Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, June 14, 1899, Image 4
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Wednesday, June 14, 1899.
MISTRIAL AGAIN.
Jury in Hughes Case Cannot
Agree and Mistrial Ordered.
The three speeches delivered
Friday afternoon?by 11. J.
Bavnsworth for the State, and J.
A McOul'ough and B. M. Shuman,
for the defence, were followed
yesterday morning by four
more?by Oapt. J. A. Mooney, for
the State; Col. George Johnstone,
for the defence; A. H.
Dean, also for the defence, and
Solicitor M. F. Ansel, for the
State.
Judge Gage's charge was brief
and pointed. He devoted most of
his time to the law of manslaughter.
He exhorted the jury to come
to an agreement. He did not
mean to disregard, but he wanted
them to make an effort, commensurate
with the ofTorts of counsel
to present the facts in the case to
reach a conclusion before they
pave up.
The jury took t ie papers in the
case and filed into their room at
2.1 G p. m. and the court, adjourned
for the day and with the intention
of adjourning sin<- die as
soon as the verdict was obtained.
The soeeches of all the attorneys
in the case were favorably
commented upon and all were
listened to with great attention.
Particular interest, however, centered
upon the address of (Jo'onel
.Johnstone, whose elTort before
the jury was a masterful piece of
oratory full of striking and lofty
flights of eloquence When it be
came known that ho was about to
begin his address the court room
filled up promptly with the lead
ing people of the citv. Standing
room was at a premium and some ^
who came late had to he turned j
away.
The trial of Mrs. Mattie A.l
IIughes, of (ireors, for the murder
of her husband, George W.
Hughes, has again, after four j
days of the most exhausting labor ;
in the severest heat, of the sum-|
mer, resulted in a mistrial, and I
the last jurv se tried to be as!
hopelessly far from a verdict as!
the former jury. In fact it looks I
as if no jury can be found in the '
county to either convict or acquit j
Mrs. Hughes, so great i? the interest
in the case and ?o stronglv !
have the people made up their |
minds on the case, although the1
poll of the last, jurv shows a
slight change in favor of Mrs.
Hughes. The jury was out on the!
case this time nine hours and
forty-seven minutes, filing in ar j
12 :0.'{ this morning wiih the announcement
tha* it was impossi-.
ble for them to agree.
During Summer we are liable to!
Stomach and Bowel troubles, such as
Diarrhoea, Colic, Cramps, etc., for
which Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine is highly recommended.
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* ?New Richmond, Minnesota,
was destoyed by one of the worst
s tornadoes that ever visited that
locality, Sunday night. All of
the business houses were wrecked,
killing and wounding between
250 and 500 people.
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DOWNFALL OF FITZ8IMMONS
Jeffrie* Defeat* World's Champion
at Coney Island.
New York, June 9.?James J.
Jeffries, another sturdy younp
giant, has come out of the west to
whip champion pugilists. At the
arena of the Coney Island Athletic
club tonight he defeated
Iiobt Fitzsimmons, world's cham- ,
pion in two classes?middle and }
heavy weight?in 11 rounds of ^
whirlwind fights. He came tp the j
ring a rank outsider and left it
the acknowledged master of the
man he defeated. He was never t
at any time in serious danger, t
and after, the size up in the earlier
rounds of the contest, took
r
the lead. He had the Australian
whipped from the ninth round.
It was acknowledged that Jeffries
would have an immense advan- .
tage in weight, height and age, (
but the thousands who tipped and \
barked his opponent to win were $
sure that he was slow, and that. t
he would in that respect be abso- 1
lutely at the mercy of the past- (
master at the science of fighting *
that fie was to meet.
AS FAST AS F1TZSIMMON8.
He proved, on the contrary, j
that he was just as fast as the (
man he met, and beat him down i
to unconscious defeat in a fair !
fight. He is a veritable giant in 1
structure, and marvellously
speedv for his immense size.
Less than a year ago he appeared ,
in New York a great, awkward, ,
ungainly boy. Today he is the |
lithe, active, trained athlete. The
men who prepared him for his 1
fight worked wonders with him. i
They taught him a nearly perfect '
defence, improved his foot move- !
