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WILL DIVIDE TIMt COURT DEGIOtS ABOUT TILLMAN CHILDREN v MUST SEE THEIR FATHER > Mother IkK-lured Fit l'crnou to Cato \ for Offiipriug, but Supreme Court Hol<U Father, by Couiluct of l'u>t TlirtHJ Veurn, Kntitled to and Consideration. Mrs. Lucy Dugus is permitted to ret?.iu the custody of her iwo v-'uljfeu Douschka Pickens and Sarah Starko 'Tillman, on the conditioriatliai their father, 11. K. Tillman, Jr., have them two months In the summer, halt of Aho Christmas holidays, aud one ween: each spriug, and ai.so he permitted tc see them with reasonable fre<iu e-ucj unuer coiiaiuonu,wuicn will not ta embarrassing to liim, according to tho opinion of the Supreme Court tii eti late Tuesday afternoon. The Court orders that the children bo kept within its jurisdiction and requires both the fattier and mother to enter into bonds of $5,000 each that they will carry out the provisions of the decree. It will be recalled that the fact that his wife had obtained a divorce from him was stressed by young Tillman in his plea for his children. The court says it cannot say that the respondent has become unfit to rear her children because she obtained a divorce after this court, had adjudged that her separation from hor husband was due to his fault, and holds that Mrs l)ugas has been a most loving and devoted mother to the two little girls, and that she has discharg ed hor d'Utien as only a mother could It holds that the father young Till man, has lod a sober, industrious ill for the past three years and is e.utit k-d to respect and consideration. * * 11 is true," says the Court, "tha it. it. Tillman, Jr., wus not a formal 4>arty to mat proceeding, but ho submitted an affidavit making no claim on his own behalf, but insisting 011 the claim of his father and mother, to whom he has solemnly convovOu all bis rights and custody. it id clear that hy this action he became bound by the decree rendered in the "--^"former preceding, but. that decree expressly declared, in accordance with the well settled law, that an application might be made for in charge of custody upon such proof of sueli material change of conditions aa to make such a step proper. "The judgment of the Court as 10 the custody of a child is never linai, for the Court must at all times be free to act upon such a vital change of conditions as requires a change or custody. Hut it. is none the less true tiiat the father having been adjudged responsible for the situation wh.ob requirod the court to give custody to the mother ho cannot demand that i the children be taken from her unless he shows her to have become unfit for their custoday. This we thinl, he lias not done. "There can bo no doubt that the mother is giving to the children the most affectionate and assiduous care. The fact that she has joined txie Catn- j lie Church is nothing against her, nor , is it for a Court to judge it an injury f to the children. It iH regrettable that j the sectarian religious influence j shouldn't bo that with which the f?th- <\ or is sympathetic, but it would be just r as regrettable to the mother for the H children in custody of the father to f be under religious influences w;tu ( which she is not in sympathy. , ; *> "The Court cannot say that the re a epondent has become unfit to rear ho r children becauso slio obtained a dJ n vorce after this court had adjudged a that hers seperation from her mis n band was due to his fault. It is true that divorce is against the legislative ^ policy of this State, as expressed oy the prohibition of the Constitutiou but in the face of the opposite sontiinent of the vast majority of the poo- ^ plo of the civilized world, it would be ?' arrogant for this Court to say that v< the mere act of obtaining a divorce Vl is so bad as to show unfitness for ma* ^ ternal duties and obligations. ? "Nor can the inference of unfitness M,! bo drawn from the refusal to accedo to the petitioner's request for a rocon- m ciliation. A real reunion in life and a sentiment Is most desirable, and