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' ' * . ' *" ' . 'V - ' * . & V ' v X -:-i$g?a Site lamforg ijeralb i | im ' ? ? V Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. S., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909. One Dollar a Year ___ r: COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ? News Items Gathered All Around the | County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, May 10.?Our bank is the only place of business in town observing Memorial day. The memorial was indulged in by our citizens more i than a week ago. Mr. A. Q. Bassett says that he has corn tassels and squash blooms. Others have them in this section, and will be to the point soon where they can go tb the' garden and get something to boil for dinner, as the cooks say. ' Mr. R. L. Farrell, of Jacksonville, V Fla., is spending a few days with his family. Farmers are busy everywhere, and have their work wen unaer neuuway. They are afraid rain will set in and their crops will not be worked up-to-date. There is some talk of a ball game here on Tuesday between Walterboro * and Ehrhardt teams. * i ____ v . Picnics are getting thick in this section. Most two a week. Last Friday night about 1 o'clock the quietude of our little town was aroused by a pistol shot and screams, t The pistol was in the hands of t Charlie Kinsey, who tried to end his life with same, but failed. The ball entered from underneath the jaw bone and went slanting, came out of his cheek. Supposition is that he intended to shoot straight up, but fortunately the gun was held at a slant. His wife was awake at the time and v ~ did the screaming and assistance was there in short order. Dr. Kinsey took Charlie to Charleston, where his wound was dressed and done up as best it could be. No cause is known by the public as to why he wanted to end his life. e Mrs. W. L. Mitchum has gone to * her home in the Colston section to spend several days. Quite a crowd went from town to the Howell's old mill site to have a fish fry last week. * Fish were plentiful, and they all enjoyed the day. Miss Edrie Ehrhardt will go to > Mt. Pleasant, N. C., this week to finish up her work at college. She was sick and came home to recruit after standing her final examinations. She returns now to read her essay and get her sheep skin. A nice, warm rain would help out the little cotton and corn. Had a little shower Sunday, but some say its not enough. Suppose they know. JEE. > News from Govan. Govan, May 10.?Will hastily give you a few bits of news items from this, community. The Govan school picnic at George's Creek church was attended by a goodly number. Although the invited speakers did not attend, there were some speakers present who eloquently entertained their hearers for a good space of time. The speakers were: Prof. Chandler, of Hilda; Dr. Leigh ton A. Hartzog, W. H. Collins, and Prof. Nichols. The latter named is our principal. After the picnic the young folks spent quite an enjoyable time at a "sociable," given at the home of Mr. Ben Hartzog. Miss Eloise Rosboro, of Ridgeway, "** ? *-- ? ??I 18 spending some nine wim wc iom lly of Mr. L. J. Hartzog. There will be a fish fry at Dowling's mill Tuesday, given for the benefit of the teachers and visitors In the community. Mr. Johnnie Seabrook, from Char-1 leston, is up for a short visit among his many friends. y Miss Rosa Hay is visiting relatives at King's Mountain, N. C. Rev. John L. Harley lectured on prohibition at Salem Methodist ehurch Sunday afternoon. He spoke very forcibly and it is hoped that those present, that heretofore favor-1 ed the sale of liquor, have changed their minds and will vote the dry ticket. Mr. Murray Seabrook is now loeated in Orangeburg city. | Mrs. D. E. Hutto has returned from her visit to the family of Jas. j A. Kennedy, at Guy ton, Ga. Miss Estelle Lancaster has a slight case of pneumonia, but is recovering. W. A. H. Youth Accidentally Shot. Charleston, May 8.?Harry Dotter* er, 16 years of age, accidentally shot himself this afternoon while hunting on the back beach of the Isle of i Palms. He was with a party of boys i in a boat and in the act of raising the gun to shoot the hammer was struck and the shell exploded, the charge making a serious wound in the right temple. The young man was taken to the Fort Moultrie army post hospital on Sullivan's Island, where he % lies to-night in a critical condition. He comes of a prominent Charleston family. if THE FARMER'S LIFE Has Its Oasis and All is Xot a Dreary Waste. Magnolia, May 10.?The cold winds of February caused the calamity howlers to cry: "Oat crop killed, gardens ruined and bad times in store for all." How short sighted we mortals be, for to those same winds are due the best oat crop in years. The fly bid fair at that time to ruin the crop, but that wind played the pest out so completely that little damage was done by them, and twenty, thirty, fifty, and even seventy-five bushels per acre are claimed for some fields, and the boys delight to bring specimens four to five feet tall to show. Vegetables