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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS,
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News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings. .
Ehrhardt, March. 22.?Farmers
are getting anxious about their fertilizers,
that is those'that gave late
orders. It seems as if the supply of
kainit is about "Shipped out, and it iS
too late to give orders for more. Several
want to commence putting out
their fertilizer and plant corn.
Col. John F. Folk, wife, and
ri*iiarhter. Louise, spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. A. D. Ehrhardt.
; Some talk of the memorial next
month at "River's Bridge grounds. NO
date has been positively advertised
as yet.
Sunday was a pretty day after the
shower in the morning. The young
folks had a promenade Sunday afternoon,
telling yarns, etc., to each
other.
k Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt went
up the country last Thursday morning,.
returning'on'Saturday.
Little Winston D. Copeland, son
of Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Copeland, was
buried in Ehrhardt cemetery on Friday
of last week. The little fellow
was about five months old. The
bereaved parents have our sympathy
in their bereavement.
The fishing crew of last week don't
say much about the fish they caught.
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They taiR aDout meir riuct> UU lUti
gasoline boats, so we infer that they
could have ridden about nearer home
and perhaps at less expense. They
say, however, that they got enough
out of the traps to eat while there.
Mr. Eli Carter, Mr. Caleb Carter's
father, died this morning. Will
be buried at Hampton, S. C. He was
about eighty years old or more?one
of our old land marks. The family
has the sympathy of their numerous
^ friends. JEE.
News from Kearse.
Kearse, March 22.?The Timrod
Literary Society held its regular
meeting last Friday evening. It being
a pleasant evening we had a full
attendance and several visitors. The
following program was .carried out:
Current Events?Mr. Quintus
Brabham.
Instrumental Solo?Miss Pearl
Breland.
Essay?Mr. W. H. Ritter.
< Reading?Miss Sudie Ritter.
Mr. W. H. Ritter's essay on "The
Salkehatchie River" was much enjoyed
by all.
The constitution drawn up and 1
read by Miss Cresida Breland was
adopted by the society. Now that
we have at last gotten our constitution
straight we hope for good
order or a "fat" treasury.
On next Friday evening, the 26th,
the public are cordially invited to
attend our meeting, begining at 8.30.
The following program is arranged:
?Missps Vena. Pearl, and
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Cressida Breland. Etti? and Mell
? Kearse, Messrs. W. H. and G. E.
Ritter, Merrick Kinard, and Horace
Kearse.
Reading?Miss Vena Breland.
Music?By local band.
Recitation?Miss Evelyn Brabham.
Music?
Debate?'Tis better to have loved
and lost than never to have loved
at all. Affirmative: Mr. Stacy
Kearse, Mrs. O. M. Chitty. Negative:
Mr. H. A. Kearse and Miss Aline
Kearse.
* " Music?
Play?Interupted Proposal?Mr.
W. H. Ritter, Miss Leila Folk, Miss
Vena Breland, Miss Pearl Breland,
Miss Mell Kearse, Messrs. Ennis Breland
and Stacy Kearse.
We hope to have a full house on
that occasion. Come and bring your
friends.
There is lots of sickness, colds and
'grip' in our community at present
and plenty heavy rains.
We were all glad to have Miss
^ Cressie Breiand with us again after
several weeks of severe illness.
Mr. Jno. F. Breeland, who has
been very sick, is slowly improving.
Colston Cullings.
v Colston, March 23.?We had plenty
of rain last Saturday and Sunday
- and right smart of thunder and lightning
with it.
> Mr. G. C. Padgett and Miss Letitia
Bishop were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. L. R. Clayton last Sunday.
Little Blanche Arant spent last
Saturday and Sunday with little Ida
Bishop.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Bishop and
family, from Ehrhardt, were theguests
of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Fender
last Sunday.
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Mr. J. u. JtYirK.1a.11u auu uiuiuci auu
little sister, Hattie, visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Folk last week.
