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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909. One Dollar a Yea!r
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
* IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, April 5.?All*the children
are looking forward to next
% Sunday, when they will make nests <
for the rabbits to lay eggs of all colors,
ready boiled, for them to play 1
with and then eat. The children
i usually gather flowers from the
woods such as honey suckle, dog
wood and the like, but think they 1
will find them somewhat scarce, as i
the recent cold has made some of
. - them very scarce.
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Mr. Henry Ehrhardt caught his
' watchman at his mill stealing his
corn last week.
Mrs. J. L. Copeland's sister came
Saturday to see their invalid mother,
who has been staying with her son,
Dr. Jess. J. Farrell, for some time. <
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k Some few strings of nice perch
and trout fish were brought to town
last week by the fishermen.
Stephen Jones, colored farmer on
the Murdaugh plantation, near town,
lost a fine horse last week. Steve <
worked the horse a part of the day i
and when through with the work <
tnmpd the horse loose in the lot un- <
til time to feed. Soon his attention
. was called to the fact that the horse
was sick. In about four hours the
horse was dead.
Col. John F. Folk came to Ehrhardt
Sunday afternoon, stayed
about two hours, and then returned i
to Bamberg. He says there is noth- )
f ing better for traveling the roads,
than an auto. This is true until
they take the studs?then one has
to get an ox or mule team and pull i
9 them to town to get them worked j
up.
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> The young folks enjoyed Sunday
> afternoon's fine weather, judging by !
their promenades and their bright
faces.
, Some of the school girls are count- <
* ing the weeks and days before they ]
can come home.
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^ There will be a big Easter egg
hunt at Mt. Pleasant church on next <
Saturday afternoon for the enjoy- <
ment of the children of the commu- ,
nity. Rev. D. B. Grovseclose will
tiavA of the entertainment. i
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News from Kearse.
Kearse, April 5.?The Timrod Lit- <
. ? erary Society held its regular meeting
Friday night, April 2nd. We J
were glad to see so many out That's
right, keep the good work going.
The following program was rendered:
Current Events?W. H. Ritter.
, Debate, Resolved, That South Carolina
Should Have Compulsory Edu- 1
cation. Affirmative: Mr. Ennis Breland,
Miss Leda Ritter. Negative: 1
Mr. Ernest Ritter and Miss Edna '
* Chitty. After a hot contest the negative
won. 1
Story?Mr. Horace Kearse.
Essay?Miss Elouise Brabham. 1
Recitation?Miss Cressie Breland. '
We have some very important bus- 5
iness next meeting and request all
members to be present.
Mr. Stacy Kearse was elected vice
president to fill the vacancy of Miss
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Auua v>uitbj.
The farmers have been very busy
for the last week planting corn and .
' getting their lands ready for planting
cotton. ''
We are glad to note that Mr.
Ernest Ritter and Miss Leda Ritter,
who have been on the sick list, are
able to be out again.
Mr. E. R. Collins, of Denmark, '
who has finished painting the residence
of Mr. H. J. Ritter, has contracted
to paint and decorate the
home of Mr. A. W. Brabham.
Some of our sportsmen have lots
of fun hunting rabbits on rainy
i days. Several went out last Friday
afternoon and caught several.
/ / Mr. H. J. Ritter had the misfor
tune of losing a tenant house by fire
last Thursday afternoon. Origin of 1
fire unknown, but supposed to be a
^ defect in stove flue.
Mrs. R. C. Johns gave a quilting 1
on Saturday. All who were present ?
f ? report a good time.
Mr. H. J. Ritter has a very fine
field of oats. The field contains fifteen
acres. The oats are now about
18 inches in height and promise to 1
yield 75 bushels per acre.
Miss Cressida Breeland has gone
> on an extended visit. She expects to
spend several weeks with Mrs. Edgar
Price, of Bamberg.
> Prohibition Law Sustained.
Montgomery, Ala., April 6.?The
supreme court has declared the state
prohibition law valid, all the judges
concurring in the opinion. This is
the second time the court has upheld
the State-wide act of the past
legislature. It was attacked on several
constitutional grounds.
