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? TSURLOW 8. CARTER, J A JFamily Ncw?p<ipcr : For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Ae/rieuUural and Commercial Intcr^sst*. 5 TEBM.H: Sl.f>0 a Vkah. EpITOB AND ilAWAQgK. \ ________ _ * > patabik in Advanck. KlV ' ill '.a NUAN'l'i' H,s.fi, "> v !4 ;>!i j^T DR SIDNEY BIVINGS: COMMITS SUICIDE;! t JUST AFTER CONVICTED OF ; MURDER OF MR TRIMHIER. < OPENED AKTKKY IN 1IIS .1 THIGH. |1 I' Last Pathetic Letters of the Suicide? Declares Ilis Mind Was ! Unhinged and Trimmier Was His Best 1 Friend. Special to The State. Spartanburg, May 11. ? Dr ' Sidney .1 Livings has robbed the J law of its victim. At 0:10 n m ! this morning Deputy Sherill 1 Hoyeo Perm wont tt? his cell and found him still" and dead in a sea j! of his own Idood. In a few min- ' tiles the news had spread nil over the city and people were horrified ! at the tragedy that had been on .acted. 1 Early yesterday morning the! arguments in tho case began and continued tho entire day. Major I) It Duncan opened for tho State by presenting a number of re4juests to charge, and citing a < number of authorities sustaining I them. He then went to the jury i in a neat speech of 4."> minutes. He was followed by Mr (J 1* 1 Sims for tho defense, who rend a ' number of requests to charge, and lalked to tUe jury about 35 mjn- I otes. 1 i Mr Walsh of Newberry handed in his requests to charge without 1 reading, and spoke to tho jury on ibehalf of tho defense. 1 At tho afternoon session, So- i licitor Sense began the argument 1 with a very logical and strong; 1 argument on behalf of the State, i IIo was followed in succession by Mr W S Thomason and Hon i George .Fohnstono for tho defense 1 and Col O L Soli urn pert for tho 1 State. A rather sensational scene took place near the close of Col i Schuniport's argument when the ?dofcndant arose from his seat and . denounced tho speaker as a liar ? an<l appealed to the court to givo 1 him a fair trial, lie was soon 1 quieted and the trial proceeded. ' At 7:35 tho argument ended ' and tho court charged the jury, ' sending them out about o'clock. 1 Nothing more was heard from I them until a few minutes before I i o'clock this morning, when they < rapped on the door and announced ' that they had agreed on a verdict. < In a few minutes .fudge Kiugh, ] tho defendant and the attorneys 1 were in their places aud the jury i tiled iu. There was a breathless stillness as the clerk took the in- < dictment and read 4'Guilty, with t recommendation to mercy." The i verdict was generally expected J 1 -.111(1 rnei Willi general approval. jj The defendant seemed a little < nervous, but said nothing, his I counsel rising and giving notice | of a motion for a new trial. In ! a few minutes the court room was ] cleared, and by 20 minutes to 2 o'clock Deputy Ikiyce Dean was { on his wa> to the jail with hi* < prisoner. j i In response to a commonplace , : remark made by Mr Dean, Dr < Divings replied: "The i rascals have convicted me now and i reckon they are satisfied." Beyond this he would have nothing to say. He was immediately locked iu a cell hy himself for the light. A *t r isty" j) o ,<r who : viis in the 8AU10 portion <?i the niildii g says lie heard some one > groaning about I o'clock, hut i bought it'was out on the street. Sothinng more wa- heard until t .lio deputy went to the coll -ihout \ ? o'cloek an?l found h..u dea i. Dr I?i\ 111ir" meals were earned i ,o liiin on a waiter. A waiter t MM8 carried with one meal an 1 t eft until tin* next, when ano'her *. ivas brought and the lii t ? .rried 1 iwav. lie took a common c:w | <nife and sharpened it on the ! nent floor of his ceil