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fSNEWOOB NEGRO ! SHOOTS ROBBINSI PENITENTIARY (ilARD SUFFERS SERIOUS WOUND. | Well Known Officer Is Hurt While Pursuing a Half-Witter Fugitive With Bloodhounds. \ The State. Pinewood, April 9.?John C. Rohbins, guard at the State penitentiary and State executioner, was si:ot -from ibis horse and painfully injured wJfcile pursuing a negro with bloodhounds ?'*ar here today. Joel Green, who did tbe shooting, is a half-witted negro. H-e was surrounded in a canebrake And was not more than 20 feet fronr Mr. Robbins w en the gun was fired. The shot tore an ugly wound in the right hip joint. The injured man was hurried to a hospital in Columbia by Dr. Frank Harvin. Members of the j posse could not determine the seriousness of the wound, but were apprehensive of Mr. Robbins' life. i Later ir. the afternoon the negro! was compelled to climb a tree to es - j cape the vicious bloodhounds. From the tree he shot and killed the leader of the pack and tt'nen made his way to the thicker confines of fhe swamp. The chase was abandoned late in tae afternoon. It will be resumed early tomorrow morning, the sheriff of Clarendon county telephoning that fce will join the hunt at an early hour. There is considerable excitement in the com xnunity and a lynching is feared in tie event the negro should be taken alive Three stores were robbed in Pinewooa Thursday night and the dogs were brought from Columbia to tra:i the tJMef. The stores broken into belonged to A. G. Stack, Mrs. C. W. Bate? and A. G. Stotsky. Considerable Quantities of goods were taken Entrance was made through the transom over the door in one case and, in tre others, bars were prized loose from the windows. "When the -dogs arrived this morning tiic trail was followed a mile or more from the town, a wagon having been held in waiting to pick up the i robbers. Mr. Robbins and ti':ose with fcim then folowed the wagon trail un-: til they came to a negro house on down t)'.:e road. Joel Green was sit- ; ting on the steps at the time. He ga>ve no coherent answers to questions plied by Robbins and ftis deputies. . Another negro was plowing in a nearby field and the scouring party passed on to the plow hand. During $T:e interim, Green got his gun ^nd j went to the woods. His actions in- ; cited tfce suspicion of Mr. Robbins 1 and those with him. The negro was J followed and when he had been surrounded in a canebrake, he immediately drew his gun on Mr. Robbins. Hie negro was commanded to drop ihis gun, but opened fire before Mr* Robbins could bring Ibis own gun mto play. Taking advantage of the demoralization of (he pursuing party, Green made his escape and is still at large. Green is regarded as a dangerous 1 negro throughout the community, j and those pursuing realize that tfrey j take their lives in tfaeir hands "wlien attempting to capture him. J. . Robbins, guard at the peui- J tentiary, who was wounded yesterdav "Dino-a\r\r\r1 U'PQ hr0112"ht. to CO" X 1UV TT VVVt) IT v.w ? 0 ? flumbia last nigfrt at 11 o'clock. He was carried to the Columbia hospital, where he underwent an operation. At 1 o'clock tfris morning the physician in charge issued the following statement: "?Mr. Robbins has a chance for recovery, although nothing definite will be known for several days. He stood the operation well." LOST SUBMARINE REPORTED LEAKY Erie's Own Words to His Brother Indicate Distriust of Delicate Mechanism. Los Angeles, lApril 9.?In a letter written at Honolulu March 22 Lieut. ' Alfred Ede, in command of the United ! States submarine F-4, lost witft his en- ] tire crew when trat vessel disappeared off Honolulu harbor March 25, told his j brother that "if the whole boat should . vanish in smoke, I don't think I would j be terribly astonished." Allison Ede, to wf:om the letter was j addressed, received it several days ago. It says: "Honolulu, March 22, 1915. "This is not a very exciting place, but enough happens to the boat to at least keep up interest. I just came back from Pearl harbor Thursda', where