plenty while a little late, with the best stands of corn, cotton and cane for a long while past,.gladdens the heart of the poor old farmer and causes, yes, actually brings tears ol joy to flow down his furrowed cheeks as he contemplates the good times ahead, when the debts are paid and enough left to buy Sallie and Kate and Sue a nice dress or two and a nice, large hat, the pride of all the modern belles, that makes them looli top heavy, and the hat itself like ar inverted stick basket to the eyes ol an old countryman. How proud his heart will beal when he can furnish the madam al] the pin money she wants, supply al her wishes, and have her pat him or the cheek and say: "You are a righi good sort of a boy after all." Ther can he say: "Sorrow comes at night but joy in the morning." How serene the old farmer looks and feels as he sits in his favorite rocker on the front piazza, smokinf his pipe of peace; the front yard rut riot with gaudy flowers of every hue and the magnolias showing the buds j so soon to open and fill the home with its rich perfume, and the little ! chameleon racing on the floor oi ' climbing on the old man's shoulder catching a fly here, then anothei there, rarely ever missing his game | now brown, soon yellow, then to the rose vines or wistaria, jumping fron limb to limb, soon he is green, nov he sees a fly on the floor, see hov careful he creeps, now the spring with lightning flash out goes the | tongue, the game is caught, and ai t he moves on the floor soon he is brown again, and as the old mai watches the little animal as he gets its dinner, he stops in his reverie and thinks, wonderful are thy works oh nature! - *--11 r?< I Now tne ainner uen nuga, auU ? ' the close of the midday meal, straw berries, cream and sugar leave i delicious flavor to the old farmer'! palate, and as he nods over th< day's paper just left at his gate he dreams that a farmer's life has iti oasis, and all is not a dreary waste OLD TIMER. BOYLE AND WIFE SENTENCED Man Gets Life Term and Womai Twenty-five Years. Pittsburg, Pa., May 10.?Jamei Boyle and his wife, Helen Boyle were lodged in the Western peniten tiary here to-night, the former undei a sentence of life imprisonment, th< latter sentenced to serve a term o twenty-five years. The prisoners were ia&en met tv ? side room to say good-bye, as th< rules of the prison would not permi them to see each other again. Mrs Boyle threw her arms around "Jim my's" neck and kissed him. Sh< said, "We must take it the best w< can." The matron escorted Mrs. Boyl< from the roqm. She burst into teari and asked to be permitted once agaii to see her husband. The request was granted and she again kissed anc embraced Boyle. When Mrs. Boyle gave her belong ings to the matron, she asked per mission to keep a small mirror sh< carried, saying, "I do not want t< leave it behind, as that would mak< me have seven years of bad luck.' The mirror was returned to her anc she will be allowed to keep it in hei cell. Boyle and his wife sat together anc held each other's hands during th< entire journey here from the scene o their trial. Sheriff Chess said he was glad tc get the prisoners out of his custody as he was afraid they would be sue cessful in their announced intentioi ? J* TVKn chorifF statfif lO CUU1U1U BUIUUV. 1UV that he believed Boyle had intendec to kill his wife and then commit sui cide with a razor the sheriff found ii the kidnapper's tie to-day. Neithei prisoner would deny that this wai true. It has been decided to-night, so fai as Mrs. Boyle is concerned at least that no appeal will be asked for. The severity of the sentence impos ed upon the pair appalled Mercer where it was pronounced. Both pris oners collapsed in court upon beini sentenced and had to be carried fron the room. Hardly had they reachec their cells when word was given ou that the woman had taken poisoi during last night and had narrowly escaped death at her own hands anc that a razor had been found conceal ed in Boyle's clothing. Before this thrill had lost its force Boyle gave out his statement implicating Harrj Forker, brother of Mrs. Whitla, ii the kidnapping case. In Mercer anc Sharon the story does not seem to b( generally credited, and as the distric attorney has no faith in it there h little likelihood of any formal actioi in the matter. The engine and dynamo for the Seneca electric light plant arrivec last week and they will soon be pui in position. The poles are being pu' in position for stringing of the wire* and the current will probably b< turned on the first of June. i ' -i . >' -V ? : .* IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Last Saturday Governor M. F. Ansel appointed Mr. Nathan Toms, superintendent ' of the Darlington schools, a member of the State board of education frOm the sixth congressional district, vice Mr. W. J. Montgomery, of Marion, who had to retire on account of being elected State senator. The schooner Emma S. Malcolm is in Charleston to load with lumber for Kingston, Jamaica, and the visit of the vessel is especially interesting for the reason that she is officered and manned by a negro crew. Large British tramps are now frequently manned by Chinese, Japanese and East Indian crews, but it is rare for a coastwise trading vessel to be in charge of a negro master and crew. Capt. Malcolm is the master of the J schooner Emma S. Malcolm. Tuesday was the 84th anniversary t of the birth of Dr. James H. Carlisle, I president emeritus of Wofford Coll lege, and following the usual custom t the students of the college were t given a holiday. Several years ago i the trustees of the college by a , unanimous vote declared May 4 a holiday at the college. Dr. Carlisle 3 resigned as president of Wofford i College in 1902, after 27 years of ; service. He is now the president i emeritus of that institution. He is J in remarkable health for one of his , years. J The Royal Benefit Society has no' tified Commissioner McMaster that it will withdraw from this State. This ' is the society which claimed to be a fraternal order, but as its officers I were entirely white men, and its ' membership in South Carolina was entirely negroes, Commissioner McMaster refused to license it as a fraternal order and stated that he would [ only license it as an insurance com' pany, and would require it to deposit * $15,000 or securities to that amount for the protection of its policy hold, ers in South Carolina. 5 CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER, t Verdict Against Army Officer Accused - * if I Ui i'lUi UCI . \ Flushing, N. Y., May 11.?After I four hours' deliberation the jury in ' the case of Capt. Peter C. Hains, U. S. A., charged with the murder of ' Wm. E. Annis, on August 15, last, brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree this aft ernoon. The maximum penalty is 20 years' imprisonment, i Quickly following the young army officer's conviction his counsel announced that they would produce af3 fidavits to show that the jury had not been properly guarded during the 1 trial and upon this allegation will r urge that a new trial be granted, i These affidavits will be submitted on f Monday, the time set for passing sentence and any motion the defense dei sires to make. They will of course ? make a motion to set aside the ver[ diet as against the weight of evidence, but the unguarded jury is the 1 only departure from the stereotyped 3 procedure looking to a new trial. 3 Daniel O'Reilly, of counsel for the 3 defense, said: 3 "There was no evidence in this x case to warrant a verdict of man3 slaughter. It should either have j been murder in the first degree or acquittal on the ground of insanity. The jurors were permitted to roam _ about the country in an automobile 3 and go right to the verge of the j scene of the homicide, which is cleara ly against the law. We will have aff fidavits to prove that such is the j case and also that the jurors were r permitted to leave the jurisdiction of the county and have been on governj ment property at Fort Totten, all of a which will be urged as a ground for f setting aside the verdict." The conviction came as a general 5 surprise. It had been expected that the jurors would deliberate much longer and that a verdict of acquittal x on the ground of insanity or a disj agreement would result. There was j no demonstration in the court when the verdict was rendered. ~ Capt. Hains stood up and faced the . jury, squaring his shoulders, thrown 3 back in military fashion, while Foreman Sundling recited the verdict. As r he heard the decision of the jurors Hains' face was as white as chalk. He ' stood for a few moments motionless, staring at the jury after he heard the verdict. One of his lawyers touched I him and he quickly sat down. A few ~ moments later, apparently little af' fected by the verdict, he walked from - A -t -A_J J| ^ . the court room witn a sieaay smue ^ as he was taken back to the Queens county jail. In striking contrast to the demean. or of the prisoner was the grief of his aged father, Gen. Peter C. Hains, and " his brother, Maj. John Power Hains. > For a moment they sat as if dazed, ^ then broke down and wept. | Danced Herself to Death. 5 Chicago, May 11.?Marie Fron, 20 t years old, danced herself to death in 3 a public dance hall last night, accordi ing to the verdict of a coroner's jury to-day. The girl possessed a frail constitution, but waltzing was a 3 mania with her. She was warned by 1 her parents not to exert herself, but t the music caused her to forget the t warning and she danced continuous3 ly until she had to be carried out of 3 the hall fainting. She died in a hospital early to-day. NEGRO SHOP-LIFTERS CAUGHT, l Three Women and Two Girls A n ested at Greenville. 