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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1913. Established 1891.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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, News Items Gathered All Around the ^
. County and Elsewhere. tc
Fairfax Fancies. G
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Fairfax, Aug. 25.?The Misses
Brunson, of Gifford, were recent ^
guests of Mrs. Benj. Brunson. ^
? Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ruddell expect pj
; to visit the mountains of North Caro- n(
lina in a few days.
L Miss Margaret Youmans has left ^
& us to attend the Training School for
Wt Nurses at Richmond, Va. g(
W Mi6S Mary Harrison left the same q,
day for her home at Johnston and p
expects to return at the reopening q
of school on September 7th. n
Dr. Iva Youmans, a Fairfax raised ^
girl, has been made State Bacteriolo- is
gist in Florida. In the absence of p
>> Dr. Simmons, she will serve at Tarn- fC
pa, Pensacola, and other places. q
The new editor has arrived and ai
brought his press, so The Fairfax T
Advance will soon be a familiar ri
sheet.
> Mrs. Jas. Padgett and son, Sydney, in
of Lake Butler, Fla., have returned a;
Jiome after a pleasant visit here with p(
relatives.
-Mrs. Lane's father, Mr. Padgett,
has returned to Ehrhardt, after a
long stay here with his daughters.
* Mr. and Mrs. Judson Lightsey, of sc
Brunson, visited Mrs. Martin Light- lt:
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sey recently,
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Mrs. Rivers, of Brunson, and little
daughter visited Mrs. E. S. Ulmer on
Saturday. ^
The Woman's Missionary Society
gave a very nice program Sunday af- n<
ternoon at the Baptist church. In- bl
spiring songs were sung and appro- *a
priate pieces were read. ^
The Y. P. U. carried out an interesting
program Sunday evening. Mr.
J. E. Johnston gave a very fine ad- A
dress. , tc
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Clear Pond Breezes.
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The farmers are about through th
pulling fodder. Cotton picking is
now the order of the day. ^ fo
% Mr. Ashton Clayton and sister,
Julia, of Oak Grove, spent Saturday B.
night and Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Folk.
Mrs. R. F. McMillan is visiting her th
mother at Ehrhardt. fr
Mrs. Richard Rhoad and Mrs. D.
P. Rentz, of Lakeland Florida, are
visiting their mother, Mrs. A. R.
? Walker. w
The ladies of Bethesdachurch serv- as
ed ice cream and cake Saturday evening
from four o'clock until six, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Folk, *n
after which a box party and cake w
walk was enjoyed by all present.
The prize box being offered to the U:
highest bidder was won by Mr. Con
nor Smoak, who chose for his part- n<
ner Miss Wilhelmina Folk. aI
Tickets were then sold, each young fc
man drawing one thus choosing his G
partner for the cake walk, which was *D
as follows: ' er
Mr. Herbert Folk with Miss Marie ei
Smoak; Oscar Crider with Florine ^
Hutto; Bennie Folk with Blanche Sl
Crider; Grover Crider with Ebbie
Goodwin; Oren Drawdy with Julia
% Clayton; Monroe Crider with Mamie cc
> Morris; Fulton Drawdy with Doris G
Folk; Ashton Clayton with Eula SI
O'Quinn; Connor Smoak with Wilhelmina
Folk; Roy Morris with Inez as
Zeigler.
The cake walk was won by Mr.
Oren Drawdy and Miss Julia Clayton. P<
The object of the occasion was e]
r to raise money for the church. R
Music was rendered throughout* ?*
the evening by the Clear Pond band. ai
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A way mey nave. ?
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Mrs. Flint came for a visit to her
sister's home, and her little niece, o]
Charlotte, was delighted to see her. h(
"What became of the black kitten
that you had when I was here before, w
dear?" asked Mrs. Flint. a'
i "Why, don't you know?" asked aJ
Charlotte, much surprised.
"I haven't heard a word," replied A
the aunt. "Was he poisoned?"
"No, ma'am," said Charlotte. ^
"Drowned?"
"Oh, no."
"Stole?"
