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I NEGRO BOY KILLED. Mysterious Shooting in No. 11 Towi: ship?Testimony Taken at the Inquest. On lln* night <>L' March f>, in Nun ber 11 township, near Pomaria, En anuel Hawkins, a colored youth, wt shot to death in the house of Rack. Wicker. Magistrate W. 1<\ Subc held the inquest on March Otli. A (hat time he examined Rachel Wiol er, Jake Braxter and Elizabeth Kelb Rachel Wicker testified that sb .was in her room and the othei who were in the house at the tim wore in the other rooms. That sli had gone to bed and there was som (noise in the yard. Emanuel went t . the door and she told him not t open the door, lie sai.l that some on L was lighting a match and trying t L look through tho chain hole. I'hnauu. & went again to the door and she tol ft him not to open it and it seems tlm W lie did open the door and as lie di I so a shot was fired and Kmauuel fe L dead. P Jake Braxter testified that he wn at the house of Rachel Wicker an that about ten thirty o'cloc fonio one made a noise outside an I fur a while seemed to go olT and the r to come back with a light. lie asko * t'ic people inside who it was and the said they did not know, lie said tin tho man that he saw outside was lit.tle taller than he was. lie says li went out of the door once before tli pistol was fired and then went t the door when the boy was shot an that he heard some one run will en tli .pistol was fired, lie said that tli V boy was shot as soon as the door wr J opened. lie had brought his gu P with him but had no idea of a conflii ^ villi any one at the house when li \ *oft home with his gun, and that li had had no dillicnlty with any ow That after the boy was s'iiol he r< mained all night at the request of tl: y- people who lived in the house. 11 <ays that when he' went out of tli i /muse before tlie shooting he took h . gnu with him and saw somebody ru hut lie did not hail him. lie says li . was afraid to go out after the shoo 1 ing and that he has no idea who di the shooting. < ( Dr. M O. Hent/ certified that En anuel hawkins came to his death 1) llie in!'lii-tion of a wound penetratin the left breast and severing the a: [ rending aorta just at the point wlrei i it leaves the heart. | Klizabeth Kelly also tcstilied as t the noise and light at the door. SI ? said that .lake Braxter when he can left his gun standing up outside tli door and when lie saw the light I brought it inside. She told Krnauu. 1 iii>t to go to the door. She said tli; , some one kept striking matches an Y putting lighted paper sack throng F the crack. The inquest was concluded by Mia? istrale Snber on March lt)fh, 1 which time Mattie Crook* and lleni , Giles testified. ' Mattie (.'.rooks says that she is 11 \ mother of Emanuel Daw-kins an that the boy was put in Rachel Wicl er's care by his mother. 'Henry Giles testified that he wei to Rachel Wicker's bouse on tl ^ night of the killing and as he was g< ing he caught up with Jake Braxtv sitting down in a cotton patch nei an oak wk'h a oouble barrel shot gu and that they went to Rachel Wicl er's together. That Jake stopped on side the door and that ha, Ilenr went 011 in the house and told Elizi lieth Kelly that Jake said come on ithat he wished to see her. She di not go and in a few minutes Jal came in aind placed his gun on tl outside of tillc door and sat dow The children said they heard a nois outside the door but lie did not hei any fuss, they did not knmv who was or what it was. A'ft'er son minutes lie went out and went bom but he saw no one as he went 01 and suspected nothing and he wei straight home. Shortly after goii home be heard two shots in the d rection of Rachel Wicker's horn and he thought perhaps it was Jiili that was doing the shooting on n count of the noise which the childrc ' said they heard on tbe outside. This is the substance of all the cv donee that was taken by the magii Irate and the jury returned lire fo lowing verdict: f "We, the undersigned jurors, fin that. Emanuel Dawkdns crime to h death by a gun shot wound by part or parties unknown fo this jury." Man Conservative. Indianapolis News. It also takes something more tlia girls with pumps on their feet an no hats 011 their heads to make sprin 'enough for a man to go without ti 'heavy overcoat. t TILLMAN IMPROVES SLOWLY. t- Can Hardly Return to Senate This Session?Statement From Dr. Hunter. 