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HE MANNING TIMES. Published Eeery WedneCtky LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR AND PROPRlIETOR. Wednesday, March 7, 1S94. THE COULLIET 'ES ACqUITTED. Biggest Trial Ever Held in Clarendon - An Array or Legal 'lalent-A Four Days' Siege. When we went to press last week the court had just begun the ease of the State against J. H. T. Colliette ahd James J. Coulliette charged with the murder of Louis Touton DesChamps. From the opening of the case on Wednesday afternoon until its conclusion last Sunday morning. the court house was f-ll. This case was the loiest ever tried in Clarendon County and the in terest in it by the people did tiot abate un til the jury rendered its verdict. In order that our readers could form an idea of the magnitude of the trial we have attempte-l to give a brief synopsis of the testimony. id we published the whole of the testimony to gether with the speeches of the counsel and the oharge of the judge, it would have at least taken one hundred columns of matter set in the smallest type. A brief history of the case is that on Sun day morning, July 30, 1893, Louis Toutor DesChamps, young, strong, and the piet ture of health left his home and was Lot seen again until found by a searching party dead in the woods. The evidences of the work of asassins was plainly seen and as his watch and other valuables was on his per son when found, robbery was not the motive for the killing. Naturally, who killed him? was in every mind. Rumors of all sorts filled the atmosphere, and many of them were of a scandalous nature. Suspicion fell upon the Coulliettes, men whose reputation for peace had always been good. Some body killed DesChamps and the Coullietts were brought into court to answer the charge. They were tried and.a jury of their coun trymen have proclaimed them innocent af ter hearing the following testimony: The.State first placed upon the stand Mr. J. E. Scott, surveyor, and he explained from a plat he had made the location of the wood and surroundings where the body of the deceased was found. This was followed by the testimony of Dr. R. S. Elliott, a brtober-in-law of the de ceased. He testified that the deceased left his home on Sun ia; morning, 30th of July, and his contiL"'! absence caused a search to be instituted. Monday morning he was still missing and the search contin ued. Be found his track on the edge of a eypress pond, and at 12.30 o'clock found the body in a decomposed condition. The deceased was shot in the right side of the -face and neck, shot entered obliquely, found a depression in the ground behind the bushes where the assassin's stoot and knelt, bushes were burnt with powder from gun and bark knock off. The distance from the depressions on the ground to body was 35 feet.. Some of the bullet holes were~ found beyond the body a height of 15 feet. Witness explained the position of the body when found. Saw tracks. The deceased had on when found his watch and a loaded pistol in pocket. The deceased was a mar ried man. The defendants did not join in the search for the si ad body. James Coul liette came to the body, the day it was found. Tom Coulliette did not c -m: at all. Both defendants attended funeral. Jirnes Coniliette came to the edge of thie ctowd and looked at body. Tom Coulliette came came within 25 feet of grave. Neither' as sisted in the burying. The. tracks referred to by witness weare fresb. ' The court, here took a recass for dinner. - Mft&r-neD,.itt continr~ed. The tracksre'miade with~a nairrow toe shoe, - i. ""1"e tiam wore. about size the autopsy, and testiied as to the condi-[ tion of the body, nature of the wounds, and the positions the assassins must have been when~ they fired the fatal gun. .Bruce DesChamps,-a brother of the de eeased- was next examined. He testified asi to when the deceased left'home on Sun day mnorning a little before 8 o'clock was in his shirt sleeves.. The deceased was in the habit of oing-in that direction (meaning in dire'etton of where his body was found) several times a week. ever since August, *1899'. -Deceased had a store. Witness -went to Andrews Chapel, became uneasy when his brother did rnot return home Sun day nightgand alarmed Monday morning. by his-continued absence. Made search on Monday. He then described the "ghastly wounds" and thie condition of the body gen erally. -is attention was drawn to a track *by N. S. Fairey, followed track from de pression to bushes off from body,. saw toe prints and on other side saw tracks. The path around the cypress was not dlstinct. Tracks were made by a. narrow toe shoe, think it was Toni ' ulliette's shoe. There was unpleasantnessb tween deceased and * Tom Coulliette a month before, once at tiiy store and once at Coulliette's shop. Harsh words passed between them at .the sh:p. Brother reined up his horses at Coulliette's shop and told Tom Coulliette that he had heard of'his having threated his life. Tom denied it; after that brother and Tom ceased speaking to each other. JimCoulliette didn't speak to brother, brother spoke Cross ex amined by the defense: Followed tracks between 2 o'clock and sundown; Fairey, I think went for wagon before sundown, went to Jim Coulliette's for wagon to carry body; knew -of no difficulty between brother and Jim Coulfliette. Harsh words were used, brother and Tom beoth used onths and --damns, first at store and after at Tom's "shop. Tom asked brother if he meant to call hhn a "damn lie." Brother said Tom was too much' of a coward to stand up to it. Don't know size of Dr. Elliott's shoes; have known him 12 years; Tom Oullette wears a 7 or 8 shoe. \R;- J. Kolb, sworn, said, knew Des Champs, also knew the defendants, saw the body, it had not been moved, saw signs of ~'hose that did the hilling, saw tracks, saw prints of elbows or knees as if lying in - wait sometime was a member of th- coro ner's jury, found some difficuty to ascer tain the number of bullet holes, would say 6 or 8; he also described them. The dis tance from body' to Jim Coulliette's house was about a 6 minufe walk, and about a 9 minute walk to Tom Coulliette's. Fairey and Jenkinson walked with me on blind path around pond where body was laying Cross examined: The woods were full of large pine-beeis and undergrowth; they had not been burnt recently, groundl covered with pine ~straw and' litter; saw knee and elbow prints; dont see how a trac.k could have been followed-ahlmt impossible to track a man there; where body w-as found there was long leaf pine. There were a nuhber of persons there, heard nothing of tracks:ground covered wvith straw. N. S. Fairey, sworn, said, knewv both de ceased and defendants, teached body. shortly after body was found, searched for tracks; followed track from body to pond about 50 yards, between where body lay and public road, coming back in a southerly direction: followed patu within 150 yards of Tom Coulliette's house.