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BAIL WAS REFUSED.
Supreme Court in Divided Decision
Sends W. T. Jones to Jail.
The supreme court has reiused
bail in the case of W. T. Jones^ the
Union man under arrest on the j
charge of having poisoned his wife, i
The order refusing the bail was
signed by Justices Gary and Jones,
Chief Justice Pope stating, that he
could not concur and Justice Woods j
being absent. The decision of the:
court means that Jones will be placed
in the Union jail to await trial at
the next term of criminal court.
The case is in some respects a remarkable
once, there being appeals
from both sides. The defendant appealed
from the order of Judge
Hydrick refusing bail and the State
appealed from the order of Chief
Justice Pope, which stayed proceedings
at the time of the trial. The supreme
court reversed the order of
Chief Justice Pope after hearing the
arguments, and when the appeal
from Judge Hydrick's decision came
up counsel for Jones withdrew the
appeal, it being announced from the
bench thai the aDDeal should be dis
missed, in a decision to be delivered
later \
The court then heard argument in
original jurisdiction and gave the
decision that bail should be refused.
This was not concurred in by Chief
Justice Pope, but as a majority of
the tribunal so rules the prisoner
will he taken back to jail to remain
there until time for the trial. Jones
was present when the first appeal
was argued, and was quartered at
one of the hotels in Columbia. It was
rumored that he attended one of the
theatres there, but this was denied.
Jones is one of the wealthiest
farmers of Union county. It is said
that he had always been cruel to his
wife and the manner of her death is
alleged to have been horrible.
Boy Killed in Boxing Bout.
Philadelphia, Dec. 18.?James
Curren, 18-years-old, was killed in a
boxing bout with Benjamin Barnet,
aged 17 years, at the Broadway Athletic
club in the lower section of this
city today.
The boys boxed evenly in the first .
round, but in the second round Barnet
began to punish his opponent. He
knocked Curren down with a hard
blow on the chin. After rising Curren
collapsed.
A physician examined him and or- ;
dered his removal to the hospital,
but he was dead when the institution '
was reached.
The police arrested Barnet and j
Bert Drace and John Haggerty, the
boys who acted as seconds to Curren. :
The seconds for Barnet fled. ;
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Bitten by Pet Cat. I
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 16.?Bitten 1
( by a pet cat a month ago, James 1
\ Clark, of Leicester, died at his home 1
* last Monday evening of hydrophobia 1
after untold agony, which opiates ;
were powerless to relieve. i
No bad efTects followed the bite i
of the family's pet cat until Friday 1
last, when Mr. Clark was seized t
with convulsions, shudders at the i
sight of water and the paralysis of i
the pharyngeal muscles, which pre- c
x vented his swallowing, and other 1
symptoms which Dr. Reynolds, the i
attending physician, diagnosed as <
those of hydrophobia. The patient 1
becoming rapidly worse, Dr. G. D. ?
Gardner, of Asheville, was summon- (
ed to Leicester for consultation, i
' Dr. Gardner was also of opinion that t
the case developed all the symptoms i
of hydrophobia. The patient suffer- t
ed terrible agony, and at times the i
strength of several men were re- i
quired to prevent him doing injury ?
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which morphine was entirely power- I
less to alleviate. Chloral, however, 1
was used to better advantage. He c
sank into a stupor Monday and died f
&t 4 o'clock that afternoon. t
Dr. Gardner pronounces the case s
a most unusual one, but states that
it is the generally accepted medical ?
theory that hydrophobia may origi- \
nate from the bite of a cat. t
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After Better Mail Service. a
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Washington, Dec. 18.?In order
that the people on the Seaboard Air ,
Line south of Columbia may have a
more frequent mail service, Repre- *
sentative Lever has taken up with
the. postoffice department the mat- ,
ter of inauguration of a complete c
mail service on the new local trains, ^
Nos. 63 and 64. This would give the ,
people along the road an early morn- c
ing delivery and a late afternoon col- J*
lection. It would benefit not only ,
the people at the stations along the .
road, but those along the various .
rural delivery routes which run out .
from the stations. The department
has the matter under advisement, ,
l and it is thought likely that in the '
near future the service will be in- 8
stalled. I
Takes His Own Life. a
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Asheville, N. C., Dec. 20 .?For c
no apparent cause other than a fit e
of irritation caused by his having d
missed a train, Fred Runnion, dep- a
uty sheriff of Madison county, this
afternoon put a pistol to his left S
temple and shot himself through the
head, dying almost instantly.
rifln,i+,r RnnniAii
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panied by his wife, came to Asheville
from Marshall Saturday morn- f
ing to do some Christmas shopping t
and registered at the Windsor hotel, d
He left an order at the oflilfc to be i:
called for the morning train, but a
when awakened failed to rise and as v
a consequence missed his train. He c
later showed much irritation and re- S
fused to leave his room for dinner o
and his wife went to the dining li
room alone. On returning to her h
room after the meal she found her
husband lying across the bed dead, o
with blood trickling from a wound v
in his forehead. His pistol was still u
clutched in the right hand.