"No." U1
* "Hurt in any way?" n:
"No. ma'am." ^
"Well," said Mrs. Flint, "I can't
guess, dear. What became of him?"
"He growed into a cat."?Lippin- u
cott's. sl
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South Carolina will get one mil- ai
lion and a half dollars of govern- ir
ment funds to move the cotton crop, a:
TO HAVE STATE TICKET.
nniored McLaurin's Backers Will
Go Full Length. I
Columbia, August 23.?Announceent
of the candidacy of James H.
raig, of Anderson, formerly audi>r
of the county, for Comptroller
eneral against A. W. Jones, has
arted a rumor in political circles
at backers of State Senator John L.
cLaurin, who is expected to make
ie race for governor, contemplate
acing a full State ticket in the field
ixt summer.
The rumor has it that Senator Mcaurin
will run for Governor and
lat his backers are hoping to have
jnator J. Arthur Banks, of Calhoun
ounty, the president of the State
air, make the race for Lieutenant
overnor. They contemplate, it is
imored, endorsing Mr. Craig, of Anjrson,
for Comptroller General. It
said that they plan to place Mr.
. H. Hyatt, of Columbia, in the field
?r State Treasurer against Mr. S. T.
irter. For Attorney General, they
*e expected to endorse General
hos. H. Peeples for re-election, the
imor assigning as a reason that the
cLaurin propaganda looks to currvg
favor with the Blease followers,
nd hence they will endorse Mr.
eeples.
May Prove Strong Ticket.
This ticket, if there is anything in
le rumor, and political circles place
>me credence in the gossip, would,
is admitted by some, be a strong
le. Senator McLaurin himself hails
om the rich and influential county
: Marlboro, in the Pee-Dee section,
jnator Banks comes from Calhoun
ounty, not far from Columbia, and
jar the influential county of Orangelrg.
Mr. Hyatt hails from the Capi1
and his influence would lend great
eight to the ticket in Columbia and
iroughout the State. Mr. Craig has
jen Auditor of the mighty county of
nderson and he w*ould be expected
bring votes to the McLaurin ticket
. the Piedmont. Attorney General
geples comes from Barnwell and his
iends would be counted on to swing
iat section.
It is believed here that failing to
rce open endorsement of his candiacy
for governor from Governor
lease that Senator McLaurin and
s followers will be contented with
itting all the support they can from
te Blease following by a display of
iendliness to the Administration,
tie McLaurin movement is expected
play the "peace and harmony"
me throughout, but meanwhile flirt
ith Bleaseism and anti-Bleaseism
; the revival progresses?at least
tat is the gossip.
The significant article appearing
a strong Blease weekly paper last
eek throwing doubts on the candiicy
of Governor Blease for the
nited States Senate and the eulogisc
endorsement of several of Goverar
Blease's actions in a later issue
e taken to mean that the McLaurin
>1 lowers were afraid to "buck" the
overnor. It was thought here early
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. the week that the McLaurin hack's
were attempting to force the Gov nor's
hand and an open declaraon
from him for McLaurin as his
iccessor, but it is now believed that
te little excursion frightened them
T from this move and they now
>ntemplate "whooping-em-up" for
overnor Blease for the United
:ates Senate.
"The peace and harmony" slogan
> an argument for Senator McLauri's
election to the Governorship * is
?ing endorsed by several of his op>nents.
At the recent political gathring
at Filbert, in York county,
epresentative George R. Rembert,
: Richland, a stanch Bleasite and an
rowed candidate to succeed him as
overnor, laughed at "peace and harony"
talk and boasted that he was
ruuil ox uexixg Know a <xs a. paiusau.
The rumor that L. M. Green is to
pen a McLaurin publicity bureau
ere on the first of next month will
Dt down. The arrival of Col. Green
ith his bureau is being anxiously
svaited.?W. F. Caldwell in News
id Courier.
N UNKNOWN NEGRO LYNCHED.
flicers Unable to Find Out Particulars
of Affair in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., August 24.?An
aknown negro was lynched last
ight near Kilgore, a station on the
ouisville and Nashville Railroad,
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<\ tfll I > -11 v I1111CD HWi til VJL UUiiUil^?m.
