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?s Maa to Man If You Knew Clothing as we know it, you wouldn't hesitate a moment about coming here for your Fall and Winter Suit. Our display of Stylish, Depend-' able Clothes this season is truly remarkable. > We have every model, color and style worn in New York this season, including plains, stripes, and plaids; also a big assortment of. conservative designs. ^ $15, $20, $22.50.and'$25.(K)v?^^M? ?stick a pin in this statement: ""We assert with the greatest amount of confidence,' cur ability lo show you more Twenty Dollar suits for Fifteen than any ^ther concern in South Carolina. r WeiWI^^?MM that you will give us the opportunity of proving this statement to your entire satisfaction. We have the very best values this season in cloth ing we have ever shown, from the' lowest priced suit on through the line. Drop in Today-We'll Be Delighted to Show Them. 4 v.-: '????ii Extra Special FOR Today, Saturday and Monday 35 AU Wool Blue Serge Cpat Suits, lined with Guaranteed Satin ; fur and braid Ui?imed. Well made, and .very pre tty. These Suits sell everywhere for * 1-5.00 Extra Special, Today, Saturday' '??<d Mon day . . .$10.09 Fur Sets... v.. .$5.00 to StfS.QO Next Door to C A. Ree>5 Music House. South Main St, mm Of Mr. Dot CAUGHT IN HOUSE AT CAL HO UN FALLS ON WED NESDAY ? ? . ,, MURDER OCCURRED LAST FEBRUARY! News Reached Sheriff's Office of Whereabouts of Freely and Acted On. "Dock" Freely, a negro waa arrest ed Wednesday evening near Calhoun Kails and was brought to jail In An derson charged with tho murder of Mr. E. M. Dodd, tho aged grocer who was most foully 'murdered February 20, 1915. The negro ha? been In hiding and it was only through a long bard hunt that ho was ever found. It will bo remembered that when the mordor wa? committed that Free ly waa suspected us hoing implicated lu tho attack on Mr. E. H. Parks, an agod jeweler of Anderson, tho at tack occurring on tho samo fluy ar? tho murder.* He loft Anderson and hus not beeu scen sIuco,-unlil Wednes day. Ho ?as found In a houst. five moles.below Calhoun Falls, and', was arrested. News reached. th? sheriff's oillco skcrtly. after ?I o'clock Wednesday nf t? : .nu)n that tho negro was ut ? cer tain house and Mr. J. Olin Sanders, Jim Williams and A. G. Eptlng left Anderson post haste for tho house. They were Joined In Abbeville by Mr. Joo Jones, doputy bhorlff of Abbeville county. Thoy went to. tho home ot Mr. T. 13. Palmer, near Calhoun Falls and found Freely at tho-home of Rebecca Wharton, a negress living on Mr. Palmer's plantation. He "was in bed when found and after gaining an entrance, Mr. Sanders'handcuffed th? man In bcd. Story of the Crime. On February" 20 of this year,-Satur day, Mr> E. M. Dodd, an aged grOcer of Anderson was found lying on the floor in his little store on Hampton street. . Ho was wounded four times in the hoad, evidently injured' by -somo blunt object.^ afterwards found, to Mo a brick, wrapped ii'i Newspaper. ;ill<j assailant hhd-,robbojd.Vl?h??^'of what motley "there was ih\his' noofcets and had left tb/v old man lying In his own broodei*'tho^flobr of tho store, .'^^'^aui^ofltie^'-sii??t.'m?ch.'t^aio' In .*i^5^g>downiclucs,-''th?.eliios'^istially rcsitUlng in" notlitnff, iurit' finally.Hl\o' fact that Do cFroely had suddenly left Anderson and some other ETJB : plclous doings on his part, aroused tho Interest of the sheriff to such an ex tent that he thought it wiso to hiint this, mon;'dpwn. Mr. J. .S?. Ifowlor. was ?t?ployl?g'i'tbQ:pogroVat:th?.