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lit ma mn ATTORN EY GENERAL McCAJtX CLOSES FOR STATE. *} Lack of preparation Keep* due Froen Got]ooj to Jury at Time I x peetad Judge'* Charge Not Ready. Naehvtlle. Tenn . March 11.?The general belMf that the case would go to the Jury'today cauaed the large*: crowd yet ajsembled to try to get Into the court house for the final scenes of the trial of Col. D. B. Coopsr. Rol? lo Cooper an-1 John D.Sharp for the murder of farmer United States Sen stor Carmack. But there was another delay. ' After Attorney General Mc Cars had closed for the State Judge Hart sanounoed that he had not com? pleted the charge but hoped to have It ready some time tomorrow. Oea. McOtrn spoke only a little ever aa hour this morning but closed with a burst of eloquence, a farewell Invocation to Carmack.. "Statesman, patriot diplomat. Christian, gentle? man and friend." Oea. McCarn's argument Is coosld ered to be a remarkably able and Strong one. This Is his first big case, almost the first case, he has actually tried since fee took the oath of ortice last September, and his friends were out In force to see how he acqulttod himself. At the conclusion of the pro? ceedings they crowded around him aa he sei^wtth his eyes Ailed with tears an<fwalrly overwhelmed him with congrai:ulatloas. Mrs Carmack was In oourt again today, heavily veil? ed as ususl. When Gen. McCsrn reached hie peroration she leanod ever und rested her head upon her sister's shoulder. Little Ned Carmack sat on ths Up of one of the attorneys for ths State and listened latently to every word that was spoken. When court ad? journed s number of the attorney gen? eral's friends surrounded him and <* sorted him home. Some alleged threats that "thie Is the day they will get away with MoCwrn" alarmed that official s \ntunstes. but ha only laugh? ed at ths rumors. In opening. McCsrn said: "At the time of adjournment I hud gone ever the Immediate facta of tie tragedy. I isd ahown you by phyid onl facts that Senator Carmack had haen shot It. the back. Don't forget that He was shot In the beck?he was shot frsm behind. My theory to that the bul let which came out of Carmacks fiouth entsrsd ths bsck. And It to no mors chivalrous to shoot a dved man In the hack than to shoot % live one. These defendanta are not only sasaeeins of Carmack but they ass cowardly ??seesIns of tacts. -Counsel tall you that you era not trying ordinary criminals, thatthese are men of distinguished ancestry. Well, whan men In pairs hunt another man. approach him from behind and kill him. then it's time for some of the descendants, the tall of the anceetca. to be *ut off. They have pleaded tustlftcatton. Yes. they have. Judjge Anderson In his splendid law speech tried to es; lain Gen. MeekV state? ment that the unwritten law should apply. But If Gen. Meeka didn't mean it. why did he follow it with the significant remark. The streets of our city have run rsd before with blood of men who used other men's nsmes unjustly In newspapers?' " Gen. McCsrn briefly recounted the cireumstanco* of the meeting on Sev? enth aveniM and declared that the Coopers committed an overt act. He deplored Ihn length of the trial and blamed the lawyers. "Tou could have learned the truth of this case, gentlemen. In one day. But when you get SO of the cleverest lawyers In the South they can make blood look like snow. And thay re? fer to politics and try to stir up preju? dice In the kearts of those of you who were opposed to Carmack politically." McCarn ompllmented the Jury for their attertlon and honesty and then declared th?y would not disgrace their names end their families by let? ting prejudice come Into the case. ' "They aay he didn't shoot Carmaok ?the colonel didn't But he took his son along to do It and the son was a willing tool. "Three bullets In hla body, gentle? men. One n the back, two through the side, not one from the front. They any these bullets stopped In Car mack's body. They pierced that poor widow's heart. They went Into the life of thst lltle boy and took out of It s gsnerous fsther's csrs. "1 know you will not let s crime Ilka that go unwhlpped of Justice. If there Is any truth In the statement that you can not convict a man of means of murder, who Is to blame? Not the Judge. From his charge you can not tell whether the defendants are black or white. It Is the fault of Jurors, gsntlemen. If they permit high priced counsel to obscure the issue. "My duty Is done. I hope It la done well. My conscience Is clear. I am responsible for everything I have said or done. If it be intrue that a rich man can not be con-lcted. then stand up and by your verdict give It the lie, de? nounce this libel upon Tenneasee. The work la dons and all I can aay to the ?pint that to gone, again, orator, statesman, Christian, gentleman ana friend, farewell!" Oen. Qarner arose to say that he did not accuse Oen. Ifeeks of counsel for defense of wilfully falsifying the record. He said he thought this state? ment due to the general. The court then adjourned until 9 a. m. tomorrow. Nashville, Tenn., March 16.?Anoth? er one of those tedious delays which have