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4.~~ x.' 4 VOL XLIV. NO 45. NEWBEfRRY. S. 0. TUE~SDA-YTIUNE 4,1907.0WO EK.$.0AYA DEATH CAUSED BY DRUG. That Is Vedrict of Coroner's Jury in Armstrong Case-Armstrong Held for Trial Sessions Court. Mention of the deith of Mrs. Cor lie M. Berry,t.ifter havi.ng eleven .teeth extracted by Mr. Clint. Arm strong on last Thursday, was made in The Herald and News on Friday. The coroner held an inquest on Fri day and the testimony at the inquest is given in full in this connection. The facts brought out are substanti ally the same as pri.nted in Friday's paper. As stated, Armstrong was ar rested at Clinton on Thursday after noon and was brought, to Newberry Friday morning by Sheriff Buford and was present at the inquest, niak ing a statement under oath which is )art of the testimony before t1e cor oner. Doctors W. E Pelham, Jr., and P. M. Ellesor submitted a statement to e effect that Mrs. Berry died after Oving her teeth extracted and after vin a fluid injected in her gums deaden the pain, but they did not certify as to the cuase of her death. The verdict of the coroner's jury, however. says that. her death was caused by the., use of the drug. Mr. Armstrong is held on the charge of murder and has employed Blease & Dominick to defend him. Application was made yesterday for bail and So licitor Cooper waived his right to four days notice and admitted that the de fenda.it is entitled to bail. Court will convene here next Mon day when the case will be disposed of. Selona Price sworn says: One, Mr. Arnstrong, came to my house and represented himself as a dentist. He pulled eleven teeth for Mrs. Cor rie ..er H .nd.om - -idrg in her mouth to prevent the pain while extracting the teeth. He pulled the teeth about 10:30 o'clock. *Ghe seemed to be affected immediate ly after he was through pulling her teet.h. She died about 12:55 o'clock. -She complained of a smothering at her heart. To my knowledge she had no-t been affected this way before. Mr. Armstrong came back to my house about 12 o'clock. He told me to phone for a doctor. her Selona X Price. mark May 30, 1907. Henry P. Rivers sworn says: I was present which Mrs. Corie M. Ber ry, died. It was then 12:45 o'clock. I stayed with .her until sh6 died. She died of strangulation. She never spoke a word after I arrived. H. P. Rivers. Mrs. Lizzie Rivers sworn says: I came to S. L. Price's residence about 12:30 o'clock. I found Mrs. Cprrie Berry very sick. She could hardly speak, but I understood her to say to fan ,her for breath. She died about 12:52 o'clock. Lizzie Rivers. Selon.a Price (recalled) : After r.. Ar'mstbrong adminstered the 1rug, Mrs. Berry did not complain fany pain while her teeth were eing extracted. He charged twvo lIars for pulling her teeth. her Sehona X Price. mark This is to certify that Mrs. Corrie Berry died af.ter having eleven ) -teeth extracted by a dentist, a >stance beisng injected into her ms to prevent t;he pain while ex eting. This substance being un wvn to us. W. E. Pelh am, Jr., M. D. P.' G. Ellesor, M. D. ay 30, 1907. S'Newberry, S. C. Clint Armstrong sworn says: I h \e to Mollohon mill about 9 ock yesterday morning, was enn ,ing' from house to house to see /could find wvork to do, extracting th. About 10 o'clock I came to ,I ady's .house and told her my tess. She told me she had been nug trouble with her teeth and Kglad I came around .as she had \r ihave them pulled atth .