and then on 1 i razor strap ho Kept in the cell. ? This strap was also cut about half i in two. Willi this ku'Ie li in I lictcd a severe wound just ahove the kne , irtery. Through a wound li o j this his life hiood soon went out. i I'll is ended one ol t he national trials hi the aim: Spartanburg county. These letters were I 11 >\ ' suicide: Dear Darling Wife: I w tonight what I intemh- 1 when I picked up the sw . t li note that you first was put in prison. I'll it in 1 . vvitli onlv a few wurd> writ- n <>n it, hut they .were so >weet ami uncoil raging that I think lhe\ helped to hring me Imek to my senses? sutlieiently to let me. for the first time since my eontinement, partially realize the awful Lruth of what I have done. Yes, it grew more plainly on my do- ,' luded brain* that I had lost my reason so far as to deliberately walk lip to one of my best ami dearest friends and shoot him ilown without knowing the awful consequences that wouhi follow ho sad an net. Love, you know, and j liod knows, that I laid not one ill feeling against poor Tom Trimmior. He ha<l always I teen a good friend to me, and < i<> 1 is my wit- , ness, as 1 write these words, to 1 ?uy that I was a friend to him, For if it was my hand that took his life, it was also the hand of a era/.y j man: and with the evidence that was so conclusively put to the jury, that they could render so 1 cruel and unjust a verdict as thev did is a mystery which I am not uhle to solve. Let them and those who prosecuted me so hit terlv look you and my sweet ha- ; l>V child in the face and ask them elves if they are satistie 1 with their vengeance. I a-k God to let ' this last act of my life, the t kin_r ' >f my life's blood, rest on the n, ind not on me, hccau- tlicx hi\< Iriven me to it by their cruel 1 persecution. So, oh (iod! let it !.? ..u ...i il ... i t < IM7 Cllrtl III t'lli I i i 'I 1110. 1 Darling, sweet ? ife, take ^;oo<J 1 -are of our H*tic one, and i wain lL- 1 11 ? I i - i i ? iu? iniMKi* iimi i nave io inn 101 rent on you and our sweet little Pauline any disgrace or dishonor ' for what i have done, and him 1 lriven to do. A prison life would he a hell on earth to inc. and so ' long as I lived I would the more l?e grieved by you, my sweet, [?ure, darling wife, ami <rod give you the |>owor and grace to for. give me for the sorrow 1 have caused you. Don't you and j mother grieve for my future wel faie, for I entrust it in the hands < of our Almighty and just Judge < a Judge that I know will he more ! merciful than my fellowman. , Could I hare lived I would have | done all in my power to prove to the world that I was worthy to bo made a free man. It is tho only llllbition I 1 i:tv e to liv<\ to 1)0 aj *1 rood ci ind i*' * 11 ti>' .<.! on an i my dear a. > t.. r for f< iiy past \va \ wa ' lit. J1 liOVO, I \v<?i; i v. i.' : A leal mole to v.mi in regard to, t-1 ourfuture, an! 1*-.iom-'s also, fli it 1 haven't the til e to do so, st i order to la* a' re-t so far as tbe ai rou I ill's (> j' this world is concerned* j fi his ad of mine is no ijuiek eon- t! In in i tell t have :'i ;!v I at. 1)11- 6 1 know that takimr the life of b lour Tuiii '1: immier WAS NOT d Ml 1<1 >KK. I !i;v 1 folly decided hi < do what 1 am now about to do iionld my enemies suceeed in t' icc(>iiipli>liiny their reventre. I?e- I re ! !i". I a h ' i Cr I> ]{ Dun- |i i ud O ' j - ; oi i t it they |R ' i . i ll t : r lie '.l is t let I f 1 % * ... i ... ..i : I li:i<I liiin to draw up si will, or <i ;il least I gave him the abstract to s do >(?; suppose he has done so hy u this time. It is not signed, and t s<? is not legal, but I trust that you 1 will to a great degree carry it out. . Goodbye, purest s veetest wife, and preoious baby Pauline. And 1 ft again I prav God to bless you. 