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DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY 'BLUES' Georgetown Boarding House Keeper Puts Bullet Through His Brain. Georgetown, Sept. 14.-Samuel M. Tompkins, 45 years of age, committed suicide this morning at 6.30 o'clock by blowing out his brains with a .32 calibre revolver. Mr. Tompkins kept ,a boarding house on the corner of Prince and King streets; he had a wife and two children; a daughter of 14 and a son 12 years of age. Tompkins came to Georgetown about one year ago from Enterprise, a small village on the Wacama.w river, and previous to his residence there he had worked very acceptably in the store of Messrs. Burroughs & Collins, at Conway, and had many friends at that place, and in Horry county. He was reared from a boy in Conway by Mr. W. R. Lewis, who married an elder sister, and who gave him the benefit of a good common school education. But untoward cir cumstantes followed the young man into later life, his health gave way and he has suffered- recently from despondency. For the past six months he has been out of steady or remun erative employment, and that fact seemed to prey upon his mind. After waiting upon his guests at the table this morning he stepped in an adjoining room, when the inmates of the house were startled by a pis tol shot. Rushing to the apartment from whence the sound proceeded, Tompkins was found lying upon the floor with a bullet hole in this head just above the right ear. Physicians were immediately summoned, but the unfortunate nian breathed his last before their arival. The coroner, Mr. S. A. Parker, held an inquest this morning, and the jury of which Mr. J. B. Shackelford was foreman, brought in a verdict to the effect that S. M. Tompkins came to his death by his own hands. The terrible%deed had evidently been con templated for some time, as a letter to his wife, one to a personal friend and creditor, and one to the local Ma sonic Lodge asking that it arrange for the shipment of his body to Con way, all - neatly and intelligently written, were found in the dead man's pockets. In writing to his wife he stated -that she and. the children would be better off without him as he had in surance in several life insurance com panies amounting, it is said, in all to about $3,000, and a portion of this sum would pay off all his debts. Mr. Tompkins was a member of tihe or der of Woodmen of the World, a member of the Masonic Order., Lodge No. .65, at Conway. Great sympathy is felt here for the stricken family of the deceased. The remain.s have been taken charge of by the Masonic Lodge of this city, and will be taken to Con way by a deputation of its members in the morning. LEXINGTON MAN A SUICIDE. Prof. John D. Farr, Recently Elected Superintendent of Education, * Takes His Own Life. News and Courier. Lexington, Sept. 15.-This entire community was shocked this morning when it became known that Prof. John D. Farr. of Chapin, recently nominated for county superintendent of education, had committed suicide some time during the night by shoot ing himself in the head with a shot gun. Few were willing to believe that. one who had just a few weeks ago been honored by the people of his county would want to take his own life. Coroner Clark, who* went to Chap -in this morning to hold an inquset, has just returned. He states that the only reason assigned for Mr.: Farr's taking his own life was that he had not been in the best of health for the last two weeks. He seemed to brood over the fact that he would soon have to move to Lexington to attend to the duties of the office to which he had just been elected and that, his daughter being about to leave for college, his wife would ihave to remain alone at her home in Chapin. This morning at 4 oelock he left the house, went to his barn, placed a single-barrelled shotgun to his right temple and blew off the whole top of his head. The burial will take place tomor row inorning at 11 o'clock. Prof. Farr was 41. years of age. He was a man of strong and charm ing personality, seemingly of sound mind, and had been prominent in the afairs of the county for a number of years. He had served two terms as superintendent of education. and had been a successful teacher. His family relations to all appearances were very happy indeed. His family consisted of 'his wife, who was before .er marriage, Miss Ada Friek, daugh Pli,s Farr w\ n a Wint}r p :,h, ar- b ship fro1m this c-ou1nty.. and it is said that her father wa.s to have accom- h1 panied her to Rock Hill toiday. Mr. Farr wals a p r( IIinent 1i1eIIber I of the Knights of i'ythias. and his a bro%theIIr Inits wil! c' 11nut 'he fun- b eral services tonorrow. 1* JUDGE POPE'S ORDER. e a Proceedings in Jones Case Said to be s Most Unusual-Lawyers Declare a Nothing Like it Ever Known d In South Carolina Before. d i1 Columbia, Sept. 14.