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HEARING HELD IN
DOUGALL-RIGE CASE
s
RELIMINARY EXAMINATION
FORE A MAGISTRATE.
BE-
The Case of The State vs. W. J. Dou-
gall and Hattie P. Rice Was Given
a Preliminary Hearing Monday.
Blacksburg, August 3.—The prelim
inary hearing for Hattie P. Rice in
the case of the State against her and
W. J. Dougall, alias Smith, alias Mon-
net. was held by the magistrate at
this place on Monday, August 1st, at
10 o’clock. The court room was
crowded before the hour and tin*
crowd remained throughout the hear
ing, and increased in size.
It will be recalled by the public
that this place was startled on JufV
18th by the arrest of W. .1. Dougall
and Hattie P. Rice on a charge of
adultery. Dougall about two years
ago, had come to this place, because
of an alleged interest in a company
that had been organized here for the
manufacture of agricultural imple
ments. He appeared to be a business
man in every respect, of good appear
ance and pleasant manner. With him
was a handsome woman by the name
of Hattie P. Rice. He introduced her
as his widowed sister who suffered
from nervous prostration and needed
Quiet. For a short time they stayed
at the Cherokee Inn, then went to a
cottage in the grounds. They moved
in the best society and while there un
doubtedly was suspicion among some
as to the relationship between the
couple, there was very little public
Utfjk until tin* Rice woman was forced
m>m the swellest organization in our
town. The couple then went North
for a short stay. During their absence
a lady appeared here. She was at
tractive in appearance and pleasant
in manner. She stated that she was
a niece of Dougall's and was given ac
cess to the house. At the end of the
week Dougall and his alleged sister
returned to Blacksburg, and upon
their arrival at the house there was
a disturbance. The one claiming to
have been a niece then claimed she
was Dougall's wife and produced cer-
taii. papers to prove her statements;
alsi) that
her s
after he had married her
he lived with her about eight years,
and having spent her money deserted
her and took up with the woman
whom he had represented to
be his invalid sister, and came
South, claiming that the money
they were spending so lavishly
was his own. when it was really that
of the Rice woman with whom he
lived and who to the world he repre
sented as his sister. Dougall's wife
then went to a hotel. There sue re
mained until Sunday morning when
she apparently left for Charleston,
there to take the boat for New York.
On Monday, however, she returned
and the arrests followed. Dougall
waived a preliminary nearing, while
his alleged sister. Hattie P. Rice,
asked for a hearing. Sue was, how
ever, unable to attend and the hear
ing was postponed until August 1st. ,
When the case was called on Mon
day, counsel for the State moved to j
amend the warrant so as to include
fornication. This move on the part
of the prosecutors evidently puzzled
the defence and was strongly opposed |
by counsel. The court, however, al
lowed the amendment. The defence
then moved for a continuance because
of the Inability of Hattie P. Rice to
attend. This was opposed by the
State because the defence had al
ready asked for a continuance and
had set August 1st for a hearing;
furthermore, that the State had
brought witnesses here from a dis
tance and that if the hearing was not
held they would have to come back;
also, that while her attending physi
cian stated that she was unable to at
tend, she and her alleged brother,
Dougall, had spent the greater part of
every day since their arrest and re
lease in riding through tne streets of
Blacksburg in their stylish turnout.
The magistrate decided that
hearing should be held, 1. e., take
testimony of those witnesses pres
ent, and the taking of testimony be
gan. None of the parties interested
were present at the time, but Dou
gall later on appeared. He was very
pale and showed considerable ner-
tentions to each other attracted atten-!
tion—an affectionate attenion. as the j
proprietor of the Cherokee Inn stated,
that was more than that which ordi- \
narily manifests itself between broth-;
er and sister, or husband and wife. :
(The testimony at this point as to the.
condition of the rooms which tended j
to show the illicit relationship, is such
as cannot be published); that in con-j
sequence they left the hotel and rent
ed a cottage near by; that they occu
pied the cottage by themselves and
were careful as to what their ser
vants saw; that Hattie P. Rice be
came a member .of the 19th Century
Club, one of the swellest organiza
tions of the town, but after a very
short membership was requested to
resign, and either resigned, or refused
| to do so, and was put out; that alter
! their arrest at the instance of Mrs.
Smith they (Dougall and the Rice wo- j
; man) admitted they were not brother j
and sister and had been perpetrating
; a fraud upon the people of Blacks-
j burg because of some monied inter-
j est to them—Dougall and the Rice
woman.
