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She l^tttGxsfer Ifrdgct. s.oahtkb. j in ~uu r . n n n " ^dur^UMomi, ...^ nrti m " i terms: tu?o a y*a*. haoammoiau. i __ { pasabui a anuai SK m 1"WEKKLYT L A N O A s T K K. 8. C, 8 E P T E M B E R 2 1?99 " fsT a Hi h hi) ik.vj m tracks op nnr.R ruin to!iff over the 'nhone whnt to <lo ! II a n nirninm nv im nnn I whci r i o at* .....vuw V a 1/VVU IJJLJ1/ 1 \J THE DEAD MAN. Ed Hayes Murdered and Body Hidden in the River. Severed Head Found in Field? Coroner's Jury Finds that James Suduth Committed the Crime. Special to The Stute. Greenville, Aug. 31.?A grewaotne story comes from Tigerville, 1 in the upper section of the county. While walking yesterday on the farm of Joseph McKinney, near Tigerville, Luther McKinney made the discoverv of a human head severed from the body and 1 numerous dog tracks were near ' the place whero the discovery was 1 made. He reported the ghastly 1 find to some of his neighbors at 1 once and they followed the dog ' tracks to the river not far away, i where they found a man's leg i protruding from the water, and on further examination they brought up the headless body with only h the Btump of the neck where the ; < head belonged, it was at oncej believed that the body was that |1 of Ed Hayes, a farmer who lived i j in that neighborhood, and whojt disappeared suddenly and myste-H riously three or four weeks ago. . < Search had been made for Hayes i and no trace of him was discover- 1 ed unless the headless trunk be- ' longed to him. The dogs had eu~ I ten the flesh off the face so that it { could not be identified, and other < means bad to be found to prove I that Hayes' fate was made known. < Magistrate Gullick was notified ' of the occurrence and organized a i jury of inquest, which was inves- i ligating the matter today. Mr. Gullick could not l>o reached un-l tit night, and he says over the i 'phone thot the inquest wan ad- iourned late this afternoon after 1 finding a verdict to the effect that 1 the man was Ed Hayes and that 1 he camo to his death by a pistol ( shot at the hands of J amen Sud- i duth. The investigation was to* i dious and the evidence somewhat i vague, but the jury was satisfied that Ed Hayes received his death wound from Sudduth, with whom i he was on unfriendly terms. One witness testified that Sudduth, i said he shot twice at Hayes and < the sacond time he shot to kill.? The dead man was shot in the back i from his right side, and the ball i wont through his liver and lodged < in the left breast. Hayes wus < identified by means of his clothing, and each garment was inspected and clearly proven. No papers were found on the body, aud the pockets of his clothing i were empty. Hayes disappeared on the 8th of August from his home, which is not more than one quarter of a mile from Tiger river, and the body was lying in tho ? J -i iL - -a ?ugt> 01 iuo stream juwi wnere a branch empties into it, covered with sand and cornstalks. The skull waa some distance down the i river, and the men who made the < search waded the stream until they found the body. ttudduth is at home sick with fever, and his physician reported hie temperature this afternoon at 101. Magistrate Gullick issued a warrant for his arrest immediately after the verdict was rendered, and his constable placed Suddtith in ourtodf withont delay, The! magistrate is inquiring of the sher* I . am Tm i'. (??: ' ii f r ? ' f (i r .i' # '1 UA * '-JO ,T ? | n with his prisoner, hut as yet ho j has received no instructions. The condition of Sudduth will not admit of his being brought to jail, j g where it is probable ho would lie | safer if he was in good health. J. A. II. j WISDOM FROM THE NEGRO. Rev D Brown of Winston Raps the Colored Preachers. T Baltimore, Aug 30?The status j of the colored race was discussed j today at the second annual eon j *c vention of the district foreign | * missionary society of the colored j Baptist churches. The president, Rev Dr W C Brown of Winston, I I f r N C, sounded the kovnoto in his] annual address. From the ex pressious of approval given by the delegates it becomes evident j? that ho voiced their sentiments in , ^ condemning unlawfulness by no-}'11 croes as well as unlawful punish^ ment of their crimes. ^ The president saitl in part: *( "The greatest