marked the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former United States Senator E. W. Cirmack pre? vented Judge Hart from charging the Jury today. Attorneys on both sides fairly swamped the court with requests for instructions and compelled him to go over much of the work he had com? pleted. It was nearly midnight to? night when he finally dictated the last paragraph to the stenographers, who have promised to have it transcribed by 10 a. m. tomorrow. Judge Hart will then go over It carefully for er? rors and says he hopes to begin read? ing It to the Jury about noon. The charge complete makes about 30,000 words, probably the longest set of Instructions ever given to a Jury In Tennessee. It covers the entire rsnge of the case, the various theories and explains exhaustively and simply the law. Attorney General McCarn was quite sanguine of a conviction tonight. ' I look for a disagreement as far as John Sharp Is concerned,'' he said, "but nothing can save the others from conviction. Our case against Sharp was weakened by the absence In Colo? rado of a cousin of Sharp s, who, at tht application for bond, swors that as Sharp turned away from the scene of the shooting there was a smile of satis? faction on his face. If this witness bad bean able to come back, Sharp would suffer with the others." Ths Jurors are chafing under the delay and can be heard pacing rest? lessly up and down the large room in which thsy ars confined. When it became apparent today that the charge would not be completed, Judge Hart ordered ths IS msn taken out for a walk, which they sssmed to enjoy Immensely. ? VESSELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. United States Warships Will be Re? tained to prevent Any Disturbance ?-No Developments. Washington, Msrch 16.?Because of ths unsettled condition existing In Central America It Is ths Intsntion of ths administration to keep war ves? sels stationed In the waters of the w atsrn coast for-a tlms at least. Theee will Include two armored crui? sers of Admiral Swinbourn s fleet and ths gunboat Yorktown. The cruiser Maryland, now at Aca Jutla, and the cruiser Washington have been order to proceed to Ama It was said at ths state department today that so far as Washington Is concerned there were no develop? ments In the situation In Central A merles. 8. L. I. INSPECTION. Tie Company Made an Excellent Showing. The annual Inspection of the Sum? te r Light Infantry was held In the Ar? mory Tuesday night with a full com pllmsnt of men present. The Inspec? tion was conducted by Assistant Ad? jutant and Inspector General W. T. Brock and Lieut. Cablness, who are now making the annual tour of the State for the purpose of Inspect? ing the militia. The company passed a splendid In? spection?the best for years?and Col. Brook and Lieut. Cablness com? plimented the officers and members of the company upon the fine appear? ance of the company and the profi? ciency of the men In the manual of arms. BASEBALL TALK. A State League May be Started. While only two delegates arrived yesterday to the meeting of the di? rectors of the State League scheduled for yesterday in Columbia, these two. Messrs. W. B. Wilson, Jr., and R. M. London of Rock Hill, brought enough enthusiast!? with them to do for all. A meeting had been called for to? day, but Vice President Bultman had been forced to call It off. The Rock Hill delegation had not received noti? fication, the letter having miscarried. Another meeting has been called, to be held tomorrow in Rock Hill. A six-club circuit of Chester, Rock Hill. Sumter. Gsffney, Union and Camden would be fine business, while in the event of one of these elubs not caring to enter, Gastonla will prob? ably be glad to step in snd take a place, as this North Carolina town >s strong for baseball, and for several years has yearned for membership In an organisation of this kind.?The State. Somsttmss fleeing from the devil Is only a pretext for fleeing from duty. Um? of Salt. Salt can almost be regarded as a panacea, so many and varied are Its uses. We are told that It cleanses the pal? ate, and furred tongue, and a gurgle of salt and water is often efficacious. A pinch of salt on the tongue, fol? lowed ten minutes afterward by n drink of cold water, often cures a sick headache. It hardens the gums, makes the teeth white and sweetens the breath. Bad colds, hay fever and kindred affections may be much relieved by using fine dry salt like snuff. Dyspepsia, heartburn and indiges? tion are relieved by a cup of hot wat? er in which a small spoonful of salt has been melted. Salt and water will sometimes revive an unconscious person when hurt if brandy or other remedies are not at hand. Hemorrhage from tooth pull? ing is stopped by filling the mouth with salt and water. Weak and tired eyes are refreshed by bathing with warm water and salt. The Reality of Love. If it Is our choice to be men, we must take the sorrows of men. If It Is our privilege to be living souls, we must accept ail that goes with that privilege. It la not true that life Is only a vapor, nor Is It true that we are chasing empty phantoms of joy. The love of the human heart