The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 11, 1911, Image 2
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The Sumter Watchman was found?
ed in 1860 and the True Southron in
lltf. The. Watchman and Southron
o.?vr has ths combined circulation and
Influence cf both of the old papers,
?nd Is manifestly the best advertising
?tedium In Sumter.
Senator Bailey exerted all of his
much vaunted ability to retain Lorl
mer, *he briber, as his colleague in the
Senate but drew the line at sitting
In the same chamber with such low
u >v?.? fellows as those Democrats who
Vv?ted for the admission of Arizona.
This is drawing it pretty fine, but a
great constitutional lawyer may be
able to prove conclusively that It Is no
crime to buy a seat In the Senate, that
a man may violate the moral code and
still be a statesman and a good fel?
low, but if he votes against a polltb raj
principle that a trust attorney holds
sacred he at once becomes an out- I
east and not fit associate fag the
ablest man In the Senate.
g $ e
>r Hlease has wade up a
list of lawyers whom he will per?
mit the Supreme Court to recommend
V>r appointment as special Judges.
Perhaps Chief Justice Jones will ac?
cept the ?MiffgcsHon and bow to the
dictation of the Governor, who Is
the Governor of the whole State, his
enemies always excepted, but, on the
other hand, perhaps he will decline to
he Governor run things to suit
himself, regardless of the law.
s. V I., si KVEYOItS HEHE.
sunrjori v t t'coplc Guessing Where
Tlnry Go by.
/ ?n \r .nd.iv a Dartv of surveyors
ssjgsg+d tb?' city from ths n urthi rn ,
ami of Mn r Mt.?? and ir. ca ?
a! 114 tn - utade a survey ol the.
ground and set t umbels of flakes at
every nunan u Sagg, prooaniy mara- i
Ing the preliminary survey of the S.
A. U from McBee through Bishop- ?
vulle to this place.
Much mvstery seems to surround
the party of surveyors for no per?
sons where they parsed along were
able to get any satisfaction fr >ni them
as to the pun .od Intent of the
survey. A' one place In this city thev
vA.r- d purpose of the sur?
rey and tlo mi, rroggtef was Inform?
ed that a trolb y line was to be laid ,
from Blah >p His to Sumter. At one!
place on tli" r ?u*. a gentleman, al-|
t? r talking with the party : n
time, and not getting any satisfaction .
as to the reason for the survey, sug- !
gested that It was an airship line that i
was being laid out. and he was told
i
that he had guessed right the \ery j
first time. At still another place an
enquirer who asked If a telephone, line
was to be put up there was Inform* I
that it was and that the stakes were
being gggghered ami driven in the
xround to mark the location and
the number of the telephone posts*
Other enquirers received the same
|gf| "f satisfaction wherever the party
went along, and In fact the surveyors
left people trying to guess a riddle,
the answer to which they did n a
snow, and which they could not find ,
out If thev did succeed In guessing
It right. I
Thin ma h. heWWTer, Is certain, the i
survey p.iv-4,d through lllshopvilb
from which plaee it came on to Sum- i
ter.
It \?ni ui.idi to th< I A. L, sur
VtyggS) I a Ith what Intent on is
onlv a matt- r of toBjjeclUfS. Tin
Sumter Cham'>er of CoSgSgSfgS has
ggSfj Mul tl. g1 work for some time
trv Ing le gl 1 the I i rd to tnt< r
Sunt? r. Bftt II Is na v r, .\\ n what sue
ee?m h m?o its . iforis. S .. r;i| \e.,rs
ggja th- s \. L m ids a preliminary
surv v for I bran? h line to Sumn r
from its main Ilm b*j w n of Btsti?
