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* NO PARDON FOR BRIGMAN.
Wealthy Farmer Who Whined a
Woman Must Serve Time.
Columbia, May 27.?Because he
lashed an old woman who was in his
> employ, H. H. Brigman, said to be a
wealthy Marion county faxmer," will
have to serve his sentence in the
State penitentiary. Gov. Ansel yesterday
refusing to grant him a pardon.
Brigham was convicted during the
present year in the Marion county
courts and sentenced to 18 months
In the penitentiary on the charge of
assault and battery.
The woman whom he is charged
with whipping had been employed as
a house servant for several years.
Her name is Jane Bower. In the
petition filed it is asked that the
sentence be commuted to a fine. This 1
Gov. Ansel refused to do.
* It was claimed by Brigman that
the woman left her work and that
while she was absent the house was
burned, entailing a loss of over
$3,000. Brigman becoming enraged,
whipped the woman, as was brought
, out by the- testimony at the trial.
When Brigman was placed on trial
he pleaded guilty of assault and
* ' battery. He was immediately sent- <
- . enced by Judge Gary to 18 months
^ in the State penitentiary.
It is stated in tiie petition filed
with Gov. Ansel that Brigman is fn
bad health. The case at the time at- '
t^cted a great deal of attention. <
Savannah Sheriff Killed.
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W. Mclntyre, Jr., sheriff of the city
court of Savannah and member of
a very prominent family died early
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this afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital
as the result of two pistol wounds
* inflicted late last night a mile from
7-i the city on thfe Augusta road.
Several negroes are held by the j
poli'ce in connection with the shoot- 1
ing butj the murder is yet wrapped 1
1 in mystery, and except for theories, t
i any one of several of which may be (
,1 correct, the police are at a loss to i
determine the identity of .the slayer, s
It was stated that Mclntyre stated t
he knew who shot him. Further than l
this, howfever, the police seem to
/ ? . know but little of the circumstances h
surrounding the tragedy. Four shots
were fired in the darkness. k
Mr. Mclntyre is a brother of Frank i
P. Mclntyre, commander of the Geor*
gia Huzzars. 1
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i " MAN'S AWFUL DEATH. ,
Soldier Shot to Pieces by^His Companions.
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Monterey, Cal., May 30.?His body 1
an unseen target to the rain of bul- 8
lets of a firing squad at rifle practice, ;
Claude Hetherton, a private of Com- t
pany K. Thirteenth Infantry, station- c
j ed at the Presidio, who was taking r
measurements of the range, was lit- ^
erally shot to pieces and died after ^
lingering in the reservation hospital s
* ^ for two days. The accident occurred c
last week. An investigation of the t
affair delayed the funeral until yes- *
~ terday. a
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All during the afternoon of the day 41
? he was shot, Hetherton crept about c
on the embankment, peppered with a
lead, while the bullets whizzed about '
him. His cries could not be heard. 1
? ' After the first bullet had brought t
him down he made an effort to drag f
; himself out of range, but no matter ^
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which way he turned his escape was 1
cut off by the flying missiles. 8
i Finally he sank on the sand mound
awaiting the shot that would end his 1
torture. Bullets sped about him, rip- t
ping his clothing and tearing his *
flesh. When markers found him his 1
head had teen shot nearly off. Heth- s
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erton was married. 1
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* What Smythe Said.
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"Once upon a time there livetl a
good man who was soliciting contri- (
butions for the erection of an orphan ^
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asylum," said the story teller, ac- I
cording to Answers. "He had been t
to many rich people and received i
liberal contributions, which were en- t
* tered in a book he had for that pur- g
pose. Among these many names ap- i
* ' peared 'Mrs. Rupert Smythe.' The t
good man went to Mr. Smythe's office, i
and showing him the contribution i
entered by Mrs. Smythe, asked if he i
would not give a like sum. And what g
do you suppose he did?" s
I. "Well, I suppose he doubled it. ' z
remarked a listener. 1
"Doubled it? Not Rupert!" ex- i
claimed the teller of the story. "Why. t
he simply took his pen and wrote, t
'Mr. and Mrs.' before his wife's name i
and handed the book back." t
Falls Dead With Blessing. j
Randleman, N. C., May 29.?Clos- c
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mg ms aauress uciuic mc nauucr
* man Township Sunday -school con- c
vention in the auditorium here this s
afternoon with the fervently uttered t
blessing: "May God be with you till i
we meet again," Wilson Davis, the a
aged superintendent of St.- Johns I
Sunday-school, dropped to the floor \
k and expired. He was in good health. 3
and there was no intimation of the t
approaching end. I
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TAG TAX RECEIPTS INCREASE.