The Alabama State-wide prohibition
law went into effect January 1.
At once an attack was made upon it
in Birmingham, Mobile and Selma,
the case from the last place being
taken to the higher court. All the
, judges agree that the law is valid.
It is understood that the law officers
will begin a campaign for enforcement
of the act. Heretofore
they have been very lax because of
the doubt about its validity. The
opinion was rendered by Justice An
derson.
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BURGLAR- MET HIS MATC H.
Converse Girl Bit His Finger and He
Fled.
Up in Spartanburg burglars are
not very particular where tney comuiit
tneir depredations, in fact one
oi tnem attempted Saturday night to
rob the room of one 01 the young
tadies of the basketball team at Converse
College. His efforts failed. To
be sure they did.
The story is as follows: A burglar,
about 2 o'clock Sunday morning,
managed ov means cu a nre escape,
to get into the second floor of one 01
the dormitories at Converse. While
rummaging around on the bureau
in the sleeping apartment of one of
the young lauie*, the burglar made
some noise which waked her.
The young lady thought it was
some of her frienas and accosted her
drowsily. The burglar thought the
young lady was talking in her sleep,
but presently she sat up in bed and
again addressed the unknown visitor.
Burglar tiptoes over to bed,
places hand over young lady's mouth
and threatens her with death if she
should scream. Burglar is a little
careless with his digits and one was
soon gripped between the teeth of
the muscular young woman of the
basketball team!
Curses and other such noises, all
made by burglar. Soon the patter of
many feet is heard, and the room is
filled with young women in general
dishabile who arrive just in time to
Bee burelar's head disappearing
over window ledge as he hies himself
down the fire escape.
The young lady declares that her
unbidden visitor was a white man.
In his exertions to get his finger out
of the grip of her teeth, the burglar
lost his hat, a very good felt hat purchased
from a Charlotte house.
The Spartanburg police were notified
at once, but the man had got
away.
Colston Cullings.
Colston, April 6.?We are having
3ome fine spring weather for the
past few days.
Mrs. D. P. Smith visited her sister
last Thursday, Mrs. C. F. Padgett.
Mrs. T. D. Beard and son, Jacob,
3pent a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kearse, last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fender and
laughter, Hilma, were the guests of
Mrs. Ogretta Beard last Sunday.
Mr. C. F. Padgett is all smiles. It
is a girl.
Messrs. J. H. McMillan and W. D.
Caldwell visited friends and relatives
jn Colston last Saturday and Sun
lay.
Mesr8. Brunce and Clyde Padgett
visited their sister at Hydigger last
Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Banna Westbury and Maud
Mathews visited Miss Minnie Fenier
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Varn, from Bamberg,
visited her mother, Mrs. W. C. Folk,
last Sunday.
Messrs. J. C. and G. L. Bishop
went to Bamberg Monday.
Mrs. Drusilla Bishop and granddaughter,
Blanche Avant, visited
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Padgett last Saturday.
Miss Pollie Walker is spending
some time with friends and relatives
an Colston.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender went
to Bamberg last Saturday.
Mr. Willie Beard was happily marr
ried last Sunday to Miss Julia Fennf
T-ndp-p We wish the couple
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i long and happy life.
Mrs. B. D. Bishop and daughter,
Cleo, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Clayton, last Thursday.
Little Katy Padgett spent last Saturday
night with Annie Florence
Fender.
Mr. J. M. Grimes and daughter,
Mary Lee, from Bamberg, visited Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Padgett last Sunday.
A. L. B.
Olar News.
Olar, April 5.?The last program
of the Simms Literary Society was
voluntary, and was very interesting.
Miss Pauline Bennett, who has
been teaching school at Norway, returned
home last week.
Mrs. J. M. Connelly returned home
last week, after spending some time
with her daughter, Mrs. J. R. McCormack.
The Sunday-school was reorganized
at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon.
Rev. E. A. Wilkes, the Methodist
minister, delivered an interesting sermon
to a large congregation Sunday
evening.
