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Mlm ESTABLISHED IN 1895 DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1911. Vo1- 17 No 31* IMS OF THE COUNTY! NEWSY LETTERS FROM DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COONTY COMING AND GOING OF PEOPLE News Items of Iafcerest to Herald Readers. Kbb and Flow of the Human Tide. I'ag-cs Mill Notes. Mr. C. \V. Townsend, after spending a week >yith his parents has returned to his -work at Clio. Mr. Thomas Smith, of Norfolk, Va., was in town Friday and Saturv day on business. Miss Adeline Roberts, who has been visitinjr M.iss .lanie Tpnmlp i*>ft I Sunday for .Marietta, N. C. Dr. Lester has just returned from a few days stay at his home in North Carolina. The afternoon picnic given by the Gaddyg Mill folks last Tuesday was greatly enjoyed by the girls here. We wish them to come again I and bring no enipity wagon. Mr. Clyde Martin and family have moved to their former home in Mullins. Miss Bessie Hinley, of Marietta, N. C., spent last week with Miss Townsend. Mr. A. W. fmith lost his diamond ring m the pond Surnday. Wonder, who i? grieving most over it. Mr. George Hardwiek, of Mullins, i3 now working in the Rogers Drug Store as Mr. Bolden, the former druggist is very ill. Miss Edna Harrington, who has, been visiting at the home of Dr. J. G. Rogers, returned to her home Sunday near Marietta. Rev. B. K. Mason, of Mullins. conducted a protracted meeting here at the First Baptist church last , week, which we know has helped I the community considerably. Miss Ellis, of Baltimore, Md., who is going to put up a millinery shop here, is expected this week. ( alvarj Items. 'Hie farmers of this section are well pleased with young cotton. The refreshing showers are causing the plant to take on lots of| fruit and it is often said that with a late fall the young cotton will yield, more than the older plant. The writer has not made a very careful examination and will nc>t express his opinion. Rev. J. H. Moody aaid son, John, were in the Latta section Friday and Saturday last. Prof. S. H. Moody left Thursday night for Cameron, S. C-, where I he will take charge of the school of that, place, i If you want to see the Yankee Jack, guaranteed to raise three 1 thousand pounds, call on John j k Moody, Jr., of this place. The Yankee lifter which he has is also a substantial vice, pipe wrench, wire stretcher and wire mender. If you wish to purchase one after seeing his he will gladly place one in i your jKissesslon. Mr. W. C. McKenzie, of Bermu- i da, was here Sunday last, and said that he was going to Horry next week. Wonder if he is going to bring back some fish. A very lovely couple were I here from the Hamer section k Sunday afternoon. This being a little unusual, we will say for them I that the preacher is home most^ of | I me Time now, ana as ror union | county. Why the dollar will help move things. Come on S. and H. \ Bermuda Briefs. As I have not seen anything from his section in some time 1 will ?,ive you a few dots. We have fceen having lots of rain In this community for the past week or two. It did not come before it was needed. Mrs. Colon Stubbs, of Rowland, visited her parents, Mr, and Mrs. <j, S. W. Stephens, last week, Mr. A. C. Moody and wife spent Sunday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs M. G. Hayes. Messrs Cliftiin Stji 11 ton stnri Mar IvIji Hamilton, of Little Rock, visited the home of Mr. T. T. Moody Sunday. Miss Julia Stephens visited friends at Pages Mill last week. Mrs. L. A. Powell, of Dillon, | spent a few days In this section last i week. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Moody visited friends aod relatives near Maxton.j N. C., last week. Little Miss Vernon Stephens was delightfully entertained Sunday by Misses Lena and Daisy Stephens. Quite a number of our young people attended services at Kemper Sunday afternoon. Court Next Week, The court that convenes on M011- j day is exclusively for the trial of criminal cases, with Judge Aldrich i presiding. The only case likely to1] v excite any great public interest is < that of Richard S. Davis, charged with killing Sidney D. Hursey. This case was once before heard and re- . jt .i suited In a mistrial ? the jury Standing, according to rumor, nine ft , for acquital and three for man- i * slaughter with recommendation to mercy. The case was to have been i called at the last, term of court b#t1 1 was continued by consent of bot? ! SEN. BAILEY TO RETIRE TEXAS SENATOR WILL NOT STAND FOR RE-ELECTION MAD AT DEMOCRATIC PARTY Texas l'aper Announces Coining