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f. 'HERIOT'S CROSS-ROADS KILLING. jBsidence Given at the Inquest Over the Body of John Gaylord-Coron . ?r's Jury Holds Grover Mathis Lia? ble for the Death of John Gaylord. Bishopville, March 2S.-Coroner Brown of Lee county held an inquest ever the body of John Gaylord on Saturday night last at Heriot's Cross? roads, at'which the following evi? dence was given: Miss Alma Caughman, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I live in Lee county. I was at Mr. W. F. Outlaw's j house last niglft, March 23, 1906. That ? was the second time I ever met Mr. CsTOver Mathis, and he asked me to go with, him for some water, and just as -we got out of the hallway he threw his arms around me. O made an alarm and returned back in the house. Mr. John Gaylord saw me when I came "back and asked me what was the mat? ter. I told him and he said he was going to fight him for it. I came to Mr. W.~ F. Outlaw's with Mr. Gaylord and I considered myself under his protection until I got back home. I had no brothers at Mr. W. F. Out? law's. W. F. Outlaw, being duly sworn, says that he,lives in Lee county. There came in a good many young' people last night, the 23d inst. A good many of them were strangers to me, and I thought that they were all behaving themselves very nicely. They danced one set and J never heard a harm word said by any person. When the dance was over I heard somebody scuffling in the plaza* I took my lamp and went in the piazza as quick as I could. Mr. Grover Mathis and Mr. John Gaylord ?were clinched together, and I tried to part them. They were not down on the floor, but standing up, and they went through the second door of the " "house, I saw Mr. Mathis hit Mr. John <^ylord. If he had anything in his hand I never saw it. I got them'apart and Mr. Grover Mathis shot Mr. John -Gaylord one time. Gaylord said: "L -sm shot- to death." Mathis disap? peared for a few seconds and then re turned. Grover -Mathis said then: "He < is shot bad. I have not got any pis? tol, and i don't carry any gun." Gay? lord only lived about twenty minutes siter the shooting. W. F. Outlaw, recalled: Mr. Gaylord was standing still, about five feet from Mathis, right in front of him. I was In two or three feet of Gaylord when he was shot. Mr. Gaylord was not doing anything at alL . Mr. Dawson E. Scarborough being duly sworn, said that he lives in Lee county- came over to W. F. Outlaw's about half past 8 o'clock on the night of March 23, when I walked in the roora, where they were dancing, and he (Gaylord) asked Miss Alma Caugh? man what was the matter, and Miss Alma said that she had been i?sulted. Gaylord asked her what was the trou "blc.and who did lt She said Grover . Mathis, and' then she told what he at-, tempted to do. John Gaylord told her that he would see Grover Mathis about it, when they stopped dancing; not to say any more. Mathis walked up at this time and Gaylord told Mathis he wanted to see him, when they stopped dancing, and then asked Mathis what "he meant by what he did to Miss Al? ma Caughman.* Then they stopped dancing and Math-is said to Gaylord: ."Come on now," and-they went out on tte front piazza. Then I heard a fuss, tumbling on the floor; in a few sec? onds they passed me, going towards the back piazza. Then I went to the next door in the direction they went, -and by that time they were coming back. John Gaylord stopped.. Just at this time I heard a pistol fire. When the pistol was fired I looked round and saw Gaylord had his hand to his stomach and fell to his knees, and said, **Dawson, pick me up.' I am shot in the stomach." I picked him up and stood him on his feet. I carried him to the bed, and sat him on it. He told me to rub his head. After a few mo? ments he said not to rub his head any more. He was gone. Then he died at once. I did rot see any pistol, and when I picked np John Gaylord he had nd pistol, for I searched him, and ii he had a knife I never saw it. Dannie Outlaw sworn: Lives in Lee county, came over to Mr. W. F. Out? law's about 8 o'clock on the night of the% 23d. When I got there John Gay? lord and Miss Alma Caughman were coming through the passage towards the back porch. In about 25 minutes 1 saw Grover Mathis talking to Miss Alma Caughman. Soon after they went to dancing and Gaylord told "Mathis he wanted to see him, when dancing