Miss Lucile Rizer, a student of Columbia
College, returned home Friday
night on account of sickness.
Miss Ida Bessinger, who has been
teaching school at Windsor, returned
home Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hanberry left
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Friday aiternoou. ? uc; IT HI Oj^vuv* |
some time at Denmark before leaving
for Florida.
Miss Kate Sadler, a teacher at
Neeces, returned home last week.
Mrs. G. J. Bessinger returned
home Monday morning, after a
pleasant stay with her sister at Langley.
Mr. Able, of Leesville, is spending
some time with his daughter, Mrs.
W. M. Oxner.
The editor of this newspaper has
been decidedly "under the weather"
this week, which accounts for any
incompleteness of this issue.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Georgetown city council has
placed a prohibitive license tax on
carnival shows.
The cotton oil mill at St. George,
which was destroyed by fire some
time ago, will likely be rebuilt.
Sovereign Lowe, who was convicted
in Aiken on the charge of killing
his wife, and sentenced to life
imprisonment, has entered upon his
sentence.'
McCabe, Rodgers & Co., of Norfolk,
Va., have purchased the
wharves of the Charleston Gas Co.,
in Charleston, at a cost of $90,000.'
The firm will do a cotton exporting
business.
The Argyle hotel property at Charleston
has changed hands, the hotel
passing out of the hands of the
Argyle Hotel Company, of which Mr.
Thomas Wilson is the president, and
becoming the property of the New
Argyle Hotel Company, of which Mr.
W. R. Baldwin is president.
Orders have been issued from Adjutant
General Boyd's office for regi?
-? ?rr\ P V* o t*1 Afl
Lilt;iiLiti learns tu yi uulcu tu vuaniaton
for five days' practice on the National
Guard range, between May 10
and 15 inclusive. From these teams
will be selected fifteen men to represent
South Carolina at the national
rifle competition matches.
General M. C. Butler, of Edgefield,
is slowly dying at a hospital in Columbia.
He grows weaker day by
day, and while he is making a brave
fight, he cannot last much longer. He
is afflicted with Bright's disease. .It
will be remembered that General
Butler recently left the Episcopal
church, of which he had been a member
practically all his life, and joined
the Catholic church.
The Liqnor Question.
Editor The Bamberg Herald: At
last 1 see a piece entitled "The Curse
of Liquor" in your paper., This prob-j
lem is the greatest one that confronts
us at present, yet little notice has
been taken of it so far. -If it is mentioned
at all, the only plea brought
up is the money consideration. Have
our people fallen so low that they
think money more precious than human
souls? I for one believe they do
not understand the situation. People
who do not drink cannot realize
what a fearful thing it is to be bound
by the chains of King Alcohol. The
victims, while they drink it so eagerly
to satisfy this insatiable thirst,
loathe it, and wish it was out of
their reach; yet they are powerless to
resist.
Have you, my readers, ever seen a
person or bird charmed by a snake?
The snake keeps his eyes intently
fastened upon the victim until he gets
full control over him. Then the victim
loses all power of resistant and
walks right into the snake's clutches,
unless some one comes in time,
erasDS him. and pulls him aside. Im
mediately the spell is broken, a look
of relief replaces hfre horror depicted
on the countenance of the victim.
The serpent in the cup draws one
just as surely as the other. The
will power is first attacked. When
that is gone, the drinker has no
power of resistance. He is an easy
prey. The rum-seller knows this
and invests nickels in boys knowing
that they will bring in dollars by
and by. What will the consequence
be? I shudder to think of it.
We are prone to close our eyes to
the disagreeable things in life, preferring
the agreeable. I grant it is
more pleasant; but our duty to our
fellow man confronts us, face it we
must.
Did you ever notice how men who
are addicted to this fearful habit
vote at the elections? Always
against whiskey. Why is this"/ rney
know the danger; but, alas! they
are powerless to resist. They do all
they can to get it out of their reach.
