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MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 30, 1925 Woman Os ‘Peaceful Valley’ Doomed to Electric Chair WOMAN MUST PAY WITH HER LIFE, SAYS JURY New York Woman Will Be Elec trocuted for the Murder of Her Husband ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y. Nov. 30.—“1 can’t believe they will elec trocute a woman—an innocent wo man. If they do, then it must be my time to go, and I am ready.” The electric chair at Sing Sing penitentiary waited for Mrs. Fannie Soper as she voiced this calm protest against the action of an Elizabeth town court in sentencing her to death for the murder of her husband. State authorities appeared at the Elizabethtown jail afew hours later to escore Mrs. Soper to Sing Sing, where the sentence to be executed the week of January 3,according to the order of Supreme Court Justice Edwin C. Whitmyer. With the date set for the jury’s fateful edict to become a grim real ity—the grimmest reality of all— Mrs. Soper still maintained the un emotional poise that marked her de meanor throughout the ordeal of her arrest and trial. Mrs. Soper placed her age at ‘about 45.” Living up in the hills near Elizabethtown is her one child a married daughter. Faith in an appeal which her at torney, Patrick Tierney of Platts burg, will hasten to the higher courts was expressed by the doomed woman. The evidence against her, she calmly pointed out, was almost wholly cir cumstantial. Tranquil in the belief the verdict will not withstand re view, Mrs. Soper is not planning for death, but for freedom. But if the hopes she pins on an appeal crash to earth, and the stark drama of a woman paying the law’s supreme price is actually unfolded just after the new year’s dawn. “I will be ready” Mrs. Soper said, simply. ‘‘l am innocent. But lam ready to go to Sing Sing, an lif I must die, to die." The woman prisoner sent for a minister, Rev. Charles Rickert, a Atwater radio WE don’t claim half as much as you will after you have owned IT THOS. I. BELL (Incorporated) For Sale! 493 acres in Twenty-Fifth District of Webster County. Part of the old John R. King place. Char acter of soil loamy, with clay subsoil. Improvements, three-room dwelling (seven tenant houses, two bams. On the Plains road, three miles from Pres ton on state highway. Well watered. Price $15.00 per acre. Terms, half cash- Liberal terms on bal ance. Conside ing improvements and the fact that it is well watered, we consider this a good buy. Allison Realty Co. Phone 253 11 S ■Kb * Mb I Kw ‘ || Il up i i Mrs. Fannie Soper, photographed inthe jail at Elizabethtown, N. Y., just before she was taken to Sing Sing. few hours before the trip to Sing I Sing prison. “I want to be baptiz ed into the Methodist Church,” she told him quietly. A few friends gathered in the jail for the strange baptismal rites and the accompanying sacrament. Mrs. Soper knelt with them in her cell. ‘‘Now or any other time I am in nocent of the murder of my hus band,” Mrs. Soper said slowly as the clergyman at the conclusion of the ceremony, asked her if she cared to make any statement. The friends and the minister gone, Mrs. Soper walked to the window and gazed out on the hills bordering Peaceful Valley, the little vale in which Elizabethtown lies. There is a conflict of opinion in Peaceful Valley as to whether Mrs. Soper should die. By some, the ver dict of the jury is warmly upheld. PAZO OINTMENT PILES l? zZ Protruding, Bleeding, Itching and jf Kies. I / K T This Dependable I 'v. and Proven Rem- * • i edy for pilea w -'A \ now packed in W 1 handy > collapsible Y ./>..! tubes with detach- IL- a bl e pile P‘P®» which makes the application of the ointment a clean and easy task of a moment. Full directions and scientific advice for pile sufferers go with each tube. Tubes with pile pipe, 75c.; old style tins, 60c. Get PAZO OINTMENT from your druggist; or. if you prefer, send stamps or money order direct. » Paris Medicine Company/ Bsaumont and Pine Street*. St. LxmsU, Me. The evidence, say these, fully war ranted the verdict and the punish ment. Sheriff Charles Orr runs the jail in which Mrs. Soper was confined here, and was in attendance through out the trial. With state troopers, Sheriff Orr was responsible for the woman’s arrest. “I don’t like to see anyone die,” the sheriff tells interviewers. “But to my mind the evidence was conclu sive. The fact she is a woman shouldn't be any bar to her paying for the crime.” It was in a forlorn vicinity back in HOTEL GORDON ALBANY, GA. Fi l * P ro °f 5S 4 f L 5 Bathe \ WljlfE 33 MB m European 83MB 33 B!ia ett C' a > t ’ in Albany wiilfi? JBL SIMM • come to Albany m*mm m rn J1 TaßsSteaM headqunrters at HOTEL GORDON I JEWELRY I I 1 ! ] Brings the