The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-10-16

a.. - - 'ASs Moore spent Saturday
- SUMTER IN
LYKCnBuR9.. !. h
1VoqhbuSg. Oct. s.--This morning
= cQnus Fspln4er .that winter is
2 aobsoaohing. and that preparations
- protect ne body srs now in order.
4 i<Our fAehrsss are not holding their
7 oDoasn. ''woeth . can't" 90 what need
- s1psct 4f ths markets 1t IL new
u<hsDsss : fsct though, that 50 per
Asnt Of the 'fsrmsrs are almost sbso-
1uesa5 compelled 20 ssil ~ Shsfs notes
o1o due and becoming due and their
Bo11torP esnnot or Win not Saait. a.
~. O.. have their obhsations, to
tuote--so u goes. - =
\, ,R>ss vss . rather unique trial (f).
- ~ masissrsts's once last night.
- sssms that one sx.trsmp who has
Dssn LOADING IN this place for some
uaa. WAS dscoyed or persuaded by a
uu0nsr OF young map and boys
- Monday night. to Join them In q
nAps hunt" in dense swamp.
, Auown . Black swamp. about two
\ 1n11ss from this place. They placed
11n = positien IN said canal with q
sua4o sack IN his hands. with his
DsGD str.ched a. far apart a. possible.
''unA the} pulled on ostensibU to drive
- ths suipes to the lad. but. alas.
ueor Philsp heard no more Of the
un.ps drivers until me. returned. to
fpwn half frightened and tired 20
opreh. hndsng the boys just dying
1Fosn laughtsr:
Philfp says that, after the boys had
usas some tims. everything being pain
fu1ly qsiies. he heard something like
ossr 3ainai approaching him in the
wotsf, and from that moment no
was hardly conscious OF his move-
usshts. as he felt just like he had lex
shs ground and was flying .peil-mell
fhro4rh the dense swamp. Since that
Aosr ne claims that his eyes have
Aseome enlarged. his mental faculties
Asrsnsed. with tendency to nse. and
ssssiastion NOT to perform labor Of
any kind. I. ''r."
% last evening hsi had the boys In
1irted for malicious mental and phys
1oa1 damage to the amount OF S22. A
5wy Of six men were drawn. and soon
tAs trial was begun. Each side had
aa attorney and the trial lasted a. lit
-. isss than two hours The jury
1sund for the plaintifr the amount of
damages claimed. but exceptions were
taken, and consequently new trial
srdsrsd for the 10th instant.
Lynchburg. Oct. l2.--weil. this
espcludes the much discussed mock
>,snipe trial" Al the .hoar appointed
1er ths trial In the higher court" the
onsye hail over oalloways store was
seowdsd to Its utmost seating capac-
~ With men and boys who were
tsagef 20 hear the termination Of the
eess " the "nipe hunters" or their
vsstim. IN the. higher court. (You
- eorrt was up In, the upper story
tAls time. making II the higher court.)
q W. rrierson. representing the boys.
and. L. ". brown. Esq. representing
ehsir. victim or the prosecutor. Quite
. nunfber Of witnesses wcre examined
4pr the defendants. all CT whom de-
eiarsd they would not tell the truth
Or any part Of H. and they stuck TO
their oath. The whole Of this trial
was indeed ridiculous. and II was
aimcult to enforce order. The at
eoruey displayed considerable skin
and ingenuity. but the trial had not
advanced far before Il was clear the
boys were on the winning side. as all
the evidence was against poor Phillip.
who now. by mutual consent. occu-
pied dual position---that Of prose-
cutor and defendant. II was clearl,
proved that poor Phillip had stolen
the spipes out OF the bag and sold
shgm on the streets for 20 cents
apiece: that two OF the snipe drivers
had driven n number OF snipe, that Is
the dvst section. into the bag and that
A1he "nips victim" seeing that he had
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