The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 11, 1911, Image 4
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corrt put x f.i:dings.
Many Cases Taken Vp and Disposed
of.?No Cases of Importance.
From the Dally Item, Feb. 7.
The findings of the grand Jury in
the bills handed out to them was as i
follows:
State vs. Woods McDonald and I
Rocky McDonald, assault and battery j
with intent to kill, no bill.
State vs. Henry Presoott, violation
of the State dispensary law. .rue bill.
State va James Patter? >n. disposing
of property under lien, true bill.
State va David Dicks, disposing of
property under lien, true bill.
State va Charley Brown and Frank
Brown, burglary and larceny, tTSSJ
bill.
State va Augustus O. Cooper, vio?
lation of the dispensary law, true bill.
State va Pink Burroughs, violation
of the dispensary law, true bill.
State va Toby Richardson, murder,
true MIL
State vs. J. W. Harper and R. M.
Bateman, murder, true bill.
State vs. Grant Conyers, disposing
of property under lien, true bill.
State va Belton Green, disposing of
of property under Hen, true bill.
State va Bradford Farmer, larceny
of live stock, no bill.
State vs. Bradford Farmer, assault
and buttery with Intent to kill, true
bill.
Tne following cases wvre then taken
up and tried:
The case "f the State vs. Augustus
O. Cooper, violating the dispensary
law was first called. The defendant,
not .being present when called, was
tried in his absence, and a sealed
verdict left. * A bench warrant was Is?
sued for his arrest.
James Patterson was arraigned on
tbr. < harga of rape. He plead not
F.ullty and the trial was set for Wed
nesd February 8. at 9:30 a. m.
Fin* Burroughs was tried for vlola
Hj i i r m\ Ns^ptSMfi law, fgejsd
guilty and sentenced to serve on the
county chain gang 5 months or to pay
a fine of $150.
The case against J. W. Hraper and
R. M. Bateman, murder, was on mo?
tion of Judge DeVore, continued un?
til the next term of court, because cf
the fact that Harper had not been ai -
rested.
Henry Prescot t Sal tiled for viola?
tion of the dispensary law, found
guiltv and sentenced to serve six
months on the chain gang or to pay
a fine of $175.
The following cases wer?- tried tod* y
cr otherwise disposed of:
Alton Moses and DtVl Thompson,
appeil from Magistrate's court, dis?
missed.
Jehl Richardson was arraigned on
the charge of muni' r and p eaded
not guilty. As he had no lawyers to
defend him the court appointed
afessra Geo. D. Levy nnd It. Dosier
Lee to represent the defendant. The
case was postponed.
Charley and Frank Itrown arraign?
ed on the charge of Igfl i v, disposing
of pr<< under ll< n and a scaled
verdict was left. A bench warrant
was Issued for his arrest and papers
were Issued for the escheating of his
bond.
Mary Wright was tried on the
charce of soiling MsjSJOf and of stor?
ing llquo. unlawfully. Judge DeVore
ruled that the case of selling should
t?e b ft out as the Indictment had net
hern proj.erly drawn, and the Jury
found her not sullty on the (haritc of
storing Ibiuor.
Ilradford Farmer wjm tried for a*
?mult and battery with intent to kill
and was found guilty of simple as?
sault with ?? - unmendatlon to mercy.
He was sent W ? I tS pay a fine of $15
or to serve 30 days on tho county
ehalng gang or n maln In Jull 30
days.
The following bills w?>ra returned
by the grand Jury:
Pressb y Rush and Caroline Mc?
Dowell, adultery, true bill.
Ed. Morant. Igfgasjy from tin* Held,
true bill.
The time of the court was taken up
Wednesday in winding up of thecascs
against Priestley Rush and Caroline
McUunn, for living In adultery, and In
the trial of James Patterson for rape.
The case against Caroline McDunn
and Priestley Hush' was taken up
where it was left off Tuesday and
completed at 11 a. m. but at 2 p. m.
the J ry had not turned in a verdict.
Jarnos Patterson, for rape, was the
: . case called and wh<m court ad?
journed at 1:30 p. m. the case was
still on trial with all the evidence not
yet taken.