sociological ques-; ^ tion liefore the people of this;*1, country is what shall bo done i >r with tho negro. Throe alternn- 11 tions have been suggested, sub- d jugation, emigration or ex- T termination?but tho true hoIu- w tion has not been touched? f( Cbristianization. Put backbone ^ and giare in the pulpits; put h moral power and courage into the lc ministry, both white and black, 2' et them preach fearless1 y the ospel of peace and universal ni [>rolu6iuocd. Let the people he w Laitgi t to fear God and keep his 0< commandments; let all, both w white and black, be trained to tu respect the majosty of the law hi and this much vexed race problem will solve itself. N 1 Let us condemn rape and jy rapists; lynching and lynchers. r( Race preachers are a menace to f? the religion of Jesus Christ nnd i (j by cunning, ill-advised iudoctrina- ' j( tion and subtle theories they are (j jowing from the pulpit's tares in f, sufficient abundance to choke the <j maturing grain. Raco manias V( may do for politicians, but they a will not do for preachers." w In endorsing the president's b< address, Rev I) Ii Spiller, of ra Hampton, Va, said: 1 I am as S ready as any one to rise up nnd tc condemn the wrong doer, be he ti white or black. I want to sus ci tain the law, and if necessary for cl the protection of our homes to cm exterminate every negro who (lis- tl obeys the law." hi Delegates are present from in Maryland, the District of Colum- R bia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio gt and North Carolina. y CUBAN SOLDIERS PAID Hl rr 33,692 Men Have Received f2,- C 526,900. Commission in t< Habanu. tl ? Habana, Aug 29?The commis- < sion which has bees engaged in distributing the $3,000,000 ap- ,j proprated for the purpose of pay f( ing off Cuban soldiers who sur- T render their arms to the American officials, haa returned to Ha- ^ ban*. It reports that 33,692 ^ persona have received their share h of the gratuity and that the total amount of mopey distributed is ^ $1,526,900. , ; . I mu mrrnjULii in UNITING BONDSMEN. ot Col. Neal Finally Gets, Them and is Released. wo More Serious Charges. For- I mer Political Friends Did not ] Come to Aid the Ex- < Superintendent. < he State, Aug. 31st. 1 It looked for several hours yesirday ns if Col. W. A. Neal, the irmer superintendent of the tato penitentiary, would not be ' lie to give his bond, and would ivo to go to jail before friends ' oin his home could get here to n on the bond. ? Yesterday morning when 10 'clock, the hour ap[k>inted for ?e preliminary came, Col. Neal ( id not succeeded in securing ondsmen. Three personal friends ( lat he was relying upon proved , > be away from the city. At ( lis time also warrants sworn out y Attorney General Bellinger 1 two other cases were served pon him, making three distinct larges preferred against him. he original warrant charged him ith failure to turn over public ' inds to his successor. One of io new onos charged him with reach of trust with fraduient ' itent, and the other with embez- ' ement of public funds. Col. Neal waived the preiimi* nry examination and the bond as tixed at $3,500; of this $2,90 was tixed on the original case, hieh is regarded as most impor^ int; $500 on the second charge id $1,000 on the third. When it was found that Col. eal had not secured bondsmen, lagistrato Smith agreed to let him , jmain in Attorney Nelson's ofL'o during the day in custody of (instable Roach, and from there > endeavor to secure bail. None of 'ol. Neal's former political iends came near him during the ay A year ago things were ory different, for Col. Neal wee I man of political influence. Toe 1 eary hours rolled by &ud still no 1 umlsmon appeared Col. Neal ' iade a pro|iosition to Magistrate ' rnith to allow Constable Roach ' i accompany him to the upcoua-|: y so that he could in person se? ire bondsmen, but this was de 1 ined. The magistrate, however insented to allow Col. Neal until 1 lis morning to secure the neces* iry bond, permitting him in the leantime to remain in Constable oach's custody. But this proved to lie unnecesiry, for about 2:30 o'clock Capt. y. B. Lowrance and Capt. Geo. .. Shields, of this city, both launch business men who do not lix in politics, consented to sign ol. Neal's bond. They repaired ) the magistrate's