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&{ trt tXL NUBRX7EIEBRY, SOUTH CAROLINAL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1911.-~~wn,ueim A "NO BILL" RETURNED ON FEDER INDICTMENI FINDING OF GRAND JURY ON WED. NESDAY MORNING. Jury Requested Charge as to Right tc Consider Expense and Moral and Social Effect. Shortly after hearing an additional charge from Judge Gage, delivered it response to an inquiry as to whethei they could take into consideration thE expense to the county and the moral and social effect of a prosecution ol Thomas B. Felder, of Atlanta, for brib ry, the grand jury in the general ses sions court here on Wednesday morn ing returned a "no bill" upon the Felder indictment. 'the jury had had the bill since Monday morning. It is understood that there was consider A able division among the grand jury upon what finding should be made. From the ouestion asked by the jury and from other circumstances in con nection with the consideration of the bill by the jury, it is Inferred that the jury looked not alone to the qu,tion of the proof submitted in support of the allegation, but took under consid eration the wisdom of a prosecution. Attorney General Lyon stopped over in Newberry for a short timp between trains on Wednesady on his way to his home in Abbeville. He did not ap pear in the court room. In fact, he reached Newberry after the finding in the Felder case. Mr. Fred. H. Dominick, a member of the, winding-up commission, said on Wednesday night that he had no statement to give out in regard to the jury's finding. The grand jury on Wednesday morn ing asked Judge Gage whether, in passing upon the indictment in the Felder case, they should consider the cost to- the county and the moral and social effect along general lines. Judge Gage in reply to this question, said tihat this case arose "out of that terrible experiment which the State was induced to make some twenty years ago, and that was an honest ef fort to make respectable a nefarious business, that of selling liquor to men. I trust," he said, "the State has tried m~at experiment to its heart's con t4" He explained the charge in the indictment, saying the alleged crime was charged to have been committed six years ago. He said the grand jury was bound to know the public history of all these dispensary prose cutions, and he gave the jury a brief history of the prosecutions and the results, naming, amnong the others, the prosecutions against Boykin, Tow ill and Evans, the three witnesses on the Felder bill, the prosecution against Evans having been brought in the Newberry court and having been nol prossed by the State. With reference to the matter of ex pense, he said: "If it Is true that Feld ~er offered these men a bribe, and if the testimony so satisfies you, and if the testimony satisfies you that this prose cution is in good faith, to vindicate the law of the land, you ought to find a true bill, no matter what the ex pense is. But, on the other hand, f the testimony does not so satisfy ou, if you are not satisfied that the rosecution is for public purposes, or, put it differently, if you are satis fdthat the prosecutton is not for the ublic good and will not end in pub lic good, you have a 'wide discretion in the matter; you can either find no bill, or you can return the bill to the soli citor unacted upon, stating to him that you will not make any finding upon it, but prefer it to stand until more sat isfactory proof comes to your hands. But, above all things, gentlemen, you should make one thing your pole-star, and unless you do that you will go wrong. Put behind you every person al consideration, and look to the truth and the truth alone, and plant yoursel ves firmly upon the truth, and go to that goal to which the truth leads you. f you go at it in this spirit and with this purpose. you are bound to reach a right conclusion. If you go at it in ,an other spirit you are bound to fr eac a wrong coiclusion." SESSIONS COURT ADJOURNS. Large Volume of Business Disposed Of-A Number of Pleas of Guilty. The general sessions court conclud ed its business on Wednesday after noon about 1 o'clock. Judge Gage was engaged on Wednesday afternoon in disposing of motions for new trials brought over from the common pleas court. The sessions court disposed of a large volumne of business. There were a number of pleas of guilty, which greatly lightened the