ALL .COMES OUT
Has Confesses That He ud Fear Other
Nefroes Murdered Mr. Moje
SO THEY COULD ROB HIM
Before the Florence Jailer and a
Deputy Sheriff, the Man Charged
With the Iteroltlng Crime, Telle
of the Tragedy, and Sayo it Was
Oooly Planned for Robbery.
A. dispatch to The News and Courier
gays the sensation in Florence on
Tuesday was the cunicssion of Clarence
Ham, the negro, who was charged
by the coroner's jury as oeing the
Binder 01 Air. Cilinu m. Moye, to ,
Deputy SlierifT Edward C. Harren
and to Jailer James, in his cell at
the Florence County prison late Monday
afternoon, In which ho Implicated
four other negro men as being
the ones who slew Mr. Moye,
while he kept watch In the read near- ,
by. All of the negroes whom Ham
alleges took part in the horrible and
shocking tragedy are safe behind '
the bars of the county prison.
Hare la the story or the horrible 1
crime as related by Ham: "The plan
to murder Mr. ..Moye and rob him
wu under consideration for more j
than a week, but nothing was done '
until Friday, when It was known that '
Mr. Moye had come to Florence to
aell hogs and get money to pay off *
the hands with. That night wliep
we gathered to murder him Jt was
found that he had gone to Tlmmona
ille to church, but we knew he ?
Wduld return with Mr. Howard Cole
about 10 o'clock, and then it was
that the details were arranged for.
"The plan was that I should keu| !
?watch in the road and when the ,
team crossed the bridge, near tin
house of Mr. Moye, 1 was to give th. 1
alarm by whistling.
"In the party were Alex Wellington,
William Burroughs, Henry '
James, Senion Askins, and myself. '
"When Mr. Moye was to enter the '
house, Wellington, Burroughs, James
and Senion were to knock him down '
and rob bini, and I was to keep
watch and give the alnrm if anyone
came up or attempted to pass.
"When Mr. Moye and Mr. Cole
crossed the bridge I whistled, but
they did not hear me, as they were '
In Moye'B house plundering iu the
dark.
"1 stood near the tobacco barn In
the road, and when Mr. Moye and
Mr. Cole drove up to the front of the
house Mr. Cole stopped his horse
and Mr. Moye got out of the buggy.
1 could hear them talking and heara <
Mr. Moye tell Mr. Cole something 1
about going to Florence next day.
"Mr. Cole drove on down the road i
going home, and Mr. Moye started <
on towards the bouse, but stopped
for a moment, then went on In.
1 followed easily, and heard Mr.
Moye put his key in the front door 1
and unlock it, bo then stiuck a
match and went on in the passage, 1
holding ihe match up in front of
him, Into bis bed room and lighted
the lamp. 1 was standing outside
and could see him through the glass
window.
"Before Mr. Moye had gotten to
the house Alex Wellington had run
hip hand through a broken windowpane
and raised the sash, and after
getting in the houso opened the door
and let William Burroughs, HenryJamas
and Senion Askins in.
"Wellington went in the dining
room and Burroughs went into the
closet. I did not know where James
and Asklns were when he was murdeed.
but they were round behind
the house or in the house."
"After lighting the lamp, Mr.
Moye took off his overcoat and threw
It on the foot of the bed; he then
took off his coat and vest and hung
them up, but lay his watch on the
bureau. He was ip the act of removing
his tie when Wellington
threw open the dining room door
and fired one shot from Mr. Moye's
gun, which struck Mr. Moye In the
stomach. Mr. Moye threw his hands
over his bowels and started to run
out of the house when Wellington fired
a second load at him, but never
h't him.
"After getting out on the piazza,
Mr. Moye fell dead and Wellington
came on out and stepped over him
with one foot on either side of his
body, stooped down and searched
his pockets, but only found about
two dollars.
"Wellington then said that hi
would make sure ul his being dead
and shot him twice more from the
gun while lying on the floor; one
load was flred into his shoulder anu
the other *nco his neck.
