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FOR killing husband Mrs. Ethel Blair is Found Guilty in Co lumbia, S. C., Court With Recom mendation to Mercy. Mrs. Ethel W. Blair, charged with the murder of her husband, M. V. Blair, a conductor on the Columbia, fewberry and Laurens railroad, in January last, was convicted of man slaughter in Columbia, S. C., with a recommendation to mercy. Inasmuch as the verdict was not reached until noon Sunday, sentence was postponed. Mrs. Blair, who is about thirty years 6f age, and the mother of two chii- Iren, is an unsually handsome wo man and stood well in the community. When Mrs. Blair was brought Into the court room there were no visible signs of the ordeal that she ha= passed through, but, on hearing the verdict, she fainted and had to be lifted from the court room. Within an hour after the verdict, Mrs. Blair had recovered sufficiently ;o be taken to the county jail. On the 16th of last January McCul ey W. Blair, conductor on the road jetween Columbia and Laurens, was shot to death at his home on Marion street in Columbia. The fatal wound, t was charged, was inflicted by Mrs. 31air. Columbia was thoroughly shocked >y this great tragedy. At the inqui sition made by the coroner there was startling evidence and the wife of the leceased was placed under arrest. A erm of court has intervened, but in ;erest has been none the less flagging, md this tragedy is still fresh in the ninds of the people of the state. Captain Blair was 53 years of age, lis wife 30. He was a victim of w errible disease of the stomach which ■equired constant medical treatment. There was apparently no affinity be ween the two. The homicide pre sented many points of interest, not ilone from the criminal side, but from he psychological. Evidence submit ed shows that Mrs. Blair appreciated he lack of affinity between herself nd her husband. Three brothers narried three sisters, and two of the itliers met death by violence. In the most sensational trial of the ear only a day was required. The ury in the case assisted very ma erially by denying itself of several rivileges. ;| The prosecution produced no evi dence to prove the infidelity of the Rife, although there were insinuations Bi the testimony. And on the other ■and, the defense's witnesses contra* ■icted contradicted nearly everything ■> Vvhich they had testified at the in ■uest. fl Mrs. Blair, who was not required to ■lake any statement at the inquest, ■ut nevertheless made at that time ■ declaration which she conlradict- Id in several particulars, declared bat she had no recollection of some He tails of her statement on the night Hf the killing. Mrs. Neal, another ■cry important witness in the case, Henied seme statements she had made Ht the inquest. I Since the killing Mrs. Blair had Been out on bond. The trial was de- Hyed for seme hours at the beginning Hi account of five state witnesses be- Hig absent. ® Bench warrants were issued for Biem and Judge Johnstone directed Biat these and ail other witnesses in Hie future ignoring their bonds be Brested and held in jail until they Bive testified, regardless of who they Be. ■ Captain Buck Arms, a conductor B the Sotuhern railway between Bharlotte and Washington, was one Bf the principal witnesses in the trial. Bnns was a close friend to Captain B.d Mrs. Blair, and it was alleged Biat there were improper relations ■Btween the two. ■ The case went to the jury late Sat- B'day night. If NEGRO WOMAN UNDER BOND. Biren of Thief Letten is Held in $50,000 Bail for Trial. t® Bail was fixed at $50,000 in New •■Brleans. Saturday, for Virginia Reed, Bie negro woman to whom the default- B>g tax clerk, Charles E. Letten, says gave nearly ail the SIIB,OOO he The woman is 'charged witu stolen property. A charge B perjurj has also been made against w. Letten, who has confessed, will be as the piineipal witness against Hunting Rifles From the ten different Winchester repeaters you can surely select a rifle adapted for hunting your favorite game, be it squirrels or grizzly bears. No matter which model you select you can count on its being well made, ac curate and reliable. SHOOT WINCHESTER CARTRIDGES IN WINCHESTER GUNS THE GIVE-AWAY. The family were discussing the pros pective wedding of the only daughter “Of course,” said the bride-to-be to her father, “you will give me away?” “I’m afraid I have done it already my dear,” he replied. “I told George only this morning that you had a dis position just like your mother’s.”