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ZEMP ACQUITTED IN FEDERAL COURT. Jury Returns Verdict Without Leaving Box in Case of Man Accused of Using Mail Improperly?Judge Finds No Grounds for Case. Greenville, Oct.' 21.?Frank L. ZemD. Jr.. of Snartanhnrcr wo a nr>_ quitted late today in federal court having been tried on a charge of using the mail in an alleged attempt to blackmail Mrs. E. G. Cash, a wealthy widow of Sartanburg. It was alleged that Zemp devised a certain scheme to defraud Mrs. Cash of $150. The play was in the form of a blackhand letter, which demanded that Mrs. Cash place the money in a cigarette box that had been placed on the sidewalk in front of her home. A dozen or more witnesses testified in the case, including the two officers who arrested Zemp in the act of picking up the box. The evidence in the case, however, was not strong enough for conviction and after the judge's charge the jury reached a verdict of acquittal without leaving the box. After the prosecution announced its testimony all in, Judge Rose made the statement to the lawyers that if their case was based upon the evidence adduced, he saw no grounds for a case. Turning to the jury, he asked: "Gentlemen, have you all made up your ' minds?" And upon being answered in the affirmative, he said, "prepare your verdict." The verdict of acquittal was given without the jurors leaving the box. ] Novel Experience. The present term of federal court j has been a novel experience for at ] least one man?and that man is the presiding judge, John C. Rose, of < Maryland. This astute jurist for the first time has had the experience of ] trying "moonshine" cases, and it is safe to Snv tViaf ----- ? j ?..mv vjl uicoc taaca < at this term have been rich in un- 1 usually dramatic and human interest aspects. | For instance, Saturday, while the ] jury was deliberating on the case of , Babe Durham, a noted blockader from the Dark Corner, that worthy i took French leave of the courtroom, necessitating the issuance by Judge 1 Rose of a' bench warrant for his ap- \ prehension. The old man could not ] be found, but phoned his attorney \ late in the day that he had been call- < ed away on a little "bizness." The , real truth of the matter was that the mountaineer feared a verdict of guilty and was not willing to take his medicine. His sentence will hang over till next term. Another case of unusual interest , was that of several Oconee men tried i for infringement of revenue laws. ] They wer^ guilty only technically and the judg3 was quite lenient in his j sentence, giving each a fine of $1 and a day in jail. He allowed the .men to remain in court and serve their sentence in custody of a marshall. Much of the evidence in these moonshine cases appealed to the sympathy of Judge Rose, while still a greater portion of it visibly affected his risibles. Mercy Often Shown. j Federal judges sitting here have ; frequently shown great mercy to men < convicted of offenses against the gov- \ ernment. For instance, if a man is convicted in the spring and given a jail sentence, the judge will allow the man to go and finish his crop ?if he has one?and begin serving his . sentence after hijfccrop has been "laid j by." If a man is convicted at the fall term Of COUrt iiiHcro till/-. .1.0 V.i~ to go home and gather his crops, and ] then come and serve his sentence in the winter months when work on the farm is slack. There is another case pending ; ,, against Mr. Zemp in the state circuit court, based on the same evidence which was presented in the federal court. He is charged with sending a threatening letter. Beautiful Home Wedding at Santuc. Santuc, Oct 21.?The home of Mr. ; and Mrs. F. M. Whitlock was the scene of a beautiful wedding on Wednesday afternoon, October 16th, when they gave in marriage their daughter, Rosa Aileen, to Mr. Clarence G. Miller of Martinsville, Va. Rev. F. G. Whitlock, a brother of the bride, performed the ceremony, using the impressive ring service. There were no attendants and only the family and a few intimate friends were present. The bride wore a becoming suit of brown diagonal cloth, with beaver hat to match and carried bride roses and ferns. She is a graduate of Wintlirop College and is a charming and attractive Foung woman. Mr. Miller is a progressive business man of fine character and is to w LunKiuvuiuiea upon winning such a bride. