Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 29, 1910, Image 7
V
AIKEN HELPS
H The S?atk Cartliu CMfetsmi
Sfttdk n the Tirif to be
| DISTRIBUTED IN OHIO
B The Speech Contains Letter* of Zach
I McGbee on the Condition* in KngI
land. Which he Wrote The Colum'
bin State Some Month* Ago, From
the Country.
Ohio is calling on South Carolina
for help in her effort to do something
like Maine did last Monday. Representative
Wyatt Aiken of Abbeville
has received the following self-explanatory
letter:
"Kenton, Ohio, Serpt. 6, 1910.
"Hon Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville, S. C.
Dear Sir: We have an excellent
opportunity to elect Thomas C.
M&hon to Congress from this district,
the Eight Ohio, now represented by
Ralph D. Cole, but we need some
assistance to do it in the way of
speeches upon the tariff, and 1 know
of no speech better calculated to
help us than the one delivered by you
oa March 22, 1910, and I assure you
that you would contribute very much
toward this election if you would
send in &00 or 1000 of these speeches
for distribution to independent Republicans.
"Assuring you thnt anything you
do will be greatly appreciated, 1 am
"Yeurs truly,
"W. w. Durbin."
'Mr. Durbin is a prominent Democrat
of the Eigth Ohio district,
and la taking a leading part In the
efTort to have that district Bend a
Democrat to congress instead of
Mr. Cole. The fact that he desires
the speeches for distribution among
independent Republicans shows that
there is some dissatisfaction among
the adherents of that party in the
president's own State with "the best
tariff law ever enacted," which description
of the law, however, had to
"be "revised downward" as soon as
the primaries in the Middle West
were heard from. Mr.. Durbin feels
that there are numbers of Republicans
in the district who are ready to
Indicate their dissatisfaction by voting
for a Democrat to succeed the
Republican members who assisted in
the making of the tariff law.
speech of Mr. Aiken to which
MflPburbin refers, delivered on
(March 2 2 last, .contained several of
the letters written by Zach McOhee,
Washington correspondent of the
State, from England, dealing with
conditions in that country as compared
with those of the United States.
In the course of that speech, Mr.
Aiken said:
"The now notorlus Aldrlch tarlfT
act has created such unrest in the
public mind that it must undergo
material revision by the next coingress
to be elected. The people asked
for bread they have been given
a 8 to no.
"For many years the Republican
party was kept in power by the bare
unsupported statement on the eve of
the elections that high protection enabled
employers to pay higher wage6
to employes. This looked plausible,
and the employee who did not stop to
think that the same tariff advanced
the price of all articles of consumption
for which ho spent about 90 per
cent, of his earnings toould be easily
duped by such statements. But light
has begun to dawn upon the laboring
man. In no instance has wages advanced
permanently as promised. In
tolA unrest we find explanation for
Qejj strikes, bread riots, meat boycotts
and all such outward expressions of
subdued bitterness. I do not hesitate
to say, too, that, in my humble
judgment, the people are right. The
trend of all legislation in this body
has been to enrich trusts and corporations
at the cost of the very existence
of the producer,
"In the great mass of falsehood
and fabrication which has been
brought to bear on the tariff subject
In order to fool the men who are
Teally suffering by its operation,
there is so much that is unreliable
that it must be refreshing to come
into possession of facts which may
not be questioned.
"During the year 1909 the Washington
correspondent of the Columbia
(S. C.) State, one of the best
newspapers in this country, without
reference to locality, made a personal
tour of inspection through the
mill sections of England and the conHfetlnent.
This correspondent was
^ ^ HZach McGhee. I have known him
k-V-'-^^Bfrom childhood. There is no man
who is capable of making a more
thorough and Intelligent study of
the situation there, and I know of no
living man whose statements would
have more eweight with me. Mr. McGhee
Is honest, conscientious and
Wym careful, and his statements can be
hBHH relied upon absolutely."
