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?NSITIOMAL MURDER 1IIAL ?j. H. (?MIHISON TELLS WHY III KILLKD liOinS WILLIAMSON. TostlfleM That, Tlnough a Window, Ho Saw lite Daughter* Lo\ei M?k? ln? ImprtuM-r Advance* Toward Her Mi? tiarrlnon Chief Witness for FnMeeiittnn and Her Father for the Defence. Lesren*. Oct. 1.?The cite of the ttate against J. H. Garrison for mur? der was tried here today, helng fin? ished tonight, but at midnight the Jury had been unable to reach a ver dttct and Judge Memmlng?r ordered them locked up for the nlg.it. For the ftr-tt time Gannon today told why he killed young Louis Wil? liamson on the night of July 31. Heretofore the only statement made by OarrUun on his behalf was that the shooting was done on account of Williamson's Improper conduct with Harrison's daughter. Miss Mary Gar? rison, but today on the stand Oarrl* son told ths details of that Improper aonjuct. as he construed It to be. and furthermore Miss Harris >n related Just what was taking place between ThersaJt and her lover when her father Interrupted. She was telling William? son not to persist In his attempt to take liberties with her. she said, when she heard the father at 'ths window outside. She then ran out of the room and Williamson Jumped up from the sofa to receive als death wound, with no chance to -defend himself or to explain his In? tentions. The defence did not attempt to es? tablish any other defence than that Oarrtssn was within his legal rights In protecting a female member of his tamlly from assault. It was admitted that the young lady and the young man were eogaered. but not admitted that her father knew of their engage? ment. That ths young man was drink lag when hs arrived at the house that afternoon was set up by the defence as the explanation of Improper con? tact on the part of one who had been received there before as a gentleman and a possible suitor for the hand of the daughter. To offset this, the pros weation sought to show that William? son arrived at t o'clock, and that he bad aot taken a drink after arriving, ao that if hs was drunk at J o'clock bs had ample Urns to sober up by 11 o'clock that night. Ths young lady herself said aha did not notice whis? key on his breath, and ehe was ad aVttedlr closer to him than the oth ?ers; but she said hs acted strangely In several way a There was a dramatic moment dur? ing ths young lady's testimony when she tore up the letter that she* had written to the mother of young Wil? liamson. Taking It In her hands from Mr. Nelson In order to Identify It .she ?taaoed through It silently. And then tore It In half, dinging It at f er feet. The letter was handsd to the Judge, who later refused to admit It as evi 6ease. and Its contents did not reach the Jury at all except by Implication. Judge Memmlnger remarked that he atd aot blame the young lady for her actions under the circumstances, though he might have ruled her for ?contempt of Court. The letter was written on August ?. a week after the kllMng of Williamson, and the young lady expressed to the mother of her aweetheart In affectionate ten.is hT love and sympathy, saying she knew Mr, Williamson would know why she bad not written before, that It was so bar* to write. She told of the suffer? ings of the young man, and what was ?don* for him. and said It would have been easier to stand If he had died In any other way. She said she felt that Mrs. Williamson could aympathlse with her In the poaitton In which ahe Was placed. She wrote that her mother also sent bar sympathy. In concluding she aaked that Mrs. Williamson write I > Vor aa It would be a comfort to hear from her. The conclusion is In term* x>f affection and sympathy. Th* handwriting and composition of the letter were those of an educated woman, and the wording might be ??on*tru?-d under the circumstances aa clever If not natural. Mies Garrl aoa and her father were the principal Wltn?>?he for th?