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V "' $sW - !> I. - VOL. XXXIV. WALTHRBORO, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. 1911. NO 22 f il J. J. JOIWS GETS TEN YEJUtS FOR KILLING ABE PEARLSTINE THIRTY-TWO CANDIDATES IN THE RACE-THEY01G GOES MERRILY ON. The trial of J J Jonee. Esq. charg ed with the killing of Abe FeaiietiM at Branchville. Dee. 15th. consumed two daje, Thoredaj and Friday, at the 'regular aeedon of court in Orangeburg hat week. The jury were out an hour, from 8:10 to 9:15 e’elock and returned a verdict of manslaughter. Judge Memminger Saturday sentenced him to 10 years and 1 month in the penitentiary. A 'motion for a new trial was over ruled, but an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court. The trial was most interesting, and the court house was packed all the time. The plea of self defense was given by Jones, and he was con fident that he would be acquitted. He was represer.ted by able counsel, who did all they could for him. There are many who believe that Jones should have been acquitted, and not a few persons have remark ed that the State failed to make out its case, according to the newspaper reports. The following testimony of Jones as reported in the News and Courire j jj. wag> however, developed that thb is given in full, in order that his ( Settlement,, had side of the case may be presented to ( heen^ent through another agency, our readers, many of whom know 1 err or, and that Pearlstine wa- Great enthusiasm is being mspifested smoag oar 1 choked with sobs wm be Continuing the story of the lilliiv. Ibpuiarity Voting Contest New contestants are being Jonas said he jerked away from Pearlstine. reeled toward the door ahead of his assailant; that the door was closed; that he looked up, saw Abe Pearkstne looking et him, saw him crook his arm a little toward his hip. “Then/' said Jones. “I shot once." "I SHOT TO SAVE MY LlfB " "He told rile he was going to kill me. and I shot him to save my life; 1 couldn't get out." said the defend ant. Jones declared he was carrying a* pistdftb protect himself, as he had several times been "jumped on." and that he was expecting trouble from Pear stine. Witness seemed to think that deceased had caused Pink Thompson to beat him. As to the claim for 137.80, over which the trouble is said to have oc curred, Jones produced the voucher and check stub showing that he had remitted this money, collected from Pearlstine. to the proper concern. know him personally. Sincere sympathy and regret are felt here over the entire unfortunate affair "dunm-u” again by the otht r firm Jones tru’d here to get in a sh >t at the newspapers for "broadcasting" John J Jones, the defendant, took i ne ws that he hadn’t turned ovei and for! the stand at 10:05 o'chtck one hour was quizzed by attorneys j as to why and how he killed Abe Pearlstine.’ Self-defence was his plea "I shot him to save my life," de clared Jones. Witness stated that he was so dazed or stupified by the heavy, blows inflicted by Pearlstine. that when he extricated himself from the corner in the postoffice lobby, wheel ed toward the door, looked up and saw Pearlstine coming toward him, he drew his pistol and shot him, be lieving that deceased was about to carry out the threat of a moment before, "1 am going to kill you," end that escape was'barred becaus* the postoffico door waaiclosed. On direct examination John , Jones said he was 23 years old; born atSmoaks Crossroads, eight mikv from Branchville; hid lived »i Branchvilie nearly three years, practicing law and holding an in terest in a furniture business. H*. read law in the office of Cnarle*- Brunson, Esq. at Orangeburge, and Griffin A Padgett, at Waiterboro, - "Pear stine was not a friend ol thine," said Jones when asked as b his relations with dec am d. "He came into my office sometime last August and cursed me. He shuI 1 was writing his mother too much in reference to the collection of c^rta n claims. I told him to get out of my office, which he did." ‘Witness declared he had a number of claims against Mrs R PearlstineV business and had written her con cerning them. He identified one •al ter in which some four or five ciu <r* were mentioned, among them that for $37 80 from the Cambri jge Glass Company, STORY OF THE KILLING. On the morning of December 15. 1910. Jones, according to his own testimony, went, into the Jranchviile postoffice and saw Abe. Peurlst and J W Sheriff, no one else, had to pass Pearlstine to get to his box, this placing him somewhat : n a| this money. I On crors-examination it wn brought out that Jure* wa« a dis pensary constable ut Far la': for j while; that the | i-t >! us<>d to ki! Pearlslit.e by had found in a toilet a< Barnwell. The leather scabban % had a finger ho! the Fid however the hob cut tn next the trigger. Jones, denied that he had cat there. The State did not endeavor b shake the testimony of defendant. KARY ELIZABETH FISK. The subject of this sketch first sa* the light on May 2nd 1875. At th« ■*> a ,0 of 22 years she became the wif» of P. W. FUk. with whom she liver happily until Dec 14. 