Mr. Aiken then proceeded to reSHSppl
produoe a number of Mr. McQhee's
Sg&B articles from abroad, dealing with
the tariff situation.
The Eighth Ohio District, repreflBjaB
rented by Ralph D. Cole, Is a very
close one, and there Is every resaon
KrcfljS to believe that a Democrat will be
Hsl * "
PRAISES THEM HIGHLY
NO BRAVKR TROOPS WERE KV- f
BR NARSHALIiED FOR
Conflict Than Southern Soldiers, !
Bay* Commander Samuel R. Van
Kant to Union Veterans.
With a fine tribute to the soldiers
of the Confederacy, Commander-in- t
Chief Samuel R. Van Sant, of Minne- 1
sota Thursday formally opened the i
business session of the national en- 1
campmenl of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Atlantic City, N. J. The
commander spoke earnestly as he
expressed his gratification at the increasing
fraternization of the "blu*? '
and "gray."
When he said that no braver
troops were ever marshalled for conflict
than the Southern soldiers, anil
that the Union veterans now realize
that no men ever made greater
sacrifices for what they believed to
be right than their former foes, the
commander was applauded.
The Commander-in-Chief expressed
himself as particularly gratified
at the increasing fraternization of
the "Blue and the Gray." He voiced
,his pleasure at the cordial reception
given him during his recent official
visit to the Southern depar^men a.
not only from the former Union soldiers,
but from ex-Confederates
"In all cities, when possible," he
said, "1 urged joint meetings of the
Blue and the Gray. We had lniay
gatherings of this character, and no
more loyal and patriotic sentiments
were ever uttered than by the men
who fought on the other side
"Are you not pleased to learn that
our comrades nre living in peace and
harmony with our late enemies? This
is as it should be. Both armies
were composed of brave men. and
they should and do mutually resuect
each other. We of the Nortn can
testify that no braver troops v.eie
ever marshalled for conflict than our
late enemies?and we now realize
that no men ever made greater sacrifices
for what they believed to be
right than our former foes.
"Comrades, we were the victors,
and we can afford to bo m 'gnanimous
to our foes. It is easy for tho
victor io rorgive, but when the ?un- <
qulshed absolves himself from all bitterness
he has truly gained the moBl
cherished trait of a noble character.
We won?they lost. We re', lrned
to our homes with the shouts of * ic- 1
tory ringing in our ears?our cau?t> i
triumphant. ]
"They were defeated, the'r cause
lost, and they returned to hornet destroyed.
"barns empty, money worth- .
less, slaves free and ruin all about ,
them. Any but a brave people would
have yielded to these adverse con- .
dltions?not so with them. B-avely
as they fought during the war, they .
now fought the battles of Ufa, and
the splendid growth and d ivelopment
of the South since the close of ,
the war is the South's grand -it Mid
most enduring monument.
United as we are now, our country
is designed to make a new era of ,
progress. We have by our united
efforts advanced to the highest p.'n
nacle of fame, and become a mig.iiy .
world power with our influence every
where potential. Who does not rejoice
that our Union is one and indivisible,
and will remain so forever."
Many matters afTecting the welfare
of the Grand Army veterans wil.
come before the encttVnpnient. > be .
question of pensions will come up
the veterans urging that the lowest
pensions granted be considerably increased.
CHINESE GIRL REFUSED.
