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P SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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> State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
/>' Men and Happenings.
The Edisto Rifles of Orangeburg
have disbanded as a military comf
pany of the State.
Beriy Mobley, the young white
i man who was wounded in the Ker>shaw
shooting affray, will recover.
Kimsey 0. Huskey, the News and
Courier's candidate, is again in the
Ai race for the legislature from Chero
?kee.
Governor Ansel will recommend
that the legislature increase the tax
5 5 levy so that the State can be run on
a cash basis.
( ^ The Southern Railway will dis-j
^ continue several of its passenger
trains after this week in order to cut
down expenses.
R. A. Jeffcoat, the white farmer of
S&3 Orangeburg county, who was mysteriously
shot recently, died at the
? Columbia hospital Monday.
fit is said in political circles that
W. B. West, now State dispensary
6 J auditor, will be a candidate for State
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'f:\ superintendent01 tuuutuuu.
^ A meeting" of representative farmers
was held in Orangeburg last
?? week and resolutions requesting the
V legislature to repeal the lien law were
adopted.
Simp Taylor, tiie white man who
L stabbed E. C. Fane, the express agent
at Cam^obello, has been arrested and
g lodged m jail at Spartanburg. Fane
will recover.
& There was a big fire in the business
if. section of the town of Chappells in
Newberry county, one night last
week. Several stores with their contents
were destroyed.
? J David Goodwin, a white far mer of
k Aitan mnnfr HipH last week from
injuries received several days before
while fixing a cotton press. His hand
fXr was caught in the shafting and his
entire arm was horribly crashed.
Dr. J. H. Thornwell. grand keeper
I of records and seal of the grand lodge
!L-y Knights of Pythias and one of the
mast beloved men in the State, died
at his, home at Fort Mill Monday,
if? His death is a great loss to the order
and the State. V
gKj' James Humphrey, a boy eleven
M r years old, was accidentally shot and
fe*: killed by Mr. Ben Tyler near Aiken
Hk last week while out dove hunting.
Hjc boy jumped in front of the gun
g - f as it was discharged. Hie load en&
; tered his head, killing him instantly.
I? William C. Brown, a young white
man, was arrested in Florence last
V-7 week onxthe charge of robbing R. V.
Fennell of $50 on a passenger train
as it was leaving Florence for Charleston.
$45 of the money was recoverK&
pd Brown is thought to be a mem
ber of a gang of robbers who are
"||| operating in that section.
&JJ-. The Barnwell Sentinel tells us that
Senator Bates, of Barnwell, has a
[gf: labor contract bill prepared that elim|?
inates that part of the present law
^: which is unconstitutional. It is a
Hk'j combination of the old law and the
contract law in vogue in Alabama.
It is hoped that a law will be passed
&??-; that will stand the test of the Federal
Courts and that will enable our
|sN| farmers to control the labor question.
'. '5*1 Boy Kills Mother.
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Mi Shroudsburg, Pa., Dec. 29.?Mrs.
^ > George Hoenshilt, of Scranton, was
fe'* accidentally shot and killed here to^
N = day by her eight-year-old son, Lewis.
Mrs. Hoenshilt, who was visiting her
father, Samuel Edinger, was talkfnsrtoa
friend over the teleohone.
I! when her son, who had been shooting
I at a mark with a Flobert rifle, came
? into the room, and, pointing the
^ weapon at her, pulled the trigger.
; The bullet struck Mrs. Hoenshilt in
\ a vital spot, and she lived but a
short time.
Jail Blown up by Dynamite.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 28.?On Christmas
night the town jail at Fairmont,
Ga., was blown to atoms by a charge
of dynamite placed under the building
and set off. Fortunately there
i were no prisoners in the jail at the
I time. Parts of the jail were scattered
all over the neighborhood and
| every window in a nearby bu ilding
I was shattered. The explosion oc!
curred about 2 o'clock at night,
gj?-] Many people thought it was an
?>, n??fliAno1ra en rrroof nroo fVir? for/n'.
jta ; uoi ui\|uui\Wy kTV/ 5&vai* new i ^? vi
^ ^ beration of the ground. Others, being
startled from their sleep, thought
I 'M''* somebody had shot a gun in their
Y &L j room. Many persons rushed out of
^ v ] their houses trying to find out what
?||p the matter was. Fairmount is a
i small town on the new Louisville
'! railroad in Gordon county. There
v : has been no clue discovered yet as to
i the guilty parties, nor why they
1 did it.
fe: There had been three prisoners in
p I the jail during the day, but one of
: 4 them had been turned loose and the
[, f: : other two taken to Calhoun, the
f *'7? county seat. The building was made
fji of wood, covered all over with sheet
Nfl iron. It is now scrap iron.
