The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 05, 1908, Image 1
VOL. XXXII
BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1908
NO. 10
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WILL IT BE DONE?
The State Supreme Court Issues
Mandamus Against Commision.
CLAIM ORDERED PAID
The Attorney for the Winding Up
Commission Will at Once Take
BRIBED A JURY
SENSATION'AL DEVELOPMENT L\
SAN FRANCISCO SCANDAL. ,
I
the Case to the Supreme Court
of the United States for Hearing
and Decision.
‘The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says practi
cally reaffirmed the position taken
by that Court in regard to the dis
pensary funds and granted a man
damus against the commission order
ing It to pay a claim approved by Qi3
General Assembly notwiths’andlng
the Injunction against such payment
from the Federal Court. The attor
ney for the * dispensary cor. mission j
at once gave notice of appeal Irom
the Supreme Court's order, and tht
case will be at once taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
tnd it is probable that the case w’!l
be argued before that tribunal at
the same time as the Flelschman
case, that goes up from the Federal
Court of Appeals to the Federal
Supreme Court, both cases involving
the same points as to the powers of
the dispensary winding-up commls-
elon.
The decision of the Court l. tliD
new case In full is as follows, mak
ing the decision in the previous cnee
of Lyon against Murray ct al o part
of this decision:
South Carolina—In (he Supreme
Court, Original Jurisdiction—The
State of South Carpllna ex nd A
W. Ray, trustee, petitioner, vtf W.
J. Murray and others.
It appearing iWt the quertiom
raised In this proceeding have !<een
adjudicated by the case of the State
ex rel J. F. Lyon vs. W. i. Murray
and others, and that the return of
the respondents is insufficient for
the reason set forth in the opinion
in the said case, now on motio^ of
D. C Ray, attorney for petitioner:
It Is ordereiFTiTftt a ^leieiuptur.*
writ of mandamus do issue requir
ing the respondents to pay the mon
ey due the petitioner, as set forth
“In the petitiou. The reasons for sa-d
judgment are stated in t)i a opinion
in the case 1 of Lyon. *■ Murray
above referred to, which opinion if
to be made a part f of this decree,
andf the Court reserves *h? ri^ht tc
flic a further opinion In case it deems
It necessary.
Y. J. Pope. Chief Justice.
Ira H. Jones. A. J.
C. A. Woods. A. J.
Prior to hearing the case th>
court granted the motion tn make
the State a party to the case on con
sent of the Attorney General, as fol
lows :
The State of South Carolina, in
the Supreme C iurt: The cons^tV^ii
the State having been qiveti^
ns* of Its npi.in In tin- cr*e wf A V/
Ray, trustee, petitioner, against \Y.
J. Murray et al.
On motion of D. C. R.y. attor
ney or petitioner, it is orde-^d than
the petition for mandamus, and nihei
pleadings in the cause be anumlerl
by inaerting in the captions thereof
the "The State ex rei,' s<-
that said pleadings as amended shall
read in the name of the State ex
rel A. W. Ray, trustee. nsiiLi-t \V
J. Murray, John McSween and Avery
Patton, as State dispensary commis
sion, respondents.
Y. J. Pqpe, Ohief Justice,
Ira B/Sones, A. J.,‘
C. A. Woods. A. J.
Colnmbln. S. C\. Oct. 30. 1908.
When .the Cfturt waa convene!
there were present Chief Justici
Pope anl Associate Justice Gray
A Contractor Having Been Tried and
Convicted of Bribery, Admits His
Guilt and Tells Whole Story.
San Francisco, Cal., on Thursday,
had a most sensational court scene.
Standing In the shadow of the pen-
Itentiary wlthTscntence about to be
passed upon him, and having seen
his young wife just led from tin
Court rooty hysterically crying "No
no,” A. S. Blake, a contractor, con
victed of attempting to bribe John
M. Kelly to qualify on the Jury tc
try Abraham Ruef and vote for
Ruef's acquittal, made a full confes
sion in Court Thursday/.^’*.'
