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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA State's Chief Execute respondeoce Bet? Attorney Gent nointmento Governor Says Peeples ( tarilly Stated He Woi Was <TI Harmony W tion and Also Lat Manning Make t Which He de 9prrial tn The Intellicenrer. COLUMBIA. February 4.-Governor Manning late tonight made public correspondence which bad passed be tween him.it if and'Attorney General Peoples over the appointment of an Assistant Attorney General. The Gov ernor says that tho Attorney General voluntarily came to him and told him he wanted to appoint an assistant who was in harmony with the Governor and who was agreeable to him. He says thtj promise rV?i .enewed at the .office of Mr. Christie Benoit and on that occasion that the Attorney G?n ?r?t offered to "let me name the as sistant attorney general," bnt the Gov ernor Buys he declUfed, saying thai he had no desire to do so. "You stated then," says the Governor in a letter to the Attorney General, "that Mr. F. H. Dominick would not be your as sistant again." Makes Appointment With Attorney General.- -^^^y^t^ On the day of "his inauguration the Governor says' he telephoned the At torney General and the latter came to his room?? In the Jerome Hotel and "again discussed tho matter with mo In the. presence of Mr. Benet, who had been present at the former con versation. At that thna you stated to us that to your great embarrassment you were not able to get Mr. Dominick to resign; that you had asked him to resign lasL summer ?nd again since thc campaign; that you had mutual . trlends to go to hun and state that he was embarrassing you and your conduct of the office by insisting on retaining his position, as your assist ant; that you had not been able to make him couacnt>to,glvo up tho of fice-, although you had hoped that he would do* so. You stated that Mr. Dominick's work was not satisfac tory; that he had often bann absent from the office without your consent or even knowledge; that he had on occasions left, the office on Friday morning and stayed away until Tues day night; that this was not satlsfac . ~ tory to you or the, conduct of the busl . ness ot the office, but that you were powerlessyln the metter:" The gover nor then says that the Attorney Gen , eral stated that he tried to get Mr. Dominick to resign last summer when ho was a candidate Ipr Governor. Several Letter Passed. " There are several letters which passed between the Governor'and the . Attorney General over tho matter. The first was *roxn the Governor calling attention to the promise last summer . beforo election and ot the appointment by Mr. Peeples ot Mr- Dominick, "who waa a supporter of the policies ot my predecessor In this office." and the Governor said that in tbe circumstan ces he did not feel that he could re ly, upon the Attorney General's office for legal advice. Termed LetW ?emana for uipmissai. In roply Attorney General Peeples wrote the Governor setting forth that bia office was a constitutional one, . elective by the people and he ahme bad tho rhzbt to name the assistant Attorney General, and he terms the Governor's letter a practical^ demand for the dismissal ol Mr. Do??u/jjck. He told thcJQovcrnor that he^ was not coiiccnmd ^ri?n his poiicies bul would pass on such legal questions'as wore submitted to Mm on their merits but that lie alone bad the right to name the assistant. He says tn effect that he will not surrender the power to name tho assistant to the Governor and commend* Mr. Dominick for bis -? fairness and says. that In reelecting him (he people endorsed Mr. Domi nick. Wis Not a Bestand. In reply tbe Governor wrote that he did not make a demand on the Attor < ney General In naming the aauston! but was going on the promise ruade by the Attorney Genera) thal ho. voold not. appoint at:y assistant who would bo embarrdalng to him, the Governor, but would name one In sympathy wah hin polictes, and said statements the Attorney General matte in hie tett/ir In reference to Mr. Dcmintck "are in di rect confihtt with thone made by you tn rtsard to .the appointment ot your aasUtant." Dominick Has First Cholo* In r*ply the Attorney General ttrote i. PEEPLES' _ /e Makes Public Cor reen Himself and Over Ap if Assistant 'ame to Him and Volun lld Name Man Who rith the Administra er Offered to L\it he Appointment dined to Do. t'.iai he had told the Governor that Mr. Dominick was hts flrat cholee but in tho event Mr. Dominick declined thc api/j?ntraent, "I would be glad to i confer with you as to the appoint ment." Governor's Last Letter. The letter written tonight by the Governor is in answer to this last let ter from the Attorney General and suva that tho Attorney General came to htm after the Anderson meeting and told him he wanted to work in harmony with him and would not name anyone as his assistant who would not be agreeable to him and that he had tried to get rid of Mr.