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| Ladies S k *M ci IK fl| We have prep. ? ? broken in the \ it will be the fi Come here exp fe S|| likely you canr f | MttJ Mb **i? ^ great many of ou B ^ strange that we art ? this department, but and see the many ne^ did not see early in tl ^ not surprised, for th B #?? new things, and we : JnilvT IK* AVI/1 WR ctllliusu uctiiy, in uiu get just what you ggw *5s continue as long as ? new to show. Amon; H you will find in this Bffi jNjfe of the new blocks in Hi many new ones that i m ing early. f *gj HEMP SHAPES. |p medium and large, s face. *3SC ~~ ||j We want your busi (| Hootc Herald Coupon PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. P. B. Murphy, of Charleston, spent Tuesday in the city. ?Mr. Thos. Clayton, of the Cols> ton section, was in the city last SaturIday. ?Mr. W. I. Johns, of Baldock, spent a few days in the city this . week. ?Mr. W. P. Bishop, of the Ehrhardt section, was in the city last Thursday. ^ * TTT T-v r* uC ?:virs. vv. u. ueui, ui vjrc^i |v town, is in the city on a visit to V relatives. ^ ?Mr. A. J. Knight spent last Saturday night in the city with his brother, A. W. Knight. ?Mr. W. Frank Johnson, who is now in Augusta with the AugustaAiken Electric Co., spent a few days at home last and this week. ?Mrs. M. W. Brabham and little j son, Robert, of Raleigh, N. C., are in the city on a visit to her parents, I Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stokes. ?Mr. J. R. Owens left this (Wedneday) morning to attend the State reunion of Confederate veterans in Aiken. He goes as a delegate from Camp Jenkins. ?Mrs. A. R. Xeal and little son, who have been visiting relatives in the city, left for their home in Roanoke, Va., Monday morning. Mr. Neal came down on Saturday and returned with them. ?Messrs. C. R. Clayton, J. C. Copeland, M. O. Kinard, M. A. Kinard, G. T T>C-1 T T rj^Z~mr. A ^ + tju. X>i51iuy, J. J. /jtjlgici, cuiu uuicio from the Ehrhardt section, were in the city Tuesday evening on their way to the reunion of Confederate veterans at Aiken. * Syrian Admits Murder. Camden, S. C., April 19.?It developed today that Rev. Ben John, a Syrian, charged with the murder of his companion, Abe .Michael, had confessed to his attorney that he committed the deed and stated that he an 1 Michael got in a difficulty and agreed tn fiarht and Michael nulled a pistol. Jo-hn wrenched the gun from his hand and shot him twice. His reason for not surrendering is that he knew nothing of the laws and was afraid he would not receive proper protection. He says the weapon could be found near place of killing. He will plead 9ft self-defense. W 1 J. II--1 nop ai navi WE TIIV ired for you in adva wanted and most po rst time they have b ecting something ne lot get it, if its new. JNfcKY DLfAJ ir customers think MILAN i still very busy in ber of ne" when they come large ones v things that they CHIPS ie season they are ^' e ladies want the New Chi receive something er that you may MALIN wish, and will Y( there is anything kind, ^ sc / the many things ^ave department is all RIBBO white, also black; I others ha^ jcp worft not show-1 ton's. BRAID These we have in if you wis! i shape for every to your 01 and popul iness, we need your business, >n's Lad or Ten Purple Stamps f OTHER CONCERNS EMBARRASSED Several Affected by Closing of Bank of Brunson. Hampton, April 24.?The Bank of Brunson, located at Brunson, in this county, is in the hands of receivers and the effect of the closing of its doors by the State bank examiner is being felt by the incidental failure of other concerns in this and adjoining counties and by the financial stringency felt by local depositors and merchants with whom these depositors do business. The Carolina Telephone Company was placed in the hands of receivers on April 16, on account of its inability to meet its obligations, due to the closing of the Bank of Brunson, the bank being a large mortgage creditor of the telephone company. This company operates its whole chain of exchanges at Beaufort, Hampton, Estill jand North from its general offices at | this place. J. Reid Fitts, its manager, was the petitioner for the receivers. The mortgage indebtedness, past due, is said to be $25,000. S. A. Agnew, of Brunson, the cashier of the defunct bank, is the president of the Carolina Telephone Company; W. E. Richardson and J. S. Williams were named by the Court as receivers. The Spartanburg Lumber Manufacturing Company, a saw mill corporaj tion, operating about two miles from [ Brunson, was closed down by the re! ceivers of the Bank of Brunson on Friday. The indebtedness of this concern to the bank is said to be over $20,000, with stated assets of hardly over $6,000; consequently about 30 laborers and employees of the mill are out of work for the present. The Farmers' Cotton Oil Company, | at Brunson, which has not been operj ating for several months past, is indebted to the bank, as appears from ! the statement of the bank examiner, ! I in the sum of $35,000, and suits are j pending in the Courts against it for over $10,000. The estate of Addison and the estate of Ginn claim that the J company is indebted to them over j $20,000. | The financial conditions in the j Brunson community are freely dis| ci-ssed throughout the county and | predictions of future'further compliifntionc nrp heard. The depositors of tire Bank of Brunson are anxiously awaiting developments. Chemicals are more effective in fighting mine fires than water. on's Where I IE. TROl nee of the hot weath pular things. We hi een seen in Bamben :w and you will not I RTMENT LS. These we have in a numw shapes, and especially the of rknioofi fliof Trrill nlooco vnn f Oj\J JJX X\^\>0 liXlUllI YV XXX ^/IVIVWV J vi* , There is nothing better, if a large white hat, than those s and Neapolitans. rES, CREPES, CHIFFONS. )u wish a large hat of this > see us. If its to be had, we NS. If its Ribbon, see what re, price it, then buy at HooS. See what we have in these ri a Nobby Coat-Suit Hat built der. We have every wanted ar kind. . and if goods, price, and serv ies Store or Every Dollar You Spei ONE SHOT, OTHERS CUT. j How at Edgefield County Church May End in Tragedy. Edgefield, April 21.?Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Swearingen received a telephone message calling him to a negro church situated two miles east of Johnston to quell what was reported to be a pitched battle between negroes, the report gaining | currency that six had been killed and ja score or more wounded. The sherI iff went post haste to the scene of the i trouble, to find that a fracas had taken place, in which pistols and knives had been freely used, one negro bej ing shot in the head, though not se-[ j riously, and three or four cut, some o1" the latter's wounds being of a very I serious nature*, and which may result i hi death. A number of arrests were J made and the parties placed in the lock-up at Johnston. They were! brought here today and lodged in j jail. Just what precipitated the row, in j which some twenty men and women were engaged, is not yet known, but it is said that a woman and blind tiger liquor were at the bottom of it. Some of the participants made their j escape, but will likely be captured. | Several years ago a similar occur-j lence took place at this church, in j which a prominent negro was killed, His slayer Having been tried ana convicted of murder, but died in jail. YOUTH CONFESSES MURDER. Herman Coppes Says He Killed Mrs. Sleep and Children. Elgin, 111., April 20.?Herman Cop-1 pes, whose mentality is so- low that at j 16 years of age he has been only i able to advance to the fourth grade in | school, confessed today that he was : the slayer of Mrs. Sleep and her two j children, whose bodies were found j yesterday in a cistern under the! i kitchen o-f the Sleep farm house, five ! j miles west of Elgin. Coppes says the j killing resulted from .Mrs. Sleep say-' I ing that she "would see about it" j when he had refused in ill humor to do one of his accustomed chores after , school. j Lack of sleep after his arrest tend-! : ed to explain Coppes determinate to j confess. At first he only admitted. writing the letter found with Mrs. Sleep's body, .which purported to tell of her intention to commit suicide after she had slain her two children. Later he gave the details of his crime.,] the New Thi IBLE AN ier by filling in our ive also bought man] Come and look; ' >e disappointed. If DRY GO If you have ever visited ] is almost useless to say tha .c?a XT-* T una many new tilings nere never shown at other places, have never visited Hooton's best time to begin. Come a yourself what you can get al We would like to add your n list of our many new custome made this season, by having the price, the service, the asi NEW CREPES. We will in the next few days all the in Crepes, as soon as they a the markets. WASH SILKS. For Sun see these; they are correct or dresses. ice count for anything we are 5 and M id Here. THREE DROWNED IX AUTO DIVE. Children of American Dancer Plunged Into River Seine. Paris, April 19.?Two children of Isadora Duncan, the American dancer, a girl five and a boy three, and (rniramnocc Ti'OrO 111C11 XULlf^ HO 11. &\J IV1UUV/UU, ? v. w | drowned as the result of a singular ! accident today when the automobile ! in which they were riding along the I Boulevard Bourbon, in .the suburb of j Neuilly-Sur Seine, plunged from the ; roadway into the river Seine. I The machine had been brought to a jstop because another automobile was ! approaching from the opposite direction and had lost power. The chauf! feur descended to the ground and 'started the engine, but as the power had not been turned off the machine started abruptly and gained headway so quickly that the chauffeur was unable to regain his seat. The automobile with no guiding hand, left the roadway and ran over the embankment which is not pro tected with a parapet and then dashed into the river. The chauffeur ran a mile to a ! police station where he summoned help. When aid reached the scene the water was nearly up to the roof of the closed car. The inprisoned passengers were unconscious when extricated and died soon afterwar ( while physicians were trying to resuscitate them. Lumbering in Canada. Lumbering is the most romantic of all the industries of Canada. The tall trees of Canadian forests supplied the masts of British men-o-war in the old sailing days; now they yield the fnr f hei oottlor'c cbnpk" Of) the flat prairies, or feed the paper mills for daily newspapers all over the world. Most of the lumber jacks are French Canadians; but there is a considerable sprinkling of Swedes : and Scots. The lumber cut in the j forests is floated down the great wa- i ter ways in rafts perhaps half a mile ; long, and worth sometimes as much " " " A A ? ? J ? ?> i ' I' K ?\ n as .')U,OUU POUIIUS Cipiecc. 