1 Greenville, May 8.?Three negro women and two negro girls from , J Folk Shoals came to the city to-day and made a round 01 the local stores and stole $80 or $90 worth of nierchauuise. They carried baskets on their arms and would walk into a store, take any article they happened i to want, put it in tneir basket and no \ one was the wiser. ' The women took one silk skirt 1 valued at $12 from one merchant, * and he missed it a little while after J they went out oi the store. He no- ' titied the authorities, and they went 1 I in search of the women. A little ne- J gro girl was seen coming out of a ] j store with a basket on her arm and officers stopped her. She wanted to j I leave the basket with them and go 3 find her mother. The officers made 1 her take them to her mother, which 1 she did, and she was arrested on the ?J main street of the city with the goods 3 on her. The other women started to 1 leave the city, but the officers follow- 1 ed them and captured them three 1 miles from Greenville. They had { evidently planned a wholesale rob- 1 bery, and their baskets were well 1 filled when they were captured. Silk dresses, cloth by the - bolt, shoes, combs, laces and ribbons were found 1 in profusion. The strange part of ( the affair is that the women have 1 lived at Folk Shoals, a small country ' settlement, for a number of years. ' SHERIFF GETS MIDDLE TON. ! - ? ( Negro Who Shot Valentine Now in , Orangeburg Jail. Sheriff Salley reached the city last j night about 10 o'clock with Middle- i ton, the negro who made the dastardly attempt to assassinate Mr. J. H. : Valentine while at his work yester- : day morning. It was not until about sun down yesterday evening that Sheriff Salley got the negro, although ' he had been taken prisoner earlier in the afternoon, and reports had reach- < ed the city to the effect that the sher- < iff was on his way here. In ; taking the negro it was necessary to shoot him, and the negro is now in jail suffering from a severe wound in < his face and shoulder. There was a large crowd in and around the scene of the shooting < ana me searuu lur me ucgiu /caici- i day, and at times it is believed that it would be with some difficulty that i the sheriff would be able to get possession of the negro. The sheriff was unable to locate him, and the community was aroused, < and it was feared that there might i be a lynching. The sheriff was assisted in quieting them, however, and the negro finally taken in custody by Sheriff Salley. 1 Mr. J. H. Valentine was at his work in the field yesterday morning, : and started to go from one field to another. He drove his horse with the plough on his way to the field, and had to pass wooded land. It was while he was passing through this patch of forest that the negro opened fire on him. The negro was laying in ambush, and as Mr. Valentine got opposite to him, he opened fire. Mr. Valentine was shot in his hand and also in the body, but the wounds are not of a serious nature, and he is not confined to his bed. The negro got away, but was captured about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The news of the attempted assassi nation spread, and it was not long until men were on the trail of the negro. He was finally captured at the home of Mrs. M. V. Gray, a sister of Mr. Valentine, who saw the negro passing, and in order to make an attempt to capture him, she called him in and gave him something to eat. While the negro was at Mrs. Gray's two gentlemen, Messrs. Smith and Turner, were passing, and they were notified of the negro's presence. The house is somewhat elevated from the ground, and the negro took refuge behind a brick pillar. Here another shooting took place, and it was at this place that the negro was wounded. He would dodge out from behind the pillars and fire at his would-be captors, and they in turn fired at him. He was finally brought to, however. While in custody the negro made an attempt to get away, and drawing a knife, he cut a Mr. Turner, one of his captors, on the cheek, inflicting a very ugly wound. The prisoner was overpowered and no more trouble was experienced with him. About a year ago the negro Middleton was under arrest and in the j custody of Mr. Valentine, and while in his buggy the negro resisted and severely choked the officer, who fired on him. About a week ago the negro wrote Mr. Valentine a letter, so it is alleged, saying that he would get even with him in one way or another. The negro was seen on the place yesterday and this is given as the cause of the shooting. The negro is about 45 years of ; age, and he confessed to all that he had done while on his way with the { sheriff last night. He said he expected to hurt somebody and expected to get hurt himself. He is a bad character and will no doubt get the limit of the law, when ' his case is called for trial.?Orangeburg Evening News. Judge Prince Out Again. Anderson, May 10.?Judge Geo. E. < Prince, who was stricken with paraly- < sis several weeks ago, has so improv- 1 ed as to be able to be out at the Anderson-Winston base ball game this afternoon. The Judge has regained complete control over all parts affected and his friends and physicians ' hope it will not be long before he can < resume hie duties on the bench. WO SHOOTS WHITE MAN DESPERATE XEGRO ATTEMPTS ASSASSINATION. 