1910, whet the summons came and the Mastei hade her com** up higher. . 8ho was the iho r her of four chil I'•♦m. three of whom survive her rhe other having proceeded her t- the land bfy’ond the sky about lh months ago. Though she was a woman of ar ideal moral life, she did not unit* with any church until the fail o* 1910. At this time she decided tha the time had come that she shouir prepare to meet her Lord and Mast er, and she ut tted with the Baptist church at Bedons. from which tim* -he lived a ChristianJife until tb* end came. It is alwavs sad tsi part with those who are dear to u«, but it is pecu barly sad to the mother say good-bye and take her ever asting departure from her little children, who have been the idol of her life, and whom she could never onsent to commit to other hands or anothers care. She was kird to her husband, af fectionate to her children, charitable to her neighbors and popular in her community. We can not- understand why was taken avay in the prime of aiseful life, but He who gave her took her to Himself ar.d we aie in our great nominated every day and they are hustling for subseriptioas which means more votes. If yon are not getting your share of the voter then naturtl laws have failed to act. As water flows down hill, so vote* flow to the contestant who goes out after the subecriptkma. If yon are Competing with ten others, your share is not neceaarily a tenth, it may be all or nothing. "sOURSHARE?"—it b exactly what you are getting. Work hard, work earnestly, work peraistentljr and Y6jR SHARE will come to yon fourfold—it is bound to. In Life’s Tussle He who’d win ' Has to Hustle So Begin B-E G-I-N T O D A Y CONTE3TANTS-WHO WILL WIN? Miss Gertrude Craven, Waiterboro 24,300 Mias Annie Padgett, Waiterboro, R. F. D 2 20.530 Mrs. Annie Clough. Wdterboro 16,410 Miss Nan Breland, Waiterboro. R. F. D. 3 14,180 Mies Carrie Smoak, Smoaks, R. F. D. 1 13,680 Min Gertrude Rogers. Ravenel 11,010 Mr. C. C. Crosby, Waiterboro, R. F. D. 1 6,000 Min Addie Bishop. Ruffin, R. F. D. 2 . 5.500 Min Della Bishop, Smoaks, R. F. D. 1 3.950 Sniders School Ruffin, R. F. D. 2 3.610 Ruffin Graded School. Ruffin 3,500 * Mr. H W. Breland. Walte.boro, R. F. D. 4 3.000 Cottageville High School. Cottageville 3,000 Miss Beatron Reynolds. Round 3.000 Mi.-^s Carrie Ackerman. Cottageville 2.050 Mr. Paul Walter, Waiterboro 2,040 Miss Daisy Ackerman. R >und 2,020 M’ss Dora Lan'zdaie, Waiterboro 2.000 Miss Alice Sykts, Walterborq, 2.IKK) Mias Pearl Garris, Williams 2,000 Miss Rubye Johns, Stokes . 2.000 Miss I let lie Yarn, Brant 2,000 Miss Pet Rents. Islandton .' 2.000 Mrs. W. M. Sauls, Waiterboro. R F. D. 1 2,000 Waiterboro High School, Waiterboro 1,140 Miss Letha Brant, Waiterboro, R. F. D. 4 1,100 Miss Annie Weeks, Round 1,076 Min Nellie Barnes, Smoaks, R. F. D. 2» 1,020 <* Min Aleen Jones, Lodge. R. F. D. 1 1,000 Min Bessie Kohn. Waiterboro 1,000 Min Yetti Sobel, Waiterboro 1.000 Min Alice Hiott, Waiterboro 1,000 BOARD Of ENGINEERS REVERSES ITSELF ON THE EMSTO PROJECT ST PAULS GOES TO CHARLESTON TO THE TUNE OF 13 TO I. « j. By an overwhelming vote Adams Run and Collins townships voted them -telvea into Charleston county. Thus ends one of the most interesting questions that has confronted the people of this county in a long time. The Press and Standard has opposed the annexation because it did not be- ieve it to be for the best interest of the people of that section, but they evidently did not agree £ith this newspaper, and it desires to wish them ill happiness in their new hoi|^. May they live long and prosper. There are no wounds to heal so far as The Press and Standard is concerned. The following telegram was received last evening: Ravenel. S. C.. Jan. 17, 1911. * Mr. W. W. Smoak, Waiterboro, S. C. Adams Run went 139 for annexation to 5 against; Hickory Hill 2 for and 7 against; Warrens X Roads 16 for 0 against. Everything quiet and lovely. ' D. H. Towlea. corner, imprisoned by Pearlstine; as j 8U ^ rni64 * , ^ e he &toot£G to look in his box, Pearl j stine shoved a letter into his face aiying: "Read this, dog." and im meuiateiy struct him, saying A Friend. ‘Damn you, take this." The Bows, amid witness, knocked him uu against the wall; he couldn't defend himself j from the ram of blows; an ‘ artery" over hi-> eye was cut; ne was beat airnost,into insensibility, .at least he was materially dazed. Jones declared that as Pearlstine was beating hire deceased said: ’"Damn you. I am going U> kill you." At this juncture. Jones was unable to proceed for a moment, ah nearly HON. W. B GRUBER HOPEFUL. Hon. W. Gruber, who is a prominen* attorney of Waiter!»oro is in Columbia this wetk Mr Gruber has been put forward as a candidate for Associate Justice, and his friends are more than confident that he wilt win. The election has not ye*, been fixed, hyt it “is thought Mr. Gruber has a splendid chance to he second; division. The Second Union division will meet with the Great Swamp Baptist church Saturday before the fifth Sunday in January. The introduc tory s rmon will be preached by Rev. Geo. A Martin at 11 o’clock. The order of business will be as follows: Organization.