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VOLUME XXXI, No. 267
WOMAN TELLS OF POISON PLOT
Cotton Jumps As New Report Cuts Production
Latest Forecast
Places Crop at
12,596,000 Bales
NEW YORK.— The government cotton report Tuesday proved so sen
sationally bullish that a big buying movement set in on the market here,
quickly advancing prices 190 points or $9.50 a bale. October sold at 23.90,
thereby reaching the 200 point limit permitted in any one trading day.
December touched 23.25. Mill interests were among the heaviest buyers.
NEW ORLEANS—Cotton jumped ten dollars a bale, the trading
limit for the day, upon receipt of the bureau report at the exchange Tues
day, which placed the condition at 55.4 and the indicated yield at 12,-
596,000 bales. October touched 22.55 and December 22.82. The 200 point
advance affected all months.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The cotton
crop was forecast Tuesday by the de
partment. of agriculture %as 191,000
bales smaller than indicated two
weeks ago with a total production of
12,596,000 equivalent 500-pound bales
indicated.
The croo reporting board’s forecast
of production was based on the con
dition of the crop on September 1®»
which was 55f14 per cent of a normal,
indicating a yield per acre of about
149.2 pounds compared with a condi
tion of 59.3 per cent on September
Ist this year, indicating on that date
a yield of 151.5 pounds and a total
production of 12,787,000 bales. Last
year's crop was 10,139,671 bales.
CONDITION OF THE
CROP BY STATES.
The condition on September 16th
and the forecast of production there
from (in thousands of bales).by states
follows:
Virginia, condition 60: forecast S 9.
North Carolina, 52 and 762.
South Carolina. 47 and 725.
Georgia, 59 and 1.198.
Florida, 71 and 29.
Alabama, 59 and 956.
Mississippi, 57 and 1,055.
Louisiana, 48 and 398.
Texas, 52 and 4,237.
Arkansas, 59 and 1,056.
Tennessee, 60 and 413.
Tennessee. CO and 413.
Missouri, G 3 and 212.
Oklahoma, 64 and 1.262.
California. 77 and 63.
Arizona, 72 and 90.
New Mexico, 85 and 60.
Ail other states, 77 and 18.
About 70,000 bales additional to
California are being grown in Lower
California, old Mexico.
GINNINGS PRIOR
Tfi SEPTEMBER 16.
The ginnings prior to September
16th by states follow: „ n
Alabama 223,178
Arizona °'?“8
Arkansas 72,60 S
California 17.23
Florida
Georgia 288,131
Louisiana 160,341
Mississippi 296,580
Missouri- 16.000
North Carolina 24,212
Oklahoma 66,96-
South Carolina 100,62 a
Tennessee 214,000
Texas 1,476,934
Other states 248
The glnnmgs include 87,670 round
hales counted as half hales and 210,
hales of American-Kgyptian.
THE STATEMENT
OF CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON—The crop re
porting board issued the following
statement on cotton conditions:
Effects of the drought in the
cotton belt are becoming more ap
parent as time passes. A similar
observation applies to the effects
of the late, cool spring and in some
degree to damage by the boll wee
vil. Lapse of time is revealing the
ill effects of causes whose import
ance has been uncertain. /
“The condition of the cotton crop
is still very spotted, one region
compared with another and in some
regions even one field compared
with another. Northwestern Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas and
did not suffer from drought to ftuch
an extent as much of the rest of
the belt did and this area has the
prospect of a good crop unless
growth Is terminated by frost. A
fair crop Is already assured In this
area and there are many small bolls
that will develop If frost holds off.
AUGUST DROUGHT
dalaged CROP
In most of the southeast practl-
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Pirates Must Play
Game With Giants
at N. Y. Thursday
NEW YORK. —Pittsburg must play
the third game of its series with New
York here on Thursday in preference
to staging the play-off of a game
with Chicago on that date in Pitts
burg. • This was definitely decided
Tuesday when Barney Dreyfus Pitts
burg piesident, failed In qji effort to
have a double-header with the Giants
arranged Wednesday.
EDMUND D. BIGHAM
TO GO ON TRIAL AT
CONWAY THURSDAY
CONWAY, S. C.—Edmund D.
