The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 05, 1908, Image 5
MUST PAY FINE
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Evangelist Convicted of Using
Vulgar Language In the
' PRESENCE OF LADIES
Thp Georgia Court of Appeals IXfides
Afaiast Hev. Walt Holcombe,
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Son-in-law of the Lute Itev. Sai'i
I*. Joars, Who Had Appealed From
Lower Oiwrt. }
"Tho defendant was clearly guilty,
and the record presents no reversible
error." declared tho Georgln
Skate Court of Appeals In sustaining
the verdict of guilty against Rev.
Walt Holcotnbe, of Cartersvllle. Ga.,
j-onvicted of using "profane, obscene
and vulgar language in the presence
??f females."
Dr. Holcotnbe, an evangelist, nml
ji son-in-law of the late Rev. Sam
P. Jones, was indicted for certain
remarks ho made at a meeting ia
i he Cartersvllle tabernacle, in thi
presence of ladles.^ Ho appealed the
case, and the higher court sustains i
t ho verdict of guilty.
"It was not the ribaldry of some
low grade comedian in a second class
i he.atre," said the court. "It was th?
mdescent je?t of a niiuistor of the
gospel, made in a house devoted t"
the services of God, in the presence
of some three thousand worshipers
.'timed at a female member ? the
congregation, whose excess adipose
upon au unmentionable part of
her person happened to excite hU
attention."
The case against Evangelist Hoic.ombe
has been in the public eye
at intervals for several months, and
nas attracts wide attention, because
<of its unique features und the prominence
of the minister.
The annual tabernacle revival
meetings were in progross in Carlersville,
and Evangelist Holeomles
-ut.m ! < ?i- - ~ ?
" un i*? uiuii LUC WVI VICCS. A
meeting for men only hud been ad
vortised and arranged for u particular
Sunday afternoon, and it In recorded
that a great crowd guthered.
Itev. Mr. Oliver was to address the
men.
Following the services for nien the
regular services were to be held .
On this particular Sunday afternoon
it began to rain very hard Just
before the meeting for men wus to
t/egh:. and ? number of women
sought shelter under the tabernacle.
The court record shows that Minister
Oliver, who was to address the
men, suggested to Evangelist Holv.ombe
that the women retire, .so the
meeting could proceed, as per schedule.
Bvangeliat Holcombe advised the
women to retire, and his remarkb
were such as to lead to his indictment
and subsequent couvictlon for
using "profane, obscene and vulgar
language In the presence of females.
The minister's remarks, according
to the record, were aimed at one
particular woman, whose back wus
turned to the roatum from which ho
was talking. She was u particularly
largo woman, and his remarks referred,
in part, to her adipose.
In passing on the case, the court
of appeals declares that the word
" profane" is regarded as surplusage,
where the language set forth is, as
a matter of law, not profane, but Is
obscene and vulgar.
"Ah used iu the code, obscene
and vulgar language Includes any
foul words which would rounonablj
offend the sense of modesty and do
eency of the woman, or women, or
any of them, In whose presence they
were uttered."
Evangelist liolcombe will have tc
pay the tine of $200 and cost, which
was imposed by the trial judge al
Oartersville.
DIMKD HUMAN IIKAI) FOUND.
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Thresh**** Make Grosomc Discovery
oa Michigan Farm.
A dried human head, apparently
cleanly severed from th<? body hy
I a flaw, was the gruesome*1 object
p Thnroday found hy hnnnett Coonoy,
a farm hand, on the floor of the well
bonee, wrapped in a pieco of burlap,
on the farm of the late Sumucl Bryant,
near Clayton, Mich where
threshers were working.
The object lay on the floor and
Cooncy picked It up and remove i
the burlap to 9eo what it was. He
fled in terror and summoned the
other men at work on the place.
They left the head whore it was
Pound and nailed up the house till
oflicers could go to the scene.
l)r. S. A. Bryant of Dowaglac,
Mich., as son of the lato SamuH
Bryant said Thursday night that the
head found was, no doubt, one of
Rereral that he had in his possession
lor scientific purposes when tA- lived
at his father's home In Adrian"
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FALLS UNDER WHEES
AND IS CUL'SHKI) TO DKATtl!
