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? SENTENCED IN BADGER CASE. South Carolinians Figuro in Sensu tiona! Trial nt Washington. (Nows and Courier.) Washington, May 4-James Balloy Knotts, of North, In Orangeburg county, South Carolina, and Alton A. Armstrong, of Watertown, S. D., each aged 20 years, were to-day sen tenced to four years each In the Fed oral penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans., by Judge Wright, in Criminal Court No. 1, of tho District of Co lumbia, after they had pleaded guil ty to working the "badger" game on Charles Rosenthal, a well-known merchant of this city. The woman in the case, Flossie Dennett, the supposed wife of James Balley Knotts, received a sentence of two years In the penitentiary at Lan sing, Kans. She gave her ago as 19. Benjamin H. Knotts, aged 33, a brother of James Balley Knotts, who nt first pleaded guilty of complicity in the "badger" scheme, by which Rosenthal was lured to tho woman's apartments, attempted afterwards to palliato his offence by claiming that be had merely furnished the others the money by which the apartment was rented and fitted with olectric lights and photographing apparatus. The jury found Benjamin Knotts guilty, but recommended him to the court's mercy. ? New Trial Asked. Counsel for the defense gave no tice of a motion for a new trial, whore pon tho ball of Benjamin Knotts was increased to $4,000, and lie was remanded until lt should bo furnished. Cross-examination and testimony lu rebuttal was very damaging to Benjamin Knotts, who claims that he had no knowledge of the alleged blackmailing scheme, and replying ic. his plea that he thought his bro ther and Armstrong were engaged only in experiments In electricity, another woman, a friend of Flossie Bennett, testified that Benjamin Knotts had approached her and of fered her $2,000 to assist in the "badger" business, declaring that the game could be worked with ease on numerous men of prominence, who would pay big money to escape, and this woman's testimony was corrob orated by that of women friends, who claimed to have overheard the conversation. Olrl Tells of Finn :. Winni counsel had made their .pleas and read numerous letters and telegrams to the court, showing the previous good records of the threo men, and urging leniency In the mat ter of punishment, Justice Wright called on Flossio Bennett to explain the inception of the plan. The young woman, who, while only nineteen years old, has been married and left '.. i husband In Michigan, told of making the ac quaintance of Balley Knotts and A mist rong. She said the two boys talked over Jim scheme to work the "badger" game by taking photographs of a vic tim whom she was to lure to her apartments, she said, and went to Rockville and was married to Balley, as she called him. She declared Benjamin Knotts bad never discuss ed the proposition with her or In her presence, and said that she was una ware that he was In the scheme until he accompanied Armstrong when the latter rushed Into her bed room after Balley had threatened Rosenthal and tied the latter to a chair. The court then called on Benjamin Knotts to explnin a letter written to his brother, in which Balley told him his scheme was all ready, and that he needed the money only to put lt Into operation. This brought out the .doubt of the guilt of 'Benjamin Knotts, and the jury was called Into the box. and tho trlnl of Benjamin Knotts proceeded. Attorneys in Cuse. Attorney Campbell Carrington, of the local bar, and Attorney Wm. C. Wolfe, of Orangeburg, S. C., repre sented the two Knotts and the girl, and Attorney (I. W. Case, of Water town. S. I)., apponred for Armstrong. In behalf of tho claim for leniency to the girl and the two Knotts coun sel callod to the ?land tho father of tho Knotts. The father, who ls 74 years old, and who has not visited Washington since ho came to attend the Inaugura tion of Abraham Lincoln, told the court that his son Benjamin ls his only support and farms for him Hie plantation where they live in South Carolina. He said neither of his boys bad ever been In trouble before, and that the cause of Bailey's downfall was thc coming of a green country boy to a large city and falling in wi til evil companions. Young Halley, he said, had been a loader In church work and a member of tho Y. M. C. A., but had boen ruined