burden of the court officials and the jurors, .nd which greatly facilitated the work of the court. Tom Todd, colored, charged with mutilating a house on the plantation of Mr. Godfrey Harmon, in the upper end of the county, the charge being that he used the wood and logs in a barn and stables for fire wood, dam aging Mr. Harmon to the extent of about thirty dollars, was convicted, the jury recommending him to mercy. His attorney, Mr. Eugene S. Blease, in his argument stated > the jury that under the testimony he could not ask for qn acquittal, but asked the jury to recommend to mercy, which they did. Judge Gage imposed a fine of thirty dollars. Three Months on Gang. Ed. Worthy, colored, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, the alleged assault being commit ted upon his wife with a razor, plead ed guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and was sentenced to serve three months. Worthy's wife was only slightly in jured. Pleaded Guilty-Nine Months. Will Young, colored, pleaded guilty to assaiilt with intent to kill, the charge being that he shot at a negro, Harrison Suber, on Broad river. Young was sentenced to serve nine months. -Stole Two Watches. Johnnie Coleman, colored, pleaded guilty to stealing two watches from the stock of T. M. Rogers, and was sentenced to serve one year. Verdict of Not Guilty.. Robert Glenn, colored, was tried on an indictment charging assault and battery with intent to kill, and was acquitted. The State's testimony was to the effect that after a "crap" game among some negroes at Trinity (colored) church, in the Maybinton section, Glenn shot at a negro, Wood Thomas, several times without -provocation. Thomas was not struck by any of the bullets. Glenn denied doing any shooting. He was represented by Eugene S. Blease, Esq. Little Negro Acquitted of Murder. In the case of the State vs. Fact James, the little 12-year-old negro charged with murder in the .killing of a negro baby, Flossie Glenn, on Mr. Pierce Wicker's place, in April of this year, Judge Gage, at the con clusion of the testimony and after counsel had stated that they would submit the case without argument, di rected the jury to write a verdict of not guilty. The testimony showed the killing to have been the result of an accident while the defendant and an other little negro, the brother of the baby who was killed, were playing with an old gun which had been dis carded by the father of the baby. The defendant was represented by Eugene S. Blease, Esq. Negro Woman Sentenced. Lucinda Glenn, colored, pleaded guilty to housebreaking and larceny, ands was sentenced to serve one year in the State penitentiary. She was represanted by Eugene S. Blease, Esq. Stole Pitcher Eidson's Clothes. Will Harris, colored, pleaded guilty of housebreaking and larceny, the in dictment alleging that he entered th4e room of Mr. A. D. Eidson, at New berry college, and stole a suit .of clothes. He was sentenced to the negro reformatory at Lexington for six years. For Keeping Disobrderly House. An indictment was handed to the grand jury on Wednesday morning charging Mrs. Mary Ann Spehl and Katie Spehl with keeping a disorder ly house. The house in question ag-ajust which the indictment is laid, is located out Main street about a mile east from the public square. The grand jury returned a true bill on the indictment. The defendants had been arrested on Tuesday evening on a warrant issued by Magistrate J. C. Sample on the affidavit of S. P. Crot well. The warrant was immediately executed by Constables Cannon G. Blease and Thos. P. Adams. The de fendants on -Tuesday evening gavle bond in the sum of $200 each for their appearance in court. Messrs. L. W. Jones and Fred. H. Dominick were re tained for the defendants. Mr. Jones moved for a continuance, saying there had been no time to prepare a defence, and he felt that it would not be in the interests of justice to force these wo men to an immediate trial at this time. Solicitor Cooper pressed for trial, saying that he felt that the case was of a nature which demanded an immed iate trial. Judge Gage said the in dictment having been handed out just on the heels of the adjournment of court, he did not feel under the cir cumstances that the women should be forced to immediate trial, and he con tinued the case. Bail was granted the two defendants in the aggregate sum of $400. NEWS OF EXCELSIOR. Rev. Ira. S. Caldwell Preaches Fare. well Sermon-Farmers Far Be. hind With Their Work. Excelsior, Nov. 29.