INSTANTLY.
Skittish Mule Starts Off Suddenly
and I/Ot>|M>ld Welle is Hun Over by
Heavy I.oad<*l Truck.
A sud nnd fatal uccidont happened
In Charleston on Monday. The
Kvening Post says Leopold Wide, of
No. 267 St. Philip street, foreman of
drays for C. 1). Franke & Company,
fell Monday morning under a wheel
of his heavily loaded truck at the
Atlantic Coast Lino freight warehouse
in Hay street, and was so badly
Injuns! that he died a few minute
after the fatal accident, without regaining
consciousness.
Mr. Wide had drivel, his fomowhat
skittish mule up to the freight
platform and having found out that
it would be necessary for him to
move to the receiving door further
up, stepped upon his dray to drive
off. He could reach only one rein,
and leaned forward to get possession
of the other. As he rested one hand
upon the back of tho hig mule attached
to the truck, the animal started
quickly, and Mr. Welle lost his
balance. He fell to the side of the
. ih.'lff linrt lilu Ixwl v ut M1/-1- t l.n
mont directly In front of one of the
heavy wheels whlcn passed over his
body, as the now more startled mu'.o
moved off. A grout weight boro
the heavy wheel down upon his
body, crushing his stomach and abdomen
fatally.
Immediate assistance was given
the poor old man by witnesses to
the horrible accident, hut he could
not be helped, and was dead not
long after his injuries were received
The body was taken to the undertaking
rooms of .1. Henry Stuhr, in
Wentworth street, where Monde?
afternoon at G o'clock an inquest
into the death of Mr. Welle was held
by the coroner.
His body was almost severed into
two parts. The dray, a two-wheeled
affair, was heavilv loaded with carriage
stock, und the big wheel pressing
his body ugalnst tho granite
paving of Hay street had a fatal
force, that the strongest man could
not have withstood. Severul people
witnessed tho accident, but it occurred
before they could realize tho
awful fact.
Mr. Weile was a native of Germauy,
coming from the home city of
Mr. K. H. Jahnz. He is survived b:
a widow. Ho ha<l boon in the employ
of C. L). Franke & Co. for over
twelve years, winning the esteem of
Ms employers by his faithful uud
willing service. There was no
prompter man at tho company's
store than I^eopold Welle, and no
took pleasure in performing his work
aay by day. He fore ho entered th>
employ of Messrs. Jahnz he was
known by hundreds of people as a
driver of a Uutledge avenue horse
car. I^eopold Welle had a cheery
greeting uud a good word for everybody
he knew, and his friends were
shocked deeply when they heard of
his terrible death. He was between
tlfty-five and sixty years of ago.
IIITK OF MAI) IKKjJ
| Proves Fatal to an Klbertou, (?a..
Itetail Merchant.
A dispatch to tho Atlanta Journal
from Klberton, Oa., says Matthew
Herman, the merchant who was bitten
by a mad dog on the night of
October 1st, died Thursday night at
11 o'clock, after an illness of two
days from hrdrophobia.
Mr. Herman did not become vio
lent until two days boforo his death.
Ouo great fear in his lucid moments
seemed to he that ho would Injure
Homebody. About 6 o'clock he broke
loose from his attendants and jumped
through the window. He waa
brought back to tho house, but later
broke away again, and running to the
bath room drank water as if he com id
never get enough. Ho Boomed to
bo burning up with thirst. Later
he asked thut ho be strapped to his
bed, and this request waa complied
with.
Just before he died, after one of
his paroxisms, he asked that everv
one leave his room. Though
strapped to the bed hif? fear that he
would injuro some one was so great
that he wanted to be alone. It was
soon after this, while alone, that he
died. . *
St?M*r Huns Amuck.
A mad steer run amuck Thursday
in tho business section of Atlanta,
mul luifrtrn utoor wno rniiffhf fit
tho risk of life and limb, two persona
wore injured and others fled
to places of safety; pome being forced
to climb telepnooo poles. In 0111
of his furious rushes at pedestraine
the right horn of th? steer was torn
from his head. "
RIBE NO
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TELLS OF WRECK
Schooner Abandoned on Voyage
From Georgetown North.