-f Dominick hui ?md faiied. Was a Partner of Blease. Assistant Attorney General Fred H. Dominick, who IB the subject of this controversy, ls a. native of Newberry and was at one time law partner ;of former Governor Cole U Blease and I served asMrrr-tfamp??gtr^ 1910 and 1?12. For the last two years he has served as Assistant Attorney General and has just been reappoint ed by Attorney General Peoples. In the last summer he ran for Congress in the third district against Mr. Aiken hut was defeated in the second pri mary. The letter' of Governor Manning to Attorney General Peeples tonight and all thc correspondence which has passed between them follows. Governor Manning's Last Letter to Af. ! torney Gtaeral.. February 4, 1916. Hon. Thomas H.. Peeples, ? Attorney General, State House, Col- | umbia, 8. C. Dear Sir: In view of your present position in j reference to your appointment of the assistant attorney general I feel that the public should know all the facts in connection with this matter. It is my purports during my term in office to keep the people of the State fully advised regarding the conduct of af fairs in my office, and with thut end in view I am giving out this state-1 ment . "> ! No thought of who would be your | assistant or in fact, of anything con- ! nected with your office bad entered my mind until yon yourself volun tarily approached me after the Ander son meeting last summer and stated that you thought that I would be elected; and that lt I were elected and ! }v>u were re-elected that you Intended? to act in entire harmony with me and that your office would do all in its power to further the success of my ad ministration. I was surprised and j pleased nt this evidence of interest on your part and thanked you warmly | for it, but had no further conversation with yon about the matter until I had rccsirsd tbs !2CTniT"tiorl 1 n tn? second I primary. At that time you had already I been nominated for reelection in the first primary. \'i When my nomination was assured, recalling your voluntary statement at Anderson I phoned you asking you to meet ma at the office of Mr. Christie j Benet !n Columbia, Thia yon prompt ly did. coming to hhs office as coon as I ?o?upiioncd you. in '.tr. Heneas pres ence I called to yt ur . attention thc] I conversation we had .vfter the Ander son meeting, and you /citereated what you had stated before, and you then, to my s uprise, offered tp let me name [the Assistant Attorney General. This! I flatly declined, stating that I had no ? desire to do so. You stated that you would appoint no one who was nbt 1 in harmony with me tn the platform on which I was elected and that you would anbmlt to me names of the men] whom you wore eqpisiitertng itr.d ; would appoint no on'j who wu objec tionable to me You then stated that I Mr. Dominick would not be your na jsistant again; that you had consider-, ?ed M>. M. P. DeBruhl but thought his ! health was such that he was not op ito the work, and that yon had other names Under advisement and would ?confer with me again in regard to I thc appointment. ! heard nothing iarther from but en the morning nf my tnt (CONTINUE? ON FAGS BEVKNjf ERFERE I Yesterday in the Legislature epe-iaf to Th* InlelHgcnon. COLUMBIA. Feb., 4.-After a debate extending through the day and late ultu the night the senate refused by a vote of 18 to 28 tb strike out the enacting words ot the Sinkier local opfont compulsory education bill. De bate then begun on amendments and extended late into, the night. The house visa in session until a late hour also debating compulsory education. Federal Officers Discover Lawless Band (By Auwiftlml Prru.) BROWNSVILLE Tex., Feb., 4.