Decided Gain Over Last Year's Figures
is Anticipated.
Columbia, May 28.?The fertilizer
movement, as shown by the tag tax
receipts, will aggregate $250,000 in
receipts at the Treasurer's office, or
about $43,000 more than last year's
receipts, on the basis of 25 cents per
ton.
The tag tax received to date is
S212.050.03. which is $41,545.91
more than to the corresponding date
last' year. The figures for last year
to March 29 were $170,504.12.
The total for the last official, year
(1909) in tag tax receipts was $202,741.31.
From May 28 last year to the end
of the fiscal year the receipts were,
therefore, $32,237.18.
It is considered very probable that
this year's receipts, from now until
the end of the fiscal year, will equal,
if not exceed, last year's receipts for
the corresponding period. By adding
last year's after May receipts it will
be seen that this year's receipts will
probably reach the $250,000 mark.
As the tag tax is 25 cents per ton,
the amount turned into the Treasurer's
office represents nearly 850,0vO
tons.
"Tn mv nnininn." said todav Judae
J. Fuller Lyon, who handles the fertilizer
tax in the office of the State
Treasurer, "the reason for the increase
in the fertilizer sales, as shown
by the tag tax, is that the farmer in
South Carolina is now using more
fertilizer for the small crops, that
is the grain crops, corn and so forth.
I have noticed a general disposition
to increase the fertilizer used on the
early fall crops."
Too Truthful.
Truth-telling in itself is not always
)articularly wise nor praiseworthy,
indeed, it is sometimes the reverse.
Perhaps this can be illustrated in
;he case of the young man who called
>n a young lady early one spring
norning. He wanted to give her a
>pin through the country in his big
;ouring car. A little girl?the young
ady's niece?answered the bell.
"Is your auntie in?" asked the
roung man.
"Yes, sir," said the little girl.
"That's good. Where is she?" he
vent on.
"She's upstairs," answered the
ittle erirl. "in her nighty, looking
>ver the balustrade."?June Lippin:ott's.
Tries to Hob Court Room.
Chicago, May 25.?A sensational
urn was given the Lee O'Neil Brown
illeged bribery trial here late to-day,
vhen it became known that an atempt
was made during the noon re:ess
to rob Judge McSurley's court
oom in the criminal court building
V. lock on the main door had been
ammed so badly that it was neces;ary
to remove the door before it
:ould be opened. Whoever attempted
o secure access to important papers
>y breaking into the court room had
ipparently been frightened away by
Lttaches of the building. All the
:ourt officers were at lunch when the
ittempt was made. When he was inormed
of the matter, State's Attorley
Wayman said that he does not
hink that he took the alleged conessions
made by Representatives R.
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I. U. cecKmeyer a.uu lui^ua^i o*un.,
he contents 0$: which'have been kept
i close secret, to court with him.
Against the objections of State's
attorney Wayman, Alec Forest, for
he defense, secured a continuance of
he hearing until 2 o'clock to-morow.
Attorney Forest said ' he delired
time to look up federal authoriies
regarding the election of United
States senators and congressmen.
Negro Slain by White Man.
St. George, May 25.?A negro was
;hot and instantly killed by Peter
larley at Harleyville early this afernoon.
There were no eye-witlesses,
and particulars regarding the
;ragedy are rather meagre. The ne;ro
was in the employ of young Harey*
as a farm laborerf Harley came
;o St. George, and upon his return
lome found that the negro had not
jeen performing his duties properly,
le is said to have upbraided the ne;ro
for failure to work in his ab;ence
which enraged the negro. He
idvanced upon young Harley. The
atter drew his rifle and began firng.