Bigham, who will go on trial
Thursday morning on a charge of
murdering his brother, Smiley Big
ham in Florence county, arrived in
Conway about 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon and waa immediately
lodged in the HotYy county jail.
Agreement to begin the trial Thurs
day morning was reached this aft
ernoon between Solicitor Gasque,
representing the prosecution, and
Sherwood and McMillan, represent
ing the defense.
Bigham was not brought into
the court room Monday afternoon'
nor was he arraigned, his counsel
having agreed to waive the Consti
tutional three days. The prisoner
was brought to Marion in an autto
mobile by Sheriff Burch of Flor
ence, and two deputies and there
was delivered to two Horry county
deputies who brought him by auto
mobile to Conway.
The Horry deputies stated that
Bigham appeared to be in the best
of spirits and joked with them
throughout tho journey of 35 miles.
*He recalled that this was his sec
ond trip to Horry county, having
spent some time here 22 years ago
on a fishing trip. His only refer
ence to his trial, the deputies said,
was to express a wish that it might
come off as soon as possible.
A. L. King and Mendel 1,. Smith,
leading counsel for the defense,
were not present Monday.
A crowd of more than two hun
dred people gathered around the
jail immediately after the news of
Bigham’s arrival became known.
The prisoner did not seem to mind
the stares of the crowd and talked
with a number ot those who rushed
down to the to get a gllmpsp
of him. Bigham brought with him
a tin-covered box and a lot of bed
covering. When Jailor W. J. John
son began to search through his be
longings Bigham told him, “You
may look through them but there’*
nothing In there.”
Solicitor Gasque will have asso
ciated with him in the prosecution
of the case. P. H. Arrowsmlth of
the Florence s>ar. will
be defended by A. L. King, of Flor
ence, Afendel L. Smith, of Camden,
and Sherwood and McMillan of the
Jazz'Music Gone,
He Hangs Self
BERLIN.—“The day* of Jazz music
are gone and as there is nothing else
for me to do. I have decided to hang
myn if," were the farewell words of
Kurt Kranzler, bass drummer In »
Berlin Jazz band.
Kranzler was discharged because he
persisted In dominating the hand's
performances by too lusty application
of his drumstick and cymbals. When
told that modern dance music no
longer liked excessive noise, Kranzler
was seized with a fit of melancholy
ard disappeared. He was found hang
ing by a snap taken from his has*
drum from a tree In the Orunewald.
Snatches Child Frosi In Front of
Train while Driving His Car from
Running Board With One Hand
EMPORIA, Kan*.—Heroea of movie
thriller* have nothing on Raymond
Stelnmetx. a quick witted motorist,
who saved the life of a five-year-old
girl by snatching her from In front of
the wheel* of a moving train while
driving hi* motor car from the run
ning board with one hand at 34 mile*
an hour. Renege Occurred at a cro*«-
Ing near Emporia.
The child, daughter of the Rev. and
Mr*. R. H. Oearhart. of Chicago, had
wandered on the track directly in
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES— THE ONLY PAPER IM MANY HOMES.
SEE PROTOCOL AS
SURE METHOD
TO 00 AIT .
WITH WAR
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GENEVA. —A water tight
system against the outbreak
of war is the way many del
egates Tuesday characteriz
ed the draft protocol on arbi
tration and security which
is now being studied by the
disarmameent commission of
the league of nations.
This document is now gen- |
erally known as the master
piece of the 12 “apostles of
of peace,” the title given by
Paul Boncour, of France, to
the conference leaders who
struggled valiantly through a
week of revision of the orig
inal draft submitted by Feor
eign Minister Benes, of Cze
cho-Slovakia.
I I
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BERLIN —Germany in the
near future will make an effort
to enter the League of Na
tions on an equal footing with
the great powers, it was offi
cially announced Tuesday in a
communique issued at the close
of a cabinet meeting.
GENEVA —The assembly of
the League of Nations author
ized the founding in Paris of an
international institute for in
tellectual co-operation to be
conducted under the Auspices
of the League of Nations.