It it hl commendable in the petitioner tha ^ In his letters ho frankly acknowledge! ^ lii^ errors and expresses his desire for ' a reunion, but it would ho most harsh judgment to hold that tho conditions as are so changed that respondent i eo not fit for the custody of the child- 0,1 ton because she refuses to enter into ,|U a. loveless reunion. Without more do tailed discussion, wo acquit the re nn spondent of such charges as rondo (>r her unfit for the oustody of hor child "r re?. ? ' Put there are some font ores o the respondent's conduct towards the petitioner which the Court, cannot approve and which it wit! hy its order to correct. Whatever may have heon ;()j the sins of the petitioner wa against his wife, he has suffered for to them severe penalties, the Court can- ?|ai not doubt, and it sees no reason for pGr the mother of his children to doubt jcr not only that he has deeply repented ]1)S f the wrongs he has done, but that, *'w under severe temtpation to fall,he has left off drinking and become a sober uud earnest man. Some of his letters to the respondent are no doubt tnapt ln sentiment and unfortunate in e>pressioti, but certainly uoneofthem are so offensive as to warrant a refusal to give him Information directly ubout his children The record shows that the petitioner has by his conduct for three years won his rlgtit to be accorded respectful, consider ate treatment at the hands of tho mother of his children, at least with respect to them; and it is not locally regret ted that he -has not been ho corded by the respondent the opportunity for such association with hts children as the court regards, under all circumstances reasonable and proper. This Court is of the opinion that The llritish Parliament haB just passed a law to indict dogging upon every white slaver convicted of a second offence. That may seem to soino sentimentalists rather an extreme punishment, but. to persons lost to a I moral sense, as a white slaver certainly is, perhaps Hogging is the only effective punishment l< will h?* ? ? called bow effective flogging was in putting an end to a garotting so pre\ alent nearly a half century ago the petitioner should have the children in his home for two months of the summer vacation season of eacn year one-half of the Christmas holidays rnd week during the soring, at Mich time as may bo found most convenient, subject to tho right of the mother to have them with her at all times in case of their illness We are of the opinion, also, that in the inter-, veals the petitioner should be allowed to he with his children with reason-, fi<nnnnni'V under COllditionH llOt <#.?l l TI J i I>?J inn - ; unpleasant to hi in. ' Wo make no order at this time as" to the details, in the confidence that the parties or their counsel will be able to agree on the particulars and at f an early date. Hubrr.lt a proper order; to the court. These provisions v\ i 11 heHiibject to alterations as the children, advance in years, especially when the time comes for them to be sent away, to school, but the hope is indulged byl the Cor-t that all future contingencies may he met in a spirit of mutual, accomodation and provided for by agreement of the parties, without ap j peal to the Court. "it is ordered that the children': shall rein.un subject to the juriBuii-i lion of this court and that the petitioner and the respondent do enter, into an undertaking with sufficient surety, to be approved by the clerk; of this Court, in the sum of conditioned that they will not ro-| move the children nor procure their', removal beyond the jurisdiction of! '.he Court j "If the parties to this d^plorabfro! con trove ray will think loss of 'he en-forcemeat of their legal rights and/ more of the foroberance and liberal-1' I , ity which personal dignity, to say! nothing of the Christian charilyj ' which both profess, requires thai they! should eX'Toise in carrying m;t the! spirit of this decree, there will be n j \ need for further litigation. Surely nothing could so alleviate the tuinfer j tune of these children