Mr. Clyde Padgett and sister, Miss
Leila, and Miss Annie Bishop visited
I friends and relatives at Clear Pon?
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender visited
their daughter, Mrs. Laurie Clayton,
last Sunday.
Miss Minnie Fender is spending
some time with friends and relatives
in the Ehrhardt section.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rentz went
to Bamberg Monday. A. L. B.
A The regular meeting of the Loyal
Temperance Legion will be held in
the Sunday-school room of the
Methodist church on Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. Let there be a
good attendance, and be prompt!
A PROGRESSIVE AGE.
"Old Tinier" Writes of Motor Cars
and Other Things.
Kearse, March 22.?Less than two
hundred years have passed since the
savage Indian with his bow; and arrows
passed up what is now known
as the Barnwell road, then a trail
used by them going to and from the
low country.' After him came the
line of stage coaches with its driver
in his box drawing the reins over
lour to six horses with relays at certain
places and the stage horn with
its musical notes echoed through the
miles of pine forests, and the frightened
deer scampered away from its
sOirndi with tiie packs of howling
wolves to make the night hideous
with their howls made tfay before
the sturdy pioneer with his ox cart
with his rawr hide traces, then the
wagon, buggy and carriage, drawn as
n rulp hv thA natient. mule, tueeine
away through the deep sand with his
load. Now, he too, will soon be a
thing of the past?the sand covered
with a blanket of clay and the horn
of the motor car to echo in the pastures
of the swamps along the line.
Only last week a party came down
this old historic road driving one.
The first to use this road but not last,
causing consternation all along the
line. One old colored woman past
eighty ran like a frightened doe until
she met some one. Nearly out of
breath she called in a wheezing tone:
"Say, what de debil is dat ting, nohow.
I'se ole, but neber see nutten
lack dat befo. i declare to de lawd I
neber been so scared. Sho, man,
lemme git away befo dat ting come
back." Soon all that will change, for
they will soon be as common as wagons
are now, only to be laid aside
for something better, for this is an
age of progress, only to be halted by
the downfall of the people as a
whole, and each era on the stage of
life finds ways and means to suit the
necessities of the times.
Perhaps the time is not far off before
a man can take his air ship after
daylight and leave his home twenty
miles from your town and eat an
early breakfast, then do his shop
ping, get back and do nearly a full
day's work on his farm. Who knows?
Soon this slipshod style of farming
will have to go and a new regime
rule. In fact, it is nearly here already,
when a brighter day will
dawn for the farmer, and his boys
and girls will no longer look with
longing eyes to some other place for
better homes. Let the good work
once begin and no one knows where
it will end. We have many implements
on the farm now, yet others
are sadly needed. Some machine
with power other than the mule or
horse, that can go over fifteen to
twenty or more acres in a day, a cotton
picker, and many others before
farming will be what it can and will
be. is the belief of
OLD TIMER.
QUARTETTE AND BELL RINGERS.
The Otterbein Male Quartette Company
and Bell Ringers Has Been
Secured for a Concert Here
Next Tuesday Evening.
Another treat in the way of music
is in store for Bamberg. The Otterbein
Male Quartette Company and
Bell Ringers has been secured by the
local lyceum management for a concert
on next Tuesday, March 30th.
The Otterbein is considered one of
the best male quartettes touring the
country to-day, and is certainly the
most expensive that has been booked
here under the present management.
It was only possible to secure them
because they had an off night in this
section. Here's what the Bristol,
Tenn., Herald says of them:
"The Otterbein Male Quartette,
admitted to be one of the best quartettes
in the country, rendered sevlections
that brought forth hearty
applause. Finer voices have never
been heard in this city and they harmonize
perfectly."
Dr. T. Byron Caldwell, pastor
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Syracuse,
N. Y., writes:
"'The Otterbein Male Quartette
Bell Ringers greatly delighted a
large audience at the Tabernacle
Baptist Church. The company is
composed of real artists. In every
song there is life and action, as well
as sweet music and perfect harmony.
