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1 1?I 1? DUNCAN B. COOPER FREED PARDONED BY THE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE. Supreme Court Had Just Affirmed His Sentence?Robin Cooper Gets New Trial. Nashville, Tenn., April 14.?Governor Patterson late yesterday afternoon pardoned Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, who sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary for the r?f TTnitpd SfateR Senator E. W. Carmack was affirmed by the State Supreme Court. Although it i was believed by many that the chief executive would take this action, the pardon, coming so soon after the action of the court created a sensation. What Governor Patterson Says. m Governor Patterson, in pardoning Colonel Cooper said: "Being thoroughly familiar with the record, having read all the testimony and testified to certain facts within my personal knowledge, it g: is neither desirable nor necessary tc detail action for petition to be presented asking executive clemency, v. v "In my opinion, neither of the defendants is guilty, and they have not had a fair and impartial trial, " - ? but were convicted contrary to the io? ot?/* Tho antion of J?" jC; 'Jne Supreme Court, in vacating the judgment as to Robin Cooper, leaves # the sentence of final conviction as &.c ; to his co-defendant. The proof "Y A: v showed that Robin Cooper killed the deceased and that D. B. Cooper did not fire a shot. Without reflecting - upon the court, it is inconceivable to my mind and repugnant to every principle of justice that a mar. should be found guilty of murder, who was not in a conspiracy to kill ?!>? ..and who, in fact, did not kill." Ml:r Friends of Carmack Indignant. The friends of Senator Carmack are indignant over the hasty action 'Miib:'-. the governor and the matter is . being discussed by excited groups of ,xnen on the streets. 1^.^'After being handed his pardon, . Colonel Cooper, was immediately surrounded by his friends and congratulated. Accompanied by his son '0-*!. ' and other relatives he then repaired IliP^ bome ?' his daughter, Mrs. v 'Lucius Burch. ^ is doubted here that the case MM?? Against Robin Cooper, which was reversed to-day, will ever again be brought to trial. Decision of Supreme Court. Nashville, Tenn., April 14.?Af'Armed as to Duncan B. Cooper, tjji Reversed as to Robin J. Cooper. jSl^yV. -^This is the opinion of the Supreme Court of Tennessee in the ' celebrated case itf which Colonel D. Cooper and his son, Robin J. Cooper, were convicted of murder in the second degree, for the murder of Senator Edward Carmack, on the I. afternoon or November y, iyus, ana Sentenced to 20 years in the penitentlar. The case was up on twentytwo assignments of error, and the record 1b one of the most voluminous ever passed upon by the court : Justices Shield and Neil affirmed 'the decision of the lower court as to froth. Chief Justice Beard and -Justice Bell reversed as to both. Justice McAllister affirmed as to . Colonel Cooper and dissented as to Robin Cooper. The opinion of the majority was read by Justice Shields and was begun at 9.49 o'clock, and completed at I 12.15, and included 76 pages of typewritten matter. f m Had to Get Home. The drink habit gives vent to funny as well as ridiculous statements = V - sometimes. A man who went to a neighboring town one Saturday a few weeks ago, got drunk and was plac rj-: , ed in the lock-up. Sunday morning lie awoke and oh finding himself in a sober condition sent for a friend to - . come and get him out. But the j-pV.) fgriend didn't seem to be much inJ elined toward advancing any money on the matter, and the man who had only jthe day before felt himself so rich,; but now realized that he was in a helpless condition, appealed to him like this: "I've just got to get out of this thing. I'm superintendent of our Sunday-school down home, and I've got to be there this eveni ing ?Nashville Home. Saved from the Grave. "I had about given up hope, after nearly four years of suffering from a severe lung trouble," writes Mrs. M. L. Dix, of Clarksville, Tenn. "Often the pain in my chest would be almost unbearable and I could not do any work, but Dr. King's New Discovery has made me feel like a new person. Its the best medicine made for the throat and lungs." Obstinate coughs, stubborn colds, hay fever, la grippe, asthma, croup, bronchitis and hemorrhages, hoarseness and whooping cough, yield quickly to this wond^ful medicine. Try it 50c and Trial bottles free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, & a DEMANDS VOTE OF PEOPLE. Percy Challenges Vardaman to Run 1 in Senatorial Primary. Jackson, Miss., April 15.?In brief 1 United States Senator Leroy Percy c to-day demanded that the question c