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I'<? LIOUOR LAW V m \ tacked at a Farmers' Meeting by John L. McLaurin. smith wumstey. e President of the South Carolina Southern Qotton Association Objected to Politics Being Brought in a Farmers Rally. Several Fine Speeches Made. Tuesday of last week was cotton jwers' day in Dillon. The 500 lrdy sons of the soil who gathered ere to hear the distinguished geuimen who had been invited to make drnOHAa tlAforA fr.h? rvnnt.o nnmmn 19VviMAVWWWU w*?v? w uuv; uuuiuu I fen and exchange ideas On the culA Ijjlire of cotton and other crops pecu 8 i Mr to the South, represent ing every * I?otion of the old Swamp Fox County, ! |ut the bulk of the crowd came from {! pe upper end of the countyyor what IS known in local parlance as* "new i 1 JBunty territory." The gathering I If ^ unWu? ,n t,iat the crowd assem < lH P at l*10 ^ school auditorium and Awk k composed of men of every walk 'Tpi fife?bankers, merchants, farmers, Jnanufacturers, and professional men , f?with here and there a politician. a The committee on entertainment Shad selected well and it seldom falls Jto the lot of a town as small of Dillon 1$ to have such a galaxy of distinguished orators within its bonders in a single day.- There was Kx Senator Mc ' Laurin and Col. Knox Livingstone, of i Ji Bennettsvllle; the Hon. F. 11 Hyatt | and Col F. II. Weston, of Columbia; 1 the Hon. Richard 1 Manning and the iifM Hon. B D Smith, of Sumter; R, P. h >} Ilamer, of Ilamer, and Congressman i . <r J. E. EUerbe, of SellerA Each of I 3 these gentlemen came with something f i | to tell and they told it so well that j those who listened went away bene- i titled. The addres. es were rem irka < ble for their force and logic and depth and breadth of thought and the t* ,'Hudience showed its appreciation for / % individual elfort by frequent *~ou? sts of applause. County J QtuolrVl Anon r*vr?.< i d Arl ? tn/I / ?iuu k)(.avjniiuujo ^iuhiuou uuu Hit} xAnu was opened with a very el(j- i ^^<Ju6*nt and touching prayer by the i Kev. J. D. Oroul. 1IAMKK AND MANNING 81'KAK. 1 The lirst speaker introduced was \ ^ the Hon. E. P. llamer, who felt high' ly complimented in being asked by his home people to speak on such an ( important subject. Mr. llamer said that this is distinctively a commercial i age and every class of people was orgy ^ized except the farmer and par ; t ularly the "c ?tton tot." He held ( \ ' 1) thorough organization would , el .ble the strong to help the weak ( J and that there should be a fixed price i at which to sell cotton, that is, a price for those with obligations and a price ior those in urgent need of money. Mr. Hairier strongly advt cited the ware house system and pointed out that with the CDOperation of the ootton and oil mills, ware houses could be successfully and economically run. Mr. Hamer is a practical man and his talk being along practical lines was well received. His remarks were greeted with prolonged applause. The Hon. It. I. Manning, who was next introduced, urged the necessity of thorough organization among the farmers. Mr. Manning's speech was spirited and at times eloquent. His earnestness appealed to the audience and he was frequently Interrupted with applause, lie believed in the / bunded ware 'house and urged the farmer to hold his cotton and borrow money whenever the price was so low that It did not pay him to sell. Mr. Manning made a good impression on his audienc3 and at the conclusion of his remarks was followed by the Hon. John L. McLaurin. Just here a genuine sensation was sprung, which created a furor in the audience. TIIK DIHI'KNSAUY INTKODUCKD. Mr. McLaurin had been speaking but a few minutes and had paused after an eloquent and touching description of the horrors of the reconstruction period, when a young man walked rapidly across the front of the sfai/e ar.ri handed him the following note: ) ''Senator: At our committee meeting yesterd.iy we oecided we were all of one accord on the cotton question, having read much or.the subject and having many able spe 'Jiers who will f follow you here today. For that it reason we di elded that '/e would re E mind you that the brrnlng question f of the hour with us is, and will be for * the immediate futur&v dispensary or no dkpeusary, and If you have no serious objections would like to hear your vjews on the subject. What do t you* fbik of the dispensary law as it ^ Is written on the statue books of this fState, as it has been, is, and probably 111 be, as long as it is a law executed y those In authority.' "Wade Stackhouse, "W. T. Bethea, M.Wm. M. Hamer, I . 