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Pitched Battt I On Pen L t |. Wesley Arant Killed an 1 ? . TTT1 _!. -Kjf Ct ftfjgntm w men iviany u? tion of Quarrel a H State. Bageland, March 12.?In a pitched MWattle on the streets of Pageland this a ternoon one man was killed and five others more or less seriously wonted. \ IV e shooting affray followed a trial in a magistrate's court. Between -50 and 100 revolver shots were fired by ? the ten or more participants. As a result of the affair, J. Wesley rArant i? dead. J. M. Arant was shot in the abdomen. Dock Wallace va? ^ s* ot in the arm and abdomen. He was f " taken this afternoon to a hospital at Charlotte, N. C., where an operation was performed tonight HI e wound in the arm is of slight consequence, but the ball entering the right hip, penetrating tfte abdomen, produced a seriTVi^ hnllPvt was T niOT&d VUO nvuiiu. auv w ^ tonight, the patient standing tlae 3:ock B well and unless peritonitis develops k. fee is expected to recover. Arthur Wf West was shot four tim^s, bullets entering the arm, leg and side. Sheppar<i West was shot in the side. John Robertson was shot in tl-e arm. K The affray is the culmination of neighborhood quarrels, all the participant coming from the Size Fork section of Chesterfield county. One of the West boys was tried this after?s noon on a charge of violating a labor contract. It was aleged that he had unlawfully left the employ of Mrs. Treat, sister of the Ara-nt brothers, to Y "work for Dock Wallace. Magistrate Evans threw the case out of court, and the shooting followed shortly after tbe announcement of the decision. ? J. Wesley Arant was a young farmer } MANNING DISMISSES 6ASNWtLL DISPENSARY BOARD I SETS OUT REASONS 15 FOB]tLAL ORDER \ Allegation of Habitual Drunkenness S*xt Supported?Nine Specifications in Bnle SnstaJnHL The State. B. F. Peeples, S. A. Wise and Y. SL k Owens, members of the Barnwell k county dispensary board, were re& - moved from office yesterday by Gov. Manning. The removal order follows two public hearings, at whic' much W testimony was introduced. The sheriff i- > o Barnwell county was ordered to serve the removal order on the mem' bers. "In view of the above stated facts, 1 which are found to be fully sustained by the evidence, 1 feel it my duty to remote rom office the present mem- ; I bers of t' e county dispensary board I L for Barnwell county," says tfce order . F of the governor. Thft^enprjil pharp-fHs a*rainst the dis pensary board members, as found by , Gov. Manning, after hearing the evi- j dence are: IFhat worthless and un-' salable liquors were purchased; that ordinary care and consideration were not observed in awarding the contract for mauling liquors in ti e county; j ' that ODe of the dispensers sold beer not authorized by the county board; that excessive prices were paid by the Doard ror several oramis or liquors; Ithat relatives were employed by the board; that each and evfry local dispensary i;as overstocked; that bottles containing le&s 13:an one-th&lf pint were supplied to the local dispensaries, by the board; that drinking of whiskey in the dispensary at fWilliston was unrestrained, and that liquors were offered for sale which had not been subjected to chemical analysis. The governor in feis order stated J Ptl at the charges o naDituai cirunKenness on the part of the members of the board had not been sustained. Text of Removal Order. The order in full follows: "A rule was directed to B. F. Peeples and S. A. Wise and V. S. Owens, r county dispensary board of Barnwell county, requiring each of them to appear before me at ray chambers, at + Ctaro Virmca Cnliimhia P! C nn Thursday, February 2.">, I9ir>, to show cause, if any tl:ev had, why each of them should not be removed from the office of county dispensary board o:* Barnwell county. Charges and specifications of misconduct, neglect of duty and incapacity in office were made against tfte above-mentioned ofV ficers, and each of them was duly W served with the rule, as well as with copy of the charges and specifications of misconduct, neglect of duty and incapacity. February 20. 