I -have been for 10 days, having a new motor put in. Previous to that we had a !:ydrogen explosion in the battery, engine breakdowns, etc. "So there is something doing all the time. Take a mere trifle like today? down 50 feet and no bottom below, and water trickling in through one of the valves. That does not give us a thrill any more. In fact if the wl'nole boat j should vanish in smoke, I don't think ; I would be terribly astonished." \ ROBSINS SUCCUMBS ! TO BUILEI WOUND| m:c;ko who shot hi>i killed! BY POSSE. T1 Late Officer Chased and Caught Many Crimlilils?Died in Columbia Hospital Saturday Evening-. Columbia. April 10.?John Catlett i Robbins, State executioner and pen:-j tentiary guard, who was si'.:ot Friday j near Pinewood, in Clarendon county, j while ceasing a negro fugitive, died at the Columbia hospital of 5:50 Saturday evening. Joel Green, the negro who did the shooting, was himself shot to death by tfte deputy sheriff's posse after an all nig!':t search in a swamp near Pinewood, Saturday morning. The negro wore a steel breast-plate and . carried a shotgun and two pistols. Guard Robbins was born in Anderson county in 1876. His early life was spent on his father's farm near the city of Anderson. He was among the first to enlist in the Spanish-American war. After the war f:e went to Columbia and secured a position as guard at the State penitentiary. When tr:e act providing for electrocution in 580 * this State was passed Guard Robbins Li ht* was named as the official executioner & by Capt. D. J. Griffith, superintendent Heel, of the penitentiary. heel a; 1 'ONA Mr. Robbins was the son of the late V'Vl J. Robbins, a well known Andersoi (tfZfl7 county farmer, who died a year ago. zP Threa Mr. Robbins is survived byithe following brothers and sisters: Miss Daisy, T?P; Robbins, Charles M. Robbins, Mrs. W. Black, H. Duckworth, M. D. Robbins, L. B. "ON^ Robbins, IMiss Zadie Robbins and Miss Rubie Robbins. Miss Daisy Robbins and Charles M. Rabbins arrived in Columbia late lasi nigtt from Anderson and will accompany the body to the Electric City this morning, leaving at 7:10 'o'clock. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock at Eureka church, t)':ree miles from Anderson. "Mr. Robbins had been connected with the State penitentiary/' said Capt. Griffin last nig'-t, "for about eight years. He was a good, kind and E 321 brave officer. He could do more with Black the bloodhounds than any one else 1 know. We will miss him." Splice* T:e State government does not pro- "ON^ vi/lo fr\r> tho maintpriJiTirp rvf a. nack of bloodhounds. Several years ago j Mr. Robbins bought several hounds and began to develop a pack. Mr. Robbins had chased more criminals and suspects than any other man in ! the State, it is said, and bis blood-1 hounds were in constant demand from J e?ery section to try and run down per- j sons thought to have been guilty of crimes. I Hp ipri the hunt for tj':-e desperado, I Henry Austin, tne negro who terrorized Barnwell and Hampton counties and who killed several men himsel-f before being mortally wounded in Georgia and wfto died while being brought back to Hampton. "Governor, I was trying to do my duty," said Mr. Robbins, as l:.e was was suspended an being rushed to Columbia late Friday quarter inch tibic! night. Gov. Manning was at Sumter and ten inches lc i ~ J J. _ on his way from Orangeburg to Co- carrieu 10 nucnui lumbia. The governor found the ? wounded officer in the station at Sum- > 0 DEFEtf ter and accompanied him to uoiuci- ? bia in the baggage car of toe Atlantic Reports to >avy J Coast Line railway train, reaching (licatire of P Columbia just before 11 o'clock Pri- ? day night. Gov. Manning remained :? Washington, A the baggage car until foe train reach- Daniels declared t ed the union station and gave every to the navy depa attention possible to the officer. Yes- March 1 showed tl terday afternoon Gov. Manning called be in good conditic to see Mr. Robbins at the Columbia Department offi< hospital. An operation was performed terest Ix>s Angel* late Friday night, but little hope was saying a brother lield out for recovery. commanded the si went to the bottc Bobbins' (Slayer Killed by Officers. ]etter written two The State. tragedy in which - - ~ ? fi?