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DR. SHEPtRD DEAD. frvXPfcttl o> SVALVSK of phos PKATK HKDtt AXT? PKLPI.D TO ifKVKiror iu sin?k. Waa Owner of Widely Known Tea i n mi. the* Vint In Armi-lcu?Inter metM In Brooklyn. Charleeton New? und Courbr. Whan Dr. Charles UphAm Shepard dlad guadap night at bin Sumiiwrvllle home there passed away the man to who#a> CtiaaHavtun and Houth Carolina ar* Indabtad more than to any other for founding and promoting the only auccegaful tea farm In tho United States* and the one man 10 whom the fertiliser and phoaphate Industry in thin strata uwea Its growth. The funeral eervlcea over the re ma Ina of Dr. Shepard will he held at fit Paar? Bpiacopal Church, at Sum rntrvllTe this afternoon at 4.SO o'clock. The body will be ahtpped to Brooklyn for mterment In Greenwood cemetery, by the n!de of the wife of Dr. Shep? ard. who preceded him to the grave by many veare the body will be brought hera by the J. M Connelley Com? pany before dhlpment to Brooklyn. Dr. Shepard waa born In New Hav sa. Cohaectlcut. October 4. 184 2 thud being In hla 73d year at the time of his death. He waa tbe aon of Dr. Charlea Upham Shepard, an eminent mineralogist, who filled the chair of chemist at the ChaTleaton Medical College before the war, afterward lec? turing at the college After being graduated from Yale untvereJty In ltt3 Dr. Shepard went to Ooettlngen, where he was graduat? ed with the degree of doctor of medi? cine In' 1M7, taking very high honors la his claaa. It In said that had his final thesis been written In Latin In? stead of German, as It waa, Dr. Shep? ard weifld have had conferred upon him the highest degree (hat was pos? sible for a Oermnn university to be e *. He received a degree only slightly lower. In the year of his graduation from Qoettlagen Dr. Shepard waa elected to the ehalr of professor of chemistry at tbe Chwleetnn Medical college. He was on the faculty of thia Institution until ahortly after 1*90, when he re? tired te devote hla time to hie research work In the phoaphate beds of South Carolina, later doing similar work In Huron- I nd Canada a* well as In va ? enetlens of the United States Verjs^oon aCer s<?vertng eowliec-' ihm wtfh the Medical ( dlege Dr. jnsanflf became Interested In the I growing of tea. Prior to that date IlM fact that tea could he grown In ihm State KueceHHfuUy had heeu known for fully a hundred years, hut it had never been thought that n eoniiner t ially profitable industry could he t'ullt up, what tea being produced be? ing grown in small gardens and In? tended for domestic use. With a view to demonHtrating that tea could be produced on a large scale Dr. Shepard began his tea farm at I'mehurst. Hegun and continued by the proprietor for most of the twonty vi irs at his own expense, in recent years the tea farm has been given some attention and assistance by the 1'nlted States department of agricul? ture. While there have been other tea plantations that were successfully started and which throve for a time, the Plnehurst tea farm, at Summer vllle. is the one farm in the United States that has proved to be of any consequence in the commercial world. It is known far and wide, and for the last several years has been a tnaf.net for thousands of summer and winter tourists, who would not think of visit? ing this section without paying a visit to the tea farm. Dr. Shepard's work makes him stand out as the most prominent figure in the development of the phosphate industry in South Carolina. He was never connected directly with any of the Industrial concerns springing out of the growth of this Industry, prefer? ring to refrain from making any par? ticular attachments of the kind for fear that they might interfere with his larger usefulness to the phosphate in? dustry generally. His work in the phosphate beds be? gan shortly after his retirement from the faculty of the Medical College. He established the first complete lab? oratory to be used for the upbuilding of the phosphate industry. He ex? plored the phosphate beds of all the South Carolina rivers producing this rock and made the map of the phos* phate regions of the State which is now used by the United States gov? ernment, and furnished by it as au? thoritative. He examined during his services in behalf of this industry practically all phosphate deposits In the stats. Dr. Shepard's work in this region spread his reputation abroad, and he spent a number of years in doing sim? ilar work in Europe, becoming wide? ly known in the countries of that continent. At tin.