Their stronger brothers vote that
we have whiskey, on account of the
revenue, as if money is of more consequence
than men. Granted that the
revenue is great, the argument from
a business viewpoint is a poor one.
Take into consideration the fact
that most of the crimes committed
can be traced directly or indirectly
to liquor, count up the expenses of
the courts, loss of time, to say nothing
of the untold misery caused; can
you show me a credit on the whiskey
side? I think not.
In August we are to decide whether
we shall have whiskey with its
attendant horrors or peace and
quietude. How will you vote? Remember
you are not answering this
question to me, but before God, to
whom you will have to give an account.
If you vote for whiskey, you
are practically sealing the doom of
your weaker brothers, and giving
them a push into the serpent's
mouth. Let every man who has a
son or a conscience vote out this iniquitous
traffic, then peace and
plenty will take up their abode with
? 1 lonrl will blossom
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as the rose.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
Signs Daylight Liqnor Bill.
Lincoln, Neb., April 6.?Gov.
Shallenberger to-day signed the daylight
saloon liquor bill. The measure,
-which becomes effective July 6,
forbids the sale of liquor except between
7 a. m. and 8 p. m.
See that line of fine box paper,
from 10 to 50 cents at The Herald
Book Store.
. THREK MEN CONVICTED.
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j One Sentenced to 30 Years, One to
Ten and One to Two.
Raleigh, N. C., April 4.?After being
out all night the jury in the trial
of three men for the murder of Dr.
E. W. Smith, of Richmond, Va., this
morning brought in a verdict of murder
in the second degree against Earl
Cotton, Tim Holderfield and E, A.
Hopkins, otherwise known as "Red."
Hopkins, young white men. With regard
to Hopkins the jury recommended
mercy.
Judge Lyon, of the superior court,
pAffAn f a Q A voorc in tho
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penitentiary, the full limit, holding
him as the leading spirit in the murder.
Holderfleld, because he was in
the employ of Cotton at his cafe and
because of testimony that he^was of
good character, was sentenced to
only 10 years in the penitentiary.
"Red" Hopkins was sentenced to two
years.
On the morning of November 15,
1908, the body of Dr. Smith was
found at the edge of a rock quarry in
the eastern suburbs of Raleigh. An
investigation developed the fact that
on the night of November 14 he had
been apparently drunk in Cotton's
cafe. Evidence produced by the
State showed that Dr. Smith had
been drugged to death with chloroform
for the purpose of obtaining his
watch, ring and diamond pin, later
traced to Cotton's place, that Hopkins
furnished the chloroform, that
Cotton administered an overdose,
which caused the victim's death, and
that Holderfleld took the body in a
hack to the rock quarry. The State's
witnesses were Ed Chavis, a negro
hack driver, and Richard Williams, a
negro cook in the employ of Cotton.
Hopkins was a stranger who landed
here some time ago. Holderfleld was
a cotton mill employe and Cotton is
the son of a prominent Raleigh phy
sician.
Hit by Seaboard Train.
The Savannah News of Sunday
gives the following account of the accident
to J. L. Harrison, of Atlanta:
"Sitting on a tie alongside the Seaboard
track near Scotia, S. C., forty
miles north of Savannah, J. L. Harrison
was struck by a southbound
fast train yesterday morning and sustained
serious injuries.
"The train was stopped and the
man picked up and brought to Savannah,
where he was taken to the
Park View Sanitarium. It was found
that he had been hurt about the head
and body by the force of the blow
from the engine, but his injuries are
not considered dangerous. Up to a
Jate. hoa* j&e had not regained consciousness.
From letters found on
him it is thought that his home is in
Atlanta, where he has a wife.
"Engineer T. B. Cleary, of the fast
train stated that he did not see the
man until nearly on him, as he was,
sitting beside the track with his head
on his knees, apparently fast "asleep.
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object was a human being until within
a few feet of the man."