"They all then got together In
the road and talked the matter over.
Wellington seemed to be uneasy
about me telling the story and gave
me the $2 and Mr. Moyt's coat and
a pair of pants and prondsed that if
I would not tell it he wouid go to
the bank at Timmonsville on Saturday
and get a check cashed and pay
the $25.
"James and Askins then went on
to their home on the Cole place and
Wellington, Burroughs and myself
com* on towards Ebcnezer and :
left them at their houses.
"I then went on to Ethel Wild's |
LARGE CORN CROP
\
THIS STATE PRODUCED FIFTY
MILLION BUSHELS. '
Means Much (or tlie Farmers, and
Puts South Carolina In the List
of Great Corn States.
South Carolina has produced 60,- _
000,000 bushels of corn for 1910, according
to au estimate issued by the
department of agriculture, which
places the corn crop for South Carolina
for this year at 49,740,000 bushels.
This estimate has been furnished
the United States department of
agriculture.
The most gratifying feature of
the estimate is that average produc- C
tion of corn to the acre in this v
State has increased from 16.7 bush- v
els to 21 bushels within a year, e
There was a marked increase in the V
acreage of corn, the greatest in the'a
history of the State. The exact sta- t
tistlcs on the acerage have not been tl
prepared.
The Columbia State says this tre- e
mendouB crop of corn mean that fi
South Carolina farmers will be able tl
to ship corn out of the State to oth- tl
er sections and that more than $6.- e
000,000 spent on corn and corn products
will be saved to the people. tl
As has been stated railroad men n
familiar with the movement of corn a
say that the shipments into this P
State from the est have fallen off w
materially during the past year and a
Lhat they expect to haul corn out of R
south Carolina next year. d
The corn crop last year for South
Carolina was estimated at. 37,000,- M
300, which was an increase of 8,- i ci
100,000 bushels over the year 1908. D
The entire increase of corn produc- W
:iofl In the Southern States last year
was 13,000,000 with 8.000,000 oft*
hat accredited to this State. jo;
There were over 3,000 boys on the ?l
*\rms of this State to plant an acre d
jf corn this year. Several hundreds si
>f these hoys have produced over 75 s]
jushels of corn on one acre of land a
ind have been awarded certificates j
>f merit by the State superintendent tl
af education and Gov. Ansel. | lj
More than 100 of the boys have ci
produced over 100 bushels on one d
acre, and there are several to pro- s|
iuce over 15? bushels. These boys j
will be the farmers of the future 6t
and the indications point ro South w
Carolina becoming one of the lead- w
Ing corn State In the United States. : It
The work of the 3,000 boys has o
been under the direction of the |
United StateB farm demonstration r!
worKers, or wtncn lra VV. Williams f<
is at the head in this State. I c
The champion boy corn grower of r
the world lives In South Carolina, V
and he has produced 228 bushels on
one acre of land. The boy is not
known. He lives in the Pee Dee
section of the State and is a son of 11
a minister. The marvelous yield
wag secured on the parsonage land.
The records of the boy are in Washington
and are being considered by
the national department of agmulture,
and h's name will be announc- ^
ed from there within the next sever- ( a
al days. 1 j,
The boy has written a story of t:
how he produced the great yield ]<
which will be published. He has de- t
veloped a new plan of corn growing g
which may be helpful to all Soura t!
Carolina farmers. |c
The agitation for corn production ii
commenced in this State several j
years ago and there has been a stea- v
dy in crease. No longer Is the far- t
mer of South Carolina contented j
with 20 bushels to the acre. The o
100-bushel to the acre farmers in a
South Carolina are numerous. To ii
stimulate the interest in corn pro- o
duction over $35,000 in prlzeB will ii
be given this year. The climax will |
he the South Atlantic States corn e
cAt'utiiiiuu wuicu is 10 De neni >u t
Columbia from December 5 to 8 fc
Over $10,000 in prizes will be given ( o
at the exposition. p
I
house, over on Mr. George Muldrow's e
place, near Florence, nnd got there I
about one o'clock. On my way there t
I met several men In the road and c
stopped and took a drink with them i
near the fork of the road, where
you turn to go by Mr. Lake Cook's
place.
