The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 29, 1910, Image 3
AIKEN HELPS I
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The Saath Careliaa CngressMi's
Speech m the Tarif te he
DISTRIBUTED IN OHIO
The Speech Contains Letters of Zarh
McGhee on the Conditions in Kng>
land, Which he Wrote The Columbia
State Some Months Ago, From
'p the Country.
Ohio is calling on South Carolina
for h?lD in her effort to do something
like Maine (lid last Monday. Representative
Wyatt Aiken of Abbeville
has received the following self-explanatory
letter:
"Kenton, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1910.
"Hon Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville, S. C.
Dear Sir: We have an excellent
opportunity to elect Thomas C.
m. Mahou to Congress from this district,
the Hight Ohio, now represented by
Ralph D. Cole, but we need some
assistance to do It in the way of
speeches upon the tariff, and I know
of no speech better calculated to
help us than the one delivered by you
on March 22, 1910, and 1 assure you
that you would contribute very much
toward this election if you would
end in 600 or 1000 of these speecnu^
for distribution to independent Republicans.
"Assuring you that anything you
do will be greatly appreciated, I am
"Yours truly,
"\V. W. Durbin."
Mr. Durbin is a prominent Democrat
of the Eigth Ohio district,
and is taking a leading part in the
effort to have that district send a
Democrat to congress instead of
Mr. Cole. The fact that he desires
the speeches for distribution among
independent Republicans shows that
there is some dissatisfaction among
the adherents of that party in the
president's own State with "the best
tariff law ever enacted," which description
of the law, however, had to
be "revised downward" as soon as
the primaries in the Middle West
were heard from. Mr. Durbin feels
that there are numbers of Republicans
in the district who are ready to
indicate their dissatisfaction by voting
for a Democrat to succeed the
Republican members who assisted in
the making or tne iarm mn.
The speech of Mr. Aiken to which
Mr. Durbin refers, delivered on
ftfarch 22 last, .contained several of
the letters written by Zach McGhee,
Washington correspondent of the
State, from England, dealing with
conditions in that country as compared
with those of the United States.
In the course of that speech, Mr.
Aiken said:
"The now notorius Aldrich tariff
act has created such unrest in the
public mind that it must undergo
material revision by the next conigress
to bo elected. The people asked
for bread they have been given
a stone.
"For many years the Republican
party was kept in power by the bare
atntnment on the eve of
UIli>Ul'J?'l IVM
the elections that high protection en? I
abled employers to pay higher wages
to employes. This looked plausible, J
and the employee who did not stop co [
think that the same tariff advanced
the price of all articles of consumption
for which he spent about 90 per
cent, of his earnings would be easily
duped by such statements. But light
r - has begun to dawn upon the laboring
man. In no instance has wages ad-1
vanced permanently as promised. In
this unrest we find explanation for
the strikes, bread riots, meat boycotts
and all such outward expressions of
subdued bitterness. I do not hesi-1
tate to say, too, that, In my humble
judgment, the people are right. The
trend of all legislation in this body
has been to enrich trusts and corporations
at the cost of the very existence
of the produce}*.
"In the great mass of falsehood
an?* fabrication which has been
brought to bear on the tariff subject
In order to fool the men who are
really suffering by its operation, I
there is so much that is unreliable
that It must be refreshing .to come
into possession* of facts which may
not be questioned.
"During the year 1909 the Wash*
ington correspondent of the Columbia
(8. *C.) State, one of the best
newspapers in this country, without
reference to locality, made a per-|
sonal tour of inspection through the
mill sections of England and the continent.
This correspondent was
Zach McGhee. I have known him
from childhood. There is no man
who Is capable or matting a uiui c |
thorough and Intelligent study of
the situation there, and I know of no
living man whose statements would
have more ?weight with me. Mr. McGhee
is honest, conscientious and
careful, and his statements can be
relied upon absolutely."
Mr. Aiken then proceeded to reproduce
a numbefr of Mr. McGhees
articles from abroad, dealing with
the t&rifT situation.
The Eighth Ohio District, represented
by Ralph D. Cole, is a very
close one, and there Is every resaon
to believe that a Democrat will be
PRAISES THEM HIGHLY
NO BRAVKit TROOPS WKRK EVER
MARSHALLED FOR
Conflict Than Southern Soldiers,
Says Commander Samuel R. Van
Sant to Union Veterans.
