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The Haycs Not 0u ilty! Continued from PageSevej). she did not leave. Floyd and his daughter had gone on before. That day, said witness, Mrs Hayes complained of feeling unwell; she was dull and did not appear to be euJ \ying herself: th it night Mrs Hayes mv w.f) a "id m f w nr. n > chutvn F.oyJ and 111/ diugit^r w_>.it t >gainer ivh* b\o/d ua1 boon pvying court to my daught r sin jc 1908, Witness keeps one of toe several b ?arding bn.usos at Soutbpirt Mrs DOFusmIi saw Mrs Haves ?ii n ng in h* r backyard. p I C*V. U I _ w p, _ ^ GRButiton testilie 1 to having heard Hayes s w that ie aud his wife were pr ic'iiiing targ ;t sbo )ting aud tut Mr, Hue; ouli handle a gun ubou* as ?v> 1 a^ he could and if a man went ub ut Lb-. housoand aot ed iu an> way wrong clio wouldn't inind using it. Frank O iusey, H;lly Cains, Mrs M*rv l? Prince and Annie Matthews tei-t (i d as to alleged statements of Liloyd Haves, but s h ?y were irrelevant at.d immaterial. Thursday's Proceeding. Whlteville, March 9?The climax of .uterest w;;s reached today in the trial of Mrs R >s i D. Hayes when the woman herself went on the stand and told the details of the killing of R- bert Floyd. Mrs Hayes' story was not exactly the same that she told at the coroners' inquest, but the difference was in the details and she gave the same reason for the act Apparently without the least emotion sue toiJ the jury that the deceased pinched her cheeks, asked her to kiss him and theu seized her j and forced her to the bed where her sleeping babe was lying, and then in desperation she reached for a pistol under the pillow aud shot him in the endeavor to make him release his hold of her. Features of the Day The State rested its case today after some further testimony in support of its coll ection that p:que and jealously were the motives for the crime. The introduction of testimony 11 establish the ex:steneo of a letter wii'ten to the decease'1 from his slayer last fill from Loris in which the woman unbosomed her hear'; to him, telling him of her uo u ?nnv h une 1 fa an i ulradipir with r.i him to com i back to lxer in the relations he bad once born to her,' the direction of a v?rd?ct of ' knot. guilty" as to L'ovd Hi.yes and hisubsequent release; the in trod notion of the bullet riddled garments of the deceased over which his father and sister weu - and sobbed ai d the appearance of Mrs Hayes ori thj witness stand were the features of the day. The first witue-ses wero Aut\ Baldwin and Roland Baldwin, wh > corroborated the s'a'emnnts made yesterday by Vaughn Watts as to having seen the shooting from Bildwin's stables Herbert Floyd, a brother of thf victim, and his roommate in Charleston, both being studen's at the College of Charleston, slated that he found among his brother's papers the day f ?ll >wiog the killing the three letters introduced yesterday, one from N. M Haves and two from Mrs Hayes, which witnets said he read when received by his brother. In laying the foundation of th? [Jf'UUl III Ult; CAIftl'dJCO ailU UUII ir u uo of letters received by Floyd from Mrs Hayes, postmarked at L' r s and signed "Rosa," the State br ught, out, through this witness, that a thorough search of his brother's room aud papers failed to lind such a letter. Floyd's sis'er. Miss Reba Floyd, of Galivants Fer ry, in corroboration, said ihat she thoroughly searched her brother's I belon^intrs in a trunk at his home but failed to find any letters from Mrs Haves to him Following this line of testimony G M. Perry, a student of the College of Charleston identified letters received by Floyd from Mr and Mrs Hayes already introduced and had also the alleged contents of two le't( rs, said to have been received by Floyd from Rosa Hayes, and postmarked at Loris, durirg X ivemb r of last year. Witness said he advised Floyd to de atroy tuem and believed he did. Wiimss stated that the letters already intr< duced in evidence and the twosaid to have been received by Fioyd aud behoved to have been destroyed w? re written by the same person. The Letterr. Witness then ^avc the contents i i - . . r .,1 t : Of 106 ifjii'orjs ruit'i rt;u mj, muuiij^ tha' he could give c?utent3and proceeded us fullo^s with the first letter: "My Dear Robbie: I miss you very much and wish you could return in same relations which you once bore to me. The?