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GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER.
Verdict of Jury in Killing of A. G.
Kirkendall by Elmore Wright.
Spartanburg, November 19.?Guilty
of manslaughter was the verdict
of the jury in the case of Elmore
Wright charged with murder for the
killing of A. G. Kirkendall at
Moore's on the 16th of October.
This case took up part of Wednesday
and all of to-day in the court of
general sessions. C. P. Sims, counsel
for the defendant, spoke for nearly
two hours and Solicitor Sease, in
reply, spoke for over an hour. The
jury went to the room at 5:30 o'clock
and reached a verdict at about 10:30
to-night.
Judge Klugh, the presiding judge,
was summoned from the Argyle, the
court officials were got together, the
prisoner brought into the court room
and the - verdict published about
11:30 to-night. C. P. Sims gave notice
of a motion for a new trial.
The case against Elmore Wright
for the killing of A. G. Kirkendall
was tried in the special term of court
last week, Judge O. L. Schumpert of
Newberry presiding. The jury fail"*
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0(1 to agree, aitei ucmg vui v<v> ^v
hours, and Judge Schumpert ordered
a mistrial.
According to the evidence brought
out the killing of Kirkendall was one
of the most tragic that has ever happened
in the county. It appears that
Wright and Kirkendall were running
a distillery and selling illicit whiskey.
The business began to be talked
about so much that Wright feared
tjie officers would catch them and he
would be punished, so he turned
State's evidence and had the business
reported to the officers. This made
Kirkendall mad and it is said that he
threatened Wright's life and even
went so far as to fire upon him from
the roadside some days before the
killing took place.
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Unusual Fiud in Branchville.
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Branchville, November 19.?While
digging a well on the place of Mrs.
M. E. Murray in Branchville a few
days ago, some rare geological specimens
were discovered. The well had
h' < been dug about 15 or 20 feet when
jK", a substance was found that was in
striking contrast to the remaining
soil. On examining it there was
^ found to be a bed of phosphate rock,
intermixed with shark's teeth, fossils
and bones of prehistoric animals.
A great deal of interest was taken
in the unexpected find. The bed was
? found to be about ten feet. The de
posit is a valuable fertilizing mag;
;: terial. There have been no more excavations
made to find out whether
sT;: there are any more beds in this viv
cinity or not, but it is supposed that
fil there are more, judging from the
richness and the great .depth of this
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he is a most pitiable failure. How
|f.v many men in mad pursuit of gold,
which characterizes the age, realize
that there is no fortune which can
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the memory of a happy home.
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?j ! Burning Steamer Beached.
Norfolk, Va., November 19.?Refusing
all assistance despite a raging
Pfire in her forward hold, the steamer
Chattahoochee of the Ocean Steamship
company plying between Savan_;r
nah and Boston, made this port
shortly after noon and Capt. Rowlett
immediately beached his charge on
the Lambert Point flats, just below
the city. He reports that the fire
nff thp Pnrnlina coast
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and, it proving stubborn, he immediately
made for this port.
Wrecking tugs met the steamer
^ but aid was refused.
The crew this afternoon flooded
1-i H the forward compartment with water
and it is believed the fire is now under
control. The extent of the dam-iage
is not known.
Th uhattahooche left Savannah on
Monday with a cargo of 4,000 bales
of cotton.
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Thompson Asks for New Trial.
Spartanburg, November 19.?
On the grounds that the foreman of
the jury that convicted Col. Aaron
Thompson, a wealthy citizen of this
county, on the charge of selling liquor,
spent the night in a private
room with a prosecuting witness after
the jury had been drawn and a
number of witnesses examined, Wilson
& Osborn and William McGowan,
attorneys for the defendant, will ask
for a new trial.
Col. Thompson is a wealthy bachelor
and lives in a fine home at Inman,
where he is famous for entertaining
his friends. Sometime ago he was
suspected of having sold liquor and
special constables made out a case
against him. He was given a preliminary
hearing before a magistrate
and bound over to the court of general
sessions. The trial of the case
occupied two days and the jury returned
a verdict of guilty. His attorneys
gave notice of an appeal and
sentence was suspended.
The attorneys for the defendant
claim that the foreman of the jury
spent the night with one of the prosecuting
witnesses, after the jury had
been drawn and a number of witnessess
examined. This they claim is
sufficient grounds for a new trial.
Laundry Machine Explodes.
Rock Hill, November 18.?The
mangle in the Rock Hill steam laundry
exploded at 12 o'clock to-day
and wrecked the rest of the machinery,
blew a hole eight feet square
inside of the brick building, forced
out all the doors and shattered the
glass in the windows. No one was in
the building except Mr. Farthing,
the manager. He was badly stunned,
but not otherwise hurt.
