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P. W. HARLEY RELEASED.
Preliminary Develops Nothing New
in Jeff coat Murder Case.
Orangeburg, September 24.?The
preliminary hearing in the case
against Pink W. Harley was commenced
before Magistrate Charles P.
Brunson at 11 o'clock this morning.
Harley is charged with killing R.
A. Jeffcoat on the night of the 21st
R. Addison on the night of the 21st
of last December, while the deceased
was on his way home from the town
of Livingston in this county. The
details of the tragedy are familiar to
many readers of this paper. Jeffcoat
was shot down without warning,
? in the dark and on the public highway.
The crime was dastardly and
cowardly and, so far as the public
knows, no motive has been assigned
for the deed. Jeffcoat was a prominent
and wealthy farmer, which add,
ed interest to the affair. Rewards
aggregating six hundred dollars
were offered for the conviction
of the guilty parties. Gov. Ansel
sel employed a special detective and
the local authorities were actively en
gaged in an enon iu soivc mc mj.-jtery.
Very little was heard of the matter,
so far as solution was concerned,
until a few days ago, when Pink W.
Harley was arrested and charged
with the crime. Harley resides in the
neighborhood of the scene of the
shoot^ig, is a farmer of moderate
means and has been considered harmless,
although he has been in the
courts before, having been- several
times tried in the United States court
for violations of the internal revenue
laws.
The hearing, held in the court
house, attracted a large crowd to-day
and great interest was manifested in
the proceedings. The prosecution
was conducted by Solicitor Hildebrand,
Wolfe & Berry and L. K.
Sturkle, while the defense was represented
by Raysor & Summers.
There were some spirited passages
between opposing counsel.
Several witnesses were examined,
but the testimony of none did not
connect Harley with the murder. The
strained relations of the family were
pretty well aired at the hearing. Jeffcoat
and his wife had been separated
for some time.
V' Julius Jeffcoat, son of the dead
man, was the last witness, after
which the case was submitted without
argument. The magistrate
promptly dismissed the proceedings,
deeming the evidence insufficient to
hold the accused.
Harley was given his liberty and
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a mastery as ever.
FELL FROM TRAIN.
John Graham, of Rosemary, Sustains
Serious Injury.
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Georgetown, September 23.?This
morning, while coming to town on
the regular passenger train, John
Graham, of Rosemary, fell from the
platform of the passenger coach to
i the side of the track and received in,
juries from which he is not expected
to recover. The train was going at
the rate of thirty miles per hour at
the time of the accident. Another
passenger saw the unfortunate man
fall and the t?ain was stopped as soon
as possible and run back to the spot.
Graham was found in an unconscious
condition. He was brought to the
city and taken to the infirmary,
where it was found that he was suffering
from a fracture of the skull
and concussion of the brain. He is
still unconscious.
What System.
A German canvasser took the fiftystory
elevator of a western wholesale
house in New York and walked
into the office, where one of the proprietors
was busy at his desk. The
canvasser was told that the house
needed nothing in his line, but he
persisted in opening his sample bag
and making himself the cause of
much distress, until finally the en
raged proprietor kicked him down
the first flight of stairs. An employe,
observing the mode of descent, repeated
the dose with like effect, and
it was dittoed till the unfortunate
German found himself on the curb
7- stoned highway. Shaking himself,
he looked back over the bourse of
events and ejaculated, "Veil, dot ish
a great establishment. I don't know
delr particular line of peesness, but
my! Vat system, vat system!"?TitBits.
His Dream of Buried Wealth.
For a week past Thomas Wade, a
prosperous farmer in Tuckahoe district,
Henrico county, dreamed each
night of a buried box bulging with
gold in ingots and ancient coins. The
spot where this treasure was secreted
was indicated unvaryingly in his
dreams by an old stump, which he
recognized as being on his farm.
Yesterday, with the assistance of
constable I. H. Henly he went to the
place indicated in his dream, and after
digging for several hours his
shovel struck the traditional "hard
metallic substance."
Believing his dream of wealth realized
Wade fainted from emotion,
but the constable nursed him back to
consciousness and then the box was
unearthed and examined. It contained
three big copper cents of ancient
date and four fishhooks.?Richmond
correspondence Washington
Post.
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Spartanburg to Get C. C. & O. Road.
Spartanburg, September 23.?There
is no longer any doubt about the Car-1
olina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad
coming to Spartanburg.
To-day the contract for the construction
of the line from Bostick, N.
C., to Spartanburg, S. C., a distance
of 32 miles, was let to McArthur
Bros, of New York and Chicago.
The contract provides that the road
shall be completed within one year,
that is to say, October 1, 1909.
The contractors will reach here tomorrow
and work will begin at once.
