The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 16, 1910, Image 3
FIVE YEARS FOR BLACK.
to\\i<Tn> i.raftfr m\ii \<
r.n to i i m i l n i i \ n\.
Motion li.r \.\\ Trial Refused Mud
< n?.e \|?|h nl>'d m supreme i ??ui l ?
Hl I- k Release,' on $10.000 Holl? I
Chester. N"\. 11.? Five youm i"
the p^nlt. nti u v without labor." v%a*
the sen ten. ??? p i .?*? d i?n John Rlack
Judg?* Moor?* this morning. The
JuiIk i il.d a motion f<?r a n? w
trial. Notice of appeal to Suprcin"
?'.?>>rt was made Immediately by de?
fendant's coons.-| .hoi pcning this ap?
peal Black was releaeed on $10..
bond.
I \FT in CHARLESTON'.
Presitleui Makes Brief Stop F.n
Route to Panama * anal.
Ofcarleston. Nov. 10 - l?resIdem!
William Howard Tuft did not hu\<
to "see Charleston first." having visit
id this rttv several times already, so
that, while a short time was sp- ni
by Mm and hin party In sight-seeing,
the greater part of his short stay ?
three hours In the city this morning
was taken up with speech-making
and preparations for his departur. .
The President and his party arriv?
ed In the city this morning at about
? o'clock In a special over the Coast
Line. They Here met at the station
by Mayor R. Goodwin Khctt. and
?Irlvn to Mayor Rhett's reslden? e.
where breakfast was served the
party. Immediately after the ggg
elusion of the meal. President Ti ft
waa driven to Marlon Square, where
he made a abort address.
Of course, presidents are not In
town every day. so that the usual
crowd was present to view Mr. Taft's
expansion smile, and Incidentally
bear what he had to say. The school
cttlldren were especially in promi?
nence, sections of the square being
aenlgned to each of the schools, and
the President? remarks were directed
ctilefly to the children. He told them
how clad he was to see so many
bright faces present to greet him.
aast gave them some good advice as
to bo~< to grow up to be good Ameri?
can titlxens. telling them to "work
bard while th?-y worked, and play
hard while they played." He refer?
red to the numerous flags waved by
the children, and stated his pleasure
at seeing such a display of patriot?
ism. He spoke only for about five
minutes. At the conclusion of his
?pee< h Mr Taft was presented Sftth
numerous hoqueta of lovely flowers.
Mr. Taft was carried from Marlon
Square to President street, where he
addressed the students of the col >
ed Industrial school.
Both of Mr. Taft's short speeches
were In a happy vein, and If he still
felt any discontentment over the
election returns. Mh Jejg|g] count.'
nance did n<>t show it.
At 10 o'clock the President's party
wae transferred to the battleship
T. nneeeee, which with her sister
?hip, the Montana, steamed out of
the harttor at 10: SO on their way to
Panama.
PlwrTF.ST BY BICYCLISTS.
IMVyctUt? Protect Against \etlon of
CRj < on net I In Forbidding Them
on Broad street sidewalks.
Kdltor I hilly it n.
As a bicycle rider we desire to en?
ter a protest against tie- ictlog of
Ctty Ostraetl in prohibiting hlcycle
riders from traveling on the north?
ern pavement ?>f Broad Street, i*
they have been doing for many
months The street is narrow and
h traveled by automotdles mi
ether vehicles, pructhnllv f..r< ing the
lea Into the cutters. In wet
weather the street Is unfit for use
snd It 1? a sreat hardship on those
of us who it... too far out to walk
to and from huslness.
Only yesterday a lady rldlnc a
set on Broad ?SfOOt was so crowd?
ed out ?>f th.' r..ad bv automobiles
and wagons that *h?? was compelled
to get off and push her wheel. There
ins been no demarnl. far as we
can learn, for putting the bicycles
Into th* street and there Is absolute,
ly no good reason for It. We want
relief f^r
MGTCL1 sUOMIU
?Chamberlains Stomach and l.lsar
Tablets do not llgfMel or gripe, and
may be taken with perfect safety by
th* moat delicate woman or the
rest child The old and feeble
will also And them a most suitable
remedy for aiding and strengthening
their weakened dlgeatl >n and for
retaliating the t ( wei*. l or sale hy
ill dealers.
A man has as much right to be a
Republican as to be a democrat In
?Ii- IS -I i\ i hu rio in m h is i r bjtlt
to be both ? I'urham (N. C.) Sttr..
Will Promote IW>aiit>.
