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yv ' " "* _ I Sit? iambprg fcralii | 1 $2.00 Per Year in Advance. ' BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27,1921. Established in 1891. | ? ? _ i j. ii Jl'% (ALABAMA MINISTER I FOUND NOT GUILTY 4 _ STEPHENSOX ACQUITTED OX MURDER CHARGE. gr 1 DAY OP ARGUMEXTS. tmy B Solicitor Closes With Appeal to Jury Not to Disregard m Evidence. 9L Birmingham, Oct. 21.?A verdict of |H * not guilty was returned by the jury shortly after 10 o'clock tonight in HE the case of Rev. Edwin R. StephenH eon, tried for the killing of Father BB James E. Coyle. The jury had been n| out since 6 o'clock. * ThA ind-totnriATit nf the grand iury I* - against the preacher, the pistol wihieh he is alleged to have used in shoots I ' ' ing father Coyle shortly after the priest had joined his daughter, Ruth, and Pedro Gussman, a Puerto Rican & Catholic, in wedlock, and a pair of r suspenders worn by Stephenson at the time of the shooting, which were offered as evidence at the trial, were handed to the jurymen as they retired, r m The dosing argument for the state was made by Solicitor Joseph R. Tate, who contended -that Ruth Gussman, if Stenhenson's daughter, was 18 years W ^ old and therefore had the right to b choose her relation for herself. In * answer to the attack of Hugo Black, } defense attorney who preceded him, f -upon a state witness, Mr. Tate deHf * clared that all it was necessary for III , the state to prove was the death of ??!;. Father Coyle, that it occurred-in Jeffftrsnn cmmtv. show -the means of the if killing and that the shooting occurred before the grand jury had indicted the accused. ' Tate declared that the defense -had offered a number of excuses for the shooting but said none of them were sufficient. Regarding the self-defense the solicitor held that the defense would hare to prove that the defendant was free from fault in bringing on the fight, that he was in immanent danger of death or bodily harm and " that there was no reasonable avenue /. of escape for him. ' The solicitor declared that had the priest had hold of the defendant's onononrfprs n* the time of the shoot g. OUWJtrv**v^w. M ?v ? K - Ing, they would have been so near G| each other that there would have been B* powder bums on Father Coyle. He K: declared that it was peculiar that" both court and county officials were Hp . "iaU on the side of the defendant." K "If you go Into the jury room and ' mi:,**.. hick out the evidence," he said, "and K Tender a verdict of not guilty you f will have all the narrow-minded, fuzM zy-necked people pat you on the back, 1 hut the remainder of your lives your (conscience will sting you." / Judge Fort began his charge ten minutes after Mr. Tate concluded his i argument. He declared it was in the Jury's power to find the defendant either guilty or innocent of murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree or manslaughter in the second degree. Book Club Entertained. ""r /~1 10 DwohTiom Qr "ECUS t'hfi tJlI'S. V.>. XV. Lfiauuum) M* ) ?? charming hostess to the Friday Afm ternoon Book club on last Friday afternoon, Oct. 21, at four o'clock. The v meeting was presided over by the B president. Several business matters B were.brought before the club, and discussed briefly, after which very in|B teresting reports were given of the aM Allendale district meeting of the SB federation of clubs by members who attended this meeting. Oiir club is now federated. ""1 V"'A?* <kl.Aoan f/M? tllie moot jjBBHfc TUB SUUJO^I tuuscu ivi buiu utvN/v | I lug was "current events." Each of BttBHk the members responding to the roll HHHft call with a current event. A very |^^^Binteresting article on the facts conI^H^Lerning the disarmament conference |HBo be held in Washington on Nov. 11, ^HHftas read by Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg. H. N. Folk re^4 an article of interest to all on the celebra- HHHk of the peace treaty between the States and Canada. Mrs. X.HHHH^&oak read an original paper on cabinet, which was both and enjoyable. Mrs. J. D. made a talk on Wilson's' BRKHBt life. During the social hour ^^^^^^^^Kstess, assisted by Mrs. Kirsch, delicious hot chocolate and ^^^^^^^Biches. Several