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I ^T| 4 vm Standard. VOL. XXIX. w i» - W'ALTERUORO, S. C, JANUARY 23, 1907. NO. 24. “ALUE” ADAMS This is th« Opinion of Solicitor Davis. I “The solicitof resisted the motion Ssked, ‘Did you fiud to 11 * 1 father’s led ujH>n to meet—it consumes too upon the grou t.ds set forth iu the body any when 1 didn t find much time.” Mr (»ruber: “Where SHOULD HANG aflidavits, which were jead on the it, but other people did.* ’Did you the deceased committel acts even j'art of the State, but raised no qnet- see it:’ ‘No not until it was brought against a third person in the presence tlon as to the power of the court to home. \ ol the prisoner it is com|*etent to hear and determine the said motion, “Afterwad*, in the various motioe show it. We desire to show those the only question submitted to tlie in ihe said case, Mrs. Adams dec’ared acts wore committed against the court being whether or not the evid- that her testimoacy heretofore given ence offefed in supi>ortof the motiorr wua lalse, hut by pursuing the tes*.- was maierial and newly discovered, imony in the K*corda it wil: beobserv- und could not by the use of due dil* ed that U A Adams did exactly w! at iger.ee have Ikou discovered before* Mrs lluth A lams sahl he intended The circuit judge graitttd the mo- doing; that is to .n’ 1 , what he intend- tion and the Mate appealed, and ed doing; and hence I uni constrain d ifestlyorre\ Thar the evidence as urgfd U fore the supreme court the to believe that her testimony <it ‘l?»* to the previous ditliculty was coin- trial of this case, in winch the defend- petent only* to show the animus of the ant was convicted, was true, netwith- par Lief, rod Urn? aid the jury in reach standing her alter statements. ing a conclusion as to who was proh- ‘The ncord futher discloses that abljr the aggressor, when Jaqtes shot Adams 30 days “As I view the case from this assign a before the killing^ he was prompted standpoint the Stale made out a WORK IN THE LEGISLATURE. with J N Harper, Dairying, who if director in charge of the work; Prof W 8 Morrison, History, who lectures on industrial education; Prof J S Newman, late Professor of Agriculture, and auu or of Southern Gardener’s Practical Manual, who DESCRIBES THE ASS1NATI0N Declares the Murder of Henry Jaques to Have Been a Most Bru tal Crime. Mr James E Davis, solictor of the •ec^pd judicial district, has submitt- jurisdictional question that the cir ed tchUov. Auscl his reconimenda- Cl ,it judge was without jurisdicticn tion ib tbe case of U A Adams, twica hear and determine this motion ooadtmncd to be hanged. “The appeal was sustained by the Adams attorneys tiled a petition supreme court, and the case reui- with the pardon board at its last anded. with iustructins to All the Members are Working Much Energy. , O A Editor Pres* anil Standard:—The preliminary work of the home of repre sentatives has Uen long and tedious. It person of the prisoner by the deceits- «eems that the members nil regard the lecturs on agricultu 'al methods, ami ed.’’ The (’ourt. “Prove the facts work of the session before them a* a p ro f Charles S I'oggett, Director of bnt the mtiinie deail. m a oon.amni «> taach im^ua* «... .a., and IVa^aor U " on l,,ne - cautiously, btinff sure that all hame Chemistry and dyeing, who lectures “1 bo supremo court rays that this strings are securely ti;*d, all breechings a,1 d illustrates in mis ol magio v.ew of the ciicuit court wj;8 man properly buckled and all brakes m good lantern the princip'es of hit depart working coudition. r ment, together with reprotlactions of Yoar humble servant is n member °f ‘yiews U) show the hull]atrial develop .h. Di.p.uw), cmmi.i™ »u.l *. h d nl , nt 0 r Lbl . state. Along with Ik. our first brlllQeiis session yesterday . , ,, . .. afternoon, wo had tefore us two stroug P*» rt y 13 J * rae * 1K ‘» r y K ' C - Jr • thak bills, one for and tbe other nuainst the noted journalrst;., win bvt done so U. M I and the committee was so much much for the industrial development afraid of potting one of them in the of South Carolina, who writes w ; th way of something better that might be ai , able ,£„ report8 the inati . fourth coming th»t it refused to pa^s i, : ,,,. ,,. , , .. 