With a fine tribute to the soldiers
of the Confederacy, Commander-inChief
Samuel R. Van Sant, of Minnesota
Thursday formally opened the
business session of the national ei?
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic /it Atlantic City, N. J. The
commander spoke earnestly as he
expressed his gratification at the increasing
fraternization of the "blu" '
and "gray."
When he said that no braver
troops were ever marshalled for conflict
than the Southern soldiers, and
that the Union veterans now realize
that 110 men ever made greater
sacrifices for what they believed to
be right than their former foes, the
commander was applauded.
The Commander-in-Chief expressed
himself as particularly gratified
at the increasing fraternization of
the "Blue and the Gray." He voiced
his pleasure at the cordial reception
given him during his recent official
visit to tne soutnern aeparrmen b,
not only from the former Union soldiers,
but from ex-Confederates
"In all cities, when possible," ne
said, "I urged joint meetings of the
Blue and the Gray. We had in my
gatherings of this character, and no
more loyal and patriotic sentiments
were ever uttered than by the men
who fought on the other side
"Are you not pleased to learn that
our comrades are living in peace and
harmony with our late enemies? This
is as it should be. Both armies
were composed of brave men, and
they should and do mutually reject
each other. We of the Nortn can
testify that 110 braver troops v. eie
ever marshalled for conflict than our
late enemies?and we now realize
that no men ever made greater sacrifices
for what they believed to be
right than our former foes.
"Comrades, we were the victors,
and we can afford to be m 'gnanimous
to our foes. It is easy for the
victor to forgive, but when the van*
quished absolves himself from all bitterness
he has truly gained the most
cherished trait of a noble character.
Wo won?they lost. We retimed
to our homes with the shouts of victory
ringing in our ears?our cauto
triumphant.
"They were defeated, their cause
lost, and they returned to hoaie3 destroyed,
barns empty, money worthless,
slaves free and ruin all about
them. Any but a brave people would
have yielded to these adverse conditions?not
so with them. B"avely
as they fought during the war, they
now fought the battles of life, and
the splendid growth and d >velopment
of the South since the close of
the war is the South's grandest and
most enduring monument.
United as we are now, our country
is designed to make a new era of
progress. We have by our united
efforts advanced to the highest p'n
nacle of fame, and become a migiity
world power with our influence every
where potential. Who does not rejoice
that our Union is one and indivisible,
and will remain so forever."
Many matters affecting the welfare
of the Grand Army veterans will
pntna fArn tha i hp
question of pensions will come up.
the veterans urging that the lowest
pensions granted be considerably increased.
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CHINESE GIBL ItEFUSED.
Admittance to White Scliool Because
of Her Itace.
May Ling Soong, a young Chinese
girl, has been barred from the Greshain
high school at Macon, Ga., a
county institution, because she is not
a caucasion. She is a niece of Bing
Chun Wan, who is connected with
the Chinese embassy at Washington,
D. C., Her sister graduated last
June at Wesleyan college, which is
located in Macon, and which is ?
famous Methodist institution. Miss
Soong went to Macon to enter Wesleyan,
but was found deficient of h?r
studies and it was suggested that
she enter the Gresham high school to
prepare for the next term at Wessleyan.
When application was made
for admission Supt. C. B. Chapman
called a meeting of the board o* education
to decide the quesUot. The
law creating tne 13idd county coarci
of education requires that all students
of the Greeham high school
must be of Caucasion race and for
that reason Miss Soong was denied
admittance.
chosen this year to represent it in
the Sixty second congress. Mr. Cole
was elected two years ago by a vote
af 24,476, as against 23,271 for his
Democratic opponent?a majority of
only 1,205 votes out of nearly 50,000.
The Socialist and Prohibitionist
candidate received 1,231 votes in
the district, and the Democrats are
trying to win the supporters of these
tickets on the plea that the tariff
demands more immediate attention
than does the cause of socialism or
prohibition.
GIRL TRIED SHOT
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY IN A
LEXINGTON CASE. *
Young Woman Goes on Stand and
Says She Shot at a Man Because
He had Wronged Her.
There was surprise In the Lexington
Counrt room Monday when Miss
Buff took the witness stand and admitted
that she fired the shot at the
three Hendrix men for which offense
her father, M. B. Buff, and Artie
n " ... ?%-? nirti tK/k nVi uecrn )?4 >_
1)11 II WtJI C U1I li 1(11 | liiu iiiii v v/v
ing assault and batery with intent
to kill. Miss Huff stated that she
tried to shoot John Hendrix because
he had wronged her under promise
of marriage.