"I carried the clothes there and j
put them in the bureau drawer."
Mr. Harrell has corroborated the
most of the confession as made by
Ham by going to the spot nnd making
a diagram and in securing the "
bottle that Ham threw away that r
night at the spot claimed, together 1
with the marks at the spo.. where '
Ham stood while he kept watch. |11
The nnlv ?V.~? *?- ?r C
.MV vmi/ wuiwg cn?*i. in r. narriMi "
has not ferreted out as yet Is as to 1
the position of Wellington at the *
time Ham claims he flted the second v
shot and feels satisfied that the man 1
in the clcset fired tbo second shot a
Pearl Ham, the wife of Clarence '
Hani, and Ethel Wilds, the woman at J
whose house Ham stayed Saturday *
morning, were arrested and are also r
locked up to be used ns witnesses. **
This makes seven negroes now in
jail, five of whom will be charged
with the murder and the two women
as witnesses. f
? ? I
Remember Maine, where the Dem- I
ocrats won a glorious victory be* j \
cause but few Democrats failed to c
vote. To get your vote In Is the I
final test of your Democracy. 1
SAID HE LiED
>
raveling Mai Makes Ex-Got. Glenn Very
Warn Under Ike Collar.
(
HE BECOMES ENRAGED
%"hen Stranger Bays That All ^
ocratlc Speakers Arc Afraid of J
(
Marion Ilutler and Informs t'ic j
Drummer That He'll Make lliin v
Swallow Some of His Teeth. ?
A dispatch from Marlon to the ,
'h nrlnt to r\Kaoe?*/*?% ?,x ~-1: ' ''
.wbvv WUOCI ? CI D|llt'ilUlUK I1KI" V
fildfire over the -city Wednesday t
r'tnt the news that ex-Governor ltob- t
rt B. Gl?un, who spoke at Marion t
Wednesday had become engaged in i;
difficulty with a traveling man on
lie way from the railroad station to 'l
he hotel that morning. f
It seems that while Mr. Glenn w is i
ngaged in conversation with a p
riend, that the friend had remarked c
hat Marion Butler had gotten oh p
he same train upon which the Gov- 1<
rnor came, at Morganton. tl
In the course of the conversation h
hat followed the friend further re- tl
larked that the Democratic speakers U
nd the press were making it hot for
Sutler. Mr. Glenn replied that *t o
as not necessary for the speakers el
nd the press to make it hot for g
utler as he, Butler, had all he could k
o to defend his record in the Stat", m
At this junction a traveling man, A
lr. W. O. Crawford, butted Into the ai
"invrrsatlon and Bald that all the w
emocratie speakers in the State o)
ere afraid of Butler. U
Mr. Glenn replied that the man ol
M-tnlnly did not know the skuatiou
r he would not dare make s lch a ol
tatement. Crawford said thaf lie ti
id know the situation and that li w
till maintained that Democratic w
[leakers were afraid of the ex-Sen- i
tor. in
iMr. Glenn then told the dr?mi"cr rt
lat what lie had said was ah-olute- tl
r an untruth and that the D-tmo- in
ratlc speakers had met Bir'e" in hi
ebates aud that only their sclf-repect
kept them from doing so again, ci
Mr. Crawford made his original in
aicuicui. jii si ruuger language, vi
hereupon the Governor told him h? ll
as a liar, and that If he repeated tt
he would swallow It and also some pi
f his teeth. el
At this Juncture the bus had ar n
Ived at the hotel where Mr. Craw- C
srd hurriedly alighted from It and
ntered the hotel lobby where li"
eglstered as "John Smith," from
irginia. II
STOUTS WKItE LOOTED.
urglnrs Hob Two Stores in Spartan- \y
burg Same Night.