'bt V. Moore, } V t&T Hamer." As MV- WtoLau/yti read the note a half amused smile played over his features. Then turning to the audienee, with a dramatic wave of his band, he said that his reoord in the Senate was evidenoe sufficient that he had never been afraid to express his 1 views on any question, and although 1 he had come here prepared to talk i about ootton he would at the request of the oommlttee state his views on I the most corrupt institution that ever I cursed a State. This announcement ' was greeted with shouts of applause, i MCLAUKIN APPLAUDED Instantly the doorways and wirdows became crowded and men leaued 1 forward in their seats to catch every j word that fell from his Hps. Although a delightful breeze was sweeping the { vast auditorium the Ex Senator dl ( vested himself of his collar and tie, * which he quietly laid on the table s beside him. Twice the chairman * called time on him but the last time 1 he was told that his time was up 1 Messrs Weston and Hyatt sprang t~> ^ their feet simultaneously and gener- 1 ously offered him live minutes tach of 1 their time. His arraignment of Till- 1 man and the dispensary was severe * and occasionally some staunch sup- 1 porter of the institution would 5 arise and quietly walk out of the hall 1 Mr. McLauriu argued strongly that the people could not hope to escape 1 from the dispensary through legisla * live action and that therefore the ( policy should be to vote it out by c counties. The protest of the election f in Pickens county, he declared, was 1 merely a ruse of politicians to prevent , the effect that tho prohibition victory I there would otherwise have in counties where eleotions are pending. The Ex Senator was uusparing in his arraignment of Senator Tillman's course and at times he showed considerable , feeling in his references to the chief dispensary champion. The speech has been the talk of the day in Dillon. While Mr. McLaurin in his speech made no statement of ] his personal political plans and did ? not commit himnftlf ir? ar\\t wjv ?? - w 1L4 vrnimj ?? ?/ I uugin are mauy who believe that he expects a to be active and aggre&sive In tbe 1 light against the dispensary and In 1 favor of prohibition by counties. 8 They say that this will inevitably 8 place Mr. McLaurin in the forefront, as representing the sharpost antagon- 1 ism to the Tillman dispensary idea * and that he will naturally make his tight by becoming a candidate for the r United States Senate in li)0(h 1 At the conclusion of his speech Mr. s McLaurin was loudly checked and sev- 1 eral gentlemen sprang upon the 1 rostrum and grasped his hand. It 8 was clear that he had the audience 1 with him, although there was a large ( sprlnklii g of strong dispensary advo- * eates in the crowd. ' T1IKEE MOKE SPEECHES. 1 The next speaker was Mr. F. II. Weston, of Columbia, who discussed ( the Cotton Growers' Association from ( the banker's point of view. Mr. Weston is a strong and vigorous ' speaker and easily held the attention 1 of the audience, lie advocated the 1 building of bonded ware houses and i bold tbe farmers that they would have ( no diiliculty in borrowing almost up to 1 tlie limit on their cottou if it was f properly housed. He referred elo- 1 quenfcly to the period Df reconstruo- J tion and pointed out the independence 8 of the Southerner of today. lie was 1 frequently Interrupted with applause ' and loudly cheered at the conclusion 1 of his talk. 1 Mr. F. II. Hyatt caught the audience with a series of original anec- ] dotes. He begged pardon for branch- 1 lng oil on good roads, but just couldn't 1 talk before such an audience without telling his hearers of the manifold ' advantages of good roads. He advised ( planters to make their farms attrac- 1 tive and keep the boys at home and 1 wound up with a strong argument for < tbe diversification of crops. 