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CJUEVE KJLLINQSWORTH SHOT
IN BACK OF HEAD MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND HIS BODY
DISCOVERED IN A GULLY
THURSDAY
A crime, committed Monday af
ternoon came to light only, yester
dayy morning when Tom Botts
white man about 35 years old,
walked up to Sheriff Foster Mc
Lane and said he wanted to sur
render for the killing of Cleve
Killingsworth, negro man. Mr
Botts told the sheriff that he shol
the negro and buried his 'body in a
gully on his farm eight miles fronr
Abbeville. Botts was lodged in jai:
while the sheriff and Coroner J. C
Cox went to the spot indicated tc
confirm the story.
The sheriff said that he found the
negro's body in a gully about s
half a mile from the Botts home. It
was lying face up, the head wrap
ped in an old pair of overalls,
pointing down the gully. About two
feet of dirt and two large logs con
cealed the body from view. Dr. J.
R. Power made an examination
and testified at the inquest that an
entire load of shot had penetrated
the negro's head, entering near the
base of the skull, the shot appar
ently having been fired from the
rear aL. close range.
In his confession Sheriff McLane
said that Botts had told him in ef
fect that he shot in self defense.
He said that Killingsworth came to
him on Sunday, (February 18, and
asked to borrow $20, and that he
j told the negro he would let him
have the money on the approval of
his brother, Jesse Botts, for whom
Killingsworth worked. The negro
did not get the money Sunday. The
following day Mr. Botts said Kil
lingsworth worked with him, cut
ting wood, deciding shortly after
noon that he would not work any
more that day. Killingsworth then
left, Mr. Botts said, only to return
a short time later with a shot gun
and two other negroes whom he did
not know. Mr. Botts said the negro
renewed his request for the $20
loan.
"Mr. Botts, what about thai
money I asked you for?" Mr. Bottj
said the negro asked.
"I asked him 'what money'?"
"Cleve said 'that $20/ "
"I told him I did not have it."
''Cleve said 'you are going tc
give it to me now or I am going tc
kill you.' "
"My brother's gun, which I took
*<-? t-Vio fiplH with mpi. was a few
feet from where I was. My coat wai
lying on the gun. I told Cleve 1
yould look in my coat pocket, thai
I might have the money m there. 1
picked up my gun and killed him.'
Sheriff McLane said he askec
what he did with Cleveland.
"I put him in a gully," Mr. Bott;
replied, "cove-re^, him up with dir
and then covered him with logs."
Mr. Botts said he came in anc
surrendered as soon as "they" be
gan to suspect that his brother
Jesse Botts, had killed Killings
worth. Henry Killingsworth, th<
dead negro's father, reported t<
Sheriff McLane yesterday morning
t that Cleve was missing and wantet
the sheriff to help him locate th<
boy. It was only a short time after
wards that Mr. Botts came in anc
surrendered. He said his brothei
had nothing to do with the shooting
but the latter has been bound ovei
to court as a material witness.
The verdict of the coroner's jun
was that "Cleveland Killingswortl
came to his death from the effect o:
? gun shot wound in the head, saic
nun being in the hands of Thoma:
Botts. Composing the jury were T
(O. Fant, E. M. Fant. W. T. Straw
horn, M. L. Wright, Lewis Bugg;
and George Strother. In the search
ins: party with Sheriff McLane anc
Coroner Cox were Dr. J. R. Power
COMMITEE PLACE
' GIVEN TO GROSS
WARM SPEECHES AGAINST
STATEMENT OF JBEAUFORT
SENATOR?ACCEPTS HESIG
NA11ION?SUCCEEDS CHRIS
TENSEN AS CHAIRMAN ..
Columbia, Feb. 22.?Following
. dramatic speeches by Senators Mc
, Coll, Bonham and Hamilton in
, which they strongly resetted what
they termed implications, if not
. charges, 'brought by Senator Chris
> tensen in his resignation, that
. "business had won In the se-nate,"
i the senate yesterday accepted the
t resignation of Mr. Christensein as
i chairman of1 the finance committee
1 and then elected Senator R. H.
. Gross of Dorchester to succeed him
> as the leader of the most important
senate committee. The Beaufort
, senator made it plain that he would
t insist on his resignation.
; Senator Gross was the second
ranking member of the committee,
, Senator Johnstone of Newberry be
> ing the ranking member, but he de
clined to serve, telling the senate
that he did not feel tha he could
i bear the work regardless of the
honor and pleasue it would bring to
him to lead the committee.
After the morning session had
gone for about an hour, Senator
Johnstone called the resignation of
Mr. Christensen to the attention of
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Christensen had made it plain to
the finance committee that he
would not withdraw his resignation.