Opvllle ami i I t was purchased by
Inter -*** i pgylles for 11 t' rmlnal. hrgt
no further ??t**p-< wen lakes then,
nor have beeg since tint time until
the n e. to ?oir\e\ ghoui which ex?
tremely little has been learned by
the pr. ^- f the State
Super\'- r f*|11m when asked about
the matt* r thU m .rnlng. said that he
Knew m-thln-r at all gJftSJl It. He
stat'd. In aSSnVSff to a question hs to
the lath ing <.f a trolley line from
Tllshopvllle to Sumter, that he was
certain thn* If ? odd not occupy the
public road. which, as It wn?. was al?
ready sufficiently narrow.
It win as of inter* st to people In
the cltv ?o know that the .. are "17
THE IMS THAL
?T?TE ENDEAVORS T<> PROVE
MCRDER CONSPIRACY.
I a< u of StenogMplicr's PaclUtkss
Cnusrs Ddnys in Trial of Mrs.
Rom l>. Hmes, Neal M. Hayes
ami Lloyd Hayes, for Marder of
Ronen Mi Ployd ? Testimony of
>iit*. Mim-. Admitted Over Defen?
ces' Objection ? state liu^ Over
Fifty Witnesses,
white wile, n. C, March 7.?Seven
Btnt< '? wttneeaes were examined today
in the trial of Mrs. rom 1>. Heyen
Neal M. Hayes and Lloyd Hayes,
charged with the killing of Robert M.
Ployd, on tin- fourth day of February,
.it Tabor. N. C, This Is some progress
hut proceedings in the Columbus
county court did not at any time ex
OOOd the speed limit and the indica?
tions are that the trial will extend
well into Thursday, possibly long?
er.
Over fifty State's witnesses have
been sworn, and at the present pac?
the outlook is that it will be a long
drawn OUt, tedious, laborious case.
There is no Court stenographer.
The decision to secure a young lady
from Wilmington was a decision mere?
ly, that and nothing more. She Is
not here. A voung man of this place
has been employed, but that does not
- m to help matters. Judge Cook
writes down a great part of the testi?
mony in long hand and quitt often
he halts the witnesses to get their
full statements.
Furthermore, from counsel for the
defOnOS often comes the plea: "Hold
on a minute and let me get that
down." It seems that these attorneys
arc writing down the testimony in
long hand, of course, and the pace of
witnesses Is determined by the law?
yers' ability as penmen.
The sensation of the day was the
tight over the testimony of Mrs. Helen
Gantt Mltns, author of the now fam?
ous interview with Mrs. llayqs, and
the statements by attorney! incident
thereto.
At one time Attorney Bohulksn ex?
claimed in dramatic tones: "Your
llon .r. roe do not know what has
taken place since you left here; there
have been threats that we would be
shot If this matter was press d," the
"we" referring evidently to attorneys
for the d< f S< I id ? PookS laugh?
ed at th< Ides of there being shooting,
aayb'g'. "> b??d\'?; colng to sir... ?
y 01." Th* attorney Mat. a. nl caus-1
.* ... no
court room.
H appears that Mrs. Mims, who
assists her father, Col. T. Harry
Oantt. editor of the lot al paper, In
his newspaper work, went to the jail
last Mondav and talked with Mis.
Hayes, not, however, going there for
that purpose. hut being there and
having luard Mrs. Hayes talk of the
killing, wrote a story which was given
the News and Courier, along with the
local and Wilmington papers.
The Interview caused considerable
stir In town here and the report was
abroad that Attorneys Schulken and
McRakan had made certain remarks
about the Interview and the manner
in which It was secured.
Being apHeed of these remarks,
Mrs. Mims. who had meanwhile gone
to Sumter to visit her husband, and
to keep from being summoned as a
Witness in tic case, decided to come
back lu re and a pear, if she was want?
ed, to set herself straight,' as she
said on the stand, and to show that
she was in nowise afraid to stand by
wh;it she nad written. Cpon her re?
turn she was Immediately summoned
as a States witness.
The defence objected to her testi?
mony, holding tnat it ans secured
through 'inducement" In the form of
I ten,,irk made by Mrs. Mims to Mrs.