ATTACKED BY BURQLAR. (
Negro Enters House and Makes Desperate
Attack.
Anderson, Dec. 27.?A most horrible
affair occurred seven miles
north of the city on Christmas eve I
about 10 o'clock when Will Guyton
entered the bed room of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Welborn. Mr. and Mrs.
Welborn were awakened by footsteps
in the room. Mr. Welborn arose and ]
grabbed for his trousers, in which he 1
had about $40. The negro grabbed '
for the trousers also and a fight en- '
sued. The two men fought des- I
perately in the bed room for several 1
minutes, but Guyton succeeded in j
freeing himself. He went into the
kitchen to escape, when Welborn fol- i
lowed and the fight was renewed.
Guyton finally got out in the yard )
and began throwing rocks through ]
the window into the bed room. Some '
of the rocks crashed the window i
lights and one of the biggest rocks
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ieil into me crauie wuere uic uuaub
child of Mr. and Mrs. Welborn was
sleeping. The child was unharmed.
There was some talk of a lynching,
but Deputy Sheriff Scott was allowed
to bring the negro to the jail. He
was arrested by some of Welborn's
neighbors. It is said that Guyton j
knew that Welborn had the money
in his room and that the negro had
intimate! that he intended to get it
that night. Guyton is now in the
county jail and will have to face the
charge of burglary in the night time,
the penalty for which in this State is 1
from five years to life timeSuicide
at Gaston Shoals.
Gaffney, Dec. 26-Dr. J. C. Thorn,
of Gaston Shoals, physician for the
Dravo Contracting Company, committed
suicide last night at his home
at that place about 11 o'clock, by cutting
his throat with a razor. Dr.
Thorn has been in bad health for
some time, and at times very desponIdent.
It is supposed that one of
these despondent spells is the cause
of his committing this horrible deed.
None of his family nor any person
so far heard from knows of anything
else which could explain the cause
for his taking his own lifte. The
deed has thrown a gloom over the
community in which he lived, as Dr.
Thorn was universally liked by all
who knew him.
Dr. Thorn was about 37 years old
and had been practicing his profession
for a good many years. He
leaves a wife and two children.
Common Prudence.
A teacher in a down-town school
has for her pupils the children of
Russian parents. The other day she
was explaining a sum in subtraction
which the little ones found difficult
to understand.
"Now," said she to exemplify the
proposition, "suppose I had ten dollars
and went into the store to spend
it. Say I bought a hat for five dollars.
Then I spent $2 for gloves, and a
dollar and fifty cents for some other
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things. Jtiow mucn aid 1 nave ieiu
For a moment there, was dead
silence. Then a boy's hand went up.
"Well, Isaac, how much did I have
left?"
"Vy didn't you countyour change?"
said Isaac in a disgusted tone.?Woman's
Home Companion.
Coal-Stoves a Curiosity.
The life of to-day is so strenuous
that we hardly realize that the
things which seem commonplace to
us would have been beyond belief to
our grandfathers, says The Delineator
for January.
Spanning the recollection of people
still living, there have been four
succeeding eras in which the forces
utilized for light and heat have marked
time for our progress in domestic
economy. On a candle-lighted
world, the kerosene lamp shed its
hAftmsin sppmincrheautiful brilliance.
But the kerosene lamp went back to
the kitchen-shelf before the gas-jet,
and now this, too, pales before the
electric light. The coal-stove was
hailed as the improvement of the age
when our forefathers bricked up their
fireplaces. To-day in the large cities
it is a curious relic only occasionally
to be found. To-morrow the gasstove
that has superseded it will have
gone to the dump-heap and the
electric stove will have been installed
instead.
Dr. H#nry Hartzog.
We were pleased to have Dr.
Henry S. Hartzog in the Courier office
one day last week. He had been
visiting his old home and relatives in
Barnwell and stopped for a day in
Greenville. Dr. Hartzog is president
of Ouachita college, Arkadelphia,
the Baptist college for Arkansas.
He is greatly pleased with his
present position, and reports the college
in a prosperous condition with
about five hundred students enrolled.
