The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 17, 1908, Image 6
TRIAL OF RAINS BEGINS
BROTHER OF AXNIS'S SLAYER
TO FACE JURY FIRST.
Startling Testimony Expected in
Trial of Thornton Hains,
Charged with Being an Accessory
to the Crime.
Flushing. N. Y., Dec. 13.?Combining
all the elements of a modern
social tragedy, in which the characters
and situations are developed in
army life, the trial of Thornton
Jenkins Hains, Jr., author and
writer, which will begin here tomorrow,
promises to rival in public
interest many of the country's noted
murder trials. Hains will be tried
as an accessory to the murder of
Wm. E. Annis, a magazine writer,
who was shot and fatally wounded
at the Bayside Yacht Club last summer
by the defendant's brother,
Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., U. S. A.,
stationed at Fort Hamilton.
Counsel for the Hains brothers,
who will set ud the defense of tern
porary insanity in the trial of Capt.
Hains, which will follow that of his
brother, have indicated that the defense
of Thornton Hains will be
that one may not be held as an accessory
to the act of another who is
temporarily insane.
The whole story which led up to
the slaying of Annis will be unfolded.
These attorneys declare there
? * is no parallel case in criminal jurisprudence.
Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., son of
Gen. Peter Hains, U. S. A., retired,
was sent to the Philippines in the
summer of 1907. His wife remained
at Fort Hamilton, just below
New York city, with her young children.
The defense alleges that
while away, Capt Hains received
word from Thornton Hains, of his
wife's conduct toward Wm. E. Annis,
a friend of the family. Letters,
alleged to have been written by
Mrs. Hains to her absent husband,
will be read into the evidence.
The army captain returned, and,
according to Mrs. Hains, upbraided
her. %As the result of an alleged
confession, which Mrs. Hains states
was wrung from her under duress,
there was a separation, and Mrs.
Hains returned to her home in Massachusetts.
A suit for divorce was
instituted by Capt. Hains in Boston
last June.
It is declared that Capt. Hains ber
came morose because of his unfortunate
marital affairs. On August 15,
last Capt. Hains and his brother ap~
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peared at tne rsaysiae xacnt c/iuu,
when the club house was crowded to
v. witness a club regatta. Inquiry
was made for Annis, and when his
catboat drew alongside the club float
Capt Hains walked up to Annis as
he was stepping off and. taking him
by the arm, fired fiye shots. Annis
fell into the water and died shortly
afterward. Club members and others,
it is alleged, were held back by
Thornton Hains, who had drawn a
revolver. The brothers surrendered
0*" after the shooting.
Since the shooting, counsel for
m- the defense assert that Capt. Hains
has gradually recovered his mental
P capacities.
This is the second time that
Thornton Hains has faced a jury
under charges of murder. In 1891,
while canoeing with a boyhood
ehum, Edward A. Hannigan, off
Fortress Monroe, he became involved
in a quarrel in which Hannigan
lost his life. Hains was seen from
shore to reach to the bottom of the
boat and raise a revolver from
V) \ which two shots were fired. Hannigan
used a paddle in the quarrel.
One of the witnesses at the trial
was Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans.
A plea of self-defense resulted in
a verdict of acquittal.
S. GOES TO PENITENTIARY.
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P Garrison, Who Killed His Daughter's
Fiancee, Will Not Appeal.
Rock Hill, Dec. 12.?It was learned
here today upon good authority
that J. Henry Garrison, of Gray
Court, Laurens county, who was at
the recent term of court in Laurens
? convicted of manslaughter with recommendation
to the mercy of the
court and later sentenced to two
,1 years in the penitentiary, has gone
to Columbia and surrendered to the
prison authorities for the purpose of
serving his sentence.
It will be remembered that late in
July of this year, while J. Louis
Williamson, a prominent and well
connected young farmer of this
county, was calling upon his fiancee,
Garrison's daughter, at her home,
' Garrison in an oversuspicious moment
slipped up to the window near
which the young couple was seated
and fired a load of shot into Williamson's
side, causing his death in
a few hours.
After the trial, which was attended
by quite a number of influential
citizens of York, Garrison was released
on bond pending an appeal of
the case. Mr. Williamson's family
and many friends here have watched
with great interest the developments
of the case and it was rumored that
the convicted man had decided to
abandon the appeal and serve his
sentence. This was not confirmed,
however, until today.
CLOSE ULMERS DISPENSARY.
Barnwell Board Decides to End Long
Controversy.
The Barnwell county dispensary
board have decided to close the dispensary
at Ulmers and have notified
the authorities. There has been considerable
agitation over the matter
for some time, the town authorities
being divided on the subject, and
it -was finally decided to close the
place and distribute the stock among
the other dispensaries
There are several dispensaries in
Barnwell county and it is said that
some of them do not bear expenses.