— Chicago News. THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA. Were Treated at Dispensary—Did Not Improve—Suffered 5 Months —Perfect Cure by Cuticura. • “My three ehildrer had eczema for five months. A little sore would appear on the head and seemed very itchy, increasing day after day. The baby had had it about a week when the second boy took the dis ease and a few sores developed, thein the third boy took it. For the first three months I took them to the N — Dispen sary, but they did not seem to improve. Then used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and in a few weeks they had improved, and when their heads were well you could see nothing of the sores. Mrs. Kate Keim, 513 West 29th St., New Volk, N. Y., Nov. 1,5, and 7. 1906.” Had He? Asa political meeting the chairman asked at the end of the candidate’s speech whether “any gintleman has anny question to ask?” Someone rose and propounded ai inquiry mildly critical of the prevail ing political belief. A politician be hind raised a club and struck him to the floor. The chairman looked round and asked quietly: “Anny other gintleman a questioi to ask?”— Philadelphia Ledger. WHAT IT MEANS. “She was reared in luxury, was she not?” “Yep —had everything on earth she didn’t need.” —Cleveland Leader. HURTING EYES Are relieved of all puin and soreness without pain in one uay 0/ Golden e Lotion. Cools, heais and strengthens weak eyes, btops watering, cures imlammaUon at once, w ilrm m .teinanding "n,eonar flis”-it makes strong eyes, guaranteed or money refunded, druggists sen it at 25 cts. or forwarded prepaid on receipt of xjk ice Py n. nconarm A Go., Xampa. XAa. THE STANDING CONTROVERSY. “You don't even try to please the public,” said the indignant critic of the railroads. “What’s the use,” rejoined Mr. Dus tin Stax, “of trying to please people who ordinarily can’t agree among themselves on so simple a question as whether a car window ought to be open or shut?”— Washington Star. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Childrer. Nothing, softens thegums.reducesinflamma tion, allays pain,cures wind colic, 26ca bottle THfe TERRIBLE TRUSTS. Josh M. A. Long: “I tell you, trusts are getting to be terrible things in this country.” Goetz Dunn: “Sure thing. Why, there’s that horrible trust that Skinn ein has formed. R’s outrageous- He won’t sell a single share of it. —Flor ida Times-Union. Grow Lettuce at Dinner. “Yes,” said a florist, "I can work miracles in my business. For instance, I cau grow you lettuce while you wait —sweet, crisp lettuce that you may eat for your dinner with the broiled spring chicken. “I do it in this way. I take a hand ful of lettuce seeds that have been soaked over night in alcohol, and I plant them in a box containing three inches of loam and quicklime. 1 water this soil, and in ten minutes the seeds burst. In twenty minutes tiny leaves push through the earth. The leaves grow and multiply. In an hour they are as big as half-dollars. Then you may pluck and cat them. They are delicious —a fairy salad. “Sometimes, when I give a dinner party, I have one of those little pre pared lettuce beds in the center of the table. The guests see the lettuce grow, and when the time comes for the salad course, there is their salad blooming before them, all ready for them to pluck.”—New York Press. Witness Knew New York. The witness was beginning to weak en under the fierce cross -examina tion of the plantiff's lawyer. Twice he had told his story through with out contradicting himself in any of the details. The case was a suit for damages against a street railway for injuries received in an accident. “Are you familiar with the locality of the accident?” snapped the law yer. “Yes,” replied the witness, show ing signs of fatigue. “Tell the jury what business places stand on the four corners of Ninth avenve and Fiftieth street.” The witness fidgeted. “Four liquor stores,” he ventured. The lawyer looked blank, for the witness, who was familiar with New York City in general, had guessed right.—Washington Post. 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