The negro, it is said, continued
o advance then after he had been hit
)y the first shot. Harley had his
ifle in his possession when he went
o the negro's shack which is in the
ear of his residence. No inquest
las yet been held over the remains
)f the dead man.
Harley is within the walls of the
:ounty jail, having surrendered him;elf
to Sheriff Owens immediately af:er
the shooting. He is a young unuarried
man and is a member of a
veil known and prominent family.
-Ie is a brother of Bill Harley, who
vas killed at Harieyville a couple of i
ears ago while attempting to enter
;he front door of the residence of a
prominent citizen of that point.
BODY FOUND IN EDISTO.
Believed that Young Negro Girl Committed
Suicide at Orangeburg.
nror?ffAKnrcr 9? What 1C
Viau^wuitji mu* w v jlamv
supposed to be the suicide of a 13year-old
negro girl has just been discovered
by the poiice of this city.
The facts of the case, so far as
known at this time, are about as'follows:
On last Wednesday, a negro girl,
Henrietta McDuffie, 13 years, was reported
to the police as missing from
her home. Investigation disclosed
the fact that on Tuesday she had been
punished by her aunt, who lived in
the house of Lea Brunson, the grandmother
of the girl with whom she
lived, and had then threatened to
take her own life, saying that she
would "kill herself and go to hell,
rather than stand the ill-treatment
of her aunt." She remained at a
neighbor's house on Tuesday night,
but on Wednesday morning she re
turned to her grandmother's, remaining
a few minutes, then leaving.
Later in the day she was reported
missing.
Late on Wednesday afternoon a
hat, dress and shoes, supposed to be
the clothes of Henrietta, were found
on the banks of the Edisto River.
While the girl failed to return on
Thursday and' Friday, few thought
she had executed her threat to kill
herself. In fact, it was reported
late on Friday that she had been
seen on the streets of the city with
an infant. However, this afternoon,
while fishing in the river, George
Peoples and another negro saw?the
dead body of a person floating in
eddy water, and reported that fact
to the chief of police, who dispatched
Officer Jennings to the scene, who
found that it was the dead body of
the girl, Henrietta McDuffie, covered
only by under clothing. The body
was in a good state of preservation
and was easily identified.
The matter has been reported to
the coroner, and an inquest V.ill be
held tonight or tomorrow morning.
The case, if it be one of suicide, is
unusual, considering the age and
color of the girl.
It is barely possible that the investigation
by the coroner may disclose
some things not now known or even
suspicioned.
Whiskey Traffic on the Rivers.
Perhaps it is well known that a
river that is boundary between two
States is, or has been heretofore,
outside the jurisdiction of any State
and subject only to federal law as tQ
certain acts performed or committed
on its waters. In this way the sale
of liquor has continued on the river,
despite the prohibition laws of Arkansas,
Mississippi and Tennessee.
Trading and regular line boats have
done a big business in whiskey on
both shores, and prohibition along
the river was a nullity in consequence.
Recently, however, Arkansas
and Mississippi concurrently enacted
laws extending their jurisdiction
over the river, each State reaching
to the farther bank of the streamv
and Sunday evening the steamer Sadie
Lee, from Memphis, was held up
at Greenville, and two wagon loads
of liquor were confiscated. The proceeding
was thoroughly effective in
accomplishing its object. The only
point In doubt is whether the law
wyi hold good, as it seems to involve
a question of interference with
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"ONE OP US HAD TO DIE."
So This Kentucky Wife Killed Her
Husband.
Louisville, Ky., May 28.?The apparently
happy married life of Bainbridge
W. Eblen, business man of
Henderson, Ky., was brought to a
sudden close early this morning
when Mrs. Eblen levelled a pistol at
him and fired three times.
One shot entered his back and
pierced his heart, killing him instantly.
Turning from her husband Mrs.
Eblen fired twice at a negro woman
cook, one bullet' striking her in the
forehead. This did not stop her,
however, and Mrs. Eblen ran after
hor nnH strnr.k her in the head with
the butt of the pistol.
Mrs. Eblen gave herself up to the
authorities and made the following
statement:
"I shot him. I did it knowing that
one of us had to die, and I could take
better care of the children."
