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HAITIS i S MET WITH PRINCETON CHURCH Twelfth A iililui 1 Session of the Laurens Count} Baptist Association.. .Itcv. I']. ('. Wntsoil? Moderator. Tho twelfth annual session of the Laurens County Baptist association was held last weeU with tho Princeton Baptist church, in the lltt'o to?vn of Princeton, it miles west of Laurens, i lie sessions having opened Tuesday morning ami being concluded Thurs dio at noon. The introductory sor inon |>reached by Rev. .1. a. .Martin of Cross Hill, was from .John :5: 7, "Ye must be born again," which was a Splendid exposition of the Christian life, and greatly enjoyed by the large, attentive eongrogation. The association was called to order hj Mr. Cltus. 13. Hobo of Laurens, in the absence of Dr. .lohn D. Pitts, for many yours the honored moderator. Permanent Organization was effected by the election of Rev. IS. C. Watson of Laurens as moderator; Messrs. C. !!. hobo and 15. L. Henderson, secre taries; ("has. II. Roper, treasurer. The following visiting brethren were extended a welcome by the associa tion to scats in the body: Dr. W. T. Derieux, assistant corresponding sec n Inrj of the State mission board; .Mr. William tloldsmitll, treasurer of the hoard of ministerial education; Dr. W. W. Keys of The Maptist Courier; Dr. ('. ('. Brown, secretary of Aged Minis ters' relief, ami Rev. .lohn L. Ray of llio Princeton charge of the South Car olina conference. Report on the order of business was submitted, after which Hie association adjourned lor dinner. The afternoon session was opened With devotional exercises led by Rev. C. W. Salier of Laurens. The report on woman's work,or the missionary societies of tho Baptist churches in Laurens county, was submitted by Mr. l\ L. Brnmbletl and the same was discussed by Rov Messrs. Dorioux. Leys and .1. O. Martin. The report showed that during the year a gain from $I,;I00 to $2,000 had been made lor the cause. The report on religious periodicals was read by Rev. .J. O. Marlin and briefly discussed by W. W. Keys. C. L. Fowler. 10. C. Watson, Dr. Derieux, L. T. Benjamin, W. D. Ham men, ('. I!. Bobo, C. W. Salter. T. .1. Hughes and S. ii. Brock, all giving hearty endorsement of The Baptist Courier and The Clinton Pulpit, the latter a new religious periodical edited by Rov. C. Lewis Fowler of Clinton. .\i the evening session "The Layman's Movement" was the subject before the li notation and the importance and significance of this mater was forci bly presented by Rev. Messrs. Fowler. Ray. Derieux and Bobo. On motion of Rev. \V. 10. Thayor of Laurens. a committee of live was appointed by ih.' moderator, ono from each union in I he association, whose duty shall be lo present the Claims of the Gospel in over} church embraced In the asso ciation. This cominitte is as follows: c B. Boho. chairman; F. L. Brainblett, W. li. Drummond, W. P. Culbertson mid c. li. Ropor, Wednesday morning's session opened with devotional exercises Conducted Ip\ W. II. Drummond, followed with n report Oll State missions by Rev. .I.T. Taylor and a discussion of the paper by the commltloemen, C. R. Bobo, Dr. Derieux and Rev. Mr. Fowler. A col lection, amounting to $20.70, was ta ken lor the cause. C. It. Bobo present eil report on aged ministers' relief ami Dr. Brown followed with a discussion ,,l ii. Collection for this object amounted lo $38.06. \i || o'clock the annual missionary .sermon was preached by the modera tor, Rev. F.. C. Watson, from tlx1 text, .lohn 7: \i ihe afternoon session the report on temperance, submitted by Rev. ]?). c. Watson, precipitated Quite an ani mated and lengthy discussion Which was participated in by Rev. F. C. Wat son. Rev. .1. L. Ray . Rev . W. 10, Thnyor, Col. j. Il< Wharlon, j. a. I'uinain. W. C. Wharlon. Rev. C. W. Sail, i SV. D. Sullivan. Rev. C. L. Fowler and F. L. Hramblett. In the