4 .? tutes for I he State. * Thelineisnofaliueby u, uuseeu*’! ^ he itinerary ol “Clemson oa but a distinct party liue so apparent. ^ heels,’ began Jan. 4th at Leesvills that he who runs msy read and will etu^Eeb 15, at , ’ Clusterfield The Dispensary Commissioner report-. covering 34 places in this time The two cars used are trans- ed to the Senate a few days ago that the board of directors are overloadin the meeting, and the iudnoent on the case new day for the execution of the by Adams having applied a foul clear case of malice prepense against was postponed until the solicitor and sentence heretofore imposed. Before epithet to Mrs Jaques. Jaques l aJ It A Adams, and it is useless for me the trial judge should l>e heard from, the remittitur could be tiled in the cir been indicted, and a true bill had ac- !to pursue this matter futher. 1 can Gov. Heyward was unwilling to let cult court, the defendant’s counsel tully been fonnd against him, and not recommend this pirdon. 1 re- the execution of Adams proceed until moved that it be stayed, and that the law was taking its cousse in the gret it extremely, but stern justice every phase of the case had been they be allowed to make a motion for usual way. demands that the law be, vindicated studied, so he granted a reprieve. a new trial in the ccurt below, upon “1 here is another significant fact in this case. Instead of Adams being dUaMwarywi t a 7t ^ag^ust^hU pn7 MAliAitnr. ftevifl aavi officially thai the grounds which, at that time, they which the record discloses at the in a position to plead self defense he t M t, having abont six thouaaml dollara ia »>toek betide :>6 cara now un the aide track for which theic ia no room iu the warehonae and for which the state ia paying damages and '.here are atill other will be are held op. The senate after a hard fight pnased » resolution to appoint a commiaooner t investigate the charges against ib» >».- rectors and when tbe resoluiiou ren^LeJ the house the diapeuaary people jumpe I on it with both lee*.. There wsa a hard tight made to amend it ao aa a curtail scope of the investigatiiou to tnch an extent that it would nmouat to uothiog bat *11 amendments were lost aud the Solicitor. Davis says officially Adams should be hanged. Unofficial- had served upon the solicitor, ly be said yesterday: “It was the “This motion was heard by the most burtal murder case on which oourten banc. All of the circuit I had ever been engaged.” Solicitor judges sat at the heanug of said discloses at the in a position to plead self defense he time that .'aq :es was killed, and the actually, as I view the case, hunted place it teems was iu * front of 8 C down his victim and took his life, Ackerman’s house. There was a when there was absolutely no neees- road running east and west. Jaques sity for it. He has widowed the wife i ^ m m — ^ w m f \s€MKA * U *4 U S XJ m VWUO W WtAXa W v w % • Ve (S' J X4 XO OS ^ J s wa • *• s -* V SSOTO W IVI vv w V>V| V11V w lav j | ^, . Davu dtclarea that in his opinion it motion, which the exception of one. and Adams lived on the eastern end of thed*cased and orphaned their a^fTw'd'yTuuies*tb*y C i was not a case deserving of „ mercy. The motion was fully argued, and of the fait’road, beyond the house offbfciWwn, and when it^ oom^a to a ap Tbe crime was commiited four years ^ after a patient investigation, tbe said tbe suit! 8 C Ackerman. There was afQ. “Allie” Adams having killed question o^pity, instead thereof it is „ , (t , t , Uh , F . ““ r ‘ ^ * UUl< r04d r “ DOi ”* fr0m tl “ P "’' liC I Henry Jsqnes at tottsgeville in l ed- fused tbe motion, and ordered that ro .d on the east and up to the honse by any such false sentiment.” nmry, iyu3, alew days after Goy. the remittitur be sent down forthwith, of Ackerman, and likewise a similar y —Columbia State Hej«rad became governor. Th»S| “Upon the call of the case npon roi.l running thorefrom on ihe wes- caused Gov Heyward great troub- docket for Colleton county at the tern side of the said house of Mr ses- je and once when Allie Adams had fal , t ternl of lhe g< , neral broken jail and was at large, Gov Hey- eiooa>hilhonor j udge R 0 Purdji ward offered for his capture a larger priding, resentenced the defendant reward than be had ever propoeed to be executed on the second Friday of January of the present month, order that tbe for the capture of any mau. Since that time the judical circuits have been rearranged and Colleton is in Solicitor Jerrey'i ciicuit. but j, full report upon the cue which the cm. wee tried with Mr Due:! u hu been tent them by the governor, tte pioeecuting officer, the uppeul for h i, erwllencj Oor. Ueywerd mpiled the defendant until the 23rd of FV • Nckerman. Adams, Hoff ami W B Adams went the western avenue, and as deceased was coming back home he was discovered by Adams, '.’liere upon