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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
VERDICT WAS A
STRANGE ONE.
Why Was He Not Ac-
quitted2
is MURDER CRIME?
White Man May BE Pun
ished.
To BE Sure He Killed His Wife But
Then the Newspapers 'Lied"
on Him.

AT 8 O'Clock Wednesday evening af-
ter a ~hard-fought trial of three days,
Henry Patrick was convicted of MUIR
der at Bennettsville, S. G. He will not
hang, however, as the jury recon-
mended him to the mercy Of the court,
which fixes the penalty at life impri-
sonment.
Patrick is the man who killed his
wife just a month ago tonight. He did
not employ counsel and the court APP
pointed Messrs. D. D. McColl, Jr., and
j.. w. LsGrand to undertake the de-
Tense. They made an earnest and
Jealous fight for their client, leaving
60 stone unturned, and succeeded in
saving his neck.
Monday morning these young gem
tlemen made an effort to have the trial
postponed on the ground thatthe pub
lie had been unduly wrought up and
prejndiced by newspaper articles
about the homicide published in The
State, The News and Courier and The
Pee Dee Advocate. Several afidavits
ShS ASoN III WblSu III ucpOu6uGS SulQ
that it would be difficult for Patrick to
get a fair trial at this term of court, and
the correspondents OF the papers mem
toned were severely arraigned by
ounse and charged with deliberately
attempting to prejudice the public
against Patrick. Judge Gary over
ruled the motion and the trial was
proceeded with.
The first point gained by the defense
was the exclusion OF the testimony Of
Patrick's 6-year-old daughter, little
Annie May, who is the ouly known eye
witness to the tragedy. She vas held
to be incompetent because she did not
understand the nature Of God, heaven,
hell and the devil. Annie May swore
at the coroner's inquest that her ia
Their cursed her mother with many vile
oaths and then shot her while she was
saying, "Take hat gun away"
Patrick swore that the shooting was
accidental. He said he was loading his
gun and 1t went off. His wife, he said,
was sitting on the edge of the bed fac
ing him. He grabbed her and laid her
on the bad and then went out, never
seeing her again.
AS a matter of fact, Mrs. Patrick's
body was found in an adjoining room,
lying in a pool CT blood, with six cuts
on her throat and q gunshot wound in
the side of her neck which severed the
spinal column and causedinstant death
No effort WAS made by the defense to
explain the cuts nor how the dead
body got out OF the room where the
shooting occurred. Both of Patrick's
hands and sleeves were bloody when
arrested, about two hours after the
homicide. He was then 10 a drunken
stupor. He said he drank liquor to kill
HE trouble. Next morning Patrick
told several persons that he did not
know anything about the tragedy.
Later in the day he gave the accident
story.
The jury was in the room an hour
and a half before rendering the yer.
dict.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
WHY REMIT

When you can own your own home
With the same money?
The Piedmont Savings and Invest
ment Company will enable you to do
this.
Instead OF Paying Rent for years
n owning nothing at the end Of the
term the property 10 yours,
Meanwhile, you have had the home
from the frst-with the motive to i'm
prove 1t.
Owning ones home does more to
1ake an independent man than any
thing else.
Aman with little or no property finds
IL hard to borrow and build.
Such men this company provides
credit for.
There are hundreds of working
men in this town paying rent on
houses that r not cosy aud comforta
tile, they have no cOnyenieDces, that
are not Kept up and that are not inn
proving in value.
Lots in Laurens are cheap, These
same men, with the rcnt money they
are paying, a ell own homes In
which they will take p,ide and which
will grow more valuable each year.
The Piedmont Savings and Invest
mcnt Company is not 8 building apd
lean association. Why? Because tho
contract is certain and definite. The
borrower knows to a day whom his
debt will be due. Moreover The rate OF
integeat IL ioWer.
~. ". BALL and n. /. COPELAND
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF LAURENS.