Dougall's photograph, enclosed in
a letter that he wrote several years
; ago. was identified, also a photograph
taken with his wife at Lake George,
X. Y. Letters written from Blacks
burg upon Cherokee Inn paper and
paper of the at Blacks- :
j burg, in which he (or rather his
! alleged sister) was interested, were |
identified as being in the handwriting 1
of Dougall: they were signed “Jack,”,
j“\V. J. D.,” etc.
At this point in the case counsel
for the State announced that it would |
not introduce any more testimony for ;
j the present owing to the absence of 1
j certain very material witnesses, and
the question arose as to whether
there was enough testimony to justi
fy further investigation. After able I
, argument by counsel for the State
and for the defence, the magistrate
, decided to hold the parties and hear;
more testimony which the State
would produce later on.
Your correspondent has been per
mitted to examine certain correspon
dence which will probably be intro
duced in evidence at the next hear-
I ing or at the fall term of court at
Gaffney, in the event of the case
being sent to court.
Dougall’s letters to his wife are
full of love and affection and never
fail to close with "With lots of love
: and kisses, as ever yours, Jack.” Ami
just to show a bit of the sentiment,
1 quote the following:
i "Where through this weary world I
wander,
My thoughts will ever be on you.
In memory. I’ll see you ever, for
1 loved you better than you knew.”
Yet it is said that this is the wife
with whom he lived for eight years
and by whom he has three children,
and yet (as testified to( lie denied
knowing the day when he returned
to Blacksburg with his alleged sis
ter from a trip to the north and was
confronted by her at the picturesque
little cottage in the Cherokee Inn
grounds. And yet again this is the
woman he denied knowing, while a
j photograph of them both as man and
| wife was introduced in evidence—a
photograph taken at a lovely north
ern summer resort and in the pres
ence of friends.
Whether Dougall. alias Smith, alias
Monnett, and Hattie P. Rice are con
victed or acquitted, Dougall’s letters
to certain women in the north w.th
whom he had been intimate, and also
to some men written during his stay
at Blacksburg show an immoral re
lationship between himself and his
alleged sister that is to say the least,
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revolting—an immoral relationship
that could not exist among the in
mates and frequenters of bawdy
houses in a red light district—a re
lationship or intimacy of which the
unfortunate inmates of such estab
lishments would blush with shame.
Both Dougall and the Rice woman
have records. Their past will prove
interesting.
What day will be set for the next
hearing, your correspondent is un-
\ ableto state at this writing.
Titanic Patience.
An elephant in Calcutta had a dis
ease in his eye. For three days he
had been completely blind. The own
er. an engineer officer, asked the doc
tor if he could do anything to relieve
the poor animal. The doctor said
he would try nitrate of silver, which
was a remedy commonly applied to
a similar disease in the human eye.
The large animal was ordered to lie
the I down, and at first, on the application
the j of the remedy, raised a most extraor
dinary roar at the acute pain which
it occasioned. The effect, however,
was wonderful. The eye was in a
manner restored, and the animal
could partially see. The next day.
when he was brought and heard the
vousness throughout, especially at j doctor's voice, he lay down of him-
tlmes during the examination of wit
nesses when the testimony pointed
^strongly to his guilt. Mrs. Smith, wife
"of Dougall, remained at the hotel un
til her counsel was ready to put her
upon the witness stand.
The testimony, in substance,
showed admissions made by Dougall
the day of his arrest that he had cer
tain papers of his wife’s, Mrs. E. C.
Smith; that about two years ago he
and the Rice woman had come to
Blacksburg and put tip at the Chero
kee Inn. requesting adjoining rooms
with door between; that they did not
represent themselves to be brother
and sister, and while given rooms, they
were not adjoining ones; that they
stayed for a day or two and then re
turned to the North. A short time
ahfcerwards they returned to Blacks
burg and went to the Cherokee Inn,
where they announced themselves as
brother and sister; that they request
ed adjoining rooms and were given
them by the proprietor, but in the
face of the protests of his wife and
daughter; that their affectionate at-
self, placed his enormous head on
one side, curled up his trunk, drew
in his breath, just like a man about
to endure an operation, gave a sigh
of relief when it was over, and then
by trunk and gesture evidently wish-
i ed to express his gratitude.