by the glare of the city. Good Character at Home. Attorney Wolfe for tho Knolls told of his acquaintance with them and of the high charactor which they boro In South Carolina. Ho stated that word had reached the old parents hud made many sacrifices to send that their "baby boy," for whom they liim here to complete lils education, had fallen among bad com pan ions. They dispatched the elder brother to bring tho boy home. When Benja min reached here, counsel said, he got on a spree and had guilty knowl edge of the scheme in which he found the boys engaged. He read many letters from promi nent people of South Carolina testify ing to the previous good character of the Knotts. Judge John (5. Capers, of South Carolina, former Commissioner of In ternal Revenue, made an appeal for clemency, on behalf of tho parents of the Knotts boys, Attorney Camp bell Carrington mado a strong plea for mercy, especially extolling the work of Justice Wright in applying to proper cases the provisions of the probation law. lie asked that the defendants be given another chance. Justice Wright's Remarks. Rosenthal was trapped and photo graphed In tho apartment with the Bennett woman. He was tied in a chair and forced at the point of a pinto 1 by the young Knotts and Arm strong to sign a check for $5,000. Justice Wright declared that viola tions of public decency in the district must be severely punished and that he bad n? sympathy with pleas for mercy In behalf of the men who bad wilfully plotted tho trapping of Ro senthal for money, whatever their standing or their influence might be. He said that tho only one of the de fendants ho was inclined to sympa* thlze with waa the Bennott woman, whoso plight be believed to be due to tho mon who had used her in their scheme, and whose lot was bad enough anyhow. Congressman A. P. Lever, of South Carolina, who had beon acquainted with the Knotts family, testified to tho good reputation of Benjamin Knotts in his nativo State. A pathetic incident of the trial was tho testimony of the aged father of the Knotts brothers in their behalf, lie declared that their character had been good. The Bennett woman was the only one of (he defendants who seined to ho affected by the proceedings, Tho case ls one of the most seiip.atIonal In the recent annals of crime in the Capital City. Honor Roll, Mbenc/er School. Following ls tin- honor roll for Ibo month of April at Hbonozer school No. 1 : Bertha Br?cke, Fred Fowler, .Mary Fowler, Annie Mulkey, Meta Mulkey, Jeff White, Clarence Snead, Hubie Snead, Alo Snead, John Smith, Hazel Tolllson, James Tollison, Tena Wabli. Bernice Bryant, Brvin Pear .son, Irby Pearson, Bessie Nicholson, Jessie Whit mire, Toni Quartos, Lil lian Leroy, Bertha Leroy, Charlie Oliver. O. C. Lyles, Teacher. Foley's Kidney Remedy Acted Quickly, M. N. George,*Irondale, Ala., was bothered with kidney trouble for many years. "1 was persuaded to try Foley Kidney Remedy, and be fore taking it three days I could feel its benellclal effects. Tho pain left my back, my kidney action cleared up, and I am so much better. I do not. hesitate to recommend Foley Kidney Remedy." Barton's Phar macy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. For Your Enjoyment A Mi OUT OF BOUTS; Has Any Walhalla Person Never Felt That Way ? Feel all out of sorts? Tired, blue, Irritable, nervous? Back feel lame and achy? That's the story of sick kidneys Had blood circulating about; Uric acid poisoning the body. Just one way to feel right again, Cure the sluggish kidneys; Do lt with Hoan's Kidney Pills. Donn's have cured many Walhalla people. Here's one case. Mrs. Rose Hutchins. Knitting Mill Hill, Walhalla, S. C., says: "My kid neys were in bnd -hape, arid 1 suf fered intensely from pains in my sides. 1 had backaches, my heart pal pitated and mornings on arising I felt all worn-out. Finally I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, obtained at Dr. Dell's drug store, and they benefited me in every way. 1 do not think there is another kidney medicine that does better work than this one." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cent?. ? oster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the Uni ted States. Remember the name-Donn's and take no other. Says Alfonso Has Phthisis. Paris. May 3. - L'Intransigeant claims that King Alfonso ls gravoly ill with tuberculosis, and that, at a reconsultatlon of his physicians lt was decjded that urgent measures of treatment were necessary, and also that the Spanish monarch should pass the coming winter at Lezlns, Switzerland, where the climate ls better adapted to his condition. King Alfonso lias long suffered from what has been described ns a nasal trouble. Dr. Moure, a special ist, of Bordeaux, has performed sev eral minor operations on his maj esty. There have been occasional ru mors of a more serious ailment, in cluding that of tuberculosis of the throat. Anfonso will be 25 years of ago on May 17. He has always boen delicate. Nervous For nervous, tired woi dui. Carclui is a woman's : cally on thc female organs effect on the whole system ingredients, being a pure \ suffer from some form of f at once and give it a fair tr It Will t Mrs. W. W. Gardner, of Patine "I think Carclui ia just grand. I hi I am 48 years old and feel liko a di taking it. I used to BU (Tor from and sleeplessness, but now tho pail I highly recommend Cardin for y AT ALL DR PEACE IN 200-FOOT ARENA. Eu voy s of Peace Roped Off from (ho Curious Throngs. El Paso, Texas, May 4.-Negotia tions to bring about a reign ot peace In war-torn Mexico began to-day. The negotiations prob bly will pro gress with great deliberation owing to 4^? fact that. Judge Carbajal, the government commissioner, will bei compelled to hold frequent consulta tions with Mexico City. The commissioners will meet in a 200-foot ring, roped and guarded to keep out the curious. Not even (len. Madero will be permitted to enter. Judge Carbajal and Dr. Vasquez Go mez, the older Francisco Madero and Senor Suarez, who ropresont the In surrectos, will bo the solo occupants of the charmed circle. The site of the peace conference was not chosen for tho convenience of the newspaper men. It ls on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, mid way between Juarez and the Insurrec to cami). As Gen. Navarro will not allow tho reporters to pass through Juarez, it ls necessary to take the trip to tho scene of the peace negoti ations by way of the food bridge near tho El Paso smelter, two miles be yond the meeting place of the con ferees, which In addition necessitates the retracing of two miles more on the Mexican side. Peace Envoys Watt for Reply. El Paso, May 6.-Cherishing the hope that history might repeat Itself, and that the same Gen. Diaz, who crushed the Invasion of Napoleon III at the battle of Puebla, would choose the anniversary to save the honor of his country, this time a public an nouncement of his Intention lo relin quish the Presidency ho has held so many years, insurrecto leaders at the Madero camp across the Rio Grande waited expectedly to-day for news from Mexico City. The commissioners o'-e confident of arranging the other conditions, of peace within 4 8 hours if the Diaz question Is once settled. On the Interpretation of the Mexi can President's reply depends the fate of Mexico, rebel leaders declared to day. Should an unfavorable reply be received they are prepared to break .off peaco negotiations and continue the arguments With arris. They have no alternative, they say. for tele grams have been pouring into the headquarters of Gen. Madero from revolutionary chieftains from all par* of Mexico, warning him that if h- usents to any arrangement whi,..wlll continue. Gen. Diaz, they will renounce his leadership and continue the rebellion indefinitely. Smile at Reports of Attack. Mexico City, May 5.-Although to day, the fi th of May, one of Mexico's great national holidays, as the anni versary of the victory of Gen. Diaz's troops over the French, has been fixed upon by scores of rumor-mong ers during tho past week, as the date for a concerted insurrecto attack upon many of Hie country's cities, and even upon the Capitol itself, resi dents of thr capital were inclined to smile to-day when one mentioned the probability of immediate attack. Reports of approaching trouble are still most plentiful, however. The rebels are admittedly stronger to-day than they have ever been before. But there ls no good reason, says the de partment of war, for believing that they contemplate an immediate at tack upon the capital. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatare of Women [non, we recommend Car medicine. It acts specifi and has a tonic, building . It contains no harmful egetable extract. If you omalo trouble, get Cardin j lal* ?ah, Ky., tried Cardin and writes: ive been usir.fr it for olevcn years. lTorent woman, since i have been bearing down nins, nervousness is are all gone and I sleep good, oung and old." Try. it. ua STORES Makes rich, red, j tem - clears the brain - ! A positive specific for B Drives out Rheumatism an ls a wonderful tonic and bod F. Vi LIPPMAN, SHERIFF'S SAIiES FOR TAXES. I will sell, on MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1911, tho same hoing salesday, at the usual hour of public sale, in front of tho Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., the following described real estate, to wit; Three acres land, about one-fourth milo south of corporate limits of town of Walhalla, adjoining lands of John D. Vernor, Bitza Held and others, on public road. Levied on ns the property of D. S. Vandlver at suit of the State for taxes. One acre, moro or less, south of corporate limits of town of Wal halla, near Westminster road, ad joining lands of Martha Owens, Eliza Alexander and John D. Vernor. Levied on as thc property of Louisa Crayton at suit of the S'ate for taxes. Forty-two acres, in Seneca town ship, adjoining lands of -. -. Hippie, B. Simms, John Milligan and E. C. Doyle. Levied on as tho prop erty of Martha Johnson at suit of tho State for taxes. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papera, W. M. KAY, Sheriff Oconee County, S. C. May ?I, 1911. 18-22 AMENDED SUMMONS FOR RELIEF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Joseph A. Knox and Joseph C. Speeres, as Executors of the Last Will and Testament of John S Dickson, deceased, Plaintiffs, against Earle H. Dickson, John B. Dickson, W. Paul Dickson, Sloan Darkey, H. E. Hark ey, Wade Dickson, Lula Butler, John D. Dickson, Julia Ste vens, S. W. Dickson, Ellie Dicker son, Sallie Poore, Aden Dickson, Theodore D. Alexander, J. Walter Alexander, W. Oscar Alexander, Lester Alexander, Wade Alexan der, Lucy Barnett, Cora Adams, Sue Whaley, children of Benjamin Dickson, deceased, names un known; S. Mack Dickson, Leila Hamey, Leo Hunt, Stiles Hunt, Lizzie Tonsley, Jeptha Dickson, Jerry Dickson, Benjamin Dickson, John T. Dickson, Lizzie Isboll, Hannah King, Hoppio Dickson, Sallio Dickson, S. E. Brown, Sallio M. Keels, M. H. Purcell, M. C. For est, Mary B. Purcell, B. H. Dick son, Martha Mitchell, Sallie Addis, Sue Patterson, Eliza D. Bennett, Ella Dickson, Eddie D. Stoney, Willie Dickson, Sallie Wilson, Bet tie Dickson, John B. Speares, Jo seph C. Speares, Mrs. Sallie Bag well, Mrs. Hep8ie Craig, Hnrrison Campbell, George Campbell, Rep aie Cox, Hepsle Grier, Lula Adams, Sallie Cannon, Joseph A. Knox, Clarissa Cllnkscales, Eliza A. Har bert, 9. Jane Aldrich, A. L. Moss, J. A. Massey, Oscar Mills, Ida Ta bor, Clifton Spoares, W. J. Reeder, Addie McAlister, Mrs. J. D. Moore, Lona Reeder, Children of Thomas Reeder, deceased, names unknown, James F. Reeder, Maggie Harklns, Win. J. Reeder, John J. Reeder, John G. Reeder, Thomas F. Reed er, Lilian Reeder, Annie R. Reed er, Carlos Gantt, Sallie Craig, Minnie Hunnlcutt, Wm. E. Gantt, Alice Gantt, Willie E. Campbell, Ton A. Campbell, John D. Camp bell, L. T; Campbell, Minnie Farr, Kate McClain, Idell Reynolds, W. P. Barton, Nancy McSwain, Henry Barton, Mattie Porters, Bob Fred erick, Sam Barton, Fred Barton, Barton Janos, Aury Ewing, Anna Dogln, Terrell Janes, Dock Janes, Waddy Janes, John Barton, Loony Barton, James Barton, Mary Bar ton, Dave Barton, Warren Barton, Aura Barton, Pope Barton, Eliza both Dycre, Vira Lasslter, Eliza Whitley, Aura Wllkens, D. O. Bar ton, Aura A. Odie, William Cut birth, Nancy E. Hill, Leo Cuthlrth, Joe B. Cuthlrth. Dave Cutblrth, Lizzie A. Odie, Kate Rust, Willie Cowln, Millard Cowln, Sal lie M. Swift, Thomas Morgan, Etta Lee, Ida Wright, Wm. H. Morgan, ll. G. Morgan, and Della Pople, Defendants. Amended Summons for Relief. To Ibo Defendants Above Named: You aro hereby summoned and required to answer tho complaint in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of Com mon Plea for tho said county, and to serve .i copy of your answer to tho saiii complaint on the subscribers, at their office on tho Public Square, at Walhalla Court Houso, South Caro lina, within twonty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and If you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs In this action will apply to. tho Court for tho re lief demanded in the complaint. E. L. ll 10 RN DON, R. T. JA YNES, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. April 1!), HU I. 1C-21 SULPHUR I milln LAUOK. $1.00. MM A ,VM. MljUlU, KftVotlvo for Kosema, ltoli. Ringworm, rolstjn Oak. Insect.sting*, ?to. AU Skin Eruption*. ?ml Scalp Ailment'*. You need not go to th? Sulphur Spring?; thia gives you a porfeot?uipuur Hath And Invigorating Tonio Drink. niUTMFNT ?'AR.?.R JARt.SS* ?MALI. 280. A Vinimtnu BwollliiK?. Inflamed or C linfcd Tari Splendid for the Complexion! koep* the skin ?oft and WOT Hale by I'rugnltu. Manft'd by H ANCOCK IJ t U fW neater **Vt iupply you, ?eat by Mall For Salo by NORMAN & COMP Ash, Poko Root and Potassium) Powerful Permanent cf. titubborii c(usc3 Good results iro dly yield to P. P. P. lasting-it Mires kly wiicn other lm .li- you to staycured eines aro useless . IP* \\\\?m )tiro blood - cleanses thc entire strengthens digestion und nerves. lood Poison end skin diseases. d Stops the Pain; ends Malaria; y-builder. Thousands endorso it. SAVANNAH, GA. WI NTH HOP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP ANO ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships In Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on FRIDAY, JULY T, at 1) a. m. Applicants must bo noL. loss than flt teen years of ago. When scholarships are vacant after July 7 they will be awarded to tliose making the highest average at tills examina tion, provided they meet tho condi tions governing the award. Appli cants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the ex amination for scholarship examina tion blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 20, 1911. For fur ther Information and catalogue, ad dress Pres. 1). H. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C._29? HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM It Ia An Internal Dtacaae And ne? qulrea An Internal lleaaedy. Tho cause of rheumatism and kindred dlBca8cs ls an excess of uric acid in tho blood. To euro this terrible dlsoaso this acid must be expelled and the system so regulated that no more acid will be formed in excessive quantities. Rheuma? titan ls an intornal disease and requires an internal romcdy. RUBBING with Oils and Liniments WILL. NOT CURIO, affords only temporary relief at best, causes you to delay tho proper treat ment, and allows the malady to get a firmer hold on you. Liniments may ease tho pain, but they will no moro cure Rheumatism tbun paint will chango tho fiber of rotten wood. I Science bas at last discovered a per fect and completo cure, which ia called IUicumacldc. Tested In hundreds of cases, I lt has effected tho most marvelous cures; wo bellevo it will cure you. Hbeumacido gets at, tho joints from tho inside, sweops tho poisons out of tho system, tones up tho stomach, regulates thc liver and kidneys and makes you well all over. Rheumacldo strikes tho root o? the dis enso and removes Its cause. This splen did remedy is sold by druggists and dealers generally at 50c. and $1 a bottle. In Tablet form at 25c. and GOc.a package. Write to Bobbitt Chemical Co., Balti more. Md. Booklot free Tablets sent by mall. For Salo by THE NORMAN COMPANY, q Walhalla, S. C, Wi MARCUS C. LONG, A ttorney-at-Law, Phone 00. A> Walhalla, South Carolina. ? . i \] Office Over Oconee Nevrs. 1 E. L . HBRNDON, Attoraey-at-Law, 4fc ) Walhalla, South Carolina. PHONE No. 61. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shel*?," Pickens, S. C. Walhalla, B. C. W. C. Hughs, Walhalla. CAREY, NH FLOR & HUGHS, Attornoyr and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. O. Practice In Stote and Federal Court?. R. T. JAYNES, A ttorney-at-Law, Walhalla, South Carolina. Practice in State and Federal Coarta. Bell Phone No. 20. DR. D. P. THOMSON, DENTIST, SENECA, SOUTH CAROLINA. OFFICE OPEN EVERY DAY. DR. W. P. AUSTIN, Dentist, Seneca, South Carolina. OMco over J. W. Byrd ft Co. M . R. MCDONALD, A ttomcy-at-Law, Walhalla, South Carolina. Office With H. T. Jayncs. JAMES M. MOSS, -^ -INSURANCE FIRE . LIFE irjoitmr, Walhalla, South Corolira. AUTO REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES. (.'nil und see nie or phono 84. Prompt, attention to all ?alls. All work guaranteed. L. O. WHITE, Walhalla. 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