The first case to he called was that
of M. B. Huff and Artie Huff, father
and son, defendants, who, it is alleged,
made an assault upon Jno.
\V. Hendrix, Sr., John W. Hendrix,
Jr., and James Hendrix on the 25th
of March while the three were passing
along the road in front of the
house of the accused. The three
men swore that the elder Buff and
his son fired two shots at them.
The defendants claim that the
shots were not fired by either of
them, but that Miss Malissa Huff, a
daughter of M. H. Huff and a sister
of Artie Huff, fired the shots. The
young woman went on the stand and
admitted that she did the shooting;
that John Hendrix, Jr., had, under
promise of marriage, wronged her
and that she wanted to get revenge.
She said that neither her father nor
brother knew that she was going to
shoot, and that Artie Buff took the
gun away from her after she had
fired the second shot.
Miss Buff is just 18 years old, and
made a star witness. All of the
parties are prominent farmers of the
Hebron section of Lexington county,
and a large crowd has been in attendance
upon the trial.
<M. B. Buff, one of the defendants,
is a Confederate soldier. The prosecutor,,
Jno. W. Hendrix, Sr., is a
former county commissioner.
CHARGED WITH CHIME.
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White Hoys Arrested for Post Oflicc
Robbery In Virginia.
Cohen Moore and Walker Hayes,
two white boys, about 18 years of
n.AnnullIn
ago, were eai neu wum uiccmi"c
Monday night to North Holsten, Va ,
charged with the robbery of the posioffice
at that place. They ha/e been
in jail at Greenville for about two
weeks.
The boys were first suspectwhen
they were found by Sheriff Poole
and his deputy, Mr. Hunsinrer, to
be selling stamps in large quantises
to several Greenville people at r *?If
price. They were apprehend 2.1 anil
lodged in jail and a number of pieces
of eveidence were collected, before
which one of the boys broke down
and made a confession. Parties wlo
had bought the stamps were found,
and there were also located in different
parts of the city articles of clotm
ing, which were identified as belonging
to the postmaster at North tlolsfon
It is alleged that the boys robbed
the post office at that place some
months back and afterwards made
their way to the Greenville section.
About $125 worth of stamps was
taken out and a number of articles
of minor value. Of the stamps about
$90 worth has been recovered.
Oon't Need Them.
More than 1,000,000 immigrants
with their foreign speech, manners
and customs, and ideas of government
landed upon our shores last
year. It taxes the assimilative capacity
of the nation to convert them
into real Americans. With thi older
people that is not often possible, but
with the children it is different. The
common schools form a vast crucible
into which the children are put to
come forth wiih the stamp of America
upon them and to become earnest,
enthusiastic and helpful citizens. But
after all it is a severe strain and
no other nation could do it. Many
of these immigrants are undesirable
as citizens, and we are glad they
don't come to the South. We would
be glad to have all the Germans,
Irish, Scandinavians and such people
as these come among us, but we
do not need the black hand gang
and the people of that ilk. We can
get along better without them than
with them.
DEAD FROM HORSES KICK.
Prominent Georgian Dies From Runaway
Accident.
E. Prentiss Peabody, well known
business man of Waycross, Ga., died
Wednesday morning as the result of
being kicked by a horse 'Monday in a
runaway accident, near, there. It
was while trying to save his wife
and little girl that he receive! his
injuries. Mrs. Peabody had a rib
broken by a kick of the frightened
horse, attached to the buggy in which
they were riding. Mr. Peabody was
a well known church worker and was
a member of the national board of
management of the Epworth League.
TEDDY LOSES FIGHT
BARNES CLAIMS THAT SHERMAN
HAS DEFEATED HIM.
He Thinks That Roosevelt's Fight
for the Chairmanship is a Viola?
I
tion of Political Ethics.
A clear majority of 55 votes for
the selection of Vice-PreBident Sherman
as temporary chairman of tiie
New York State Republican convention
over Col. Roosevelt was claimed
by William Barnes, Jr., as a result
of the up-State primaries Tuesday.
Mr. Barnes, who has been leading
the ttgnt ot me "Old guaru, ut'cmn-u
that the real contest at Saratoga will
be in the committee on resolutions.
This committee will consider the
question of direct nominations. Mr.