invited guests ^^^^^^Hpresent to enjoy Mrs. Brabham's ^^^^^^Rtality. The club will meet Nov. I W Mrs. B. D. Carter. Renew your subscription today. LEAGUE LIVE CAMPAIGN ISSUE. Former President lie ported as Saying League is Going Concern. Washington, Oct. 22.?The buggaboo of the League of Nations wiil stalk the candidates for president in 1924, former President Wilson believes, it was learned tonight. The league will be one of the big issues in the campaign, he 'holds. This was obtained by a prominent Democrat who talked with Wilson within the last few days. He said Wilson viewed the ratification of the separate treaty wuth Germany as a disgraceful act. Wilson believes that the league issue is still alive and expects that public sentiment will begin to swing more markedly toward it from now on^ He holds that the league is a 'going concern and that ultimately the United States must become a member of it. j Wilson did not discuss the approaching armament conference. Plans for the congressional campaign next fall were discussed with Wilson briefly. He was advised that the "full dinner pail" is likely to be the chief issue. Thousands of mjn ' <- -a ? 1- <-V. Will 91111 De OU'C Ol WUiJtl auu business will not have re^ovsred from the present siege of dep ? ion. Democratic party leaders believe. They see a gradual improvement in business conditions but do not expect it to be sufficient by next fall to bring back general prosperity. tr? i Q94 Tiawpvpt tho situation will be different, it was said. Hv then business should be uormal and larger questions of policy will be pushed to 'the fore. The campaign then will revolve around-tariff and taxation policies of tha Republicans and especially around its foreign policy. Ex-President Wtilson agreed with this analysis of the political situation,1 it was said, and believes the public will by that time see the need qf Amer ioflTi nart.iciDation in the League of Nations. It was liot indicated that Wilson will take any part in the next political campaign although his health is much improTed. i He looks much better than he did at inauguration time and could even. make a speebh if he wanted to, his friends believe. There is no indica-j tion, however, that he intends to ac- j cept any of the numerous invitations which he receives every day. Wilson appeared in good spirits J and told several humorous stories during one particular conversation. He has not vet regained the complete use of 'his left hand but it is improving under constant massaging. As he talked Wilson rubbed his left hand almost constantly. Admiral Grayson is quoted as saying that the ex-president would have been a well man today had it not been for the defeat of the Versailles treaty by the senate. He has been deeply affected by each reverse the Republican administration has given his foreign policies and the reaction on his health his not been for the best at all times, it is said. 13 BALES OFF OF 12 ACRES. Dr. Honseal Makes -Fine Crop on Small Farm. Newberry, Oct. 19.?There !have been many stories going the rounds as to bad luck with cotton this year. Some farmers claim to have made no cotton at all, while others say what they did make was destroyed by the boll weevil. One man, however, (has a happy story in connection with his cotton this year. Dr. W. G.~ Houseal of this city reports that he has picked 13 bales from 12 acres on his land near to Helena, a suburb of Newberry. Dr. Houseal has a small | r\e lam,? of tTol an a ToVhi/?'h Vi ex Vina I piCV/C v/i xauu at jlxvavum) ih^v^ improved grelatEy during! the past few years. When he bought it the land was almost worthless. It was on .this land he made 13 bales on 12 acres. Dr. Houseal states that he had (hoped to get two bales to the acre and had it not been for the boll weevil he would have gotten that much or more. Wouldn't You Be? Every member of Smith's family performed on some instrument, which j led a neighbor to remark that it mustj be a source of great pleasure to him. t The father made no reply. "Really," continued the neighbor, "it is remarkable. Your youngest son is a cornetist, both you daugh! ters are pianists and your wife is a violinist. Now what are you?" "I?" replied the aid man. "I'm a pessimist/' SENTENCE OF FOX STAYED ON FRIDAY NO ELECTROCUTIONS AT PEXITENTIARY THAT DAY. APPEAL FRoSl RULING. Justice Cothran Denies Order in Behalf of Fox and Action Brings New Plea. Columbia, Sept. 22.?C. 0. Fox, one of the trio of convicted murderers of William Brazell, and the only one of tfne three that was to be electrocuted at the penitentiary today, will not pay the death penalty as scheduled this morning. "An appeal from the ruling of Justice Cothran, who yesterday afteran A M A J 4 /* iV H M ^ rtlfl Af?