Blake said that afUer tw-was-ar.. ,
- . ,, „ , Tsowoy--a....clttb.-..map, former repre
rested on a charge dw bribery, Frank
J. Murphy, Ruef’s assistant counsel,
came to him and promised $10,000
if he would keep q'fuet. He sail
i that notes for $10,000 purportins
to be signed by Ruef, were delivered
to a third party, to be paid to Blake
immediately after he was sentenced
If he were convicted of bribery. He
sides thU amount, Blake declared,
his wife was to receive $100 a montu
while he was in the penitnetiary.
When Blake was called on to rise
and receive sentence his wife cried
She was lead from th>
hysterically
room.
After motions for a new trial and
an arrest of Judgment had been de
nied Blake said that he had a staie-
ment to make as a reason why sen
tence should not be pronounced.
This came as a surprise to his at
torneys. who were permitted to with
draw from the case.
After he had been sworn and had
stated that he had not been promis
ed immunity Dlakc said ha had been
offered 11,000 by Attorney A. !1.
Newburgh and F. J- Murphy,of
Ruef's counsel, to Influence J. M.
Kelly, a prospective juror, to vote
for the acquittal of Ruef.
He at first, offered Kelly $500.
which was refused, he said, but ,i.i
)ffer of $1,000 .was accepted.
It was then brought out in a!-
legations that Newburgh tr?td pro-
-ured attorneys fdp Blake's defence.
Blake then told.of hie alleged offer
of $10,000 and provision for his wife
vhile he was in prison If he would
not make a confession. The story
*old by Blake created consternation
In Court and tae case was continued
for two weeks. *
BITE OF MAD IHKi
Go..
ENDS HIS LIFE
A Prominent Lawyer of Mobile
Shoots Himself to Death.
THE CAUSE UNKNOWN
Major Edward Murphy Robinson,
After Leaving the Dinner Table,
Fires Two Bullets From a Re
volver Into His Brain—Leaves
Young Wife and One CtWld.
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A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., says
that Major Edward Murphy Robin
son, one,of that city’s mpst promi
nent citizens, and one of the leading
c-lminal and civil lawyers of the
sentative in the general assembly dr
Alabama and who had refused many
political honors, ended his life Sun
day afternoon by two shots from a
revolver in his bedroom at his hand
some home in Government street,
shortly after 3 o’clock.
The news of the tragic ending of
this brillinat young man, when it
became generally known throughout
the city, shocked everybody.
Major Aobinson had been down
into the business district during the
...... morning. He left one of the leading
N0 A_ n0 . t ... rha, c ;._ a _ nd . social, clubs of tne city at 2 o clock.
went to his home and was seen with
his wife and little child on the lawn.
Later the trio entered the house
and sat down to dinner.
During the dining hour he arose
from the tabic and went to his room
without saying a word. In a few
moments two shots rang out, one
folfhwlDR the other very closely. On
rushlngno his .room, the lifeless body
of the attorney was found stretched
across the bed, blood flowing from
two ghastly hoies in the head.
He died before anything could tx*
done.
Major Robinson was the idol of
Mobile county Democracy .and the
best known orator ij^.the State. He
FIRE IN HER HOLD
A STEAMSHIP AT SEA WAS IN
GREAT DANGER.
Station atf ^'lmrlestou Keeps
iu Touch With a Steamer That Had
Gone to the Rescue.
The Charleston Evening Post say;
the steamship Luckenbeck eu route
from New York to San Juan, Porto
Kico and South American, ports ro
ports through thef wireless station
at Hampton park the presence of Are
In her main hold, but the blaze has
been brought under control by th-;
combined efforts of her crew ana
the crew of th§~Bteamship Philadel
phia which has the Luckerrbdck in
tow.,
The message of the fire in the hold
of the steamer was caught by the
Hampton park wireless station about
11 o'clock Monday night, having been
sent by Captalm\Crockett, of the
Philadelphia, when the steamship
and her convoy^ were off Charleston
about 700 miles and 580 miles south
of Sandy Hook.
At the time that the wireless mes
sage was sent to the Charleston
wlrelers plant, the steamers were
making aliout nine and a half knots
an hour. The Hampton park station
remained in touch with the plant of-
the Philadelphia for several hou^s
Monday night.