1- rho condition of Senator 13. U. Ti 11l man, who is sick at his home at Treats ton, is not alarming, according1 to his jl physician, but it is not thought thai ir lie will be able to return to the senate tt t;?iis session. En response to an inquiry Dr. T. J. f* Hunter, Senator Tillman's physician, le wired the State at 0.4;3 Wednesday s evening as follows: e "There is notlhing alarming in Sene ator Tillman's condition. Left off e anodyne last night for first time 0 since lie has been siok, and lie did not 0 rest as weH as he has been. He has < ' been somewhat depressed today. He (* has developed no organic symptoms ;l at all. llis trouble is purely functional. His improvement lias not [[ been as rapid as 1 first expected. 1 Don't think he will be able to return " to the senate this session." The following was receive.! from the State's Trenton correspondent ^ Wednesday afternoon: "^Senator Tillman is slowly improv(j ing. Has only been up once and has very little control of himself while * standing. It is thought lie is in need of a complete rest." ie " ie News of Mt. Pleasant. o Mt. Pleasant, March 2(5.?Mr. and d Mrs. 1). A. Kleekloy, of Jalapa, spent ie a while at their old home in this secie tion last week. Mr. George Cromer and Clarence Glenn, of l.onglane, wore visiting 't triends and relatives in this section 10 last week. Mrs. .1. M. Sub or, of Jalapa, was L* spending a few days last week with her aunt. Mrs. U. 10. Murphy, of thi* 10 section. Miss Joseph Caldwell, of this sec I inn. has gone to spend a few weeks in New lie: ry with her aunt. Mrs. due 1 fu n tor. 13 (_ We regret to say that Mr. A. G. \ Crooks and Mrs. \Y. 11. Kolk have both been very ill. Mrs. Daisy 10. Ci'ronior and Mis> v Cola Murphy have returned home frmn Jalapa. where they spent a while with their friends. v Mis. Gladys Wilson, of Lebanon, is spending a week with her mother, ? Mrs. J. C. Caldwell. 1(1 Mi<s Maye Robinson, the formei K, teacher of the I'ressley school. is tak|(1 ing great pains in preparing for hei |C school picnic, which will lie held j] soon. The majority of the people' of thi. (j section are well pleased with tin .], work done by the legislature, aiw says lor our same legislators to come again. Mr. Willi Folk, of this section, say? anyone in need of seed peas wil please call to see him. The people of this section were '? very much pained over the sad new; that reached them last week fronr v" Xewiborry of a mad dog, and there is a growing sentiment in this commun ^ ity in favor of the enactment of r U! laiw requiring the owner of a dog t< keep it on his own premises, at leasl ->l tine greater part of the year. Hun u tors say that the scarcity of game i1 111 due more to the fact that hounds anc {" every other kind of dog* prowl arouiu in the fields during the spring ant ^> summer and destroy the parti'idgf a" eggs and the young rabbits than tr any other cause. Then, too, it won If ,(* be astounding if it could be knowr v0 just how many turkey, and guine; u> eggs are destroyed in this county in n* one year by these worthless do<^ ^ Hnl more important to consider than )r alll tilvese things, is tfive danger thai ^ some innocent and helpless school 10 child may be hi I ten by a, mad do<j running at large, and die with hydrophobia, just for the sake of an old worthless cur prowling around all ov'5 er the county, night and day. ' K. M. >e :(' DYNAMITE IN PRINTING PRESS c- . 11 Newspaper Plant in Illinois Damaged by Explosion. i Hock Island. III., March 23.?'Dyna1 mile exploded in a press at tire printing plant of the Hock Island Daily d News early today, destroyed the mais chine and practically wrecked the .V building. The Nvws was founded three years ago by John Loonoy, a lawyer and politician, and has lately aiveil attention to saloons and a certain gambling element in Rock' Island n and /Chicago. Loonoy was indicted d last June on numerous counts for g conspiracy, extortion and criminal is libel, but has not been convicted on counts that have so far come to trial. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. Thirty-five Prices For Most Dccided Improvement Offered by State Association. The South Carolina School Improvement asoeiation offers thirty-five prizes to the schools of the State for the most decided material improvement made during a given length of time. Five of the prizes are to be $100 vadi, and thirty are to he $f>0 each. Regulations concerning' (ho 35 prizes to he awarded by this association are as follows: 1. Improvements must be made between November 1. 1007, and December 10. 1008. 