c<
At Spartanburg during Friday n
lght burglars entered the store of I"
l. \V. lllber, a well known jeweler, W
l!
nd took about $1,500 worth of
ewelry from the establishment. En- h
ranee was affected by breaking the ^
ick on the rear door and raising up tl
he bar, which held it closed. The
ame night burglars entered Whit- u]
ington's drug store and robbed the g,
ash register, taking several dollars |<
a ohange, which had been left there, ti
There is absolutely no clue as to te
fho the robbers are. They covered v<
heir tracks completely. From the |)(
ewelry store they took a number b;
f bracelets, lockeis, watcb chains ni
nd other stuff that was not placed d<
n the safe over night. All of the
ther diamonds and valuables were
a the safe, which was not opened.
A reward nf hn? hnon %
T ?.1
d for the capture of the guilty paries.
The Pinkerton detective urciiy
is at work on the case and several
f their men are in Spartanbuig at
resent, it is said. News of the burg- ,j,
ory did not spread rapidly, as (j
very possible precaution was taken
>y the police and Mr. Blber to keep
he affair quiet and stand a better j.
hance, as they thought, to capture
he criminal. .
^ si
KILLED AND IXJt KKD.
fl
ly the Railroads of the (Vuintry for ,]
tho Past Year.
ri
Killed. 3,804; injured, 82,374- a
?this is the casualty record of the :c
ailroads in the United States during
he year ended June 30 last, accordng
to the interestate commerce coin- ''
nisslon Tuesday. It is an increase n
if 1,013 in the number killed and ^
8,454 in the number injured over
Ha npovintto vAor'a 1
? w r. t .iwuo JCWI O UfjUlfS. I Ilt'n'
vere 5,861 collisions, killing 43.1
>eople and Injuring 7,765 and damping
railroad property $4,629,279.
n the 5,910 derailments during the k
ear, 34 0 persons were killed and
1,814 injured. During the last three ti
nonths of the yexr the total killed rr
ir injured was 20.650. j<
? ? ? ir
llig lti?l For Cow. cl
An ofter of $10,000 has been reused
by W. W. Marsh, of Waterloo,
a., for his pet cow. Dairy Maid of
^inehurst. the champion cow of tne ,
corld. Although jus', a month ov j"
r three ye rs old. the cow produced | w
.003 pounds of butter during the "
ast year. fi
HELPING THE FARMER
rilHEK OF THE LEADING SOUTHERN
RAJLKOADS WILL
Irganize a Cotton Culture Department
to Educate Cotton Farmers
In a Campaign Against the Weevil.
Practical steps are being taken by
he Southern Railway Company, the
Vlaliauia Great Southern Railroad
Company, and the Mobile & Ohio
lailroad Company to co-operate
vith the officials of the United States
Agricultural Department and the
hate Commissioners of Agriculture
n advising farmers, in the territory
long the lines of these railways
vhicli may eventually he reached by
he Mexican cotton Pool weevil, as
o the best methods of growing coton
in spite of the presence of that
nsect.
The experience of the farmers in
"exns. where the weevil has beeu
or some years, demonstrates that by
he adoption of proper methods,
ractically as large yields of cotton
an be obtained as before the npearance
of the weevil. In most
acalitloB in Texas the Invasion of
ho weevil has generally been folawed
by short crops for two or
hree years until the farmers have (
tarned how to deal with the insect.
For the purpose of making a coperatlve
work of the companies as (
fTectlve and helpful as possible, or- (
anization has been perfected to be
nown as the cotton culture departlent
of the Southern Railway, the 1
labama Great Southern Railroad,
ad the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
ith a view of encouraging the adption
of the most improved melods
in advance of the appearance
' the wbevil.
This, it is felt, will have the effect
' maintaining the normal producon
of cotton. Practical farmers
ho have had experience in dealing ,
ith the boll weevil will be employ*1
along the lines of these railways J
i localities which may eventually he J
cached by the weevil and giving
lent practical advice as to the best '
ethods of growing cotton under
all weevil conditions.
