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Some instinct seemed io warn ber mother ol' bow the search had ended, for although an effort was made io shield her from the truth, she rushed from the house and looked into the full horror of the j fact before she could be withheld. Half fainting, half in convulsions, she was carried Into the house, and there are grave fears that she will die, and with her the life she was soon to have brought Into the world. j Chance discovered the body, asl ( hance had hidden it. There seemed to have been no effort at concealment. The wind had strewn fallen leaves until their color so matched the; brown of the chilli's dress and her? brown hair that, as sh" lay face downward, she was nearly indistin- j guishable from her shroud. Search- j ers had passed again and again j within twenty feet of her in full j daylight, during the past three days,! and it was only a random glance,, shrewder than the rest, that happen-! ed to rest on her with understanding to-day. Thomas Williams, known in the' neighborhood as "Pluck Diamond," a negro wood chopper, employed by the girl's aunt, bas been missing since the same day on which Marie disappeared. A warrant was issued for him to-night, and an alarm for his capture sent broadcast through out the country and State, ills axe was found near the body, lt did not need an autopsy to establish crimi nal assault. The child was small for her years and not sinnig, but she! had fought to utter exhaustion. The I broken slicks and trampled ground around her showed (hat, as did her, Injuries. ? WINTER Complete, )Y WITH OUR. FALL .C TtS AN DISE-SH O ES, PANT?\ DRY GOODS, ', GENTw\' FURNISH J, HATS, ETC, ETC. be very b?est values > goods at the very ces. Call to see tis. BUY FOR CASH. AUKNIGHT, Strangled and Reaten, Her, gray Bleating cap and the bl no ribbon she wore on her bair had boon Hod tight about her throat, but she had also boon beaton on the forehead with some blunt Instru ment, and the leaves under her face were frozen together with her blood. In the struggle she had boen grasp ed by the hand with such force that a gold ring she wore had been flat tened into the llesh. Her arms were badly scratched, and there was a wound in tho cartilege of her nose, which surgeons say must have been caused by human teeth shut down on it to cut off her breath. .Marie Smith was last soon at 1 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, on her \fny to school, two blocks from her home. The spot where her body was found ls off her path, and either she must have been enticed into the woods or picked up and carried bod ily. Suspect Arrested lu Room. Williams was arrested to-night in his room. The police went there to search for evidence and found their man instead. Williams admitted that he had not left the room since Thursday, and the appearance of the room bore him out. Ills suspenders were stained wi* h what looked like blood, and a towel was found, on which bloody hands seined to have been wiped. When placed under arrest the ne gro was in pitiable terror, and would neither admit nor deny the crime with which he is charged. He was taken quietly to jail, and there was no attempt at lynching, though sen timent ran high against him. The old, old story, told times without number, and repeated over and over again for the last years, hut il is always a welcome story to those hi search of health. There ls nothing in the world th at tul res coughs and colds as quickly as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Sold by Hr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; C. W. Wickliffe, West Union. WESTMINSTER'S I?OCAI? NEWS. Westminster Wins Relay Rac?' from Seneca and County Championship. Westminster, Nov. 15.-Special: Tho Seneca and Westminster High Schools ran from Westminster to Seneca on Friday afternoon. Four toon boys from each school ran three-quarters of a mile each, West minster winning by fifty yards. L. Q. Marett, for Westminster, gained 20 yards on Hallenger, Sene ca's best runner, in the first Inp. Time. 3 minutes, 10 seconds. CD. Marett held the distance given bim in th(> second. Hreazoale in the third gained ten yards more on Sen eca. Glymph Increased the distance twenty yards. King, in the fifth lap, gained len yards. C. L. Poster gained fifteen yards more in the sixth. Ander.-on. who ran up Rich land Hill, gained Jib yeards, placing West min. ter 150 yards ahead at Richland, half way.. Vandlver held his own in the eighth. Dillard gain ed live yards 1? 