They are simply great. The solo
work was excellent. As a reader and
impersonator, Mr. Engle greatly excels.
He kept his audience in a roar
of laughter. The bell ringing was
superb, and proved to be one of the
most pleasing and entertaining features
of the evening. Again and
again they were encored, the audience
seeming never to lag or tire or
get enough. Should the Otterbeins
come again to this city, a most enthusiastic
reception awaits them."
Tickets for this concert at regular
rates?50 cents.
A full house should greet them.
Thirteenth Census Will be Taken
This Year.
Washington, March 18.?The first
piece of legislation acted on by the
house during its special session was
a bill providing for taking the thirteenth
census, which was passed.
In its present form the measure
gives to the civil service commission
jurisdiction over the appointments
and provides for the printing of reports
by the government printing office.
As enacted last session, the bill
stripped civil service commission of
such authority and there is a provision
allowing some printing by
private concerns because of which
President Roosevelt vetoed it. A further
amendment is made whereby
the appointments will be apportioned
pro rata among the States.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs Ahont
Men and Happenings.
Sumter county has already contributed
$309.75 to the fund to erect
a monument to the women of the
Confederacy. ... .. *
James McDowell, a young white
man of Greenville cojunty, has been
missing for ten days./ When last seen
he had $100 jn his pockets and it is
feared he has met with foul play.
C. C. Featherstone, Esq., of Laurens.
has been aDDointed sDecial
judge to preside at the Abbeville
term of court, in place of Judge
Prince, who is ill at his home in Anderson.
A
solid train of strawberries and
other early fruits passed through Columbia
the other day,en route North
from Florida, via the Southern. The
cargo was in charge of the Southern
Express Company.
Governor Ansel has refused to pardon
Pat Carroll, a white man of
Charleston, who was sent to jail for
three months for contempt of court.
Carroll was enjoined from dealing in
liquor by the supreme court.
A fine mare belonging to Willie
(Coot) Johnson, a colored farmer of
Lancaster, died of what is supposed
to be hydrophobia! Several supposedly
mad dogs have lately traversed,
that community, but the mare was
not known to have been bitten.
Johnson is quite unfortunate, having
lost a good mule by drowning, last
fall.
Congressman George Legare, of
Charleston, has gone to New Mexico
for the benefit of his health. He is
suffering from tuberculosis, and it is
doubtful if he will ever again occupy
his seat in the national house. He
has been one of the most valuable
representatives this State has had in
congress in recent years, gifted,
popular and energetic.
KIDNAPPED CHILD RESTORED.
Willie Whitla, of Sharon, Returned
to Anxious Parents.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 22.?Little
Willie Whitla, who has caused the
police of the entire country endless
worry since he was kidnapped from
school in Sharon, Pa., last Thursday,
was returned to his father at the
Hotel Hollenden at 8 o'clock tonight.
In compliance with an agreement
entered into between the kidnapped
boy's father and an agent of the kidnappers
here to-day, the boy was
placed on a street car on the outskirts
of the city and started to the
hotel shortly after 8 o'clock. Two
boys, G. W. Ramsey and Edward Mahoney,
recognized the lad on the car
and taking him in charge, conducted
him to his father, who was in waiting.
The boy wandered about the hotel
lobby unannounced for several minutes,
asking bellboys for his father,
before the latter knew his son was in
the foyer. The moment the anxious
parent heard that a strange boy was
in the hotel he rushed across the
lobby, grasped him in his arms and
smothered his face with kisses.
An attempt had been made to disguise
the lad. He wore a pair of
smoked glasses and a large tan cap,
which was pulled down over his ears,
and the father said it would have
been difficult to have recognized the
boy in such garb had he passed him
on the street.
In Perfect Health.
Willie is in perfect health. He
says that he has been well treated
and ever since his capture has been
constantly indoors. He believes he
was taken from Sharon to Warren
and thence to Newcastle, Pa. It is his
opinion, expressed in a happy school
boy way, that he was in Ashtabula on
Saturday night at the time his father
was to leave his $10,000 in Flatiron
park.