Hayes. Judge Cook overruled 'be ob?
jection and the testimony was admit?
ted. In the course of Moss-examina?
tion, upon an Obtectton from the State,
Judge c?.oi< remarked: "You needn't
bother about her. . he can bike care
of herself; she is a* smart as coun
seLH tin- reference i ring to Att trney
Schnitten, w ho w is conducting the
croee*egnmlnation.
Mrs. Mims w? md.ed an Interest*
ing witness, her replies to counsel!
questions being often Sharp and some?
times cutting, it was very svideni
that sin hole no particular liking for
M< isrn Sehulken and Mcltackan.
Tin- vital point of Mm Mima1 test I -
inon) ll that, in this manner, the pr?s
>? it.al gets in Mrs. Hayes' statement
thai she killed Ployd, The trend of
etlor testimony today was to show
thai theri net a conspiracy, the work*
Inas <>f prhlch Neal llayei and his wife
din iseed that Saturday afternoon,
"a the occasion of her two visits to
the bar Im r shop.
These are the two vital Issues thus
far drawn le. tn, State, namely, that
Mrs. Hayes killed Ployd, and that she
was acting under the direction and
guidance of h< r husband. The clr
? unsetunci s surrounding ihs alleged
act, of course, have been brought In,
all tending to prove thai Mrs. Hayes
did not kill Ployd for the cause as gl v
ceedlnf on the presumption that the
defence will hi along the linei laid out
in Mrs. Hayes' story, although it may
i?.' thai the coroner's findings will nev ?
er be brought in. It appears that
ihr it itlmony of an accused, taken un?
der oath ix fore a corbner, cannot be
Introduced in the trial of a case in
North Carolina Courts, if Mrs. Hayes
bail not been sw irn then, the coroner's
findings might be Introduced by the
State.
For the first time, today, in the vari?
ous proceedings of the case, it was
brought out that Mrs. Hayes ami
Floyd were together at Bouthport, N.
('.. last August and that they went
on from there to Wlmington togeth?
er. Just what foundation the prose
cutlon Is laying with this evidence is,
of course, not yet apparent.
In the court room today were M. j
T? Floyd, father of the deceased, two
j brothers, Messrs. Herbert and Julius,
and a sister, Miss Reba Floyd, of
Gallivants Ferry, S. C., the latter a!
youpg woman of apparent culture and
very pretty. Mrs. Hayes' baby was
I brought into the court room for
awhile this afternoon, and played
about the floor, attracting consider?
able attention. The crowd in attend?
ance was even greater than on yes?
terday, In spite of the territic down?
pour of rain and the extremely cold
weather.
Dr. J. W. Floyd, a practicing phy j
slcian at Tabor, N. C., was the first
witness Introduce d by the prosecution,
lie testified ai to the condition ofj
Floyd'l body, when found at the
Hayes house on the evening of Feb
i nary 4, last. Dr. Floyd said deceased
wag lying on his back on the fronl
porch, with his overt oat stilt on, with
seven, eight or nine bullet wounds'
in his body, of which any one of three ,
would have proved fatal, He did not
find any powder burns on the cloth?
ing of Floyd, but said that on the I
forehead there was a ring of powder
burn, about two Inches In diameter, !
win-re the shot in the nose entered, j
This wound, said Dr. Floyd, was such
as to cause almost instant death.
On cross-examinaton Dr. Floyd
?tated that he was in no wav related
I
to Robert M, Flyod, the deceased.
Vaughn Watts, the young fellow
who was at Baldwin's stable, just in,
I
front of th" Hayes house, when the
shooting occurred, told of his having
heard shots, then saw the hall door
opMTv Mr- Hayes and Flo d ? mo
out, the flash <T s pistol, and Floyd
falling on the; porch. Witness then
ran Into the stu bh ! nd In a bou( ?
minute heard another shot Peeping
around th - corner, he saw Mrs. Hayes
standing inside the yard, leaning her
head on Negl I lava s" shoulder.
