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Smyrna times., 1910-10-05

vigorous defense, as his reputation
as g criminal lawyer has preceded
him here. He has not divulged the
nature of the defense. 1t is likely
it will be the unwritton law. -
This idea is not receiving much
countenance and it is expected that
the judges will eliminate any such
defense as having no legal exist
ence and it is not likely that it will
have much of a bearing on the case.
Smyrna times., 1910-10-05
WEDDING OF STATE INTEREST
Miss Mary Holland, Daughter of j. E.
Holland, of Milford, Weds Caleb
Burchenal, ESQ.,, of Wilmington

Holland, of Milford, Weds Caleb
Burchenal ESQ.,, of Wilmington
Miss Mary Elizabeth Holland,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Holland, of Milford, and Caleb E.
Burchenal, lawyer of Wilmington,
were quietly married Tuesday, Sep.
tember 27, at noon at the Colonial
homestead of the Hollands in Mil
ford. The guests owere limited to
the immediate families of the bride
and groom. Mrs. Burchenal is
Bryn Mawr graduate of the class of
1905, am later did post graduate
work at Columbia University. MIR.
Burchenal is a graduate of Dickinson
College and Harvard University.
After an ocean voyage of a few
weeks Mr.. and Mrs. Burchenal will
reside at 1911 Delaware avenue,
Wilmington.
Miss Eleanor Mccoy, of Kirkwood
A surprise was created recently
when it was learned that Eleanor E.
Mccoy, daughter of DIR. J. C. Mccoy,
the noted breeder of harness racing
horses, near Kirkwood, eloped to New
York with her fathers trainer and
superintendent, George R. Snedeker.
Although the couple were married at
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION,
(Little Church Around the Corner) =,
August 30, the friends of the Mccoy
family have just been appraised of
the fact. The ceremony was per-
formed by the rector, Rev. C. A.
Kerney. Miss Mccoy went to New
York to visit an aunt Mr. Snedeker
who had string of DR.. Mccoy S
horses on the Grand Circuit, includ-
ing the trOtting sire Binvola, 2. 094,
met his finance in that city anC
they were quietly married. The
bride returned to her county home
and the groom continued with the
horses. When Mr.. Snedeker re
turned to the Mccoy home he in
| lOIiilGQ tic uOClOI VI llic e
81 suppose you will now discharge
me-" he said. The father-in-la
who recognizes in Snedeker one o
the best trainers and drivers in tn
country, disabused his mind on thi
score. Eleanor is of age" tn
father said, "an1 knows what sh
is doing. You are my son-in-law. ,
The parental blessing was given an
all are now happy. The tOtting sire
Admiral Dewey, 2.O4,4 one of tn
greatest in the country, was de
veloped by DR.. Mccoy and drive
by Snedeker. The horse droppe
dead on the Mccoy farm and was re
placed by Binvola. Mr.. Snedeke
: and his bride who are at the McCo
, homestead, are now receiving tn
congratulations of their man
friends. The groom is very popula
: outside of horse circles, while tn
bride is also we'll and favorabl
known. Sunday Star.
Smyrna times., 1910-10-05
TRY HUSBAND SLAYER SOON
Unwritten Law to Figure in Hudson
Murder at Salisbury Recently

The grand jury has brought in an
indictment for murder in the first
degree against Elizabeth Anne Hud-
son, the woman who shot and killed
her husband in the Office of States
Attorney Joseph Bailey, Salisbury "a
few weeks ago. v. Calvin Trice, the
woman's counsel, was in conference
with the judges and State Attorney
Bailey, and it was agreed that the
case will be called for trial on Tues
day next. 1t will be the first case
called on Tuesday, but in the event
of case having been on trial and
unfinished on the preceding day and
extending over Tuesday delay may
ensue, but this is not likely. II is
expected that Mr.. Trice will make a
Smyrna times., 1910-10-05
One More Chance

