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State Official is "Showered."' Columbia Record. Tench Q. Boozer, state electrician, is a much congratulated young man these days. He avers that his digits are sore from congratulatory handshakes. He is reported as married. This is a hoax. But many of his friends do not know it. They continuously desire to see the winsome bride; for perish the thought that Tench would marry anything but a beauty. The pseudo-bridegroom, however, takes it all in good cheer, with a benign smile of expectancy wreathing his classic brow, and sweetly murmurs: "It is sadly false; but here is hoping." It all happened thusly: iMr. Boozer, during the forepart of the week, accompanied a young woman to her home in the far South. Some of his friends got wind of the trip, and they got busy. They spread the report that Tench was married, and telegraphed a message of congratulation to Mr. and Mrs. T. Q. Boozer, in care of the young woman's home. Explanations were very much in order when they arrived. To further the jokie, Mr. Boozer wires his friends in Columbia that he and his "bride" would arrive on the Seaboard train Thursday afternoon. But he comes alone on the early morning train, to forestall th-em. He keeps his arrival a secret. Thursday afternoon Mr. Boozer's friends gathered themselves together and with them were gathered a choice assortment of old shoes, much rice, lemons and such like articles peculiar thp sendfn? off of brides and; grooms. The train arrived. Xo Tenci and his '1>ride." Looks of consternation on the faces of friends. Then a chirping voice from the door of the waiting rooms salutes them, as, with upraised cap, Tench says: "Hello, folks, how do you do? So glad to see you. So sorry you are disappointed. Hope to be more accommodating next time." A bomb shell in camp. Then the replying battery begins. Catapulted at the devoted Tench's head are articles sundry and various. But he was J Tirtf Tilnvorj fnotVliJ 11 for gcHilC, cli-LU uau iiul yiaj vu naught. He escaped with only a few slight bruises. But his friends have on the warpaint and the tomahawk is not buried! PELLAGRIN CLEARED OF MURDER Richard R. Reighley Acquitted of Charge of Killing Freeman A. Wright. Chester, July 10.?Tne jury tomgnt brought in a verdict of not guilty of murder on account of insanity in the case of Richard R. Reighley, who killed Freeman A. Wright at Great Falls several months ago. The attorney for the defense showed that the crime was due to dementia attributed to pellagra. Medical men in Columbia and Chester took gr?at interest in the case. Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Columbia, sent an article to the court that was of immense assistance. wtja tpttt nrrr t t rAPC ffiTlTP? I HHU TI 1JL.1J yjL JL tIAVUJUO JUkJJLAAJU Bequeathed Personal Property. To Wife, But Made >'o Disposition Of Real Estate. Lexington, July 12.?The latest de- i velopment in the Jacobs tragedy, which shocked the people of this county as they had never been shocked before, when the entire family of six was exterminated in such a mysterious manner on the night of June ! 28 last, is the fact that John D. Tacobs, the husband. ?nd father of the family, left a will. This will, which, was drawn on January 4, 1912, - * ~ Vi*TTTAt?AT? Af raff- ! s very Dri-ei. it is, uuwcvcx, wi ilar form, and the names of three reputable citizens appeir as witnesses to the instrument. In this will, it :s stated, Jacobs bequeathed all of 'lis personal property to his ^vife, Mary E. Jacobs. He'also named Mrs. Jacobs sa executrix of the will. Strange as it may appear?for Jacobs owned considerable real estate in he community?Jacobs did not in this will make any disposition of his real estate holdings. This will, it is expected, will be the cause of an anusual and, perhaps, an unprecedented, lawsuit, for it will be hard, it :s said, to determine into whose pos- j session this property should properly i fall. j >Yill Turns Up. Immediately after the drawing of the will, it is said, Jacobs deposited the paper with J. B. Lathan, a leading merchant of Little Mountain, with he admonition that .Mr. Lathan place ~.he paper in his safe for safekeeping. \ot until a few days ago did the pub- J nf fho that this will I 1U iTUI XI VI til V/ 1M W vw V ? ^ existed. Mr. Lathan himself targeting the occurrence until the entire ? 