*e were some veiy pleasant days in the past and I do wish tbt-y could return. Itoobie, you have always been very dear to mo, and I wish you could return to me, for my iife at present is far from happy. How are you getting along with your work? Hope you are doing well. Write to me soon. As eyor, yours, Rosa." The second, claimed to have been received just before Thanksgiving, with a similar salutation in substance retd, according to the witness: 'Why have you nafc answered the letter which I wrote you some time ago? It pains me so much to know that you care no more for me than to ignore my letters. I wish very that vou would come bndk to m0 for J have always regretted that . \ r ,<??.* Hill ill , we hid to pa?*t V.>n * vou will ? come bacl; N vthing wouid make me more L oy than to know that I was you Write to me, Kobbie, , for you mow my b?art is hunger- i icg for your love. I am, as ever, i yours, Rosa." I Cross-examination. On cross-examination the witness 9tated that a few days following the killing he went to Taoor and in company with the town policeman, ! K H, Seals, and entered tho Hayes | hnmn lato in the afternoon: that in company with Mayor Leon Lewis he , again entered the home after dirk; ] tint he took out and turned over to , the mayor a box containing som? , ste^l nosed bullets and one or two oth3r things, including two p:>st cards from an alburn which he said were in the baud writing of Flojd, i addressed to 4'Miss Rosa Harrel sou." These cards were put in evidence. Witness uuderwent a severe ar- : rangeinent on cross-examination, . testing his memory of tue two letters above referred to. Ho staged that he had read the three letters introduced in evidence yesterday an equal number of times with the ones quoted by him, but on being asked their contents he said he remembered very little that was in them. Victim's Clothes. An overcoat, vest and trousers were exhibited as those worn by Floyd on the night Qf the kiIli ng and was identified by Fred B >ot.h, who stated that he helped undress Floyd. Coroner L, C Miras, who conducted the inq lest on the night of the killing, produced the pistols which he identified as those used in killing Floyd, He said he found the Colt's automatic lying on a table in Mrs H ayes' bed room, empty. The other was found in a drawer under the hat rack in the hall with empty shells in it. He found seven empty shells King in the b?d room, and cigns of two balls having hit the tt;>or in this room. State Rests. At 2:45 this afternoon the S^ate 1 rested its case. 1 The defense opecea its case with the introduction of Oscar Sarvis, who stated he was in the barber < shop the evening of the killing, ! with Fussell and others, when Floyd ; came in He corroborated the State's ! witness as to what was said by 1 Floyd and Hayes, but added thai ! following Hayes' inqu ry about his (Fioyd'.-) hor>e, the latter taid: ' * How long before vnu are going to supper," and ascertaining from him. "A pout an hoar " Fioyd said: ' I 11 go have my horse shu*< up " E C. Wat's was introduced to 1 break down Vaugn Watts' claim to ( Laving seen the shooting from B.dd- 1 viu's stab es, the witness saying that only a few minut's before he heard the shooting he saw V^ugn in a near-beer saloon Dr J. W. Floyd, who testifi d for the State was called for the defense ( And related a codversatioa had with N. M. Hayes some time prior to the 1 tragedy, when Hayes asked him for a little alcohol to wet his wife^s moles. To at he had asked Floyd tj come treu', m, that he could not come at o> , and had written him (Ha.ye.) .eep the moles wet with alcohol tnrss saying Hayes "ex pressc confidence in Floyd's ability to treat the moles." Sh >wirg further Hjyes' friendship for It. M. Fioyd, witness said that prior to the above conversation, he was in the barber shop wh n Floyd was treating a mole on Hayes' J lip. Hayes asked Floyd to spend that night wi<h him. Defendant on Stand. Mrs Haves, as she stepped alertly to the stand, abandoned her attitude of complete unconcern maintainor! even up to the moment she was called, assuming a complete change of attitude from one of lifeless indifference. She readily, cooly and distinctly related her story, step bv -tep, having a ready answer for every question asked her, but was absolutely averse to branching off from i he direct question. Her only restlessness was shown in a continual handling of the fui held in her lap Her Genial of p .iuted questions on cros--examination was snappy, at tim.*s fierce, her eyes beaming foith h? r auger t? which she gave expression in a quick gesture wh?