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1 ^ #•»•' VOL. XXXII1 BARXWKLL. S. a, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1909 FARNUM BRIBED Drtwi^ the Net Tighter ud fighter EVIDENCE VERY STRONG - -Xhs EcoBgcatjqft thp gtfte !>*•» penMtrjr Ciwe* Had a Regular Field Day—The Link* in the Chain of Evidence Carefully Fit ted Together by tTie State. The prosecution of the grafters in gio.” He was paid 1260 a month and expenses and Farnum had set tled up promptly at the end of three weeks. * ^ Farnum represented a number of houses. Including the Richland Dis tillery Company, Lanahan, the Big Four and others. When working for Farnum h e v isited the dispensers, Induced them to order the stuff-. He sent a copy of this order to Far- hiunfr and (mother to the State die- DR COOK CROSS-EXAMINED the State Dispensary matter is be coming very interesting. Before a Jury which is to pass upon J. 8. Farnums' guilt or his right to liber ty, Joe B. Wylie swore unreservedly that he had accepted bribes from Farnum. While Farnum is being tried fof a particular offeree, that of giving a bribe for |1,126 to Joe B. Wylie, yet the testimony took wide latitude and W’ylie testified that this trans action was but an Incident of a reg ular business connection with Far num. He alleged that Farnum had assisted in W’ylie's campaign for '‘^Xjelectlon; that after being elected ■^IB-rWyHu wag approached to use his In fluence in behalf of whiskey and beer concerns represented by Farnum; that in pursuance of agreement W’ylie exerted that Influence and therefore received the remuneration agreed up on. * That Farnum had paid him in money at time, and at other times had given him drafts made payable to a third party, Henry Samuels, for there was an Investigation com mittee trying to get hold of Infor mation and Wylie didn’t wish his name to appear in writing. The defense attacked Wylie with out vigor, but the general opinion of those who heard the proceedings was that while Wylie was presented in a very poor light so far as his past conduct w-as concerned, yet his credibility was not Impeached * The prosecution has pieced togeth er what is considered a very strong case, and ‘the defense will under take to tear It down. Beginning with an unnamed draft presented for collection traced that instrument through the banks of Chester, Co lumbia and Charleston to the very cash drawer of Farnum's place of v business In Charleston. The defend ant could not be forced to produce it. but the secondary evidence of its having existed is almost unim peachable Wylie swore than Farnum gave him a draft for $1,125 payable to Hanry Samuels and Samuels later testified that the draft was turned" over to him and that he cashed Tt and gave the money, to Wylie. The motive for such transactions £ .was also presented with skill. The “purchaalng clause" of the old dis- g v^ law was put in evidence, * * O a.ooks, minute books, rec- o » ® jjirchasee and of awards and €*/r— pensary. ^ Under the cross-examination gamr uels said he came here very often several years to visit a woman of ■m repute.—-«♦ gas*-, this AVojpjm. money -to build a house. He also played cards sometimes for money. ‘T got no rakeoff on this draft," he cause 1 got my orders and made my money on these commissions paid me.” The witness got checks from Farnum in 1907 and 1908, the larg est being for $600. In 1906 the only check he received was for $300. This was for work of three weeks but Farnum and Wylie fell out over the manner of shipping "Long Horn" to dispensers. He paid Wylie on 160 cases of goods one-half of the commission amounting to $3 00. Nobody could get any business down there unless they paid com missions to the board,” said the wit ness. The witness evidently had consid erable trouble with the dispensary commission. He was summoned to appear, according to his statement, and at once consulted an attorney now connected with the defense. This attorney said there was no oc casion for a lawyer in a case where Samuels had been summoned as a witness. The witness after consid- f » erable questioning finally admitted the testimony brought out above He said that he had been advised by his attorney, Mr. Paul Hemphill, to tell