Mr. Harrison is a traveling salesman,
and a member of a well known
Atlanta family. He is a brother to
Mrs. S. T. Sparkman, of this city, and
Mrs. Geo. H. Lewis, of Atlanta. City
Treasurer J. 0. Lea, of Charleston, is
his uncle. Mrs. Sparkman was advised
of the accident yesterday by a
telephone message from Charleston,
but has not been able to secure any|
information from Savannah, though
she telegraphed there early yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Harrison is well
known in Columbia.?Columbia Record.
Butlers Convicted of Criminal Libel.
Winston-Salem, N. C., April 6.?
Former United States Senator Marion
Butler and his brother, Lester
Butler, were convicted in Guilford
superior court to-day of criminally
libeling Republican State Chairman J
S. B. Adams by the publication in I
The Caucasian, a weekly newspaper!
owned and operated by the Butlers, I
of serious allegations against Adams' I
integrity and honesty.
Adams' acts as chief justice of the |
Indian court in Oklahoma in 1905
were severely condemned by the pa
per in its flgnt against Auams reelection
as chairman of the Republican
State executive committee. The
trial lasted six days, was hard
fought and created widespread interest.
Judge Long imposed a fine of $500
upon Marion Buter and $250 upon
Lester Butler. A motion for a new
trial was overruled and notice of appeal
to the supreme court was given,
the defendants being released on
bond in the sum of $1,000 each.
Lovers Commit Suicide.
Keokuk, Iowa, April 6.?Leaving
notes telling of a suicide pact, Herman
Bartlett and Belva Pugh joined
hands and jumped into the Mississippi
river at Alexandria, Mo., last
night. The couple ended their lives
after young Bartlett had paid a call
at the home of his sweetheart. Two
notes, one from each of them, were
found by the girl's mother soon after
midnight. The notes told exactly
where the couple would jump into
the river.
Both left their jewelry and wraps
on the table. Bartlett's hat and his
money also were left.
St. Louis Lost to Democrats.
St. Louis, April 6.?Early returns
indicate tnat 01. jjuuib wcm,
can to-day, after eight years of Democratic
rule. Returns from 144 out
of 403 precincts give Frederick H.
Kreismann, Republican mayoralty
nominee, 19,000 votes, and William
G. Woerner, Democratic nominee,
15,603.
It is predicted the entire Republican
city ticket, with possibly one exception,
was elected.
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GEORGE BARTON CAUGHT
CONFEDERATE OF "TENNESSEE
DUTCH" IN JAIL AGAIN.
"Dutch" Wrenches Revolver From
Deputy and Gets Away, Headed
for Mountains.
Asheville, N. C., April 5.?George
Barton, alias "Chicago Army," noted
yeggman, who with - Jake Moore,
alias "Tennessee Dutch," broke from
Greenville jail last night, was captured
to-night after a severe fight
with Deputy Sheriff Rogers, at Craggy,
several miles from this city.
"Tennessee Dutch," after wrenching
a revolver from Rogers, made his
escape, headed for the mountains
near Marshall, Madison county.
Barton, who has only one arm, was
lodged in the county jail at Asheville.
Warned by descriptions of the
yeggmen, which had been scattered
broadcast after the jail delivery at
Greenville last nieht. DeDuty Sheriff
Arthur Rogers had been keeping
watch at Craggy, through which station
it was thought the safe-blowers
would pass. While walking the track i
about half a mile west of the station,
Rogers saw two men sitting on the
bank, one of them having only one
arm. Rogers drew his gun and advanced,
but both men attacked him
before he could fire. "Tennessee
Dutch" knocked the officer down and
wrenching his pistol from his grasp,
made for the woods.. Barton essayed
to follow his partner, but was thrown
by Rogers, who caught the desperado's
leg as he started to run. A severe
fight, in which the officer's ear
was almost bitten off, followed. Rogers
held his prisoner until a freight
crew, summoned by his calls for
help, arrived on the scene. The police
were called from Asheville and
Barton was brought into this city in
an automobile. A posse started in
pursuit of "Tennessee Dutch," and
is now in the mountains.
May Investigate Escape.