evening Rev. W. I']. Thayor preached from the text: Hobrows I:!: I. 2, his thotno being "The Christ ian's Race." Ai the conclusion or die sermon c it. Hobo presented the report on orphanage ami a contribu tion of $!!0.fifl was made by the asso r In I ion lor ibis purpose. I he Until session of the mooting was hold Thursday morning. Mr. T. S. Laugst on loading in devotional oxer , i os at Hie oponlng. H. II. Milium read tllC annual report on Sunday (Continued on page Fight.) J. H, GARRISON CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER For Ihe Killing of Louis Williamson, Gray Court Man is Given Two Years -Appeal Taken Trial of the Case Consumed a Day==Jury Was Out Fourteen Hours Before Reaching an Agreement. "Guilty of manslaughter with rccoin- | meudation to the mercy of the court" was ilio verdict roncho?l by tin- jury (hat tried Mr. .1. Henry Garrison for tin- killing of Mr. .1. l.onis Williamson of Bethesda township. York county, The above vordlci was readied at eleven o'clock Kridoy morning after the jury had been out all ilighl and after it had returuod to the cour< room at n::io with the intelligence ? an agreement had not boon renclx At one o'clock in the afternoon M lur rison received his sent< these were the words pronoun< I h Judge Memminger: "The Beule; e < * the Court in that the defendunl I. i!. Gur rison, serve a sentence of . ivo years al hard labor upon the public works of Laurens county, s. c. or ;i like period in the state penitentiary ut hard la bor." Before sentence was pronounc ed and immediately after the verUlcl was read out in court. Mr. Foallicr stone for lite defense gave notice thul | lie would make a motion for :i now trial; the argument was heard hut tin-1 motion was over ruled and sentence was pronounced. The defense gave notice of an ap j peal to the Supreme Court of the Slate, | and pending the appeal asked tor tin release on hail of die def< udant, which was granted, the hail being Sl.uUO Hie' ... same amount fixed hy .Indue Walls on August the flrsl the day ufteM the] Bhooting, Mr. Garrison is therefore at liberty under bond, pending tltc j appeal which may he hoard in Janu ary; if not then, in May. A Memorable Scene. Among the most sensational cases over tried in tills county, the trial of Mr. .1. Henry Garrison, charged with murder committed upon the person of Mr. .1. l.onis Williamson, (lance of Mr. Garrison's daughter, Miss Mary, has attached toil more of the unusual, more of Interest, and more of pathos than any of recent years, a young man. lover ami (lance, has boon shot down in the home of his nfllnnccd, and hy (he hand of his future wife's father. Tin* father conies into the courts oi justice to answer lor tin deed, his daughter is summoned by tin- Slate of South Carolina to testify as to the1 reasons of the kllling;(hc friends of j the decoasod come from their homes in a neighboring count> to hoar the story; and the curious crowds gather j thickly about to witness tin- scene. Thursday. October the Ural, will be ;i long-rcmcmborccl day In the history of the city and county of I.aureus Slorj of the Killing. Mr. .1. i.ouis Williamson, a young farmer of the Bclhcsdn section of York county, met his dotlth in Ihe home of Mr. .1. Henry Garrison, a half mile from Cray Court station, :it ahout II o'clock on the night of Jlll> the 3ls< of this yenr. There he had gone lo pay court to Ihe (laughter of Mi\ Garrison, to whom he was engaged to he married. Upon Iiis arrival ?l the station. Mr. Garrison net him and together they drove lo in- Garrison I home. Continuously i om about i o'clock that afternoon, until William son hr .allied his last. Ihe couple wen together: Just where ihe young man spent the little Whiles of separation ;; not known, In ih" evening about sundown, as was customary, ilio Gar rison family had supper, and Mr. Wil linmson supped w ith thorn; in (ho