of the validity of his election be sub- s mitted to a vote of the people of i . Mississippi and challenged his lead- i . ing opponent in the recent senatorial r caucus, Former Gov. Jas. K. Varda man, to enter a primary election, to c i be held during the month of Novem- t ber of this year. ( i This defi came as the climax of a t ; speech before the joint session of the I ' two branches of the State legilature, e , in which Mr. Percy unsparingly de? nounced State Senator Thodore Bil- c bo and those who charged irregulari- a ties in connection with the recent c senatorial contest in which he was t ; the successful candidate. a It is the plan of Mr. Percy that t ! the election be regularly called by a . the State Democratic executive com- r i mittee and shall apply to the regular , senatorial term, to begin after the > completion of the present unexpired } term of the late Senator McLaurin, ^ for which Mr. Percy was selected to ^ i serve. ' Willing to Resign. \ Should the result be adverse to 1 - him, Percy agrees that he will resign * , and the governor may appoint some one to serve until the next term, 1 which would begin in 1913. Pend- 8 ing a conference between Mr. Varda- * man and his friends, the entire mat- v i ter was held in abeyance. To-night it was the intention that Mr. Varda- c , man be heard in reply to Mr. Percy, * but a storm of almost cyclonic proportions disarranged plans and the * legislature will meet again to-mor- s row in joint session to hear the J former governor. w Senator Percy's address was vigorous from the outset and was a scathing arraingment of Senator Bilbo, * who charged that money was used in 8 connection with the senatorial con- c test. T f Deplores Scandal. v After telling of the bright out- 1 look for Democracy and the fear discernible among the Republicans, t Senator Percy spoke of the humilia- v tion put upon the State of Mississippi by the charges of bribery heralded abroad, saying that telegrams grew thicker and thicker in Northern pa- f pers, 'The air was full of rumors of ^ foul deeds, lies and slanders and, ^ more than that, the intimations, the suggestions, the innuendos, the un- ^ fathered questions, for which no man would stand, by which it was sought t< to* break down the names of those ^ that Mississippi has held in reverence, Anderson, Alexander, Byrd, ^ Critz, Kyle, and Street, as pure and able patriots as the State of Mississippi has ever produced. ^ "Your investigation has shown to }] the world that no stain rests upon the commission that you have given me; c that IK}, suspicion or reproach rests fl uponvthe integrity of the State of t] MissiHippi. I deny that the will of ^ the people has been thwarted, that the* cramp reason that made the legis - CI lature of the State of Mississippi repudiate Vardaman is what makes the ^ people of the State willing and desirous of repudiating Vardamanism g because they are weary of the sense- a less agitation and strife breeding." A Alabama Swept by Storm. 81 Montgomery, Ala., April 16.?Re- r( ports of loss of life and heavy dam- ^ age to property by a storm which t swept over southwest Alabama this ? r< afternoon have been received here. . a Irwin, a small village in the southwestern corner of Wilcox, suffered gj heavily. Irwin is remote, but it is ^ said that at least one person was killed and it is believed there were a number of deaths. ATrai.Tr Vinnaa In tVlA tII. JT Xa\/UV/ailJ CTti J UVUOV AU VAAV f lage is said to have been wiped out. The population of Irwin is about ^ 100. The storm was violent in many ' parts of the State and it is believed there were many fatalities. At Fort Deposit, Enoch Goldsmith . and wife, negroes, were struck and I instantly killed by lightning. At the same place Mrs. George Crenshaw was struck and seriously injured by lightning. Mr. and Mrs. Wrencher ^ Cobb were struck by lightning in a e Mobile suburb and Mrs. Cobb is in s a serious condition. v Two negroes living near Greenville t were badly hurt, one having a broken r arm, the other a broken leg. A ne- ^ gro was rescued from a swollen q stream. She will recover. h Probably the damage was heaviest g at Greenville. t Greenville, Fort Deposit, Demo- ^ polis, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., and a number of other points in Alabama c and Florida are sufferers. ( Railroad traffic on almost all lines f is badly delayed and telegraph and f telephone companies are working un- c der handicaps. Late to-night railroad officials de- t clared that by herculean efforts r traffic would be at normal by noon s to-morrow. ( ' . . i KILLED OVER ROAD ROW. BM Vo Dead, One Dying Result of Georgia Battle. Lyons, Ga., April 17.?Two dead, >ne dying and probably one or two >thers slightly