1 Congressman J. E. Ellerbe was introduced and brietly reviewed the 1 work of the Association thus far. He ' said he felt that a great deal had been 1 accomplished, but that the work had 1 only begun. He referred to the re- i cent rise in the price of cotton as an ! indication that the South had at last 1 caught the ear of Wall street specu- 1 lators. If so much had been accom- I plished in such a short time the pos- 1 sibilities of sucsess could not be exag- ' gerated. Mr. Ellerbe was received with prolonged applause. 1 PRESIDENT SMITHS CONDEMNATION. Several speakers followed McLaurin before Mr. E. I). Smith, president of the South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton association, and the | last speaker, was introduced. Another sensation was at once sprung. Ad- j vanning to that part of the stage where Mr. McLaurin was seated, President Smith made fiery denunciation and condemnation of the effort j to inject politico at the meetings held under the auspices of the Southern Cotton Association. He informed the 1 audience and the committee that they 1 were met here not to discu'8 polltios, though he did not question their righ* to grant any privileges they might care to indulge. "One thing only has called us together toda>, the beneHo of Southern farmers, and as your president I do not intend that this purpose shall be side tracked even for the miserable, damnable dispensary." Just h'ere a curious phase of "meetings" was evidenced. It was clear, while Mr. McLaurln was speaking, that the splendily representative audience was entirely in sympathy with him. There was no mistaking the loud, ringing applause that constantly interrupted him and the great interest manifested in all he had to say. It was eauallv clear and immiaKoi/?KU as to the direot purpose of Mr. Smiths remarks and for whom they were intended, and this same audienoe gave him loud and Ion? oontinued oheering , and applause. ] A OOOD 8FKAKKH. , Ool. Norment, who reported the < meeting for The State says Mr. Smith f Is a remarkable speaker and he oould i bo beard in every community In South i Carolina with great benefit. Lack of < space prevents anything like even a 1 synopsis of this fine speech which was < listened to with the closest attention i for about one hour. He gave some < Interesting details concerning bis work, of Its discouragements and its successes and showed some dangers threatening the association. He went Into the depths of his subject, showing the great principles involved and rave figures showing that the work 'had put more money into the pockits of Southern farmers" than idle iritlos would ever understand. Three itrong points in closing were emphailzed amid the undivided attention of ibe undiminished audience. Those were, first, that cotton was the cur ency of the south; second, that there vas no substitute for this greatest product of the world and that the Imited area for its growth was conined to the south, aud thirdly, his combination gave us a great nonopoly. Mr. Smith made a telling ipeech and he must have been gratlled at the reception given him. In the afternoon the speakers were carried to the handsome rooms of the Commercial club where "things" were loue up in style. ChampaKue, fine figars aud camaraderie made pleasint moments go rapidly by and gave lnisliing touches to a hospitable velcome to a fine town aud to a fine people. A ST. LOUIS SENSATION In Which a .South Carol InaiaiiH and His Wife Figure. ''DeLorme?Hattie Weber DejOrme, died; mother of Mamie, Helen ind Homer aDd John F. X. DeL >rme, ind wife of Homer DeLorme, July 17, i905, at 3960 north Eleventh street. Funeral seivices in South Carolina imong relatives. News and Courier ind State please copy." The above notice was published In he St. Louis papers last we k, but a ipccl&l ispatch from St. L tuis to L'he State say* Mrs. DeLorme is not lead. Dr. DeLorme was simply mis,aken. lie explained his mistake to io01 e sorrowing friendi who called uf,er reading toe death notice in the nornlng paper. Others he waved iway with a revolver. Ills explanation was that a relative in South (Jarilina had dird, n t his wife. Never jheless the doctor did not take down ihe purple cloth doing duty as crepe >n his ooor. Two or three large nails held It securely, nor did he open the windows >r shutters, despite the Intense heat To all outside appearances the DeLorme home Tuesday of last wer k was i house of mortal grief. Neighbors of jhe family stood in the street in little <roups and talked In low tones of the loctor's actions. "Don't go near bhere, he'll shoot you," they told perions