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Isus Alter a trial lusting, eight days i ton the jury in the caso of Curtis .Jett froi charged with tho murder of Town and Marshal Thomas Cockrell, at foil Jackson, Kv., July 21,1902, this '1 . evening rendered a verdict of incl guilty and fixed the punishment 570 At death. and * When the jury entered the court The . r|>oin after agreeiug on a verdict, her' quiet reigned for a few moments. '1 Jfett' s mc ther had gono away ear- thr< lifer under the impression that no uin verdict would bo reached. The 031 reading ot the verdict did not af- giui I feet .Jett, but his brother was vory to ? much distressed. Elijah Mc- but ! Kinney served as foreman of the bah \ jury and after delivering tho ver- e<pi j diet to tho court thejury was poll- ing i ti- j .i II Ano ueain sentence was then rep irouil to Jett by ClerK T. J. Rob- oth jinson, after which Jett was given qua lover to the custody of the deputy Oct sheriffs. tina Col. Blanton, Jett's lawyer, gini will lile u motion for a new trial 1 tomorrow morning and if the mo- 1 tion iis overruled ho will appeal tioi the case to the court of appeals at 1,3 Frankfort, Ky. bah This has been the second trial cro of Curtis Jett on the charge of 1 murder. In the first trial for the con murder of J. ft; MarcUm, Jett bah ^ and Thomas White were sentence 1 ed to life Imprisonment. con Attorney Blanton stated to- 5<11 itfl night that he will move for a new) and trial on Thursday on the ground ( '5| of the absence of witnesses, ab- con $ sent counsel and erroneous rul- ing 'jij ings. Sentence will then he pass- bal ed on Jett and his attorney will 1 bo allowed until the November rie.gri| torm to file his hill of evidence for 1 the appeal. cor Blanton says .Jett has authoru- 441 EJ ed him to say that he has nothing Pj to confess and will make no con- tul i| fossion. ! f Tho jurors agrcod umonu them- toti i selves not to divulge the proceed- sq'i ings in the jury room. One jn- i: ror, however, stated that for four toti ballots 11 jurors voted for the squ death penalty and one for a life 1 sentence. All agreed on the fifth con ballot. 'J At twenty when a man is young he thinks he knows it all; he likes bah to wag his active tongue and ex- 1 ercise his gall; ho struts around in noble rage?tho world is all Ins 1101 own; ho laughs in scorn the world A 1 of flfrfi- and lialu tn coif nlnno 11" 1| W wears a window in his oyo to see ^ ! his mustache grow; ho thinks the ^ln 1 ladies pine and die because thoy love him so. At forty you may ^Q| suppose, he buckles down to biz; Gf L tis not till sixty that ho knows a<rc how big a fool ho is. (?r ant , F E A K F U L ODDS (4i AOAINST HIM! ni f Bedridden, alona and destitute. (j0l I: S.1/.K K-t~e .? y, uin,u, iii unui whs ine condition t.jjj Hi of an old soldier by name of J. J. pn Jfji Havens, Versailles, (). For years 'p|, 'M he was troubled with Kidnoy dis? un^ .llj ease and neither doctors nor med- 'prj S icines gave him relief. At length j}l<( 'J ho tried Electric Bitters. It put ? him on his feet in short order and 1 now ho testifies. "I'm on the road . H to complete recovery." Best on \ fijl earth for Liver and Kidney troubles and all forms of Stomach and Bowel Complaints. Only 50c. ''' H Guaranteed by Crawford Bros. J. i m F. Mackey <fe Co and Fundei hurk * Druggist. ! Cotton Ginning Figures. i Amount Ciiuncd From tlio Growth of 190H up to Aug. HI. Vashington, Sept. '2'2. ? A een * report on the quantity of cotginned in the United States i in the growth of 190H up to ^ including Aug. HI. gives the ( owing figures: " f ,'otal eomuicrciul hales, 17,587. J tiding 16,991 suuure bales, >1 i round bales of upland cotton 1 2(1 bales of sea island crop. 1 s total gins in operation mi uu 1 cd 2,170. .. 1 he statistics were collected i nigh a canvass of the 32,025 ?. neries of the cotton States by s special agents. Only 2,170 1 aeries had begun operations up 1 Sept. 1 and theso had ginned I 17,5s7 com norcial bales or I 33 as pressed at the ginneries, a ivalent to 17,302 bales, count- I round bales as half bales. This c ort will bo followed by four ers for this season showing the 1 ntity ginned respectively to <! ,. 18, Nov. is, Dec. 13, and a e 1 report will give the quaatity i! ned from the growth of 1003. r !"he statistics by Slates follow: c Alabama, ginneries in opera- < i 243; total commercial bales 14, including 1,218 square 2s and 00 round bales, upland I 1 I' Arkansas, 12 ginneries: total N uuercial bales 17, all square T ! lorida, 00 ginneries; total i uuercial bales 5^2, including j . square bales, upland crop, < I 21 sea island. ieorgia, 400 ginneries; l??tal uuercial bales 0,2>*4, includ-1 5,002 square bales, .'150 round ! * esand 5 bales sea island. )' ndian Territory, three ginne- ' : t ?tal bales 4, all square. c Louisiana, 117 ginneries: total' nniereial bales 44^, comprising I' 1 square and 5 round. !i Mississippi, 141 ginneries; to- * commercial bales > 1,all square, s'orth Carolina, 115 ginneries; rl commercial bales 112, all :l are. s South Carolina, 254 ginneries; 1 d commercial bales 1,081, all are. * Tennessee, one ginnery: total , . i < imerciai 0110 square bale. 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The case went to the jury at . o'clock, and after two hours' leliheralion a verdict wis render(l of guilty of burglary a- I* I) th lefendants. As there was no ecommendation to mercy of 11 icon rt, the sentence is lite imprilllMlfMll. v nkw .ieksk\ *.k)l tokbs tksti dlon 2 ai.M. T. Lynch, Editor of tho 'hilipsburg, N. .J. Daily l'ost, vrilcs: "J have used many kinds >f medicines for coughs and colds 11 my family lint never anything io good us Foley's iienc v and Tar. 1 cannot say too much in irai?e of it." T. Eugene Fun lerhurk. A Sutlieicnt U \n ! rishman, ?! >?? >!< ' \v rk q his own ootinlrv, went to ling and to look for u an i wa 'ucky snough to find it. The first Saturday nig hi when le got his wage-, lie wci.l buy i dozen c^gs. He v. a charged a Liiti. - * * ? ? in1111nir ior mom. n?' \v:i> ng last.* "A shilling"' said he. "Ls it i shilling for :i d /. n ogg?' Why, iurc when 1 was in Irelan I I >uld >ny a ilo/.en eggs for sixpunee." "Then why didn't you stay here?'' 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