The college is co-educational whicii
is true of many of trans-Mississippi
schools. We are glad to know that
Dr. Hartzog is happy in his work,
for he is worthy of the very best
that Arkansas Baptists can give him.
?Baptist Courier.
The railroad commission of Georgia
has issued orders forbidding free
passes on any of the railroads in that
State.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Dec. 23.?And still it
rains. A few days passed last week
without rain. Farmers made use of
the fair weather, hauling cotton to
the gin and market, and butchering
hogs. About two hundred bales
changed hands here last week, Some
of our farmers complain about not
being able to get hands to finish picking
their cotton.
C. Ehrhardt & Sons have posted a
notice that after Christmas their
gins will be run only on Fridays until
the balance of crop is ginned. The
ginners at large complain about the
4>U flAA/1
way tne iarmers iuujuic men occu
cotton. The farmers have it picked
from the stalks and pile it down on
the ground and leave it to the mercy
of the weather until ready to haul to
the gin, then they load in a wagon,
wet or dry, and haul it away, have
it ginned and marketed as soon as
possible. The ginners have to
worry, pour kerosene oil on rolls and
do all lands of ways to worry it
through the machinery. Machinery
is badly damaged by such cotton as
well as a poor sample obtained, all
on account of neglect in caring for
cotton after it is gathered.
Mr. J. B. Copeland and wife have
gone to Cameron to spend the Christmas
holidays with her mother, brothers
and sisters.
Mr. Julius Ehrhardt and wife
came Sunday and will spend Xmas
with his father, Mr. Charles EhrhorHl
Messrs. Hurbert and Bennie Ehrhardt,
who have been at Newberry
college during the past session, will
come home tonight accompanied by
one of their schoolmates, Mr. M.
Monroe, who will spend Christmas
with his brother, Rev. P. E. Monroe.
Mrs. Ada Lilla Jaycox is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. W.
B. Moore.
Mr. W. P. Pate goes to Charleston
today to report for duty as relief
agent for the A. C. L. Ry. Co.
Saturday evening soon after dark
a reckless fellow, supposed to be
under the influence of dispensary
"booze," fired his pistol off four or
five times. The first ball came near
the depot, as it was heard whistling
through the air until it struck some
obstacle in its path. Such careless
shooting should be stopped by all
means, and the guilty one if detected,
should be dealt with to the full
extent of the law.
Miss Leila F. Epps left Friday noon
for her home in Kingstree to spend
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the holidays witn ner parents.
Mr. George Westerlund, who has
been at school at Clemson, has come
home to be with his parents for a
few days.
Miss Elizabeth Roberts is at home
with her parents to help eat the
Christmas dinner.
The little fellows are getting their
stockings ready for Santa Claus to
fill with toys and good things.
Mr. Henry Chassereau has handed
in his bill for lumber for a dwelling
for himself. Wants to build same
before time to start another crop.
Mr. George Copeland is all smiles.
It's a girl.
Mrs. John J. Copeland died Sunof
Ol'v Iinfl Will
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be buried at Mt. Pleasant church
cemetery on Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock
Death of Mrs. Sandifer.
Mrs. Emma Virginia Sandifer, beloved
wife of Mr. W. Preston Sandifer,
died December 26,1907, at their
home near Denmark, S. C. Beside
her husband, she leaves seven children,
five sons and two daughters.
There had never been a death in the
family until hers. Her maiden name
was Arledge. She had been a member
of the Methodist church for over
twenty years but about nine years
ago transferred to the Baptist church
at Ghent's Branch to be in the same
church with her husband. She was
a good woman, her neighbors and all
of her family bear witness to this
fact, one of the best of wives and
mothers, and her life as a Christian
was truly patterned after her Lord.
Her death was peaceful and triumphant.
Her body was laid to rest in
the presence of a large congregation
in the cemetery at Denmark, Rev. J.
B. Traywick conducting the services.
a jfriend.
nay Lose Her Eye.
Clinton, Dec. 30.?Mrs. Thomas,
wife of E. L. Thomas, was accidentally
shot this morning by her
nephew, a little boy about 6 years
old, with a 22 parlor rifle. The shot
struck the lower eyelid, and ranged
upward. It is feared she will lose
her eye.
"Rastus," said the neighbor, "I'd
like to borrow that mule of yours."