who started toward the house. Mrs. A. E. Kiltmeyer, sister of Mrs DeLorme, was met at the door, she ?ays, by the doctor with two revolvers. Fie told her, she says, that his wife .vas not dead and not ill. There are \>ur children as named in the death notice. Wednesday at the request of Mrs. DeLorme's brother, Chas. Weber, poice accompanied by Weber descended jpon the DeLorme residence and took Dr. DeLorme and Mrs. DeLorme, *hom they found within, to the sixth ilstrict police station. Dr. DeLorme lad refustd to permit Weber to see ais sister and had telephoned the chief of police for assistance in ejecting Weber. Dr. DeLorme explained at the station that he had announced his wife's leath hoping to stop his persecution oy his wife's relatives. "I want to he alone.." ht> vt ra noT n?mn ? , ..w AIA I o. ly^i J Ji UIU laid she had no complaint to make So after a short detention all were permitted to leave. Dr. DeLorme removed from the door the crepe that had hunt? there all Tuesday and also the notice warning his wife's relatives against visiting her. Dr. H. A. De Lorme, a native of Sumter and graduate of the South Carolina Military academy in the class of 1890, is a physician in St. Louis. A Florida Tragedy, A double tragedy occurred at Evlnston, Fla., Thursday, in which John P. Hester, a prominent merchant, ihot Postmaster W. O. Barron and ihot and killed his son, Watt Barron. For several months, it is understood, Barron and Hester have been on bad terms and recently, it is said, Hester reported Barron to the postotflce department in Washington, charging mismanagement of the affairs of the Evinston ottice. Wednesday afternoon Hester sent a messenger for bis mail. Postmaster Barron refused to deliver the mail without a written order and r >formed the messenger, requiting til Hi to return to Hester and secure i written order. Instead of complying with the request, it is said that Hester picked up a shotgun from his store ind proceeded to the postotlicc, when the shooting occurred, the postmaster inif tnvnmlu 1*7 A-4. I ? wiups nwuuUCU, TT <11/ll UttT' ron, son of the poslmaster, was loading a car with watermelons a few rods from the scene. Hearing the report rf the gun he left the car and proceed' 3d toward the store to ascertain the trouble when he was met by Hester ind instantly killed. Hester mounted i horse and made his escape after the tragedy. stronger Than Ever, General Hatjanoff, oommander of the Third Russian Maochurian army reoenbly declared that the Japanese were unable to advance, both on account of the strengthening of Russian positions and because they have sot fully recovered from their own loss at the battle of Muken. "Never Jurln* the whole war" he said "has the Russian army been so strong in avry respect as at present. The Japanese know this and therefore they wish for peace. NOT WANTED. Members of Spartanburg Cotton Association Snub McLaurin. NO CANDIDATE A^KKI) To Speak at the Association Meeting, and the President Says If McLaurin, Who Had Been Invited by Outsiders; Appeared, Meeting Would be Called off. A special dispatch to The Greenville News says the Spartanburg couuty cotton growers recently made appointments for several special meetings In the county. The date at ^Cherokee Springs Is July 29. These meetings were Intended to increase the mem bershipof the association and to arouse a more general intert st in the movement. It was expected that they would be farmers meetings with no strings to them. President K, L. Archer of the Cotton Growers' A.ssoci ation was noli tied Friday tliat some of the citiz?rs of Cherokee desired Col. John L McLaurin to make the address on the 29th inst. It is said that recently McLaurin upon learning of the meetii g of the farmers, at Cherokee Springs wrote to a friend in that section In forming him of his willingness to address the larm crs en that day. The curly headed orator did not indicate thai ills speech ..,OU ? .. - t " ? 