BRAVE LIFE SAVERS
Rodlea Island and Nags Head Crews
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Worked for Hours?Captain and i
Wifo Thrice .Wrecked?llod^fH J
Curried to (Hiarlestcn as I'rlzo of {
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Steamer Fert Several Years ago. j
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Cupt. S. K. Lawry, of the abandoned
schooner Flora Hodgers, a well- j
known trading vessel at Charleston. I
j tells an Interesting and thrilling story
of the wreck of his boat u few '
days ago at Bodies Island and the
rescue of himself, his wife and the ,
crow. The following account of the
wreck and rescue we take from th? 1
Charleston Pott: 1
It is not the first time that tho {
Flora ltnilL'urs hsiu Imuii,
having had the same experience scv- 1
oral years ago off the Carolina coast,
when she was towed into Charleston,
as a prize of the Italian steamer '
Pert, being later libeled and sold
by order of the United States court.
In an interview in The Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot, Captain La wry related
a few days ago in a dramatic '
manner how Mrs. Lawry, his wife,
his crew of six men and himself
stood waist-deep in water with waves
from thirty to forty feet in height
leaping anil swirling over the wreck,
nine hours before a line was shot
over the vessel and how two anchor
chains of links of an inch and a halt
in thickness \v6re snapped like pipe
stems which sent the vessel to her
doom.
It was also brought out how Mrs.
Lnwry had been in two other wrecks
with her husband and how on one '
occasion she was willing for everything
aboard to be lost?that id,
property?but to-only save her c?nary
bird.
When the gale was sweeping the 1
coast and carrying everything before
it the ltodgers, lumber laden, wus
tugging at her anchors. She was 1
from Georgetown, S. C., for New Haven,
and Captain Lawry seeing that
ho could not suil'in such a storm,
hod the vessel anchored off the
inland.
Two anchors wore thrown out and
those were hold by many fathoms
of chain, the links of which wero an
inch and a half of solid iron. Tho
vessel was double-reefed. Everything
was done to prevent the craft
from stranding, but to no avail, and
at 10 o'clock at night the anchors
tore loose and two and onc-nalf
hours later tho stern of the Hodgen
way battered away.
Masts and rigging and spam
crashed to the deck and lay In an
Inextricable mass. The wind was
increasing from the south-east, anl
presently the vessel bega nto bo
working broadside on the beach.
Inky darkness prevailed. The waves
by this time were running to a
height of from thirty to fqrty feet,
and at one time it appeared that a'I
must bo lost. The life savers had
discovered the wreok and they so
notified those aboard the vessel by
tho Costen signals.
When daylight came the surfmen
from the Hodies Islund station attempted
to launch a surf boat, but
they were beaten by the wind ?n<l
waves. Eine after line was Are J
and fell short, and those on tho
wreck despaired of being rescued.
Word WJ4H to thn Wnir n Itoi/t
station and soon the crow was on
the scene.
If ever a set of men worked to
save eight human lives It was the
crows from the Bodies Island nn 1
Nags Head stations, and at 7 o'clock
lu the morning a line was shot over
the side of the vessel and made fast
to the stump of the mainmast. Then
the breeches buoy was run out.
The captain and crew insisted that
Mrs. I^awry step into tho buoy first.
The brave woman wus reluctant tj
do this but was finally persuaded an 1
sho was hauled through tho mountainous
waves to tho beach. It was
a dramatic scene. Then the crew,
one by one, were hauled ashore and
Captain Hawry was the last to step
into the buoy.
All hands wero drenched to the
skin when they hit the beach and
they lost all of their belongings,
which went down in the wreck. The
captain, bis wife and crew had not
long been off the vessel when she began
to break up and the lumber ca.*
go 10 come asnore. une or rne
masts washed ashore and there Is
hope of securing the other two.
Captain Lawry said tnat tho spars
and rigging might also be saved an.i
practically all of tho lumber cargo
> that has washed ashore will be save !.
i The cargo was insured, but the vesi
sel was not. Captain bawry had
' a $1,000 interest In the Uodgera. *
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FIRE IN HER HOLD
\ STEAMSHIP AT SKA WAS IX
( ILKAT DANG Kit.
