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. H. AULL, UDITOR. Alderman Langford informed us that he desires Friend street paved from Caldwell to the depot but his protest was against the use of the old bricks which are so worn it is impossible to make a good sidewalk. PROSPERITY NEWS. Oil Mill Now Running, Soon to Run Day and Night -Visitors and Other Important Items. Prosperity, S. C., Nov. 5.-The Cotton Seed Oil Mill began this week. Lights are being placed in the building and then the machin cry will run night and day. This is now the centre of atttraction for our people, both residents and visi tors. And we are all rejoicing that the wheels of this new indus try are moving. We are truly thankful for this and are looking for the signs that will inaugurate something further. Rev. S. H. Zimmerman, of New berry, preached the special mission ary sermon in Wightman Chapel before the Woman's Missionary So ciety. IIe made a strong presenta tion and it was well received. Mr 1.), W. Boland, agent on the C., N. & L., and family left here Monday in company with Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Kinard. Mr. and Mrs. Kinard will make their home in Atlanta. Mr. Boland and family are on a visit to Macon, Ga., and other point.r, Mr. E. A. Counts moved this week into his new house on Elm street. From the many fruit trees ha,led this week from this shipping point our people's appetites are set on fruit. Rev. 11. A. McCullough visited in this community, his old home, on his way to his new home at Mt. Pleasant, N. C. in his new field Mr. McCullough will engage in teaching and preaching. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. B. Harmon, of Greenwood, who have been vis iting relat -:es throughout this corn munity, ha%e returned home. Mr. L. R. Whitmire was away for several days on a visit to his home in Greenvil'e. Mr. R. A. Abrais was on our streets this week in the interest of he Pacific LifIe Insurance Coim pany. Miss Lillie Mac lussell has re turnmed from a visit to Columbia. Miss Lena Moseley came home from the Presbyterian College for W\omnen on a visit home. The familiar face of Mr. Olin Bc bb is again scen on our streets. Hei wvent, about a month ago, to Philadelphia and coteredl the ma chine shops and engaged in the making of locomotive engines. lie does not say that he returned on one of his own construction. Mr. IIenry J1. Rawi has returned from a visit to his home ini Lexing ton county. Miss Frances RawI returned last Saturday from a trip to her home in R ichland county. TEACHERS' MEETING. Will be Held on Saturday, the 21st Prominent Speakers to be Invited. A teachers' meeting will be held in thle Boundary street graded school building on Saturday, the 21st of this month. A p)rominent speaker will be p)resent and deliver an address. The teachers of the county are urged to make their arrangements to be present. It is dlesired to make these these teachers' meet ings hoth plleasaniit and of beiiefit to those wh~o attendl, and this can only be done fully where there is a CASE MOST UNIQUE IN GRIMIANL ANNALS. WASHINGTON, GARY AND SANDERS ACQUITTED OF MURDER A Case Without Precedent, With Many Turns, and Every Turn Present ing a Novel Question. The criminal annal, of the coun try fail probably to present a case more unique and interesting than the trial of Isaiah Sanders, Green wood Washington and Tom Gary, for the murder of J. Butler Kinard, which consumed Wednesday and yesterday morning of the general sessions court here. The case went to the jury about noon yester day, the Solicitor having consented not to ask for a verdict of guilty as to Washington and Gary. The jury after being out several hours returned a verdict of not guilty as to the three. Elijah Edwards was tried on Tuesday for the murder of Kinard, and convicted with a recominenda tion to mercy. The three other negroes were implicated by Ed wards' confession, which convicted him. The confession was not used in the case ot the other three, but Edwards was the star witness, and right well did lie hold the boards, as will be seen from the detailed account of the trial given below. Sanders was represented by F. H Dotninick, Gary by I. H. Hunt and F. 14. Bynum, and Washington by Cole L. Ulease and L. W. Jones. How well these attorneys fought will be gathered from the report and it will be seen also how strong ly they were opposed by the solici tor. The case was called