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WILLIAM L. YANCEY Shadow in Life of Great Secession Leader. KILLED- BROTHER-IN-LAW, DR. EARLE Family Was Divided Over the Politics of the Day and Foolish Insults Led to Unnecessary Killing. By Lmvy Gnntt. It is ere no rally believed that Wil-: liam J-.. Yancey, the groat sceessyon leader, is largely responsible lor our Civil war, or at least is Riven that distinction. He certainly took a leading part in the Charleston convention, that split the Democratic party into three factions and 'insured the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Hut war between the free states of the North and the slave states of the South was inevitable, and while that struggle may have been delayed for a few years, it had to come some time. I was a boy in Charleston when that convention was held and my family all being Xullifiers and Secessionists, 7 was as familiar with the transaction as one of my years could bo. I remember that among the delegates was a stout-built, cock-eyed man. whom i heard was named Benjamin 1-'. Butler, a Democratic delegate from Massachusetts. This, is the same "Beast Butler," who, while in command of the Federal army of New Orleans, Issued an order against the ladies of that city . *k..i /\m l.i? n>lA/1 Ulft nnmri in_ null nri in aimvu uu iimuv nun . famy. William F. Yancey was a remarknhandsome man. of imposing appearance and a brilliant orator. My father end Col. Yancey were both reared in Greenville district, S. C.. and were close and warm friends. Yancey married a Miss Earle, a lady who had lost one of her eyes, and belonged to the J eminent family of that name. Waddy Thompson, minister to Mexico when that country was ruled by Santa Anna and preceding our war with Mexico, also married a Miss Earle, a sister of Mrs. Yancey. Dr. Earle. a brother of these two ladies, at that time also resided near Greenville. A ? great aunt of mine married William Thompson, a brother of Waddy Thompson. ^ There was political rivalry and no very good feeling existing between Col. Yancey and Waddy Thompson, and Dr. Earle and his family were in sympathy with Thomp-son. . Yancey was no favorite with thein. It Is said that the wife of Dr. Earle was very much embittered against Col. Yancey. 1 briefly refer to these facts as a prologue to my account of the unfortunate killing of Dr. Earle by Col. Yancey, and which tragedy led to W'm. I.. Yancey being made an exile from his state and moving to Montgomery. Ala. 1 secured my information from my father, who was with Col. Yancey when the trouble that ended in the killing of IV. Marie start- i ed and he was also with Yancey at the time of the tragedy. Here is my father's report of the killing and the causes that led to it: Waddy Thompson, on His rctWn from Mexico, delivered a strong address to a. large gathering in the town of Greenville,. and expressed views antagonistic 'to those entertained by Yancey. After the speaking, as Col. Yancey and my father walked away from the plhce of meeting, Yancey turned to him and remarked: "(lantt, Waddy Thompson made an ass of himself today!" There was walking near them Elias ! Earle, a lad of some 12 years, a son of I Dr. Eatle. who had imbibed the dislike ' his parents felt against Col. Yancey, j and was a champion of Waddy I Thompson. This Elias Earles was the grandfather of the late .John I,. M. Irby ^ of Laurensville. S. ('. On overhearing ^ Yancey's comment on Waddy Thomp- j son's speech, Elias spoke up and said: 't'nclc Yancey, if you say that l*n- | ' 1,*~ 1 ' - - ?/\f KSmoal I' t n_ I cic <iuuy muui' ?iii ui iiuiipcu iv/- j ilay you are a liar." on being" thus denounced bv a hot- ' }icaded boy Col. Yancey turned around J and slap|>ed Klias <>n the face. My father'said, on witnessing the act, he turned to Yancey and told liim j that he did very wrong; that he should have reported the words of Klias to his father, and, knowing Or. Karle as i he did, felt assured that he would have i punished the boy. lie reminded C<>1. Yancey of the ill feeling existing be- i tween Dr. Karle and himself. He advised Yancey that as they had to pass near the residence of Dr. Karle on retaining to their homes to stop h>" with him and tell Dr. Karlf- about the matter and explain that, he (Yancey) acted impetuously and regretted it. This Colonel Yancey agreed to do. Dr. Karle was called to his gate and Yancey explained to him just how the trouble started and expressed regret at his hasty act in slapping Klias. Dr. Karle. when sober, was a chivalrous ;m<l high toned gentleman. like nil ol i the name, but when drinking he was a quarrelsome and dangerous man. After heating Yancey's statement the doctor icinarked: "Yancey, you know that there is no