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^ ^ ) JL'V C t* UCl Aftet | u> A y VORN OCT AND REPENTANT DEFAULTER COMTS BACK J. Townes Holleman of Anderson, Af ter .Seven lears Flight From t*rip of Law, Returns ti> Home to Fan* Charge and Fav Penalty. The State. Anderson, Dec. IS.?J. Townes Hol leman, wlio defaulted in the sum of approximately $35,000 while casino of the Bank of Anderson, and wiu left for the West about seven and a half year? leaving h a him a written eoniession, has returned ami has surrendered to Sheriff A:-;....,. He returned voluntarily, declaring that he had spent more than seven years of torture, suffering all the pangs ami pains, both mental and physical, known to man, and that he wanted is come back and take the punisn- 1 -ment that tne law nugni euioae on him. He visited a local office tliis morn ing villi a number of friends and called the sheriff over the telephone, advising him of his presence in the city and stating that he was ready to surrender. Magistrate Cox and So licitor Smith were also advised of his return. John K. Hood, counsel for Holleman, stated to Magistrate Cox that Holleman wanted to waive pre liinina^ " earing and wanted to give fr>r his aDDearance at the nexi term of court of general sessions, s "which convenes during the first week c in February. ; r With the solicitor's consent th? t magistrate fixed his bail at $1,000, f declaring that he had taken into con- " sideration the fact that Mr. Holleman i had voluntarily returned and surren- n <dered, indicating his desire to make* h amends for what he had done. The u bond was signed by A. S. Farmer, Ley A G. Holleman and E. P. Vandiver. h Goes to See Family. 0 Holleman then left on the midday ; -* ? ' ? *- i r\ ooo hie fa mil v Rp liClIIl LU OCUC*.fl fore leaving Holleman talkeJ freeiy ~ and frankly with a representative of ^ the press. He said that the money taken from the bank was lost in spec ulations in stocks and cotton, mostly ? cotton. He said these speculations 1 lasted about 12 months and that his * troubles in the bank lasted about the same length of time. I 0 On the morning of July 18, 1909. | Mr. Holleman left Anderson, taking j d *11 * * A'1 A A r - c r\ V?nr? lr'c mATl av I ^ wnn mm 01 uic uaun O UJV/uv; He says that he could have taken con siderably more, as there was a greai deal of cash on hand in the bans at the time. He thought, however, . that conditions were already bau enough and he says he took only what lie considered necessary to get far away from Anderson. Personally, he says, he would gladly have given him self up to the law at that time -but he thought that members of his famly would be able to stand the ordeal bit ter if he left. After leaving Anderson, Holleman ** a Irt/io 1 tinl'Qf in SSJ9, H6 UVUgU), <t iw.ni ^iva^i iu Greenville for St. Louis and there bought a local ticket for Kansas City. Not knowing where to go and not having any objective point in view, he visited Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs and finally landed in the State of Washington. He stayed in that iState about three years and develop ed rheumatism. Desiring to rid him self of rheumatism he went to South ern California and later developed malarial fever. He said that up to this time He naa not given mucn muugm to his returning to Anderson and" that while he was sick he hoped that his illness would develop into something I serious so that he might die and put I an end to everything. Later, how- J ever, his condition began to show some j ImipTOvement and he then decided j firmly to return to South 'Carolina and make amends for the offense h^ had committed. He spent almost alt * of the seven and a half years in the States on the Pacific coast, going fo; j a short while into British Columbia , The Next 1 GOES TO PR Every Bell subscriber, almos to buy the goods advertised ir your space today. Ask the Mao supple menis your other advertising but does not conflict with other mediums. i i BOX 16a e met no one from Anderson durin; is eiuire absence. He natulan; voided going to any place vviu outli Carolinians mignt be. Holleman says that he found : tost difficult l.j se.u.i? positions. H' lade application only once for a cler :al job and on t.iis occasion wa irned down, tie worked at manua I Dor 3X01111(1 lilt; Utilizer i;aai^d an< >r a wniie work d at DuPont's pow l ...c o.y in .. ashington. His phy c;:l cc: iition prevented him iro.i j 1 ijc a!!:? hard manual labor for a^, >ns:th of time. iiuiii io FricKvis. Holiemaii taid that it was a mos iffieult matter t;> face his