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He says: "Electric Bitters are jus-t the thing for a man when he is all run down, and don't care whether be lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life.'1 Only 50 cents, at J. E Kaufmann's Drug Store. Every bottle guaranteed. Tilly Feliz Discourses oa Various Topics. To the Editor of the Di.-patcb: ~ *iU-v n<.?ooni<a nf Vti'airiCSQ ^? V/WIUjj LU lUC ^ICOOUIC ui vuviuvwu that ha9 claimed my attention I have failfd to communicate to your newsy columns; l^pwever Billy and the agreeable Felix family are well, happy and cheerful, and enjoyiDg the busings of life hugely. Generally speaking the health of our community is not favorable. There are some cases of fever, etc, but under the skillful treatment of our popular pbysi ian, we hope to see them up again and at their pest of duty at an early date. Our town and community was recently thrown in deep mourniDg at the death of that venerable, octo- j geninarian, Mr. Hobart Spires. He was slways at his post of duty, both in church and State. He contracted to carry the mail from Gaston to Oakvilla.via cf Macedonia was awarded him; this he faithfully did til a short while before his death. His j 0 dear companion preceeded him a short while to the spirit land. He raised a large family, some of which are now in Florida. The funeral services were conducted by J. B. Sharpe. The bereaved family have our sympathies in their sore affliction. His remains were laid beside those of his companion to awake the resurteclion morn. Riin would be a welcome visitor to cur parts. Wheat is being harvestsd and the yield is satisfactory considering the dry weather. ' There is one whose communications to these columns in past-bydays have been more frequently in print than of late. Can you guess -way, Mr. Editor? Perhaps the "Dispatch Devil" can tell by way of pa renthesis. Billy will draw on his imaginary powers and his predictive faculties, as did "Klondike", but know they will be more certain to be fulfilled than was bis, and give you a hint. Imagine one sitting with hand to his face with a vacant stare whose mind seems to be drawn away in the land of cupid, where lives one of the fair sex who has won his heart and you may conjuer why. Ere the close of the 19th century with all her wonderful achievements both on land and Jwater, when December's chilly winds or October's gentle breezes shall be heard and felt, or before the advancement of a new year, you'll hear the merry wedding bells pealing forth in gentle tones of moWlr nnd peent. the nerfcme of orange bloscms as perquisites to that gladsome tune when two hearts shall beat as one. This will occur in or near that lovely and beautifully situ ated little town known for it's Christian entertainment, generous hospitality and educational interest, located on the C, C. k A. R R known by the local name of Leesville. Should Billy be so honored to be on that happy and eventful occasion, you may again hear from Billy Felix. Giston, S C,*June 7, 1899. ? 'vna PAT?*r\ Artratr. It is certainly gratifying to the ! public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to tbe needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King's New D;s covery for Consumption, Coughs and Cold-, bare given away ever ten million trial bottles of this great medicine; and have tbe satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thou-ands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and ail diseases of the Throat, Ciest and LuDgs are surely cured by it. Call on J. E. Kiufcnann Druggist, and get a free trial battle. Regular size 50 cents and 81. Every bottle guaianteed, or price refunded. Don't wait until you come to town to pay for your paper, but send ite money by your neighbor or friend. The Pride of the Trad 3. j i Gentleman (who has engaged aged | colored hack man to drive him from ; tne station to the hotel.)