nE
In Common Pleas.
Sallie l.. Daniel, Mamie S. Fuller and
Alta Lee Ellis, plaintiffs. against
Nary g. Smith, Wilmot Smith, in
dividually, and as Administrators of
the estate of DR.. John II. Smith, de-
ceased, ct al.
Pursuant to an order of the court in
b eabove stated case, dated October,
30, 1908, | will sell at Laurens, G. H.,
on Salesday in December next, being
the 7th day Of the month, during the
legal hours of sale, the following de-
scrlbed real estate, situated in the
County and State aforesaid.
Tract No. 1~,containing lob ITO acres,
more or less, bounded by lands OF j. p.
Jones, Joseph u. Johnson. Thomas
Hood and tracts Nos. 2 and 3.
Tract No. 2, containing 102 2-I0 acres,
more or less, bounded by lands of j. p.
Jones, estate OF John II. Owings, B. l..
Henderson and tracts Nos. / and 3.
Trac5 No. 3, containing OH acres,
more or less, bounded by lands Of j. @.
Martin, 2. Ell. Baldwin and tracts Nos,
l and 2.
Terms of Sal.-One-half of purchase
money cash; balance on a credit of
twelve months, secured by bond of the
purchaser and q mortgage of the prem
ises sold, with interest from day OF
sale, with leave 10 the purchaser to pay
his entire bid in cash, Purchaser TO
pay for paper. Ii the purchaser fails
to comply with the terms of sale, land
will be resOld on the same or some
subsequent salesday on the same terms
at the risk of the former purchaser.
JOHN II. BOLT,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
Sale of Bank Stock.

BY authority given by an order Of O.
G. Thompson, Judge Of Probate 1 will
sell before the Court House door on
Salesday in December next, being the
It'll day OF the month, within the legal
hours OF sale, two shares of stock of
the National Bank of Laurens, S. O.,
said stock being of the par value OF
one hundred dollars per share.
Terms OF sale--Cash.
WILMoT SMITH,
Administrators of John II. Smith, decd
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
Itching Skin
Distress by day and night

O'"AS"o ~ N"y "hu hiShV
That's the complaint of those who
are 80 unfortunate rs to be afflicted
with Eczema or Salt Rheum-and out
ward applications do not cure.
They can't.
The source OF the trouble is in the
blood-make that pure and this seal
ing, burning, itching skin disease will
disappear.
III was taken with an itching on my
arms which proved very disagreeable. /
concluded 1t was salt rheum and bought q
bottle OF Hoods S|arsaparilla. In two days
after i began taking it L felt better and it
was not long before I was cured. Have
never had any kin disease SINCE" Mrs.
IDA &c. WARD, Cove Point, Md.
Hoods ~S0FsapaTiEIa
and Pills
rid the blood of all impurities and cure
all eruptions.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
State of South Carolina,
LAURENS COUNTY.

LAURENS COUNTY,.
In Court of Common Pleas.
Piedmont Savings and Investment Com
pany, Plaintiff, against G. M. Mills,
Thomas Sanders and Fannie Cald-
we'll, Defendants.
Pursuant to a decree of the court in
the above stated action, I will sell at
Laurens, G. III S. c., on Salesday in
December, 1908, it being the 7th day of
the month, to the highest bidder, the
following lot of land, to wit:
All that lot of land, containing one
acre, more or less, situate in the city Of
Laurens, County and state above
named, bounded by lands of Mrs. Wary
Y. Darlington, G. NJ. Mills and HaInp-
veyed to Fannie Caldwell, by Jno. w.
Simpson, on July 18th, 1871.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash and the
balance on q credit of one year, with
leave to the purchaser to pay all cash,
the credit portion to zeal inter- st from
the date of sale and to be secured by
bond of the purchaser and a mortgage
of the premises, The mortgage to pro-
vide for Insurance on the buildings in
favor of said officer to the extent of the
mortgage debt. If the purchaser at
said sale do not Immediately comply
Herewith, the said officer is directed
to sell Immediately, or on some subse-
quent Salesday at the risk of said pur-
chaser, and continue to do so until
there shall be found a purchaser who
will comply with his bid.
JOHN f. BOLT,
@. G. G.. p.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
Auction Sale.

Will sell at Woodruff, s. O.. Tues
day, December, 10, 1908, at 2 O'Clock %.
TO- the highest bidder, one two
story brick store corner of Main and
Georgia streets, 20 x 90 IT. with lot In
the rear % x 20 f.. Also vacant lot ad.
Joining etore on Main street 80 x 1875
feet. Also vacant lot on Georgia street
~ X 90 feet. Terms cash.
). w. MARTIN,
November, 16,--4t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-02
A THANKSGIVING Suggestion.

If you would give the members OF
your family one good reason for a sin.
cere Thanksgiving by supplying them
with good wholesome bread, use Golf
ton" flour in its making. 1t will pro-
duce bread that tickles the palate and
strengthens the body. Call for "Clif-
ton" if you want the best.
II. N. Barksdale,
M. III. Fowler.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
HORSE THIEVES ACTIVE.
Central Nebraska Farmers Up in Arms
Over Recent Depredations.