- Mr. Felder went part of'the way with. Sawv track across road going to Tom Coulliette's field: have seen track that looked much like it, seen Tom Coulliette with shoe very much like track, only saw his shoe once; Tom Couliette has been wearing a broad-toed since, a month before the killing he wore a narrow- toed shoe ;they were not old; was at inquest, saw Jim Coulliette standing off a piece-he seemed to have nothing to say. At funeral saw Tom, he looked at the grave and walaed off and sat down. Tom did not assist with the burying. Lust week Jenkinson, Kolb, and I walked from the spot of the killing under a pine tree and found tracks 10 or 15 steps Irom the sp)ot where body was found; we walked pretty fast; distance to .Jim Coniliette's avenue estimated about 100 yards. Cross exam ined: Am son of S. P. Fairey; don't know size of 'rem Coulliette's shoe, am willing to tell jury the track was Tom Coulliette's; the place was boggy, bushes washed under and straw pressed down. Was at iRemini that day; drove wagon to chapel.. Admitted say ing toD. nage that bod was fond ly in . wh p1<s 'nluttonetl an I prsn t-x I os-1. R 1:r-et. Thinks he t !ll Di 1tiger a i I Timdltl that he heiar 1s-: h, then a. .ewr:iption of body. -Il ti'n Badger-1 .01nd T:nd :d! Of 1-ant11 b 1enahmi toexpLd . .Zl-- r1 -et Took pistol out of his right h1nd hip 1-;'k ct- it was loaded. T'he wAs mon110y it pocket and watch. John C. Jlenkinson sworn, reachel bod2 2 or l o'clock. found : white mnoti and severa Lolored men. i d 0eribed 1oV, tte., saui powder signs, wadding atnl tracks; dis tance from body to bushes where the evi, ences w:re was 2> or 30 feet, 4 minutes wvalk to .im Coulliette's and 9 minutes tc Tom's: walked with Kolb and Fairey. Jim oulliette helpe-1 with body, was tIcre, hit face was pale, sallow color, his blinkiti ant1 twitching his face and had nothing tO say bota Coulliette's were at funeral; Toi stahl it well 50 or 75 yards away from gmv. IL then described deceased looks size, A.:. there is a path running fro:n -Jim's to Tom ouse, ecross examined: Jim Coul :ette beld horse's head whil body was Put in ra'igon; don't know who put byv in wagon: [ left before body was pu )1 n w 'on: that Las the first shot irson I ever saw: I w-as ;oewhat excitedl miyself, did not notice invone but Jim oeit- excite I 1 dIdn't :ae part in the burial; he was buried by the 1.aons: didn't se Toin Coulliett 1031c a grave. Re-direct: While Masons buried im other people closed around the grave. everal people coimmented on Toni Col iette's conduct at the burml. John T. Felder, sworn, said, reaebed >odv 4 o'clock or later, tuite a crowd the:e, >ody had :ot ucen ioved. He d -seribedA ondElition of body, in his shirt sleeves, pants Vere all buttoned.deceased was a fine speei uan of a man. Don't think his pants could 2ave been buttoned if he had been killed ,hen they were unbuttonei, the body was erv m"uchn swollen, his pants were intact. Saw gun powder marks on a small gum, cat t and the little limb lodged in a stump, pieceof wadding on the stump. The as as.sins got down and sighted, shot 39 or 40 feet of, buckshot were used, ordinary buck shot, vounds made by buckshot some Larger. Shooter was very near little blind path tliat had.been used by sonic one, liitce .ooked as if knees hal packed the ground >ehind a small patch of gum bushes. JIm Doulliette got there sometime after I got :here, Jim looked to me as usual; so far as know .m did not assist with body. Jim Doulliet'te's wagon was used, but he did not issist in person; I was at funeral, Jim was here and considerably excited, don't re einber seeing Tom at the --grave. Cross .xamined: Large crowd at inquest. I idn't assist with the body, yes -1 was ex. :ited, didn't see Jim hold horse, I did not ssist at funeral. John M. DesChamps, brother of the de eased, sworn, said, seached for bo.ly Mon' la, searched woods on left of Cain Savan' :iah road toward's Tom Coulliette's, seen im Coulliette in his lot walking around ith his thumbs in his pants pocket as if in leep thought, boly had not been mnoved vhen I first setn it. it was lying in a com rtable position; he then described the younds, condition of body, size, etc. Dis. ance from where he was shot was 35 feet. hot from an opposite direction, saw signs >f where someone had been crouching, szw oe prints, knee prints, bark rabbed off; he lescribed the location, shrubbery, shot liurks, etc. P.rty shooting could secret aliself by' crouching, if standing could Ae easily seen. The body was in an open lace. I traced a track pointed out by Eirev leading from where the gun was ired, I followed it about 59 yards: saw racks by a dead pine wIhere someone had cn standing for some httle time; there ,as a natural arbor formed by young pine ,rowth, bont by freeze "nd snow of previous inter, one was wonderfully arraged as if by hand: saw signs of foot prints and of scraps of paper. The Solicitor, Dr. Elliott, d Mr. Rhame carefully viewed the ;round on 11th January; Mr. Rhame found halter about 300) yards fro-m the bowels, [t was a large, heavy halter which belonged to the d'eceased,- and had' been there so long tihe leather was no good. Deceased was in the habit of frequently going in that direction and towards wh'ere the body wa~ niei~d. had seen him coming and going "''s The distanc. di not strike mne, wie time of his death, deceased was quick tem peredi and impulsive. Henry Jones, colored, lives on Ralph Des. hamps's plaae. -On Sunday, July 30, be. twen day-!ight and -sun-up was going bone from my sisters', had been to Jin Goodin's for the night;know Tom Coulliette, aw him that morning come out of hia ouse, had a gun under hisarm. he had on m overcoat; Tom catme out of his house and sent up the road, Cain Savannah road, and turned into the woods to the right; know him well; It was about sun-rise; he was valking moderately, he turned before he got to Jim's avenue, he turned into the w'oods at the corner of the field, I was not f'ar behind him, heard a gun fire abouit an hour or an hour~and a half 'afterwards, 'ia at my house