?Say, uncle, j what's your nam;.?"' Driver?ily name, sab, is George ; Washingbton. Gentleman?George Washington ! Whv, that name 6eems familiar. " i Drives?Well, fo' de Lawd's sake. I shonld think it ought to* Here I j have been diivm' to this stat:on fo' j ?Dout 20 years, sah. Banjo, Violin and Guitar strings, Harmonicas of all grades, at the Bazaar. LEXIN CLASSICAL _ Programme. o WEDNESDAY I Mu , Song?Happy Greeting. ! English Idioms, Essay with Salutator; Mas Commencement Joe Redd, Moliie Bryant, Juliai My Speech, Recitation The Duel, Recitation '1 foe Rainbow ana its May Amick, Ernstine Barre, Gracie Helen Corley an Mu: Calisthenic Drill?Skipping the Hope. Mui Won't You Play House With Me? So Sixty Years Ago, Recitation John Rankin's Sermon, Recitation Mui How He Teased Ned, Dialogue Mui Wand Drill Mui THURSDAY Mus The Deacon's Confession, Recitation.. Hurry, Essay Mui The Fireman's Prize, Recitation Preventables, E3say Mui The Future of the South, Declamation Mui Debate?Resolved, That the Uuited S Willie Caughm Affiinative. Henry Buff, Mui Carl Sox. Mu FRIDAY EVI Mu; Song?Dip the Oar. Mai Military an Patriotic Drill?, Followed Address State Superint Mu Echo SoDg. A Little Boy's Speech Good Night Song. Mui ush: Ernest Kyzer, A. J Fox, R. B. H MftCT Uini CUT PAQW HAVE ! fTlUOl TIULLI11 UflULU nnvu. I APPEARED AT FIRST AS So ID MERE PIMPLES. : and are force j operation?the only treatment n-hicli th \ promptly returns, however, and is ei \ before. Cancer is u deadly joison in i other external treatment have no e come from within?the last vestige of p Mr. IVm Walp little blotch abou Ifi eve gradually gr( GgL at intervals ran ir Wj? an(l consulted a p " ' v * and advised that Positively the o S. S. 3. FOR } ? because it is the only remedy which < the disease and iorce it out of the sya tiws not readi the bit od?the real sc; not be cut avarj. Insist upon S. 8. S.: i S. S. S. cures also any case of Sere Blood^Pcison., Ulcers, Sores, or any books on Ca reer and Blood Disea ses Swift Specific Company. Atlanta* Oe<j ! A Colorado gentleman advertised for a well preserved skeleton, and shortly after the paper was out an old maid of his town appeared in her best bib and tucker and asked if his intentions were honorable. DeWitt's Little Early Risers act as a faultless pill should, cleansing and reviving the system instead of weakening it They are mild and sure, 3mall and pleasant to take, and entirely free from objectionable drugs. They assist rather than compel. J. E. Kaufmann. A few bushels of seed peas and sweet potatoes will be taken on subscription at this office. fGTON INSTITUTE. 7TH, 8TH AND 9TH. SVENING, 8:30. sic. v Lizzie Seay sic. Day, Dialogue, a Meetze and Jennie Bickley. ... May Boozer Fort Graham lem8?Conceit Recitation. ) Redd, Luvie Crapp, May Taylor, d Marie Craps, sic. sic. mg Ruth Graham Carro Efird -T^i - TIT riemmiug iuuuio sic. Carl and Lewis Roof sic. sic. /ENING, 8:30. >ic* Eva Derrick Erin George sic. Lucile Efird Mary Henry sic. i Haskell Shull sic. rates Should Favor Expansion, an, President. Negative. Henry Barre, sic. Bob Leaphart. sic. ENING, 8:30. sic. sic. by a Burlesque oil ''Uncle Sam." ;endent of Education J. J. McMahan sic. Gussie Barre sic. ERS. "Walter Harmar, S. J. Leaphart, arman. The greatest care should be given to nny little sore, pimple or scratch which .-hows no distx?ition to heal under ordiuaitmeut. No one can tail how soon these hvelop into Cancer of the worst type, any people die from Cancer simply bc> not know just what the disease is: v turn themselves over to tlie doctors. ?d to submit to a cruel and dangerous e di >ctors know for Cancer. The disease en more violent and destructive than the blood. and an operation, piaster, or Ifect whatever upon it. The cure must oisou must be eradicated. ole. of "VValshtown, S. D, says: "A t the *-ize of a ]>ea came under my left rwing argc-r, from, which shooting pains t all di) ections. I liecame greatly alarmed ;ood doctor, who pronounced it Cancer, it bo 'Ut out. but this I could not conin my local paper of n cure effected by led to 'ry it. It acted like a charm, the at fir t irritated, and then discharging is gradually grew less and then disc-onleaving a small scab vrhieh soon drop/*m i v :j healtliv little scar remains where to destnoy my life once held full sway.' ulv euro for Cancer is Swift's Specific? THE BLOOD "tin go deep tr.ough to reach the root ot teai penman >ntly. A surgical operation it of t he <li:ease?because thr blood car* nothing car Sake its place. >fu!a. Eczema. Rheumatism. Contagion? other form of blood disease. Yaluabh will be mailed free to any address bj irgia. , Constable "W. R. Crawford's Trial i ? i Defense Pressed 1'ue Theory cf Mrs. j ! Stuirt Being Killed by Her Has- j j band.?Jury After ] > Hours He- j turn a Verdict of Not Guilty. 