The defence, on crosi-sxamlnaton,
endeavored to show that young Watts
was not at the stables, but In a near
bet v saloon. ( lose by; that he had
been drinking a little too much "nigh
b. er" that evening. The attorney en-'
deavored to show also that it was
very dark, but witness contended that
it was only dusk, and that ho could
see. I Jo recognized Mrs. Hayes, but
not Floyd. "Don't you know that
you were drunk that night, and that
you have been hired#to come up here
and testify?" asked Attorney Schulk -
en. Witness denied both charges. Af?
ter the shooting, a short while, witness
went toward Dr. Floyd's drug store,
and met Lloyd Hayes, who told him
of the shooting. Watts was some?
what flushed at times, but in the main,
stuck to his story.
Auty Baldwin, proprietor of the
stables at Tabor, said that directly af* .
ter Christmas. x? ai Hayes had asked
him about th" lawyers here at White
vllle; that he asked about Mr. Mo
Ftacken and Mr. Bchulken, and hots
they stood as attorneys. This was
brought out by the State as having
some significance, since these two at?
torneys are now defending the Hayes'.
Mr. Baldwin said that Mr. Hayes,
jusi a day or so before the shooting,
asked this question: "Do you think
McRgken ami Bchulken could take
cs of me if i should need tlean
This testimony was tailed out. It was
adduce d while the Jury was out, the',
withdrawal having been ordered by
the court.
A Strenuous fight was waged against
the introduction of Mrs lb I n Gantl
Mints' testimony, tin purport of which
has already bee,, published, In the In
tervlew given Mrs. Minis. by Mrs,
Hay< at tin jail. The defence sought
to show that Mrs. Minis approached
Mrs. Hayes "as a friend'' and "in?
dued" In ,- talk. The argument cen?
tered aboui the faet that Mrs. Mints,
In the course of conversation, advised
Mrs Hayes no! to appear so Indif?
ferent about the mutter, that if she
i
evidenced some interest and concern,
She Would, doubtless. have inotv
friends, This was construed by the
defense as an "Inducement1 for her
to talk and, therefore, not competent,
.lodge Cooke, however, overruled the
I Objection and after the noon recess
the Jury was recalled and Mrs Mlms
topi the story as related in the pub?
lished Interview.
Whltevlllo, N. C, March B, Dove
ami jealousy ami it combination of
tin tw,, are Ihe motives the State is
woman ivho visited tin- Elayes home,
was placed on 111?* stand. She was bit?
terly arraigned by counsel f??i* the de
fense but was apparently little dls
concerted by the questions of the law?
yers w ho sought to blast her repu?
tation and thus affect her credibility
as a witness.
The third day of the trial has
passed and yet the I nd of the trial is
not In sight. The state, it is under
tood, was planning to "rest" this
afternoon, but shortly after I o'ciock
(ptit1 of the jurors^vhlle sitting on the
panel, became suddenly ill and was
carried to the jury room where a
doctor was summoned to administer
to him. Within a few minutes the
attending physician reported to the
presiding judge that *ho juror would
not be able to sit on the case before
morning' and court was adjourned at
that hour until tomorrow.
Hotter time was made by the court
today, Hi witnesses having been ex?
amined. These with yesterday's wit?
nesses constitute only about a half
of the State's witnesses. It is thought
however, that unless new matters
should be brought out by the defense
finite a number of the State's wit?
nesses will not be put on the stand.
The first real interest taken in the
proceedings by Mrs. Hayes and her
husband was manifested today when
Miss Mary Holt of near Conway was
put on the stand. During her testi?
mony Mrs. Hayes showed the first
signs yet toticed of the least excite?
ment.
In fact Miss Holt's testimony was
the first Introduced to prove a motive
t o- tin- killing of young Floyd. That
motive, suggested by her testimonv.
w as jealOWU and love.
Miss Holt, by her appearance in the
trial today, brought upon herself the
whole force of the defense's ability
to break down her character and sub?
jected herself to the most bitter ar?
raignment of attorneys. She was
gazed upon on the Witness stand, in
View of the attorney's arraignment, os
the scarlet lady, Hut notwithstanding.