1915 appli?cation was made before me for a postponement of tf e time of hearing. This request was re'used. because no siuficient reason therefor was offered. "The bearing commenced at the ap e Raqes j y el and Streets A Five Cithers Wounded in I lots Are Fired?Culminand Case in Court. I about 35 years of age. Dock Wallace is a farmer, between 50 and 55 \ears of age. Arthur and Seppard West, 1 brotl ers, arc about 21 and 23 years ! of age. Sheriff Douglass read ed Pageland j tonight and is conducting a searching 5 investigation into the affair. * Shtppard West Held by Coroner. The State. Pageland, March 13.?11 he coroner's' jury investigating the <3earh of J. Wes- j ley Arant, killed in a street fight here j yesterday, when fi'.e other men were : 1 wounded, d arges Sheppard West..; who was wounded in t e affray, with tihe death of Arant. That "J. W. Arant came to his death irom gnnsaoi wounds at the hands of S eppard West" is the finding of t e coroner's jury. West is in jail at Chesterfield. J. D. {'Wallace and J. M. Arant are in a hospital at Charlotte, where operations were performed Friday night. BotI? a^*e doing as well as could he exnected. Wallace is shot in the abdomen, l -is intestines being punctured in eight places. Arant is snot in t^e ab domen, his intestines being punctured in 11 places. Arthur West, who was shot four times in the arm, leg and side, is in a serious condition here. The coroner's jury will have anoti'rer "earing on Wednesday. In the meantime a thorough investigation of the affair is being conducted.. Warrants charging rioting have j been issued for eight persons alleged , o have participated in v e fight. i ? ? 1 pointed time. Affidavits and oral tes j timony were offered. both in benalf of respondents and against them. Dining the course cf the i earing a motion j was made by counsel who appeared for ; citizens of Barnwell county to allow the charges and specifications to be amended by adding further charges thereto. The proposed amendments were allowed, and fcj consena of counsel lor respondents, Thursday, March 4, was fixed for furt1 er hearing upon i amonrtM ^harsres and suecifica | 0 _ I tion. Te further hearing ?as rej sumed March 4 in accordance with | previous agreement. I < j "An affidavit made by the members | 0) the county dispensary board was i oi'i'ered in their behalf and records i j from the county dispensary board ! wert pin in o-^eac.? ."oroi:gho.i:t i uis proceeding taere v;as 110 objection f | to any 0 the affidavits or testimony of- , , ieied, except as to some statements 1 made on earsay. In reaching a con1 elusion these hearsay statements have ' not been taken into consideration and are to be considered as having been eliminated from tJae record. "Messrs. C. C. Sims, A. H. Best and C. E. Sawyer, attorneys, appeared on the date last mentioued for the members of the boarc; Mr. J. ). Patterson, attorney, having appeared with the attorneys above mentioned for the members of tne board on the first day of the hearing; Messrs. T. .u. j Boulware and 'S. G. Ma afield, attorneys, appearing in opposition to the board. Findings Are Set. Ont "After a cull consideration of the testim^-., hearing of tfr 3 arguments , of counsel, pro and con, i find tMe following facts: "1. That worthless fnd unsalable liquors were purchased by the board after they knew, or should have known, of the worthlessness and un saiaointy tnereoi. "2 That ordinary care and consider- , ation were not observed by tJ:e board in letting the contract to (Angus B. Patterson for hauling for the county dispensary. This transaction was to all intents and purposes a private one, entered into without public advertise- j ment and without fair inquiry as to j tf^e value of the services to be per V."~ lonned. This careless and negligent' action of the board resulted in loss to tiie county 01 approximately *iuv yvi , month .or tl e past several montns. "3. The board failed :o prevent an.i allowed Dispenser Walsh at Williscon, to sell ihrough i ah-p'n.-.ary at that place beer which was nerJ er pur- , nV?rv /NO ^ ?-, rs ? fit 1/-,/? }\ 17 ta I V-iicist: 11 HOI xniii u i w c/v/t-. ?. , This beer was procured by the dispenser and sol J through the dispensary in open '.iolation of t -e law. "4. Excessive prices have been paid by n e board for several brands o.f liquors, tue excess i.i <ome instances being $3 i er case for liquor. In consider it no excise that sucli purc liases were made upon bids submitred according to law, for the same law provides that all bids may be rejected, ihe board knew, or .^ad sutFieien: reason to believe, that exorbitant prices were being charged. Acting upon sue'3. knowledge or belief they s! ould have rejected the bids carrying excessive prices and should have refused to buy ..Mil fair prices wrre offer4"', i a-o no: think members c- the board excused themselves by saying that they were, unJer ti -e circumstances, compelled to purchase in order to carry on tee business of fi e dispensary, for rlie very good reason that there was an excessive stock o: liquors on hand, and purchases were even made when reason therefor did not exist. "5. <The evidence clearly sliows t;'.:at near relatives were -employed by the board, but I do not t1 ink this an ofense under the law, nor that such action may be legally made a ground for removal. Overstocked. "6. An inspection of the records of - - . V the dispensary vn-i snow :nai eacx: and every local dispensary in Barnwell county was overstocked with gcods not really salable; goods of high price and slow sale continually increased; dead stock or worthless gcois accumulates, in some eases, to as mn01 as 25 ptv cent, oi the stock of the local dispensary, while sufficient goods, salable and in demand, were not supplied. A comparison of the purchases, as well as o the stock on hand", will show purchases and stock many times greater than the reasonable requirements and needs or the dispensary. "7. Covering a period of six months or more, liquors and bottles 'Containing less t' an one-half pint were supplied by the board to local dispen-1 sar'ies for sale and were sold. T!