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TERRIBLE DEATH IN UNION COUNTY MIIS. W. T. JONES OF SANTUC VICTIM OF POISONING. Coroner's Jtily Finds That Sho Game to Her Death at the Hands of Unknown Parties. The Stale. I'iiion, .Inly 7.?Mrs. W. T. Jones, wile of one of (he largest Isind owners o|' Ciiioti county, died very suddenly shortly alter 1L? o'clock Sunday 11i111 al her beautiful home in Saulue. In tlie death of Mrs. Jones Iliere are <-?nnl>iii<*<| lo ;m unusual degree t!n? ch-mcnls .if Ira-jedv and pathos, Inr I'roni Hie evidence of (lie ill lending physician at Hie iin|iies|, il appears ) 11at her death w as due to si rye 11 nine poisoning. It was shortly before 12 o'clock Sunday nivhl that Dr. J. T. Jeter was hurriedly siiuuuoiied by Mr. W. I. loiies li> hi-'. home i<> see his wife. Dr. Jeter promptly responded, but II in i mi I ?'s after his arrival the end came. As I he synipotoms point to strychnine ha vim: proiluced her death il was derided I hat an inquest should be held. Coroner J. I,. Ilames went to the scene about noon yesterday ami a jury was empaneled to hear the evidenee al the first hearing', which was al Mr. Jones' home and which was attended by a large number of persons. Dr. J. T. Jeter, the lirsl witness, under oath testified in snbslanc(> that wa-' huri'iedlv summoned by !\Tr. Jones Sund'\ ni<:ht. When lie coached Mrs. Ji tie-; she was suffering intensely. He did what he could to relieve her ami injected morphine. Her mind was clear and .jus! before shivery suddenly expired she was heard! I'eebl \ ; I ml hiokenh re pen I i uv the l.ord s Prayer. Mr. .^mes ashed the! ^ ill' if he thought -lie died from lakiug sinchnino. sayimr r.'i.at she had gone tea bureau, where a boHle o| si r\ehuiiie was found ami then had lal en several drinks of water. After In in down about 1" minutes she called him. I* com the symptoms the witness I homrlil she died from srr^'elinine poisoning. Drs. |). II. Montgomery and R. T. Hamilton when sworn testilied that they concurred in Dr. Jeter's opinion that it was strychnine noison that caused Mrs. Jones' death. A t ier lin* taking of this testimony the liearim: was adjourned until this morning. \ est? rday al it- conclusion Coroner I lame.* communicated with Solicitor T. S. Sease in Spartanburg. wlio instructed hivi to have an 1 autopsy I rid. liio e.di Coroner Hauies had p'Woiislv released the bods. Mr. I'. D. I'.mitoii ot the 1 iisoii bar was secured In represent the State. wi;i!o : Mr. Jones al-o seen lied .oonscl. That ' the attorneys mi-jht he present the inquest was not resumed until after the arrival of the noon train today. Meforc her marriage Mrs. Jones was Miss Marion Porter, daughter of Mrs. Auric l'orler. and was marivd to \Y. T. Jones about I I years ago when she w as about !I> years old. ( H" t liis union one son, Harry, was born, who was in Jonesville at the lime of his mother's cleat h. Several years a-_'o Mr. Jones erected a ver. ha'-d.-'Oiee home ueni ' i-'former residem e. which lie equipped with all modern conveniences, and which Wils regarded as one of the hamlsomc.-t homes in the whole connt rv. A special by telephone |o Progress, dated Saiiluc, July 7, 11..'{0 p. ni.. said that the autopsy was performed on the body of Mrs. \Y. T. Jones after the arrival of Drs. I). 11. Montgomery and If. (J. Hamilton and the in- i quest had just been resumed, as Hie remains were interred in a churchyard nearby. The orpins will he sent to Columbia to be analyzed by the State chemist. This afternoon Arthur l'nglish and licuheu Johnson, both colored, K. II. Moss, section mastei, mid Magistrate H. (I. (Iregory were sworn. Magistrate (iregocy, in addition to telling of seeing Jones on Sunday afternoon, related an incident that occurred at Jones' home several years ago, but the otlicial copy of the testimony being unavailable, details can not be given. A very large crowd attended the hearing. The evidence was completed about 7 o'clock and in a short while the jury rendered a verdict that the deceased came to her death at the hands of person or persons unknown to the jury. "Tho Passing of "Uncle Remus." Probably the prettiest tribute to Joel Chandler Harris that has been written is the following from the Washington Post: My Lawd, lie (.