The body was found hanging
rider a trestle this morning. The
leriff's forces were unable to find
ho did it or to get any facts about
ny crime in that section which
light have led to lynching. They
re still working on tfhe case.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE T
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick J
di
Reading?Paragraphs About jp
Men and Happenings. 0]
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The federal department of agricul- m
ture has released Abbeville and Ches- ni
ter counties from the cattle tick quar- C(
antine. q
Jas. E. Harper, of Greenville, has ai
been appointed appoinment clerk in
the treasury department, through the w
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lLUiUtJUCt: UL l csoiuaii ovuiiiiuii.
The place pays $3,000 a year. D1
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Fred Staffano, a white barber, was
shot and seriously wounded in one of
the "social" clubs in Spartanburg
Sunday night by John Queen. The
wounded man will likely die. ^
Hack Scott, a negro drayman, was bi
shot and seriously wounded in Green- S]
wood Thursday night by Mathews t
Smith, a negro painter. Too much hi
liquor is assigned as the cause of the p<
trouble. ti
The three young men, Walker,
Grimball and Hernandez, of Char- v'
leston, who were thought to have 01
been drowned, have returned to the
city after battling for their lives
several hours in the sea.
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Calvin Black well, colored, aged f
seven, died in Anderson Monday t?
night of hydrophobia, having been ^
bitten four weeks ago by the same n;
mad dog that bit Dora Cochran, who w
died last Thursday night. a
Robert F. Bryant was elected
mayor of Orangeburg on Tuesday by
292 votes over the incumbent, Wm.
M. Sain, who got 197. Orangeburg
is to have a commission form of government,
with a mayor and two al
dermen. it.
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Mr. A. C. VanOrsdell, assistant at
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the Orangeburg post office, has re- d,
signed to accept the position of post
office inspector, to which he was ^
recently appointed, and Mr. Joseph
Smoak, former registry clerk, has '
been appointed assistant postmaster.
A wild horse belonging to George
Douglas, frightened at an automobile ^
in Bennettsville on Friday, ran with p
the buggy through a plate-glass window
into McCall Weatherly's store. J.
R. Liles, aged 80, was run over by the
horse inside the store and seriously ^
hurt.
A telegram from Denever, Col., on o<
Friday, reports the drowning of W. tl
D. Watts, formerly of Laurens. Mr. b
Watts was forty and unmarried, and tl
had been out West interested in an g;
electrical plant for the past ten years, jc
He had just returned to Denver from a
a visit to his mother, Mrs. Josephine g;
Watts, at Laurens. pi
Scrap Jones was shot with a shot- r<
gun by John Jones, colored, at Norway,
Orangeburg county, Wednesday, lc
the wound being in the head. The
onlv provocation seems to have been el
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that tne wnite man asKea tne negro
to pay for a pair of shoes he had p'
sold him or work it out. The shoot- C
er was arrested and is in jail.
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Union Meetings.
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The union meetings of the Barn-(
well Association will be held at e<
Kline, Rosemary, and at Colston ^
August 30-31. t]
MISSIONARY SERMONS. p
Kline?W. L. Hayes; Rosemary?
W M. Jones; Colston?F. H. Funderburk.
DISCUSSIONS.
1. What are the advantages and D
disadvantages of the annual call sys- d
tern? ir
2. Are the Baptists of the Barn- d
well Association doing their duty to- T
ward State missions? If not, why? tl
3. How can the spiritual condi- d
tions of our churches be improved? F
4. Siaxe some reasuus wlij cvcij
Baptist should take the Baptist tl
Courier. ir
SPEAKERS?AT KLINE. h
1. W. L. Hayes. W. G. Britton. o
2. J. A. Jenkins, A. P. Manville.
3. W. H. Simpson, W. W. Cope. tl
4. W. G. Britton, W. L. Hayes. w
at rosemary. si
1. D. W. Heckle, T. J. Grubbs. o:
2. F. J. Lee, R. R. Johnston. h
3. R. M. Mixson, D. W. Heckle.
4. W. M. Jones, Chester Kennedy, a:
AT COLSTON. d
1. W. R. McMillan, Thos. Clayton.
2. F. H. Funderburk, D. O. Hunt- "w
er. b
3. J. D. Huggins, S. G. Mayfield
4. \Y. R. McMillan, J. D. Huggins. n
w. l. hayes,
w. r. McMillan,
geo. hopkins. p
Committ?. h
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O INVESTIGATE JUDGE SPEER.
he House Judiciary Committee
Agrees on Thorough Probe.