Governor Ansel last summer advocated
one dispensary for a county and
for that reason he lost Barnwell
county, but it begins to appear that
the people there will adopt the plan
of fewer dispensaries.?The State.
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MOTION FOR CHANGE OF VENUE
White Man Charged with Murder
Wants Case Transferred.
Saluda, Dec. 13.?Judge Shipp
has under consideration a motion
made by the attorney for Pope B.
Havird, charged with murder, for a
change of venue on the ground that
the defendant does not believe he
can get a fair and impartial trial in
Saluda county. E. F. Strother,
Esq., of Batesburg, represents
Havird, and as a basis for the motion
submits a* large number of affidavits.
The motion is being resisted
by Solicitor Timmerman. The
arguments for and against the motion
have been made and Judge
Shipp will announce his decision as
soon as he can fully investigate the
matter.
The defendant in this case is a
young white man. It is alleged that
he knocked a negro in the head with
an axe some seven or eight years
ago, while the negro was stooping
down setting a wedge, he and
Havird being engaged at the time in
splitting rails.
It is now said that Havird accused
the negro of burning his smoke
house and that was his reason for
slaying him. It appears that the
accusation is now made by Havird's
own relatives, there having been recently
a fatnily falling out, and
those in possession of the secret for
so long have now divulged it. It is
a fact that the negro is said to have
disappeared about the time of the
alleged killing, and that he has
never been seen or heard of since.
Havird has but one arm, having
been shot some three years ago by
another white man, and the wound
having necessitated the amputation
of the limb.
The details of the killing of the
negro by Havird as told by those alleging
the crime, are harrowing.
Robert Rowe, tried to-day for
killing his cousin, Bessie Rowe, was
acquitted. He is the young man
who, after accidentally shooting
his cousin, shot himself.
A1 poor mill laborer, in one of the
local mills, having just received notice
that his maiden aunt in England
has died leaving him a fortune of
fourteen, thousand dollars, which was
discovered after her death sewed up
in an old bustle may well be pardoned
for saying: ^'That's a lot of
money to leave behind."
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v@ Salt per sack 55
% Cotton ties per bundle 1 10
x Texas seed oats per bushel.. 80
? Appier national oats raised
A .in Orangeburg Co. perbu 1 05
* 3 lb cans Good Luck caking
? Powder 25
6 bars Octagon soap 25
* Cosmo Buttermilk soap 10c
i. ? size, now 05
?& Green coffee per lb 9c, 10c,
Sr 12Jc and 15c.
? Acme Roasted Coffee per lb.. 12
Luzianne Coffee per can... 20
Sugar per lb 6c; by bbl 5?
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A full line of dry goods, notions
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Two Horse Auburn Wagon..$57.50 A
One Horse Auburn Wagon..$31.00 *
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SOUTH CAROLINA 1,
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LIQUOR INCOME DECREASED
GOVERNMENT'S WHISKEY REVEM
E SOME $17,000,000 LESS.
ComnJssionc. .. iimales Receipts for
I urrent at $250,000,000.
Total Koduction Smaller.
Washington, December 13.?Commissioner
John G. Capers of the internal
revenue bureau, in his annual
report, states that tor the iast fiscal
year there was a decrease in the receipts
of $17,998,072 as compared
with the previous year, and that for
the iirst three months of the current
}ear there has been a decrease
of 62,238 as compared with the
uorresponding \ months of the last
fiscal year.
The revenues for the full current
year are estimated at $250,000,000,
which is $1,665,000 less than for
last year.
The production of distilled grain
spirits for the fiscal year 1908 was
| 126,989,740 tax gallons, decrease of
over 40,000,000 gallons as compared
with last year. This is accounted
for by the commissioner by the pro|
hibition movement, the high price of
grain, and the agreement among the
distillers to curtail production.
The total production of denatured
alcohol during the year was 3,321,451
wine gallons, which is about
240,000 gallons less than for the
previous year. The cost of production
has not been sufficiently reduced,
Mr. Capers says, to enable completely
denatured alcohol successfully to
compete with kerosene, gasoline or
gas. Nevertheless, it is gradually
growing in favor for fuel, light and
power. Under special regulations an
agricultural experiment distillery recently
has been established in Washington
by the department of agriculture
upon its own premises. The
purpose is to determine the spiritproducing
capacity of various materials.
The cost of the collection of the
internal revenues for the last fiscal
year was $4,830,698 and the estimated
expenses for the next fiscal
year are given a& $5,368,510.