- prosecution an 1 the defendant for himself. Though -called by the Statt? Mi>s Garrison's ay era thy waa evidently with her fath? er, ml n\\? could not refrain from showing It. There were not many wit pease a. and the te*tln ??nv waa con *;lud'd thU afternoon by 4 o'clock. ?For prompt relief in case* of weak back, bsckache. Intlninrnrtt' >i? of the bladder. urinary disorder*. kldnc> trouhlc* and rtoiinuitlo |<u! n*. IhON Is nothing ai good an DoWItt*! KM* any and hUdder PUN. The effect of thee** pllla I-* shown In a very Ittle While. In fU't. you Will feel better the next m<>mlng. k* they act prompt? ly They srs tajteeptlc. i?e sure you fjet l*eWUC*. We sell and recom? mend them. Kojd by all druglgsta. ?Whenever you hive f ?ugh or *jOJ4. Just rcn ember th.it F ?b y < II?.n Wf aad Tar will cure It. Do not risk your health by taking any hut the genuine. It la In a yellow package. fjUteri'e Dvug Store. IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ROADS. The President of the Southern Hall? way Shown the Advantages of Goo*I Wagon Roads, and Refers to the Interest Shown by His Company In Their Extension. Southern Railway Company, Office of the President, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, ? Washington, Sept. 30, 1908. Mr. Editor: In their replies to my letter of July 31st. 1908, on the sub? ject of diversification of Southern ag? riculture and Industries, some of the editors to whom It was sent asked mo to write to them from time to time on matters of Interest to the people of our section. This has led me to take the liberty of addressing you on a topic of Importance to all our people and especially the farmers of the South. If the farm Is to be profitable it must not merely produce abundant crops, but Its products must be put where they can be sold. By whatever means of transportation they may ul? timately be carried before they reach the final consumer, our farm products move primarily over the country high? way, and the condition of the road leading from the farm to the shipping point or to a nearby consuming cen? ter, such as a manufacturing town, affects materially the profits of the farmer and the value of his farm. The condition of the road controls the else of the load that can be hauled over It and the speed at which It can be carried. An Improvement by whi h the farmer Is enabled to carry, with the same vehicle and the same team, a load seventy-five or one hun? dred per cent, heavier, will result in a substantial saving in his time and in the wear and tear of his vehicles and teams. The construction of good roads leading from a market town has practically the same effect as bringing the farms nearer to the town. It extends by several miles in every direction the area of territory In which farmers can profitably en? gage In market gardening and dairy? ing. That this Is true has been ef? fectively demonstrated In those lo? calities In the Southern States and In other sections of the country where road Improvements have been car? ried out intelligently and i systemati? cally. The cost to the farmer of hauling his produota over poor roads Is not always appreciated, for the reason that a farmer/ pays for having his hauling done. The United States De? partment of Agriculture has made an Investigation of this matter, however, ind the results show the coat for cot? ton, for Instance, to be an average rate of twenty-seven cents per ton per mile for an average haul of 11.8 miles That road Improvement would materially reduce it 's cost Is shown by the following striking statement In the Tear Book of the Agricultural Department for 190?: "If It were possible to Increase the average weight of a wagonload of cot? ton in the United States from three bales, as It now Is, to four bales, with? out Increasing the cost of hauling the load, the saving on a crop equal to the one picked In 1905 would amount to 12.000.000; and if the average load of wheat, now 55 bushels, were In? creased by 20 bushels, the saving ef? fected In hauling a crop like that of 1905 would be more than $8,000. 000." In addition to'what may be termed the commercial aspect of good roads they have a highly Important social ?jieot aa well. They bring the farmer Into cloaer touch with the world at large. He and his family are not forced to remain at home for days at a time because the condition of the roads may make traveling unpleasant If not difficult. Oood roads Insure ef? ficient and prompt rural mall de? liveries, placing the newspaper on the table of the farmer early on the day of Its publication, enabling him to transact much of his business by mall and to take advontage of early In? formation as to fluctuation in the prices of hla farm products. Good roads mean that the farmer and the members of his family can enjoy to a greater degree the society of their neighbors and friends In the town and country. They mean that his children can be more regular In school attendance and can receive to a great? er degree the advantages of education. They mean the bringing closer to getti i of the town und country, with advantages on both sides, for us the farts* r |e aoaoftttcd by bet tag brought into closer touch with th.