everything and it would prob able be to his advantage. And you are not going to be prosecuted?” queried the defense. I understood that's what it meant but I have never been told so. My attorney told me not to worry,” was the response Samuels produced a little memo randum book showing the commis sions paid and the schedule required by the board. Wylie had prepared the schedule and he, the witness, always paid the rate fixed by Wylie. The book was introduced in evi dence and then there was a pleasant little spat between the attorneys on the admission of the book. Judge Memmlnger ruled that it was evi dence. The commissions paid were given to Wylie. He was also paid by Fa/ um for work done among the dispensaries but this amount- little. Schmidt of St. Louis was then called and testified that he is employed by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing association. This was all asked the witness. Mr. Stevenson then announced that the Stat^rested its case. FoHy^UsvsiMtKT Men Fire All Kinds of Questions at the Explorer, bat dtn Answer Them All. w Dr. Frederick iL CdbkT rest and seclusion with his family after thn —baiiterpm welcome joJT Tuesday, denied himself to inter- The A DOUBLE CRIME cornu fwji aim THE POLE FINDER SUBMITS TO GRUELLING INTERVIEW. A Graarlk IhiUls His Wife ui BUws 0* His On Bnias. given 10 W Vaf u m fo cs/ Ay disp \o littlo N 3. A. V. UIYKH TEN MORE YEARS. To a minutes of ** * ir m *• ,h * board Q. A. kenandy wai i„ u, wn na t a ” ® a,u * proved hi* frieud- Z S ^ £ -r r T, * a P,N » r *-*. which 1« fully Man Who Hm Spent Thirty Years Behind the Bars. Irty years After serving nearly orison « 'suk tne hi ■%- h , flU har « e8 °y views Wednesday and remained in his suit at the WoldDrf-Astoria, in New York, until late Wednesday afternoon, when he submitted cheer fully to one cf the severest cross- examinations since he announced his discovery of the North Bo'e. Fhc ordeal of the Interview, which was conducted by forty newspaper repre sentatives, including several from foreign newspapers, proved at least that he was not afraid to meet the public. Incidentally the city of Naw York offlcially recognised his achieve ment Wednesday when the board of aldermen passed a resolution, com memorating his discovery and pro viding for a public welcome at the City Hall. The date of the recep tion will be announced later. As the questions asked were put by laymen they did not go deeply into the scientific aspect of the ex pedition. But Dr. Cook was ready to answer anything pertinent to the issue. The most Interesting phase of the Interview was reached when Dr. Cook was asked if he would object to showing his diary. He immedi ately consented, and after retiring to his room, returned with a small octavo note book, which he showed freely to all. It was a thin book containing 176 pages, each of which was filled with fifty or sixty lines of pencilled writing of the most minute character. The book he said, contained con slderably more than one hundred thousand words, while he has be sides other books embracing his ob servations and other data. Interviews Severe. The interviews were rather severe In regard to details, but nothing in dlrated that the Polar travellers mdmory was at fault even in the most minute particulars. Some times when a petty question Inidi rated ignorance, he smiled with good humofed sympathy at the lack of technical knowledge displayed. Not once did he refuse to reply, except wnen the name of‘fcommander Peary was broached. Even then he said that he had always and did now consider Peary as his friend, but controversial subjects in connec tion with his rival he avoided en tirely. saying that they could wait. When requested to say what had occurred at his meeting with Harry Whitney, the New Haven sports man, he said he piefrrred to let Whitney tell his own story, as Whit ney was quite unbiased. His rea sons in Imposing secrecy on Whitney, on Pritchard. Commander Peary’s cabin hoy, and the Eskimos, were nrompted bv his desire to be the first to tell the world his discovery. had done the work, he said, sn* was entitle to relate how it had FRAUD ALLEGED NO. 5 SIXTY HIED 8IX PERSONS ARE MURDERED BY I AGAINST THE DORCHESTER BAND OF ROBBERS | BOARD OF REGISTRATION. New Orieaas Ml Swwftf ga- „ | L Las — -* dCmcE wj nvmcue. MAN USED A SHOT GUN At Hurley, W. Va., Who Burn the I Governor Ansel Makes Rigid In- House |of Their Victims With vestigatlon and Issues an Order PROPERTY LOSS HUJONS Five of the Bodies. I to Show Canse. 