-No decision c of the State court rendered in a long n time has caused more general discus- p sion. especially among the members o of the bar, than the order of Chief d Justice Pope staying the trial of W. d T. Jones in Union. It is said by { b lawyers that nothing like it has ever before been done in this State. t; It will be recalled that Jones, a 1 wealtlhy man, was arrested on the a charge of having killed his wife, who t apparently died from poisoning. Jones. through his attorneys, applied , to Judge Hydrick for bail and the e application was refused. An appeal t. from the decision refusing bail was b made to the supreme court, and even this pro'eedure is said to be doubtful, y as the matter of granting bail is held i to be one that is in the discretion t of the Judge to whom the application h is made. If one circuit judge refuses S bail another circuit judge may grant f it. The general sessions court for Un ion opened last week and a motion } was made by the defence to e mtinue the Jones ease. which was -overruied ! and the day set for the t'ral. le-n while application was made to the chief justice at Newberry for an dr- b der staying the trial on the ground h that the case was before the supreme S court on appeal from the order of Judge Hydrick. What is the purpose of bail? It e is to permit the defendant to go at liberty until the trial of his case. If he is innocent and is declared inno cent by the jury he then has no use b for bail. If he is guilty and is de- , elared guilty by the jury he then has i no use for hail. When the case comes to trial the question of thee defendant's right to bail is a purely Is academic question, and the courts do t ~ not like to pass on academic ques tions: in- fact, they have more t>han t: once declined to do so. s The 'iheory o'f the law is fthat the o right of .appeal is for the purpose of s preserving the frights of a defendant. n The idea in the minds of the public o is t>hat many times the purpose of an a appeal is to secure delay in the ad- 1 ministration of justice. ^t The supreme court meets in the t~ fall. The order of the chief justice t may be taken up early or late in :h the term. and meanwihile Jones re mains in custody. If the supreme court decides that Judge Hydrick b was right in refusing bail Jones will C have to remain in jail until the next t4 term of court after the decision is " rendered, which term will probably s be in February. If the supreme court 0 decides that Judge Hydriek was wrong Jones may get his liberty un til the next term of Union county t court. matter of perhaps three a months. but if he is innocent he a might have had his liberty in Setem- ~ berby nin to trial at that time. It's a queer mix-up. and the decis ion of the supreme, court will bet awaited with a great deal of interest, as it will set a precedent in this State. 0 SETCHES or GENERALI WADE HAMPTON'S LEGION. a ow an Edgefield County Boy Secur- og ed For His Brother a Month's re Holiday. a Edited by B. H. Teague, Aiken, S. C. rt My brother, S. M. Walton. of Edge- w field distriet, volunteered in Capt. ir M. W. Gary's company, B. Hampton Legion, when this was organized in 861. In April, 1863, B. E. Nichol son was captain, Gary being promoted to colonel of the regiment. About this time the war department issued an order to grant a furlough of thirty ays to every soldier in ranks, who re btained a recruit for his command. p: y brother had been in service two 1N ears, and in every engagement that tr the Legion had participated in, and al was color bearer of the regiment at ti the time. He had the honor and te ood luck at the bloody battle of in Sharpsburg to rescue the flag, after fi< everal b)earers had been shot down, al and b)ring it safely out oft the fight. pm apt. Nie:holson, being at home on ct furlough at the time I am writing ai f, I went to see him and told him he tha T weas nonit old enough to T: t 1 '' it t _ \'f' 111\' I)1' j1er a I1ir >i1' i 1. W ai 1ld )t il1 i11t' I.t'!'iil 1 ll1 o\\', a. m I l'l lt'l' s re"'li1t. T 'e iplaill agreed tl do u. ald weI e returned to the arm:y' I aceompan bI l nim. \\e f't1id t he l.e-i1 illn ear :1frolk. Va.. the Xa1ik'e: in th town1 d our forees outside, in line of attie. ('apt. Niehoison imaediately ,ported to Col. Gary on arrival. and aced his agieement with me. The Dlonel readily consented and issued n order for the furlough. It was ,on in the hands of my brother, nd he on his way lhome for thirty ays. Oh! those blissful furlough ays at home, when we were heroes i the eyes of the girls and the re ipients of every good thing imagi able, from the hands of the old peo le. And how we hated the shortness f the time and had to return to uty. corn bread and bacon-after evouring the box of substantial edi les we always took back with us. was the first recnuit to the Legion iat a furlough was granted on, if of the first in Gen. Lee's army. It ppealed so forcibly to Col. Gary iat he forthwith issued regimental rders urging the men to obtain re uits and get furloughs. Many avail 1 themselves of this privilege, and e Legion was greatly strengthened v the coming to it of fresh new men. could write many interesting exper mnees during the term of my soldier 1g from April, '63 to April, '65-. rvo solid years of excitement and ardships, common; too, then, but aaee forbids. Yet, I will detail my ?elings and experience as a 16-year !d boy the first time under fire. T e irst day I was in camp I eard the older soldiers guying some f the younger ones as to how they 'd acted in .a recent engagement itlh the enem V. I just thought I >uld not stand such guying; but my rother told me when he left me for ome, to put on a bold front and Jick to my captain. The next day Po companies of the Legion were mt on picket duty, one being my 3mpany. When this detachment got > the skirmish line, t.he other de achment went into the rifle pits. 