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ATLANTA, GA
THE JOSES MiRDER TRIAL
A VERDICT OF GUILTY—MANSLAUGHTER
THE DECISION.
Edgefield Special to the Augusta
Chronicle : Argument was heard on
the Jones Pressley case Saturday in
the presence of a crowded room of
ladies and gentlemen. Late in the
afternoon after the charge of Judge
Norton, which consumed an hour, the
case was committed to the jury for
their action. The judge’s charge to
the jury was quite clear and compre
hensive; notwithstanding this the jury
lingered in the room until three this
morning. When they emerged fiom
the room their decision was: Guilty,
of manslaughter.
is COMMENT NECESSARY ?
We have no remarks to make in
the case, except to say that this man
Jones murdered three out of the foul
Pressleys, ami would have, no doubt,
ended the life of the fourth had he
been so unfortunate as to have seen
him when he (Jones) made his exit
from the s c ie of action. Mr. Jones
attorneys labored for him faithfully
throughout, and, even now, it is hard
to say whether or not they will make
an appeal for the guilty man.
INCIDENTS OF THE TRIAL
The main witness for the State is
one Chas. Brooks, (colored) who has
as cool a head as regards facts as ever
Sir Isaac Newton Lad concerning
mathematical principles; and while
this man Brooks was on the stand,
and after the Mate’s attorney, Gen.
Earle, had finished questioning him,
he (Gen. Earle) took his seat, lheu
Maj. W. T. Gary, for the defence,
rose and said, “Charleslook upon that
jury ;” then he said, “I have nothi g
more to say,” and Mr. Gary was seat
ed. However, Gen. E nle kindly in
formed the defence that “the jury had
seen Charles’ face before.’ Iwo cases
are still lodged against Jones, the one
for the killing of the other young
Pressley, and the other for the mur
der of the feebled father, some 70 or
80 years old. The jury who sat on
the case consisted of eleven white
men and one negro.
THE ALLEGED LYNCHERS.
The next case is the lynchers, and
this will, in all probability, take place
this term, as Senator M. C. Butler and
ex-Goveruor J. C. Sheppard are both
at their posts, which is for the de
fence. Anderson’s case, which was
given a rehearing, will be tried again
on its merits. Anderson was found
guilty of manslaughter at the last
term of court S. McG. Simkins is at
the helm in this case.
LATER.
From yesterday’s Chronicle we
learn further, that Jones was brought
before the court on Tuesday for sen
tence. On motion of his counsel, he
was granted until yesterday to pre
pare papers to set forth grounds for a
new trial and asking for a stay of
sentence pending the same.
The Culbreath lynching case, after
considerable discussion, was contin
ued until next term of court.
—Heavy frost on Tuesday morning
last.
THE GIBMiy MIDSTOW.
THE CURIOUS STORY OF A VOYAGERS WRECK. I
The Augusta correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution, furnishes the
following interesting story of the
noted luadstone of this county : The
recent death of a man in Banks county,
who had been bitten by a mad dog,
has revived interest in madst jnes, of
which there ate several in various
parts of the State. There is one is
Fairburn which is said to have been
successfully applied to about one
hundred persons. But, by all odds,
the most notable stone in the South,
is that owned by Airs. L. NV. Gibson,
in Columbia county. It derives in
terest not alone from the wonderful
cures which it has effected, but from
its antiquity and the manner in which
it came into possession of the family.
Tn 1743 a vessel from the East
Indies touched the coast of North
Carolina, where the grea*. grandfather
of Mrs. Gibson’s husband lived at the
time. A passenger who was sick was
put off, and Mr. Gibson took him to
his ouie, where the stranger was
welcomed and nursed back to health.