-. i Im m;ut. investi? gations uf phosphate deposits in Can? ada It Was the worn; of th:* eminent rmmb-t ihnl produced iho foundations of the now important fertilizer Indus try ol* this vicinity. His research work made possible the rapid growth ? ?I the industry to tirst place among tl?e enterprises of Charleston. it is believed that Dr, Shep'urd's un- j tlrlni efforts In behalf of the phos phati Industry contributed to some extent to bis death, lie had been 'til? ing for a eonsiderablo time, but his death was sudden. His condition be? came' serious about a week before the tnd, the crisis coming only two days bet?re the death of the distinguished Chajdestonian. One of the reasons for Dr. Shepatd s removal to Summerville about twenty years ago was his failing health. He attributed his condition to a certain degree to the work in the phosphate U-ds of the world, which impaired his digestion and thus contributed to his general weakening. No immediate family survives Dr. Shepard. His wife, who was Miss Nel? lie Humphrey, of Brooklyn, died shortly after their marriage, and there were no children. Dr. Louis S. de Forest, of New Haven, is a nephew of Dr. Shepard, and Miss James and Mrs. Richard Wallach, daughters of Judge C. P. James, are nieces who survive him. 4 In addition to his works for the phosphate and fertilizer industry and the tea farm at Summerville, Dr. Shepard was a public-spirited citizen, who always manifested a desire to help in the maintenance and begin? ning of worthy public enterprises. The St. Rarnabas' Episcopal Mis? sion at Summerville was founded largely through the efforts of Dr. Shepard, and he was always one of the principal supports of the institu? tion. LI UK AH Y WAS NKEDKI). Sumtcr People Were Not Slow to Take Advantage of l'Vee Reading. That the public library, recently created by reason of the city's dona? tion to the Civic League for that pur? pose, was a needed factor in the civic life of Sumter has been amply demon? strated by the amount of patronage given the library during the past month. During this period over 135 new subscribers were taken into the library, and nearly 500 books were loaned out. Patrons of the library are becoming more numerous each day, and there is no doubt but that the action on th?? part of the Civic league In having City Council make: the dbnatton to have the library made a free one etM a step hi the light di? rection and one" that should, and evi? dently is, meeting ?villi the approval of the public as a whole. "HOT M?T SltS MR. VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL IX THE CASE A(i.\I\svr BOGGAN C. Tiuri?r/rr. time Completed With Unusual Swift? ness, Commenced on Tuesday Af trmoon. it Wont to Jury at S.05 tlVdnosday Night und Verdict Was Returned at 1.50?Big Crowd in the court iloom When Defendant Told His Bide of Affair wiih h Resulted In. Killing of W. S. Jones, Jr.?Says That He is Sorry He Was Forced to Kill other Man. From the Daily Item, July 7. The Trippv.it case was called on Tuesday afternoon and after consider? able difficulty the jury of twelve men were drawn to try the case. At the completion of the drawing of the jury the court recessed until Wednes? day morning. ? Today Dr. S. C Baker was the first witness for the State. He told of the wounds inllicted on the deceased, W. S. Jones, Jr., and of a statement made by him on the morning after he was shot and repeated that afternoon. One objection of defendant's counsel this statement was not admitted as evi? dence. J. Arthur Haynsworth, A. Lou Bradford and Julian H. Seaie were other witnesses who told of the inci? dents just preceding the killing and at the time the fatal shots were lired. The testimony was practically the same as that given heretofore at the coroner's inquest and already publish? ed in this paper. Words were passed earlier in the night at the Armory Hall. Trippett later called out W. S. Jones, Jr., from a cigar store, and, after words hail passed, shot him according to the witnesses' testimony. Following the completion of its case by the State, the defense put up a number of witnesses who testified as to the bad character of the deceased, W. S. Jones, Jr., and to the good char? acter of the defendant, Boggan C. Trippett. The case was at this stage when recess was taken for dinner. From The Daily Item, July 81 With, almost unprecedented rapidity (the case against Boggan C. Trippett, charged with the murder of W. S. Jones,' Jr., on the night of March. 6th on West Liberty Street in the heart o* the City ' nter, JTM toui'.-K'U d on Wednaytj] Ming end left at 8.Qo o*cloes w .<? jury' of twelve tnfvf, who tretu trt< \v verdict of not guilty at fees last night. There was applause as the clerk read the verdict acquitting Trippett ol the charge which has been hanging over him for the past four months, but this was speedily silenced by the court Official!. Court was adjourned and the crowd, which had hung about the court house and gathered j when it was announced that the ver? dict would be announced, gradually Withdrew from the court room and building. Many of his friends made their way to the side of the defendant to extend their congratulations. An order was issued by the court dis? charging the defendant and the case which has elicited more interest in this county than any other in recent years was at an end. All day long the court room was thronged with friends of the. defen? dant and other interested spectators. Many times the constables