-ti denvir.g evri* tribng anybody that her life was an unhappy one. Mrs Hayes' Story Of the killing, Mrs ..ayes told a story somewnat different from that related by her at the coroner s inquest. She said that ab^ut an hour after dark she had put her?>aby to sleep, laving it across thapfoot of the bod in her room, had a fire in the fireplace, but did not remember whether the lamp was lit or not; hearing a noise at the front door she went and unlocked it; 44iMr Floyd stood about two steps from the dcor on the plazzt. I spoke to him and said 'Good evening.' I asked him to come in and he walked in and hung up his hat. I said, 4 Wait a mioute, I will get a lamp and go iu the parlor.' He followed me in ray room and asked me about the moles; put his finger on a mole on my face, then examined some lit Ue moles on my neck and asked me if I wanted them treated, too I told him, 4Yes.' Pinched Her Cheek*. Then he felt a little mole on my lip again and pinched my cheeks up just so (indicating) Then he said: Won't you kiss me?' I said 4No.' He smiled and said; 4It will do the THE HORRY HERALD, THU rrJe sfod.' J said: 'No that !s ?ot me way I want It treated ^hen h* said* 'If y?>u will kiss me md subuiit to me 1 will treat the mole for nothinc.' I said: 'No, sir, my husband is gdng to pay you for the work,'and he said: 'What do you mean?' He said: Uf you submit to rao I will treat the mole for nothing and give you $5 " 1 said: 'No sir. I have a husband working jor me,' and said: 'Turn me loose and get out of ibis house ' He put both arms around ire and pressed mo toward the bed-pressed ue down across the bed. I told him o let me alutie. Ia the tussel I got one of thoso pistols which was uu der the pillow. * We got t IV the bed in seme way 1 usseling on the 11 >or standing up. I said: Tarn mo loose or I am going t) shoot you. Began Shooting, ;$He would not turn uie lco^e and I shot at him but don't know whe*e ? i !. L ! 1 ?.X l-io nwm I nib rj 1 III. i uj^iiiio tu duui;u uio hi ?Aj loose from me. H) grabbed at the pistol and was trying to lake it awa3' from me and I was shooting him right on l)o not know how many times I shot thh pistol. In the tussei I lost the pistol in some way; don't know whether he got it or whether 1 dropped"^. Then 1 grabbed the other pistol an I walked backwards toward the doer, kerpirg my face toward hiru. lie followed me right on and 1 was tiring at him right on, but don't know wheth' r I was hitting him or not. He keep following me till he foil ai the door on the porch aod I fell out at the door?out the door step on the ground. "When I fell out the door the first thir.g I remember I heard the oaby in the bouse crying and rar back in the house, got the baby oil the bed, ran bick out and was hollering for Neill and jumped off the lower end of the porch. I ran to the gate and Neill met me, took the baby and asked what was the matter. Continuing, witness said she then went to home of King Sjals. the town policeman, where she remained in his cus'o ly tiil Mor.d ly wh, n she was first brought to jail. Witnoss admitted having gone to the barber .' hop twice \he evening of the killing, but went there to consult her bu-oand about her feeliro s ?th .t she was feeling uuwtl', adding that she was expecting to ba a moth-r within three mou'hs. She id d h r husband had nothing to do with h-r l-iilicg Fioyd. no- had thry \uy agreement, ab >ut, ge ting F1 yd to the house f ?r #hat purpose. Witness corroborated Mary Holi s testimony in so far ..s u related to her having been in the Hayes home last summer and that they walked down the street and met Fiovo driving in a buggy, but flatly denied that-shd talked to Floyd that afteif.^inn nr t.n!d Miss Holt or ever tide aoyou % atements made by Mis: Hoit .ai her home life was unhappy and that if her husband did no' quit fussing with her she was going to leave home and that Floyd wuu d come to her. Tne witness also cor;oborated practically all Mrs Mims' testimony as to her interview in the jtil, but said that Mrs Mims represented heiself as a friend of witness; said sh? I "See I JENRETTE First" | REAL ESTATE 1 Listed in town and co \nfi try. Have some good bar3 gains listed now. Can supfi ply your wants in real es| tate, whether its a town lot H or a 1500 acre tract. If you S want to buy or sell real csB tate or other property see 1 mc* I INSURANCE 3 I represent the Mutual * 3 Life Insurance Co., of New B I York, one of the strongest, t? g best and most liberal com- R Pj panics in the United States. S B The full "participat nff" Jj S feature makes the policy pj 3 written