Wednesday inorming. In the very beginning a novel question arose, whether or not the jurors having heard Edwards' con fession were eligible to sit on the case. These jurors were stood aside as they were called and the panel included those who were supposed not to have heard Edwards' con fession. All the jurors except those in the Edwards case had been excluded the day before. THE' iSTIMONY. J. W. Derrick, sworn for the State, gave practically the same evidence as in the Edwards case. Elijah Edwards was presented as a witness for the State. Mr. F. II. Doinick objected to Ed wards being swvorn, on the ground that on the (lay before Edwards had been convicted of murder, a heinious crime, and was therefore disqualified. Mr. D)oiinick cited supreme co" C dlecisions. Solicit:-. Scase said he had no author-ity on his side; except it wvas the conninon p)ractice of the courts. Mr. D)ominick read autho1 ities to sustain his contention that infamous crimes render a witness incompe tent, and held that murder was an intamnous crime. Mr. Jones said that if a misde nmeanor disqualified a witness, as was well established, then certainly a felony disqualified. Mr. I. H. Hunt argued along the same line. Mr. Bynum cited authorities where it was held that a conv-ictioi: for manislaughter- disqualified a wit nless. Mr. Blease read from Clark's Criminal Law, wvhere it is held per sons convicted of infamous crimes are dlebar-red as witnesses. and ar gued that so far as Edwards not having been sentenced was con cernedl, that he was practically sen tenced when the v'erdict was ren dered, the presidling judge having no alternative in the sentence. RDwVARDS NOTi DEnARRED). Judge H-ayneswvorth ruled thai Edlwards was not debarred, giving two grounds for his opinion; that Edwards had not ynt been se. tenced; and that under his view of the law in this State murder was not named as one of the disquali fying criwnes. Judge Haynesworth remarked in passing that in his opinion disquali fying crimes were those including moral terpitude, rendering witnesses unworthy of belief, such as theft and arson. Murder did not neces sarily imply moral terpitude. A man might kill another on account of a grudge and yet be worthy of belief by his countrymen. "TROUBLR BHGAN TO BREW" Elijah Edwards was Eworn, and then it was that "trouble began to brew." He readily answered the fir'st few preliminary questions put to him by the solicitor. First be was instructed that his case was still before the court and that lie would not be compelled to answer any questions which might incrimi nate him. The solicitor had proceeded a short way in his examination when Edwards made the rather startling announcement that lie didn't "sus pose" to answer any more questions. The solicitor pressed his question, and the judge holding that it might lead to something incompetent, the jury were retired aud Edwards an swered the question. When the jury returned Edwards told Solicitor Sease that hie "ad done tole him all lie knew" and he closed his mouth forthwith. Nor would he answer any more questions. Judge I-laynesworth held that the witness was his own judge as to whether or not some of the questions would in criminate him, but others lie or dered Edwards to answer. Ed wards failed to open his mouth. He sat with apparent unconcern and looked at the solicitor. Ten minutes before the dinner hour Solicitor Sease asked that the recess be taken, which was done. EDWARDS TALKS. When Edwards took the stand after the recess hour he displayed a complete change of front, and read ily answered the questions pro pounded to him by the solicfor. He corroborated his con fession (which confession is printed in full in the account of Edward9' trial). He said that he was standing off about fifty yards when Gary and Sanders went with Washington into (he house. That the gun was fired about an hour after the three en tered, they having consumed the hour ini conversation with Kinard. Edwards said that Greenwvood WVashington told him that night that lie (Washington) fired the fatal shot. Gary told wvitniess he set the house on fire. Witness said he left after the killing because ad vised to do so by the other three. CL.OS~ D)OwN AGAIN. Mr. Blease was the first attornev for the defense on cross exaina tion. Edwards answered a few pre limiinary questions, and then said lie " didn't suspose to answer any more,'' he "'wasn't going to answer another question