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TRIAL OF . BROOKS CORXWELL.
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Man who Split Adolph Kelly's Skull
Before Kershaw Jury.
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Camden, July 6.?The case of
f Brooks Corn well, charged with the
^ murder of Adolph Kelly, came up in
court to-day. This case attracts a
good deal of interest from the circumstances
of the killing. Cornwell
was Kelly's nephew. The following
is the story of the case gathered
from the testimony already given:
On February 25 Kelly became in
Itoxicated and coming home he cursed
and abused his wife. Cornwell,
who lived with his uncle, tried to
quiet him and to get him away from
home. At this he succeeded, but
Kelly returned later, when Cornwell
had retired to his room and began
to curse and abuse Cornwell in the
presence of Mrs. Kelly. Then he demanded
whiskey of his wife, and
when she refused to give it to him,
he pulled his pistol and threatened
* the people in the room.
At this time one of the members
in the room cried for help; then
Cornwell rushed to the room, snatching
up a hatchet on the way. When
he entered the room Kelly turned in
his direction and Cornwell struck
him in the head, exposing the brain.
This happened on the 26th of February.
Kelly lived with his brain
exposed in this manner until April
(10, attracting the interest of medical
men and otherwise.
The case is drawing large crowds,
for both the defendants and the deceased
have a number of friends
ji among the people. M. L. Smith is
defending Cornwell and George Johnstone,
of Newberry, is assisting the
State. Both of these are well known
*as expert criminal lawyers, and a
hard fought case is expected.
All of the testimony has been followed
with great interest, especially
in the case of Miss Sallie Poover, a
young girl, whose story is very important.
She is a witness for the defence,
and just before the cross examination
she broke down and was
forced to leave the stand. The story
she told was clear and uhconfused.
The defendant, on the stand, appeared
to be at his ease, except several
times during the severe cross-exam- .
. ination. Neither side has completed
its case as yet
The following have testified for the
State: Dr. Grisby, who attended
Kelly in his illness; W. E. Parker,
Mallachi Griffin, Henry Branton, G.
Hinson, Earle H. Bowen and J. G.
Kelly.
The following have testified for the
defence: Mrs. Kate Kelly, wife of
^ the deceased; Mrs. Alma Starnes,
Miss Sallie Poover, Mrs. S. E. Poover,
Mts. T. W. Starnes and Brooks Cornwell,
the defendant. The case will
be resumed, and it is hoped finished,
to-morrow.
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Drought Continues Over Cotton Belt.
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Washington, July 6.?Weather in
) the. cotton belt was favorable in
States east of the Mississippi during
the past week but severe drought
continues in many "parts of the belt
west of the Mississippi according to
the National Weekly weather bulletin
issued yesterday.
By States the conditions were:
Virginia, warm and dry; precipitation
deficient, drought becoming serious.
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Nortn Carolina, rain neeaea neariy
\ all sections. ?
South Carolina, much rain needed.
Georgia, drought still prevails.
Alabama, beneficial showers occurred.
Alabama, showers frequent but irregularly
distributed.
Mississippi, sufficient ground moisture
for present needs.
Louisiana, scattered showers, but
precipitations generally below normal;
weather favorable to agricultural
operations.
Texas, generally dry, clear and
warm, precipitation generally below
normal.
Arkansas, generally favorable but
more rain needed.
Tennessee, rains at end last week
very beneficial. Temperature unusually
high.
Kentucky, clear, dry, and hot;
rain again* badly needed.
Missouri, clear dry and excessively
warm, drought continues for
eight weeks. Fields dry and brown
as in late summer.
Oklahoma, high temperatures, occasional
hot winds, severe drought
covers entire State.
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Turpentine Still Explodes.
Midville, Ga., July 5.?L. G. Spence
sustained a broken leg and many
bruises and was severely scalded by
the explosion of a turpentine still on
the turpentine farm of J. H. Drew,
six miles from this city, early this
morning. The wreckage and more
than $5,000 worth of turpentine and
rosin were burned by fire, which followed
the explosion.
The cause of the explosion is a
mystery, such accidents being of the
rarest occurrence in turpentining.
The accident occurred just after
the still had been firej up for the
day. Spence, who was the distiller,
was blown through the shed and still.
FORMER CONSTABLE CUTS.
Cutting Affray at Newberry May Re- i
suit Fatally.