'J Have my body embalmed and put n in :i metalic casket. Carry me to li the old family burying place. Dole not put anv tombstone at my grave. My memory can live anyway in the heart < f those who love me, and those whs hate mo can s remember me, knowing that they ? had their revenge. Are they ( satisfied.' Let inv good out friend, * i-> ? f. Col. (irantt, have this, so that all ,| those who are curious enough to a wish to know what 1 have to say I' us a parting word, read for them- v selves. Have me buried without any ceremony whatever. When | I a in laid in my casket, let my n friends look on, that they may while they live, remember those who eause mo to lay under their J.1 .pi/.o cold in death. Let those V who li ivo help*d to persecute me injustly, and those who have so iruelly j t Iged me come and see if hey so wish, that thev may the nore fd'.lv realize their false p . -sring and false proseeulion and e also judgment. j p Again, inv love, darling wife ^ ind and all ray friends, 1 v IJ >i.| yon good night and goodbye. | |, iod bless you all, and may He y ave me in the world to cone. i Sidney .Johnson Hivings. $ It is now 3:05. I h >ve written lurriodly. Col. G will please cor- 0 ;ect mistakos. S. J. B. I f( Love, it is now 4 o'clock. God i tilr>s you my sweet, pure darling | 3 wife. jh Prison cell, 3;00 a m May 0, j ' 1808. ? My own Darling M ther: f Try and not grieve for this act of h mine, for I think since those cruel *1 jurors and wicked jiersecutors have ) brando<i me with the name of mur. 1 derer, it is best that I end tny existence and trust myself in the hands of your God, hoping and < believing that he is not so crual \ as my fellowmen. Ma, I know , you are a good Christian, and aa, by nature, yot. can't remain hore : on earth many more years, I fee! .*?^ *?i 14111nn r, ;uui, y I : ! Iirv S ""7?~wi n :: '?;:i 1111 ^ ohlllja- k t<> >k when they ; o Mason. Lot i o I HM < T i ;1 MOestiot), an*' ii 1 I !: 1 < uiscicnce clear i t< L. I. If <u, then 1 say Ii t ? i'n'm ' >? ii: ite it ho, amen." ( I live, 1 <i iv- written very hur-! : i?l ran't tell you all I O \v..uM wi>h to tell you. Oct Mr a Ralph Carbon to look after ny t :i;1 iir- for ill -, or rather, for von. ti lilt Willi ( t Ot ." loVC, Mini S\V?'Ot iir?.ur Messie to look alter You ?; vour few earthly comforts, mi will he well taken eare of [other, may thai hless you n iis your trying hour: ami in youi Deling an 1 few years I eouhl not and th > thought to live hrundci murderer ami drug out an aw il existence in prison cell or wear le eat') of ii criminal, for he fori to I 1 am not one. For my dear bloved mother, I ask (tod to wit l'ss w'aat I say, and 1 say that 1 live not one thinir against pool o u Trinmiier. I havo told tin *uth. so help tne (tod, in all Ilia have told relative to taking hi; !fy. I rusting (tod to save nit il i:> better world than this, rill for the last time hid yot oodhyc and good night, 'our loving son, Sidney, LJess, darling, take good ear< f Ma. in the lew days while her< u earth, Goodbye, sweet, darl lg Moss. | send a parting h?v< r? little Hess, .Jennie, Hen am )ean. Truly, your loving unele Sidney. " Dr Hivings was aoout l" year Id, and has lieen well and favor hly known. lie practiced den istrv here a tiumher of years mt gave it up ahout a year agi in account of ill health. Fo eve.ru! years he lias been knowi s a 'moderate' drinker, and i nought I?v many to have thu wrought the trouble upon himself Vbout six years ago he marrie lisH Annie Wingo, daughter c ^aj)t .J \V Wingo of this count) ['hey have one little daughtt >bout 4 years old. The traged ias cast a gloom over the entir ity. Iiow to LOOK <;ooi>. Good looks are really more thai kin deep, depending entirely o healthy condition of all the ?it:i irguns. If the liver is inactive 'ou have a bilious look; if you toniach is disordered, you have lyapcptic look: if your kidney re affected, you have a pinchc t?ok. Secure good health: an ou will surely have good looks 'Klcctrie Hitters" is a good AI evative and tonic. Acts direct v on tlx* stomach, liver and k'd cv'ji, putilies the blood cure limplcs, blotches and boils, an ives a good complexion. Kver mottle guaranteed. Sold at ( raw ord Hros l)rng Store. f>0 cent or bottle. The foil owing conversation oe ured at the white-house botweei \ Senator Butler, of South Cam na, who has been strongly re unintended for a commission i t the volunteer army, and Score uy Alger: Alger?<4Ilow i our.health now, Butler? Vot >ok as young as you did twenty ears ago.' Butler ? 'Well al can say is that I secured 10,000 increase i t my lif insui nee a few months ago, and th xamining surgeon says 1 am goo< or twenty live years yet. l iter s one thing cer ain I cannot tak mellow fever in -this,' exhibitin lis wooden leg, with a chnekU you Yankees tilled itspredeoessc till of lead in the late war, and lave the bullets with mo as souvi lirs.' Gen Butler i past sixt rears old, hut so is Comntodoi Dotvair T, . IHa't R?|lMt Trar LItot. Lim trouble* quickly reenlt in eerioui H>mplicati<>na, and the man who n eg I acta hit Hv?f lit* littla rmni for haalth. A bottle ?/ Itrownt' Iron Bitters taken now ami then will keep the llrer in perfect order. If th< IImm? has developed, Browns' Iron RiiUrt ill euro it permanently. Strength and ritality will always follow ite uee. Browns' Iron Bitter* U aold by all deal ere l^rSVnsrifTiiff: NOW. SPANISH TRKACIIKUY. Priests :m<| Sisters of Charity Try to I mre Ships lo 1 'cstruetion. Iloiiir Koiiir, May 1?>, 10 u. 111. ' i ((ireonwieh time). ?A fresh cx' ample of Spanish treachery seems to nave come to li^l't. It is said here that the priests and Sisters of Charity of the Cavite Hospital. ( ina profession hearing crosses, ete.. petitioned Rear Admiral [ I )o\vey not to massacre the sick and wounded, which, naturally, ' he did not do. The Spaniards, it ' is asserted, thereupon thanked the Americans for the r humanity ami ' repaid them hv informing them of I ? a narrow channel which, they j said, was not mined, while tin? j broad channel, they explained, was fully mined. An investi^a^ tion upon the part of the Ameri cans, however, revealed the contrary to be the ease, and the mines were blown up bv the sailois of i . 1 the American Meet. , t A WARM SCRAP. s _ j Between the Winslow and Spanish (dun bouts. > o l", Washington, I). ('., May 1".? 11 The Window had a hot engage s ment with Jthree Spanish gunboa s s | who took advantage of the absence ' ' of the other ships. The Winslow's d I crow fought like tigers and coin- i pletely (iisal)led the Spaniards and ' ' put them to flight. A hundred r shots were fired, y | The Winslow is a torpedo boat e built in 1Mb), of 142 tons displace I uient and having speed of 24.5 j knots. She carries three otic (pound rapid tire gun and IS inch n torpedo tuhes. Wednesday's War News. ?' j j Four <'nnipanies of Volunteers left s ' Portland, Maine f<<r San Francisco to emhurk f or lie* Phillippines. f|| 1 he Insurgent leader in the I'hi lip I ines lias ordered his followers to rer. I oj;(iiz Dew ey as the ruler of the I'hil lipi lies <4 i A Spani It torpeilo destroyer was | '* lilown up near (iihrultur and all aboard > were lost j The transport (tussle landed the expeditiou under ('apt. Dorsl, fourth f eavalrc, on the north coast ?.f t'uli i, | . I tlfty miles from Havana The exi e'ditiou carrieil lilies mid iioO im 0 1 1 r<>iiii(|i ??f ammunition for IIih t<pii|? 