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i inn!. FRANK L WINN KILLED INSTANTLY Charles Smith Seriously Wounded While Trying to Preserve the Peace. The most terrible tragedy that has occurred in Sumter in many years took place in front of Horace Harby's sta? ble on Liberty Street about 7.30 o'clock last Friday evening. The re? sult was the instant killing of Frank K. Winn, eldest son of Mr. D. James Winn, the serious wounding of Charlie Smith, a son of Mr. W. P. Smith, and Edward A. Edwards is a prisoner held for the killing of Winn. The story of the tragedy is fully told in the"evidence taken before the jury of inquest on Saturday, the 15th, given herewith, but the difficulty oc? curred as follows : Mr. Winn entered suit against Mr. Edwards to collect a debt of $12.50 that he, Mr. Winn, claimed Edwards owed the firm of Ingram and Winn, the said firm having been out of business for four or more years.. The case was heard Friday morning in the court of Magistrate Folk at Providence, but no judgment was rendered. Mr. Folk stating that he would take it under consideration and could not render his decision until he had thought over it for three or four days. During the progress of the trial Mr. Winn became angry and a personal difficulty seemed imminent between him and Edwards but Mr. J. H. Clifton, Mr. Winn's at? torney and Magistrate Folk interfered and preserved the peace. Mr. Edwards drove home through the country accompanied by Stansill Smith who had made the trip with him, as Mr. Edwards was trying a horse which he was thinking of buy? ing from the stable. Mr. Winn re? turned on the train. For some little time before the difScalty Mr. Ed wads had been standing in font of Mr. Harby's lot gate talking to Mr. Char? lie Smith about buying the horse. While there Mr. Winn passed and went into the stable where he talked for a few minutes with Mr. C. W. ? StansilL When he came out/Mr. Ed? wards was still in front of the lot gate. Mr. Winn stopped and a few words passed. Mr. Winn drew his pis? tol, Strock Mr. Edwards with his left fist, fhrew up his pistol ; Mr. Edwards who is left-handed, drawing his pistol and knocking np Winn's pistol at the same time with his right hand. As Winn's pistol was knocked up it was discharged, and the ball struck Char? lie Smith, who started tb separate the two men. Edwards and Winn grap? pled, and Edwards shot Winn twice, infiicting the wounds, one in the left side that went through his chest and cama ont on the right side, the other grazing the right breast and making a serious wound in the right arm. ! They fell ? together Edwards on top, who threw; down his pistoL wrenched Winn's from his hand and struck him two' or three blows on the head with it. - Mr.. Henry Harby rushed up told Edwards" t? .stop and he got np. Po? liceman Barwick came np and he sur reaoered. ; Mr. Edwards escaped with? out a wound. Mr. Winn died almost instantly. Charlie Smith was shot twice, once near the corner of the chin, his lower Saw DeingI broken and the ball lodging in his mouth; she other ball grazed the side of his forehead, but not go? ing- deep* enough to inflict a fatal "wottnd. /When shot he fell to the sidewalk and bled profusely, but soon regained consciousness and was remov? ed to Br. Baker's Infirmary. Today his condition is encouraging and it is thought he will be able to be out with? in a few days. Edwards' and Wind's pistols were turned over at once to Sheriff Scarbor? ough: There were three empty car? tridgesin Edwards' pistol and one in Winn's, but in Winn's there were two cartridge* that had been snapped with? out being discharged. Mr. Edwards is still under arrest and is confined in the guard house. An application for bail has been made and he will probably be released Mon, day. Coroner Flowers was notified imme? diately after the tragedy and at once took charge of the body, summoned a jury and began the inquest. After viewing the body the inquest was ad? journed until 9 o'clook this morning. The body was taken to the residence of Mr. D. J. Winn and Dr. Dick made a post mortem examination. The inquest was resumed this morn? ing and the following testimony was taken : C. W. Stansill-I saw both parties in front of the stable jusc before the shooting, but was in back part of stable when shooting occurred. I do not know anything that will throw light on the shooting. Had a talk with Winn a few minutes before, but he said nothing about shooting anv one. Heard the shots, but when I got to front of stable shooting was over. Winn was lying in the street. Charlie Smith was being brought into the sta? ble and Edwards was gone. Stansill Smith-I went with Mr. Edwards to Providence yesterday when he was being sued in Mr. Folk's .'Cturt by Mr. Winn. During the trial Mt. Winn seemed angry and when they feegan to question each other Mr. Winn-gofc mad. He told Mr. Edwards : "Yon have made two or three cracks -at me and if you want to ruffle it out we will do it." Mr. Edwards said "I did not come up hew for a fight, but to settle this During that time Mr. Winn started toward Mr. Edwards. Mr. J. H. Clif? ton told him (Winn) to sit down . and Magistrate Folk said he would fine qim if they attempted to