Ii?'tiivment. Washington .SuiiiiwkJ at Texan's Abrupt IH*cisi??n. Fort Worth, Texas. Sept. 5. ? The Rppnrri tn-mnrpn... ...lit ....i.u.k a dispatch from Gainsville, Texas, announcing that United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey will not be a candidate for re-election. "You can say for me that I will not be a candidate for ie-elettion to the sen tie next year, and y can a 1st say that this decision is irrevocable," the dispatch quotes Senator Bailey as saying in reply to the direct question. "I know that the State cannot find a successor who will be more faithful to the welfare of her people than I have been, but 1 sincerely hope that she will find one who can represent her in the senate with greater ability than 1 have." Senator Bailey returned to Gainesville from Washington today. A Surprise to Washington. Washington, Sept. 5. ? Senator! Bailey's announcement that he would not be a candidate for if- . election was received with some j surprise, though it is understood that before he left Washington a few weeks ago he confided to friends here that he proposed to retire at the end of his term. His differences with the controlling' forces in the senate Democratic majority reached a climax last March, when, after the Democrats insisted upon approving the recall feature of the Arizona resolution, the senator sent in his resignation to Gov. Colq.uilt. The governor, by , tch graph declined to accept the resignation. Since that time variaus things have\ occurred to increase Senator Bailey's dissatisfaction with his position and to put | nun more and more out e>f touch with his .party. School Opens Monday. School will opt;n at 8.45 Monday morning, Sept. 11. There will be nc formal opening. Visitors will be welcome, but they will see only the necessary work of organization. A parents' meeting will j be arranged for later. The teachers are all expected in time for the teachers' meeting at 4 p. m. Saturday, Sept. 9, except Miss Mahala Smith, who will be detained for several weeks on account of a recent attack of personal illness. Pupils should bring with them all the books used last year and should not buy any new ones until they are given an authorized list on Monday. The necessary new books have been ordered and will be on sale at The Herald Book Store. Where mew books are to be bought, old ones should be given as part payment so as to save money. Begin the year right?be present the first day and on tiiue. Parents help us; it will be to our mutual advantage. The assignment of teachers is as follows: Maple Mill?Miss Mahnla Smith, Miss Mary Fore. Dillon Graded School?Mies IsJa 1 McKenzie. First grade and supervisor primary grades?Miss Susie Hill. Second grade. ? Mrs. Annie W. Smith. Third grade?Miss Pearl Hays. Fourth grade?Miss lEmily Dantzler. Fifth grade Miss Bessie Jackson. Sixth grade ? Miss Margie Scarborough. Seventh grade Dillon High School ? Miss Janie Colvin, mathmatlcB and science. Miss Mattie Harney ? English | and history. Mise Ammonette Gordon ? Lat- ; in and grammar. Mise Mary Gilbert ? Freehand drawing and speeiaJ art Miss Annie Dee Rlcherson?Special Music. Misa Sallie Cordle ? Sight singing and manual training. Miss Edna Devid ? Special expresses n. 9 TV T* VinarH Supt. A Delightful EntertaJlunent. Miss Rebecca Elliott entertained Priday evening in honor of her attractive guest, Miss Resale McCormac, of Rowlan.d Ice cream and wafers were served by Misses David :ind Hamer. The honored guests were: Misses Bessie McCormac, of Rowland; Jania Berry, of Birmingham. Ala.; Katherene Everitt, of Bennettsville; Marearet McGirt. of Darlineton Ruby McCormac, of Rowland; Harlpi Hamer, Helen David, Mildred Sellers, Eula Braddy, Beulah Brad(ly, Mary Bethea, Ruth Stackhouse, Mabel Leigh Evans, Edith Allen, Rena Bracey; Messrs John David, James Sprunt, John C. Bethea, Frank Thompson, Will Carter, Earle Bethea, Sam McLaurin, Will Thompson, Ben Badger, Bruce Sellers, Joe Klrby, Brooks Alford, Arnold Buekner. Miss Martha Secfberry, of Latta, i ?.pent Wednesday In town. 1 DIE IN RIVER TRAGEDY TOLEDO CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES DROWNED LAUNCH RAMMED BY BARGE iLoiie Survivor, in Serious Conilition, I"nable to Explain Cause of Col lisioiif?Bodies Not Recovered. Toledo, Ohio, September 2. ? Preparations for the celebration of l^abor Day in this city were given a check to-day, when the citizens stopped work and expressed their deep sympathy and many lent their aid in the search for the seven bodies of city officials and employees, who met a tragic death by drowning early this morning, when