~ She had her head bandaged nd- she said she thought it was Jgi case from-.e bad teeth. her I would like to tpke her /0ut and make her a plate when her mouth got well. She asked n prices and I gave them to her. 91 told me she had been sick, unable work and lasked her her trouble She said the doetors told her sI had heart trouble. . told her WOUIl('t like to use local anaesthet if she had heart, trouble. Her sist said she thought she had indigestic instead of heart trouble. I told h( if she had indigestion, it would < 10 harm to use anaesthetic. She sa she wasn't well, but her nerves we good. She could staid almost. an thing. I said I didn't like much tackle the job, but she said it lool like if T can stand it, you can. 11 upper teeth were already pulleId. SI said 'mr. Tayior hiad t.aken theni or I asked her if Mr. Taylor used loe annes,the.tic and she said lie did. told her -to come out on the ba< piazza and try it and see if she wou take the anaesthetic all righ-t. SI came out and I put the anaesthet arouid one or two teet.h, then I as ed how she was feeling and sie sa she fel.t all right, for ine to go alica and repeated that she was sicki but that she .had a good nerve. finished putting it around the tee and extracted thei. Then I aski for camphor and bathed her face e.amplhor and cold water, as I alwa; do, and gave her a glass ot vat with eaiphior in it to wash hIer motu out. I then sat down and talked her andl her sister. I think saw h from tle mill wi.iidow and can home. The youn -ger sister asked il older one if they hurt her, she sa no, it didn't huiirt. an(] the young sister said she had two that sl would like to have pulled. I told h1 to let me take them out. for heir whi I was here. I took two 'teeth o and she went oin back to the mi The lady thatidd d T-Tna1 lie house) to get her pur and pay ine. I told her not to be any hurry as I wanted to stay aron and see how she was going to g along. I felt her hands and th< were cold. I told her sister to ru one of her hands and I rubbed ti other and we would start circulatio Mrs. Berry said her hands were a iays cold, that she was-a subject I those spells. I asked her to lie dow and wrap up and got wai. Si said she couldn't lie down that sli had smothering spells. I asked hE if she had asthma and she said n4 she thought it was her heart. I the asked how she was. feeling. I wo getting ready to go have some mo ey changed. She gave me a $5.00 bi and I didn't have any change. said, I will get it changed and waii to come back after a while and s< how you are getting along,. When came back T asked her how she wa feeling, and she said about as we as Usual, as she was always sick. told her sister to get something an put around her and they brought a overcoat out there. I told her, we if she thought she was all right, would knock around and call hack I see her again. While I was knockin around Mr. Dodd sent word to ii to be at his house at 12 o'clock I see his wife. They thought she ha a piece of tooth left in her' gum I went to Mr. Dodd's house a fe minutes b)efore 12, I waited for' hii to come home. I told Mr. Dodd' there was a piece in t,here to let alone it would come down to su face of gums. I talked to Mi'. TDod a few minutes and -went towar( Mrs. Berry's ngain. Just before got to Mrs. Bermy's I met her fatl er. He fa Ither t:ld me that h dauighiter' wa4 very sick and for' n t. go* 'in down '.-' re to see her,. wvent d.r a" . untd her im a. li. d cona't. .1. I told her <hie ha~ h.e:ter El' f..r' a' doctor. Herr si: er sp)ok lijp and 3.id1 it .v. nt neCi 'i -vr. '> r H- the doctot wvouldnhi ini her gums. I told her that woul give her r'elief, and asked if she ha ever had a spell that h)ad beCfor She (Mrs. Berry's sister) shid si had had several spells -tha.t bad bi fore. I told 11cr well, I would rath er fosr, her to send after the docto that her having those teeth extrac ed and one of those smothering spel: mig'ht pr.ove! more serious than ia thought. I asked her who her doi tor was, she gave me his n ame, but disremember who. I asked her h te she got word to the doctor, and she eo said she telephoionedI him from the o mill. I asked rlici' if the doctor was s. slow about coming when they called le him. She said no, he was always I Ihere inl tenl or fieftecn minutes after i( he re(eived the message. There was 'r a young Mal in the dining room and il i asked tie hady if that