IViroloMM Statiim at (%arlmton Kwps
in Touch With a Steamer Tliut Hud
( one to the Hohcuo.
The Charleston Evening Post aayu
he steamship Luckenbeck en rout? 4
rom New York to San Juan, Porto
itico and South Arooricnn ports rejorts
through the wireless station
it Hampton park the presence of tire
u her main hold, but the blaze has
>een brought under control by the
combined efforts of ber crew mu
.ho crow of the steamship Philadelphia
which has the Luckenbeck in i
ow. ,
The message of the lire in the hold ]
>f the steamer was caught by the
iiumpton park wirelees station about |
1 1 o'clock Monday night, having been ,
*ont by Captain Crockett, of the
Philadelphia, when the steamship
and her convoy were off Charleston
ubout 700 miles and 680 miles south
of Sandy Ihxik.
At the time that the wireless message
was sent to the Charleston
wireless plant, the steamers were
making about nine and a half knots
un hour. Tito Iiumpton park station
remained in touch with the plant of
the Philadelphia for several heirs
Monday night.
The steamship Luckenbeck is one
of a licet of five ships belonging *o
the Insular Steamship Company, one
of the competing lines of the Morse
syndicate of steamships, running to
Porto itico and South American
ports. The Luckenbeck family of
New York practically own and con
vuji (in; YWBflS. inn IjUCKCnilCCK IB
ono of tho host boats of the line, having
a tonnage of about 5,000.
Bound from tho South American
ports with coffeo and other staple
products of that country, and returning
with general cargoes of merchandise,
tho line does a good bus
iness.
It is of course not known what
will be tln? damage by the Are on the
Luekonback. The survey will probably
be held upon the arrival of the
vessel at San Juan, and then estimates
will bo propared of the amount
of the damage.
M RIOTS THRRIHLK DEATH.
Trying to Oleau Out tain Which
<'aught IILs Arm.
A dispatch from Newberry to The
News and Courier ways a terrible
accident happened at Mrs. II. I,.
Sc.humport'B gin on last Friday af'^rnoou,
whereby Mr. Dudley Hawkins
lost his life.
Mr. Hawkins was a nephew of Mrs.
Schumport and a son of Mr. IV M.
Huwklna. Ho has been with Mr. Mid
Mrs. Schumport for a good many
years, and since Mr. Behuinpert'a
death has had practically entire control
of tho roller mill and ginnery
as well as the farm. Ho was a young
mun aliout twenty-four years old,
very attentive to business and with a
host of friends.
On Friday afternoon about <)
o'clock something got wrong with the
gin and Mr. Hawkins undertook to
clean it out, and in doing ao his right
hand was caught in the saws and
his whole arm pullod into tho gin,
cutting it into shreds up to hl.s
shoulder Ixjfore tho engine could lx*
stopped. It took at least a half how
to tako his arm out of tho machine,
and during the entire time ho directed
how it should 1x5 done, and
showed romurkablo nerve and presence
of mind, though suffering terribly.
Ho was taken from the gin
to tho homo of Mrs. Bchutnpert and
I)r. Gilder was summoned, but did
uot reach Mr. Hawkins until about
U o'clock.
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Ooloml Farmer Tries to Hoard CoIkwo
and Falls.
Jim Wharton, a colored farmer,
who lived in the Harkesdale neighborhood
in Laurens county, was run
over and instantly killed about 8
o'clock Monday morning by the mixed
train coming over the Charleston
and Western Carolina froxn Greenville,
tho accident occurring at
Harksdale Htatlon, seven miles from
Laurens. Wharton tried to swing
the cabooso of the swiftly moving
train. Ho fell and was crushed to
death under the wheels of an extra
box car attached to the rear of the
caboose. Both legs were cut off and
his head was cut in two by the car
wheels.
Night lllders Caught.
Many of tho night riders who brutally
murdered Captain Quentin Rankin
in Tonnessoe last week has been
I arrested and is now in jail. One of
I the murderers has confessed, lmp!i.
eating oighty-flve other parsons ia
i the lyneing.