Planters and others In these loilities
who are desirous of availiff
themselves of the practical ?1
co and assistance of the agents o' 1
le Cotton Culture Department In (
Us matter are invited to corresand
with Mr. T. O. Plunkett, Gener- '
I Agent of the Southern Railroad 1
ad the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, oi '
hattanooga, Tenn. "
<
IIKVAN NO KHKK LANCE,
eiteratos llis Stand Against Dab I
I
r.inn iu Kansas. (
t
At Lincoln, Neb., in a hall hired j
y himself and speaking outside the ,
ir'sdlctlon of the Democratic state (
>mmlttee, \V. J. llryan Monday j
Ight pioclaiined his political indeandence
so far as the head of the s
emocratic state ticket is concern'd,
[id justified his bolt of James C.
ahlman, candidate for governor,
e disclaimed any intention cf helming
a political free lance in uaonal
affairs.
Mr. Rryan declared himself "raglar"
on all else save the Nebraska
Dvernorship, and gave unstinted enirsement
to the remainder of the
cket. He insisted that it was no
(St of party regularity to refu30 to
ate for Mayor Dahlman, becaase,
e said Dahlman was not nominated
y the Democrats, but by a comlnation
of the votes of all parties
unlimited by the liquor interests.
WORK OF II LA OK HAM).
.Man Wuh Murdered While lie Was
Fast Asleep.
Lying beside her sleeping nusband
i their home at San Francisco on
hursday night Mrs. Antonio Valenno
heard a crash of glass and a
loment later saw two men clini > I
irough the window of their room
om the porch roof without.
Too frightened to move or cry ou?, '
tie watched one of the intruders
:eal up to the bed. deliberately place
pistol at her husband's breast and
ro a shot that brought Instant (
eath to the sleeping man. Ry the ,
me the woman succeeded in rejcovering
her voice and raising an
Icrm the murderer and his compan- '
>n had escaped. <
Valentino with his wife and three ]
tiildren arrived about four days ago
avlng come almost direct from It- (
ly. Mrs. Valentino says they left
aples very hurriedly, her husband |
rofessing ereat fear for his life for (
>me reason not revealed to her. ,
|
They Are Safe. i
Only one railroad passenger was i
Hied in the United Kingdom by in I
rcident on a train in which he was I
avelinaf. In other words only one
ian was killed or 1,264.800,000
turneys anil only one person wad
ljured out of each 3.200,000 trav- (
lers. |
Killed hy Falling IMrt. ]
At Staunton. Va.. \V. S. Sprulse l
>st his life and three others had i
arrow escapes from death while at i
ork Thursday in repairing a cave- <
^ there. They were cnuaht under <
illlng dirt.
A GEORGIA TRAGEDY
THE TERRIBLE ACTS OF A PROSr
. PSKOV8 MERCHANT.
Killed Hi*. Wife, Nine Year Old Bon
_ _ .1 * laa* _ ?? ? "* ~
liiiue iwiiy, H dumliHl Older
Son and Kills Himself.
The motive for the terrible tragedy
enacted in Lawrenceville, Ga.,
on Tuesday, when Joe D. Wallace,
a prosperous merchant, killed his
wife and nine-year?old son, Clice,
and desperately wounded another
son. Feltou, eleven years of age. au ?
then killed himself, is still ghr.uded
In mys'cry. 1
Joe Wallace, a man about 4 5 yea-s
of age, had attended a meeting o*"
the Odd Fellows, of which cr.1 j he I
had been a prominent member for I
many years and returned luve a be'it
10 o'clock in tlte evening, lie soon)
retired and from that moment there!
is no living member of his familv 1
who can tell what transpired up to ['
2:30 o'clock in tlie morning, when
his two daughters. Misses Estello
and Lollie llelle, were awakened by
1 rapid fire of pistol shots in thoimother's
room adjoining that of ,
their own.