Whitia senior refused to state
whether he had paid the ransom or
not. He said that he received a letter
to-day from the kidnappers at his
home in Sharon, saying that if he
called at a confectionery store in the
east end of Cleveland he would be
told how to secure his boy unharmed
and "well fed." Shortly after noon
he left Sharon for Cleveland. He was
unaccompanied. His immediate family
and the private detectives he had
in his emDloy he apprised of the pro
posed secret meeting, but insisted
that he make the trip alone. Everyone
of them was warned that he
must be allowed to go unheralded,
and no attempt at the capture of the
kidnappers now be made. Whitla
was certain that if he spoiled the
plans of hils son's captors to-night
he would never see the lad again. His
experience at Ashtabula served as a
warning.
About 2 o'clock this afternoon he
went to a candy store in the east
end. With him he carried the $10,000,
expecting that it would be demanded
of him there. He was met by
a woman, who detailed to him the
terms of the kidnappers. With all
the eagerness of a distracted parent,
Whitla agree 1 to them immediately.
Detectives in his employ say that he
paid the money, but on this point the
father declines to commit himself.
Half an hour later he returned to the
Hollenden hotel and awaited his son.
See the new ad. of C. R. Brab-J
ham's Sons in this issue. They have
the nicest stock of furnishings for J
men in the town, and the ladies can j
also be suited there.
SHERIFF AND SOX GUILTY.
Georgia Jury Convicts Father and
Son of Murder.
Jesup, Ga., March 20.?The jury
in the Lyens murder case returned
to their room at 2:20 o'clock this
aiternooa and after being out one
hour and five minutes returned'.with
a verdict of guilty with a recommendation
to the mercy of the . court.
Judge Parker at once passed a life
sentence on Former Sheriff WV B.
Lyons, and his son, Archie. The defendants
in the case stood on their
feet with Attorney James B. Thomas
between them and received the sentence
in silence.
Almost universal satisfaction prevails
and excitement is not so high
as at one time. This is the biggest
case ever tried in Wayne county.
Excitement has been higher during
the progress* of this trial than at any
other time in the history of the
county. Every inch of ground was
contested.
Fund to Prosecute.'
The , men . were indicted for the
murder of Fleming Smith/ on December
12th, of last year. The case
which ended to-day was called for
trial Tuesday morning of this week,
about two days were consumed in
getting a jury. This was because of
the long list of subscribers to a fund
for the prosecution of the case which
made it hard for jurors to qualify
because of relationship.
A day and a half were consumed
in getting in the evidence and the
argument began at noon yesterday.
Judge R. E. Dart, of Brunswick,
opened the case for the State. He
was followed by Dave M. Parker, a
local lawyer, who opened the case
for' the defense, then Col. L. L.
Thomas spoke for the defense, followed
by Col. W. W. Bennett and
Solicitor General J. ti. Thomas, then
spoke for the State. The leading
counsel for the defense, Col. James
B. Thomas, then closed, and ex-Solcitor
General John W. Bennett
closed for the State.
Many Women Attend.
A great many women and children
attended the trial all the way
through and interest and excitement
never subsided until the verdict was
reached this afternoon.
Attorneys for the defense made a
motion for a new trial. It will be
hoard at- WnvornsR fia.. Mav 8th. be
fore Judge Parker.
At Trinity Sunday-School. V
Next Sunday afternoon will be
known as Temperance Day at Trinity
Methodist Sunday-school, and the exercises
will be filled with interest for
everyone, young and old; little and
big. Whoever misses the session of
the school will miss something worth
while. The Loyal Temperance Legion,
under the supervision of Miss
Bessie Lee Black, will render some
special music and recitations bearing
on the practical side of this question.
Parents are especially invited tp be
present.