1 Special to tbc State Camien, Juno 7 ?The evidence in j the case of the Ssate against W. K. Crawford, charged with having shot, i down Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart on the | threshold of her own home, was con- j eluded this morning at 11 o'clock. ; The State put up no evidence iu re- j , ply. Solicitor Thurmond conducted i j tho examination and cros9-examina j ' * - ti._ i Honor witnesses, v or mu unuuno . j Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr, has b.-en ! | the leading attorney in the examini- ! j tion. Mr. M. Smith's admirable in- j terrogation of Dr. O.vensandthedel : icate way in which he cross-examined j ! the little children won for him much ! ! % j commendatian. Mr. Please cross- j i j examined Dorr, the State's principal j i witness. Mr. Clarke has so far taken j i j no active participation in the case. Crawford's life has not been in ! danger from violence. There ha? been no mob. The finger of scorn j has not been pointed at him. Sus- i picion has not branded him here, it j seems. He walks the streets as 1 < freely as the mayor of this pretty ! i village. In the couit room his ex- i prcssion is immobile, almost uuiu- i terested. He lounges about from ' dock to lobby without any apparent ! concern, and there are no frenzied persecutors darting at him glances of i fury and unquenchable passion. J : "Why, there is no attempt to disguise j ' the fact that he bad a pistol in bis j pocket when he went upon the wit- ! j r?Dc?a fitAnrl. There have been a oreal 1 many "guns" in the court room, it is j < said. Crawford is not now on the j { constabulary. Joe lien Coleman, j 1 who testified for him, is. Dorn, who j testified against Crawford, was not j i reinstated to his position on the \ 1 force which was given him when be j ' was removed a3 head drayman at the ! i State dispensary. j ! The case has been conducted j ' rather loosely, the opposing attorneys ' not being wide awake or not anxious to press objections or to regard the 1 niceties cf the cede. i The defense in its (fFort to prove 3 that the fatal bullet was fired by 1 Stuart, showed that tba State bad not put into evidence the fatal ball nor Stuart's pistol, nor did Dr. ( Owens testify as to the calibre of the < bullet. In addition to this was the ! statement of Alice Stuart that her mother was facing her father when he fell, firing. The prosecution re- ' plied that there were eye witnesses to testify that Crawford fired the j fatal shot, at:d that there was no ne- j rtaecifv for thfl bullet to be produced. ! VOUVJ. VJ - 4 Stuart's pistol is iu Camden and could easily have been produced. The fatal ball raDged upward two inches. The defense has out-generalled the prosecution at every step, j Dorn, the State's best witness, was i confronted with Coleman. The children were declared to have absorbed opinions as well as facts. The negro, 1 Ed. Mayfield, made statements ccn tradicted by Lumbers of witnesses, j The Solicitor appeared to be earnest j in the prosecution, but their case ! was evidently weak. Mr. TLur- j j raond's argument was a splendid ap- | j peal for justice, for the enforcement j I of law regardless cf person. The defense produced many wit- j j nesses to prove Crawford's good j | character. The State did not attack j this. The State's main point was j that Crawford slapped Stuart and i was therefore the aggressor. j At 11 o'clock the evidence was < closed, the State putting up nothing j in relutal. Tbe counsel of both ! sides agreed to four bours a side as j the limit for the arguments. ARGUMENT LY MR Mc'.WASTER. Mr. McMaster opened the argu- j raent in behalf of the State. He be j gan by referring to tie fact that there are two classes of search warrants under the dispensary law. He j claimed that the constables were not deputized to execute this warrant, because they were not so empowered j iu writing. He claimed that the : warrant was not of proper elficb for , it was delivered to Dorr, who did i J not demand the search. The com to 1 | have decided that a ciiizeu can resi.