/1 A V* AT* juuoii iciuseu tu 51am. au ui uci writ allowing Fox to appeal his case ;to the supreme court, stays the sentence of tihe condemned man, accord ing to Solicitor Callison, the attorney general's office and lawyers interested in the case. Neither Fox, S. J. Kirby nor Jesse G-appins,. the three convicted murderers, will be electrocuted today as originally sentenced by the court at Lexington. Gappins appealed properly and no question as to the stay of his sentence has arisen. Kirby cavoH VUQ 1if? TVnocrtav U'VlPTI the rO fused to abandon the appeal made by his former attorney, and Fox took the last chance available yesterday to save his life. Justice Cothran heard H. A. I. Rosenberg, attorney for Fox, at the' supreme court room yesterday afternoon on a writ of habeas corpus issued by Ihimself "Wednesday. At the hearing Attorney Rosenberg asked j for an order allowing Fox to appeal j to the supreme court and Justice Cothran denied the order of writ. Following .this denial Mr. Rosenberg immediately served notice of appeal from the ruling of Justice Cothran. Solicitor Callison and Attorney General Wolf acecpted the service of t?e notice of intention to appeal. This notice automatically stays the sento.nno "RVvr as Mr Rosenberg will (have 30 days to complete his appeal from the ruling. The stay of i sentence is certain, it was said, as the law in defining the supreme court and its jurisdiction, says; "Each of the justices of the supreme court shall 1 have the same power at chambers, to administer oatihis, issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, prohibition, etc., as when in open court: Provided, an appeal from his decision sfliall be allowed to the supreme court.'" * ox i\ot 1'resent. In appearing before Justice Cothran fbr the order to save Fox's life, Mr. Rosenberg waived the presence ,of the condemned. man and acted ! solely upon his own initiative. A copy of the writ (had not been served on Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the penitentiary, and he-did not [ produce Fox at the hearing. Colonel Sanders had suggested that the proj ceedings be held at the penitentiary, but this was not necessary, as Mr. Rosenberg waived the presence of the defendant. More than 100 persons were in front of the state house at 4 o'clock to see Fox and the court room was crowded at the hearing. mm . W. G. SPURGIX IS IDENTIFIED. "Man of Mystery" Declared To Be Chicago Banker. Miami, Fla., Oct. 23.?The "man of i mystery" who committed suicide last Thursday night in a local hotel was i i identified tonight as Warren C. Spurgin, missing president of the Michigan Avenue Trust company of Chicago, by W. F. Bennett, of Miami, former Chicago broker and intimate friend of Spurgin. < Bennett said tonight that he could not be mistaken in his identification, that he often had been in Spurgin's company, and dined with him on numerous occasions and had entertained i the former banker in return. The identification followed Bennett's reading a local newspaper's'' article commenting on the remark- j able likeness of the dead man to the | i missine banker as shown by photo- | < graphs of Spurgin. ' m * mi m j Honsos Too Small. i Sheffield, Eng.?The homes built by 1 the Sheffield corporation for work- ' men are so small that minature fur- < niture sets have had to be ordered < for them. i i ABANDONED TWINS IN OCONEE, j Babies' Crying Attracts Attention to Abandoned Well. Walhalla, Oct. 22.?Silas Ridley, a farmer-residing 18 miles northwest of j Walhalla on the Toll Gate road, early yesterday morning while out on his msm 1* ma w J /vP ? i 1 /I A f f O icli ui, uetuu ci'icra wi <x umiiz. xmti ?. considerable