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1 HE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER NOVEMBER 3, 1910 HELD IN JAIL ONTHE CHARGE OF MURDER Slayer of Eugene Gunn in Nick Lamar and Walter Glover Are - Both Hell As Result of the Hom icide Saturday Night, the of Eugene Guiid. LAs t~e result of the homicide here Saturday night wherein Eugene Gunn was shot through the heart by Nick Lamar, as charged, both Lamar and Walter Glover are^conflned in the county Jail. Lamar was arrested shortly after the killing, while Walter Glover was taken into cuatoliy Sun day. Both 1 will be held /pending the ac tion of the grand Jury, which assem bles on the 28th lnrt., unless ex tenuating circumstances should de velop at preliminary trial held earlier. Both are b»!d nnon warrants charg ing murder directly. The killing of Eugene Gunn at 9:30 o'clock Saturday night at the Jackson ’ hotel, as told in the Tlmee-Reconier Sunday morning, has created a sen satian such - as Amerlcus has not known m many years. It ihas been the theme of convprsa- , tlon upon the streets and in homes since the crime was committed, and every detail is eagerly seized upon. Many Witnesses to Killing, As there were quite a number witnesses to the tragedy an inquest -was not held, and the body of the -slain man was removed from the seen of homicide late Saturday night to the parlors of the Allison Undertak ing Co. and prepared for burial, be log carried to his home later. Many conflicting stories of the hom ioldc have been circulated; but the po- idee have accumulated /positive evi dence, they state, which -will be pro duced In time. As told Sunday morning, the three men had been in a room of the hotel ' for some time when a fight /was .pre cipitated. Gunn and Glover continu .tag the struggle to tire hallway where It is state], the latter called upon La mar to shoot Gunn, . who had him -down. I | dt was then that Lamar, it is said used his ever-read,}- plated with terrl hie effect, shooting Gunn directly through the heart. Sot Involved in Fight. jjjyjfAccopding to the statement of Mr z. T. Anglin, -proprietor of the ho- .tel, immediately after the killing oe- Nick Lamar ran towards the pistol In hand.- Gupn had just sen, (probably at the call of Glover Lamar, and was standing up when he was shot. $30,000 IS PRICE PAID IN OIG LAND TRADE Amerlcus Man Sells Terrell Plantation. Messrs. Lowrey Sell [One of Their Farms In Terrell County to ;J. M, Woodley of South Carolina for .(The officers say that the mark, or •light cut, on Lamar’s neck can hr it waa of trlv- explained In due time, lal nature. - This bloody tragedy, while deplored by ad, is not surprising, as the de fendant, Nick Lamar, has been In sev eral affrays of almost similar nature .'within the last year or two, and It Jrasl long been feared that a tragedy Ju.it such as has occurred, -would he the inevitable end. 'Fonlf three weeks ago he terribly beat up Ac/;.- Robinson with a pistol whUe the case against him for shoot ing Police Officer Cloud, two years ago was never even tried in court. DISCREDIT ARMS MADE IN THIS COUNTRY England in Plot to Frighten Buyers Away. Washington, D. C., Nov. 2.—Higher -a world-wide publicity campaign is •being conducted'from England to dls ^credit the armament and materials of war manufactured in toe Nnited States.' Tile blowing up of guns In the navy . has particularly been the subject cf exploitation, and the grossest mlarep- .' resentation has been engaged In to make It appear that the American- made powder was to blaqic for the ac cidents. Exageratlon of mishaps is employed • to a nmerkab'.e degree to make it ap pear that the equipment and materials in Uncle Barn's army and navy are in- ferlor. To the fact that several gov- ernments are at the present time In HHS the market for the purchase of guns. wtr Powder, and ships is ascribed the mo tive for the hostile crusade. The United States has been ‘ taking Contracts away from England, and aroused bitterness and animus that is' now being directed at thing* Amer!