-t ; I an officer who is improperly avmtd > with a warrant. r la regard to the plea of self do fenso, ho said that words however opprobrious, aie net sufficient provocation fcr murder. lie reviewed the case, showing that Horn bad testified that Crawford had taken two drinks of liquor before the tragedy: that Crawford was evidently exasperated witn the treatment by Mrs. Stuart; that he was the aggressor in the difficulty with Stuart, being the first to use au epithet and the first to strike; that there was but a few seconds duration o'tno Tt'frtr/1 clnrvnpd ii-JIU (Uv> I 1 IU V.U?!1V?V* Stuart until the Litter regained liis equilibrium and fired. He charged that Crawford had not acted upcn the defensive, but had, to the contrary, showed malice. He had slapped Stuart in a way meant to hurt, not merely to insult hira. MR -TOIIN* P. .TI70MAF, JR. Mr. Jno P. Thomas, Jr., on behalf of the defense, succeeded Mr. MrMdster. He contended that the search warrant in evidence was a valid instrument, for this class of warrant could be issued for tho seizure of the liquor, though not for the arrest of the parties. The necessities of the case were proportionate i to the force employed, as was granted by law. Under Sec. 24 of the dispensary law, Crawford did not need special deputation to execute the warrant. Mr. Thomas referred to tho causes of the case being transferred from the county in which it occurred. The State's presumption i3 untenable; that Crawford had malice against a man whom he never knew. Me addressed himself to the evidence for the State, showing tbat Dorn and EJ. Ma j field contradicted each other: that Stuart and Djrn and ? Coleman differed as to the filing of the first shot. He dwelt on the fact that the 1 negro driver said, "There is going , to be hell raised hero now"; that j Mrs Stuart told the children to run | into the house for "their papa would I be mad"; that Stuart carried a pistol \ and asserted that his house should J not be searched. i ' Mr. Thomas then discussed his j theory that Crawford's bullet did j cot kill Mrs. Stuart. The fatal bullet was not produced in court. Mr. Stuart's pistol was not produced. How did the jury know but that j Mr. Stuart's pistol was a 44-calibre, i 1 the same as Crawford's)? He spoke j of the futility of efforts of Chief of ' Police Haile to set fire to cloth at a | distance over four inches. Stuart 1 was Dearer to her than Crawford. j The little girl said that when Stuart J fired her mother was facing him. \ Was it not possible that unfortunate- ; ly Stuart's own bullet killed his wife? The range of the bullet was upward, j as testified by Dr. O.vins. This was an argument in favor of the j theory that the bullet came from ' Stuart, falling. Crawford's coat showed the marks of a 44 caiibre bullet. Where did it come from? '"That smart negro, Mat fid J, who on the stand calls constables '-spies," might have thought it smart to have fired in defense of his employer." Crawford was not drunk, as shown by a number cf witnesses. He had a warrant to execute, or, failing. he was to concede that the law on the statute books was in error. lie nmt with resistance, and measured force with force. Mr. Thomas said he would not assert that Siuait fired the fatal shot, but there was a reasonable doubt that Crawford did. He advanced his argument as a theory. Mr. Thomas a number of times in his speech referred to the feeling against the dispensary law and its officials. MP,, n. i;. CI.AUKF. srEAK-;. Mr. H. H. Clarke took up the argument for the defense. The beginning of the trouble was the illicit selling of whiskey. ' Crawford is a btavo man. and a brave man is always polite to a ladv." Crawford would cot force the execution of the warrant until Mr. Stewart came. If he had left without making the search, he would have been discharged. He charged that prt j ulice against the dispensary law was at the bottom of the whole affm*. The : sacred threshold of home becomes a nuisance when it harbors a "blind tiger." Sluurt