their little launch, when their lit tie launch, a 35-root craft, was lammed by the barge Philip Minch, hurling several of the occupants to u wa'ery grave. The drowned are: Harry Hatch, city touncilman; James Wister, superintendent of water works; Thus. Purcell, master mechanic at the water works plants; Fred Shane, secretary of Service Director Wells; William Blatt, water inspector, Norwood avenue; William Carroll, bookkeeper at water works plant, and Rudolph Yunker. Delay in Receiving News. The accident occurred about 1.30 o'clock this morning, but word war not received in the city until more than two hours later. Professional d..ers, policemen with grappling hooks and local riverman have searched the waters of the bay all day but in vain. Of the party of eight men, who left town for Kelly's Island, only one was saved. The party was swamped near Mauroee Bay. What they were doing never will be known. Mayer, the engineer, who was below looking after the engine, was the only one of the party to escape Mayer declares he did not heai anv signals sounded from the barge Seven F?unilit*s Fatherless. in seven nonies tne wiaows and children of the dead men are being cared for by relatives and svm; pathetic neighbors. Michael Mayer engineer and part owner of the launch Nemo, is practically a physical wreck at his home after his terrible experience in the water i following the collision. Thougl | he fought desperately for his life (and only was rescued about an i hour after the collision. Mayer re! ir.ained sufficiently rational unti' | the middle of the day to tell what had occurred. "I did not see my companions foi half an hour after we left the Down-Town Dock on our way out.' said Mayer. "1 was attending the engine and the boat near us when I was knocked down l?y th( force of the collision. A heavy door of a closet fell over me and pinned me to the floor. 1 was stunned for a time. Water began rushing into the engine room and soon it was up to my neck. 1 tried several ways to get out and soon (the launch parted in the middle. Heanl Cries of Victims. "I did not see my companions when the collision occurred. 1 heard some cries and thinfc it was the victims shouting as a warning to the giant steel barge." Capt. D. B. CummingB, of thf Minch, and First Officer F. B. Cummings, his brother, were on the bridge. August Swan was at the wheel and Abner Busier was lookout. The?e men declared they sighted the launch about fifteen minutes before the collision. They declared warning- and passing signals were given, but no replies were received. Capt. Cumjnings was summoned by United States steamboat Inspector immediately and an investigation was begun. Coroner Henseeler also is investigating the collision, with a view to fixing the responsibility for the drowning. TRAIN THROt'OH TRKHTUK. Following Heavy Rains Tlnve Cars Fall Tliioiigh Bridge en Route- hi Ben nett* v i lie. Wilmington, N. C.f Sept. 1. ? Following rains said to have been the heaviest on record, Atlantic Coast L?ine passenger train No. 67. Fayetteville, N. C., to Bennettsville, N. C., plunged through a trestle two miles south of Bed Springs, N. C., to-day. The engine passed over safely, but the tender, mail, baggage and passenger coaches went through. Only two persons were hurt. Mr. R. C. Harrelson left Sunday for Rockingham, N. C., where he has accepted a position as agent with the Ra'ilroad Company. WIND 1?? >11liKS AN HOUR. Fopvcaster Computes Hurricane Max i ni u m?Freshets Itejs trtod Charleston, S. C., Sept 2.?Forecaster Cole figures that the maximum wind velocity of the hurricane was 106 miles an hour from the east at 11 ,'ifi o'clock Th*> wind guage became defective and refused to register properly at the weather bureau after 11.30 o'clock, its last reading being 94 miles an hour. By comparison with the report from the Charleston Museum, Mr. Cole fiftures that the speed went to 106 miles. The Charleston navy yard is said to have recorded 125 miles an hour. MARGARET A. MAY LOST1 FRAGMENT OF THE MARGARET A. MAY I WASHED ASHORE | ELEVEN OR MORE LIVES LOST ! TIwki^Ih to Have Fouiulered, I'oi*ti<>n of H??r Storn Itriiig EVmiihI on (Vole* Island IU'iu'Ii. i A portion of Hie stern of a vessel bearing the name "Margaret A. : May," was picked up after the storm by Capt. Hernandez on the beach of ' Cole's Island. It is feared this is all that is left to tell the tale of . '.ue nig Philadelphia schooner which sailed from Charleston on the 23rd of August, homeward bound, ! with a cargo of lumber from the Burton Lumber Company. ('apt. Geo. L. Jarvis, master of the