Last Sunday was Missionary Day,
and the program was carried out.
with that single idea in view. Mis
sions was the tbeme, ana several papers
were read giving information on
the subject of one of the greatest
missionaries of modern times, Dr.
Young J. Allen. The exercises were
taken part in by some fifteen different
people and the singing was participated
in by practically all present.
A special offering for missions was
announced and this will be brought
in on Sunday.
The beautiful little badges bearing
the words "Trinity Sunday-school"
have proved to be quite popular, and
the children especially seem to like
the idea. On Sunday, the 28th, another
beautiful design will be presented
to those making an offering
to missions.
The Sabbath-school is growing
rapidly. The bone fide enrollment is
over the two hundred and thirty-five
mark, and is increasing. The average
attendance is about one hundred
and seventy-five, but often the two
hundred mark is reached.
Following is the program for
Temperance Sunday:
Opening song?"Put Your Shoulder
to the Wheel"?by choir.
Responsive Reading?by school.
Prayer?by the pastor.
Roll call of teachers,
j Song?"Where There's Drink
There's Danger"?by Legioners.
Recitation?"Vote As You Pray,
Brother"?by Carey Graham.
Song?"Sing a Song of Prohibition"?by
Legioners.
Lesson.
Reading?"Character Study of
Hon. Neal Dow"?by B. L. Black.
Recitation?"Never Make Friends
With the Drink"?by Marie Ducker. |
Song?"Some Glad Day"?by!
choir.
Report of secretary.
Song?"Be Brave, be Steadfast,
and be True"?by Legioners.
Closing song?"Crown Him King
of Kings"?by choir.
Dismiss with Sabbath-school
prayer.
Come, friends, one and all! Let
your presence be an inspiration to
those especially who take an active
part. Won't you come with your
monies, ready to give to the master
for this noble cause?the effort to
forever drive out from our State the
abominable legalized liquor traffic?
Senator Smith's CommitteesWashington,
March 22.?Senator
Smith received his committee assignments
to-day and is exceedingly well
pleased. He is on the agricultural
committee, upon which he was most
anxious to get. He goes on the newly
created committee on "conservation
of natural resources." His other
committees are immigration, patents,
geological survey and examination
for several branches of civil service.
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THE COOPERS CONVICTED.
RIGHTEOUS VERDICT OF JURY
IN CARMACK CASE.
Given Twenty Years Imprisonment.
Appeal Was Taken and Bond
Given. :
Nashville, : Tenn.,? '^larch 20.?
Guilty of murder .in the second degVee?punishnlent
of 20 years' imprisonment?was
the unexpected
verdict rendered by t}ie jury against
Col. Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J.
Cooper when court opened to-day.
The jury yesterday acquitted John D.
Sharp, indicted with the Coopers for
the slaying of Former United States
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Everything moved ; swiftly from
the moment' the verdict was rendered.
Immediately the defense moved
to set it aside because of the verdict
of- disagreement of yesterday and
asked the court to declare it a mistrial.
Judge Hart said he would listen
to argument on this motion later,
probably next week. ..He then fixed
the defendants'/ bonds at $25,000
each.
Although Judge Hart fixed the
bond at $25,000, there was a rush
to sign it on the part of wealthy citizens
of Nashville, which fairly
swamped the clerk of the criminal
court. In vain he protested over and
over again that more than enough
sureties had signed, but the invariable
answer was, "We want to put
our name on that bond too."
It seemed as though every friend
of the Coopers; considered it incumbent
upon him to sign the bond.
When there was no more room for
names at the foot of the document,
the new bondsmen indorsed it across
the face until it was difficult co decipher
the signatures. When filed
the bond totaled nearly $1,500,000.
The Coopers returned to the jail
this afternoon late afid removed
their personal effects. For the present
Col. Cooper will make his home
with Mrs. Burch and Robin will return
to his old quarters with his
uncle, John C. Bradford.
To-night the father and son retired
to the home of Judge J. C.
Bradford and discussed the next
move in the case.
Large Crowd Present.