-The farmers are far behind in sowing grain, owing to the rain. The farmers will have a close race this fall if they cet done with the year's work befo"e Christmas comes. Messrs. Arthur Lee Wheele- and Ira Nates, of Columbia, came up and spent Sunday at their home he -e. Mrs. William Werts, of Mountville, is visiting in the community. Mr. J. W. Watts, of Columbia, has been on a visit to as brothe:, Mr. J. S. Watts. Mrs. J. W. Hartman wil g( up t Greenwood Saturday - spe:id a few days with her sister, Mrs. George B. Dominick. IMr. L. C. Singley, of Ga:7's Lane, spent a few days in this section~ last week. Lee looks natuiral and we are glad to know he is :settig or well. IMr. John F. Wheeler went over in Saluda county last w ee to attend the burial of his brother, Mr. Mariona Wheeler. The sweet potato cro1 was fine in this section if they will just save. Excelsior school n1as recentl*y put in two good new coal heaters for the winter season. .The Rev. Ira S. Caldwell. who has been preaching for us hiere the fourth Sabbath afternoon in eacai month, preached his last sermnoa Sabbath af ternoon for the presWr, at least, as he will soon enter his new field of work. Mr. Caldwell has given us good sermons all along, which we hope will be as seed sown in good ground. Mr. Caldwell has Inany friends in this sec tion who .wish him well in his new field of work. Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Kibler, of New berry, came down Sunday on a visit to his sister, Mrs. A. A. Singley.. Sigma. BUTLER CEOSEN GAFFNEY M[AYOR Gaffney, Nov. 28.-The hottest muni cipal campaign in the history of Gaff ney came to a close this evening, when the civic reform movement achieved a glorious reform triumph by carrying every precinct in the city, with the exception of one, Col. T. B. Buter, leading the reLrorm candidates, being elected mayor. This means that there will be a sweeping reduction in the expendi tures of the city. The salary of the mayor will be reduced from $700 per year to $100 per year, and the salary of aldermen from 100 per year to $1 per meeting. The work on streets will be enforced and there is Isaid to be a general shaking up of the, police department slated for an early date. There will also be estab lished the office of recorder. In the race for mayor, Col. Butler carried every precinct by a handsome major ity, with the exception of Ward 1, the THE NEWS OF WHITIRE. Citizens Decide to Establish Newspa. per.-Ladies Aid Society.-Per sonal and Otherwise. Whitmire, Nov. 29.-Mr. Ivanhoe Robertson, of Virginia, visited his friend and class-mate, Rev. Jno. R. Roseboro last week. Mrs. J. I. Young, after a pleasant visit to her daughter, Mrs. Milam, of Clinton, has returned home. Mr. Jim Tom Abrams spent thf week-end with Mr. W. D. Suber and family. Mr. F. H. Shealy has returned from a visit to his mother, Mrs. Della Shealy,; at Prosperity. Mr. Arthur Cromer spent Sabbath here, and with a member of the fairer sex worshipped with us at the Meth odist church. Mrs. B6nnie Abrams came over from Atlanta last week and is . spending some time at Mr. L. D. Abrams and family. 'or several months Mrs. Abrams has been visiting her brother, Mr. B. A. Hawkins, in Birmingham, Ala., and Rev. W. W. McMorris and Mrs. Wm. Maybin, in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Geo. C. Glsgow and daughter, Miss Mattie, came over in their fine new touring car, and spent a day of last week with Mr. and Mrs. P. .C Ferguson, in upper Main street. Mr. S. A. Jeter spent a day of last week' in Clinton. Quite a number of our citizens at tended the sale of the personal prop erty of the estate of Miss Ann Rice last week. The sale took place at the Alex Rice home place'In Union coun ty. Mr. J. C. Hunter, of Union, Mr. J. 'D. Epps, of Maybinton, and Dr. W. L. Sims dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cofield, Thursday. The Ladies Aid society of the Pres byterian church will give a silver tea at the manse on Friday eVening, De cember 1, from 8 until 10 o'clock. The guests, will be entertained with recita tions and music, both vocal and in strumental. Miss Kate Hargrove spent the week end with the home folks in the Cromer neighborhood. Mr. T. J. Abrams spent the Sabbath with his brother, Mr. M. E. Abrams. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jeter spent Sat urday in Newberry. :We mentioned some time since that Mr. Albert A. Young, of Chester, was here soliciting subscriptions, so that he could establish a newspaper. Last week a meeting of +.he town council and citizens was called. The meeting was well attended. Several enthuias tic speeches were made. Mr. Z. H. Suber spok-e representing the citizens. In his quiet, substantial, business-likeI manner he showed how the newspaper affair could be financed. The council and citizens acted upon the sugges tions and as the result we expect to read the Whitmire News next week. A fine new printing press has arriv ed, and everything in, connection with an up to date printing office is being put in ship-shape in the old drug store building. "In unity there is strength." Miss Jessie Rutherford, who teach es the school at Mr. L. D. Abrams, spent Saturday with! her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wmn. Rutherford, in New-' berry. I Master John S. Jeter spent the week-end with his uncle, Mr. C. E. Jeter and family in Union. Nita. DlR. JAM[ES 31. EUSETON DEAD. Johnston Loses Beloved and Useful Citizen-Funeral Wednesday. Johnston, Nov'. 28.-The town was shocked a.nd grieved this morning, when the news spread around that Dr. James Martin Rushton was dead. Dr. Rushton had been in declining health for some months, but no one dreamed that the end was so near. The town is called upon to pay the last tribute 1to a most valued citizen, who was ac tive in lodge, church and school work His last work on Saturday was in the Iinterest of the Johnston high school. He was chairman of the board of trus tees and gave annually a handsome prize. He held the office of past chan cellor in tihe local lodge of Pythians~ an mwa, a member of the committee Progress in The graded schools of our town ha been in session for two and a ha months; and a brief report of tl work thus far is here submitted. Opening on the 18th of Septembe with six new teachers taking the places (one in Hoge school and ti other five in the white schools) tl work has all along been of a high an satisfactory order, and not a sing] difficulty of a serious nature has oi curred to hinder the progress of tl school work. It is a plain statemei of fact-and deserves to be said-th all the teachers in each school ai absolutely united in their efforts i get the very best results. Harmoniou painstaking, and patient work is b( ing done nowhere more effectivIely tha right here in our own schools. Thi work is telling upon the generi scholarship, and discipline of th schools. The honor roll for the tv past months shows a marked increas Total number enrolled........ Average daily attendance... ... .... Average number of pupils enrolled to Average number of pupils attending White Total number enrolled ... ... ... - Number of tardies... ... - ... . Average daily attendance... ... ... Per cent. of attendance... ... ... -. Average scholarship... ... ...... -- Number corporal punishments.t. Per cent. of tardies on attendance Average number of pupils enrolled to Average number attending to a teac Hog Total number enrolled... ... ... -. Number of tardies........... Average daily attendance....... Per cent. of attendance... Average scholarship... ... ... .. -- Number corporal punishments... ... on ways and means in the grand lodg In church work he was a steward i the Methodist church and active i Sunday school and Epworth leagu work. His age was 42. Dr. Rushton was much beloved. H had a large practice. He came t Johnston ten years ago. He leaves widow, who was Miss Octavia Crouch his mother, Mrs. Tibalha Rushton; on brother, Pierce Rushton, of Rushton! a.nd four sisters, Mrs. Mat Barr,c Rushtons; Misses Anna Bess, Era an Jessie, of Johnston. The school wil suspend and attend the burial in body, also the lodges. The intermien takes splace tomorrow. Wednesday, a 3 p. mn., in Mount Olive cemetery, i: Johnston. The fioral tributes wil doubtless surpass anything ever see: in Johnston, showing the high esteer and prominence in whieh the deceas ed was held. For Good Boads. Washington, D. 0., Nov. 28.