The steamship Luckenbeck is one
of a fleet of five ships belonging to
the Insular Steamship Company, on®
of the competing lines of the Morse
syndicate of steamships, running to
Borto Rico and South American
ports. The Luckenbeck family of
New York practically own and con
trol the vessels. The Luckenbeck Is
one of the best boats of the line, hav
ing a tonnage of about 5,000.
Bound from the South American
ports with coffee and other staple
products’ of that country, and re
turning with general cargoes of mer
chandise, the line ^does a good bus
iness.
It Is of course not known what
will be the damage by the fire on the
Luckenback. The survey will prob-
TELLS OF WRECK
Schooner Abandoned on Voyage
From Georgetown North.
FALLS UNDER WHEES
AND 18 CRUSHED TO DEATH
INSTANTLY..
MUST PAY FINE
BRAVE LIFE SAVERS
Bodietf Island and Nags Head Crew*.
Waned for Hours—Captain and
Wife Thrice .Wrecked—Rodgers
Carried to Charleston us Prize of
Stetfncr Fein Several Years ago.
v Capt. 8. E. Lawry, of the abandon
ed schooner Flora Rodgers, a well-
known trading vessel at Charleston^ nainlug conpclouaness.
galied national renown by his speech
of presentation of the silver servlc- 3 1 a,, ' y be u i><> n the arrival of the
to the battleship Alabama, and im
mediately became a prominent flgursr
vessel at San Juan, and then est
mates wilf^be prepared of the- amount
♦ ,
TTTTT
DEAF MUTE KILLS HIMSELF.
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TTi State politics::
He was mentioned this year ns ,
candidate for governor. He served
in the Spanish-American war as cap
tain of company S, Second Alabama [Body of Union Printer Found Dead
volunteers, and was made major of . -
the battalion on the reorganization in Rood* Sunday,
of the military forces following the
war.
Prover^Fatal to an Elberton,
Retail Merchant. ^
A dispatch to the Atlanta Journal
from Elberton, Ga , rays Matthew
Berman, the merchant who was bit
ten by a mad dog on the night of
October 1st. died Thursday night at
11 o'clock, after an illness of two
lays from hrdrophobla.
Mr^ Berman did not become ,vlo-
ent until two days b.fore his death
One great fear in his lucid moments
.earned to be that he would injure
omebody. About 6 o'clock he brok-'
'ooee from his attendants and jump
'd through the window. He was
brought back to the house, but later
broke away again, and running to the
oath room drank water as If he comd
never get enough. He seemed to
be burning up with thirst. Latef
he asked that he be strapped to his
bed, and this request was complied
vlth.
Just before he died, after one of
bis paroxisms, he asked that everv
me leave his room. Though
strapped to the bed his fear that h
In Mobile he had been elected *j
every office to which he aspired. He
married the daughter of Prelate D
Barker, present postmaster of Mo
bile, and leaves a wife and one chil l
His political affiliations have been
undeviatingly with the Democrat!?
party.
He was born at Stockton, Ala
in 1 873, his fater being a veteran o
’he civil war. He was a social lead
er and prominent in fraternal and
secret orders. During 1901-02 h’-
was president of the Alumni of the
University of Alabama. .
tells an interesting and thrilling sto
ry of the wreck of his boat a few
days ago at Bodies Island and the
rescue of.himself, his wife and th«*
crew. The following account of the
wreck and rescue we take from th?
Charleston Post:
It is not the first time that the
Flora Rodgers has lx*en wrecked,
having had The same experience sev
eral years ago off the Carolina coast
when she was towed into Charleston,
as a prize of the Italian 8teaiiie r
Fert, tjeing later libeled anjl sold
by order of the United States cour:.
In an interview in The Norfol't
Virginian-Pilot, Captain Lawry re
lated -a few days ago in,* dramatic
manner how Mrs Lawry, his wife.