when I heard the. gun, sound came from behind, direction of whete the body was found, I went to the body Mon. 3.ay after dinner, right sharp of persont there, don't know how many--good deal. Cross examined.:'Jim Goodin's house is twc miles from mine, his mother is my sister didn't stay there for breakfast; wvhere I saw Tom Coulliette were open fiels, he had on s large overeoat, lhe had agun, I took it tc be a gun, I saw the barrel part projecting fromi under the overcoat (by hand measure witness saw about three foot of gun), 11 wasn't a walking stick, because he wouldn'i tote a walking stick that way, it was a gun, that is all I -know; the butt wvas under hia arm under the overcoat, I never saw Mr. Owen that week and didn't tell him I was not at home all that Sunday and heard no gun, and saw none of the Coulliette's; I did not tell Rtobt. M. Johnson so either. John son was hauling that wa~y but I had no talk with him.l The distance from Panol'a t< Tom Coulliette's is about three acres, I sawl no one else but Tom Couiliette, next. sau~ him at burial; I did not tell him I -knew nthing aboutthe shooting Did not tall to anybody about the shooting that day \r. Briggs borrowed1 corn fronm me. went tc his house for it betw'een 8 and 'J o'clock ii the morning his lady was there he was not I heard the gun atter I got home; Stepher White passed just at the time the gun tired it was ia May, in spring time a tolerably cool mornng. Re-direct: Liv'e bcyon< deceased's house from P'anola to the righ of Cain Savannah; it was a light coloret oercoat, witness showved how Tom Coul lette held his gun.' The body was foun< the day after I saw Tom Coulliette wiitl James Goodin, colored, live on Des Champs' place now, at time of killin; lved on lomn Coulliette's phice, sawv dear od, the day~ before that saw Tom Coal Iette and Ji? Coulliette in front of Jliu Coule tte' house, it was be:tween 7 and 'clock, I wa s going up the road to m; mote r's 1. or :2 miles up the road. Tti Cull'ettes were on the right, in the wood btwen 40 ad 50 yards apart, Tem aheai and nearer the place where DesChamps wia klled; each had a gun. W~as at Toni' shop shortly before the kiiling with dc ceased and'hi; brother, Bruce. Tom Coal litte told me: "Yonder goes much of damn rascal, and 1 expect t9 get him befor long." H~e was speaking of Touton. Hi threat was madle in the spring about th end of April. Cross examined: Heur Jones was at niy h.>use the Saturday niglb ome he 1kiling: he lefe'Sunday mornin aoat , 'clock, the sun was up -sonme -di tne he didn't eat bre akfast with us, I lec home about axn hour after Henry,. It i aou 500 yrds from my house to 'Toi culiett', 1 went to El I ozier's. '2 iniiles wlnk-ed and got there between 0 and 'cok, did not see Henry' Jones at Blozier that morning, I. conic back through -th woods behind the Coulliete's houses, hear nogun, Jim Coulliott.: wh en I saw himi wa -00 or ;;0 yards fro:n pilaeC of killing. culd see 1)1ainly Iromi the roal. Tot Coulliette haa on a dark gray sack shoi sak I sawi side ot h ifce, saw the gut nver had a ditniculty witnh Toni. I told tih dceased that Toim Coulliette had threal eedm~ ykill him. Jones' h Juse . aid 13. zier's iouse are about the same distanc from the scene of the killing. Denied tei in .J. H. Gritiin he bad not s~ n the Con littes on day of killing. IEn-direet: Tjot Collitte got mad with mc to,; telling Tot ton of the threat Tom had madie again hi lsm. cy oord-iesa r the ot cl ;t, t:.,a~ John Giym o)-A Iho.ar:1:t v-ry Ia I ri ol myl h-ft!4. I wa :A 11 .tn -1 s . he s. ou thie l a ti *ist obo'ig -ly to b: . p1j sse - Ju InI: C mil"o ho ms Ldbollt 'I o'cok, efore I t to the roa-l saw Jim Coulliette cr ti lt rw'l before me aboit 75 or 80 yards coliing femu oilt -f tl wo ls to 1nv h-ft. I , cros-'-d Lhe! corner of his tihi, Ie had a gin in ils left htn.1 blIy his sitle, 50 yards farther srx Trm Co:0lb.-tte cross ro.d in sane piosition,. Tom went i) I.-: ro. :t pie anId on to where Ji:ni was, there w.1s hedge along ther., Totr cariied his gun in the saime i ition .Jirn did, h1e was tepniig "pretty brietfly and seene I in a hurry. Cross examined: I was 70 or S0 yards from Jim Coulliette, Jiu was dIressed in dark pants and dark grey ish s'iek coat, Tom had on a dark frock tail coat, it was not a sack coat, no lie did not have on overcoat nor duster, I preachil near Summrnerton. met 110 one 01o iIy Wav to January McConico's,. after hearing gun it was 9 or 10 luiliutes before I saw the Coul liettes collie out of the woods. I was walking very moderately, I had a pecial engaemet with Mary M Conico. am married, went to Des Chiamlps to borrow an umibrella, I lived there a year, know the prison ers,. about 2 years ago I lived in Cai deti with the Boykins. trouble was not the cause of my leaving Camiden. Re-direct: They had the guns Iml their left hands. Edward Bozier, colored-renelber wheni DesCliaips was killed, I went to spot tihe day afte body was re moved, it rain d Monday evening, I was at Silver the Saturday night be fore, live oni L. T. DeChamps place about :00 yards from Jenkinson s place, about.i mile from Cain Savan nah road, got home about 12 o'clock: Sunday morning the day of killing saw Henry Jones pretty early at my house, he stayed about 15 minutes, I had lost my pocket book and went to hunt it through tihe woods, I found it right where I had stopped, I stop ped to respond to nature sir, when I tarted back home saw Tom Coul liette behind me, lie had a gun. it was about 200 yards from where body was found. I was on my way back home about 50 yards frou my home I heard a loud report of a gun. Ton Coulliette carried his -un in his right hand. Cross examined: Live between Dr. Elliott's and Mrs. Jenkinson's, when I saw Tom Coulliette he was walking along in an open place, he had on a light sack coat, he had a double bar rel gun, Ie was not walking so fast or so slow, it was ! a mile from my house where I saw Tom Coulliette. Adam Billy, colored-Tom Coul liette sent for me the day after the funeral (Wednesday), I went to his shop, he asked me if I heard any of the DesChamps' boys accuse him or his brother of killing Touton. lie told me lie heard the colored people were using his name and he didn't like it, tha"t he could very well prove where he was at the time of the shootig, said he heard Jim Goodin was saying it, the fellow that put it out was putting himself in a bad fix. The de fendants' counsel allowed this wit ness to come down without .bting d6ross examined. Dick