Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DIES STRANGELY 1 I I*. D. Lankford Found Dead in Apartment on Eve of Wedding. New York, Jan. 15.?Richard D. Lankford. a vice president and secretary of the Southern railroad, was ; found dead from gas asphyxiation in ! fcis bachelor apartments in Brooklyn xoday. The police and the coroner de- j eided he had committed suicide, but j iater de*. olopments cast doubt on this theory. Failure to establish a motive forj suicide is mainly responsible for the emphatic* assertion of his friends and Jiiss Nellie Patterson, a Brooklyn sociery ?irl, whom he was to have married Saturday, that his death was accidental. JVlr. Lankford was 46 years old. Perhaps an Accident. The body of Mr. Lankford was found in the bath room. A physician ; said Jife :iic.d been extinct for several' hours. A pillow under the head, an-: other pillow tin the sill of the bath ; room window and a towel hanging; flvpr thp door knob are said to have ? I suggested suicide. Gas was stream-; ing from a jet and in the same bracket an electric lamp was burn\ ing. This has caused Mr. Lankford's friends to believe the gas jet had been opened accidentally by him while ( switching on the electric light. They J also held that Mr. Lankford placed j the pillow on the window sill for the j purpose of keeping out the cold, and i xhat the towel was hung on the door,; ikaob as a matter of course. No' ? i J1UUC yi OU/L2IU1& was 1UUUU IU IUzdicate inmistakably a suicidal pur-; pose on Mr. Lankford's part. Called on Fiancee. Mr. Lankford called on Miss Pat- ; i tVrson last night. Today the young. 1 woman said he had been in the best i of spirits. After she had retired Mr.!* Lankford remained in the house until i _ 11 n'A^/Nrtl' fr*1lr?nrr t r\ Y\ nr* H Vr\T V> - ] <1 Ui/jjLl II w tamiiii, tv ajl^x w. uwia j and bis wife. Miss Patterson said '( her fiance had complained of stomach i( trouble and violent headaches but'{ never had given her to understand the ; ' matter was serious. There had been >1 no disagreement between Mr. Lankford and herself. 5 r Mr. I^ankford was born at Princess Anne, Md. Prom December, 1892, to '1 May 1, 1896, he was cashier and j ( treasurer of the Broadway Railway j company of Brooklyn and in June of j the latter year becajne assistant sec- j( retary of the Southern railway. He ' was elected vice president and secre-, : I > tary in 1910. He was kniwn as a!1 man of exemplary habits, much given | to "keeping his own council and none . 1 of his business associates appear to .1 have known that he was to have been : married Saturday. Ai the cbroner's office tonig-t the r I r cpnion was expressed after careful ! investigation that Mr. Lankford's ? death was accidental. Dr. Lester D. f Yolk, physician to the coroner, said L ke would so report. ENGINEER UNCONSCIOUS J . Fast Express on H. and 0. Without Controlling Hand. < Baltimore, .Jan. 16.?With the en--' gineer sitting unconscious from a frac- J tured skull, the New York and St'; Louis Express on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, sped over the rails for ai brief time last night without a controlling hand on the throttle. President Willard and other high official a! : the road were aboard the train. 1 The plight of the engineer, J. H. i < Moxley, of Baltimore, was discovered by j tbe foreman of locomotives, who,was. riding on the engine, and had his at- J tention drawn to Moxley by the latter's ] failure to blow a crossing signal as j i the express was running through 1 Brunswick, Md. The train was stop-1 ped at the Brunswick station, where ; a physician's examination disclosed; the nature of the man's injuries. It is believed he was struck on the head by ' a piece of ice or a rock falling from ; a cliff a short distance east of Bruns- j3 wick. i( Moxley was rushed to the hospital ;( at Frederick in a special train. His cnvulitinn toriav was i POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY. An unusually broad view of cur- j rent events, one that takes in not only . the advance in various lines, but j{ accidents and disasters as well, is i ^ given in the February number of j * Popular Mechanics Magazine. Big j developments have taken place in aviation, but here, as might be expect-' ed in view of the fact that more air-; men ihave made flights than ever be- , fore in a simular period, the fatali- j 4ies have "been greater than in any : previous year. As against 140 avia- * tion fatalities in 1912, there were 192 j in 1913. A three-page tabulation of j thees fatalities for 1913, giving the j names of the aviator in e^.oh case, the place and date of the accident and the type of the machine, appears : | in this number of the magazine, j I t \ i i j Advances have been made both in th< ' development of safety devices for air men and in a continually increasing i I use of air craft for practical purposes I The French government is experi I mpnHnp- with th<* apronlanp as z | means for transmitting mail, whil< in California a dirigible balloon i; engaged in regular passenger service These and other developments in aviation are fully described in the February number of this magazine. Ti:e February magazine contains 345 articles and 339 illustrations. Ir an article entitled "American Sponge Fisheries Worked by Greeks," by Leo nora tseck hjiiis, many 01 ine aeiaiis of an important industry, about which the average person knows nothing, are explained and illustrated. The latest developments in bungalow construction in southern California are given in "Artistic Concrete Pillars for Bungalows," by Albert Marple, while an extreme case of picturesque treatment in building construction is illustrated in "Odds and Ends Used to Make 'Futurist' House." In an article entitled "Stone Quarry Made Into Landscape," the manner in which an objectionable feature was made a part - i ui a. ueauuiui cuuipusiuuu i? ucstnued and illustrated. An account is given of the storm which, in November, 1913, swept the Great Lakes, resulting in the loss of 244 lives; of the storm in the North Pacific early in October, in which lives were lost and the city of Nome was almost entirely destroyed; and of the December flood that overwhelmed a large section of central Texas. Other features of special interest in the February number include: "Matches to be Safe and Xonpoisonous," in which is explained just what kind of matches may be manufactured and sold under the new law; "How Counterfeit Coins are Detected;" ''Railroad to Run Lunch Counter Car/' describing the latest innovation in railroad service; "Rural Fire Departments Use Motorcycles;" "President Plants Elm in White House Grounds;" "Pontoon Motor Car to Dross Africa;" "To Build Highway funnel Under Hudson River:'' "Wire less Message to Go Around the SVorld;" "How Igorrotes Terrace Steep Mountain Sides and Convert rhem Into Rice Fields;" "Grade Flatbed to Help Downhill Trains;" 'Postoffice Clerks Use Roller Skates;" 'Motor Truck Crosses Alaska;" 'Group of Museums for New York 2ity;" "New Colliers for Navy Are u;n-V>1.r TTvffirt?/->Y%f * "Aoriol Rnnou'o V 71. i LL . \ JL^lllVy iUilt | rxv 1 IU: AVV^/V if vfc j Across the Andes;" etc. In this num)er .are also begnn two series of illustrations entitled "Curious Vehicles n Use the World Over" and "The ^replaces of All the World.'' Tbe shop notes and Amateur Me,'hanics departments of the February nagazine contain the usual amount )f good material, illustrated by :Vptr>hps: and diagrams, including a ontinuation of Harold Hinton's series >n "Practical Telephony'' and an investing article by Chelsea Curtis "raser on the "Homemade Ellipsograph/^ ' For Weakness and Loss of Appetite rhe Old Standard general strengthening tcnic, "JROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic <nd sure Appetizer. Feraaults and children. 50c < " ? s> LODGE DIRECTORY. ? ? Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W.. meets every second and fourth Wednesday night in Klettner'* TIall, at 8 j'clcck. tuiosfci Lodge, Ko. 20,1. 0. 0. F. Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. F., meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock in West Jkid Hall. Visiting bre en ire cordially invited to attend. Jas. L. Aull, Noble Grand. G. Peterson, Secretary. Newberry Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., neets every second and fourth Mon3ay night in Klettner's hall, at 8 J V.1UVXV, I. 0. Burton, C. C. [. H. Campsen, Clerk. Amity Lodge, So. 87, A. F. M. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meeti every first Monday night at 7.30 o'clock In Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren :ordially invited. T. P. Johnson, i", W. Eiarhardt, W, M. Secretary. Wodmen of the World. Mapie Camp, No. 437, W. O. fiisst cn/1 third WftinAfl LUUV10 V T V*^ MV UAWV. V?. w ?. lay evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting brethren are corialiy welcome. D. D. Darby, J. A. Derrick, Clerk. C. C. Bergell Tribe, No. 24, L 0. R. M. Bergell Tribe, No. 24, Improved Or> M 3 der Red Men, meets every Thursday - 1 night at 8 o'clock in Klettner's Hali. J! W. G. Peterson, ! 0. Kletti jt, Sachem. Ohief of Records. 1 Omaha Tribe, I. 0. R. M. * Om^aa Tribe, No. 75, I. 0. R. M. 5 Prosperity, S. C., meets ?very first anC third Friday night at 8o'clock in Ma sonic ball. Visiting brethren are wel* " j come. G. H. Dominick, ! Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sachem. Chief of Records. ! ? 5 Caoteechee Council, lw. 4, D. of P. J 0. R. M. ; Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P. 1 meets every other Tuesday night at i ' o'clock p. in., in Klettner'e Hall. Signet Chapter, Nc? 18, R. A. JL | Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M. I meets every second Monday night ai I 8 o'clock in Masonic Mall. Vac Smith, IT P Johnson E. H P Lacota Tribe, I. 0. & M. i Lacota t.rib<j, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., Ja iapa, S. C., meeting every othc* Wed nesJay night at 8 o'clock in Summer hall. Visiting brethren are welcome. T. C. Dobbins, J. Wm. Folk, Sachem. Chief of Records. .">erry Commandery, 5o. 6, ?- T. Newberry Commandery, No. 6, K T., Aftfo /NTTrtWT + Vl4l*/3 OfKf At ( ULLOOL0 CI J UIII U uiufitua/ Ub w o'clock in Masonic- Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, T. P. Johnson, E. C. Recorder. Willow Camp, No. 694, W. 0. W. Willow Camp, No. 694, \V. O. W. meets every second and fourth Tues day nights in eacn month at West JKn ; school house. J T. B. Kibler, Council Commander. A. C. Ward, Clerk. Palmetto Camp, No. 694, Boys of Woodcraft, meets at Odd Fellow's hall, West End, every second and fourth Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock. ^ TKT TIntii*4oAn (jr. vt . iiai i wuu, Comma NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the "undersigned will make a final settlement of the estate of J. B. Taylor, deceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry County, South Carolina, on the 21st j day of February, 1914, at 11 o'clock j in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter apply to the said Court for i ,'her final discharge as administratrix j j of said estate. All persons holding claims against said estate will pre-j sent the same, properly verified, to I Blease & Blease, Attorneys, NewberI rv. S. C.. and all persons indebted to said estate will likewise make pay-' ment. Josephine T_^ior, Administratrix, i ESTATE NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Blease, deceased, are notified to make settlement j immediately with the undersigned. All persons holding claims against-said estate will present same, duly-verified, to the undersigned for immediate payment. Bertha Blease Eison, Executrix. f.nrinnn (r. Blease. Eugene S. Blease, Executors. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT, j Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make final settlement of the estate of William H. Eddy, deceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry County, State of South Carolina, on Friday, the 13th day of February, 1914, at 11 o'clock a. m., and immediately thereafter will apply for final discharge as executor.! All persons are notified to make settlement of all indebtedness to the said estate, and to file any claims against the said estate, with the un^ "* - 9 J T> 1 An c r\ iV J aersignea or his cillui ucjo, u:ca^g a> I Blease. at Newberry, South Carolina. G. W. Eddy, Executor. l-9-4t-ltaw. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make final settlement of the estate of James N. Dobbins, deceased, in the Probate Court for x' 1 CJ^vh+VI Pornlina r*Tl ! i\eWO ITV OUUllLJ', vJVIU111 \^t*i uiiuu, v? Wednesday, the 11th day of February, j 1914, at 11 o'clock, a. m., and will im! mediately thereafter apply for letters dismissory as executor. All persons are notified to make settlement of all indebtedness to the said estate, and to file any claims against the said es- j tate, with the undersigned or his at- J torneys, Blease & Blease, at Newberry. South Carolina. William S. Dobbins, Executor. l-9-4t-ltaw. . \ The Bowers & Franklin ! Cotton Seed Culler Select the right seed