Margaret May, and his crew of eight men, are thought to have been i drowned. ('apt. -larvis Well Known Here. Oapt. Jarvis whs well known in p Charleston, having; traded at this ! port a number of years, and being a | member of the Carolina Yacht Club and the Commercial Club. His | friends here expressed grave fears for the safety of the ship and after the 6torm reports from her were anxiously awaited. It is now cerjtaiu that the vessel was destroyed, ,jaaid it is most likely that the Cap, tain a I'd his crew were drowned, le is probable that the lumber which . Capt. Hernandez reports scattered I over the beach of Cole's Island is ia part of the cargo of the Margaret A. May. To find it*; way to Cole's j ( island the stern of the ill-fated ves- , ! sel had to drift across Stono Bar. . It is understood that Capt Jarvis had as his guests on this trip | ; hi6 two brothers, which would make j eleven souls lost. It is not known . at what point the vessel was prob1 ably wrecked. A number of sea capi tains were yesterday discussing the I 11 fate of the Margaret A. May in the; office of Cohen & Wells, ship brok| ers, through whom the vessel trad-i I ed here, but they eould not agree . ; on the place, where the wreck might I have occurred. They were all well known seamen and each had some JI word of praise for Capt. Jarvis. There is no telling how far the , portion of tiie wreck picked up on Cole's Island beach had drifted. It ! [ may have drifted from some island 1 , \* here the masttjc and crew found | , l refuge from the storm, and where i . perchance they may be to-day?iso-1 I lated and unable to communicate with the mainland. The Margaret A. May was a ves sel of 4 58 tons. She was built in ( 1884 and was owned by Jonathan ' May & Sons of Philadelphia. | IV Vullontiiie Ashore. r The schooner Charles H. VallenI tine, which sailed the same day as , the Margaret A. May, has been rei ported ashore off the North CVroI linn Coast. I Davidson Towed Into Port. ! Wilmington, N. t'., September 2. ?The tug Tormenter to-day towed l inio Soathport the schooner James i (; Davidson, from Charleston to New I York, -with a cargo of lumber, pre, i viously reported abandoned at sea Jin a sinking condition, the captain ' | and crew having been taken to HaJvanna by the American tramp Steamer North-western. ! , Davidson's (Yew to Havairnn. New Haven, Conn., SepL 2 ? Word came to the owners to-day | that the schooner James Davidson had foundered off Charleston, S. C., and CapL Gilmore and crew had been taken Into Havanna by the steamer Northwestern. The Davidson sailed from Charleston August ' 24, for Norwich, Conn. She was of 429 tons and built in New I^ondon * i in 1891. 1 The Benedict-Mason Company has not. heard from two other sclioon-< crs. the Annie Kimball and the Thelma, both of which had left Savannah for thi? city. AllLanea. ? New York Washington, Sept. 2. ? A wireless message from the revenue cutA vci \7iiv;imaf,(l WUtt) ?<11U lllf Panama Liner AllJanca, disabled off the Carolina coast by a breakdown in her machinery while en route from New York to Cristobal with seventy-five passengers was headed back to New York under her own steam and passed Assateague lighthouse, north of Cape Charles, at 4 o'clock this morning. The Onondaga reported she stood by the Allianca two days while repairs'1 were being made on the steamer's engines. WOMAN MAYOR IN QCANDARY. Uniniflilnion Allow Time Limit to , Lvpirc Without. Making I>evy. Hunnewell. Kan., Sept. 1. ? The councilmen of lfunnewell have fin- ' ally gotten revenge on Mrs. Rlla Wilson, "llunneweir'B woman mayor," who since she assumed office, 1 has humbled the city fathers in a i number of conflicts. c The councilmen have allowed the I time for levying taxes for next . ( j year's expenses to expire without t making a levy. As a result, Mrs. , n Wilson faces a serious problem of j how to obtain enough money to pay i the town's 1912 running expenses. ? Mrs. Wilson was visibly disturb-. 