Yuletide smile. There are a few thing* in life more s highly appreciated than Jewelry and here’s a store that features S nothing but the best. Select your Xmas gifts early. . AMERICUS JEWELRY CO. L | Phone 229 Wallis Mott Mgr g EXPERT WIRING REPAIRING SEE— J. C. BASS Electrician Estimates Furnished Expert House Wiring Repairing FOR SALE—One 2 h.p. 220 Volt Moto.. 106 East Church Street Phone 854 THE TIMES-RECORDER Heart Songs How to Get It For the Mere Nominal Cost of Manufacture and Distribution 3 Co . u „T 98c gj Preaent or mail to this paper three coupons with ninety-eight cents to cover cost of handling, packing, clerk hu-v, etc. MAIL * dd ,or ORDERS Within 300 miles. urtt I lOo; 600 miles, 13o; treater dlstanee ask postmaster rate PILLED ter 3 (rounds. SBmßlMmßMememMaMNtoMHßmmenamßm>emeßMUmmßnaama •> AD the old-time songs, dear to the hearts of the American people, will be found in this eepor-veltima of the melodies al days aene by. MONEY BACK, IF NOT SATISFIED .HE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEK TV. F. Jurors Who Decreed Woman Should Die iL n I > I jtKS- •aeflbi- wveß Jr J v Jhm > Bhßte BBr TkA ' . IIL-. ■gwl JL A. x—» "*■ SgßßgV® M 1 ' - Bic* At the extreme left of the picture shown at the right is Elmer Wake field, court officer. At the extreme right is James H. Jenks, deputy sheriff. In the center foregioun.l is Sheriff Charles Orr. The others are the 12 jurors of Essex county, New York, who decreed Mrs. Fannie So per should die. They are left to right: back rom, Clarence Hillard, J. E. Bowe, A. D. Crawford, David Hickey, Thomas Madden, Charles F. Martin; second row, Ed Smith, A. E. Jackson, G. D. Searles, Lee Clark, Frank Samson, Ashley Estes. tile Adirondacks that Henry Soper, tarmer and deputy sheriff, was kill ed. He lay across a bed in his rude home, sleeping. His wife shot him in the head with his own revolver, District Attorney O. Byron Brewster contended. A strange man who had just entered the house shot him, according to the testimony of Mrs. S'oper. The wife charged the district attorney, wanted the farm and a small amount of oth er property which her husband own ed. | This county where a woman has been sentenced to death lies in the heart of the Adirondacks, and is sparsely settled. Os its citizens, many are related to Mrs. Soper and her “folks,” by either birth or mar riage. I The peace of the mountains and the hush of forests or birch and ced- ar give to the Elizabethtown region the name of “Peaceful Valley.” Mrs. Soper was born in this coun ty, and has been the wife of three* of its men, as the husband she is al leged to have slain was the mate of three of its women. Say those of Peaceful Valley who defend the woman's death sentence: “It was just. Didn’t some of those jurymen come out crying? It was as ONE THIN WOMAN GAINED 10 POUNDS IN 20 DAYS Skinny Men Can Do The Same That's going some—but skinny men, women and children just can’t help putting on good, healthy flesh when they take McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. As chock full of vitamines as the nasty, fishy tasting cod liver oil it self, but these sugar-coated, taste less tablets are as easy to take as candy and won’t upset the stomach. One woman gained ten pounds in twenty-two days. Sixty tablets, sixty cents. Ask Nathan Murray, Druggist, Howell’s Pharmacy or any druggist for McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. Directions and formula on each box. “Get McCoy’s, the original and genuine Cod Liver 0:1 Tablet.” TAX NOTICE City Tax Books close December Ist, and fi fas will be issued on that date. You have only a few more days. Pay now and avoid this extra cost. A. D. GATEWOOD, Jr. Clerk and Treasurer. 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It would have been a lot easier for them.” Whiteway Market MEATS and VEGETABLES I’honc Us Your Order for QUICK DELIVERY TELEPHONE 56 WANTED Representatives to Sell New Florida Townsite Development We want live, aggressive go-getters in this locality—men and women—who can properly present one of the most attract ive real estate developments on the east coast of Florida. It’s a proposition call ing for small down payment, therefore easy to sell. Liberal commission paid as sales are closed. Must have good refer ences. Write for particulars or come to Atlanta for interview. Quick action nec essary. Wert Melbourne Development Co. Pcaditrcc Bldg., corner Peachtree and Baker Atlanta, Ga. Licensed by the Georgia Securities Commission. PAGE THREE RYLANDER TODAY-TUESDAY IF ; ® O//&SM Jlloore poßig The story of a girl with an uncon querable soul. Life to her was just one grand adventure in which any thing could happen. Cast includes John Bowers, Ben Lyon, Wellace Beery, Ford Sterling and Dot Farley.