1; ;; An entire family of six persons Charged with malfesance In offlee. The Tragedy Took Place in the] were murdered and the bodies off general jniaeeaduct and negligence, all but one of the victims were burn- the board of registration of Dorchea-'l Damage to Crops with their home at Hurley, Bu-jter county has been summoned by ville and There Were Only Small J c ii anan county, Virginia, early TTmrksTfltff. 1 AfltfgT to appear—tn Children la the Houie When It] The imotlve was eveidently to ghow canse why they should not robbery, as the owner of the house, I be re moved. A dispatch to The Was Enacted. 1 aa aged WO man, known as "Aunt | State from g t . George gives the fol- A dispatch from Greenville to The I Betty” Justis, waa supposed to have State says one of the most horrible kept a large sum of money about domestic tragedies that has ever J the P lace - Mrs. Justice, her Mills Levelled—Miles of Territory tajjp WuBte Maui Osf—a la ering from the Blow. Gradually Nsw Orleans and the territory surrounding the Crescent lowing about the matter: — The board of canvassers took cog-1 City is recovering from the flrnt ef- nizance of the discrepancy and made | feet of the tropical hurricane, which, starting Sunday, continued through* taken place near that city in a num-1 * r8 - son-in-law, I a report of thelr flnd j ngH t o the gov- ber or years, occorrod "'he" Uml'|*" r " UU « ™ ^ village Friday morning when G. W. Kig^^g- body, badly mutilated, Qallaway, a mill employe, shot and was found lying in the yard of his I of Gov. Ansel, came down to 8t. Instantly killed hla wife, and then destroyed home, the funeral pyre of George a couple of daya later In b, e . ..,0. out ..tb .b, "■ , hi _ weapon, a double-barreled breech WO und in the neck, which almost and complete examination, going but as yet this report hu not ytt loading shotgun. severed the head from the body, through all of the record* In the been authenticated. The crime was committed about 5 gave the discoverers their first evl- matter and his report confirmed that I The property lost will run Into tbs and ,hare were no witnese- dence of the « xtent ot th e tragedy, of the board of canvassers. os, ,«v, two small cblMreu, .bo can * ■i*"* ^ w « k * " not give a coherent account of the disclosed a sickening spectacle. The Towsend of Columbia, former as- terrible hanpenlngs. blackened masses of half burned Forney general, was here for It Is supposed that Callaway and flesh and charred bones of two wo- the purpose of looking nto on unfriendly j men and three children were found '^e matter. He secured a numb ' beneath the debris, each body bear- »f a ^‘ t8 .. “ ha “J‘ i r U ® "i . or r.uruau i.c.ut.c ing evidences of murder committed Us &nd telephone communication with mere is aino » iuujui mm. mo i before the house was destroyed by J wn*Anrt returned to Columbia!^® outside world. It was not until husband was suspicious of his wife. Are. evidently for the purpose of Mr. Tow “^ d W ® dneada y Q ifbt that the WflMfm When found by Deputy Justice of hiding the crime. The elder woman’s the summons were sent to Sheriff i?ninf4 T0tfttMah wmm aMa the vtllsen the two bodies were ly-1 •kull was upturned some distance J Owens for senrice and they were ser. % cuSd up rrri.Z: b, *- r.m„ud,r of bur b.„|.d on Wednesday Uat ...b. his wife had> been terms for a long time, having had | sharp words about their son, Ben. There is also a rumor that the j out Monday and Monday night. Sixty-three human Uvea nro now positively known to hava been claim ed as victims of the atom, and tor- Two bullet holes I order to conduct an investigation in-1 ty others are reported to have been a ghastly | to the affair. He made a thorough | lost in lower Terre Bonne Pariah, millions. Miles and miles of territory have been laid waste. Grope have prac tically been ruined. Dwellings, cotton gtne and sugar number I have been leveled. New Or leans u> sadly crippled in