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GARRISON GUILTY OF INSLAlUGIITE SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS Il THE PENITENTIARY. Judge Refuses New Trial-Convicte by Laurens Jury After Long Deliberation. The State. Laurens, Oct. 2.-J. Henry Garr son of Gray Court, who was th: morning convicted of manslaughte: was this afternoon sentenced to tw years at hard labor in the State per itentiary, >the motion for a new tria being overruled by Judge Memmin ger. The attorneys for the defens will carry the mattter to the suprem edurt and in all likelihood it wi come up in January. Garrison is or on the same bond of $500 that wa given August 1, when he was release .pending the trial held yesterday. Laurens, Oct. 2.-"Guilty of mar slaughter with a recommendation t the mercy of the court," was the ver diet written and handed in at 1 o'clock this morning by the jury ii the Garison munrder eases, whereupo: Mr. Featherstone at once gave notic of a motion for a new trial, whie will doubtless be heard at some tim during the day. After styaing in thi jury room all night, at 9.30 this morn ing the jury came out and announce< that they could not agree. Judg Memminger admonished them to usi every effort to reach an agreement that the county was at great expens( in the trying of such cases, and tha a jury had no right to try to shif the responsibility of a decision upow another jury. He recharged them oi the poin.ts of law involved and sen them back to find a verdict. At 11 o'clock they announced tha en agreement had been reached, an< the verdict of guilty of manslaugh ter with recommendation to the mercy of the court was read- by thi clerk. It is understood that on the firs ballot last night that two of the jur ors stood for acquittal, some for man slaughter, and some for murder. Thi morning, when sent back to the jur: -room, the same two stood for ac quittal -and the others for man slaughter; finally the verdiet render ed was reached -and the jg~ry had end ed its work. It is a matter worthy of note tha Judge Memminger has the fewes * number of mistrials to occur unde his presiding; he urges. the necessit; of a jury reaching some kind o: agreement, in fact, he all but tell them that they must agree. Hi * charge this morning was even strong er -than that of last night, and ni doubt the clearness and strength o: it caused the verdict to be reached. * TESTIMONY IN DETAIL. Miss Garrison's Testimony-Defend ant on Stand-Judge Memnin ger's Charge. The State. Laurens, Oct. 1.-At 12 o'clock t< night the jury in tha Garrison mur der trial had not reached a verdic and Judge Memminger ordered then locked up until morning. Laure,s, Oct. 1.-J. Henry Garri son was tried today in the court o general sessions for the killing of 3 Louis Williamson. All da.x was consumed in hearin * the testimnoy, the arguments of coun * sel and the judge's charge. Messrs Richey and Featherstone addresse< The jury in behalf of the defendant while Messrs. Cooper and Nelso2 spoke for the State. On the witness stand today, fo the first time, were declared the de tails of the tragedy, which occurre< near Gray Court at about 11 o 'clod] on the night of July 31, and in whic) Mr. Louis Williamson of Bethesda York county, lost his life. Mis Mary Garrison and her father wer 'the principal witnesses, Miss Garri son for the State and the defendan zfor himself. Although summoned b; the State. Miss Garrison 's testimon. was decidedly in favor of her fathex :a fact impossible to be concealed. The prosecution sought to shoi ;that Mr. Williamson was not takin: :advantage of Miss Garrison; that hi conduct was but the legitimate cares ses of a lover a.nd a future husbani The defense endeavored to show tha these acts were not within th bounds permissible and that the were committed against the will o Miss Garrison, who protested agains them, and endeavored to free herseli It was testified that Williamson ha been drinking, was intoxicated whe he arrived at Gray Court, but it wa acot proved that he had had an whiskey after 'his arrival and th State contended that he had time + :oher up before the shooting t< place. The defense held that Garrison not know