The bills turned in by the grand
Jury Tuesday afternoon were:
Richard Ferguson, alias Kid Shine,
murder, true bill. Ferguson was later
arraigned and plead not guilty.
Thursday was set as the Unit for the
trial.
State vs. Willie Green, grand lar?
ceny, true bill.
State vs. George Nelson, true bill.
State vs. J. A. Kezer, true bill.
From the Daily Item, Feb. 9.
Most of the time of the court was
taken up Wednesday in the trial of
the cases against Caroline McDunn
and Priestley Kush for adultery and
James Patterson for rape.
The case against Priestley Rush
and Caroline McDunn was completed
about 11 o'clock in the morning and
the jury, after staying out until about
5 p. m. informed the judge that they
could not agree upon a verdict, and a
mistrial was ordered.
The next case taken up, was thai j
against James Patterson for rape, and
took up almost the remainder of thu j
day, being completed and turned over
to the Jury at about 4:30 p. m. The
Jury brought In a verdict of guilty
with recommendation to mercy. Sen?
tence was suspended until later.
Belton Green was then tried for
disposing of crop under lien. After all
the evidence had been turned In In
this case Mr. L. D. Jennings, repre?
senting the defendant asked the Judge
to direct a verdict of not guilty, on
various grounds. This the judge did
on the grounds that the bale of cot?
ton, which was the cause of the con?
tention, had been turned over to the
person who should have had it and
that it was turned over for a lawful
purpose and *n a lawful way.
The only case tried this morning
was (hat against Frank and Charley
Hrown for grand larcency and burg?
lary. The Jury had not rendered a
decision in this case at two o'clock
today.
The case against Richard Ferguson,
alias Kid Shine, was continued until
the next court.
The next case taken up was that
against Willie Green for grand lar?
cency. He plead guilty and was given
two years on the county chain gang.
James Patterson was sentenced to?
day, his sentence bolng 10 years in the
State penitentiary or on the county
chain gang.
Court Proceedings.
Thursday was a day for winding up
cases in the criminal court, only one
new case having been tried.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty In the cast- of Charley and
Frank Hrown for burglary and lar?
ceny, Charlie* Hrown was found
guilty of burglary and grand larceny
and was sentenced to live yean on
the county chain gang. Frank Hrown,
who was much younger than his
brother, fM found guilty of larceny
OBly Mid was Riven $50 or 30 days on
UM OOttBty ?ang
Joby Richardson was c alled to trial
in the afternoon on the charge Of
murder, he having previously boon
arraigned and plead not guilty.
Messrs. Coo. D. Levy and R. Dozier
Lot WOr* appointed to defend Rich?
ardson as he had no attorney to
roprOMBl him.
The evidence was somewhat con?
tradictory as to how the killing took
place and the Jury after being out
for more than an hour returned a
roWMel of manslaughter. JinUe !>??
Vor?- ntfie ed Richardson to four
renn in tie- stat<- penitentiary or to
serve that time on tin- county chain
gong.
ill M l Its' LICENSE BILL DEAD.
MOOJIlO Continues the Atidiihon Society
Hill I mil Svxi Year.
Columbia, rob, I, The death knell
of the hunters' lloenat proposition was
bounded today in tin l*enotc when the
II recommended by the Audubon Bo?
?i' t\ for a llcenee for hunters, was
co .tinte d until next session without
dtOCOOOiOg, A similar measure had
already i-?. ? killed in the House.
Coatlnotag until goal ?eealon Ii
pr.o tlcnlly the same thing as rockin?
a Mil to sleep or <l ,;? h.
In the report of court proceedings
It Was stated that the appeal of the
whiskey cases from tin- Re< order's
court was dismissed, not that the
i i.s. s were dismissed. This eignlflei
that the s- ntence passed by the He
COTTON BEED AS A FERTILIZER
Lire stock Industry ami Harming
rio?ij Related?What the Meal
<ilve? to Farm.