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are spending their honeymoon in the North, after which they will be at home at Martinsville, Virginia. < < Norman Mack says that Wilson will 1 carry New York state by 300,000 1 votes. He may have to revise hrs 1 count November 6. i t ? RO Baking] Adds Healthful 0 Prof. Prescott, of Michigan, testified Food Committee of acid of grapes held article r?f frwl ar?H suits from baking \ baking powder as Royal is the only R from Royal Grape Atlanta Churches Change and Pray for Jim Woodward. Atlanta, Oct. 21.?"Men and Religion" got down on its knees again yesterday in Atlanta, but it prayed for Jim Woodward and not against him. The very people who filled trie churches Sunday one week ago with their supplications to the Almighty to help them put Woodward out of business at the polls, went back to the churches yesterday to pray the Lord to uphold Jim Woodward's hands. Which means, in plain political language, that Jim Woodward is to have no opposition in the general city election in December. Two or three men, it is rumored, tried to see if they could arouse any sentiment in favor of bringing out an independent. They met with such indignant refusal, it is said, that the idea was immediately abandoned. It is admitted now by concerned that the result [)f the primary will stand as the will of the people. Wedding Cards. A number of friends in Union and throughout Union county have received cards bearing the following inscription: Mr. and Mrs. William Thurlow Gregory request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Sadie to Mr. William Franklin Harper on the evening of Thursday the twenty-fourth of October at six o'clock First Baptist Church Lancaster, South Carolina After the 31st of October, Mr. Har per and his bride will be at home at Belton, S. C. They have the Rood wishes of hunudreds of friends throughout the State. Union Township S. S. Convention. The program of the Union Tonwship Interdenominational Sunday School Convention, which will be held with the Unity Methodist Church the first Sunday in November, is as follows: 10:00 a. m.?Devotional Exercises, conducted by Rev. C. A. Kirby. 10:30 a.m.?Enrollment of Schools and report on same. 11:00 a. m.?Elementary Department, Miss Grace Vandiver. 11:30 a.m.?Ouerrv? Ar# Paronto n? ing their full part in the Sunday Schools? If not, How Can They be Induced to do so? Rev. L. L. Wagnon, W. F. Bobo and H. H. Pruittr. Subject open to house for short talks. 12:30 p.m.?Adjournment for dinner. Afternoon Session 2:00 p.m.?Devotional Exercises, conducted by J. C. Gregory. 2:15 p.m.?What Part Should Pastors Take in the Sunday School ? Rev. W. D. Wakefield, Prof. J. H. Hope and W. A. Long. 3:00 p.m.?Class Organization; How Many ScHolars Should Compose a Class? L. S. Townsend, J. H. Spears. 3:30 p. .m.?Township, County and State Conventions?F. M. Ellerbe, Davis Jeffries, Rev. J. H. Danner. Each school in the township is requested to send delesroteo ? ?J a. ?.v.vn?wo OIIU UIIC :ent a member for county, two cents for mills, and three cents for city ichools for county and State Sunday School work. J. H. Lee, Township Superintendent. The Mexican revolution hag broken )ut anew. Meetings have been held ind a provisional government formed. Former President Diaz declares that le approves the action of his nephew Porfino Diaz, and he will give him his noral support. YAL Powder ralltlgstnMnl the University of before the Pure ( Congress, that the J highest rank as an I he regarded the re-1 vith cream of tartar; favorable to health/ aking Powder made Cream of Tartar. RETURNED AFTER MANY DAYS Bottle, Thrown into River at Louisville Found Off California Coast. Louisville, Ky., October 19.?Throwing a tightly corked bottle, containing her name and address, into the Ohio River nearly five years ago, Miss Nora Lee of 104 East Gray street, Louisville, did not hear from it until today, when she learned that it had been picked up off San Diego, Cal. The finder, Charles Collins, of Toledo, Ohio, Sent Miss Lea the slips of paper she had placed in the bottle, saying he had fished it out of Coronado Bay, while on a visit to California. Capt. John F. C. Hedgewald, U. S. A., retired, of Louisville, whose interest was attracted by the incident, probably will make a report to the United States coast and geodetic survey, believing the bottle passed down the Ohio into the Mississippi, through the Gulf of Mexico and across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans before it was finally washed up on the coast of California. SUCCEEDS FATHER IN BARNWELL. Columbia, October 19.?Governor Blease has appointed W. Gilmore I Simms as clerk of court of Barnwell I /I i a ... " county 10 mi out the unexpired term of W. Gilmore Simms, Sr., deceased. The new clerk is a son of. the late Mr. Simms, and is one of the most prominent young men of Barnwell county. CHARLESTON COUNTY FAIR. CHARLESTON never does things by halves, as is shown by the way it has taken hold of its county fair, to be held during the week of November 18, to 23, 1912. Reports coming from the city show that not only will Charleston have one of the greatest county fairs ever held in the State, but that in addition will have the U. S. Fleet of warships, thirteen battleships of the first class, and about twenty-five or more Cruisers, Torpedo i boats, and other