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LONG ACQUITTED OF MUMii'li. Foreman Tell* Court Reluittal Testimony Aarainst Aiken County Legislator Unnecessary. Aiken. .Tup3 5.?A precedent was established in Aiken county court history today when the jury in the Long murder case decided that they had about enough of the testimony and were ready to acquit Legislator Long without hearing any more evidence or any of counsel's arguments in the that *hp\* harl alreadv reached their decision and would have returned a "not guilty" verdict yesterday afternoon. The defense had just r-:sted its case and the prosecution vasre ady to place on the stand witnesses in rebuttal, but it was near the dinner hour and the court announced a recess, whereupon thp frtrpman nf thp inrv. Jas. R. Lea gue, of North Augusta, leaped to his feet, but when he started to make his statement th? court stopped him with the announcement that the State must be given its oppoutunity to present witnesses in rebuttal to the testimony offercd by the defense. Decision Already Reached. When the State's testimony was completed aft?r dinner, the foreman then informed the court that the jury had already determined upon the merits of the case, and that arguments by counsel were useless. This stemmed a promised flow of ov,atory. So Judge Ernest Gary, of Columbia, presiding, delivered his charge and permitted the jury to enter an anteroom and draw in regular form the acquittal of Long. Thov wprp nnt about ninety seconds, when the clerk of court, in sonorous tones, read the verdict, "Hugh Long, indicted for murder, not guilty." And tonight Hugh Long is the happiest man in Aiken county. His friends and attorneys are jubilant, too, and his counsel, Messrs. Croft & Croft and Col. Claude E. Sawyer, who so intelligently and skillfully conducted the defense fcr their client, were the first to congratulate him and they were followed by throngs of people, some of whom were heretofore absolutely indifferent as to Hugh Long. With some few natural exceptions, there is general satisfaction over the verdict and no one, so far as known has presumed to question its justice. Defendant on Stand. QrA "h a in me same uuun, iwum, nu^ic uv will soon be practicing law, if reports be true, Legislator Long took the witness stand this morning at 11:45 o'clock and told how and why he killed Pickens X. Gunter, of Wagener. He remaiLed on the stand one hour and forty minutes. The witness proceeded to state that he moved to "Wagenrr in 1911, and that shortly thereafter, without any solicitation on his part and virtually without his will, he was elected mayor of the little town. In "Wagener he owned and edited a country weekly newspap-er, and in addition to this had a good deal of law work. Then he told how, in the early part of last summer, almost innumerable . friends approached him and urged him to run -for the house of representatives, and, as he expressed it, "he was in the race before he knew v." From that point the witness told of his all-eged political persecution and how, he charged, Pickens Gunter and others followed him from one meeting nlnpp tn another: bounding: him all over the county, he alleged. He enumerated several occasions when they attended meetings and he declared that Gunter and his friends were at practically every meeting of the campaign, with maybe three of four exceptions. Warned of Alleged Threats. The witness was elected to the house, however, at the second primary, and said h:> was informed that his success\ ful candidacy had made "the opposi rirm" in AVn o-rint>r mnrp> i'ltf>n<?Pl V hit I lUli i U ? ? Ai.V? >- ^ ^ w ~ -?. ter against him than ever before, and that i: would be best for liim to stay away from Wagoner for awhile. He said that more than a hundred people warned him of the deceased's alleged threats to kill, among them M. T. HolI y and J. P. Permenter, and he corroborated the testimony that thcs ? latter two gave yesterday. Also, he testified, numbers of his friends in "Wagener among them E. B. Gunter, Jr., of thoBank of Western Carolina, and Van Jones, who was acting mayor, advised him rhat it would be discreet to remain away until the ill-feeling subsided. 