Ravenna, Neb., April 81. Horse:
thieves are making themselves felt
in the central counties Of Nebraska;
and the farmers and stockmen are agi-
tating the formation Of an old-time
vigilance committee which will take
such radical action with the guilty par
ties thai a cessation of the, depredatiOnS
will result. The proposed organization
will embrace the counties of Buffalo,
Hail, Sherman, Valley, Dawson, Custer
and Howard. Such is the state of mind
concerning the operations Of horse
thieves hat should the two men who
are known to nave operated here be ap!
pretended there would be some trouble
in allowing the law to take its course.
John Fl. O'Kane of Gothenburg and
Albert Siegel of Valley county both ar.
rived in town, searching for missing
outfits.
Mr.. Siegel last fall hired a ~17-year-old
boy, just over from Sweden, to gather
corn for him. Last Monday, just before
starting for Ord, Mr.. Siegel instructed
him to hitch a team to a drag and break
down co~rnstalks. Instead, the boy,
whose name is John Stolz, mtched the
best team on the farm to a buggy and
drove to Arcadia, where he called at
the p%ostofioe and was handed a letter.
that had come to him from Sweden3
At that point he disappeared as thougH
the earth a swallowed him.. A $7a
reward is offered for the arrest and
conviction of the thief.
Last fall O'Kane loaned an outfit to
a man who had been working for him
to go to neighbors and gather. corn. The
fellow drifted eastward, reporting once
a week. Finally reports ceased to come
and O'Kane grew nea When he
started on the search he oun that the
horses had been driven to Gibbon.
There the thief met John Vacek and
succeeded in selling him the team, har-
ness and wagon at a good, round fig
ure and then disappeared. Mr.. O'Kane
located the outfit yesterday and this
morning Mr.. Vncek voluntarily sur
rendered possession. A sharp lookout ts
being kept for the thief, however, and
several strong cleWs have developed.
1t is believed hat he Will be u down
before long
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
TOO MANY STRIKES.
Chicago Federation Of Labor Fears the
Thing Is Being overdone, and
Discussed It Seriously.

Chicago, April 21.-"Mushroom"
strikes, called without proper consid-'
Grafton by new upions. art denounced
by the Chicago Federalism Of Labor.
1T is nothing but strike, strike,
strike" declared James J. hnehan. If
it doesn't cease 500 we will have an
archy, and the educated, organized
labor movement will have to protect
society,""
Mr.. Linehan's view was opposed by
Delegate Washington. We organize to
better our condition. said he. land then
you tie our hands,"
But Mr.. Linehan remained firm.
Men organize a union n week" said
he, "and the next ask Endorsement for a
strike. They are making the Fedora
ton Of Labor a fementer Of strikes, al
though it is not responsible for two
thirds Of them"
GA strike is war; said John G. Hard
ing OF Typographical union No. Is,
and before a union plunges, into war
it should see whether It is prepared
and has a reasonable chance"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
STOCKS in A TRUST.
Alleged Plan by Which Financiers VIA
Continue the Merger and Yot Not
Have a Merger.

Chicago, April 2e.-In connection with
he rumor that the Great Northern WIZ
pay a dividend as usual May /, and
.peculation as to the effect on Northern
securities, a financial authority says:
1.-THE suit Of the state Of Minnesota
against the Northern Securities, which
went against the defendants in the
United States district court, will not
be appealed to the supreme court. The
stocks Of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern, which were held by the
Northern Securities will revert to the
Two companies and pass into the hands
If the former owners Those securities
being held finally by the same persons
who controlled them under the Secur-
tiles company, will then be placed in
trust and voted as 6. unit, each or
Sanized company maintaining a sep
arate organization"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
MORGAN is Sc YEARS OLD
And He Has Done Most Of His Big Fl,
nancial Feats Since He Was Three
Score Years Of Age.

