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I’v:,, . . 6 PAGE EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 ■ " - L 1 .1—JSLSSll! MINISTER ADMITS POISONING WIFE Hi^kt Confesses After Long Ques tioning. Now Held in Illinois Jail. Mount Vernon, 111., Sept. 22.—With arrest tonight of Mrs. Elsie Sweetin of Ina, 12 miles south of here, an^ j»ii admission by the Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, minister of Ina, that he had poisoned his wife and had bought the poison that had been administered to Wilford Sweentin, late husband of the arrested woman, state’s attorney TOompson tonight was making every effort to connect the two deaths. FLEW INTO HISTORY. PITY A SAD “ARISTOCRAT.” The Rev. Mr. Hight, in jail here since; THE DAY’S BEST NEWS, last Friday, confessed today. The PERSHING AND GRATITUDE, atate’s attorney announced that Hight, .j^ flight around the world is over, had administrated the poison to his and 8ix youn g Americans will live in wife and that it was he who had pur- ] history when everybody connected chased the poison to be administrated w jjj he completely forgotten. i.._j History will forever record, if only to Sweetin. It remains unsolved who gave Sweetin the poison that was found in his stomach by a chemist af ter the exhumation of the body on the day the clergyman was taken into cus tody. ' The minister’s confession came early this morning after an all night vigil in the sheriff’s office, where the pri soner was questioned. Reading from the Bible, of favored passages' of the minister’s dead wife, is believed to have prompted Hight to deviate from his otherwise stoical attitude and make a clean breast of it. “In tailing of the circumstances of his wife^s death,” the state’s attor ney announced, “the clergyman ad mitted that he had given her poison so that he could marry Mrs. Sweetin.” In his early confession, however, the state’s attorney said the prisoner had asserted he had administrated the poi son to relieve his wife bf her pain.” He also had admitted, the state's at torney said, that he had given the poison to Sweetin in a glass of water This part of the confession, how ever, was repudiated later in the af ternoon. It was then the minister ad mitted that he made that admission in order to shield Mrs. Sweetin and it was then he added the purpose of poisoning his wife. Mrs. Sweetin, who has maintained that she knew nothing of the manner in which her husband was poisoned, .denied when questioned yesterday by the state’s atttomey there was any thing wrong in relations between her and the minister and that he treated her any different from any other woman of the little congregation. In the meantime a third death en tered into the investigation, that of a high school girl of Cenerville, 111., who it is said died of ptomaine poisoning three years ago. This was the cause of the deaths of Mrs. Hight and Swee tin, as found originally by the coro ner! A picture of this girl was found in the clergyman’s home at Ina, but he insists that he did not recall the girl’s name. Feeling against the minister, it was reported today, was bitter, and this prompted the sheriff to swear in spe cial deputies for the protection of the prisoner. It was reported here this afternoon that threats had been made against him in his own congregation. In the waning hours of the night, State’s Attorney Thompson, who until then vainly had questioned the prison er, began reading passages from the Bible, which the latter frequently had nsed in the pulpit. “Would it not be possible that in a moment of temporary insanity and seeing your wife in terrible pain you thought to relieve this suffering by giving her poison to end her misery?” the state’s attorney asked. It was then the minister showed in decision. He hesitated and requested he be left alone with the state’s at- • torney. The first confession then followed. The confession of the minister was characterized tonight by the state’s^ attorney as “triumph for religion.” He thus referred to the part the Rev. C. C. Hall, superintendent of the Mt. Carmel district of the Methodist con ference, played in obtaining oL the aupplemental confession, which is con- aidered the truth by the state’s at torney. The Rev. Mr. Hall called on the prisoner in jail this morning, ask ing that he surrender his credentials as a minister. Though the prisoner at first declined to do so Jie later told his superintendent where the creden tials could be found and suggested that they could be taken away any time he wanted them. The matter will be brought before 4h| Southern Illinois conference at tGMhondale, where the conference jnaeta tomorrow, and it ;s expected fthat the body will act officially on the recalling of the prisoner’s cre dentials. in two lines, the dates and names con nected with the first human flight around the world. Birds did it long ago, but they are only birds. That the nation which invented the flying machine should be the first nation to send a flying machine around the world seems appropriate. More appropriate would be adequate flying machine defense for this coun try. COMING SOON Forty funny fellows. Walter L. Main circus is billed to exhibit in Clinton on Tuesday, September 30. Its long list of high-class circus features, which'' include such famous equestrians starts as the Seven Rid ing Lloyds, Miss Hazel Hickey, owner, trainer and rider of champion high- jumping horses. Master Colleano, the Australian somersault rider, and the Hockum family of so ciety equestrians, has entertained thousands of circus patrons in the principal cities of the eastern states during the 1924 season, and come to this city with the endorsement of press and public as evidence of the continued policy ofrthe Walter L. Main management to give a clean, reputable honestly advertised exhibi tion, , i—40*^ Mr. R. B. Fitzgerald, a recognized reliable critic on the Syracuse, N. Y. Daily Telegram, had the following to say of the performance he attended in that city on August 25: Breathes there a boy with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said: “Off with the circus troupe I’ll go; Some day I’ll own the whole da^n show!”