NEW WAY OUT
,
A Prisoner, Who Acted As His Own Lawyer,
Moved tn Arrest Judge
WHO WAS HEARING CASE
Prank Pierce, Young White Man
Charged With Violating Prohibition
law in Atlanta, Astounds
Judge Calhoun's Court Friday by
Heading Hcinarkaliie Motions.
The Atlanta Journal says Judge
Andrew Calhoun's court was paralysed
with astonishment Friday morning
by F-rank Pierce, a young white
man charged with violating the prohibition
law, when he snatched the
conduct of his caso from the lawyer
appointed to defend him, and read
a long list of motion drawn up by
himself which contained, among others,
one to arrest judgment by having
Sheriff Mangum take the court in
custody..
Attorney R. R. Shropshire, the
lawyer appointed, was busy striking
the jury, when Pierce arose and got
the attention of the court.
"ir your honor please." said he,
"I don't like tho way that lawyer
in handling my case. So I've drawn
up some motions and exceptions
which 1 want to read. I tri Hi to get
tny lawyer to do it, but he intimated
that I was crazy."
Reini<c in his usual good humor.
Judge Calhoun permitted Pierce to
read his motions.
They were wonders. It Is probable
they will go down in the annals of
the criminal court of Atlanta?this
being the full entitlement of Judge
Calhoun's division?without peer or
parallel. When the court room recovered
from it3 astonishment it sat
up ami began to take notice. Then
it leaned back and laughed. Which
not In the least perturbed the priBon\
* er at the bar. He just kept on reading.
Under motion No. 1 he submitted
that his trial was unconstitutional
on the ground of former Jeopardy
"I was tried and convicted before
Recorder Rroyles?though not really
guilty of selling whiskey," he read,
"and I served 30 days in the stockade.
Therefore, under the constitu
iiou oi me united siateB I cannot
lawfully l>e tried again for the same
alleged offense."
Motion No. 2 contained the assertion
that the detectives who arrested
Pierce had intimated that Judge Calhoun
had said he would give Pierce
the limit, if the evidence waranted
conviction. "Therefore, I submit,
your honor, that you are incompetent
to try my case." read Pierce, ' same
as a juror would have no ri'^ht to
serve if he had previously expressed
an opinion.'
Under motion No. .1 Pierce requested
the court to ap|ioint another
lawyer to defend him. "I have tried
to get Mr. Shropshire to conduct this,
case as I think it should he," he
read, "and he won't comply with my
wishes in the matter. Thc?efOi?, I
want Lawyer Prank Haralson to defend
me."
Then followed what Pierce evldentally
intended to be a bill of
executions. The wording of his concluding
paragraph bore a faint resemblance
to the familiar phraseology
of legal documents. He protested
against the judgment of the
court, r.nd moved the arrest thereof
by placing Judge Calhoun in custody?in
order to give him time "to
institute habeas corpus proceedings
in the United States court."
'As Pierce finished his paper Lawyer
Shropshire rose to inform the
court that if the defendant was goJuut
to handle his case he would retire.
To which the court readily
agreed; and thereupon turned to
Pierce.
"It is evident you have a smattering
knowledge of taw." said the
court. "Rut your method of conducting
your case !s somewhat mix
ed up. For instance, you cannot arrest
judgment, because none has been
rendered yet. And y^ur idea of taking
your case to the United States
supreme court is a sort of hop. skip
and Jump. You can't leap that far
at one hound. If you don't want Mr.
Shropshire to represent you, but desire
Mr. Frank Haralson instead, it
is perfectly agreeable to me."
?o Mr. Haralson took charge of
the case. He asked for a little time
to "get together" with his client,
and they retired to the nearby prisoners'
cell.
CAT GETS MAD.
Kills a Child and Ian-crates Face of
the Mother.
Now York a big black house
cat, rendered mad through the loss
of her kittens, which were drowned,
attacked the three-mouths-old baby
of Mrs. Henry "Bauer, pulled it from
the baby carriage and threw it to
the floor, fracturing the baby's scull.