'he ninth. McDon ald, in tho tenth, lost 20 yards. In the 11th Inp Seneca's best runner regained on Foster all but lf> yards. In the 12th Seneca's hopes were high, as they were 100 yards in the lead al the beginning of the 13th lap, but Harnett for Westminster re gained this, giving the two runners at the last lap an even start. Zim merman for Westminster came In 50 yards ahead of Seneca. The time from start to finish vas 50 minutes. Seneca had every idvantage they could wish for. as Prof Brockman was formerly the superintende it of the Westminster school and knew the boys on both sides. Therefore he knew exactly where to place the Seneca runners. About 75 pupils and eight of the teachers were in Seneca to see the liuish and loudly cheered the win ners when they recognized Zimmer man in the garnet and black coming In ahead. Westminster was in the lead at nil points except in the 12til lap. The boys deserve a lot of praise, especially because Seneca had been In two races with Walhalla and had had four weeks' practice, while Westminster had only had one week in which to prepare. This makes Westminster the cham pions in Oconee county, as Seneca had won over Walhalla In both races by a good margin. Each team gave several yells for tho other and parted after having arranged for a similar race next spring. I,neal News. W. C. Mason, of Lavenia, was in town Sunday. Mr. Mason was at one time in business here, and his many friends were glad to see him again. W. C. Peden, who has been very ill with typhoid fever, is rapidly re covering. Miss Nellie Lou Carter, who has been attending Greenville Female College, returned home Tuesday on account of her health. Cotton brought 14 % last week. Clinton Harris, who is teaching al Latta, S. C., Is critically ill with ty phold fever. Mr. Harris is wei known here and his friends earnest 1> hope for his recovery. W. C. Taylor. David McClanahan Luther Moore and J, H. Carter nt tended the K. of P. meeting in Wal halla last Monday night. Prof. P. W. J ay roe is now hoard lng with Prof. W. C. Taylor at th? G il roath House. Friends will be glad to hear tba Chas. Simpson, who has been vcr; ill with fever, is able to he out ?? . aili J, C. Neville, chief electrician fo the Southern Railway, is spending ? few days with Dr. W. .1. Carter. Mr Neville's home ls In Atlanta. lOd. Mason, of Charlotte is spend lng a few days with his sister, Mrs .1. II. Bibb. Mr. Mason was a forme resident of this place, but moved ti Charlotte about live years ago to en ter into tho cotton business. .1. Carler, of Gainesville, Ga., ha boon in town for the past week. H. W. Webb, of Hartwell, Ga., wa in town .Monday and Tuesday dc livering pecan trees for Peek's Nui series, of Hartwell. Miss Sue Haley visited in Senec last Friday and Saturday. .1. II. Taylor was in Westniinste last Thursday. James Hruner was in Seneca lah Friday on business. Rev. A. P. Marett attended th opening of the high school at Sont Dillon last Monday. Mrs. Martin, who has been visitin her daughter, Mrs. Hurt Mitchell, ri turned to her home at Cross 111 last Monday. Miss Ethel Marett, of Fair Pla; was in town Friday. .Miss Annie May Anderson visile in Seneca last week. Dr. Frazer, of Anderson, proacllC at. ibo Presbyterian church here lat Thursday and Friday nights and Sa urday morning. F. H. Shirley was in Walhalla Sa urday on business. Mrs. .1. N. Whitaker visited I Greenville last week. In Memoriam. Whereas, it has pleased Almlghl God. in Ills infinite wisdom, to ca to his heavenly home, the bolov? brother of Westminster Lodi Knights of Pythias, No. 208, T. V Rallonger, one of the charter mei ber. ; therefore, be it Resolved, by the members of Wes minster Lodge, that we extend oi sincere and heartfelt sympathy to tl bereaved family: and be it furthe Resolved, i hat a copy of these ri ?4KNATOR CLAY DUOS SUDDENLY. Prominent Georgia Statesman Ex pires After Long Illness. Atlanta, Nov. 13.