tbe llMbnilunt, K A Adams, |eolicitor and judge deliberately walked from the fata ofJ“ might have an opportunity to make | the bakl A ^rtrna:a down th# western Jl . i>..n . . tTeuue ^ boom and took a Does Not Recommend'Pardoa k Colombia, January 22 —Judge Gary ha* returned to tbe Governor (he papers in the petition of R. A. without his ported without charge by tho railroads. One of the cars is used by the party as their “home on wheels’* while the other contains tbe exhibits nicely arranged. These exhibits con sist in part of some stalks of corn grown by the Williamson plan, < x.aing as fine ears as could be •-sired on stalks as small ai could be desired; alfaefa grown near Charles ton; 45 samples of cow peas grown in this State; numerous samples of wheat, rye, oats, millet, cotton, etc; cream separator, which instaitly separate the cream from the milk, a cabinet showing the minerals of tke Mate; products of the machine shops and textile departments of Clemsoa College; drawings and designs by tiw reoommeudatiou The Judge reviews committee U appointed with fall power very briefly the bistory of the ca*e to investigate. which was tried before him in Colleton The committee is composed of two in 1903. Adams wes convicted and mem bers of the senate end three of the j th® college; pecans grown by adge Gary refused tbe motion then ifouee, of the strongest men iu the gmi- grafting and from seed; methods of for a new trial. Hi then imposed | eral assembly, ami we look lor s^mc th* dea:fc that eye-opening disclosures in N-.Ubtohisto us made withdi ten days ••♦tar of investigation is not ao itatiou of death sentence was to him. Iu his letter Mr Dwtii^fefeaLU-tto entire case and ur ges that the sentence of the court be allowed to go into effect. He says: “It is necessary on account of tbe terrible pnnishment which the de Cendant bat been sentenced to under go, together with the enormity of the crime for which he h&s been tried •ad convicted, that I should go some what into details lit this case. The defendant is charged with murder; in that on tbe 11th day of Feb., A D ruary next In tbe meantime large petitions oontinue to flow into tbe governor’s office, all of wbcih have Adams had the drop on him and been duly forwarded tome for report *hot him dead from his horse All as aforeeaid. „ through ihe record of this unfortnn- “This is my second term of office ate case the proof shows that the de- as solicitor of the second circuit, and fendant was prompted by malice I can truthfully say that this case alone. itni-d, or came very near the mao. ,4** j«d« u and II* .Tuques n*de np he commandedHa concludes; “I know cf him to halt. .laqiHS immediately rea-nn nt that time why he should wot seeing the perilous position he was pay tbe penalty of his act, and tor that _ | in attempted to draw his pistol, bnt k* -00th * ■® n, ® n « of t»»®l«w) iwmB(r o*tonU sosHwitbattham^- h.,lth*,ir rt n nn him „rwl “P 00 him - Further than this I Lave ( bore of the boues are afraid of beiug grafting, methods of pruning th ir report ftnd a ud other interesting thing* stalks of corn grown by the iug be la coming fovernurr have *>“ P>* Q * re ol interest erory- nothiog to say. has given me more painful thonght than anything which has arisen in the line of my duty since I first took the oath of office. It will be observed that the defendant is not asking for Mr Duocao’s Successor. E. P. Wsring, Jr, of Cnarleston has been elected secretary of railroad com mission ia place of D. P. Duncan, who “The sapreme court throagh Mr. I ^ heid thtt T**® 411 ®® J >r •o loo & ft tim «- Justice Woods, in discussing the sec ond exception of error assigned, goes on to say: ‘Error is assigned in the *»*• numeral* The tw* William- .lodge Pu'dy Resigns. 7T Judge R. O. Purdy, 3rd Circait, has . . tendered his resigaation as judge, tr 1903, be Shot to death Henry Jaques, cemmutfttion ol sentenoe of' death •' Corul e - Tre l’ t,on , ‘ ,,0W1 ^ ' ohn °; become ettective Sept 1. Judge Purdy a oitisen of the oountv of Colkton ^ mn “ uta “ 0 “ ot feent ®n<» d ®*th, Jaques to testify that Hoff’s wife bad i. looaed.upoi aa one of the ablest f r ii ^ unoond,4,ona ^J P ar ' told him her husband knew all about Judges mi the bench. Solicitor John 8 i f it doned ’ To ^ miDd * the the killing. No objection was made Wileou will probably succee.1 him. Tj L W D ,‘ A 8 the eTiCeDOe Mld °’ t0 ^ thi * ; until the witness ha.tmade this st.te- P 0 ® | defendant in the face of tbe overwhr- ment, and no motion was made to lining testimony contained in the