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SEVEN COUNTIES VOTE ! FOR THE DISPENSARY OTHER FOUR (iO AGAINST THE SALE OF LIQUOR. Orangeburg, Barnwell, Florence, Dorchester, Calhoun, and Jasper Wet I Columbia, Aug. 19.?Of 11 South Carolina counties which yesterday | held elections to determine whether liquor should be legally sold within their borders, seven voted for , the county dispensary system and four elected to remain "dry." In two instances the vote was so close that the official tabulation will be necessary certainly to establish the result.; In nearly all the others the margin j of victory was very small. On the lace of the returns Florence and Jasper have retained the dispensary system, while Bamberg, Barnwell, Dorchester, Calhoun, and Orangeburg have voted to return to the sale of liquor by the county. Abbeville, Lexington, Williamsburg and Sumter voted to remain in. the dry ranks. Of the counties which went dry Abbeville was the only one giving a deoiriori mainritv the anti-disuensary! forces in that county piling up a majority of 55S against the sale of liquor, in the other counties which went dry the vote was very close. Lexington leading in this respect with a majority of four against he sale of liquor, "Williamsburg with 14 and Sumter with 12 olsa seemed almost evenly divided, j Of the wet counties Earn well, with j 604 majority, and Dorchester, with j 33", were the rr>ost decided, and Or-j angebuig with a majority of three for the dispensary was the most evenly divided. The majorities for the disnpnsarv in other counties were: Bam berg 180, Calhoun 82, Florence 61 and Jasper 38. If official returns bear out the unofficial figures, South Carolina will have 11 dispensary counties, as follows: Charleston, Richland, Florence, Georgetown, Beaufort, Aiken, Dorchester, Calhoun, Jasper, Barnwell and Orangeburg. The vote: For Against. Abbeville 440 9)8 Pamxrpll 901 297 Florence.. .. 6?3 Dorchester 661 324 Lexington 939 943 Calhoun 363 281 Orangfeburg 1,150 1,14 < Williamsburg .. . I9Jasper 81 o?TY.+or 473 485 UUJLllW^A .. . . . . Bamberg 400 220 < WANTS TO RECOVER $300,000. ! Treasury Will Bring Test Case I Against New York Banks. * Washington, August IS.?Through a test case the treasury will attempt to recover from certain New York banks several hundred thousand dollars of deposits of the failed First r\ * V* ? /-? V) National Dank 01 nusourg, VV 1UV/U I the New York banks are holding as an off-set of loans made to Oscar L. Telling, former vice president of the Pittsburg bank. The government seeks to establish that Tellong's loans were presonal. Tellong has not been located for some time. ERNEST MULWEE ELECTROCUTED iNefirro Who Slew Oconee Man Makes Statement Columbia, August 18.?"I didn't mean to kill him. He cussed me and I picked up a stick and hit him over the head, just one lick, but it killed him.'" This statement was made this morning by Ernest Mulwee, a negro, as he sat strapped in the electric chair, at the State penitentiary awaiting electrocution for the murder of Sam Hyde, a white man, of Oconee county. Mulwee made a brief statement, telling of the trouble that led up to the killing of Hyde, explaining that he bore him no malice and expressing the belief that he had re ceived divine forgiveness for the deed. Tne current was thrown on at 11.20 and rushed hurtling through his body for one minute and one second. Dr. j R. T. Jennings, prison physician, then made an examination, which showed J?? ~ ^ -^4- f cncrinnrlo^ a P. 1113.1 IJLt?ciic liau nut ou>7jfVAiuv.u c*v, j tion, and again the current was turn- ! ed on. This time it was applied for 1 twenty seconds, and another exami-1 nation showed that death had resulted. Dr. Jennings pronounced the nev gro dead at 11.24. Of all those who havo vot hppri plprtrnnited (there have been 13) Mulwee showed per-1 haps the greatest calmness and met! his tragic end with fortitude. Brought into the death chamber at' 11.15, Mulwee was immediately strap-' ped in the chair. He surveyed the twenty-one witnesses who were present with apparent interest. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. I J Thaw Will he Arresteu * He Has Not Left the Country. Poughkeepsie, X. Y., August 16.?If Harry K. Thaw has not le::'t the coun- \ try he will be arrested or a warrant charging him with conspiracy and returned to the Matteawan State Hospital for the criminal inss.ne. Action with this end in view was taken in a special term of the supreme court here this afternoon, when Justice Jo sepn Morscnauzer issuea a warrant for the arrest of Thaw, charging him with conspiracy with Kee;?er Howard Barnum and five other men in making his escape from Matteawan. Similar warrants were also issued for Richard J. Butler, Roger Thompson, Michael O'Keefe, Eugene Duffy and Thomas Flood, Thaw's, alleged accomplices. Keeper Barnuir., the guard, who opened the hospital gate when Thaw escaped, has been held without ( bail for examination Thursday. Justice Mcrscnauzer issued tne war-;. rants for Thaw and his five alleged |. accomplices after taking the evidence | of several witnesses this afternoon. j. District Attorney Conger claims con- ;, spiracy is an extraditable charge and that Thaw can be brought back to Dutchess county, no matter to what State he has fled. Believes He Has Clue. 4 j : -u xt ? ^ ni*. zee 4 ai meu W1UU- uie warrants- onei m,, Fred Hornebeck and .his deputy's le?t j hurriedly tonight for the eastern part i ^ of the county. The sheriff made it known he had received a clue which 1 he expected to lead to the arrest of . the five accomplices- From witnesses today the sheriff learned that all of;, today the sheriff learned that all of the j' men worse dark suits and four of them :. wore clean-looking derbys. William ^ Gordon, proprietor of the Holland ! House at Fishkill Landing, where the ' five strangers stopped, verified! the * five names taken from the hotel re-1, gister. He said the five spent', much of their time in the hotel bar i' room and talked freely. According to Gordon, when the men were asked j about their business, one of them re- j plied: "I am in the water business; I 1 get the water out of Sheepshead Bay," j '* Afterawrd the same man said to por- i '< don: "I am one of those fellows who j: never likes to see anybody in trouble.!: I don't care what he has (>~e; when ;1 I see a fellow in trouble 1 am sorry ! < for him and will try to help him j out." I: Paid Their Hotel Bills. il "The men left the hotel together in j 1 the two cars Sunday morning," Gor- i don continued. "They paid their bills j and one man asked another in the t parlor if he thought they could be i back before night. The other man re- i plied that 'they ought tofmake it all! right.'" h Robrt Lowrey, another witness, told 1 ( of the approach of the five men to j the hospital. "I iwas working in my j \ barn Sunday morning," he said, "when ' j I heard a car stop on the road from ^ Matteawan to Fishkill village. It was a large touring car witn two men < in it. One man got out ancl walked up : | th ehill to a point where it was possi ble to see the rear gate o.r the hospi- , t-al. He came down and went back , and climbed the hill a third time, each time reporting to his companions. At that time I went into "he house and heard a car coming down the hill and 1 some one was yelling. Then I came! out and saw the same man jump into 1 the car. I saw the tail of the other j car passing the corner and I saw this j man jump into the car that had been standing there. This car soon followed the other. There were three men in ; the rear seat of the car that came j down the hill antf one man in the front j seat driving." Yatch Sailed East. iXew Haven, Conn, August 18.?Inquiries were made all along the Connecticut shore today regarding the j craft on which Thaw was supposed to ! have made his escape. The suspected j yacht steamed westward toward , South Xorwalk yesterday morning! and about 11 o'clock last night was | again seen going eastward. Prosecuting officers :in a number of Connecticut courts s?.y that they would not hesitate tc order Thaw's arrest if he was known to De in tneir : jurisdiction. He could be held as an [ escaped insane prisoner and this j wouM bring him before a probate judge. Captive is Tluiw. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Aug. 19.? Harry K. Thaw, cut short in his flight from the State hospital for the criminal insane at. Matteawan, X. Y? by arrest today at the village of St. Hermengilde de Graford, just over the international line from New Hampshire,' prepared in a cell in the county jail ! here tonight to fight against being sent back to the United States. Thaw faces deportation on the ground that he is undesirable alien and extradi- j t;on on a warrant charging him with bribery. The warrant already issued in New i York State on a charge of conspiracy will not suffice to extradite him, in the ! opinion of local authorities. These authorities received word tonight that the district attorney of Duchess county in which Matteawan is located, was on his w&y here prepared to swear to a warrant charging Thaw with bribery?an extraditable offense?if necessary. On His "Way. * In his own defense Thaw claims he was merely passing through Canada on his way to Detroit when his passage was interrupted by his arrest. He exhibited what he claimed to be transportation to Detroit in support of this claim, and cited the case of Jack Johnson to bear out his contention that he can not be sent back to the United Slates by Canadian authorities so lone, as he simply was passing through the country and intends to go beyond i;s boriers. Distric: Attornev Conger of Duchess nniMitv \T V if i e Vidro UUUllLJ, J.. Afc UUU^lOtVUUV^U UT.4V/, wants Thaw ordered Reported anj returned to the United States over that part of the international line touched by the State of New York. Thaw came into the Dominion from New Hampshire, however, and if custom is followed, ne would go back to New Hampshire. The Canadian immigration department to Ottewa wired the chief of police here this afternoon to hold Thaw under the immigration ' act, indicating that steps would be taken to deport him. This theory was made almost a certainty by the information that the department had sent two inspectors to Sherbrooke with instructions to watch the case and institute proceedings to deport Thaw. At Coaticock, where he was lodged | in the lockup immediately after iis arrest, Thaw engaged a local lawyer.' He was arraigned before Mr. Dupuis, justice cf the peace. The justice read to him an indictment charging him ft'ith having unlawfully escaped from Matteawan and without permitting a plea remanded him to jail at Sherbrooke for a hearing tomorrow. Two With Him. Two men were arrested with Thaw jut liberated later at (JoaticocK. iney ire believed to be confederates wrro aided. Thaw in his escape. The two men refused to give their names or say notaing about themselves. They followed Thaw here from Coaticook md remained in town. W. L. Shurtleff, the Coaticook lawyer retained by Thav?, denounced the rearing before Justice Dupuis as jntair ana saia ne wouia appiy :omorrow for a writ of habeas corpus .for Thaw prior to the hearing before :he extradition commissioners. Should ;he writ be refused, Mr. Sheriff said ie would seek an appeal. There is every indication that Thaw ntends to wage a bitter fight against 3Xtradilion, deportation or both. From his cell in the county jail ;onight he sent out to the newspaper nen a statement under'this caption, typewritten In capitals. "No one has contended that for two rears, nearly, that Thaw has been in the Toinbs he has been insane. There is no evidence of delusion in the slightest degree on his part. Is it anything crazy to take a pistol to defend yourself against a man who calls you a?* and threatens to kill you before morning?" The statement itself was a printed synopsis of District Attorney Jerome's ?or rmrnnrteri to be SUCh?tO J DV/* ^ v* ? ? ? ? the jury at Thaw's second trial. After Thaw had spent some hours in his cell and grumbled a bit at his { poor quarters he was removed to the hospital, where the accommodations are better. It was at his lawyer's suggestion that he consented to see reporters. "Where did you intend to go after you left Matteawan?" he was asked. "I may have been going home," he replied quickly and finally. Xo amount of questioning could induce him to modify this dclaration,; nor CDUld the interviewers persuade j v?im toil where he had been or j what he had done since leaving Matteawan. Courteously but firmly declined to answer all questions even remotely bearing on the topic. The authorities believe, however, that Thaw had an all day ride at breakneck speed after he left Mat teawan. An automobile answering the description of his big touring car passed through White River Junction. Vt., Sunday night. The same car was seen yesterday morning at Woodsville, N. H. On each occasion it was occupied by four men. It is believed Thaw and his two companions left one man with the car near Lancaster, X. H., before board ing the train. Of this, however, Thaw refused to talk. He was then asked: "Do you care to say anything about threats you are said to have made that you would go to certain people once you were out of Matteawan?" "I shall make no answer to the nonsense of that sore that has been printed,'' he replied. And that ended the interview. J The Newbc Capital Stocli "Tjihe Bank The Your m< Ynn rim M VM vavi its safety, for the combined the strongest 1 county. Put it's safe. / LIFE is. easy balance in I bank. 40 o on ss 1 TO DRAW JURY. Pnlas Notice is hereby given that we, the Pulasl undersigned jury commissioners for meets e\ Newberry county, S. C., will on the in West 29th day of August, 1913, at nine are cord o'clock a. m., in the office of the clerk of court for said county, openly and publicly draw the names of thirty- W. u. Jf six men, who shall serve as petit jurors at the term of the court of common pleas which will convene at New- xewbe berry, S. C., on September 15th, 1913. meets Jno. L. Epps, Eug. S. Werts, - o'clock. Jno. C. Gog'gans, Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C. August 18, 1913. latw-2t. 1 IA re You a Woman? Iz? "8*-1? aahjiii ? UdlUUI jt. day ever iTbe Woman's Tonic I"""" D J. A. D? FOB SALE AT 4LL DRUGGISTS | Bergel Bergel der Red nie'nt at <$ <8> <?> <$> Q ^ * 0. Klettr S> LODGE DIEECTOBY. < > ' 4 ^<$><5><?>^<$>^><^<S><^,^><^<S><$><$><^<$>^ ^ Oe Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., Omaha meets every second and fourth Wed- prosper; nesday night in Klettner's TIall, at 8 tbird Fr; ?'c,ocfc sonic hal HHBgnaHMHHHnBiB :rrv Savins J ?J I - - $ it Always Has The fc t~rr/rs s mPrn fTiTE^A lOavM ipyrieht 1909. by C. S. Zimmerman Co ?5?. 12 >ney is safe in c n't have to wor 11*1 l oenina our c [ resources of financial mc your money *1 ? ^ sailing 11 ywu hcm a savings accoun tvings deposits. * bi Lod^e, >"o. 20, L 0. 0. F. coi Li Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. F., I 'ery Friday night at 8 o'clock End Hall. Visiting brethren ially invited to attend. ?a( Jas. L. Aull, Noble Grand. q eterson, m6< Secretary. 0>c] rry Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., rery second and fourth Mon- S it in Klettner's hall, at 8 me< 18 o I. U. .Burton, C. C. T. I. H. Campsen, 1 Clerk. L ty Lodge, !Xo. 87, A. F. M. lap Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meet? rues st Monday night at 7.30 o'clock hal nic Hall. Visiting brethren Invited. J. 1 T. P. Johnson, Car hard t, W. M. Secretary. _ . . K ffodmen of the World. me< Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., o'cl rerj first and third Wedneeling at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting T. ] are corially welcome. D. D. Darby, Trick, Clerk. C. C. ? me< I Tribe, >To. 24, I. 0. E. X. day 1 Tribe, No. 24, Improved Or- sch Men, meets every Thursday 8 o'clock in Klettner's Hall. W. G. Peterson, A r jt, Sachem, j hief of Records. P aaha Tribe, I. 0. B. M. Wo , Tribe, Nc. 75, I. 0. R. M., hal! Ity, S. C., meets every first and fou: iday night at 8o'clock in Mail. Visiting brethren are wel4 IJ ll i \ \ s Bank j 50,000 / Money" V J Sd * air bank, ^ 1 ? r y aoouc iank are some of in in the I r where . /e a good ^ it with our - A Lj Qe. G. H. Dominick, . >rof. J, S. Wheeler, Sacbem. Chief of Record*. >4eechee Council, >o. 4, D. of P. L O.B.M. lateechee Council, No. 4, D. of Pf jtfl every other Tuesday night at I ] lock p. m., to jueaners nail. f Signet Chapter, Jfc. 18, E. A. M. lignet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. AL, eta every eecond Monday night al 'clock in Masonic Hall. Van Smith, P. Johnson, E. H. P. I <icota Tribe, L 0. B. 1L Dacota, triba, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., Ja* i a, S. C., meeting every other Wed-^^ /Iott q* S in Q)17T1Tfltf I ? v/ wwa. ~ ? ? 1. Visiting brethren are welcome. " T. C. Dobbins, iVm. Folk, Sacheia. Chief of Records. iwberry Commandery, Ifo. 6, E. T. dewberry Commandery, No. 6, K. T., 3ts every third Monday night at 8 ock in Masonic Hall. d Fred. H. Domlnick, * 4[ ?. Johnson, E. C. Recorder. RTfllow Camp, Jfo; 694, TV. 0. W. billow Camp, No. 694, W. 0. W? its every second and fourth Tuesnights in each month at West End ool house. J T. B. Kibler,- | Council Commander: ^ C. Ward, Clerk. almetto Camp, No. 694, Boys of odcraft, meets at Odd Fellow's 1 I, West End, every second and fl rth Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock. V G. W. Harrison, | Commander.