Admittance to White School Because
i
of Her Race. I
IMay Ulng Soong, a younc Chinese !
girl, has been barred from the Ores- j
ham high school at Macon, Git., a ,
county institution, because she is not (
a caucasion. She is a niece of Bing j
Chun Wan, who is connected with (
' the Chinese embassy at Washington. (
I). C., Her sister graduated last (
June at Wesleyan college, which is f
located in Macon, and which is a r
famous Methodist, institution. Miss f
Soong went to Macon to enter Wes- f
leyan, but was found deficient of h?*r (
studies and It was suggested that t
she enter the Gresham high school to [
prepare for the next term at Wessle- f
yan. When application war made t
for admission Supt. C. B. Chapman f
called a meeting of the board o' ed- j
ucation to decide the quest'ci . The >
law creating the Bibb county board
of education requires that all students
of the Greeham high school '
must be of Caucasion race and for
that reason Miss Soong was denied 1
| admittance.
chosen this year to represent it in
the Sixty-second congress. Mr. Cole 1
I was elected two years aro h* a t
I af 24,476, as against 23,271 for his t
Democratic opponent?a majority of x
only 1,205 votes out of nearly 60.- '
000. The Socialist and Prohibition- s
1st candidate received 1,231 votes in i
the district, and the Democrats are 1
I trying to win the supporters of these 1
I tickets on the piea that the tariff 1
1 demands more immediate attention a
than does the cause of socialism oris
prohibition. i
GIRL TRIED SHOT
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY IN A
LEXINGTON CASE.
k'oung Woman Goes on Stand and
Says She Shot at a Man Because
He had Wrongwl Her.
There was surprise in the L>exingon
Counrt room Monday when Miss
[tuff took the witness stand and adnltfed
that she fired the shot at the
hree Hendrix men for which offense
ler father, M. B. Buff, and Artie
ftuff were on triai, the charge beng
assault and batery with intent
o kill. Miss Buff stated that she
ried to shoot John Hendrix because
le had wronged her under promise
if marriage.
The first case to be called was that
if M. B. Buff and Artie Buff, father
ind son. defendants, who. it is aleged,
made an assault upon J no.
IV. Hendrix, Sr., John \V. Hendrix,
!r., and James Hendrix on the 25th
if March while the three were passng
along the road in front of the
louse of the accused. The three
nen swore that the elder Buff and
lis son fired two shots at them.
The defendants claim that the
jhots were not fired by either of
hem. but that Miss Malissa Buff, a
laughter of M. B. Buff and a sister
if Artie Buff, fired the shots. The
roung woman went on the stand and
idmitted that she did the shooting;
hat John Hendrix, Jr., had, und*r
promise of marriage, wronged her
ind that she wanted to get revenge.
She said that neither her father nor
?rnt hor l* ??.iu- J 4 -
>... " tnai nuc ?UB K"1I1K 10
shoot, and that Artie Ruff took the
sun away from her after she had
fired the second shot.
Miss Ruff is just 18 years old. and
made a star witness. Ail of the
inrties are prominent farmers of the
Hebron section of Lexington couny,
and a large crowd has been in atendance
upon the trial.
tM. R. Ruff, one of the defendants,
s a Confederate soldier. The prosecutor.,
Jno. \V. Hendrix, Sr., is a
former county commissioner.
CHARGKI) WITH CRIMR.
White Roys Arrested for Post Office
Robbery in Virginia.
Cohen Moore and Walker Hayes,
two white boys, about 18 years of
age, were carried from Greenville
Monday night to North Holaten, Va ,
:harged with the robbery of the poscjffice
at that place. They ha.-e been
In jail at Greenville for about two
weeks.
The boys were first suspectet when
they were found by Sheriff Poole
and his deputy, Mr. Hunsin *er, to
tie selling stamps in large quantises
to several Greenville people at r-ilf
price. They were apprehend: ! and
lodged in jail and a number of pieces
of eveidence were collected, before
which one of the boys broke down
and made a confession. Parties who
had bought the stamps were found,
and there were also located in different
parts of the city articles of clotnIng,
which were identified as belonging
to the postmaster at North Holsten.
It Is alleged that the boys robbed
the post office at that place some
months back and afterwards made
their way to the Greenville section
About $125 worth of stamps was
taken out and a number of articles
>f minor value. Of the stamps about
J90 worth has been recovered.
lN?n't Need Them.