auxiliary vessels. The programme now mapped out by the city for the entertainment of the officers and men of the fleet is of a most elaborate order. The committee in charge of the programme represent all classes of the community, each man being a hustler. Generally speaking the entertainment will consist of field sports, aquatic sports, joint army and navy parades, barbecues, oyster roasts, smokers, balls and fair ground entertainments. There is no city on the South Atlantic coast capable of entertaining such a large fleet in its harbor as the one that will visit Charleston during its fair week. It will be an occasion o fsuch macnitude thnt pv#rv Carolinian should be proud that its metropolis is capable of getting away with such an event which probably not more than half a dozen cities in the United States could carry off? none of the harbors being deep enough or large enough to contain such a collection of Men of War. One of the most important events of the week will be the Army and Navy parade. It is expected that there will be about ten thousand men in line of march, including thousands of blue-jackets from the visiting ships, U. S. Marine Corps, U. S. Artillerv. Naval Reserves, the entire militia of the state of South Carolina |he Citadel Cadets, and the Porter Military Academy Cadets. There will be more men in the several uniforms of the different branches of the service of the state and nation in that parade than have ever gathered together in any community in time of peace with the single exception of the Hudson-Fulton celebration some years ago. We are anticipating with great pleasure our visit to the City by the Sea during its fair week. Adv. MAN FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL IN COLUMBIA. Dr. J. A. Milhoue of Perry, Died by Asphixiation?Believed to be Accident?After Investigation Coroner Announced that Inquest was Not Necessary. (Monday's State) Dr. J. A. Milhouse of Perry, in Aiken county, was found dead in his room at the Imperial hotel about noon yesterday, death having been due to asphyxiation. The coroner, R. D. Walker, after a thorough investigation, announced that he did not deem it necessary to hold an inquest. Dr. Milhouse came to Columbia Saturday with Dr. L. B. Etheridce of Wagner, who had been seriously cut and brought here for treatment. An operation was performed on Etheridge Saturday and about 12:30 Sunday morning Dr. Milhouse came to the hotel and went to his room. When he was not seen yesterday morning, the management went to his room and, finding the door locked, looked over the transom and saw Dr. Millhouse lying in bed dead. A boy was sent through the transom and he opened the door. The coroner was notified immediately and investigated the case. The gas jet was about two inches from the electric light. It is supposed that Dr. Milhouse, coming in tired after the day's work, turned the gas jet by mistake, and when no light came he then turned the electric light switch. It is supposed that he did nut nutue ine gas escaping and thus went to sleep, unaware of the escap. ing gas. The remains were carried to Perry last night. The funeral will be near Salley. Dr. Millhouse is a prominent man, a member of a prominent South Carolina family, and had many friends over the State who are grieved to hear of his death. How He Saved the Day. Three bright young men were spending their vacation in camp, and they had agreed to draw lots to determine which one should do the cooking. It was also agreed that if anyone should complain about the food he should be required to take the cook's place. In the drawing, Slasher the young doctor, lost, and cheerfully set about his culinary duties. When the toast was placed on the table McAfee, the law student, gave it a look and yelled: "Ye gods and little fishes This toast is burned to a charcoal on one side." Then. rerollepHncr t-v>? . e> ?v J'""""'y I in store for coniplainers, he hurried on to say: "But that's the very way I Jike it, though?fine! fine!"?The PahiUnder. Geo. T. Craddock, Rubie, Ark. ,says: "I was bothered with lumbago for seven years so bad I could not work. 'I Jried several kinds of kidney medicine which gave me little or no relief. Two bottles of Foley Kidney Pills cured me and now I can do any kind of work. I cheerfuly recommend them to my friends." The Rice Drug Co. In Praise of Cobb. Uncle Eben Jackson, an old negro from Georgia, journeyed on one occasion all the way to Washington to see Ty Cobb play baseball. Fortunately, Cobb came up to expectations, and knocked a home run. uav exclaimed the old fellow, with enthusiasm, "is somefin' mighty few white men kin do, an' no nippers at all!"