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ELMORE MARTIN
DIED THURSDAY
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CHARLESTON MAN HAD BEEN
SHERIFF FOR TWENTY-FOUR
YEARS AND WAS GENERALLY
BELOVED IN LOW COUN?
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'Charleston, July 15.?After an >
illness which began" nine weeks ago I
today, Capt. J. Elmore iMartin, for j
twenty-four years sheriff of Charles- i
ton County, died yesterday morning i
at 9:30 o'clock at his residence, No. ;
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bis death spread through the city t
atowly because of the heavy rains
i . '"Which were falling, but as it gradual- *
ly (became known that Capt. Martin *
% was dead the feeling which settled '
, upon the cosmndnity was that which ^
fellows the announcement of some ^
great public calamity. It was gener
r Juty mown umi v^apu .antrum w?g i
ill, tort it was not generally known 1
that iris condition was so serious.
E*en his most intimate friends who 4
v WLd kept most closely in touch with t
Ms condition were under the im- f
i ' pression that he was beginning to
moid. They were unprepared ' to <
hear that he was dead and the news 1
t? came as a shock. To thousands it
bfrougt profound personal sorrow. j
'i- ' Capt. Martin, who was in his six- t
ftr.rtir/) to#!* Iind r>r?f hppn in cnnH i
r -' health f6r more than a year. He had
an attack of influenza early in 1920, ?
W.- the effects of which he never sufe- (
ceeded in shaking off.. His family 1
and friends had been anxious about
his condition for some time, and it 1
was hoped last fall that a trip to the i
mountains Would benefit him, but instead
he'was quite ill in Henderson- <
iGe and while he seemed to improve i
, during the winter and spring, the
improvement was very slow. Two 4
months ago, at the time of the strike t
akmg the waterfAnt, his duties as
sheriff were exceedingly arduous; he i
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was not physically equal to the I
rtrain, and as a result suffered a
t>Tea!kdown from which he never re- I
:overed. He had been, however, a ?
nan of such iron constitution that
lis friends could not believe until ?
ihe last that he would not be able to '2
regain his health and strength.
Capt. Martin had been in public I
service in Charleston continuously ?
for more than twenty-nine years, c
aid he was one of the best known
nen in South Carolina. He came 1
lere in 1881 from Barnwell, where s
lis people for generations have been I
prominent, and it was. in keeping
irith lie character of the man that r
le aoon acquired a considerable v
jersonal following in the upper i
wards where his courage, sobriety,
ability and public spirit made a <j
jreat impression upon those with 0
vhom he came in touch and caused
hem to look to him for leadership. ^
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kay and chil- s
I rem visited at the home of Mr. D. v
3. Newell Sunday. a
Mr. and Mrs. Ghristia Cofhran and <j
an, Prank, of Toney Creek, were t
ihe quests of Mr. W. B. IJTdrick a ii
!ew days last week.
Greene McCain and Eakin Mc- fa
3ord spent (Sunday with Dickie and fa
rollie Ellis. . o
Mr. Joe Winn and Miss Ola Winn c
eft Sunday lor Mississippi, wnere *?
key will spend two weeks visitng
relatives. it
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Uldrick, Jr., e
pent the week-end near Toney f
3neek with the lafcter's fattier, Mr. i
Harion Cothran, who has been sick, s
- Mr. W.1 B. UMrick and daughter, 8
tuth, left last Thursday for Sumnerton
to visit Mrs. J. M. Howe. 1
Mr. and Mirs Andrew Newell and J
rhHdren visited at the home of Mr. a
ind Mrs. N. P. Milfor.l Sunday. a
Mr. Marvin King1 left Monday for c
3amp Jackson -where be will be in: I
raining for a month. t
[Mr. Floyd UMrick and children j
vere guests at the home of Mr. T. F. <j
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Jldrick Sunday. ]
Mfcs. J. R. McCombs and Miss Allie
Jelle MoCombs visited Mrs. Prciss
>mith in Donalds last Thursday.
Misses Mattie, Ruby, Amy and
5ara Uldrick spent Thursday with
dr. and Mirs. Andrew Newell.
Mr. and Mrs. Prue Campbell, of
ittle Mountain were the week-end
quests at the home of Mr. B. A. Ul- 1
Lrick and famly. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Torn Culbreth and ]
dr. Edd Culbreth, of Abbeville, 4
pent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F.
2. Hagen. ]
Mr. Cornell Mundy and Miss Fan- 1
lie Mae Mundy spent Saturday <
rith Mr. Roy and Miss Allie Belle ]
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Misses Mattie, Ruby and Amy Ui[irick
spent Wednesday at the heme i
>t Mr. W. B. Hid rick. i
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay and chll- '
liren spent Sunday at Mr. T. i\ Ul- 3
[rick's. '
JOVEiR MANY MILES 1
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run rr.c.1 ami all
Mexico "City, July 18.?Those
ticklers of American array doctors 4
?ho, during the war, flefused to ad- j
art young men for service because ^
f flat feet, would find the theory Q
hat governed their action "knocked j
nto a cocked hat" an Mexico.