ear ly hours of the evening together they sat on the porch of the ionic, and at about nine ihlrly, tie- lovers, Miss Mnry Garrison and her future husband went together into ihe parlor, wheie they romaliied until ihe shooting oc curred, Mr. Wllllami'on was shot with a double barrel diet gun, Ihe one load that was IIrod entering ihe abdo men a lillh' to tin' hit mi I lie center. Me was standing at the lltno of the fatal shot, looking nt his slayer, who stood on the ground Olltfiide tin' win flow of tin' parlor, with the barrel of the gun thrust Inside, meanwhile Miss Garrison seolug the gun and hearing her i; Iher's voice bad Iii -I to i ::<? hull outside. Death relieved the young man's suffering short h ufetr - o'clock thai night ami his hody was taken home for tin flu I Saturday at noon: it wits accompanied by some (lowers from his bereaved llaiicoe. Ihe Trial. On Thursday morning of lust week, the Court of General Sessions took up the case of the State against J. I Henry Garrison, charged with murder.' Some delay was occasioned hy the tar diness of Dr. C. 10. Rodgers, of Cray Court, who was late hCCUUSC of I lie extreme illness of Iiis wife. However. at about ten o'clock the prosecution announced its readiness to proceed and the defense signified tho same. The state was represented i>> Solici tor Robert A. Cooper and Attornej P, II. Nelson of Columbia, With Messrs. J. Lyles Glenn of Chester, 1\ Llarron Qrier of Greenwood, Harry I?. Gricr of StalesVille, N. C. and A. R. William son of Augusta; all four relatives of thi' deceased, as advisory counsel. Tiit1 local linns of Ferguson iv- Feutll erstone and Richcy & Richey appeared for the defense. Mr. Feutherstonc examined most of the witnesses in be half of the defendant's cause, while Solicitor Cooper examined them for the Stale: in the case of Miss Harri son, however. Mr. Nelson questioned the witness. At the calling of Un case the court room was crowded to its capacity, and several limes .Indue Memmillger had to instruct (he ha lift's io make the people sii down, as they stood in (Ik* aisles and Upon the benches, especially while Miss Garri son wits on the stand. Miss Garrison and her father wen (he principal witnesses. Miss Harrison for (he Stale and the defendant for himself Although summoned hy the j Slate Miss Harrison's testimony was decidedly in favor of her father..The prosecution sought to show that Mr. Williamson was not taking advantage of Miss Harrison: thai his conduct was tint the legitimate caresses of a lover and a future husband. The defense endeavored lo show that these nets wore not within the hounds per missible and that they were committed against the will of Miss Harrison, who protested against them and en deavored to free herself. !i was show n Hull Williamson had been drinking, was intoxicated when he arrived ai Gray Court, hut it was not proved thai he had had any whiskey after his arrival and the Slate contended (hat he had time to sober Up before the shooting look place, The defense held (hat Harrison did not know thai his daughter was engaged lo William son. The prosecution contended lhat no harm or injury was committed, while the defense look I he position that the indications wen'* sufllclenl lo convince I he father lhat harm was at tempted. The Jury. The jury was drawn with very little dilllculty, neither side exhausting Its number of objections: a tiumbor of i hose presented were sworn on I heir voll' dire. Mr II. I'. Adair. who is (ill years of age was presented and ex cused by the defense, because the ng< limit is 05; and upon this ground will likely be based one of the ideas before the Supreme Court, The court noted tho objection to Mr. Adair. Mr. W. W Vcargin when sworn on his voll' dire said be could not give a lair trial, hav iuu formed his opinion, and could IHM be changed; he was excused hy tho court. The panel completed