as courtesy i' forbearance and charity of their par J ( enta toward each other." i OKANGKHTRG COLMCGK. ? n??j Great Christum Schotd <>r South i 1 em South Carolina. During the past year this eohoo iae been born again. We have sj>en j r luite a handsome sum during til ; t summer on the grounds and build j , ngs. We now have a new auditor | _ urn, new parlor, new equipments ant j 0 ill dormitories and ciat-e room j encwed inside and out. We have; , lixteen teachers and officers, splendid! acuity and a fine student body. Dur-? . ng the past eight months we have! ^ t 'A fi (Kill for fhr> r?n In rfumisnl i " - ~ I ll ncl bolter equipment of our collegej dant. Wo have also bought ten'j, crea of land just a block or two way from our present site. 1'pon th i ' e\v land we hope soon to erect a! irge modern boy's dormitory, which j rill be surrounded by parKH and J elds for all kinds of athletic sports ! L* i short, we are determined to niak I ? in Orangeburg College the great!j! hristian school of lower South Car j lina. Our motto is, "to give the ?ry best library and religious ad J1 intugos at the least possible cost.' 'o now give bond and tuition for 125,000 for the entire year and we r<J ako a special price of $75,000 from! e" hrifitmas to end of session. Wo w' ako (he claim that we have a sohoo ' good as the best and at. the same c'{ *ne the price is in reach not only of Ci( e rich but of those of small means | on ith the price the Orangeburg Col j go offers no ambitious boy need bo prived of a college education. We k all who contemplate going off to t;a liege to investigate the merits o j l)r< ir school. Wo expect to en roll j v-''1 ito a large number of new students; '10 tor Christmas. Why not you he[ ;,D tong the list. Write 'or Catalogue, (,( l for information to W. W. Rivers t est dent. Orangeburg. S. C.; R. M.J reman Financial agent. I Charged With White Slavery. ^ wo t Maeie A. France of Douglas, s ?id owi he the wealthiest woman in Wyo-i wit ng and noted for hoi philanthropy, to s sentenced in the Federal Court d< f one year at Leavenworth peniten-Jeha ry. She was charged with trant i Art ting Helen Rourie and .lessie Hoe-'ion from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Dong-1 mid . Wvo., in violation of the Mannjwht hite slave" law. I ed i WOULD HELP THE FARMER GOVERNOR** WANT TO IXK)8K MORTGAGE'S GRIP. Relieved That Scheme Will Result la (Greater Indcpmdeoce for F?rmer? of (lie Nation. The fifth annual Governor'* conference at Richmond adjourned Friday afternoon to meet informally Saturday with President Taft at Washington and discuss rural credits, and to meet formally next year at Colorado Springs at a date as yet undetermined In its dying hours it dopted a resolution, which, in the opinion of many delegates, sounds the knell ol a new ilnaiicial era for the farmers of the country. Should the Intent of this preliminary resolution attain accomplishment the governors believe that it will result In the establishment of a new system of state banks throughout the United States, governed by a uniform state law. These banks, under the resolution, would be financed by private capital jikI would operate ..nder legislation sufficiently elastic to enable them to issue bonds for short or long terms upnn American farms, In lieu of mortgages. The bonds, in turn, il the opinion of the governors, would be listed under sta?e supervision on ilie stock exchange of the world. The resolution under which it il hoped to bring this about indorses the addition of a plan of financing rural credits, yet to be detailed, but similar to those abroad. It provides foi the appointment of a committeej of the governors to draft such a plan and a bill legalizing it, This bill must bf submitted to the governor of 6ach state In the union ami upon approval of two third shall be sent to the legislatures of the various states for fenBCtment. Marty of iho governors left Snturday in a special train For Washington. Refore adjournment the executive committee appointed Miles C. Riley of Madison, Wis., secretory