11*1" 1 - 1 uw in. in iv \j 'in iu i ii iiuro oil when President Archer of thi. county fcss elation was informed o' the fortnor Senator's offer he promptly told the recipient of the letter that owing to a previous action of the committee on invitation ire could not allow Mr. McL:,uriu to speak at the meeting which was railed by order of the association. Mr. Archer feels that in declining t: e ex Senator's proposition he is but carrying out tho agreement entered into by t he ctllcers and members of the association when It was organized. lie therefore declined to ex tend an invitation to Mr. McLaurln. It appears that some time ago when arrangements were being made for the (Jhrrokee meeting several names of available speakers were suggested by members of the. invitation committee and all were, duly considered, it is said that both Senator Tillman and ex-Senator M< Lain in were among the prominent ones mentioned an 1 were rejected because hol oniy wa* politics to be avowed tut even the semblance of It President Archer made the following statement Saturday: "These meetings were appointed for farmers. If the people at C ierokee desire Col. McLaurln to address them on any sub ject they have a right to invite him Hut If he Is to be there on the 29th Inst, the farmers' meeting will be called off. When the committee met to consider the appointments, the names of Col. MoLtturin and Senator Tillman were mentioned. It was decided that they would not be invited, as no real or probable candidates were desired at these meetings, which are to be held by farmers for farmers, and notice is hereby served on candidates for ollice, and vote seekers, that they are not expected to speak at these meetings r ?.? v x uaic liu uujcuiltui IU pUJ I L1UI HUM fid V Ing their o*n meetings and airh g their grievances or boasting of thejr great achievements, but they will not be Invited to speak at the farmers' meetings." BROWN RR BNTKD IT. Ho AdHAlled a Keoent lCditorial in the Barnwell Sentinel. The State says news has come to Columbia, via Camp Fuller, to the effect that Mr. Clarence L. Brown and Mr. G. Marshall Moore engaged In an altercation In Barnwell Monday. The aforesld altercation was a bloodless affair, and It is hoped that it will end with the meeting Monday. Mr. Brown is the dispensary inspector who suffered the misfortune to lose $2,000 recently. Mr. Moore Is the superintendent of the schools at Barnwell and is also editor of the Barnwell Sentinel, the paper which was owned by Mr. Brown before he sold It to Mr. Moore. In the edlto rial p/iliimna t\t hhla nano* ?? .... W.UU.UU v.? vuia |/a(J01 UUC1C ap* poarefl a paragraph commenting upon Mr. Brown's m.sfortune in a way which was distasteful to the inspector, and he demanded a retractl< n. The affair happened in the principal business part of town. Mr. Brown, pointing to the objectionable para graph, expressed his opinion in regard thereto with a great deal of force so lb Is related. The witness who reports the affair says that Brown, after making a statement to the effect that Moore had his hand In his pocket, drew his revolver with an invitation to Moore to do the same thing. A. Mr. Moody ran up about this time and separated them. Brown put up a cash bond for $16 and forfeited his revolver to the town of Barnwell. The Barnwell Sentinel is the weekly paper whloh attracted some attention a few months ago by attacking H. H. Evans, chairman of the dispensary board, and the editor in turn was threatened with a libel suit. It is said that ou account of Mr. Moore's positive stand on public questions he Is having trouble to be reelected superintendent of the schools. There has been a deadlock In tne board for 30 days. poison kd flour Shipped To China And Results In Humber Of Deaths Will Not Only Hurt lrado In That Commodity Hut In Other* ?Tho Story. The Washington correspondent of the Columbia Record bays a report Just received in the United States shows that American hour shipping interests In China are likely to receive a heavy blow soon, unless something is done to correct a report that American flour men are Betiding poisoned flour there. The business of shipping flour to some sections of China, especially to Amoy and Chaugchau, is enormous. Last year it amounted to 9353,502, and the year previous to 9285,204. Not long since a certain shipment of flour was sent from llong Kong, and out of that shipment somewnere between thirty and forty people have died as a result of having eaten a poisonous mixture. All sorts of rumors have been spread broadcast, and anti foreign agitation has received a great impetus. This shipment, which was sent from llong Kong to Amoy, was consigned to native Importers and was distributed In the ordinary course of business, and