that his daughter was gaged to Williamson. The prose tion contended that no harm or inji was committed, while the defe: took the position that the indicati< were sufficient to convince the fa er that harm was attempted. Judge Memminger made a bi but unusually strong charge to jury on the points of law involv s showing under what circumstan , an act like Garrison's would con 0 tute a defense of a female member - his family and at 8.15 o'clock jury retired to find a verdict. Composition of Jury. e Something over an hour was c e sumed this morning in the select Ll of a jury to try Mr. J. Henry Ga t son for the murder of Louis Willih s son of York county. Ten farm( I one clerk and a merchant compo the panel. The State opened its case by - testimony of Dr. C. E. Rogers ' Gray Court, who was called in to tend the deceased. Dr. Rodgers I 1 tified that he was called by Mr. G ' rison at about 11.30 to come to 2 house to see a "man he had shot.' Attende4 the wounded man and certained that there was no hope recovery. Death caused by inter hemorrhage. Some gunshot a wadding in the wound. Shot entei 1 to left of abdomen. Miss Mary Garrison was next 1 upon the stand. Had been teachi in the Bethesade high school, n< Rock Hill and in two miles of I Williamson home. Met Mr. J. Lo Williamson and later became engag to him. Returned home May 2 this year and Williamson came to her in June. Upon question fr4 counsel she stated that she had r told her mother of the engageme but her mother knew it after tl first visit. Williamson's conduct q proper and becoming a gentleman this first visit. On July 31 Willia son arrived at her home at about o'clock in the afternoon with J. Garrison, her father, who had goi upon her request, to meet him station. They went walking in t afternoon, had supper together a sat for a while on defendant's pori together with members of fami Later-at about 9:30-she and M -liamson went into parlor together a the family retired to their roomsJ b the night, she supposed, for ti: were not on the porch. Just Prior to Shooting. TRelating the circumstances ji Sprior to the shooting, Miss Garris Ssaid that Mr. Williamson acted iri a manner unbecoming a gentlem; - went too far, took undue liberti > She was begging him to desist Etones loud enough to be heard o side. Then she'saw the barrel of gun stuck into the window from i outside, heard her father's vo calling out something. Did not ku - what. She got ula and ran. Will'a son also got up and in just a momne she heard the shot. After the sI .she, with her sister, Fannie, andi mother entered the parn ,r. WillEs > mn sat down. but later walked wi - out assistance into the bed room, ji t back of the parlor, w1.ere he pul] c ff his coat and with hes- (Miss G: rison 's) assistance pulled off his e" iar. .%'e fanned him ,.,2 staye.i - hde:il of bed most of the time. S1h a little while on sofa next u:or:::i -Ila-1 n-nt some flowe14 :along w: 'L' .c boy next day and identified 1 e ar.I on the flowers. A's - identi5 - ai !etter of sympathy she ha~d writt . frs "i'ame on afte- the t.-aret i This i:tter was not adtI.tted as e .dence. When Mr.'NelsoA banded I l'etter :a Miss Garrison she lboked it a moment ard then to~ j l' ut e throwing it on the floor. At the e< . clusion of her testimony Mr. Feath i stone apologized for the act, sayi e that under the severe strain Miss G: a rison wag not herself. ,Jud-ge Memminger stated th!at he a preciated the situation and the a would not be deemed contempt . court. t On cross-examination by . Featherstone Miss Garrison said ti she knew by his general 'demear that Mr. Williamson had been dri] ing. She gave Mr. Williamson's< e ing statement to her. It was th ,"I know I am going to die and s was to blame for the shooting a - not your father, and I don 't wi .your father hurt for it.'' t Reexamined by Mr. Nelson, M1 e Garrison said that after the shoot! Mr. Williamson asked her to get f suit er She did so, an.i he go1 t bottle of whiskey out of it. Some .the whiskey had been taken from j bottle. a Mr. T. L. Shell and Mr. W. Blythe were put up by the State, y first testifying that lie was notif e ,of the shooting and went to the G SiMsan honse