Topeka and Kansas City, but say: he thinks he drew this out. Hi charges in his disconnected story tha while he was seeking a hotel hen he was set upon by several negroe: and robbed of the money he carrie< when he arrived. A brother of thi unfortunate man will arrive here to morrow to take charge of him. Missing Several Weeks. St. Joseph, Mo., March 2.?Johi R. Etchison, found in a dazed condi j tion at Tampa, Fla., has a famil; | here. He started to Excelsio | Springs, Mo., several weeks ago am wrote from Kansas City that he wa: sick there. Until located at Tamp; I no trace of him could be found. Drew Money from Bank. Etchison is a retired farmer. H< drew $10,000 from each of two St ! Joseph banks before leaving home Members of Etchison's family hen received a telegram from Tampa tei days ago advising that he was there DUl couia get no lurtner yaiuuuiai & and did not credit the dispatch They visited local banks and fount that he had drawn out all his money and a friend was sent to Tampa. Held Captive by Robbers. Etchison saiti in Tampa that h< had either been slugged or fell fron a train in Kansas City, and then wai taken to Excelsior Springs, Mo. where he was chained in an abandon ed house until he was taken to Tarn pa by the persons who robbed him Members of his family think he wa: followed to Kansas City by person: who knew how much money he hac drawn from the banks. TO CONSIDER CARLISLE CASE. President Holds Up Mandate Send ing Aged Man to Prison. Washington, Feb. 28.?In respons< to an appeal made to him to-day b: Senator Tillman and Representative: Finley, Johnson, Ellerbe and Byrnes in behalf of M. A. Carlisle, of New berry, President Taft has directe* Attorney General Wickersham t! hold up the mandate 01 tne cour sending Carlisle to the Federal prisoi at Atlanta until the president coul< look into the matter and conside the petition for pardon. The man date would otherwise have issue* next Friday. Representative Lever would havi accompanied the delegation but fo an important committee engagement and he will write to the presiden urging clemency for the aged bank er. Senator Smith and Representa tive Aiken were not in Washingtoi to-day. Mr. Legare took no part ii the effort in Carlisle's behalf. Street Cleaners Strike. Macon, Ga., March 3.?A blow witl a buggy whip in the hands of i stableman was too much for th< pride of Macon's "white wings," an* the entire force of street cleaners numbering ten. went on strike yes terdav afternoon. Carts and broom were deserted, where they were be ing used in the streets. "We can stand for jeers an: dicers." declared E. Hollingsworth the leader, in stating bis case t* Mayor Moore, "but we can not stan ! Mows, especially when policemen re fuse to arrest those who strike us.' The trouble started when (i. F Riley, a stableman, slashed Whit* Wing J. F. Herd with a whip durin; a quarrel. An entire new force prob ably will be put to work to-morrow If you owe us anything, remembe that we need the money and expec prompt settlement. 1 , BOY OPENED SWITCH. - Had Just Been dosed When "Spring Maid" Passed. Florence, March 1.?Sheriff T. S. y* Burch arrested Jesse Byrd, a small f negro boy, this morning for throwing - a switch on the Coast Line at a new , siding that is being put in for waters melon shipments, near the city lim. its. The construction gang had just 3 finished the work and gone to dinner, - having tested the switch and locked it. The boy was interested in the s working, and when the gang left he s undertook to work it himself, break ing \ ..e lock with a spike and opene ing the switch. It happened that a the foreman of the work wanted to 1 look at it again after dinner before y moving elsewhere, and he saw that 2 it had been opened. He had barelv e time to close it before the special I train carrying the "Spring Maid" e company from Wilmington to Columi bia dashed past. The members of ^ s the company will never know how clos-e they came to a wreck. The boy is half-witted. 3 3 SHIPPED STUDENTS TAKEN BACK B TW?nl?lfk At UnivArsitv of Arkansas ^ ^ _ j Settled by Trustees. 1 Fayetteville, Ark., March 2.?The v six days' contest between the 500 v students of the University of Arkanf sas and the professors of that institution, who last Monday expelled 36 j of the collegians, ended to-day in the reinstatement of the latter. The expulsion resulted from an article in the "X-Rav," a semi-official university publication. On the heels of the g expulsion the students struck, the e faculty sternly ordering them to ret turn and the young men and women g answered by calling on the board of s trustees to assemble, hear the evij dence and render a verdict. a A committee representing the strikers went before the trustees this morning and presented their grievances, the exact nature of which are not disclosed, except they claim the j right of free speech has been abridged. This afternoon representatives v of the faculty were called in, and afr ter two hours deliberation the board j proclaimed that the rules are too 5 stringent and would deny the right , of peaceable assembly to discuss 7 grievances. A committee of five was appointed to "make a thorough in3 vestigation into any charges that may be formulated." The students took their victory calmly. Instead of jubia lant crowds on the campus, the dorT mitories are filled with persons intently studying. y . Can Cut Medicine Prices. * Washington, Feb. 29.?Patent medi* cines and other patented articles may be sold without reference to the prices fixed by the patentee. 