Take the Yaqui Indian soldiers 1
ere, for instance,. For the most part n
are foot and with not the semblance <
f an arch in their feet, they can (
over miles and miles of ground in ^
, day and seesn never to tire. (
The ^ast Indian population in Mex (
so is almost 100 per cent, flatfoot- (
d but natives think nothing of shuf- 1
ling off 12 or 15 miles in a few ;
tours. They do it with a sliding (
wimriiie motion that makes for <
peed ?nd is not tiresome. I
The correspondent recently visited 1
?oIuca, a city some 30 miles away, -i
Is he entered the outskirts, he mert i
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i dozen or so Indians, each carrying
i heavy pack of vegetables, pottery 1
>r cheese. They were Mexico City .
>ound and according to one, the dis- '
ance wouW be covered "under full .
tack" in time to market their pro- 1
lucts in the early hours next day.
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BLOWING BUBBLES <
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Atlanta Man Grows Tired of Being
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Champion Mistake Maker and i
Turns on Gas. ^
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Atlanta, Ga., July 16.?I have 1
been blowing bubbles always .... 11
the champion mistake maker . ... ^
Now I am about to make the biggest 1
bull' of all." <
Those few phrases from the letter (
tie wrote just before he turned on a
the gas, are taken by has friends to <
explain the cause of Wade Hampton j
Butler's attempt at suicide Wednes- ^
lay night. >
Mr. Butler, a well-known Atlan- 1
rfan for many years with the Atlan- 1
:a Freight bureau. Recently he had ;
>rganized a new business. Its appa- g
rent failure, it is said, led to de- |
spondency and the suicide attempt. |
Today ihe is at the Georgia Bap- |
;ist hospital in a dangerous condi- B
;ion. The doctors hope he will re- e
:over. i
Mr Rnfilpr'fi brother. R. C,. fin+lpr.
jreasurer of the Southern Auto and e
Equipment company, received a |
ihree-jpage typewritten Jetter in the |
nails the first thing Thursday morn- |
jig. It said in part:
"My dear Bia?: Tou probably re- |
nember me eating a cake of soap |
ivhile quite young, and as a conse- jj
?uence I have been blowing bubbles *
?ver since. Seriously, I am the chain- ]
pion mistake maker. Practically ev- jj
jrything that I ever did or attempt- |
sd toVo during my whole Kfe turn- |
ad out to be all wirong, and I am now G
about to ta'Ke a step mat is proo- u
ibly thq biggest 'bull' that I have |
?ver made yet. Twenty years of pov- n
erty and debt has about gotten my I
joat, and in view of everything get- [j
bing worse all the time, I see noth- jj
ing to encourage sticking around, so ?
[ have decided to kick the bucket." 0
The letter said that the "straw E
that broke the camel's back" was Mr. o
Butler's latest venture, tie forma- [
fcion of the Co-Operative League of [j
America Tt. -farrne*] nut. hn/llv oai/1 ?
the letter, which continued:
"This disappointment absolutely jj
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saps the climax, and while this inci- <
lent in itself is not enough to make <
1 man quit, it confirms me in the <
wpelessness of ever getting out of <
he hole . . Tin on the shady side of f
10, out of a job or an income of any
and worth mentioning and not ca- 1
>able of holding a job if I had one 1
io long as my mental distress re- 1
wains over the possibility of my *
family coming to want more pro- <
lounced than it is ... When you re- <
:edve this, I will probably be where f
lefbts and poverty don't count for *
jrucb, and if you will be good ?
enough to have my worthies? body
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ooked after, it will be at some of the ]
lotels?poesibly the Terminal?have
t put away as cheaply as possible
ad "without any fuss and feathers. 11J
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1837 ERSKINE C
DDE WES1
| \ Eighty -four years of continue
; Unwavering Adherence to
j] thorough Scholarship.
1 Courses.' A. B., B. 8., M. A.,
j Literary Societies Emphasize^
Intercollegiate Contests in I
| worthy of comparison. /
; Adequate Equipment and Em
:-j Board in College Home at C
a ; Moderate.
j For catalogue and Applicatioi
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former prices?fa
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aanmaBRiamaBBian!
iomt want a funeral of any kind. If
3od will' not answer agonizing pray;r
in this life, empty and hypocritical
ceremonies will not help a man '
my in the life beyond."
Mr. Butler's brother read no fur~
her, but made all speed to the
rerminal hotel. There he found Mr.
Butler registered and reached hid
oom in time to rescue him. The
loor was locked, the windows were
town and every crevice plugged. The
jas had been turned on several nrinites,
and Mr. Butler was unconwious.
He was rushed to the Grady hoerital
and later taken to the Georgia
Baptist hospital.
He has a wife and six children.
His recovery is extremely doubtful.
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it the best in Staple ?
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n?it is the best. |
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