1 dr. J. H. Valentine Wounded by Ne- j gro Named Middleton?Cap- 1 I tared and Lodged in Jail. Considerable excitement was creited in Bamberg Monday wnen it j lecame known that a negro named Vliddleton nad attempted to assassi- ' aate Mr. Harry Vaientine, of the 2ope section of Orangeburg county, ; >nly a tew miles from .Bamberg, rhere has been considerable trouble with the negroes over there for. the ast year or two, and it will be renembered that a brother of Mr. Valentine aas -shnf. And killed bv ftT legro named Pink Franklin. This tilling happened about a year ago, md Franklin is now in jail at Or tngeburg under sentence of death, nut his negro attorney has appealed lis case to the United States Supreme Court on the flimsy ground that there was no negro on the jury which tried Franklin. This killing occurred when young Valentine, who was a magistrate's constable, went to arrest FranklinAfter the killing of his brother, roung Harry Valentine accepted the position of constable, an older broth2r, J. T. Valentine, being the magistrate. Some months ago Harry Valentine arrested a negro named Midileton for some misdemeanor, and while carrying him to jail the negro attacked Valentine and attempted to escape. In the struggle young Valentine shot the negro, but he recovered from the wound. The negro wanted revenge, and Monday morning while Mr. Valentine was plowing In a field near some woods he was shot from ambush with a shot gun. Fortunately Mr. Valentine was turning his mule just as the shot was flred, and most of the load took effect in his arm. Some shot entered his breast, but he is not dangerously hurt. A crowd of citizens quickly gathered, and the sheriff of Orangeburg county was notified of the shooting and asked to bring blood hounds. A request for dogs was also sent to Bamberg. In the meantime the chase of the negro was begun, and he was soon captured, being found hiding under a house. When the crowd surrounded the house, a Mr. Smith looked under the house and was flred on by the negro, but the Bhot went wild. Then Mr. Smith fired on the negro, wounding him in the head and side of his face, but not dangerously. The negro was then captured and brought out, but while surrounded by the crowd, in the confusion, he managed to draw a knife and cut a young man whose name we have not learned at this writing. The negro's knife made a bad gash in the young man's face, and several stitches had to be taken by a physi cian to close the wound. The negro then ran and made his escape, but was soon recaptured. After his recapture he was taken in charge by a crowd, and the supposition was that he was carried off into the woods and lynched, but we learned to-day (Tuesday) that this was not the case, but that Sheriff A. M. Sal ley arrived on the scene soon after the negro was recaptured and carried him to jail in Orangeburg. Several, persons from/ here went over to Cope Monday as soon as they learned of the affair, in order to be of assistance in tracking down the scoundrel. Explosion in Powder Mill. Columbus, Kan., May 10.?The mixing room of the Laflin & Rand powder mills at Turk Station, near here, blew up to-day, killing four men. The dead: Joseph Stovall, William Morrow, Robert McFarland, J m on nrorP James nuuu. ?ucoc at work in the mixing room. Immediately after the explosion the factory took fire and burned for two hours. One hundred employes of the plant finally extinguished the blaze, all the while being in great danger from the large quantity of explosives stored in the building. The loss is $75,000. This is the fourth time the mixing room in this factory has blown up. The first explosion killed three, the second two and the 'third five men. Turpentine Trust Guilty. Savannah, Ga., May 10.?"Guilty," was the verdict brought in late tonight by the jury in the case of the so-called "turpentine trust." Though peculiarly, the names of the ji two indicted corporations are omuted in the verdict, it applies to the five individual defendants: E. S. Nash, president of the American Naval Stores Company; Spencer B. Shotter, chairman of its board of directors; George Meade Boardman, of New York, its treasurer, and J. F. C. Myers, vice president of the company, and Charles Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla., manager of the company, and also Jacksonville manager of the National Transportation and Terminal Company. The sixth defendant, Charles J. Deloach, was found not guilty at the direction of the court. Deferred at the request of the defense, sentence will be passed to-morrow morning. A motion for a new trial will be made. The verdict finds the five defendants guilty on the first and second counts of the indictment, charging conspiring to monopolize interstate trade. The maximum sentence is a fine of $5,0(10 and a term of one year in prison. The surprise the verdict caused in the court room and in Savannah was complete. It was generally believed the verdict would favor the defense. . ' :-t - "V .. - ' - vc z,> ?. - :.T J..;.., INSANE MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Prisoner En Route to Asylum Cuts his Throat on the Train. r7. Columbia, May 10.?Obtaining n knife from one of the passengers on the Augusta