1 ed to-day, but she declared nonfi- 1 dence in her ability to adjust the li situation of other proceedings. c * WE OF GOOD ROADS METHODS USED IN BUILDING DILLON COUNTY ROADS USING TWO CONVICT FORCES Interesting t'oniiiuinicot ion From Englnwr Waylaml Regarding The I'ublic Itotul Work. The need of a system of good roads in Dillon county is easily apparent to the most casual observer. While some of our roads are excellent, a good many fair, yet there are a great many instances where whole communities are seriously huiiilinm.nuil l.v i.vux only a fraction of an ordinary load can he hauled. The real importance of good roads is rarely appreciated fully. We realize that we can haul more load over a good road than we can over a bad one; we realize how much our time and l>l(,,surc depend on the condition of a road that we travel over iu buggy i r automobile, but very few , if any at all, realize the vast importance ol good roads in the effects which they have upon us in ways almost numberless. It is not a question of merely how much load we- can haul, or how much ease and pleasure we can have traveling over the roads, but of the effects derived from these anil other advantages of good roads. Ferhans no more suggestive illustnitiou can l>e drawn than a comparison of the effects of railroads on the whole moral, mental and physical character of the world, with the effects of a svsteni of good roads in a county. Since roads are such a vital part i of a county's life, then, they are1 worthy of the deepest and most careful study. We cannot fill a mud hole here, clay a road bank there, and call our duty done. The largest load that can be hauled over any road is only as large a? can be hauled through the worst place in that road. Therefore, our roads must be built continuously gx>od. To build a short section of good road with a muddy bay or a sand hill at either end, and then let it gt? at that, is wasting money, for that section of road is worn out and gone without ever having served its full usefullness as one part of a continuously good road. This same argument also holds true in the reverse: where we have a road that is uniformly a fairly good road, with the exception of a few particularly bad places, we are wasting the usefulness of the greater part, which is fairly good, if we do not improve the few bad places up to the average standard of the rest of the road. Hut there is one point to he strictly borne in mind. All work except that of the most temporary and makeshift character must he so done that as little of it as possible is wasted when the permanently good road is built in that place. There are urgent appeals coming in from all over the county for some road to be improved. These improvements are wanted not just because they would be nice, but because they are desperately needed. Yet all these improvements cannot possibly be made at once. A complete system of uniformally good roads is the great need of the county; prompt attention to certain particularly bad places the dire necessity of many neighborhoods. To meet this situation the following plan is proposed, and is being put into effect as the most practical : The main strength of the county's force is to be centered around , the chain gang This camp will do the heavy permanent work. In addition to the chain gang there will be found another, and smaller gang. This will be a floating gang, equippe d to travel easily and quickly and will be for the purpose of keeping the roads in a thoroughly passable condition. The main, or chain gang camp will be kept as large as possible,, and be organized to do the heavier permanent work quickly and cheaply The smaller, or floating gang, will do repair work now, and, us the roads are built, will look after Hie maintenance of them. In time other floating gangs will be formed lor the same purpose. An organization is the important 1 thing to be perfected now. With | weil organized gangs of men trained to their work, results can be had within limits of time ajid cost that i would otherwise be impossible. In a later article the organization al-1 ready started in the chain g?ng camp will lie described, giving some interesting facts concerning reduotion already made in cost of keeping up the outfit, and the increase in the amount of work accomplish-! ?d with the same outfit without working men or mules any harder than before. Edwin M. Wayland. 0. E. Mr. and Mrs. I>. S. Stack house K11tertain. On last Friday evening, at their tome near Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. D. 5. Stackhouse, entertained in honor f iheir sister and niece, Misses ' Sulalie Williams, of Mullins, and Vda Oodhold, of Florida. Quite a rowd of young people were present,)' ind several amusing games were |' )layed after which the guests were ishered out nu the l?wn n hom i i ral tables were loaded with de- ' Ightful refreshments. At a late 1 '.cut the Kuests departed for their I lomes declaring: Mrs. Stackhouso a harming: hostess. ' BEATTIE FIGHTS FOR LIFE STICKS TO STORY OF MURDER TOLD BEFORE CORONER. TELLSSTOBYQTTHE KILLING Admit* More Relations With Reiilali Itinfohl ? Itinford tJirl Will be Called l'|M>n to Testify. Chesterfield, Va., Sept. 