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C. - - - <150,000.00 it Paid on Certificates of Deposit. > ' , t ' . .<1 . .: * y.2/y 9 */24SYA 'wf /enj Sf vfiduA an ana S9S96S6SSS696S696SCS69696S696SS9 i mail: j )pen an Account With Us as r rou Lived Next Door. ? nings TODAY. Bring it, send it or mail it. fi kland Bank s Brookland, S. C. \ URCLAR INSURANCE. g SS696969SS69696969696969S9696969 ?? ??? OF CHAPIN IAPIN, S. C. ink?Not Ours han any other public institution, r thv people and by the people, men identified with the best bus3 community; it is established for re business intercourse between i suoDorted bv those progressive 1 A *f i u e value of cooperation for their as the community at large. rour satisfaction that you are i interests if you haven't an acDIRECTORS: Bldent J. S. WESSINGER tier C* P. ROBINSON . kk'p" P. M. FRICK H. C. SHEALY. W. B. WILLIAMS J. F. HONEYCUTT SHERIFF CORLEY HAS RESIGNED. Popular Officer Succeeded By Sim J. Miller, His Faithful Deputy. Sheriff Patrick Henry Corley on yesterday handed his resignation to Gov. Blease, after having been sheriff tor a j period of nearly eight years. Immediately upon receiving the resignation, which was tendered in person, Governor Blease appointed Deputy Sheriff Sim J. Miller to fill ont the unexpired term of Sheriff Corley. Mr. Miller will assume the duties of the office as soon as bis bond can be arranged and he has taken the required constitutional oath. Sheriff Corley has given no reason for his resignation other than the fact that he is physically unable to perform the duties of the office. On the 19th of May, 1909, Sheriff Corley was shot by Ed. Bynum, a negro, the entire load from a shotgun taking effect in the hand, neck and face. His right hand has since been almost paralysed. Thi9 is the only reason assigned for nV>/>?J? ?Snin>v nn fha nffina Q1- ?Hia UUC DUCliU glViUg VUAWW Mi ?u?u j time, although it has been known for home time that he would not offer for i vreelection in the campaign next sumv mer. Sheriff Corley was first elected in I9A, defeating T. H. Caughman, the incumbent, and two other candidates in the first election. In 1908 he was reelected without opposition. Fearless and determined with an energy seldom equalled, P. H. Corley has ! made one of the best officers the county has ever known, and the J nouncement that he is no longer to serve the county in this capacity, will be received with genuine regret by the people of the county. Mr. Miller has been deputy under . Sheriff Corley for four years, and has made an enviable reputation ror nimself. His duties have carried him to every nook and corner of the county, and he is fully competent to fill the office to which he has been appointed A Religious Hen. Miss Mattie Stuart, of Lexington, has a religious hen, so much so that she never lays except on Sunday. Miss Stuart's hen has laid an even dozen of eggs, all of them being laid on Sunday except one, which was laid on Friday. Every one of the eggs is of different size and shape. Mi9s Stuart is going to preserve the eggs and exhibit them at the county and State fair. The hen is a large Plymouth Rock. Making Investigation. The special committee of the grand jury composed of L. W. Wise, J. S. Boozer and Levi Poole, is conducting an investigation of the books, records, etc , of the county officials. The work will be completed to day. At Glenn Springs. Mr. W. P. Roof and the Rev. T. S. Brown leave this morning for Gltnn Springs, where they will remain for several days. On account of the absence of trie Rev. Mr. Brown there will ho nn n-aaf>hino> at Sh ShOT\Vi?n>s nn Sunday next. There will be Sundayschool at the usual hour, however. Record Coffin For Fat Boy. What is said to be the largest coffin 1 ever constructed in Baltimore holds the body of William Flitz, a 19 year , old boy of Holidaysburg, Pa., who died J there Monday night. He weighed 650 pounds. The coffin is six feet long 40 inches wide and 31 inches high and has twelve steel clasps, eight handles, and is poo together with heavy rivets. So large wa9 thecrowd around the undertaker's office where the body was lying that a squad of police was summoned to disperse them. The body was shipped to Holidaysburg. Annual Picnic. , The Piuey Wood's Farmers' Union i will hold its