?Women desiring beauty get
wonderful help from Bucklen's Ar?
nica Hal\e. ft banUbm pimples,
shin eruptions, sores and botta M
aaakea the skin soft nnd \?-lvety. It
glorlfles the face. Cures sore eves,
eold sores, cracked Mps. chapped
hands. Beet for burns, scalds, feref
sores cuts, bruises a"d stieg, lie,
at Sibert's Drug Store.
ONE GRAFTER CONVICTED.
HI,UK UVWT\ JOD1K M. haw -
|.l\>0\ \M? II. I I I. Mll.ll.
miNn NOI t.rii/i I.
tttOfSSB] UtipjCfgd L> on VN ill*1111> 1 on
uuuiiland on Rosult?Uena] M,o?
don lot Now Trial Will Ik- Hoard
rhiis Pluming?\hio Arguments
Itedt nj Lbwyen in Caap,
* busier. Nov. 11.? Not guilty an
lo Jodle M. Rawllnoon ami 11. Lee1
Solomons; guilty us to John Bho U
on second oonnt; nut guilty on Aral
I ;nt." was the verdlcl of the Jury i
in the onot of Kaw linson-Black-Solo
mons. charged w ith conspiracy, at j
It SI o'clock tonight.
Immediately on announcement of
\erdict, counsel for John Black ask
ed court to note on minutes a mo?
tion for a new trial, which motion;
w ill he heard by Judge Moore on the
( omening of court tomorrow morn-'
tng at 10 o'eloc*.
Tie- case went to the jury at ti: 10
O'clock and the verdict was returned
at 1:10 o'clock?3 hours 20 minutes
Of deliberation.
The verdict was reoelvsd with
mach interest.
Black's counsel immediately, on'
tlM announcement of ?he verdict,
ga \ notice Ol a motion for a new,
trial anil this will be heard when
court convenes tomorrow morning. In
the meantime Black is out on bond,
and Is spending the night ut the ho?
tel.
The attorney general, Mr. Lyon, is
receiving the congratulations of
friends on the outcome. When seen
tonight and asked for a statement he
bald that he had nothing to give out
now. There Is much speculation on
the next step In this case. People on
the street and especially in the lobby
r the hotel are discussing the prob?
able result.
The result of the verdict is a
triumph for the attorney general. A
ireat many expected to see a mistrial
st best while others, from the evi?
dence presented at the trial of this
rase, were of the opinion that Black
would be convicted.
WThat the sentence will be will de?
pend on the court, as the matter la
left to it.
Last Day of Graft Trial.
Chester, S. C. November 11.?
The evidence Is In; the arguments
have been made and the case of the
Alleged dispensary grafters Is in the
hands of a Jury of Chester county
men.
I'p to today there] has been much
Impendence placed upon the rumors
that the issue would be not guilty or i
i mistrial. But after the powerful
tnd In fact, convincing, argument of
W. F. Stevenson this afternoon, a
great many have been hard to say
that they believe that the Jury will
not dare to acquit. Mr. BtSVSnson
left for the North at G o'clock this
evening and he declared his llrm
i eiief that at b ast one of the defend?
ants would be convicted.
Never has a case been fought on
such lines Kvery wile known to the
legal profession, every kind of special
pleading and specious argument has
boo! made in behalf of these defend?
ants. There are on all sides evidence
or a regular political campaign dur?
ing the months, preceding and the
attofnoy general, the commission to
Wind up the affairs of the dispensary
.nl the witnesses for the State hav
all been pilloried, ridiculed and
abused m advance of this trial.
The settling of the Issues in the
court room has been an uphill tight,
and If tin- verdict be for the defend?
ing t her. will be no surprise. The j
most powerful man on the jury is
variously reported to have said onli
? few days ago that he would not
convict any of tie defendants, and
iiu- local attorneys for the prosecu*
tb?n have by some persons been criti
i is. d for allowing ins attorney goner*I
a) to permit certain men t>? go upon
the Jury.
But the aria\ of ? \ id, m c produced
by Mr. LyOfJ and Mr. Stewnson. the
wonderful argument of Mr. Annoy on
the law ol conspiracy and the power?
ful address before the jury by Mr.
Ptevenses should bo sufficient to cre?
ate a reaction in favor of the pros. -
i ottoa? The attorney geneml'i argu?
ment before the Jury was the best
. ffort of that kind that h< has made,
no oratory, but g convincing preseii
tattoa Of for, but it was not such a
rivet-clinching speech ai that Of Mr.
atevenson. The local attorney, Jos.