is the most real and the most beautiful of all realities. The richest gift of our manhood and our womanhood Is this gift of human affection. It is the love that joins us together as brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, children and comrades, husbands and wives, companions, alike In joys and sorrows. Whatever the length of time may be, to have had something of this Is to have experienced the supreme privi? lege of our divine manhood and wo? manhood. The anguish of parting cannot destroy this most real of all realities. The love has been there, the affection existed. The ties have been woven which united hearts and souls together. The love that once was born In sense can never die, for It Is a part of the texture of our be? ing.?Walter L. Sheldon. . s The Whole Code. ? Emily?Why are you waving your handerchlef ? Angelina?Since papa has forbidden Tom the house, we have arranged a code of signals. Emily?What la it? Angelina?When he waves his handkerchief five times, that means "Do you love me ?" And when I wave frantically In reply it means, "Yes darling." Emily?And how do you ask other questions? Angellne?-We don't. That's tho whole code.?Harper'a Weekly. An Editor's Lament. Lives of poor men oft remind uu honest toll don't stand a chance; the more we work we leave behind us bigger patches on our pants. On our pants once new and glossy now are patches of different hue; all because subscribers linger and won't pay up what la due. Then let all be up and doing; send In your mite, be it e'er so small, or when the blasts of winter strike us we shall have no pants ai all.?Dallas New Era. Whero Was She? She was young and beautiful and unused to the ways of the world, says Llpplncotfs. She had left Pitts burg on an early morning train to visit a school friend in New York. It had been a tiresome journey, and just before reaching Harrisburg srv had fallen asleep. Waking up, she tuHhed around t> an old gentleman In the seat behln 1 her, and said, "Will you please tell me if we are on this side of Harrls '>urg or on the other side?" "We sre on this side," he sa'd. She seemed satisfied at this answer, al? though what she meant by her ques? tion and he by his answer is perhaps still a conjuecture. Life barriers that resist all force crumble before friendship. The fool la known by offering his forethought after the event. A man ought to be born a king or a fool.?Latin. A pet child has many names.?Dan? ish. Great men stand like solitary tow? ers In the city of God.?Longfellow. Many a married man's motto Is: "Be suro you are right, and then ask your wife." A vlllian when he seems most kind is most to be suspected.?Spanish. The best cure for drunkenness Is while sober to see a drunken man.? Chinese. The City Croaker. In every town you find some men who always croak and growl; their chief amusement seems to be to snarl and whine and howl. Of course they do not prosper well ?euch people seldom do?and so they strive to make themselves and all their neighbors blue. If strangers come these men en? deavor to get them off alone and while they speak in doleful tones, tell them how the town Is dead and passed away, and hasn't any enter? prise that half begins to pay; how real estate is very low and taxes very high, and every Improvement scheme is sure to wane and die. The good book says a day will come when all must pass away and swoop for wings and golden harps this tene? ment of clay, the earth will burn with fervent heat, the sun go out In gloom, and every living breathing thing shall find a real, real tomb. When that time comes the croak? er who drives against his town, and tries to drive good men away and break their efforts down, will be de? clared a victim for a special dose of flame?ten thousand years and he will be roasting Just the same. Meanwhile the energetic man who labors for his town, always works to build it up instead of tearing down, will ride from earth to heaven In a Pullman palace car and will dwell in peace forever where the first-class an? gels are. Paradise Is not found by fleeing from pain. LAND OF THE CROSSBOW. The Deadly Poisoned Arrows of the Lissoo Sharpshooters. On the wild frontier between China and British Burma is a barbarous tribe which has no civilized supervision. George Forrest, an English traveler, thus describes the chief weapon of these people; "If I bad to suggest a title for a book on the upper Salwin I should call It 'The Land of the Cross? bow/ which is the characteristic weap? on of the country and the Lissoo tribe. Every Lissoo with any pretensions to chic possesses at least two of these weapons?one for everyday use in hunt? ing, the other for war. The little chil? dren ploy with miniature crossbows. The men never leave their huts for any purpose whatever without their cross? bows. When they go to sleep the *nu kung* is hung over their heads, and When they die it is hung over their graves. The largest crossbows have a span of fully five feet and require a pull of fully thirty-five pounds to string them. The bow is made of a species of wild mulberry of great toughness and flexibility. The stock, some four feet long In the war bows, is