More than 1,000,000 immigrants
with their foreign speech, manners
ind customs, and ideas of government
landed upon our shores last
rear. It taxes the assimilative ea>acity
of the nation to convert them
nto real Americans. With th^ older
leople that is not often possible, but
vith the children it is different. The
onvnion schools form a vast crucible
nto which the children are put to
ome forth wiih the stamp of Ameri a
upon them and to become earnest,
nthusiasMc and helpful.citizens. Hut
ifter all it is a severe strain and
10 other nation could do it. Many
>f these immigrants are undesirable
is citizens, and we are glad they
lon't come to the South. We would
>e glad to have all the flermans,
rish, Scandinavians and such peo>le
as these come nmong us, hut we
lo not need the black hand gang
md the people of that ilk. We can
tet along better without them than
vlth them.
DEAD FROM HORSES KICK.
Prominent Georgian I He* From Runaway
Accident.
E. Prentiss Peabody, well known
>usinesa m-n of Waycross. Ga., died
Vedneaday morning aa the result of
>elng kicked by a horse (Monday in a
unaway accident, near there. It
?as while trying to save his wife
ind little girl that he receive 1 his
njuriee. Mrs. Peabody had a rib
>roken by a kick of the frightened
torse, attached to the buggy in which
hey were riding. Mr. Peabody was
k well known church worker and was
i member of the national board of
nanagement of the Epworth League
.
?
TEDDY LOSES FIGHT
' I
BARNES CLA1M8 THAT 8 HERMAN *
HAS DEFEATED HIM. w,
He Thinks That Roosevelt's Fight
!'l
for the (Chairmanship is a Violation
of Political Ethics. ^
A clear majority of 55 votes for la
the selection of Vice-PreBident Sher- m
man as temporary chairman of the '
New York State Republican con* 11
tion over Col. Roosev?o* ?.<timt?d st
by William Rarues, Jr., as a result '
of the up-State primaries Tuesday.
Mr. Rarnes, who haB been lending n
the fight of the "old guard," declared hl
that the real contest at Saratoga will *
be in the committee on resolutions. l><
This committee will consider the
question of direct nominations. Mr. '
Rarnes gave out this statement: "
The result of primaries ends the
contest over the temporary chairman, l*'
and gives Vice President Sherman a ^
clear majority of 55 votes. Interest
q!
naturally centres in the personal element,
but there are Involved in this ej
situation two principles of great im- w
portance to the Republican pariy. ^
The first may be called orderly polit- jj
ical management. Mr. Roosevelt was
defeated in the State committee by 0(
a vote of 20 to 15 and then Mr. Sh >r- o!
man was unanimously chosen as a
the temporary presiding officer of the
State convention. tj
To question that determination on CJ
the floor of the convention is equlva- h
lent to bolting a nomination. This h
is known as political welching and 0
had Mr. Roosevelt defeated Mr. Shor- tj
man in the State committee that
would have been the end of that con- si
troversy. Mr. Roosevelt has not act- h
ed as Mr. Sherman would have done w
in questioning the unanimous ac- si
tion of the committee. They are a
equal before the party. Mr. Roos- n
velt has no superior rights as man sj
than ony other man.
Secondly, the real contest at Sara- k
toga will be in the committee on res- U
olutions. There the party creed for ?
two years will be proclaimed.
There must be determined whether
the party is to be turned over to 'my *'
policies' borrowed from Bryan, or w
to remain steadfast in tHe faith which
has given victory in the past. I have
done what I could in the public press n
to warn Republicans of the Roose- *
velt danger and at the primaries to v
secure delegates who will not rusn fi
madly to the worship of false gods. ''
We have won. 11
WIN THRIR FIOHT.
n
b
i High IUtr of Duty on (^otton llag- p
glng in K?luc?L v
Domestic cotton ginners have won "l
n
an important victory at New York in (
the board of l7nited State general ap- :i
praisera which has just decided that
so-called "patches" for covering cot- "
ton are not subject to the high rate v
of duty recently exacted by the "
Treasury Department.