-United States Senator Alexander Stephens Clay,of Georgia, died at the Robertson Sani tarium here this afternoon at 3 o'clock, after an extended illness. Ills death was as peaceful as lt was sudden. He had been talking with his' son, Herbert, a few minutes, when he suddenly ceased speaking and fell hack with a sllghl gasp. According to the physicians Sena tor Clay's death resulted from dila tion of the heart, superinduced by arte rial sclerosis. The Sneator had been ill for nearly a year and came to the sanitarium here on November 1 to take a rest cure. He appeared to be Improving until Saturday, when he suffered a relapse, which he, In his weakened condition, was unable to stand. Was Serving Third Term. Senator Clay was 67 years old and was serving his third term In the United States Senate. He is sur vived hy his widow, live sons and a daughter, besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Clay, of Cobb county. Ambition to Docomo Senator. Senator Clay was born on a farm in Cobb county, Georgia, and In his youth was n typical backwoodsman. From the time of his graduation from the high school In Palmetto, (!:i.. lils ambition was lo become a United Slates Senator. He passed, successively, from city councilman to the d?lierai Assembly, where he served as speaker, then to the State Senate, where he was president two years. Ho was chairman of the state Democratic Executive Commit tee three years, declining re-election. lie was eleeied to the United States Senate for the first time in 1896, to succeed (ion. .lohn D. Cor don, for the term beginning in the year lsti". Ile was re elected in 1903, and again in 1 POP. His last term would have expired in March, 1 !i 1 ?. Senntor Clay is the first man in the 121 years of Georgia's history as a Stale, outside ol' his colleague, Senator Macon, to be returned to the Senate for three successive terms. Saves an Iowa Man's Life? The very grave seemed to yawn belove Robert Madsen, of West Bur lington, Iowa, when, after seven I weeks In the hospital, four of the! besi physicians gave him up. Then was shown the marvellous curative power of Electric Ritters. For, after eight months of frightful suffering from liver trouble and yellow jaun dice, getting no help from other remedies or doctors, five bottles of this matchless medicine completely cured him. It's positively guaran-j teed for stomach, liver or kidney i troubles and nevAr disappoints. Only ?0c. at al' druggists. FARMER AND MIS WIFE DIO A I), i _ j Ding Placed in Coffee Relieved to] Have Caused Den'tlt, (Atlanta Journal, 15th.) William Sprayborry, aged 90 , years, one of the richest planters of j DeKalb county, and his wife, Maryl Sprayberry. aged 85 years, aro dead I from the effects, it is believed, of] drinking poisoned coffee. Three ser-j vants employed on the plantation are dangerously near death from drinking the coffee. lt is the belief of neighbors that ' William Sprayberry, in a (it of tem-! pora ry Insanity, placed the drug in the coffee. Dr. R. M. Sprayberry, a nephew of the deceased couple, stat-j ed Monday morning that he believed William Sprayberry to be insane for Hie past ten years. He believes Mr. and Mrs. Sprayberry died from the effects of arsenic or rough on rats placed in the coffee. Ike Williams. Fleming Kirkpat rick and his mother, al! negroes, are now seriously ill as the result of drinking the poisoned coffee and Hie death ol' the negro woman is ex po' ted momentarily. The death of Mrs. Sprayberry oc curred Sunday morning at 1 o'clock and her husband died live hours later. Roth were unconscious from the time they were Hist taken 111 Sat urday at noon, Neither made a statement as to the cause of their sickness and the poisoning wilt prob, ably remain a mystery. olnHons be spread upon the records of our lodge, a Copy sent to the be reaved family, one to the South Car olina Pythian and to the local papers for publication. H. R. Gilbert. Dr. W. A. Strickland, Dr. C. M. Walker, Committee. Call to the Pastors. Will the pastors and societies of the different churches please urge their members to send In all collec tions for State missions between now and the 1st of December? We are very anxious to have all of our debts paid up before the convention. A. P. Marett. General Missionary of the Reaverdam Association. Call Meeting County Union. The Oconee County Farmers' Un ion ls hereby called to meet at Rich land on Friday, November 18, 1910, nt 10 o'clock a. m. A full delegation from each local is requested. J. Wade Dickson, President. J. W. Alexander, Co. Sec. AFTER THREE F?LL RAYS OF TRIAL JURY RETIRES, AND RR I NOS IN VERDICT OF GU1L TY WITH RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY. I'risOltfhy Special Order of Judge, Taken to the State Penitentiary for Safe Keeping Without Await ing Conclusion of Terni of Court. General Feeling that, tho Verdict of I Jury is Just and Merciful. At 7.30 o'clock inst Saturday evening the case of the Slate against Louis F. Cantrell, (Miarles .M. Caines and Charles L. Angel, charged with