0:inter and .Tone* testified yesterday, it will be recalled. Acting upon these many advices Long said he determined to remain in Aiken for some time, and had liis wife and child to come here, where tl\e family boarded untila fter the third primary election, which was just a few days before the homicide. Long said he remained in Aiken be- j cause he wanted to s.void any trouble,' 7 i | but that after J. C. Busbee, "the opj jposition's" candidate, was elected in. the third primary, he had thought that j would bring an end to the political j troubles. Further, \se said, that his ; home and his business were in Wagen- ' Isr, his money invested th , in fact; i .1 I it-' i? i. --a fhof ho : ! everyuimg ue nau, auu nc un , had a right ;o return to Wagener; that under the circumstances h-e didn't feel ' ; that he could do anything else. Forgave Political Enemies. But before he went back to his home : : he had published to the voters of Aik- 1 ! -en county a card of thanks, in which j he expressed to them his appreciation j | of their vote, the. confidence they re-! I posed in and the honor they conferr-, j ed upon him, stating in the card that' he "could even forgive those who have j j mistreated me, for I have not one tinge | of hard feeling left in my heart for j any one." Th-e published article was , "* 1 -3 + r c I exniDiteci in court anu ctcvjc^tcu a.^ i i evidence. ^ The defendant then continued that; when he returned to Wagener, he j found that his newspaper office had ; ben entered surreptitiously and h:.s | private papers ransacked even that I j his home had been surrounded and j pried into, and, he declared, some party or parties had been at his house after midnight, but, after unseemly dei monsrrations and efforts to enter at | the window, departed. Long's Story oi Tragedy. ! He had been to the postoffice, he said, and was standing glancing over! ' the headlines of a newspaper when he ! i I was approached by a man in his em- I ! ploy. They stood there some moments j : conversing, he testified, when he felt | some one grab him, jerk at him and 1 strike him a stunning blow in the back of the head. He had not seen Gunter, I I he declared, and was not aware that' ^he was anywhere near. i Th-e blow stunned him, and as he fell to the ground he recognized the i face of Pickens Gunter, whose ?coun-1 tenance, he said,, "looked like that of j a wild man in a cage." The legislator i sart that as he fell, he had an idea thr.t the affair was the execution of i i the numerous threats made against his j life, and that this fear prompted his j deed of a few moments later. About ' the time he fell, fie saia, ins ass^uani struck him a heavy blow between the eyes and b'ir.ded him to such an extent that he did not remember to have j jbeon consecutively or very consciously j anything else that transpired until he got up. Aft'r Ahey fell to the ground, Long affirmed . Gunter'sl eft hanzl gripped' over his throat an dwas choking him ; to uriooiis^iot.iness. He was grap-1 . pling for his pistol and when Gunter 1 realized this he grabbed Long's wrist and ii'iea 10 wrest <he revolver from it, THe first shot did not find its mark, i <':nd Gunter, said Long, renewed more j vigorously than before his efforts to I secure the weapon, but Long fired the 'second and fatal shot, and Gunter's m'lScios relaxed. j At this juncture, Mr. Long, in a clear ! steady voice, declared: i Says Believed Life in Danger. i "I shot because I believed my life ! i . to be in imminent danger and that I ' myself would be killed unless I did 1 fire, I fired :he two snois m uwcusc , of my life. I knew that if Mr. Gun- 1 j ter secured ray revolver he would j kill me, if his friends didn't." /Mr. Long went on to the house?he j !had already seen behind him the i j ! shouting mob of armed men coming i : toward him?ran upstairs, he said, I : and looked out of a window to see J. J B. Harley and J. un^szer cusuee i mining up with guns. Busbee is the 3'oung man from Wagener who was ! elected to the hous-? of representatives ] at the third primary election, and | who this week receives his diploma J j from the law department of the South j Carolina University. Surrendered to Sheriff. ! Long refused to surrender to Bald-j 1 win, the chief, .he said, because the | latter was his (personal enemy. Fur- ; th-r, lie said, he didn't car-e to risk .bis safety in "the little calaboose we! 1 used for a guard house." However, tn wire to Aiken . lit; LUIU LUV for the sheriff and the rural police-1 j m?n, and that he would willingly suri | render to them when they came, if j | they would guarantee safety to his ! person. When they did arrive, sev-1 !?ral hours later, he surrendered to ! them. He told how lie and one of the ru- , rales slipped from the house, crawled j through the woods a-foot in the face i of a cold, driving rain, losing their i direction sfvcrai nours auer miuiusuu 1 As day broke gray and misty, they j wandered upon a house, where they , secured a conveyance that brought j them on to Aiken, and Long was safe- j i i _ J j ; _ ' xy luugeu 111 oan. j On-e of the newest life preservers , is an inflatable rubbDr garment to en-! close a person's body and legs, the ^ [top being formed like a boat to hold ^a wearer upright in water. I You've observed of the finest h< are numerous, an ever increasin of our gigantic ( rienced automob: fivarl nf flip IJLJLlAt 