was: Y. .1. I,avion foreman. I.. Ii. I'.ailey. II. R, IVyor, 10. I?. MilniU, .1. W. Abrain-. San. i.. Saxon, m. p.. lied mbnugh, <;. c. Klnloy, it. ii. Voting, (Clinton), G. It. Voting, .lohn A. Abcrcronibio, and A. I. .Mahnfrey. The Testimony. Dr. c. 10. Rodgors, of Gray Couri was the first witness put up by (he stai.. lie testified to having attend ed young Williamson, after ho wr.h Shot, and lhat lie had heel) summoned by Mr, Harrison: said deceased tiled from gunshot wound Inflicted by sliol gun. evidently at close range, load i coloring abdomen a Hille lo tin- left censed from bleeding much extornallj : of center; said that pari of bowels protruding lb rough wound kepi fi?? death caused by internal hemorrhage; saw no indications of druukoiine i; deceased rational lor nhotll an hour aller Ills arrival Iiis? Garrison on I he Man.I. Miss Mary Garrison, Hie young lady who w;u- Ullgngcd to the deceased,was put up by the prosecution as ii>e sec ond witness She told the story of I lie affair with hesitation at limes, but showed some resontmenl al questions propounded by Mr. Nelson, and when the letter of sympathy which she had willen io the young man's mother was handed hoi" to Identify, she lore it in two pieces and Hung it down at her feet. Later Mr l<Vnthorstone in her behalf apologized ror this act, which niigbl have constituted coll tcni|it of court, but which ,ludge Mein inlngcr siiiil lie would overlook, as perfectly natural under tho clrcuni stances. The purport of Miss Harrison's tos- 1 tintony was thai Williamson was an der the lullucncc of Ibiuor th<- night of the killing and thai in- had attempt- { ed to go too far in bis 11 hordes with her: that her father heard her telling Williamson lo slop, ami llred through the window, just as she mil out of the room and Williamson Jumped up front the sofa whore sho and he had been silling. She began her testimony by saying, in answer to Mr. Nelson's question, Unit sin- had taught twice in York county, tho last time at Itothcsdu high ' school, eight or ten miles from Koch ' Hill, nud t wo miles fi oin i i.c home 1 of \ 11-. Williamson's lather, where I Louis Williamson Ii,?-*! She taught I lirst in York in IHOTi at nnothi r school, i then in I lampion county for four j months and wont back to York in September, I'.lOfi, und taught there un ; til April. I!m>?. She cam ?? Ii line lo (?ray Court, this county, on the, lind day of May. Williamson came to sec her lirst in .June, ('nine again oil .lulyltlst. Was engaged to him since sprint;. Didn't 1 make Know n the < iigagcntoni lo her mother She didn't loll her mother.; but her mot her know it after the lirst visit. Williamson reached there that day about i p. in. Clinic up from the sta i lion in Ihe buggy with her father, who I had gone lo inool him at her rofpiest. She and Williamson a pen I Ihe evening I together, part 61 the llnie In walking . and paH or tin- lime at the house. After supper they sal on the porch I ', with her father and sister. Took tea I with the family. After awhile sin and Williamson wool in Hie parlor. laud sin- described th<- situation ol I thill room. on i he left of lite hall as ; one elite's tin hou ?<?. SI ?? sal in a I chair at llrsl, in fr?nt ol the window, and on a plat she pointed out tin ex act location of her chair. Went in parlor about 9:!{0 and tin- shooting took place about I 1 o'clock, "Who shot Williamson?" asked Mr. 1 Nelson, The witness hesitated und II it re : pled that he wn shot by "iny father." : tier lather. tdiC said, was outside, and llred through Ihe window Ai (hut time witness said she had inn out <>. I the room. When asked w :,.\ she ran.! she replied ihat ^ In- saw I lie guii, lie ; fori) she saw the gun she was in He corner of the room, sitting Oil ihe 8oi';> j j with Williamson, Williamson Wi j nearer the w indow than she. lb-, ; had been smoking Cigarettes. She saw the gun lirst. before Williamson did. j Didn't s< <- In r >'aih<-,' .