'hile ours was put in reserve, in a ody of woods, near at hand and con enient to a railroad cut. As the re eving of pickets by the other eom any was taking place, the Yankees ammenced to throw solid balls and 2ells at us. This stirred u-s up, and 2e men of our company did about retty considerably in getting into 1at railroad cut. I thought :to my alf now is the time for me to show f. my bravery, but for a fact, I was > seared I could hardly stand. I ianaged to do so though until all the thers had gotten in the cut and I lone, then I leisurely walked into it. he shelling was so great in my mind 1st I had my doubts of being able istand it. but I said nothing iough shaking with fear and appre ension. Fortunately, it did not last mg. A short time afterwards while ia quiet camp and I had become lack and dirty, I was passing the iptain, when he said to me, "Wal m. I think von will make a good >ldier: I noticed that you did not ~em to mind the shelling we got the bher day.'' I replied, "the shot and iell did not pay any att'ention to te, so I did not care to bother about iem.'' but I was, feeling one wry aid talking another. As I had shown bold front at this first time under re I was free afterwards when we at into trouble. to do as I saw best ith myself andl never was guyed aout being excited. -I do not mean >extol myself, but simply say as a Lt that whenever our company was 1 a march, I always started with it, 2dwas with it when it halted, and as always on hand to obey orders. do not know whether I ever killed Yankee or not. I generally shot ihit, and there were always dead 1es in the. direction I aimed. Our inks are yearly getting thinner, and ;we approach the time for the last >ll call our thoughts are of a happy -union beyond the river, where there ill be no more fighting and destroy g of mankind. W. T. Walton. Johnston, S. C. The Remedy That Does. 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(Sunday excepted) including the first day of December, 1908. Eugene S. Werts, Supervisor of Registration. td. AN ORDINANCE. Fixing the rate and prescribing the time for the payment of town taxes for the year 1908. BE IT ORDAINED by the. mayor r and aldermen of the Town of New berry. S. C.. in council assembled and by authority of the same: That for the purpose of raising a revenue and in the exercise of the taxing power of said town, the fol lowing taxes are hereby levied for the fiscal year ending December 31st, r 1908, upon all real and personal pro perty within the corporate limits of said Town (except such as is exempt t from taxation under the constitution and laws of this State) upon the valuation thereof as assessed for tax ation for county and State purposes; viz: -t Section 1. That a tax of sixty cents on each one hundred dollars of real and personal property within the cor porate limits of the Town of New berry in the State of South Caro lina (except such as is exempt from taxation under the constitution and laws of this State) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to defray the ordinary expenses of said Town for the fiscal year end- e ing December 31st, 1908. Section 2. That a tax of three fourths of a mill on each dollars' worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt- from taxation under the Constitution and laws of this State) is hereby levied for th4 purpose of raising a revenue to defray the bond ed indebtedness of said Town for the Opera House. Section 3. That a tax of two aad a half mills on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt from taxation under the Constitution and laws of this State) is hereby le vied for the purpose of raising a revenne to pay the interest on and reate a .inking fund for the bonded indebtedness of said Town for the Water Works and Electric Light Plant. Section 4. That a tax of one mill on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corpor ate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt from taxa tion under the Constitution and laws f this State) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay - the interest of the bonded indebted- . ess of said Town for the Sewerage System. Section 5. That all taxes herein imposed or levied shall be paid to the said Town of Newberry in law ful money of the United States, be tween the fifteenth day of October, 1908, and the fifteenth day of No ember, 1908, and a penalty of ten per cent is hereby imposed upon and shall be added to all taxes in arrears. Section 6. That execution issue ac ording to law for the colleetion of a.ll taxes, fines or penalties past due mad unpaid for fifteen days, and the ost of said executioni. Done and ratified under the cor orate seal of the Town of Newberry, n the State of South Carolina. this he second day of September, A. D., 908.J J. J. Langford, A.ttest: Mayor. Eug. S. Werts, Clerk and Treasurer. SOME OF O To be conservative. To pay four per cent. To calculate interest sen To bond every employee. 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