train, within two miles of Columbia, at the Congaree River crossing, Emanuel Bolen, who tu heinz hrnncht here to the Insana Asylum, slashed his own throat and, after an operation that lasted forty- ' Ave minutes, now lies dangerously iQ: at the hospital. Bolen is from North Augusta and was under guard of a " special deputy at the time of the attempted suicide. ?:vi The guard stated that everything went well with him and the prisoner, who was manacled, until the train was crossing the Congaree bridge. At this, point, just outside of Columbia, Bolen spoke to one of the passengers who did not notice that the man was a prisoner. A knife was handed handed Bolen and the next thing the guard knew Bolen had made a vicious attempt to end his own life. The jugular vein was touched and $|f Bolen was just saved from death.. After being taken to the hospital the wound was stitched and the chances ? are that Bolen will recover unless blood poisoning should set in. The doctors state that the knife may have been rusty, and in that event the wound might prove fatal. Bolen la a middle-aged white man. The condition of the wounded mam was somewhat better to-night. He is resting easily, although the wound ... .V*J is a dangerous one. From those who came in on the train a graphic story is told of the struggle between the guard and the insane man. The passengers thought ;v % the man was trying to cut the guard . -;J| and several of them attempted te || leave the coach. Having been called on by the guard, E. K. Mitchell, a young college man, who was on the "V| train, assisted in taking the knife from Bolen. It is said that Bolem borrowed the knife about twenty ,, & miles from here and waited until ' within two miles of Columbia to cut Ji| himself. When the knife was takem from him Bolen said, "Let me finish V -'h it; I want to die." GIBSON GOES TO PEN. ||| Supreme Court Refused to Grant ' Him a New Trial. In an opinion, which is unanimous^, filed to-day, the supreme court refuses the appeal of Thomas J. Gib- ^ son, the Columbia broker convicted ;M of "receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen," and within ten days he must begin service of six months in the penitentiary, along '.$3| with Daniel Zimmerman, now serving three years for embezzling the /*\|! bonds in question, and whose petition is now before the State pardon board. Of course there is the chance of a rehearing, but his attorneys, Messrs. Logan & Edmunds and Mr. Washington Clark, said this morning that ' they could not say yet whether a pe LI Hull 1U1 ?1 rcucai lug nuuiu uv utw< "} This will have to be filed within che days allowed before the remit* ; ^ titur is sent down to the clerk of 'm court, who turns it over to the sheriff, whose duty it is to immediately ^??9 deliver the defendant to the penitentiary authorities. He is now out on vp bond. > This is one of the most pathetic cases in the criminal history of the State, both men having been prominent socially and of the highest r'Csf financial standing. And both were aged and in extremely bad health at the time of their conviction. The -M case against Mr. Gibson was post- *^18 poned several times on account of his physical condition, and he is now ia :-V;fS very feeble health. However, he was out on the streets some time ago. Under the policy established by ' Aneol Mr Cihann will hftVA . UV/VC1UV1 AUOV1) Jk?A? ..... w v to begin actual service of sentence before the governor will even con- ' aider his petition for pardon, and ^ though of course a pardon is desirable for other reasons than to avoid serving the time, it is not unlikely that Mr. Gibson will have completed his short sentence before the pardon '||| papers can get through the usual red ,-'iM tape. In her letter to the governor pleading for the pardon of her husband, Mrs. Zimmerman says she can say of " her own knowledge that Mr. Zimmer- ? man did not secure any financial gain by his regrettable mistake. SHOT BY* NEGRO. M Mr. B. A. Jordan Badly Wounded Near Johnston. Edgefield, May 11.?Mr. Barney A. Jordan, a prominent farmer, waa shot, and it is feared mortally , wounded, at 10 o'clock this morninf \ ?3 by Peter Coates, a negro. The shooting occurred on the plantation of Mr. * Jake Hardy, two miles south of Johnston, a pistol being the weapon used, the ball entering me Dreas* and passing through the lungs. From the facts obtainable here it seems - /? that Mr. Jordan had in his employ- m ment a son of Coates and he went to the latter's house in quest of the boy, " who had run away. While there wi altercation arose between Mr. Jordan and the negro, resulting in Coates' drawing his pistol and firing upon Mr. Jordan, inflicting a dangerous wound. The news of the shooting spread like wildfire and veir soon the citizens of the community had gathered for the purpose of capturing the negro, who had fled. Sheriff Ouzts went immediately to the scene v*l and Sheriff Corley, of Lexington, , with bloodhounds, was wired for and they are now in pursuit of the cub prit. ell Later news gives some hope of Mr. Jordan's life.