The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 04, 1902, Image 7

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> GOOD 1 ' Is a healthful and i Coffee is harmful like al impure foods and drinkt Goou Coffee taken i ately is beneficial to on the appetite and aids di Union has been rec O t the past week in this sj Hard Motte, representin & Sons, of Richmond, V ing practically to the what Good Coffee made r Motte is a charming la and serves elegantly fresh from the steamin; been serving a Blend Java and Mocha, which pound. Citv Blende. \ r -7 per pound, and Manila 20 cents per pound. 1 been going on at "Sou you will find these coffe always find what you Goods of the best qualit they can be bought. "YOUNG th Both Ir*Ii Local Laconics. HAPPENING&r OF INTERE81 ABOUT TOW* PERSONAL AND OTHERWL8E. Visiting Attorneys. Among the visiting attorneys in attendance upon this term of court we noticed Messrs. Tbos. B. Butler, of Gaffney. S. C.; Col. O. L. Schumpert, of Newberry, S. C., and Lit. Wm. MoGowan, of Spartanburg, S. C. Solid Car of Molasses. We have just received a solid car of molassec and have been busy for three days running two drays delivering to purchasers. This is the largest shipment of molasses ever received in Union at one order. Let us know your wants. We are minute men. It, Hames & LirscoMD. Ne w Enterprise. The Buffalo Lick Springs Bottling Works is the name of a new enterprise just openintr un at Carlisle this week. The capital invested is $2,000. Owned by Mr. L. D. Childs, of Chester. Mr. W. H. Gist, of Carlisle, Is the manager. The plant will be In operation next week. We will give a more full account next week, orowded for space this week. A Fine Yield, Mr. J. W. Farr, one of our good fanners, informs us that be made about 80 bushels of com on 2? acres of land and that without using a pound of commercial fertilizer. How long will it be before our farmers realize the fact that the proper method of farming ip to protect their land from washing and thus hold the top soil. By doing this and usins home made manure the land can soon be brought back to the state of productiveness that it will not be nepessary to use commercial fertilizers to produce their crops. JOHN FLOYD FOUND GUILTY. The trial of John Floyd for the murder of Joe Vaughan consumed nearlev two days. Intense interest was manifested and the court house was jammed. It was a complicated family affair. The evidence was multitudinous apd some of it of a very sensational nature. There were five attorneys for the defense, while Solicitor Sease and V. E. DePass represented the State. The oaae went to the jury at 10 o'clock last night and at 10 45 returned with a verdict of manslaughter. Col. O. L. Schumpert, for the defense, gave immediate notice for a motion for a new trial. We will continue the evidence in our next week's jssde for the bentflL of those who did not hear the Floyd case. The Going case comes up this (Friday) morning at 0 o'clock, v. ~ Ah I Americans Are | Coffee Drinkers j I i I And Despise j I All Substitutes. COFFEE stimulating drink. Poor 1 other poor, trashy and moderately and temperes system and satisfies gestion, eiving a good lesson for )ecial line Mrs. Gailg Messrs. C. W. Antrim a., has been demonstratcoffee lovers of Union well tastes like. Mrs. dy, a good entertainer the delicious hot coffee g coffee pot. She has e ot Uld Government, retails at 35 cents per vhich sells at 25 cents Blende, which retails at ^is demonstration has ng's the Grocer, where ies, and where you will want in the eating line, y and as low in price as e GROCER. ones lOO. Nervous Diseases cured. 80 days treatment, $1.00. J, H. Mason <& Co., Hancock, Maryland. 29-ly The Major in Town, Major Edward E. Rankin, the popuular traveling representative of the Greenville Daily News, spent Monday and a poition of Tuesday in our midst in the interest of his paper. The Major is a whole-souled, jolly, good natured body who carries around with him an atmosphere of cheerfulness. He is a fine conversationalist and is soon surrounded by a crowd upon his arrival, ready and anxious to listen to his interesting conveniAtinn anrl ATbanatloM it gave ub much pleasure to make the acquaintance of the Major and listen to an hour's conversation. The Major is well posted upon farming and is bending every effort to promote the interest and advancement of the agriculturists, He told us of many interesting experiments under his observation along the line of diversifying of crops in this blessed Piedmond section. He says he bas| traveled all over the country, and when he says the "God blessed" Piedmont region, he is siucere, as he believes It the most productive, when intelgently cultivated, of any section he has ever seen. West Springs Dots, Wkst Springs, Mar. 31.?Yesterday being the 5th Suoday and our preacher, Rev. D. Hucks, having no regular appointment, saw fit to give Bogansville that day. The Church was tastefully decorated with evergreens and flowers, so mnch so that it brought forth words of praise from the preacher. The young people of this community are going to give an