strike it out record, which is horewith submitted statement tbe witness said:- * I as a part of my report, I would oon- through the yard and said, beiug branded cranks if they tench it Our owu Ex Governor Heyward Is simply married to tha scbeiui at immi gration. When one of the .boya H|>uiys to him iu opposition to It, he slapped him oa the fckoulder aud replied good humoiedly, "Now don’t make a foci of yourself.” The teasiou law is reoeiviug a gooJ deal of siteutiou. , Mr Rucker of Hnder«on h«e in a bill P* ,r * to reiae tbe appropriation of 93&0,000, and Hr Untson of Picseua has a bill for their trial at the winter, 1903, term *f court of general sessions in the wountjof Colleton, charging them .with tbe murder of Henry Jaques. Upon said trial R A Adams was con victed and sentenced to be hanged; Henry Hoff and W B Adams were acquitted. A motion for a new trial ■ -•—* Conductor Collon W. Blair was Shot. . Conductor Blair weot to his home in Immediately after this Columbia, Friday, and it is said, quar- went relied with his wife. She claims that ’Has be threatened to kill her and both mad* eider • crime against the civilisation Henry ocme home yet?’ She said, ’No •“ effort t0 K® 1 ‘ P 4 * 10 ’ ,h,t WM 1 T r4 °* of the.*,. ImkI/I snppooe rou h.T. heard ■>«'h. n»«el In ih,ir room. Th. pIMol “The teetimonj of Mr. Roth ih.t All,e Adem. he. killed Henry T ftT’" >Utt ”. >lf B ^ r “‘j Aden), goe. to .how that R A Adam. J«, 0 „r She »id. ’No. bnt HenrJ ‘ ‘ i Kmr ak • • .1 u l ^ e de ^ endan L Henry Hoff came told me he was going to do it this m ‘ . e 0r f.' CCirU1 , ‘ l 8 e w 0 to her honse tbe morning of the Kil- week.’ ” Whereupon the presiding Sheriff Umehouse Acquitted. I* * J, nl,8 ’ W rtT Wa> wen4 0T ® r to Willie Adams, judge, of his own motion, stopped Sheriff Utah mse of Dorchastor coon- ruled. He appealed to the supreme After awhile they came over home •ourt, and the result of said appeal and A i iie Adainif who R A ow» > fully ascertained by relerenoe Adaini(fhe , Fd to butcber n hog - ***• reported in the 68th vol- 8be 8tated that ehe itmnd i DR up ume of South Carolina reports, puges by a window inside at the mantel- 421 4 o inclusive. and beard Henry Hoff “At the ^ ' stopped him, saying; “No, i»st ex lain why ty who was removed from offloe by rou pot her out.” No motion wu Uo ” n>or HeywarJ for criminal now rn.de to .trike out thi. lut .fotement r < "™ from bis j ill and lyaeh, Will Spain on Aug 23rd 1906 was triad in Orangeburg S»T of the witness. An effort bad been made to discredit this witness by last Thursday and Ha will /vr.-nt, * - — - — 10 having him admitthat he had turned Guilty.” »• wi.» ‘ , ’ . ’ Allie Adams,‘If we don’t hurry and HoflTs family off witness’ land into sbariff of the county of the court of general sessions [ g 0 Mr Henjry Jsqnes will be gone.’ Hu. «wui .kilo H..fr w.a in ;.ii * ' • ths solicitor, upon the call of the case The defendant. Adams, made answer, 08 the docket, moved for judgment .j iDlend to ku , hiln witll mj gan j ia accordance with (be judgment of lnt<ind to tie bim down bog f-hion the supreme court bereiubefore set aud keit him un il be thinks be is Ibrtk. The defendant’s connsel in killed. 8he wss found ' Not bt re-instated as $450,000. this b.li provides that every Confederate eoldier or soldier's widow shall receive a peueiou regardless of flaancL.1 or phycicial condition. Mr Griffin tuts introduced two bills in the senate, one to repeal the act of the teat legislature in reterence to tbe stock law in Colleton and the other to provide for the appoiutmgut of a rommUeioa to investigate the fli<aucee of Colleton. Mi Smith has offered twq bills In tbe honse, one to extend the time for tax paying to March 1st without penalty. The other to requite ooronots and magistrates to attend ihe circait court. Mr Dodd has introduced a bill to rewrite and revise ; the registration book of CoUaton. ; The Colietou boys are not asleep but are looking on aud learoing the ropes i uud perhaps you will hear front them later on. J. H. D. CLEMSON EXHIBITION CAR where the oar goes, as is the alfalfia bay slRHi ^.If tha car does nothiag else it Will _ county and &***■ Williemson plan of the growing of alfalfa. Tbe cxr was met at the static* ad Meggett by u g nxlly number of Cha planters. An hour was spent goiag thrjugti tbe car, when the crowd re- to the oilicj of the N H Blitch Co, where Prof Newmaa lectured on forage plante, followed the rood while Hoff was in iail.’ “I’he court further say« ‘In the fonrtb exception it is alleged that the wife of the deceased should not have been allowed to testily in reply that William J. Harley Killed. Saturday night Wm J. Harley, the notorious deeparado of Dorchester conn ty was shot and kille I by G. C. Purler, at Harlerville. Ilsrley went to Parler's The Clemson Exhibition Car by Prof Harper on dairying. Them were most interesting talks and al ien lively listened to by those prese*L After this dinner was served and tha afternoon spent riding over the cab bage fields. Again in the evening thw crowd assembled and. Prof Daggett exhibited his splendid, collect! m of magic lantern views, while Prof Mor rison spoke of the industrial coads- tions and advancement of the Stale. The section of the county in which these institutes were held is one of the most interesting sections ia tha State. Hundreds of acres of oab- bigea are planted, and are just be ginning to grow, besides tlie qthsr acres devoted* to growing plan la whioh are shipped all over tha United States. The magnitude of the cabbage industry in this . . y - ^ , i . Mkod who wai R A Adams cursed bar on Jan. 4, honse threatening to kill autl'drag him Henry Jaques, and the answered, my before be was shot on that doy by her out of his house. He was carry ing a husband. Tbe court had allowed Youmans and Dandridge, two of de- With notice of a motion, made before | father. She testified father that the thaHoo. p A Townsend, presiding defendant, R A Adams, said to $f*>ud court of genmral sea-, Henry, We will go on' and Willie fendam’s witnesses, who were nearby, ,tt«> they wooU ao... ttt.ooort a.U™ vill c.ch «.” Tl«, «fo off ,^f T „ erJ d.Uil cf thi. dir tml upon after discovered and n was pot long befote Willie The notice simply stated the annexed affidavits sad ia ths cause the under- 4M »•» his honor, the presid- sdge, to vacate sad set aside the of eoaviotioii, sad far a upon tbs annexed affidavits, ths flame tiiqe that it was evidence and rely- that the motion wm beam Adams passed my bouse going after R A Adams and Henry .Hoffi She wm asked, ’How do y^o know be wm going after R A Adams and Henry HoffP She answered, They said ha would be aloai after awhila.’ She testified that she meant ta my that he wm following them She am asked if she beard the iwpnrt of any thing. bheaasaeftd no.’ She ficulty, which occurred some time be fore the homicide, giving the lan guage of both parties m far as they beard it. As defend an *■ counsel wm about to have another witness to give his version, tbe following colloquy took piaoe “The Ccurt: Yowjqml prove the feet that thorn parties had a previous difficulty, but cannot go intro all the details of that difficulty That ia an issne the State it not cat- doubts barrel gun and bad gotten to tha porjh. Parlor had on]ami him to halt several times and u it doing so ha was shot by Farter. It is considered a cast of justifiable homicide. Be—fort Swept by Flames - Saturday at about 1.80 p. us. Are broke out in the barn and etablas of F W Soheper oa Bay street $4 buildings were contained, entailing a loss of not $1*0,000 which i* only to part by hwamaas; Among those be meattoood: N Christs nsen 4k Son, W F Sandera. Tatbird, J N WaUacs, W J at Meggett, 5aturUay tbe 19th Md can be imagiued when one is told at Young’s Island Monday of this | ^ or ^ dar > 0 K t4lG rtt *b solid cars are shipped every day. Ttw depot at Meggett is next io sise to that at Walteiboro in this coaaty. The history of such men as Norman II Bfiicb, r C U Gibson. Wm O Geraty, II F Towles aud otheew. sounds like tbe days of the Arabia* Nights when Aladdin rubbed hi* wonderful lamp. There are others following in their footsteps who wUft take tbe places of these or make places for themselves, such yoaag planters as J S Smoak, Dan To wist, Jr, F W Cummings, J Jl He thing' to* and many others. Seeing the fine automobiles whining evidences the push and untod asst of the p'aoe. Messrs Biitol) Hetbington have fine 2) Reo's. W. W. S., Jl week. It is a pity every farmer and stock raiser in the county-could not have been, present at one of these places to have viewed the exhibits on the car and to have beard the -ad dresses of the gentlemen composing tbe partf iu charge. An effort wm made to bring the party to Walterboro, bnt owing to the fact that their itinerary wm already mapped out, they fouud it impraoti cable to do sq this ^ear, but aasur- ansss have been given that next year Waltcrbmo will beoneof the places favored. . 7m pari conducting uiett iuiti tntesis oompo.ed of the following sit connected with Agricultural College; Prof power