The board also denies the conten- ..
tlon of the government that the stencilling
of a single name or word on
cotton bales constitutes "printing '
within the meaning of the latter word ^
as used in the tarifT acts.
The merchandise involved in the
test case consists of jute bagging, i
thirty by fifty-four inches in dimensions,
imported for use in patches to f<
cover holes in cotton bales produced n
by sampling the cotton.
The collector of customs at New o
Orleans returned the merchandise for u
duty at the rate of 45 per cent as ?
"woven fabrics of vegetable fiber." K
The importers' claim was for duty
at fi-lOth of 1 per cent, per square ,f
yard as bagging. This contention 81
the board sustains, tho New Orleans a
collector being reversed.
The collector contended that the ''
merchandise was tnk**n nut "
provisions claimed by the importers v
on the ground that the patches were
"printed," although the printing con- j,
sisted of hut a single word on each a
patch. The board holds that the
stenciling was only for identification. s,
ii
Sensible Settlement. u
Another victory for arbitration ?'
and therefore peace and goodwill he- tc
tween nation resulted when the arbitration
court at the Hague set- C1
tied the difference which for a century
have existed between this conn- w
try and Cireat Hritain. Rehaps not
one of them was important enough
to have provoked a war, hut some ,n
of them have caused a good deal of
friction and unpleasantness, and it
is a good thing every day that they
H H Ion/?n/>^ ? 0 ?
...p^uocu ui ior good. of course ^
extremists on both sides of the water
will be some what dissatisfied in- ]
asmuch as neither side got all it ask- q
ed. But probwbly each got what it in
expected and that is the main thing.
How much better it is to settle ques- ol
tons in this way than to go to war, hi
and have many men killed and mil- e<
lions of dollars spent in carrying it ri
on.
m m w
iHMkdly (jMOUne. ft
Mrs. Anna Belica, of Chicago, and pl
two children, Frances and Joseph,
were burned to death by an explosion
of gasoline Tuesday. Two other children
were probably fatally burned. a
The accident took place when Mrs. ^
Belica tried to start the kitchen fire
with the liquid.
?
TALKING TABLE.
All bard loved Muaora. but Mnsoru
d not love Allbard. 1 do not know
by, bdt probably It was because aha
lb pretty and he ugly, though pretty
Dinen otten far in love with very
;ly iron.
Nobody knew anything about Muso's
ai.teceuen ?, where she came from
what her .eal name was. She was
fortune eller. She w?g probably
tween i* cUiy-five and thirty, with a
ealtb o golden hair; her eyes were
rge, > . .ll.ant and deep blue, and her
ou' . a poet's dream of loveliness.
4 voice and manners were charming,
ill as the people of our town are very
iperttn Ion* *ne soon worked up a
lit-no in business.
Alitr.rd hfd met her on a steamer
hich brought him bacw to Kiance
ter a very diso at routs tour In South
merua He wa? a comedian, but
>ssessitnf no talent he had never been
iccesstul and while abroad he had
en toreed to exist ever since the
mipany was left stranded in Rio de
ineito, on his talent a* a ventriloiiist.
which was marvelous.
Since his return home lie hounded
te pietty fortune teller's seances, and
i Musora had repeatedly warned him
i stay away, he had to report to stratzy
in ord< r to he near his beloved,
hose heart he was determined to eonuer
at any cost, as lite was not worth
ving without her.
One evening lie was present at one
f th<* beautiful sorceress' seances
IsguiM d as an old lady, and luddeu
way in the last row of sea.s
Aftet a tew preliminary feats of
niiomam-t and fortune telling from
irds. during which an old colonel
ad < tins *d considerable trouble by
Is skepticism, the principal number
f Hie program?the famous dancing
ible was announced.
The room was darkened. Musora
4t down nt ii small table and placed
er hands Hat on top of ii. There
ere a few moments of breai bless
uspense. then ilie table began to rock
ml sway in a strange manner, deeding
the uiuuis.ai.able pn eiue of
pints.