While the above statement is un-|
official, the information is learned on
the best of authority.
It is now believed that the road
will be continued south, going via
Columbia to Charleston.
All rights of way in Spartanburg
have been practically secured. i
A Church of the Mound-Builders.
Below is a description of an ancient
mound in Ohio. One similar
to it in several respects, and doubtless
built by the same race of people,
was washed away from the Savannah
river low grounds a few miles
above Old Petersburg during the recent
freshet. The one in Ohio is interestingly
described by O. J. Fairfield
as follows:
Near my boyhood home in Ohio
are the remains of an ancient church
about which I have often speculated.
I have wished I might call back to
life those who built that sanctuary
and joined in its worships that I
might find out the thoughts and
emotions that stirred within their
lives; but, alas! they have passed beyond
recall, and no record remains
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of their laeais oi wursmp auu uv*v |
tion save that which can be read
from the few relics that remain.
This ancient church is probably
older by far than any in New England.
When Columbus came to these
shores, it was already old and in
ruins. Over its circular mounds the
vegetation of uncounted summers has
accumulated a depth of soil that tells
of a great lapse of time. The forest
primeval has planted gigantic trees
where possibly the priest of this
church stood.
It Is a church of the mound-builders,
a relic of that ancient race that
disappeared from the Mississippi Valley
so many generations ago that the
American Indians had no traditions
concerning them. It stands on a bank
of the Little Miami river on a natural
tableland above the stream. About
it is a mound circular in form, some
eight feet high, enclosing an acre
or more of ground. Within the circle
is another mound, square in form,
some ten feet high, and large enough
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on its level summit. On one side of
this elevated square is a broad passageway
leading down from the summit
in gradual slope toward an opening
in the outer circular wall. This
way leads directly eatft, as if to catch
and welcome the first rays of the rising
sun. Withfn the enclosure there,
are also two small burial mounds,!
the graves of some chiefs no doubt, j
Except for a portion of the square,
central mound, the earth and gravel
that make the mounds was brought
from a near locality or from the bed
of the river. Four feet below the
surface of the square mound there
was found an altar of stones and clay
that must have been brought from a,
considerable distance, as the stones;
and clay are unknown in that portion I
of Ohio. What sacred associations I
made this clay sacred or from what}
holy land it was "brought no one can
tell.
On this altar sacrifices were offered,
and a great festival was held
lasting several days, and at its conclusion
there was cast into the fire;
on the altar a votive offering of per-i
sonal adornments in silver and gold,
and copper and shells, together with
pottery and a few clay images?presumably
idols?strangely like those
made in the valley of the Nile in
Egypt half a world away. And, after
the impressive ceremonies were com-i
pleted.the altar and the entire square j
mound were covered over to the
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depth of four feet with gravel from
the bed of the stream and the broad;
loadway built from the summit toward
the first rays of the morning
sun in the open distance beyond.
So carefully was everything sacred
covered up that even the ashes from
the altar and the refuse of the feast,
charred bones of deer and turkey,
were carried a considerable distance
away and buried beneath a depth of
gravel from the stream. Only the
mounds were left to tell to coming
ages the story of what this ancient
church?for such it was?stood for.
It has passed away, together with
the people who worshipped there.
Another race, stronger in fighting
qualities, but inferior in intellectual
attainments, took their place ana
lived their lives, and they, too, after
a time, have passed away. A third
race of higher culture than either
and restless in the pursuit of their
ideals, occupy the land, and on a
Sunday morning their church bells
disturb the echoes by the silent
mounds, as they call the new people
to worship in flimsy structures of
wood or brick that seem perishable
indeed beside the silent mounds of
this ancient church that have endured
so many years and seem now as
permanent as the eternal hills.
What did this ancient church stand
for? Reasoning from all that we
know of the religion of early people,
their church stood for outward authority
in religion. They feasted together,
bringing themselves into one
brotherhood, which was good. Thev
burnt their sacrifices that the gods
might be propitious to them. They
offered oblations and gifts, to buy
special favors or dispensations. And,
as they went away, perhaps under
the pressure of the coming red man,
they covered up their altar, secure
from desecration, feeling that, so long
as the sun rose and its first beams
pierced the opening in the outer wall
and shone on the mound above their!
sacred altar, so long would divine favor
rest upon their souls. Perhaps
it was, after all, a church of the living
God, and for that ancient people
was the pillar and ground of truth.
To Take Pasteur Treatment.
Mayesville, September 24.?Dr. C.
E. King and" wife and little daughter,
Louise, left for Richmond last night,
where the latter will be treated at the
Pasteur institute in that city. Several
days ago, Mis Louise was bitten
by a dog showing symptoms of rabies.