was over. When the dance stopped Mathis and Gaylord went out on the piazza and started fighting. Gaylord knocked Mathis down. He got up and they came through the passage still fighting. Then Mathis ran ahead of Gaylord. Then I saw Grover Mathis when he shot John Gaylord and as soon as he shot him I came back in the house. I never saw Gaylord do anything. If he said any? thing I never heard it. When they went down the passage Gaylord was -walking and making no threats, I ? never saw John Gaylord have any pis- ! toi after he was shot. He taken a knife out of his pocket. I have no recollection of seeing any one on the piazza when Gaylord knocked Mathis down, but myself and them two. I never heard .Mathis say anything to Gaylord before he shot him. Dr. A. C. Baskin sworn: I held post mortem examination on the body of John Gaylord, personally unknown to me, I find one gunshot wound, in my opinion causing death. Entrance indicates that about a .32 or .38 cali? bre entered 1 1-4 inches below, and a ' half inch to the right of cartilage in j pit of stomach, passing back to the left and slightly up through the liver. (Signed.) A. C. Baskin, M. D. The verdict rendered by the jury 1 was that John Gaylord came to his death from a pistol shot in the hands of Grover Mathis. COUNCIL MEETING. A regular meeting of city council was held Wednesday night with the following members present: Mayor Geo. W. Dick; Aldermen Bar? nett, Finn, Haynsworth, Rowland, Stubbs and Wilder. Absent-Aldermen Hood and Hurst. : Minutes' of March 28th were read and confirmed. Further time wa? granted to the police committee to report in refer? ence to numbering Wells and Grier streets. Time was allowed the com? mittee of public works for final r?port on matters referred to them. Mr. H?ynsworth, chairman of the committee of public works, stated that County Superintendent Seale is now ready to bring the chain gang into the I city and do work due to the city. Coun eil directed that Mr. Seale be request? ed to put his force to work on West Liberty street. The mayor reported that he had a letter from Col. Thomas Wilson, presi? dent of the Northwestern Railroad Co., dated 15th inst., in which he promised to have a crossing built over the track recently laid, leading from W. C. & A. railroad so that Mary street may be open to vehicles. This will, however, be only temporary, as there is still a considerable amount of grading to be dorie at that point in the near future. The mayor further stated that the crossing has been built and Mary street is now open to the public. . * ; v " A letter was received from Mr. Wm. ' v ; - ?' - Bultman acceding to-the request of the city for three" feet of his premises "for the purpose of widening East Calhoun street on condition that the city will have his house moved back from the sidewalk as will be necessary, and of? fering to pay $50 towards the expense of removal. The committee of public* works was authorized to pay fifty dol? lars towards removal of the house, if Mr. Bultman will accept the offer. Application was received from Mr. W. A. Clyde for a position on the po? lice force, but action thereon was de? ferred. Council then adjourned. Producing Wool. The^farmers of this county are pay? ing considerable attention to sheep raising. One farmer recently sold in the city some ten or fifteen bal^s of wool from bis own farm, which netted bim as much handsome profit than if it bad been cotton. He declares that the wool was nearly all clear profit, for it cost him mncn lees expense and trouble than to raise cotton - Spartan burg correspondent News and Conner. And others throcghout the State would be engaged in this same profit? able cccnpatiou if it were not for tbe fact that they have tbe wool (cotton) so pulled over their eyes. It makes them blind to all other possible d' VP] opments, animal or vegetable-Wiuns boro News and Herald. The Original. ?Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on acount of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. These worthless im? itations have similar sounding names. Beware of them. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and refuse any substitute. It is the be.st remedy for coughs and colds. Durant's Pharmacy. Reuion Dates are Changed. Columbia, March 29.