4 ? Through six weary hours in a crowded and stuffy court room. Henry Clay Ueattie, Jr., on trial for the murder of his wife, battled for his life to-day. Kvening shadows alone interrupted a vigorous cross examination by the Commonwealth. Judge Watson ending the ordeal by adjournment of Court to an earlier hour than usual to-morrow?9.15 a. in. when Prosecutor L?. O. Weudenberg will continue his rapid-fire of ?iu estions. A lone figure was young Beattie in the crowd that surrounded him on all sides?even the windows and trees commanding the court room being thick with staring faces. The prisoner sat for hours, his manner cool and collected, unfolding the sordid details of his relation with Beulah Binford, a 17-year-old girl, for whom the prosecution alleges Beattie killed his bride of a year. But not alone the orgies of the four years before his marriage and those that preceded the tragedy, hut tlie gruesome tale of the attack of the highwayman, the wild ride to the Owen house at the speed of fifty-five miles an hour with the lifeless, blood-covered body of his wife in the machine beside him was giveu to the jury in all its horrible detail. IKiiiiiimI lijooflstuiiieil Clothe*. The prisoner, by request of the prosecution, even stood t'ji to full i ... . .1 i ,i... atn ? M'llglll ,111(1 lioilliru (lie -v?... ed cosit that he wore the night of the murder and attempted to explain why the blood had not flecked certain portions of the garment'it his wife was reclining against him in the way he described. The clothes of the dead woman had been burned just 'before the arrest of Beanie, and as more than once there was occasion to refer to them, Prossecutor Wendenberg exclaimed: , "1 wish to God we had them i here." It was a day of extreme solemnity | in the room. The accused sat in nil arm chair, his head often ,,esting on .his hand, while with the other he rubbed a knotted handkerchief over his face. In the bar sat his brother, Douglas, and his whitehaired father the latter at times covering his wrinkled face as somo particularly loathsome details were recited !> the son. Told Same Story. Beattie answered questions in aD I even voice and without emotion, hlxeept for the nervous fingeriag; of his handkerchief and the characteristic vibration of the muscles in lii.- cheek, he sat like a school boy, expressionless, as he told the story ot" the crime In no esesntlal did the prisoner's version of the affair to-day differ from that which lie gave at the coroner's inquest or that to which the defence through his witnesses hitherto lias clung. The direct examination hutted only two and a half hours, while the cross examination had proceeded three and a half hours when court adjourned. The prosecution in its cross examination gave special attention to two points in the previous testimony of the prisoner. If the accused had on the nig'nt of the murder, a light fastened Yo the rear of the machine, why could he not see the fleeing highwayman to the rear of his machine when he grappled with him and wrested the shot gun from him and why did the highwayman flee? These questions the prisonei evaded in his testimony, hut tomorrow the prosecution will ham mer away at them. I>cnic*l ituvint* (iun. ianer uemai fame irum the lips of the prisoner as Mr. Wendenberg questioned him concerning the alleged purchase, of a shotgun for him by his cousin. Paul Beaitie, on the Saturday before the murder. and the testimony of the latter as to the confession in which Henry is alleged to have exclaimed: "'I wish to God 1 hadn't done it. 1 wouldn't do it again for a million dollars." Beattie disclaimed any connection with the purchase of the gun and any knowledge of the transfer of any gun by Paul to him, declaring he never saw the fatal shotgun until the fatal night it was raised by 'he highwayman on the Midlothian IUIII|IIM-. Iilllll' 1)1 rHUl S IHMIImony concerning his meetings with him did he admit. He said he was with his cousin only on the Saturday night before the murder a-n'd merely carried him home in his car from the Beattie store. He denied that he had been with Paul at any time within the week or fortnight previous and 011 this declaration tie prosecution to-morrow will linrer particularly, as to-night Detective Scherer declared that four witnesses were to be procured who saw Henry and Paul together also on the Thursday night before the mil rder That it was his wife who Bug- , jested the ride on the Midlothian turnpike, was the statement of the lirlsoner, as to the occasion for the ill-fated ride, but. when on crow* (Continued on page six.)