The cat chouched and snarled and
tl?en leaped upon Mrs. Saner, nearly
gourging out her eyea and tearing
L Jier face. The cat was subsequently
L shot by a policeman.
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ARE CUT OFF
MANY MINKIIS ARK ENTOMBED S
IN AN BNOLJSI1 MINK.
Terrible Explosion Shuts Vp One S
Hundred and Thirtyin a Coal
Shaft at White Haven, England.
An explosion in the Wellington
coal min-e at White Haven. England, i
during Wednesday night cut off the c
exit from 136 miners, who were \
working below the surface. t
Rescue parties succeeded early on n
Thursday in saving four men who jj
had been working at the bottom of C
the shafts, but were prevented by j:
the gas from penetrating to a point
where the other men are imprisoned, f
Every indication was that inner v
workings of the mine were afire. His- s
tracted crowds of relatives surround- a
ed the pit head. The colliery is t
owned by the Earl of Longsdale and
its workings extend four or live t
miles beneath the sea. S
The.spot where the 85 hewers and 1
some fifty-odd shiftmen still iniprls- r
orieti 'were working at the time of
t.ho explosion is about three miles F
from the shaft exit. t
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TRYING TO CHEAT JUSTICE. h
t
Scheme Itoing Hutched to Keep Jones
I
Out of Prison. j(
Attorneys for \V. T. Jones, convlcted
for the murder of his wife and
sentenced to life imprisonment on ^
Thursday went before Judge T. S. 1
Sease and secured an order granting
a stay of the execution of the
sentence.
The remittitur from the Stato Su- '(
preuie Court, which had confirmed
the verdict and sentence of the Court 11
of General Sessions for Union Conn- e
ty, was received by Clerk of Court
Peake Wednesday morning. That s
officer proceeded to make a certified w
copy of the verdict and sentence of
the Circuit Court, which would have
been sent to the Penitentiary author- e"
ities Thursday, and nn officer would a
have; been sent irom the Penitentiary s<
to convey Jone?s to that institution. 'r
This is the regular and orderly pro- scedure
in such cases.
The order of Judge Sease stays ()
this, however, until Saturday next, ^
at least, at which time the attorneys
will appear before the Jadge for a "
hearing. The affidavits upon which 11
the order is based have not been flled,
and their nature or by whom they n
are made is not known. The order
recites, however, that affidavits have '
been submitted to the effect that
there was misconduct on the part of
jurors who tried the case, and fur- x
ther that plnini fu rr?a,l,i tint t??C
is after discovered evidence, which ?
may offset the merits of the case.
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GKORRIA. STRl'Clv 11V STORM. *
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Rain, Wind and Mail Ruin Oops
of Tlint State.
A special to tho Augusta Chronicle
from Culverton, CJa., says a very 1
heavy wind and hail storm there
Thursday afternoon was the worst
that has ever visited that section.
While there were no lives lost, so far $
as can he ascertained, there were f
several houses blown from their pll- c
lars and the steeple of the Metho- ,
dist Church was blowu down and y
several houses were unroofed. 0
One of the It. F. I). Carriers, who t|
has just come in. reports that oot- r
ton and corn along his route are g(
completely ruined and that there is ^
not enough left to tell what was
planted in the fields. The peach j,
crop from the section will ho a complete
failure, as the main part of the p
storm passed directly through the t
peach centre. f,
Several thousand dollars' damage e
was done in Atlanta Thursday after- i
noon by one of the worst hail and H
rain storms in its htutorv Th? mn*.
Imum wind velocity was sixty miles j
an hour, rain of one-half inch was t
recorded within thirty minutes, and
the ground was almost covered with
hail stones.
KIIjLKD llKOTH Klt'S SLAYKR.
*
One Miui W'lio Had Killed Another
Is Shot l>ead.
At Birmingham, Ala., Abe Llddon.
proprietor cf the Seminole hotel, who
last week shot and killed ThornAlexander
following a quarrel, Sunday
met his death at the hands of
his victim's brother, Robert H. Alexander.