Columbia, Feh. 8.?During the
mei ting Ol the live Htoek association
here a series of interviews with prom?
inent fanners wi fe sought as to the
live stock Industry and its relation to
fertilizing and the possibilities of the
growth of that industry as related to
farming methods in South Carolina.
According to a statement made, the
consensus of opinion was that the
live stock industry and farming were
closely related and that the farmer
could save thousands of dollars a year
on a large farm, and in proportion
on a small farm, if, by feeding of
beef cattle, he thus contrived to se?
cure a part of the fertilizers for his
lands.
The various conclusions reached
will be printed from time to time as
to the specific matters touched on. 1
One of the interviews went into a dis- i
cussiop of fertilizing with cottonseed
meal, the explanation being that in
this way also fertilization could be
had right on the farm and at the
same time a portion of the meal could
be used for feeding purposes. This
would save the large expense of send- j
ing out of the State for articles need?
ed on the farm.
"Cottonseed meal," said this in?
formant, "provides a most desirable
form of organic nitrogen for farm and
garden crops. The nitrogen in the
meal is not in as quickly available
trm as in some other materials, but
it is a decided advantage to supply a
part of this essential element from
sources which will insure its becom?
ing available for the sustenance of
the plant through a rather long
growing period. The amount need?
ed depends on the land In use."
CHANGE MAY BE NECESSARY.
PapOff and I*ulp Provisions of ( ana
dUin Agreement Onesided.
Washington. Feb. 7.?As a result of
the growing belief that the paper and
wood pulp provisions of the new Cana?
dian reciprocity agreement will oper?
ate one-sidely, to benefit the Dominion
without a corresponding benellt to the
Cnited States, a change is likely to be
made by Congress in the measure be?
fore it is ratified.
Paper manufacturers and others,
who have studied the agreement close?
ly, believe that the language of the
agreement is so drawn that the United
States may be compelled to admit pa?
per free, before Canada complies with
her part of the agreement. The situa?
tion has been presented to the ways
and means committee of the House
In such strong light that many mem?
bers of that committee are satisfied
that the agreement between the two!
countries on the paper and pulp pro?
vision is open to a construction which
will be distinctly to the disadvantage
of American manufacturers.
Secretary Knox, of the State de?
partment, sent a letter to the commit?
tee today, stating that the commis?
sioners who framed the measure had
arrived at only a tentative agreement
upon the paper schedules. It can be
changed, he said, without defeating
the rest of the trea.y; and it3 adjust?
ment can be left i a future negotia?
tions or future action of Congress.
The trouble arose over the distinc?
tion in Caryula between "crown
lands" and "private lands,'' and the
rulings that the treasury department
hai made on the subject The pro?
vinces have no power to prohibit the
exportation of logs cut from private
lands.
The treasury department has held
that even where a province has pro?
hibited the exportation of logs from
"crown lands," the logs from "private
lands," or the paper manufactured
from them, came in at lowest rate. On
this basis, it is feared, that the court?
will hold that paper from private
land timber, or from provinces that
have no restrictions, can come in free,
even before the rest of the provinces
remove their restrictions.
It Is believed that a change will be
?in.de in the language of this section,
so that It will not be left open to the
construction which American paper
manufacturers fear.
It is better to have a sore arm
than to be sore all over, therefore be
vaccinated, in ? nelghoborlng town
three members of a family were
stricken with small pox, and where
or how they contracted the disease
was a mystery Until investigation
brought to light the fact that there
had been eev< n i sees of small pox in
the family of their w a slier-woman- -
a fact the washerwoman thought of
too little importance to mention. The
same thing may happen In your fam?
ily, for although there is no small
DOX In town now, one case has been
reported in the suburbs.
NOW Is the busy time f.,r the health
officer, for with small po>: in two sec
ON SCHOOL LAW REVISION.
Supt. Bweartngen Receives Letten
from National Commission.
Columbia, Feb. 7.?11 is the opin
j ion of Elmer E. Brown, United States
I school commissioner, that the revised
! laws recommended by the commission
! appointed at the last session of the
General Assembly, arc in the line of
i approved practices, and that "they
? will result In marked improvement to
j the school system of the Stale." Mr.