GREAT BRITAIN
COMES AROUND
GENEVA —Great Britain has
come around, even if reluctantly to
the position of approving regional
defensive alliances like those made
by France in Central Europe as an
additional guarantee for the pro
tection of national territory integr-
The proposed protocol on arbitra
tion and security which was sub
mitted to the disarmament commit
tee of the League of Nations Mon
day will automatically bring sanc
tions into play against any aggres
sor, but Ftance with the memory of
1914 vividly 'before her and with
active support from Belgium, fought
tenaciously for the inclusion of re
gional alliances and agreements in
the general protocol. i
The British delegates now have
admitted that 'absolute prohibition
of the enforcement of sanctions
unless and until these have been
decided upon by the Jeague council
largely lessens the TSritish objec
tions to special accords when they
operate as part of the machinery
of the entire protocol.
The league’s military experts
hope to so prepare the program that
the delegates to the disarmament
conference to he held next June will
have a definite scheme before
them when they arrive here for
the disarmament conference.
Newspaper dispatches indicating
that the United States is likely to
attend the conference have created
the greatest satisfaction in Geneva.
Discussion of revision of the
draft protocol on arbitration and
security is continuing Tuesday.
•
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Virtually Assured of New j
York Nomination^
ROCHESTER. N. Y. —Nomination i
of Theodore Roosevelt, assistant sec
retary of the navy, as republican can
dida'e for governor of New rone
state virtually has been assured
Monday night a group of prominent
state leaders decided to throw Its
strength to the son of the late presi
dent of the United S*ateß. -With
drawal of H. Edmun Maehold, apeak
er of the assembly, gave Roosevelt
an advantage over the rest of tne
field and his name was mentioned
with great frequency Monday as the
most likely candidate.
g. and f. Railway
Gets Authority to Control
Statesboro Northern
WASHINGTON. The Georgia
and Florida Railway, through it*
receiver, Tuesday was given au
thority by the interestaie com
merce commission to acquire con
trol Of the Ktateaboro Northern
Railway by purchaae of capital
atock.
front of a passenger train. Stein
metz, seeing the train bearln’t down
upon the child Jumped onto the run
ning hoard, opened the gas throttle,
and while holding the wheel with one
hand grabbed the child with the
other. He Jerked the c hild to safety
Just as the train whizzed by
So close was the rescue that Steln
metz's car bear* a small dent on
the read fender where the locomo
tive grazed It as the automobile clear
ed the track
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924
AIRMEN 10 AUGHT
ON BED OF ROSES
AT SANTA MONICA
SANTA MONICA, Cal.—Sant3
Monica was groomed today for the
return of the globe girdling army
airmen who last St. Patrick’s Day
set out on what their skill and
courage were to make the first
successful around-the-world flight
of history.
As befits conquerors the re
turning airmen will alight on a
field of roses, for that is what Clov
er Field will be when the planes
built in Santa Monica for the world
flight come home to Santa Monica
again.
All night trucks laden with flow
ers trundled out tq the field from
communities that had stripped their
gardens to provide a gay and color
ful welcome to the fliers. From
Sun Pedro came a whole shipload
of fragrant blossoms.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.—The United
States army aviators, on the home
stretch of nn air cruise around-the
world, slept soundly Tuesday
morning while observers at Rock
well Field expected a low fog to
disappear under a southern Califor
nia sun before the scheduled de
parture of the three airmen for
Santa Monica at 12:30 p. m. today.
The three fliers, Lieutenants
Lowell H. Smith, Eric Nelson and
Leifjh Wade, viewed tho Jump to
day 'along the California coast as
a cruise lacking the element of risk
which characterized their flights
through uncharted air lanes In other
lands.
Tuesday’s hop Is comparatively a
small one. only 150 miles to Clover
Field at Santa Monica.
BULLETINS
SHANGHAI.—Th* lull in Chi
na’» civil war continued Tues
day with only the taking of fur
ther defense precautions and
threatened labor troubles to
break the monotony of the.,
dragging hostilities.
LONDON.—An S. O. $. mes
sage from the steamship giving
her name as the Cranford and
her position as about 50 miles
off the northwest tip of Spain,
received Monday night, caused
the British steamers Arova
and Leitrim, bound from Aua
tralia to London, to rueh to her
assistance.