friends an L-Quaintances here, but ueiore he ha* n opportunity to set out on tli ree.s it became known that he wa i an office in the city and immediate his friends began calling on him uring th- two hours he syent in th flije at least 100 old business frienu a lied to grasp his hand and say t. im that they were glad he had re lrned. He said that such friendsln] aabled him to pass through the or eal much better than lie had antici ated. A warrant for Holleman's arrest wa 'sued by two members of the gran iry in September, this bein v direction of the grand jury. Mem ers of the board of directors wen V/?? in tlio warrant* gainst him. Since then a larger par f his shortage ha3 been covered b; Dalization on items in the banks am y paym nts made by members of hi: imily. It is not known exactly hov inch the shortage is at present bu is considerably less than the amoun amed in the warrant, which charge im with appropriating to his owi se S3:,.000 of the funds of the ban!? fter bond was given and Hollemai ad been released from the custod: f the sheriff he went to Seneca t< isiti his immediate family. He cam > Anderson in an automobile fron nlhoun Falls, arriving here on thi eaboard Air Line from Birmingham la. Holleman seems tQ be in rathe ood physical condition. He weighs 50 pounds, only 15 pounds less tha: hen he left here. He says the onl ia?UiOC auupicu UJ Ulili >"* a.T5 OUU ? ff his mustache. Holleman said before leaving An erson on the midda ytrain that thi as the happiest day be had spen ince he left here, that a great burde ad been lifted and that he woul elcome the opportunity of makin mends for what he had done. For Father and Son iitfUjUHMjii 360 PICTURES 360 ARTICLES EACH MONTH ON ALL NEWS STAND! 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Changes and corrections in listings should be made p.f onre foi the new book. MBIA, S C. SCHOOLS RECEIVE EXTENSION FIND Many Communities Kail to TaJve Ad vantage of Offer?Terms Ma terially Lengthened. The State department of education ! ?>? -Jnot fi? ? in h t h nvQniitv.ifi.iil a'u 1 proval and payment of the term ex tension applications sent in from the various counties. oi,:c.iature annually makes an appropriation of $69,000 to lengthen the si-hool term. Districts unable to run five months on their regular t funds and levying a local tax of i.wo J mills are entitled to State aid up to 1 th * amount raised from the local tax, L1 not to exceed $100. 3 Since the regular school fund is de rived from the cash balance on hand July 1, plus the poll tax. tlie dog ta>. i and the three-mill constitutional tax. - nearly 700 districts annually partici 5 pate in this appropriation. Tin1 fund " is especially useful in "helping sparse P ly settled rural districts. The bene ficial effect on the schools is clearly " seen in the gradual lengthening of the school term from year to year. ? The date for filing term extension :i claims with the State superintendent j; expired November 15. Some coun - ties have failed to file any term ex c tension claims whatever this fall. ! ii 5 a large number of districts the one t teacher school has grown into a two .r tcariicr <sr>bnnl ha? become enti 1 tied to rural graded school aid rather s than term extension aid. In many i* districts the consolidation of weak, t one-teacher schools has resulted in r. rural graded school employing three : s teachers. The amount paid the vari i ous counties and the number of dis . tricts participating are shown in the i following table: | Number Districts Participating Aiken 7 Anderson 12 $ 700.00! 1,192.00 : 900.00 514.00 1,488.00 Berkeley ; Calhoun I Cherokee ... . .. 9 ... 6 . . 15 Lnesier OJLO.Vl/ Chesterfield ... ...20 1,861.00 1 Clarendon ... ... 7 639.00 y Colleton 22 1,901.00 e Darlington ... ... 1 100.00 Dillon 2 200.00 Dorchester ... ...14 1,226.00 Edgefield ... . ...16 1,431.00 t Georgetown . ...19 1,683.00 11 d Greenville ... ... 3 133.00 Greenwood ... ...17 1,678.00 3 & Hampton ... . ... 6 575.00 Horry \ , . 62 3,841.00 Jasper 1 100.00 Kershaw . 20 1,806.0'j -? arr aa J Lancaster { Laurens ? i Lee ' i Lexington | Marlboro Marion Xewberrv Oconee Orangeburg Pickens Richland Saluda j Spartanburg Union Williamsburg . ... 