Liddon was shot down by
Alexander on a prominent street
corner, one bullet penetrating his
temple and another his left side,
death resulting within one hour.
"You are the ? ? that killed
my brother." were the brief words
of warning which fell from the lips
of Alexander, as he approaohed Liddon.
according to eye-witnesses. Several
shots in quick succession fol
lowed his words. Alexander is held 1
without ball. (
ltol>lH?rn Captured. i
The two bandits, wno held up the f
Phoenix and Maricopa passenger c
train Thursday night near Phoenix,
Ariz., were captured Friday night by
a posse, headed by Sheriff Carl Hayden
and Immigration Inspector Cron- s
in. in the deaert beyond Casa Grande, r
Arix. i
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MEETS DEATH
Lb Siikiog Steamer Oh the Mississippi
River oa Last Thursday
- THIRTEEN ARE DROWNED
t ( The City of Saltillo Strikes Hidden
? Hock and Flounders Near Shore.
She llad on Board Twenty-Seven
DENOUNCE THE TARIFF
PELLS RUW FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AS IT IS.
?Bator Dolliver and Cummins, Ingurgeot
Republicans, Berate th?
law and Thoso Who Made It.
Ringing denunciations of the tar
ff bill and the men who passed I'
haracterized the speeches made 01
Vednesday night by Senator Jona
han P. Deliver and Albert B. Cum
nins. at Des Moines, in opening th<
irogressive campaign in Iowa. Tb<
'oliiseum wsa crowded by 10,00<
trogressives.
The meeting followed district con
erences throughout the day, a
vhich steps w re taken to recoil
truct the old Cummins organizatioi
ind to organizo the state by coun
ies and precincts.
Even President Taft did not escape
he aspersions of the Senators, whili
lenator Aldrich was named as tin
oader of corporate greed and ava
ice.
Senator Dollivver referred to th<
>resldent as the "titular leader" o
he Republican party, which meant
ie said, "a good man surroun.1e<
>y people who knew exactly vvha
hey wanted."
Both Senators declared that if th<
Republican party continues the pol
cy advocated by the "reactionary'
waders it would spell ruin t.- the par
y. Among these leaaers Senator Al
rich was frequently mentioned at
he man "allied with the Cluggeneims
and the Ryaus and Paul Moron
in a mammoth trust, incorporate!
as a rubber company which is alowed
by the aricles of incorporation
o participate in any kind of bustess
anywhere on the face of the
artJt. and which is 0110 of the holdjg
companies in the Guggenheim
indicate for the control of the
ealth of Alaska."
These are the men who were reponsible
for the tariff during the
xtraordinary session," declared Sontor
Dolliver. "The bill is only a
:heme to rob the people, and to
lcrease the holding of such gigautia
indicates as I have mentioned. \
"The troubles in the Republican
arty have come not because of what
as been said, but of what has been
one. It has been said that the tarT
bill is a good law. In fact, we
ave on high authority, that *it is
ie best tariff hill ever passed. But
ot only do I denounce such tariff
?gislation, but I am not partlcuiarr
enamored of those who passed
'i ne cotton manracturers' schedule
enator Dolllver stamped aa 0110 of
!ie moat daring iniqultious features
f the new tariff, in which the ratee
^re either advanced or unchanged
n articles of consumtive value of
600,000,000 touching (particularly
atton clothes for women's and chilren's
summer wear."
MOKK Ql'AIvKS.
lionsiimls of People l#uvu San Jose
iu Alarm.
Heavy earthquakes were felt at
an Jose, Costa Rica, Wednesday,
housaads of persons are leaving the
ity in alarm. A series of severe
hocks was experienced Wednesday,
yhiie f. ar has seized a great part
f th? populace, the authorities oonintie
resolutely to work among the
u.ns at'Cartago. Many living perons
have been released from the deris,
and some of these will survive,
In moBt instances Identification is
sipossblo. It is rej>orted that the
ead include two Americans. The
ted Cross organization, the police,
he mllttarv nnH
orelgn colonies are actively engagd
in the relief work. As fast at
Iwy are discovered, the injured ones
re removed to this city, where the>
eceive medical attention. The pub'
ic schools have been converted intc
emporary hospitals.