His crew of six,, men and himself
stood waist-deep in water with waves
from thirty to forty feet m height
leaping and sw-lrllng over the wreck,
nine hours before a line was shot
over the vessel and how two ancho’
chains of links of an Inch and a halt
in thickness were snapped like pipe
stems which sent the vescel to her
doom.
It was also brought out how Mrs.
Lawry had been In two other wrecks
with her husband and how on one
occasion she was willing foj* every
thing aboard to be loet—that is.
property—but to only save her .ci
liary bird.
When the gale was sweeping the
coast and carrying everything befor
it the Rodgers, lumber laden, was
tuggiug at her anchors. She was
from Georgetown, 8. C., for New Ha
T.aw[-y seeing that
Skittish Mule Starts Oil Suddenly
and Leopold Welle Is Run Overly
Heavy Loaded Track.
ITOSENCE QF LADIES
A sad and faftvl accident happened
In Charleston on Monday. Tin*
Evening Post- says I^eopold Wlele, of
No.Jkfg St. Philip atreet, foreman of
drays for C. D. Frauke & Company,
fell Monday morning under a wheel
of his heavily loaded truck at the
Atlantic Coast Line freight waire-
Evangelist Convicted of tfslaf
Vulgar Language In tbe
r~‘
The Georgia Court of Appeal* D»>
ride* Against Rev. Walt Hokomfea,
soii in-l.eu of the Late Rev. Bart
house In Bay street, and was so bally
Injured that he died a few minutes
after the fatal Occident, without re
A dispatch from Union to The
Ncwr and Courier says Robert Glo
ver. 2G years of age, and P deal
mute, was found dead in some wi.vdt
about one mile west of Union, late
Sunday afternoon, with a wound in
dicating that a pistol had beer placed
In his mouth and fired. Mi^Gtover
was a printer by trade and had work-
' ied in Union for several years, with
both the Progress and the Union
Times.
On Thursday last he returned tj
the city after several months ab
sence and resumed hi* position with
the Times, working ther* Friday a,id
Saturday, and seemed to bo in high
spirits. Sunday morning, however,
“ '-he left his boarding house a’mut' 8
Eight Murders Gonnnitu-d in New-* o clock and did not return for dinner.
-A- party of friends went In search of
berry in Four Months. j n n ,i[ nK his dead body, ns stated
What a tremendous mania f ^ above While there was no eye w|t
‘nesses as to the manner of his death
HEAVY CRIMINAL DOCKET.
he could not sail In such a storm,
had the vertel anchored off the
island.
Two anchors were thrown out and
these were held Jiy many fathoms
of chain, the links of which were an
inch and a half of solid Iron. The
vessel was double-reefed. Every
thing was done to prevent the erafi
from stranding, hut to no avail, anT
at 10 o'clock at night? the anchort
tore Icote and two and one-n/ilt
hours later the stern of the Rodger
was battered away.
Masts and rigging and spar-i
crashed to the: 1 deck and lay In an
Inextricable mass. The wind was
Increasing from the south-east, anl
presently the vessel bega nto b
Mr. VVlole had driven his some
what skittish mule up to the freight
platform and having found out that
It would be necessary for him*"It
move to the receiving door furttate
up, stepped upon his dray to drive
off. He could reach, only one rein,
and leaned Jorward to get possession
of the other. As he Tested one hand
upon the back of the big mule at
tached to the truck, the animal start
ed quickly, and Mr. Welle lost hi-
balance.. lie fell to the side of the
.-haft and v his body struck the pave
men.t directly in front of one of th<
heavy wheels whlen passed, over hh
body, as the now more startled mub
moved off. A great weight bore
the heavy wheel dowbytipon his
body, crushing his stomach and ab
domen Jataily.