There was no known cause for s
the suicide, Runnion being in ap- a
parent good health and spirits up to n
a few hours before the shooting. He t
was a well known man in Madison t
county and possessed of consider- a
able wealth. b
The sudden shock of the tragedy t
has left Mrs. Runnion prostrated. d
FOR STATE PROHIBITION.
Rev. J. L. Harley Discusses Likely J
Legislation.
Editor The Bamberg Herald: As
was to be expected when the Prohibitionists
of South Carolina met and
declared for State-wide prohibition,
we began to hear criticisms pro and
con from every direction. Some of
our so-called Prohibitionists, says
the Florence Times, have actually
taken a trip to Savannah, Georgia,
to learn that prohibition is a farce.
We do not know who these gentlemen
are, but if the editor of the Florence
Times will kindly publish their
names, the citizens of South Carolina
would be better able to judge of the
worth of their statements. The cry
is raised on every hand that if we
have State-wide prohibition conditions
will be worse in Charleston
than they are now. We are peremptorily
told that the law cannot be enforced
in the lower counties and that
are -irmat wait, until the neoDle are
educated up to a higher standard of
citizenship and morality. It is the
purpose of this paper to bring some
things to the attention of the people
of our State.
First of all, I wishB to ask: Can
conditions be any worse than they
are? With 14 dispensaries running
full blast from sun to sun?more
than 300 licensed blind-tigers selling
liquor day and night?hundreds
of other blind tigers selling without
any license at all, and the people of
Charleston ordering one hundred
thousand dollars worth of liquor a
year. I ask again: Can conditions
be any worse?
After all, without any intention of
reflecting upon the good people of
Charleston, what is Charleston, that
the whole State should be balled upon
to bow to her will in an important
matter like this? Charleston represents
about four per cent, of the population
of South Carolina, and every
one knows that more than one-half
of her population is made up of the
colored race. If Charleston does not
wish to enforce the law, let her do
as she is doing now. It cannot be
worse. But, in heaven's name, do
not ask the whole State Ho wait on
Charleston.
Again, some of our people seem to
fear that we will force prohibition
upon communities before they are
ready, and thereby bring reproach '
upon our cause. Thanks for consideration.
Here let us call attention i
to the following facts: We have now
21 counties in this State without the 1
legalized sale of intoxicating liquors,
[n these 21 counties live a large majority
of the population of the entire
State. This majority is made up
principally of white people. In other s
words, a safe estimate would be, that i
three-fourths of the white people in '
kTie state live in nrohibition territory. <
We are Democrats, and we claim i
hat the white people are in ma- s
jority?that we can rule?must rule, i
md will rule. And yet, this large i
majority of the whole State?this 1
arger majority of white people of ]
:he State are being told by a small 1
ninority of white people, "Wait for .
is and the negroes of the lower j
jounties until we get ready for pro- (
libition." And the plea they make (
s, that they are afraid of worse con- j
litions. Worse conditions indeed!
With blind tigers plying their trade,
jspecially in dispensary counties, all
>ver the lower part of State, buyng
liquor from the dispensaries for <
hat purpose, and in some instances i
nunicipal authorities making no at- (
;empt whatever to enforce the law, I i
aise the question, can the good peo- 1
)le of the lower part of the State, and (
t large majority of the white people t
>f the State wait longer for an im- 1
>rovement in conditions? We be- t
ieve it is the duty of every good ]
;itizen to throw the weight of his in- i
luence against such conditions, and ]
hereby help to change them as 1
ipeedily as possible. (
Our Prohibition convention did not c
idopt my plan in trying to get State- I
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y 1UU VUil/lUUU, x irauvvu u |/i vua v
>ition bill passed with a provision t
hat it be submitted to the people in c
l State election for their confirms- t
ion. But if our legislature at the t
lext session shall pass a prohibition f
aw for the whole State, and will t
provide for assistance to the attor- i
ley general, making financial provi- i
ion for the enforcement of such a i
aw, I believe we shall succeed in
5outh Carolina as well as they are
ucceeding in other States. That
iquor will be shipped into our
>tate goes without saying, but let us f
idd another to the fast growing t
ist of States whose cry must be c
leard, and eventually will be 1
teard, for relief at the capital of t
his great nation. 1
Let the weak-kneed, back-bone- d
ess officials get out of the way and t
;ive place to men. Let every true t
aan join in this fight for reform and a
letter government, and let us leave .
heritage to our children that will
heer us in our old age, rejoice and '
omfort us when we come to the i
nd of the way, and of which our i
lescendants will be proud when we (
re gone.
J. L. HARLEY.
ipartanburg, S. C., Dec. 18, 1908.
A Disgraceful Case.
A woman from the country from
amily of good standing came to
own during the carnival and was
aade beastly drunk and was taken
nto a room over one of the stores
nd put on public exhibition. There
fas a doorkeeper and by paying 50
ents anyone could gain admittance,
iuch a diabolical deed was carried
n for several hours before the poice
got on to it and sent the poor
alf dead degraded woman home.