When about to take his departure he
took from his pocket two stones, one
of which he presented to Mr. Gibson,
telling him that it was of great age,
as he hud been assured by the gentle
man from whom he procured it in
Bombay, that it possessed remarkable ;
powers in all cases of blood-poison
ing, whether it resulted from corro
sion of foreign substances, from the
bites of animals or insects of any de
sciiptiou, or from inoculation. Even
in cases of smallpox,said the stranger,
the stone had been known to extract |
the poison from the system, leaving (
the patient thoroughly restored to!
health. The stone was of a grayish
black color, and perfectly smooth. It
was one inch in length, three quarters 1
of an inch in width and half an inch <
thick. 1
The stranger disappeared, and the *
stone was laid by as a curiosity, to re-.
min i the family of its curious gue t
No faith was placed in its medicinal
qualities. It was not long, however,,
before an event happened, which ! '
brought the stone into high repute. ■
A member of Mr. Gibson’s family was
bitten by a rattlesnake All known .
remedies failed. The patient had.’
passed into paroxysms and all hope '
had fled. It was then that one of the
children thought of the mysterious >
stone. As no harm could be done, it
was determined to use it. An incision
was made in the patient's leg, one ;
inch above the spot bitten, and tin* j
stone was inset ted. As the stone ad-1
bered, a scream of unutterable an
guish escaped the lips of the sufferer,
ns if life itself was being drawn out.
In less than one minute the stone had !
changed its color from dark gray to a
poisonous looking green. It was
pulled out and souked in warm water,
and applied again and again, its ad
hesive power growing less and less
until at last it refused to stick. By I
this time the patient fell off into a
heavy sleep, only to awake to a con- .
sciousness of restored health. He
lived for thirty years after the event
“Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”
HARLEM, GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 17. 1887
I happened. It w.ts thus that the atone,
which was only kept as a jest, became
an object which money could not buy
. From all parts of the coast there were
calls for the wonderful stout. The
fyniily subsequently removed to
Columbia county, in this State, where
for one hundred years this stone has
been an object of curiosity to physi
cians and people in general.
The recent history of this remark
able stone is quite as strange as that
of its earlier years, curing the bites of
mad dogs and cats, the stings of
scorpions and snakes and the iuocula
-1 tion of poisonous substances. In 187’2
Abe Lockhart, a colored man in
i Columbia county, was bitten I y a
! pilot snake. The stone was applied
jto the bite. The wonderful part of
I the story is that the man, who had in
herited scrofula, was cured .of tnat
disease, and has had since no return
of the malady. Seven years ago Shack
Green, who lived nine miles away,
was bitten by a rattlesnake. When
found he was unconscious. He was
put into a wagon and driven the nine 1
miles to the home of Mrs. Gibson. |
By that time the victim’s leg had
swollen to three times its usual size.
As soon as the stone was applied, it
affected the sufferer j recise.y as it
had its first subject, over a century
before. A case which attracted wide
spread attention, however, was that of
Miss Williams, who lived rear the
plantation of General Robert Toombs,
m W ilkes county. In 1883 Miss
Williams was inoculated from virus
obtained from a mad cow. When the
fact was discovered it sent a shock
through the community. The lady’s I
friends at once resolved to use Mrs. J
Gibson’s mudstone, which was entire- |
ly successful In warding off the anti- j
cipated danger. A strung case, how
ever, was that of the two grand
i children of Mrs. McGinty,of Norwood,
who bad been bitten and scratched
fearfully by a mad cat. The stone 1
was applied to the two alternately. [
The children were taken to the house
bv their two uncles who, sixty years
before, had been themselves bitten by
mad dogs and owed their rescue to
the same stone.
In fact there is hardly a community
in the Carolinas, Georgia and Ala
bama in which the fame of this re
now ned stone has not been heard of.
Frequently the country home of Mrs.
' Gibson, at Appling, is surrounded by
vehicles bearing the afflicted from dis
tant points anxious to be restored to
health.
—Use Pitts’ Carminative. It
makes the critical stage of teething'
easy. It soothes and relieves all puiu
and cures colic of infants, diarrhcea
and dysentery. Lt is safe and pleas
ant to take. Sold by druggists.
hrj List.