Inc streets were tull OF hurrying
people, some happy and some mis-
erable, as always, but each one bent
upon his own affairs, pushing and
jostling his neighbor Automobiles
and cabs were mingled in the mall
strom.
The outdoor air was already sting
ing in sharp contrast with the warm,
heavy gusts that came from the shop
doors as they were swung wide open,
just as the brilliant lights in all the
windows contrasted keenly with the
gloomy niche where Davidson stood
shivering. He thrust his hands a
little deeper into the pockets of his
worn trousers and sank his chin lower
still into his coat collar.
He had given up in despair. No
one wanted an extra hand. There
was no vacant position. Each place
was filled and he was not the only
cold. hungry man with his idle
hands. He had come to the city
with such great hopes. 1t had
seemed to him like city of promise,
the place where all his ambitions
would be fulfilled. And now this was
the end. He was too proud to go
back to the old home town. Besides
there would be no one to welcome
him. He was an orphan and had
really no home. One of the many
lost, astray, hopelessly drifting.
Suddenly he caught slight CLEAN
from the sidewalk directly in front
of him. With a quick motion he
sprang forward and picked up the
object. 1t was a lady's purse with
a silver fastening which had caught
the light. He opened it curiously.
There were bills and coins within
money! He shivered.
Perhaps the woman didn't need it
anyway She probably had enough.
No one had seen it fall. The tempta
tion was cruel. But in an instant
he Strengthened up and flung bacE
his head with his old gesture. ".
have not fallen quite so low" h,
muttered.
He examined it carefully to fint
the owners address, but there wa
no card. He came upon a newepape
cut of a mans photograph, AMI in
stinctively turned it to the light
1t was an old picture of himsel
published when he graduated fror
school.
So great was his amazement at hi
discovery that he uttered an excla
nation. Some one believed in him
then; some one still had faith i
him. He searched more eagerly tina
ever for card, but fouad none.
There was a ticket back to MOI
mansville, his old home. To whol
could it belong? There was no othe
e clue, but he found curious, battere
foreign coin, evidently a lucky
: piece.
5, "Pll keep this piece to bring n
'e luck" he said to himself, "ar
u some day I will find its owner ar
give it back to her and tell her tn;
ID it was this which put new life in
L me, when was at the last ditch.
Smyrna times., 1910-10-05

1t was SIX years later when tall,
straight, manipulating fellow step
ped off the train one afternoon at
Normansville. He seemed prosper
Gus and well-to-do and his face was
eager and alight with happiness as
he looked around the home-like little
old town. Every one greeted him
with smile and a nod, and all his
old friends stopped for a cordial
handshake.
AT the hotel he registered as c.
E. Davidson, and then remarked to
the clerk that he guessed he'd take
a stroll out along the street and see
if things had changed much. In his
pocket was the lucky piece which he
had carried all these six years. He
was turning over various schemes
for finding its owner. but it seemed
to be difficult matter. If he ad-
vertised it as "Found, lit would not
be long before the whole town knew
it's story. There are always curious
minds in small country town, and
there were quicker ways of spread
ing news than by telephon or tele-
graph. He dared not make inquiries
for the same reason.
The broad street was nearly empty
now, like white, dusty ribbon be-
tween the tall elms that fringed it
on either side. He found himself
close by the Post Office aud con-
cluded to drop in. The bulletins
attracted his attention as in the old
days. Here was a notice of last
weeks lawn party, not yet torn
down, a coming dance was posted,
some one had lost a camera in the
picnic grove, &c. He smiled as he
read them.
While he was standing with his
back toward the door, two young
ladies came in talking gayly. One
was saying, eyes, I'm glad yor
found my luck-piece, Alice. 1t was
queer, though, how it rolled into thaf
corner. Did you know that hac
lost the one like it, oh, quite mum
ber of years ago? 1t was in m!
nurse when | lost it in. Ever,
thing else was untouched when i
was returned to me, but that piece
was gone"
Davidson held his breath for yer
amazement. What luck. How ha
il ever happened? But who was tn
girl? Her voice was so fam'lia
and vet he could not recall he
name. But wait! She was speak
ing again.
"Must you go now, Alice? ! hav
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