Griffin. colored-worked with the deceased last year as foreman, I went with Touton DesChamps one night in January of last year to Tom Coulliette's honse, 1 knowr a portion of those that were there, they were is. M-r Coulliette, Tom and Jim Coulliett0- saw DesChamnps go into the house and afterwards heard a suffle and then saw Deschamfps run out, he had his shoes in his hand. both Tom amnd Jim Coulliette followed running after him shooting at him as they went, he left his hat in the house, he -got in the house Friday niht between 9 and 11 o'clock, D~es Chanips stood outside 10 or 15 mm \-,yCourlliette came Irun ou road, he wa- bareheaded and carrien his shoes in his hand, the two defend ants ebased him and shot tat - him, I doded aw'ay, the 1 Oulliette's follow ed D)esChamps up the run some dis tance, 1 went there w ith Des~lhamps, I know~ Mis.s Mary Coulliette well, I saw her at Tom Coulliette's shop. Tonm Coulliette. was ini the shop, the doors and windows were wide open, it was 3 or 4 o'clock Saturday aftter noon before the killing, Miss Mary Coulliette dropped a letter and point ed to me to take it to 'DesChamps, Tom Coulliette was near, had spoke to me and I to him, I p~uts the letter in my pocket and went to Panola, carried it to Bruce DecsChamnps and then to Touton, I can't read, 1 seach ed for bodv on Monday, I saw Tomn Coullitte not far from his shop the same Monday, I asked him if he had seen anything of Touton, he said lie had seen him over towards the widow Gavmon's Sunday; the widow Glay mon's Is a 1 mile west of Toni Coul liette's, DesChamps wvas fonnmd in an oposite direction from there on othr er side of road, Tom Coulliette told ue to go back towards the wido . G avmon' s.f While the witness was -testifying Ithe State undertook to prove the let ter alleged to have come from Miss Coulliette to D)esChammps, but the de fense fought its admissibility: His Honor ordered the jury to retire and a legal battle enstied. The Solicitor for the State assisted by associate counsel. . Col. Barron and R. 0. Purdy, Esq.,eounisel for the defense. It was a stubbornly contested point, both sides refusing to yield until at last His Honor ruled that unless the fact was proven that the defenidanits one or both had a knowledge of thre contents of the letter it was inadmis sible. In his ruling he made someu very ap~t illustrations. 'The jury wvas Ithen recalled and the defense cross examined the~ witness: Tom Coulliette has a steam mill and a shop, lie grinds on Saturdays. runs Ihis nill himself, Miss Mary was 2 or feet from corner of shop. she stead at the corner of'shop and~ throwed letter uown, window"s were on the side, Tori Couliette could not have seen unless le went to window and noticed. (At -tthis poidt Mr. Purdy read Griffin's aidavit on bail proceedmg:-.) She just pydinted to mue where to take the letter, I supp'os5e she- tried t~o concal hrerself frori her uncle Tomn, Torn war t his1 ben-h working. I spoke to hini I I cried It to BruIce to indl out t( whom it was addressed, there was nc dooi to pa~ssange. a hrght was in the paae, 1 wais oni Ibroadgide of hiouse, w hmenithe (Couii e's not after Dles Chalm-ps. they were- I or'2 I yards be hnd him.i Re(direet: ' Tere' was rne Spalings,' no fence,. arounld. Tom1 'oil liette's house or shop. sine oft shril ~a. about 15x20. John 'u. D~esChamnps, recalled--thi decea.ed left a wife and:; chrildr~en, ir .January, 189:3, one Fr'iday night Tou ton knocked at my door. I had gomi Sto led. I got up anid let hinm in, lhe was greatly excited, bar'efooted and lireeadd, shoes in his hand. I gavy him his riule, lie was too excited anc nervI\ouis to load it. loaded rifle witl: 10i balls, went out arnd around thi house to look for persons who wer Sat my fr-ont gate, took threm to be the defendants, wenit with my brother t< help defend iris life, heard .10 or 1; rifle shots afterwards near his house have seen my brother and Mary Coul iette tog~ethier at Anudrew s chnapel he father was present. the deceasei ptid her marked attention, too muttel -for a rrarried man, saw .deceased anui IMary CJoulliette talking im undertone: inside of chapel door while her faithIe wa walking up. Cross examined T'hre was~ no concteahnent at An drew's chapel, others could have seer hem1 iveo ::00 yards from pubbt roaid deeeased lived it-ar tle road oil niwht of firing I didn't 'o out. lieard onily rifle liring, I heard no re turn fire. Re-direct: Deceas-d iis to haId two eiilty shells and m< others. Dr. R. S. Eilictt. reealled-knrou 1 Marv Coulliette. have seen her and decee'I(d together in presenr of ie fLtIer, Jimr Coulliette: at hlie 4th ol Jilly lie at RevinOl1s' Imill d-et-ase' am 1rIy (olliette sat in a huggv to .-ether 1 hours, do not know whiei they went from the huggy, witi(e.' descrihed the growth and surround jings l)Io)ositt tli- Coulliette houses. N. 6. Faire. reealled-know _ 3ary Coilliette, saw her and doeensed at Reynold's inill picnic inl '92, they promnt-ialded oil the mill damn, sat in a buggy at a baseball at Packsville. her fathier aw themr, she and deceased left g mrounds together. she asked de eeasd to take a seat home with her inl bug. Jini Coulliette was hiteii ing up his horse a little farther ofL, I heard thic invitation, his other daugh ters were' there. Bruce DesChanps, recalled-hialter was foun1 A0 or tO yards from pul> lit- road. was myi\- hr-other. deceased's. -ltr, he l(ot i :3 or 4 months before hI-s death inl the direction of Coul liette', his nline camne home without lalter and brother caine back walk ing, Dick (iriflin brought ne a letter Saturday before killing, brother was in front door of store I was at back door, then Dick carried letter to brot her, the deceased, saw brother open the letter and read it. (At this stage the State attempted to bring in the letter, but after a hot legal fight hv the defense the court excluded the letter. and the witness resumed his testimony.) Jim Coulliette was at Christmas tree. Mary Coulliette was there, there were presents on the tree for Mary Coulliette. my brother placed thieml there. The defense ob jected to the testimony about pres ents, and the court excluded the tes tiinoiv as to presents. The audience was isappointed when the letters and the references to the presents were excluded, as it was expected there would be developments of a sensational character. C. C. Elliott-know deceased, Mary Coulliette and Jim Coulliette, 4 or 5 weeks before the k.ling saw deceased out in the woods with Mary Coulliette, they