Wards, July 5.?Mr. Griffin Williams,
of Newberry, who so serious- <
ly and perhaps fatally cut Andrew 1
Davenport, a white man, at Old Town ?
yesterday, came to Saluda this morn- 3
ing and placed himself in the cus- 1
tody of Sheriff Williams, awaiting i
the results of yesterday's* trouble, t
From what can be learned here Wil- 3
liams tried hard to avoid trouble with
Davenport at Old Town yesterday, 1
where a Fourth of July barbecue was (
served. Old Town is just across the l
Saluda river in Newberry county; <
both men are Newberrians. t
Trouble Over Whiskey Seizure. 1
It appears that several dayB ago <
Williams, who was working as a con- 1
stable in Saluda county, seized some t
whiskey found in the possession of 1
Cary McCarthy, near Denny's. Last week,
so the story goes, while Wil- !
liams was at Silver Street, in New- ]
berry county, Davenport approached
him and stated that he, Williams, had i
gotten one of his, Davenport's kins- 1
men in trouble over in Saluda county, 2
referring to the seizure of Cary Mc- t
Carthy's liquor, and he tried to in- i
volve Williams in a difficulty about l
it. It is said that Davenport cursed
Williams on that occasion and said
some pretty tough things to him. It
is likewise stated that Williams kept
his head and although urged by some
of his friends to resent what Davenport
said, made the statement that
inasmuch as he was an officer he
would not allow himself to be drawn
into a difficulty. Yesterday at Old
Town, Davenport again approached
Williams and rebuked him for taking
McCarthy's liquor and saying that inasmuch
as one of his kinsmen had
been gotten into trouble, Williams
would have to get him into trouble.
Story of Fight.
The story goes that Wifliams tried
to avoid any difficulty and quietly
walked away, going to Chapman's
store. It seems that Davenport followed
him, and after some words attacked
him. In the tussle both men (
went out of the store door in the little
piazza at the front; here the fight
was continued and one of Williams's '
legs got fastened between ? some slats
nailed around as banisters, and sway- *
ing backwards fell and Davenport 1
fell over him and out on the ground, i
While in this position it is said Dav- t
nnlloroH Williams arid the lat- t
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ter reached for his knife and gashed i
him across the muscle of the left {
arm and across the heart. As soon 1
as he was cut Davenport, it seems, ?
loosed his grip on Williams and run- 1
ning a short distance fell; he bled
profusely, and it was thought he i
would bleed to death before medical 1
aid could be had. A 'phone message i
from Newberry this morning stated ?
he was not dead, but is .in a critical I
condition. Williams came across Sa
luda river after tlie trouble ana spent ?
last night in this county. This morn- 1
ing on hearing that Davenport was i
dead he came to Saluda and deliver- i
ed himself into the hands of Sheriff t
Sample; he is now occupying a room i
at the Herlong Hotel. ?
Blease's Brother-in-Law. I
Mr. Williams is a brother-in-law ^
to Gov. Blease, and until a few days a
ago was operating iff this county as a
a special constable. Upon being ad- a
vised by the supervisor that a con- c
stable was not needed in the county a
both Willfams and R. L. Wertz, who t
was also a constable, were dismissed i
by Gov. Blease. In case Davenport I
should die Williams will at once sur- f
render himself to Sheriff Buford at
Newberry. I
Negress Commits Suicide. t
Lexington, July 5.?Declaring several
days ago that she was going to r
kill herself according to the state- T
ment of members of her family, Min- j
nie Gates, a negro woman, 30 years ,
old, committed suicide yesterday af- f
ternoon by shooting herself in the \
side with a single-barrel shotgun, the g
entire load passing through her body, j
causing instant death. c
The scene of the homicide is about (
six miles above the court house, on f
the plantation of a Mr. Keisler. Ac- i
cording to the story, the other ne- (
groes of the household, with the ex- r
ception of a small child, were pick- T
ing huckleberries in a swamp some f
distance from the house, and when c
they returned they found the dead ^
body of the woman. i
It being a clear case of suicide, no
inquest was held. It is claimed that
the woman's mind had been unbalahced
for some time.
Ferris Wheel Falls.
With every seat occupied a ferris
wheel, operated by a carnival company
at Booneville, Miss., collapsed
and a boy on the ground was the
only person killed. Nine persons
were badly injured and several others
less seriously hurt. Frank Mahaffy,
aged 7, was killed. Mrs. Mahaffy ran
toward the machine to catch her little
daughter falling from one of the
seats. Her son ran after her and
was struck by one of the iron girders.