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nient and instructed him in the I
methods of indicting punishment.
The transition Rince he appeared
last lias been little short of mirao- .
ulons. At 24 he has defeated |
Kobert Fitzsimmons. Tom Shar- .
key and Peter Jackson, and if he t
cares for himself he will probably 1
he able to successfully defend the <
title for many years. <
Fitzsimmons Lost licit, hut (iot
Thirty-live Thousand. I
New York, June 10.?The Times ,
tomorrow will say : The division 1
of the firmila of t-lm liill'i-ioo C'?.? I
Simmons fight was as follows: 1
Half of tlm recepts wont to the }
Coney Island sporting club and 1
half to the contestants. The
amount taken .n at the door was
$85,270
Half of the admission money
amounted to $42,635. Of this (
Kitzsimmons received ?(> per j
cent., or $2"),581, and Jeffries 40 1
percent, or $17,054. The purse \
said to have been offered by the 1
club was $20,000. In the event *
of .JefT>ieS winning this was to be t
fully divided, thereby making I
Kitzsimmons' total receipts $35,581
and .Jeffries' $27,054. I |
1' is declared that Kitzsimmons 1
would not make the raatcn until
he had been guaranteed the largo
end of the purse and the gate
money, owing to his reputation
and position. Manager Brady j
accepted 40 per cent, for his man,
believing that in the long run | ,
such an amount and a decision (
were worth more than 00 per f
cent, and a defeat.
? Hanker .John A. Benedict is t
still missing. No trace of him 1
can he found. 1
What is Kodol Dyspepsia Cure? It
is the newly discovered remedy, the <
mo*t affective preparation ever devis- |
ed for aiding the digestion and assimilation
of food, and restoring the deranged
digestive organs to a natural t
condition. It is a discovery surpassing ?
anything yet known to the medical
profession. Crawford Bros. (
F ROM OA HOI.IN A TBACHBBg' JOURNAL, JUNB NO*
ATTENTION.
BY 8. II. EDMUNDS, SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS, SUMTER, S. C.
There are many points in the educational
development concerning which
teachers differ: there are others upon
which they all agree. It is always more
pleasant, if not so profitable, to talk
about those things that are accepted by
all disputants ; especially is this the case
alien the thermometer registers 98 deirees
in the shade.
It is conceded by all that attention is
ibsolutely necessary on the part of one
hat wishes to learn. However thorough
he teaching may be, there can be no
earning without attention. To be truly at
entice one must put forth mental effort,
rhis mental effort may be the result
>f the listener's determination : more frejuently
it is the effect of the mode of
presentation. It is 6afc to assume that
he listener will put forth very little
effort of his own volition to learn what is
jeing taught unless the subject is pre.,1
i> .. ....... ... * *
>Clliru ill RUl II >1 V> it V ill HI ill irM 211 11'II ion
or unless by careful training the
istener's mind has become an attentive
me. This places the responsibility upon
he teacher, adding another item to this
white man's grievous burden. We may
:onsider this rather a double form of tax
ition upon the teacher's physical revenue
ind mental income; but the condition
dill stares us in the face, a teacher cannot
teach without an attentive learner
ind that he must by training and by his
method of teaching make his learners
ittentive. The mode of presenting a lesion
implies the teacher's using every
means at hand or that may be acquired
to make a lesson attractive thus inducing
the pupil to put forth that mental effort
that must ever precede true attention.
The training of a pupil necessary to make
liim an attentive learner suggests that
ittention is not an involuntary frailty;
hut one that must be cultivated. It
iometimes happens that inattention is
wilful neglect : this is simply disrespectful
disobedience and must he dealt with
accordingly. But inattention does not
always imply a wilful determination not
o learn or a spirit of rebellious defiance;
>111 it simply shows that this faculty, this
lbilitv to stretch the different powers of
he mind in one direction is dormant and
leeds awakening. The awakening process
is a gradual one and requires skill
>n the part of him that would instruct,
bet's bring the matter nearer home,
i'ou have read thus far in this paper, I
lope without much skipping?do you
ememher even thing that you have road ?