THE HO
ENDS HIS LIFE
\ Prominent Lawyer of Mobile
Shoots Himself to Oeath.
FHE CAUSE UNKNOWN
Major Ktlwiml Murphy ltohlnson,
After leaving the I>inner Table,
FIivh Two Bullets From a Il<*volver
Into Ills Brain?I weaves
Young Wife and One Child.
A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., says
lhat Major Edward Murphy ItobinHon.
one of that city's most prominent
citizens, and one of the leading
cimtnal and civil lawyers of the
South, a club man, former representative
in the genera) assembly of
Alabama and who had refused many
political honors, ended his life Sunday
afternoon by two shots from a
revolver In his bedroom at his handsome
home in Government street,!
shortly after II o'clock.
The news of the tragic ending of
this brilliant young mun, when it
became generally known throughout
the city, shocked everybody.
Major ivobinson had been down
into the business district during the
morning. He left one of the leading
social clubs of tne city at 2 o'clock,
went to his home and was seen with
his w ife and little child on t he lawn. I
Later the trio entered the house
and sat down to dinner.
During the dining hour ho aroso!
from the table and went to his room
without saying a word. In a few
moments two shots rang out, one
following the other very closely. On
rushing to his room, the lifeless body
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in Luc uivorney was round stretched
across the bed, blood flowing from
two ghastly holes In the head.
He died before anything could be
done.
Major Koblnson wns the Idol of
Mobile county Democracy and the
best known orator in the State. Ho
gained national renown by his speccn
of presentation of the silver service
to the battleship Alabama, and immediately
became a prominent, figure
In State polities.
Ho was mentioned this year as .1
candidate for governor. He served
In the Spanish-American war as captain
of company S, Second Alabama
volunteers, und was made major of
the battalion on the reorganization
of the military forces following the
war.
In Mobile be had been elected to
every otflce to which he aspired. Ho
married the daughter of Prelate I)
Barker, present postmaster of Mobile,
and leaves a wife and one chil l.
His political nfliiiations hare been
undoviatingly with the Democratic
party.
He was bom at Stockton. Ala.,
in 1 873, his fater being a veteran of
the civil war. Ho was a social loader
and prominent in fraternal and
Hl'crct nrilnru Unrlnw 1 CI A 1 l\ O (.
V. w? u l I il i 47U fV?? 11 y
was president of the Alumni of th?
Uuivcrsity of Alabama.
WILL FIGHT WHITE PLAGUE.
Organize Anti-Tiiberculo?ls Movement
launched at Columbia.
Ah a result of a conference held
Thursday at Columbia the physicians,
the presH and laymen of the
State will organize to educate the
people on tuberculoplH and its prevention.
The meeting was held In
the State Library at noon Thursday
and there was cydto a large attendance.
It was railed by a Rpeclal committee
of the Medical Association of
South Carolina, and after discussion
it was derided to appoint physicians
in each county to organize county
associations and to work along the
line laid down by the National Association
at the meeting held recently
in Washington. The associations
will be under the auspices of the
State Association, and information
and literature bearing on the sub...Ml
1...
;vi i win i iv wiiivij (i IMU i ouicd.
At the annual meeting of the Association
in April reports of the work
done will be made. The meeting
was presided over by I)r. Jno. L
Dawson, of Charleston, and I>r.
Walter Cheney, of Sumter, acted as
secretary. Among those present was
Mtb, Bead, of Sumter, president of
the Federation of Women's Clubs,
who promised the co-operation of
this organization.
Heavy Verdict.
At Greenville In the Perioral Court
Monday a verdict for two hundred
and Hixty-threo thousand, four hun
dred and ftfty-three dollars and tifty
three cents was returned for th<
Southern Power Company, of Char
lotte, N. C., In the stilt against th<
Catawba Power Company, of Uoci
Hill, S. C. The suit was for th<
collection of some promissory notes.
RRY HE!
BRIBED A JURY
SENSATIONAL DEYEIXII'MKNT LV
HAN FllANCIKC'O SCANDAL.
A Contractor Having Tried ?Kl
Convicted of ItrilMTy, Admit* Hi*
(iuilt and Tell* Whole Story.