investigation he discovered that the cries came from an abandoned well. He, with the assist- ] ance of some of his neighbors, entered the well and found two babies, twins, aged about six months. Both of the little fellows were removed to Mr. Ridley's home, and Mrs. Ridley took charge of them. Mr. Ridley then came to Walhalla ond reported his discovery to Sheriff Alexander. Early this morning policemen ar- ; rested a couple near High Falls who l gave their name as Mr. and Mrs. El lis Hall, from Fountain Inn. This : couple was brought immediately to the county jail where they are alleged , to have made a full confession. It is caid Mrs Wall states that she was advised by her 'father and her hus- : band to 'get rid of the children. Several days ago the couple with four i children are said to have been seen to pass over the Stump House mountain , road walking, accompanied by two small children, and that these were < twin babies. A day later the couple is said to have returned riding on a j truck and that the twins were not alojig ^is time. Mrs. Hall is said to 1 ha\]e stated that when they observed j thip well, to which was attached a | . buoket, rope and windlass, that she j . lovlered her children into this well, under the instruction of her husband, j1 and when this was done they began f; to kend their way backward toward j Foi.ntain Inn. - x I?r. H. F. Thode has mad? a trip ( to tthe Toll Gate to attend these aban- 1 doited babies ,and says that a hip of; , one of the babies is broken, but that; i ' the other child is in good physical j condition. It is believed that the; t abandonment and exposure of the | < children will not cause their death as j bot|i of the little fellows readily take , nourisihment: - e REPORTS GERMANY HAPPY. ] ? Augusta German-American Returns ,1 - ? - - TV? ir-i?i ^ Alter sojourn in jwr v awrriauu. r Louis Sehler, Augusta's "Grand] ( Old German/' got back home yester-j ; day afternoon at three o'clock, after a j , four-month sojourn in Der Vaterland. j . He visited Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, ] and all the towns with which he c formerly had to do before coming to . America and Augusta. I "Every farmer in Germany," Mr. , Sehler said, '"has plenty to eat, good prospects and contentment. What \ ?* ?-1 i/i 4 Via IrtTrniiq o f f l" _ IUd UiVdlf lO JV/VUW u>vv> I tude which the body politic displayed . at the deposition of the 'junkers.' ( They love their pountry, but not their s former kaiser. Germany is indeed < in a happy state. There are wonder- ( ful crops, and every farfner has his r1 own threshing machine." | < The Augustan was ill for three j 3 weeks in Hamburg, but his Augusta j ( friends who went with him remained j t with him. He was at th? home of his j sisters in Hamburg. ( Shortly before they docked at Bre- ( men Mr. Sehler said, port commis- \ sioners and doctors boarded the ves- \ sel to examine the papers of those t wdio wished to enter. Because he had j < ~ ~ noconnrt 1"?n o O^ITMO m idlTI fl Pf. | 1 11U paoo^ui t UUV WU WVUAV j J standing?a commissioner informed him he could not enter. 1 ( "What?" shrieked the German j American. "I fought for my country nthe Franco-Prussian war in 1871? i cannot come back'to see my family ( after thirty-eight years' absence?" t "You may enter," said the com- t sioner gravely. _ j The party left Augusta last June ? 12, and arrived back in New York t last Tuesday. Mr. Sehler brought a s janary bird back, 5,000 mile9. t "There is plenty to eat, and it is t cheap," he said. "And there is very i little unemployment." i Discussing prohibition, the Augus- ^ ta-German said: "You can get any- j thing you want over there, but I c didn't see a drunken man all the! i time I was there." The trip to Germany is especially! j significant in view of the difficulty he j r experienced in procuring permission! t to go abroad. He bad lived in Au-I t ^usta all tbis time, and bad supposed ^ he was a citizen. On the eve of bis \ departure, he found he bad no papers ( to exhibit, and so Attorney E. G. r ECalbfleish had to dig up a little used r clause in the statutes to prove bis client was really and truly a natural- a ized citizen.?Augusta Chronicle. a FARMER IS