annual pionic4u front of Piuey Woods parsonage on August IS.. T e public is cordially invited to attend. HORRIBLE GRIME SHOCKS AIKEN. Young Mother Dies From Fright, After Seeing Her Nephew and Husband Cruelly Beaten by Mob ?Husband May Die. Special to The State. Aiken, August 4.?Five white men were lodged iu th* Aiken county jail tonight, charged with implication in a most horrible affair last night at Monetta, in this county. The men are: Dock Cockerel, A. L. Holston, R. H. Holston, Sidney Holston and G. C. Holston, all of whom are prominently connected. As a result of the visit of a party of men to the home of the Spradleys, near Monetta, last night, Mrs. Nettie Spradley lies a corpse in her home and her husband is in a critical condition, with their nephew, Columbus Spradley, disappeared. His whereaboats are not kuown. He has ' not been seen or heard of since the ' difficulty last night. Whether he was j murdered and lies hidden in the woods j or whether he was frightened into leaving the neighborhood remains merely conjecture. No eye-witnesses are known to the awful tragedy other than the parties involved, and the elder Spradley, not V? atttncr rocrainpH onnSpioilSneHS. the story has doc been told and may never be unless Columbus Spradley is located alive, as the physicians do not entertain hopes of the elder Spradley's recovery. Wedding Was Arranged. - The story as told tonight is that Columbus Spradley was to be married^ to Julia May Holston. The implicated men under arrest are the father, uncle and cousins of this girl. It is said that last night a party of white men visited the home of the Spradleys, the elder Spradley was thrashed into insensibility, sustaining serious injuries, from which he is not expected to recover. . Was Young Mother. Mrs. Spradley, who was in the house was frightened to death. She fainted and never regained consciousness. C< lumbu9 Spradley, about whom the entire affair occurred, can not be rj.'o fpi'on^a Hoiiotro vTiaf, tip lUUIiU* 11AO U A'wliUO MWA4VT V VUW.V w -W dead or seriously wounded. Mrs. Spradley gave birth to a baby five weeks ago and the baby survives her. Tae affair i9 one of the most horrible the county 'officials have ever known. Columbus Spradley Located In Augusta. Augusta Chronicle, 6th. Columbus Spradley, the younger of the two men beaten by the Hol9ton crowd in Wards township, Aiken county, Thursday night, was located here yesterday afternoon. He freely told the story of the entire affair, so far as it related to himself but knew nothing of the attack upon his uncle, Ben Spradley, and did not know until he wa9 informed yesterday of the death of Mrs. Ben Spradley, as all this occurred after the crowd had left him at the lonely spot on the roadside from which he made his way to Johnston by walking the 15 miles distance daring the night, arriving there in time to catch the Southern railway train to \ugusta and reached this city at 11:55 o'clock Friday morning. He is employed as a train news agent by tbo Parker News Agency and runs between this city and Port Royal. Soon after his arriyai here Friday morning he went away on his run to Port Royal where he spent Friday night and returned to Augusta yesterday at 12:05 o'clock. Romantic Love Affair. Back of the whole story is a romantic love affair between young Spradley and Miss Gussie Mae Holston, the daughter of Augustus L. Holston, leaderof the attacking party, and it seems that the Holstons took this cowardly and unlawful means to intimidatev Spradley and break up the match by driviig him forever out of jthe" community. I Y< Banking Is Earnestly Invited j Yon Sound Bankings United State! UB*VI I?MB IWIII I I > I CMCJMMMMMmrgMnMBXn ? * tfCu'AV TI > ~T "TTf' T Which guarantees the At all times we stand re on approvi THE HOME NA LEXINGTON, Cash Capital Total Resources 0> -CAI UlfflOlff NAT Columt Dire a: f. lever jos. nor J. H. M. BEATY C. L. KIB G. P. LOGAN J. W. NO! E.G. BLACK d D. A. SPJ II '?Newherr FOUNT Genuine collegiate training under pos possible expense. Clissios, Philosoph giafce expenses, $i50 yearly. Modern ulty Health record unsurpassed. N catalogue address REV. J. H. Hi ? Newbe Going Back for Fiance. But their efforts will probably fail as the young mail fully expects to return to Monet :a and claim