Washington, August 25.?Thorigh
investigation of the official conuct
of United States District Judge
morv Speer, of the Southern District
t Georgia, to determine whether he
as been guilty of any impeachable
misbehavior, was agreed on unanimously
to-day by the House judiciary
jmmittee. Tomorrow Chairman
lavton will introduce a resolution
sking the House to investigate the
targes and compel the attendance of
itnesses. The committee reports to
le House its conclusions and recommendations.
Such a course follows
recedents in the impeachment cases
f Swayne, Hanford, Archbald and
thers.
The investigation probably will be
made chiefly through a sub-commitse.
Witnesses to be summoned will
b determined upon later. Judge
peer already has asked the commit;e
to allow him to be present at the
earings and has requested that, if
ossible. he might appear after a
me when he is subject to hay fever,
udge Speer said his physician adised
him that it would be dangerus
for him to go to Washington be>re.
The committee in all probabilir
will accede to this request.
Judge Speer has acquainted the
Dmmittee with the line of his< de;nce,
denying the charges and aticking
their authorship. Attorney]
uff, of Macon, who made the origi-j
al charges against the Judge, has
ritten to the committee insisting on
full investigation. Other Georgians,
lcluding many attorneys, have teleraphed
to Chairman Clayton and to
tembers of the Georgia delegation
>r and against the investigation.
The Georgia delegation will meet
lis week and receive a report from
s dean, Representative Bartlett, who
as been going over the department
f justice's report, exhibits and affiavits.
The committee, after holding that
le papers made charges sufficiently
rave to win further investigation,
Ijourned to-day subject to the call
f the chairman.
15,000 BLAZE AT RIDGELAND.
ire Destroys Jasper County Dispensary
and Residences.
Ridgeland, August 25.?Last night
t 12 o'clock fire was discovered in
le store building of W. S. Cooler,
:cupied by O. W. Eibs, which
ireatened to completely destroy the
usiness section of Ridgeland. At
ie time the fire was discoverd it had
ained such a headway that the ad)ining
building used by Mr. Eibs as
residence was also on fire, thus
aining a start that all efforts were
owerless until three stores and two
ssidences had been consumed before
ie flames were under control. The
>ss is estimated to be about $15,000,
ie buildings being only partially covred
by insurance. Among the stores
) burn was one occupied by the disensary
in Ridgeland for Jasper
ounty, and it is stated that about
r? nno wnrth nf whiskev was de
troyed. It is understood that the
ispensary will open up temporary
uarters in a few days.
The business section was only savd'from
being wiped out owing to
le rain of the previous afternoon,
le calmness of the air and the
romptness of Ridgeland's bucket
rigade.
Matter of Thirst.
Senator Thomas Sterling, of South
akota, expansively smiled the other
ay when one of the party in a Washlgton
gabfest referred to the traditional
thirst of the Indian, relates
he Chicago Record-Herald. He said
lat he was reminded of a little incient
that recently happened in the
ar West.
A man who had been traveling
irough the Indian country, accordlg
to the Senator, met a friend on
is return home and was telling him
f his experience on the trip.
"It is simply wonderful," related
ie man, "how those Indians love
hiskey. They will make most any
icrifice to get it. One day I met
ue crossing the plains on a pony and
e offered me his bridle for a drink.
"Offered you his bridle?" was the
mazed rejoinder of the friend. "You
on't really mean it!"
"Yes," responded the other, "and
hen I refused he offered me the
ridle and the saddle and the pony."
"It seems almost incredible," comlented
the friend. "Of course, you
ccepted a great chance like that."
"Not on your life!" was the emhatic
rejoinder of the traveler. "I
ad only one drink Uft."