? “And it’s here playing over at the Clinton-Taylor street lot, the Walter L. Main exposition of all things cir- Maurice cusy, all things konwn to the big top and the tanbark. “With two rings and a pavilion the big show provides an afternoon or evening* of genuine entertainment and honestly, we enjoyed the main show last night more than we did the more widely heralded Barnum and Bailey circus several weeks ago. “The main reason for this probab ly is that while there’s always plenty to watch there isn’t so much that the spectators get dizzy trying not to miss any of the acts, but there are a good many features which stand comparison with those of the B. and B. show and come out ahead. “For instance, there’s the slack- wire walker, proclaimed as the world’s greatest, and if you see him it’s doubtful whether you'll even ques tion it. Wire walkers have come and gone, for a good many decades, but the Main show star sets the pace for all that have been seen in up-state New York in a good many years. He has a good many new twista and feats that are sure-fire with the audiences. “Second in popular approval was a tumbling act, but all of the other circus features, the animals, bareback riders, etc., are up to standard.” NOTICE WANTED—Man in every community to sell attractive health and acci dent insurance for old established company which has paid eight million dollars in claims to policy-holders. Everyone a prospect. Good pay; pleasant work, part or full time. No experience necessary. Address, Box 452, Clinton, S. C. Itc To Creditors: Notice is hereby giv en to all persons having claim* against the estate of R. R. Milam, de ceased, to file the same, duly verified, with R. W. Wade, attorney, Clinton, S. C., on or before the 18th day of October, 1924, or be forever barred. D. W. MULLINAX, Administrator de bonis non of the estate of R. R. Milam, deceased. 10-16-4tc * Call at our store for Elmers Fine Candies. Smith’s Pharmacy. WHAT DO p. s. JEANS DO? m Mr. Grenville L. Winthrop, pleas antly described by the social reporter as a “wealthy, retired banker, philan thropist and ARISTOCRAT,” is un der the care of two doctors. His two daughters eloped, one with a chauf feur, the other with a young electri cian. For a “retired aristocrat” to re ceive such a blow is painful, but in his sorrow there is warning and com fort for other wealthy, retired Ameri can aristocrats. One of the daughters was thirty- years of age; and her sister, one Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST MODERN SERVICE Specialist 9 Jacobs & Company Building Phone 29 IT IS A MAGAZINE THAT YOU NEED— I can get it for you and can give yon good bargains in clubs. Phone 243 at 12:30. 59 Thornwell Street JAS. W. 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We TALR preparation better than we provide it, The day’s most important news for the future ages is this: Dr. Daly, senior professor of chemistry in the University of Liverpool, says he can manufacture sugar out of plain water and carbon dioxide. That’s how na ture manufactures it in plants, thru ♦ he green leaves. It is a deep pro cess, first making formaldehyde of the carbon dioxide and water, then applying ultra-violet light—a color invisible to our eyes—to make the sugaf. If science can imitate plants on a big scale, manufacturing sugar and protein from carbon dioxide in the air, and the water in the ground, one food problem will be solved. However, don’t be in a hurry to sell your Cuban sugar plantation. It will make you rich for many a day. Distinguished gentlemen gave a dinner to General Pershing in New York. It was a nice dinner. Gen eral Pershing’s share must have cost sixty cents in the’ market and nine dollars delivered oil the table. As a dinner, it was a success. But as a reward for a general that com manded three million American sol diers in the big war, after serving faithfully for many years before that, it was not much. General Pershing is now retired on a salary big enough to get him a small flat in a cheap quarter. The English do it differently. Their Imperial Government made their Gen. Hague an Earl, and gave him a mil lion dollars. Of course, this country isn’t rich enough to afford anything like THAT but it might do SOMETHING. There is nothing the matter with this country except timid imagina tion. What have we? Gold, more than half the world's supply; peace, that will last if we keep out of European nonsense; Pre sidential candidates, not one of whom would do any harm if elected; good crops, good prices for crops; an an nual income of more than fifty thous and million dollars a year, with the real wealth not even scratched. r0l 4pLnE RELIEF GUARANTEED prescription for Malaria, and Fever, Dengue or Bil- fever. It kill* the germs. 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