have a fuss. Mr. Folk told them he would not de? cide the case then as he would have to think over it a day or two. Mr. Edwards and I then hitched up and j came back to town, leaving Mr. j Winn there who returned on the j train. After we got back I was standing up by Mr. Harby's stable talking with Charlie Smith, Mr. Edwards and others. We were talking about a horse. Mr. Winn passed by and went into the stable. When he came out he and Mr. Edwards started to talk. I was standing back of Mr. Winn. He said: "How do you want this thing?" and drew his pistol, hold? ing it behind his back. Mr. Edwards said, '?If you draw a pistol on me I I will hurt you or kill you," or thing; like that. Just then Mr. j Struck Mr. Edwards in the j with his left hand and brougl pistol around and shot. _ Mr. Ed j grabbed the pistol with his ?? hand, drew his pistol with 1 left, they clinched and they cc ued firing. When Mr Winn br< his pistol around, my brc Charlie Smith, 'ran up to part 1 or stop the difficulty, and he shot. Winn and Edwards st ru together until Mr. Winn fell, not know for certain how shots were fired. Horace Harby : ? was in my when the trouble occurred. I Mr. Winn come out of my s and Mr. Edwards was at my gate, with his back to the lot. Winn walked out. Mr. Edward costed him. I could not hear words that passed. Saw Mr. "\ strike Mr. Edwards, but could see his right hand with which drew his pistol, on account of position. The two tussled togel Shots were exchanged, how ma could not tell. Saw Charlie Si fall and then I ran out of the ol My attention was absorbed by Si and I do not know what took j. between the other two. Some said, "Frank Winn is killed !" L? ed over and saw him lying on ground on his back. Do not k who shot first. Did not see Edwards draw his pistol.. Henry Harby : I heard no w< pass when Mr. Winn came out o? Harby's stable. Was standing at corner of the stable. Mr. Edwards ? to Mr. Winn: "Frank, you said but did not hear the balance. Alu at the same instant Mr. Winn d his pistol. A few seconds afterw he struck Mr. Edwards with his hand. Then the shots followed, 1 many I can't swear to. Who fired f I do" not know. They grappled ? tussled around until almost oppoi the office door. Winn was fall when I got to them. Edwards foliov up the attack and got on Winn i struck him once or twice. I said Edwards, "Don't hit him, he is sh you have killed him already," words to that effect. Edwards inn diately got off him and threw do the pistol he had in his hand, whio afterwards learned was Winn's pist and picked up his own. About tl time Policeman Barwick came up a I handed him the pistol which I f. picked up, and I am almost sure I wards handed him his. Did not ? Edwards draw his pistol. T. B. Jenkins, Jr. : On my way ho: yesterday evening I saw my uncle A. Edwards, in front of Mr. Harb; lot gate. I went across and join him. He told me Frank Winn was the stable and had been hangi around him all the evening. In a fi minutes Mr. Winn came out and ste ped when he got in front of Mr. E wards. Mr. Edwards said "Frank y sard: today that what I stated was D true.5' Mr. Winn faced a little his right, and said "By God what it?" Mr. Edwards said "How did y mean that" Mr. Winn put his ha] in his right hand rear trousers pock* drew out his pistol and held it sligi ly behind his right hip and said, ' mean it any d-n wav you want take it" When he said that he drew ba< with his left hand and struck Mr. E wards in the month. He threw np h right hand in which he held his pi toi, whereupon Mr. Edwards pulh his left hand out of his pocket wi1 his pistol and with his right har threw np .Mr.. Winn's right hand. I he did so the pistol went off and M Charlie Smith fell to the groun< Mr. Edwards .fired his pistol- twi< into the body of Mr. Winn. Thc clinched and Mr. Winn seemed to t doing his best to discharge his pist< into Mr. Edwards'side Mr. Ed ware threw him down took Winn's pist< and struck him in the face with it an got up. I can't swear how many shol were fired, but there were three, poi sibly four. Mr. Winn firedl first. Dr. A. C. Dick submitted his testi mony in writing as follows : At th request cf the corner I have made post mortem examination of the bod of Mr. Frank EL Winn, and in m opinion the cause of his death was gunshot wound (bullet wound), whid entered his chest on the left side abou two inches below the nipple and abou one-half inch to the left of a vertica line drawn through the nipple-be tween the fifth and sixth ribs-whicl passed directly through the chest fron left to right almost horizontally, bu somewhat backwards, and came out oi the opposite side at a slightly lowe level and about four inches to th< right of a vertical line drawn througl the right nipple. Death resulted fron hemorrhage. The bullet, which I nov hand you, dropped by his right sid( as his shirt was being removed. It hac not penetrated the shirt on that side. Another gunshot wound ( bullet wonnd) was found. The ball in its course had apparently grooved the skin of the right breast for about an inch and one half in length, passing from left tc right, almost horizontally, but with a slightly upward inclination-and had then entered the right arm about