* town, aO ;ill the business Interests of the town prosper an Ihe rasa It of the facility eith Which the farmer ana his fa Ra? il) ran <io their shopping. Good roads also hen.llt the Inhabitants of town: gad eitles by affording facilities for pleasaai country drfveo, Tiny invite Ihe eusiaeef man to the establishment of country ami suburban homei, such aj he ean enjoy ool) when he la ?ured that the condition of the roads will he such as to enable him to reach his place of business pronij tly In all aiadl of weather. I think It may be truthfully Mid that there are f?ew mattet* of such general Impor*'*to nil Ihe people of uny commi pi< n of good roads, and I believe, therefore, that all of us who have 111*, progress and prosperity of the Soutti at heart should do all in our power to aid in thfc creation of a public opinion fa? vorable to road improvement. The system that should be adopted in any locality is one on which it would not be proper for me to tender advice, even If I were qualified to do so. It it necessarily a matter that can best be determined by the people directly in? terested and who are acquainted with the peculiar needs and conditions 'n their neighborhoods. The interest of this company in good r aads as a means of aiding in Southern devel? opment was evidenced In a very prac? tical way when, a few years ago, In co-operation with the National Go:>d Roads Association and tho Depart? ment of Agriculture, it sent a special good roads train over the system, car? rying road-building machinery and expert road-builders, who built short stretches of object-lesson roads and delivered addresses at central point* where good roads conventions were held. The Land and Industrial De? partment of this company is keeping in close touch with the good roads movement throughout the territory traversed by its lines and wMl be glad, at all times, to co-operate with th* people of any locality by gMng in? formation, or In any other piacticable and reasonable way. Yours very truly, W. W. Flnley, President. \ MAULDIN CASE CONTINUED. Supreme Court Will Pass en Drug? gist's Illght to Practice. Newberry, Oct. 1.?Chltf Justice Pope heard today the retuni to th<: rule to show cause, issued by him against the State board of pharma? ceutical examiners, in the case of Dr. J. W. Mauldln, of Greenville. The hoard refused to permit Dr. Mauldln to stand the examination to practice pharmacy because he had rot taken a four years' course or had practical experience in a drug store. Dr. Maul? dln graduated at the Maryland Col? lege of Pharmacy, In Baltimore. His effort Is to force the board to let him stand the examination. Dr O. A. Matthews, chairman of the board, I was present, and the board was rep? resented by W. M. Dunlap of Rock Hill, and Nelson A N^'aon, of Colum? bia, and Dr. Mauldln by W. C. Benet St O. K. Mauldln, of Greenville. Judge Pope decided to continue the case, to be heard by the fall term, which will convene In extra session this month If he had decided it an appeal would have been tu n. Many a divorce suit has started with the broad that mother used to make. Wosnan Interrupt? Political Speaker. ?A well dressed woman Interrupted a political speaker recently by contin? ually coughing. If she had taken Fo ley's Honey and Tar it would have cured her cough quickly and expell? ed the cold from her system. , The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con? tains no opiates and is in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. W. W. Sibert The old postofflce In Alken, one of the landmarks of the town, has been torn down. The building was more than 100 years old. ?No one Is Immune from kidney trouble, so Just remember that Foley's Kidney Remedy will stop the Irregu? larities and cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble that Is not be? yond the reach of medicine. Sibert s Drug Store. Lots of us don't cast our bread on the water until it Is too stale to do anything else with. ?Don't be deceived by Imitations of DeWitfs Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. When you ask for DeWitt's be sure to get it. The name is stamped on every box. There is Just one orig? inal. It Is especially good for piles. We sell and recommend them. Sold by all druggists. The County Fair Association of Greenville will devote one day to a noultry exhibit. Saved His Hoy's Idfc. ?"My three year old boy was badly constipated, had a high fever and was In an awful condition. I gave him two doses of Foley's Orlno Laxative and the next morning the fever was gone and he was entirely well. Foley's Orlno Laxative saved his life." A. Woikush, Caslmer, Wie. w. w. si? bert. A third primary will be held in Lexington county for the purpose of electing a county superintendent of ? ? lucatlon. FOff ( happed Skin. 