the murder ol* Robert C. Emerson, went to the Jury after three days of examination of witnesses. The case was called for trial and the three defendants arraigned shortly before noon on Thursday. Then began the selection of the jury to try the case, and it was a matter of surprise to many that the draw ing of the jury was accomplished In a comparatively short time. Thc; personnel of the jury was good, as line a body of men as ever sat upon a jury to determine the innoncence or guilt of men charged with crime men of intelligence, good judgment, capable ot sound reasonings-stich a body of mei. that no one would hesi tate to commit to them even the mo mentous Issues Involved in a ques tion, the solving of which carried with lt the possibility of life or death as the reward ol" Innocence or the penalty of crime. From the time of the completion of the jury and tho reading of the Indictment until the close of the evidence submitted to the court and jury, lt waa one con tinued round of questioning and cross-questioning of witnesses for tho State and the defence, every Inch of ground being stubbornly contested by the aldo attorneys. Solicitor Don ham, assisted hy M. C. Long, for the State, and K. L. Horndon and Major W. .1. Stvibllng for the defense. '?'he negro. Henry Drown, who had' made a confession Implicating tile de fendants, held lo his statement throughout the rigid cross-examina tion by the attorneys for the defence, and while contradictory at times, In the main his story remained unsha ken. Ile has held throughout that Cantrell struck the fatal blow that ended Emerson's life; that Calm's held Emerson when the blow was struck, and that he (Drown) and Angel stood near by; that as Can trell struck the blow, and as Emer son fell. Angel said, "My Clod, they have killed him." Two ol" the defendants. Cantrell and Caines, were sworn, both deny ing any knowledge whatever of tho case. Cantrell, however, was confronted with an important question, which he tailed to answer definitely. T. J. Todd, one of the witnesses for the State, swore that he had talked with Cantrell at one lime and had stated to Cantrell that he (Todd) had heard thai Caines had made a con fession, and that Cantrell's reidy lu substance, was: "Why did he con fess anything? He ls as deep in it as I am." When Cantrell, on the stand, was asked If he had made that statement to Todd, his reply was to the effect that he did not remember. Angel, the third defendant, was not sworn. Several wD Mosses for the State gave evidence which tended to cor roborate the negro Brown's confes sion and his evidence' as adduced at tho trial. The defence based their case upon the supposition that Emerson, in a drunken condition, attempted to walk the Hine Ridge trestle and fell there from, and that death was due to the fall, or that Drown was the guilty party himself, or had guilty knowl edge (ff the affair and was attempt ing to shield the guilty parties by Implicating innocent men. The Emerson case was one of those peculiarly mysterious cases that puts the general public to conjecturing as to whether the parties charged with the crime ari tho guilty ones, whe ther they are the only ones, or if. Indeed, lhere was any crime commit ted. Yet the general public knew lit tle or nothing of thc evidence at hand, and upon which lite prosecu tion was working assiduously even up to tin? last moment before the trial. When this began to come out In court the doubts as to the result of the trial were gradually dispelled, and hours before the case went to the jury those who heard the testi mony were anticipating the degree of punishment that the jury would Indi cate by their verdict, and the ques tion as to ti verdict of "Not guilty" was eliminated from the public mind. The State made out a strong case, and in spite ol' the fact that the attorneys for the defense did all for their clients, that could be done, guilt was established beyond doubt. After being out for about four hours the jury, at 11.80 Saturday night, came to an agreement on their verdict, and Judge Cary went im mediately to tho Court House to re ceive lt and to release the twelve men from tho fat Iguoiug close quar ters of tho Jury room. The Verdict was "Guilty, with recommendation to VSE ENDED. mercy" as to nil three defendants.. This Verdict came as something of JBL surprise to many, who had thought of no other verdict than tho straight "Guilty," with recommendation to* mercy as to the ' defendant Angel. The verdict is, without