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VOL. XIX KINGSTRKE, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, Vm. NO^JfS| Mil COURT CHID JAMES V BODIPORO CONVICT ED OF MANSLAUGHTER. And Receives Sen'ence of Five Years in Penitentiary? Other Cases Disposed of. Thursdays's court proceedings were marked by an incident that caused some comment. It having come to Judge Gage's attention that two jurors, J M Rodgers and E A Dennis, who were empannelled toj try the case of the State vs William-; sou for murder, were related to the .iffundunt His Honor discharged! UVtV UV?U > VJ _ both these jurors from further attendance upon court. The whole of Friday was taken up with the Myers' case. Two cases were disposed of Satur- [ day, viz., The State vs George Louis, as-; sault and battery with intent to kill., Messrs Stoll and Stoll represented the defendant in this case. Hy agree- j meat between the solicitor andj counsel for defense 110 argument j was submitted in this case. The, jury retired and returned a verdict of not guilty. In the case of the Shite vs Willie Haves, charged with larceny of live-1 stock, which followed, Haves under-; ' took to conduct his own defense. No | argument was made by the solicitor and thejnry leturned a verdict of" guilty. Sentence, one year on public works. Orrie Miles, charged with the same offense, who was captured and brought over to court, plead guilty and received the same sentence. Both of these defendants are young white men. The case of the State vs James W! Bodiford, charged with murder aud carrying a concealed deadly weapon, occupied the attention of the court throughout Mouday. It will be remeuil>ered that this homicide occurred a few miles from Heiuenianu on the 23rd of last December. According to the evidence Bodiford on the night in question went to Coins' chnnHna his i 11UU9T ttUU WIUUKUVVU uuvw.*.^ I pistol. Goius returned the fire with j u shot-gun. Bodiford then went home and returned with his gun. Some more 6hots were exchanged and after the tiring was over the dead body of Bob Bodiford, a son of J W Bodiford, was found in front of the house with a bullet wound in j the neck. The evidence against! Bodiford was circumstautial, but the State made out a strong case. LeRoy Lee Esq., appeared for Bodiford and conducted the defense in his usual able and vigorous manner. The jury iu this case returned a verdict of manslaughter and Bodiford was sentenced to five years in the State penitentiary. This was the last of the four murder cases on docket, iu which three ? * i r j ii._ oi ine ueienuauw were iuuuu guutj, two of the three being, white meu. Williamsburg jurors have certainly doue their duty at this court. After i he adjournment of the court of sessions the common pleas court was opeued. TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Broino Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fail* to cure EW(i rove's s'gnature i* on each box, 2'?c. Ice! Ice! Ice! k Having taken charge of the Ice House at the Railroad-crossing I am prepared to furnish Ice in large or small quantities. Special rates offered for Picnics and EntertainE6 raents. Sunday hours 8 to 10; 12 V ' to 2; and 4 to 7 o'clock. Save money by buying Ice Tickets, tf 4-14 03 J. B. Lesksxe. If people would do as we say and not as we do this would be a * better world. i imprji BODY OF AN UNKNOWN MAN J FOUND IN WHITE BAY. Quite an Assortment of Aiticl.s < Found on the Body?Evidences ' of Foul Play. ! Indiantowx, April 22. Special: 'J While in the White Bay woods last .Monday afternoon Mr Robert Ne- 11 smith and his son, Lamar, made a c ghastly find in the shape of the; ^ bones (or a part of them) of a man. e The mutter was promptly reported t to Coroner Burrows, who came down ? Tuesday and securing a doctor and t enough men to form a jury of in- t quest, hurried to the place. The jurymen and others examined the J * place where the bones lay and the 151 following were discovered: A part 81 of the bones of a man of 25 or 30 t years of age; a pair of No 7 shoes of 11 very good quality; a part of a good 0 shirt, No 17; a linen collar, No 17, ^ with laundry mark "K. I. 3"; a bunch of 8 keys; a check issued bv 0 the Atlantic Coast Lumber Co., No h 221, dated July, and on the same Ci spot, a dog which had been shot in SJ the side, the shot holes being cleaily indicated. There were found also uearby two souvenirs of the Charles- f' ton Exposition and a few scraps of what had been a $5 bill. 0 From the general condition and l> appearance of the remains both the c' man and the dog were killed at the ^ same time. The dog was claimed c< by Mr Robert Nesmith. Owing to a * ' ?:i.i?vnn/.a *-Vw. innnujf d me ausenue ui wji/ucobcb iuc iu^u^ob. was adjourned to meet next Sattir- | day, the 25 th iost. ^ It is impossible to say at this b time how the man met his death and w perhaps the facts will never come to w li -ht. He could not have been lost, * l as dwelling houses were near enough u to hear the c.?cks crowing and the e; barking of dogs. Besides, there are plain |>aths ruuuing all through the woods. The dog being shot looks t( like foul play as to the man. No one in this section is missing ^ and the man therefore is a stranger. Judging from the appearance of hit! hair he was a mulatto. Reporter School Closing at Bethel. Bethel school closed ou April 10 somewhat unexpectedly to both teacher and patrons. There was ^ a very enjoyable Easter egg hunt at n