New York. April 20.-J. Pierpeaat
Morgan Is s6 years old today. He does
aot like dinner parties or loving cups,
md appeared at his Office as usual. The
great successes of Mr.. Morgan's career
lave been achieved since his 60th birth
lay. He first became prominent in the
financial world about 80 years ago,
when he went to Europe and success
.ully sold $4,000, O0o Of New York
Central stock. His second great ven
lure was leasing the West Shore to the
New York Central for 80 years. Will
lam n. Vanderbilt was SO pleased with
his coup that he made Mr.. Morgan a,
present Of an $4,000 silver service.
Since hen he a organized many huge
industries, including the American
Mailing company, General Electric,
Federal Steel, the American Bridge,
ending with the reorganization of the
Northern Pacific railroad and, with j.
J. Hill, Northern Securities.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
BOOM FOR HARRISON.
Chicago Admirers Of Their Mayor Start
a Movement to Get Him Into
the White House,

Chicago, April 21.-Mayor Harrison's
presidential Doom was launched yester-
day with he Chicago democratic club.
Captain Adrian A. Arson of baseball
fame started the ball rolling in the
presence of 400 Harrison democrats in
the drill room at Masonic temple. A
number Of orators who followed him
pushed it along" and the assemblage
grew enthusiastic.
The mayor occupied a seat on the
platform and seemed to like 1t. He
smiled when the veteran baseball cap
tain said: tits not p%ennants we are
after now, but 10 land our mayor in the
White house."
The new club is to rival the Cook
county democracy which has led twenty
years. From the tone Of the speakers,
the organization IS to take on a national
air with the purpose Of promoting the
Harrison interests.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
WON'T MODIFY DECREE.
out of the Northern Securities
Pathway.

Washington, April 20.-Referring to
the application at ST. Paul in behalf of,
the Northern Securities company, the.
department of justice has made public!
the following telegraphic instructions
Of he attorney general sent to the
United States attorney at st. Paul on
the 18th instant:
1T is likely defendants in the North-l
srn Securities case will forthwith and
possibly without notice appeal to the
circuit court or judge thereof for modi-
ication Of decree pending appeal, or for
order making appeal operate as SUPER
sedeas. You are directed to watch this
matter closely, and earnestly oppose.
any such application, on ground that
this is not an ordinary case Of equity
jurisdiction between private parties,
remedy in equity to enjein violation Of
= penal law. The decree finds defend
ants guilty of violating the declared
public policy Of the nation. For the
reason the government opposes any
suspension or modification of the judg-l
ment Of the court. The modification
proposed would In effect be an trdul-i
renee to continue to violate a law Of
the United States. As h suspension.
Of the operation of law Is not the ex-
ercise OF a judicial function, it is in-I
conceivable that equity rule SO contem-
plates vesting such power in a court.
That rule contemplates suspension or,
modification upon terms that will Sc
cure rights Of an opposite party as
could be protected by a bond to in
1emnify. This Is not such a case. The
principal relief granted by this decree
Is the Injunction; to suspend 1t would
produce the same effect as a certificate
IF division in the circuit court, and de-.
Drive the decree Of its force and mean.
iy,p #n .er .." -'-.. ".H. -Er.- .-l
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
HARD COAL TRUST NEXT
Department of Justice Will Look Into
Relations Of Anthracite Producers.

cite trust, it is said, will come next.
The attorney general is, investigating
and will soo have determined whether
there is an illegal combine which can
be dissolved. The coal roads control
about rs per cent. of the output, though
in most cases the coal companies are
separately organized, the same men
serving as directors in the railroad and
coal corporations. 1t is alleged the
Temple company controls the whole
thing, as a sort Of clearing house. This
scheme is credited to Morgan. The
interstate m commission Is to
make examination of the presidents
soon, and If it develops evidence to
warrant proceedings Attorney General
Knox will start them at once.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
NEW BOSS IN OHIO.
State Convention Be Postponed to
Accommodate Her Wedding.

Cleveland, o., April 2O.-The repub-
lican state convention of Ohio will not
be held June 10. The convention may
be held a week later or a fortnight
earlier. That is undecided. But one
fact Is certain-the convention will not
be held on June 10. Miss Ruth Hanna,
daughter Of Senator Hanna. forbids.
June 10 Is the date set for the nven
ton. also for her wedding to Joseph
Medill Mccormick Of Chicago. Her
father cannot be at his daughters mar
rlage and at the convention at the same
time. Consequently. while politicians
fumed, h calmly told her father he
must have the convention postponed.
Senator Hanna did 1t. And still there
are crying for voice in politics.
What is the use Of being a senator's
daughter If one can't lave a bit Of au-
thority?" she said.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
FRITZ is ~HEARTBRokEN.
Former Champion Inconsolable Over
tho Death of His Wife.