SLAIN; SLAYER LYNCHED " EUGENE P. WALKER KILLED AT d APPLE TON. Se ni ai MOB GETS PRISONER. in t\ Ed. Kirkland Taken From Allendale ca 9 hr Sheriff at Fairfax and m Body Burned. bv ai Allendale, Otc. 24.?Eugene P. r-r ? i _ _ X A - ? A. ? . waiKer, a prominent tanner ot ap- jc pleton, about four miles from here w was shot and instantly killed this "ft morning about 10 o'clock by a negro y? :ennan,t named Ed. Kirkland. A mob us which formed immediately upon the w hearing of the killing took Kirkland Ie from Sheriff Bennett at Fairfax tJhis T afternoon from Seaboard train No. 2, Ti upon which the sheriff was attempt- tl ing to take the prisoner to Columbia h< for safe keeping and taking him to g< the scene of the crime in the center g< of the town of Appleton burned nim, j ir the cremation taking place about 9 j se o'clock toniglht, according .to reports, i oi The killing of Mr. Walker arose out i of a difficulty over a settlement for m rent due Walker, some difficulty hav- w ng been had between Mr. Walker and B Kirkland on last Saturday, it is said, a This morning Mr. Walker met Kirk- d< land on the streets of Appleton and! si demanded, a settlement, whereupon tl the negro drew a gun and shot him. pi The shot entering the head of Mr. di Walker and killing him instantly. The, e< negro attempted to make his escape, re but was captured about a mile from bi \ppleton by a party of men who turn- h< ed him over to Sheriff Bennett. In w - *- 1 : B i r?y cue meantime a moo was uemg lurui- 5* ed all over the county and when the news reached the mob that tihe negro was in the hands of the sheriff and hat he intended to spirit him away to ! ^ Columbia every avenue of escape for j the sheriff and his prisoner was shut: off. Portions of the mob were at: tvery station in the vicinity, it is said, | ?r even the bridge at Columbia being; 02 picketed. \ ^ The sheriff took a roundabout route ea to Gibbons, S. C., where he boarded the Seaboard train with #Kirkland, ?* making a detour requiring over five hours, (hiding him between two of the se coaches. When the train reached | Fairfax it was met by a mob of sev- &r 5ral hundred who boarded -the train j md searched every coach from the J ^ nail car to the last Puljman in search tc >f tlhe prisoner. He was finally located m md jumped from the train and tried to escape. He was shot at several times and hit, but was still conscious ai when the mob carried him through w the country and reached Appleton, in the scene of the crime. The mob was ^ assembled at Appleton while the un- e(* conscious body of the negro lay in an automobile in tlie middle of the ?* streets and then disappeared appar?11? winlanpo OV1HPT11 I 1? sutiy quici w hu uv vjvavuvv | When the shades of tihe night had j er gathered, upon previous arrange-1 a* nents, it seems, the members gath- re sred again and burned the body of Wj ;he negro just on the main .through- P1 .'are of the town. There was no ex- ^h jitement about the affair. It seems 0E everything took place in a quiet, mat-! *r ;er of fact way. No details as to the I ^5 inal burning could be learned, as all j *r :he members of the mob were mask- w ed at Fairfax when the train was a Doarded and searched. ar This is the first mob demonstration st ;hat ihas occurred in this county since 1)1 be ts formation. There was considerable excitement *? lere a few weeks ago in regard to the capture of Memminger .Priester, but aE here was no mob spirit exemplified y? here, as everyone in the mob was a nember of the sheriff's posse and at ill times completely under his con;rol. Sheriff Bennett is receiving un- ea stinted praise here on the manner in vhich he handled the situation here oday, having used every means withn his power to avoid the results. It W c s estimated that over 1,000 men; vere at some time members of tihe i ^ nob here today, being scattered all ^ >ver this county and other counties, t has been stated. yo Eugene Pavton Walker, the slain ve nan, was a member of one of the j " nost prominent families of this en-! * ire Section and was popular all overj his state. His father, Cant. N. M. _ Valker, also of Appleton, was on his br va.y to the Confederate reunion at be lhattanooga and was located en m< oute between Atlanta and Ohatta- th looga and informed of the tragedy, toi - - "'-11 Vit. O TTT1 ta I X *5 Air. waiKer is bui ?i?cu uy a nuv, tnd two small children, his father ac md mother and one sister, and two ni - - - t : _ ' .. . _ ? NEGRO KILLS TWO. * m ife and Mother-in-Law Die in Home and White Man Injured. Conway, Octfl 21??A double mur- . . 