very friendly feeling between you end my branch ol the family, and you should have first come to m< and I would myself have punished Klias. II is pot a very pleas- ; ant thing to have another man punish [ your children, something that should f be left to the parents. Uut Klias I t know, is a rather pert and hot headed ' boy, lie is devotedly attached to Thompson, ami I suppose fhat had our positions l>een reverse and it had been your boy who insulted me that I would have done just as you did, and before ulenned his face. So let the thiim' end whore it is.' Hut the wife <>f Or. K:irle hntod Y; in cry with intense bitterness, sind l she Kept eh;ifinir her iinsb.'ind nbniil ; Jot fins' Mill Viimey be.'iL up her ehil- | dren and not resisting !t. This served to arouse all the pall in Dr. Earle's heart, and my father said he heard of tl.e doctor making threats against Yancey when he was under the influence of liquor. , One morning my father and Col. Yancey rode into the town of Greenville together from their farms. At that time the postoffice was in one end of a building also used as a barroom, with a piazza in front. It stood across the street from where the old Mansion house was once located. My father says as soon as they got in sight of the jK).vtoffice he noticed Dr. Earle on the piazza, and from his actions saw that he was excited and drinking. , Yancey had heard about the threats that Dr. Earle made against him and went always armed. Ho advised Yancey not to go to the postofflce, for he was almost sure to have trouble with Dr. Earle. Col. Yancey replied that he came for his mall and did not intend to be driven away from its place of j delivery; that he did not seek trouble ' with Dr. Earle, but would not run like a coward to avoid it. Col. Yancey then walked up the steps leading Into the postofflce, when he was stopped by Dr. Earle, who had a walking cane in his hand, and which he waved in an exciting manner. The doctor brought up the subject of Yancey slapping the face of his son. Yancey replied that he thought that mat- j ter had been settled, but this did not I satisfy Dr. Earle, who advanced on ! Yancey, flourishing his cane. The pi- j azza of the building was several feet | above the level of the street, and Yancey began to back toward the far end, and which had no bannisters. He drew bis pistol p.s Dr. Earle continued to advance, shaking his cane at. Yancey, and when a short distance from the end of the piazza Col. Yancey pulled the trigger of his gun, the bullet pen etrating Dr. Earle's heart and produc- j ing almost instant death. Willliam Yancey was arrested .and tried for murder, and the sentence passed was $1,000 fine and a year's imprisonment in jail. I think this was the sentence. But the jail part was omitted, and shortly after Yancey moved to Alabama to avoid a vendetta that would have resulted between him and the Earles after'the killling of Dr. Earlc. Years after ho came back to Green- j villc on some business, and stopped at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Earle, who was always friendly to Yancey, .although the blood of one of her sons was on his hands. Ellas Earle, the youth whose words had caused the killing of his father, had in the meantime grown into a young man. and hearing' that Col. Yancey, the slayer of his father, had returned to Greenville county, armed with a shotgun he rode up to his grandmother's front gate and demanded that Cof. Yancey arm himself and come out Into the road and meet him. Old Mrs. Earle was a plucky woman, and coming herself to the floor with a pist?>l in hand, told Elias that Col. Yancey was liir guest, and while Ellas was j hi r grandson, if he dared cross her threshold or made any assault on Col. Yancey while under her roof she would put a Mullet in him. Col. Yanccv then spoke from thp l?a.ssngc and (old Elias that ho had 11 pon his hands all of the Mood of his family that lie wanted, and to return j home, and that lie (Yaneey) would promise to leave Greenville county and j South Carolina at once and never return. On this assurance Elias lefland Col* Yancey, went hack to Montgomery, Ala., and did not return to his native state until he was a delegate to the Charleston convention. The year before the war, when a yhild traveling down the Alabama river, between Montgomery and Selma. on a steamboat, my father and Colonel and Mrs. Yancey met for the first time ; since they were young i>eoplc. J remember hearing Col. Yancey say to J mv father, "Tom. you were with me when 1 shot/->ind killed Karle. I had 1 mo intent of shooting him. I drew my pistol t<> try and intimidate him when he raised his cane over me. 1 kept hacking until i felt T was stepping off the edge of the piazza, when I