was her huis r hanld. She said it was one of the l family that was going' back to the id mill. I asked him if lie was -oing re ri:ht away and he said lie was, and v- that le could (-all the doctor as soon :0 as he got there. I told her I had cs called at noon time to pull a little w b!oY's tooth while his father , was ie there. I Iold her that I iad done all I. that I knew to do and I would have l' to tin it over to i medical doctor. I I left her and told her if I had time, ,k I would try to get back. I got out I side and looked at my watch -aid it te was 20 minutes past 1.2 o'clock. I ic had ima-de arrangements to go off on i- -hat 12:46 Irain. I told my sister i in-law that I would come by and see [i, her before I went. I went. back to y, Newberry mills about 25 or 26 minl I utes to 1 o'clock. I talked to my I sister-in-law .a little bit and went on d to the train. T told Hope or Cope in and o0ler people that I was going to ,,s leave (ni t le C., N. & L. train. I 1r told him at, breakfost. anid lie told Ih me to come back to dinner, and I o asked w:at time the traiii left and 3r' he said 12:47, and I told him I le woulldn't have time. Day before yes le terday I took one drink wit.h Tim id mermani and I also told him that I Mi was going off on tHll train vester ic lay. I did not drink any wh.iskey 3r at all yesterday. le I have been practicing- this dentis it try foi two years the 1.741 of next l3. July. I have been usi- this medi r, ein on- rilfferent' patients ever since ;e then. Mrs. Berry's pulse seemed all n right when.1 was working on her and d that, was the reason I thought she t wa1,s going to stand it. :3? I am not a licensed dentist. I un ,b derstalnd it is not ulawful to pull e teeth without a license. We have a i book on the laws of dentistry and it says it is not against the laws of South -Carolina to pull teeth. I n don't know whether or not it is e against the laws to use anaesthetics e to kill pain inl pulling teeth. I don't r know what kind of different medi c eines it is composed of. I don't n know how many times I filled my s pump when I was putting that med 1 i,ciic in there. I ahijays puit the 11 medicine in until the gums turn I white, then .it is ready for pulling. It You can't tell how much you put, in e tihe gums as you waste the medicine some times more than goes in. the gums, sometimes not as much. Wliei I first started she seemed to be all right, but of course she was siekly, as she said heirself she was esikly,. but she had a good nerve. I Whenl I first started she seemed to stand it all right. I didn't know 0whether' t.his medicine comes up to g but she sa.id she thbought she could C stand almost anything. I (10 not knowv 0w:hether' this medicine 'comes p to dthe pure food law 01' nat. You can ask Dri. Strickland, as lie mixes it. a Q. Are you not supposed to k-nowv Swhether the patient can stand it or not before' you hut the medicine ini. . . T can't tell. We have never (1 hiad trouble in using this mnedicinie on s a wvell person and T expect we have I used it a thousand times. The bottle .was something like 2-3 full when I s started this work on Mr's. Berr'y. Af e ferw~ards T iused thme same medicine 1 n Mi's. Bermry 's siste'. I pulled six teen teeth for' one lady at Chin ton I and( uised medicine out of this same bottle and I suppose it in 1-3 full. .That bottle was one ounce bottle. I Shad bottle of 1-40 grain sitryehnine .in that satchel and other' medicines d for myself. d C. C. Ai'mstrong. 