2. Prizes will be awarded to schools where Hie most decided material improvements have been made during the time mentioned. Under material improvements are included local taxation, consolidation, now buildings, repairing and painting' old ones, libraries, reading rooms or tables, interior decorations. beautifviug yards, and better general eipiipmen!. j 1. No school can compete for any of | these prizes unless il is a rural school. I Xii town with more than .*(10 populai j lion shall be eligible t. the cutest. I ). All who \vi>h to enter this couj I est must send names and descriptions o| schools, before improvements are made, to the president prior to October 1st. (i. A M descriptions, photographs and other evidences showing improvements must be sent to the president before Decemlber lo. 1008. The chairman of the board of trustees of any j school that is compel:for a prize J must approve :ill descriptions before and after improvement* aie made. i. Prizes will bo awarded in checks :iit the annual mootim.r of the South ; Carolina Improvement asocial ion. Do: I cembcr .'51, 1 DOS. The prizes are !o j be used for further improvements in ] tile schools receiving' them. Mary T. Xaneo. President. I Columbia. S. ('. ! WALLACE DUNCAN MEMORIAL. ! Suggestion Made for Church Extension Day in Methodist Denomination. Mliv 10 has been authoritatively > "b -iu'iialed ,u< Ciiurch lv\t enssjn day , | in I lie South < 'arolina Methodist j church. At that time it is asked and I expected that churches, Sundav ! schools, Fp worth leagues and out>ide j friends will be given the opporlunitv I j to aid a groat work, by raising a la rye jluii'l ti. buih! churches, especiallv in < the new Slate of (>klaiioma. ) I All the church in all the Sou.h | i and beyond is called upon tit help in . I tli.is enterprise. In a letter Dr. John j 0- Wilson says: ''South Carolina will ; surely not be out of line with her sis[ (or con I erences. From the day when we gave Tobias (libson to (he west, ? Methodists of South Carolina have Ibeen interested in that groat country, , j'which promises to yield wrnderful re^ I suits. Oklahoma is a Southern S?late, I largely settled, as weie other Slates t along the Mississippi, and beyond, by ) iSouth Carolinians. Our church now I has a majority of the church members of Oklahoma, and they need our aid, 5 'Certainly we are willing: to assist j. them in building- sanctuaries in which j to worship. That done they will take . care of themselves. Tx?t us make a > 'worthy offering on May 10, the Memorial day in our State. . "Next, I boo- to suggest. and T have permission so to do, thait tho church extension fund we shall raise 1 on May 10 shall be called the Wallace 1 Duncan Memorial. "Thus wa can honor a great 1 ifo J unstintedly devoted to our service, ' and so doing we shall honor ourselves. Our departed bishop is worthy. the cause is worthy and was dear to his iieart, and the great people we f help is people worthy of all we can do and mure. There is no need to multiply words. To do a gr ?al work for Christ and Oklahoma, ami to hoii'ir a groat life for Clir: .t!.e Carolinas, and our Southland, should stir us lo most liberal things." i : Talk it Over. Columbia Record. At the meeting of the Democratic State executive committee Tuesday night, Mr. Cole L. Bloase presented the following resolution : " Resolved, That tho Democracy of -South Carolina be requested to discuss at their club meetings and at Ih'oir county conventions the advisability of changing the date of (he pri. marv (declion from the fourth Tuosdday in August to lite third Saturnd;.* in August of each election year, begin ning in this voar, 100.8." Mr. HI ease made a plain statement of the reasons which, in his. judgment, THE PASTIME THEATRE, Opens Monday, March 30. Next door to the Postoffice Is onen for r the season. Doors open from 10 a 111. _ to 10 p. in. Continuous performance. I All children, school children uiul college students admitted for five cents All other persons ten cents. Come one and all and make this a 'place of pleasure and pastime. j lu connection with the pictures 1 intend to have vaudeville performances as C often as I can get them, as I have stage p and scenery fixed up for that purpose. Remember the location?next door to ^ the Postoffice. FRED J. RUSSELL, Manager. would justify such a change. But, adoption of Ins resolution would not C have commit ted the State connnitteo I to such a change. Moreover, the ? mooting Tuesday night was probably ? the last gathering of the present p commit too. It is impossible to see what ham; could have boon done by ^ adoption of he resolution, which was simply a request for the