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EX-TREASURER IS LOSER.
Supreme Court Says Former Berkeley
County Officer Must Pay Up.
Columbia, July 7.?The Supreme
;out to-day affirmed the judgment beow
in the case of former Treasurer
lohn 0. Edwards, of Berkeley county.
\lr. Edwards was checked out of ofice,
$5,596 short and the State won
i suit against him and his bondsmen
;o recover this amount with interest.
Sdwards appealed.
Prof. Arthur B. Cook, formerly of
iVofford college, now a resident of
California, lost his appeal to the supreme
court to-day in his suit against
;he administrators of the estate of
;he late S. T. Poinier, formerly postnaster
of Spartanburg, to recover
louble the principal and interest of
;wo notes which he paid before ma:urity
under the statute allowing this
penalty for usury. Prof. Cooke, in
L908, gave Mr. Poinier two notes of
P600 each, one due on January 1,
L910, the other due on July 1, 1910.
Mr. Poinier died and in the summer
of 1909 Prof. Cooke offered to
;ake his notes in September of that
rear, but the administrators refused
:o allow him to do so, unless he
ivould pay interest just as if the
lotes had run to maturity. In August,
1909, Prof. Cooke sold the land
securing the notes and took up the
iot.es. Davins: interest to maturity.
He then brought suit to recover
iouble the whole amount, on the
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ground that it was usury for the adninistrators
to exact any more interest
than that which had actually accrued.
Special Judge W. B. Gruber
considered the case, a jury having
Deen dispensed with, on an agreed
statement of facts, and dismissed it.
Prof. Cooke then appealed.
The Supreme Court affirmed Judge
Glruber's judgment. It is held that
:here was nothing usurious in the
contract itself, and the administrates
were justified in refusing Prof.
Uooke's offer of settlement.
VIRGINIA NEGRO IN THE WAR.
Some Remarks About the Service of
the Young Darkey.
Dick was a nigger, just a Virginia
slave nigger. When a little boy, he
vas scullion in the kitchen. He carded
the wood and water for the cook,
md scoured the pots and kettles, and
;urned the spit when the turkey was
oasting, dipping and basting the
jravy from the pan and nodding in
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US WorK aner uic uauuci
uaall darkies, writes Major A. R. N.
Hansom, in Harper's.
When the war came the carriage
ested in the carriage house, the
lorses were taken by the Yankees
iiid Dick became my servant in the
irmy of the South?a gentleman's
gentleman, as he called himself.
No man ever had a more faithful
ind devoted follower than I had in
Dick. He' was captured twice with
ne by Union forces, and each time
efused the freedom which his caporo
crave him. "I don't want to be
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10 freer than I always has been," he
;aid oh both of these occasions. Once
discharged him for being drunk.
Think of discharging a^lave! It was
it Chattanooga, and Dick hung
iround headquarters for several days
md was very unhappy. Finally he
:ame to me with a Bible in his hand
md said, "I wants to swear on this
hat if you will take me back I will
lot drink a drop during the war."
ie took the oath and kept it faith'ully
to the end, at Appomattox, r
When I was captured at Rich
Mountain I was ill, and Was sent to
he Federal hospital, an immense
ent. I had not fully recovered when
ve evacuated our position, and wanlering
about the mountains in the
ain for two days and two nights
vithout food had brought on a reapse.
And besides enduring the ex>osure,
we had forded the river nine
imes in the vain effort to avoid large
)odies of the enemy's troops. The
land had got into my boots, and when
ny socks were taken off, the skin
:ame off with them. I was a pitiable
)bject. Dick stuck to me. He was
ree now to go where he pleased,
>ut he never left me. He was by my
;ot all day, kept off the flies from
ny raw and skinless feet, and did
vhat he could to alleviate my suf'erings.
At night he crept under my
;ot and took his only rest on the bare
jround. When I was well enough to
?o North with Col. Pegram, I asked
Dick what he was going to do, now
;hat he was free. He said that he
vould go with me. When I told him
;hat was impossible, he said, "Well,
f I can't go with you, I will go back
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When he was leaving, I gave him
:wo hundred dollars in Virginia Valey
Bank notes (it was before the
lays of Confederate money,) and he
valked two hundred and sixty-three
niles?by way of Staunton, one hunIred
and fifty, and down the valley,
i hundred and thirteen?to my home
In the valley, and gave my wife one
lundred and ninety-six dollars of the
noney.
j 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any
jase of Chills and Fever. Price, 25 c.