Immediate assistance was given
the poor old man by witnesses to
the horrible accident, but he ciinlrt
not be helped, and was deal not
feng after his Injuries were received
The body was taken to Jhb undertak
ing rooms of,, J. Henry Stuhr, in
Wentworth street, where Monda'
afternoon at 6 o’clock an inque-i
into the death of Mr. Weile was held
by the coroner. * — ——
His body was almost severed Into
two parts. The dray, a two-wheeled
affair, was heavily loaded with car
rlage stock, and th» big wheel press
ing his body against the graiuu
paving bt Bay streeta fatal
force, that the strongest man cou'd
not have withstood. Several peo;d«
witnessed the accident, but It oc-
curred before tficy could realize tlm
awful fact
Mr. Welle was a native of Ger
many, coming from the home city ol
Mr. E. H. Jahnz. He Is survived b-
a widow. He had been In the cm
ploy of C. D. Franke ft Co. for ov -
twelve years, w luning the esteem ol
his t*vu>loyers by his faithful and
'▼illjng service. There was n-
prompter man at the company s
store than lampold Welle, and n-
took pleasure In performing his work
day by day. Before he entered th ?
employ of Messrs. Jahnz ne was
known by hundreds of people as a
driver of a Rutledge avenue horse
car. lipoid Welle had AJ^h^ r '
greeting and a good word foY every
body he knew, and his friends wen.
working broadside on the beach | shocked deeply when they heard of
his terrible death. He was between
flfty-fivo and sixty >A*ars of age
murder Newberry must have. The
\
Herald and News says: ‘Solicitor
Cooper has ordered a second wire t
vould injure seme one was so great
_ bat he wattled to be alone. It was
Jones and Woods. Mr. D. C.. Ray,, . o6l ^. afler while alone, that h
fnrmerlv Attnrnev fJenerat. renr»‘.j - *
formerly Attorney General, repr
sentlng the petition r, his brother
Mr. A. W. Ray, ipade a brief argi.
ment for his motion, relying prinrl
pally on the decision of the Court
a the case In which on motion of th<
Attorney General last winter an or
fler was granted compelling the com
mission to pay^tJle sum set aglde from
Hie dispensary funds for the prosecu
lion of alleged dispenrary grafter?
The commission, respondentar- were
represented by th?lr regular counrei,
Mr. W. F. Stevenson, his position
being that under the orders of the
Federal Courts the commission., can
not pay out any money except ou the
order of that Court. Attorney Gen
eral Lyon, for the State, appeared
in support of the position of Mr
Kay.
It will be recalled that Mr. A W.
Ray Is the purchaser and present
owner of a claim against the Safe
dispensary formerty held by a distill
ing company, which claim the Leg
islature has ordered to be paid. The
question Is now squarely up whether
'""'TneSlate Court or the Federal Court
is correct—the State Supreme Court
'' ‘holding that the commission is the
agency of
In its hands are State funds, while
the Federal Court holds that in cre
ating this commission the General
Assembly establlsh?d a trust fund
.. . for the benefit of the creditors of the
State dispensary and that the funds
do not belong to the State. The
opinion of the State Supreme Court
In the former case was written by
Associate Justice Woods, and was a
very strong document. It will not
be reviewed by the Supreme Court
of the Uni^d States.
lied.
DRIED HUMAN READ FOUND,
It socniK to - be generally conceded
that it was a case of suicide.
Histparents, who reside in Spartan
Threshers Make Gmsoine Disooverj
on Michigan Farm.
A dried human head, apparently
ileanly severed' from the body by
i saw, was the gruesome object
Thursday found by Cooney,
■i farm hand, on the floor of the w^ell
house, wrapped in a piece of burlap,
on the farnn’of the Tate Satmtcl Bry-
int, near Clayton, Mich where
hreshors were working.
The object lay on the floor and
Cooney picked It up and remove i
the burlap to see what it waa. He
fled in terror and summoned the
other men at work on the place
They .left the head where it was
found and nailed up the house till
officers could go to the scene.
Dr. S. A. Bryant of Dowaglac,
Mich., as son of the late Samuel
Bryant said Thursday night that the
head found was, no doubt, one of
several that ho had In his possession
"or the erhnine! court at Newberr; -ijurg, went to Union Sunday night
and it is probable that he will He | an( j Monday morning tpok the re-
uqable to compete all of the criminal j mains hack to that city, where the
business eveji with the two weeks inf^yment took place Tuesday. His
if court^ ^ ' irfbther stated that the dead man hid
"There are probably more criminal ‘ never entirely recovered from an at-
:asos on The docket at Newberry for tack of grip from which he sufferad
this court than has hewn there to- soni»- time ago, and U Ts ai io.salii he
mauy years, and we do not recall ■»: was of a despondent disposition from
my time w ithin our recollection of j brooding over his afflictions.