3. Dr'. A. C. Stiiekl.and swoi'n says: e Armstrong made a correct statemoeni m- as .to the time lie has been with me. -I live in Andei'son, S. C., I have been r, pi'acticing dentistry 29 year's. Mr'. L- A rmstrmong has been my extratoir s pietty well al.together. I heave ex e i'raeted very few teeth when Mr'. Armsti'oing for six or' seven year's been using the medicine used by Armst rong fot six xor' seven year's atnd have sfixed it up for othters and have qnever had any serious results before. The only ingredient in it that Conhd le poisonous is cocaine and less cocaine in it than any pre paration I have been able to get hold of. Tlerv is only 2 1-2 grain of co aine 6 One minne oif Wtler. The other fin-l-edielts i-1. it are-0 to pre serve it mid4 nake it stable and ho calizize it, ald to make it a nor-mal saline siutkiion witi tlat. of the blood. I love 1 used it tihollsands of times and never1 had trouble with it. before. A. C. Strickland. Vordiet ''hat said Corrie M. Berry cile to her death by drug used by C. C. Aristrong wiile ex tracting teeth, May 30, 1907. J. C. C. Price, Forenian. NEGRO BURGLAR SHOT. Enters House in Laurens County in Broad Daylight-When Caught He Opens Fire. Goldville. Jhue 2.-Lanens county hias allotlieri homicide mnarked against 'her, but the coroner's jury has re turned a verdiet that the killing to da* was Justifiable. Jolhn McMorris, colored, was killed in th le lhomlie of Mr E. Rihett Crawd,ford by Mr. John C. Boyd. 'I'he uegro's purpose tlere was robbery. Mr. Crawd f1ord oldticts a store about tiree miles from o(Ioldville and lor somle lilmiv Ias beenl missing1 arti eles theret'r'oml. 'T1he store adjoins and is a part of his rsidenec. le hIas observed tlat tile rOhheries hlad oc curred geiierally on Sundays. To(ay lie prepared I trap for the th ief >r thives. His brotlhers-in-law, Messi4. -Joni C. Boyd and John L Dickert, r.nained in the house wlil Mr. Crawford and his fanily drove off to ch-urch, after going - irougli tile form of lockin.g. up the house. When the Craw.fords were well on their way to cliur al Goldville John McMAlorris came out of the woods and walkel boldly up to the house, tiking a key from his pocket, and opening the door. Once in the d-welling lie would have had no trouble to get in to the store. When Mr. Boyd ordered the negro to halt and' throw up his hands Me Morris drew his pistol and fired twice. Mr. Boyd returned the fire with a Winchester rifle and the ne gro fell at the first shot with a bullet thromh his brain. The coroner's jury, which was em paneled this afternoon, returned a verdiet of justifiable homicide. Mr. Boyd regrets the occurrence very much. It is believed that others were in plieated with MeMorris in t.ieso rob heries. COTTON CROP OUTLOOK POOR. E. D. Smith Issues Statement on the Situation.--He Thinks Crop Will be Short. Columbia, J-une 2.-Mr'. E. F). Smnithi. eeneral an'en.t of the Sout hern eotton Association, who was inl the city today, gave out the following in reQard to the ('Ottonl crop cond1ition.s ''Unving writ ten to the state presi deints as to t'he condition of the crop and the outlook, T want to g'ive to the puliic a few of tihe replies that have' come to me from meni whose standinw in their community at tests their integ'rity: therefore, what they say may he'relied u~pon. ''Fromn Hen~tderson,i Texas. JT. C. HIieker. inesident of the Firist Na t.ional flank, writes- under' date of M'ay 27 ns follows: The outlook in Texas is sorry, indeed, for cot ton. F,ast Texas has reduced her acreage 'fully forty pcir cent, antd niany far'm era' are' still ploughiing upf cotton. and p)laniting peas and corn ; ma-ny have plantted~ tlree times and still have a sor'ry st ani . The b)011 weev'il is her'e inl a-reat tnu rera, ind many farmner.4 hlave n1o hipes of maklinlg 'any cotton at all. So yOnl can see why theyi are replanting in something else. Middle Texas-thu. lack land1 district-has nearly alliboen replanted, and the CrOj) will 14 necessatrilyplate. T talked wvith s-ometrmers from Ellis County last T.hursl y, and they' told mne [lhey had to plam the second tice and are not done ujatiting yet. Further weost, in Mitchell, Volemua, Taylor and Tom ireel, and that whole sectiion, lh'ave hud no rnin since December, and Ai conlseqpently eould not plant corn nor COttonl. It tliey make anly in that set-Ool it is yet to