Various and insistent rumors that
the jury had agreed were responsi
ble for a crowded court room this
morning and for the presence of attorneys
on both sides long before the
usual hour fot convening.
" As soon as Judge. Hart entered
court and after he removed his coat
he ordered the defendants and the
jury brought into court.
"I understand they have agreed,"
he remarked to the press table, "and
am sending to see."
In almost a moment, at 9:25, to be
exact, the 12 men entered the room
and took the same seats they have
occupied for nearly nine weeks.
"Have you agreed upon a verdict,
gentlemen?" asked Judge Hart.
"We have," replied Foreman E. M.
Burke, hoarsely.
"Advance, Mr. Foreman, and read
the verdict."
"We, the jury, find tne defendants,
Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J.
Cooper, guilty of murder in the second
degree, and assess their punishment
at confinement in the State
penitentiary for a period of 20
years."
"So say you all, gentlemen?"
"So say we all," in chorus.
"I thank you, gentlemen," said the
court, "for your patience and devo
tion to the State and dismiss you to
your homes and to your personal
employment."
At the conclusion of this remark
the entire 12 sprang from their seats
as one man and hurriedly left the
court room.
The verdict, coming as it did upon
the heels of Foreman Burke's declaration
yesterday "that we are hopelessly
tied up as to the Coopers," was
a decided surprise. The defendants
took it coolly?almost without emotion.
In a second after Judge Hart ceased
dismissing the jury, Judge Anderson,
of the defense, was on his feet
exclaiming:
Hold It a Mistrial.
"Your honor, we believe that the
case should be declared a mistrial because
of verdict; we contend' that
yesterday's verdict was the only one,
and that it acquitted John Sharp,
but declared a disagreement on the
other defendants. We also ask that
the defendants be admitted to bond
at once."
"The verdict of the jury makes it
a bailable case," was the court's retort,
"hence I will fix the bond of
each at $25,000 unless there be some
objection. In that event I will hear
argument."
"It is satisfactory to us," said Attorney
General McCarn. 0
"And to us," retorted Judge AnHprsr?n
"There seems to be nothing left
but for the court to pass sentence,"
added Judge Hart.
"I do not think that necessary,"
said Judge Anderson. "We move
that judgment be suspended and that
we be given a new trial. We will be
prepared to argue the motion later
?probably next week."
"All right Judge," remarked the
court. "I know you will not delay
unnecessarily and I will take it up at
your own convenience."
"Bring in the bond book," said
Judge Anderson. It was brought and
the defendants signed the bond and
returned for a few minutes with
their relatives and friends to the
room they have occupied in the jail
building.
As the verdict was announced
Mrs. Burch and Mrs. Wilson, the
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FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
Alleged Slayers of Perry Ussery, at
Barnwell, Convicted.
Barnwell, March 20.?After a trial
lasting three days Quitman Johnson
and Ferdinand Grubbs, charged with
the assassination of Mr. W. Perry
Ussery here last November, were today
found guilty of murder, a recommendation
for mercy for Grubbs accompanying
the verdict.
The case has caused widespread interest
throughout the trial, and at all
times the court room has been
crowded to overflowing. The State
put up about thirty witnesses and
made out a strong case. Solicitor
Byrnes conducted the case in an able
manner and was assisted by J. A.
Willis, Esq., and J. Emile Harley, > I
Esq. The defendants were represented
by A. H. Ninestein, Esq., and
R. P. Searson, Jr., Esq. The counsel
for the defense was appointed by the &?!
court
The two most interesting witnesses
were the co-defendants. Each claimed
that he knew nothing of the
shooting, but happened to be la 4
Barnwell on business and was ao- ? %
companied by the other. Johnson
claimed that Mr. Chester Kennedy, a y?
young white man, who, previous-to
the Ussery killing, was shot up by . r
Mr.^ Marvin Holland, at Dunbarton,
said he did the shooting and got the
wrong man, as he wanted Holland.