The eldest daughter, Mis3 Lena,
was also aroused and together the
three girls hastened to the rorm of
the parcntB to find the cause of llie
ihooting. Upon entering the door- *
way thoy saw their father standing
)y their mother's bed. while she lay
gasping for breath, with h>r night
slothing on fire from the pistol
shots. Wallace turned to leave the
00m and seeing his little son, Fel- 1
.on, coining in at the door, exclaimed,"I
will get you. too," and at the
eport of the pistol the child fell to j
he floor.
Stepping over the prostrate form '
Wallace went out the door, aft'jr
licking up his pants on the lloor !
ind feeling in his pockets for his ,
<eys as lie walked, went to liis pro- I
erv store, nnlv a t ???*. *
_ v..w .? kv " J ai un IK'IUW
ho house, and going in reloaded li'.a 1
dstol and returned to the house. j 1
When Wallace reentered nis home
?o walked up to his baby hoy, Cline.
ind said, "Well, 1 have killed your
mother," and holding the child out
it arm's length fired four balls
hrougli its heart. Dropping the ?juiv?ring
form to the boor he wulked
o the entrance of the next room and
dacing the smoking revolver to his
lead, sent a bullet crash through hit
jwn brain. Mrs. Wallace was shot
"our times through the breast and
>ead while lying on the bed.
Joe Wallace had been twice married.
By his first wife he had foul
children, one son and three daughers,
all grown. The son, I .eon Wal- S
lace, has a position in Atlanta and
v3s not at home. His daughters are
Leno, Lollle Belle and Estelle. Wallace's
second wife was a daughtte.*
if Andrew O. Bowman, a farmer redding
in the upper part of the couny.
She took an active part in religius
work, being a member of several
societies in the Baptist churcn,
if which he was also a member.
Their married life, so far as the general
public knew, was a happy one,
ilthough it is stated by some that
die was of a very Jealous temperament.
About seven years ago Mr. Wal
iace was awakened at night by a j
noise on his front veranda and after (
opening the door eliehtly, saw a (
form in the darkness, whereupon ho t
ir-lied to his wife to bring a li.gh', 1
ind as Bhe held the lamp he took do- l
liberate aim and shot the mnn dead. <
lie was .1 uegro who worked for the
3eaho.rd. It is thought that poss! i
aly this occurence preyed upon his t
mird and had some connection with t
llie tragedy. i
All three of the bodies will be car- t
r!ed to Hog Mountain, Mr. Wallace's <
home, six miles above Lawroneeiriile,
for burial.
Itlhli NYU DAY.
for North Carolina School Children
to Contribute.
The Hill Nye memorial committer i
>? tho North Carolina Press \ssocirtlon
met Wednesday In Salisbury an.. 1
i'.ected J. P. Cook, of Concord, r 11- (
tor of The Uplift, as treasurer of the
committee, to succeed the late
VI Julian. A resolution will ho pre- !
rented to the Strife superintendent 1
if public instruction, asking that a <
late he set apart In the schools of '
the State to be known as "Bill Nye 1
lay." On this day school children I
will I)? asked to contribute to the 1
fund being raised by the committee 1
for the purpose of erecting a Bill Nye '
memorial cottage in connection with
he Stonewall Jackson manual training
school located at Concord, N. C.
Ballot Seven Feet Ia?ng.
The voters of South Dakota at <
the election of Nov. 8 will have sun- !
mltted to them the longest ballot <
to be voted in any state in the Union.
The ballot will measure more
than seven feet, and will contain
proposed laws which are io be sub- <
mltted to the voters under the refer- '
sndum amendment to the state cot:- i
stitution. It will oe 14 inches In
width and filled from top to bottom.
BLEW UP MAINE
Spanish Electrician Re sponsible for
the Famous Disesier
THE REPORT IS DENIED
Colonel Jasper Kwing Krady, MemImt
of the Army Hoard, for the
First Time, Makes Public Verdict 4
of the Investigation, in a I,ectur*
at Kansas City.