office, where le bonds were promptly signed p and tho ox-suporin^indent was at liberty. Col. Nonl declined to talk. He uietly went to the depot and in a hours was speeding homeward ia Charlotte. The predicament in which Col. foal kfound himself here was a lost hutn: dating one, and though e made no comment the ex?officil showed that the strata had een a serere one. fw Vlttr OwM. ,k Qatrtxnd jSapWeg ktMl ??r?, MkM ???k ?iMraag, Mud fM?. AUeifSMl 4 e ?..uuum? txx x nr. fttUN l'. He Will Command Funston's Brigade. His Views of the Country. Manila, Aug. 39, 6:10 p. m.? Hen. Wheeler has been ordered to- report to Gen. MacArthur. He will be given command of Geo. Funston's brigade, which ! Col. Li scum has commanded temporarily. Gen. Wheeler will ; proceed to San Fernando tomor- j row, after having spent a week in | tnergetically visiting the lines. , Gen. Wheeler said to a repre- , tentative of the Associated Press: j ltI ?m much pleased with the sit- , jation. I think that when Maj. , Gen. Otis gets more troops here ] no will make rapid progross. The , jountry is more favorable for military ojjerations than I sup- ] posed. The impression that the j ..-1?u?? ' ,uuui.tj> ib miuouiiay 18 WTOflg." , The railroad to Angeles will be , restored within a week and Gen. , MacArthur will advance hia head- , quarters to that place. I Hurrying Over the Troops. San Francisco, Aug. 29.?All i haste is being made here to dis patch the troops now waiting here to Manila. It ia e* pec ted that the entire casual detachment now at the presidio will set sail within about two weeks. The Puebla left today with 650 recruits; the Warren goes on the 1st and the Columbia on the 5th with as many recruits and casuals as they can carry. If these assignments do not take up all the recruits now at the presidio, the remainder will be shipped on the Sherman, which will be ready in about ten days. The Leelanaw will leave with her horses on the 31st of this month. Filipinos Ordered to Attack. Manila, Aug. 30, 6:30 p. ra. ? | It is reported that Agu inaldo, the Filipino leader, has ordered the ret>el generals in the province of Uavite to close in on and attempt to take the town of Irous, and it is added that troops are concentrating around the town from the lake country. The rebels, it is further said, have ai outpost of 700 men on the Dasaiarians road and an equal force in the town of Anabo. The Americans are entrenching the town, and they have no fear of the result of any attack by the reliels. A NARROW FSOAPE Thankful words written by Mrs A<la K Hart, Groton, 8 I). "W as taken with a bail cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and tinallv terminated in Consumption. Four Doctors gave mo up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if 1 could not stay with ray friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave ?t a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God, 1 am saved and now a well and healthy wo* man." Trial bottles free at Crawford Bro's Drug Store. Regular size iOc. and $1.00. Guaranteed or. price refunded. As tall oaks from Httle acorns grow, so the biggest kind oi scan dais develop from the smallest kind of social material. WILLIAM STRAIT ARRESTED FOR USING POISON. Strjcbnine in Grated Corn. A Tempting Dish Sent to His Mother in-law as a Present n Contained Doath. 1 wi Si>ecial to The State. Wl Hock Hill, Ang 31 ? William ^ Strait, a young farmer who lives in the Black Jacks, about seven ^ miles south of this city, was ar ^ rested Tuesday on the charge of attempting to poison his mother in-law, Mrs Millie Kidd. Thej^' Alleged attempt was made several ! . l wl lays ago, but the matter was hushed up until the arrest was a' made. fo1 i Strait was giveu a preliminary ^ hearing beforo Magistrate Lee ^ Saunders at McConnellsvillo and a was committed to jail at York* r? ville. The warrant was issued at the instance of Mr Po') Conrad ! and othor farmers of Bethosda ^ township. The story of the affair as told Inhere exhibits Strait in the light of a coldblooded and very unnatural Al son in-law. Avarice is reported to be tho cause of the attempt upon the life of Mrs Kidd and othor members of tho household, for it is said Strait wanted to come into ^ possession of her property. It is stated that Strait, who lives a quarter of a mile