During the year 1,130 illicit distilleries
were seized and destroyed;
328 arrests were made; 73,151 gallons
of spirits and property to the
value of $198,610 were reported for
seizure.
NEGROES BURNED TO DEATH.
Two Children of Sam Dunbar Perish
in Blazing House.
Aiken, Dec. 12.?Yesterday afternoon
at 1 o'clock the house in which
Sam Dunbar, a respectable negro
man, lived, in the Rocky Spring
township, about eighteen miles from
Aiken, was burned to the ground. In
the house at the time were two of
Dunbar's children, both of whom
were burned to death.
Dunbar and his wife had left the
house in the afternoon, going to
their work, some distance from the
house. They left the two children,
2 and 3 years old, respectively, in
the house. At 1 o'clock fire was discovered
in the house, and some persons
hurried to it, but they arrived
too late to rescue the children. One
of them was found lying in the bed,
and appeared to have been wrapped
up in a quilt. It is supposed that
the little child's clothing caught fire
and that it wrapped itself up in the
quilt in an attempt to extinguish the
flames. The other child, the smaller
one, was too small to get out of the
way of the fire, and instead of the
quilt putting out the fire, it caught,
and spread to the bedding and the
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flavors of the different I
kinds of fruit used in I
your fruit cake if it is I
made now and allowed I
to "age" properly? I
Cakes are more whole- I
some when allowed to fl
mellow in the proper I
way and should never I
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making. For making I
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fruit cakes 1
Oar Prepared Fruit I
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A careful selection of I'
brands which stand for I
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through the purchase
of our materials
For Cakes
We solicit your orders
for dates, currants,
citron, seeded raisins,
evaporated peaches,
figs or any kind of
nuts. Call early and
often on
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Bamberg, South Carolina
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Big assortment Waterman's fountain
pens received this week at The
Herald Book Store. Can suit anybody.
Some gold mounted ones for
Christmas presents.
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BAMBERG COUNTY.
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Two hundred and fifty acres, in <
Fishpond Township; two tenant
houses four rooms each; barn and
stables, two deep wells, 90 and 100 ;
feet; about 16(^ acres open in good i
state of cultivation. We are offering
this property at a very low price and
on easy terms to a quick buyer. About
seven miles Southeast of Midway.
Price, and terms on application. i
Eighty-five acres, about sixty-five
acres cleared; only about one mile
North of Bamberg.
Thirty-six acres, about twenty-five
acres cleared; about one mile Northeast
of Bamberg.
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Fifty acres, about forty acres i
cleared; about two and one-half miles
South of Bamberg.
Five hundred acres, about three J
Hundred cleared and in high state of
cultivation, with good improvements;
about one mile East of Kearse.
Nine hundred and ten acres, about ;
three hundred acres cleared, and
three hundred acres more of fine i
lands can be cleared: within one-half <
mile of Midway.
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BAMBERG.
One sLx room dwelling; % acre in J
lot; good servant house; good water; :
all in good order and under fence. A
nrst-ciass piece 01 property, rme
low, terms easy.
One six-room, two story dwelling,
on New Bridge street, with servant's
house, barn and stables and other ;
outbuildings.
One five-room dwelling, on Main
street, South, with barn and stables. 1
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^APfiAINS
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Thirty acres, about twenty acres
cleared; two and one-half miles *;
Sfouth of Bamberg.
Four hundred and forty-two tow,
about one hundred and fifty acres
cleared; one mile North of Midway. . /M
One hundred and fifty acres, about
seventy-five acres cleared; about (Hie
mile East of Midway.
Two hundred and sixty acres, about :
one hundred acres cleared; about two
miles North-east of Bamberg.
Six hundred and fifty acres, finely
timbered with hard woods; about
five miles east of Ehrhardt. (
Two hundred and fourteen acres, j.
about one hundred cleared; about
Bix miles East of Ehrhardt.
One hundred acres, about seventyfive
acres cleared, and in good state \ ;'r. ^
of cultivation; one mile South of
Odom's Bridge.
Five hundred acres, two hundred wjj
acres cleared, balance in timbers;;
about three miles East of Midway.
One hundred and seventy-eight
acres, about seventy-five acres cleared;
about one mile North-?ast . or V ^
Bamberg. *
>PERTIES...
One seven-room dwelling, on New;
Road street, South, yrith barn and '
Btables and other outbuildings and / -^|
three acres lot. ' * * '$vsEm
Five tenant houses, three with four '
rooms and two with two rooms, on
New Road street. /
Two open lots, containing two or
more acres, on New Road street.
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One open lot, on Church street,
West, ninety-eight feet front hy fifty- <M
three and one-fonrth feet deep.
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