^tlme jgft -tho, murder, and he -reported \tlutt after. ?oino. sjjisploious and contradlcr' ';toiy'-ta?os^CM.;?aV|l.tolf;-'for parts u.ri hnov/n". 'Tho.T?e^rch inv'a.s started and ! eoverat m?nV?mploy?4 by Mr.*'Fowler set out W search'for Freely. They ? failed to find him, and tho sherill j started his'own hunt In his own wiy. Thc result of thin hunt is well knov.v. ! now. I Tho Only Clue. The only clue to tho -?urderer was a package of bloody clothes . found jin til? home occupied by Doc Frtcly:1' ' This house was sparched and. tiu> ? clothes found by tho officer. Ai this ] time another negro stated that Doc [ had given him somo money io coint, 1 back to hie houso to try and got hin [clothes. Thia wus .impossible for rite [ fact that the house was locked, but 1 U'o negro made his way to tho house inter and mado the chango, Ho loft lila < ive ral ls, a pair of trousers, and u dark shirt In tho room whores h? changed and theso proved his. ir; do- . ling. The clothes wore recognized .ia the ones tho negro wcro catho day o*.' tho murder and tho blood D/O;. looked vory suspicious. Tho Search For Frcoly. The hunt for tho missing mau was conlinated until recently when itv wai roported that tho trail had boen lost in tho'section- In vM?h tho mnh was found.. Ho got Into trouble recently and shot at a white man; At.the time 'ot tills difficulty, it is slated he boast-, ed of killing a wlilte man. in Ander son, and the master, who trcoming be fore white people, caused thom to blake Inquiries of. Sheriff Ashley, as to how and whore UiekllliUg took,place. Tho negro had ^ novor' changed; his narno, and. sq when the-word, "came that a'negro S" tho numb of Freely was in the neighborhood, tho officors wasted no time in getltng on the ne g roe's troll. Ho was caught and brought back to Joli. When seen in jail tho negro denied ali knowledge of tho murder and gavo out the fol lowing: What .Freely Says. , Freely declares that he -knows ribth-, lng whatever about, tho murder of Mr. Dod^V '.'Ho says that'.ho if?*''-!?.' thb #ty^?ne- afternoon t?Vrar?^, tli?? ead of teat.February, ,hht: "says* lio cannot recoil tho dat?; V t?o aays that ho came In from tho Fowlers farm west of tho city, that J^^T^feciro'wlor gavio him ?1 with whtch-to(buy a pint of. liquor for o negro1 named ' King Hardy, who works ion.the Fowler ?place.\ Fr eely says % jf?i?mti Frazier ,. another negro who-j*'- ytt>t)*:4 for ;. Mr. Fowler, also govo bim 75 cents with- which taitay??\ ptnt of whiskey? for. .MahoUter:.VveQr>?n',.** Freely says that ho bought;h ?U?rt of liquor, pay-1 In tl for . samoV ?rOtti ; a -?s'hite man r id Arrested Btrange for him to leave for such a small reason, tor once before he left without nuy reason whatever and re mained away for thrco years. Freely says that he'went from the city leav ing hero about 4 o'clock as well as lie could remombor to the Fowler farm; that h'e took off bis overalls and put on Borne clothes, leaving the overall.! in a houso on jjSf? Fowler farm. Ile claims that ho walked as far as Dean station that night and that he reach ed Calhoun Falls next day. .walkin? all of tho way from Anderson. He says that ho remained at Calhoun Falls on?y a abort time, three or io ir days, and that he went to Mr. Clias. Dodson, who liws between Donahla and llonca Path. Ho stayod with Mr. Dodson until August 4th. He say? that he wont by the name of Doe Freely at all times. On leaving Mr. Dodson's, Freely says ho went to his hrothor's home, Alf Freely, who lives between Calhoun Falls and Abbeville: that he worked with lils brother awhile and ??i?n began working for Mr. Tom Palmer, a whlto man who .kas rented thc