Democrats in their club meetings and county ( (inventions t< discuss the suggested w change <>l I lie day for holding the primary elect ion. so that the delegates elected to the State convention, the only body which can change the constitution. would' haw an opportunity i?i ascertain the views of the Democrats of their counties on the proposition. \viiich will assuredly lie presented to the Stat,, convention for con- i sidcration. Is anybody afraid to have r the Democrats discuss party questions for themselves? Briefly staled, Mr. Bleasc thought -Jthe suggested change advisable because Saturday is usually a half holi- ^ day with negro hOborers, so fanners f can better spare the time to vote on -p Saturdays than on Tuesdays; moreover, most nf the niiills give a half vholiday on Saturdays, which would |; enable operatives to vote without be- ^ intr beholden to anybody for the privilege of leaving the mill to do so and C without danger of having their wages -f docked. There was no statement of reasons I why the proposed change would not ' I be desirable. ;lnd certainly not even I a hint as to any harm that would result from asking the Democrats to consider tlie question. Mr. W. F. StJvensoii made th4 motion on which Mr. ? Blease's resolution was voted down, j It may he well to keep this in mind, i The only objection to (':? proposed I change which the Record can see at ! present is that it might operate to cut i ' . . . ' own the vote in the cities of the L. | St lie. Thi-- i*s not likely, however, a- ' I the primary is hold during the time of t I summer did ness. , 1 The Hecord does not advocate the ' ! proposed change, but it does urge the v j Democrats to consider it in their club a i meet ilia's and county conventions, so ; | | their delegates to the State convention may know their wi-hes in advance of consideration of the sub- . ject by tile Stale convent'on. Trade and the Mails. I ' While 1 have Wen traveiling,'' 1 said Mr. McNeil hhe other day, "the eery business has changed for the > ! bettor, and 1 hope .1 have helped a * 'little ;.u the chance. I "(Troceis and-general store-keepers are more liberal than they used to be i ?kinder, more polished, mwe gentle- I manly. Let me give you an idea, of the typical storekeeper of the past, tiho storekeeper of the early 'f>0s. "Tilie general storekeeper of Croydon was also the village postmaster, lie dispensed lot-tore and cabbages, < stamps and mnderweatr, with an equal hand. "Hut. one aaitninvn a rival establisJimont opened across the way a general store that was a little brighter, a 1 JittJe handftomoy-, a* (little larger, t'haai the old one. And the post.muiste.r observed with ddsgnist tihat the I fickle villagers were flocking in great numbers to the new Khop. * "As the postmaster stood glower- ' ing at his rival fi'o.nv his doorway one ] afternoon a feillow townsman enter- < ed and asked if there 'were any lei- > tOil's for him. i i " 'Xo. there ain't none, f I old < ye yesterday/ said tire storekc i er, < without moving from the doorway. " * l?ut one might 'a' come today,' ' said the villager. < "'Oh. lb lire might, might there?' the storekeeper tsiveered. 'Well, there I a in't .' "'Hut ye hain't looked.' " ' 1 faint' I? Well, 1 ain't a-goin' 1 to.' " 'Hut' " 'There's no letter for ye, T tell ye,' shouted the postmaster. " 'Hut' I " ' B!/a>T ve,' shouted the furious postmaster rusih.ing up to the villager and shaking his fist in his face 'won't n ye take ''no" for an answer ? I t< !l < ve agin?no, no, no! Aid now, if y f ain't satisfied, go and git ver letters I; whoro vj g.;t yer goods!' ?Wash- <> ington iStao\ f STATEM ok THE COMMERCIAL BANK ( Jnder call of State Bank Exam incss March 9tl resource: -oans and discounts Overdrafts uirniture and Fixtures 2ash liabilities Capital Stock Jndivided profits (less expenses pai dividends (unpaid) Cashier's Checks deposits, Banks "j )eposits, Individual INO. M. KINARD, Pres. J. Y. McFALL, ( 4 per cent. Interest Paid in Ou Dry Goods, Notions, Sho hing that belongs to an u rtore. Every article ne\ ^o old stock, no last seasc rom New York. Our man spent two weeks in that c :>erienced man buying and narkel. All come to see u children, we can fit all. S or the first. Next to Bank, Why buy an Organ from a Peddler? N,"v Vlieii von can liny a superior orj;an from your a dory representative Cor less money, and on 'isier terms, and have absolute protection in lie KiinraiiU-c- Riven by tlit? makers We make* low |>rtees and urant limn one to '''l'O' wo years?without interest?tor