from his mother- a* in-law, sent her a mess of grated P< corn for diouer. Some one who <^' tasted the dish romarked upon the ^ bitter flavor of the corn, and sus- al 7 I picions were aroused. Some of it 0 was thrown to a dog, which soon h' keeled over, and tho family seems j g to have l?een satisfied that the " dish was poisoned. The rest of the com was buried. Afterwards D when they went to make an ex- r< amination and analysis of the ^ buried corn it was foand to hare i l?een scratched up. There are several reports as to ! the manner in which Strait ob -je; tained the strychnine. It is said ; E that he first asked some of his 1 ^ neighbors to get him a quarter's 0' worth, as he wanted to kill dogs. n! But they told him that 10 cents worth would be enough. It is i* also reported that he claims to havs bought it from Dr A .J Evans about two weeks .ago. Dr Evans has no recollection of hav- " ing sold him the strychnine, but Dr H M Sandifer states that about two weeks ago a man an swering Strait's description came g into his drug store and asked for H strychnine, but was refused, as ?' he had no prescription. N It was told here today that to Strait has been hinting around that he anticipated that his moth P1 er-in-law would try to destroy u herself. On the day of the al- <* leged attempt at poisoning ho is oi said to have remarked that he ^ feared that she would try to make g way with herself and her entire ji household. Strait is a young farmer, son of Mr Thos J Strait oi Bethesda ^ township, not Congresiman Strait. ^ Mrs Kidd is the widow ;>f Mr v > 1 17! I I L . a (i dno a jyiuu, wno ft iew yearn go committed suicide in his own ^ home with shotgun. Wm Bunks. ^ Kentucky authorities have decid- t ed to deal severely with the Mormon elders who are endeavoring to do missionary work in their State. ' ' BARNES DIES OF HIS WOUNDS. iseph Jefferson, White, Arrested on Charge of Murder. Charlotte, N C, Aug 29?An bserver apodal from Wilson, N , says Capt Calvin Barnes, who %h ahot from ambush last night, ed at 2:30 this morning, lie m conacious up to his death, aj T L Emry arrived hore on a ecial train at 1:30 a m, with oodhounds from Northampton, it the dry weather and high nd prevented them from tr Ail g. The coroner's jury today arged Joseph J Jefferson, a lite tenant on Capt Barnes' rra, with the crime. A gun tind near the scene of the shootg was identified by Jefferson's other in-law as one Jefferson ,i i i * > * v* ii'utuwou ir >111 mm. 11 18 ported that the prisoner will ho ton away from hero for safe wiping, although there is no incation of a lynching. \I) TOWN. IS BRUNSWICK. nother Express Agent Decamps With fl ,200 of Company Money. Brunswick, Ga, Aug 20 ? W A irheart, Southern express agent Brunswick, has disappeared and a defaulter to the extent of >out $1,200. Airheart disapBared Sunday, and Superintonent O'Brien came here at once > investigate, finding the shortgo as stated. In the safe Mr >'Brien found a noto from Air eart :n which he said: "To the entleman opening this safe: This i my last chance. I could not .and tho temptations of this town. >? Brunswick. My only re3gret is on account of my friend, lark k J O'Brien. Yours for other parts, "\V A Airheart. Airheart, who was formerly an icpress messonger, succeeded 1*. [. Mabry, little over a year after labry had skipped out with $15,00. Mabry was caught and the loney recovered. Airheart led fast life in Brunswick, which, it i said, accounts for his downfall. A PARDON GRANTED. fhite Man Who Was Convicted on Ex-convict's Testimony. Gov McSweeney yesterday ranted a pardon to Nor mi? Lodges, a white man, convicted f manslaughter in Greenwood in fovember, 1898, ami sentenced > two years in the State prison. Hodges killed a negro. It apears that he was convicted on the nsupported testimony of an exmvict who was pardoned in rder that he might testify. Gov IcSweeney did not hesitate to rant the pardon. Five o* the lrors asked for tho pardon. On Monday, the 28th inst., the 'resident appointed the following outh Carolinians officers in tho olunteer army: To be lirst lieuunants (yice MeCaughrin and rriffith, declined), It. F. Woods, ite first lieutenant, Second South Jarolina Volunteers; W. P. Craw~ ord, late captain Second South ;arotiua Volunteers. . l3f"SU BCSRIBE TO ITIE LEDGER,