11 1 .VOO.WV i 22 2,023.00 13 1.275.00 38 2,689.00 18 1,728.00 6 545.00 21 1,992.00 ( 28 1,539.00 17 1,552.00' 17 1,176.00 7 * 700.00 19 1.600.00, 19 1.757.00 10 965.00 21 1,892.00 ; 00 O flQ3 ftfl Total 558 $47,362.00 Saving the Family. One evening just before Christmas, according to the Photo-Play Magazine, a moving-picture house in a small i South Texas town placed a Red Cross j i Christmas Seal on every ticket sold. A ! little negro boy noticed the red seal on j liis pasteboard and went back to the j ticket window to ask what is was for. "That to help kill out consump tion," explained the girl behind the window. The boy rolled his eyes thoughtfully and moved away. He was back in a moment and handed the cashier two more dimes. "Gimme two more tickets," he said. VV e rt.il gui it at uuujv. "See How Thai Corn Comes Clear Off!" uGETS-IT" Loosens Your Corns Eight 0$ It s the Modem Corn Wonder ? Never Fails. "It's hard to believe anything could MLrn th-ir in ?-#>ttin?r a. corn off. I "It's Jur? Wonderful, ike Way 'GETS - IT Makes Ail Corns Go Qu:ck." ever known because you don't have to fool nnd putter around with your corns, harness t!: ->;n Tip with- ban dages or try to di-.r t!;em out. "GETS-IT" is a liquid. You put on a few dro]>s in .1 few seconds. It dries. It's paiide Put your stock ing* on riuiit o\ < .* it. Put on your regular shoes. You won't limp or have a corn "twist" in your face. The corn, cpThis v"> t, will loosen from vour toe?of? it n>mes. Glory hallelu jah! "GETS-IT" i.j the bluest sell ins* cin in <ho world. When von trv it van kr.ow why. "G'RTpf-TT** iQ pnlrl and reeom p->ended bv druenrists everywhere. Z5c a bottle. or s*-nt on reoeint of prioe by FJ. TLawrence &- Co., Ghlcasro, Til. f ?r>M in Vftw!iorrr -in/i rpfvimiriendeil ' as the world's best corn remedy by ! P. ?. Way and W. G. Mayes. DOMIMCK AND THE HOUSE COMMITTEES Importance of Committees on Which in Will .Serve Depend on House Control. Gre nville News. Washington, Dec. 16.?Greenville News Bureau.? Interest is being shown here in the committee assignments which Congressman elect Fred H. Dominick will receive when he corner to the House as the successor of Re rosert^tiv vVyatt Aiken. ff ther** is an extra session of Con gress during the coming spring to handle the various food probe bills, which have been introduced or for other purposes, Mr. Dominick will "ike lp* sett then, otherwise he will not regularly do so until December of 1917. There are sixty committees of the House. Of this number possibly twelve or fourte n are of any value. Some roil business some i Uictl C4.JA14 UlWii'UVb - meet now and then and do no business : and some never meet at all. Naturally being a new man, Mr.! Dominick will not be able to climb on either the mys and mr-ans or the an- ; nropriations committees for a long time, these being considered in some i respects the most important in the ! House, inasmuch as the ways and the J moans committee outlines what shall i be done in financial legislation and the appropriations committee follows ft up with tiie rfai Din, aunou^n il i? true that the ways and means com mittee, especially in a revenue bill like a tariff measure, presents its own bill. Leaving asidt the very biggest place and the small ones, Mr. DorainlCk would be useful on the agricultural committee but he cannot get there as representative 'At F. Lever, of South Carolina is already there as chairman. Request. As this will be a very busy week and the streets wil be crowded I want to DISlKe uie IOIlUWing icyucat. That all automobile owners in' town keep their cars off of Main 3treet as nearly as possible. This will give more room for our friends from the country whom we are al ways glad to have and at the same time decrease the danger of accidents. Would also like to call attention of our people to the danger of Fire Works. Don't use them and don't al low any one elee to use them around your premises? Woar>ontfiillv_ Z. F. WRIGHT, Mayor. ANNUAL MEETING. The regular annual meeting of the shareholders of The National Bank at' Newberry, S. C., will be held in the President s office on Tuesday, the 9th of January, 1917, at eleven o'clock. a. m. T. K. Johnstone, Cashier. 12-19-3t. * * $> WHAT'S BAD FOR YOUK ..<* SKIS IS BAD FOB * $> YOUR CLOTHES ? 4 tv A A A A A A A A A A, <$> <8* <S> <$> (Many laundry soaps and soap pow ders roughen the skin of the hands. The same chemical that does thie is injurious to fabrics. Borax is beneficial to the skin. It caJnnot possibly hurt your clothes. But It cleans them to perfection. "20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips"' are pure soap and pure borax com bined in the right proportions for j laundry work. A 25c package will do more clean ing than 30c worth of bar soap or J wa&hing powders. isbJ 0! 01:;1 h, fcwr "rescriptici Mo. C$0 is pr?pnrc^ eerily 3r M* LAiRtA or CHILLS &. 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