Musora asked the skeptic colonel to
indlv address any quest ion lie wanted
> ihe sp.iits. and he did so with ilie
tinost politeness:
"Spirit, who are you?
Instead of the reply thai was expect
il iu the usual knocking language to
hlch all spirits hitherto known have
een wont to answer, a voi.e coining
rum one ? nd of the legs of the table
eplied: "Mollere." The audience
ras still duniroiitided when another
oice that first seemed to come from
ar away but gradually drew closer
iterrupted: "He is not telling the
luth; it is not Mollere, it is Rognard."
The colonel looked at Musora, who
as quite pale as she replied: "There
lust he two spirits. It very often
appens when the audience is syinathetic."
Her face remained calm, hut she
as very much perturbed at the pheomenon
of the talking table, which
ad never been heard of before, neith
r at her seances nor anywhere else
a the world.
The colonel, who was now greatly
npressed, asked in his most solemn
oice: "Whom of the two great and
lustrious spirits may 1 be permitted
a address?"
"None of them," came the answer.
You will please address me"
"And who are you?"
"lteaumarchais."
It seemed then as if the three-leged
table was now inhabited by three
rent spirits, one in each leg.
"Sir, tnis is indeed an unexpected
onor," the colonel stammered.
"That is about enough," came a
jurth voice, "perhaps someone else
my get a chance now."
There came a noise as if a number
f people were quarreling, pot only
1 the room, but 011 the stairs tnd even
i the street. The audience began to
et uneasy and restless.
"One voice at a time?This Napo on
is unbearable?now do not push
o, Beethoven?1 beg your pardon, 1
m Frederic l.cmaitre?and 1 am
roppenauner?Bid you ever see such
eopleV Please behave like Frenchten,
1 am Joan of Arc, the Maid of
irleans -And I am (Jeorge Sand?
lusset, will you please be quiet?Elias
lowe (iiitenberg ? Robespierre ?
lease wait until your turn comes?1
m smothering."
By this time the audience was panictricken.
Big dogs were heard bark
tg, cats were mewing, and the piano
t the corner was playing "Ach du
eber, Augustin," though no one
tuched it and not a key was moving
Women were fainting and the colnel
hau tied, leaving the door wide
pen behind him, while from the hall
as heard a chorus of spirit voices:
"You are right, ntv dear William
1? --"' I'- -?
"ir ?. . ?CIJf
ide?Why, are you here, too. William
ell?After you, Mahommet?Ttal*
ay, please, George Washington."
Kveryone had Med now aiid in th<
>oin were only Musaoru, the table and 1
le old lady, all apparently paralyzed
"I am ruined," sighed the sorceress
Nobody will come here any more
h, what has happened? What has
appened?" i
"Nothing \ ery Berioua," replied the
Id lady in Allbard's voice. "You know
ow dearly I love you, and 1 only want
1 to show you that ventri.o-iuism Is ,
a art."
Now the two are married. She calls
at self Mme. Alibnrd, and is making a
triune with her new spirit* alistlc
henomenon?the talking table.
Tipa.
It la Btated that a Helmonico waltet
crumtilated a half million in tipa.
Perhaps some of them were tipa oi
he races- horse well as human.
SHOT BYATHUG
Killed in Kjtdiag a Negro Fro a Ae
Rota of His Daoghters
1
IN HIS CHICAGO HOME
<liarle? D. Hiller, he Father, W'h?
Wan Aroused by the Would-l>e Absaitunt
of the Young Ladie?> Cri?t?
Discover* the HemJ, Who Slioot#
llin, ~ i??
...... . .
Wm, A. Jonee, a negro was partly
identified Monday afternoon a Bthe
slayer of Cbarle6 D. Hiller. who
was shot In defending his daughters
from an intruder, who had entered
his residence iu Chicago through
their bedroom window.