-alls mo, i He calls, me by III' llmnd'eh, Tir I in in | ! ! sou m ' it in mail soul! All ain' got long to slay heah. ?Camp Meeting Hymn. Cncle It em us lias loft us. The firelight in the cabin is dying and his chair in the chimney dirtier is empty. He will never come back any more. And. oh, so empty is the heart of "the lilt hi boy" whom he loft sitting in the shadows, and who will ^ never hear any more tales from bis lips. Kmpty, loo. are the hearts of many lit lb; boys and girls all over c this world, which was a more r blessed world for Cncle Remus' bavin ?< And there are tears c iii tne eyes i?I ''young missis," the little boy's mother, and still other and older grown folks down south are deeply grieving because they have lost a very dear friend. There will never be another to take his place. I'or he was almost the last of his people?those gentle, kindly, quaint black people of the old days "down south be to ' do wah"?of whom their masters and history have written that they wore faithful even unto deal li. loci Chandler Harris laid down bis pen with bis work done. Ho bad been true to the call of the writer? that id. making I lie whole world acquainted with sumo of its own children who yet were strangers to j|. In I lie character <d I nolo Renins ho revealed I be heart of the neirro. the story of his race, the inhalations of his spirit. Other men have written of him. but none with suc!i sympathy such sure understanding, such truth. I'nele Remus will live in literature as I be epic o| (be black man from whom the shackles of i he curse ot the centuries since Hani was accursed in Shinar wore stricken after ho had served his bondaire in a land far I com 11 it* cradle ?>f bi> race. What J"" Kipl'ui: did with Ham hex for i he I:tl iiiM;:le tribes and I lie bazaar-dwellers. ' <>f India, that Joel Chandler Harris R did with I tide K'ei,i<ts for the old- I lime (ienrs'ia darkv of the cotton (M tields and I lie corn bottoms. l'r'er Rabbit ami llr'er Cox and Ole SR-,|'' I rr >pin are as real as Raula-i ra, the black panther; Sliere Kran. the lame i\in?_* o| | he jungle; Kaa. or the Rand- W erlous. All are out of the same i' sprint*?the life dreams (traditions) a ol primitive peoples, whose breasts ei lie dose to the rank mot ho.* earth and r; her creatures. The heart of Africa m and India is one; they who dwell in bi t liaiched huts live close to the juutrlc !'i lolk roost i i itr in the civi's or tlie tree- pi I op>; they speak their laiimiago. and ''( bave kinship with liini. 11 I nolo Remus' tales came out of Alrica. Fvery old netrro mammy and d:??1 d v of I e plant knew them n?l kne'v ibe\ were n<>| the product : ' "I davc-life in a new world. Tiiev I; <ve;'e the legends of the (Juild eoa>l. -? the folklore of ('on<_'o villages, fho'tl 1111 la lily stories ot moonlight nitrhts it in weird Dahomey forests. Harris 11 saw the Renins of the race in them ai and gave il to the world. Like Ste- R plum Foster s songs that caught the io croon of \ race's bruised spirit brood- tl iii'j; over its curse, they are pari of ai an imperishable record. While the d< black man lives the names of Joel a| ('handler Harris and Stephen Foster ti will live, end the music and literature d which these three have enriched no .1 >ne ! 11 ift-? shall b? forgotten. t' SALARY INCREASE SUSTAINED. is Supremo Court Decision Favors Contcntiou of its Clerk that he is Entitled to Increase Granted by Legislature. P News and < 'ourier. ii Columbia. July 7.?<',,|. \' |{, b l?rook>, < *i:vie of the suprom'.1 court. ? ha> wo . bi> >*ase in reyr'' to the ini" i-.dary and I Ik* position of ' tne attorney general is not sustained by the supremo court. However, ' the decis is by a courl evenly di- ? vidod. ' 'iji:Jos'. ico Rope, r.nd Ass iI'iate Ju-.fi*o fiary deciding in accordance with the attorney general's interpretation of the law on one . point, while Assoviale Justices Jones . and Woods hold to the opposite view | on I be v\ hole mat tor. . Heretofore the salary of the clerk of the supreme court has boon $SOO | per year, payable monthly, as are all f State salaries. This year the salary n was raised to 1.00(1, or. at least, it | was provided in the appropriation <. act that (ho sum of $1,000 should bo appropriated to pay the salary of the clerk ''if so much bo necessary." On the advice of the attorney general I the comptroller general declined to < pay the salary at (Tie rate of $1,000 j per year, and issued warrants for \ January and February at the rate of f .