I FRANK fiUILTV OF MURBEI
I NO RECOMMENDATION BY JUR
IX ATLANTA MAX'S CASE.
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Motion for Xew Trial Will be Math
Verdict Reached at 4 p. ni.,
| After Tliree Hours.
Atlanta, Ga., August 25.?Leo X
Frank, convicted late to-day of tb
murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagai
showed no visible signs of emotio
I early to-night when informed that b
had been found guilty. The factor
superintendent's wife, with him whe
the message was delivered, collapse<
More than an hour before Fran
was notified the jury's verdict (
murder in the first degree was r<
ceived with a noisy demonstratio
by a crowd estimated at more tha
2,000 persons that jammed the stree
All spectators were excused from th
Court room before the verdict w*
announced. By agreement of coui
sel the prisoner was permitted to r<
main in his cell at the county jai
Only lawyers, Court officials an
newspaper men heard the verdii
rendered.
After listening to the presentatio
of evidence and argument of couns<
for more than four weeks the jui
retired at 12:47 o'clock this afte
ncrtm when Judge Roan concluded:h
charge. Shortly after 4 o'clock
was announced that a verdict ha
been reached, but it was nearly
o'clock before the Jury returned 1
the Court room.
Great Demonstration.
At 5 o'clock Foreman Winburr
read the verdict. It contained e
.n/iAmmonilaHnn + n mprnv As tl
1 CLUiiiill^UUUbAVU vw ? w- .
news was flashed to the crowd outsic
there was loud cheering. Mounte
policemen rode through the crowd 1
disperse it, but the demonstratic
continued unabated.
Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, who coi
ducted the prosecution, was the fin
person to leave the Court room. A
he stepped into the street he wi
lifted to the shoulders of several me
and carried for more than a hundre
feet through the shouting throng.
On account of the demonstratic
Judge Roan announced that he wou]
not sentence the prisoner until t<
morrow, possibly later. The Judj
also was cheered when he left tl
Court room.
Counsel for the defendant to-nigl
announced that a motion for a ne
trial would be made immediately.
Story of Killing and Trial.
Mary Phagan's body bearing marl
of violence was found in the baseme:
of the National Pencil Factory ear
Sunday morning, April 27. The gi
previously had been employed at tl
factory and had gone there at noo:
April 26, for her wages. Near h<
body was found two notes, on whic
were accusations against a "Ion
black negroe."
Newt Lee, negro night watchma
of the factory, who found the bod
immediately was arrested on susp
cion. Superintendent Frank and se^
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erai omers couueuteu wim lug pi?,,
were detained several days late
Among these was James Conley, n<
gro sweeper.
After an extensive coroner's invest
gation Frank and Lee were bour
over to the grand jury. Frank wi
indicted for murder, May 24. L<
still is in jail, as is the sweeper Coi
ley.
Frank's trial began July 28. Tt
State built a basis of circumstantii
evidence, and then called James Coi
ley to the stand to give the only d
rect testimony against the defendan
Conley swore he had stood guard ou
side the factory office while Fran
was closeted with the pretty 14-yea
old girl, and that later he helpe
Frank- oarrv the bodv to the bas>
ment. The negro also told a stoi
of other alleged incidents at the fa
torv office, 'Charging the defendai
with degeneracy. The defence's a
torney's attacked Conley's veracil
by attempting to prove an alibi f(
their client and by producing thre
previous affidavits, in which the m
gro told widely varying stories <
the crime.
Late in the trial the defendant toe
the stand, making a statement <
general denial. He said he paid Mai
Phagan her wages on the day she di
appeared, and that she left his offi(
immediately.
Frank asserted to-night to friend
who visited him in his cell: "I a:
as innocent now as I was a year ago.
His general demeanor remained i
impassive as throughout the trial.
Rabbi David Marx to-night wj
quoted as saying: "I am stunned,
cannot believe it, I know he is inm
cent?I know he is incapable of sue
a crime. I ask the public to suspen
final judgment until an appeal for
U COPPER AT ST. GEORGE.
Interesting Discovery is Made as
* Well is Drilled.