the way of railroad faclUtiea and 'telegraph Union Telegraph Company waa aMe to get a working wire out of the city. For two days the city’s only side. burned body amid the smouldering The board of registration is com- communlcatlon . t i, e outside . . .. v ,v I ruins. I posed of Elias Doar of Summerville, The woman ^ a8 d 8 d the^entlre | Another daughter of Mra. Juatls|Bunk Llmehouse of Beech Hill and A. W. Rumph of Grover, the first world waa over an Improffead long distance telephone circuit of the As sociated Press. Both the nilnoia b&clt of tho . , .v„ blown in. I told the police that her mother had I to ^mass of bloody flesh. In the a lar K e BUm of mone y burled under named being chairman Mr. Doar | a * d th# Nash- arm of the man lay the weapon which the 8111 of the bou8e - and they * uc - lB paah,er tbe Ban ^ of Dorchester vIUe rallroad> haT# auffered haarv ceeded In digging up $950 in gold and Mr. Llmehouse is a P ro ■P erou, J i oai miles of their tracks ha^^. A pHv Tshort double-barreled breech I and 8llver The murderers are sup- farmer. Mr. Rumph, who ,B abo « f been washed away. It will ba SOV- y ’ I posed to have secured the $600 170 t’ears of age, is an ox-Confederate I ^ (h e Loulgiltya and which "Aunt Betty" always carried soldier. Nashville will again be ronnlng ~ on her perton. An effort was made to roenre an fratlI:f over the|r own trateA 1 , From Bloodhounds were rushed to the J interview from Mr. Doar over 'on* I ear |y w e< j neada y (nornlng, the death scene and In a short time they took distance phone hut he could not h* |j gt j n tbe i ower portion 0 f Terre the trail of the supposed murderers got on aceount of the fact that the I g onnR Parish increased as details in a cornfield wlflch Joined the Jus- wires between 8t George and Rum-J ot the hurrtrane'e destruction were Ms home. There the foot prints of mervllle are down The alleged false K J0Ur jy received until iWednesday three m<;n were found ImpreB^ed in J entries are sunimsed to have j night it numbered twenty-nine* It the soft soil. A posse of filtlzens, made on the first Monday in August. I j, reported that at least fifty others . . u u .v. h,wvll y krmed, are following the this t>elng the laH regular meeting are missing, they are said to IHfll 8 o clock, when the older a g ep | t ) i ood h om , d8i p^nt 0 n lynching the 0 f the. board before the prohibition | )een dro wned or crushed In the fly loading shotgun, in which were two discharged shells. A lamp was burning in the kitch en. Tiny clots of Mood and brains were scattered over the bed and over | both bodies. Neighbors heard two shots in the early morning, one within minute or two of the other. No notice was taken of them, however, until about «n. ^ "'V, . hot! ^ •csttK ^ oN » In company with Dr U duil'li sad Mr. EL M. Brnirh w-'i*—(a gg . * * ^ ' muerrnr two \ ' 11 We do the |, e returnetl^** / tV^'not »nt t vi. ness anr murderers if they are captured. of the Callaway’s came frightened and crying to Deputy Justice saying that, her father and mother were dead. The officer immediately went to the house, took in the situation, and I Robe the Granltville Bank of Heven YOUNG MAN GONE WRONG. notified the coroner. Thousand Dollars. THEY BUNCOED HIM. The Augusta Chronicle says the Bank of Granitvilie is short $7,800, A Maryland Fanner Is>ses Big Sum I and the shortage is charged up to in an Old Game. William A. Moffett, a prosperous Maryland farmer, Is out $r>,000, the victim of the Spanish hidden treasure swindle, which has been operated for many years. He is at his home, near Hanover, having Just returned from Spain, bewailing his fate and -V. m * y Walters, the Questions Agked jmnortk»t oues- jall lllHlI tlte CV sJ he >>■ '•-•h *<>«/,%, »■ ”•* - Moss. The services were condMcte.'V hy the Rev. R. 8. Truesdale, pastor ol Central Methodist church, where Dr Carlisle held bis membership. H*- was Interred at Magnolia cemetery 8pn rtauburg Formal snpouncemeut of the deatb of I>r. Carlisle was made to the stu dents of Wofford College at Chape Thursday morning by President H N. Snyder. He was filled with emo Mon when he told the students tha! the former president had finished hi work here and had gone fo reap hi reward. Following the announce ment. Dr. Snyder said there would he no exercises Thursday and Fri day. The old College bell, the ring ing of which bad been sweet to th* ears of the deceased educator foi more than fifty years, was tolled. 