usually of wild plum wood. The string is of plaited he nip and the trigger of bone. The arrow, of sixteen to eighteen Inches, is of split bamboo about four times the thickness of an ordinary knitting needle, hardened and pointed. The actual point is bare for a quarter to one-third of an inch, then for fully an inch the arrow is stripped to half its thickness, and on this portion poison Is placed. "The poison is invariably a decoction expressed from the tubers of a species of aconitum which grows on those ranges at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. The poison is mixed with resin or some vegetable gum to the consist? ency of putty and is then smeared on the notched point The 'feather' is sup? plied by a strip of bamboo leaf folded Into a triangular form and tied in a notch at the end of the arrow, with the point of the angle outward. The re? duction in thickness of the arrow where the poison In placed causes the point to break off in the body of any one whom it strikes, and, as each car? ries enough poison to kill a cart horse, a wound is invariably fatal. Free and Immediate Incision is the usual remedy when wounded on a limb or fleshy part of the body, but at Chengka the uncle of the Lao wo chief showed us a prep? aration which resembled opium dross and which he said was an effective antidote. "With few exceptions the Lissoo seemed to us to be arrant cowards, but the crossbow and poisoned arrow are certainly most diabolical weapons. An arrow from a war bow will pierce a deal board an Inch thick at seventy or eighty yards. Some of the Tsekou natives were so expert that they could hit a mark four inches In diameter re? peatedly at sixty to eighty yards. As no one goes anywhere without his crossbow and his bearskin quiver full of poisoned arrows and as every vil? lage is at feud with every other vil? lage mutual suspicion Is Inevitable. In open fight the Lissoo nre usually careful to keep at a respectful distance from each other and behind oxhide shields which protect the whole of the body. But If battle is rare, murder and sudden death by ambush lu the Jungle are common." Drank and Remembered. A porter In a big New York ware? house in Greenwich street was recent? ly discharged for getting drunk and los? ing a valuable parcel. The discharge sobered him instantly, coming as a sud? den hard shock. He said he would take the oath never to touch liquor again, but his pleudlugs for reinstate? ment were unheeded, lie searched everywhere for the parcel, but could not recollect what disposition he had made of it Of his honesty there had never been a question lu tweuty years. Overcome by the loss of his place, he got violently drunk and while in this condition recollected where he bad left the parcel and went and recovered it New York Times. ???er*?- ' **>?%) IF THEY HAD MET BEFORE. "It is too bad," he said glancing across the table at her, "that I could not have known yot before." She looked up at him with a wist fulness that caused his heart to beat madly, says The Chicago Record Her? ald. "Ah, well," she said at last, "what has been can not be changed." "If I had known you five years ago," he went on, "I would not be married to another now. Do you believe in the theory that every soul has its mate somewhere in the world?" "I don't know. Sometimes I am in? clined to think so." "I know it is so. I used to scoff at the idea, but since I have looked into your eyes?since I have beheld your glorious face and heard your voice I have become convinced that God In? tended us for each other." "I am afraid you ought not to say such things to me." "Why not? It is the truth. Nothing that lias been can change that. Are the laws of society greater than the law of nature? In the sight of heaven your soul and mine are kindred. An? other bears my name and shares my fortune, but it is for you, darling, that my heart is yearning." "Still, even if we had met five years ago?but I must not think of that. Let us talk about something else." "If we had met five years ago?ah, how changed all would be with us now. If we had met five years ago He paused and into his eyes there stole a far-away look. "If we had met five years ago," she said after gazing at him thoughtfully for a little while, "I suppose I would be sitting alone somewhere and won? dering what affinity you were dining with now." "Confound women," he thought as he began eating his oysters, "they're all so full of jealousy that reason can have no place within them." Chivalry in Wyoming. We can't understand why a man?a full-grown male person?should ob? ject to woman suffrage?If the wo? man wants It, says the Rawllngs Re? publican. We are of the opinion that woman is entitled to Just about any? thing her heart desires. If she wants to vote, for mercy's sake give her the ballot If she wants to run for office the spectators should stand back and give her plenty of elbow room, and if necessary to her success In contests of this character let her costume be such as to interfere as little as pos? sible with her progress. We are for women first and other things after? ward. So is half the population nu? merically and seven-fifths