farm adjoining that of Air Freely. Doc Freoly declaren timi his first knowledge of tho murder ?f Mr. Dodd came when he was in Greenville on July Ith, that ho mei a negro call ed Cap Fields, who works for Mr. Fowler, and that Cap told him of tho murder. He says Can told him the' officers were searching for him; that thoy had reanons io believe that he fFreely) had committed the crime, j Freely says thal he told ?"ap that h-? would come back to Anderson and sec Mr. Fowler and clear the matter up as far'as lie was concerned, be causo he knew nothing about the killing of Mr. Dodd. He says that Cap told him that Mr. Fowler was "after" him along with the officers; that Mr. Fowler was mad at him. and that it would not bo wise for him to come back to Anderson. Freely saya that he then returned to Mr. Palnier'a home in Abbeville county, making thc trip from Greeny .He by way of Bolton, Honea Path and Donalds, etc. Ho said that hs had been working on tile Palmor plnco until he was arrest ed by the officers last night.. F eely stated this morning that his overalls, which ho left in a houso on tho Fowler farm on the evening of his deparluro, wore not bloody when ho left Hiern; hud that ho did not ask a-negro woman-to wash ,them for him. 'l?o d?clar?s that'ho has never boen Ir? Mr.. Bqddi? storo, although he passed .there frequently going .to and fre?a Mr.. Fowler's work in that sec tion! bf the..'tpwtfi^' Hq says-.' he had seen Mr., Dodd oh. sovetal; occasions When passing tho little store: . . OFilPKARAiE mm' Negro Near Starr Sjaid to Haye ' Been Spirited Away, Across River. . Poports'wero curr?'nJ?-bn the streets of tho city-Thursday oternooa ? of the mya te rio ii s dis appearance ot a negro named'-J.- Van Oliver iftho'lived near Starr. Tho'-negro ls chid to havo been taken in the^dire?tion^bf'Georgia from .:.-...>!. Carolina la^t* week sad han not y eon heard, trom slnco; AeeoMjm"j^&.-W^ tho no-1 grb hfS t"sr,tsd iv SMHC ir?ci o? "iir.G frdbi a Mr. ..f?l?nkscdles at Starr and had bub-rejuied a part bf lt to a 'whlto mah).; WhenY.tho timo; for tho pay ment _of/lhc>rent e?r?a'due tho white miau rojyf cu to pay und tho negro 'bail ,a quarrel with. him. Tho whlto "man left: and" lalor caine back in an attlbmo^io wlth Otlier white mon. Tho npgroes tvere in Anderson endeavor-' lug. to get warrants for several mon living around' .Starr." ' "So .' far as known, Gieso wirranta ; were not is sued. There ?ms'OL'-great deal, 'of talk, hut no ono seerus tb know any thing- definite about the mattor. *4 ^?????????????^ ?* + * *.' >~+: ? HOMICIDE* LAST NIGHT ? ' ? i ;'ri> \ - . * ? "'? ^VaymOb ^CadnV'agod 20 was- * ? shot and . Instantly; .' killed by ? ? .Ernest Gentry laatl-iilgbt a^out .? #'???11 jx'eIoc^>The"?nan wan kill- ? ?../cd ju a sbbbilng i*rnpo follow- ?. ?'. lng a daixcb'?rtt?^lfomo of Mr. ? ? W., lt. Nixon.- ? ? , t/C?ln is .th? s?il^'Mr. J. A. , ? ?'y.CetiBpJ! 11*0 " Jacks ob mill sec- ? ?v, ti?n>-.and was killed '. Just at ? ^fi^x?blll,The coroner's Jury ? ?^lixbd tho'hlaine on Ernest Oen- ? ? try, with .Reed iShaw an ac- ? .? '. cesspry te the,, murder. ? !>?????*?*? DOP! ?he non-breakable kind ?'"?".;. BOYS'AML BANQUET AT S?. JOHN S TONIGHT Occasion is Looked Forward to With Very Much Pleasure, Tho annual banquet of the boys rif the St. John'e church., will be .held' tonight at thc church, cooper of Mc Duffle and Uiver streets. '- The. ban- [ quel is ono of tho occasions,.to which.