That Jose E. Zalvido, a Spanisn
electrician working in Morro Castle,
and probably a fanatic, was responsible
for the destruction of the bat
tleship Maine in the harbor of Havana
was the statement made on
Thursday night by Col. Jas. IS. Brady
In correcting a report of a speech
made by him Thursday night. Colonel
Brady says he was one of a
committee of four men who Investigated
the explosion and reported the
findings to President McKtnley.
"Now. I will tell you for the first
time the name of the man who blew
up the Maine. He is, or was, Jose
etalvado. He was electrician at
Morro Castle. It was he who threw
the switch which set off the powerful
mine that destroyed that ship
ind sent 207 lives into eternity la
i fiash. Zavaldo was afterward shot
jy order of Gen. Blanco."
"Of course I did not see this maa
urn on the switch which set free
lie powerful mines that caused the
lisaster." said the Colonel, "but the
;viiience 111 the case pointed directly
o his guilt. Three other army oficers,
whose names 1 do not care to
;i\e, and myself, reported to the
'resident that in our belief Zalvado
vas responsible. He was later executed
on the command of General
3f..nco. None, I.owever, was ever
ible to learn for what reason."
Colonel Brady, in an address Wedlesday
night at St. George's Kpla
:oi?.'.l church, discussed the Maine
lisaster and attributed it to a subliarine
mine explosion. His stalenent
brought forth denials from
tVashlncton, among oilier things bo
ng that 110 military hoard had been
ippointed to investigate tne cas*
Colonel Brady explains that the
joard never convened to make 'ts
eunrt lint rptinrtcil Inrt i vlrt tin 11 v in
he President.
Col. llrady was quoted as saying
n his address that Cubans were rosponsible
for the disaster. He dolled
that he made such a statement.
CONFESSES TO ltOIlllERY. 1
Seventeen Year Old Youtli Tells Po./
lice He Stole.
Marlon Wilcox, a 17-year-old hoy
if Spartanburg, is in jail and has
nade a complete confession to robbing
tlio Jewelry store of Arthur
V. Hiber on last Saturday nl^ht.
Wilcox was suspected at first by
he officers who have been on the
ookout for him ever since. He has
cept himself in hiding and only Wedlesday
did the officers catch him.
Capt. Moss Hayes, of the local poice
department and private Deason
vere waiting for the boy at the Souhern
station Wednesday night, hav
ng learned that he was scheduled to
lass by on foot. The plans were
ight and Wilcox was hailed on the
.racks by the officers. He denied
lis guilt but a search revealed that
le had over $400 worth of jewelry
in his person when arrested.
It consisted of bracelets, lockets.
nnicn > n,tins. euanus, etc., many or
hem with diamond settings. When
aken to police headquarters he
nade a complete confession nnd did
lot implicate any one else, saying he
lid the deed single han led.
VKItV QI'KKit STOHY.
says He Was I trunk When He Clot
Married to a Woman.
P. H. Rotiiiceville, a well-known
vonng Atlantian, hns filed suit far
total divorce against his wife, Mrs.
Minnie D. Rounceville, alleging that
ihe "roped him in." that she made
Dim drunk and got him to promise
to marry her while he didn't know
what he was doing, and that then
while he was still staggering and
leeing three of her. she got a friend
to go after a preacher and got a litsense
and that he was married swaying
from side to side so that the
preacher had to hold him on his
feet; at the benediction, Rounceville
rntys iu* irn 10 mo noor 111 a (irimkin
stupor, and on waking immediately
repudiated hi* loving bride.
Stove Polish Kvplodes.
While polishing a gas range in
the home of Miss Bridget Lane In
Pittsburg, the liquid solution explodsd
and burned Miss EHa Hrennen,
i servant. The explosion was cauasd
by gasoline In the polish
Arm Torn Oir in (lin.
At Pickens Claude Mann, the son
af A. O. Mann, had his arm lorn ofT ?
at the elbow Saturday morning in
a cotton gin. Claude is 16 years of
age and was working at the gin at
the time.
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