Grubbs stated that Johnson told him
that he did the shooting for Mr.
Chester Kennedy.
After, hearing the testimony and
argument by counsel the jury retired
and returned in about one hour ' * %
with a verdict of guilty of murder, -.3|g
but with a recommendation (or Jgg
mercy as to Grubbs. Sentence was -Vv
not passed on the prisoners to-day.
Much credit is due Mr. J. A. Willis, . 0
mayor of Barnwell; Supervisor J. B.
Morris, Sheriff Creech and other of- ,
ficials, together with Mr. H. N. Kflman
and Mr. W. G. Hilliard, of the
Pinkerton detective force, in ferret"
ing out the case and bringing the I-j^MB
guilty parties to justice. The verdiet
meets with general approval.
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Expresses Opinion of Roosevelt In
Characteristic Style.
Augusta, Ga., March 20.?Senator :''Z?SeA
Tillman was in 'Augusta a short
while to-day passing through on his '^;*S
way to Trenton. He .took occasion >!?zj
while here to pay his respects to t^e ^j|M
retiring president in his character- ;
istic style. Mr. Tillman said that Mr.
Roosevelt was a decided failure and ^
that he had collected much data to
show that Roosevelt had no regard ^
ftrr the truth, but he would not in- f||
troduce the same at the last moment -->f|
because the people would say he was
doing it out of malice. ? J
Mr/ Tillman was very much worried
over the manner in which the
Democrats bolted at the opening of ' Vi';J
the extra session. He said: "Those
fellows ought to be beheaded when
they appear for reelection. They >v:if
will, not do to be classed with the ' ^
Democrats of to-day. We had the
situation in our own hands, but
threw it down."
Mr. Tillman has a very high re- .vya
gard for Mr. Taft and says that he ^
will do much to restore "quiet" in ^ j-3
the White House.
While talking of the acts of the
ex-president, he worked himself up 7 M
to a high point and some of his
pitchfork sayings were brought into v %J|
use.
STABBED BY SON-IN-LAW. * |
Mrs. J. W. Easter!ing Probably Fatal*
Iy Wounded Defending Daughter.
Waycross, Ga.f March 22.?Mrs. J.. . vjl
W. Easterling lies dying at her home
in Pierce county from the effects of
injuries inflicted with a 10-inch dirk
knife by her son-in-law, J. D.
Hendry.
Hendry married Miss Macie Easterling
nine months ago, the couple
moving to the West. Mrs. Hendry
returned to the parental roof a few .
| days ago, and entered suit for divorce.
Hendry appeared at the 7 7^
Easterling home to-day and attacked
Mrs. Easterling, it is stated, because
she defended her daughter.
, Hendry escaped to the river
swamp, where he is being pursued by*
a posse. Feeling runs high against
the man, as Mrs. Easterling belongs
to one of the most prominent families
of Pierce county. The deed is
described as particularly atrocious. .
Shooting Affray at Piedmont.
Jack Fisher was shot and probably >;
fatally wounded at Piedmont Satur- V7
r^crhf hv r D. Chastain. The
uaj uifjin ?.
shooting occurred near the mill village
and according to Chastain resulted
from a general row. Both men
are mill operatives.
According to Chastain, who was . . %
lodged in the county jail Sunday
night by Sheriff Poole, Fisher and
some other fellows were in a fight
and he attempted to separate them.
I Fisher, he claims, then turned upon
him as did the others and he was
[forced to shoot.
Fisher's condition is considered
critical by the physicians and little
hope is entertained for his recovery.
He was shot through the head, the
bullet entering near his nose.
Chastain is about 28 years of age
and Fisher is said to be about the
same age. The former did not seem
to be worried over the affair when
seen at the jail yesterday. He said
that he harbored no malice towards
the wounded man and was sorry that
he had been forced to shoot. Expressed
the hope that Fisher's wounds
would not prove fatal.
Chastain made no effort to escape
after the shooting.?Greenville
News. 1
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