'Chapped skin, whether on the hands or face, may he cured in one night by applying Chamberlain's Halve, it is alao%unequaled for sore nipples, burn and scalds. For sale by all druglgsts. Honesty is (he best policy; hut honest people don't play policy. Commissioner Watson is sending out litters to those who entered tie corn-raising contest to sind a rec? ord Ol their crop to his office in Co? lumbla. The Paule Measured In Hallway Truf i It If now possible to gauge with some accuracy the effect on the rail? road industry of last year's panic and it* consequent depression. The reports for the first six months of 190S of a very large majority of the roads are before us, leaving only about one sixth of the mileage to be estimated. We find that after ten years of almost un? interrupted increase in gross earn? ings, increases as enormous as they were regular, the railroads of the country earned nearly a quarter of a billion dollars less in the first half of 1908 than in the corresponding half of 1907. What this means is best shown by comparison with the fig? ures of 1904, a year of sharp trade depression. In the first half of that year the decrease from the earnings of the corresponding month! of 1902 was less than $20.000,000. So that the year 1908, to July 1, finds the rail roads reporting decreases twelve times as large as the falling off in the only other period in the last decade thr.t did not show increases. This formid? able evidence of the depression we have passed through is qualified, In the opinion of some authorities, by the very fact of the great strides taken in earnings by the railroads in recent years. They point out that we do not have to go so far back,?indeed, only to 1905,?to find gross earnings even less than the decreased figures of 1908 Eut It must be remembered that the cost of wages and material has in? creased enormously sine 1905, and that there have been huge new capital issues to provide facilities for an ex? pected further advance in traffic. These factors render a comparison of gross earnngs in 1908 with gross earnings in 1905 very cheerless. The widespread character of the falling off was as impressive as the large amounts involved. Not a single railroad of any dze showed an increase in 1908 in gross earnings, and only two showed increase in net. The falling off In net earnings was even larger than the de? crease in growth, coming apparently to more than 21 per cent. When it is considered that these net earnlng.* must cover Interest on a larger vol? ume of bonds than existed in 1907 the extent of the hurt to stockholders can be understood. But now half way on, In the latter six months of 1908, things are looking better. Several months ago, in May and June, the railroads showed some indications of success in handling the I problem of reducing expenses to cor? respond with the smaller volume of traffic. In th? face of continuing high prices for steel and other material, and of the impossibility of reducing wages, this was no easy task. But at the height of the falling off In traffic, which came in May, net earnings be ?an to look a little better proportion? ally, and this work of decreasing ex? penses has gone on progressively un? til we find the Union Pacific in July reporting an actual increase In net ir. the face of the falling off of nearly $500,000 in gross, and the Southern Pacific reporting practically the same net earnings as in the corresponding month of last year. Of course, such results can only be obtained on roads that have been kept in the best phy? sical condition, and not on all of these. Mr. Harrlman said, on his re? turn to the East in mid-September, thart he had spent $1*0,000,000 in im? proving the Southern and Union Pa? cific between 1900 and 1905, and it is well known that correspondingly large sums have gone Into these properties since 1905. But in spite of the fine showing relatively In net earnings of the most fortunate roads, and the bet? ter showing of others, It Is evidently true that the drastic economies in force must be at some expense to the physical condition of our great transportation lines and a scrutiny of the sums currently expended on main? tenance of way and equipment, as re? ported to the T'^erstate Commerce Commission, shows specifically that the properties are not being "kept up" as they were before gross earn? ings fell off. So that it is a much more substantial cause of congratula? tion