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THE MARLBORO VOL XXXHf DEMOCRAT JULY 17,' 1908 MAN KILLED * IN TEE CITY FRANK BARR SHOT OLIVER EDWARDS *vo Negroes Fell Out bout "Cheating in Gambling--Barr Escaped Oliver Edwards was shot and almost instantly killed by Frank Barr near tho Coast Line water tank about eleven o'clock Satur day night. Coroner George N McCall being too unwell to huid the in quest, it was held by Magistrate CI) Kasterling Saturday night and Sunday morning, and the follow ing facts were brought out. Several negroes, including Barr, Edwards, Lol Cain. Kph John, H wi ry Buchanan, Willie Johnson, Pink Anderson and Mary Smith, assembled near thc water tank af ter tho train from Sumter passed Saturday night. Some of them were gambling and drinking. Barr' called Anderson oil and told him ho wanted to borrow his pistol; bc was going oft' in the country, and would return the pistol next morn ing Anderson let him have it. Barr then went to Edwards and the two sat down and went to gam bling, playing lfskin"ih the moon light. Barr passed a soda water ticket on Edwards .and Edwards accused him of passing bad money. Barr denied it, and they commen? ai cursing each other?'- - Edwards threatened to shoot Barr if he did not give him his money, and Ed wards put his hand to his hip pocket. Barr drew a pistol and shot Edwards. Ile walked a few swps and fell without speaking. Bar escaped. When last seen he was going in the direction of Crosland's spring. Ho was a brakeman on the B and C railroad, and came from North Carolina. Edwards is a well known car penter in Benncttsville. Anderson is in jail, held as ac cessory to the murder. Sheri tl' Groen is doing all he can to catch the murderer. MCLEAN VERDICT REVERSED Railroad Not Responsible for In jury to Passenger on Caboose. Tho supreme court has reversed the Darlington j u r y which found a verdict for $10,000 in fu ror of Mrs Agnes B McLean of Ch craw, whoso son was killed by the overturning of a caboose, near Lumber, in 1904. The evidence showed that tho Darlington baseball team, with which McLean was playing, was going from Darlington to McColl to play. Some of thc boys left tho ^passenger coach and went on top of the caboose, in thc rear. At tho time of tho accident McLean, J W Wilcox and Fred Howe were riding on top of the caboose. Mc Lean was fatally injured. He was brought to Benncttsville for treat ment, and afterward carried homo where he died. The supreme court holds that the railroad should not be held respon sible for McLean's death, since ho exposed himself to danger by rid ing on top of the caboose, that if he had been riding in the passen ger car provided for passengers, ho would not have been hurt, and that his death was duo to his own negligence and carelessness, and not that of the railroad. A. new trial bas boon ordered. Hinsluvw for Sheriff. Capt W A Hinshaw of Clio is today announced as a candidate for sheriff. Capt Hinshaw is well known to tho most ol' tho people of the county, especially thoso who remember the trying days of 'To, when Capt llinshaw was a loader in thc efforts to free the county am?state I rom carpet bag and negro rule, lie has always been a staunch Democrat and an active supporter of thc party and its policies. Capt llinshaw was a candidate for sherill' four years ago, and re ceived quite a nice vote in the county. BANI) ORGANIZED Benncttsville Boys are Preparing to Make Music. The Bonnettsvillc band has been organized and is composed of a number of young mon with musi cal talent. N A Smith of Marion will bc the instructor. I le has been instructor til'the Marion hand during the past year. Tho instru ments have been ordered and are expected this week. Below are those who have been enrolled as members of tho band: Fred Bowe and C YY D.idloy, cornets; Lauch Freeman, trom bone; John Carlisle and Willie Jordan, tenor horns; Tom Bate and Ralph Crosland, alto horns; Frank Moore, baritone horn; (I V Beard and (i L Dixon, base horns; Travis Pate and Colin Covington, drums. The band needs two or three more men, especially tw o for clari onets. They will probably be ob tained in a few days. Dr. McLeod Naturalized. Although Dr Bunyan McLeod has been in Benncttsville several years, he had not been naturalized till a few days ago, and remained a subject ol' the British crown, be ing a native of Nova Scotia. Here tofoi o he has not been able to vote here or exercise other political privileges of a citizen of the United States. At the last term of court, how ever he received his naturalization papers,having taken the oath of al legiance to the United States. A bel Lathrop, tho assistant district at torney, came up from Charleston for the purpose of getting Dr Mc Leod nauralized. Dr McLeod has secured his registration certificate, and is now prepared to cast his ballot for the candidates of his choice in the ap proaching elections. HOW IT OCCURRED Horse That Hurt Negro Boy Was Frightened hy Automobile. The Advocate has been asked to coi rect some errors and omissions in the article about the little negro boy, Willie Mcdill, getting hurt last week. .lohn Wilkinson says that he was in charge of the peach wagon; that tho negro boy was not driving, but was going along to assist him. The wagon was standing in front of the express ollice and Mr Wil kerson was unloading the peaches into thc express