today.'' Ordered by Judge Haynesworth to answer the questions, he said he wasni't answering another qtuestion in t.he court house. The Solicitor: "YVou must an swer the. questions, Elijah ;the court has ordlered you to do it.'' Edwards: "'I doani keer inuthiin' 'bout no court.'' Witness had stopped when Mr. Blease produced a paper purporting to have been signedl by Edwards in the presence of Messrs. John C. Gog gans and H. H. Rikard, in which Edwards contradicted his former confession. The court ordered the witniess again to answer, and Edwards re plied that lie wvould rather suffer the (heath penalty than answer. Mr. Blease kept firing in his questions but Edwards was as silent [Concluded on ncxt page] IN EVERY I There must be leade flict of modern times is than to the battle for lead business. Our battle cry i Worth." It's the talk of th in the country have taken our praises. The balmy b beautiful Autumn mornin and it has been wafted to through every valley. Th already announced us thE victors belong the spoils. This space will not a detail of the greatest barg will mention a few items: Serges, Prunellas, Veneti line, Homespun's, Ladie Casimers, Henriettas Everything in Waistings Prettiest Furs and JackE and examine them, no trc Everybody bidden to com place or the winning side Y our< Cerointy Guaranteed at our Rel Wm. E. Pelha We Employ Ti-e be, _ with th Prescriptions put up by rr with care and precision. Every Article Sold a __-------____ Store is guaranteed by us to be OrderS From country --__ - filled with desr PriceS To country stor< est in any city. Wm. E. PELH RELIABLE PRESCRIPTI NEWBERRY, - This is n but is sim; buy your the C We have placed in ours1 contains. TWENTY I \\e wil give a Key to this B~ox Free $.oo or over. Two (2) Revs with es over. Three (3) Keys with every pair Only T H REE Keys wvill open this 1b out you may try your Key. The first Key to unlock the box The second( Rev to unlock the ho Thle third Key to un!ock the box No Key w il be tried unless the tag is to hav e .a key. We (do not knhow whic ad vertuse in this pa per w hena allI the hou r si e ve rybody will have an equtal c f( I on't lose the Tag-The Keyi WVe have lie largest select ion, the be styl ish shoes that are mantifactured of p)le.1se everybody. 0. K L ET THE FAIR ANID SQJ REGISTRATION NOTICE. Irj TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN T HAT th( i the books of registration for the Da Town of Newberry, S. C., are now an< open, and the undersigned as Super- cis visor of Registration for said town will sha keep said books open every dlay from 9 on a. m. until 5 p. mn. (Sundays excepted), val including the 7th (lay of December, fib, 1903. sha T.0. STEWART, I Supervisor of Registration Town ofuc Newberry, S. C. Septenmber 7, 1903. PONFLICT rship, and in no con this more aphicable ership in the retail s "A Bigger Dollar's etown. Ourfriends it up and are singing racing breezes of the gs have taken it up, every hill top and e buying public have victors, and to the dmit the mention in 'ains yet offered, but Zibilines, Cheviots, ins, Soleils, Crepo 3 Cloths, Flannels, Black and Colors. can be found here. ts in the city. Call uble to show goods. e, and is welome to >bedient servant, d 0ie et liable Drug Store, m & Son. 3t skill and back it e ripest experience. ien who know how, t our Reliable Drug that bears our rame of full standard. or from a distance atch. .s equal to the low. IM & SON, ON DRUGGISTS, 3OUTH CAROLINA,. 50 a gambling scheme, >ly an inducement to 3HOES frorn us for vindow a box which )OL LA RS. with every pair of Shoes sold at 'cry pair of Shoes sol at $2.0o or of Shoes sold at $3.00 or over, ox. WVhen Keys have all given takes T1EN DOLLARS. x takes SIX DOLLAR8. takes FOUR D)OLL.ARS. at t aCcd. No em ploye allowed h key opens the box. We shall. keys are taiken and set a day and hane to try his Keys. s wvort hless withbout it. st quiality. the most durable and Leather and Iron, at prices~ which ARE~ DEALER. ARBOR DAY FOR SIOOLS, HE FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS of Newberry County will observe Third Friday in November as Arbor y . On that day the School Officers Teachers will conduct such exer as and engage in planting such ubs, plants and trees as will impress the minds of the p)upils the proper uc and appreciation to be placed on ers,reornamental shrubbery and 3y ordler of the County Board of Ed ition. EUG. S. WE~RTS,