cams up in a rude, angry manner. Crawford reasoned | with binl. Iltd Crawford struck Siuart with Ins pistol (a huge affair I 48S0WHC | Makes the food more | ROv*'. gftKl'K indued) Sluatt would have been felled. After review of the evidence, he j too referred to the '"theory" that Stuart's bullet struck Mrs. Stuart. She war. facing him. He was falling o ra and the ballet ranged upwards. He spoke earnestly of ('rawford's bill of good character. a rr:r AR6r:?irx'r. When the court reassembled at I o'clock Mr. M L. Smith took up the argument for the defense. He spoke for an hour and 2<> minutes and i made a wonderful tff-et. He made the best speech of the trial, was clear and direct ar.d reviewed the evidence very cleverly. He pressed tbe point that Crawford's pistol had not killed Mrs. Stuart. Crawford was affected when Mr. Smith referred to his motherless daughter. mr. ccj.e ei.ease ct.oses for defense He was followed bv Mr. Blease, who devoted most of his timetoproving the theory that toiuart fired the fatal shot. In a verv tragic wav he V O * i i r-1 p 1 i i .i i i i ? naci urawioru taEe me conatuoics fatal weapon and illustrate tLe relative positions if Cmwford had been responsible for her death. Crawford is very tall. Mr. Hlcasc assert that had he Creel the shot it would j have ranged downward or at least ] straight through the body. He ^ then illustrated how Siuart, falling, j could have fired the ball. He ridi- I culed the State fur suppressing the j evidence as to the calibre of Stuart's j pistol and cf the fatal ball. i SOLICITOR THURMONr/s SPEECH. Solicitor Thurmond followed in an earnest debate of over an hour and a half. Had the State not had eye witnesses to prove that Crawford fired the shot, he would have produced the ball. He ridiculed the testimony of the defense, showing that even Coleman testified that Crawford had his pistol drawn when Stuart fired, while Crawford denied it. He spoke of the enormity of this crime, a woman killed in her own htm3. The eyes cf the world are upon this jury. He felt sure that it would do its duty. He made a splendid appeal for justice, and ridiculed the flimsy theories of the defense as to the claim that Craw ford's pistol could not have set fire .? . i tr > i j i . i *! to ttie doming. Jtie repnea mar at a quarter of the distance Stuart's pistol burned Crawford's, as shown by the litter. THE CHARGE IN THE DU.iK. The dusk had fallen upon the cc-ii. house. The dim lamp9 were making fantastic shadows of the stove pipe and the interest on many j faces was doubly deepened in the twilight when Judge Buchanan de| lived the charge to the jury. This is the old court house in which was tried the case thst resulted in the 1 Cash-Shannon duel, and the dusk ! conjured up stories of the past. The charge to the jury was merely as to the law. In regard to the validity of the search warrant, he charged that that instrument was remarkable ! for its length. At 9 o'clock, after addressing the jury for au hour and 20 minutes, he turned the ce-se over to i the 12 jurors for their verdict. His charge impressed those in the court j house a3 complying to the letter of ! the law, but favoring the defendant, , Crawford. C0n.I> NOT AGREE AT 11 I' M. At 11 o'clock the jury is still unable to agree. S i f*r nbout ?850 have been paid kg Bmun6 : *** Powder tfPlIRE ! delicious and wholesome S PC'AOE? CO., NEW VCRK. wwiwj?iu>iw>jwwBro?wawBawBwwa>ro I ! tto fatal bullet, which look tie life c f 1 Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart, Saturday ; ovening, February 25th. j At 12 o'clock yesterday the jury 1 announced that it had arrived at a I verdict. Judge Buchanan was not in ! the court house at the time, hut was ' ; a snmmnnffl irr.mpdiafolv I _ j In order to prevent, any dernonstration in the court room, ho ordered ^ the sheriff and his deputies to take ^ ; stations in different parts of the hall, ^ ; and to preserve order. ^ Mr. L L Block, foreman, arose i and announced that the verdict of ^ ! jury war. "not guilty." ^ i There was no show of excitement g ! There was no change on the cxprcs- jt i sionless face of W. R. Crawford. I # W The crowd in the court house was ! dissolved in a few