"Goodness' sakes, boss," was the
rejoinder, "I'd like to 'commodate
you; but I's had some 'sperience wif
de law. If a man is 'sponsible foh de
acts of his agent, an' I was to lend
dat mule out, it wouldn't be no time
befo' I was arrested for assassination!"?Washington
Star.
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YOUNG WHITE flAN KILLED.
His Body Found by Railroad Track
Near Batesburg.
Batesburg, Dec. 24.?Mr. James
Wertz, a young man who lives at
Leesville and is employed in the store
of L. B. Cullum & Co., of this place,
was found dead tonight at 8:15, his
body being close to the track of the
Southern railway. The horribly mutilated
condition makes it difficult to
arrive at the cause of death and upon
this point there is much speculation.
Dr. L. B. Etheridge, who made an
examination, expresses the opinion
and belief that the deceased came to
his death by being struck down by
the passing train.
Others who saw the body are inclined
to the belief that there was
foul play.
The trousers pocket on the right
side was turned inside out and there
was some small change lying on the
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that Mr. Cullum drew $20 this morning.
Nearby where the first trail of
blood was found were fragments of a
whiskey bottle, which may have been
the instrument used if there were
foul play.
Mr. Wertz is the adopted son of
Mr. W. T. D. Kinard of Leesville and
it was his custom to ride to this place
on his bicycle and return at night,
the distance between the two towns
being only three miles, and the bicycle
tracks in excellent condition.
The body was found just beyond
Middlebrook mills, near the junction
of the C. C. & A. and Carolina Midland
railroads. The train crew of
the latter road made the discovery
and report that the body was quite
cold when found.
No time for the holding of the inquest
has been set. The resident
physician of the Southern Railway
comrjany is ill and for this reason
there may be a postponement of the
taking of medical testimony.
Jumped in Front of Cars.
New York, Dec. 26.?Ernest G.
Stedman, vice president and a director
of the J. C. Lyons Building and
Operating Company, against which a
petition in bankruptcy was filed last
Friday, committed suicide today by
jumping in front of a subway train
at the 14th street station. The fatality
occurred at the rush hours,
precipitating a panic among the hundreds
of waiting passengers. Women
became hysterical, and it was with
difficulty that the crowd was controlled
by the subway police.
Reprieved on Scaffold.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 27.?Just
as the black cap was about to be
placed today over the head of Henry
Thaxton, a negro convicted for the
111! O m TT o
Killing 01 O. 1. xauxK5tuv;a.ci, wuw, ?
telegram from the governor, ordering
a suspension of the execution for
15 days, was delivered to the sheriff.
The prisoner raised his hands and exclaimed:
"My God."
The negro had made a statement
from the gallows, and in a minute
more the trap would have been
sprung. At this point a boy rushed
up to the g?te and handed a telegram
to Chief Deputy Brown, who
quickly cried out: "Hold, colonel,
wait a minute."
The sheriff mounted the steps of
the gallows and read the message
aloud. The prisoners in the jail
gave a loud cheer and the prisoner
was led back to the jail praying and
weeping.
Railroad to Due West Open.
Anderson, Dec. 27.?The initial
trip over the Donalds & Due West
railroad was run today and the residents
of those two towns are rejoic
ing, especially those of Due West,
who have heretofore not had any
railroad service at all. The length
of the road is four miles. Construction
commenced many months ago,
but was retarded by one thing and
another. A small engine and three
cars, a passenger, a baggage and a
flat arrived at Due West on the lot
in the rear of Erskine college. Many
Due West people walked to Donalds
this morning to ride on the first
train over the road.
It is supposed that some sort of
schedule will be established which
will give connections with the Columbia
and Greenville trains at Donaldi.
failing in "Dark Corner."
Greenville, Dec. 28?J. R. Moon,
a highly respected citizen of the
"dark corner" of Greenville county,
was shot and killed Monday night by
Tom Linsay, a blockader. One of
Moon's sons returned Lindsay's fire,
slightly wounding him.
It is said that Lindsay called Moon
1 to his front door and fired upon him
' without warning, believing that
Moon had informed upon him.
High Winds at Abbeville.
Abbeville, Dec. 30.?High winds
prevailed here this afternoon and a
tower erected by the contractor for
carrying materials to the building of
the new courthouse was blown down
on that structure, now in process of
erection, knocking down a part of
the walls. The loss w^ll amount to
several hundred dollars and falls on
the contractor.