the junction of the upper with the middle third, to its inner aspect wounded the large vessels of the arm passed to the bone, was a little de? flected, and was cut out imbedded rn the muscles of the back of the arm. (This is that bullet.; There was a somewhat jagged wound over inner side of right eyebrow-above the eye? brow-but extending down to it about an inch in length. This was a scalp wound extending down, but not fracturing the bone. It was nota gun? shot wound, but was probably made by some blunt weapon with edge more or less sharp. There was a bruis?3- on riirht forehead, near hair, made appa? rently by a blow front a fist or some? thing like that." A. C. Dick., M. D. W. B. Blanding-Yesterday after? noon Mr. S. V. Delgar and I were sit? ting in front of H. J. Harby's stables. I saw E. A, Edwards standing in front of Horace Harby's stable. J saw Frank Winn when he came out of H. Harby's stable. He stopped right in front of Edwards. They appeared to be talking. In about one minute Mr. Winn struck Mr. Edwards in the face with his left hand. He had his pis? tol in his right hand. A shot was then fired. I don't know who fired first but think Mr. Winn did. I ran up and when I got there Mr. Winn was down with Mr. Edwards on him and Charlie Smith lying on the side? walk. I think that four shots were fired. After hearing the evidence the jury retired and rendered the following ver diet after a few minutes deliberation : "The said Frank K. Winn came to his death by pistol shots by the hands of Edward A. Edwards." W. H. Scott, Foreman. Tot Causes ITiffht Alwin. '"One ni?ht 017 brother's b-iby was taken with Croup." writes M-a J C Snider, of Crit? tenden, Ky, "it seemed it would siran^Ie be? fore we could get a doctor, so we eave it Dr KiDg's New Discovery, which gtve quick re? lief and permanently cured it. We alwajs keep it in the house to protect our children from Croup ard Whooping Cough, lt cured me of a chronic bronchial trouble that no other remedy would relieve" Infallible for Coughs, Cold*, Throat ?nd Lung troubles, 50c and SI. Trial battles free at J F W DeLorme'a 3 CONDITION OF COTTON. New York, June 13.-Dispatchss to Dun's Review from the entire cotton belt make a most satisfactory show? ing. Unfavorable weather conditions during the opening weeks of the sea? son injured much of the seed and made replanting necessary. This adds to the cost of the crop, but does not prevent a full yield. There seems to be from 5 to 10 pep cent increase in the average under cultivation, and, while damage undoubtedly has been severe in some sections, fairly good weather from now to the beginning of picking would insure an abundant yield. Excessive rain has made the growth of grass unusually rapid and the scarcity of labor, together with large grain crops, makes it difficult and expensive to keep the fields in good condition. Injury from insects is light in most State, except for boll weevil in parts of Texas, and lice in regions where moisture has been ex? ceptionally heavy. These pests are not as harmful as usual, however, and aside from the probable increase in cost the planters have cause for grati? fication. Estiban Glori, a Filipino boy who has been in Atlanta a week, was the cause of an excited discussion at a soda fount one morning last week. Glori was taken to the fount by W. M. Pendleton, in whose charge he has been placed. The clerk stubbornly re? fused to sell the boy the drink, declar? ing that he was a Negro, and as such could not be served at that particular fountain. Glori's protector, and oth? er's standing around, indignantly pro? tested that Glori was a Malay, arid not a Negro. The clerk was obdurate and resolutely refused to let Glori drink at the fountain. The Filipino, while angry at the imputation that he was a Negro, was exceedingly cour? teous and walked away quietly. Much interest is being shown in the course which the board of education will take when the boy applies for admis? sion to the public schools. Glori is the son of a Filipino general, and was sent to the United States to be educated by an American army offi? cer. The Philadelphia Ledger of May 31 says; "Yesterday The Ledger copied from the New York World figures stowing that although 39,782 murders were conimitted in this country from 1896 to 1900, only 596 of the murderers were .judicially executed. The new? columns/of the same day "contained a report of the burning'at the stake in Florida, and said that the awful pun? ishment was* inflicted calmly,. delibes ately and as if of settled purpose^ the wh?l?. community joining, in it either actively or passively. Do not the two statements seem, to have a strong rela: tion to each other?'' . His majesty, the sultan of. Turkey, seems to be yielding, to some degree, in his attitude towards' the Zionist colonization movement. Two weeks ager a Constantinople dispatch said that^Dr. Theodore Herlz, with repre? sentatives of the; Rothschilds and Bleischroders, had arrived there to offer a loan to the sultan upon condir tion that he accept the Palestine colonization project. A day or two ago another dispatch announced that Dr. Herzl had been graciously receiv? ed by the sultan, who had decorated him and presented him with valuable gifts. It was also stated that Dr. Herzl had obtained valuable conces? sions towards the colonization project. Newport News, Va., June ll.