TAKKS FATAL LKAP.
mly Patient lumps from Hoof o
Charlotte Sanitarium.
Mrs. Virginia P. McIXairmid, r>;
ears old, of Lumberton, N. C., Tues
lay afternoon cast herself from th<
oof of the Charlotte Sanitarium
vhere she had been a patient for si:
veeks, to the pavement sixty fee
>elow, meeting instant death. Witl
)th?P rvfitlonto o nyl nuance *' -
J...V.V w ? u ?! ? 11 ll i OC9 .?1 I ?. 1T1C
Juirniid was on the roof garden o
he hospital anvt, while the nurses
ittention was directed elsewhere
she climl>ed a railing and throw her
self to the pavement below. She wa
:o have left the hospital the nex
aorning for her home, her son belnj
n Charlotte to accompany her.
Fell I uto Ijtke.
Moro than thirty persons, two o
hem women, were precipitated inti
3reat Salt Lako Friday night, whei
he stairway leading to the Salt Al
Iippodromo gave way. They fell i
listance of twelve feet into five fee
>f briny water. '
F've Killed.
Five German sailors were klllet
md two injured while laying mine*
iesr Wilhelshaven in a practlct
1 rill. <
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Passengers aud a Crew of Thirty
) Men.
Eleven persons are missing and
t two women passengers are drowned
_ as a result o? the packet City of Sal,
tillo striking a rock and foundering
. in reach of shore at Glen Park, on
the Mississippi River, 2 4 miles south
e of St. Louis Thursday night.
B The dead:
9 Miss Anna Rhea, Nashville. Tenn.
Mrs. Isaac T. Rhea, Nashville,
Tenn., (body recovered.)
g Missing and believed dead:
f S. C. Ranker, first clerk of the
steamer.
j Mrs. Joe Harris, Nashville, Tenn.
t Mrs. Archie Patterson, Chester,
111.
, Archie, Patterson, Jr., two years
_ UIU.
W. J. Pickett, salesman, St. Louis.
Fowler Post, third clerk.
Miss Lena Wall, Nashville, Tenn.
i Head porter, name unknown.
Cabin boy, name unknown.
Two roustabouts, names unknown.
Captain llarry Cran", in command
. of the boat, and one of the survivors
t announced Thursday morning after
. checking up the passenger list that
, it was almost certain those reported
missing were dead.
The boat carried 2 7 passengers,
, most of whom were women and children,
and a crew of thirty. She left
St. Louis at 7 o'clock with a heavy
, cargo including a number of cattle
and livestock and the voyage was
considered precarious because of the
amount of driftwood floating in the
river due to the annual spring rise.
The known dead were the wife and
daughter of Isaac T. Rhea, president
of the St. Louis and Tennessee river
packet company, owners of the bo*\t.
Mrs. Rhea was dragged from the
, water alive but died within an hour,
i The bc-dy of Miss Anna Rhea was not
recovered. 'Miss Louise Rhea, anoth?
er daughter escaped. They were en.
route to their home in Nashville after
visiting friends in St. Louis.
Glen Park, the scene of the accii
dent is a river landing, the chief
> buildings of which are a general
( store, a boarding house and a cement
i plant. The place is almost inaccessible
to telegraph lines and the news
1 of the disaster came to St. Louis In
a roundabout way f-om Kimmswick
. and Sulphur Springs.
Shortly before reaching Glen Park
the Saltillc encountered a shoreward
draw, whicn was fougnt frantically
by the pilots. The engines were reversed,
but efforts to prevent the
collision were unavailing. As the big
boat swung from the current inshore
despite the reversed engines and tho
: rudder thrown hard over, she wan
driven with increasing speed toward
i land and turned completely around.