moments. Craw- ^ ' ford and his friends hurried to the rj | telegraph office where they wired to ^ | friends in every country that the ^ I trial had ended and tbo accused ex- a i constable had not been convicted ,i ! u The jury was cut fifteen hours. At b i fust, so it is reported, and generally : accepted in Cnndcn, there were nine jj 1 fur accquittal and three for con vietiun. It is stathd that, when the c] jurors went to sleep at midnight, two ^ | of those for conviction had giveu in. ft, | This morning ato'clock there was a large crowd gathered around the j\ door of the court house awaiting the 0j ariival of the judge. Crawford was sitting on the stone q curbing of the iron fence around the ^ court house yard. He was smokiDg j; a cigar and there was the same it placid expression on his face which there had been all through the trial, ti He said that he had slept better b the Dight before than for some time it previous. a| The opinion of every 0De present T was that when the judge arrived the oi jury would announce that it bed been unable to agree, and a "mistrial" al would be orded. Judge Bucharan '1 arrived at 10 o'clock. The doors of at the court house were thrown open. tl When the jury bad been polled, fi ; Foieman Block said they wanted fur- la j ther information in regard to ceitain points in the judge's charge. He asked the judge to explain the rights r< of an officer in enforcing the execu tl I tion of a warrant where he is opposed tl by violence. The jury did not un d derstand the charge cf the court on e< this point. "We wish to find out if Mr. Crawford had the right tosc-arch nc the house with violent force," be said, a Solicitor Thurmond rose to object, ri j but was overruled by the judge, who 11 to witnesses fjr per diem ntul mileage. The cost of the case will be x m ^ double that amount;. xucio u|m-aio to be danger of delay in getting the pay certificates cashed. SI.EEJIXti AT ?iinx;oaT. Xo verdict at midnight. Jurors have made pallets and are .sleeping on the eouit bouse floor. sxor.iNo at '1 A m. At I:oo a. in , Cimdcn is sleeping auu there is no likelihood of the jury stirring before morning. Camden, June *?The non-con\ ic-tion of \V. It Crawford was due in 1 a great measure to the fact that the I prosecution failed to put in evidence then addressed the jurj: "That involves a mixed question of ^ law and fact. The court instructed ft you that an officer could use force in reasonable circumstances, to meet ? i force with force; but unless force ; were necessary he should not cxer; cise any force at all Whenever the n law gives a man a process and tells I him to search a house, it gives him a everything necessary to accomplish a that purpose, and if be meets with a j force, being authorized by law, being 1 | a law officer, he may overcome that j force usiDg so much force as is neces- *' j sary to do that. 0 | "His first duty is to use gentle ? j means if gentle means will avail, and i when gentle means will avail, he can- 0 ! not use violent means. ? I "After be uses gentle mean?, if I ? j j that doc-s not suffice to overcome the j j: | resistance, he may use such force as o | is necessary even to the extreme of c taking life, because lie comes clothed s i with the warrant cf the law, and [ | every citizen must yield to the law. a | "When a man obstructs an officer, . : the officers duty is to put his hand i i gently on him. push him out of the r ! wav, ulIcss he sees bv the use of I ! ; gentle means he will be taken at a : I j disadvantage, cr bis life be put in j 1 t jeopardy, then he may lesort to harsh j j i means at ouec. Ir* be must resort to j such means, then violence is pistili- ( ; able. When a mau is authorized by ( . j law to do a thing, he has a light to < I do all things necessary to t.ccomp!i>b ' ; ! that object, and if a person obstructs i i him he becomes a wrong doer and if 1 "aaaaHnlm??BBa? AL7EF.TISING P.ATES. A.'v. rtiseuicnts will ho j?pfrto<l at tho rute 7i rouls p< r pqniir? of ore inch syacc f'. r first mHertmn. and .,0 <vntn per iin'h for each snbxvijuent in*?rtion. Lif''Til contracts mid* vrith tfcone with* tog to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local column 5 cents