at aout 12 o'clok e )Ok did en- u iry g ase yns he the A. HATted, ces a NE WH 1K YS 3ti- W jIKL S of 1 the on ion rs, Ta xoe is our hpphg Sed best adr. quizL.et shippi:Lfl'% ,citia HATKE'S VIRGINIA Mf 'IJT the i PRIVATE STOCK CO :N-'Ti of " HOLLAN D GIN-Dest Gin sold at- APPLE BRANDY-This years PEACH BRANDY-Made esp es- ''ADD 1 ar his We prepay express Charges z as of aal S(80-8(2-8(M4-80w . .nd -ed >ut stayed until nearly morning. William- si ng son made a statement to him, but it U 1 was not admitted as testimony at t( ;he first. Court heard statement while w ais jury retired which was: "I don't see k ed 'why that man shot me." c of Proper legal foundation for the in- h, ;e troduction of this had not been laid, vn m hence it was ruled out, but later from tot another witness it was introduced. ' at, W- :.. was ti'-. U' :a: 21 0 al tat embalmed the body. f] ras Besides numerous witnesses who rE on testified as to seeinP Mr Williamson w m- on the afternoon of July 31, and that h, 4 he was in an intoxicated condition, w H. the defense put up Mrs. Garrison, tl ae, wife of the defendant, J. H. y at Mrs. Garrison heard the dying state he ment of Williamson. Went to the t] nd parlor when she heard shot after ,, sh, leaving the porch. Went to her room h ly. and retired, but did not know wheVh- h !il- er or not she had been asleep. Heardu nd Mary's voice in the parlor directly I ~or under her bed room. "Heard enough ey to know that Mary had no business ina there, so I got up to go down and call her out. Didn't know where Mr.2 1st Garrison Was. Had left him down on stairs. Just had got into the back a hall when I heard the shot." , The Defendant's Testimony. C es. Mr. J. Henry Garrison sworn, testi in fied that he was .the defendant, agedd at 57 and a half years, the father ofd a Miss Mary Garrison. Had gone ton he the station the afternoon of July 31, ce distance of about half a mile, to get shoes for mule and had been asked m. by Miss Mary to meet and bring out mnt Mr. Williamson. Saw Williamson t< of when he got off train. Thought he S er was a little dazed from riding but B .did not approach him at once, as bi Lh- some one called him. Later passed e< ist him in the postoffice, told him to wait f: ed a minute for the mail, then they w ir- would go home. Had not up to this V ol. time noticed that he was intoxicated. at Did notice later when he went to ~pt get in buggy. Drove home and work- 2 g. ed in field until sundown. Ate sup- L thi per with Williamson, who appeared , ~er to be still intoxicated, but did not say e ed anything out of the way. After the en couple went into the parlor he went d y,* up stairs and. sat in a window direct -i ly' above the parlor. Was suspicious he of Williamson in his then condition. 0 at About 10 he went to his room up ,stairs and stayed until nearly 11G >n o'clock. Heard a scraping noise as a er- chair dragged across the room. Wenta ne down stairs. Half way down heard a ar- his daughter say: ''Please don't." Heard it again. ''As I reached the i -bottom of the stairs I thought of my ict gun in the passage way just outside, * of picked it up, walked out the backA way around the house to the window 0 4r. on side, saw Williamson with his iat arms around her. Put the gun into ~ ior window and hollowed: ''Move,'' for t ik- he didn't want to shoot the man in 0 .the back, whereupon Miss Mary ran d is: and Williamson exclaimed: ''Mr. I Garrison, Mr. Garrison.'' Shot wast nd fired almost immediately after Gar- e int rison hollowed ''move.'' After being Ce shot Williamson said, ''I intended to a, iss marry your daughter and you have 0 ing killed me.'' to which Garrison re- b his plied, ''May be you did and may be e a you didn't.'' of *Williamson asked not to be shot P the again and Garrison said he would not a and upon request of deceased went B. for Dr. Rodgers. Mr. Nelson in the the cross examination asked Garrison ied why he did not go directly into the r ar- parlor from the hallway instead of nd sneaking around on the outside and E&CO dED 1867 DISTI LLERr AND SHi ?