[fyou do not. then it must follow that
he subject as presented by the writer
ias no interest lor you fir your ability to
lttend needs cultivating; or it may be
bat both difficulties have been in the
way of your acquiring anything bv this
useless expenditure of your time a dif
ienltv that frequently eonlrontsa teacher
h tft distinguish real attention f'rnm flint
vhich is apparent. The listening attitude
loes not necessarily imply the attentive
nind. A pit pi 1 may good naturedly and
azily appear to drink in the words of
visdom as fast as they llow from the
eacher's mouth; but let the teacher
ipply the test and he will he forced to
:onclude that like'the Bay of Portugal
hat pupil's mind has no bottom.
While an attentive altitude on the
art of the pupil is desirable, it does not
bllow that, because a pupil is apparenty
inattentive, he is really so. You have
leard of the teacher w ho kept a pupil in
or inattention during the lesson that re
ated to the use of the ditto character?
lo punish him she told him to write one
Kindred times the sentence, "I was inittentive
today." Jn a few minutes the
pupil returned with the sentence written
>nce ana rne auro marns neiow 10 reprelent
the other ninety nine sentences,
['here was another person in that room
>esides the pupil who had learned somehing
that day. Tins fable teaches us,
noreover, that in order to have our
pupils truly attentive we must consider
heir .individual needs, aptitudes and
labits. No general prescription will
;ure all diseases even in the same man.
[low can we hope to minister to minds
variously diseased by using the same
reatment. The proper understanding of
he child is at last the key that opens the
loor of most educational difficulties.
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LITERARY OUTLOOK IN THE SUNNY
SOUTH.
BY MARGARET H. ftlON LIBRARIAN OF 8. C.
COLLEGE.
It would seem from the slim quota of
Southern librarians at the recent conference
of the American Library Association
at Atlanta, that our people prefer to
find their "books in running brooks, sermons
in stones, etc."
It was the design of Miss Wallace in
inviting the A. L. A. to Georgia, to give
an impetus to library work in this seclion,
and the great body of librarians
descended upon us full of the missionary
spirit.
The reception given them by Atlanta
was so cordial and enthusiastic, that the
people of that city received a baptism
and a blessing of the library spirit, which
assures the development of the librrry as
an aggressive educational force in that
community. John Temple Graves say*,
that Atlanta's devotion to the Youi.g
Men's Library "has always kept the
thoroughbred of culture in the lead of
the packhorse of progress"; and Georgia,
with its Woman's Clubs, Study Clubs,
State Free Library Commission, and
Traveling Libraries as postillions, keeps
up with the procession which Massachusetts
leads.
The number of delegates to the A. L. ^
A. m*na nhnnt 000 As fur na
known at present, the delegates from the
Southern section were the following:
Miss Campbell, Augusta, Ga.?
" Hardorave, Oxford, Miss.
" Rion, Columbia, S. C. .
Mrs. Bell, Jackson, Miss.
Prof. McPiierson, Athens, Ga.
Dr. Bkkr, New Orleans. La., and two
young ladies from Fort Worth, Texas.
Perhaps this does not evidence such a
lack of interest, but it shows that organization
and a spirit of cooperation are
totally lacking. We need organization
to stimulate us to a realization of the
part that the library has in a system of
general public education We need an
organizer like Miss Anne Wallace of At
lunta. We need a place and part in the
coming Chatauqua at our Isle of Palms.
We need to have a Library Institute at
the Summer school. We need a library
in every community.
Above all, we need trained librarians,
who only can make a library the potent
lanlnr fnr i?nml lli.it it nun n lwm .....I..
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earnest and intelligent management.
South Carolina should be proud of her
old and very valuable libraries :
Winyah Indigo Society's, Georgetown,
17f>7;
Charleston Library, Charleston, 1748;
South Carolina College Library,
Columbia, 1802;
Cheraw Lyceum, Cheraw, 1850.
Also several recently established, but
nourishing small ones.
Lot everybody realize the manifest
blessing of a public library, and work lor
a multiplication of libraries, and the
nuf I* Ivl ?U I* ??*/\?? 1 I I . ? ? 1 - * 1
cniauiioiiuHfiit in 11lirary iiihi n uios.
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