that gross earnings themselves are now slowly rising. The decrease for July on the large body of roads reporting was 16.57 per cent., as against an average of nearly 20 per cent, for the first six months of the year; for August the decrease was only 13.57 per cent., and for the first week of September twenty-five roads, which should come near showing the average of the whole, made a falling off of nearly 10.41 per cent.?Ameri? can Review of Revews. tTSCfu1 Place. Freddie?Say, wouldn't you like t> have three eyes? < leorge?Tee, Fre Mil ? Wherc'd you have the oth< r ej e? George- I'd have it In the back of my head. Freddie?You \vould7 1 wouldn't. Oeon ?Where would you have your other eye? Freddie?Why I'd have it In the end of my thumb, so I could poke it through knot-bA|p <?? the fence and hin'." Kodol Stops Indigestion Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Belching, Gas on Stomach. I Go to your druggist, get a dollar bottle of Kodol. And if you can honestly say that you did not receive any benetit from it after using the entire bot? tle, the druggist will refund your money to you without question or delay. We' will then pay the druggist the price of the first bottle pur? chased by you. If you knew as well as wo do how good a preparation Kodol is, it would be unnecessary for us to guarantee a single bottle. But to let you know how good It is, as well as we know, we will practically purchase the first bottle ior you. We know there are thousands of persons who suffer from indiges? tion and dyspepsia who would be grateful to us for putting them in touch with Kcdol. That is why. FOH SALE BY Furthermore, we know that ? after you. have used Kodol your faith in the preparation will be equ. 1 to ours. 4f\ This proposition we make Is not altogether unselfish, but Is actuated by the knowledge, that the use of Kodol by you will benefit you as well as ourselves. How could we afford to mako such an offer to the public. And how could we afford to fM spend thousands of dollars to tell you about it unless we positively knew and were sure of tne merits of Kodol. We couldn't?it would bank? rupt us. Please try It today at our risk. Kodol digests all the food you eat a. Eat what you want and let Kodol digest it. Kodol is made at the laborator? ies of E. C. De Witt & Co., Chicago The tl.00 bottle contains 2% times as much as the 50c bottle. \LL DRUGGISTS. a*. I THREE FINE PRIZES. | * THE Carolina Furniture Co. has one of the best selected stocks of Furniture ever seen in Sumter, and is making prices that cannot be du? plicated here. In addition to the close prices, THREE PRIZES are given to customers. Every Saturday Night Viz: 1st.?55 Picture; 2nd.?$3.50 Lamp; 3rd?31.50 Lady's Brooch. Eierycusto tomer has i chance. : : Call and learn particulars if you are in the market for Furniture and House Furnishings. 114-116 1 S. Main St. I % &fi 4* if* 4* 4* 4* ^I^I^^^^^^^ta Tract of 568 acres, 20^ acres cleared, in Spring Hill Sect of Lee County, on public road and R. F. D., two miles Smithville, and school and church, 4^ miles from Re* station on N. W. R. R.; 50 acres in fine long leaf pin ber, 300 acres in scattering pine and branch timber well drained, in good healthy neighborhood, rents bales cotton; has good 6-room dwelling, ceiled and ed, large 2-story barn, commissionary, smoke house and other outbuildings; 4 tenant houses. This place ought to prove a bargain at the price. ster City and Country Property Handled. Real Estate Loans. R. B. BELSER. s If yea have money to litrest in or loan on I state, notify ae Real Estate Broker. SUMTER, :-: :-: S. C. I Ask The Farmers of Sumter and adjoining counties what we have done for them in the nineteen years of our existence. As agricul? ture is the mainstay of business in this part of the country, we have always endeavored to assist the farmer in every le? gitimate way and will continue to pursue this policy. When you seit your cotton make this bank your de pository and get in line for any assistance you may need jy another year. I The Bank of Sumter. aaaaaaaaBSBaa?aaesaaa?aassaal 1*00 Volume of Business Developed by cT>6e Farmers Bank and - Trust Co. 1 During the past three years speaks well for that Institution, it's large capital, steadily increasing surplus and absolutely conservative management is a guarantee to its patrons. It is now prepared to assist its farmer friends in hand? ling their cotton crop, and has ample means to take care of desirable business at all times. Give them your account, either Savings or General, and you will be pleased with the result.