entertainment entitled "The Old Maids Convention," for the benefit of the Jonesville Parsonage. Mr. O. J. Tbies and Paul Mayes have the measles. Mr. Jack L. West is in bad health. Mr. L. F. Stamford has been sick some time, and is thonght to be taking pneumonia. IJis children hare the whooping cough. Mr. B. W. Lee, who has been sick so long, does not improve. The wind blew off the top of a large oak tree in Bogansville church yard yesterday evening and came very near falling on Mr. H. H. Robinson's mule. If the trustees of the church property were made responsible for any damage done 3r such felling timber, they would not low dead and rotten timber to stand on i the church ground. This is the second time that stock has came very near getting killed by such falling timber, Dead ana rotten trees should not be allowed to stand in any church yard. J. M. Whttshkad. TO ARRIVE MAY 1st. One car load oelebrated Ames' buggies and surries. We will sell oloee for cash on on time and gnarsntee every vehicle to satisfy. , Crawford a Aycook. Walt until our buggies arrive. 144k ^ . 'Kr * ' -V I Court Week Proceedings. j | (Continued from page 4.) stepped up and wrenched the poker out of Will's hand. John Floyd called to father and told him to come out there, a bald headed , he wouid kill him. Father started home when John shot him, saying G d you if that won't do you I will put another shell in and give you another load. I went for Dr. Chambers. When I returned father was dead. Father fell when bhot and said to mother, "I am shot." Father was walkiDg towards hom6 when he was shot. He, father, had the pan handle he had taken out of William's hand. He was using it as a walking stick. Mother was walking with father. I and my brother were walkine behind them. John Floy a was down the road. Mother coUed William and told him to come out there. William nor hie wife never came out. Father's body was moved to our house. There are two paths leading to the public road, one turns up the other down. John Floyd was near the mouth of one path, father at mouth of other when shot and fell there. CrosB Ex. Kemp and I were in the house when father came, 5 or 10 minutes later. Don't remember whether father came in the house or not. Father called William out, wanted to see him and asked him how much cotton he had out. William stood in the door and father was in the yard when William drew the iron on father. Father walked up close enough to take the iron out of Williams hand. William drew the iron after father stepped up. William went back to the fire place and got the iron after they bad been talking. Kemp and I went out of house before William got the poker. Path leading from William's house to the public road goes to the right of the garden. Turn to the left after reaching the road to go to father's house. Father and William were talking load and mother came and asked father to come home with her, she was scared. Could not tell what father said while talking loud when mother came. We were going in the direction of John Floyd while going to the public road. Floyd was in the road down towards his house. John was 25 feet from father. Will did not shove father out of the door. Don't think father was cursing. He did not have a pistol that night. Don't think there is any path going to left of garden leading to the road. I was not between father and Floyd when father got shot. Re-direct. Floor one step from the the ground at Williams house. Kemp vaughan?Joe Yaughan's son. Was at his brother William's bouse with Claude when bis father was killed. John Floyd called to Joe Yaughan saying: "Come out here you G Bald headed I'll blow you brains out." Stayed with father 5 minutes alter he was shot, then got a horse and went over to Uncle Tom Garner's. Corroborates Claude's evidenoe. Cross Ex. Went there with Claude on a visit Went there once or twice a week. Claude, I, Wiil and his wife only ones In the room. Father called Will to the door. Father asked haw much cotton Will had out, Will said about a bale. I came out into the yard with Claude. Don't know what they were quarrelling about. Fatuer wrung the poker from Will's hands and kept it. He had the poker when he was shot. He had the poker in his hand as a walking stick. I saw both father and John when John shot. Mother was on left side of father. Whole family went down on a visit, only one path from William's house to the road runs around right of gaiden. Mrs. Eliza Vaughan?Widow of deceased Joe Vaughan, has nine children; all but one at home with me. Husband came home with Mr. Nance about dark. , My husband eat supper with us. All of us went down to William's soon after eating supper. I Went down to William's about ten minutes after Joe bad gone. I went because I wan ted to Tit-- -J-Ui. 1 1 * * * 51). ino infill wiig coui Ullt not Uitl'K. oe was talking to William about his wife telling tales on him?Joe. They were disputing. She corroboiated the evidence of her son in regard to the poker and as to the scooting. After Joe was shot I sat down in the road and took Joe's head in my lap. Here she was overcome with grief and