-A. L. Hopkins, assistant superintendent of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company is authority for the statement that if the striking machin? ists do not return to work at once the immense plant wil be closed. Nearly 7*000 men will in that event, be thrown out of employment. Chauncey Depew has taken in the Buffalo midway, and after spending four hours seeing the sights was ques? tioned about what he had seen. He only got as far as "twelve trained clams that sing "The Holy City," in the fisheries exhibit" when his com? panion carried him out of the reach of the reporter. Port RoyaL Pa., June 10.-The Pitts? burg Coal" and Coke Company's shaft, No 2, at this place |is on fire, after steady running for seven years, and over thirty men are in the mines, many of whom, it is feared, will nev? er be heard from again. West Newton. Penn, June ll.-Not a practical miner in this district be? lieves that one of the seventeen men entombed rn the Port Royal mine by the explosion 1st night is still alive. There is no fire in the mine, to judge from appearances at the pit mouth, but the force of the explosion was so srreat that none of the men, so the miners say. could have survived the shock. Emporia, Kas., June ll.-An epi pemic of suicides in this town, culmi? nating yesterday in three attempts, all exactly similar 'to recent successful suicides, caused the mayor and board of health today to forbid publication of details of suicides or attempts, in local papers. The board is acting on the theory that publication spreads the contagion of suicide by pshychic suggestion. Savannah, Ga.. June 13. -Only two non-union machinists are at work in the Seaboard shops. The strikers to? day induced all the others to throw down their tools and go out. The number while not large, practically stops work at the shops, though the superintendent says he can replace the men without difficulty. An extra force of police officers, armed and supplied with ball Cartridges, remainsjm duty at the shops. Mm o? - PiMsa?s. I By C. B. Smith. Botanically, the pecaan (Hicoria pe? can) belongs to the hickory family. The tree is one of the largest of the forest, growing from 75 to 170 feet high, with wide spreading branches and symmetrical domelike top. The leaves are compound, They are com? posed of from seven to fifteen oblong | lanceolate leaflets, green and bright j above with a rather rusty appearance beneath. The flowers are of two sorts j on the same tree, staminate and pistil? late. The nuts are generally oblong, and vary in weight from twenty-five to over < 100 per pound. The shells are relatively thin, and much more easily cracked than those of the common hickory nut. The pecan is found native in river bottoms from Iowa and Kentucky southwest into Mexico, and seems to prefer a moist rich soil. It is success? fully grown, however, in many other States and on a variety of soils. Generally pecans will not be com? mercially successful north of parallel 40. Pecan nuts are grown on a com? mercial scale in California, and orch? ards have been planted in a number of Southern States. Texas and Louisiana at present furnish the main bulk of the annual crop, mostly from native trees. A bulletin recently issued by the Florida station discusses in some detail the subject of pecan culture in that State, Florida is believed to be well adapt? ed to the growth of pecans, especially in the western and northern parts, and there seems to be opportunity for a considerable extension of the industry. Trees grow in Florida on a number of soils, varying f rom_the black hummock to the less fertile high pine lands. On the licher soil the-trees seem inclined to develop wood at the expense of fruit, while on the poor soils the trees make less wood and bear more fruit proportionately. 'One writer from Georgia states that he found sandy loam soils with a clay subsoil, the best for pecans. The black lands come next, followed by pebbly lands. Trees on clay soils bore well and early, but the nuts were small. The trees on the sand ridges were of slow growth, and were longer in coming into bearing, but produced good nuts. Another writer; in Florida states that sandy pine lands will produce them in perfection; still another that they will thrive on dry lands which are good for corn or cotton. Pecans may be propagated from seed. They are liable to considerable variation, however, and budding and grafting are therefore resorted to in propagating desirable sorts. When trees are grown from seed the seed bed should be prepared as for vegetables and the nuts planted on their sides, three inches apart in rows two and one-half feet apart, and covered three inches deep. They should be planted soon after they are ripe, and cultiva- ' tion and fertilization given as with other trees. Planting nuts in the orch? ard where the trees are to stand is con? sidered objectionable, since the ground is usually not as well prepared and many vacancies occur from the nuts being destroyed by rodents and ants. The .orchard where the trees