U. McLure, representing Solicitor
Henry, in a quiet ami unlmpassloned
manner, made an argument t ? the
pn\ this morning which carried gn il
weight, Me did not denounce the al?
leged grafters, ai thieves and ecoun?
drels, but he showed by homely illus?
trations how the fay t? proved the e*>
Istence and operations of the plunder*
bund.
The attorneys loi tax defense ln?
dulged In earnest appeals lo the ju?
ror* iml trom th? ir viewpoint, with
no*evidence submitted hj their side
on which to argue, the laywers made
effective spec, hes, A* samples ot ors
lory those addresses were compll?
III' tiled. The speakers on tin t> >p?c
ties sides in the ordei m which they
ipponrod were: Tor the defense, P,
If. Nelson Opened Thursday with a
HALLET 6 DAVIS PIANO COMPANY'S
Piano Publicity Contest
Beautiful Upright P;ano Absolutely Free
1 st Prize
2nd Prize
3rd Prize
And Over
$365 Piano
. $125 Credit Certificate
. $ 100 Credit Certificate
$5,000 in Additional Prizes
The |M5 piano will be given away absolutely free to the person writing the four words. Hallet and Davis Pleno?, the largest number of times In ao or
uanca with the simple condition! belOW, Second prize next l>est, etc
You Have the Same Opportunity as Anyone Else to Win.
Having demonstrated in ours?-lves the merit of this advertising contest [botbto the prize winners who secure a piano at a tremendous Saving, and to
onrsel rei In ' he vast number of names *e secure of people who do not own ? piano and the extensive publicity and widespread Interest aroused], we hei ?? secured
fer the fall campaign the biggest-best contest of all. Start today and send your list in early.
1 n the contest we have t he combined cooperation of the Hallet A; Davis Piano Co. and the Ton way Co.. whose combined wealth equals 0X500,090. surely a
GUARANTEE OF THE WORTH and real merit of the contest. This contest puts us in direct touch with piano buyers, as we reach only tin people Interested In
pianos. It saves us thousands of dollars of advertising and canvassers' expenses and It saves this money, and more. too. to the fortunate prise winners direct*
THE CONTEST is AS FOLLOWING :
Priaee
will be
made as
and disinterest
will be selected
announe
names
no
A wards
follows:
Prominent
ed judges
and their
ed.
Prlie winners will b
titled:
FIRST PRISE?A line new
gfjfg Piano.
si:coNi> PRISE?A credit
certificate for $125.00.
THIRD. PRIZE?A Credit
certificate for $100.00.
Each of the contestants
sending in the next five
highest lists will be given
a credit check for $90. Fol?
lowing these in groups of
five or more, each of the
contestants sending in the
next highest lists will be
given a credit check for $1
less than those previous
(first five at $90; 2nd five
at $89, etc.) until the en'
tire amount is awarded.
How Many Times Can You Write the Name
HALLET AND DAVIS PIANOS
On a Card or Sheet of Paper, Measuring 3 x 4 inches.
This space within black border is supposed to be exact
size. Use any plain card or paper, size as indicated by
border. Contestants must fill out coupon or exact writ?
ten copy and attach to or enclose with card.
CONTEST CLOSES NOVEMBER 26, 1910.
These credit checks are flood on the purchase of any new Hallet A Davis. <'onway
or any piano or player- piano in our warerooms at regular retail price. Time of
credit check Is limited. Credit checks cannot be applied to any purchase made pre?
vious to November \M 1910. Only one crealt check may be applied on the purchase
of one piano.
The one price Hallet A Davis. Piano Co. plan of selling is the bulwark of our suc?
cess. It Is the plan that saves you money, save your patience and has torn away
the mystery of buying. We have definite object in Impressing this plan on your
minds, hence Its.use In this contest. We know that this contest will arouse wide?
spread interest. It is the greatest opportunity ever presented to people desiring a
piano. To any home without one. It Is of vital Importance. Some one will get a fine
piano free, or one of the other valuahle urlr.es. Why not you? Nothing could be
fairer than tIds great contest. It Is conducted on a fair and open hasis. Promin?
ent men will act as judges, and every prlr.e is well worth striving for.
Mall or bring your answer to our office. ADDRESS TO .HANAUER OF CONTEST. Start now and send your answer
at once.
SIMPLE CONDITIONS.
The W?rde ? Hallet and
Davis Pianos?must be
written plainly. The per?
son sending in the highest
list in accordance with
these conditions will be
awarded lirst prizej the
second hest list the second
prize, etc.
Number consecutively
each time you write the
words, as Hallet and Davis
Pianos 1, Hallet and Davis
Pianos 2, Hallet and Davis
Pianos 3, etc.
Contest closes at 5:30 p.
m., November 26, 1910.