An unknown mulatto negro was
struck by northbound freight No. 4
on the Seaboard Air Line at North
Monday afternoon about 3:30 o’clock
and instantly killed. The dead man
was about 40 years old and is thought
by a resident witness to be named
Jesse Williams, which name, how
ever, is faintly recalled. P’rom the
coroner's inquest, held by Magistrate
W. A. Johnson it seems that the ne
gro got off the mid-day passenger
train and was considerably under the
influence of whiskey. After lounging
around the dbpot awhile he went off
down the railroad and was seated on
the north end of North Edisto trestle
about two miles south of North, where
he met his death as stated. Evidently
he was drunk or asleep or both.
The board of visitors of the South
Carolina Military Academy met at
noon Tuesday in the governor's of
fice in Columbia. The board passed
on the various young men who expect
to stand the examination for the va
cant cadetships in the various coun
ties. The date for the examination
was fixed for Friday, August 2fith.
As a result of an attempt to board
a passenger train from Blacksburg
Tuesday, Otis Dozier, a young white
man of Rock Hill, had his arm broken
and suffered other injuries more or
less serious. He had intended to ride
to the station but lost his hold and
fell through the trestle over the main
line, striking the track below with
great force.
The barn and crib of C. S. Lever,
of Blythewood, was struck by light
ning Tuesday and burned down. All
of his wagon ha> - ness and pber gear,
about 125 bushels of oats n -.d l<t
bushels of corn and other small items
being burned. One mule narrowly es
caped. Mr. Lever's little son being
thoughtful enough to open the stable
door. Mr. C. S. Lever was rot at
home when the fire occurred.
While sharpening tools on a grind
stone at the home of John P. Clark,
near Mauldin, in Greenville county,
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock, a
lightning bolt instantly killed Mr.
Clark and Charles B. Garrett and se
riously injured George Thompson,
who was standing nearby. Members of
Clark’s family who were in the house
were shocked, dazed and blinded by
the bolt, but none of them was seri
ously hurt. It is feared that Mr.
Thompson will die.
Cap. Smith, the negro who is al
leged to have shot Charlie Holcomb
in Greenville county several weeks
ago. was arrested in Greenville by
Officer Stewart, and turned over to
Magistrate Poole, of O’Neal township,
in whose jurisdiction the shooting
took place. Holcomb, who is a white
man, was dangerously wounded. He
was filled with small shot all over
the front of his body. Smith will be
held for trial at the next term of the
court of general sessions.
Mrs. Sarah W. Smith, wife of John
Smith. Sr., died at her home near
Simpsonville Monday afternoon of
blood poison. Six days ago she ac
cidentally inflicted a slight bruise on
one of her hands. Swelling followed,
the place refused, to heal and in the
course of a few days all the symptoms
of blood poisoning developed. Though
physicians were summoned and all
that medical skill could offer was done
for her, her death, accompanied with
great suffering, resulted Monday af
ternoon.
Coroner Black, of Greenville, de
cided Tuesday that an inquest would
not be necessary over the body of
Nan Williams, the negro woman who
dropped dead at her home in that city
Monday night. There was not the
slightest suspicion of foul play of any
kind, and every evidence pointed to
death by heart failure. The woman
was just undressing when her hus
band. who was sleeping in the room,
was awakened by a thud on the floor,
and he saw his wife lying near the
bed. Before she could be removed
and a physician summoned life was
extinct.
A great sensation was caused in the
court house at Walter boro Tuesday
when Cant. B. G. Willis dropped dead
at 11:45 a. m., while sitting on the Ju
ry. The court had been engaged since
Monday afternoon in the trial of three
negroes for stealing a hog. the at
torneys for the State and defense had
finished their arguments and the
Judge had Just begun to charge the
jury when Juror Willis’ head was seen
summoned from just across the street
but before he could get up the stair
way Capt. Willis had passed away.
The doctor thinks the deceased suf
fered a stroke of apoplexy, which
caused his death.
Dummy Brldwell, a white youth and
a mute, was taken to Spartanburg and
lodged in the county jail Monday. He
will be examined as to lunacy by the
authorities. Last Thursday Brldwell
who it is said had been trespassing
on lands of Mr. B. M. Anderson, a
prominent farmer of the Reidville
section, was accosted by him, and
communicated with as to staying off
the premises, This enraged him. and
he procured a shot gun and meeting
Mr. Anderson later on fired at him.