;he criminal court at Newberry when ,
'here wVic as many murder cas*?. | -CENSUS COTTON REPORT.
"There arc now eighteen prisoners| .
in jail, four of these are appeal cas- s|x Mmihh Ginned Up
®s. and one a prisoner from toe chain
gang who is sick, leaving 13 priso
ners in Jail for trial. In addition iir
'hese a number of those charged
* xrnr cTfmtr^re out on jioitt:
‘Since the 29th of June there hnv.
to October 18.
The census report on cotton Issue 1
TToiiday shows a total of 6,2'8T,T8''l
bales'^ counting round as half bale?
Inky darkniss prevailed. The waves
by this time were running to a
height of from thirty to forty feet,
and at one time It appeared that a',
must be lost. The life savers had
discovered the wreck and they' so
notified those al>oard the vessel', l y
the Costcn signals.
When daylight came the aurfmen
from the Bodies Island station at
tempted t<^ launch a surf boat, but
they were beaten by the wind and
waves. Line after line was flfeJ
and fell shdrt, and those on tfk
wreck despaired of being rescued.
Word was sent *16 -The Nags Head
station and soon the crew was on
the poeu£>
If ever a set of men worked to
save eight human lives It was the
crews from the Bodies lalnud an I
Nags Head stations, and at 7 o’clock
in the morning a line was shot over
the side of the Vessel and made fast
to the stump of the mainmast. Then
the breeches buoy was run out.
The captain and crew Insisted that
Mrs. Lawry step into the buoy first
The brave woman was reluctant t)
do this but was finally persuaded and
v?he was hauled through the moun
tainous waves to the beach. It was
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Colon'll Farmer Tries to Board Ca-
r-.,
bOM* ami Fails.
been eight homicides In the county;,,^ (rom the growth of 1908 uh
and. there are twelve prisoner!*, eight . , . . . ilA
to ° ctoher 18 aud a lotal of ‘■ J ' 4
Jim Whprton, a colored farmer,
who lived in- the Barkesdale neigh
tiorhood in Laurens county,* w as run
over and Instantly killed about k
o'clock Monday morning by the mix
ed train coming over the Charleston
'and Western Carolina from Green
ville, the accident occurring at
Barksdale Station, seven miles from
Laurens. Wharton tried to swln-*
the caboose of the swiftly moving
train. He fell and was crushed t
death under the wheels of an extru
box car attached to the rear of th<
calmoto. Both legs were cut off um‘
his head was cut iu two by the car
wheels. 1 *
- P. Jones, Who Hiul Appealed From
Lower Court.
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"The defendant was clearly guilty,-
and the record presents no revera-
,ible error,” declared the Georgl*
Slate Court of Appeals In sustain
ing the verdict of guilty against Rev."
-^Valt Holcombe, of Cartersvllle, Ga ,
convicted of using "profane, obscene
and vulgar language in the presence
of females." 4
Dr. Holcombe, an' evangelist, and
a son-in-law of the late Rev. Barn
P. Jones, was^/indlcted for certsis
remarks he made at a meeting in
the Cartersvllle tabernacle, in the
presence of ladies. He appealed the
case, and the higher court sustain*!
the verdtH of guilty..,..
"It was not the ribaldry of some
low grade comedian In a second cla«
theatre," said the court. "It was the
Indescent Jest of a minister of the
gospel, made in a bouse devoted to
tlie sendees of (Tod. In the presence
oC some Three thousand worshipers,
aimed at a female member of the
congregation, whose excess of adi
pose upon an unmentionable pert of
ner person happened to excit* bis
attention.”
The case against Evangelist Ho'.*
"ombe has been In the public eye
at intervals for several months, and
.•as attracted wide attention, becsucs
if its unique features and the prom
inence of the minister.