- . can. Thirty thousand dollars w,ia the good round figure paid in Amerlcus yester day for a Terrell county plantation of 1,200 acres, or Just $25 per acre not The purchaser waa Mr. J. M. Woodley, of South Carolina, who bought one of the fat ms of Messrs. M. M. and L. A Lowrey in TerreU county. The axle is one of the largest single land deals effected here quite recently, though there have been quite a num her of smaller ones in the $5,000 and $10,000 claas. Tit-.- term thus purchased by Mr. -Woodley is situated In the southern portion of Terrell county, which aid Jiias Sumter, and while it ia very good land it does not equal other farm lands in that county. Came First to Sumter, Mr. Woodley, upon leaving South Carolina to prospect for a new home, came first to Amerlcus, as do all Souta Carolinians, to purchase a farm in Sumter—as so many of those who came ahead of him bad done. He was anxious to locate In Sumter, of which hi had beard so much. Many farms here were carefully in spected by this newcomer , -but when prices were asked the answer etirtled him. Values were put far above the figures he expected. In fact, he saw no inducement to purchase here at the prices demanded, so he reluctantly went into the ad joining county of TerreU, where he deemed values more commensurate with the lands offered. Thus he be comes a good neighbor, if not a resi dent of Sumter county. Mr. Woodley will remove shortly to his new home in Terrell. likeetds Half Million Mark. While high priced lands here.cause a few prospective buyers to eeek in vestments in other counties, many ota- DR. GREGORY DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT. CROP IS BEST EVER GROWN IN SUMTER Prominent Physician of Amer- Never Such a Corn Crop ices Stricken, Harvested Here. End Comes All Too Suddenly and a w. B. Hoys Gathers Eighteen Hun- Shock to the Entire Glfy-The De ceased Was Very Highly Esteemed Here By AH. /Dr. Francis Bartow Gregory passed dred Bushels From 55 Acres— Other Farmers Report Great Yields as Well. “I have been farming all of my life away at 5:45 o’clock yesterday after- and have grown many crops of corn, noon at his residence on Rees Park, but for a real bumper the crop now The end came quite suddenly and being harvested surpasses any other," wholly unexpectedly, as only a half said Mr. William B. Heys yesterday hour before he was down in the city, while purchasing new padlocks to put professionally engaged; and seeming- upon bits overflowing barns, ly in his usual health. | “I had only fifty-five acres in corn Tbe announcement of his death this year,” continued Mr, Hoys, "but came as a profound shock to the com- i have already gathered and weighed munity, as might be expected. {into my /barns just eighteen hundred It w/as shortly after 5 o’clock that bushefls. Dr. Gregory left his office and drove home. Feeling a little unwell be -went to his room and retired for a short rest before tea. Mrs. Gregory was away at the mo ment and it was she who /made the dreadful discovery upon entering the room a half hoar thereafter. Calmly and peacefully the end had come, and he lay as though quietly sleeping. Physicians were hastily summoned, but he was beyond mortal aid. Death, they said, Had resulted from some heart affection. The death of Dr. Gregory is a dis tinct loss to the community and to the profession which he so well adorned. During a residbnee of four years in Amerlcus be had 'acquired a fine practice, and as physician and cit izen none stood higher here, or was more universally esteemed. Dr. Gregory was 48 years of age and a native of Stewart county, being a member of the distinguished family long resident of that county. After his graduation at Mercer Uni versity and mfedlcal course at Tulanc, New Orleans, he engaged In practice at Lumpkin and then In Macon, for -a time before comibg to Amerlcus. Here he has -ranked high as a physician, a Mason and genial, charming gentle man. To the stricken wife, daughter and Every spare crib and bam is filled with com,” he continued laughingly, "and even the chicken coop is filled with It." And what Is true in Mr. Heys’ case is true in others. The farmers here have made a phenomenal corn crop his yeo/r, the beat one ever, perhaps, and there will be an abundance for their needs next year. Many Sumter farmers still ha/ve last year's com on hand. This great grain crop