inad- , vertently pulled the trigger of the pis- i tpl. 1 would give fame, fortune and ; all else I have In the world if I cjuild ; only wipe the Mood of Dr. Karle from my hands." SUPPLY AND DEMAND Reasons Why Cotton Should Bring Good Price. There are many reasons why cotton 1 should bring good prices this fall. Th | -I.lv- III , ^ in in-ir,. h.ivo not bf'i-n "speculative" but based on the soli I : rock of pioved facts and statistics. II re are some of the clrnr reasons j why 1921-22 price-: should he good. 1. Win n it was published far and wide by the spinners, and supported by official estimates of the Federal Ihireau of Markets, that there would ho a carry-over of 1",157,7.10 bales, j and when there was no certainty that there would he a large reduction in ! the 1921 acreage, cotton buyers and I .pinners continued to pay 10 to 11 cents a pound for cotton. 2. Now the New Orleans Pot ton ] exchange offieially estimates the carry-over fit lii.t col ten is only 8,295,- ! 000 bah s. others admit tlis*t the large j estimates of the tarry-over during the winter were "inflated", hut were not d' tiii'd bi't aose of the desire to secure a large reduction in the acreage. It i: also now admitted that the I>nlean of Markets make a mistake in overestim; tin- the Indian and Kg>ptian crops of 2.000000 hales. 3. in the last forty years, every { time 1h:it there lias been a. material reduction in the ana'ape there has 1 been a material advance in the price. ! Only seven times in forty-one years has tin* acreage been iroilneed as milch j as per cent, from the pre ceiling year, i nml every time the price has made n sharp rise. Here are the record*, study them and sec if you can lind .t reason why .a reduction in acreage :>f 28.4 per cent, in 1921 should not also bring a remarkable rise in prices: ? ' Year Decrease in Increase in Acreage Price p892 1R.5 per cent. 15.3 per conl. 1895 11.7 |xt cent. R5.2 |mt cent. 1905 13.1 jxt cent. 20.0 per cent.' 1907 5.1 per cent. 8.3 per cent. 1915 11.7 per cent 66.2 per cent. 1919 7.1 per rent 29.3 per cent. 1921 23.1 ikt cent ? 4. The carry-over July 31, 1921, of spinnable cotton is not much over the average for the last ten years and less than 'some years. Kir instance, ihhii ?the 1914 crop we carried over 7,7/W,000 IkiIcs of American cotton, and nearly 9,000,000 hales in all. On top of this, we had a 13,000,000-bnle crop in 1915, and still the price went 'up. We must, to keep things going, carry over each year from 3.000,000 to 5,000000 bales of cotton. 5. The acreage planted to cotton has not increased materially since 1911. or in eleven years. It is smaller this year than ever' before since I 1900. Previously, in round numbers, we doubled the production every twenty to twenty-five years, but this year we have less than in 190' or an actual decrease compared with twenty years ago. C. The government estimates this year's cotton crop at 7,037,000 bales. This added to a 6,000,000-bale carrvlllllll j - m you've Si when * Yo have perfe mild. An TAS We Came A. J. REYNOLDS Tobicro Co. Wiaitoo-Silca, N. C. 1 ^ jjese | & ^ 1 j : You may think thai I Battery for your Fc too much. We'd lil surprise that comes < we quote you our pri< Hughes Battery Co, OFFICIAL WILLARD ' DLALI S. L. Courtney YORK. - rrm finracrp LMiiVVA VI/. VI U?A U^vj W. N. Jackson, over of spinnable cotton gives 13,000,00(i hales. Deduct the normal carryover of 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 bales, ami there is not enough left to supply the needs, "We will use, even this year, more cotton than that. 7. The stocks of cotton goods are low. This exists in the cotton mills, ; wholesale houses, and re tail stores, < N'o one lias bought more than he was obliged to, because all have felt that retail juices were too high, consider ing 111c prices m iuuuu <uu uuid f.irm products. Ah soon as cotton prices start up?and they have already advanced since the laige reduction in acreage announced?people will ' Itegin to believe that prices have < reached the bottom and begin buying again. When they do and the mills > need cotton to supply the, demands, t the spinners will pay the price for ' cotton. There is just one thing, in our opin- ' ion, that can keep cotton from going 4 to profitable levels this fall and that I will l?e for our farms to glut the 1 market by too rapid sales?or for our ' business men to compel them to adopt ' such a policy. Certainly the best in- < terests of both farmers and business I men in the south will lie promoted by ' a. policy of gradual and orderly selling. < This alone will enable the whole south to reap the benefits which should justly accrue to us from the existing circumstances. In every market farmers and bus- 1 hni/4r it Pirfl l/d UVA1. li JILAgl you Light a1 ur tasf.3 will tell you thi the flavor and fragrance of ctly blended. They/re sm d there's NO CIG'ARI TE. i put the utmost quality in fls are as good as it's possib ifelons knowledge of fine t ette.