The annual tabernacle revival
meetings were In progress In Car
tersvllle, and Evangelist Holcombs
was In charge of the services. A
meeting for men only had bees ad
vertised and arranged for s partic
ular Sunday afternoon, and it Is re*
corded that a great crowd gathered.
Rev. Mr. Oliver waa to address tht*
men.
Following the services for men tbs
regular services were to be held
On this particular Sunday after
noon it began to rain very hard Just
before the meeting for men was to
begin, and a number of women
sought shelter under the tabernacle.
The court record shows that Mia*
inter Oliver, who was to address the
men. suggested to Evangelist Hoi*
(otnt>e that the women retire, so the
meeting could proceed, as per sched*
Ul*!
Evangelist Holcombe advised th* --
women to retire, and his remarks
were such as to lead to bis Indict*
ment amt subsequent conviction for
using "profane, obscene and vulgar
language lifThe presence of females. ’
The mlutsUir's remark*, accord
ing to the record, were aimed at one
particular womap. whose back waa
turned to the rostum from which he
was talking. She was a particularly
large woman, and his remarks re*
ferred, In part, to her adlpos*.
In passing on the case, the court
of appeals declares that the word
profane” is regarded as surplusage,
where the language set forth Is. ao
a matter of taw, not profane, bat M
obscene and vulgar.
J'As used In the code, k>bsc*00
and vulgar language Includes nay
. foul- words which would reasonably
offend the sense of modesty and de
cency of the woman, or women, or
my of them, in whose presence they
were uttered.” —
Eiangellst Holcombe will bsvs tc
pay the fine of $200 and cost, which
was imposed by the trial judg*
Cartersvllle.
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KILLED BY BLIZZARD.
*d with murder.'
Heavy Verdict,
At Greenville in the Federal Cour:
Monday^a verdict for two hundred
and sixty-three thousand, four hun
dred and fifty-three dollars and fifty-
three C! nts was returned for the
Southern Bower Company, of Cha*-
lotte, N. C., In the suit against the
Catawba Power Company, of Rock
Hill, S. C. The spit was for the
collection of some promissory notes.
for^ 190-5
at hla father’s home
Steer Runs Amnck.
—'A-Thad eteer run amuck Thursday
ip the business section of Atlanta,
and oefore the steer was caught, at
the risk of life and limb, two per
sons were injured and others fled
to places of safety: .some being forc
ed to climb telepnone poles. In opv
of his. furious rushes at pedestralns
the right hern of th? steer was torn
jfrora hj^hoad.
The Wages of Sin.
At Augusta, Ga., on Sunday night,
lames Mcmurphy. twenty-five yean
««*" wfen he- Uve-1 Uf- age, wq^ -prohahly JA.tally shot,
ae In Adrian. * fat V bouse In the redllght district.
and Is expected to die during the
day. John Keener and Jce 'Stafford
are both charged with the shooting.
Passed Over Klngstree.
A balloon parsed over Kingstre®
Tuesday morning at 10:15 o'clock,
traveling In a southeasterly direc
tion, towards Charleston. It was
too h*gh to distinguish the occupants
h*»t »no could alonirt make Out the
* I of a flag, -'i
active ginneries.
This is as compared with 4.931,-
621 for 1906; 4.990.560
and 6,447.894 for 1 904.
The number of active ginnorlo^
In 1906: 4.996,556 for 1905 ami
6.41 7.894 for 1905 was 26,577.
Round bales Included this year
number 1 15,438 as compared with
(67,957 for 1 907. 132.1 44 for 190G
and 1 46,57 4 for 1905.
Sea Island bales aggregate 32.462
for 1908, 18.775 for 1907: 12,091
for 1908 and 31,487 for 1905.
The report by States giving hales
(counted round bales as half bales)
is as fohows for the States named:
State. Bales.
-Alabama , . . . . ... 690,788
Florida .. . . .T7?-.
Georgia 1,119.61 7
Louisiana . 206,02"
KTDetsslppi .*« . • ....... 621,423
North Carolina ..'V. .... 27«,173
South Carolina 663,078
Tennessee 133.227
Texas - ?. 2.041,570
Virginia 2,816
Each report also announces that
corrected statistics of the quantity
a~dramatre BCeiHJ. ■ Then be crew,
one by one, wore hauled ashore an
Captain Lawry was the last to step
into the buoy.