'f V Wii. V VA Vi vj>a v pense of big car More than a quarter of : service?convincing evi( ful merit. Runabout, $ . Town Car, ?800?f. 0,. b ment. Get interesting ^ Dept. jp, ueiroii; rora TUNNELING THROUGH ROCK. Great Engineering Feat 'on C. C. and 0. Railroad?Nearly Two 3Iiles Lone-. | ! Spartanburg; June 5.?Under Sandy Ridge mountain, near Dante, in Wesi tern Virginia, a tunnel nearly twc miles long is being hewn out of solid roct at the rate of sixty-five feet a week. On the completion of this tunnel?the twenty-eighth in thirty-four miles of railroad contsruction?there will come into existence a trunk line which its projectors believe will th-p traffic map of the South. The road?the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio?will bring Spartanburg, its Southern terminus, Atlanta, Charleston, Savannah and Jacksonville many miles nearer than by the present existing railroad routes to Pittsburg, Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit. Builders of the existing trunk lines running narth from the South Altantic States avoided the Blue Ridge. They constructed railroads east of the mountains to Richmond and Washington, west of the mountains to Cm- j ' T"" ? +V|Q 11'M r*Vl_ ! cinnan. ine pruuiutcio ui wc field Roa-3 chose the most direct route; they struck right into the heart of the mountains and contkued in the mountains through the 243 miles of ::oad extending from Spartanburg through North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, to Dante. It cost $35,000,000 to build this line, which was opened three^ years ago. Ai nBnfQ +V10 -noiirrviri tanned rich At iya.il it v^._ ?j- x coal fields, yielding a heavy tonnage. But there was no northern outlet; the line was a cul-de-sac; its development was incomplete. Thirty-four miles ahead, at Elkhorn City, Kv., -was the Chesapeake and Ohio road, and thither the projectors of the Clinchfi-eld turned their eyes. The capitalists who built the Clinchfield?Thomas F. Ryan, James A. Blair, Norman B. Ream and others equally well known?realized the advantages which wrvild accrue from thet hirty-four mile extension,but they hesitated to incur the enormous addi tional expense in uie very iiiiaucj' lh. | the road. In the form of rugged and almost impenetrable mountains the extension presented engineering difficulties of a most serious kind. It was not until Mark W. Potter, of New York, assumed the presidency of the Clinchfield that it was decided to i build the extension. The thirty-four miles of road are costing $5,500,000. The contractors, Rhinehart & I) nnis, of Lynchburg, Va., have been at, work a year. They have pierced the ! i mountains in twenty-seven places, j built bridges, constructed :he road b:d, - - - -i , ballasted it.ana Jaiu uie utius num Elkhorn City to Sandy Ridge. The tunnl through Sandy Ridge is all that j remains to be done. It will be S,2G0 feet long, and Ward Crosby, chief engine r of the Clir^hfi-eld, estimates: that it will not be completed until next May. At places the tunnel will be half a mile under the mountain. Work is b?ing done simultaneously j from both ends. From Elkhorn City Clinchfi-eld 1 Tinii nnm over the- Chesapeake! U"1U5 ??"! X and Ohio 152 miles to Catlettsburg, Kv., where the Ohio River will be struck and a junction effected with die Baltimore and Ohio. j The shortest route at present from i Spartanburg to Cl^eland is by way of Cincinnati, and the distance is 767 j miles. Over the Clinchfield by way of j Elkhorn City the distance will be 68S < miles. The shortest route at present J from Spartanburg to Pittsburg is by way of Washington, and the distance A ?that in front 3mes Ford cars We are selling gly greater part )utput to expe ile owners who ! exorbitant exup-keep. a million Fords now in g lence of their wonder525: Touring Car' $600; Detroit, wi::h all ebuipy "Ford Times" from Motor Co. Summer's nHBBMRaBUHOMHBHHBaMaD ! is 759 miles. Over the Clinchfield by way of Elkhorn City the distance will be 701 miles. In anticipation of the opening of the Elkhorn exteD=uon the Clinch, field Railroad is building enormous 1 piers in Charleston at a cost which eventually will be upward of $1,000,000, and has been vaguely considering a propcstion to reach the coast from Spartanburg over its own rails. I "*~ Could Have Saved Her. "Why do you hate her so?" "She used to be engaged to my husbc.nd." j "And didn't marry him, Oh, I see."