were standing by a pine, de ceased had his arm around her neck, I saw Jim Coulliette at the same time, he was about 30 yards from the couple, ie saw them and me, he said to ime with his finger pointing at DesChamps: "That fellow has been writing notes to my daughter. and I will get him vet:" lie seemed excited, it was on a neighborhood road about 100 yards from Cain Savannah road. Coulliette was about 50 yards from DesChamps and Mary [Coulliette, DesChamps had his arm around Mary Couliette's neck, when they saw me Mary Coulliette nent home and Des Champs went back towards house of Mose Co'des, Jim Coulliette stai ered out that DesChamps had sent some notes to his dauglter and I think he said lie would get him, this I was 4 or 5 weeks before the killing, Wednesday evening after the killing I went to where the inquest was held and fron there to a point in front of Jim Coulliette's house, I saw signs 61 burrs and sraw moved, . Gaynon picked up two strands of hair, think it was brown hair, think it was a wo man's hair, I moved straw and found impressions of the heel, it was not thick pine straw, woods were low and flat. Cross exam~ined: Where the body was ftind is a pond like for 1-2 or :3-4 of a mile, pin~es scattering were not turpentined, if it had been hm-uit was rakedl pretty thin, T raked *3kl arnd 0r 8 shoe, thinh to be satisfied DesChamps had goue in that direction, did not compare Deshamps' shees with tracks, saw signs of Robert Elliott'' tracks there, no one el e, I'know. niothing of my~ knowledge except this against the de fendants, Jim Coulliette- (vas 40 or 50 yards away while DesChamps and \ arv Coulliett e were ic;anmgn against a pine, lie had ifis arm airound her neck. \Witness reiterated - what he said uipon tbe direct examination about what Jim Coulliette said, etc. I have been looking up evidence and trying to Iird out all I could, last October I was~at Mrs. Gaymon's, saw Charles Gaymuon and Ben Gaymon, did talk to them about the. case, Robert Elliott was with me. I thin~k, did not say to Ben Gay'mon or any one else thiat I had $500 to spend, did not say to Charles it w.ould be worth $50 to him to testify -against the Coulettes, did not say to Ben if he would get another man aind swear they saw Tom Coulliette go into the wods on- Sunday morning with his ot~ lie would get $50 or ${;0, Henry Germon was withi, me I i'rmembei when I followed Deschamps' tracks Wednesday after the. killing, Lad raied Monday eveining, I examined tracks close, in the flat places they were plain, I moved straw and found the imonress of heels: Re-direct: R S. Elliott was withr i~e at Mrs. Gay mons. Di'. RI S. Elliott, recalled-Wednies a~ after the killing C. C. Ellioti haded inc a little piece of paper coul tainig t wo strands of hair, one a fool log the other about 2 or 3 inches long, thre long hair was a dark brown, )aper coutaininig hair was laid awa' bv mie arid it has beecome misplaced have looked for it arid it is lost. Cross exained : Mary Couiliette's hair in 4dark br-own. At this stage the Solicitor aur Inouned thre State would rest, ami Iafter 'a consultation between th< conel for the defense w.ith their clrents the defense began with: Jse ph B3. Andrews,-am: 67 year old ai farier, live 7 milles from Coul iets, kniowii them all their lives li'.e liown the woods where hod; was ltunid for 23 or 30 years, it con tnis a thick growth of pine and: great deal of under'growthI, wais thier recently, looked as if it had not bee1 burnt iii 20 yecars, sti'aw pretty thick would not unudertake to follow man' track, I thinrk it impossible to follov it, saw place where body w~as said t< have been found, reputation of th d (efendants is as good as any famnily. ee. knew, their reputatiorn is good Co'ss exminred: Peaceablemeii lik< thee would riot connt a hoicidc ome muen arfter a great wrong ha beei perpetrated upon a female memn b er of their families would rese:nt th w .r'oug~ evenr to kill, but the Cou tits would not resent it Iy bus. w i'.hackng, I think the Coulliette w .'old~ iesent such a w.rong, .1 siUih kilt he seducer, dii'urot examunre th w .oods carefull. Mijor P. Gi. Benb~ow, sulrvey('r uun 66 vear's ol1d, have knoewn tl Couiettes from their infancy, hay onl been to their houe once, kino\ the woo Is wIere body was found surveved art of the woods, went t, spot where b)d was found, it i thickly wood.-d except where there i a Vpress p'nd, it is a pine forest all -hba1i not been cut, raln line from SpOt indicated to Baxter house, woods was in su(h1 a condition from a storm it wa1s impossible to run line exactly. Witness testified to the good reputa tion of defendants. Cross examined: Peaceable miien would revenge a d:uglter's seduction. Re-direct: But lll in ). cowardly manner, the Coul liettes would not, a hiu man foot would have itiade no iipressiont in those Woods, searcely 'a horse track could be t raced. Re-cross examined: Didn't traerse the woods, I woul try and ^et tlhe drop on a man with the repu 1ation of being ai ead shot, but would not ambush. Re-re-direct: A track couli have been easie-r ,traced in Februc r" when I was there than in July wiien tie kiiling took place. -Witness gave a- a reason a storm had passed through the woods since the killing. I.obei t M. Johnson w Is called to contradict Henry Jone4. but vats withdrawn. H. B. Tindal-was in those woods day after-DesChamnps' funeral, it is a pine forest, undergrowth oak. gum, and pine straw on the ground, ground showed a great many tracks, there was a blind path, Mr. Owen and.I to gether hun ted the place, thick pine wood, long leaf, couldn't find the spot right off, couldn't have followed tracks. Cross examined: Ground trampled, it was possible to trace - man that had been through those Woods. Joseph Benjamin Gaymon-know 'Mr. Cleve Elliott, he was at my moth er's week befure last October' court, he offered tie 50 to testify against the Coulliettes, aiT said he had $500 to get up testimony against them. Cross examined: Did not tell lRalph and John DesChamps yesterday in Manning that what I told Mr. Barron was not true, they tried to get me to say so, and I wouldn't. Witness de nied signing an ailidavit before I. I. Bagnal, notary public, did not hear Ton Coulliette say if any one sail le killed DesChamps he Would put them in the same fix. W tness persited in denymng signing atlidavit befoi e M r. Bagnal, the affidavit was shown hi, (but he said the horse was forty hands high and he still s:iid so). 