^ at's why Camels are T ARETTE. t rves I i j : r __ ti : a genuine Willard I ird car would cost <e to see the look of !1 on your face when I w ? Rock Hill, S. C. I 5ERVICL STATION. * 1 k ERS J. H. Carroll | - S. C. V Sharon, S. C. ? Clover, S. C. i i HilMUIun Il.'l Ill, in iness men should discuss thin situation and adopt a program of mutual helpfulness. Amd while deciding on the temporary advantages of selling this year's crop in a gradual and orderly manner, why should not all also admit the wisdom of making such a policy peimanent through farmers' cooperative marketing associations?? Progressive Farmer. ^ rr\i/r D DAnire TA AI IT rc.vvc.rv duliico i u vwj i \ Prohibition Blamed for Scarcity of Paupers. Prohibition was blamed for the scarcity of bodies furnished to medical colleges for dissecting purposes by Dr. J. 13. McCurrich, professor of anatomy at the University of Toronto, in in address to the Canadian Emjalmers' association. Since prohibition, Dr. McCurTlch laid, men belonging to the class that formerly died paupers through indulgence in liquor, were now leaving money enough to give#them a regular burial, and colleges rarely obtain any bodies from that source. He appealed to embalmers to assist as much a? possdble in furnishing bodies to be used in the scientific studies end research of the medical schoob. ? T3en Johnson, on whose grave in Westminster Abbey is the famous in scription, O rare Ben Johnson, was a poor boy, the stepson of a bricklayer. / 0 i i fs CAMEL 1 I at! For Camels choicest tobaccos, ooth and mellowITTYi AETERto this one brand, le for skill, money; obaccos to make a HE QUALITY I1V1 | [low to Fight Dandruff DANDRUFF is one of the moat clisigreeable diseases of the scalp and iair, it is not only unpleasant, but it a sometimes embarrassing, and it is tlso one of the causes of baldness. It j an Ik* CURED if persistently fought, md ib is time you began the fight if ou are a dandruff victim. It is caused ' >y a gertn, and destroys the hair cells , md causes irritation to the scalp. The nost successful way to eradicate the ,rerm and save the hair is by the use of GERMICIDAL SOAP. I Germicidal Soap not only cleanses he scalp and hair like other shampoo n'cparations, but it destroys the tiny . tarasues or germs mui lau.-r n.t . I ruff. Priced at 25 Cts. a Cake. Jo Matter Who Your Doctor is, Call Us If You Need Him. We'll find him. CLOVER DRUG STORE R. L. WYLIE. PROP. Clover, S. C. KELROSE FLOUR COOD COOKS KNOW that MELtOSE Flour is the BEST to he had. Experience has taught them this, as t will continue to teach others. We have a fresh supply of MELtOSE Flour in stock now and will be t ileased to supply you with a sack or _ wo or more sacks. Once tried you'll ^ nn mi nsincr it. M 'OUR GROCERY NEEDS? ! Can easily he supplied at this store, j Vt' do not fMi ry the bippest stock ever . otten together, but you'll find most of [I tie pood thinps lor table use here and ; ou'll also find that our prices are as ] ear right as prices can be made. j We have Sweet Potatoes. ; !? ?* ? nil snrtu of Canned floods. 1 SHERER & QUINN I? 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Cole's Hot Blast JJ coal pile last. ] ryjhc (jriginal here,j> S* g | M1TURE CO. J I ?? , , m ' v ' i >jj v fl ''iw MULES? i < *? r i i 1 icn or Mines ax our Darns > ago. If you have a need nd see us. We will.8ell or i fair deal. ROTHERS .? mmBmmtmKmmtmmammBmmmKmmmmmmmm ' l TS! i change of Meal for Seed. !! tHulls. " 'I; IN PFTTTR QHAPC ij, I 111 1/IilAliIl UBAT1A 14 jf VE EVER BEEN. . \{ > < ind Oats. Sells Flour, Hog ! | lorse and Mule Feed, Oats, J ! i Meal. Try us and save 1 II * J . s "/ ; INCREASE OF * FIFTY PER CENT YOU MAY NEVER have been accidentally Injured in your life?that is seriously; but that is no guarantee that you will not be within the next 12 months,/especially if you occasionally or regularly ride in an automobile. Accidental injuries and deaths have increased about 50 per cent during the past live years on account of automobiles. YOU MAY RE very careful yourself, but an accidental injury caused by the other fellow would either kill you just as dead or lay you up just as long as if caused by your own carelessness and Krtt-i/lou fhn IrinH nf AnpiHont Tnsnrnnrp , we sell PROTECTS YOU against all accidental injuries, regardless of cause. SEE US ABOUT IT SAM M. & S: E. GRIST PPLY | YOUR NEEDS IN ING TALCUM POWDERS, ERFUMES r, Call No. 65, Clover. \RMACY J- e. bri80n. i Proprietor B? clover, s. a | ? h ni hi m 111 m m w?m m m m i . i