- i ail ami a' lirsl didn't know who win eiitsidi '?? : heard his \ oic lab ;?. Williamson's body Wa '.ik< n iron. Ihe house Saturday oveni ttnd ihe I killing occurred the night befure. sie did not accompany (hi body to York bill sent llowors and to Willi in oil's j mother wrote a letter of syiiipathy. Before this visit Williamson had (rented her with propel' orniri > and isla? had considered him a gentleman, or she would not ha\<- i.Ii ciiuagi d to htm. Mr. N'eisoii asked If Ii did anything that night mil.tailing a goiitleman, and she replied that he did, ; that he went enlirely too far. lb- did j ask lier to marry him. The dclicnb situation .in- I bofbi'0 tin ? ?? ?i 11 .-. was i brought out frOUi !ll< naturally' Im lam witness as tiictfu l.< in pos sible by Mr Nelson, bill with i d los 1 ttiel ami court ci y lie (lid hot fall 10 I arouse the woman's rosoniiuenii und I it was with dllhculty that he secured I direct answer to bis ipie> I io:; "IHil lie Mi? nipl < ridiiutil \ssiit ll.' Mr. Nob on asked If WilllnfUsnh Iii l : atleuipi.il a criminal llssailll.il nd I replied that s'm did tioi knoA hi. in ; Mentions. She wotthl not shy whoth< r | j or not he had put his arm around i I Tin- defense objected lo some of tin questions as leading, hm .Indge Mem 1 ining.-r rub il Hint under the cit'ciliu stances the leading Was necessary lo gel out the facts. finally she said (hat Williamson asked her lo : it (ill the sofa with him and promised to aci rlghl, but lie wheeled iirotid ami t"ii hi hbnd in her lap. I hell pill his In- id on lie i ami tried to get her lo put her head there also. Site Wji Iryillg lb gi I away from hllll ami heg.! injj hi n lo let her v.o. I |e nulled In ; d iw n a his lap. ' I >\ IIS hogging Iii til io I ? i me loose." :~aiii Miss (larrlsou, "ami father In nrd Ii," Slip said IItat W'ii linmson had hever i otic so fi , :.. ? ? While i v- lug lo gm ;? ivnj i lie >\\ Hie gun. Willi, Uli i .i ii; I hbi' I" I arin t ry hip, to pull her rio-vi 'lie Will 'ill. (lei i, : he raid I he hill 1 w imiow . only a < i" i -tilt : liii nml both vv< r>- dp he liiior i kplitin 'd There whs no one on tie porch wi-eii (hey weilt Into (be parlor, Her lUothors room was up stall'! ; ml nbOVC Ihe parlor ami she ami her . is ter usually stave,I with their inolhor, l-'ather stayed in a separate I'oolll usually. Thtll lilgbl alie and i let' [ wore In lee|) up stairs anil luv I'll III Ol' itiul li.ollu r down slairs. Her I I'othoi'il si. pi up slairs. SI;.' dUlll'l ! know v.: i iv her father hud gone dial night : ? i li.'.v w oiil lulo Iho parlor. U'tor l:< shooting she saw hpr rather and lie dldil'l have on any eoat. Mother en me in the room soon. Wil liamson walked without assistance lo iin- Pai l, shell room ami lay down on i i<- bed !l<- look (ill' his coal ami she look <>iT his collar, lb- liuhltttotiod his t rou i rs io relievo the pain Sin sh pi a Utile that night Oil UlO sofa just before day. >%. iiacvs Tears l'|i l.eller. '?i Ibis poilll llie card which was hi with Ihn Mowers by her was hand id i'ic witness and sh" identified ii Mi r name was written Ihorebn in a llrm and clear hand. Then Mr. Nelson handed her die letter, a document <>i coral pngos. sin- lookd ovr tlie . said ii look like hers and then ior< ii in hall', through and through, und Illing it ai her feel all without display. .Indge Memmlnger had (lie loiter handed to him and looked over (In Cross Kxaiainnilon. <>n cross-examination hy Mr. Konlli erslolie, Miss thllTiani) said that at the llrsl visit, her father had asked bor If Williamson intended I.lining a member of the I'amilj and that she bad replied be might and In- might I not. Williamson, she repealed, had always acted nicely, bill (hut day as soon as she saw him she know lhat ho had I.n drinking. lb' was a good ((?ai under tiie liillucucc of whiskey. ; ',? did not Smell it on him. ho: lie acted strangely ami repeated Illings several limes, lie smoked cigarettes ( onstaittly, 1 "Is it n<a I rue.'' asked \l r, !?'