Barnes gave out this statement:
The result of primaries ends the
contest over the temporary chairman,
and gives Vice President Sherman a
clear majority of 55 votes. Interest
naturally centres in the personal element,
but there are involved in this
situation two principles of great importance
to the Republican party.
The first may be called orderly political
management. Mr. Roosevelt was
defeated in the State committee by
a vote of 20 to 15 and then Mr. Sherman
was unanimously chosen as
the temporary presiding officer of the
State convention.
To question that determination on
the floor of the convention is equivalent
to bolting a nomination. This
is known as political welching and
had Mr. Roosevelt defeated Mr. Sherman
in the State committee that
would have been the end of that controversy.
Mr. Roosevelt has not acted
as Mr. Sherman would have done
in questioning the unanimous action
of the committee. They are
equal before the party. Mr. Roosvelt
has no superior rights as man
than ony other man.
Secondly, the real contest at Saratoga
will be in the committee on resolutions.
There the party creed for
two years will be proclaimed.
There must be determined whether
the party is to be turned over to 'my
policies' borrowed from Bryan, or
to remain steadfast in the faith which
j has given victory in the past. 1 have
I /tniin -tirllof I nnnlH In Ml<> M11 111 i<> lll'PKK
it wii\j n lint x v/vt* t\i nt j/tt |/ v/^~
to warn Republicans of the Roosevelt
danger and at the primaries to
secure delegates who will not rusn
madly to the worship of false gods.
We have won.
WIN THEIR FIGHT.
High Rate of Duty on Cotton Ragging
is Reduced.
Domestic cotton ginners have won
an important victory at New York in
the board of United State general appraisers
which has just decided that
so-called "patches" for covering cotton
are not subject to the high rate
of duty recently exacted by the
Treasury Department.
m t- 1 a _ l. -i ! ^ ^ i U ~
i lie uo it ill aisu uenies i lie uwmeiition
of the government that tho stancilling
of a single name or word on
cotton bales constitutes "printing'
within the meaning of the latter word
as used in the tariff acts.
The merchandise involved in the
test case consists of jute bagging,
thirty by fifty-four inches in dimensions,
imported for use in patches to
cover holes in cotton bales produced
by sampling the cotton.
The collector of customs at New
Orleans returned the merchandise for
duty at the rate of 4 5 per cent as
"woven fabrics of vegetable fiber.''
The importers' claim was for duty
at G-lOth of 1 per cent, per square
yard as bagging. This contention
the board sustains, the New Orleans
collector being reversed.
The collector contended that the
merchandise was taken out of the
provisions claimed by the importers
on the ground that the patches were
"printed," although the printing consisted
of but a single word on each
patch. The board holds that the
stenciling was only for identification.
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Sensible Settlement.
Another victory for arbitration
and therefore peace and goodwill between
nation resulted when the arbitration
court at the Hague settled
the difference which for a century
have existed between this country
and Great Britain. Behaps not
one of them was important enough
to have provoked a war, but some
of them have caused a good deal of
friction and unpleasantness, and it
is i ermri thine nvnrv fin v th.it tlinv
" v"'"n v ' ^
are disposed of for good. Of course
extremists on both sides of the water
will be some what dissatisfied inasmuch
as neither side got all it asked.
But probably each got what it
expected and that is the main thing.
How much better it is to settle questons
in this way than to go to war,
and have many men killed and millions
of dollars spent in carrying It
on.
Deadly (iasoline.
Mrs. Anna Belica, of Chicago, and
two children, Frances and Joseph,
were burned to death by an explosion
of gasoline Tuesday. Two other children
were probably fatally burned.
The accident took place when Mrs.
Belica tried to start the kitchen fire
with the liquid.
r?l? TALKING TABLE.
Allbard loved Musora. but Mubura
J!d not love Allbard. 1 do not know
vby, but probably It was because she
was pretty aud be ugly, though pretty
women oitcn tall in love with very
tgly men.
Nobody knew anything about Muso.i's
ai.teeeuents, where she came from
i what her real name was. She was
fortune teller. She was probably
etween twen?y-flve and thirty, with a
'ealth of golden hair; her eyes were
;rge, brilliant and deep blue, and her
couth a ikkm's dream of loveliness,
.or voice and manners were charming,
ud as the people of our town are very
iiperstii iotifc sue soon worked up a
plemtid bus imss.