Write on one side of the
card only. No words can
be written across each
other.
Only one card may be
submitted by one family.
In the event of a tie the
value of prize offered will
be equally divided between
those tyinfe or a prize
identical in character and
value of that offered
awarded to each of said
persons.
S. I. TILL,
DISTRIBUTOR.
SUMTER WAREROOM, 18 W. LIBERTY ST.
SUMTER, S. C.
COUPON
Head this coupon carefully and write plainly. Kin this on the out?
side of your list, as no list will t>e accepted unless coupon or exact writ?
ten copy attached.
I suhmit herewith my card, on which I have written the words
"Hallet and Davis Pianos" .times, subject to all conditions of
the contest and I hereby agree to abide by thedeeistoaof tbe judges.
NAM f..
STREET.
CITY.STATE.
Have you upright or square piano or organ'.' State which
brief and effective statement of the
cage in live minutes; John If. Wise of
the Chester bar today spoke 45 min?
utes; If, it. Howell of Walterboro, it.
H. Webb of Columbia and A. L.
Qaeton Of Chester were the other
speakers. For the prosecution B. L.
Abney, In tin hour and 55 minutes, ex?
pounded the law in such an ablress
as tbe court house of Chester has not
The matter is very simple. There
may be a conspiracy to rob an ap?
ple orchard as well as to rob r State
or to end a kingdom.
Mr. Howeii of Colleton then made
what was regarded by many as the
principal speech for tbe defense. He
attacked the methods of the prosecu?
tion in granting immunity to some
and pushing bo vigorously the cases
heard In many a year; he was follow-1 of others. He also flayed the wlt
ed by Jos. c. McLure, J. Frager Lyon ' nessea for the prosecution, in reply
and W. F. Stevens?.n closed 'n an Attorney General Lyon said he would'
hour and 15 minutes' address. The not be sidetracked by such an ad
defendants' attorneys who did not dress, but he stated that there was
?nook wore! F. H. Weeton, W, T, no foundatiin In fact for the lnnu-j
Aycock. W. S. Nelson! T. Team Get- endoes against himself. Mr. Lyon
powerfully of the manner In which Buveu tin Iowa Man's Life.
Wylle had "betrayed bis friends." "The very grave seemc* io yawe
Mr. Welch's adress no doubt made ai':''^ H(;'Hrt Madscn, of Went Bur
lington. Iowa, when, after seven
strong impression on the jurors, but (reeks in the hospital, four ef the
after the dinner intermission W. V. i ? st physicians gave him up. Thea
Stevenson took up the debate for the urea shown the marvelous curative
power of Electric Hitters. For, af?
ter eight months of frightful auffer
Inch by Inch Mr. Stevenson fought! in* 'Pom llv?' trouble and yellow
, Jaundice, getting no help from other
over the testimony. He was panicu- Ivnu.,lirS or doctors. (Ivo bottles ef
larly savage In denouncing Black's this mat- bless medicine completely
banking methods. He declared that? cured him. Its positively guarantee*
for Stomach, Liver or Kidney trou?
bles and never disappoints. Only
50c. at Slbert's Drug Store.
pr< isecutlon.
whole
Mr. Welsh had admitted the
< ase when he ba?i said thai Wylle
had betrayed ids associates?In
crime: Mr. Stevenson redlculed the There is still a great deal of cot
idea thai Black could nave made ton In the fields and farmers are
$11,000 in one summer on the live having difficulty In obtaining cotton
There are farm laborer*
tvs. made a powerful presentation of i
, stock business, for live stock is not pickers, mere are
Mr. Abney started in Thursday uf- some ol the facts in the case, espe
, i ? i ,i paid ,or until the tall oi the year enough In the county to pick the
t. i noon to speak about ::?> minutes, etaily tim manner In which the com-1
confining Ids remarks entirely to the plaint as to the price of Bud weiser
law, He had carefully prepared 19 '"'cr was handled by the dispi nsur\
requests to charge and by the time board. He defended with warmth the
be had concluded in- had spoken testimony of Col. Dudley, a man tot
nearly two hours. This morning the terlng on the brink of tin- grave, who
defense opened tin- reply with John would not lie about the matter now
If, Wise addressing the court. Mr. and who under fear and stress and
Wise made a clear and earnest ad- the advice of bis attorney had lied to
dress in which he commented upon the dispensary commission two years]
the fact that this case ought not be :>g" Mr. Lyon in reply to the state
brought to Chester county and put men! about granting immunity stated
th.- taxpayers of the county to the that In trying the Republican grafters
expense of bearing a trial which be- for their frauds in radical times the
longed to Rlehland. He grew ex- attorney general under Gov. Hamp
reeding wroth at the idea of a ' red- ton, (Jen. James Conner, granted inl?
and yet Black had a check for $5.- cotton and perform all other work.