3| >r was committed in the Burgess etion of Horrv county early last ght. A negro, Josh Brown, shot id killed his wife and his mother-law, Lina Gore, after shooting . J vice at Van Turbeville. He .es.ped before the alarm was given and - ., ^ is not yet been caught. Scores of en, white and black, were today ouring the lower sections of Horry J id Georgetown counties. It seems that day before yesterday '' >hn Brown had some disagreement * . i'th Mr. Turbeville on whose place, roodstock, he had a small crop this sar. Yesterday he was at work as mal and Mr. Turbeville was also at rrk in the same field with him. He ft the field a few minutes before Mr. urbeville late in the afternoon. Mr. lrbeville thought nothing strange of lis. Later on Mr. Turbeville started Dme and having to open a gate he 3t down from his wagon and as he >t*down the negro shot him twice i the shoulder, inflicting a very svere wound. His condition is seri- ? is today. After shooting Mr. Turbeville who anaged to shoot twice with a rifle ihich he had in the wagon, John rown went "back to .his home and illing his wife to the door shot her /; ! ead as she opened the door. A nail child in the vard ran to give le alarm. In the meantime, it is resumed that Liza Gore, whose iughter was the wife of Brown, clos1 the door, but when neighbors ached the scene they found the door *oken down and both Liza Gere and . 3r daughter dead. The authorities ere notified and are making a dili;nt effort to apprehend Brown. '.fgjj BURN RESISTING ARREST. ^ rhile Firing From House Hay is Caught on Fire and Negroes Die. Orange, Va., Oct. 23.?Two ne oes, suspected of having been implitted in the murder yesterday of leriff W. G. Bond and Town Sergmt Julian F. Boyer, were burned to jath today in a barn near the scene the .double murder. The barn is supposed to have been :t on fire by discharges from 'the Lotguns operated by the two neoes. The body of one of them, WaL r Ware, was found in the ruins and at of the other fugitive is suspected " v i be still beneath the debris. Seven embers of the posse were slightly ounded in the attack. Sheriff Bond and Sergeant Boyer ? e supposed to have been killed . M hen -they attempted to collect a fine 1 posed upon Ware for violation of e prohibition laws. When they failto return today, a search was start- . L which resulted in the discovery ! the bodies near the negro's home. A posse was quickly formed which cated Ware in a barn on the propty of J. P. Taylor, of Richmond, >out two miles from Orange. Ware fused to surrender and opened fire nncoa Qtar+A/1 ,tn ril5sh hiS uCLL l/i_LW ywuwv WVMA vvvh W ace of refuge. It was not until then at the officers learned that a secid negro was in hiding, the flashes om Ware's gun being accompanied r reports from another, directed om a separate part of the building. ^ .:) hen the attack been in progress few minutes dark clouds of smoke ose from -the barn, in which was ored more than 100 tons of hay. It lrned rapidly but, so far as could. ? - ?j- ? > seen, those msiae maue uu cuui <. escape. The body of Ware was later found id, nearby, a half melted coil of pper pipe. Considerable excitement followed e arrival here of the bodies of leriff Bond and Sergeant Boyer, ich of whom leaves a widow and ur children. Their Fate. The voung lady from New York: is inclined to belittle things. "Why," she remarked, "I could id my way -up this mountain path one." "Wal," responded the native, "a ung couple went up this path last ar and never came back." "Oh, my. Were they lost?" "Nope," was the reply, "they went wn the other side!" others. The funeral services will ' 1 1 * A ? ? ? ~ A ir>+A1? ( neiQ nere ioinurruv> ajiu iuc iw,?~ ent will take place at Walterloo, e home of Mrs. WaJker, some time norrow afternoon. Mr. Walker was i years of age and prominent in all tivities of the county and commu