New York, April 20.-Robert Fitz-
simmons. prize fighter, shed bitter tears
when he tried to talk Of his wife, who
died at their home at Benson Hurst
yesterday II typhoid pneumonia.
"Shc was the best friend 1 ever had"
he said, sobbing as a strong man does.
"She was the best woman that ever
lived. How car I go on? I don't know
what to do. There's only the little ones
left nov otherwise I wouldn't care
what happened. Dear Rose-I can't
talk abouther-I'm just like a woman
Mrs. FitZsimmons was more to the
former heavyweight champion than
his loving wife and the mother Of his
children. She was his constant coun-
selor and trainer. She coached him to
victory in numerous battles.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
CAN'T ACCOMMODATE.
President Refuses to Boycott Union
Pacific at Request of the Striking

Cinnabar. Mont, April 20.-President
Roosevelt has decided he cannot accede
to the request of the striking shopmen
of the Union Pacific not to ride on that
road. The labor organizations have
placed the road in their unfair list.
which was made known to the presi-
dent with the request that he select
some other line. The committee to
whom the reply was made expressed
great disappointment. The strike has
been importation six months and is no
nearer settlement than the first day.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
SIX Are KILLED,
SIX BADLY HURT
Limited Train on Erie Wrecked
and Then the Wreckage
Burned.
a ..lH " H
ACCIDENT AT a SIDING
Passenger Crashed Into the Rear SEQ
ton of a Freight That Had Broken
in Two, and an Awful Fa-
tally Followed.

Jamestown, N. z, April 21.-A coup
ling broke on a west-bound freight on
the Erie railroad at Red House at {
o'clock this morning. Just as the train
was leaving the main track. Before,it
could be stopped the New York-Chi-
cage limited, east-bound, crashed into
the freight. The passenger engine,
combination baggage and passenger
car. day coach and two sleepers left
the track.
The wreck caught fire immediately
and all the cars were quickly burned.
Baggageman Hotchkiss was hfledsand
also two women and a child whotbeard-
ed the train at Youngstown, O.. The
bodies Of two men were taken from the
wreck, burned beyond Identification.
Six or more less seriously injured pas
sengers and trainmen were taken to
the Salamanca hospital.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
CHICAGO LEADS 1
Windy City Has by Far the larger
Number Of Divorceds People,

ET's -
Number of Dixorceds People.
Washington, April A.-There are now
51.5ss divorced people in the United States,
OF whom S2.a5, are women and 1884 are
men. The reason for such an excess Of
women is explained on thestheory that di-
vorcedm men are to ernarry than
divorced women. There are very few
cities In which the number OF divorced
meh is greater or even equal to the num-
Der Of women. Omaha is, the most con-
spicuous, for among the inhabitants are
2As men and 236 women who have beon
separated from their conjugal mates by
the courts.
Chicago is the champion divorce city.
Although the 4.SH divorced people who re-
side there may not have been separated
by the local courts, shey have neverthe-
less chosen 1t as place OF. residence. and
they number more than twice as many as
are found In New York.
The following table gives a list Of the
principal cities and the number OF di-
vorced people among thar fnhnbfto MS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
CAUSES OF CANCER.
Valuable Conclusions Of Long Inquiry
Are to Be Made Public
.#fE& hv Exner4a

New York, April N.-In a few days the
results of Investigations carried on for
months by well known bacteriologists and
PSYCHOLOGISTS regarding the cause OF can
GER and cancerous growths, will probably
be fully evealed in a paper written by
DR.. Bertram H. Buxton, bacteriologtst and
general scientist.
Briefly, the Investigations hav revealed
that anc is u to chemical changes in
the blood; that every part or tissue Of
cancer has the power Of producing fer
m%entation; that In there powers of causing
fermentation, cancerous tissues are akin
to the tissues Of the stomach; thst by
proving this theory, the theory that cam
Ger was due to a parasite is disproved.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
MORE REVELATIONS.
Governor Taylor of Kentucky Further
lnanlicatad IN GaahaI Cr;.aa

Governor Taylor of Kentucky Further
Implicated in GoebeI Crime.
Frankfort, KY, April 1.-THE Franklin
county circuit court room was again
packed to the doors to-day with the crowd
in attendance at the Howard trial. Henry
e. Youtsey was sttI on the stand for
cross-examination. Youtsey told of maxi
ing an arrangement with Mason and
Hockersmith, colored, to kill Goebel.
Hockersmith wanted to interview Cover
nor Taylor before doing the shoot
ing and witness went to see Taylor to ar
range for an interview. Taylor told the
witness he could not afford to risk the
negro, and witness returned and told
Hockersmith what he said. johnson, wlo
also had been selected to do the killing.
left here January %. Howard, he said.
knew when he arrived here he had been
selected to do the killing.