4 8 taps being given. Dr. Carlisif Is survived by two children, Jamei H. CarWsle, Jr., and Miss Sallie Car lisle, and two brothers and one sis ter, Mrs. William Morrison, and Thomas Carlisle, of Blackstock, S C., and Capt. J. W. Carlisle, of Spar tanburg. KIDNAPPED GIRL RETURNED. ■v Mysteriously Left Near Home of Hot Futhufr— Jennie Lopaz, the four and a half year old girl who wAs believed to have been. kidnapped while |t play in front of her home fa "East Thirty- ninth atreet, New York, on Septem ber 7 last, was mysteriously return ed to the vicinity of bir home before daylight Tuesday. - A policeman found the child alone In the darkened street two blocks from ‘the tenement occupied by her parents. A long towel was wrapped several times about the child’s head, ther to muffle ber cries or conceal Identity. _ girl was stolen her fatb- a prosperous fruit dealer, numerous lettere de- >f money and #> t VI .1 _ VPW-vlt.a, ». »a w . b . Kc'* will aot catch hold' of anything ex eept the cotton fiber. Theae spindles are revolving rap idly and when a lock of cotton i« touched it is caught and wrapped around the spindle. The spindles then move out of the plant, stoi revolving, and the cotton Is taken off by ribs similar to the breast of a gain. It falls on conveyors, which empty it in bags at the rear of the machine. A t>oy sits on the rear of the machine and packs the cotton in the bags. The boy would not be needed if the bags were large enough to hold a round without packing. Very few pieces of looks are left n the burrs. The cotton left is usually in whole bolls or locks. The spindles either miss them or else ire already loaded when they come in contact with them. When a spindle engages a lock, it usually twistts it aKout. Running the ma chine over a* row the second time demonstrated the fact that practically all the cotton could be gotten the first time by doubling the capacity of the machine, which can be done by lengthening the battery of spin dles. Angus Campbell, of Pittsburg, the Inventor of the machine, saw the mgchlnn work. He hM been work ing at ft •(gb'f or 1eX - yif4fi. It has also been Improved by other inven tors, working under the direction of Mr. Price, who has thrown his whole soul and energy and vast financial resources into the development of the machine. He does not even.read the cotton market reports wired to vim at Bennetts ville, so intensely s he engrossed in ther tests of the picker. He spends each day out at ienator McLaurin’g plantation, and la usually accompanied by Mrs. Price, who Is with him at the McCall hotel at Beniettsville. »*• ft- **>1 A *■ 4 mark cla' ' Superintendent Swear I ii^ prom Stoat^wa*'’*-'' < gtrA; < rnor of Houffc r to suspend Crtru- election. j | n g debris of wrecked mills, dwel- At this meeting Mr. Llmehouse was ung, and flaking camps. Thrilling not present and Mr. Rumph. socord-1 t^a of narrow escapes and daring Ing to some of the affidavits, author-1 re acues came from the storm swept ited O. B. Llmehouse to act in his I a ]-e a . , ^ ~ ' ~~ place. Mr. Doar. It Is claimed, was! Que of tha viettma Of the storm the only member of the hoard In I | n Terre Bonne Pariah mm M.—F» position to Issue the certificates. It I Smith, of New Iboiia, who .with hla is claimed that the majority of the I brother, A. F« Smith, sad a do— additional names were negroes and friends, made up a fishing part? ■» that they did not appear in person Beabreexe. The brother of tho to get the certificates as is required I irowned man reached Houna, La., Burnett, of that town. Mr. Burnett j h y i, w but that they were secured I Wednesday, bringing tho news o| was a bookkeeper in the bank, hav-1 h y other parties. J his brother** death, ing charge of the personal ledger. The precincts where the Irregularl J Pleasure craff Md shtpptng Of all When confronted with the accusa- f)P8 are alleged to have occurred I kinds In the hajfrfc Inlets w«ro t0Ul- tion he admitted most of it and hiB| arf a n ( n the lower section of the | ly destroyed hnd ths loon will to people have promised to make the L. ount y The affair has cseated no I heavy. Store hOWpOA *o*ar mills amount good. I mtle Interest in Dorchester county I and othsr vlllagM entered beevtty It is stated that young Burnett I and the action of the governor, tt is | and scarcely *, otfucture wee has been extracting money from the undpr8 t 00< j, w ||| employ attorneys In bank for some time but it only be- j order to defend themselves against E, C. Burnett, a son of Dr. H. J. i.uaauaiTg pus c .