<S0o per year, or $(>(?.(!(> per month, ] ?".s usual heretofore. Tt was eon- < tended, in substance, by the attorney general and comptroller that the saltan of the clerk was fixed by statute The Paci ORGANIZED OVER $100,000,000.00 0 This giant of the great West wi >nly Life Company In America w iable for the Company's Obligate md Permanent Disability Clause Jfe Premium, you can get a poli< lition to the protection against D< Write for Specimen Policies at Convertible Term. Age?Five Years. 21 $10.05 26 10.45 31 11.05 36 11.90 41 13.30 46 15.85 47 16 60 48 17.45 49 18.40 50 19.50 51 20.70 52 22.00 53 23 50 54 25.15 55 27.00 LIBERAL ROBEI t -rStiO |ici* yc;ir Mini could only *?e innircd by statute and m>t in an :i]?- R ropriation ad. ami t let t tin- salary |l nist remain al $800, ii heim; further 11* i mtemled, in support of tins position' iat ihi1 salary beiuy $800 per year.} ie siiiii of ?1.1100 per year is not nee- i *sary to p.-iv that salary. , Through hi-: attorm'.vs. Bellinger A; ^ 'elch, the clerk insfltuted proceed- ^ iirs before Circuit Judpo Gary for writ of mandamus compelling the ^ >mptroller general to pay him at tin' ^ ite of $1,000, not only for the re-1 amine months of tne current year,! it also for the months of January ^ id February. assertintr that the an- . ropriation act is reh'oactive in this 'sped, iirnl the salaries provided for lerein are for the entire year, rcurdless of the date on which the j *t is approved. .Indue liary -.'ranted the petition of let k |>rooks and an appeal was then iken in In-half of the comptroller neral hy the attorney treiiornl. In u- opinion written by .Fust ice Gary x is held that the clerk is entitled to ^ ie full salary for the entire year. al ml in this opinion Chief Justice, ope concurs. In the ofssentinjr opin>n written hy Justice Jones it is hold iat the clerk is entitled to the sal- i M ry of $1,000, hut t riat the increase J# >es not apply to the time prior to the ' D >proval of the act, hut b"eins at tliei me of the act's approval. Ry the j ivision of the court the decision of mine I'.rncst Gary is sustained and i ol. Brooks pels the money. The "lit agrees, however, that the salary R? increased. j'] Willie they were not parlie> to the Ey nit the private secretary to tliejll overnor and the chief clerk of the' unptroller peneral are in the same osition as the clerk of the supreme j ? nit. as their salaries were increased ' l"* i the same manner and they will also enel'it hy the decision. The salary f the assistant attorney general was lso increased, hut it was specified in lie act that the sum named should e his salary for the year 100S, so hat there was no room for division f opinion on that matter. An Able Man. The Spartanburir Free Lance,! houph n supporter of Governor An-j el, is fair to his opponent, and lias he following' to say in a recent odiorial: j ^ Mr. Blease, who is runtime apainst I iin*, is an able man and lias many Yietuls all over the State, lie makes! i pood speech and pives some excelent reasons why he should be elected I fovernor. BARBECUE AT JOLLY STREET, j I We will furnish a first-class bar-1 ^ >ecue at Jolly Street school house on Saturday, July 18, 1908. The public ind all candidates are cordially in- 1 i'ited. A pood dinner is guaranteed j o all. The dinner will be cooked by ; Mr. P. B. Kllisor, which means a! ^ food dinner. Admission; Gentlemen , 10; ladies .'kr>. M. T{. Sinpley. T. K. 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"he Pacific Mutual Life is the fortunes are held, under the law, ment Policy contains the Total g a few dollars to the regular \ Sickness and Accident, in adint Disability. Non-Participating, t. Whole Life. 3 $15.70 > 17.65 > 20.15 > 23.45 > 27.75 ? 33.65 ' 35.05 1 36.55 38.15 39.90 ' 41.70 > 43.65 45.75 1 47.95 50.30 ITHACTS, sneral Agent, Newberry, S. C. nil II I III III IIIIIBWHIIlM?MIMMIIIimi IF NEWBERRY S. Cr: r } < I e .3 p is p ? e" ^ U S.E.. CO ("D ("D p ^ IGHT ROAD his cash in The Nationa nprove his financial credit, >y paying by check, simpli3le to keep a stub record of he favors our Bank extends. ^TORS: Moseley. T. B. Carlisle. Norris. Geo. Johnstone, ^ull. Jos. H, Hunter. iTiifm me we will give ions to the Magazine OR s a Year e and Learn Parilars. TTNER, Square Dealer. r other Bargains store can offer. 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