to a'l appearances was not different from many shipments which had been made before. The flrst trouble onme at a Chinese restaurant where a man who was eating a meal became suddenly 111 and In a few moments died. The keeper of the restaurant, being accused of having adulterated the flour w ith poison, agreed to eat some of 11 le bread in order to show that there was nothing the matter with It. In the course of a few hours he also was dead. His wife and daughters also died from eating bread from the same flour. The story spread rapidly, and wherever the flour had teen shipped the Chinese died like so many dogs. In Chaugchau, a city of 1,000,000 lnhahI t\_l nip * IwA VAfl.li- 1- * tuuuio, tua icaum iius L?UUU 10 almost stop the rtcalp s of foreign Hour from any port, llundreis of small store keepers and takers have small stocks of goods on hand which they are ua ahlo to .sell on account of the fact that the people are afraid to buy Imported bread and Hour. The loss to these little merchants, while considerable, amounts, as a matter of fact, to nothing in comparison to the enormous loss of profits which will accrue from loss of business which has taken many years to build up. Unless the present trouble can be bone away with., there will .be a permanent loss, for Chinese consumers will again become ace is tomed to purely native food, arid the ground gained there by Americans after many years of ellort and labor will be entirely lost. There Is no explanation of the trouble, but it is probable that Chinese merchants made an effort to smuKgle in morphia In sacks of Hour and that the packages of poison were broken, and the Hour was thus affected. The duty on morphia is very high, while that on Hour Is only 5 per cent, ad valorem. Whatever the truth about this matter my be, there Is no doubt of the fact, as stated, that American interests In the Hour shipping business will be materially affected unless relieved soon. Fell Three TIiouhjuhI Keet. Daniel Maloney, who made numerous successful ascpnulnnu ujlih _ Tf IVil X 1UI . Montgomery's aeroplane, Tuesday fell J,000 feet to his death at Santa Clara Col. Maloney made an ascension from the grounds of the Santa Clara College. About 2 000 persons watched with Interest the machine as It shot upward from the college garden, attached to a huge balloon. At a height of 4,000 feet Maloney cut loose from the balloon and began maneuvering the aeroplane. He sailed gracefully about, then essayed a deep dip. Suddenly the machine swerved, hesitated, and then turned over. It righted Itself, sank down aconslderable distance, and turned over again. Maloney was clinging desperately to his seat, and was evidently endeavoring to regain control of the aeroplane, but all his efforts were In vain, Again the aerop lane turned In the air, the wings came together, and the man and the machine plunged straight downward, while the horrified spectators gazed helplessly. Killed l>y lilve Wire. Samuel James, a white carpenter, A (I -* - -?u >co.ia ui ?ku, unmarriea, was killed Wednesday by coming in contact with a live wire at the Charleston navy yard. James was employed by the New York Continental Jewell Filtration company on the dry dock. He was on a scaffoldiug when he came in contact with the wire. The wire burnt him around the neck, .ausing death instantly. The inquest was held Thursday James wsts a native of Baltimore. He has been residing in Charleston and working at the navy yard ror some t<ro^v Hud km War. The interstate oommero) commission of Washington has issued a builetin in walch it is stated that for the first three months of 1905 there were 28 passengers and 204 railroad employers killed and 1,651 passengers and 2,062 employes injured?making a total of 232 persons killed and 3,713 injured in railroad accidents. A New Nwindlf, The Columbia Record says a young white man named Spann was arrested by Policeman Forde Thursday charged with swindling. The alleged scheme was to place a Mexican dollar with four American dollars and ask that a $5 bill be given for It. It is said that several victims were oanght. THIRTY YEARS At Hard Labor in the Penitentiary for Attempted Assault ON A LITTLE GIRL At New Sumter About Ten Days Ago. It Took the Jury Nine Minutes to Decide the Fate of the Fiend Who Deserves to be Hung for the Crime. A special dispatch from Sumter to