one question being raised so far as we have heard, universally accepted as one that, car ries with lt the very essence of "jus tice tempered with mercy." on the three men was passed by .ludge Gary Tuesday morning, and was. of course, Imprisonment In tho State penitentiary for life, this hoing the fixed penalty for murder where the jury recommends mercy to tho convicted ones. Upon the giving out of the sentence by tho Court the at torneys for the defense made a mo tion for a new trial, which, after hearing the few remarks of the at torneys, Judge Gary refused. To Penitentiary at. Once. Immediately upon tho sentencing of the prisoners and the refusal of a new trial. Solicitor Bonham made a motion before the Court that tho prisoners be transferred at once to the Stale penitentiary, for safe keep ing, as the jail at Walhalla Is not con sidered the most secure, and every precaution for the safety ol' (he con victed men, both as to their own safety and the certainty of holding (hem prisoners, should be carefully guarde.1. The ('euri Issued the order at once, and the prisoners were start ed to the penitentiary on tho after noon train yesterday. As the three prisoners were taken from the jail at 3.16 o'clock lo tho depot the street in front of the jail, from the Court House to Tugaloo street, was lined with people anxious to catch a last sight ol' the men soon to go behind thc bars of the State penitentiary to spend the remainder of their days. lt was truly a sad sight, and while there was not a ono in the crowd of some 200 people who witnessed the departure who felt that the scene was hut one of tho last sad acts in tho consummation of stern yet merciful justice, there \\>as not a jeer, not a jest, bu! written on the faces of all was pity for .these men as their measured tread, walking between th?: officers of tho law. carried them unwillingly and slowly toward the end of the down ward course they had (diesen for i hemselvos, Wore on Coroner's .fury. Among the eighteen men onipan neled to investigate, now almost a year ago, the mysterious death of Robert C. Emerson, whose dead body was found under the Blue Ridge tres tle In Walhalla, were'the names of Charles L. Angel and Louis F. Can trell, and that body, adjourning from day to day in its deliberations, dual ly rendered a verdict lo the off eco that "the said Rc' rt C. Emerson came to his death noni causes un known to the jury." The irony of fate itself thal, called to render ser vice to their State and county, those two, knowing all the facts, should Stand s.lent ns the grave thal hold the body of Emerson, and yet in the end he overtaken hy their crime. The Jury ia Emerson Case, i he following gentlemen composed the jury that heard and tried the case against Cantrell, Caines and Ange] : *W. M. Brown, Y. IO. Pitts, .1. L. O. Fricks, W. (). Johns, W. I. Hutchison, L. A. Tannery. * Foreman. lt ls stated that after the Jury en?'?< te red their room to delib?rate, one of their number, realizing the gravity of the case in hand, spoke briefly to '?I.-, fellow jurymen, and proposed that before they enter actively Into their duties, they bow hi prayer for guidance that their verdict might he lu accordance with justice and mercy, and that they entered niton their work with several of their number in tears, all realizing that to do their duty meant the putting into exec-u-* Hon of the sternest measures of ibo law. A Good Work for the State. The conviction of these d?fendants ls regarded as a master st roko that the State has made, and that tho (dearing up of the mystery of the Emerson case will have a salutary effect upon the whole citizenship of Oconee and the Slate at large. In bringing about this end too much credit for the work done cannot he given to M. 0. Bong, whoso untiring efforts and vigilance are responsible, for the bringing to Justice of tho men responsible for this crime. But for him there ls no doubt but that tho death of Robert C. Emerson would still be a mystery and that those re sponsible for his death would still be at large, a menace to tho public. - Will Promote Beauty. Women desiring beauty got won derful help from Bucklen's Arnica Salve. lt banishes pimples, skin eruptions, sores and bolls. It makes Hie skin soft and velvety. It glorl lles the fnco. Cures soro oyos, cold sores, cracked Ups, chapped hands. Best for burns, scalds, fovor sores, cuts, bruises and piles. 2ac. at alt druggists. The Sentence W. S. Grahi, W. C. Foster, Edward Gantt, M. C. Todd,