1 ur; uc? may consist of as many as 30, who may have to spend a week or more on board, and put up shanties for shelter. "Joseph Voyaguer,"' as the French Canadian lumberman is nick- ; named, is a great musician, and still sings the old folk songs of the time < [of Louis XIV.?Illustrated London i News. ngs Are Sho D MONE departments where j new things. When we are always glad you don't find it at ODS DEPART looton's it LINEN PANA it you will a dress of this Is 1 A MA TTT rvv/l-viA V\ n TIT? wliiun aic waiuiuuc. v? c So if you shades of the sea; now is the LACES. We md see for shipment of thei t Hooton's. wish something a ame to the been used, see th irs we have EMBROIDER the goods, gjjQ^y y0U what w sortment. daughter. Any m show with- Up ^0 the best, w? new things CORgJ,TS 0 hit. from ABdthelittl8thl, find the sizes, wt imer Suits, an(j save many st for waists ticular about th( large ones. going to have your business. [illinery Romkai LIU111UU. I CLEARING ISLAND OF LEPROSY. Number of Patients in Hawaiian Colony Gradually Grows Smaller. "Leoprosy is no longer a dreaded ' disease in Hawaii," said Harry Irwin,; a lawyer of Hilo, Hawaii, to a Wash- j ington Post reporter. "In Mclokai: the leper colony of Hawaii, there are about 700 lepers, whereas fifteen { years ago, with a smaller population j in the islands, there were more than i 1,500 lepers. "I attribute the decrease in the number of lepers in Hawaii to their segregation, and I am confident that it will not be many years until Hawaii shall be entirely free of lepers. The United States Government began a series of experiments in the leper island a few years ago with the hope of discovering a specific for the cure of the disease, and though the reports of the experts detailed to the work were exceedingly encouraging, for some reason the experiments were abandoned. At any rate the Government physicians have not been giving the same attention to the study of the disease that they did in previous years. "It has been proved, however, that leprosy is not contagious, nor for that matter infectious or hereditary. I have known personally of leper parents in Hawaii who have had children born to them that were entirely free from the disease, and there have bten instances in Molokai where a leper has lived with his wife without the latter contracting the disease. On one occasion I had a clent a man who was afterward discovered to be a leper. I sat next to this man in Court for many/days, but I did not get the disease." Takes Poison as Police Wait. Boston, April 22.?"Fletcher, the Palmist," committed suicide today by poisoning. The palmist, whose real name was John W. Fletcher, was | widely known. Recently charges of | a grave character were made against him and this afternoon two policemen went to his office with a warrant for his arrest When they made known their errand, Fletcher excused himself for a moment and going to a rear room swallowed a dose that proved quickly fatal. The palmist was 55 years old and claimed acquaintance with many monarchs, including tne late King Edward VII. iwn First g if i ! the lines were 5&5 i we show them *jmj [ to show you. sjjft Hooton's, very MENT H MA. You should have ?Si and to complete your have all the popular son. will receive another *?*5 m this week. If you $5# ifferent from what has iSi? IES. Call and let us e have for you or your vidth, quality or price *5* i have it. LOVES, HOSIERY. ags that you can never 3 invite you to try us eps, for we are as par3 small things as the Yours to please, ff| Parlor 1 rg, South Carolina ^ ? J .ATTITUDE OX WEBB LAW. Position South Carolina Will Take to Be Ascertained Soon. Columbia, S. C., April 17.?The attitude which the State of South Carolina will take on the Webb law, will come up for a hearing before the Supreme Court the first Monday in May, At that time the cases of the Abbeville people, whose liquor was seized under the Webb law, will be argued on a return to a rule to show cause, which was issued by Chief Justice Gary. At the time the Attorney Gen eral will file a brief in this matter, setting forth the opinion of the State. Governor Blease has stated that as ; soon as he gets the opinion of the Attorney General, and if the latter decides that he can enforce the Webb , law, he will seize ^.11 liquor or beer or wine shipped into the State, except for the dispensaries. All people will have to buy their alcoholic beverages through the dispensaries in this event, or they will lose their pur- \ chases. Blennerliasset Island. The island made famous by Aaron Burr's famous visit secures an advantage from the flood. Situated in the Ohio River, it has often received contributions of property^ from the waterv rampage. This time its people find a church with an ^00-pound bell deposited on its shores. There they are to have it remain, of course. They will not be tempted to part with it, because of the cost of moving it <back to its original site. The interesting story suggests the eternal sameness of the water-courses of this country. Our great rivers create no new channels remote from the old ones, though the other rivers of the world have often done so. Nor is it N apparently possible to make new routes for them, or parallel ones, at a considerable distance, as a means of carrv'ng off the floods. The waters wash the same shores always, make their gifts of disaster, and sometimes of good fortune, to the same areas, and are generally looked upon hope fully. There is never any fear of more trouble "next year."?Providence Journal. The dispensaries will be closed in Aiken during the State reunion of the Confederate Veterans, April 23d and 24 th. . i 2