Luckily, the aim was bad and the dis
charge went far past its mark. He
was about 20 feet from Mr. Ander
son when he leveled down on that
gentleman.
Etta Jane. August 3.—We are hav
ing fine rains now and the ground is
getting wet again. It’s been dry all
summer.
Among the fair sex from over the
Broad who were present at Salem on
Children’s Day were Miss Sue Brian,
I of Yorkville, and Misses Mamie and
Sallie Darwin, of Smyrna. They spent
jthe night of the 28th with Mr. anl
Mrs. Robert Smarr, of Hopewell. Miss
! Brian Is a niece of Capt. J. B. Bell, of
I Gaffney, and the Misses Darwin are
Martin V. Darwin,
B., 42th S C. Regt.
a water famine is
increase. Several
have already gone
as to be practically
1 daughters of Lt.
' late of Company
jC. S. A.
We have been having slight show-
1 ers of rain for a few days and young
I coni is muen improved Ir apaearance
We hear of a great deal of black
rust on cotton and have seen some of
it. In some places the plant is liter
ally ruined—the leaves are falling and
the squares dropping off.
Rev. W. H. White is conducting
a series of meetings at Salem, which
will probably continue until next Sab-
I bath, August 7th.
So far there seems to be very little
interest in the coming election. Not
! often do we hear it mentioned. It's
| a popular idea among voters not to
be hoodwinked by the intrigues of
I men wanting office
The prospect of
alarmingly on the
| wells and springs
(dry or are so low
useless.
Messrs, Johnson and Arthur Estes,
of Sedalia who have been spending
a few days visiting in this neighbor
hood, returned home yesterday.
We are glad to note that the con
duct of some young men in this com
munity is on the side of right and ev-
dences the aim of a higher ami nobler
life. May their highest aims be
crowned with successful accomplish
ments. Every right think.ug man ami
woman will cheerfully lend them a
helping hand.
Its now time to sow turnip seed,
and people ought to take advantage
of the season that is now in the
ground.
Wo hear of no serious cases of sick
ness in our community. The health
of our people is very good and has
been so genarally all year.
Mr. W. J. Vaughn has retired from
the mail service and turned the pouch
lover to contractor John Blackwood,
I who will carry it from Sarratts to
Wilkinsville.
Broad river and other streams have
been very low for some time. Tues
day night, however, the river ran up
on account of the rains above so that
it was too high to ferry and a good
many who wished to attend meeting
at Salem were turned back. Several
of our neighbors, to-wit: Messrs. J.
H. Fowler, N. J. Blackwell, Sam Lee,
Joe Estes and Rufus Estes, with some
; some of their York county friends,
went to the upper part of this county
for a fox hunt last Monday. They
j haven’t returned yet, and we are un
able to report their success.
Mr. Morgan Millwood has a lot of
watermelons, and they are of the
; best quality.
To our friend anil neighbor, Mr. C.
F. Inman, we are indebted for some
of his fine Kleckley variety of water-
melons. They are of the very best
j kind raised in this climate. He and
Mr. Millwood are the champions in
this important industry.
We learn that Rev. J. B. Wilson will
have Rev. Tom Leitch, with Mr. Mar-
i shall, his singer, to assist him in his
meeting at Mesopotamia next week.
This will be a treat and we trust our
people will show a proper apprecia
tion of it by giving them a full house
at each service. Rev. Mr Wilson has
the reputation of being me of hte
best preachers in the South Carolina
conference, and with such efficient
assistants we may look f or good re-
I suits.
A quandary has been raised as to
how 1904 should be written in letters.
: The only way we know to keep it
from being too bungling is to write
|it MCMIV.
A friend has called our attent’on to
the fact that the word "Immortal”
occurs only once in the Scriptures—
I Timothy. 1:17.
"Great Truths on Great Subjects,”
in six lectures, by Rev. Dr. Bailey, Is
a book everyone ought to read.
Mr. Jeff Hughes passed here this
morning on his way to the I'nion mar
ket with a load of chickens and eggs.
In some sections there seems to be
too much rain for cotton.
J. L. S.
Cholera Infantum.
This disease has lost its terrors
since Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy came into gen
eral use. The uniform success which
attends the use of this remedy in all
cases of bowel complaints in chil
dren has made It a favorite wherever
its value has become known. For sale
by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D.
Allison, Cowpens.
It takes some politicians about two
hours to Inform an interviewer that
they have nothing to say.