THAT afternoon on Muffles' mat
Where Mufles always slept or sat
They found a package and a note
In shaky words that granny wrote,
Which said q send to you to-day,
Just as gift and not as pay,
A coin for each, piece of gold,
In memory of woman old;
To bring good luck to the Gypsy camp;
For each to keep in life's long tramp"
And then the note went on to say
That to the Prince she'd send next day
A dozen bills of size the best
That she could find in the treasure chest.
But how that note came no one knew.
And Dinkey said, DAT l-letter grew
Jus on dat mat for Dutchy say
He stay r-roun here all through de day."
PROMPTLY that afternoon. at four
The Prince and Mufles were at the door
OF the village shop and standing there
To be introduced to the little pair:
The merchant lad and his sister dear
Who owned the store so quaint and queer,
Where pens and ink and books and toys,
Were sold to village girls and BOYS.
PRINCE DOMINO in his happy way
Said, I'm glad to meet you both to-day.
Muff1es and have come to see
If we can solve your mystery:
To catch the thief and return your cash
And keep your store from going to smash.
Then all three talked of this and that:
The Gypsy camp and the famous cat;
Of lands far off and adventures bold
And OF finding grannys box of gold;
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

X. THE THIEVES FOUND.
THE camp was busy the following day
For the Prince began without delay
To find the marking stone or tree
Where granny's buried gold should be.
He ordered the Jap an ak TO bring
And ball of Irvine for measuring string;
And Captain Dinkey got ready quick
With two big shovels and pick;
But Dutchy said he'd stay behind
And the Gypsy camp and callers mind;
For the hornet stings hurt Dutchys face;
Put eyes and nose all out Of place.
MUFFLES had finished morning nap
With his head and paws on granny's map,
And now he slowly marched ahead
And the footsteps of the others led
They walked an hour uphill and down
Till they reached place close to the town
In little thicloet of evergreen
As pretty spot as was ever seen;
The lake in front and beyond view
OF golden farms and mountains blue
Then Mufhes stopped and his meowing queer
Told Domino that the gold was here.
They raised stone and then they made
A good sized hole with pick and spade.
Twas Dinkey's pick gave hardest knocks
And he it was who struck the box
Dat gold mines here for sure" said he,
AS hadropped his pick and danced with glee.
81 see de c-corner shine" he said.
ITS black and g-green and gold and red;
And then he turned to Domino
To ask if he might with him go
To see the dear old granny told
That they had found her box of gold;
Dat I may see her most f-fall dead
WIFI s-shiverin' s-shaIin' Joy" he said
THE box was lifted from the hole
And fastened strongly to pole
And carried high between the two,
By the Jap and Dinkey. that all could view;
While on the box to complete the load
The proud discoverer, Mufles, rode,
The Prince the way to grannys led
And walked yard or two ahead
WHEN dear old granny saw the four,
As they arrived at her cabin door,
And saw the box with its silver key
Which her only son had owned at sea,
a handsome treasure box when new
Given to him by shipwrecked crew.
And when the Prince spoke up and said
That from this time her daily bread
Would include a steak and mutton chop
And buttered toast with jam on top;
And when he handed her the key
And said to open it and see,
The poor old woman couldn't speak,
But she took his hand and on his cheek
She placed kiss as if to say,
"A grauny's blessing, my boy, to-day"
The box was opened by Dinkey Dadd
And the sight made every one feel glad.
For there was money, glittering gold,
And rolls of bills all worn and old,
And watch and compass and treasures rare
Which granny's son had hidden there.
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He whispered something in the Princes ear.
The Prince was calm and to the merchant lad
He said, This message by Dinkey Dadd
Requires me back at the camp tonight,
And can't stay the thief to fight;
But YOU keep Mufles just lock the door
And leave him tonight within the store
Then he said good-by and off they went
The Prince and Dinkey to their tent
THIRTEEN dead mice, the following day.
Piled in heap on the counter lay.
The place was quiet; the counter clean;
But Muffles nowhere could be seen.
With doors all locked he disappeared,
Or perhaps was killed. the meachant feared.
The till was opened and limits tray
He found the cash that was taken away.
CONTINUED next Sunday)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-10