-At a meeting of the cential committee on arrange? ments for the coming reunion of Con? federate veterans yesterday it 7?as de? cided to change the date for holding the gathering. The dates were fiist fixed for tbe fourth week in May but it ?ss afterwards discovered that- the meeting of the grand lodge of tbe Knights of Pythias would be held in Sumter at that time and the renni- n will therefore be held on May 16. 17 and 18. The committee is arranging for a place for the. veterans at the speaking and other exercises. The theatre can? not be obtained at that time as it will be undergoing r-pairs and the hall of tbe bouse of representatives will be oc? cupied by the Democrative executive committee so that it will be necessary for a canvass covering to be erected on tim State house grounds where the speaking will probably take place. The Richest Man in the World. ?The richest man in the world can? not have his kidneys replaced nor live without them, so it is important not to neglect these organs. If Foley's Kidney Cure is taken at the first sign of danger, the symptoms will dis? appear and your health will be restor? ed, as it strengthens and builds up these organs as nothing else will. Os? car Bowman, Lebanon, Ky., writes: "I have used Foley's Kidney Cure and take great pleasure in stating it cured me permanently of kidney disease, which certainly would have cost me my life." Durant's Pharmacy. THE WIDOWS PLAINT. j - The Chief Mourner at Mayor Dick's Political Funeral Comments on the Sad Event. From The Daily Item March 2S. Mr. Editor, My Dear Sir: 1 Please be kind enough to publish j the enclosed death notice gratuitously, j as his salary of 75c per day (with no i I "perquisites of the office") ha's been j I so suddenly cut off that settlement for ' same would necessarily be on the "de? ferred payment" plan. The friends, relatives and acquaint? ances of the late Mayor Dick will be grieved to know that he came to an untimely end yesterday, March 27, 1906, suspended in mid air upon one of the largest "Polls" ever erected in this city. The deceased had been suf? fering for some time with what ap? peared to be an ordinary "Boyle" and his surgeons led him to believe that when the knife should be applied on the 27th the wound would heal rapid? ly. They had not proceeded far with the operation, however, when it was decided, without much consultation, that this disease was of what is known as the "Boylus-genus," with ramifica? tions innumerable and that death from same was inevitable. At various hours during the day his friends came to read the bulletins, going away with sad expressions, but about 12 o'clock a mighty shock of some description struck that "poll," the jar from which the deceased never gained conscious? ness, and precisely at 7 p. m. all was ? over and his body was taken to his secluded little wigwam on "The Alley." ! The last sad rites will be given him I April ll, at 8 p. m., city hall. The public cordially invited to attend. De mortuis nil nisi bonum! The citizens decided yesterday that each active pall bearer must occupy one "Booth" and wear a "Hood." There must be no profanity or "Schweing" at the meeting-a resolu? tion passed by the people yesterday forbid* that'absolutely. - ". The refreshments prescribed for the chief mourners at the "wake "(Walter Stubbs and Dave Dick) can be of va? ried kinds, but must be"All-nuts" and strange to say will be fed to them "Witherspoon," not of the ordinary typ^e, but of the "$5.00 per meeting" kind. If any kind sister attends these ob? sequies the pall-bearers will not be re? sponsible if the little "Chaps Hug-er" -as he is in a semi-comatose condition suffering from "shock." The "opera? tion" was a perfect success, however. Yours in crepe, "His Widow." Petit Jury. For second week of April term : Julian D. Bradford. C. W. Smith, EL M. Sauders, W. H. Pate, H. S. Tisdale, R. M. Warren, J. M. N. Wil? der, H. S. Kolo, J. D. Wbite. H. A. Hojt. W, L. Jackson, C. E. Stubbs, Jr., E. D. riodge. J. S. Weldon, W. M. DeLorme. Reid Ard, J. M. Tis? dale, Jr., J. W. Dennis, Edward R. Sanders, Peter R. Mayes, C. C. Bees, R. E. Durant, Louis Lvons, L. L. Hunter, W. N. White, J.'A. Boykin, J. M, K?ln, N. A. Nesbitt, Edgar Skinner, R. J. Davi?, T. S. McLen don, W. 0. Bradford, W. L. Sanders, W. S. Boykin, W. R. Phillip, and J. C. ^Dawkins. *Don't drug the stomach to cure a cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the mucus, draws the inflammation