the girl to whorr he is engaged. They have been engaged for severa] months and Thursday night, had all ol tneir plans laid to elope and be mar ried. The young man had secured th( marriage license, which he had in hij ' .? nrin oVirtlPOrl f"D I POCliGl> ytjSJLCfUdpJ' ) aau ouw ?? w? w ? representative of The Chronicle. It was secured from W. S. Crouch judge of probate, at hi9 office in Salu da, S. C., and was filled out and signec by Spradley and needed only the sig nature of the young lady to be com plete. Plan for Elopement. The young couple had planned t< meet at 9:30 o'clock that night. A horse and buggy would be waiting anc ? ~ Ooln^a trrVipr< cney were tu unvc uu umuui., ? she would sign the certificate and tin ceremony would be performed. She had concealed her- hand bag gage in a vacant house, known as th< old John Grice house, which, instea< of being a haven *or the young couple by a capricious turn of eyents, beeam< the very scene of the indignities anc outrages perpetrated upon the pros pective groom. Ben Spradley and his wife knev nothing of the engagement and noth iflg of the planned elopement and wer< the innocent victims of an unreasona ble rage. Mother Gave Consent. The girl's mother, realizing tne at tachment which had grown up be tween them, gave her sanction to thei: engagement. ' Spradley is 21 years of age and hai three brothers residing in Augusta He resides at 1595 Broad street. In telling of the affair he spoke wit! perfect freedom, going into minute de tails and corroborating some of then with written evidence he had in hii pocket. Among these were severa 11 ~1 * u " < >' Miao Wrtlstrtn smaii puui.u^i ttfjuo ui kuioo ?.? She has an abundance of dark hail Aand large, very dark eyes, and woul<2 probably be considered quite hand gome. >ur Business and in Return We Offer lethods, Together With s Government yisiQU. safety of your funds, ady to help our depositors 3d securities. LTIONAL BANK s. c. $ 25,000.00 ret $200,000.00 jL at 1j TnWflT.BAWTT 11 )ia, S. C. ictors WOOD N. H. DRIGGERS LER E. G." COOK tWOOD W. P. HAMRICK [VEY C. H. BARKON 'J $ College >E1> 1836 itive Christian influences at the lowest iy, Science, Engineering. Total Oj lieEquipment. Ad enlarged and ab'.e Faoexc session begins September 21. For \RMS, President rry, S. C. Spradley Gets Bride i Despite Difficulties J Augusta Chronicle, Today. Columbus Spradley, the young man ^ who was held up at the point of the j pistol and brutally lashed by the Holsteins at Monetta last Wednesday i night, lias made good his word that he 3 would wed his sweetheart, Miss May t Hol9tein, regardless of the violent and combined efforts of her father, brother and cousins to prevent their marriage. The young couple were married at 6 j o'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev. A. D. Echols, pastor of Asbury Meth UUlblj UUUlUll, Lilt: L'LiLlilUUJI UCllifr Lbi" formed at the parsonage in the presence of severaJ witnesses, among whom was young Spradley's brother,. :> Frank, who resides at 833 Marbury i. street, this city. Mr. Bradley went to 1 Monetta Monday afternoon and brought 3 his bride-to -be with him to Augusta 3 yesterday and as so m as he could gather a few of his friends around him they went to the parsonage where the 3 ceremony \vas performed. * This is the climax of tbe romance ? that was the real cause of the turbu3 lent and sensational events rtMonetta ' resulting in the death of Mrs. Benja* min Spradley from heart failure, the forcible expulsion from the community 7 of the young man and the attack upon his uncle, Ben Spradley, in which he 3 was so seriously injured that his life - was almost despaired of. Biggest and Best Barbecue Next Saturday. If you want to enjoy a fine barbecue r dinner attend the Ioor b ayes barbecue on the 12th. Several prominent epe&k3 ers will be present to address the * crowd, among them, Prof. Tate and Col. Holloway; Hon. Isaac Edwards 1 and Dr. E. C. Ridgell. E/erybody * should turnout and hear their speeches. * A-U/v AAtittAnian froin ofti?rriAA on/I YY 1LJLL bUC UUUVC1UCU luaiu DDI w l^u auu. 3 the place being situated on tie raili road, people all along the line can at tend this 'cue. Mr. Hayes' re^utarion r for fine dinners and polite service i can't be beat. Subscribe to The Diepatc 1. ~ &