'Ill: paper was signed by him, but lie swore lie could not write ain never did write before Mr. Bagnal or any hody else. Mrs. Gagnon, mother of tile pre ceding wit ness-Cleve Elliott went to her place and thei-e said lie hw $500 to spend on testimony against the Coulliettes. R. Z. Elliott was with him, we were of my pirdar patch, Cleve El liott asked me if I could help out in this "great struggle," the killiug of DesChamps by Tom Coulliette, Cleve Elliott-asked me which of my chil dren should join them, they would be richly paid for it, $50) or $0 a piece, it was before my house door.,. Cleve Elliott jumped out of his vehicle and said. to Charief'. "I came to se~e if I could get you to join us." (Cross ex amined: Joseph Benjamin Gaymon is moy son, lie is mixed with ,Iu~diani and whi.te, husband was known as cob ored man. he fough t t biroughb war, have - r~~i married to a colored man, -........: os wvhite as ington. Thbese naniu very rapidly and produced gene.% laughter in the court room. Jos5eph Benjamin was not there at all, I doni want to lie, my husband's hair was about as kinky as yours (to Mr. Lee', you keep yours trinined otherwise it would be as kinky as my hasband's. When this witness th.ishe:l court took a recess and we followed her out of the court- room to obtaiin the nam e, of the rest of her r'oyal family. She said they wvere Lewis Washington, George MyRanit, Louisia Octavias Sallie Mlattie Susa nna, David Orth neal and Meshach. 'T h' old lady, al though wvhite hereself, was proud of her Negro-Injun offspring. -J. H. Griffin--knew Jame-s Gxoodin, who lived with T Iom Coulhiette last year, he contradicted Goodin. as to Tonm Coulliette, I did not hear what the witness testitied to. Cross exam ined: Goodin told mnc he knew nothing about it, he said that I knew more about it than he, lie told me he had no idea who killed DesChamps. '1. B. Owen --am a t rial justice, there was a large crowd in woods where body was found, I went to att as coroner so they coulhl move thec boy~. W\itness described the ground andgeneral character ofe the woods, etc. I was shocked at seeing what had been done, all present were ex cited, Mr. Satterwvait cried, I saw tears rolling down his cheeks, know Tom Coulliette well, boarded wvith his family 5 or G years. Hec deribed the house and kitchen, also the dis tace~s and location of grape arbor and plum thicket about the premises. there were 1no doors to) passage of house, have known To'm 'Doulliette 17 ears, a person star(ding in eithier clump of plum bushes or uder grapc arbor could not see in the passige; C :s amined : In Jan. '93, Chias. Coulliette, ubrother of the defend ants, was very ill and died in March. I think it impossible for any one to Isee a person standing ini the doorway Sfrom the grape arbor or phun bushes, - Iwhen the body was found I tele ,grephed to thme sherif or to Mr. Tim' mns to get the cor'oner to hold in - iquest, at inqluest Johni Desehnp~ was excited, 1 asked him it h~e sus Speeted anyone, he said: "No, I don't. SI know; h'le wvas opposed to an inquiry ,at the time, told him it was best to find a verdict, didn't ask mec to stait the prosecutionl, did not tell him that we had enough to start the case on, I bound witnesses over both fot thc 9 tac and defense, without imy knowl. -ede I was selected as best friend foi the defendants by Mr. Barroni to stay in the. court room wit defendant' Icousel am friendly' to the Des -chamnps faimily also. Ie-direct: At the funeral saw Tom and Jim Coun. - litto, and saw nothing unusual it -their demueauor', deceased was burie~ with 3Masonie rites, at inquiest sau 1Jim look at the body, Ji m loane I hi wagon :.ud stood at horse's head ie-cross examined: Jim Coulliett< - did not volunteer the -use of hi: ewagon, he was asked for it. e col. H. L. Benbow-knew the do endantsmfrc.omn their bhooand o tf tili d as to thcir gr ".)A ('iaA:ter; eros --exnied -a peac'-l man1l woull r Ievene the seIiction of a daugIItei any man Would, surrimi at thi eharge a i l the, CollePttes. Paul B. Hodge -lives : mics fron Deschamps', in January '93 saw Des champs and 'I ow talking together a the former's store, everything I sav seemed pleasant, J. D. Hoyle wa! with me, hear.l no angry words cross examined-was not tiere bul once, was notitied yesterday I woIl be called uponl to testify, Mr. Owens tol! me. .)bert J. Welis-live ; or 7 miles ifrom Andrew's chaprl. was at the Ieap&. July :), ':) si w Jimn Coul ILette ther, Sumda chlool had start ed when Jim got there, it bad been oing onsmetime. lie was a - mem ber of the Bible class, saw nothing unusual about Iis manner; cross ex amined-school oneued in warm weaither at 9 o'cloek, the services con sift o praver, re.sponsive service, roll call, singing, and Bible clas, Bible class consuimes aIbout lalf hour, from opening of service to Bible lesson about 20 to 30 minutes, Bible lesson just started when Jim Coulliette came in, chiss had recited about 5 or 10 minutes. Ie-direct-Jim Coulliette was s:>netimes prompt, but usually late. Mrs. Mary E. Coullietto, sister-in law of the defendants, was put through examination in chief and a severe cross examination, and her testimony proving Tom Coulliette being at Lt ho:pme was not shaken. Her conduct on the stand during the severc cr deal was with becoming modesty, and won for her the symnathy of the audience. J. H. T. Coulliette, one of the de feudants, followed -am a single man, 48 vears old, was at home Sunday morning, July 30, staid 'there all day util late in the afternoon, and then took a walk with my little nephew, did not kill Deschamps and know nothing of the killin!. Denied with emphasis the statement of Henry Jones and otLA witnesses that swore they saw him. Heard of Deschamps death Monday afternoon, did not see Dick Griffin at woy shop, saw. no let ter, seldom at the shop on Saturday, my niece was not there either. Denied that Deschamps was run out of his house. Was not at John Deschamps gate. Dened l having angry words with Deschamps. Never threatened Deschamps life, was friendly with him, heard coroner announce at see ond inquest to persons having iuforma tion to give it; cross examined Ridgeway was w'-roner. never knew oi notes passing between Deschamps and Mary Coulliette, don't know any thing about Rose cordes carrying notes, never heard my brother cam plain of Deseh-imps, know nothsing about presens of watch and jew elry, don't know anything about my brother having Des champs' Knights of Pythias pin, had no conversation with captain Brails lord Su ndar afternoon, never