? ather stone, "dial lime ami again Um I night I ?? attempted io lake liberties with you " ' I MisS Harrison replied that it was i rue. Thai sin- Irled 10 mal o him slop, and said repealed!}'. "H urt do that, don't do i lull ."lie Irled b" gel her lo li.- on Ike ofil vv if li him and io . ? got ui> lo ii ; a way he caught 1 ; >r a i in. Ai i Hut tlii ?? her fallier ap pc.! I ler ho) ? Dig was loud .> io n heard oiilsido. As father appeared she jumped up and ran out i room, William, on jumped up ami ;." I tl:< window and the shot was The I)} lim Dec I ara I ion. vi iv > ? bin Ison : itiled I hi>' hfl er i he idling \\r i I i III li en's valise was opi iiod at his rotjnosl Iti let him get io whiskey. Thought ii was iii|iiarl bottle that In look out. "Some ol I hose men can tell you." she raid. IP was given several drinks. Oil the tor um r visit she said lie was iiol iindoi the Inlllieiice of whiskey and his eon dud was exemplary, After Hie shot, she said she had il talk wit h him. lb iid he was going lo die Und hail lie ! ope, This laid the foundation fui ih>- introduction for the dying declare lion and Mr. l-'ealhcrsloin then nsked: "Dill In- stale In- was. io blame ami no' your lather, and ihai he did not w tiiii your tat Her hurt for Ii Miss Harrison replied (hat lb (lid sutiu this in the presonce of herseii : ; l her mother. H was then hroughi out that there were no hliluh lo tin . lows ai all, only shades ami em tain . She was on UlO far side of tin iota from the window, sin- repealed lhat when her father called ul tin window sin- ran out of the .in and Williamson turned to tho whitlow, la m ivi r to the tpicslioUi Miss Harrison said no lime had been lived foi Ho wedding of herself and Williamson She did not tlii. k he would have acted a i lie did it ho had not been iiudci Hie influence of vhlskoy. tin llie re I direct cxniniliutlt n. Miss Harrison said that after Ills arrival that afternoon . Williamson was wltli her most ul tlx lime, that she did not smell whiskey on liilli at all and didn't see him lnk< a drink. She did tiol know (hill In took a drink thai afternoon, hut stu ul the emphasis on lue 1 !" Implying lhat others may have known ii At I." was SllOi sho Wave him lw( ? !. Inks oui m i ho bottle and put i In bot I lo on the Im rchtt. This practically completed the test! 1 mohy of Miss Garrison, During most ! of the time sho was on the stand sin lood up ami replied to (he i|ticstioii with deliberation, at times with hosl I al ion. v.i. K. t. sin ii Teslllies, \i r. i:. T shell of Gray <'otii'l w? icxt i>ui up. lb- had been culled li Hu- Garrison house thai night* after Ihn . booting. Williamson asked ii lie ((?old g.ei well and witness first told him lhat w hile there was brciilll llioro ? hope, hill later lold him In- Could 1)01 live. On (his basis (lie prnseeii lion : ought lo Introduce what William ton had said but the defense objected ? i--! Hie conn rubd thai Hie legal foundation had not been laid propel' Ij Thrtl (here was a possibility thai Williamson may have entelialiieil Itopi ? if recovering ai thai lime, evcli ilflet i ? t:111 111.