Allt.'.rd had met her on a steamer
which brought him back to France
after a very disastrous tour in South
America He was a comedian, but
possessing no talent lie had never ueen
attccevslul and while abroad lie had I
been lorced to exist ever since the
eompan\ was left stranded in Itio de j
lianoiio ?u 'n i < ImIimii M ? a. VClltrilo- I
quist, which ;n;ls marvelous.
Since Ins return nome he hounded
the pietty fortune teller's seances, and
as Musora had repeatedly warned him
to stay a way, he had to resort to strategy
in order to he near his beloved,
whose noun he was deu'rin.ned to coniuer
at an> cost, as life was not worth
living without her.
One evening he was present at one
of the beautiful sorceress' seauces
uisgui.M d as an old lady, and hidden
away ju the last row of seats.
After a few preliminary feats of
chiromancy and fortune Idling from
cards, during which au old colonel
had cans nl considerable trouble by
his skepticism, the principal number
of the program?the famous dancing
table?was announced.
The room was darkened. Musora
sat down at a small lalhe and placed
her hands Mat on top of it. There
were a few moments of breathless
suspense, then the table began to rock
and sway in a stiange manner, denoting
the unniis.uka.de ptcsence ot
spirits.
Mus?>ra asked the skeptic colonel to
kindly address any question ho wanted
to i he spiiits, and he did so With the
utmost poliu 11 ess:
"ypirit, w ho are you?
jisirad of the reply that was expected
in the usual knocking language to
which all spirits hitherto known have
been wont to answer, a voice coming
from one end of ttie legs of the table
replied: "Moliere.'' The audience
was still dnmfounded when another
voice that first seemed to come from
tar away but gradually drew closer
interrupted: "He is not telling the
truth; it is not Moliere, it is Rognard."
The colonel looked at Musora, who
v as quite pale as she replied: "There
must be two spiiits. It very often
happens when the audience is sympat
hetic."
Her face remained calm, but she
was very much perturbed at the phenomenon
of the talking table, which
had never been heard of before, neither
at her seances nor anywhere else
:n the world.
The colonel, who was now greatly
impressed, asked in his most solemn
voice: "Whom of the two great and
i 1111 e I ?11 u iinirilo mil v I Iwi norniittoil
ivo " ** J * I'V* Itai vvvu
to address?"
"None of them," came the answer.
"You will please address me"
"And who are you?"
"Heaumarchais."
It seemed then as if the three-legted
table was now int. Bbited by three
great spirits, one in each leg.
"Sir, rnis is indeed an unexpected
honor," the colonel stammered.
"That is about- enough," came a
fourth voice, "perhaps someone else
may get a chance now."
There came a noise as if a number
of people were quarreling, not only
m the room, but on the stairs -and even
'n the street. The audience began to
get uneasy and restless.
"One voice' at a time?This Napoleon
is unbearable?now do not push
bo, Hecihoven?1 beg your pardon, 1
am Frederic Lcmaitre?and 1 am
Troppenauner?Did you ever see such
people??1 Mease behave lihe Frenchmen,
1 am .loan of Arc, the Maid of
Orleans ?And 1 am George Sand? j
Mussel, will you please be quiet?Klias J
Howe ? Gutenberg ? Robespierre ? I
Please wait until your turn comes?1
am smothering."
By this time the audience was panicstricken.
Big dogs were heard barking,
cats were mewing, and the piano
in the corner was playing "Ach du
iieber, Augustin," though no one
touched it and not a key was moving.
Women were fainting and the colonel
had (led, leaving the door wide
open behind him, while from the hall
was heard a chorus of spirit voices:
"You are right, my dear William
the Conqueror, these people are very
rude?Why, are you here, too. William
ri ell?After you, Mahonmiet?This
v/ay, please, George Washington."
Everyone had (led now and in the
room were only Mussoi's the tabic and
i li" "lil luilv ii 11 iiiniiirpnl I v iin ? ? 1 v/pfl
V/I\l iWM.T , ?... /'- ?
"I am ruined," sighed the sorceress
"Nobody will come here any more
Oh, what has happened? What has
happened ?"
"Nothing very serious," replied the
old lady in Alibard's voice. "You know
how dearly I love you, and i only wanted
to show you that ventriloquism is
rn art."
Now the two are married. She calls
herself Mine. Alibard, and is making a
fortune with her new spirit*alistic
phenomenon?the talking table.
Tips.
It is stated that a Delmonico waiter
accumulated a half million in tips.
Perhaps some of them were tips or
the races?horse well as human.