?Houston Post. Popular Excnrsion From ^Valhalla, Anflerson, GreenviUe, Spartanburg1 and Greers to Charleston, S. C., June 12, via Southern Railway. The Southirn Railway will operate excursion frcm Walhalla, Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg and Greers to Charleston, S. C., Thursday, June 12., .taking on passengers at all stations to Alston, S. C. The following schedule and rates will apply: Lv. Walhalla 7:10 a. m $4.50 Lv. Anderson 8:41 a. m 4.00 pv. Greenville 8 a. m 4.00 Lv. Beltcn 9:25 a. m 4.00 Lv. Abbeville 9.10 a. m 3.75 Lv. Greenwood 11.02 a. m 3.50 -r - "? < 1 - ? o nn I J-<v. l\-"wuei iy i jj. j Lv. Alston 2.05 p. m 2.75 Ar. Charleston 8 p. m. Proportionately Iot rates from intermediate stations. Tickets good going only on special train returning on all regular trains leaving Charleston Monday, June 16. For further information call on local agent or address S. H. McLean, D. P. A., or L. D. Robinson, C. P. & T A., Columbia, S. C.?Ad. NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION IX THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TOTING ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF SAID TOWN. Whereas, a petition signed by a majority of the freeholders of the Town VomKorrv "hot? hppri SllhmJt.tfid tO ui iigrY uvii;) "uo ww- ~^ ? ? the Town Council of said Town, praying that an election be ordered on a proposed amendment to the charter of said Town providing that the Mayor and Aldermen of said Town hold office for a period of two years in-1 stead of one: Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that a special election in the Town of Newberry will be held on Tuesday, the 24th day of June, 1913, at the Council Chamber in the Opera House, in the Town, of Newberry, S. f^v. /-v i->nrnncn <-if vn" inor nn a TITO V--., J Ul liic JJ u i wi v>".0 ? t j posed amendment to the chart-r of i said Town, which will amend Section j V of said charter so as to make the j said section provide for the holding of j elections for Mayor and Aldermen on j the second Tuesday in the month of j December of every other year, instead i t of every year, as now provided in said j; s-ection. At said election ballots will. lw? used providing that those in favor j of said amendment shall vote a ballot;; on which shall ue contained the word j tiiACO rmrinspd fn said : i 1 CD CliiU. uiivwv ? , amendment shall vote a ballot on which shall be contained the word j "No." The polls will be opened for j ( said election at eight o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at six! o'clock in the afternoon, and all quali-ified electors of said Town will be al- j lowed to vote at said election. The c manag-ers appointed for said election are H. L. Speers, E. P. Bradley and ! ? F. L. Paysinger. | By order of the Town Council of( | Colds | J\J should be "nipped in the Jr\4 j I bud", for if allowed to run |/W1 unchecked, serious results YY may follow. Numerous Uii cases of consumption, pneu- f monia, and other fatal dis- a eases, can be traced back to a cold. At the first sign of a cold, protect yourself by tnorougniy cleansing your system with a few doses of THEDFGRD'S BLACKDRAUGHT 9 B #>1/1 cali'ikla irorrat'lVtlp I uic uiu icuauib) i | liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, 0' Madison Heights, Va., says: I 'i have been using ThedM ford's Black-Draught for - I i\ stomach troubles, indiges-'/T A* tion. and colds, and find it to be the very best medicine 1 )A[ ever used. It makes an old man feei like a young one." trj jCw Insist on Thedford's, the Qkj iflw original and genuine. E-67 Mfl CHICHESTER S PILLS 1I1E DIAJIONn BRAND, /s Li.JJes! Ask yo '' 'JCar'st for At \ fe (( *'M-clies-tc-r's l>!ni??ond Brand//\\ '''lis in Ked aiid Gold meUllicYV/ boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. V/ tv^ Take no other. Buy of ynr * il " iff Brujwrlftt. AskforCIH.ClffiS.TER3 C Jj( l?IAMOND HRAXH PILLS, for 25 \y tt years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliabi# -?r SOi n gv DRliGOISTS EVfW'HEDf NEW GROCERY STORE I hare opened a Grocery Store at the stand formerly occupied by Messrs. E. T. Car\gon and T. M. Rogers, next door to the. old postoffice, where I shall handle an always fresh lines of groceries? everything kept in a first class grocery store?and wnere 1 ttiii be glad to see my friends. I extend a cordial invitation to all to visit my store and see the goods you ^ant M. Q. Chapped. SOCTHEM BAI1YFAI. Schcdnles Effective December S, 1911. Arrivals and Departures New. berrj, S. C. (N. B.?These schedule figures are shown as information only and are noi guaranteed.) : 8:51 a. m.?No. 15, daily from Co- i lumbia to Greenville. Pullman : deeping car between Charleston - ? Vn 12 ilollu fMUfl (iTOATt- I li>OU & io( uanj, J.1VU1 w. I vllle to Columbia. Arrives Columbia 1:35 p. m., Augusta 8:35 p. m Charleston 8:15 p. m. 2:15 p. m.?No. 17, daily, from Colum bia to Greenville. 