St. George, 'Aug. 23.?Sounding
like a rairy taie ar. nrsi, news uuieiuy
spread over St. George and the neighboring
community yesterday that a
copper mine had been discovered
I. about 500 yards from the depot at
e this place. The St. George Cotton
1, Seed Manufacturing Company had
n been ginning cotton for a short time
e this season when it was found that
y on account of the very dry weather
n that this section of the State has
I. suffered for some time it would be
k necessary to drill its well for the
>f purpose of getting water much deeper.
In an effort to find an abundn
ance of water, when the well drillers
n reached a depth of about 280 feet
t. deep they found something very hard
ie at first and it was soon discovered
is that a layer of free copper had been
i- discovered. After a while it was dis3
covered that the layer of copper was ^
1. about six inches thick and upon sevd
eral reliable acid tests it has been
;t discovered beyond a doubt that it is
real "free" copper,
n The oil mill where the copper was
3l discovered owns about four acres of
y this land and adjoins about 100 acres
r- that has been offered for sale for tho
is past several years and is known as
it the estate of the late Dr. J. P. Minus.
id Already those owning land around
5 there are setting about making prep;o
arations for the mining of this ore.
It is, of course, hard to tell just \
how wide the layer of copper is to be
ie found, but it is generally the opinion
L0 of many that the same layer of copie
per covers the entire field of 100
le acres.
:d ROBBERY AT LYNCHBURG.
,n Postoffice Entered and Thief Gets
Away With Twenty Dollars.
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5t Sumter, August 25.?News was rels
ceived here to-day of the robbery -*
is about 2 o'clock Sunday morning of
in the postoffice at Lynchburg. The thief
id got away with twenty dollars in cash,
which was in the till, and opened
m a number of letters, evidently lookid
ing for money. The policeman of the
o- town heard some one in the building,
;e hut before he could act the thief had
ie escaped through the back door and
made his get-away. Bloodhounds
it were brought from Columbia Sunday
w and put on the trail, but it was too
dry and stale for them to follow suc"
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cessiuny. mere are uu ciuca w icau
to the discovery of the thief which
V have been found, and it seems that
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there is little reason to believe that
, he will ever be apprehended.
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16 SHOT AT HIS POST.
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sr | Telegraph Operator is Killed at His
:h J Key in Virginia.
Scottsville, Va., Aug. 24.?Richard
\V. Harrison, telegraph operator in
Ln the Chesapeake & Ohio railway stay*
tion here, was shot and killed while
on duty early to-day. The train sheets
v~ showed that he had copied a train
lt; order at 2.23 a. m. and at 3 o'clock
r* when a freight conductor went to
e" the office he found Harrison lying on
the floor dead with an automatic revolver
in his hand. The bullet enL(*
tered the right shoulder and glanced
ls downward and there was nothing to
;e indicate that the weapon had been
| discharged, especially when no empty
I shell could be found. Nothing in
ie the office was stolen,
al
i- new trial is made."
i- Judge's Charge Terse,
t. Judge Roan's charge to the jury,
i- delivered to-day immediately after
ik he had overruled a motion of the der
fence for a mistrial, was terse and
;d direct. With reference to "reasone
able doubt," he said:
7 "You are not compelled to find
c-; from the evidence his guilt beyond
it | any doubt, but beyond a reasonable
t- doubt, such a doubt as grows out of
ty | the evidence, or for the want of evi>r
dence;; such a doubt as a reasonable
u and impartial man would entertain
e- about matters of the highest importif
ance to himself, and after all reasonable
efforts to ascertain the truth,
ik This does not mean a fanciful doubt,
if one conjured up by the jury."
y During the trial much stress was
s- placed by both sides on the question
ie of Frank's character. Judge Roan
charged the jury that while evidence
s, of the defendant's good reputation
m previous to the death of Mary Pha
gan was to be considered possibly as
is creating a doubt of his guilt, such
evidence would not suffice to clear
is him if, in the opinion of the jury,
I other testimony was sufficient to
D- show that he had committed the
:h crime charged against him.
id The reading of the charge required
a about twenty minutes.
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