-Fed eral ofliccrs herc today asserted they had discovered a band of conspirators whose aim is alleged to huve ben a campaign of murder and robbery along the border from the gulf to Arizona. Plans of the band are said to have included the capture of towns and the death of every United States soldier along the Texas-Mexican boundary. State Department Keenly Interested German Ambassador Prc * Americans Supervise Distribu tion of Wilhelmina's Cargo ?i AwoclMed Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-The state department today was keenly inter ested in a proposal by Count Bern-, storff,- Htm"' Cfc-rmaTT ambassador; "ttt?T an American consular officer super viso distribution of the food cargo of the American steamer Wilhelmina to make sure that it reached the civilian population and not the German army. As-the Wilhelmina is on the high seas and Great Britain hus announced lt intends to detain her and bring her Into port to buy'the c;<rgo. diplomatic negcuaitions are not expected until the ship actually ls taken into Brit ish Jurisdiction. > State department officials . v.'oed to say whether American com :.*t of ficers would be authorised to super vise distribution of Ute foodstuffs and In BrltUh circles it was intimated that Great Britain probably would not permit the cargo to proceed under such an arrangement. ? FAIL TO PASS BILL OVER WILSON'S VETO The Vote Waa 261 in Favor of Over-Riding Veto and 36 Against lt. -_ ' (By AMOOAtod Pre?.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-The at tempt to pass the immigration bill, with its literacy test provision, over Hie veto of the president failed in the house late today. The vote was 261 in favor of overriding tho veto and 186 against it. Two members voted present, and with this attendance 266 ayes would have been necessary to glvi? the necessary two-thirds. Just two year? ago 'today thc house failed to renais the Immigration bill over the veto of President Taft, who also opposed the literacy test Meet to Examine Financial Questions (By AamcUud FT***.* PARIS, Feb. R.-The following of ficia! statement bas been issued .here; The ?nance ministers of Great Bri tain, France and Russia have met in Paris to axamlne Into .financial ques tions growing out of the war. It ls stated that the three powers resolv ed to unite the|r financial as well as their military resources to carry on the war to victory.-, Grave Remonstration*. LONDON, Feb. 6.~(4:68 a. m.l-A Daily Mail dlh. ?th from Venice says there Were grave demonstrations out side the Rumanian legation In Buda Pest Wednesday ?nd similar demon strations in front of the Rumanian consulates in other parts of Hun German Aviator Found Dead. LONDON, Feb. 5.-(t:6? a. m.) Fishermen have found fe the Thames Estuary the body of a German aviator with a shrapnel ballet in tho lungs. It 1? supposed he dropped from an aero plane driven off by British gun firs Christmas Day. GEORGIA DOCTOR KILLED BY MOB! Fired on by ing Him saulting itizens Poete Seek-] Charge of As Woman. AUGUSTA. ? Ga.. Feb. 4.-Dr. A. X. Cul iraon, u physician, ! was shot and illed early today near here while me tog an alleged attempt to escape iron a citizens posse which was seeking to git on the charge of as saulting, a yoti g married woman. A coroner's lurj .late today returned a verdict of ju tillable homicide. Cul berson liv.nl r Evans, a hamlet near j Augusta, and ! ras about .15 years 'old. j Search for ?he doctor was begun ?last night af_W his alleged crime be Ecame known, fte was located just be-1 I fore dawn inls country home near I j "" vans, where&e had gone - to spend | the night. Members of the posse were surrounding We house when Culbor-1 son appeared ?t the rear door in his night olothtnff and, according to evi dence nt theiorener's inquiry, drew a revolver anti attempted to flee. A volley ?? fired at thc doctor I and he fell Aid. Tho body was not) removed uni? this afternoon, when it war. tuleen ito tho railroad station in Evans, v.hcVo the inquest wu? held. BRYAN RENOUNCES LIQWOjR TRAFFIC [Says Stand adc Party Can't Saloonkeeper I'eman Suffrage. INDIAN that the. i?rd to s1 salccnkee rage. Ssc a banquet tonight, traffic, was si "A 1 I er's not ted Pre? ) S. Feb.. 4.-Declaring I atlc party cannot nf ith the brewer and gainst woman's Buff Bryan, in a speech at rn'V ratio editors here denounced the liquor oman's suffrage ; Cs rMtrs the sajoonkcep at of his wire will eratic party long/ ...ye- aT g"llJP ! o tutor womau'ssuTmige we raighTas j well go the whole hog and drive the ' saloon out ct politics." Mr. Bryan later addressed, a public mooting at the German House, where the^ strongly deronded; the president's position-on the ship bill. - Of the seven Democratic senators who have broken away from the presi dent. Mr. Bryan said : "I think I know and 1 think you'know-what the coun try w|U thiqk of a Democrat who takes the Republican aide on the shipping question. " ?Threatens to Deport Spanish Minster fHv AaaoQMted Pim.