out of the throat, lungs and bronchial tubes, heals, soothes and cures. A quick cure for croup and whooping cough. Its constantly increasing use for many years tells of the fact of its absolute usefulness. Sold by all drug? gists. Mrs. Marj- S. Whitaker. To the Editor of The New? and Cou? rier : Since none of your correspondents wbo remember her tumi-bed correct data relating to Mrs. Mary Scrim geour Whitaker. I beg to give the facts. She was the daughter of Sam? uel Furman, D. D'., and his wife, Eliza Scrimgeour, and was born near Coosawhatcbie. Beaufort Ccuuty, in 1815. She went to Scotland in her girlhood, where her mother inbeiired the estate of Thornhall, Polmont, in the county of Sterling. While there she married John Miller, brother of Sir William Miller, cf Manderston, a member of Parliament, *ho died in 1857 at a great age. John Miller was appointed attorney general to the British West Indies, and died there in 1837 of yellow fever. Her widowhood was spent at her father's house, on the High Hills of i?antee, aud with her uncle, the late C. M. Furman, of Charleston. In that city she met her second hatband, David K. Whitaker, a man wt ll known in ante-bellnm lit? erary circles, ard at that time con? nected with De Bow's Review. Mr?. Whitaker was the granddaughter of Richard Kurman, for thirty-eight year? pastor of the First Baptist Church, Charlestun. The l?te Dr. John H. Furman, ot Sumter, was her brother .Dying at 93 she had sur viv d nine brothers and s sters, of whom she WZB the oldt-st. Kate Furman. Sumter, S. C., March 18, 1900. Rheumatism Makes tho Life Miserable *A happy home is the most valuable possession that is within the reach of mankind, but you cannot enjoy its comforts if you are suffering from rheumatism. You throw aside busi? ness cares when you enter your home and you can be relieved from those rheumatic pains also by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One appli? cation will give you relief and its con? tinued use for a short time will bring about a permanent cure. For sale by all druggists. i The April Delineator. [ To the woman of fashion the April Delineator will be more than welcome, for it contains an array of attractive garments that will enable her to select and develop in her own home every? thing necessary for any occasion. Apart from matters of style, there are two stories by well known writers: "The Flight of Jim Charles," by Al? bert Bigelow Paine, and "The Stolen Speech," by Joseph A. Altsheler. In the latter, love and poltics are equally blended, and the hero not only wins the passage of the school bill for which he is fighting, but the girl who spurs him on. A new series that is sure to please many is "Famous American Songs," and in this number of the magazine the author, Gustav Kobbe, tells of that song of the home? sick, "Old Folks at Home." An Amer? ican lady's housekeeping experiences in Morocco-the Land of the Brigands -will prove interesting reading, but it is doubtful if many will care to transport themselves and their fami? lies to that lawless country. "Portia," the noble heroine of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," is the subject of a clever sketch by Dorothy Donnel? ly, based on her own impersonation of the character. To the many good things usually provided for the chil? dren, two exceptionally blight stories have been added and for the busy wo? man in the home everything pertain? ing to the inner working of the house? hold is touched on in the various de? partments. Levan Monument Fund. Mr. Editor: I have- received since my last report the following contribu? tions to the above fund: R. D. Lee.$2.00 Mrs. W. D. Rice.1.00 R. C. McFaddin. i.00> H. F. Wilson.1.00 B. T. Williams.50 Cash.25 J. Diggs Wilder. A Loss to Camden. Camden, Mareil 27. -Mr. John T. Nettles, a well-known and substantial citizen ol' Camden, who ietired from tne mercantile business several years ago on account of ill health, died at his home here last night aiier a long ill? ness. Be was sixty-two years ot age, and leaves a wife and two grown chil? dren, Mr. JoUn Nttd.es, Jr., of Cam? den, and Mri. J. T. Lindsay, of Ches? ter. He was a member cf DeKalb Lodge, Knights of Honor, and a con? sistent memoer of the Baptist Church. Ran in Burning Track. Green Pond, March 27.