Senator MoColl of Marlboro took
exception to the language used by
Mr. Christensen in submitting his
resignation, declaring that this was
the third time in four years that the
senate had been condemned by a
person in high responsibility. He
said the statement that business
was dictating to the senate was un
justifiable and not true and put
the senate in an improper and false
1 light before the people of South
1 Carolia. <Mr. McColl said because
1 the senate failed to agree with the
' finance committe>e or the chairman
1 was no reason why the chairman
1 :-hould withdraw.
Senator McColl said the chair
; man of a great committee had no
right to withdraw on the eve of the
consideration of the appropriation
bill and he went into an explana
ton of how the appropriations had
increased in the last few years and
how he had opposed these increas
es. The fact that the senate did not
agree with Mr. Christensen was no
reason for his resignation, Mr. Mc
Coll said. To say that the senate
was servile to one interest was not
true, Mr. McColl declared.
APPROPRIATION BILL
TO THIRD READING
Columbia, Feb. 23.?The general
appropriation bill was sent to third
reading in the Senate today. The
bill as it came over from the House
is still with the finance committee
but was placed in the calendar by
airreement. Amendments and argu
ments will be offered on third read
ing. The? Senate is. paving the way
for adjournment if possible by
March 4th thought that is doubtful.
Rhame to Greenville
Greenville, Feb. 22.?Lee Rhame
of Holly Hill, Orangeburg county,
one of the most remarkable college
athletes South Carolina has known,
will take a fling in professional
basoball this season, having signed
* a contract with the Greenville
1 South Atlantic Club. The red
haired boy starred on every athletic
team at Furman during his four
s years at college, and was known as
* the "iron man" of the "Purple
Hurricane," Furman's football ag
s gregation.
I! Judge Hollingsworth and Deputy
,' Sheriffs Ferguson and Prince.
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COAST GUARD CUTTERS VERY
ALERT?CAPTAIN REED, COM
MANDER OF NEW YORK BASE,
SAYS SMUGGLING HAS IN
CREASED.
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New York, Feb. 23.?Increased li
quor smuggling has caused United
States coast guard cutters to be put
on the trail of all rum craft plying
between the Bahama islands and Can
ada. Captain Reed, commander of the
New York base, revealed today after
he had received a radio stating that
a tug, with 2,200 cases of whiskey
aboard had put into Portland, Maine,
"for repairs."
"This exchange of liquor between
Canada and Nassau, Bahama islands,
is going on at an astonishing rate,"
said Captain Reed. "In fact the traf
fice is too heavy to be bona fide. We
haven't the slightest doubt that near
ly all such cargoes are destined for
American bootleggers and that it is
landed in this country at every op
portunity."
Federal officials assert they have
determined beyond a doubt that a
vessel can not profitably haul Cana
'ian whiskey to the Bahama islands
for sale and vice versa. They have
come to look with suspicion upon all
such coastwide traders?a nonde
script fleet of tugs, schooners, con
/erted yachts and fishing craft?and
o confiscate their cargoes upon the
slightest evidence that they are meant
or American consumption.
When such a cargo leaves St.
N. F., or Nassau in the Bahamas,
word is flashed to every coast guard |
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as the vessel crosses the American
three mile limit a coast cutter trails
her until she reaches port, or until
the cutter is relieved of her charge
by another government craft.
A suspicious phase of the coastwise
traffic, Captain Reed pointed out, was
that Canada and the Bahamas seem
ed unable to strike a balance in
their liquor supply. A cargo is con
s'gned from Nassau to "a British
port," while at the same time another
cargo of the same brand of liquor is
consigned from "a British port" to
Nassau, Bahama islands, and each
case the craft sails along the Ameri
can coast to reach her destination?
putting into port frequently, ostensi
bly to renew fuel and food supplies.
NEW ACT$ SIGNED .
Few More Laws To Go on Statute
The governor has recently signed
a bill enacted 'by the legislature to
prevent the use of cut-outs on au
tomobiles. The penalty for non
compliance is fixed at $25 to $100.
Another measure ok'd by the gov
ernor is one to direct th? sinking
fond commission to borrow not
more than $150,000 for the use of
Clemson College during the present
year. By the terms of a third law
state flags are .ordered to be dis
played on the inside of school
buildings rather than on the out
side.
The inheritance tax bill has tbeen
passed by the legislature and now
only needs the signature of Gover
nor Cooper to become law. The in
j come tax measure Is aslo practical
ly ready for the governor's approv
al, as is the gasoline tax law.
A joint resolution of local inter
est is that by Representative
Blease of Newberry to permit trus-jMi
( pps t.n hnrrnw monev. This act has I Ml
been amended to empower the com
missioner of any school district to
borrow money equivalent to nine
tenths of the unpaid taxes for their
schools. This is in accord with a
resolution by the trustees of Abbe
ville county in their meeting of
February 11. V
Average walking- pace of a healthy
woman is said to be 75 steps a min
ute.
m HELD UP
BY RESERVATION
dge must pay visit to
white house?prompt ac
:eptance of change ex
pected from harding fails
rO materialize^.