per liny each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of cne cciil a word, wleu tbey exceed 100 words. Marriage noticoa insorted free. Address G. M. IlAItMAX, Editor and Publisher. How to Enjoy Life. I cannot speak too highly of Rtmon'a Liver Pills & Tonic Pellets. After trying t\ great many remedies and finding no re!ml I was told tn try Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pallets, and after the first dose I f? It Letter, though I kept up the iwe as directed and now I can eat anything ? want to and am not bothered with that soreness and fullness in the Rtornach. I can safely recommend them to all snfferers from Indigestion and Liver complaint ? J. P. Nash. Bills, Ark. For sale by G. 31. {larnun and J. E Eaufmann. anything happens to him, ho will bo the author of his own wrong." After elaborating this point, ho said: ''The officer must go forward, lining gentle means if gentle will do, but if gentle means won't do, ifc must be done anyhow. He can jYcrcoioo force with force, no matter 1 .it _ ? L *? .vim iue rcGuu. II? continued that an officer is not espousible for the result if he is jrudent and acts with ordinary firmless. He has the light to be there md go forward, but he must not do io ruthlessly, and with due care, do concluded by saying that the ioleuce must be commensurato with he resistance. Gentle means must irst be used, but not when useless, or the law does not require a man to lo a vain thing. The jury retired It is reported hat prior to that time but one man ad held out for conviction. He ubmitted to the construction of the iw by Judge Buchanan, and in half n hour the jury had agreed. A combination of circumstances en?red into the acquittal of Crawford, 'he first axiom of a trial for capital uuishment is that (he burden of roof must be against tho piisoncr t tho bar. While the State introuced stroug evidence, the defenso tid a greater number of witnesses. Attorneys from another Stato who appened into the court room while ic arguments were in progress, dcared afterwards that they did not uow of a case ou record where tho ital bullet was not in evidence. The bullet was extracted by Dr. i B Owens and put in the keeping i Chief of Police Daily. The at>rneys for the prosecution claim iat Chief Daily neglected to take it > Caiuden, and that the attorneys id not attach much importance to The defense did not prove that ic fatal bullet was fired by Stuart, ut by ingenius argument showed, by s absence, that there was a reasonale doubt" that Crawford fired it. he benefit of any doubt is the right t the prisoner. Another circumstance which proN illy influenced the jury was the fact iat the defense laid considerab'e :ress on the lapse of time between le slapping of Stuart's face and the ring of the first shot. In legal par,nce this is known as "cooling time'5 -time for the passions to subside, )r the mind deraDged with anger to ?turn to its normal state. In reply le State endeavored to prove that le interval was of but a few seconds ? uratioD, and that Crawford's pietol Dvered Stuart during that time. The jnrors as a rule were not relarkable for an intelligent appeardcc. Sir. Block, the foreman, is a rsident of Camden, the ethers live i the country. The people of Camden are rot disosed to receive the result of the trial nth much kindness, but those who ttended the trial predicted that the utcome would be a mistrial or acuittal. The constables, attorneys, wifce ;ses, Solicitor Thurmond and Judge >uchanan returned to Columbia this fternoon. The constables feared an ttack at Columbia, and indulged in little cheering as the train pulled nto the depot. There was no mob in sight. Crawc>rd and his fiiends rode unnoticed n a street car to the Jerome hotel, nd hardly a dozen people knew he ras here. Crawford wants to be reappointed n the force. William Bank. Bad management keeps more peo>le in poor circuinstances than any ither one cause. To be successful iLie must look ahead and plan ahead o that when a favorable opportunity )ic*euts itself he is ready to take idvantage of it. A little forethought \ ill save much expense and val? T - i 1 t.,\ JUO;C 111UO. 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