9:05 p. m.?No. 16, daily, from Green ville to Columbia. Pullman sleep- | !ng car Greenville to Charleston j Arrives Charleston s:i& a. m. ax rive Savannah 4:15 a. m. Jack sonville 8:30 a. m. Four further inlormation call o? < ticket agents, or E. H. Coapman, V. P & G. ai., Washington, D. C.; J. L Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga., or F L. Jenkins, T. P. A., Auguita, CHl i lVInthrop College SCHOLARSHIP A>'D ESTRAXCE ! EXAMINATION Th-e examination for the award of i; vacant scholarships in "VVinthrop Col- ] lege and for the admission of new stu- j 1 dents will be held at the County Court i] House on Friday, July 4, at 9 a. m. Ap-j! plicants must be not less than sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are.( vacant after July 4 they will be award- , ed to, those making tlie highest average at this examination, provided they } meet the conditions governing the., * 1 ^^ rcViinc ! awara. Appncunis iu: should write to President Johnson be- , fore the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. i < Scholarships are worth $100 and j free tuition. The next session will! open September 17, 1913. For further I; information and catalogue, address | < Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C ? j j S'ewberry, S. C., on this the 30th day . )f May, 1913. Z. F. Wright, ] Utest: Mayor. 1 J. R. Scurry, I C. & T. T. C. N. r ?- LODGE DIRECTORY. I Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. O. W., meets every second and fourth. Wednesday night in Klettner's Tiall, at 8 o'clock. >mity Lodge, So. 87, A. F. 3L j Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meet* every first Monday night at 7.30 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren M cordially invited. T. P. Johnson, W. iSarhardt, W. M. Secretary. TVodmeD of the World. 1 Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., meets every first and third Wedneeday evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting brethren are corially welcome. D. D. Darby, J. A. Derrick, Clerk. C. t!. BergelJ Tribe, So. 24, I. 0. B. M. Bergell Tribe, No. 24, Improved OrAm "D A A T\f A1TA?TT ucx ucu ivicu, uiccia cvcij muicuii; night at 8 o'clock in Klettner's Hall. J. 0. Havird, 0. Klettryr, Sachem. Chief of Records. nninhn Trfho I A P W VJUltUQ XJL A?JV^ MM Ul JLM iUL? Omaha Tribe, No. 75, I. 0. R. M., Prosperilty, S. C., meets every first and third Friday night at 8o'clock Jn Masonic hall. Visiting brethren are welcome. G. K. Dominick, Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sachem. Chief of Records. Caoteecliee Council, fcu. 4, D. of P. L A T? W VI Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P? meets every other Tuesday night at 8 o'clock p. m., in Klettner's Hall. Signet Chapter, Jte. 18, B. A. 3L Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., meets every second Monday flight at I 8 o'clock in Masonic HalL ] , Van Smith, T. P. Johnson, ' E. H. P. Lacota Tribe, I. 0. B. 3L Lacota trite, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., Jalapa, S. C., meeting every other Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in Summer hall Visiting brethren are welcome. T. C.'Dobbins, J. Wm. Folk, Sachem. Chief of Records. w dewberry Commandery, Ifo. 6, K. T. Newberry Commandery, No. 6, K. T., meets every third Monday night at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, T. P. Johnson, E. C. Recorder. Willow Camp, Mo. 694, TV. 0. W, "Willow CamD. No. 694, W. O. W., meets every second and fourth Tuesday nights in each month at West End school house. T. B. Kibler, / Council Commander. A. C- Ward, , Clerk. , Palmetto Canjp, No. 694, Boys of Woodcraft, meets at 6dd Fellow's hall, West End, every second and fourth Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock. a. W. Harrison, Commander. . A FAIR WAByiSG. [)ne That Should Be Heeded By Newberry Besidents. Frequently the first sign of kidney trouble is a slight ache or pain in the loins. Neglect of this warning makes the way -easy fcr more serious troubles 1 j ?dropsy, gravel, Bright's disease. Tis well to pay attention to the first sign. Weak kidneys generally grow weaker and delay is often dangerous. Residents of this locality place re nance in ijoan s iviuut:<y x-ma. mis :ested remedy has been used in kidney trouble over 50 years?is recom- V mended all over the civilized world. Read the following: Mrs. J. R. Goldman, Pressley St., jreenwood, S. C., says: "My kidneys svere weak and I often felt dizzy and lervous. When I heard about Doan's Kidney Pills, I began using them. They restored me to good health in a short imp t mri recommend this remedy iiighly and can say that it is a safe md reliable one for all kidney sufferers." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ccnts. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, \"ew York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and j ;ake no other. looir MalrAit?"How pan we marrv? ['m only worth $15, and that wouldn't buy your clothes. May Spendit?Oh, yes it would, Jack for learly five years! ,