>?J j fact tl'at these packages contained less than one-half pint was proml- , nenthy advertised on the labels on trie ! bottlers. j "S. Drinking of intoxicants in the. ? i dispensary at Williston has be*?n nn- , resincrea; h was 01 cummvu i rence, ?ioi prevented or otherwise interfered with by the board, wt ich had : charge and supervision thereof and power in it?, discretion to remove the dispenser. "9. Liquors were generally cffered j for sale which had not been subjected 1 to chemical analysis. This failure no ' dniihr created the necessity o:' some worthless liquors beins: t1 rown away, but not unti- portions thereof harl been sold ti/e public under the law as guar- j antee of purity. It may not be amiss to say that there is little comfort to. the person who l as bought and consumed a portion of such liquors to be told that the county fcas lost notih-! ing; that the money paid by the county ' for such worthless and impure liquors j has been recovered In t) is connection | the evidence shows that bottles con- ' taining a liquid compound was bought by tfie board and sold through the disnensaries. which was by the labels tierof advertised as a cure or rem-: edy for various human ailments. Hut | as there was no charge against the . board tor dealing in patent medicines, j I consider this only as a liquor which j has not been analyzed. Charge Not Snstained. "10. Tn justice to all concerned, I j feel that I should state that charges | of habitual drunkenness and excessive use of intoxicants by certain members or" the board and others connected with the dispensary rave not been sus-: tained by the evidence. T did not al- ! "* x,~ ? ? ~ ^ if V? r?o \\r n low inese fiiar!;t*s iu ur nmiui?ni., ( because they were formally and pub- j liclv made, therefore in my judgment i should be formally and publicly dis- j posed of, in accordance with the evidence. Under all the circumstances, it is ti ought better and fairer to declare the o idence insufficient in this !es;.eet tha-i to have the charges made and wi: .drawn and thereby leave ^uc,. a serious matter open to further question. ? "in view of the above facts, w! ich are foi^n 1 to ]?o fully sustained ny tn^ evidence. I feel it my duty to rcmov from cffi; e the present members o the county dispensary board for Barnwell county. "It is therefore ordered: "That t e said B. F Peoples and S. A. "Wise and V. S. Owens bp. and thev anr] eacii o; t-hfm are. remove] from office of county ,]i--uensary board oi Ram we'] counrv r.n-l f'r sa'j office b" ' ereby declared vacant. "! *>t 1he sheriff of Barnwell county forthwith serve upon each of f e respondents herein copy of this order." f*anweJl Corinty Hoard Named, i Tt p jroverncr has named the hoard oi' j dispensary commissioners of Barnwell jounty as ol'ows: N. M. Walker, of iApplcton; S. R. Boylesto.i, of Blackt jville; J. M. Wer.terrbee, of Williston, ! the re'ommcndjtion of th6 legislative delegation from Barnwell county. M MAM S BFMANDS SERVED ON VILLA 1 Kepeafed to Zapata's Northern Associate? Conditions in Mexico City , Said to Be (iood. 1 * 1 1- 1 O /vm j vvasamgrcn, .mmi'cu 10.?jL^cintiiivio 1 by the United States upon Gen. Salai zar, Zapatr. comraandrr in Mexico City, for the punishment of soldiers w o murdered John B. MeMr,nus, an American citizen, and adequate reparation to McManus* amily were repeated today to Gen. Villa. "As Villa and Zapata/ caid Secretary Bryan, "nave b'jen cooperating, 1 tliC'Ugrt it vv:.c a good idea to make i representations to Villa as well as ir/ i Zapata. ! Sa'azar has alreafy promised to j punish thosp guilty of the killing of , M '-Man us. Mexico City is raid to continue quiet. iI ;hc following summary was givrn out by rhe state department: "The department is informed that t c occupation of Piedras Ncgras by the Villa . action gi.es it complete control of t/r.e region of Coahuila and i that trains arc now running practicaly all the way to that point from the r>n r\i t o 1 V/M kU A. To Occupy Pr^freso. "The department is informed t! at V-r;a Cruz states that Gen. Carranza has announcerd the the gunboat Zaragoza at Progreso will detain any vtscel found discharging or loading