by this company ?3 | very attractive. Let me tell fi u you about it. t* I NOTARY PUBLIC B 8 Yes, I have received my 8 commission as Notary Pub- J lie from Gov Cole L. Please E and my license as Convey- ? ancer from the Town of Conway, therefore am still fl doing all kinds of convey- | ancing, copying abstract- E injf, etc. S RENTS \ | II make a specialty of I renting town property and I collecting rents. Why not 8 let me look after your build- 8 Inffs for you and avoid the B trouble of having to watch & your man all tne time and 8 then lose part of your rents. B J. N. JENRETTE | Real Estate and Insurance B Conway, S. C. B Send us the dollar you owe us, ' BSD AY, MARCH 10, 1911. Ipcseeoeoe* ? OU || Horse &M for the past 60 days. We have SI take us take us long to do anj greatful for the kind and liber ul Half Profit at the Store and ha of People of Horry are beginn Thompson would close you out xfjjy the perpetrator's as we were c ness principles, and that is all Our buyer is now on the Is JjoV and when the latest novelties SjjS all seem to be after, at prices Viflr stayed at the stable, but we f< Jilft town, and as others cant get 1 moss growing. All things con for us to quit,? business,--and one or the other of our Growii ?&Zk Watch this space on our r< Ginghams' only 6c yard. 500 < Shoes and Hats, to fit and suit plugs good tobacco, sells quid Gross. Star Lye only r2.85 ca Ladies and gentlemen, car w Iresent An erican Ladies Tailor Get your wife a White Se> Tfct a divorce as it will be sat it ers are it he best, we make the pud Your business is solicited < a'-SV money und more of same good.' iii i And I ' li A. C. 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FSjp spcct, youf^ibeef will ifefund /;^S * ^^you the money paid for it. ? i^SrPra : J Notice. All persons who are the owners of . lumber, matorial or buildings on site of the Kanawha Lumber Corporation are notified to remove same without delay, as the space is i meded for the erection of the plant t of Georgetown Lumber Company, t who has leased the premises. All c such property not moved within C thirty days from this date, will a be otherwise disposed of to make room. M G Anderson, For Leasto. seoecsoss" R BUYI iule Market or sold more Mules and Horses than than t hing in the trading line if we can get j i.l support given us, In the Mule, Wi If profit at the Stable, means money fo ing to realize it. That old lie that you the day the paper was due has been ou onfldent it would, We give all the timi any one could expect. Jew Englur.d Markets, purchasing barg; of the Season begin to roll in, purchase neA er before heard of. Competitors wi eel lliat a live wire is needed to keep 1 - ? -I " -??? ?> 4h/im Kuuv i ah I;u?y, aim ?t" inn i iuvin , ?.< ne to those who wait, and we suppose o just as soon as we can find a nustling s t*g Business, and we are not careing whi aturn, and come and buy while we are a :joz< n Cotton 1 bread, all sizes and c< I the eye and pocket book. Best plat* c for $5.00, our price only $2.G5. Bail 1 se. i call and have their measurejtaken for t ir.g Co., and International Co,, the best ving Machine, and If she is not perfectl faction in trying1 to live with her. O. I price and guarantee the back for 10 yeai ONLY on the grounds that we give yo i for the same money. IVE STOCK COM , Owner of E I 1 Buildings covered over twenty yet B never needed repairs. Fireproof?Stor 0 We have local representatives almost < r| mediate locality, write us direct for Bt | CORTRIGHT METAL I R 50 North 23rd Street CnM'.vnv Mollinrliuf f'hlirrh. S( r vit os for Sabbath, March 10th: iundav school at 10 a ra, Preachng a*. 11 a m. Subject; 4,Tho Plica ?f Revivals on R digious Growth." Cpworm League at 3:30 p in. " reaching at 7:30 p m Subject: lTne Call of Wild " Prayermentngou Wednesday nig'it. Preachng at Homewood on Sunday afterloon. Rlissionary Mass Meeting. To-morrow (Friday) night ao 7:30 >'clock there will be a Missionary Mass Meeting ih the Methodist ;burch to which all ar.} most coriia'lv invited. Mrs R W McDonell , * - i ip- T ?r ?u . I u iNa^nvine, ieau,, uuc ui mc (Teneral Secretaries of the Methodist B >ard of Missions is to address the congregation. Mrs VV L Wait of Piedmont, S. C,, and Mrs O N Bourne, cf Sampit, S. C , State officers of the Woman's Missionary Society will also be present. The meeting will be rich in information and inspiration. i ^ m To the Corn Club Boys. Mr L. L. Baker informs me That he expects to on hand Saturday, 18.h and will give you bovs a long talk on se<d selection hi d the cultiv it ion of corn With the expedience you boys have had, J think Mr Baker's talk can be very helpful to you We hope the formers will attend also We will begin about l.HCLp. m , in order to accommodate tho.