?nmoved and very cool, she related
Circumstances surrounding the life of
Mr. and Mrs N. NT. Hayes in their
home where She was a guest last sum?
mer.
Sin- testified that Mrs. Hayes lov d
Robert Floyd; that Hayes was jealous
of her; had frequently "thrown up"
Floyd to her; that Hayes* friendship
foi Floyd was false, t: - witn bb ly
I y a ge. tu man ind no. 1 j a rJ- u
1 ?Am v v? 4 iiihtC ^ > -V .. * i\J I*' CX I gaXaCs L A 4*4, t, * * *
the heat of desperation, prompted by
her love Of Floyd, the soul of the
woman now ( barged with his murder
cried out: "If Nell! does not quit fuss?
ing with me I am going to leave horn;*
and go somewhere and change my
name where I am not known, study
for a trained nurse or something and
Hob Floyd will come to me and be
with me."
Dr. Heamann Raggett, a practicing
physician at Tabor, the first witness
sworn for the State this morning,
stated that he was in Hayes' barber
shop during the last Christmas holi?
days and was shown a Cedt's auto?
matic pistol of large size and calibre.
Hayes, said the witness, told him that
he had some trouble with parties
while he was living in Horis and that
ho had bought the pistol from a trav?
eling man; the latter came into the
shop and asked Hayes if he had got
his man and if the pistol had an?
swered his purpose.
A pistol was then shown the wit?
ness, who stated that it was like the
(me shown him by Hayes, but he
would not Identify it as the same.
On cross-examination the witness
statd that he judged it was perhaps
a year between the time Hayes pur?
chased the pistol and the day of the
killing.
< ?n cr >s.s-e\aniination Dr. Bagget
Mated that Hayes had been in a cut?
ting affray w ith Boyd at Lorls, had
i
gotten considerably gashed in the
affray and that witness was called
In to dress the wound. Haves' coun?
tenance is now very much marred by
a h?ng. ugly gash down the left cheek.
D. C. Russell, cashier oi the Bank
of Tabor, gave a somewhat different
version of the shooting than given
by otlnr witnesses, lb1 stated that
he was on tie' edge of tlie sidewalk
in front uf Hayes' barber shop; heard
the reports "f pistol shots. turmd
around and looked toward the Hayes
house, Me did not see anyone nor
hear any noise, lb- started in the
shop, when bring again Started and
looking to\\ ii- I the hoUSe he saw two
hashes from a pistol on the front
porch. "I stepp? 1 In barber shop and
told Hayes the shooting was up at hia
house. ||e asked me t.? see about it.
and stepping again on sidewalk 1
lu ard one or two reports that seemed
to be Inside the house; then I beard
screaming, ami l stepped in barber
shop and told Hayes there was trouble
at hi-; Innise ami he h oi better Sie
about it. Hayes then took his hat
ami said 'Come on. boys, let's SCO
w bat the tt ouble Is.' "
This wittes- Identified a letter In*
tr.'d.?I from N. M Hayes written
Floyd shortly before, tin killing', in
?vldence al the preliminary hearing,
vere first mentioned in the Lestlm >ny
-i W. A. Prince of Loris, former
?unity superintendent of education "t
Horry county, and an oio school
teacher of Mrs. Hay.., wh^ said he
was familiar with Mrs. Hayes' writ?
ing and Identified two letters as h.?\
ing been written by ) < r.
The first letter was 11?-<i "Deccm
bur 1, 1910," was written to young
Floyd at Charleston, expressing grat?
ification at learing from a letter that
he (Flyod) was coming to treat the
moles. A second letter, dated "Fri?
day, January, 1911," expressed disap?
pointment at Floyd's not having conv
to Tabor at the time apolnted. in
this letter Mrs. Hayes recounted tin
possible danger from a neglect to
treat the nudes; that she was in "no
condition to go to Charleston," hut
wanted them treated at once and
would pay all his expenses to come
and treat them; that the one he had
treated for her1 husband was well.