> would tint hp a: .Pinewood, i^pru iu.?a posse morning shot to death Joel Green, t';:e sel went up in sm desperate and crazed negro who fatal- No one was inc] ly wounded J. C. Robbins. of the State letter. Officials s; ^ -i of a K/vor'e* AATiHiti/ penitentiary yesterday micriiiA/u j luc uuo.i. o wuu>>.>' 6:30 after the guard's bloodhounds had started on her \z chased the negro into a cane break, would .not be kn Ti e hunt for Green was stopped soon raised and examii after he shot Mr. Robbins, as the ?j have asked A negro fied into the swamp. There he mandant of the m climbed a tree and shot the leader of 0iuiu> for a repor the pack of bloodhounds from the sajd Secretary Dai penitentiary, which were in pursuit of .<Qf course this until tfce -.vessel ] About midnig t last night Greer. {he surface Qur ] tried to escape from the swamp. Mem- 1 ghow that the F bers of the posse and the negro ex- dition changed several shots. News of tne - , , . j j . "It must be r< man hunt spread abroad and during j + h submarine is the the nigbt a tremendous crowd gath, . ,v, chine m the worlc pro/i arrrnnH the swamo. Among the officers present were Deputy Sheriff Soon after ti'.e i Gamble, a son of Sheriff Gamble, of '^r- Daniels issuei 'Clarendon, who is ill in a hospital i'i *n? "nothing withi Columbia, Mr. Thames, Magistrate To- navv departn mer, of Pinewood, and his constable. doubt as to the c When Green was killed he was in or batteries of the the swamp within 50 yards of the spot It is expected th; where he stot the bloodhound late land, with divers last night. The negro was armed with aid in raising tl a single barrel shotgun, two 3S-calibre read Honolulu ! pistols and a knife. On his breast' Sunday, as previon I I n nmmn?TiHT r?r? m?i aiw mi i in nMwnnn n? ? imiwiiin n him i in >i nm n? ? a jT\ riREE (JnVX The National Annual Hos APRIL 15th 16th 1' Thursday Friday Sat t "Onyx" Hos At Special Prices on These FOR WOMEN 5P;?Women's "ONYX" Medium H408:--^ Weight Silk Lisle with Pointex Weight Silk "Dub-1" Top, extra heavy spliced Spliced Hei nd toe; Black only. only. fX" Day Price 3 pairs for $1 "ONYX" I ttr i na\tt7irn h ? j 4 tt' ;?women s -uiny-v rure 14-1:?vvoi d Silk Boot with Lisle "Dub-1" Thread Sil Reinforced Heel, Sole and Toe, Garter Top White and Tan and Toe; Bl; 'X" Day Price 3 pairs for $1 "ONYX" I Women's "ONYX" Pure Thread S:1 Medium Weight; ''Dub-1" Garter T( or Lisle; High Spliced Heel and Doub! Silk or Lis'e; Black or White. ' ONYX" Day Sale. $1 , FOR MEN 5:?Men's "ONYX" Silk Lisle in 715:?Met i I i T-\ 11 n TT _ . 1 J *T\ pliced 0' only. uouDiex neei anu ioe, Tan, Navy, i Sole. Has no equal. gun Jy and , :X" Day Price 3 pairs for $1 "ONYX" I 1326:?Men's "ONYX" Finest Silk, Medium Weight; Reinforced Sole and Toe; Black and Colors "ONYX" Day Price $1 per summer cro Clothing Department NEWBERRY, - S. ' I I : . = iron plate about one >EW COMMISSIONER k, six inches wide iMUST BE ELECT ng. His body was 3d for an inquest. The Governor Has >"ot Authority ?? Appoint a Successor to the Late D!T HMJU3 L' ^^1>r,uuDepartment Not In- The next general assembly of So oor Condition. Carolina will elect a code coma sioner to succeed t!:e late Marshall pril 9? Secretary DeBruhl. The salary of the office onight that reports $400 a year. The law does not p irtment as late as Vide for appointment in case of a le submarine F-4 to cancy. The section of the law govern ;ials read witfn in- , commissioner follows: is press dispatches of Lieut. Ede, w^o "Code of laws m2> volume jbmarine when she section oO. A code commissioner si mi, had received a be elected by the general assemblj days before tne 1911 f?r a term of ten years and the lieutenant saia salary shall <be $400 per annum, p stonished if Ibis ves- able quarterly by the State treasu 0^e on t!':e warrant of the comptroller g lined to discuss the eraI: Provided, That the code c aid the truth aboai mi^ioner elected at the session of D? at the time she Seneral assembly for 1901 shall i ist cruise probably office for a term of ten years and si own until she was reeeive a salar>' of ?500 for the Ri vMr ^nmnipnr>in?r January 1. 