Many a man puts his best f<x>t for
ward only to have his corn trod on.
It Can Be Done Honestly Only by
Giving Value Received.
One of the cardinal traits of a gen- ;
nine moral character is honesty. It is
a bond of social and commercial con
fidence. It is the basis of real pros
perity. \Ye feel like not only en-1
dorsing the sentiment that an “hon
est man is the noblest work of God,”
but also adding that an honest man
is the bedrock and bulwark of society
and the state.
A dishonest man is a carbuncle up
on the neck, a felon upon the finger
of the social body. He causes a sight
of irritation, trouble and inconven
ience; he infrequently communicates
poison to the entire social system.
There is much complaint of a lack
of strict honesty in the land today,
and there are many evidences to sus
tain the complaint. We can scarcely
pick up a paper without reading of
thefts and defalcations, and the op
erations of fraudulent and swindling
schemes, and the extortions of corpo
rate greed.
Coincident with the carnival of dis
honesty is the . prevalence of the
gambling mania, and may it not be
that these two things are somewhat
related as effect and cause?
The speculative spirit is wide
spread. It permeates and infests i
all classes of society from the lowest I
to the highest. In the lowest it
finds expression in crap shooting and
in the devices of gambling dens. A
little higher up, as men grade society,
it finds expression in laying a wager
on the ball game, and the cock fight
and the horse race. Among the re
spectables it finds oppression around
the card tables of fashionable par
lors and drawing rooms, and reaches
the climax of expression in what is
commonly known as "dealing in fu
tures.”
There are many men who would not
bet on a horse race or stake money
on a game of cards, but they will put
up money as margins on cotton con
tracts and grain futures.
Doubtless there is a lawful dealing
in futures. As things are, it is pos
sible that in no other way could large
dealers in these products protect
themselves against serious losses in
certain ca«es in the course of bona
fide transactions.
But for the mass of men who en
gage in this kind of dealing, it is
nothing but gambling. They are pro
tecting no legitimate interests, they
are simply and solely indulging the
gambling spirit. Their dealings
amount to nothing but a wager laid
upon the future price of a product.
It means that one man’s gain is an
other’s loss, and it leads to risks that
are not legitimate ami safe.
But without arguing the question,
let us consider the result. The safest
rule by which to judge of the moral
character of anything is the old one
given by the Master Teacher, "By
their fruits ye shall know them.”
What are the fruits of dealing upon
the exchange? It saps the essentials
of sterling manhood, honor, patient
industry and economy.
If I can make $500 by venturing
$100 upon margins, why hesitate to
risk on the venture the $100 in my
hands as a trust? I can soon pay it
back, and have a nice surplus for my
self.
If I can make $50 t on the exchange
in a day or a week, or even in a
month, why need I be plodding along
working for $30 or $50 a month? And
why worry myself with stinting and
economizing at every turn and living
plainly and frugally? And thus 'the
essentials of noble vigorous manhood
collapse under the touch of the ma
lign transactions with their golden an
ticipations.
These dealings have unfitted many
a man for any employment requiring
concentrated and persistent toil; they
have made thieves of young men in
stores and banks; they have made
defaulters and embezzlers of thosq
who have had trust funds in their
Keeping; they have brought many a
family to poverty, and many a good
j many a life with bright prospects to
many a life with bright prospects ot
I a suicide's grave and to a dark eter-
• nity.
These transactions kindle a desire
to get rich in haste, and he who
makes haste to be rich will rarely, if
ever, be honest. It will ever be true
| that “They that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts.” The gamb
ling spirit so prevalent today in low
and high circles, in the den and in
I the pit, is a giant foe to honesty. It
is subversive of that ancient command
spoken from heaven, "Thou shalt not
| steal.”
If you would be an honest man.
keep out of the Niagara rapids of
speculation. There are deadly falls
just ahead. You may never get rich,
but there is something better than
riches. This is not a popular doc
trine at this hour, but thai is because
| the popular vision is disordered and
distorted. But believe me, there is
something more valuable than money
and that is unsullied manhood.
I do not condemn money getting.
On the contrary. I praise it. Make
all the money you can ami save all
! the money you can. so you use it for
God and humanity. There is no vir
tue in poverty. On the other hand,
there is a fearful sacrifice of power
and usefulness.
Put yourself down to It; make mon
ey, but see to It that you keep a clean
conscience and clean hands.