W. J. Hughes of Loris said that hi
saw Floyd in Loris the afternoon of
th?- shooting; that he remain* d with
him probably two hours, leaving
Loris for Tabor between 4 and 5
o'clock.
W. t. Watson, who lives five miles
from Tabor, said he saw Floyd in
Loris the sam-- afternoon. Floyd told
him he would spend the night at his
', bom , but had to go to Tabor first on
j business.
Mary Holt, the star witness for the
State, spent sorn- lime last summer
in the Hayes' home and heard state?
ments, best told in her own words:
I "Friday before the third Sunday In
September, last, NelU Hayes came to
his house while Mrs. Hayes was at a
neighbor's. When he came in he said.
Where is'Ro-a?' 1 told him slv was
over at Mrs. Inger's. Hayes replied.
Ain't Rob Floyd over there?' I told
him he was in town, but 1 didn't know
where. Hayes then left.
"Mrs. Haye.s came to house later
and told me that she met Neill and
i
asked him if she could have Mr. Floyd
treat her nodes, when he replied, 'No,
if they are treated it will be by a g n
tleman and not by a damn rascal as
Hob Floyd.' She then told me of Nelll'S
being jealous of her; that If ae didn't
quit fussing at her she was going to
h ave him and go somewhere where
she was not known, change her
and met Floyd driving. He spoke to
me and then turn- d to Mrs. Hayes,
saving. 'Rosa, are you grdng to do
what you were speaking of this morn?
ing.' Mrs. Hayes r-plied, 'Why?'
'Well. I Wouldn't if I were in your
place,' said Floyd, and she said. 'It's
just according to how the future turns
out.' "
On cross-examination Miss Holt
was bitterly arraigned. She testilied
that her mother was dead and she had
made her home about with relatives
and under the rapid fire severity of
Mr. Bchulken's questions admitted she
had been accused of improper con?
duct, * * * * and had been turned
from homes because of these
reports. Had consulted Dr. Burroughs
in Conway and Dr. Cathcart in Char?
leston, as well as a local county doc?
tor about her aliment, but she flatly
denied the truth of the rumors and
said her disease was "unknown."
I O. L. Blackburn had worked for
Hayes and boarded in his home for
some time; heard them joke about
Hayes going to see the girls, Hayes
remarking to his wife, 'You have your
good times, why not me?' Wltne -
had addressed a letter for Mrs. Hayes
to Robert Floyd.
At this point the testimony was
shifted to the Bouthport trip, consld
able stress being laid on this trip,
an effort being made by the State to
show that Mrs. Hayes, on a neust 21,
last, "jumped" her trip to Wilming?
ton ami followed Floyd to Bouthport,
where he went to pee a woman frb nd.
Luther Harrelson said he got on the
train for Wilmington at Tabor on the
morning of tugust 21; after passim;
Chadbourne he saw Mrs. Hayes and
Pod. Floyd on train. Mrs. Hayes'
brother nu t her ai Wilmington.
A. M. Beck saw Floyd and Mrs.
Hayes on boat from Wilmington to
Bouthport on August 21. Witness
THE BANK C
Do you knou bow the bank exati
this bank? He jnst walks In her
and the Ural we know of his prei
count your cash." N? si b* go<
examines and counts the notes a
ledger?In fact scrutinises evers t
ally calls the * ashler aside and
Samael Smith's account overdran
menl with "What-dld-you-let-hlm
j.is through you can wager thai
the accounts or methods of this I
missioner. We have always l?een
amlner. This Is a splendid placi
TUP F\RMFRS' RJ
It
1
with them, si" n' night at boarding
W. C. < there.
W. C. O'Quinn knew PyoM
Mrs. Hay< i till Int oduot d I
Ployd ??n August 2\ on arrive
t Southport, on which they v ?
sengers along with Mis. ffaj ?
brother* All of t
ind nigh* at witn
Continuing, witi
p
his house and ask? u 3am. tiayes if she
was ready to go. Tin boat was soon
due for Wilmington. Bhe said, "Is it
time? to which he replied, Yes,' Jno.