the school house on that evening and the young people and children w enjoyed themselues very much. There were a gooa many very taste- 11 fully colored eggs hidden and a f< prize was offered for the one that found the largest number of eggs. Luke Young was the successful competitor with M.iss Possie Epps ^ next. j It is with regret that we part with y Miss Martha Gourdin, the efficient ^ teacher. She has made many friends in this community and we hope that ^ her services can be secured for another year. The children have made very rapid progress under her tuition. All patrons and pupils, ^ seem to be well pleased. A Spectator. Too many men take off their i good nature when they doff their 11 office coats, 0 MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP. There's nothing like doing a thing thoroughly. Of all the Salves you ever heard of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is v the best. It sweeps away and cures t Burns, Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boils. Ulcers, Skin Eruptions and Piles. It's only 23e, and guaranteed to give satisfaction b> D O Scott, Druggist. The dead get too large a proportion of the flowers. t ? r The man who is in love with himself is never in danger of finding a rival. i III IBM! SCHOOL TRUSTEESCORRECT AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION. Opportunity to Get a New School Building Without Adding a Cent to Town Taxes. editor County Record:? In view of certain statements nade by parties opposed to the edtiational interests of the town of iiugstree, we deem it our duty to xplain to the voters of the town he object of the election to be held is Monday next, the 27th inst. )f course it is conceded by all that he present academy building is now uudequate to serve its purposes, and he General Assembly at its last essiou authorized * the trustees of chool district No 16, comprising his town, to borrow $7000, if so luch be necessary, for the purpose f erecting a suitable graded school uilding. Of money now on hand, turned ver to us by our town council, we ave secured a suitable lot, the loation of which, we .think, will be itisfactory to every patron of the chool. It is true that the act providing ?r this election authorizes the levyig of a special tax for the payment f the interest and principal, but the oard is entirely convinced that this ourse. will not be necessary, for the jllowing reason, viz: The town ouncil for several years past has pplied the profits derived from the ispeusary to school purposes, and if liis course be continued, (as under tie circumstances, of course, it will e) we can very easily pay the inter?t annually, and apply $1000 fct>ards the retirement of the debt, n this manner there cau be no oubt that the entire debt will be c'inguished in seven years, and King :ree will have an educational instiition of which she will have cause ) be proud, and all of this without le payment of one cent increase of ixes. Louis Jacobs, L. Stackley, M S Montgomery, Trustees School Dist. No 16. gkeel-yville glints. Greeleyville, April 20:?Mr R II ootiiiai] went down to Charleston ist Saturday morning on business, ?turning Sunday. Mr E b Rhodus and several others X _ XT 1 A . _ 4. 1.? enc over to ivingeuee tucuy. The Mallard Lumber Co is buildig another dry kiln, which makes mir that they will have in opeiation. MiiS Kate ? Habenicht of Sumter i visiting relatives at Edwards. Rev L L Inabinet preached at the rst Methodist church at this place ist Sunday aioraiug at 11 o'clock nd Rev J W Harrison preached innday r.ight % Mrs C E Register of this place tas been very ill, but #e are glad to eport she is better. Mrs J W Lockliear returned home ast Friday after a pleasant visit o relatives at Taft. Miss McCollough, who teaches chool at Foreston, attended preachng it town last Sunday murnine, ?oompanied by Miss Belle demons if Sautee. Swamp Fox, It's a wise husband who knows vliat to do dtirinsr housecleaning ime. Tear Down has its eyes on the last; Build Up has its eyes on the ul u re. The things we would rather orget are always the things easiest emenibered. "Is it right?" not "Will it pay?" s the question. i . XL' J&ziSL j FK IT LAKE CIIY MOORE AND ST NLEY'S T03AC- / | CO PACK HOUSE BURNED. Between S'xty-five and Seventy-five L Thousand Pounds of Tobacco Go up in Smoke. Messrs R E and S C Morris spent a few days at home recently. The 3 former is teaching at Centenary, 1: Marion county, and the latter in the o Leesville College, Leesville, S. C. I Mr R J Severance came down a from Florence and spent a day in r town last week. r "Judge" Jno A Oreeu, who had * been in Charleston two weeks in at- * tendance upon the United States * court as a juror, returned home Saturday. * Miss Annie Belin, of Bostick, S. C., . ii spent a day last week week with Mrs J M Sturgeon. Miss Belin had been on a visit to the Misses Mvers, c in Kingstree, and stopped here on ^ her way home. j Miss Hallie Rollins has returned fl( from Georgetown, where she had n been spending some time with Miss p Mildred McCabe. j r\?vf:I ? ...... _ UmC in I ICS W ilO l^ljaiucu uaiui y day night and placed in the guard b house until Sunday night when he S was taken to Kingstree to jail. He d was arraigned in court Monday b afternoon and plead guilty, receiv- t ing a sentence of one year on chain- t gang. It will be remembered that t; true bills were found against him t< and Willie Hayes last week for c stealing two oxen