~ErAILD~WIOLE5ALE 1 ousar where we have been doing businea _U' orders :.re sent out same day re AIN PYE-A whiskey we have beei a mild and mellow, try it once, at this low price - - crop, but it is PURE BRANDY ecially for us in Maryland. - C ENTS EXTRA PER GALLON FOR ANI 24 Plata or 48 Half-Pints of Any Al t these prices and guarantee safe deliver; Send Money Order or Reg A. HATKE & CARY ST., BOX : >ying on his own daughter, to which a. ison r2:>lied that he did not .vant give them warning, that if there as anything wrong he wanted to now it. Asked why he shot the de ased, he said, "Because I thought a was trying to take improper ad mntage of my daughter." Counsel had defendant admit that iilliamson was not doing anything the time he was shot. On question -om counsel, Garrison stated as his .ason for bringingeWilliamson home ith him in a drunken condition that a wanted to get him away from here the neighbors would see him, as ere was already talk about the >ung man being drunk. A number of witnesses testified iat Williamson was intoxicated on _e afternoon of the 31st. None, >wever, that he took a drink alter is arrival at Gray Court at 3 o'clock p to the time he was shot at about L o'elock. The defense in a nutshell was cound this point, that young Wil amson was under the influence of hsikey and acted in such a manner >warrant the girl's father in 1kfend g her. The State had a number of iaracter witnesses here, among them [ayor John T. Roddey of Roch Hill, Stestify to the good character of the sceased, but because the defense did >t assail his general good character iat testimony was not taken. Best the World. Affords. "It gives me unbounded pleasure >recommend Bucklen 's Arnica alve,'' says J. W. Jenkin;, of Chapel :ill, N.' C. "I am convinced it 'e the est salve the world affords. It ear I a felon on my thumb, and it never tils to heal every sore, burn or ound to which it is applied. 2'i-. at r. E. Pelham and Son's durg st3re. 500 .il'e State Family Tickets $11. 5.-Good over the Atlantic Coast ine in teach State for the head or de andent memibers of a. family. Limit I to ope year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable Indivi aal Ticket $20.00.-Good over the Sthe Southeast aggregating 30,000 iles. Limited to one year from date i sale. 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $40.00. ood over the Atlantic Coast Line ad 30 other lines'-in th-e Southeast rgregating 30,000 miles; for a man ~er or head of firm and employes li nes in the Southeast aggregating 41, ited to five, but good for only one Ssuch persons at a time. Limited to tlantie Coast Line and 30 other lines ae year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Southern Interehangeablh idividual Ticket $25.00.-Good over ie Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other )0 miles. Limited to one year from tat a'f sale. All mileage tickets sold on and af er April 1st, 1908, will not b'e honor : for passage on trains, nor in 1eeking baggage (except from non gency stations and stations Dot pen for the sal eof tickets) but muist a presented at ticket offices and there changed for continuous tickets. 15 cents saved in passage fare by rchasing loeal 'ticket from our gents. Atlantic Coast Line. T. C. White, Gaeneral Passenger Agent. '. J1. Craig, Pasenger Traffic Manager,, Wilminstton, N. C. LOCATED tfN RICHr ND C rP- y III RUNt PPERS FF1N WM I KE'S PROMP' s for more than forty years. Being nex1 reived. We make losses and breakage g 1 Gt i selling for forty years - $2 5 then always - - - - 2.5 - - - - - 2.5 - - - - 2.5 - - - - - - 2.5 F OF THE ABOVE BRANDS IN FULL Qf bove Brands In Plain Case $7.50. y. Write for complete price list, as I istered Letter with order. C.OMPANY, 371, AN ORDINANCE. Fixing the rate and prescribing the time for the payment of town taxes for the year 1908. BE IT ORDAINED by the mayox and aldermen of the Town of New berry, S. C., in council assembled and by authority of the same: That for the purpose of raising a revenue and in the exercise of the taxing power of said town, the fol lowing taxes are hereby levied foi the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1908, upon all real and personal pro perty within the corporate limits of said Town (except such as is exempi from taxation under the constitution