We understand that the husband
f the woman came over to take out
warrants but for some cause he did
ot do it.
For the sake of humanity, for the
ake of the good name of Bishopville
nd Lee county and for the cause of
aorality the grand jury should take
he matter up and probe to the botom.
The last one of them having
nything to do with it at all should
e made to suffer the extreme penaly
of the law. Will the grand jury
o it??Bishopville Vindicator.
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FIGHT OX BUCKET SHOPS.
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Latest Effort to Suppress Them by
Congressional Action Fails.
Washington, Dec. 18.?The House
has made another effort to abolish
the bucket snop, but like previous e forts
it fell through for tliq want of
votes. This time the sentiment can e
from the cotton States and the mem-.
bers representing agricultural con- i
stituencies were prominent in the
move to secure an amendment to the
bill codifying the criminal laws of
the United States and an amendment
to make dealing in futures a
criminal offense. The amendment
was defeated by a vote of 89 to 103.
The strange part about such legislation
is that nearly every member
expresses himself as favoring legislation
to stop gambling and that
dealing in cotton futures is gambling
pure and simple, but when it comes
time to vote they excuse themselves
by saying that the question is too
infportant to dispose of in an hour
or two 01 aeDaie.
And in the House, in a short session,
there is never much time for
debate.
Leading lawyers in the House say
that State laws can suppress bucket
shops and stop the pernicious practice
of dealing in futures, but it is
a question of the right of the government
to deal with a matter that
comes squarely within the police
power of the State. If it could be
proved that dealing in futures was
gambling without question, then the
government could cut off the mails
to such business under the lottery
act. But many brokers who deal in
cotton futures are legitimate brokers
and are a help to the cotton
planters. The advocates of this legislation
will now turn to the Senate
and make an effort to secure what
they want from that body.
Negro Wants Taste of Hell.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 17.?Henry
Harvey, a negro, who was hanged
at Rockingham, N. C., today for
murder, repulsed the ministers who
approached him this morning to administer
spiritual comfort, telling
them that he desired to go to hell for
a special purpose.
On the march to the gallows a
chicken flew over the heads of the
party and the condemned man exclaimed
laughingly: "Somebody
catch that chicken." Harvey's crime
was the slaying of Huge Price, also
colored, at Rockingham last summer.
Both the deceased and his murderer
were from Roanoke, Va.
Found Him Guilty.
J. T. Martin, who was arrested
3ome time ago on a charge of using
the mails for fraudulent purposes
was convicted in the United States
Court at Charleston. The case
igainst Martin was tried in his absence
and he was found guilty on
two counts. He operated a scheme
in several portions of the State and i
the evidence was so strong against
him that the verdict was rendered
without the jury leaving their seats. |
A. bench warrant was issued for his
irrest and his bond will be estreat- :
?d. Martin was confined in the
Drangeburg jail while he was under
irrest. * ,
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A Queer Suit.
A suit has been filed in the district
iourt for Geary county, Kan., which
will attract wide attention, says the
Dhicago Record-Herald. On the
norning of October 3, Jesse B. Wingield,
a prominent farmer living in
Jeary county, awoke and announced
;hat in his sleep he had swallowed
lis artificial teeth. ^Dr. King of June
;ion city, Drougnt wingneici 10 a 10?eka
hospital, where it was decided
in operation was necessary, and
Drs. McClintock and Bowen, of the
lospital, and Dr. King, of Junction
2ity, performed it. The doctors first
nit a hole in the side of the throat,
iut the teeth were not there. Then
;hey decided, as alleged, that the
eeth were in his stomach, and they
tut him open for a general investiga;ion.
The teeth were not found
here either and have never been
'ound. Wingfield died. Now his
vidow is suing the three doctors
lamed for $10,000 damages and
nalpractice. The doctors said the
nan died of kidney trouble.
Fire in Charleston.
Charleston, Dec. 20.?A serious
Ire was threatened this morning in
he burning of a warehouse with 40
>dd barrels of turpentine. A large
ot of rosin adjoining the warehouse
vas saved from the fire, but the Wiliam
Johnson & Co. coal yard was
lamaged somewhat. By good work
he department controlled the fire^
he losses from which will amount to
,bout $3,000, covered by insurance.
THE BEAUTY \
OF SOME PIANOS* |
is only in the case. It is much J
easier to make a handsome case ?
than it is to put music into it. An w
ordinary mechanic can do the one ? 4
the other requires the best skill of 4
an artist. i
THE BRIGGS
PIANOS I
all have artistic and durable cases; ?
but in their factory constant, care* A
ful, studious attention is given to J
the production of a perfect musical J
tone. The thorough and honest J
construction of the VIRIA J
is a positive guar- D HIM Hi# ?
antee of its lasting qualities. We J
would like to show you how a 0
Briggs is made. J
Tuning Carefully Done. J \
G. A. LUCAS, 5
P. O. Box 490 Augusta, Ga. i
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