SHOT BY A THUG
I
Killed in Ejecting a Ncgra Fr?? At
Rwh af Bis Daaghtcrs
I
IN HIS CHICAGO HOKE
Charlefi D. Hiller, be Father, Who
Was Aroused by the Would>l)e As*
sailant of the Young Ladies Orie#r
Discovers the Fiend, Who Shoot#
Him Fatuity.
Wm. A. Jones, a negro was partly
identified Monday afternoon aft
the slayer of Charles D. Hiller, who
was shot in defending his daughter*
from an intruder, who had eu>ere<i t
his residence in Chicago through
their bedroom window.
Jones succeeded in concealing a
bullet wound in his wrist for hourft
while being grilled by Poli^o Captain
Collins, at the South Hngto*
wood police station. The injury betrayed
itself when blood began
truckling down the colored man"*
hand and onto the floor. The prisoner
declared that he wounded hlrt>self
accidentally yesterday, but CapU
Collins declared the wound to ba
comparatively fresh.
The latter expressed his belief
that Jones fired while struggling
with Hiller. his left arm?the one
injured?being around Hiller's ba*h
and receiving a bullet that had pa.?eed
through the hitter's body.
When taken into custody JonwS
carried a revolver, every chain be*
of which was loaded, but which, Lkfe
police declare, sine!led strongly of
burnt powder.
Hiller was chief local freight clerk
of the Rock Island Railroad. Ho
was aroused at an early hour thi?
morning by the screams of his daughters.
Florence, aged 12, and Clarice, '
aged IS, who slept together. Florence
told Capt. Collins that she wa#
awakened to her danger by feeeling
a rough beard against her face. She
said the face was that of a negro,
but could not be certain of other details.
She declared that the clothing
worn by Jones tallies with that fa
which her assailant was garbed.
In answer to her cries, Hillerr
rushed to the bedroom and grappled
with the intruder. They rolled down
the stairs locked in each others nrmh.
Then the negro began firing, three'
bullets entering the railroad man'#
body. Ilis grasp relaxed and the
murderer escaped. Detectives arrested
Jones when he rushed from a
clunin of bushes near the Hiller
house and swung onto a car going
toward the city.
Mrs. lCli/.abeth McNabb identified
Jones as the man who had entered
her home earlier in the night. Mrs.
McNabb says the negro entered her
home and found his way to the bedroom,
where she and her daughter
were sleeping. He laid his hand on
the letter's arm and she awoke and
screamed. This frightened the intruder
away.
"At first I thought it was my little
brother, Gerald, who hud come
into our room," said Florence Hiller,
"Gerald, what are you doing here?
Go back to your room," I said.
"Then I felt that awful beard
against my face and yelled."
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PATIKXT KILIaS DOCTOR,
?
Who Failed to Cur? Him As He Had
Promised to Do.
Armed with a revolver, a pair of '
brass knacks and an open knife and
awaiting his turn in the office of Dr,
J. It. Sewell, at Atlanta, W. M. Co*
aged 3 6, of Austell, Ga., shortly af? ?
ter noon Monday shot and instantly
killed the physician just as the iat
ter was emerging from the operating
room. Cox then turned the pistol OB
himself and pulled the trigger. Ho
iu tw \ u fit Ihn f \? hivcrvitn I u/1 f K u
m ti \/ ti K i i ??v> Mm km j uvs>f/ivui n iv.li %m
fractured skull. <
Cox wen to Atlanta from his horns
in Austell Tuesday morning for the
purpose, it is said, of visiting Dr.
Sewell, whose patient ho had been
for several weeks. It is understood
he had been brooding for some time
because of fancied wrongs at tin*
hands of the physician. He has stated,
it is said, that the physician
promised to cure him of a chronic
disease in return for $100, but instead
of getting better ho had become
worse.
There were no witneeses to the
shooting, although another patient
who had jUol left the physician s office
a few seconds previously heard
the shots and upon running back
found l)r. Sewell dying and Cox unconscious
on the floor. Dr. Sewell,
who is 4 0 years of age, is survived
by a wife and six children. Cox in
unmarried. A coroner's jury hae ordered
Cox held for investigation
pending his recovery.
ltobtxnl by n?ndit
After robbing W. K. Ehving, a well
known business man of San Antonio,
Texas, and his companions, two
prominent society women, of money
and jewels valued at $1,400 two
masked highwaymen seized their automobile
and escaped. Mr. Ewlng
and party were on the way to a club'
near the city. j/