and treasurer, and John ^ranklin Ko**t former governor of New Jersey, manager of the conference. Mr. Fori will have charge of the program of next war. The. conference also adopted ,? iewolu*ion congratulating (iOV Wilson of New Jersey and Gov. Marshall ot Indiana upon their election a** president and vice-pres?idem. 1 he customs of electing governor?to t)je highest oflices in the gift of the people," said Gov. Had.'ey, father of the resolution, "is a wise one, in which, 1 am sure, we ail concur." Gov. Rlease again showed that his views are at total variance with those j af conference when alone he opposed .'option of the resoiuMon calling for ?no appointment of a committee o live lo draw up a plan for the proposed rural i\"dit system, lie said it, would be distinctly discourteous toj ['resident Tait for the body to take ictiou in this matter before eon feriug with the president in Washingon. lie alone voted ''no" when the esoiution was put to ? test. Tt K\K1> LOOSK liV lii.KAKK. iVealthy Abbeville ;?fi |s f reed by! the (iovei nor, It. A. Riehey, a wealthy whltaj nan of Abbeville County, serving \ en year sentence in the penitentiary, or assault upon a little white girl I ens turned loose by.Governor Hloasoj ui Thurahay, with the requirement hat he ented into bonds of $5,0 )0 to e certified to by the clerk of Court i Abbeville County, and that he preent himself before tlie Governor on iovemher L'.'C 11)1,1, for such action j hen as the Governor may deem wise j Riehey war released from the Hen ] .miliary Thursday afternoon and leitj \ t e.iee for- his home in Abhevill ounly, where his wife and daughter ? re. Riehey, a wealthy white plant j r, of Abbeville County, was convict , 1 of statutory rape in the sprin f I 191U, his alleged victim being :*|( Ming white girl, who was living in j is home, and who was said to bav ^ mil under 14 years of ago at th mo tin; offence was alleged to have tj en committed. ,. The board of pardons recommend ? ! a parole for Riehey and they stat 0 I that the alleged victim appeared NV f V> tllO mnlvnti *-?C ill A ? ? ' ' ... I..VJ iiHUUli Ui U1U liUUl Ul liopo, J. lero she is now residing, and doired that Richey had been 8111?.- w >ntly punished and asked for clem j } ey. In the reasons given out by c Governor it is stated that Richey , present is a hopeless invalid, un- jn le to leave his bed at the Peniten- g, ry, and several physicians have so enounced hitn. Richey's farm is' r, thin a few miles of Abbeville and is a prominent planter. The case ranted widespread Interest on aeint. of the prominence of the man used. "c tr Women .Jury Convict Woman \f Twin Prills, la., the first Jury of; an men in Idaho found one of tlieirj rr( ti ?"X guilty of threatening a man o h a revolver, but recomended her' ag the mercy of the court. The in rndant, Mrs. Edward Butts, | ho rped with drawing a weapon onj t.ei hur Hequa. The hearing v*as ad-j an rued while the jurors propared tho, un [day meal for their famlies, and, Co in tho evidence was In they reach i In their verdict in less than one hour [ tlr WHAT HLEASE SAID GOVERNOR GIVES OUT REPORT OF j HIS SPEECH IN REPLY TO GOV. GAREY Governor B1e*ne Hny? He Wftntit I*eople to Head His Full Remarks and that He Htanda by everything' He Said and Does Not Care AATuil' Anj body Thinks of it. On Monday Governor Blcase addressed a letter to the Columbia eor-j respondent of The News and Oourier| enclosing a copy of one of the speech-' eu which he made before the Houre of Governors, at Richmond last week and which raised such a torin of comment in all parts of the country.I The Governor stated that he had pur-1 chased a copy from the RichmondTimes-Dispatch news bureau, and ho makes the request that all of the news papers In South Carolina print it. "I stand by every word I said,*' he( declares in bis letter. "1 have absolutely no apologies to make to any man or set of men in this State, o outside of it, and, as I said in Richmond and repeat now, I do not care what the Go\ernor or Governors of any State or States