settlement, and " >nly hind Die oi^iin as seem it y. fWe save yon money and supply Organs that vill prove a life Ion;; pleasure. Wri'o at once for eatalo^ues and special prices nd terms to the old established vialone's music house, 1 coi.umhia, s. e. . ~ 1 PIANOS AND ORGANS. ,(' i \ow N11! ST ATM OKSOUTIICAKOMXA < ''?unty (iI' Newberry. , iV l*Yank M. Schnnipert, KSQl'l li.K, ' MfOBATK .ll l)(il*:. ,i'> '! AVHMiKAS, .Mm P. Tyroc made . mit to me, Id ?rrant him Ix'tlcrs of " Administration of the P/stale and oflects of." Wiilliam Tyree I" THT.SK ARK T11KR.WF0HK In cit: Von, ??d admonish all and sins-nlar Ihe ,UM/ kin tired and *Oradi tors of Hie said ;1M(| W illiam C. Tyree deceased, ihat tliey ,|(!,r he and appear before me. in tin (I , II . V , I < ? \\ ,<nirt ol Prohate, to be held at. New- j.|rs berry. S. <\. on t-he HI I, day of April '( next, after publication thereof, at. 11 s});,| o'clock m the forenoon, to show vj0j cause, if any they have. w.hy the said Sl.(l( Administration should no) he irran ed. . r,. , lars (uven under my Hand, Miis Iflth (.|ia, day of March, Anno Domini, .1908. "P. M. Sclmmpert, J. P. N. C. (jjr sajle of personal property. ]i(>^ I nder any by authority of an or- Apr rltNi* of I ho probate court, for New- nnm >erry county, 1 will sell ;he personal property of which Shellon Uallmait acco lied seized and possessed, on Tucslay. .March .'Hst, IJMJS, at II o'clock i. m.. in the town of Prosperity, S. Said personal properly consists p? s I: 1 wayon, I ninlo, 1 hiti^-y, 1 shot (*| iin. '2 lap robes, harness, agricultural mplements, household furniture, old noi 'lot liinir, etc. Terms of sale, cash. Allen II. Hawkins, vveculor of .'.-vt.a.le of Shellon flail- |j?M man, dec.xised.. the 3R. HUIET'S All-Healing Liniment., will (lie best household remedy on tho (Mm market, try il and. be convinced. l^lfi.S .Mayes' Drug Store. unlil TOTICE OF TINAI, SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. 1,.,!. X<?lice is hereby ?iven H at I will f,,f "Si nake a final selI lenient on the estate! p,\ \ 1111ie l.cilz-ey, ;i minor, in the ofice of the Judye of Probate for New J crry county, on the twenty third day Alio ><' April, 1 at II o'clock in Hie1 K orenoon and will immediately there-1 i ENT >F NEWBERRY, S. C. liner at the close of busli, 1908. 3 $335,541 29 9,7 13 06 3,1 16 93 52,708 19 ' 401,079 47 $ 50,000 00 d) 48,958 32 1,247 00 1,236 24 > 1,202 71 298,435 20-299,637 91 $401,079 47 0. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. Cashier. r Savings Department. es, Clothing, everyp-to date Dry Goods a/ and up-to-times. >n's goods, all direct ager Lonnie Black, itv with a well ex~ I getting the esl in s, men, women and tore open the 1 9th Prosperity, 8. C. apply for letters of discharge as iruardian. Jolm Davis. (! nai tlian. i.Tcy. S. Murtli !!>(K. AS TO DOCSS. ' Must Not Pun it Ln.v/;c on the ttrccts Unless They Arc Securely Muzzled. ils nieelintr on Wednesday 1. city council .I<i i.r. .i I< uiw nothat the ordinance of 111 > oily of Kerry in relation to dojrs will he tly onforced. Tlio ordinance is as ivvs: o. I'J. ((!eneraI Or.1in:inee>\ piu.r'4 I' tlio >rin 1 ?*<1 liiiws, Charter and ma noes of the Town of Newv). M shall ho unlaw fill for any to run at larjje in tlio si roots of Town of Newberry unless such is securely muz/.lcd, and any dotr of running at lariro without such /.lo shall ho impounded tivo days. unless the owner shnll elaim said and pay into tlio treasury of tire J n of Xowhorrv a fine of five dolsaid dog shall he killed. Any own>r owners of a dog or dogs who I permiI thoin to run at large in? iiliion of Die provisions of thus ion shall upon convict ion fire rehe fined not more than five dolor to ho imprisoned for not more i thirty days for each offence, rY LICENSE MUST BE PAID. oliee is hereby given that jill city lsvs iniist ho paid on or before il first, 15)08, afl<y which the ordiv will ho enforced lo the letter, those failing to pay dealt, with rdingly. V order of I/he council. J. .T. Langford, AT.avor, !. Worfs, ? ri< and Treasurer. 'ICE OF ELECTION OP ALDERMAN FOR WARD f>. dice is hereby given that an i lector alderman for Ward lo fill vacancy created by the resignao| AIderuian K. I,. Uodel.-vporger, h?> held, by order of Iho Town ici], on Tuesday, March '{1st, . from ft o'clock in the morning" ! (i o'clock in the afternoon, the to he located ;i| city council iher, with Men Olenn, (I. \V. inland Kiioch (Vomer jis mnnaif'j"S iid election. order of I no Town Council, J. J. f>angford, Ma vor. si : .S. Worts, Clerk.