Washington, Feb. 23.?The prog
s of the four power pacific treaty
the senate again was interrupted
ay while administration leaders
iferred among themselves and pre
ed to seek the advice of Presi
lt Harding whether to accept the
nket reservation proposed by
se who are opposing unreserved
ification. Contrary to the expecta
a of senators who had sponsored
reservation, administration ac
itance was withheld at today's ses
n of the foreign relations commit
and Senator Lodge of Massachu
ts, Republican leader and commit
chairman, arranged to confer to
rrow morning with the president
publican committee members sup
ling the reservation still predict
tonight that both Mr. Lodge and
. Harding eventually would de
e not to interpose serious opposi
heretofore officials close to the
ssident have declared he held
ongly to the opinion that no res
ations were necessary although at
same time it said that he did not
ire to become a stickler for sen
acceptance of the treaty without
dotting of an "i' pr the crossing
a "t" His decision is expected to
ge on whether the proposed refl
ation which provides that every
ustment reached under the treaty
ill be subject to the review of
igress, impairs or embarrasses the
poses of the four power arrange
nts
it is not considered unlikely that
whole senate situatiorj will also
taken into consideration by, Pres
nt Harding and Senator Lodge be
e they adopt a course of action,
th administration acceptance of
( blanket reservation assured it
conceded that the committee will
in position to vote promptly and
lost unanimously a favorable re
*t on the treaty itself. But with
it acceptance withheld, it is the
Darent purpose of the reservation
; to attempt to put through the
nmittee a series of more specific
alifications leading to considerable
jate and a long delay.
EATH OF MR. CLINKSCALES
neral This Morning and Interment
Was at Melrose Cemetery.
In the death Wednesday after
on of J. P. Clinkscales, Abbeville
unty has lost one of its most sub
intiai farmers ana Dusmess mci
d hundreds of me>n and womer
ve lost a sincere and warm heart
friend. One of the wealthiesl
;n of the county, Mr. Clinkscale:
is unostentatious in doing good
nple, though discriminating, in hi:
>tes and unaffected in the enjoy
mt of pleasure.
James Franklin Clinkscales wa:
native of this county and fo:
ars he lived in the Monterey sec
>n where he owned extensiv(
rming lands and carried on farm
* operations on a large scale. H<
d been ill for aoout a month anc
2 nature of his malady was sucl
it his friends expected that ht
aid not recover.
Surviving members of Mr. Clink
iloc' -Pnmilv are his wife, who WCJ
ss Ella Kay; four daughters
s. J. F. Cason of Raleigh, Mrs
hn T. Stokes of this county, Mrs
S. Henerly of Cope, and Mrs. A
Hill of Darlington; three sons
irshall Clinkscales, J. T. Clink
les and Edward Clinkscales, whc
ed in the old home.
Funeral services were conducted
he residence at 11 o'clock todaj
Rev. G. M. Telford, interment
[lowing in Melrose cemetery, b>
; side of his son, Frank Clink
lies, who preceded his father tc
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CHIEF OF ARMY AIR SERVICE
t LEAVES WASHINGTON BY
AIRPLANE iFOR LANGLEY
FIELD?NO OFFICIAL EXPLA
NATION AVAILABLE
Washington, Feb. 22.?The dis
aster today at the Hampton Roads
army base to the army's Italian
built aiphip, Roma, largest craft
of Jher type in the world, cast gloom
over the war and navy depart
ments as the long list of officers and
men who were burned to death in
the ship came in. Pending full offi
cial reports, however, Secretary
Weeks and air service officials had
no comment to make. Immediately
on receipt of the news Major Gen
eral Patrick, chief of the air ser
vice, left fo the scene by airplane.
Unofficial reports indicated that
failure of rudder control had caus
ed the Roma to became unmanage*
able a thousand feet in the air and
to plunge earthward where she
struck high tension electric wires
which were thought to have ignited
the hundreds of thousands of cubic
feet of hydrogen gas which filled
the great bag. Pending detailed ac
counts from survivors, officers here
accepted this as the probable expla
nation of the disaster.
With several officers of the ship
and some of her skilled mechanics
among the survivors, it was hoped
that full information would be
available. When the navy rigid Bri
tish airship, ZR-2, came to a tragic
end through explosion in the air
j during a trial trip in England, evi
| dence of the cause of the smash had
to be sought in the wreckage for
there were no survivors who could
tell what happened. In this case, it
has since been ascertained, the
buckling of a portion of the frame
work resulted in destruction of the
ship.