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Genet' I Carranza,has threatened to deport tho Spanish minister at Mexico City un I less he produces within 24 hours An gel Del Caso, a Sw^-.iard who claims to be an agent of the Spanish govern ment, but whom Carranza charges with being active in the services of i [General Villa. . This information; I reached here today in a private tele gram from Mexico City, which said Del Cas? was supposed to be biding ! In the Spanish fegation. The Incident recalls General Car ranza'a experience last September with the Belgian minister to -Mexico, j who, because of'. the #overity of his representations concerning Belgian concessions, was deported, notwith standing tho intervention of American Consul Stillman, and the Brazilian mlnistor. I ENGLISH CHANNEL DESLftR?D WftB ZONE ?Ewe*y Enanty Ship Will Be De stroyed Regardless of Danger (By ft TUTTI rf nt Ynm.) BERLIN, Feb., 4, <by wlerlesa). Tho German admiralty today Isseud the following communication. - 'The waters Around Great Britain, | and Ireland, including the whole Eng- ? lish Channel, are declared n war zone i from and after February 18. j "Every enemy ship found In this s^ne wit be destroyed, even if lt is Impossible to avert dangers which threaten the crew and passengers. "Also, neutral ships In the war zone are in danger as In consequence of tho. misuse of neutral flags ordered by the British government on January 31, and In view of the hazards of. naval warfare, lt cannot always bi avoided that attacks meant for enemy ships : endanger neutral ships. "Shipping northward, around the Shetland Inlands In the eastern basin of the North Sea and In a strtpVof at lesjtt SO nautical miles la breadth alon? tho Dutch .coast tn endangered tu tar aime way." . . CLARK REELECTED SPEAKER OF HOUSE Representative Kitchin, of North Carolina, Chairman Ways and Means Committee. (By AnorUted Pre??.) VASH INGTON, Feb. 4.-Democrats v ted to the house lu the G4th con gress tonight unanimously nominat ed Speaker Clark to succeed himself and chose Itepresentative Claude Kitchin, of North Carolinu, to become chairman of (lie waya and means com mittee and majority floor leader when Represen tutl\ o Underwood goes to the senate. Enthusiastic applause and rheerng greeted tho selections, both of which were by acclamation, and the speak er and Representative Kitchin re sponded with speeches urging Demo cratic harmony. - The caucus named all of the re elected members of the ways and | , means committee and chose the fol 'lowing to fill vacancies: Representatives Crisp, of Georgia; Oldfield, of Arkansas; Casey, of Pennsylvania; Allen, of Ohio; McGil lii uddy, of Maine, und Helverlng, of Kansas, The make-up of the committee fol lows the usual plan of having thu Democratic representation on the committee equally divided between the north and the south. Officers nf the house, including Clerk South Trimble, of Kentucky; Sorgeant-at-arms Robert B. Gordon, of Ohio; Doorkeeper Joseph J. Sin nott, of Virginia; Chaplain Henry N. Couden, and Postmaster William M. Dunbar, were nominated for reelec tion with opposition. Cruiser Carrying 500 Men Wrecked ! Breaking to Pieces Off the Lower ? California Coast-?Fate of Crew Unknown. (By A*9ocUtad Prew.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-The Japan ese cruiser Asama, carrying 600 men, lins been wrecked and is breaking up 'off the Lower California coast, ac cording to advices today to the Pavy department. The dispatch did not state whether the crew had been res cued. Rear Admiral Howard, commanding the American fleet in the Pacific, who reported Ute wreck in ? brief nies aago, was ordered to send whatever aid was available. Department offi cials thought tonight the cruiser Raleigh off San Diego. Gallf.. prob ably would be the first American naval vessel to reach the scene. Ad mirai Howard said the Asama wau about 360 miles south of Port San Bartolme. I The Asama, an armored cruiser of 9,750 tons, was built In 1898. For sev , ?val months she has been patrolling the eastern Pacific. Early in the war she forced the German "gunboat Geler to interne at Honolulu. ENDEAVORING TO KEEP ITALY OUT OF WAR Germany and Austria Willing to Satisfy Nation's Territorial Aspirations. *(Ty AmocUtrd PrwsO . AMSTERDAM, via London. Feb. 5. -?-(2:22 a. m.)-The Frankfurter Zeitung prints a Vienna dUpatch In dicating that an endeavor ia being made by Germany and Austria to keep Italy out of the war by satisfying her territorial aspirations., The article saya Germany, and Aus tria have recognised Italy's claims to Trentino and adda that there ahould be no difficulty In .