ANOTHER SAD TRAGEDY
DIFFICULTY BETWEEN NEIGHBORS
HAS TERRIBLE END.
J. J. England Shoots and Kins W. H.
Garner?Stock Running at
Large Caused Trouble
A very sad tragedy occurred in the
Edisto section of this county, only a
few miles from Branchville, late last
Friday afternoon or about dark.
W. H. Garner was killed and J. J.
England was wounded, though not
seriously. The killing was the result
rx-f n oVisi/vfirtrr oflFwiw hohvPOTI framfiT
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and England, both being young
white men, farmers, and prominent
in the community in which they lived.
As is always the case, there are two
versions of the difficulty. The killing
occurred at or near the house of
Garner. He and England live not
very far apart.
However, it appears that there had
been bad blood between them for
some time and possibly threats.
What started the trouble does not
appear, but recently Garner had shut
up some stock for running at large
upon his fields and last Thursday
night some one broke open the stable
where they were confined. Garner
was in Bamberg on Friday and while
here his family shut up some other
stockfortrespassing. Thatafternoon,
after Garner returned home, a negro
named Peter Hammond came for the
stock, Mr. England having given him
one dollar to pay the charges. That
Garner inquired of the negro as to
who had turned the stock out the
night before and upon the negro not
telling he went to beating him. That
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England had been aucx nunung, ana,
hearing the difficulty, came over, and
upon his appearing on the scene
Garner immediately shot at him with
a pistol and shot gun. England returned
the fire with a gun loaded
with duck shot, shooting Garner in
the stomach, he dying from the
wound early next morning. Physicians
from this place attended him,
and although everything possible was
done, the wound was mortal, several
of the intestiness being perforated
by the shot. England immediately
came to town and surrendered to the
sheriff and is now in jail. His attorneys
are now preparing the papers,
and application for bail will be made
in a few days. He contends of course
that he fired in self-defence and to
protect his own life.
This is the case for the defense as
we have been able to gather it. Coroner
Zeigler held an inquest Saturday,
but up to Tuesday evening he
had not filed the testimony in the
clerk of court's office, therefore we
have not been able to see any of the
sworn statements.
The dying statement of Garner,
however, is in the clerk's office, and
in this he says that he was shot first
by England. That the negro insulted
him and he hit him with a stick and
that England then shot him and inflicted
toe wound. That he did not
have a gun, but that his wife brought
his gun from toe house and he fired
at random.
The prosecution also claims that
toe negro demanded toe stock without
toe money, and that Garner had
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passing upon him and had consulted
a lawyer in regard to his rights or
what action to take, and that the
stock had been shut up on legal advice.
England was hit in the shoulder by
a shot, but he is not seriously hurt,
it being only a flesh wound. Several
shot also lodged in his clothes and
went through his hat. Garner's gun
was said to have been loaded with
buck shot.
The affair is a most unfortunate
one. Both parties to the difficulty
were married and have families, and
had been neighbors for several years.
How much better it would have been i
had their differences been settled
amicably so that no blood would have
been shed. As it is, a husband and
father is cold in death, and another
is wounded and in prison to be tried
for his life. How sad, how sad!
As to the statements above, they
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are what we have been able to gainer
from various people. The whole
I facts of the matter will no doubt be
made public at the trial, which will
I no doubt take place at the March
term of court. Our sympathies go
out to all concerned.
Garner was originally from North
Augusta, but married a daughter of
the late W. J. May several years ago,
and had been living in the Edisto
section for some time. His aged
father and mother came over to
attend his burial.
The Bamberg Herald is erecting a
new brick office building; the first
floor of which will be used as press,
job and composing rooms, and on the
second floor will be a lodge room, office
??t/> Rrnther Knieht is an en
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ergetic worker and he is issuing one
of the best weekly papers in the
State. May the Herald continue to
prosper.?Dorchester Eagle.
John?44What kind of tea do you like
best?" Priscilla?44Go-tees, some, bat
Rocky Mountain Tea best." John?
"Why Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea
best?" Priscilla?4Tt speaks for itself,
John." (Makes lovely complexions.) H.
P. Hoover.
ItAtllCK WAHI3 UAiHAUI?<
Suit for $5,000 Begun Because Two
Men Beat Him.
