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GARRISON GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTEE SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS EN THE PENITENTIARY. Judgo Refuses New Trial?Oonvictot by Laurens Jury After Long Deliberation. Tho State. Laurens, Oct. 2.?J. Ilenry Garri son of (Jray Court, who was tlii morning convicted of manslaughter was this afternoon sentenced to tw< years at hard labor in the State pen itent iary, 'the motion for a new tria being overruled by Judge Metnmin ger. The attorneys for the dofons< will carry the mattter to tho suprem* court and in all likelihood it wil come up in January. Garrison is on <?n the same bond of $",00 111n( wa: given August 1, when ho was releaser pending tho trial hold yesterday. Laurens, OH. 2.?"Guilty of manslaughter with a recommendation tc tho mercy of the court," was the verdict written and handed in at 11 o'clock (his morning by (lie jurv in the Garison murder case*, whereupon Mr. h oathorstono at once gave noticc of a motion for a now trial, whicli will doubtless he heard at some time during |ho day. After stvning in (he jury room all night, at 0..'W this morninn Hie .jury came out and announced that (hoy could not agree. Judge Memminger admonished them to use every eftort to reach an agreement, thai I lie county was :il great expense in the Irving of such eases, and that jury had no right In fry t > shift the responsibility of a decision upon another jury, lie recharged them on the points of law involved and sent I hern hack to find a verdict. At II it clock they announced that an agreement had hocn reached, and the venliet of guilty of manslaughter with recommendation to Mie mercy ol the court was read bv I lie clerk. 11 is understood thai on the first ballot last night that two of (he jurors stood for acquittal, some for manslaughter, and some for murder. This morning, when sent back to the jury room, |,he same two stood for ac.Hnittal and I he others for manslaughter; finally the verdict rendered was reached and the jqrv had ended its work. Il is a matter worthy of uoli> thai Judge Meminiiiger has the fewest number of mistrials to occur under his presiding; lie urges the necessity ol a jury reaching some kind of agreement, in fad, he all but tells then that they must agree. Mis charge this morning was even stron?7' ",:,n "'"I "I' I"*! night, and no doubt the clearness and strength ol il caused the verdict to he reached. TESTIMONY IN DETAIL. Miss Garrison's Testimony?Defendant on Stand?Judge Memminger 's Charge. The State. Laurens, Oct. 1.?AI 12 o'clock k night the jury in the Garrison murder trial had not reached a verdicl and Judge Memminger ordered I hern locked up until morning. 1 /aureus, Oct. 1.---J. llrnrv (Jarri son was hied today in the court ol general sessions for the killing of ,1 Lou is \\ illiauison. All day was consumed in hearin-' "n> leslininoy. arguments of connxel and (he judge's charge. Messrs Kiel.ey and I'Vat herstone addresse, 1 .mry in behalf of ||10 defendant "While Messrs. Coop,.,- and Xelsor spoke for the State. On the witness stand to.lav, foi first Iime, were declared the do o| ' Im> Iragedy, which occurre, near Gray Court at about 11 o'clocl oil the night of July ,*!|, and in whirl Mr. Louis Williamson of Hetli^da ?r? county, lost his life. Miss Mar.v Garrison and her father won Principal witnesses, Miss Garri son for the State and the defendant or himself. Although summoned In >,iss ' Jarrison "s tcstiniom was decidedly in favor of her father -a fact impossible to be concealed. Tho prosecution sought to shov thai Mr. Williamson was not takim ??d\ ant age ot Miss Garrison; that hi conduct was but the legitimate cares sos of a lover and a future husband Hie defense endeavored to show tha those acts wore not within thi bounds permissible and that the' were committed against the will ? Miss Garrison, who protested a gains them, and endeavored to free herself It was testified that Williamson ha, been drinking, was intoxicated whei ho arrived at Gray Court, but it wa not proved that he had had an whiskey after his arrival and till State contended that lie had time ti sober up before the shooting look place. ^ '1 lie defense held that Garrison did not know that his daughter was engaged to Williamson. The prosccuf tion contended that 110 harm or injury was committed, whilo the defonse took the position that tho indications I were sufficient to convince the father that J\*.;*rrr was attempted. Judge Meinn inger made a brief but unusually strong charge to the jury on the points of law involved, s showing under what circumstances 1 an net like Garrison's would constiJ tute a defense of a fomale member of - his family and at 8.15 o'clock the 1 jury retired to find a verdict. Composition of Jury. J Something over an hour was conJ sumed this morning in the selection I ?