Greenville, April 5.?Postoffice Inspector
Gregory, who came here
early this morning and who is mak
ing an Investigation of the manner,
the two notorious yeggmen, Moore
and Barton, escaped from the jail
Saturday night, says that the federal
grand jury next week will be asked
to take some steps in the matter, it
may be, according to information
that is got from the government officials
here, that an indictment toll
be returned against either the guard
or the jailer. Criminal negligence
will be alleged.
E. C. Carter, who was appointed
by his brother-in-law, Sheriff Poole,
to guard the prisoners, says that the
men did not leave the jail while he
was there. He claims that he left at
i 6 o'clock Sunday morning. Thomas
Lindsay, an alleged murderer under
sentence of 15 years in the peniteu-!
tiary, occupied at night a cell across
I the corridor from the one from
which the yeggmen escaped. He discovered
their disappearance at 7
o'clock in the morning and notified
the jailer. Lindsay was turned out of
his cell at 7 o'clock.
Henderson Not Surprised.
Aiken, April 6.?Mr. C. K. Henderson,
ofie of the receivers appointed
by Judge Pritchard for the old
State dispensary funds, was not surprised
when informed of the action
of the United States supreme court
in reversing Judge Pritchard. When
seen he talked freely of the matter
and appeared to be much gratified
to know that the old Palmetto State
had been upheld. ?Jr. Henderson
said that he fully explained his position
in the matter at the time of
onnAinfwant
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He said that when he was appointed
he accepted because he had received
experience in the affairs of the
old State dispensary while he was
one of the winding up commissioners,
appointed by Governor Ansel.
He believed at that time, and
still believes that he would have been
of service to the State, in looking
after its interests, in the event of
the State losing in this suit. On the
other hand he has great confidence
in the remaining members of the
winding up commission, and believes
that they can well care for the State's
interests. He said that his State
pride makes him feel gratified at the
result of the decision, and he is
pleased at the turn affairs have
taken. Mr. Henderson said he had
believed for some time that the outcome
would be as it has proven.
When asked about the appointment
of a successor for his place vacated
on the winding up commission,
he said that he believed that
the remaining members can well
complete the work before them,
without the appointment of other
members, though that is a matter for
the governor entirely.
Mr. Henderson said that when he
accepted the appointment he fully
recognized that there was a chance
I to win and a chance to lose. The
financial part of the job did not concern
him, as he is not dependent on
a receivership for his livelihood.
Union, April 6.?Receiver B. F.
Arthur, when questioned with reference
to the decision of the supreme
court in the dispensary case, replied
that he had no statement whatever
to make.
Prohibition Candidate Defeated.
Little Rock, Ark., April 6.?Local
prohibition forces were overwhelm-j
ingly defeated here to-day in the|
municipal election when Mayor W. j
R. Dudley was re-elected mayor of
Little Rock by a majority of 1,941
votes. The prohibition candidate received
530 votes.
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VICTIM OF ASSASSIJN.
Attorney in Suit Killed in McRae,
Georgia.
McRae, Ga., April 5.?That Pope
Hill, a prominent attorney, of Macon,
who was found shot to death today,
is the third victim of an assassin
in the Dodge land case, is the
belief of police officers. A coroner*!
jury, after a careful examination, decided
that Hill was murdered
"parties unknown." Vvl
Hill was found dead in the office
of an attorney early to-day, a bullet
in his brain, and a revolver, with one
chamber discharged, grasped\in the
right hand. The condition of the office
indicated a desperate struggle. x
The stove was upset, the coal scuttle -fiiM
was crushed and the furniture wis
broken. On the floor lav an unfln* iVvfiS
ished court motion in the Dodge *V2|S?
case, which Hill had drafted and
brought to McRae to file.
Hill arrived in McRae at noon >' -W!v.
Sunday and went into a friend's law
office to work on the case. Later ho '
went to the home of the proprietor
of a hardware store and said he
wanted a revolver, as he had recelv- '.JJfM
ed threatening letters. He was ao
insistent that the hardware msa\
opened the store and sold Hill the
revolver that was found to-day
clasped in his hand.
When^ found Hill had been dean
several hburs. The bullet had pierced ;i|8|
the right eye and entered the brain.