Jones succeeded in conceiting u
bullet wound in his wrist for hour*
while being grilled by Pol I'M C<n>tain
Collins, at the South Kngl?wood
police station. The Injury h?>?
trayed itself when Mood bf??an
trickling down the colored tri?w'9
hand and onto the floor. The prisoner
declared that he wounded ImnI
self accidentally yesterday, but <?s?pt.
j Collins declared the wound to be
comparatively fresh.
The latter expressed hla bedfccf
that Jones fired while strnggttog
with Hiller, his left arm?the o#?
injured being around Hiller's ba-fc
and receiving a bullet that had passed
through the latter's hody
When taken into custody Jonee
carried a revolver, every chamber
of which was loaded, but which, the
police declare, smelled strongly of
burnt powder.
Hiller was chief local freight clerk
of the Hock Island Railroad. ilo
was aroused at an early hour thle
morning by the screams of his daughters,
Florence, aged 12, and Clarice,
aged 18. who slept together. Fk>rj
once told Capt. Collins that she wa?
awakened to her danger by leeelln??
| a rough beard against her face. 81vo
said the face was that of a negrov
but could not be certain of other details.
She declared that the clothi-og
worn by Jones tallies with thai ka
which her assailant was garbed.
i - - - - ???
a. mm OHO TTCI IU U^T CTlt'Bi J I%? F
rushed to the bedroom and grappled ?
with the intruder. They rolled down
the stairs locked in each others arms.
Then the negro began tiring, three
bullets entering the railroad nun'l
body. His grasp relaxed and
murderer escaped. Defectives arrested
Jones when he rushed from a
clump of bushee near the Hiller
house and swung onto a car going
toward the city.
Mrs. Kli/.ubeth MoNabb identified
Jones as the man who had entered
her home earlier in the night. Mrs.
McNabb says the negro entered her
home and found hie way to the bedroom,
where she and her daughter
were sleeping, lie laid his hand on
the latter's arm and ehe awoke and
screamed. This frightened the Intruder
away.
"At first I thought it was my little
brother, CJerald, who had como
into our room," said Florence Hllier,
"(ierald, what are you doing here?(Jo
hack to your room," I said.
"Then 1 felt that awful beardl
against my face and yelled."
PATIKNT K11,1 aS DOCTOR.
Who Failed to Cure Kim As He HjnJ
Promised to Do.
Armed with a revolver, a pair of
brass knacks and an open knife and
awaiting his turn in the ofllce if Dr?
J. 11. Sewell, at Atlanta, W. M. Cox,aged
36, of Austell, Ga., shortly af*
ter noon Monday Bhot and instantly
killed the physician just as the latter
was emerging from the operating
room. Cox then turned tho pistol on
himself and pulled the trigger. He
is now at the Grady hospital with a
fractured skull.
Cox wen to Atlanta from his home
in Austell Tuesday morning for the
purpose, it Is said, of visiting Dr,
Sewell, whose patient he had been
for several weeks. It is understood
he had been brooding for some tlu*e
because of fancied wrongs at the
hands of the physician, lie has stated,
it is said, *hat the physician
promised to cure hi.n of a chrouio
disease in return for $100, but vjystead
of getting better he had V*.
come wo rue.
There were no witnesses' to- tbo
shooting, although another patient
who had just left the physician's of'
flee a few seeondB previously heard
the shots and upon running back,
found Dr. Sewell dying and Cox ui>conscious
on the floor. Dr. SeweMr
who is 4t> years of age, is survived
by a wife and six children. Cox Id
unmarried. A coroner's jury has ordered
Cox held for investigation
pending his recovery.
Robbed by (UndiL
After robbing W. K. Ewing, a well
known business man of San Antouin,
Texas, and his companions, two
prominent society women, of money
and jewels valued at $1,400 two
masked highwaymen seized their automobile
and escaped. Mr. Ewinf?
and party were on the way to a club
near the city.