for you? the full size, full weight seed?that give you a uniform stand of healthy, prolific plants?the kind of seed that Doctor Seaman A. Knapp ihas proved will increase the yield of cotton on the same land and by the same cultivation at least Fifty per cent It never makes a mistake in the selection of seed?does it better than you could do it yourself in the field, saving you time, as well as money. More Cotton on less land?that's j what the Bowers & Franklin Cotton Seed Culler means for you. ! * Finer Cotton, Too?That is What the Bowers & Franklin Cotton Seed Culler Guarantees You. Cotton grown from the highpower seed furnished by this machine samples better and brings a | higher price. Seed selected by the machine are free from trash and grass and weed seed, giving a cleaner crop, easier to put to a stand. And you | can plant an acre with one-third ! the amount of ordinary seed yon hare been using heretofore. Here's where you make a big' saring' in seed and labor. And the seed from a crop made by these seed are fieaTier and richer in oil and consequently more calnhl^ nrkff Atr r?H rrtilTcf on/? ^MIUVIC LU LV/l-LWU Vil XUXliO) C4.XJ.VA other buyers. T will call at your farm or most i convenient point, and select the seed by this process for you, charging only 10c a bushel, measured ^ \ before the seed go into the machine. i Write me at Silverstreet, S. C., or call phone 3403. * n n. i jas. r. atepnens. I NOTICE OF ELECTION IX WHEEL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 31. C Whereas, one-third of the residen electors and a like proportion of resident freeholders of the age o: 21 years, of Wheeland school distric No. 31. of the county of Newberry State of South Carolina, have filed s petition with the County Board o Education of Newberry County, Soutl Carolina, petitioning and requestinj that an election be held in said schoo district on the question of levying < special annual tax of two mills to b< collected on the property located ii the said school district. i >Now, therefore, the undersigned j composing the County Board of New ! berry County, South Carolina, d< ! hereby order the Board of Trustees o the Wheeland School District No. 3: to hold an election on the question o ; levying a two mm tax to oe collect ^ ed on the property located in the sai< sd'iool district, which said electior shall be held at Wheeland schoo house, in the said school district No 31 on Saturday, February 3, 1914, a which said election the polls shall b< opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 1 ! p. m. The members of the Board o | Trustees of said school district shal Lact as managers of said election. On | ly such electors as reside in sai( school district and return real : anc personal property for taxation, anc who exhibit their tax receipts anc registraton certificates as required ii general elections shall be allowed t( vote. Electors favoring the levy o ! such tax shall cast a ballot contain ing the word "yes" written or print ed thereon, and each elector opposec to such levy shall cast a ballot con taining the word "no"' written o: printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal or | January 17, 1914. G. D. Brown, Jr., S. J. Derrick, J. S. Wheeler, County Board of Education for Newberry County^ S. C. 1 5 ? o 5 "8 P> o r\ Q g immI i* o r\ y* V 1 >H fa ^ to 0 .-t *** ft 2 FT ^ 0 a 1 * 8 ? .. ** 2 i vr I rf UJ z ~ iB * *S 2 P ? W r! ft YOU^usr I t When your horse or male a [ gets sick 'phone Dr. J. W. ; Sharp, to be found at the ? i same old stand, residence ? I 1 same. ! 'Phone 156. j Calls answered promptly : day or night. ii Examination free. i - I 1 1 ; lj Hastings' Prolific ! Corn Yielded 214 ' Bushels on I Acre 2 ; If you are going to plant corn this [ spring, either to fill your own crib or f to enter the corn club contests, the j corn to plant, is Hastings' Prolific. ! uinciai unnea ouues guvciu' | " i ment records show this corn has 5 yielded more per acre than any other 1 corn planted in the South. Hastings' j Prolific won the Georgia record with i 214 bushels to one acre; the Missis- j * sippi record vith 225 bushels; the Ar- , l kansas record with 172 2-3; the Flor- ' 5 ida recoid, 129 1-4. Hastings' Prolific { f has won five-sixths of the corn club prizes in Georgia. It has won -; high yield per acre records in every - Southern state, three years out of 1 four- i I This corn produces a grain and for-! " I age of the finest quality. It is the . r corn that it will pay you best to plant year in and year out. j Prices: Packet, 10 cents; 1-2 pint, ; rents* Dint. 30 cents: quart, 50 cents, postpaid. Peck, not prepaid, $1; bushel, $3.50. Order today. Write at once for our big free catalogue. It is full of valuable agricultural information and is a good Look to have on the farm. H. G. HASTINGS & | ; CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Advt. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used inI temally and externally. Price 25c. I : ? I CHICHESTER 8 PILLS ' ' TflE MAMOW BRAND. A Ladlus! Ask y >> :r I>mgcl*t for A\ fc K vL^id Ohi-cl*e?-ter 8 iMamond Brand//\\ ?M^\?ix?\ IMlIs {n Red and iiold metallic^^/ EV ?boxes, ; sealed with Blue Riobon. \y W Take no other. Bur of yoar IV ~nf Wruejrlrt, Ask for CI11.CJIIES-TEB? I C Jf I>IAa?ONI> r.KAM? 1?ILL?, for Sft V C* B years knipwnas Best. Safest, Always Reliable r SOLD By DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE J We Pajjr Cash. Jj Hens tlx MM Fry Chickens 12c^B Roosters 7c Eggs, dozen - - 25c ^ ! Turkeys 13c in..i _ r __ i Deal price ror Deer nraes. i MILLER BROS, J Prosperity, S. C. A I Pay Cash \ For Hens 11c lb Roosters |7c lb 4 Frying Chickens 12c lb J Eggs . 25c doz flj .Turkeys 13c i _ i\ A u1_L jas. v. ^aaiueDaom, a Prosperity, 3. G V TO OCULISTS AND OP? TICIANS: ? ptr oent. off on work. Wfc maJct a ?p?oUltjr of Kx work. Tht bMt poMiUo work at lowtfl prle*. J Lot iu ooATiaoo jrotL * O. Ik Walter Optical Co, Ull Male aoMfc OilMrth. *. 0. \ Your Stomach Bad? t JUST TRY ONE DOSE of ffloyr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy and Be Convinced That You Can Ste Restored to Health ItMwSl L A ^ i 1 j * You are not asked to trTrt* Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Kci?c J/ for weeks and months before you receive any benefit?one doae is aau all/ r^uired to conv.nce the coat skeptical suffer *r of Stomach Ailment3 that th:s great remedy should restore anyone so afficted to good health. Mayr's: Wonderful Scorn^ch Remedy ha3 beer, takea by many thousands of people throughout the. land. It has brought heai/rh and happiness; to sufferers who hid despaired ot ever being restored and who now proclaim it a Wonderful! Remedy nnd are urging jth.-rs who niy be differing with. Svom-ch, L./zr and Intestinal Ailments to try it. _ lind .01. Mayr's Wonderful Stomac't Riracdy is . v jr:7?rent thin most medicines that are put on 1.? n .r'ret for th* various stomach ailments ?in n really in a ?lass by itself,, and ons dose if 1') more to convince the most skeptical ;i .1 tu.iii cjiia vi uuiici 1iwuiti .: r:.\ on ? dose v'11 am zc aad tiie bcneiits en. cAy niturJ. as it acts on the source :j)d t jjiid^tion o* these ailments remov:n.? the po so iojs cat !.rrfcr and bile accretions, and tltsy:ng tfii underlying chronic inllanxmation in. theaiimcluiry and intestinal tract, rendering the arne ;:nti%cptic. Just try one dose of J.ayr's. ! Wonderful Stomach Remedy?put it to a test . I today?you wii be overjoyed with yo::r quicle v'] : recovery and trill highly praise it as thousands J of others are constantly doing. Send for booklet I y.i Stomach Aflm^nts to Geo. H. Mayr.. M?g? Chemist, 154456 Whiticg St.. Chicago. III. For Sale ia Newberry, S. C., by Gilder & Weeks. Wonderful Cough Remedy. Dr. King's New Discovery is known everywhere as the remedy which will ' surely stop a cough or cold. D. P. Lawson of Eidson, Tenn., writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery is the most wonderful cough, cold and throatxand lung medicine I ever sold in mj store. It can't be beat. It sells with out any trouble at all. It neeeds 110 guarantee." This is true, because Dr. King's New Discovery will relieve the most obstinate of coughs and colds. Lung troubles quick!> helped by its use. You sftiould keep a bottle in the house at all times for all the mean- j bers of th)e family 50c. and $1.00. All j Druggists or by mail H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or 9t. Louis. LADIES Wanted -to act as local county representative for an established firm handling a high grade line of household remedies. Can .evote all or part of time. A good chance to establish a lucrative business. For full particulars write at once to Josephine Webstrer Kemedy Co. South Bend, Ind.