'amily had been wiped out. The question will likely have to be decided by the courts. In the event that the will shall be carried into the court, the question will be whether or not the relatives on Mrs. Jacobs' side of the house or the relatives of the deceased husband should receive the property. '"PV, -N i r. n + o /"if nf + Vl fOO T"l 11 T"l fl TPfl IJLIiCir id CL 11 avt \J JL w A-A <U v% A ^v. and ninety-four acres assessed on the tax books of Lexington county in the name of John D. Jacobs. This property lies within five miles of Peak, in the rich and fertile section of the famous Dutch. Fork of Lexington county, and is valuable. G. W. Jacobs, of Newberry, a brother of John D. Jacobs, deceased, has applied to George S. Drafts, judge of probate for Lexington county, for letter of administration of the estate of V.Jr? AArtoocVvrrvtViOT JLLIO wi vtuvi. Questions Yet Unanswered. Did John D. Jacobs, in a fit of insanity, slay the wife of his bosom, his bright and promising daughter, his son of 18 summers just blooming and blossoming into nature's noble manhood? Did he slay his towo young sons, aged 15 and J.2, respectively, set fire to the house to cover his terrible deeds and then * calmly walk into a rear room and blow out his own brains? These are still the questions uppermost in the minds of the people who knew him best and of the officers who are running down every clue to find the least tangible evidence of murder by outside parties. The opinion is evidently divided. The theory that was first devised, to the effect that the body found in the rear room by the side of a doubleshot. ffnn. with one barrel emp ty, and the head almost decapitated from the gunshot wound, apparently is now believed to have been the body of Jacobs himself and not that of his son. It is thought by those who advance the theory of murder and suicide, that Jacobs in the dead hours of night, with axe in hand, when his loved ones were sleeping, gave each a blow on the bead with the axe. and his work then having been finished, ihe (planned the destruction of himself and went into the rear room ana Diew out his brains. Talk of Former Trouble. It is understood by the officers that Jacobs had had earlier in the year trouble with, a white man in reference to the employment of a negro. It has also leaked out that there had been some slight difference between the Jacobs family and a family of negroes living in the nearby^ settlement. The officers working on the case, however, are reticent and will not divulge the information they have gathered, neither will they say upon 1...? I what clues they are now wummg i The statement of Dr. Eleazer, to the effect that Jacobs was possibly insane, has caused a great change of mind among the people living In the community, yet there are others who believe that even an insane man could not arrange and plan for such a complete destruction of his own family, and they are confident that the entire family was murdered and the house set on fire in order to hide the deed. Acq fnrthev basis to the opinion t.hax I W - j Jacobs was not himself and that for I many years his mind had been deI ranged, it is stated that the last time Jacobs attended court at Lexington as a juror, which has been in the recent past, he acted rather strangely, and at his boarding house he would take his meals without removing his hat and that jvhen he retired at night he would bandage his head, claiming that to sleep otherwise or to sit with his hat off would affect the disease which was preying upon him. Saddest Phase, Perhaps. In the town of Little Afountain there is said to be sadness in every home caused by the sudden and unexpected ~ " 1,;"" "Cilia Toonhe Txrbn taKing away ui ivxxss umc uavvi/^) ii ? v had for two sessions taught in the graded school, an-d who had won the heaits of both parents and children. She was a graduate of Winthrop college of the class of 1910, and she carried into her school work the lessons she had learned at Winthrop. She had i been re-elected to fill her same posiI tinn in th^> eraded school of Little j Mountain for the next scholastic year. I But the whole family, for that matter, wa's one of the best known and most I highly esteemed in the entire Dutch ; Fork. Jacobs, himself, was a kind! hearted man. He was neighborly towards hi? friends, was gentle and kind ! in his home, and this accounts in large measure for the belief, that exists in the community that he could not and would not have been guilty of such a terrible crime. Sheriff Sim J. Miller, of Lexington, county, is daily in communication with the Dcople of the community, in which the tragedy occurred. It is understood that the rewards now outstanding amounting approximately to $1,500, are causing other officers to take up the case, and it is not improbable that the future developments may change the present situation and that the murder-ers, if murderers there be, will be brought to justice. STATE BANKEKS ELECT OFFICERS Bright Williamson Chosen To Mead Association?Convention Brought To Close With Speeches by >"e?r Officers. Hendersonvme, July iz.?Tne nnai session of th? convention of the South Carolina Bankers' association convened at 10 o'clock this morning. It was after 1 o'clock this morning when the regular speakers at the banquet finished their eloquent responses and Toastmaster Wilson G. Harvey announced that the custom of calling on QC ? 1 cyi C5CU'.an?co iivui umgi uluiu t*?_ sociations would be violated, owing to the lateness cf the hour, and then introduced as the only extemporaneous speaker the Hon. Duncan V. Fletcher, United States senator from Florida, who, in eloquent terms, responded to the sentiment, "The Outlook from a National Standpoint." In order to permit of tardy rising the morning hour of assembling was postponed accordingly. The Hon. Chas. Hall Davis, of Petersburg, Va., r??kr, A' o no r.