Sun Francisco, Cal., on Thursday,
hud a most sensational court scene.
Standing in the shadow of the penitentiary
with sentence about to he
passed upon him. and huving seen
his young wife just led from the
Court rooui hysterically crying "Hit,
no," A. S. Itlako, a contractor, ennvlctod
of attempting to bribe John
M. Kelly to (|tialify on the Jury to
try Abraham Huef and vote for
Kuef's acquittal, made u full coufeoslon
in Court Thursday.
Hlake said that after he was arrested
on a charge of bribery, Frank
i J. Murphy, Huef's assistant eouimei.
came to hiin and promised $10,00#
if ho would keep quiet. Ho sai i
that notes for $10,000 purporting
to tie signed by Ktief, were delivered
to a third party, to be paid to lilnke
immediately after he was sentenced
if ho were convicted of bribery, lie
sides this amount, Blake declared,
his wife was to receive $100 a month
while he was in the penltnetiary.
When Bluke was called on to rise
and receive sentence his wife cried
No, not that," and began to sob
hysterically. She wus lead from tb ?
room.
After motions for a new trial nml
an arrest of judgment had t/een denied
Blake said that he had a statement
to make us a reason why nentence
should not bo pronounced.
Tills came as a surprise to his n.torneys,
who were permitted to withdraw
from the cn.se.
After he had been sworn aud h?d
stated that he had not been promised
immunity Blake nnid he had been
offered $1,000 by Attorney A. ?5.
Now burgh and F. J. Murphy, of
Kuef's counsel, to influence J. h\
Kelly, a prospective Juror, to vote
for the acquittal of Huef.
lie at llrst offered Kelly $f?00.
which was refused, he said, hut an
offer of $1,(100 was accepted.
It was then brought out lu allegations
that New burgh had procured
attorneys for Blake's defence.
Blake then told of his alleged offer
of $10,000 and provision for his wife
while he was In prison If he would
not make a confession. The story*
told by Blake created consternation
in Court and tne case was continued
for two weeks.
DEAF MUTE KILLS HIMSELF.
Itnilff t>( I! Win p,'ln(?v C,...* v?? -?
+ ? - m saMM/l WUHII AH'JIll
in Woods Sunday.
A dispatch from Union to The
News ami Courier nays Robert filover,
2f? years of age, and n deaf
mute, was found dead in worn? woods
about one mile went of Union, late
Sunday afternoon, with a wound indicating
that a pistol hud t>een placed
in his mouth and fired. Mr. Glovov
wtt? a printer by trade and had worked
In Union for several years, with
both the Progress and the Union
Times.
On Thursday last ho returned to
the city after several months' ah
aence and resumed his position with
the Times, working ther j Friday a.?d
Saturday, and seemed to be in high
spirits. Sunday morning, however,
he left his boarding house about ft
o'clock and did not return for dinner.
A party of friends went in search of
him, finding his dead body, us suited
ubove. While there was no eye witnesses
as to the manner of his death.
It seems to be generally conceded
that It was a case of suicide.
His parents, who reside in Spartan
burg, went to Union Sunday night
and Monday morning took the remains
bach to that city, where the
interment took place Tuesday. His
mother stated that the dead man had
never entirely recovered from an attack
of grip from which he suffered
some time ago, and it is also said he
was of a despondent disposition front
brooding over his afflictions
Women I'arude.
Six hundred women suftragiats
paraded the streets of lloone, Iowa,
on Thursduy. Rev. Anna Shaw, head
of the National Order of Suffragists.
hfwi/lfwl I ho iiarudo U/Uh hur r..
iVfrn. Ren dell and Mrs. CoHtelle, of
London, famous for thier participation
in the attacks made on parliament
by the women suffragists of
Kngland. The spectacle of 600 women
mai lng through the streets
caused thfc whole town to turn ont
to witness it. *
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Kills His Htm.
At Russellville, Ala., James Thorn,
5 a farmer, while attempting to rum
- a mule out of the yard Wednesday
3 picked np a small stone and threw
c it at the animal. He iuImmm! the
ft , mule and hit his 2-year-old soa^
| killing him instantly
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