Columbia, Dec. 28.?News has
reached Fort Mill of a serious difficulty
which recently occurred on the
streets of Marshville, N. C., between
a former citizen of that community, %
Prof. Jackson Hamilton, and T.
B. andjy. C. Hamilton of that place.
ProfTHamilton is the principal of
the public school at Marshville, and
recently he administered a whipping y
to a youth, one of his pupils, named y
Hamilton, son of T. B. Hamilton,
and brother of W. C. Hamilton, who '-%?
claimed that the boy had been unmercifully
flogged .by the teacher.
They encountered Prof. Hamilton on :
the streets a day or two later and >*g
the two together gave him a severe
drubbing. Prof. Hamilton as a result
of the difficulty, has instituted suit
against his assailants in the superior s:M
court of North Carolina for $5,000
Prof. Jackson Hamilton was for
several years, up to two years ago, ill
principal of the Gold Hill academy, a -V-M
flourishing country school in the
northern part of York county. During
the time Prof. Hamilton lived M
in this community he married the
daughter of Mr. J. F. Boyd, a wellto-do
farmer whose home is a few
miles from Fort Mill. Prof. Hamilton
was considered a first-class \ Vi
teacher by the patrons of the Gold ; $
Hill academy.
Our New York Letter.
As the Thaw trial approaches, in- diB
terest centers in Martin W. Littleton,
the new leading lawyer for the ' r?|?gj
defense. Littleton's life is interesting;
only 35 years old, yet he ranks
already at the head of the criminal
bar in New York city. Born in Tennessee,
of poor parents, early moving ' WjB
to Texas, the young man at sixteen
was a '"'track walker" on one of the
railroads of that state. When one
day he was told by a superior that >
he might become some day a freight
train conductor, he replied, "Not I;
some day I expect to be a great
lawyer in New York," and today,
only 17 years from that day, his ex- } |g?
pectations have been realized, and
not only is he a great lawyer, but the
greatest. Without usual educational
advantages, he educated himself?
read law at odd times and while :'rj
working for his daily bread, the %
young man entered a law office in |
Texas, showed the stuff he was made
of, married, came to New York unknown
and without means, but with
determination?that quality best of
ail qualities.
It was not long before the young '
Southerner made himself felt. He
began to be recognized as a successful
barister and an orator of no mean
ability. At a great political meeting
in the old academy of music in Brooklyn,
at which David B. Hill was the ^
chief speaker, Littleton's name appeared
as one of the "tail-end" 4
speakers along with some others to
be used to nil up the time. The
rch was made?it startled, thrilled
gathering-?such eloquence had
not been expected from any of the pm
speakers, much less the least of them. '
That speech made Littleton famous .' ^
in a night. John C. Sheehan, the J
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of those who heard the speech, and a
little later, when Sheenan as the
manager of Judge Alton B. Parker's
candidacy for the nomination for
president was looking around for the
best to be had to place Parker's name ;^?
in nomination at the national con- \ -fig
vention he turned to Littleton as the
man. How well the young orator
did the work is a matter of history. \\J||
His name was on every tongue.
Later, Littleton was made president
of the Borough of Brooklyn (vice
mayor) which office he filled with
ability, relinquishing it because, as
he put it, he could not "make both
ends meet." Beginning then, the
practice of his profession on the New
York side of the river, it was but a
few brief months before Littleton's / ^
name appeared on one side or the
other of every important case.
Thaw searched the United States
for the best ability; tried Delmas of
California. Now at the second trial,
he is to be defended by the yet young
Southerner, he and his friends believing
that in Littleton, they will
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have unquestionaDly tne dcsl uucut
obtainable. 4s
Martin W. Littleton was born in
1872 in a log cabin in Tennessee: was
a "track walker" at 16 years of age
in Texas, a baker's assistant and farm
hand in youth; did chores and Went to
school one term; studied law and was
admitted to the bar at nineteen; outgrew
the town of Weatherford and
went to Dallas at the age of twenty*
one; came to New York at twenty- , ;r*s
four, made a speech which nominated
Parker for the Presidency in 1904;
at 31, was Borough President of
Brooklyn, and at 35 is selected as '
chief counsel in the most noted ^
criminal case of the day.
H. W. Finlayson.
450 Broadway, New York. 'c v
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At an election last week the citizens
of Raleigh, N. C.t voted outthe
dispensary by a majority of547. The
dispensiary had been in operation four
years and displaced twenty-four saloons.
The city will now be dry. .