1901. i led. i ^ (thereafter annually until the exp drairal Moore, com- . .. * ., , . , . _ , tion of the term of his office a sal ival station at Hon- . . . , . of $400 to be paid quarterly bv t on the accident, _ , , S:ate treasurer upon the warrant iieis the comptroller general. In case can not be made a vacancy from any cause, the gen* has been raised to assembly shall as early as practice reports up to March elect a code commissioner for -4 was in good con- unexpire^ term." emembered that a most delicate ma- WORKING TO RAISE t? SUNKEN SUBMAR1 submarine was lost i a statement say- Washington, !A prill O.-The follow in Hie knowledge of cablegram from Rear Admiral Mo nent warrants any Honolulu v\as recci\ed at the n ondition of engine, department late tonight: F-4." "Work preparatory to raising s at tne cruiser Mary- marine F-4 progressive. Taxing t and apparatus to for safety, but wasting none. Di le submarine will Agraz, a depth of 170 feet, thinks Monday, instead of saw F-4 below him. Have two li isly reported. to her." i mm??. onBsm )t ! 1 DAYS : I I iery Event , 7th | urday i / iery . ! Days Only j i } ) Omen's "ONYX" Medium : Lisle, "Dub-1" Top, High el and Double Sole; Black Day Price 3 pairs for $1 nAri'<; 4'ONYX"' P 11 r f> k; Medium Weight; Lisle arid Sole; Extra Double Heel ack and White. )ay Price 60 cents per pair k; a Fine o:t!_ ; jp ui OHK. le Sole of per pair M r's "ONYX" Pure Silk, ; g el, bole and ioe; m jbiaek, I ^ Grey, Purple, Helio. Bur^adet. | DayvPrice 3 pairs for $1 | : Puic hamg I ' fcr pair ithers p; ! I - c. I ;e2 << t | i * nir nnnn vnm n I in m?n rL.itii mur jui ED The Department of Agriculture Makes to Statement. Washington, April 9.?No material damage has been suffered by the peach i uto crop in Sou till Carolina, Georgia and ! ais- Alabama since the freeze of Marci; 22 1 p, according to telegraphic reports from > is growers made public today by the deir0_ partment of agriculture. In the Marcn va_ freeze 50 to 60 per cent, of the crop was reported killed in the three States. A crop of 100 per cent, was reported "~s frcm these districts where there was no frost damage. Cornelia, Adairs1: ville, Woodbury, Thomastoon, "Warm iall Springs and TLomasville, Ga. 7 Reports 'from districts that suffered 'bis from the freeze showed 40 to 50 per ,a-v* cent, of the crop left at Leesville, Mo[rer doc and Batesville, S. C.; 50 per cent ;en~ at Byron, Ga., and Beachburg, Ala; TT^IU.. J J:il~ t>U per cent, ai rort vauey auu iuax- i ^le sballvilie, Ga. told ? > ) iall ANOTHER USE FOR COTTON. seal | and An Atlanta Concern Manufacturing ( ira- Sliooes From Staple, ary j j L'- " ! News and Courier. j Abbeville. LApril 10.?The Amos B. Morse company, of Abbeville, have on | ?1*ai display a novelty in the shape of a L^1'3 j shoe. It is made entirely of cotton j : ation. The shoe is made by an Atlanta it is almost impossible to tell tfcat the shoe is made of cotton upon examin- ' ation. The shoe is made by on Atlanta I firm. Its lasting qualities are said to I be as good as a leather shoe of th? same price. Tfcis is a new use for cotton and it is probable that a great I |i->re deal of cotton will be used in its manu- | avy ufacture. It is claimed that the sLob is water-proof and in every way as | ub- ( good as a leather shoe. Thus the war I ime has taught another use for cotton. | I Imrlnrnfoflnnr tn thp nnrl QJrL'To I iuriguiuv? " ne ; . The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, ___ nes GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria.enriches the blood,and builds up the systern. A 'rue tonic. For adults and children. 5Cc '- i1- 'Byrwiyn?IB co mm n a> H J? ? m J Pt- 0- i ^aa6 HH| v z 1 \ '^ipj a o M < cfl 9 n 1 S <1 1 a- <3 m . o ,|? 3 ?r 1