ollice. Willie was holding the. horse by the bits and tho lines were lying across a wheel. Julian McLaurin came along in his automobile, which scared the horse. Mr Wilkerson grabbed the lines, but the horse jumped and broke them. Willie then grabbed thc bits with both hands and held on. After making a few lunges, the horse, with his knees, knocked Willie loose, and the wagon ran over him. His arm was broken atui he received some bad gashes on thc foiehead and nose. Willie is now ticing very well and seems to be on tho road to re covery. MADDOX MUST SERVE TIME - --. FOR. TTEMPTING TO INFLU ENCE A JUROR He is Out on Bond and is S<\id io be in Georgia. <vt Present Time. \Y C Maddox must, serve six montiis on the chuingang, or for feit his bond, for trying to tamper with a juror, li F ?Smoot, who sat on thc ease of the town of MeColl I against \Y A Stutts*, who was charged with disorderly conduct, j h, seems that, Maddox w as doing j hhs best to gel Stutts acquitted, j According to Mr Smoot's testi many, Maddox look him into a private room and said. 'This boy has not done a damn thing. I am on his bomb 1 am go ing to stick to him to tho last. 1 have sold out my business, lock, stock and barrel. 1 want you to do till you can for this boy; I want you to clear him for me, and if you w ill I have got between 15 and 20 good paying customers that lun e been trading with me, and 1 will carry them all down there and put them to trading witn you, and wherever I say trade thev will trade.' Mr Smoot testified that "1 told him as far as the Lord gave me brains to decide between right and wrong that was the way I would decide." Maddox was convicted and sen tenced to serve six months in tho chaingnng, without any alternative line. His attorneys ,1 W LeGrand iind Col Knox Livingston, ap pealed to the surpreme court.Mad dox gave a six hundred dollar bond, signed by ?1 ?I Pearson. The surpreme court has dismissed the appeal. Maddox is now said to be in ( ?eorgia. Maddox had previously been tried for selling liquor and main taining a nuisance at McColl, but was acquitted. WILLIAM J. BRYAN. The Democratic Nominee For President. Teachers* Institute. The teachers" Institute, which Opened On Monday, has been mov ing along nicely. The attendance, was small at li rsl, but increases steadily, i ow names being added to the roll every day. It is hoped that still others will come and avail themselves of the courses ottered. Miss Carmichael is giving ins truction in primary methods, Miss Carswell in drawing, and Mr Mi Kittrick in Algebra, Qivics and Literature. The daily program Vs as follows: 8:30 to 0:30 Primay, 9:30 to 10:15 Ci- ,cs. LO : 1 ;> to 11:15 Drawing. 11:20 to 12 Literature. 12 to 12:15 Ajtyobra. > CONTRACT FOR WATERWORKS LET TO ABEL AND EDWARDS OF HICKORY Work io be Begun by August 13, and Completed by Decem ber 14. The contract for thc wntcrworkc system for Bcnnettsvillc was lot last Tuesday afternoon by thc boan' of public works to Abcc &\ Wdwards of Hickory, N. 0. Their linal bill was til ?out ?p2?,.*500. This is foi* the pipes and tank, and does not include thc wells and pumping machinery. There wcio several other bids, anda number bf engin eers and contractors w ere hero thc day tlie contract was let. The next lowest, hid was about $'20,000, by .Mcereary ?eco. of A thin ta, There are to be nearly six miles of pipe, which will practically cov er tho town. The tank will be of steel, 180 feet high, and will hold 100,000 gallons. The tank will be located on thc publie square, where the market house now stands. The county commissioners granted the town the right to to erect the tank on public square on condition that water bc furnished free for the court house and jail. There will also bc three drinking places, one in f?cont of the court house, and one on each side of the public square, for which water will be fu^iished free. Mr Minshall, who drew the plans, was in favor of putting the tank at tho po ?vor house below the de pot, but Mr Bandy, who is to bc the supervising engineer, thought it ought to be up town. Ile said that greater pressure could then be. secured and more water obtained from the tank in a given tillie, as the friction of the pipe to convey thc water from a tank at the power house up town, would he eliminat ed. Thc pumping station will bc at thc pow?r house, and from there the water will be pumped into thc tank on the public square. There will bo enough shallow wells tc furnish 15,000 gallons per minute. Thc contract with Abec & Kd wards provides that the work shall bc begun within live weeks am completed within live months. They are now putting in a systen for Maxton, and will move theil force from there to Bonnettsvilh within the next few days. Mr Abec stated before leaving here Tuesday evening that lu thought that they could finish tin work here within five weeks afte it is begun. They will bring abou 200 hands with them. ,J M Bandy & co, of Grecnsbon Will bc the sn per vi ing engineers They will bo paid by the town. I has not yet fully dedided whethe they will get .'ii per cent of tb cost of the work, or w hether the; will be paid a salary. Kither wa; they will probably get somcthinj like $1,000. The sale of the sewerage bond nas not yet been quite cora ploted It is hoped that the sewerage com mission can got to work, howeve in time to have Mr Bandy supe? intend the work of both systcmsn thc same time,thereby reducing th cost of thc supervising engineer. Tho $35,000 waterworks bom were sold atilt'*, so that the mOOO I received was $33,000. The boar of public works deposited $7,5C of tbiS in the Union Savings bani $7,?00 in tho Planters Nation) bank, and the balance in thc Ban of Marlboro. The board of public works composed of II L McColl, chai man; IO L Hamilton arid Jacob Isaacsonn. Tho sewerage com mission is composed ' ot T F Mc Call, chairman, C S Ohaflln, PA McKcllar, F (i Hollis und Dr J F K i'm i o.v. MU. HODGES WINS APPEAL Action Cannot he Withdrawn After Counterclaim is Set Up. . Tho supremo court .uis decided in favor of Mr Hodges the appeal in the ease of I unman ?