>f a jury to try Mr. J. Henry Garrit son for the murder of Louis Williara son of York county. Ten farmers, I one clerk and a merchant composed the panel. The State opened its case by the testimony of I)r. C. E. Rogors of ' Gray Court, who was called in to attend (lie deceased. Dr. Rodgcrs testified that he was called by Mr. Gar1 rison at about 11.30 to come to his | house to see a "man he had shot." Attended the wounded man and ascertained that there was no hope of recovery. Death caused by internal hemorrhage. Some gunshot and wadding in the wound. Shot entered lo left of abdomen. Miss Mary Garrison was next put upon the sland. TIad been teaching * in I lie Rethesade high school, nea?* 11 Rock Ilil! and in two miles of -the ' J Williamson home. Mel Mr. Louis J j \\ ill inn 1 son and later became engaged n to him. Returned homo May 2 of this year and Williamson came to see ' her iu June. Upon question from 1 counsel she slated that she had not. ! told her mother of I he engagement, but her mother knew it after that 1 lirsl visit. Williamson's conduct was proper and becoming a gentleman 011 1 this first visit. On July M William- ' son arrived at her home at about 4 ^ o clock in the afternoon with J. IT. ' Garrison, her father, who had gone, * upon her request, to meet him at * station. They went walking in the 1 afternoon, had supper together and I sat for a while on defendant's porch, ' together with members of family. f Later?at about 010?she and Wil- ( liamson went into parlor together and ' the family retired to their rooms for 1 tin night, she supposed, for I hey 1 were not on the porch. ' Just Prior to Shooting. I Relating the circumstances just. 1 prior lo the shooting, Miss Garrison ! said that Mr. Williamson acted in a ' 1 manner unbecoming a gentleman, went too far, took undue liberties. | She was begging him lo desist in j tones loud enough to be heard out side. Then she saw the barrel of a gun stuck into (he window from the 1 outside, heard her father's voice 1 calling out something. Did not know : what. She got uj* and ran. William- ' son also got up and in just a moment ^he heard the shot. After the shot ' <:?e, with hfw sisler, Fannie, and her mother entered (he pari r. Wil'lam- 1 ' <??n sal down, but later waited with- ! out assistance into (he bed room, just ' back of (he parlor, w'-erc ho pulled 1 1 iff his coal and witl. he" (Miss Gar' i-Mi'.-O assistance pulled off his eM- ' Mr. She fanned him >r..l s?nyc:i at ' head . f |?,>,] n,osj 0f (i1(, 1 in?o. Slept ! a li!lie while on sofa ort\f no* s:;n,v. ' II.id .- . it some flower > ah-ug with I '>.e V>dy next day and ideniified her 1 : -ard on 'lie flowers. A! identified 1 a 'elIer . f sympathy she had written 1 . Mr< i * .-it?M aflo- ill-' (.'agedv. 1 I I hi> letter was not ad' .'(led as evi. deuce. When Mr. Neho'. handed the ' 1 I'M lei : > Miss Garrison she lioked at it a moment aid then hv i' 1.1 two, : throwing it on the floor. At the con- 1 . elusion o! her testimony Mr. Feather- 1 | sione apologized for the act, saving ; that under the severe strain Miss Gar1 rison wa^ not herself. , Jud;;e Meniminger stated I'eat h? np; predated (he situation and the act 1 1 would not be deemed contempt of . court. I On cross-examination by Mr. Featherstone Miss Garrison said that Mie knew by his general demeanor , that Mr. \\ illiamson had been drinking. She gave Mr. Williamson's dvc in-,' statement lo her. It was this: y "1 know 1 am going to die and 1 < was to blame for the shooting and . not your father, and I don't want . your father hurt for it." I Reexamined by Mr. Nelson, Miss [? Garrison said that after the shooting v Mr. Williamson asked her to get his f suit cas >. She did so, an i he got a t hot lie of whiskey out of it. Some of the whiskey had been taken from I he 1 bottle. 1 Mr. T. L. Shell and Mr. W. R. s Rlvthe were put up by the State, the v first testifying that he was notified o.of the shooting and went io the Gard rtson house at about 12 o'clock and """""" lllll"'M""11 i*wrmrm i ??2S^tTT i tTmTJIO C I a.hatke^co.L 1 i 111 'i j | FIN E WHISKEYS C 2 BE 1 1 ! I $ P- p m v r -,... J* V p'aM hfl -M Tho aborts is our ?! d pp: ho ' 1 byst and quickest ahippiag i'vcl'-iiies, H HATKE'S VIRGINIA MO'i^TAI :J PRIVATE STOCK CO N-'TIs IH OLLAN O GIN?Cost Gin sold a APPLE BRANDY-Thla years ci PEACH BRAN DY ? Matl? ospec "ADO 10 I Wo prepay express Charges at 800-S02-801-800 E. C stuped until nearly morning. William- spy son made a statement to him, but it via; >vas not admitted as testimony at to j first. Court hoard statement while was jury retired which was: "I don't see kno vhy that man shot me." cea: Proper legal foundation for the in- lie roduction of this had not been laid, van lonee it was ruled out, but later from (' mother witness it. was introduced. \\'il r' was tW. uwi?v ikc.