-s.t PUH <vpnoK ( B,ton ‘dwt Launch Party Missing. Tbs launch Sarah L., five days out of Walker. Minn., is believed to havt goto down with all on board ion I > If voii-aeew the Lelch Lake In the gtoym which swlpt! ?a»f; + *2iKS. - ford Ccii.ege, wj,,. dency of I»r. Carlisle. Since 1«5 4 the hiMtory of Wofford College has been larg.-ly determined hy James H. C’arliHlc. l n 18 7G he was elected president of the Institu tion. At different times be has taught mat hematics, astronomy, civ ics. ethics, the English Bible. He wan more thoroughly conversant with South Carolina history than any liv ing man. He is the author of an ex cellent text book on astronomy, en titled, "The Young Astronomer." Time and again flatterng offers from other institutions have been made, but to all of them he ever gave a courteous refusal, prefering to serve that institution of his church to which he consecrated his lofty char acter and resplendent abilities.' The honors that have come to Dr. Carlisle have always been unsought. Being modst and unassuming, the very idea of seeking a personal hon or seems utterly foreign to his noble nature. He was elected a member of the first general conference of his church of which laymen were meml)ers, and was elected to each succeeding one as long as he felt able to go. He was a delegate from his church to several Ecumenical conferences. He was a member of the M<5WMon convention, signing the famous ordinance. He was a repre sentative in the late confederate leg islature, 1863-4. these were the first and only political offices he held, though time and again he has been urged to accept . positipns of honor and trust in State and nation. Wofford's adored president has ever been a spiritual magnet, draw ing out the highest and nobleat in the young men who hav$ come under his influence. Hit stattly form, his graceful movement, bi» loving yet firm voice, and his benign face, have blended In an Imperative call to young manhood tb*t has found a response In every heart that baa known him. ^ ^ T>. >°- 1> , S- C. t’J •J’X'X w* « . -roLoinn have such to have any sticcess oi standing whatsoever. I do not think this a movement to "turn the heads, so to speak, of this class. Where did right schooling ever do such? But I do Iwdicve |t a sane and neces sary and feasible movement, which heaven knows I wish hearty success came known to the bank officials | the charges preferred against thorn Mitle the young man was away on ~ lutSmer'trip. On Friday a war- Fnt was irsued for the young man. he had left the commftnity. Sunday Mr. W. A. Giles, president te _bank. recel/fd infomaMon Ao bell All three members maintain Innocence. / KILLS XL Hi .theater 1$ ANu - tounebed by the hurrlcaM. The damage done by the storm at Grand Island, Cheniere, Camlnda, was very heavy, but at tbeee place# ’here was no loss of life. The wops of theue islands were totally destroy ed and the swange groves were str ped cleaa v fruit and foliage. e^bet High l*raiM\ Bi&hop Candler once said that he would rather his boy would simply go into a room where Dr. Carlisle’s old coat was hung up than to be under the real tuition of many a so- called great educator. nation, and you will find his endur ing memorial. The last time that Dr. Carlisle appeared in public was during the summer school for teachers at Wof ford College, when it was the pleas ure of the teachers to hear an in teresting address on school life of long ago, and on Washington’s visit to South Carolina after he had been elected president of the United States. Prior to this time he had not made an adjdr^ba in public for many months. The commencement at Wofford last June was the first commencement missed by