| tho young men of the church look for ward and ts usually a great'nuccoBR.'l The pian of tho banquet and its ob ject in to stimulate Interest ^ln_ the church alho?g the young men of'the congregation'and hav?j a day set asido when, they piny meet together and .have a-feeling of companionship and brotherhood. ' ' : Mr. Speake, pastor of tho church, stated that the banquet tills year ls,; tb bo ono of the best in the history of the church. Lost year the attendance'. Was large and with a few invited f guests, chances are for even a larger ono tbiS;tihio. ? Mr. Speako jokingly:calls the ban quet Wie "-Meeting of the Johnnies,,"1 the name being derived from the name of tho church. All young men of the church are cordially iuvited to - bb present and to enjoy tho good things. Tho committee on arrangements have doae their best to make tho banquet a SueceBrj, and if tho delicious delicacies 'they have prepared are to determine the Success, It will cer tain!} i " grand success. .* - Tim im ? ; " os been set for 7 o'clock ;imi all the jroung mon uro urged to bo present at that time. Profitable Business.. Young Lady (In drug store)-Five two's please. (Clerk hands thom out.) . Young Lady-Have/-them 'delivered, please. They'ro for mother and I'nt .going downtown for the day.-Boston .Transcript. v." . One Other Way. There's something in this world be sides money.". "Toa," said tho cynic; "ibero's tho noorhouse."-?TT>etrol-t Free Press.; ku-ge stock of Up-to-I new Coat Suits, new and Kimonas,, new Sk Si?kst new Shirt Wais % ^Cfk?iverii including Bl ?liiliriiiOiili? uti? ?II?m?-mummi-mII mt 36Jnch elegant quality," in bia KUS3UU1 ? graen, African bro; Uiiu^vfpr,^ ?- 4. Plaid /SHks:|tW^ day. We rare lucky to haye-? ! " /patterits in..the:hew'co?or?ngs, 36 inches; wide, per -yard, only mm n j - 54 inch:;:^rQadc.lr?*u^, jri a innisual Va?tve 't?t per >; yard . ...... .*.,. .. i.'..'. :;^i?^5 .Gaberdine; -pbr yard,- - ?fHv-' ' ..."-: ^^l^^m^?i?est q?alHyV. S'^ inch, per yard. . . . ($'-ivO?;..{5ergel sponged and. sim . '4'|. inplies wide., per-yard, Only 75c^All-'Wooi Serge,'36 inches .:Wide>.;,per 3 ard, only.-..'.,.. -. lo I: 36 jnch '0?cach?!??^9c quality, Good Colton Checks,,per yar *.&*A3^tG.rt Checks, per yard . Best i 2 '$.*2c Sea Island, peff<j *^^^BS'?iwVver yard. - V :---'p4?;s?l%;^eV/yard.';v,....;. t oe ; Dress-'GinKiiam's, -i ?pfe'r ! ya.r, i?. r-2c,*0f??s .Ginghams,;,per ^.Hosf?ttii^Ginjgharn? per yard, Kinder?a?lciT.?Oiiting', per yar :8c ^f?rtg^per yard; .. .. -. . '?Be??'ioc T>uting, per y?'fd. .. >8ft#our-,Hn?k^^ . (. .X ?i? ii TODAY Montrose Sisters Present "THE SWEETEST GIRL IN DIXIE" Featuring Lillian and Gladys Montrose MOVIES FOR TODAY "THAN O' PLAY" The Long Arra of the Secret Service. Three Reel Thonhausen VS TODAY JESSE L LASKY Presents .Wk 1 Lou Tellegen !n . i [eel Paramount Feature iU; be^o?^ everything in our Di^te/ Mj?rch^^ brings''us :;pos*e?,<:^^ Bath .Robes iris, new Swe^elsp^^^?ress1 'Goods, new ift~m.#att ^^^^iKiien,. Women and wes -' : '->->'^t./!?^i??'' ck, n?y.blue,- ;g 6 VU--tuc ,Vciy erch'andise io-, aime -beautiful USO:.' .-. . -. .. - li. colors;;, an r?t?. .4c ? .....^ nXTi?A'; Sl-'HCI?Lv Just received Fifty .... .Sc New : tn?de pf;hard finished Poplin and ard... .8? Bask"etweAye>^ satin pned. Reg-: :-' . ' ular $$$$ii$?0S- values \\'?(??'? ?y ...... Ibc Saturday/and' Monday.... ?4^ A A ?af O d. ; .. . . .Bc . ?>.v,-::i-?..r."?^:.-' ... ' yard.. ?. IGc ?>t 2;?>o pSuitS, G?ar?tit?ed linings. ..$ .9.98 hi., : 1.?%? ' ^l^or^??t^.for. . O;; V.V,-.;, V". . . .$12,80 ?(Ly.-... ,10c. . saO.O^^for.;. JV. ..-.,.....$15.00 '?' * *41 w The newestifthig in Sport Coats.ts blacky nd : whitfc^fc?c&tand stripes^ just .;?-'?MCr** ivholA fam?y-. : ';*?c#ved^ - ? ? : ,,.? ^ " Stand ... -