CAMP PERRY, O.—Senator
Smith W. Brookhart, chairman
of the senate Daugherty inves
tigating committee, Tuesday
said he had wired Senator H.
F. Ashurst, of Arizona, the on
ly member of the committees in
Washington, that he might, if
he desired, call the committee
together to hear additional tes
timony.
WASHINGTON.—Gaston B.
Means, investigator and star
witness, was charged in district
supreme court here Tuesday •
with having repudiated hit in
come tax.
Internal Revenue Collector
Tate filed a tax lien judgment
for a total of $267,61440 which
covert unpaid income tax for
the last three years and added
penalty for non payment. The
tax is $214,091.52 and the pen
alty for failing to pay is $63,-
522.88.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Geor
gia public aervica commission
Tuesday in executive settion
denied the petition of the Geor
gia Railroad which was taken
under advisement Monday, ask
ing for a changa in the sched
ule of train No. 30 out of Ma
con which would make it pos
sible for that train to leave Ma
con at 8:15 a. m. instead of 6:46
a. m. aa in the present schedule.
MISSISSIPPI MOB
Punishes Negro Arrested
With White Woman
JACKSON, Mias—Albert Brun
son, negro, who Monday night waa
seized by a party of masked men
on the Jaekaon-Vlcksburg highway
while being escorted by officers to
the Jail at Vicksburg was brought
hack here eapfy Tuesday from near
Clinton, where he was located by a
sheriffs posse following his release
by his captors after an operation
had been performed upon him.
The negro nnd a white women
said to have come here recently
from Hermanvllle, Miss., were ar
rested In a raid on a house In the
negro section of the city Sunday
night. Brunson was being taken to
Vicksburg for safekeeping. Fol
lowing Monday night’s incident the
woman was spirited away by the
authorities to an unannounced
place.
Brunson was found In a negro's
house a mile and a half from Clin
ton, where he told officers he had
gone to seek aid after having walk
ed five miles following his release.
The negro, whose condition Is re
ported as serious by local physi
cians. said no other punishment In
addition to the operation had heen
meted out to him. Members of the
hold up party wore handkerchiefs
over their faces. No clues aa to
their Identity had been established,
authorities stated.
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Analole France, “grand old man"
of modern French literature, Is dy
ing, according to dispatches from
Paris. This Is his latest picture.
It shows him at work upon his
manuscripts.
DAVIS AND McADOO
TO HOLD CONFAB
AT N. Y. TODAY
NEW YORK—John W. Davi* and
William G. McAdoo are to discuss
politic* Tuesday at a luncheon con
ference to be held at democratic
headquarters here.
This will be the second meeting
of the democratic presidential
nominee and the former treasury
secretary,eince the national dem
ocratic convention which turned to
Mr. Davis a break in the deadlock
between Mr, McAdoo and Governor
Alfred E. Smith.
Mr. McAdoo returned here late
Monday after a two month’s stay
in Europe. He plane to remain here
for a week or more before starting
for hi* home in California. En
route he is expected to make half
a dozen or more addressee on be
half of Mr,_Davi*' candidacy.
Besides meeting Mr. McAdoo, the
democratic standard bearer will re
sume today hie conferences with
hie campaign managers, who hope
to complete the itinerary of the
campaign in the east upon which
Mr. Davis will embark probably
within the next two or three day*.
He will go into Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland,
New York state and perhaps some
others before again returning west
ward to resume his fight for the
presidency.
LEESBURG STIRRED
By Series of "Poison Pen"
Letters
* LEESBURG. Ga.—Alleg'd "poison
pen" letter* have set this little city
and surrounding section all agog with
excitement and Indignation. Last
April slxeLee county citizens stood a
civil service examination held In Al
bany for rural mall carrier. Four of
the six were later put on the eligible
list During the last few day*, three
of tho four on the eligible list re
ceived notices from the postoffice de
partment at Washington saying
charges had been filed nguinst them,
alleging various offenses, Including
disappropriation bf government funds,
untrustworthiness, Immorality, and
street fighting. All three persons thus
attacked were able to aecure state
ment* from leading rltlz'ns and gov
ernment officials disapproving the
chargea made, It la stated and have
employed counsel to go to Washington
agd Investigate the aource of the
charges Legal action in th* courts
la expected to follow.