‘12 o’clock, m. Appointment of committees. First subject for discuvd »n'- Our Pu'y to th«- Work Comm.tied to our - Hands in cur Denonrnational Emho- Speaker, Rev B K Halford. Se^ond^subject: Tor 4, Dependence ami Ipterdepennenoe of Pastor him! | Church. Speaker, W C Brant or J S j Griffin _ Third subject: Is a failure to! Contribute on the part of a M*-fnt*er a Viojation of Covenant, apd Should it u>t S ihjeet that one to the Disci- plin-; <»f r e Church? Speaker, S B Saunders or M K Stone. Fourth subject: The New Testa ment and O'd Testament Order of ** * Giving, an they the name in Sute etanci Speaker, Rev FOSCurti*. 'Aun tv Morning; 10 o’ciock. Sun t-xeiCMen 11 o’clock. the new member of the Supreme» illl * r ' Ion "V‘gftnun by J 0 t*w- aon. Court bench. Hta friends in Colleton will watch hit race with graalast iatercet. Re-D'C/illy submitted for the Committee. ‘ F O S Curtis. Chairman. MEETING AT ADAMS RUN. 'v The pro-annexation meeting held Thursday at Adams Run depot was quite interesting. There were speakers from Charleston and Wab terboro who addressed the 150 per sons present. A big dinner was served the speaker* and audience. W C Geraty. Jno D Cappleman, Sheriff Martin and Supt Waring -make in favor of the annexation; W W Smoak and Joe M Moorer, against. —— AMBROSE BOOTLE HOME AGAIN Ambrose Bootle who was hurt in a belt ut the H-*ndersonvdle Lumber C impany in October last and who has been confined in tne K >per hos pital in Cnarleston, has returned to Ips home onvte more. It was rejrorted several times that Mr. Bootle had died in the hospital. We are glad to say, however, that this was a mistake, and that Mr. Bootle, though still crippled, is re covering rapidly. Folowing the hearing at WaMriag- ton recently, which waa attended by Hon. D L Smith, rrpreemting the Commercial Club of Colleton county, the Board of Engineers reversed its former finding, and as a result the Edisto river will in all probability ba opened in the near future to navi* gation. Thus ends a succassful fight by the businem men of TTrpfS burg, Bamberg and Colleton, who were fighting against great odda, aa the Board of Erfgineers had decided against the project, but had cooaent- sented to rehear the matter in order to allow committees from these places to present their side of Ihe matter. It comes pretty straight that the part Colleton played in this matter waa very prominent. The data got ten up by Mr Adams and Senator Ackerman was the moat complete presented, and Mr Smith made a masterly presentation of the matter before the Board. The following letter from Con gressman Lever will be read with in- , D. C. Jan. 11. Hon. D L Smith, Waltarbboro. S. C. My Daar Jack:—I have jwt bain informed oner the 'phone thnt Mm p —T~f EhghiBiishsi tLltJfiL.i^ biy on the Edieto proposition and I haatente assure yon of my vary ririatio in this rmpnet In your statement before the Board, yon madeaeksar aad comprehend ve and foreeful statement astnthr nenasitj for this improvement as it affects the people of Colleton coupty. -To. my mind, it means os much to tha development of your county ao any thing that has been undertaken in Governmental way for years. Your Commercial Club and you as ite re presentative and those who labored with you in gathering the data should receive tha "well done" of the people of your county. With best wishes. Your friend, A. F. Lever. WOMAN’S DEPARTMENT j MISS H. E. MALONE THE HOME OF THE HAM FT0N3. Perhaps the passing traveler, ab sorbed in the details of the narrow present, does not know, or, knowing, hardly cares, that a short distance from our capiLal city the rellot of a noteworthy old place may be seen. But to those Carolinians who are true sons and daughtera of the soil, to whom the traditions of the past are dear, and the memory of the soldier and the statesman, the ruins of Millwood, the ancestral home of the H |mp to ns, must possess a pecu liar and abiding interest. Millwood is situated about four miles from Columbia, on a branch of the road leading past the Epworth Orphanage, and the house originally known as "Summer Home," built aa the name indicates, for a summer retreat by General John S. Preston. It then became the property of the Hon .William E. Preston, who named it "Preaton Place"; and passing fin ally into the hands of the Ursuline nuns, it is today the Roman Catholic convent, "Valle Crucia." The Pres ton* and Hamptons were not only friends and neighbors, (according to ante bellum standards of neighbor hood) but closely allied by marriage. 