Harrelson whtted some little time and
ft. Mys' if and my wife, went
Ith Mrs. Hayes to the boat and re?
mained till it left. Th? n' we, with^
lrs. Hayes, returned to the house.
Mr. Ployd, With my daughter, had al?
ready gene to the boat.
Mrs. Hayes spent the rest of the
tfternoon at our house. Floyd was
ut on the street, but came in fo#Jr
upper. Mrs. Hayes appeared gloomy^
md dissatisfied."
Mrs. O'Quinn stated further that
Ployd and Mrs. Hayes were not to?
gether while there, the former paying
his attentions to his daughter, whom
he had been going to see sit.ee 19(^[
Witness stated, however, thtt he did
not know that his daughter and Floyd
wa r?' engaged.
Mrs. O'Quinn. pui on the stand,
corroborated her husband's testimony,
adding that Mrs. Hayes told her th^Lj
sic left home to visit her brother r?
Wilmington, and that Mrs. Hayes and
Ployd left on next morning's boat foj
Wilmington.
Mrs. D. C. Fussoll, who lived
door to the Hayes in Tabor, te?
Red that several times, the week b<
fore the shooting of Floyd, she ha<
seen. Mrs. Hayes and her husbani
practicing shooting In their bacl
yard. This witness heard the shoot]
ing the fatal night and heard cri?
after the last shot, but not before.
G. li. Blanton, clerk in Harrelsoij
drug store in Tabor, hear Hi
Hayes talking to Mi. Harrelson about1
the middle of January last, when
I Hayes asked Harrelson if he had
[heard shooting in^his (Hayes) yard,
adding that "Me and my wife have
been practicing shooting and she can.
shoot as good as me. If a man | sr
about my place and acts anyways
wrong, she won't mind using it.
tnC
lowing the shooting he talked with
Lloyd, who told him "Yes, sir, I saw
it. He (Floyd) threw his hands back
and fell backwards." Holly Caines,
a young boy who played with Lloyd,
said he saw Lloyd at the Ha\i
home about a half hour after tl
. hooting and that Lloyd told him that
he saw the shooting; that he was
midway between the door and the
gate when It oeeurredi tad r. atJCtlt
an hour and i half, h< told seme
othei
eatir.^ supper w I en I ? i booting
cum d.
Mrs. .wary B. Hrinoe testified that
Lloyd told her shortly after the kilt?
ing that Hosa killed Floyd, that it
she had not done it, Xelll would; that
they would hang a man but not a
woman. The presiding judge, howW
ever, ruled this
tent for the jury.
Anna Matthew
sell at Tabor a
n??ss in the case, . ....
when the juror got sick and it became
necessary to adjourn court. Her te^w
ttmony was a new aspect of the kill?
ing, but rather tangled. She said
when the last shots were fired she
saw two people run out from the
house to the gate of the Hayes home.
County Superintendent ?
tion J. H. Haynsworth an
Scott. < halrman of th
Which is arranging for tl
meet and exercises, are much en
couraged In their work f*?r the Fidd
Haj exercises by the numerous i
Qu fries which they are receiving co
I
cerning the meet and the esprssetons
of Inter* st which have come to them
from school children, patrons, trust?
ees and teachers, A very large at
tendance is expected and from pres?
ent indications it seems assured
the meet will be a great success.
0MMISS10NER. I
limr g.>cs about it to examine
e some morning bright and early,
aence Is bis remark. "1 guess I'll
s over all the books of the bank,
ml securities, adds the depositor's
eeord In the bank. Then he usu
informs him that the hooks show
n |25.00, puncturing the stat *?
do-lt-for?" Hut say, when he
t if there Is the slightest hitch in
bank we hear from the bank com -
complimented by the bank es>
l to ?lo your hanking business,
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