Lansing B. Lee Joins
Hole-In-One Club
Laitalnif B. !>•, local attorney,
has qualified for membership in
the Hole-In-One Glub, and thereby
become* one of the Immortals of
golfdom.
Playing on the Country Club
links Saturday afternoon, It was
revealed Tuesday, Mr, Lee made
the hole In one drive on the sixth
tee. The shot was witnessed by
Judge J. C. C. Black. Jr., Cole*
Rhlnlzy and Wm. K. Bush.
Marlon Kldgely, local golf au
thority, said th* only other hole-
In-one drive* made on the link*
here, so far as he could recall.
Mrs . Sweetin Bares
Love For Preacher
In Double Murder
59 KNOWN DEAD
IN STORMS IN
NORTHWEST
ST PAUL, Minn.—Wisconsin and
Minnesota Tuesday continued the
grim tusk of searching its storm
swept ruins for bodies of their dead.
Over wide areas whore the fury of
the storm was wreaked, wire com
munication was still down and rail
roads at a standstill, but out of
the confusion it was possible to as
certain that 54 persons are the
known dead in Wisconsin with five
confirmed deaths In Minnesota.
Meanwhile from cities, towns nnd
country side, relief is being rushed
to the stircken areas.
The vicinity about Thorpe and
Owen in Wisconsin Tuesday was
still smothered beneath a tangled
mass of debris and efforts wore
made to get into tho heart of that
section which suffered the greatest
destruetlon of nil the sections af
feeted.
CAROLINA WOMAN IS
BRUTALLY ATTACKED;
NEGRO SUSPECT HELD
CHESTER. S. C.—A negro, alleged
to have committed a brutal assault oq
the person of a young white woman
on the tireut Fulls highway. 14 miles
from here. Is understood to he In
carcerated in the county Jail Monday
night, following several hours’ search
over the countryside.
After heating his victim Into insen
sibility, the negro placed her body In
a culvert, evidently thinking she was
dead. The young woman was along
the roadside waiting for a rural let
ter carrier when the negro came up,
she stated after she had regained
consciousness and told the story of
the occiirrenre.
Coming to her senses after she had
heen rammed In the culvert nnd left
for dead, the young woman managed
to notify her people nnd a search was
Immediately Instituted. The negro
rsed rooks to heat her Into Insensi
bility and tier throat bore the marks
of a terrific struggle.
SENATOR LaFOLLETTE
May Carry His Campaign to
Pacific Coast
WASHINGTON. —Determined to
make a personal appeal for votes In
every section he considers debata
ble, Senator La Follette, independ
ent presidential candidate, turned
his attention Tuesday to the ar
rangement of his Itinerary, which
probably will enrry him to the Pa
cific coast.
Mr, La Follette In planning to
wind up his campaign Saturday
night before election in Cleveland's
public hall where the republican
national convention was held.
Many Seeking to
Save Grant From
the Death Penalty
CHlCAGO.—Petition* and letter*
urging clemency for Bernard Grant,
sentenced to hang, are pouring In
on Governor Small, Grant and hi*
attorney, a* the latter'* Attorney
Thomas E. Swanson, await* setting
of a date for a hearing before the
board of pardon* and parole*.
Young people as well as men and
women are adding their word* to
the fight against death penalty for
Grant, whose co-defendant, Wal
ter Krauser, has said Grant had
nothing to do with the hold up or
killing of policeman Ralph Saun
ders for whlcl) both Krauser and
Grant were sentenced to death.
Fourteen year old Edna Douthlt
of Wellington, Ala., in a letter to
the attorney, declared *he hoped
that Grant would not hsng and
"disgrace the Star* snd Stripe*.’’
Ruby Klmonde of Peoria, III*., tele
graphed the attorney SSO to aid
Grant’* ca*e.
were by Willie Kennedy, W. H.
Hherman nnd A. H. McDaniel.
One material benefit that will
come to Mr. Lee from his bole-ia
one shot, will be the gift of a
dozen golf ball* from a manu
facturer who has made a standing
offer to all players In this coun-
Ihy who make such drive*.