thought about tt or what anybody else in the American. Union thinks about it. This is what T think, nnd I said there only what I said on the stump nil over South Carolina. And I aui receiving letters, and telegrams from all -over - this' State, and from many other States of the Union, Congratulating me upon niv position." (*io\ernor fUeuse says that he has] asked for a stenographic report of thoi speech lie made after the adoption ofj the resolution which is known as the^ resolution of censure and that both of the speeches will be incorporated' in a message to the General Assembly j when that body meets so that they; may be made 4*a part of the official records of this State." | I The following is the stenographic, i report of the speech publication of which is asked by Governor HI ease: j 'Che views of Governor Bleftso on< | marriage and divorce were brough J I out forcibly in an address delivered j brforp tho Governors' Conference on | Thursday afternoon. Governor Wei! I If. Mann, of Virginia, had just finish-! j ed a d.i? oission of turning the rrond: of population from the towns n:.d cifl ios to the country, and referred 10 it i, ; great work being accom p-idm 1 by the' boys's corn clubs, giving statin*.cj as to the corn yield accomplished, by' these young farmers. Governor Hlea*>e said: i ".Mr. Chairman I shall not under-! raho to discuss with the dnjjng ntshc il Govenor of Virginia the question ofi raising corn, because South Carolina holds the world's record, and as to, the quality of his corn, 1 would not for a iriomr t:t discuss ihat, because ail through prohibition c >= > ii > vj ti in \ j it I 1) I I " i n:i we h:i /o examples <?f quality of his corn, shipped from the capital of his State bv his wholesale dealers. , 'Hut Mr. President, the other ques-j lion in which South Carolina stands alone , and in which in my opinion, she is superior to all other states of, the America Union, written in the! fundamental laws of my State by a constitutional Convention, composed of men of both races, in 186S, and ev-j en more emphatically in 180ri by the white people of South Carolina, are! the words: 'No divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall ever he " granted.' it may be sir, a hardship t In some cases, and possibly I might.)" refer to cases whore other States J 1 might think it was right, still I say'1 o this audience this afternoon, and 1' s tay it with pleasure, that the only s orrect rule, following both the Bib- v icil injunction and the injunction of * nan, is that which South Carolina 0 ollows when she says: "Those whom' c lod hath joined together, let no man '4 ?ut asunder.' If there be one thing n the American Uiron that is a disraeo to American civilization, it is n io sale of American whomanhood for! a' zenith; if there bo another, it is the hi holesale and unwarranted granting j ^ f divorces because, forsooth, some, 111 'oman or some man has got as much! lM lonoy by their marriage as tliev ex-|ul ected when tlio marriage ceremony j ?' as performed. 1 am glad that wej we 110 divorce law i/i South Carolina srsonally, and if you will look to the ?ar of this hall and pick out the best 80 oking red-headed woman In this, :ate, you will see why 1 object per-j ot mnlli. ' ~ ? - -.icin.y n> uivorco. tun, .Mr. Chair-,'W1 an w lion you lay down tho law you 111 reap tho hnrVost that tho distlntishod Governor of Nevada has picrou to this conference. "Vy State stands alone. We grant: no i divorces; v?c recognize no divorces- re^ u man leaves tho State of Southi to trollna, or a woman, and goes into! ca1 other Stale end ohiainr, a divorce: Wi )n\ his wife, he may come back in-; tli( South Carolina and live, but if ho Vn nin marries and moves hack with-' vie the State with a second wife wo! for Id him and his wife guilty of ad ill- ( thr y and punish them accordingly;, the d If there are children born to the ste loti after the divorce, the Supreme Wl urt of South Carolina has stated at their opinion that they are illegl- trh nate and cannot Inherit the proper- saj CENSUS COTTON REPORT AMOUNT GINNED UP TO TIU F1HST OF DECBMBKH. | To(h] Amount Ginned In Nearly One Million lean Than for (tic Nuxiw reriiKl Iant Year. The alith cotton ^Inning report o< the Census Bureau for the season, issued at 10 o'clock Monday morning, announced that 1 1,844,432 bales of cotton, counting round as h.