'iiiHil <if the iii"?urj??'tits I'lic* first I**??<!? i- inn wa with two ('iniipHiii-s of the' ? Iir-1 i iifont rv I CONCORD VICTOR IOCS. s , i I r 'Sunk a Spanish Warship iu a, . ' Sharp Fight. I a j . i Hong Kong, May 12.?A trad, ing vessel just arrived from the j I'hilipincs saw the American gun >ei boat Concord sink a Spanish war, ship otT Ilolo. The Spaniards fought desperately for two hours ^ and sank with their flag flying. No Americans were killed and no >r damage was done to the Concord. 1 This leaves two Spanish ships 3 in Asiatic waters. One is disabled ' i a ii.m n .i :.. : iu. nwru UIHI mu iitmiuii i* cii?&*iii? IIIU ^ other. Dewey proposes to oapro ture llolo and Cehu, tho only important Philipine porta outside of Manila. Three Warships Ordered to .loin Dewey. Washingron, May 12.?The 1 Oregon, Marietta and Nicherov have been ordered t?> join Dewey in tro Vlii'b?:,ie*. THE WlKLjiV 3 A SllKLI, Wiv.\i' TUiini/iill 1 1 I". 1 I I ?0 i I i t . i V . LK tails of the 1-i_riit :i la iaTlie Foi ls 1 )tMiioli>:.( 1 - paliisll I iunboat Sill; .. Key \Vo>t, May i-- "l"Uf incline eutter Hudson arrived this morning and reported 1 iit hotnWiirdnicnt of < ."artloin. . ? pedo lout Winslow, Iii irnudnat \Y ilinin^ton and 1 he i. . . n paired the foi ls yf?tor<i iv after noon. The lii'u_r e..,:. .nued thirty-live minutes. A -hell pa-sfd lino .s forward hoiler-, e.ui . plosion of seventy-five roici >1 unnnnnil ion. Four Amerieins wore killed and three wo'iud- d. The A inslow was hit m r.iv times ami severely <hun : _ .. boats frnvl Miili! the foil.- uitc destroveil. Tim Win-low 1 pairing nt sen an i v. morrow. The 11II. I sin was struck 1.\\ ice, but, is uninjure<l. The \\ i! ton was not hit. The American injuries are <1 e to maskeil batteries close to the water. tflWMAHPS CLAIM A V1C'IV ?W V Keport of a Fiixlit at Cieofuetjos Froui Spanish Sources? s Honrs Fighting. I'ort Antonio, May lib ? A terrific bombardment of C'ien fuegos, on the south coast of Cuba, was reported this morning. There was heavy loss on both sides. 'The Americans were severely repulsed by the Spaniards. The battle continued ei<rht hours. four American warships participating, also the land batteries at Cienfuejjos and a strong force of Spanish soldiers. The Americans tried to land barges towecl by steam launches, but were driven back by a murderous lire of artillery and volleys from \l I - * 1 * ' .omisurs. 1 i'ncr me mva lors assaulted tho opposite bay, towing Warden into n small stream, made two attempts to land, but were repulsed both times. Twenty Spaniards are known to be. wounded. Tho Ameriean loss is unknown. The untile b'iran earlv yesterday morning. tki r \TsiTii"Tos s. Destroyed by an explosion in the t ienlueyos 1m/lit. Washington, Mav 12. -The auxiliary emitter Teeiim eji ! > renorted this niorinn ' blown in tiio bombardment of I ienfuouos yesterday. The report is not officially confirmed, but it is fearled to bo correct, as it comes from several sources. The Teeumseh was formerly an ocean tug, tlio Kdward Luckenbacb, of New York. It was commanded by Lieutenant (! K Kvans. At a Bible class meeting lately held in a country town, the pas sage in tho New Testament doscribing the Saviors ride into Jerusalem 'on an ass's colt' was the subject under consideration, and the pastor inquired: 'For what purpose did the peoplo throw branches of palm trees in the way?' This was a poser, but an old dea eon ventured on an nnswvr: 'I r?M*'<on,' on' ? h'\ i' v. m to *ke?r ill" roil!"