?Popular Magazine. Mrs. Peter Hollan, 11501 Buckeye, Rd., Cleveland, O., says: "Yes, indeed I can recommend Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. My little boy had a bad case of whooping couph, some times he was blue in the face. I pave him Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and it had a remarkable effect and cured him in a short time." Contains no harmful drugs. The Rice Drug Company. NOTICE OF CLERK'S SALE. Pursuant to a Decree of Partition and Sale dated October 9, 1912, of the Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county, S. C., in the case of C. C. Mabry, individually and as administrator fit bI nlointiffo i"> T~~ ? , r.a us, TO. TC3SC lUHUry. et al. defendants, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder at public auction during the legal hours for sale before the court house door at Union, S. C., on salesday, Monday, November 4, 1912, the following real estate, to wit: A one-third undivided interest in the four following described lots of land situate in Union township, Union county, S. C., and known as lots Nos. 9, 21, 23 and 24 in Block G, on plat of subdivision of lands of John A. Fnnt Real Estate Company made by E. C. Brown in September, i904, and recorded in office or Clerk of Court for said Union County in Book T, No. 37. page 600. These lots were conveyed to John O. Tate, W. E. Mabry and D. B. Hughes by the John A. Fant Real Estate Company by deed dated the 5th day of January, 1907, an 1 said lots are situated on Monro Avenue, at Monarch Cot.trni Milla (oKmit ??? J ^auuuv UHC UIIU a half miles from Union, S. C.) each said lot fronting fifty feet on said avenue and running back one hundred and fifty feet. Terms of sale, cash." Purchaser to pay for papers.. If purchaser fails to comply with terms of sale said said lands will be -re-sold at some subsequent salesday on the same ternr^ at tne risk of such defaulting purchaser. > Said interest in said four lots to be sold as a whole and not separately. Thos. M. Caldwell, C. C. C. Pis. Cherokee Co. I October 14, 1912. 42-3t. - 1 '! 4? 4? 4? rfc 4* 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? rl? i Citizens Na * -|f UNION, SOU! J \01 Interest Payab * * 'O Savings and ' ?r + Interest Paid Four Tii + ?|t The continued growth + only to the complete saf ^ ors, but also to its policy ^ all Tirtfie and Savings x months. I -? ^ Money deposited in tl ^ against loss; earns a go< ^ available at any time. ,|t Your checking accoun + Courteous treatment e + f STATE, COUNTY AN I * ?ik <Ju fl? ??i? "I* fl* I* fl* ?4* ?4" <Sfw *9* * 1 Columbus i WAG * Jt ~w | Do you nee * See the Co | Webber Wa I you buy. + + | Peoples S + 4. +.4.4.4.4. ++<* <? * AJNHMOUIM I have the agency for the largest manufactui GOOD MADE TO ( PviOACI ~ ^ i iiiv-cia xcwiguig irom ; Fall and Winter just arri you in New Woolens anc prices, isn't worth consid* W. H. F At Union Sin 1 ESTATE OF S. * M I am closing 01 + fixtures of the I Rice, E. U. If + ested in a Pianc + Organ, Sewin Furniture of an + fore the stock ?St i W.J. Si + *41# *4* ' L" *Mr *4* *i* *4* *4* ; MM kM kM MM MM ? ^ - ^- -^- f f ^ ^ *p ^1* The Danger After Grip. Lies often in a run-down system. Weakness, nervousness, lack of appetite, energy, and ambition, with disordered liver and kidneys often follow an attack of this wretched disease. The greatest need then is Electric Bitters, the glorious tonic, blood Swifter and regulator of stomach, ver and kidneys. Thousands have proved they wonderfully strengthen the nerves, build up the system and restore to health and good spirits after an attack of Grip. If suffering, try them. Only RO cents. Sold ana perfect satisfaction guaranteed by The Rice Drug Company. I k 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4* 4? fional Bank! * ?H CAROLINA. 4o? le Quarterly on X Time Deposits. 4I nes a Year on Deposits. 4 J. -m of this bank is due not ety it affords its deposit- J of computing interest on ^ Accounts every three 4? * his bank is safeguarded j* 3d rate of interest, and is ? Hi ts are also invited. xtended to all. T< D CITY DEPOSITORY. ?S i* ?|j# frf? , 4.4.4.4> 4.4.4.4.4.4. .4.4. x and Webber * u n a j + ?44 d a Wagon? * 4? lumbus and + 4gons before J 4? 4? 4? 4? supply Co. | * i JLi Jm JL Jt. jt Jr. jK Jv Jr. J" TTTTTTTTTTTT.T CEMENT Ed. V. Price & Co., the rers in the world of )RDER CLOTHES ^ $14.00 up. Samples for ived. What I can't show 1 Fashions at reasonable ering. ERRIN oe Company. rf? fl? Hj? HI? Hi? fl? M RIRF F II ! ?' ? w> * * 4? it the stock and + Estate of S. M. % you are inter4? > Player, Piano, + 4? g Machine or * . 4y kind, call be- + is picked over. + VRRATT | CANDIDATES CARDS. For Trustee Union School District. I hereby announce mysef a candidate for office of School Trustee for Union Graded Schools, District No. 11. R. L. McNally. Friends of Geo. C. Perrin, Jr., hereby announce him a candidate for School Trustee of Union Special School District No. 11, Union county. When airmen reach the Milky Way, The little stars will flutter, And whether it be night or day, The friction should make butter.