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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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\ 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
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. 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 ,
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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. !
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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.
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dr. J. H. Valentine Wounded by Ne- j
gro Named Middleton?Cap- 1
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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,
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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.
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INSANE MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Prisoner En Route to Asylum Cuts
his Throat on the Train.
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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 .
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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.