of it In? trinsically. In other words, she is the whole blooming works, plus. If she is happy the rest of us guys ought to be tickled to death. There? fore we say franchise her If It will please her, if it will make her smile, if it wil give us common male mor? tals a glimpse into Heaven throup . her sweetly curved Hps; In the name of all that Is good and holy, franchise her. Give her the ballot if it will Im? prove her already lovely disposition. Give it to her, and give it to her quick. This world is too common? place and life too dull and short to deny woman anything that might pos? sibly enhance her many God-given graces. Pretty Nigh Right. Bill Nye had the truth well told when he said: "A man may use a wart on the back of his neck for a collar button, ride on the back coach of a railroad train to save Interest or. his money till the conductor get? around, stop his Match at night to save wear and tear leave his T or 'V without a dot or cross to save ink, pasture is mother's grave to save corn, but a man of this sort is a gentleman and a scholar compar? ed with the fellow that will take a newspaper two or three years and when asked to pay for it puts it back into the office and has It marked "re? fused." A Dissatisfied Subscriber. "I hereby offer my reslgnashun as a subscriber to youre papir. It being a pamphlet of such small konsequent as to beeflt my family by takln* it. What you need In youre shete Is brains and some one to russel up news and rite editorials on live topics. No men shun has been made in youre shete of my butcherin' a polen china pig welghln' 369 pounds or the gape in the chickens round here, you Ignore that i bought a bran' new bob sled, and say nothln' about it. Ill Simkin's Jersey cglf broke his two front legs fallln' In a well, two important chlverees have been utterly Ignored by youre shete and a 3 column obltchenary notls rlt by me on the death of grand-pa Henry was left out of youre shete to say nothln' of the alfebetlcal poem be? ginning "A Is for And and also for Ark," rlt by my darter. This is the reason youre papir is so unpopular In town. If you kant rite eddytorlals and ain't going to put no news In youre shte we don't want sade shete." Advice to a Young Man. Remember, my sen. you have H> work. Whether you handle a p*ck or pen, a wheelbarrow or a ???t of books, dig ditches or edit a paper, ring an auction bell or write fenny things? you must work. If you will look around, you will ass the men who are the most able to live the rant of their days without work arv? the D> n who* Werk the hardest. Don't fear of kill? ing yourself by overwoik. U is be rjnd >our power to do that m th? sunny ilde of thirty. Thty ifte sosae* iim?, but it's because ti.ey q?j'? work a" o p. m. It's the Interval loat kills, my son. The work gives you a perfect and grateful appreciation of a holi? day. There are young men who do r.ot work, but the world ie not proud of them; it simply speaks o fthem as old So-and-So's boys. Nobody likes thtm; it simply speaksetaoishrdlee'e them; the great busy world doesn't know that they are there. So find out what you want to be and do, and take ofJ your coat and make dust in <ne world. The busier ft u are the lees sweetet Ml be your sleep, the bright? er and happier yourn olidays, and th* tetter sat'stied the world wrll be with you.?Bob Burnett. Rules for Guests. Guests are requested not to speak to the dumb waiter. Guests wishing to get up without being called can have self-raising flour for supper. Tho hotel Is supported by a beau? tiful cemetery; hearses to hire, 2S cents a day. Guests wishing to do a little driving will find hammer and nails in the* closet. If the room gets too warm opera the windows and see the fire escape. If you are fond of athletics and? like good jumping, lift the mattress and see the bed spring. If your lamp goes out, take a fea? ther out of the pillow; that is light enoufrn for any room. Any troubled with nightmare will And halter on the bedpost. Don't nvorry about paying your bill the house is supported by the foun? dation. The supper out of a strange kitchen taster good.?German. HPHISis to certify that I have sold my Optical Business and good will to VV. A. Thomp? son, No. 6 South Main St., Sum ter, S. C.,on March ist, 1909, after which time I shall discontinue here in the optic?! business, and transfer all prescription records to Mr. Thompson, who, by the way, has engaged the services of an expert optician, Dr. O. S. Vaughn, who can ably serve your wants in this line. Z. F. Highsmith. ' E. J. % W. K. 0? ARCHITECTS. Plans and Specificat ions for all ClaHt-ea (f Building*. Personal attention given the Supervision of all Work. Law Range ephone 390. Sumter, S. C. I'ROCURED AND DEfl rawing or photo, for expert Free advtcv, bow to obtain D DEFENDED. roh 1 Send modal, \?A tree report. I patente, trade marka,| copyright*, etc, )N ALL COUNTRIES. Bu-fituss direct wit* Washington saves t.-n*,\ mo try and often the patent. Pitwrt and infringement Practica llicwthsry. Writ* or come to BS at Stl Hint* Street, epp. United Statm ratent Offl??.| WASHINGTON, O. 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