-Tha the good roads movement was give: most effectual impetus by the South er Railway's road improvement trair which made a sweeping tour throug: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennesse< North Carolina, Virginia, South Carc lina, Georgia and Florida betwee May 1 and October 27, is indicated I: figuifes summarizing results of th campaign just made public. In tn period of six mnonths ,during whic time from one to three demonstration were given daily, the experts accon panying the train instructed near] 50,000 people in the art of buildin good roads and keeping them in re pair. The train travered a distanceC nearly 13,500 miles, stopping at 25 towns which were located in 20 :ounties. The attendance at the va ious meetings ranged from a litti less than 100 to over 1,500. rhe methiod used in showing th people the advantages of good road not only afforded an opportunity fo them to secure a practical educatio) on the subject of highway construCtio> but was so unique as to form a soure of real entertainment for those not di rctly interested in the movement. Th train consisted of three coaches, tw of which were specially fitted up fc demnstaton: One contained work City Schools_| e for the better. If While we feel that much has bee Le accomplished, we know that much more remains to be done, and 'in the r, work still ahead of us we ask the ir hearty cooperation of all our people. Le Teachers and trustees alike appre Le ciate all the kindness and encourage d ment that have been given, and In or e der that the most good may be accom - plished during the remainder of the Le school year we plead for a still closer it, union of the homes and the schools. it The schools are open for visitors from e the first bell in the morning till the o the closing bell in the afternoon. 9, There is no time during the day that 0- visitors are not welcomed, and that n they will not be shown every p ssible s courtesy and attention; and it Is hard ,a ly likely that a visit will not be both e profitable and enjoyable. o 'Below are a few statistics that are e worth examining: Male. Female. Total. .... ... ..... 437 538 975 .... ... ..... 386 456 848 a teacher... ......... 41 to a teacher...... ... 36 Schools. Male. Female. Tots. ...........306 339 645 . . . . 16 18 34. ....* ... ... ... 276 294 .570 0.... ... .... 94 95 94% ... ,... ... ... 81% 82 81% ..-. -.. ... ... 6 ... 6 a teacher. . ...0...... 36 Ner... .... ... .. ... ... 32 School. Male. Female. Total. 0.... . .. ..131 199 330 .... ... .. .. 15 21 36 .... .... 116 162 278 .... ... ... ... 89 81 85 .... ... ... 79 82 80% ...........11 6 17 . ing models of good roads showing the n various materials used in construction, n miniature road machinery shown in ac e tual operation, and enlarged photo graphs showing every phase of the e good roads problem. The other car ,a was equipped with a stereopticon and a Illustrated lectures were conducted by .government representatives, showing in a v'ery striking manner the advan ,tages of good roads over had. f In some of the counties visited the d interest aroused. by the train was 1 such that the people went actively to Swork improving their roads, voting .t for bond issues and employing engin teers to give skilled supervision. A 1 representative of the American Asso 1 ciation for Highway Improviement ac companied the train for a portion of a the trip and efficient work was done . in organizing branches of the associa tion in many of the counties. The Southern railway handled the. train without charge to the govern jment or the people in the belief' that greater prosperity will result from the construction of improved roads in the South. Without a single exception the work of the road- improvement train 1was most heartily approved and In every town there were heard unquali ded expressions of the value of the work and pliblic spirit shown by the Southern railway in bearing the ex pense. XAEES SECOND ESCAPE. y Washington, Ga., Nov. 28.--Hand cuffed and tied with a rope, T. B. Wal . ker, a negro, who was being brought ,f here from Augusta, to be hanged to morrow morning, escaped from Sheriff Bobo and two deputies at Barnett, Ga., -tonight. Bloodhounds were 'ushed to Barnett and a special train carrying a hundred armed men went from here. Bullets were sent after the negro, but he outdistanced the pursuing omEcers. This is Walker's second escape nfrom impending death. A month ago She was in the hands of a mob on the way to a suitable lynching place, but - escaped, a hundred bullets failing to e bring him to earth. Feeling, which > was high when Walker killed Charles r S. Hollenshead, a white merchant, a. month ago, is again very high.