in the South and of the wonderful
results that have been obtained in
this State. He praised the press for
the assistance in bringing about the
great wave of agitation for corn pro-
duction in the South
The next speaker was Ira w. Will
liams. State agent of the United
States for farm demonstration work.
lie also gave credit to the press for
the assistance rendered the move
ment and especially thanked the
business men of this and other States,
who have so literally contributed
prizes for the Corn Exposition.
Tonight there were addresses by
Commissioner Watson and l.. O.
Scaub, In charge of the Boys Corn
Club work in North Carolina.
Prizes aggregating $4,000 were
awarded tonight for the best corn to
be exhibited from North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia
Ihe prize Tor the best single ear of
corn was won by e. Goodwin. of
Apex. N. c.. best ten ears, by j. C.
Lewis. of Reedy Branch, N. c. Best
individual display and best so ears,
by A. ID. Hudson. Of Newberry, S. c.
Prizes for the largest yields were
awarded to Jerry II Moore, Is years
of age. Of Winona, S. c., who pro-
duced 22S bushels and pecks on
one acre, and to Miss Hannah Plow-
den. Is years Of age, who produced
l2O bushels Of corn on one acre.
Quality and not quantity Of corn
was considered by the judges, In
making the awards
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-10

good for even so we'll equipped a man
as the only ex-President of the United
States.
1T is said that an effort Will he
made by the Postmaster General
backed by the administration, to pass
bill reducing postage on sealed LET
ters Of one cent and also to carry in
to effect the long opposed parcels
post privileges enjoyed by all foreign
people, but through the influence of
the express companies withheld from
the CITIZENS Of the United States. Tn
the citizens Of the United States. The
American citizen living in Washing
ton may send a ten pound package
by mail to London, Paris, Berlin or
Vienna, but he cannot send the sar
package to Baltimore, only one hot,
distant, or to Philadelphia or New
York, four and five hours distant. &c
the package should weigh only four
pounds he can send it by mail for
64c to any Of these cities, but the
four pounds to the European desti-
nation costs only 4Sc. The Postof-
flee Department is not responsible for
these outrages. They are the result
OF the monopoly which the express
companies through their influence in
the Senate and House have been able
to maintain in the distribution of
packages by mail. In other words,
the express companies will not be
able to make so much money if the
people Of the United States shall in
sist upon having as good a parcels
post service between Philadelphia and
Cincinnati, for example, as they have
TO Berlin or Paris.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-10
COTTON CROP OF 1sO9-fO.
More Bales OF Cotton Made Inst
Year Than This Year, But More
Sold This Year.

More bales of cotton have been
sold this year up to this time than
were sold last year up to the same
date, while the cotton crop Of this
year Is short at least couple Of
thousand bales, is the sum and sub
stance Of figures showing the number
Of bales weighed last year compared
with this year. and the number of
bales in the warehouse last year as
compared With the number in the
Wal ehouse this year.
Last year at the week ending No
vember 26, 26,192 bales of cotton had
been weighed on the cotton ware
house platform, while this year the
number weighed up to the same date
was 2S,54S. Last year at this time
there were about 5000 bales of cot
ton in the warehouse while this year
there are only about 1900 bales.
This shows a seeming difference of
more than 1000 bales in favor of this
year. This is not the case however.
for last year about 5000 bales of
those in the warehouse had been
weighed while this year most
all of the cotton in the warehouse has
been weighed. This makes about
5000 Of the bales of last year sold on
the market this fall. The total for
last year up to this time would be al
most 10000 bales while for this year
it would be for the same
time about $4,000 bales. Another
thing in favor of last years crop is
that many farmers kept thir cotton
In their own yards last year, while
this year the cotton has almost all
been sold as fast as it has been GIN
ned.
These figures all go to show that
the crop of this year is not nearly
so large in this county as it was last
year. 1T is true that many of the
| farmers in the county made better
cotton crops this year than they did
last, but this was only on certain
kinds of lands, and the majority of
farmers did not make as big crops,
especially the small ones. The good
! price which cotton has brought all OF
the fall has been one Of the chief in
ducements to the farmers to sell. and
| most of them have found before this
that waiting has in most cases prov
| ed to no advantage and so they were
willing to sell their cotton for what
| they could get for it at the time than
again run the risk of waiting and get
ting higher or possibly a lower price
Tor their cotton. 1t has proved that
| they are willing to trust to the truth
OF the old saying that a bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-10