With tho noise of rending timbera
and the shrieks of women and ohil;
tiren passengers, the cries of the
. crew and the bellowing of t he eat
i th*. the vessel struck a hidden rock
and sank almost in reach of land
. at a point where the water was thirty
feet deep.
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, OPPOSES T11E KING PLAN.
> Thousands of Democrats in TcnncHsee
Talk Out.
A dispatch from Nashville. Tenn.,
, says more than ten thousand signa
.tures from fifty-fouv counties have
> been received at the headquarters of
the independent judicial candidates j
in behalf of the mass meeting on
Wednesday. llefore the convention
meets It is likely that 15,000 signaf
tures will have been secured of representative
citizens from all over the
State. The meeting will he held to
protest against the action of the
State Democratic executive committee
and Gov. Patterson in regard to
e the so-called blanket primary plan.
K A YOUNG FIEND,
t ,
A Ten-Year-Old Negrcwt Poisons Two
f , Small Children.
At Demopolis. Ala., because her
- mother refused to allow her to go to
s Birmingham, a 10-year-old negress
t employed by Davis Collins, a wealthy
g pianuT, as a nurse for his two small
children, gave dog poison to them.
The youngest, aged three months,
died in agony and her sister's condif
tion is serious. The negresa was aril
rested and seems unconcerned over
i the matter. Indignation in the counr
ty is intense and the negro child is
% being closely guarded.
t ?
Hanged ill (Georgia.
At Amerlcus, Oa., Henry Patterson,
colored, admitting the killing.
1 but pleading justification, was hangi
ed Friday for the atrocious murder
? a year ago of Capt W. F. McRae, a
? prominent planter.
DO YOU FEEL LET DOWI^
DR. KINGS BLOOl
j WILL BRING BACK ^
BOOST your LI
your S
MAKE YOU FEEL GOO[
NOW IS ALSO T
BOWEL 1
DR. KINGS DIA1
ENTERY
RIGHTS ALL WRONGS AND IS G
llODY PLACED ON TRACKS.
Engineer of Approaching Train Discovers
Murder.
A. C. Harrison, a prominent resl|
dent of Maplesville, near Seln)n, Als.,
! was murdered early Sunday morniug
j tiy unknown parties. To all appearI
ances his skull had been crusJod iu
! from a heavy blow over the head
j and placed on the tracks of the
| railway. The discovery of thu crime
was made by the eupiueer and the
authorities were notified.
Rheumatism!
Not one ease in ten requires
intcrnul treatment.
Where there is no swelling
f XT 1- t - - -- - *
in if it 11 s ijiiuraoni will
accomplish more than any internal
remedy.
One trial will convince you.
Noah's Liniment penetrates;
requires but little rubbing.
Here's the Proof
Mr. W. R. Taylor, a resident of Richmond,
Va_, writes: "For the pnst foui
years I have been traveling Easter*
North Carolina, where 1 contracted malaria
and rheumatism. Recently 1 havi
used Noah's I.lnlmcnt with benvtlclal re
8ul18, and take pleasure In recommend
Ing aatne to anyone suffering with rheumatism."
"I caught cold and had a severe attack
of rheumatism In my left shouldei
and could not rulse my arm without
much pain. I wus persuaded to trj
Noah's I.lnlmcnt, and In less than it
week was entirely free from pain. ]
feel Justified in speaking of It in the
highest terms. A. Crookor, Dorchester
Muss."
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for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Ume Rack
Stllf Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat
Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises,
Colic, Cramps, ,
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Muscle Aches and
I'alns. The gen- - /XV iM
ulne haB Noah's
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Sold by dealers In I * [Al l
medicine. Sam- Ik If / k 1
pie by mall tree. lAJkadMtUM
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Columbia, S. C. j
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.
For a short while we have decided
to save our future customers agents
expenses. This will save about twentj
per cent, on Organs, and about toe
per cent on Pianos.