Judge Black, who was with
Morton Jones the other dey wb'-n
a “sliced” ball killed a rattle
snake, and who hua now witness
ed a hole-ln-one. aeya the game
of golf la furnishing about all the
excitement he can well bear up
under
18 CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WEATHER
Says She Poisoned Husband and Rev.
Hight Killed His Wife So They Might
Marry. Declares Minister Provided the
Poison. Hight, Saying Mrs. Sweetin Was
His “Natural Mate,” Believes He Has
Been Forgiven ) ,
MOUNT VERNON, ILLS.—After an all night vigil,
Mrs. Elsie Sweetin confessed this morning that she was im
plicated with the Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, of Ina, in the
plot to poison her husband and Mtrs. Hight, in order that
she and the minister could be married ,thus confirming
the confession made Monday by Rev. Hight.
Arrested Monday evening at her home in Ina, 12
miles south of here, Mrs. Sweetin steadfastedly denied
any part in the alleged poison plot as had been admitted
by the minister but broke down Tuesday metrning after
being closeted in the same cell with the minister, with
State’s Attorney Thompson and newspapermen listening
at the door of the cell.
THE CONFESSION OF
WOMAN IN CASE.
Tha next of the confession sign
ed by Mr*. Sweetin followa:
"The first time that I noticed
that Lawranc* M. Hight had any
affection for me was in April, 1924;
my husband for tome time had
treated me without affection.
“Rev. Hight continued hi* ad
vance! and I finally diaoovared that
I returned hi* affection... About
thra* month* ago h# suggested that
he give me some poiton to give to
my husband and ha would do the
same to hi* wife."
“At firat I was horrified, but he
talked so plausibly and I had tuch
confidence in him that it teemed to
me to be right to do it. When fi
nally I agreed that I was to admin
ister poison to my husband, Wil
ford Sweetin, and he was to ad
minister poieon to hie wife, Anna
Hight. And, when a week or two
later my husband wee hurt in the
mine, Lawrence Hight gave me a
package which he told me contain
ed poison, and he told me to give
some of it to Wilfred in anything."
. "Wilford waa hurt in th* mine on
th* night of July 16, and the follow
ing day he went to Benton and went
to a drug store and got tome ice
cream and aoda and on the way
home I gave Wilford, my husband,
some chocolate candy in which I
had mixed some of the poison.. He
'became very ill, but seemed later to
grow better and on Tueiday I gave
him more poieon in oatmeal, Mr.
Hight having given me more poison
in the meantime.
“With medical attention Wilford
seemed to grow better and after
Dr. A. S. Thompson had waited on
him Friday, July 26, I administered
the final doe* of poieon end he grew
worse and died July 28, the final
dose having been mixed in tomato
soup.
“Every time Mr. Hight cam# to
the house during Wilford’s illness
he gave me a note of encourage
ment to give Wilford more poison.
I did not know and he did not tell
me when he poisoned hi* wife. but
when aha became ill and died I
supposed he had poisoned her. Un
til I became infatuated with Mr.
Hight I had led a blameless life and
had always been a true wif* and
mother and it I* true, ao Help me
God.
Signed "ELSIE SWEETIN."
WON.AN APPEARS
WORN AND HAGGARD.
After signing the confession. Mrs.
Sweetin. accompanied by th* state at
torney and the clergyman, went to
breakfast. Immediately after break
fast she was taken before a Justice of
the peace, waived a preliminary hear
ing and the case was turned over to
the grand Jury.
Mrs. Sweetin appeared worn out
and haggard. After the hearing be
fore the Justice of the peace she was
taken to a cell adjoining the minis
ter’*.
In telling of his life thl* morning,
the preacher related how on* night he
was praying to find the right way,
and suddenly a great light shone
upon him and he became converted.
That was 13 years ago, he said, and
since then he had converted 2,500 per
eons, 13.1 during his stay in Ina. He
did not want to go to Ina, he said, but
when the member* of the congrega
tion called on him and urged h|m to
accept the charge, he did.
CALLED MRS. SWEETIN
H|S "NATURAL MATE."
It waa one day In church, he said,
when he met Mrs. Sweetin. They
met In the aisle of th* little country
church, and from then on he had en
tertained a feeling of more than
friendship for her, he said. Hl* af
fection for hi* wife, he said, began
to wane, he had found "hi* natural
mate,” he said.