will, tin manner offset the very poor cotton crop here this year. Sumter's progressive fanners are glvlnc more attention to corn produc tion now than formerly, and the friendly contest engaged In recently was an incentive to many (of them to plant more com and cultivate It more thoroughly. Plenty of corn means plenty of meat on the farm. Mr. Heys stated yesterday that newer in all his years of farming in Sum ter, has be ever had to buy a bushel of com, which fact reflects his pros perity. There are many such good formers in Sumter. Donwntn ers bought here ere values reached^ son, the tenderest sympathy of ■ the the present level. The result has been! entire city is extended In this bour 'of deepest grief and sorrow. The interment will take place in the immigration here of many thrifty fanners from other states, principally from South Carolina. These new comers have invested heavily here, it being conservatively estimated that more than six hundred thousand dollars of Carolina coin bus been Invested In larfds near Americas during the current year. ANOTHER SUMTER FARM HAS CHANGED HANDS Rylander & Andrews Buy the ^Matthews Place. Another Important real estate trans action was pulled off yesterday when fine piece of farm property be tween Amerlcus and LaCrosse changed hands. In this Instance the property trans ferred had not changed hands in prob ably a quarter of a century before. Through the firm of Arthur & West brook. the. well known real estate agents, Mrs. Lucy V. Matthews sold her valuable place oil the Uumphead road, four miles from the city, tu Messrs. Arthur Rylander and D. R, Andrews. The consideration was not made public, but it wqs based on the existing advanced values of all good farming lands In Uis vicinity. In the farm in question are 403 : '7 D '"‘ “res. It adjoins the farming proper- government officials are convinced that ty of Mr. Jerry Duckworth, one of the leading farmers of that section of the county. It has proved a profitable farm' in the past and under the man agement of Messrs. Rylander and An drews Its reputation as a money maker Is more than apt to he Increased. Lumpkin Friday o'clock. morning at 9:30 MANY WANT TO MARRY DR. CRIPPEN’S TYPIST Acquitted of Murder She is Swamped With Offers. changes of farm ownership may reported in a few days. Ixmdon, Nov. 2.—Since her acquittal on the charge of being an accessory after the fact to the murder of'Belle Elmore, wife of Dr. Hawley H. Crip- pen, Miss Ethel Leneve has been the country under the protection ut Arthur Newton, Crl/ppen’s counsel. Mr. Newton has been swamped /With offers for Miss Leneve's services from music hulls, beauty doctors and others. He has received for .her sixteen of fers of marriage. These offers, all of which are signed and unquestionably genuine, illustrate the odd effect of notoriety oncomparatlvely degenerate minds. Miss Leneve also has been of fered one thousand, dollars for the first statement of her lire with Dr. Crippen. This offer feame from a Lon don paper, but she is i.ulding out for more money. She said that she never has /been photographed, and that none of tile al leged pictures of her that have been published were genuine. Sl.ta cer tainly looks very little like any of th* published pictures. She is slender, with a small nose, little eyebrows,, re ceding chin, rather dark eyes and has a shy, retiring, almost cringing man ner. Mr. Newton, after a conference with LYENS TRIAL IS FIXED FOR DATE IN JANUARY Slayers of Fleming Smith Will Re Tried Then. Cordele, Ga., November 2.—The at torneys Interested in the case of W. B. Lyons and his son, Archie, who are being held in the Crisp county jail, having been, transferred here from Glynn, hare reached an agreement and the case will be tried the second Mon day In January at an adjourned term of the Crisp Superior court. The case of W. B. and Archie Lyens has attracted considerable attention throughout the state, the two defend perlor court In 1907. A new trial was ‘granted by the Su preme court on the ground of relation, ship of one^of the Juror* to the pros ecutor. The second trial resulted in mlptrlal, and the defendants asked for a change,of venue and/ the case was finally transferred