Organs, from $75 up.
Pianos, from $225 up.
Leas the discount as stated above
Write at once for catalogs and term*
to the old established.
MALONK'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Columbia, S. C.
J AND UNFIT FOR WORK
3 & LIVER PILLS
fOUR ENERGY THEY
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HE SEASON FOR
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
For Hale.?500 bushels flue cottoa
seed, Eaten strain. $l'.00 per bu.
f. o. b. R. E. Edward's, Elloree,
S. C.
' i.
Wanted?To buy wool, beeswax, tallow.
Write for prices. Crawford
j & Co., 508-510 Reynard St., Au!
<gusta, Ga.
1 _ Our $1 Adding Machines save tlms
' and worry. Guaranteed. Thousand*
sold. Agents wanted. Haynes Mfg.
Co., Rutherfordton, N. C.
Eden Watermelon Seed for Sale at
75c. per pound. The best flavored
shipping watermelon grown. J.
M. Farrell, Blacksvllle, S. C.
For Sale?Milch cowb Jersey's, grade
Jerseys and Holstelns. All of ths
best breeding. Registered jerssy
male calves. M. H. Sams, Joa*?>
vllle, 8. C.
Teachers wanted for excellent positions
now vacant. Trustees Buppllel
with Teachers. Attractive
booklet. 'A Plan" free. Southern
I Teachers' Agency. Columbia, S. C.
White Wyandotte Eggs, 10c each.
| Rig blocky birds, snow white,
Fishe strain, trio buffs, trio whites,
pair Columbian's. S. A. Fernell,
R. 1. Columbia <3 f ^
Insurance?One of the oldest annual
dividend life insurance companies
offers special contract to part or
full time agents for Lhte county.
Drawer 70, Columbia, S. C.
Wanted?Names of those wanting
teachers; names of teachers desiring
positions. No charge t?
sohool officials. Address with
p stamp. Piedmont Teachers' BoJ
reau, Durham, N. C.
. Agents Wanted.?$:i to $5 daily assured
selling our harness attachment
line holder. Lightning seller;
oheap; exclusive territory glv,
en. Write today. National Specl
ialty Co., Dept. S.. Lexington, Ky.
>
' Voting Men Wanted for Railway Mail
Clerks and other Government pos'
Itlons. Salary $800 to $1,600.
Examinations soon. Common education
sufficient. Write for particulars.
American Institute, Dept.
28, Dayton, Ohio.
Wanted?Hardwoods, logs and lumber.
We are cash buyers of poplar,
cedar and walnut logs. Also
nam i#upiiir, asn, cocionwood, cypress
and oak lumber. Inspection
at your point. Kasy cutting. Write
us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co.,
Augusta, Ga.
I>ate Seed Potatoes for sale, "New
| Dixie." flood keepers and croppers,
i Practically bug and blight proof.
J I made 970 bushels on 5 1-2 acres
1 planted July 14 and 15 last year.
1 Price 7T>c per bushel f. o. b. ClareI
n 1 nil f V :l If nrilnroH m
i May 15. J. M. Hughes. Clarernont,
[ Va.
| redlRTced Kngllsh Setters. Pupplee,
? and Pure Gordons, Setter Puppies,
J at prices that will please the lov?
er of bird dogs. Also Barred Ply?
, mouth Rocks and Rose Comb
1 Rhode Island Red eggs from best
k of pure stock. $1 and $ 1.50 for
15 eggs. Write B. H. Middlebrooks.
Yatesvllle, Ga.
' Bargains In Pure Bred Stock?rick
and rare Berkshire Boar Pigs, 4VW
months old from regular stock al
$15 each. (One Bred Sow (China
Betsey No. 119177) Due to farrow
In April, at the small sum of
$75; has farrowed twice, first litter
10 pigs, second 11. 8. C. B
Leghorn Hggs?16 for $1; 30 fof
$.90; 100 for $5. In answering
this ad mention this paper. A. V.
Sloop. China Grove, N. C.