Denmark School Gets $1,000.
Boston, Mass., May 27.?Among
the several charitable institutions to
benefit under the will of the late
Emily E, Sawyer of this city is the
Voorhees Industrial school of Denmark,
S. C. This institution received
a. bequest of $1,000. The will was
filed to-day, and it is unlikely that a
contest will be made. The largest
bequest is given to the Summerville
hospital. This institution is given
the residue amounting to $25,000.
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DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUNTER
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Savannah Man Convicted of Killing
Three Women.
Savannah. Ga., May 28.?Guilty of
the atrocious murder of his wife,
Mrs. Maggie Hunter, and aged Mrs.
Eliza Gribble and her daughter, Mrs.
Carrie Ohlander, in the Perry street
murders here last December, was the
verdict returned after midnight this i
morning against J. C. Hunter, in
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v-ziiamam ouyicuic \jumi..
With the Court room's silence
broken only by the sound of the voice
of Judge Charlton, the sentence of
death was pronounced and unless
saved by legal formalities the aged
prisoner will die on the gallows June
10.
Looking steadily at the Judge with
his one remaining eye, Hunter,
shrivelled with age and hard usage,
and after the ordeal of the trial, apparently
was as calm as any one else
in the Court room.
The verdict came after the jury
had been out but twenty-six minutes,
and was a distinct surprise, both because
many persons believed the
solely circumstantial evidence adduced
by the prosecution would leave
a reasonable doubt in the minds of
the jurors and because it was believed
the jury would not agree
quickly upon a verdict in any case.
Nearly all the afternoon and night
sessions of the Court were devoted to
two arguments, that of Attorney Don
Clark, for the prisoner, and of Solicitor
General Walter Hartridge. The
latter in his argument paid as much
attention, in his attacks, to the oposing
counsel as to the prisoner.
At noon, just before the testimony
was ended, the jury was led from
the court room to the Perry street
house, and saw the rooms in which
the three women were killed.
Mayor George W. Tiedeman, of
Savannah, was one of the last witnesses,
and was offered to combat
Hunter's story of the cruelties of the
"third degree" as he declared on the
stand it was practiced by the local
police.
The State's case against Hunter
rested upon evidence that he had
quarrelled with his wife; was separated
from her; knew of''alleged intimacy
between her and W. H. Walls,
also charged with the murders, and
yet to be tried; that he was seen
near the house of murders about the
time or the murders, and he had
threatened to "bust her brains out,"
referring to his wife.
Hunter's defence was an alibi.
The murders for which Hunter is
under death sentence were committed
in the early afternoon of December
12, in a smali frame two-story house
on Perry street. Mrs. Gribble's skull
was crushed in with blows of a blunt
instrument. She was very old. Her
daughter, too, met death almost instantly
from blows over the head.
Mrs. Hunter, the wife of the convicted
man, was not dead when a
patrolman pushed open the door of
the house on the terrible scene, but
died several days later in a hospital,
without regaining consciousness sufficiently
to tell who struck her. She
babbled of a "wiiite man" who attacked
her.
W. H. Walls, white man, Mrs.
Hunter's alleged, lover, and John
Cooker, a negro, who are charged
with aiding Huhter, and are prisoners.
A second negro who confessed
the crime was not held, his story
being proven ilntrue.
Tried to Wreck Train.
Columbus, Ga., May 25.?Claud
Douglas, a negro, of Girard, Ala.,
was to-day ordered held to await trial
on the charge of attempting to
wreck a train. Douglas stated that
he piled cross-ties on the Southern
railroad tracks, 24 miles from here,
to stop a freight train so he could
get a ride. A passenger train came
first and narrowly missea Doing
wrecked. The negro was brought
here on a hand car as feeling was
strong against him.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Scholarship Examination.
The University of South Carolina
offers scholarships in the Department
of Education to one young man from
each county. Each Scholarship is
worth $100 in money and $18 term
fee with free tuition.
Examination will be held at county
seat July 1st. Examination of
students generally for admission to
the University will be held at the
same time. Write for information to
S. C. MITCHELL, President,
Columbia, S. C.
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