\i( bales of the growth of 19 12 had boon ginned prior to Sunday, December 1, to which date during the past aeveu years the ginning average 82.2 per cent, of the entire crop. I at ye at to December 1 there had been ginned 12, 810,807 bales, or 82.4 per cent, of the entire crop; in"'1908 to ihat date 11,008,661 bales ur 84.1 pc r cent, and in 1906 to that date 10,02 7,8 68 bales or 77.2 pt r cent. Uinning8 prior to Decernner 1 by States, with comparisons tor last year and other big crop years and the percentage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those yen t o, fol low: Year. (Winnings 1\(\ Alubnuiu. 19 12 1,1 60,63 7 .... 19 11 1,136,0 7 6 s 1.7 1 908 1,1 75,629 8* 3 19 06 1,018,955 *;.! Arkansas. 1912 660,1 7 I .... 19 11 680,45-1 rl.3 1 9 0S . . .... i 7 b,4.11 i S.0 1906 570,324 o.: s Florida. 1912 . . . .' . . 4 8.593 .... 1911 7 4,056 7X4 190 8 58,603 s *.. 0 19 0 6 50,028 81.4 Ceorgia. 191 2 1,563.443 .... 191 1 2,53 9,554 85 7 1 90S 1,73 9.657 8 'vO 1906 1,391,224 SO. 2 Louisiana. 1 91 2 3 4 3,2 36 .... ion 313,624 s::.i 1 9OS 3 9 4,918 S \.6 1906. . , . , . 672,873 70.4 Mississippi. 1912 81 8,862 .... 1 9 t I 89 2,195 76 3 1908 1.297,677 80.1 190 6 1,007,879 67.9 North Carolina. 1 91 2 75 4,249 .... 19 11 82 9,6 60 7 3.0 1 9 0 S 55 4.346 81.1 1906 4 9 0,1 40 80.3 Oklahoma. 1 91 2 867,4 88 .... ? i - t?on /?ort "T 1 I>ii >-> ^ .1,;? ^ ii.i 1;;),>s f>or?,r?s4 lixu?!! .. .. 57-1,0 4 3 65.8 South Carolina. 1.11 2 . . . , , . 1,0 4 M2 I urn i,3io,9(? J? 7*.;! 1 9 0S 1.051,550 80.5 1 0 0 C 7 00,785 8 1.1 Tennessee. 101 2 208.72 1 .... 1 01 J 3 1 0,079 7-1.1 1908 270,05 1 S3.7 1 000 1 84,242 02.0 Texas. 10 12 1,308,721 .... 101 1 3,7 17,03 2 0 1.3 1 00 8 3,10 3,000 S S. 0 1 000 3,257,001 82.3 Olhor Static. 1012 0 0,04 8 .... 1011 80,2 15 6 1.2 1 00 8 5 0,0 10 7 0.6 100 6 4 0,3 7 4 50.1 y of the parent. That I say, may icom to some of you a hardship; bu nv friends, it is far bettor that in a e\v instances some good woman may ufiv-r. or some man may be caused ?o offer, than to lay down a law which I'ouM bring, and which is bringing} o-dny, in disrepute the solemn bonds! f matrimony, which only under any onditions or any circumstances hould be contracted for love, saneem d by a Pi vine power. 1 "Mr. President and brother Cover- 1 ors, we do not apply to your States nything wrong. It is your way of inking at the proposition, wo do not arolinians for a moment set itself ? ean tor a moment to condemn you, )r would South Carolina or South > as the only or the proper guardian the morality of the American na:>n; hut we are glad of the distinc- K :>n that we hold: we are nmnri Umi ^ is written in our fundamental law,|* that no Legislature, elected posidy by a wave of excitement or from * her causes, can change it; it is so: ritton that it is Impossible to sr nnge, and of that we are proud. ol # H One Glass, an Alabama nowspnpor gt n has discovered a veritable mare's? ^ st. An Atlanta dispatch says he e(! scaled startling facts in reference! ,%j Governor Wilson's pro-convention n. npaign, in which lie declared that _#1 en illiam .T. Hrvan attempted to knife ? * N'ew Jersey governor just as ^? ls ifed Chantp Clark, with the end tn w of having himself nominated president. Glass is talking ouph his hat. Why don't he give ? public his "startling facts", in- in ad of insinuating There is not a A Ison man who was on tho ground hi Raltimore that believes that TCryrn at r>d to knifo Wilson. What Glass fu 'B 10 all poppycock. | ac ALLENS ALL TRIED ? * - y TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH AND ! KIIUK GO TO PRISON >; . ''AS KtSULT OF KILLING 11 This Ih Ihc Final Settlement of AD ' the Cases H^sultiug From Ih* j Shooting L P of the Court House ! at lUllestille by the Allen Clan last March. Final settlement of all the case* 1 resulting from the killing of five peri sens in the Hillesville, Va., Court House by the Allen clan on March 14, last, waa reached at VVytheville, Va., Wednesday afternoon, when Sidna Allen plead guilty to second degree murder for killing Sheriff Webb, and Wesley Edwards plead quilty to the three charges pending against him. Thirty-five years in the peniteai tiary is the penalty Sid 11a Allen will I pay. Allen's nephew, Wesley idwards, will spend twenty-seven years : in the penitentiary. These two sentences were the re1 suit of a compromise Wednesday af1 ternoon, following a verdict of voli . untary manslaughter in the case of Sidna Allen for the murder of Commonwealth's Attorney William M. ( Foster, the jury fixing the penalty j In that case at five years imprisonment. Allen already had been found guil ty of second degree murder at a former trial for the killing of Judgo Mnssie, for which he had been sen, tenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary, and the other indictment j pending against him, for the muri dor of Sheriff Webb, was compromiai cd by letting him plead guilty to I second degree murder and take a j fifteen-year sentence, the combined sentences making thirty-five years. Three indictments against Wesley J Edwards also were compromised, he fk'ng a sentence of nine years Im* I" son merit on each. In the second trial of Sidna Allen., which ended Wednesday, nine of tha jurors on the iiist ballot stood for acquittal and the other three for murder In the neeond degree. Following their discharge the jurors, in an interview, declared that not one of t r. mi ! bought t lie evidence presented by the Suite was sutficiontjy strong to bUb.ain the charge of conspiracy. This ends, as far as the Courts are concerned, a tragedy which was w ithout parellel at. i which stirre I the country from c,i\? < ud to the oilier. On the 1 i'h < f ' s' March, t< ^ lowing tho COIlVH.liel. of 1' lo> ^ Ion, of an offence which w ' ^ ^ sent him t<) ;h? pf-nH." rcr G.)t, i M\'ir member# of tlou ^ t-..,,; . ,-si, ? j the Court House ^ vvL .o. 'C in Is. At the first volley Judge TL L. Massie fell mortally wounded ; when the smoke cleared away She. iff Webb and Commonwealth's Attorney Foster were found dead. Or* he following day one of the Hum I jurors w ho were shot died of h ? wounds, as did also Miss Hefts Avres, who had been a witne.-i against Floyd Allen. Floyd Allen v/as arrested on the day ionowing tue tragedy, being too badly wounded to escape. Tho arrest of tho others implicated in the shooting followed at various intervals, the two men whoso fate was decided Wednesday having been the last caught. Of the six men who have been con vlcted of complicity in the shooting two?Floyd Allen and his son Claude?are under sentence of death while tho four others?Sidnu and T'riel Allen, and Wesley and Sidna Edwards?have each been given lonsj tetms in tho penitentiary. Victor Allen, a son of Floyd, was acquitted and Ilyrd Marion was discharged Vai.se of lack of evidence against him ? CROWD (JREAT1/V CREASED, +, \ lien Verdict of (juilty Was Rendered in a Court. At Mobile, Ala., loud applaus reeled the jury verdict of "first de~ ree murder" In the trial of William . Drown, for tho murder of Alfred crcy. Mrs. Alfred Percy, wife of ,e victim, clapped her hands with elight. "I wouldn't take a thoutnd dollars for that verdict," she exaimed a few minutes later. The wife f the accused man simply uodded. rown killed Percj as the latter epped from a street jar in OakdsK la., July G last. Drown .<?at unmov1 when the verdict was it's all right," ho said, 4* 1 * 11 win my ipeal." Sentence will be pronouncl within two weeks unless a stay execution is asked. The penalty death by hanging. ? Planter (Jorcd to Death. J. A Smith, aged 80 years, a prom-ont planter living six miles from thens, C.u., was gored by a Jersey ill in his lot late Saturday evening; id died instantly from tho two fear il wounds in his abdomex^and stoniih. ?