The dog's head was sent to Richmond
for an examination and upon
receipt of a telegram stating that the
animal had hydrophia Dr. King left I
with his daughter for treatment.*The
many friends of the little girl and thei
family wish her a speedy relief from {
the effects of the dog's bite.
TWENTY -FIVE INJURED.
Bleachers on Roanoke Fair Grounds
Collapse With 1,000 People.
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Twenty-five persons were injured on
the Roanoke fair grounds to-day
when the stand of bleachers collapsed,
carrying down with it more than
a thousand men, women and chil-;
dren. The majority of the victims;
suffered sprained ankles, cuts and
bruises.
The injured were removed to hospitals.
Twenty thousand spectators
were on the grounds at the time and
great excitement prevailed.
GUILTY OF ASSAULT.
Negro Charged With Serious Crime
Given Sentence.
Noah Long, colored, who was tried
in the court of general sessions on
Monday on the charge of criminal assault,
in which case a verdict of guilty
of aggravated assault and battery
was rendered, was yesterday sentenced
by Judge Gage to a term of 15
m/vn +"hs nt "hard lahnr in the State
penitentiary or a like period on the
public works of Richland county.
Long was charged with assaulting
Sarah Burkhardt, colored, a married
woman, living about 12 miles north
of Columbia, on Feb. 20 last. The
evidence was rather strong against
"him. Long's defense was that he was
not at Sarah Burkhardt's house on
the night in question, but failed to
establish his alibi to the satisfaction
of the jury. The jury, however, took
a very liberal view of the case, in the
defendant's favor, and returned a
verdict of guilty of aggravated assault
and battery.
Mr. Robert Moorman of counsel
for the defendant, plead earnestly for
the mercy of the court when Judge
Gage was about to pronounce sentence.
He said that Long had pre-|
viously borne a good^reputation; that
the jury had not believed the full
story told by the State's witnesses,!
for he had been convicted only of aggravated
assault and battery. He
said that the defendant had a wife
and four children and that it would
be quite a hardship if he were sen-!
tenced to serve a long term. It was,
intimated, also, that money could be
raised to meet a light fine if thej
court would put the sentence in the;
alternative.
Judge Gage followed this case very)
closely. After listening to the remarks
of counsel for Long, he said:
"Unless the black woman be defended
from the black man's lust,"
said the court, "it will not be long
before the white woman will have to
be defended. I think that something
must be done to elevate the negro if
he can not elevate himself and I am
inclined to uphold the jury in their
decision and I will not impose a fine
nor even a minimum sentence. I dare
not turn him loose; in my mind I
have no doubt but that this man did
assault the woman. She made an!
impresiom upon me as an honest,!
truth-telling woman and the jury has.
convicted this man of not telling the!
truth.
"It gives me no pleasure to sen-!
tence Long," continued the court. |
"Especially so since he has a wi/ei
and small children, but he should,
have stuck to his wife and the trouble j
would never have occurred. There i
is no alternative. I sentence him to
15 months' hard labor."
At this juncture, the wife of Long,
who was in the court, raised her hand
and, in a sobbing voice, said; "Mister
Judge, may I speak a word?" The
court calmly replied, "Never mind."
There was nothing to do but for the
law to take its course. The woman
was crying to such an extent she had
to be led out of the court room.?
Columbia State.
Child Born to Murderess.
New York, September 25.?A baby
boy, weighing 9 pounds, was born today
to Sarah Koten, the young woman
who has been in prison confinement
on Blackwell Island, awaiting
trial for the killing of Dr. Samuel
Auspitz in 135 street, on June 7. The
Blackwell Island's physicians reported
mother and boy to be doing well.
What the Koten girl will call her
little boy she has not yet decided.
One thing she has decided, however,
is that the boy shall not bear the
name of his father, whom she shot
after waiting more than twelvfe hours
in the hallway to which she lured
him.
Her trial was postponed by consent
of district attorney and David Levy, J
the lawyer who volunteered to defend
her until after her child should have
been born. It is probable that she
will now be brought to trial as soon
as her condition permits and she is
able, accoring to the report of the
physicians to bear the strain of thej
ordeal.
Confident of the Future.
Mary, 5-vears-old, ^nd Stella, who
was about the same age, were talking;
about their future dreams. * i
"When I grow up," said Mary, "I'm I
going to be a school teacher."
"Well, I'm going to be a mother |
with four children," said Stella.
"Well, when they come to my!
school I'm going to whip them, whip,
them, whip them!"
"You mean thing!" said Stella, asj
the tears came into her eyes. "Whatj
have my poor children ever done to!
you?"?Delineator. j
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people are too glad to get them at all. But in order to jjg?
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with the consumer. If we ever sell you one ?
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