wept. Joe lived about 15 minutes after he was shot. He never said a word to John in reply to his words. Joe died in my arms, in front cf Williams' house where he was shot down. John Jones, colored, was the first one to come to us. My husband had on light pants and black jacket, but no coat, he had no weapons >n his person, except the j>oker that he bad taken from his son William at the door. He had not owned a pistol in fifteen years, and had no gun, I called William but he nor his wife did not come to us at all, William never come to see his father uutii he was sent for the next day for the inquest. Cross examined by kfr. Schunjpert; Yes, I knew where Claud and Kemp were going when they left our house that night, and knew where Joe was going, I went beause I wanted to go, 1 ho/1 a riwhf ctr\ fhnra mtionowor T mnnf i??u h * igi1v w gv vuutv ??oviiv;f ui a. nniii" ed to, I did not go purposely to get Joe to return home, I did want him to come home, because I did not want to stay there by myself and the children. I heard Joe and William talking before 1 went down there. I told Joe to lets go back as there w is no use in staying there any longer, I su* Will's wife sitting in the house when t got there, neither t or Joe went into the house. We left for home in a few minutes after I got there, be took the poker along with him. He was mad of course about Will marrying Maggie Floyd. Will is the only child I have that is married ard I would rather see him dead. I do not know whether Joe was mad at John Floyd or not f or making the match between Will and Maggie. Joe was shot on the curve of the with turning out to the big road. Mr Bennett came up and helped to take Joe's body to our house. The body was not disturbed until it waa moved to toe sihhbhbmihbibhhhhhhhhhhhhbhhhhihhhhh I Furniture that car I many years is not furni I all temptations to bu; I They have no beauty ai I such with the excellent I F u r r I We offer. The fine m I high grade workmans I sure many, many yea |T. E. B houso. I did not tell Joe to kill the one William was living with and not to kill William. I did not hear Joe tell William if he poked his head out of that door he would blow his barins out. I did not tell William fhat Mr. Mancehad ^ told me that he was responsible for the killing of my husband. I did not hear my husband say that if be should be kill- g ed he wanted Mr Nance to take charge of his affairs. State rests. .. . , l8t. THE DEFENSE. J Mit Kennedy?Lives something over 2nd a mile from John Floyd's, and mile and * ( half from Wilkes Floyd's house. Saw the body of Joe Vaughan some time 3rd. ' after dark. Several there. Noticed blood next morning where the body lay, 8 near the middle of the public road. Gar- 4th. ' den spot is between the chimney and the public road. One path runs to the road leading to Jonesville on the right of the r garden, another on left of garden leads 5th. to Joe Vaugban's house; path on each * j side of the garden. The road to the left J of garden is nearest route to Joe 6th. ] Vaughan's, though little longer to the u road. I would take the left hand path ~ U) go 00 joe-a r.ouse; between 75 and 100 1 yards between the points where the two fth paths intersect the public road. Body was 25 yards from mouth of lower path, Noorlloa ( in direction of Floyd's house. ii wura, Cross Ex, Am kin by marriage to 8tOCK. Qiv defendant. Mr. A. Gallman?Lived in that neigh- _ borhood 16 years, acquainted with the B location of houses iu the case. Wm. ^8 Vaughaa's chimney faced the road. Door was east, chimney norrh. Two paths leading to big road. Garden spot was fenced in when I lived there. Left hand path the nearest direction to Joe 5 1)17X1 \T Vaughan's. S I hNN Cross Ex. Live 7 miles from Wm. Vaughon's house; was there some two 5 INCORP months ago. Last time 1 remember ? seeing the left hand path was twelve 9 Airu months ago. More than likely I would 8 vvny have at night used the right h^nd road J WnePi getting to the big road- PENI Redirect. Not more than ten steps , difference in the two routes in getting , 8 , from William's to Joe's. The one to ? , the left had that amount of advantage. 2 it. a. wniuocK?Laves at Jonesville. * Knows J06 Vaughan. Met him about sundown evening he was killed, Oct. 3, J in a wagon or carry-all pulled by two Ofl mules. I talked with him 6 minutee. J ZU"l C He was somewhat under the influence 2 of whiskey. ? Cross Ex. Was rational and was car- " |C Da. rying on conversation intelligently. "vl'iaj W. E. Thomson?Knew Joe Vaughan, could see that he had whiskey, but was S " not what I would call drunk. PENN George Knox?Live 4 miles above S withnu Jonesville. Saw Joe Vaughan Oct. 3rd _ in "Poverty Flat" in Union. He asked 1 patiOn, me to go and get him 4 pint of whiskey a der, Lc from the dispensary. We drank it up 2 tensive in the afternoon. He said, "Mr. Knox, 3 John Floyd or I have got to die this V . . , night." 2 ? the i Cross Ex. Don't know I. S. Knox. 2 I have lived in Spartanburg 5 years ago. 9 p C* Married Harp Floyd's daughter. She 5 * ^ is at home. 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