Th* flret Indication that Mr*.
Sweetin wa« weakening and ready to
admit the part In the poison plot the
minister had already attributed to her
in his confession Monday morning was
given when the two met In the cell
together. Attendant* of the Jail and
the state attorney spying on them,
saw them raresslng on* another and
weeping, seated beside one another.
His original plan, Might said In hi*
confession, was t» poison hie wife
after leaving Ina, aa he had expected
to be transferred to a larger congre
gation at the meeting of the church
conference In Garbqndale Tuesday.
However, he said, when hie wife be
came 111, he waa inspired with the
thought that he could carry out hie
plan sooner than anticipated.
Mrs. Sweetin has been described as
a woman with attractive features.
HOME
EDITION
Augusts and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Wednesday.
She Is the mother of three small boys
who are still at the Fweetln home In
Inn. flight also has three children
at homo.
After returning from breakfast with
the Iwo prisoners. State's Attorney
Thompson refused to let any one see
Mrs. Sweetin.
Members of the Tna congregation
where the clergyman had been more
tlinn a year called at the Jail, shook
hands \Wth the minister and express
ed their confidence in him.
TELL OF LOVELESS
MARRIED LIVES
Loveless married lives, both the
minister and Mrs. Sweetin told the
state's attorney drove them togeth
er and led to the plot to poison
their mates so they might marry.
"I’m a preacher, but I’m human,
all too human,” the Rev. Mr. Hlght
said Tuesday He wept as ha talk
ed of his children.
“I had lived for them,” he cried,
"before I met her. I had planned
not to poison my wife until I left.
Hut she fell sick with ptomaine
poisoning and suffered such agony.
I thought T might relieve her pala
and free myself at the same time.
"How sorry I am now. I agoniz
ed In prayer to God and he heard
me: I am forgiven. There is a
lesson In this,” the pastor philoso
phized. ,
"Marriages must have passionate
love as a basis or there Is no hap
piness. Had I met and married
Mrs. -Sweetin first, our lives would
have been unutterably happy. Rut
she married a cold, Indifferent man,
and I married that kind of a wo
man. My wife wns good but noth
ing I did would please her. Nag
ging Mvas all I got. God forgfri
me.”
As he wept the citizens from Ira
pressed about him and offered their
sympathy No one In the court
room spoke an unkind word.
SAYS HE PRAYED
“AWFUL PRAYERS.”
During the nights questioning,
nine newspapermen were allowed to
Interview Mrs. Sweetin. She told
them they were "not gentlemen.”
She still held to her denials.
"Could you face your maker?”
one reporter asked her, "with that
Ho upon your lips?"
"I'm telling the truth and as far
as this case Is concerned my con
science Is clear,” she answered. "1
can face my maker but I don't want
to yet for I am not a Christian.”
The reporter asked Mrs. Sweetin
If she believed the pastor would 11*
In facing his superior. District Su
perintendent C. C. Hall, who pro
cured the second confession Involv
ing her. She answered that she be
lieved "he would do anything.”
"He prayed awful prayers at my
husband's side as he was dying,”
she added, "after he had admlnlg-4
tered poison to him.”
BOBBY JONES
And Thompson Even In First
Round
ARDMONE, La. —Bobby Jones, of
Atlanta, and W. J. Thompson, of To
ronto, were even after playing 16
holes Tuesday In their 36 hole
match In the first round of the na
tional amateur golf tournament.
W. B. Gardner, of Buffalo, went
to lunch up In his match with D.
Clark Cochran, of Philadelphia,
winner of the qualifying medal.
CAROLINA CO-OPS
To Mail Out Checks For
1923-1924 Pools
.i . _
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The Sduth Car
olina Cr tton Growers' Co-operative
AuortStlon will, on Friday, begin
mailing out checks In final settle
ment fob short staple cotton of the
1923-1924 pools. It was announced
Monday night by B. F. MoLeod, gen
eral mnneger. The accounting de
partment of the association has been
at wi rk some time In preparation for
the distribution, it was said, and the
process of mailing out the checks will
brgln Friday, it was said.