* \vi '.j at ( unbalmed the body. froI Besides numerous witnesses who ri>a? osiified as to seeinp IV.r Williamson will m the afternoon of July 31, and that |,e ie was in an intoxicated condition, wht lie defense put up Mrs. Garrison, (}101 vife of the defendant, .J. M. vou Mrs. Garrison heard the dying state- ^ nent of Williamson. Went to tho )arlor when she hoard tfhot after ^ caving the porch. Went to her room j md retired, but did not know whet'h- j -r or not she had been asleep. Heard | Mary's voice in the parlor directly Li tnder her bed room. "Heard enough' 0 know that Mary had no business in here, so I got up to go down and call j !V? lier out. Didn't know where Mr. !,?n Harrison was. Had left him down | ^ 1!^ dairs. Just had got into tho back ,? * liall when I hoard the shot." |1Ilg The Defendant's Testimony. | ? *a Mr. J. Henry Garrison sworn, testi- j a' I'ied that ho was the defendant, aged I *.? * >7 and a half years, the father of i Miss Mary Garrison. Had gone to!'\? 1 ho station the afternoon of July 33,1 ^ 1,1 ilistance of about half a mile, to get i hoes for mule and had boon asked l>y Miss Mary to moot and bring out! ' Mr. Williamson. Saw Williamson ! to when ho got off train. Thought he Sal ivas a little dazed from riding but Hil' ilid not approach him at once, as besi <omo one called him. Later passed ed ; liim in the post office, told him to wait fail ;i minute for the mail, then they woi would go homo. Had not. up to this W. time noticed that he was intoxicated. Did notice later when im wo.it to k iTet in buggy. Drove homo and work- 25fd in field until sundown. Ate sup- j l*or with Williamson, who appeared j ? to bo still intoxicated, but did not say I p(i anything out of tho way. After the ^ I'ouplo wont into the parlor lie went up stairs and sat in a window direct ly above tho parlor. Was suspicious jj >f Williamson in his then condition. ? ^ About 10 he wont to his room up ? * stairs and stayed until nearly 11 ^ o'clock. Hoard a scraping noise as a chair dragged across the room. Went j ant down stairs. Half way down heard a^? his daughter say: "Please don't." n.^c Heard it again. "As T reached the bottom of tho stairs I thought of my Sun in the passage way just outside, 1 picked it up, walked out tho back way around the house to the window one on side, saw Williamson with his ^ arms around her. Put the gun into window and holloaed: "Move," for ",0 he didn't want to shoot the man in tho back, whereupon Miss Mary ran and Williamson exclaimed: "Mr. ^ Garrison, Mr. Garrison." Shot was fired almost immediately after Gar- ed rison hollowed "move." After being che shot Williamson said, "T intended to age marry your daughter and you have ope killed mo," to which Garrison re-1 bo ; plied, "May bo you did and may bclcxc you didn't." 1 Williamson asked not to he shot PIU again and Garrison said he would not nSc and upon roquest of deceased went tor Dr. Ilodgcrs. Mr. Nelson in tho cross examination asked Garrison why he did not go directly into the W. parlor from tho hallway instead of I sneaking around on tho outside and i:6cco nr* LJ.'ST LI II 11011 EVA 1 L O.' :ftT?fwrtQir5^A-Le 1 LB uso where wc have been doings busines All orders :.ro sent out same day rc< 1M PYE?A whiskev wo havo beoi mild and mollow, try It onoe, it this low price > pop, but it is PURE BRANDY >ially for us in Maryland. Ct/VFS EXTRA PER GALLON FOR AN\ 2+ Pints or 48 Hnlf-Plntm of Any At these prices and guarantee safe doliver Send Money Order or Iteg A. HATKE & ARY ST., BOX ing 011 his own daughter, to which ison roolicd that he did not '-v^nt ?ive them warning, that if there i anything wrong lie wanted to w it. Asked why lie shot the de<ed, lie said, "Because I thought was trying to take improper adtage of my daughter." ounsel had defendant admit that liamson was not doing anything he time he was shot. On question 11 counsel. Garrison stated as his <on for bringing Williamson home li him in a drunken condition that wanted to get him away from re the neighbors would see him, as re was already talk about the ng man being drunk. - number of witnesses testified t Williamson was intoxicated on afternoon of the 31st. None, ever, that he took a drink after arrival at Gray Court at 3 o'clock to the time he was shot at about o 'clock. 'he defense in a nutshell was mid this point, that young Wilnson was under the influence of iikey and acted in such a manner variant the girl's father in let'cndlier. The State had a number of racter witnesses here, among them yor John T. Itoddcy of Roch Hill, estify to tlie good character of the eased, but because the defense did assail his general good character t testimony was not taken. Best the World Affords. 