All hands were drenched to the
skin wh n they flit the'*Seach* anl
tdrvy lost , all of their belonging?,
which wi-nt down In the wreck. The
.captain, his wife and crew had not
long been off the vessel when she V-
gan to break up and the lumber car
go to con\c ashore. One of th-
masts washed atrfvore and there Is
hope of securing tho. other two.
Captain Lawry said tuat tho spar*
aud rigging might also be saved an i
practically all of thexlumber cargo
that has washed ashore will,be save !.
The cargo *as insured, but tho ves
sel was net. Captain Lawyy . had
a $1,000 interest in the Rodgers.
Train Hits Ix»g Cart.
Passenger train No. 3 2, w-hich
passed Orangeburg from Augusta on
the Atlantic Coast Line on Thurn-
day afternoon about fllve o'clock.
wag derailed near Plnewdod th
same evening. The engine or tn '
fait train struck a log cart as It wa;
passing across the track, tearinz
aw'ay the pilot and derailing the en
gine. Engineer J. L. Wysong wis
at the throttle, but neither he nor
any one on the train was Injured
An engine was sent to th^ disable/!
traln'and It went oh into Florence,
reaching there about two 'hop£>
late. ' ’ *
Women Parade.
?, 4 57T-| g|——rr*"**"—
tember 25 are 2.590.'639 baler
paraded the streotgTH
on Thursday. Rev. Anna Shaw, h-od
of the Nationgl Order of Suffragists,
headed the parade. With her w-ero
Mjs. Rendell and Mrs. Coitelle. ot
London, famous for thlsr participa
tion In the attacks made cnTTarlia-
mtnt by the women suffragists of
England. The spectacle of 600 w >-
men marching through tie streets
of eetton ginned this season to Sept, caused the whole -town to turn out
to w lines* H.
Charged With Murder.
Ferris Simpson, a barber, was ar
rested at Harroldsburg, Ky., Thurs-
ady, charged with tbs ■ murdwus***-
Scipio Noble. A body found ne. r
Covington wiffl thr~hrath-severod..h
thought to be that of Noble, of
lackton. Ky.. who had servod three
years in the United States army ami
hft home three weeks ago. saying
ne would re-enlist. When he le't
Many Sheep and Herdcrg^Perish In
~ New Mexko.
Six herders and 20,000 sheep grac
ing cn tlm Cumbers tr^orrYaio rang*.
In R>r^iriba county, New Mexico,
u^r^pert* d to have perished in< the
Gizzard which raged in that section.
The storm was the worst In years,
ind the snow is from five to ten feet
deep.
Donald Cameron, a sheep herder,
and two others, were caught In the
storm. They had to leave their
sheep to perish. Cameron beenai
xhausted, aud died. After betas
sixty hout^without sleep or nonr*
isbmenb^the other two reached s
raucl^Tn tafety.
It Is feared that many other herd-
“rs have perished. Three thousand
rheep were driven by."the storm In
TTflanyMsrandTLnBfohd only 300
*
werfc' saved, ■
^oFhrTTOtaT" SSf&sfrSFSrtnmrt-
on tho body of the man found near
Covington.
Kills His Son.
At Russellville, Ala.. James Thors.
\ farmer, while attempting to ran
a mule out of the yard Wednesday
licked up a small stone and thr
mule and hit his 2-yenr*old
ktlttng him Instantly.
Killed From Ambpsh.
.1 G. Jotac. a'prominent merchant
at Hollaed. Va.,^as shot from am-
b-;*h. In his own yard. Monday nigh?
and died tuesday of gunshot wounds
and pistol wounds. There is no
clue, donos was to have given tes
timony b a contest win case.
Night Riders Caught.
Many of the night riders who
tally murdered Captain Quentin
kin tn Tennessee last week has
iryested and is notr in Jail. Om of
the murdererq haa confeseed.
eating eighty-five other
the lynclng.
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