GRAND JURY. •
Thos II Dozier, Pierce B Munday,
John H Neul, NV A Sturgis, A J Ave
ry, jr, R J Walton, R B Stanford, Jno j
D Ba iKs, Sursua Parkman, Henry A
A.e.ry, W P Crawiord, J F Hatcher,
Aiptieus Reville, G M Lazenby, 1 B
Jenkins, G I Dunn, H C Howell, W
W Ramsey, G W King, NV J Heggie,
M 1 Branch, Jas M Clary, James M
laukersley, J G Dozier, Inos N Hop
kins, W E Hatcher.
TRAVERSE JURY.
John R Mai shall, Thos L Story, J
!s Story, NV N Bugg, NV M Fisk, 'lhos
I McCorkel, Jos S Morris, Robt Sellars,
Geo E Gray, P E Hobbs,U P Morris,
Jr , Cephi: P Knox, James H Koger,
W P Isdale, NV H Bennett, 11 DStory,
J S Fisk J P T W bitaker,
Henrv D Radford, James King, W B
Reynolds, John Newsom, John F
Pearson, Elisha B. Williams. John A
Kelly, P B Martin, Crumbly Young,
John L Sunders, James T Steed, C NV
Sims, S C Sweatman, Robert Grubbs.
J T Burnside, W A Amaker, B M
Crawford.
HAC A.MET ACK. ”a lasting and
i fragrant perfume. Price 25 and oil
j cents. For sale by Dr. NV. Z Ho.li
'day, Harlem and Clarke Bros,
Dearing, Ga.
Harlem Happenings
1 WHAT IS BEING DONE IN ANU
AROUND HARLEM.
■ ■
4QU138 CAUGHT ON THE FLY BY SENTINEL
REPOHTEIW —NEWS OF THE COUNTY CON
SENSED.
1 —Rabbit hunting has developed
into a craze.
—The outlook is flattering for an
abundant fruit crop.
—Vegetation damaged to some ex
tent by the lute frosts.
—Friend P. B. Munday wns in
town on Tuesday of this week.
R. R. Hatcher, of Saw Dust, gave
our office a pleasant call a f-.w days
since.
if Yno Want a Good Art irk
Os Plug Tobacco, ask your dealer for
'‘Old Rip"
■ —For information concerning the
art of hunting, call on C E A.
• —Rev. E. P. Bonner will preach nt
the Methodist Church on the first
Sunday in each month.
Miss Lizzie Jordan and the
Misses S mford, of Crawfordville, vis
ited friends here last week.
Mrs. G. L. Bosner, of Richmond,
Va., is visiting relatives on Forest
st reel.
Our streets are vastly improved.
Let the good work go on; Ibero is
still room for improvement.
—Miss Luna Legwin and the
Misses Farmer, of Crawfordville,
spent several days in the “Sylvan
City” last week.
—Jim Sanford was down from
Liberty Hall lust week on a visit to
friends in Harlem.
—Mr. ‘Eugene Blanchard, from
Cluese, in this county, attended the
club meeting here last week. Come
again.
—The gymnastic performances in
front of A. L. Hatcher Co., were
very interesting and attracted a large
crowd.
—Master Hoyt Hussey has at last
succumbed to the measles. We hope
he will have an easy time, as the con
finement will be sufficient for one of
his spirit.
Sheriff Magruder spent Tuesday
in Harlem. No c unty in the Slate
can boast of a sheriff more faithful in
the discharge of his duty.
SHILOH’S CURE will immedia
tely relieve Croup, Whooping Cough,
and Bronchitis, For sale by Dr. W
Z Holliday, Harlem and Clarke Bros..
Dearing, Ga
—The Literary Cl ib convenes to
morrow night at the residence of M'.