and sheriff had to make the crowd stand back from the rail, where they gathered so that they would not miss a word of the testimony, as it was given by the witnesses, who were called in rapid succession and allowed to give ..heir testimony and leave the stand with very little cross examination. The de? fense seemed mainly during the lirst part of their evidence to place depen? dence on the testimony of numerous witnesses that the deceased was of bad character and that the defendant was of good character. The morn? ing's testimony was mainly by the State, which closed its case shortly before the time for the usual midday recess. Several witnesses were put up at this time by the defendant to tes? tify to the characters of the two men, Boggan C. Trippett and W. S. Jones, |jr,.? Several other witnesses were put up later in the day to tell of words having passed between the defendant and the deceased and of alleged threats made by the deceased against the defendant. Interest reached its keenest when the defendant took the stand late in the afternoon as the last witness In his own defense. He told, in a halting manner, of Various meet? ings with the deceased prior to the time of the shooting when Jones ask? ed him about certain things, which he endeavored to settle satisfactorily to the deceased. These meetings con? cerned something said to a third party and there were a number of them, all of which, according to the defendant's statement, ended In . an. amicable manner. Cornier? rearer to the tir^o of the kiULntr, be fold -?f threats made against him on the night or the Mil ling by Jones in (he Armory Hall. He told of the all< -;od manner Jones aad I Gregg Wright had of going together rand fighting together, and his efforts to avoid them and to prevent trouble. After leaving the Armory Hall, he said that he went to the Y. M. C. A., where he roomed, and waited on the portico there for several minutes for Arthur Haynsworth, but as Arthur did not come, he went oeck to look for him. He stated that he did not go to his room at this time, but that he had the pistol in his inside overcoat pocket, where it had been since he returned from a trip a week before. He failed to tell why he wanted to see Arthur Haynsworth that night, although )>*? was repeatedly asked the ' question on cross examination by th?J solicitor. On being told that Hayns? worth was in the pool room, he went in there and called for Arthur, ask? ing him to come outside, as tie wanted to see him. He then turned and started out the back door, and it was not until then that he knew Jbnes was in the room, he having left him some minutes previously at the Armory Hall. He did not say anything to him, but Jones got up and followed* him outside. He started toward the* Y. M. C. A., but Jones got ahead of him and commenced to abuse him. The others of Jones* friends, he stated*, then came out and he started to leave in the direction of Main Street. Again Jones cursed him, he said, and' stated that he would "fix him-" He tnrned and saw Jones advancing with* both hands up and his knife in ,ht? right hand. Trippett says that he stepped back against the wall of the* store and as Jones was close up on him, he tired at his leg. Jones con* tinued to arpproaeh and' cut at hint with the knife, catching him w1tn h? left hand at the same time. Trippett said he then fired the second shoVahd* Jones fell. His pistol was knocked^ from his hand and he stooped, picked ,it up and gave it to Julian Seale. He jthen went to give himself up to an'of | fleer. In answer to questions by his 'attorney he stated that he was very j sorry that he was forced to kill W. 8* | Jones, Jr., and it was only because' he believed that his life was threatened" that he shot Jones. IJttle more than two hours were' taken by the arguments of the so? licitor and counsel, when Judge Maul din made a full and impressive charge to the Jury on the law in the case; The jury retired at 8.05 and it wag at a few minutes before 10 o'c'.oofc that court again convened and the verdict of "not guilty" returned., (?rlfliu* Rejrenteneed to tteste* Chester. July 8.?The GrtlT- .oth* ers, Crosby and Bryce, were resen tenced to death here today. mmmmmmmmmmummummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmml I JULY CLEARANCE[ SLAUGHTER PRICE SALE (J Now for the Mid-Summer transfer?from our store to our customers?of all our remaining Summer Worsted and Cassimere Suits, both Boys and Mens, and all Odd Pants. 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT Is what we offer you, and with a good stock to select from, we will surely please you in pattern and* fit. On Our Men's Palm Beach Suits we wiH allow a discount of 10?0 IF YOU NEED A SUIT?NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY IT REMEMBER?We Will Positively NOT Charge Anything at These Prices. Nothing but Cash Moves Them The Sale Will Begin Saturday Morning, July 10th, 1915 The Sumter Clothing Company Palm Beach C ?1.? LEFT THAT WE ARE GOING DUltS TO CLOSE OUT AT