Damage to machinery about $1,500;
to building, not estimated.
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Young Husband Sues Out Habeas
Corpus Against Father-in Law.
Spartanburg. November ' 19.? .
Claim.ng tfcm . e is being held in
bondage, W. ... Tucker, a seventeenyear-oid
wh.i oy, through his attorney,
J. Jt. AtAinson, has brought
habeas corpus proceedings before
Judge Klugh asking that he be delivered
from the control of Peter
Lindsay, his father-in-law.
The case is a most unusual one,
the young man charging that he has
been kept at work on Lindsay's farm,
near Campobello, and hired out to
work on the farms of other men in
the community, and that he has never
received any compensation for his
services.
The affidavit of young Tucker describes
unheard of conditions in this
county. He affirms that for the past
nine months he has been living with
Peter Lindsay, and while living with
Lindsay he was persuaded to enter
into a marriage contract with Lindsay's
daughter, Miss May Lindmv
hut sinrp his marriage he and
his wife have not been allowed to occupy
a separate room from other
members of the family. He further
states that he has been required to
work on his father-in-law's farm
without pay, and that Peter Lindsay
has frequently hired him out to work
on other farms in the surrounding
country.
The young man alleges that he
has often attempted to leave his
father-in-law, but was threatened
with violence and prosecution, and
that he has been dreadfully abused
and mistreated.
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Requirements.
"What sort of a ticket do you think
we had better nominate next time?"
asked the campaigner, according to
the Washington Star.
"Well,'' answered the reformer,
"you want to pick out some highclass
man of superior intellect."
"Yes."
"One who possesses talents of the
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must CLU1UCU t uvgivv huu
it is his duty to sacrifice everything
to serve his party."
"But the salary might not be
much of an object to such a man."
"He mustn't ttiink of salary."
"I see you don't want a candidate;
you want a martyr."
An Old Relic.
Mr. W. M. Sanders, of Stateburg,
has in his possession a portion of an
old iron mortar that was made in
1717 and was picked up at an old
camping place of Gen. Sumter, and
many a cup of coffee was beaten in
it, possibly for the famous general
himself. He also has a number of
Indian relics, notably a tomahawk
and a couple of stones that were
used for grinding grain. The weapon
and one of the stones are of flint rock
and the other stone of ordinary rock.
?Sumter Herald.
Big Fertilizer Trust.
It is reported that the biggest deal
in the history of the fertilizer trade
is being arranged, says a New York
dispatch and it is expected an official
announcement will be made shortly
by the banking houses which are
working out the details. The new
company, which will De capitalized
at $75,000,000, will take over the
fertilizer business of the Armour and
Swift packing companies. The Armour
company has two large plants
in Baltimore, while the Swift works
are located in Wilmington, Del., and
Atlanta, Ga.
Details of the proposed merger are
very meagre, but it is understood that
some of tne larger interests have already
signed up, and that others have
promised to join the combination
later.
The new company, is is added, has
entered into a contract with the Tennessee
Copper company for the purchase
of several hundred thousand
tons of sulphuric acid, one of the
properties which enter into the manufacture
of fertilizer.
It is understood that as soon as
the promoters corral the larger independent
fertilizer manufactures of
the country, it will enter into negotations
with the smaller concerns,
either to buy them outright or induce
them to join the new combination
on mutually satisfactory terms.
SNEEZED TO DEATH.
Barkeeper Dies a Victim to Practical
Jokers.
New York, November 19.?Pow
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tributed by practical jokers in the
saloon of Andrew M. Taylor, in Patterson,
N. J., yesterday, caused the
proprietor to sneeze and cough so
hard that he ruptured a blood vessel
and died several hours later.
Taylor's violent sneezing was*at
Urst a source of much amusement to
the jokers, all of whom were his
friends, but in a few minutes he fell
into a chair unconscious and was attacked
by hemorrhage. Taylor was
prominent in a political way. The
jokers are well known men, but no
criminal action is anticipated.
Big Verdict for Inman & Co.
Columbus, Ga., November 23.?Inman
& Co., of Augusta, Ga., cotton
factors, were to-day awarded in Muscogee
superior court a verdict in the
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tral of Georgia railway on the suit
for alleged damage to cotton burned
in the Columbus yards of the defendant
company.
Suit was brought for $160,000.
The case continued for a week and
a brilliant array of counsel put up a
hard legal battle.
It was alleged in the complaint
that the cotton was destroyed while
in the hands of the carrier.
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