dis cussed D esel.mu.:ps in the family, know noIt hinsg about Deschaimps' hat being ienl ai iny houise. (Letter was suinjitted to. witness and the con tents was excluded.) That looks like Eug~eni's writinog. . L Felder*-sawv Jim coulliette at Anrew's chapel July :30, '93, lie re ited in Bible class. Here several wit nes~ses testitied to the good character Sother de nr his, daiugh1ter in D~schanps. Wa s at Au~diew s. . that day and iccited in the Bible clss, Jim Goodin's sta.temn~zt about seeig me with a un is false, Bracy's sttement if fase, heard announce ment of coroner, Goodhin, Jones and Griffin were at the inquest. never saws my daughter in an imiproper attitude wvi:h Deschamnps at piemecs or any. where eise, Fairey's statement is false, wvas friendly to (deceased, was at the funeral; cross exained-wodlld ad mit the killing if guilty, Mary is 23 years old, she is at howe, Mary had no gold wvatch that I know of. . De nied seeinsg or knowinig of the pres ets of jewe-ry, etc. D~eiied knowing anything about the letters. Dcnied knowing anything about running Des :hminps from loin's house. ' Heardi about Deschamps deata Monday fronm captain Brailsfor'd, saw. Dick Griffin about 12 o'clock, but didn't see binm with the funeral notice, he said noth ing to me, I was ahleadl of Tom, neve, sav nothing unusual in Deschtdmps attention to my daughter, was not advis-d to own up. * Defense closed. The affidavit of J. U. Gaymnon wvas )ren by W. c. Dais, .1. 1.. Rhsame, a'd I. I. 1hagual whih'Joseph Beni ja mi i Gavmoiu dlenieda siguning. The1 juge oirdered Gaynmon before himi and head him sent to jail upon th( charge of perjury, and ordered Gay man's test imony stricken out. T hecrc was a great deal of testimony~ entradicting the defendants. Alst as to the titue of the tiring of gun: ani when James coulliste reachedt the Sunday-school. Hon. James F. Rhamte wvas the first Ito address the jury and in his usna: careful manner prescuited his argu mnt to the jury His speech lasted Ione hour andI tw;eity minutes. He was followved b; R. D. Lee, Esq., whc spoke 1 hour and 56, minutes. Hi: speech covered the' State's side of the controversy, and it w;as delivered in masterly mane~. Duriugz his re niarks lie'mad an'allusion to Mamj Douw's house, and when afterwarth his atention was called to it he mad< g'icful apology. R..O Purdy, Esg., opened for p defeue, and made thse best speteen 0 hi-s hufe He was imspresive au~d (-10 qet. -and snoke 1 hour and 57 min ute . P. Iarross, Esq , clsed fo the defenise. sud -xithi his usual con sideratin only spoke 1 hour and i utes. Mr. Barron reaizedt tis 'ft tthat his associate had sat isfae triy; covecred the ea:,e for the defens and snade a magnilicent appeal fo: the deeudants. S liciwr W\ilson tuade the closil; argu'senst and for 2 hsours he summeu ute evidence with the attenlt ion juricrs, judge and audience rivite ipo him. Hie hasueer dosse Ii dt moie ful. The jud ge cihargcd t he 2 ' 55" ca forcible summnary o t a .w as .es. i.uc nih held the attncit1la l s the aud imen for near two hours I wiile <elivering is charge. It was -as file legal delivc-ry as we have ever s heard, anil regret not being able to furnish it t0 our readers. I Thie jury retired, renmiined outt 55 - tinutes anl returned with a verdict t of not guilty" Snalay morning at f M.4-5 o'clck. ie coulliettes were inmmediatelv surrountled by friends and coratulated, but there was nothing of a denuonstration. ROYA) AKI POWDE'R Absolutely Pure. A ernuu of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strenth. '.-.4 C - .! G(cw ami'ent Food Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St., N. Y. 3 Child Birth Made Easy. "MOTIrS FRIEND"isascien tifically prepared Tiniment, 2 every ingredientof recognized value and in constant use by the medical profession. These in-redients are combined in a mniner I'hitherto unknown. "MoTHERS' FRIEND" WILL Do all that is claimed for it A ND MORE. It shortens labor, lessens pi. o diminishes danger to life ofLMother and Child. rook "To Mothers " nailed free contain ing valuabio information and voluntary testimonials. Sen l)b express, on receipt o f price. $1.0 per ;ottle. 'oldeverywhere. I RADFIELD kGVUL.ATOR Co.,Atlanta, Ga' PROCLAMATION, State of Soiti Carolina, Executive Chamber. WIIEExAS information has been re ested at this Department that on the night of the 2 d day of December. A. D. 1893, the stale of Legg & Hutchinson. and several buildings of Moses Levi. in t-he County of Claren don, were b)urned, and there being reason to believe that the burning was an act of incendiarism. Now, therefore. I. B. R. Tillman, Governor of the State of South Caro lina, in order that justice may be done and the majesty of the law vin dicated, do hereby offer a reward of ONE HUNDR~ED) DOLLARS for the *--"hension and conviction of the ~sons who committed -- ' here Independene - u t * Ainerica. By the Gxovernor-: '.J.E..TINDAL, Secretar' of- Sitte. Notice of Discharge. 'O CatMrch 22nd I will apply to toe Judge ofi Probate for letters dianmissory as admnin isrator of the estate of Eva Singleton, ch~eesel. . E. DNtfss. Manning, Feb. 22, 1891. Notice to Creditors. .A *ersonis hauving claims against the esta> of .liss E-:za- K. Wlii, deeased1, will p ra nt thcem 1July attested, and those owing ail estate wt i:u ake payment to - * W. N. flELL, Adhninistrator. Har tsv ille, S. C. Feb. 7, 1S94. Notice to Creditors. .M1 personis haviw.; elaimzs agaiinst the. cat,- oif Ezma A. Tindal, deceased, will pr--ent them duly attested, and those owing sil estate will mak'e paymetnt to I ~ ELIZA C. TVINDAL, -Qialiflid Admin~istratcix. Sanumerton. S. C. Feb. 8, 1894. iNotice of Dissolution. Un te- 1st day of January, 1891, the firm f Ma.,on &t Wilkins, doing bnsiness at Foeston, S. C., was dissolved by miuttial consent. Thue business flow will be con tinnod under the name of 0.' M. Mason. E. L. Win: ot Charl-eston. S. C., as *SnmeId all the liabilities of the firmi of Masoin & Wilkins. C. M. MASON. E. L. WILKINS. NOTIOE OF RECISTRATION. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLAlRENDON. , I N A(X')ol)ANCE WITH THlE l'RtOTIS lions of an act of the Gen':ral Assembly, ratiled on the 9th dar of February..1882,. I will be in the court L.nse in Mannmng.,.in the ofice of the cerk of the court, the first Monday of each moniith, for the purpose of allowing pr-rsons comning of age since the - g;. neral electioc to register, and to at ed to aar other business pertaining to my oitial diecs. S. P. HIOLLADAY, Sup1.:rvisoir Registration Clarcndon Co. p. 0. Address: Panola. S. C. . STATE OF SOUTH OAROLINA, COUNTrY OF- C:LARENDON. By Louis A ppelt. h&q., Prtobate. .Judge. -Whiereas. MiRS. STACiA (()NN( )R has miade suit to met, toc granit her Let ters of Admnitistrationi of the Estate of and effeets of It. S. CO N NUR. These are the irefore to cite and ad - t~onish': al and ingui' thie kindred ud appearii beor me. i th < Sur.o ( ho Indol fh Marh i toxt. after I t-m~~~ic eu-ro t 11 I eloc k in 1. tl fo-~oil to ,low causte, it any I 01 ii hiid n"t iie granted. (io undetll ir my 1-and, this :id da.- of Marlb. Anino Domini, 1894. ... LO UIS APPELT,. Probnte Judge. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CLARENDON COUNTy. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Tho mias Wilson, Plaintiff, agamst Eenry L. Benbow, Defendant. JUDCMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. UNDER AND 13Y VIRTUE OF A Judgment order o; the Court of Con mon Pleas in ihe above stated case, bearing date the 'id day of March, 1894, I will sell at public action'to the highest bidder, for cash, at Clarendon courthouse. at Manning, in said coun ty, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1894, the following described real estate: I. All that tract of land or planta tion situated in the said County of Clarendon. containing twelve hun dred acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: North by lands of the es tate of James H' Tindal, lands of es tate of S. C. Brunson, lands of C. B. Cobia, and lands of estate of H. F Tindal: east by lands of estate of Jas. H. Tindal, and lands of -Hulda Shep ard, sometimes called John Shep pard's lands; south by the tract of land hereinafter described, numbered "1I," and lands of estate of William Bryant, and on the west by lands of estate of S. C. Brunson. II. All that tract of land or planta tion situated in the said County of Clarendon, containing six hundred acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: North by the said above de scribed twelve hundred acre tract of land, and land of Louis Benbow; east by lands 'of estate 'f William Bryant, and lands of B. R. Bryant, known as lands of R. B. Harvin and occupied by him, and lands of Sarah Anderson, and on the west by lands of, or lands claimed by, Ezra A. Tindal, and lands of estate of Brunson. Purchaser to pay for papers. D. J. BRADHAM, Sheriff Clarendon County. March 7, 1894. STATE OFSOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.. Samuel A. Righy, 'ainti-, against James McCauley, Acna E. McCauley, R. B. McCauley, 0. D. McCauley, Mary E. Ridgill, and J. I. Ridgill, Defendants. JUDCMENT FOR FORECLOSURE AND SALE. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A judgment order of. the Court of Com mon Pleas in the above stated case, bearing date the 21st day of October, A. D. 1893, and the further order of the said court bearing date March 3d, A. 1). 1894, which said judgment and order are on file in the office of the Clerk of said Court, I will sell at pub lic action, to the highest bidder,. for cash, at Clarendon courthouse, at Manning, in said county of Clarendon, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1894, the following described real estate: That parcel of land situated in said County of Clarendon, containing forty (40) acres, and boundedon the north by a parcel of land recently sold under the judgment first above referred, to and conveyed by me as sheriff to Samuel A. Rigby; East by the said parcel of land so conveyed to the said Samuel A. Rigby and by lands of J. E. Tindal; south, south east and west by lands of 3. E. Tindal, and delineated -on a a plat dated Dec. 22d, 1893, made by Junius E. Scott, D. S., and num bered "1" on said plat, whichsaid plat is annexed to the sheriff's report of sale made in the above entitled ac tion in February A. D., 1894, and on file in the office of said Clerk of said Court. Notice is also given that any person or persons to whom the said premises may be struck off at such sale will be .frthwith to comply with STA TE of 80UTh CA ROUINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. Court of Common Pleas. Thomas P. Broughton, Plaintiff, against W. C. B3roughton, Defendant. JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. UNDER AN]) BY VIRTUE OP A judgment order of the Court of Com mon Pleas in the above stated case, bearing'date the 3d day of March, 1894, I will sell at public auction tothe highest bidder, for cash, at Clarendon court house, in Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for ju dicial sales, on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1894, the following described real estate: 1. That parcel of land situated in saidl county containing two hundred and seventy-two acres, bounded north by lands of Patrick H. Brough toin, east b~y P. H. Broughton's land, - south by E. J. Broughton's land, and west by Santee river. 2. Thiat parcel of land situated in said county containing eighteen and sixth-tenths acres, and bounded north bv lands P. H. Broughton, east by lands of J. J. Broughton, and south and west by.E. J. Broughton's lands. :3. All that parcel of land situated in said county containing sixty-two and one-half acres, bounded north by lands of J. J. Broughton, east by J. J. Brougton's lands, south by lands of J. J. Brongtonl and the Richard Lawrence land, and on the west by the Charleston road. Purchaser to pay for papers.. . D. J. BRADHAM, Sher-iff Clarendon County. March 7, 1894. Peddler's lUceose, OFFICE .OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 'MA NNING, S. C.. Feb. 23. 1894. Under and by virtue of an act of the General Assembly passed at the session of 1893. whereby the county commlissioners are directed to fix a license for hawkers and p)eddlers coml ing inlto pr doing business in this coun tv, the counmty (coniuissioners have fixed the follovwing amounts to be paid for a license for the year 1894, and all p~ersons interested are required to to take notice: Pe~ddlers, hawkers, and vendcrs of stores. ranges, elocks, and lightning ]keddlers and vendors of sewving ma ch inCs, pianos and organs-$25.00. 1Buireaus, bed-steads. bed-springs, and other furniture-$20.00. Peddllers and hawkers of medicines. trinkets. toys and other wares and merchandise of like kind-15.00. Peddlers and hawkers of any and all other kinds of wares and merchan d ise not hiereinbefore provided for an not exempt undler Act-$1.5.00. By order of Board. [s A L) W. C. DAVIs, Clerk of Bcard.