wounded are the reults of a Sunday afternoon battle n an interfamily feud of long standng, which was renewed this afterLoon near Emanuel. The dead are: E. S. Collins, road >verseer for his district, and a wello-do farmer, and his son, William Collins, both of whom died during he progress of the j fight. Alma jewis is so badl?. wounded that he is fxpected to die at any moment. The battle was between the family >f Collins and the family of Lewis, ind was the outcome of a dispute >ver a public road crossing. The wo families reside less than a mile Lpart and the county line runs beween their homes. Fathers and ions met in a lane this afternoon iear the Lewis home. Shotguns Versus Revolvers. Just how the battle started is not mown. The members of the Collins amily were armed with pistols, vhile two shotguns were used on the >ther side. A number of persons vatched the battle, which was fought n the open, both sides standing >ravely up to the mark. Joseph Lewis, father of Alma ^ewis, is alleged to have fired the hot that ended the life of the elder 3ollins. To-night, however, he rould make no statement. The sherds of both Toombs and Emanuel ounties have gone to the scene of he trouble with physicians. As both families are well-to-do and cell known, the shooting created a ensation in both counties. It was nrmm thot thfiv were not on the iest of terms. B Dozen Shots Fired. I Communication with the scene of I he battlS can only be had over per- I onal lines, and details are hard to I btain. However it was learned I hat a dozeif' or more shots were I ired and it was stated that the others I rho were wounded besides Alma B jewis are but little hurt B It was stated later to-night that I hree arrests had been made of sur- I Ivors of the battle. 1 Burglars Rob Bank. B Spring City, Tenn., Apr^l 14.? I lobbers blew the vault of the First I rational Bank of this place this I doming at 1.25 o'clock and escaped I rith over $10,000. Nitroglycerine I raL used. I Bloodhounds were placed on the I rail, but thus far %the safe blowers I ave not been apprehended. B Last night there was $10,200 in I be vault and this morning only $30 I ras found. One of the robbers shot I t S. E. Paul, assistant cashier of I be bank, as he was en route to the I dstitution following the explosion. I Nitroglycerine was poured into the racks around the safe door. Five I asks of the explosives were found in be building this morning. The work I 'as evidently that of inexperienced I len. It is thought the party was I omposed of four. B Entrance to the building was made I brough a side door. The first ex- I losion was heard at 1:25 o'clock. I everal persons in the vicinity were I roused and rushed to the bank. I .t 1.40 the robbers were seen leav lg the institution, having looted the ife in twenty minutes. B During the time the thieves were I obbing the bank one of the mem- I ers of the party held up the opera- I >r at the Cincinnati Southern rail- I sad station to prevent him giving an I larm of the robbery. B The building, a substantial brick I tructure, was badly damaged, the I ront entrance being practically de- I L J mv Vlnmn in I troyeu. 1 JLIt? CKtlC wao uiunu w ieces, one of the doors being found everal feet away. A search for the robbers was at nee instituted. However no clue to heir identity has yet been discovred. BITTERLY CRITICISED. 'atterson Justly Roasted for Pardoning Cooper. Capt. G. T. Fitzhugh, of Memphis, 'enn., assistant counsel for the proscution in the Cooper case, whose peech at the famous trial attracted widespread attention characterized he pardon of D. B. Cooper as an outage. Wednesday he said: "The lisgraceful haste displayed by the lovemor in pardoning D. B. Cooper ?efore the ink was hardly dry on tne iupreme Court opinion convicted tim of murder, shocks every sense of lecency. "Sworn to execute the laws as onstrued by the highest Court, the Governor, without even a petition rom any one tramples law under oot and sets aside the Court's dels!on for the benefit of a cold blood id murderer, whose influence with 11 he Governor is, and has been, far I I ore potent than the interests and 11 afety of the people of this great I ( Commonwealth. Vr (Ifll k ... .v - A'/'v'vri. Do You If so it is as much to your as it is to ours. We hav Exclusive Sta in Bamberg County, and much larger line for you 1 will find elsewhere. Thi large quantities, for cash, expense attached for carr and will sell you better g< than you can obtain elsewl Paper by the quire, with Envelopes to ma or pencil, ruled and u Ci- ??- D - D ?:i? u ictus, r cud, i CUU18, Ink Wells, Stamp Pad Waste Baskets, Files, s * and in fact anything need business office. We al? 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