Naval officials laid emphasis, in
talking of the Roma's destruction,
on the point that had it been pos
sible to deveJop a sufficient supply
of helium, the new non-inflammable
gas first produced during the war,
to fill her great bag, today's acci
dent almost certainly would have
have been no fire after the crash, it
was 6aid and it was the terrible
heat of the blazing hydrogen which
apparently brought death to more
than 30 men. But so far only suffi
cient helium has been produced to
inflate the naval blimp C-7, a mere
pigmy ship of the air beside the
Roma. C-7 made her trial flight
carried by the new gas during'the
first days <9f the recent arms con
ference, journeying from Hampton
Roads to Washington and back.
MARRIED MAN BLAMES
POLICE FOR FLOGGING
Ensley, Ala., Feb. 23.?:Carroll E.
? Clark, young married man, who was
severely flogged Tuesday night af
ter he had been carried eight miles
from town into deep wood, today
charged that members of the Ens
ley police department were his tor
mentors. The police department,
through its officer denied the accusa
tion of Clark.
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Th'.' Rev. R. C. Griiir of Due Westj cc
j will preach in the Presbyterian I w
Inhiirfh Sundav mornine. I ni
The regular monthly union ser-jeo
vices of the churches of the town will | of
be held in the A. R. P. church Sun
day evening.
the grave. Mr. Clinkscales was a
member of the Monterey Presby
terian church and a director of the
People's Bank. He was 62 years and
11 months old, having been born
March 26,. 1859.
Pallbearers at the funeral were
W. F. Nickles, Dr. H. C. Fennell, J.
A. Nance, Walter Price, John Gil
liam and Walter BuSby.
HARGE HOLD UP j
WAS NOT GENUINE' |
DUNG LONG BRANCH MAN, AC- v .1
CORDING TO POLICE, HAS AD
MITTED PART OF CONSPIRACY. J
MRS. ROBERTSON DETAINED
BY POLICE. :
Long Branch, N. J., Feb. 22.?
rs. Sarah H. Rofoertson who Sat
day night reported to the police
at she had been dramatically rob
sd of $50,000 worth of jewelry \-|
iring a dinner party she was giv
er at heir home in Deal, tonkrht
00 d charged with faking the hold
j in order to obtain tfte insurance
oney -on her jewels.
In custody also was John Bailey
Long Branch youth, who was al
ged by the police to have told *
lem that he had been offered $1,
)0 to invade the Robertsofi home
id "rob" her. Samuel Gasm, a
ilegraph operator, was arrested on
larges of having entered the con- v
>iracy and aided the supposed Tob
?r. He was released on $15,000
lil.
The same bail also was set for
>th Mrs. Robertson and Bailey,
at neither could get any one to
ee them when they faced the
agistrate. It was announced if the
lil was not forthcoming by nigh^
>th would be taken to the county
,il at Freehold.
Mrs. Robertson underwent a long
rilling by the police who placed
;fore her their charges that the
aborately described pistol used by
le "bandit" was only a leather
pe case and that the bag of
ewels" she handed over contain
1 only tissue paper. She steadfast
maintained her innocence of the
/o conspiracy accusations lodged
gainst her. Harry C. Faber of Bel
ar, who was one of the guests at
c pai ly uatuiua^ uigut, nap
rizzed 'by the police who quoted
m as saying that a month ago he
as approached by Gasm and asked
do the hold up stunt. He said he
fused, according to the police,
ho added that he told them that
hen he saw the "robber" at the
ning room door Saturday he im
ediately recalled the request upon
m and realized that the hold up
as a fake. He was in tears the po
le say when they entered his home
lis morning and he explained that
; had been unable to sleep since
ie incident Saturday night.
David S. Meyer, a real estate
roker of Long Branch, who also
as a gueet that evening was re
atred to have lost $50 in the "rob
sry." The police said he told them
lat when the intruder. ordered
im to put his money on the table
j obeyed. The money fell into a
ish of tomatoes and he claimed
ever to nave seen it again, uaney,
le police said, denied taking the
30 and said not only had he not
jceived a cent from Mrs. Robert
>n but was out $5 taxi fare.
Agents for Lloyd's, Ltd., the
ritish company with which Mrs.
obertson's jewelry was insured de
ared they would av^ait further de
jlopments before making any de
sion regarding the insurance
oney.
COURT CONVENES MONDAY
The court of general sessions
invenes here Monday morning
ith Judge John S. Wilson of Man
ng presiding. Among the cases
cpected to come up will be those
? Ward Thompson for attempted
isault and Thomas Botts, who con*'
;ssed to the killing last Monday of
leve Killingsworth.
OPENS NEW ENTERPRISE
Dr. Doujrias Mahon, now witk th?
c Murray Drug Company, has mad?
rangements to open up a drug
ore in Calhoun Falls about April
t. Their friends regret that Dr.
id Mrs. Mahon are to leave Abbe
lie.