Brown writes:
I "Hon. J. B. Bweartngen, state Su
i perlntendent of Education, Columbia,
j South Carolina?My Dear Mr. Swear
' Ingen: In reply to your request, I
j would say, concerning the 'Report of j
the Commission to Examine and Re- !
vise the School Law of the State."
"The changes recommended by the
commission are, so far as 1 have been j
r.ble to examine them, and so far as
they are shown in the summaries, all
in the line of approved practices, and
i if adopted, I believe they w ill result |
in marked improvement to the school '
system ol the State.
"The constitution of State boards of
education is a matter about which
there is a wide divergence of opinion, j
In some Slates the State board is the
highest educational authority; in oth- :
ers it is of equal rank and importance j
with the State Superintendent, and in
still others the hoard Is an advisory j
only. School systems are harmonious- j
ly and successfully conducted under
all these methods of organization, and
it is not my purpose to advocate any
one method In derogation of the oth
ers. But since it appears that the last
named form has been chosen for
South Carolina, it is not only logical, !
but right and proper, that the State
Superintendent should be allowed to
name the men who are to aid and ad- ;
vise him. Such a provision is not
new, and it has been adopted with
success in other States, particularly in
West Virginia.
"The strengthening of the county
organization Is a distinct advance, ,
and I sincerely hope that the provis?
ions in this connection will be adopt
ed. The county superintendency Is
an otflce of great importance, and any
action is wise which has the effect
of Increasing the dignity of that of?
fice or the efficiency oi the holders
thereof.
"Your recommendations are In the
light direction, and are, perhaps, as
muoh as can be secured at this time, j
But other States have done much j
more to make the oflice a purely pro- j
fessional one, and I have no doubt 1
that, after a few years' experience j
wlbh the law you propose, It will be
found desirable to strengthen it still
further and to eliminate the re?
quirement of one year's residence in
the State. I know of no reason why
u county should not select and em?
ploy the best man available, just as
large cities are accustomed to do. The !
minimum salary ($1,200) Is less than
many States provide for like service, J
and that, too, will probably be increas
ed when the good effects of profes- j
slonal supervision have been observ- \
ed. It may he well to state in this
connection that in New Jersey coun?
ty superintendents receive uniformly
K'.OOO per annum, and are paid by
the State.
"The policy of State aid to weak
districts is wholly commendable,
and is especially necessary in South
Carolina in the absence of a State
tax, collected on the basis of valu?
ation and distributed on the basis ol
school population or school attend?
ance.
"The latter method of making the
strong to help the weak prevails In
many States; where there is no such
tax, direct appropriation to accom?
plish the same end are necessary to
a uniform system of schools.
? "The new definition of 'enrolment1
j for the purpose of distributing school
I moneys Is undoubtedly an Improve?
ment, and it would be still better if
the 'total number of days present
of all pupils' could be used instead of
the average described. The use of
the^ average attendance basis means
that a school maintained for thirty
days will receive exactly the same
amount as a school of equal Size
maintained for two hundred days.
The total attendance basis would of?
fer an Incentive to a longer term,
which docs not appear In the average
attendance method, though the latter
Is far better than the old basis.
"Again I congratulate you upon the
excellence of the work of the ??? >m
mission and join you In the hope that
your id.-as and recommendations may
be Incorporated In the laws ..f your
State.
"I am, believe me, very truly yours,
("Signed! Elmer E. Brown,
"Commissioner."
I >o you want Main street paved?
That Is the question each vot? r must
decide for himself.
The banks of Bumtcr are in excel
lent condition, and their deposits are
unusually heavy for this season.
if the old saying thai an ounce of
..??...,..,in,m \9 avtrth :? pound <>> rnr#?
BEGIN SERVING EXTRA MONTH.
MAYOR LEE REQUESTED PARDON
Greene and Gaynor Prepare to Take other Spartanburg Cltlarns also \hU
Paupor's Oat h. j ed Clemency for Abbott ami Dear
- j man.