- fnllv nrenarpd naner on x V/ c i vi a. V/ LA x ^ ^ u ? ? j ? ??? ??<v? ? j. . s ? ?> "Rural Banking and Currency Reform." which evoked much discussion. The Hon. W. F. Stevenson, of Ch-eraw, spoke forcefully on "The Basis of Our Wealth As a Banking Asset." The several standing committees % made their reports, after which the Hon. McClan Tilton, of Pell City, Ala., secretary of the Alabama State Bankers' association, and Hayn^s McFadden, of Atlanta, Ga., s-ecretary of the Georgia Bankers' association, maae humorous and appreciated addresses. The flection for officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: Bright Williamson, of Darlington, president; Chas. J. Shannon, Jr., of Camden, vice president; G. Lee Holleman, of Anderson, secretary and treasurer; B. Hart Moss, of Orangeburg, attorney; Emslie Nicholson, of Union, executive committeeman. A loving cup was presented to Retiring President Emslie Nicholson, who made suitable acknowledgment. The convention was brought to a close with speeches made by the newly elected offic-ers. The entire convention was a success. The attendance was so large that a few of the delegates sought sleeping accommodations in the Pullmans used as the bankers' special. Noraen F. Sanford, the genial manager of Toxaway Inn, how-ever, made the best of every sit? ~ ~ a 1 /-./VTtji /J nftor hia irifl ri V Uil LIUXi (1UU iuu"i\v vu a y guests with care and attention. The rooms are spacious, the beds comfortable and cleanly, the table service fine, the menu varying and ample; the scenery entrancing, and the pleasures of boating, fishing, bathing and hunting make Toxaway Inn an ideal convention headquarters. > (Many of the delegates left this morning for Ashe-viHe in order to hear Secretary of State Wm. Jennings Bryan speak tonight; many others left this afternoon for Hendersonville and will hear the addresses which Mr. Bryan will deliver there on Sunday. 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We will give a first class barbecue at. Keitts Grove on July 24. A good din f ner is guaranteed. I B. M. Suber, 0. A. Felker. I will give a first, class barbecue at my residence at the late J. A. Cromer's home place, on Saturday, August 9. Dinner 35 and 45 cents. Enjoyment for young people guaranteed. J. A. Felker. We will give a barbecue at Fork School, on August 8th. We invite I everybody to be present H. F. Counts, I will furnish a first-class barbecue at my residence near St. Phillips church on Friday, July 18, 1913. An invitation is extended to all to come and enojy a good cue. Arrangements will be made for all to spend a pleasant day. D Edwin Halfacre. We, the undersigned, will give a first-class barbecue at Pomaria Friday, July 25.' Several interesting speeches will be made during the day. The public is cordially iniited and a pleasant day promised to all who attend. Dinner 40 and 50 cents. George Richardson, Walter Richardson. BARBECUE. I will give a first-class Barbecue at Sligh's, S. C., on Jly 25th. I will serve dinner at 11 o'clock and also sell meat. There will be special ar merry Savin; :ock - , r That Alwavs Has IT i?j B/iwa iv Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Ca?No. 57 I . aily run of busii to transact bus ike manner. O is to bank you ir deposits dailj y, according to tl lsiness. Select ill and talk to iu 1 need money in afte while you are mat strength does not r 40 o on savings dep< I rangemnts made for ladies. Come 1 one, come all and spend a pleasant day and enjoy a good dinner in the I beairiful grove. It will be cooked | by one of the best cooks in the county, j P. B. Ellisor. i J. S. Watts. I Barbecue Notice. ! I will give a first-class barbecue at my residence on Saturday, July 19. I will sell meat and hash at 11.30 | o'clock. J. M. Counts. ? TO ALL WH03T IT MAY CONCERN. Please take notice that I, Florence T. Lane, claim right of dower in lands of James Jefferson Lane adjoining the I ? o r> To^ontlv snlrt lown 01 iNewuenj* by mortgage foreclosure proceedings, and bought in by the National Bank of Newberry, S. C. l7-4_4t-f. Florence T. Lane. PROPERTY. Notice is hereby given that I will sell in the storeroom of the Cash Millinery company, located in Main street near the corner of Main and Nance streets, in the Town of Newberry, S. 'C., on the 22nd day of July, 1913, at 11 o'clock a. m., all of the stock oi millinery and notions, and also the fixtures, said stock of millinery and fixtures having Deen seized Dy me under a distress warrant for rent issued by Rebecca, Brown through her agent; ' same having been seized as the property of H. D. Havird, the lessee of said storeroom. The inventory of said stock and fixtures is as follows: stock $363.28'; fixtures $108.08. Terms of sale: Cash. J. C. Sample, Magistrate. 7-4&ll-2t. 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