-caching an agree ment provided Italy-preserves uncon ditional neutrality and remains a member of \he Triple Alliance. Quits Congress to Become Sheri (Ey A- " ??ir? r?S?) JERSEY CITY. N. J., Feb 4.-Ku gen F. Klngead. sheriff of Hudson County, today resigned as a '-epresen tatlve lo congress from the eight New Jersey district. Kinkead was elected Sheriff .last fall. He waa preparing last night to start to Washington to vote to uphold the president's veto pf the immigration bill when he re ceived a telegram from Representa tive Burnett, Introducer of the boll, Informing him that K he voted hi3 right to do so Would be challenged. Steamer Crashed by Ita. CHICACO. Feb. 4.-The steamer Iowa, of the Goodrich Transit Com pany, -was crushed by Ice floes and sank today three miles off this port. The crew of 45 and one passenger walked over tho Ice floes to shore. \A score of other ships are Icebound along the west shore of Lake Michi gan, but the owners tonight said Ui?i situation was not hasardous and that no ships were in danger. TURKS ATTACK THE SUEZ CANAL DRIVEN OFF WITH HEAVY j . LOSSES AFTER A SHARP FIGHT DEADLY STRUGGLE I BEFORE WARSAW j Germans Throw Regiment After Regiment Against Russian Lines. Both Claim Progress. (By AmodatiK? Brew.) The German admiralty, In declaring J a war zone ot the waters around I Great Britain and Ireland, including! the whole English Channel after Feb-1 ru:-, ry 18 announces that "every enemy merchant ship found in this ! war zone will be destroyed, even If it ls not always possible to avoid dan gers to crew and passengers/' A warning is Issued that neutral ships in the war zone, also are tn danger and Germany has notified the. Washington state department that. American vessels should jivold the nor iii and west coas' ?. or France. The British foreign office, tn a statement bearing on German's ac tion. Intimates that possibly Great Britain may undertake retaliatory measures, Baying: "Tho apparent Intention of .the Qer man government to sink merchant ships by submarines without bringing them Into port or providing accommo dation for their crews and regardless of the loss of civilian lives has rais ed \ory seriously the question wheth er Great Britain should adopt more stringent rce??ureg ngslnst German trade." No deei. 'on bas b >en taken on this matter. In the same statement the British government announces that should the American steamer Wilhelmina be i Intercepted it wilt send the cargo of J foodstuffs which ts destined for Ger- i many Into a prize court The vessel winnot bc molested. Austria seemingly bas met a ser ious reverse, for according to the an nouncement made by the Austro-Hun. ggrian war press bureau received by way of Amsterdam, she has been com pelted to evacuate the important town ot Tornow, owing to the severe bom bardment by Kussta's heavy artillery. The Russian and German emperors soon will be at the fronts again. Bm pcror NichOias has started and Em peror William, who has been Inspect ing the fleet at Wilhelmshaven, it is ; announced, wijl proceed to the fight? lng lines tn ft day or two, but which front it not mentioned. Members of. tho British hospital ship Asturias, which has lust arrived at Plymouth, gay that the ship waa saved from being struck by a Ger man torpedo off Havre by her captain quickly altering the course of his ; ship. LONDON. Feb. 4.-The Turks at last have made a definite attack on the Sues Canal, but after a sharp tight they were driven off ' with heavy losses. Aftor a fruitless attempt Tuesday night to bridge the canal near Tons-, sonm, they returned to the attack cir?y yesterday with a force estimat ed at 12,000 and biz batteries of artil lery and essayed to 'cross on rafts. The British force threw the Invaders back, taking about 300 prisoners. A considerable number of the Turks were killed and wounded. The Brit ir!; inst IT: killed and SB wounded. Th.e attack was renewed . by the Turku at Ela Kotara, but this met with no greater success than the other Stten.pt. tho Turkish losses In killed, wranded pud prisoners numbering up vards-of a hundred. The New Zealand contingent and presumably the Australians took part in the battles. Compared with the bat tles In Poland and the Carr-Ehlens, this wss a mere flash, but as British terrtorlals. Aue tra?an s and New Zea landers arc rocetvlnr their baptism ot flro In Egypt and there is much in terest tn the attempts ot the Turks to move a big army aeroJB the desert, the operations In that part of the world are atracting a good deal of at tention in England. Efforts of Oerroan Field Marshal von Hindenburg to check the Russians in | San Prussia and the