& (Jo against P A Ihalges. Inman oe Co brought suit against Mr I lodges for $372.76 and inter est, alleged to bo duo thom on transactions while Mr Hodges was buying cotton for them. Mr Hodges answered b,y certain deni als, and further sot up a counter? claim for $1,100 '.?;;. Inman & Co then tried to with draw their suit, but Judge. Damp ier refused to allow them to with draw it. Then they appealed to tho supreme court, for leave, to withdarw the ction. Tho. supreme court has dooidod that they cannot discontinue their action, since the counterclaim has boon set up against them. Tho case will now have to be tried by a jury on its nun-its. Inman & Co were represented by J W LeGrande and Burke, Hivers and Krckman. Mr Hodges was represented by Newton & ( hvens. A Marlboro Marv. The Uppervi?o correspondent of the Fauquier (Vu.,) Democrat in an account of Confederate mem orial exorcises, has the following to say of an address delivered by Maj. Robert McIntyre, son of Col R C McIntyre, of Beauty Spot: kkA most eloquent and befitting address by Maj. K A McIntyre, of Warrenton, was delivered from the portico of Dr [linker's resi dence and to say it was enjoyed by all, is to use a mild term. The Major was in tho pink of condition and while he was always quite popular, bc added still more laur els to his wealth: may he come oftener." JOHN W. KERN. Tho Democratic Nominee For Vice-Prosidont. Stop that tickling cough ! Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure will surely stop it, anil with perfect safety, lt is so thoroughly harmless, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers to use nothing else even with very young babies. Tho wholesome green loaves and tender stems of a lung healing mountainous shrub fur nish tho curative properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure It calms tho cough, and boals the sensitive bronchial membranes. No opium, no chloroform, nothing harsh used to injure or suppress. Demand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other. J. T. Douglas. REST OF THE CANDIDATES TO SPEAK IN BENNETTSVILLE WEDNESDAY. Those Who Want Stale Offices to Address Voters of Marl boro July 22. Tho candidates for stale ollices will speak io Bennetts vi) lp next Wednesday, duly 22. Thc meet ing will bu opened in the court house about 10 o'clock by the coun ty chairman, Col .1 N.Drake. Those who ure expected to speak aro: Por Governor-Martin F Ansel of Greenville, Lieutenant Governor---Thomas G McLeod, of Bi shop vii lo. Secretary of State-K C Mc Cowa of Florence: Attorney Genorak--J F Lyon of Abbeville; Comptroller Gcneral.---A W .Jones of Abbeville and . N W Brooker of Columbia; Adjutant General---.! C Boyd of Greenville and Henry T Thomp son of Columbia: . .. Superintendent of Education 10 (J Elmore of Spartnnburg, Stiles R .Melliohamp of Orange burg and. J E Swearingon of Greenwood; . Railroad Commissioner--B L Caughman of Lexington, James Canslor of Tirzah, F C Fishburee of Charleston, J A Summerset of . Columbia and ll WJliichardson of Columbia. The candidates will arrive hore Tuesday night from Bishopville, where they speak Tuesday. They will go from here to Chesterlield, to speak Thursday. THE GREAT ' PASSION PLAY at School Auditorium, July 20 ANOTHER. PAPER SUSPENDS The Rockingham Record Was Not Able to Establish Itself. The Record, a paper which was started in Rockingham a few months ugo, has gone out of busi ness. It publishes the following obituary of itself: PAUKWBU.l The Record some months was launched. It has tried to be faith ful to its missions. But the newspaper business is not fun and The Record linds it hard to "pay as it goos." So it has decided to stop going. It has been printed in Charloste at quito an expenso. It was up to the Rec ord to buy un outfit pr buy out our neighbor, the Anglo-Saxon. Tho Anglo-Saxon didn't wish to sell and The Record has concluded to go out of business. All parties indebted to Tho Record will please settle. It certainly "needs tho money." It has "sunk" quito a little bit of money and has still other obligations to meet. If sub scribers and others who are duo it will pay up Tho Record will not have to stand for still further loss. The Record will pay every cent it owes. All unfilled subscriptions will bo lilied hythe Anglo-Saxon. If this is not satisfactory any sub scriber can get his or her money back upon request. We wish to go out of business with a "clean sheet." The Record has its friends. They were good to it. It appre ciates their kindnoss, and will al - ways feel kindly toward them. Adieu for all timel THE RECORD. duly C, 1908. , THE GREAT "PASSION PLAY" at School Auditorium, July 20 adp