to Crisp Su perlor court for a third hearing. The case will be tried /before Judge U. V. Whipple. DR. BAH.YSEN MIL LREMAIN PERMANENTLY IN AMERICC8 Ills Headquarters As State Veterina rian Here. Several other transactions are In| Dr. Crippen, announced that the case process of development and other} would be appealed. Dr. Crippen ap- Not Horry For Blunder. be peared very cheerful during the con ference, and expressed his satisfaction over the acquittal of Miss Leneve. “If my frien-Ja hadn't blundered ‘‘•(iking I was a doomed victim consumption, 1 might not >k> alive now," writes D. T. Sanders, of Har- Sau-x an Iowa Man’s Life. The very grave seemed to yawn be fore Robert Madsen, of West Burling ton, Iowa, when, after seven weeks In as erroneously stated yesterday. The information was deemed entirely au thentic, but the correction is cheer ful.y made, as Dr. Bahnsen's friends will be pleased at the fact that he will continue to reside in Amerlcus, though) having an office in the state capitol building. He says emphatically that should it come to a choice be tween leaving Amerlcus or surren dering the office of state veterinarian be would unhesitatingly remain here. Dr. Bahnsen will continue bis profes sional work here, and will not bd succeeded by any one. He does not even know tbs veterinarian whose name was mentioned in tblB connec tion yesterday. rodsburg. K-y.. “but for years they saw the hospital, four of the best pbysle- every attempt to cure a lung-raking lam, gave him up. Then was shown the ’oug.i fail. At last I tried Dr. King's marvelous curative power of Electric New Discovery. The effect was won- Biters. For, after eight months of derful. It soon stopped the eough and;frightful suffering from liver, trouble l am now in better health than I have I.and yellow jaundice, getting no -help bad for years. This wonderful llfe-sar-l from other remedies or doctors, five er U an unrivaled remedy far coughs, I-Unities of ttjis matchless medicine corn cobs, lagrlppe, asthma, croup, hem-' p'.etely cured him. Its positively guar- orrbages, /whooping cough or weak'an teed for Stomach, Liver or Kidney lungs. 50c, $1:00. Trial bottle free. I troubles'amd never disappoints. Only Guaranteed by Eldrldge Drug Co. 50c at Eidridge Drug Co. Having perfected arrangements with the Buckeye Cotton. Oft Co., I am now In a position to. pay tt<e highest mar ket price for all sound, dry cotton seed. Scaled and seed faouae on grounds of Crystal Ice Co., near Con tra! depot WALTER MAYNARD. 'Amerlcus warehouses have nearly reached the twenty thousand bale mark in reedpts, but the procession will not go far beyond that point. Your winter, buying y The cold w* at her is „ upon us. It istiniv tocha to your winter wt*arin» parel. I The weather r cently been ideal but this c hs makes it imperative | you prepare for what we to have and prepare and get the full. benef your winter wearing a rel by commencing now. Many have done Follow the example. WOOLTEX SUITS—Greatest SuitL est variety, greatest guarantee ofahyl Suits in America $25.00 to $50.00. WOOL TEX COATS-For Ladii Misses, beautiful styles / $17.50 to $35.00. Largest variety of other makes Su in Americus $10.00 lo $40.00. Most immense line Misses (Junia sizes 8 to 14 years, we have ever i and the prices range from $7.50 upwards. Beautiful Goats for Children wj ages and prices. , . , . , The handsomest line of Skirt* ever had for your inspection; thekj and best fitting $5.00 to $15.00. Ladies’, Children’s and Mens/ everyone in the house absolutely!] beautiful variety of styles, most prices. Buy them now. Ladies’ Tailor-Made Waists, thej we have ever shown, and the best'] $1.00 and $1.50 to bn found. J Fine Blanket weather this. Seel .n"L%T!i F uor«mov; 8 to te AtIa e ma; have to offer you in the widest really desirable blankets you nave in Americus. Flannelette Gowns for Women* Great variety and excellent vaim*l This is winter Underwear and we want you to see our sp _ in Vests and Pants for 50c and up A WORD ABOUT WOOLEN D We are anxious to reduce Dress Goods stock, and in otty[ plish this end we shall offer aordinary attractions in tne to all needing anything in for your dress goods for yor dren. Chas. L.