are to be set" should have been in some cul? tivated field or garden crop. Forty feet is believed to be .sufficient distance apart for trees in Florida. If the tri? angular method of planting is adopted forty trees can he grown" on an acre. Planting between the latter part of November and the first. of March is recommended. The trees may be set in the permanent orchard when two years old. If budded cr grafted they should remain in the nursery one year longer. A small amount of complete commercial fertilizer thoroughly in? corporated with . the soil about the newly-set'tree is desirable.. Clean cul? tivation may be given from March to July, followled by a cover crop of beg? gar weed, .cowpeas pr velvet beans, or . crops of Cotton, velvet beans, melons, etc., may be grown between the rows, the area devoted to these crops being more and more restricted as the trees develop. The pecan tree has a large tap root. When transplanted this should be cut off fifteen or eighteen inches from the crown, or back to solid woooV, and all injured roots removed. Root pruning trees in the nursery row is recommended. The practice, it is thought, would favor the development of more lateral roots, and thus con? tribute to success in planting and early bearing. Pruning the tops^ of one and two-year-old trees at the time of setting is not considered advisa? ble, as it tends to the development of shoots. Older trees when transplanted will require some top pruning. In general the training necessary for the pecan tree is confined largely to form? ing the head. This should be started three or four feet from the ground, and the strong, upright center limbs cut back to induce growth in the lat? eral branches and give the tree a rounded form. By selection and cultivation a num? ber of varieties of pecans have been originated which are great improve? ment over the native sDrts.^The points to be considered in estimating the value of pecans are quality and flavor, plumpness of kernel, ease with which the kernel separates., size and the thickness of the shell. A thin-shell variety, other factors; being equal, is most desirable. Stuart, Van Denian, Centennial and Frotcher are consider? ed standard sorts. Pecan trees may bear a few nuts at an early age, but paying crops cannot be expected under ten years, and full crops under twenty. The annual crop of a tree in full bearing has been vari? ously reported as from one to twenty bushels.-From Farmers" Bulletin No. 124, United States Department of Ag? riculture. London, June 13-A. J. Balfour, the Government leader, answering a ques? tioner in the House of Commons to? day, said there was no foundation for the rumors afloat of peace negotiations with the Boers. The Boer strength in the field was estimated to be 17,000 men. Macon, Ga., June 12-Harry Lee, nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee, of the southern confederacy, died here today. His remains will be buried tomorrow. The deceased was the son of Henry, the older brother of the general, who married at an old age. The mother of the deceased now resides at Rocky Mount, Va. The wife and two of the three children of the deceased are here, and will leave for their home at Winston, N. C. after the funeral. ** Ve hm fottf driMreft. "With th? tnt three I suffered ahnest uabean&e p&ifie trod 12 to ?4 ???rs, and had to bc placed tm der the influence of ehloro?otm. I used three bottles of Mother*s Friend before our last child esme, which isa strong, fat and healthy boy, dom^ my housework up to within two hours of birth, and suf? fered but a fe w hard pains. This lini? ment xs the grand? est remedy ever made." Mother's Friend will do for every woman what ft did for the Minnesota mother who writes the above let? ter. Not to use it during pregnancy is a mistake to be paid for in pain and suffering. Mother's Friend equips the patient with a strong body and clear intellect, which in turn are imparted to the child. It relaxes the muscles and allows them to expand. It relieves morning sickness and nervousness. It puts all the organs concerned in perfect condition for the final hour, so that the actual labor is short and practically painless. Dan? ger of rising or hard breasts is altogether avoided, and recovery is merely a matter ol a few drys. Dru?sists sell Mother's Friend for Si a bottle. The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Send for our free illus:rated book. FOR SALE. Lot on Harvin Street, with seven houses on it. Rents now for-40 dollars per month Terms one-fourth cash, balance in 1, 2, 3, and 4 years, inter? est at 8 per cent payable semi-an? nually-( Purchaser to pay for papers. ) Secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchser to have the right to pay all cash, if he desires so to do. ALSO Brick building on Liberty Street. Rents for $6 per month; opposite Harby's lime house. Same terms. ALSO Two s Lory house on double lot on Harvin Street, below R. R. Rents for $5 per month. Same terms. ALSO Three houses and lots on Brand Street, (commonly called Red and White Street) 2 two room houses and and 1 three room house : All rented. Same terms. . ALSO One house on New . 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