J. S. Moffatt.
THROUGHOUT THE
TARHEEL STATE
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Items of Interest Concerning Our
Neighbors in the Old North State
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers
President Roosevelt and Postmaster
General Payne Tuesday decided upon
the appointment of W. A. Lloyd as
postmaster at Chapel Hill.
B. Varnell, who was highly es
teemed, was killed near Tarboro
Tuesday afternoon in an encounter
with his son-in-law, Joe Phillips. The
latter is under arrest. There were no
particulars.
The State Board of Agriculture has
awarded the contract to W. C. Bain
of Greensboro for the erection of the
$50,000 agricultural building at the A.
& M. College, at Raleigh, it to be .com
pleted next spring.
David Jenkins, aged about 22 years,
was struck on the head Tuesday by
a tub of rock and almost instantly
killed. The accident occurred about
four miles west of Gastonia at the
Jenkins’ hc/ne place. Mr. Jenkins was
in his well building a wall when the
i windlass hands let the tub of rock
j fall in on him.
Lee Shelton, a young white man of
Mitchell county, is in jail in Charlotte
i charged with the murder of young
; Shell sometime during January or
I February. The murder occurred in
; Mitchell county while the young men
were on their way from Pineolu to
! Montezuma. Shell being shot ten
times in the back. Shelton was taken
to Charlotte for safe keeping.
The campaign in Cleveland county
opened at Shelby Wednesday, Gov
ernor Charles B. Aycock speaking to
a crowd of 5,000 people or more gath
ered from all parts of that and ati*
joining counties. Governor Aycock
was at his best and made a fine
speech, ami the large audience stayed
with him from beginning to finish.
Speeches were also made by Hon.
Clyde R. Hoey. Mr. R. L. Ryburn, and
j Hon. E. Y. Webb.
At 1:32 o’clock Wednesday after
noon freight trains No-. 71 and 02,
collided on the main ’ •’p •>pa" the
junction, north of Chanoite, batter-
: ing up two engines, splintering sever
al cars, ami injuring two men. The
accident is attributed to the failure
I of one of the trains to take the sid
ing. The freight trains were moving
; at a moderate rate of speed when the
, collision occurred. The heavy en
gines crashed together with a thud
j and the box cars just behind them
[ were smashed. Conductor C. H. Cly-
boyle, of No 71, was slightly injured
about the face, and W. M. Russell, a
brakeman, suffered a fracture of the
I leg. Russell’s home is in Concord.
Chief of Police Geo. N. Howard, of
Washington, is now behind prison
bars in the custody of Sheriff Hodges
in pursuance of a writ issued by Jus
tice of the Peace E. S. Sinjmons, com
mitting him to jail for contempt of
; court. The judgment of the court
i was that Howard pay a fine of $10
and the^ cost of the action. This
| Howard “refused to pay upon the ad-
i vice of his counsel. Judge G. H.
i Brown has been appealed to by wire
i for a writ of habeas corpus, his honor
being in Chapel Hill. Justice Sim-
: mons, in delivering his opinion, stated
1 that the respondent, Howard, could
not appeal from his court or his decis-
1 ion. The sentiment of the community
seems to be largely in sympathy with
Howard and his action in the prem-
| ises.
Officer J. H. Brown, of the Char
lotte police force, died Tuesday after
noon, several hours after he had an
: encounter with Paul Biggers, a 17-
! year-old boy. who, upon the officer’s
| death, was placed under arrest on the
charge of manslaughter, and after
wards released on $1,000 bond. Big
gers had been arrested for violating
a city ordinance and after the hearing
| the boy passed the officer and laughed
or sneered at him. Brown gave chase
and laid hold of Biggers. who struck
him in the stomach with his fist. The
j officer thereupon knocked the boy
I senseless with his club. The coro
ner's jury Wednesday afternoon com
pletely exonerated young Paul Big
gers. rendering a verdict as follows:
"J. H. Brown came to his death by
rupture of the spleen. The direct
cause of his death was internal
bleeding. The Jury also finds that
Paul Biggers was not the cause of
J. H. Brown’s death, therefore he is
exonerated.”
A man's idea of a heroine is a wo
man who can suffer in silence.
A stylish woman often has a hus
band who is the latest thing out.
For Magistrate.
James L. Strain Is announced as
a candidate for Magistrate for Gow-
deysvllle township, subject to the
decision of the primary election.
Girls who say the least are soonest
married.
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