2 * This was the opinion handed down 1 to-day by Justice Wright in the 5 equity court, when he refused the ap' plication of a drug manufacturing concern for an injunction to prevent a local druggist from "cutting" prices * without the manufacturer's permis5 sion. The court declared that the 3 patentee of an article could control * the price by which it should be sold by a "license," but that once the article had found its way to the open maraer Dy outrignt purcnase, an - rights to fix the price passed from the patentee. 2 It was admitted that the retail P druggist was not a "licensee." s m Commits Suicide by Drinking Water. 9 Huntsville, Ala., /Feb. 27.?After numerous attempts to kill himself, 3 James Weaver, a cotton mill opera* tive, succeeded last night by drink1 ing himself to death, his beverage being spring water. Standing at a hyr drant in a cell in the county jail in " which he has been confined on a charge of insanity, Weaver drank dipper after dipper of water in plain a sight of the officers. Before they realized his object, he fell In a stupor and expired. Some weeks ago the man attempted to end his life by leaping from the window of a moving train, and later by cutting his throat. He is-, said to < have believed that "John the Baptist ( was making his life a hell on earth." JEWELS TAKEN FROM BODIES. ' Robbers Plunder Graves in an Old Cemetery Near New Orleans. 1 * , New Orleans, Feb. 21.?Robbers - plundering the graves containing 5 bodies buried more than 70 years - ago. securing jewels valued at several hundred dollars, was the story 1 brought to this city last nigh from , Pointe-a-la-Hache, Plaqucmine Par ) j ish. 1 ! The water-soaked caskets with - j glass smashed, containing wasted ' i bodies were found above the ground i on Monday by persons living near e j the cemetery. g j They had been recently removed - from the private burial ground of a . wealthy ante-bellum family to the present cemeteries by the parish ^ officials. There is no clue as to the identity of the robbers. ^ 9 [ The Best Always j J The Cheapest I [I y & I & i * 1 aXA I And Especially is This True When You j ! Can Get the Best for the | | Same Money. g P *4* & 1 | When you go to purchase any article you want the || | best to be had at the price. If you have a piece of |j | work to do you want the best tool to be had to do it ^ | with, and if you have that tool to buy you get the one j| | that suits your needs. Therefore, when your child j| | goes to school you should see to it that it has the best j| & of paper, pens, pencils, etc., to be had, thereby learning is | it while young that "anything worth doing at all is || I* J ? -?? ?- ?1? J. ^ WTLnvTi\ MA/voI- Atrnmrflimrr noo/]_ jjf WOrin aoillg rigut* TT c nave liiuoi eVj uuii^ iiwvu- t b ed in a school room. You should see the following: H 1+ ill S* * m * J; r?? ?j - ' ; ; I a rnrn m 1 ' I BIG hKff I A FEW ? | BARGAIN 1 1UJU. MORE LEFT 1 '1 ? * - - 3? fj We have a new pencil sharp- 4j jj We received ener, purchased just for yje jjave jU8t ?j | this week over the use of our customers. a few Qf those ? ji 1,000 tablets, When you want to sharpen sample box pa- S a in s your pencil come in and see pers left, and if jj were some as the new machine work. you should see jg ? ^er^hamdfeA If y?ur fountain pen was them a* once if a I One lot of these purchased of us come in and g^Thevare I | tablets have fill it at our ink well, setting foing fast and $ ji 100 sheets of on the counter within easy now is the time ? jj good linen pa- reach. Come in and sharp- to buy a supply, ft! jj per, ruled. This en your pencil and fill your We also have jg P is worth if b h f a new lot of g P 10c, but we are F those, 2 for 5c I j; offering them V^V^I A pencils which 4? I CDrCV .wesen,or l i 5c rKElEl 1c I ; 8 11 I ft T 1 ?? HI. I ' ? p a I . ? | Buy your son and daughter a Fountain |? g Pen. We have just received a new ship- jg | ment, ranging in price from 25c to $5.00. S g We have some new make of pens, said to 4 | be made by the oldest Fountain Pen manu- j| if facturers in the business. We also have $ | some more of the reliable Liberty pens, j| if guaranteed in every particular, at 75c, iff | $1.00, and $1.50. None better made. |j a 1 ? I . . i 1 Wlipn in npprl of Blank Books of anv kind 4 ji let us quote you prices. We I f* jjj b will save you money. & & ? { * ? i ft tut 4? |J 1 A ILiim ?J? Jj BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA ? %