-e who may come on the train, but I would suggest that all who can some in time to be enrolled before we oegin, S. H Brown. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby forbidden to hunt, fish, trap or enter, or in iny manner trespa. s on our lands, situate in Floyds township, on Lake ^warao and adjoining lands of Gerald, Strickland and others. Franklin B. Graham, S. D. Graham. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby forbidden inder the penalty provided by law, ,o hunt, fish, or trap or in any nanner trespass or enter upon aoy if our lauds situated in Simpson 3reeU Township, County of Horry, md State of South Carolina. G M Long, J H Long, D B Holmes. ] ted Feb. 17, 1911. i the Move x ever. In fact it does not % n pardnar, and^we are very agon and Buggy business. W r you and the good people wv / have heard so ofton, that -Mf U t lived, and has reacted on \ i consistent with safe busisins for the Bargain House, KB d with the hard dollars, that jK 11 say I wish Thompson had g g something doing in the old ere must not be too much flrB if <>nmnpfitnrH nre waiting ucccssor, we will turn loose ch 011c. way. 40 yards Calico for 85c >Iors, 52c. dozen. Clothing, 5 meat only 10c pound. 50 X Road Miils Snuff $5.70 the SB / heir Easter Suits, as we repand biggest in their lines. y satisfied, go to Nevada and i. Cooking Stoves and Heatu the same goods for less KV House i PANY K k ji #^I . i; S^m EOin uorpurauuns. j gSggBOOQOQt irs ago are as good as new and have I mproof?Handsome?Inexpensive. I sverywhere but if non? '" v"'?f im- I imples, prices and full p*.. cic.ilars. I HOOFING COMPANY I Philadelphia, Psu I NOTICE OF SALE. Under and hy virtue of a decree of f I\i?nnlneii.i a nt\ u.lu miHu liv ITiu ITftnrti* i w t rv/iwou iu (4AJU o?' u J t??o ???/* <# T S Sease, Presiding Judge in the cam o f Worth Company, a corporation, plaintiff. vs 8 P Hughes, et al. Defendant?, a nd dated Kept. 28th. A D 19P>; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thut the undersign i will sell he fore the Court Z/ouae door during legal hours of sale, at Conwily, 8. C.,to the highest bidder, for cash, on sulesday in ^Ipril next, it b dng the 3rd day of aald month, those certain track* or parcels of land situated In Horry County, and described as follows to wit: Tract No, 1. Beginning on a light1 wood knot corner in the Thompson lint i and runs about East with the said Thompson line lo a stake corner in Said line, Joseph M. Hard wick's corner; thence about south to a lightwood tree, a corner in Wm Hughes and R M Butler's line; thence about west with said it It Butler's line to a ditch: thence with said ditch about north to the head of aald ditch; thence an agreed line running about north to the beginning corner, containing one hundred acres, more or less, and being the same tract of land conveyed by JVin Hughes to J J Hugh1!* on the first day of January, 1893, True/ Nr? 2. ItAainni n cr at .1 U B J'"B ? w ? Hughes snd W J Sarvla'corner in edge of canal and runs south to VV J SarTli' i and K C Graham's corner, in edge of J canal; thence with said canal west to 4 ?t It () Gore's corner; thence north to N ft r Hit d wick's corner at Lead ditch; thsoc* with said dlfch to a ?anal, J. B Huzh'tf | line; thence with said canal and J B | Hughes'line to the point of beginning, I containing fify-four acres, and being the same tract of land conveyed to J J ' Hughes by >Vm J Htanley, and W K Carter, the said tract !>ing and being in Hulls Island Swamp, in the Stgto of South Carolina and < ounty of Horiy. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, Conway, 8. 0., March 5, 1011. B. J. Session*, 7' Sheriff Horry Cd? II. H. Woodward, Plaintiff's Attorney. Notice. 2All persons are hereby forbidden to hire my minor son Alva Tompkins, and to give him food or shelter Persons violating this notice will doso at their peril, Ben ThomDklns. 1 Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that S. V. Causee, Guardian of Uriah L. Causee, Minor, has appUed to the Probate Cjurt in ana for Horrr countv, for a final discharge as suon guardian, and that the 24th day of March A. D. 1911, has been appointed as the time for hearing the said application. J S. Vaught, Probate Judge Horry Counts February 22nd, 1911. td.