son Gibbs, Aiken county, $65; third
premium, one humider, by Sylvan
Bros, Barnwell county, $12.,
Class l..
10 the county making the best ex-
hibit of the boys corn club work =:
first premium, one agricultural Ii
brary, Clarendon county; second pre-
MUM, one agricultural library, Aiken
county; third premium, one agricul-
tural library, Barnwell county.
Glass T..
To the teacher whose school makes
the best exhibit Of the boys corn club
work; Premium, cash, by T. c. Will
liams Realty company, j. J. Dargan.
s25.
Class G..
To the school making the best ex-
hibit Of the boys corn club work:
Premium: one agricultural library,
General Sumter Memorial academy.
Sumter county.
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Success OF Big Agricultural Fair,
Participated I'm by Farmers OF
Three States. -Continuesr.-Surprise
at Wonderful Possibilities OF Corn
Growing I'm Southern States--Boy
Contestants Receive Prizes.

Columbia, Dec. THE South At
lantic States Corn Exposition now in
progress In Craven Hall, marks an
epoch in the history of the South.
Never has there been so much fine
corn brought together south OF the
Ohio and east OF the Mississippi
River. 1t Is not a pleasure event, but
is educational. The farmers OF North
Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia
are being shown, in a concrete form,
that the great. boasted corn belt OF
the West has at last moved South.
The Exposition stands for more and
better corn. which means more live
stock and hogs. and consequently
bread and meat, for the millions of
people in the South. The Exposition
shows what can be done on the broad
acres OF the South. 1t shows that the
broad acres Of the South are more
adapted TO the culture of corn than
the plains OF the West.
The Exposition is the climax Of the
160.00o.000 bushels increase in the
corn production OF the South. The
Exposition shows. most especially,
that the boys OF the South have be-
come great farmers and that they are
capable of teaching their fathers new
methods. 1t shows that at least the
farmer has adopted intelligent meth
ods and Is not following the trail left
by cotton. The Exposition is a grea,
success, and II Is only a nucleus of
what is to be next year. ard in the
years TO come.
The second day OF .he Exposition
was a success from every standpoint.
There was large attendance of farm
ers from the three States taking
part and by CoIumbians, who are In
terested In the upbuilding Of the State
along material lines. All were sur
prised at the large number OF ex-
hibits and the fine corn. There are
over 700 individual exhibits.
The executive committee OF the CO.
lumbia Chamber OF Commerce, meet
Ing today. discussed plans for great
Southern corn show for next year.
The plan will be consummated. Even
lower rates will be secured over all
OF the railroads, and there will be
many festivities In connection with
the Exposition. President Herbert
or the Chamber OF Commerce, is very
enthusiastic and Will lend every ef-
Tort To see that Columbia's part in
the success Of the next Exposition is
carried out.
There were two important and ed
ucational speeches made today at the
Exposition. The first speech was by
.. IL. Martin. assistant to Or. Sea
man A. Knapp. OF the United States
farm demonstration work. He told
of the work of the Boys Corn Clubs