b planted. Sout.h Texas uas ,o-red to replant. and, as a vonlsequenice, thet crop is Ila te with i ineh complaint of boll weevil. Iin my to sec-tion they-Alie holl weevil-are 5 puneturinig tIle s<lares on, all early eot ion. Farmers told me Satirday IM that oin early planting they find three in Or four to tle stalk. So tle general w outlook ill Texas is really bad. (a ''T. (!. ljonl.. l'rom Jackson, Tenn., W un1fder date of' May 2S, writes in part P't .s follows: The outlook for a. cotton to erop in Texas is extremely had. The g entire c-op was planted over, and it di is niot yet ill). Under Very favorable it, conditions we may raise a half crop. tlh This iorning tle Ie.eury is d'own W to forty degrees and frost visible. You of enn11 draw yvourl own Concluisionls. rle ''These two letters are inl kvopin. Ill with those from Mssissippi, Arka ta sas. Louisiania and Alabaia. South arolina. North Carolina and a npor- T tion of (eorgia seem to be the best thl off. while outlook in these states is d( certaiin1lv belor an1ythinig like an aver- e a11 r1. TI'e publie will bear il 0 mind( that this is the 1st 4yf .luine. And ill sillev tile writillg (if 1.lese lelt jers ti (lloted (oretilal raills liave eovered w tile enti'e cotton helt. Nve have beell e4 sA r glinl!" f,.r 11hree ye (ars to (-,t thle Siliation ill our has1141s. It seems as VeI it' providence has ..hie uts th po-Iat tlnity t.o realize fiml- hopv. Fro ill hie bit pr'eent11 (11llook alld from the( p)rill-ei- b ples involvel it does Sevil as if the Ib raimers anld mllerllanis wouilV4 Id refrainl 141 from sellilng vottom for 'all delivery i at a priee w'hich neither tihe outlook m of a erp ior t-he present priee of tl maniufaetured goods warriats. So fir ll as ie Soumhern Collon Assoeiation le in its rela-lion to the (otoni of the world is ('olecileed the majority of lis (o not propose to take advant(a g'e. bi If a ottol fa1i4ne and the lisastrous ScareitY of cotton to force ih(- price a F to unwarrantable heiglits; no more ' flhan we propose when seasons are ra mropitions a.nd the supply over -a.bun- gr dan.t to allow the price to be disas- th trously depressed. As I have often to said before i want this to be,a square wi dl1021, I want our share of the profits 'e that we are entitled to in, beillg the P sourec or supply for the Wol'(l.'s fi- N< bre. tr ''Yesterday I was at St. Matthews, aind fouid inthat their ware house is fill priaetieally conpleted, and Orangoe bur", county iq still in linle doin.' her r tlity. Oil August 6 they will have a mecti'ig of aill -he (oulnties to go into the question of preparilg for tle ti 'ming erop ill detail. I shall be pres ent at this meetin aind hope MIPey farmer in Orangt.'ebirig Colnty an1 vey business manl lhat canll sil be present will he there, so that we can start ni.te'dly in our co-oeration with e other countlfies of the solith. 'From York County C. 1'0. Spencer sendts mie a cop oh thieiri a pplient'o N: for t'hiare for' t0'heiri 'are hlouse an "11f1 I would like 14o gtive to the publl)i( his ~ enlt ire c'ommuien('tion) as to thle pro'4 LtrIess of' ouri wor'k. bIi 'We have on hanid a inumiber' of .hooks of' meber)th'ip eerifientes, hea':rmn.e I le sea:l ofl theo Associ4'ation11t whli ch I hope t.he pr'es1'iens of' the i di tfe rent coun i-ies will suipp ly t hem selves' it.h so as Ito fuish O each1 nrembecr paying his dues a criificate~ 1: anud keelpinog a list of' thei-r namines.. 4rg'anizat.ion, alo)ng the line ofI orlgani- a iz.ation miielodini g ev'ery buisinei(ss i ter'est., beemise ever'1y biisinIess inilter- ' 'st. is to~ be benlefiterf by ourii success5I and14 adver'sely affected by ourll fail-j al If we eve~r i.e4t initimiate with Mrj. R?oseve'lt, we are going to ask him tol initiat those105 Meeklenburg lDeelara-. 