Dr. Carlisle for more than two score years. When he was a member of the faculty he alwayg oecuped a seat on the rostura during the commencement season, and after he retired frLm the active presi dency of the college, he never missed, an exercise. Lasf Junerhowever, he was indisposed and It was impos-.. sible for him to attend any of the exercises at the college. Dr. Carlisle was president of Wof ford College from 1875 to 1902.. when he resigned and becamejjri,,. dent emeritus. Following B federat* Ignatlon. Dr. H. N. Snyder T | Ce preai- ed. Although he reslgnedScgr Com- y^i.'koTs.mwftvme. - -ow daya ago, Ask thy i-rcacner, — Ask the L Ask the avvyer, Ask the ' '* thvy were therefore guilty of m der. Solicitor Wells argued that wince the defense was based on a specific statute, section 2, the burden of prov ing tbe fitness and applicability oi this statute rested on the defense. Then he attacked this plea with muth vigoF, making a telling im pression on the Jury. He endeavored to show that because these men wen- frightened was no sufficient excuse for the act. “The law doesn’t ex empt them because they are arrant cowards," said he. Mr. Ragsdale, for the defense, clos ed the arguments, making a pow erful appeal to the Jury in behalf of his clients. He endeavored to show an alnw-nce of any motive for the killing, a fact which the 8tau* has not attempted to establish. Ife ridiculed much of the State’s tes timony and sought to discredit some of its witnesses. While the appeal was eloquent, moving tbe hearts of many in the audience, strong and forceful, in terms elegant and refined, st'Jl it was scar ely more than an attempt to play on the sympathies of the jury. He attempted to show that by the imimp**, it wajL dark . ; wheo pjctoua mann the shooting deeurrod, that Avanu and Blgham seeing this suspicious looking person on the premises were only acting In defense of their homes and loved ones. Several times dur ing Mr. Ragsdile’t speech both the defendant*, Avant and Blgbam. were moved to tears and sat sol&tng. their faces buried their hands. Judge ^Ca« short but to Vat ♦<• . . * \ytboee tfinton. Supply a shotgun hi* IbraingA’* sho’. ran first fr laugnteii >ra. In tbe lock and—1?^.. \ The conductor bad an' awful tQto ringing up faro*, collecting nickels and punching transfers with hlf manacled hands and not nntll ne got back to Fort Lee could he get off duty and have the handcuffs filed off his wrists. AUemiatoe , nlcrod, MtuateU if o tcnanjjuntscv^ 51 FHghtfuI Fall of Rain. A dispatch from Pensaoola, Fla., says a terrific downpour of rain, almost equaling a cloudburst, struck that city early Thursday night, stop ping street car traffic, putting the city waterworks plant out of com- luiftsion and damaging other prop erty. • % Many of the streets were flooded to a depth of four inches. Accord ing to the weather bureau the rain GJJ to 4.26 inches in one hour. A Good One. The New York World offers the suggestion to Mr. Hearst that >. he should take out burglar proof poli cies on al! the new parties he forms. T; * ^.nlvnttonMPPly in the « th>pu tbe defemi halted, ‘ ^ere UU 1 ,: within their legal rights, as indicat ed in the section. The clause "flees when baited," which had been stressed by Solicitor Cooper was defined by Judge Watts ** not net»««»H)y "ronnieg away.’, but that a person might flee and yet not move faster than in * walk. fcan? have questioned tbe matter of both defendants being principals commission of tbe deed, some that Avant, who admitted shot, was or It* -OM** i,*)- bo p«y a | M2 if he Prtco will finality of a ‘tot sold fi *»d which •tore at $I8.'* Another "Imply a holi fencu.” This cloth for $2 _ the same goods —for |6 cents a The suits made of it are sold retailer ft>r $1«.60 - for $25. Jf the at tin ShgUch retailer would and the wearer to And so it goee. thro list, thanks to the tariff law the president pt the ^ fining la the licah the 1IJ1L _ care abour U8 r ° r and* U to told to take sn Inferior He will let a til to eell aaya that v "lt behind the *- bought a that the te tV \‘rM WENT Man Who Oeorgo Old; WhO woek i» the eiaffftf i tiUteff. a toddeu hall leadl Abott t o’( no*4. It dte. to I licit Ai trodbte nod It .about it. an Injury tOOir k