inrgo and that i.e expects to occupy the port, operating by lanl and sea. Tiie constitutionalist authoiities at Ve.a Cruz announce that t e Ocampo also l been ordered to Progreso. "The department, ie in receipt of a report duted March 8 covering the general political situation in tr.e iVoTiQr?c. It is stated that Gov. Maytorent has dispatcher a Jarge force to the sout "J to repel ti'e reported advance of Cf.rranza forces inid?r Gen. Iturbe. Bov. Maytorena's control extends as for south as the neighborhood of Fundicicn. on ti e Southern Pacific-Mexican railroad. The Carranzaistns occupy Alamos. Sonora. and Navajoa, to the south, r-.nd >Agua Priet in the northeast of Sonora. "It is said that the phase of tfte Sonora situation now most serious is the scarcity of food. "It is said that the army oi* Gen. Juan Cabral, in its march from CM' uahua across the mountains into 'Sonora, lost 1,200 horses from starvation and exhaustion." Enrique . Llorente, Villa's representative here, issued a statement tonight regarding the MeManus case wihich says in part: Follows American Plan. "There are certain features about the MeManus case whidn^ give rise to a suspicion that the deceased might not have been entirely without Tf a c stntpd hp was ffuiltv of having killed t.'iree Zapatistas when tJ':.-e latter entered Mexico City some months ago, it in equally possible that he might have been detected in sniping 011 (Wednesday last when I Three kind At all dealers ai th? same troops again entered the capital. "On t';e other ) and, he may have been wantonly shot by an irresponsible tironi) of coldiers. Should ir.ve.s ugaiion uevtriup ui.i suui >.< o ea-e, the American president may i?o assure J that the provisional govern| nu'M of Mexico will make due rep. yranon thrcugi the payment of a money indemnity to t e family of tho j dr.erased. "I?! t n is incident we will be guide J j by the po'iey of the United States in as"s in which i oreigncrs have met death by mob violence within its territory." j FRYE'S CAPTAIN AND CREW TO MAKE STATEMENT* I i Risks Americans Were Subjected to bj | Enforced Presence Aboard Cruiser Also to be Taken lp. I i ! Washington, March 11.?Unless the German government voluntarily offers to make restitution for the destruction j of the American ship Frye, sunk bj : the converted cruiser Prinz Eite' Friedrich in t) e South Atlantic, anc ! cvrrpssps reeret for toe occurrence \ ?w ! strong protest will be made by th< | United States, with a request for repa ration. Xo announcements concerning the case probably will be made, it was saic by high officials, until after an investi gation had been completed. Presiden Wilson stated today that a searching | inquiry would be conducted. Officials were unanimous in theii oninion?and it was shared largely b] j diplomatists, too?-teat the commandei of tibe Prinz Eitel had no right to sin] ' the Frye. It was considered probabli by officials that the German govern ment would admit the error of the na j val commander and agree to make th< . usual reparation. Some official though sufficient amends, a ter the payment o damages, would be t! e court martial ing o: the German officer. i i i Hor/ To Give QuJnfne To Children J FE &RILINE is the trade-rnark name griven to ai improved Quinine It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas STif to tatp atirt nnt rii^fnrb the stnmflfli ( Children take it and never know it is Quinine j Also especially adapted to adults who canno [ take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate no cause nervou:- ness nor ringing in the head. Tr 1 it the next time * ou need Quinine for any ?T ! pose. ? \ ' t ' v ? > ordinal package. j< j name F f ? 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We'll tell you the others , I 1 ; if you ask. * I Mayes' Drug Store i I Phone 138. dewberry, S. C. j 1 i t! NOTICE. r Policy holders of the Farmers' MuI tual Insurance Ascociation of Newr i Derry County will meet at the Court j House on Saturday, March 13th inst., p at 11 o'clock a. m. . : R. T. C. HUNTER, Pres^ a1 "L. I. EfPTING, Secty. "! 3-5-3t _ j :? s" VOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. |1de* ? { 1 j ' xe is hereby given t!:at the un ; d-ersigned will make final settlement i of the estate of J. W. Wicker, deceased, . : in t':e probate court for Newberry 1 _ ! countv. State of South Carolina, on i j (Tuesday, April 13, 1915, at 11 o'clock a : ' in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter apply to the judge of proj bate of Newberry county for a final discarge. All persons indebteded to the said estate will make immediate settlement with tl'e undersigned, and, all persons holding claims against the said estate will present tfre same duly ti attested. G. A. C. 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