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CHAOS MORE CONFOUNDED.
County Board Adjourns for Lack of
Quorum.
Beaufort, July 5.?County politics
is in a ferment to-day. The county
board was in session, but has adjourned
for want of a quorum. Four
commissioners constitute a quorum,
and with the three chairmen of the
unenjoined township boards?Beaufort,
Hiltonhead and Coosawhatchie
?and the supervisor this will be a
sufficient number to do business.
There is much to be done. There
are many bills on hands for ratifica
tion and payment, some contracts to
be awarded and the Beaufort-St.
Helena bridge petition for an election
up before them. One of the unenjoined
members is absent on account
of sickness, and the board
therefore, has no quorum.
There seems to be no concerted action
as to what steps will be taken in
the endeavor to have the injunction
revoked or modified, but it is rumored
that as soon as a return has been
made op the papers, Thos. Talbird,
attorney of the county, will try at
once to have the injunction revoked.
In his order Judge Gage said that the
defendant commissioners can move
for a hearing prior to thd day set in
September.
Gus Sanders, treasurer, and Jos. S.
Claghorn, supervisor, have refused to
pay out any money until instructed
by the judge. The consensus of legal
opinion is that the treasurer is only
restrained in paying out money to or
for those townships whose commissioners
are enjoined. The county officials'
salaries are set by statute, and
the interpretation of Judge Gage's
order is that the treasurer is not enjoined
from paying them their compensation,
but the treasurer and supervisor
think otherwise, and have
refused to pay out any money for
any purpose.
Whatever may be the correct interpretation
of the law, the county is
now financially tied up, and the indications
are that it will be so for some
time to come. ,
A GENSENG FARM.
Raising the Cnrions Roots That Sell
for $8 a Pound. ,
Owing to years of systematic huntI
ing for its roots very little genseng
j remains growing in its natural state
in the woods, and in order to supply
the demand it has been found necessary
to resort to artificial cultivation.
A correspondent of the Fir News
describes the genseng gardens in Rutland
county, Vt., started six years
ago from wild roots, though the subsequent
planting, have been from
seeds. The seeds planted in the fall
do not come up until the second
year.
The beds were made of sand, wellrooted
horse manure, leaf mold and
the like, forming a soft soil such as
is found about the roots of trees in
the woods. The soil is mulched each
fall with old leaves. A network of
slats is built over the beds to stimulate
the shade of the woods, as frequent
sunshine upon the plants invariably
kills them.
By exercising due care in the preparation
of the beds the plants thrive
as well as they do in the natural
state. Very few weeds grow among
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consequently they need very little
attention except in the case of hlight,
which occasionally attacks the plants
and retards their growth. A spraying
of Bordeaux mixture is effective
in checking this blight.
The root, which gets its growth in
five or six years, is the genseng of
commerce and is called manroot, because
it frequently assumes ^he form
of a human body. The first frost of
autumn knocks down the plant and
the matured roots are then dug and
dried ready for market. Ice and snow
have no effect upon the roots and
they grow from year to year. The
beds under cultivation are so planted
that one matures each autumn.
The dried roots are worth seven to
eight dollars a pound in this country,
though the Chinese, who consume by
far the larger portion of genseng produced
pay a much higher price for it.
Genseng thrives best in cold climates,
and is extensively grown in Canada,
northern New York and the New
England States.
PISTOL DISCHARGED BY FALL.
Yorkville Policeman Perhaps Fatally
Injured in Peculiar Accident.
Yorkville, July 5.?Policeman J.
M. Harris, of the local force, was seriously
wounded in a bicycle-motorcycle
collision this afternoon, and
fears are expressed for his life. It
seems that Harris was riding a bicycle
attached by a rope to a motorcycle
ridden by a Mr. Fink, of this
place. Just outside of town the tire
of the motorcycle burst and threw
Harris, who was in the rear on the
bicycle, breaking his collar bone and
causing the discharge of his pistol,
the ball entering near the upper edge
of the hip, and inflicting a serious,
and perhaps fatal, wound.
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