-111 lo Miss Harrison Till' |ui'} was then seht oul of the room and >'n judge ihen asked the witness what Williamson had said. Mr. Shell re plied thill Williamson had said, lie' did not see why Ihnl 111(1 II shot llie.' it talked in a rambling way and call ? l the names of people at his home (Continued on pugo Might i CRIMINAL COURT FINISHES ITS WORK Pill I Term ol* Sessions Court Was Ad journed Saturday. .Many Con victions Seemed. Tho Kali lorin of (ho Criminal l'ourI for Luurons county, Which was convened Monday morning, Septem ber US, with Judge Mommingor on tho bench, was adjourned Saturday after noon, this being Ihe last regular lorm oi Sessions Court for llila year. On (in- tirst Monday la November (bollual term ot tli<' Common I Metis Court lor iin- year will bo (Milled. The term of Ihe Sessions Court just held, was characterized hy the number of ease., tried ami the large per cent tif?e ol convictions secured. in fact there was only one acquittal, that of it negro iiaiued Kurr who was charged with broach of trust, and one mistrial which was ordered in the ease of .lohn Thompson, colorod.clinrged with mur der. heforo adjournment Saturday the Court heard several motions for new trials. all belg o\ er-ruled, after which sentence was passed on liaise not huh rio disposed of. Albert M. K; lllge, convicted ol assault and ha i lery oi a high and aggravated nature, beim; among these. He was given i> months or a line ol $1250 which he paid. The motion lor the new i rial in his case, however, was withdrawn. Iteiiuie Johnson, convicted of houso hrotlklllg and larceny. ;,ot two years. Heed Downs, sume ?h?rm-, plcadod guilty, ?". years Knock Heeks, violation of tin dispensary law, convicted in his absence, sealed sentence. Law rence Orillin. an obi llCgl'O, charged wiih murder, found cuilty of nian slnugliter, with a mercy recommouda lion. 2 years in penitentiary at such hard labor as be ma) be able to per form. Sam Henderson alias Hub Hen ? hi; on. colored, murder charge, convicted ol manslaughter and carry lug concealed weapons, was given Ion years ami a moul.ii lb- and Law rence tirillin, logo!her with n negro named Moses who had been on the chniugang for some time, were taken 10 <lolumbhi Monday. The (Sraiui Jury' completed its work and was dismissed Criday. The six hold over Claud Jurors for another year are I!. \V Heliums. It. !?'. .tones. 11 IV Tuinblin, V. A. White, foreman (his year; Hull (5, Martin ami W. N. Austin, The next session of the Criminal Conn lor this county will he convened on the second Monday in March, HH)!!, \ Compliment for Mr, Holl. During the progress of court here last week, Judge Mi-tninitiger voluiltor ed. ill the pi'csCIICC Of the reporter, .nine very coinplimentary remarks coiicorning Mr, John I?', Holl, clerk of court. Among the utterances was Ibis; "It is a pleasure to preside over a court where the clerk Is SUCh an ellicienl ol! eer as is Mr. Holt; the proceedings of a court res! in a large measure upon the (deck, and he can either expedite Ol' retard the work. Mr Holt i: one ol the best clerks in the Stale, and his methods are a oil reo of pleasure (o me in presiding over the I.aureus county courts." Susp? t ied Murderer Held. Will tirillin, as ho gives his name. Is in the city Station pending an Investi gation to SCO whether or not he is wanted In Hope, Ark., for tho murder ol ii Mr. John T Hamilton, on Janu ury of this year. (Irifllll answers tin description given for ihe man wanted in Several particulars, ami a thorough Investigation is to be made. Mayor Habit has the neuro in charge, having sent him to tin' county chain gang some weeks ago for a petty of fense hero in Lnurens. The mayor has had his O.V0 on the negro since lib sentence to ihe gang, and was wail im; until that sentence was coin pleted bet?re Investigating, Mr. o S. McChcc, deputy sheriff til Hope, Ark., offen a reward of $7i\(l for the Oll pi U re of I he inn I (lei el . (?'ralid Jurors Visit Vbhevllle, The ??our! of general sessions was Invited to attend (he (ledloation ser vices of I in- new court house and city hall at Abbeville last Thursday, ow 10 I he (iai I'htOli n ial sei for that da v the Court declined the invitation with thanks, but rcipiested a commitee of he grand jury io represent LnUI'Ons at Hie Celebration, Messrs. V. A. White, <> ii licks, ii w. Heliums, 11 v. Simmons, J, H Uallentluc, \ it, Owens ami II. M. Laiigston, composed 11 e representation,