Carpathians by compelling them to reinforce their center. west of Warsaw haa brought ? a desperate attack. Regiment after regiment, supported by great masses, (CONTIlil'KI> ON VKQK FOUK.) ' SLAYER OF CHARLES W. ROBERTSON FREED READILY THE TESTIMONY Showed That Robertson Had Made Threats Against Whit* lock's Life. After deliberating for less than Ive minutes the jury io tba case of S. H. Whitlock, the Pendleton police chief charged with the murder of Former State Constable Charlea W. Robert son, at Pendleton, on December 7 last, * returned a verdict of "not guilty." But one ballot waa taken among the Ju rors, it Avas stated, all 12 members of the tribunal casting their votee for tho acquittal of the defendant. An nouncement of the jury*? decision was received In the partly Ailed court roora in silence and with little If any show of emotion on the part of Whit lock. Immediately upon the giving of . Instruction? for the adjournment' of court friends of the man who had been acquitted of the grave charge of mur der crowded about him and preened his hand tn congratulation. Within. the few seconds tba court room had. been cleared and the doors closed and ' that chapter of Whitlock's life ' be came a closed book. ?Trial Lasted All Day. The trial ol Whitlock consumed ex- . act ly one day of thc- hours set *by_ the c-?tt?i. Thr uC-?r?u?ii? placed on trial upon the reconvening of court at 9:80 o'clock yesterday morning. .The i usual recess for dinner wai taken and almost, simultaneously with the an nouncement cf the verdict last even ing the clock struck six, the regular hour of adjournment'tor the day. Void of Sensation?. The Ulai of Whitlock was' void ot sensations, though the testimony at no time failed to Interest the ?vest I throng who packed the court room from morning till night. There'waa 1 no marked conflict th any of the testi mony, either that offered by the pro secution or that put np by the de? fense. In fact, tho testimony of th? defendant himself corroborated in part testimony of various witnesses for the prosecution. Snbstsnce of Testimony. Summing up all testimony, from both the prosecution and ta* defense, lt might be stated that tbs following facts were brought out: That there had been ill feeling between Whitlock and Robertson of some years' stand ing: that several days prlqr to the killing of Robertson he bad v made threats against the Ufo of Whitlock, and the same had gotten to Whitlock's, ears: that on th? day of the killing Whitlock had been drinking and-that he and Robertson had had some words during th? day; thal when Whitlock entered Campbell's atora, where the killing occurred, Fx?bertson was standing near tbs rear of the store with an axe handle tn his hand; that Whitlock stopped midway between the front and the rear of the store to have some conversation with the pro prietor of the establishment; ^that he had his back turned t*> Robertson in the meantime; that without warning Robertson advanced uj.on Whitlock ead began beating him over the head and body with the axe handle;, that ' while In a more or leas daxed condi tion Whitlock drew bis pistol and ; fired several shots, some ot which took effect in Robertson's body and caused hts death; that Whitlock was not aware he had killed Robertson until he was so Informed In the office i of-the physician who dressed his I wounds; thst In the meantime Whit ' leek repeatedly ^H??*0**** the ? hone that he had not kil?ed Robertson; that whe nhe was definitely advised that I Robertson was dead ha waa greatly ' effected and exhibited evidence of bs I tog deeply ar!? ved over the affair, i Addresses ta Jary. I ..Beginning ct 9:30 o'clock a. m., the State rested Us case at 12:30 o'clock. The offertug of testimony for the de fense begun then and oontlnued until the hour of recessing fer dinner. 1:30 ?o'clock. Reconvening at 2:45 o'clock, the taking of testimony continued until 3:40 o'clock, the arguments be ing made Immediately thereafter. Arguments were opened by T. Frank Watkins, of Watkins and Priuce, counsel for the defendant and wera closed by Solicitor K. P. Smith. The court then charged the jury briefly, giving them the law with ref erence to murder, manslaughter, etc. The Jury retired ta their room about 5:60 o'clock sad attar deliberating less than Ave minutes reached their verdict of "not guilty." - Jurors eu Case. Jurors charged with the case mmtv aa follows: F. E. Alexander, foreman; J. B. Massey. J. C. Shearer. K. Lee Owens. J. H. Wriyht, Our H. Norrie*. 3. B. ilratcher. R. H. Tripp. W. ?. 4.--.?<.* (CONTiXl?D ON ?AQB Tita**.) _