-One of the mest eerion.s wrecks that has occurred for sr me time on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, was caused early Mon day morning by a "wood's" fire burn? ing tte bridge aud about three hun? dred feet of track between Green Pond and Yemassee, The fire burned the track on a curve and the fast fr:ji&*bt ran into it, going about thirty miles an hour. The e-giue wss demolished and ten freight cars weie wrecked. The engineer, Mr. Robert Denning, was s-riou-ly injured and is not- ex? pected to live ana the colored fire mau was slightly injured. Cane in Bloom. Mr. J. R. Manhis has sent to this oifice a bundle rf swamp cane that is iu full bloom. Cene blooms but rare? ly and when it does it is a decided curiosity. Led His Class. Dr. Charles Ry tte n berg, third son of the late Harry Rytteuberg, of this city, was graduated last week from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, at the head of a class of ninety. He bas received an ap? pointment as a meaiber of the house staff ci Mt. Sinai Hospital. Dr. Ryt t?nterg i< a graduate of the Sumter Graded Schools and of the South Car? olina College. ?If you ever bought a box of witch haze! salve that failed to give satisfac-. tion the chances are it did not have the name "E. C. DeWitt ?? Co." print? ed on the wrapper and pressed in the box. The original Dewitt's Witch Ha? zel Salve never fails to give satisfac? tion for burns, sores, boils, tetter, cracked hands, etc. For blind, bleed? ing, iiiching and protruding piles it af? fords almost immediate relief. It stops the pain. Sold by all druggists. Now t^at ghost stories are again to the fore, one from ju?t a century ago mav find a place, says the London Chronicle. In this ca^o the ghost was officially taken imo account by a town meeting. Under the date of March 6, 1806. the .Annual Register tells how a botcher of St retford, in Lancashire, bad disappeared during a recent flood, and how rumors sp-ead that an apparition had been seen near a certain local po< 1 j of water. Some gave it the form of au uncanny dog, ot bei s that of an equally mysterious man who uttered blood? curdling yells: and it was told that, ?ven when nothing was seen, cattle re? fused to drink at the pond, and horses trt-mblt'd as they passed it. At last a town meeting decided to rump the pool dry lt was cone, and there, sure e lough was the butcher. FRECKLES AND PIMPLES REMOVED In Ten Days. Nadinola The Complexion Beautifier is en? dorsed by thousands of grateful ladies, and guaranteed to remove all facial discolora? tions and restore the beauty of youth. The worst cases in twenty days. 50c. and $1.00 at all leading drug stores, or by mail. Prepared by NATIONAL TOILET CO., 4 Paris, Tenn. DEAD COME TO LIFE. Fourteen Miners Who Were Entombed March 10 Found Alive and Kescued By Searcliing Party. the mine mules. They had subsisted on .the lunches of their dead comrades, j When this food was exhausted they re I sorted to wheat and oats. Water was also found and in this manner the j miners managed to sustain their lives. Lens, France. March 30.-The four? teen miners who were entombed .in the Courrier coal mines at the time .of the great fire disaster there on March 10 were taken from the mines alive this morning by a searching par? ty which was exploring the mines. The men had lived for twenty da/s, deprived of light and almost shut off from air. With one exception all were well, but they could not have lived much longer. The searchers heard knockings and quickly began digging in the direction of the noise, and they soon came upon the men. When cut off by the explosion the men took refuge in the stable used for Mr. J. K. Osborne, of Duluth, the { Southern representative of the Clyde i Iron Works, of Duluth and Minneapo I lis, manufacturers of steam logging j machinery, has decided to make Sum ! ter his headquarters. Mr. Osborne is an amateur athlete with a national and international reputation. He holds a score or more medals won in various amateur contests. Among the number are the Canadian champion? ship oarsmans' gold medal and the in? ternational medal. He was a member of the Canadian crew sent to England to contest in the Henly regatta for the four-oared championship of the world. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to i *e medical fraternity. Ca? tarrh bein/, a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. 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