The State says the jury declared Jesse Nelson guilty of assault with Intent to ravlsii after nine minutes' deliberation, on Thursday afternoon. Judge It. (). Purdy sentenced Nelson to 30 years at hard lahor in the South Carolina penitentiary. The sentence to begin at the expiration of his sen tence to the Clarendon county chaingang, which will be July 0, 1910. The case wis called Thursday mornInn. The court appoints d Mr. L. I). Jennings to defend the prisoner. Maj. Marlon Molse assisted Solicitor Wilson. The State had only a few witnesses. Very little time was consumed In examining them. The young lady and her little sister were very positive Id their Identification of the pr'soner. They told the story of the crime In a clear, convincing manner. There was no hesitation. These were the only eye witnesses. Tne young lady Is not yet 1(5 years of age and her sister but 10. Tne ground rail of the testimony was the search for a negro of Nelson's general appearance?the clothing worn, cap, etc., when captured, the exact description given by the young lady immediately after the assault. Supervisor O.vens told of his escape from the Clarendon county chalngaug last Thursday. Nelson was the first witness for the defense, lie retold the s*orv that ho never left the railroad between there and Mayesvllle, except, to get water at the Hetts mill, lie denied the attack on the young lady and said he had never seen her until carried l>efore her on Monday. J im Taylor was sent for so that the jury might see the difference between the two. Mr. Jennings certainly did his duty. He reviewed the testimony carefully. He wanted the right man punished to the limit of the law, hut a^k the jury to be sure and convict the right one. He spoke earnestly and forcefully. The negro received a high class service gratis. Solicitor Wilson laid bare the facts. He spoke of the proud record of old Sumter county. The citizens are lawabiding. He mentioned two or three horrible crimes, aggravating in the extreme, hut the majesty of the law was upheld and the outlaws punished. Maj. Marlon Moise's speech was very eloquent. The court house was pack ed when he began to speak and close attention was paid to his argument. Judge Purdy's charge to the Jury was short and explicit. The jury retired at 6 13 and at 0.22 reached a verdict of guilty. Before passing sentence the judge said he knew the b?y's father and mother, and they were good old darkles. tThe beginning of Nelson's trouble, like all other boys, was when he wondered away from home, getting from under parental lnlluence. He had no doubt of the prisoner's guilt. If he had lie would set aside the verdict as would be his duty, though many people at New Sumter were his warm personal friends. Asa judge he must rise above the opinions and feelings of his fellow man. He held up the terrible punishment the boy must receive and said this should serve as a warning to white and black that to do right was the only safe course In life. He had sentenced to life imprisonment the other day a black man for the same crime against one of his own race in the upcountry. He then sentenced the boy to 30 years in the penitentiary. Nelson is about 19. He was sentenced at on July 6, 1904, by Judge Aidrich to six years on the chalngang for assault and battery on an old colored woman. I'oiHoning SiiHpcottul. Suspecting murder, the police are investigating the sudden death at. hi* home in Mannington, W. Va., of J. N. Pay ton. lie, his wife and a man who-te name has not been disclosed, are said to have been drinking on Sun day night, and Mrs. Pay ton announced her husband's sudden demise Tuesday morning, attributing It to the drinking of wood alcohol, to which he is understood to have been addicted. The autopsy is reported to have revealed the effects of other poisons, however. A chemical analysis of the stomach of the dead man will be made. Three of Payton's near relatives by marriage are said to have met mysterious deaths from poison. The Widow's Site. A woman In one of the small Pennsylvania towns recently put two postage stamps In the contribution box at her ohuroh, as she oould not afford to give any money. The stamps looked Interesting to the minister, so he took them to a dealer and sold them for $1,000. Later, says an exohange, the > two stamps were sold to a Russian no- / bleman for $6,000. /