'It gives me unbounded pleasure recommend Bucklen's Arnica ve," says J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel 1, N. C. "I am convinced it'? the t salve the world affords. It cura felon on my thumb, and it never s to heal every sore, burn or md to which it is applied. 25 . at 13. Pel ham and Son's durg store. 00 Mile State Family Tickets $11.?Good over the Atlantic Coast e in each State for the head or dedent members of a family. Limitto ope year from date of sale. 000 Mile Interchangeable Indivi1 Ticket $20.00.?Good over the the Southeast aggregating 30,000 gs. Limited to one year from date sale. 000 Mile Firm Ticket $40.00.? >d over the Atlantic Coast Lino r 30 other lines in the Southeast relating 30,000 miles; for a manr or head of firm and employes liis in the Southeast aggregating 41,ed to five, but good for only one such persons at a time. Limited to antic Coast Line and 30 other line*1 year from date of sale. 000 Mile Southern Intercl .ingeabh lividual Ticket $25.00.?Good over Atlantic Coast Line and 75 otlrer miles. Limited to one year from a >? sale. U1 mileage tickets sold on and a?April 1st, 1908, will not be honorfor passage on trains, nor in eking baggage (except from nonmey stations and stations not in for the sal eof tickets) bnt must presented at ticket offices and there hanged for continuous tickets. 5 cents saved in passage fare by chasing local ticket from our ints. Atlantic Coast Line. T. C. White, General Passenger Agent. J. Craig, 'asengor Traffic Manager, t Wilmington, N. C. * LOCATED IN' right 1.1, j. ' " P/iOMP yoaw- Bolngnoxl od. Wo make losses and breakage g yr-! ; ?*?' I I I " " " - 2.5 - r r r " 2,6 I OFjH? ABOVE BRANDS IN FULL Ol " B"""* pt<>ln Cases 97 so., Q '-tared ^t'withTder. "8 ' qompany, 3T1, AN ORDINANCE. Fixing the rato and prescribing the time for the payment of town taxes for the year 1908. BE IT ORDAINED by the mayor and aldermen of the Town of Now>erry, S. C., in council assembled and by authority of the same: That for f'le 1'nrpo.se of raisins a revenue and in the exercise of tl.o axing power of said town, the following taxes are hereby levied for ho fecal year ending December 31st, >08, upon all real and personal property wlt, the corporate limits of said Town (except such as is exempt from taxation under the constitution and am of this State) upon the valuation thereof ns assessed for taxation for county and State purposes; Section 1. That a tax of sixty ccnts 11 each one hundred dollars of real and personal property within"the corporate lnmts of the Town of Newberry m (lie State of South Caro, ma (except such as is exempt from taxation under the constitution and fo till 'S StatC) is llereby ^vied fo. file purpose of raising a revenue said T c? 0,'din"ry of to" nT i I,th0 fiscal y""1' ??dDecember 31st, 1908. Section 2. That a tax of three worth of ?" Cacl' <,ollars' ' ?f, ronl <"?< personal property Town f v TPOrate Iiraits of 'he of Now berry (cxccpt such as r ?mp.t from taxation under the Constitution and laws of this Stale) is hereby levied foi; the purpose of ".I'flVr0""0 '? dof y hondoti'aIlotr ?f SRi" T?W" f?" thc Section 3. That a tax of two and a mlf mills on each dollar's worth of leal and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt f om taxation iindor the Constitution and laws of tins State) is berebv lefor tllc Purpose of raising a levennc In pay the interest on and hide ,1 "l fm,d' for 'ho bonded : lc,r,,,f snid ,Jw? f?>- 'he Plant. a"<' EI?P,ric Scclion 4. That a tax of o?o mill per-onnl r's W01th of ''?al and P i?onnl property within the corporate limits of the Town ?f Nmvbi, ' (ex nopt such ns is exempt from tax a'. lion under the Constitution and laws of this Stale) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising n revenue to pay he interest of the bonded indebtedSystem tw 11,0 Sewerage . Section 5. That all (;LWS il(!rcill imposed or levied shall bo p?i,| to the said Town of Newberry in lawful money Of Iho United States, beinns" ,','r,w"n' <la-v of October, and the fifteenth day of No. i omhor. 1008, and a penally of |on per cent ,s hereby imposed npon and 1,0 added to all taxes in arrears Seel ion n. That execution issue nocording to law for tho collection of nil tuxes, fines or penalties past (l?c cost of'T-1 f0'' fif,0C" ',a-vs> ??<' ">c t of said execution. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the Town of Ncwhcrrv ? the Stale of South Carolina, lllia' 1908 September, A. D? Attest! J' J- r'n"8'"r<1Eug. S. 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