of Mr Columbus b Matthews. Hayes was trCd Satur- v day, found guilty and sentenced to t one year's imprisonment. These are t two tough citizens who will hare a bad influence over the chain-gang a convicts. It would perhaps have c been better to send them to the \ penitentiary. o Misses Askios of Lynchburg have been on a visit to Mrs H G Askius. g Mr C D Richev is now employed 1 in a Georgetown business house. t> Mr and Mrs S W G Shipp of c Florence visited at Mr J M Sturgeon's last week. ^ George Galletly, Esq, of Florence a was in town Tuesday of last week. . Iutendant Gaskius had a blind tiger operator before him Saturday. ? He was found guilty of selling I whiskey in violation of the dispensary ~ law aud fined $49.99, or thirty days. ? He paid the fine. He is the negro depot hand. The chief witness against him was negro also. Work on Mr E A Cook's dwelling ^ is going forward now. ^ Mr C D Joyner of Cowards spent ^ Sunday with relatives in town. The hail of last week did uo dam- r age in this section. d Moore and Stanley's two story pack a house was burned Monday night v about 10 o'clock, nothing being saved 5 except 5 or 6 hogsheads of tobacco, b Some 65,000 to 75,000 pounds of \ tobacco were burned in the house, v Insurance on house $500; on tobacco $3500. No clue to the cause, v Either some careless employee drop- fi ped a cigarette in the house, or the t fire was set by an incendiary. v ? g GRADED SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 0 C The following names should have } onnonrprl nil thp Honor Roll for f **rt ? ? ? - month ending April 13: d 7th grade ? Annie Stackley, 2 Ei'nice Harper, Julius Scott, bth grade?Mattie Brockinton. t 9 th grade?Florie Jacobs, Flossie J Harper, Adelaide Harper. o Ebnest Wiggins, t Principal. c ? f This would be a dreary world i without grandmothers and maiden t aunts. 1 f Do good because it is right, not because it is a duty. ' W' / :*" ' ^ t . . -k (MQDVjn ^ND RECOMMENDED TO THE MERCY OF THE COURT, .onnie C Myers Sentenced to Life Imprisonment?End of Sensational Case. The case of the State vs Lonnie C dyers, charged with the murder of lis brother-in-law, Samuel W James n June 20, 1902, came to an end Friday afternoon, when the jury, fter remaining out over seven hours, etnrned a verdict of cruiltv. with a ecommendation to mercy. The rial of this case consumed the rhole of Thursday and Friday, here being about 30 witnesses all old and the jury did not retire unil Saturday morning. This case excited more than passrig interest and the court room was rowded with spectators at almost very stage of the trial. The horaiide ooccurred in the neighborhood of le ran ton and as both the Myers and ames families are prominent in that ection, the liveliest concern was aanifested in the outcome of the rial. During the trial Mrs S W ames, the widow of the dead man, rearing deep mourning, sat beside ier husband's mother, Mrs James, lr., only a short distance from the efendant and his wife, who stood y him faithfully throughout the rying ordeal. The details of the ragedy were harrowing in the exreme and as witness after witness auched up the canvas in more lurid olors, the picture with its dark ack-ground of human passion and iolence so wrought upon the jurors hat several of them were moved to ?ars. The pathos of the story was ccentuated by the presence of tha hildren of the dead man and lyers' little ones soon to be deprived f their natural protector. It is impracticable to give even a ynopsis . of all the testimony. There were only three eye-witnesses a the killing?James' two little hildren (one of whom was too young 3 testify) and a negro who was at nrk in Myers' field some distance way. Dr W S Lynch, who had been ummoned to attend James, said hat he found him barely alive when ie arrived. His wounds were a load f small shot in the arm and five rounds on the head, four of which rere fractures of the skull bones. ,'hrough these fractures the brains ould'be seen protruding. The little girl, 10 years old, testied that on the fatal morning her * * -? ? ^ m.?i 1 a An Atner was at/ wuriv. [Hinmg iano uuj is fence when Myers approached nd while the former was lifting a ail Myers fired at him. Father ashed at Myers and pushed gun side when Myers hit him on head with gun barrel knocking him down, iyers then got on his breast and eat him on head with gun-barrel. Vhen her father ran at Myers he was putting another shell in gun. Toney Dantzler, the other eyewitness, said that he was in Myers ield cutting oats that morning when ic saw Myers get over fence and walk toward James. He had his :un in hand. Heard gun fire and aw Myers run back in direction he ame from with James after him. dyers wheeled and hit his pursuer wo licks with gun knocking him [own. After knocking James down dyers ran back to his house. There were several witnesses who estified as to Myers' threats to kill fames and Myers himself admitted m the stand that he had threatened o kill James if he pnt another rail m his fence connecting with Myers' ence. Myers testified further that le went to see James that day to alk matters over and come to some inderstanding. He took the gun 'or protection, James being a much (Continued on eighth page.) ::. r* .v ^.5 A.aif'j:- ' : YrgBPi W. T. f 1 Wilkins, J WHOLESALE I TflDDDD TUT I jiwumi in a Mlltllli! I Buying in car- I are able toll meet competi- i tion in everyjfl line. 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