Washington, Fob. 7.?If the Gov- j -
eminent has evidence that any part
of the money embezzled by John F.
Gaynor and Benj. D. Greene in corn
Columbia, Fob. 7.?Th?- pardon for
rd Abbott and FH
the two Spartan burg
men con
dieted of gambling and of operating a
plleity with Capt. Oberlln M. Carter j gambling house, was granted by Gov
In the Savannah harbor frauds, is ernor Bloaoe on a petition signed by
now secreted, there is no indications, morfl lhan lu0 citizens of that place,
that the department of justice Will J There was a personal letter from
show its hand before the two prison-, MaVl>r j ? Td e of Spartanburg, in
ers apply for release from the At- j which he asked a pardon for the two
lanta prison. men. He said that he thought that
Gaynor and Greene have served the mcn ha(1 suffcri(1 enough and that
their four-year sentences, but now are . thc yshould not be required to serve
being held for a $575,000 fine. Un- ( tne sentence of one year on the public
der the law, they must remain in jail WOrks of Spartanburg county,
until the fine is paid or take the ,_._
pauper's oath and swear that neither
has more than $20 above the exemp?
tions allowed by statute. A confiement
of 30 days after the expiration of
sentence, however, must precede such
a move.
Both Gaynor and Green today began
serving their thirty days period. If,
a month later they take the pauper's
oath, a hearing will be set before a
Look for Sibert's advertisement of
cut glass, which is said by all to be
the prettiest and cheapest in the city.
2-10-2t-I&W.
New automobiles are still coming to
town and the people seem prosper?
ous.
If the vagrant law was rigidly en
United States commissioner, at which forced to the very Ietter' M recom
the Government will be represented. j mended by Judge DeVore, there
If the Attorney General has any trace 1 would be a not time in this old town
of the money, which disappeared af- j
ter the embezzlement, it will then be! Look for Sibert's advertisement of
shown. j cut glass, which is said by all to be
Agents of the department's detec- ; the prettiest and cheapest in the city,
tive bureau have been working on the j 2-10-2t-I&W\
ease, and Attorney General Wicker- | 11 1 ? ?? ? mmmm
sham has had conference with Dis- i \ yiSK FARM?In Greenwood coun
trict Attorney Marien Edwin, of j
Georgia. Mr. Wickersham intends to 1
collect the fine if possible.
A compromise on the amount of,
the fine, it was said at the department j
today would be unauthorized by law. j
The fact that so many towns are
considering the matter of changing to
a commission form of government
means that they want something bet?
ter than they now have, even if this
new plan does not fill the bill.?Dur?
ham Herald.
Look for Sibert's advertisement of
cut glass, which is said by all to be
the prettiest and cheapest in the city.
2-10-2t-I&W.
ty, seven miles from Greenwood
Court House and within 200 yards
of depot in town of Coronaca, on
line of C. & W. C. railway. This
place offers all advantages of
churches,. schools, railroad facili?
ties. The farm contains 104 acres,
with 10-room residence, four large
barns, five t.nant houses, brick
dairy, good orchard and well sup?
plied with water. There is water
in the home, also sewerage, the
water supply is furnished by water
tower of 5,000 gallons capacity.
Ten acres around home enclosed
with oak fencing on rock post and
base, all in good repairs. Good
wyn & Spence, Greenwood, S. C.
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Sibert's Drug Store, %
W. W. SIBERT.
Phone 283. :: :: No 8 S. Main St.
E have one of the prettiest assortments of
Cut Glass that has ever been shown in
Sumter, and will appreciate you giving us
a call if in need of these goods. Vou
will find them on display at our store,
and we will take pleasure in assisting you to make
your selection.
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Seed Potatoes!
Seed Potatoes!
Strauss' Satisfactory Selling
Seed Potatoes Makes for Good
Results?Big Yields.
EARLY ROSE, IRISH COBLER AND BLISS
Direct from Maine.
Buj Your Swoel Potatoes From?
A. A. Strauss & Co.
PHOM H.V
2<> N. Main Street
Sumter, S. G.
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDI R^