G. M. Reed. No member should be
absent, unless providentially hinder- |
cd.
—Public meeting to-day at our j
sister city Grovetown by the law
abiding citizens, looking to the pro- |
motion of law and order in their |
midst.
—FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver!
Complaint, you have a printed gunran- .
tee on every bottle of Shiloh's
Vitalize!’. It never fails to cure. For
sale by Dr. NV. Z. Holliday, Harlem
and Clarke Bros., Dearing, Ga.
Friend Joseph Morris, of Grove
town, cal.ed to see us on yesterday
and reports his hog crop in fine eon
dition. We are glad to hear such re
ports from our farmers, hope ethers
are similarly situated.
From a private letter from friend
J. NV. McCord, we learn that he is
succeeding admirably in pulling the
bell line over a mule. At the same
time he speaks words of cheer to the
Sentinel and tenders kindest regards
to old friends.
Who steals my purse steals
trash, but he who deprives me of the
use of Coussens’ Honey of '1 ar, makes
me jx>or in health. W hen I have a
cough, cold or disease of throat or
lungs, I want Coussens’Honey 1 ar,
because I have seen it tried for those
ills with unvarying success and know
its virtues.
Rabbit hunting is on a regulai
boom. Messrs. Hussey, Dawson,
Clnrke, Hatcher, Langston and the
writer went out on Friday aftemoor,
last week, armed with breech loading
shot guns and returned at sun down
with tv.o rabbits as the result, of the
evening s work.
—Let us discard a beginning, and
begiu by a conclusion of the whole
matter, which is that Cotissens’ Honey
1 of Tar for coughs, colds, and diseases
of the throat and lungs, is uuequuled.
There are numberless imitations of
this exc limit remedy, but only one
Coussmis' Honey of Tar, a positive
i cure for coughs, colds and diseases of
throat and lungs.
—Read in another column an arti
' ele from the Constitution in reference
to the Gibson snake or mud stone*
one of the greatest wonders of the
nineteenth < sntury. The writer has
implicit faith in the curative propei
ties of this truly wonderful stone,
having seen it applied in quite a num
ber of cases of each snake and dog
bite, with most happy results. Read
er, should you have the misfortune to
be bitten by anything poisonous fly
without hesitation to this stone for
relief.
—White’s Cream Vermifuge is good
for the chaps certain, when the chaps
are troubled with worms When their
presence is indicated in the stomach
by the usual unmistakable symptoms,
only give the boys and girls s dose of
White's Cream Vermifuge and worms
will follow ns surely ns night does the
<liiy. Remember White's Cream
Vermifuge w.ll expel worms.
—Miss B. Combs Wood, of Ken
tucky. appeared here Saturday even
ing before n small but appreeiu'ive
ni dience. Had it been generally
known the academy would have been
crowded. Should it bo convenient
for her to pass this way again, giving
us duo notice, we promise her a well
tilled house. She is a lady of culture
and refinement and the finest reader
that eyer visited our town She made
a most happy hit in the rendition of
the. school boy’s first composition.
Removal.
We huve moved to the Hicks’ store,
on Railroad street, where wo hope to
be able to serve our customers more
satisfactorily than ever before. We
will keep constantly on hand a well
selected stock of dry goods, shoes
hats, clothing, etc, at prices to suit
tho times. Hatcher Bros.
Married,
At the residence of bride's father,
on the 10th inst., at 3 o’clock, p. m.,
Mr. T. E. Darsey and Miss M. I.
Banks, both of this county, were
united in marriage by tho writer.
Mr. Darsey is numbered among the
successful citizens of this county and
lias the esteem and confidence of al)
who know him as an upright, Chris
tian gentlemen, while the bride is a
most excellent young lady of fine
traits of character and they bear with
them the best wishes of a host of
friends and admirers. 'The Sentinel
tenders congratulations with the hope
of a life of prosperity and uninter
rupted happiness.