000 for "live stock" sold to M. A. but they cannot be induced to work
Goodman In August. And this was regularly.
the Goodman to whom Clack bad _
paid or claimed to have paid the $2,- Mr. tut?? Paul. Milwaukee, ?Ms^,
500 he grafted from John Early In says Foley's Homy and Tar le etil!
March. Mr. Stevenson mingled hu- ?OPe *han *h? 4- He W.rUJ* ^
"All those that bought it think it Is
mor with satire and excoratlon of lke ,? st for coucha aml coXtlB tner
persons with denunciation of par- ever had an 1 think it is still more
I ticular ( rime and his logic swayed tn;m tn?' beat. I hir baby had a bad
c?ld and it cur? d him in one day.
Please accept thanks." Sib it's
the jury. He appealed tor tin- con?
viction of all three of the accused.
The last speech in the ease was
made by Arthur L, Gaston <>f Ches?
ter, i.ike some of his predecessors, it
!1 N ">'-?' '? liK" ?'"??' 1 " l' 1 "im,l, V l" { nspn ato, . In . rder j v m(M ,MV<> ,mm.,||t |o h:m. (oU,
who was on trial, th" attorney gen*
Ing down lore and testifying against to catch the third, and that this bad
Rome of our promlnenl cltlsens, Thai
attack on John Larlv gave the prose?
cution a cue on which to hand a
powerful argument, namely, that In
liquor drinking and money borrow?
ing limes .lohn was a line fellow, all
light, and it came with bad grace
from the attorneys ot Enrly's bene?
ficiaries to call him names now.
been done on other occasions. As to j
why the ease had not been tried In
Itlchland, he <it? d the manner in >
which the ease had been handled by
a Itlchland county jury. The venue
>?! this case was in Chester as well
as in Itlchland. Mr. I.v?.n said that
the work of the last tour years had,
been a burden and a very distasteful
homely Btyle and duty, and he was glad that he was
i allowing tin
manner of his partner. Solicitor
Henry, now ill at home Mr. McLure
pro? ceded to tak?- the jury Into bis
confidence, He explained Hint this
Whole matt? r was new to him ami his
only knowledge of the case was the
testimony as it developed from day
to day, and it had convinced him thai
the charges In the Indictment wer?i
true, He urged the Jury not t<? get the lack of morals
excited over the word conspiracy. ? motherless moral
now ithle to place this burden upon
t he heu i t of t Im jurors.
in n remarkable piece of word i
painting, lt. II. Welch made a horH-j
hie carlcnture' of Joe B, W> le, I le
culled the State's witness a Judas, <
said he hoi ol deliberate purpose
? mal ot the stat?- ami the dispensary
commission or men acused nt graft,
whom he was defending. He spoke
of Dr. W. J. Murray of that commis?
sion as a hypocrite In the garb <-i n
saint, who had conn- before tin- jurv
lying and a party to this dlabolcal
scheme hatched up against his clients, j
He denounced Dudley and Boy ami
Rarly an spoke of Samuels as a
white-livered coward. it was als??
quite evident thai he did not like his
fellow townsman, Joe B. Wylle,
whom he denounced severely.
; 1 >rug Store
Buutter is unqueationobty the best
: cotton market in the state and the
I farmers who sell here receive high?
er prices than those who sell on
any of the Other markets. A com?
parison of the market prices re
ported daily In the N.'Ws and Cour?
ier, from all sections of the state,
with the pricey current on the Sum
ler mark? t m - ' ? - beyond < oubt
thai the ilaltti thai Susateff cotton
buyers pay high? r prices than are
paid elsewhere is founded on fact.
The receipts on the market are also
greater than on any other interior
market in the stat?'.
Judge Moore charged the Jury
hi hour ami a half. Isctlssing tie
for
sum
and
to a level ?.
had the gre? I
? common thief requests made by Mr, Vbney.
uf a monster with judge was impartial hut under his
if a fatherless and charge it would be difficult Indeed to
waif. He spoke render n verdict of not guilty.
Drrewrd in "Blurb ami Yellow "
?Not "Football Colors" but the col?
or ot the carton containing Foley's
Honey and Tar the best and safest
19 cough remedy tor all coughs and
?he eolds. Do not accept a substitute
but s?? thai you get the genuin?
Foley's Honey ami Tar In a yellow
carton with black letters. Slbert's
Drug Store.
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