From bloodstains on the wall heprobably
was shot while standing.
Hill, who was 40 years old, was a
member of the law firm of Harris 4 . - $?
Harris. A widow and one child sai*
vive him. His friends are employing v . ^j V
detectives. V
A note which Hill received at Ma* - 3;t?S|
con yesterday was found on the 5"
body. It is believed that this is the
note Hill referred to when hebought
the revolver on Sunday.
It is written in childish scrawl and t ;
"Pope Hill: The next time you ;:;S||ffi
interfere with our settlement yon
will be broke." S
It is signed with a crudely drawn -;?g8f t
skull and cross bones. The author!"- .a,
lies are cunvmceu mat c.ue uuio nj? '
fers to the Dodge case, which was on
the verge of settlement when the
new and unknown claimant put in aa :-\N3g
appearance. He was represented by
Hill. The authorities are convinced v-lljra
likewise that Hill was murdered.
They point to the warning note, the . |?R
lack of powder burns on the fact .
and the fact that Hill was in the "
midst of preparation of a motion in ;'|aH
the case when he was killed. \|||
The Dodge land case is one of the
most famous in the State and three ? $
persons connected with it have met
tragic and mysterious deaths.
The list of deaths and narrow es- W
capes in the Dodge land suit began
in 18S1. In that year Capt. John C. ' \
Forsyth, representing the Norman W.
Dodge estate, was murdered. After a
six weeks' trial five men were sent
to prison charged with the crime.
Shortly afterward Capt F. L. Williams,
one of the claimants in the $
case, was killed. For weeks after- "'jpgf
ward the entire neighborhood, em- tvjEg
bracing four counties, was in a fever ^ i
of excitement.
Besides these deaths there were -' ^
several encounters in which the par- . 4|? a
ticipants received gunshot and knife \<j?|S
The Dodge lands cover about 400,
000 acres. Since 1882 there has been
almost continuous litigation over J&Jfg
portions of the property. \'M
Millionaire Kills Himself.
Philadelphia, April 6.?Charles \3j*
E. Ellis, president of the Citizens'
Passenger Railway Company and one
ViTirQn 1+Vi ?oo+ mon in PhllndaL - ral ^
phia, shot and killed himself to-day
at his home in this city. He was discovered
lying in a pool of blood in ;
his bed room by his wife, who heard
the report of the revolver while she
was at breakfast. A physician who J
was hastily summoned prononnced
him dead.
The dead man was 74 years old j
and had been a sufferer from neural-.
gia and rheumatism for some time.
Mr. Ellis' wealth was reputed to
be above $10,000,000.
Lever Fighting Potash Duty.
Washington, April 6.?Representative
Lever has been devoting himself
to-day to calls upon the Republican
members of the ways and ;
means committee, calling their attention
to the duty of 20 per cent, on
sulphate and muriate of potash. . -vp
Prof. Harper, of Clemson College,
has been writing to South Carolina members
on the subject, calling at- |jl
tention to the fact that potash is ,
largely used in fertilizers bought by c
South Carolina farmers, and pointing '
out the effect of the duty in the
Payne bill, where, while nominally
on the free list, the maximum rate
which is to apply is 20 per cent. One 5^1
prominent Republican on the committee
told Mr. Lever that it was
put in by mistake. Other members, ,
Mr. Lever says, assured him an
amendment would be offered by the
committee taking the duty off of
potash because it is contrary to the
intent of the bill to tax anything en- 'y M
tering into fertilizers. Mr. Lever
will to-morrow present a brief to the
ways and means committee on this
subject.
Employers' Liability Unconstitutional.
New Haven, Conn., April 6.?In
sustaining a demurrer entered by ^
counsel for the defendants, the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad,
Judge Ralph Wheeler, of the
superior court, has held that the employers'
liability act, passed by congress
in June, 1908, is unconstitu- v j
tional. The plaintiff, Wm. H. Hoxle,
sued to recover $50,000 for injuries
received in coupling cars while in
the employ of the, road.