13ion andu A ndrewv Jacksonl remanleers inito his club11. Nowi co)mes the stor'y that a carload ,,4 (of Texas hienis shiippedl to New Yor'k laid eggs enough on t-he way to pay t the freight. Rail bir'ds could have done no bettor. ' th STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION. proaching Meeting in Columbia President Aull Urges Large Attendance. The Son.th Carlilna rl-e.s associa ii neets in Charleston, as Ilie edi rs know, ()n (the 13th, 1-1th, and th ot ;iiv. I am1i1 delilited to ivar fron .so ily wN.-ho expvcL to at-teild this meet lid to see the arrangemleits, iich atre being made for the eniter iniieit o t.he association. It gocs Ilhout sayi.g, of Course, that when er ve Imieet il tie cif it v of Charles n 11hat lie edi.lors may expoc a Od tinic and Ilul they are never sappoint-ed. T tirust that. every ed irl inl the state will be present at is ieeting, and that lie will bring th himl) somle Imlemilbeor Iir meibers his faitily so that we may have a liliol of thIe vdifors in the state At will he both pleasait a.nd 11 profi ble. fIl rega rd to the trip to Jamestown. litive heard froim quite a number of ose who ini-teld to .0o anld those who S110, inl response to file eirenilari, hih I mllailed tol-. some time ago. I' COlrse thee is difereinee of op ioll as to ithle best itime to take tlie ip as well as Ihv Inaiieri inl which ' shall -o. 1 fiti 111.1 somie of Ilie itolr6 ealn arrange._.v to got to .o111les WI 111114111e4mre 4-woveniely-11 , chwap. and lieiker. by 14n lnd(Izv01singt Aily pair icknl: I n p t i lil ie state, 1( by 41-inl-b d1irvect I'nu)n their imIes. I have ab mn coint-deul that e liest arrm1:1It!"vmlen t will be for It, lix a ti mue wh len we shall meet Norfolk, and ht1 eah ( ed i-t or like h1is owin arran-l.vieits to get ere. At tile same lime we will ar Ime for i spei'il ear, wlieli will ve Columbia a It ftime to Ie al 11tw1eed and iiose who desire to gO It Ithe lipality canl meet its in Coltumi it and travel logether to Norfolk. had thotiglit that it woid le pleas t. to spend n1 day ell rotle at Rich IIdI, and I amit sure if we could ar in1e to do so, thil't no4) onle would re Dt t.he time 11hiiu1t spent, but it seems at (hose who intend to go prefer -o direet. from 4their homes, and I li, therefore, arrang.e for hotel co1m10dationi inl NorTolk or 011 lint Comfort during our stay i6i wfolk and also arrange for a boat 1) to Old Jamestown As well as a at trip to Baltimore and to other ints of interest around Norfolk. Ce dat-es and seltedles for these pt as well as tile rate and it le ho will le ainotineed later. There difference of opin.ion as to the ne for this Irip also, and T have nelntded Iot to i'1111onee any defi e date uItitill the meetiug of' the ate issoeiation, at which ime we ii have I tree Conference and an (.1han1ige of ideis as to tile best da1t1e ronr trip lo the exposttion. I ami very aixions hIat Ilh alsso it ion shall bie rep)resenle ni'1 t thle 'el s at No rfolk on I le 10t.h of' Junet d1 itelnodes I le week ofi our mooet at (Chairlestonii. I wats very anIx Is t.o attendi this mee.t ing mtyself, iowinlg to ouri meeting in Chl es ni, will lie unabille to do( so. T have poinated Mri. W. E. (Oonzales aitd .C. M. Gazlloway, of' I le Stlate. ais o iif our reprieseindive nn'5aid they ye (oniselnIed to( alttend4 thIe Nat ion mee('tinu.r. T shall he crlad to 'name o or thIiree othle rs if' lierie are anty l1 ennt and are willing to go. WeO veC no.1 been rep)rezel ill a Na nail meet ing in some years, and T ink we. shiould1( k eep in cloiser tonehCl IhI the Nat ionail asiaS('t ioni, and4 1 5ilsre if' thlure aire any oif' our mem rsX who cnn atutond1 itt Iiii tIme, wy will flind( ii. pleasans lt an, pi.irofi ile to (10 so, and T shall bie very id to nitme t hem as representat ives they will advisie me. Respect fully. 10. I1. AnlI, President. Idditor-T not.ice that you say that I women at t he ball tonigh t were legant ly gownel(d. '' Do yout think it "'gowned.l'' is a good( word'? Reporter-WVell you couldna't call am dressed.--&merville Jounnal,