Tlif Lilerarj Club.
On Friday evening of last week our
Circle met at. the residence of Mr. L.
V Hatcher, and all pronounce it one j
of the moat delightful gatherings of j
the season. 'The attendance was
large, the programme ci.mplete and
the order good, reflecting credit upon
the Circle. The readings and recita
tions, together with the music, (in
strumental and .oral) were exception
ally fine, particularly the recitations
by Miss Lula Osliu of Harlem, and
the Misses Farmer ami Leg win of
Crawfordville. The charming dele
gation from Crawfordville a<lded ma
terially’ to this social gathering. NN e
hope to have them with us again in :
the near future.
Terms, $1 A Year In Advance
Grovetown Locals.
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lUIII'TIMIX, EMTOE.
I Root beer is on the boom.
The daily cry; “Have u taken up
my cows ?
i Tommie has been threatened with
the S. V. A.
What do you say for a debating
club?
Some of our farmers huve finished
planting corn.
Booker says the rats arc as bad as
ever, they are furiug the cats now.
Mr. \\. J. Heggie has a very finu
pit ce of oats near the Magruder mill.
'ihc puty geers this ««ek seem to
be very mute inden’. Wonder why ?
Jack host presented Ins bill Tuei
dny morning, some feai* are enter
tained us to the fruit crop.
Ine Sabbath school interests uie
increasing. \V o have three schools at
present.
Ono of our true citizens was heard
to remark, that he never druuk spirits
out of reason, that ho druuk out of *
i M. G.
[ Mr S. T. Florence’s residence is
j drawing near completion. He in
forms us that ho will be able to move
by the last of the week if the weather
is favorable.
Mr. W. J. Heggie will run a hack
lino to Appling during court week
for the benefit of the public generally.
Ihoso wishing conveyance will do
well to call upon him at once.
Col. Permilus Gibbs says a man in
this laud “without money is in a very
bad condition, please give the colonel
a dime, won’t you ?”
If the good people of our town
would go to work and have our
churches repainted, it would add
greatly to the appearance of the place
generally. NN ho will make the first
move in tho good work ?
Rev. E. I’. Bonner preached two of
the most excellent serniuiis of his life
Sunday morning and night lust to’
largo congregations. Unde Bonner
is n favorite with all our bust citizens,
and we hope that his efforts will be
ns seed sown on good ground.
The Hou. Geo. T. Barnes, “our be
loved Congressman," arrived in Au
gusta mi Saturday night lust. The
cannons were fired in welcome plau
dit by the troops. Maj. Barnes is
one of Georgia’s truest, and most no
ble sons, and long rn ly ho live to rep
resent the people lie loves so well.
FIRE.
On Saturday night last tho house
on tho land of Mr. E. I’. Green
known as th” NN’elch place, was burn
ed to ashei, fortunately no one was
living in it at tho time. Supposed to
be the work of an incendiary.
rr.Kso.NAL.
NVo were gratified to see on our
streets, our benevolent Clerk and
Ircasurer, G. M. Olive, Messrs. G. E.
Gray ami A S. Phillips, of Appling,
enroute for Augusta the 14th and
15th inst.
Mr. NV. R. Malone, of Appling, gave
us a very pleasiint call He inform*
us that he has a contract of painting
with Mr. Stafford, of Bel-Air, but
formerly of Harlem. NVillio is one of
Columbia’s most energetic young
men, and we tender him our beit
wishes in ull his undertakings.
Our talented friend T. E. Norvell,
made a flying trip to Athens the first
ot the week.
Mr. R. S. Morris, of Appling, ssys
that he couldn't succeed in imprison
ing his Balaam on the chain gang
for life.
The Rev. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bour
bon, Ind., says: “Both myself and
wife owe our lives to Shiloh’s Con
sumption cure.” For sale by Dr. NV.
Z. Holliday, Harlem, and Clarko.
Bros, Dearing, Ga.
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