1 he road ia not now well-graded and graveled as it was in .by-gone days when traversed by the hand some thoroughbred spans of Col. Wade Hampton; but it is still a most attractive driveway. It passes among gently swelling hillf; and ia horde with soloiriji rani:; o’’ (he gigan'ic I :ig leaf pine while nrivhr fluwe.rt n e l>'»erally ii.rernonnklea, and in cp-inor the air is sweet with the scant of jessamine and crab ap pie blooms. Turning into a winding road, and passing up what was once a straight, finely-kept avenue, one is fights, and never once shrank from confronted by five tall Corinthian, vineclad columns—the sole remains of Millwood. This is the Millwood of the pres ent'd u? what of the Millwfanl of the past? The stately mansion then stood inact in a beautiful park of several acres filled with magnificent MrsTJ Murray and Messrs E E and M P FeMer visited Waiterboro the past week on account of the ill ness df W P Felder, who is in a criti cal condition. He was threatened with penumonia about three weeks ago and for the past week or so his condition has been moat critical.— borcbestar Eagle. »hrut» \t each end of the wide piazza was one of those circular offices in which the master of a Southern plantation tra^acted the various details of business devolving on him; for, in proportion to the de gree of respect and influence which he commanded, he was often called upon to be physician and counsellor- at-law, to the whole country side The great doors of the f*ont entrance opened upon a wide hall, in which were bung the antlers of deer, and other trophies of the chase, for the Hamptons were notable hunter*. At the left of the hall, was the library —a typical retreat for intellectual work or recreation, with its luxuri ous, leathern chairs, deep-red car pet, and ample fire place, adorned with the handsomest of brass and irons. The room wha lined with well-filled bookraaes. surmounted by rare and exquisite busts, for tha Hamptons were as cultured in peace as they were valiant in war. Aeroas the hall from the library were the drawing rooms, furnished ia the most refined taste of the day, and ornamented with beautiful en gravings and copies from the old masters by DeVeaux and others. In the rear of the bouse were spacious gardens, and the atablea of the cele brated Hampton horsea. "Amid such surroundings," says a Carolinian woman ia one of tha periodicals of the day, "our own General Wade Hampton passed hie childhood. Here he was taught to ride and to shoot and to speak the truth. Here at his mothers knee he leariied to fear God, and to love his country.” From the same writer, I quote this graphic pen picture of Col. Wads Hampton, the General's father: "Erect, well-poised head, clear-cut features, patrician from the crown of hta head to the sole of his foot— dignified, courteous to nil, deferential to women, kindly to children, a staunch friend, n just enemy, n gentle and considerate master, |s Christian whom sudden death found with his bibie open before him." !* vrr.f at ?!i'lrcrcd tS-. f General iiaaipUMt'a o»ii kuiis, Wade and t'Hijion, wgre reared The latter was kill»*d at a very early age in a shai p. but obscure skirmish during the war. Said Hampton yeariafter- ward/‘T can not even yet speak #iyiout tears of that gallant boy, whoftto rd at my in a honriiej danger.” Ho* niai»v others such as he! The writer rt-members Will* j.ride that her own fath r was. at • igh'een year-',' one of Hamptons brave followtijs. Ihe Vyndal. Sherman. *n February Hfior- sent a force out. from the ruined city of C> utobia to burn and utterly de-tjov Mill a<•(.<!; aod thus . , , , it comes that todav there- is scarcely pines, oaks, hickories and forest, !eft>tun ,. afl „ u . cr -» wht re trees of every kind, together with I once a proud mansion reared its many imported fir.-pines and rare head, but tne sunnie spirit of the past can not be wiped out of exit- ten e by ihe hand of violence. It lingers amid the ruins of the old home, it liven in the heart of every true t aroliman; we trust it will mu as a golden thread, through all our future. s „ "Long, lohg be the heart with these metporn-s tilled. As thflMkae in which roses have once b2#tl distilled; You may break, yon mr.y shatter tbs vase, if jou will. But the breath of its luaes wfilHagut there still." '£]