and laws of this State) upon the valuation thereof as assessed for tax ation for county and State purposes; viz: Section 1. That atax of sixty eentE on each one hundred dollary of real and personal property within the cor porate limits of the Town of New berry in the State of South .Caro lina (except such as is exempt fromr taxation under the constitution and laws of this State) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to defray the ordinary expenses of said Town for the fiscal year end ing December 31st, 1908. Section 2. That a tax of three fourths of a mill on each dollars worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt from taxation under the Constitution and laws of this State) is hereby levied foiz the purpose of raising a revenue to defray the bond ed indebtedness of said Town for the Opera House. Section 3. That a tax of two and a half mills on each dollar's worth of real and personal property withir the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt from taxation under the Constitutior and laws of this State) is hereby le vied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest on and create a sinking funK for the bonded indebtedness of said Town for the Water Works and Electric Light Plant. Section 4. That a tax of one mill on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corpor ate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt from taxa tion under the Constitutioh and law. of this State) is hereby levied for the pur'pose of raising a revenue to pay the interest of the bonded indebted ness of said Town for the Sewerage System. Section 5. That all taxes herein imposed or levied shall be paid to the said Town of Newberry in law ful money of the United States, be. tween the fifteenth day of October, 1908, and t' e fifteenth day of No. vember, 190i8, and a penalty of ten per cent is hereby imposed upon and shall be added to all taxes in arrears. Section 6. Tha.t execution issue ae cording to law for the collection of all taxes, fines or penalties past due and unpaid for fifteen days, and the cost of said execution. Done a.nd ratified under the cor porate seal of the Town of Newberry, in the State of South Carolina, this the second day of September, A. D. 1908. .1. J. Langford, Attest: Mayor. Eug. S. Werts, Clerk and Treasurer. 'THE:HEART OF IOND, VA. ADOAM5 TXPREsS 5OUTtERN EXP E5S 7 SHIPMENTS to the express office gives us the ood iL 2 Gals. 3 eats. 4% Gals. 0 $4.50 $6.50 $9.00 0 4 50 6.50 9.00 0 4.50 6.50 9.00 0 4.50 6.50 9.00 0 4.60 6.60 9.00 ARTS." hese are only a few brana. RICHMOND, VA. wrs. Alice Robertson, TEACHER OF Voice, Piano and Harmony. Studio Over Mower's Store. Open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days and Fridays. Wednesdays and Saturdays by special appoint ment. VIOLIN MUSIC: Miss Carrie Pool will give instruc tion on the Violin, beginning September the 14th. Address: 1727 Harrington Street. Phone: No. 78. FOR SALE 113 Acres FineLand One mIle of city limits of Newberry, S. C. One-half of lands in rrew grounds. 100 acres will make one bale of cotton to the acre per year if properly cultivated. Just two miles from the City Graded Schools and Newberry College. Fine location for a home. Can be purchased on reasonable terms. Apply to GEO, WE SUMER, NEWOERRY, S. C. WN. G. Houseal, M. D, Office Hours - ( to 1a.m. IL. A. Riser, M. D. Office uwith Dr. Houseal. { 8to 9a. m. Office Hours - 2 to 3p. m 6-30 to 7.30 p. m. NOTICE or FINAL SETTTEMEN~T AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that I will make a final settlement of the per sonal estate of Benjamin F.'NPihoIs, deceased. in the Probste Court for Newberry county on O.ctober 12th, 1908, at 11 o'clock a. in., and im mediately thereafter apply t>r let ters dismissory. All creditors of said estate will render their celsims properly proven to the undersigned on. or before said 12th day of (Oe th.ber, 1908. Laura C. Nichols, Administratrix of the nersonal e.are of Benjamin F. Nichols, decased. 4t-1taw. POST CARDS that sold for 2 for 5 cents at 1 cent. Broaddus & Ruff. SEE Broaddus & Ruff's Toilet Soap, Box Paper. Talcum Powder, Dental Powder. Tooth Brnshes. etc., be