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VOLUME LVII, NUMBER 35. NEWBERRY, ,5. C., TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1921. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR TRAGEDY ON ROAD COSTS TWO LIVES CAR RUNS INTO NEGRO CARRYING STEEL DRILL Man in Car Killed?Negro Run Down | and Also Dies in Accident Near Newberry oVtr. John A. Payne of Greenwood j was killed at Gum Spring, three miles | northwest of the city on the Pied- j mont highway, in an automobile ^ac cident Thursday afternoon, and Jonn Gilder, colored, was fatally injured, j dying Friday noon. Mr. Payne was formerly of Whitmire, but for the past t\ro years lived in Greenwood, j clerking in the grocery store of Can- j r?on & Golding, and bore a splendid reputation as a man of character. He ' was 26 years old and had been mar- j l ied only 18 months to Miss Johnson . of Lanford Station, Laurens county, j He and his brother-in-law, Mr. M. H. ! Cashion, of Greenwood, were in a Ford coupe on their way to Greenwood from Newberry, where they had' been on business. At Gum Springs the Newell Construction company had j just quit work for the day. Gilder, who was a laborer for the company, was coming to Newberry with a long steel drill rod on his shoulder. Getting cut of the way of a truck he stepped immediately in front of the , coupe. The rod went endwise through the coupe's windshield and pierced Mr. Payne just below the left eye, entering his brain and killing him instantly. Mr. Payne never spoke nor moved after the drill struck him. Mr. Cashion was not injured, but suffered a nprvnns sV>nr>lc ar?H was not able to testify at the inquest which was postponed until Monday afternoon, after the jury had viewed the body. The coupe ran against the negro and knocked him down and the injuries he received from the c?.? and from the rod he was carrying caused his death as above stated.- His akull was fractured-.by the impact of the car. He was 45 years old. Sheriff Cannon G. Blease, who reached the scene about ten minutes after the accident, said it was unavoidable. Dust from the truck prevented the dyiver of the coupe, Mr. Cashion, from seeing Gilder sooner. 1 Mrs. Jno. C. Adams, Mrs. Albertj Haltiwangef, Miss Nellie Adams, Mrs.! Walter S. Cameron and her visitor from Spartanburg, Miss Ada Conrad, were the first to reach the scene. Thev did what thev could for the in _ ^ ? ? jured man but Mr. Payne was be-; yond the reach of assistance. ! Mr. Payne's body, by direction of Sheriff Blease, after being viewed by the coroner's jury, was immediately^ carried to Baxter's Undertaking establishment and cared for. It was shipped Friday morning on the Can-, r?_n ir> J lion Dail iraui to uieeawuuu, iu ucburied Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at Edgewood cemetery, service by the Rev. B. R. Turnipseed, ' assisted by Dr. E. J. Smith. Mrs. Jno. C. Adams and Miss Nellie Adams attended the burial. Promptly after the terrible tragedy ; the families of Messrs, Pavne and i Cashion were notified, and Mr. Joe Payne, the dead man's brother, and j Mr. J. A. Golding, with whom Mr. John Payne worked, reached Newwi + Vi enmo ntVlPT friPTlHs frOTH UKZLIJ TT X VIA OV/lAiW W*4V* j Greenwood, on Thursday night at 11:30 o'clock. Mr. Golding came to relieve Mr Cashion of responsibili^- in 1 making arrangements for the return 1 to Greenwood. Mr. Cashion was completely ovecome and unstrung by the terrible experience and all were greatly distressed by the sudden and untimely death. Mr Payne is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sallie E. Payne, and his wife,1 one sister, Mrs. M. H. Cashion,- and two brothers, Mr. Joe Payne and Irvin Payne, a small boy. The Greenwood Index-Journal says he had many j friends in that city, made by his ' courteous, pleasant manner. He was an ex-service man, having: served overseas with distinction. Messrs. Golding and Payne wish to , thank all who did for their brother , ' and friend. , i Will Go to Europe The State. U"oc-l\!n(TtAn Anvil 97 Tllii ctjjtP I n aomu^wn, ? * * * v?> . departmeijt is preparing passports; authorizing Gov. R. I. Manning of South Carolina to visit England.1 June 1. H. W. R. 1 1 J / / ^ PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY E. T. McSwain to Deliver Memorial Address Young Peoples' Society. Pareri-Teachers Meeting _____ I Prosperity, May 2.?With Superintendent E. T. McSwain as orator of the ocasion and the aged battle-scarred survivors of the '60's and the stalwart young veterans of the World war as guests of honor, Memorial day exercises will be held here May 10 under the auspices of the William Lester chapter, U. D. C. - The exercises will be held in the *own hall, beginning at 5 o'clock in | the afternoon. Rev. Chas. J. Shealy j will be master of ceremonies. j Song, Dixie. Prayer, Rev. J. D. Griffin. Vocal solo?Miss Goode Burton. Address?Mr. McSwain. Song, Bonnie Blue Flag. Benediction, Rev. J. A. McKeown. The line of march will then be formed to Prosperity cemetery, where j the resting place of every sleeping j warrior will be heaped with spring flowers. The Young Peoples society of! Grace Lutheran church were enter-1 tained Friday evening at the home of 1 Miss Louise Bedenbaugh. After a | number of old fashioned games were played an ice course was served. The Ladies Aid society of Grace church met Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. Walter Wise. The last meeting of the ParentTeachers association for this session 1 was held Thursday afternoon in the school auditorium. Round Table discussion of school problems was led by Miss Willie Mae Wise. Col. E. H. Aull, county superintendent of edu cation, was present and in his usuai happy manner made an interesting short talk. Superintendent McSwain, in a few appropriate words, express-1 ed his appreciation of the coopera- j tion between parents and teachers during the session. Mrs. J. D. Quat-: tlebaum, speaking for the teachers, I ar.d Mrs. J. S. Wheeler for the par- I e'r.ts, thanked Mr. McSwain for his n + Tvin cr in behalf of the uavuiii^ v?* v . _ school. The association will be dis- j banded during the summer months' but will reorganize at the opening of i the school session next fall. Invitations are out to Ninth-Tenth ! ^rade reception, which the ninth grade is giving in honor of the grad- ! uating class. The reception will be j held this Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise. Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Griffin entertained Friday evening in honor of the Epworth league of Zion church. The rooms -were attractive in their decor-! ations of spring flowers, lovely sweet j peas predominating. In a whistling ! contert between the "Jokers" and the "Jesters" Misses Vera Barnes and j Ellen Bowers won for the Jokers. A ( pleasant evening was brought to a close with the serving of iced tea and cake. ' Saturday Miss Helen Griffin of: Cross Hill was the guest of honor at a picnic given by the girls and boys of j the Prosepirity high school. Again on : Saturady evening Miss Griffin was! honored with a party given by Miss I Ethel Shealy. A tempting ice course ! was served. ? One of the most beautiful affairs , of the spring was the dinner party I ?vt? ATvc t n I wmen i ctnu AUIO< JU wuwv?v baum gave Tuesday evening, com- j plimenting the teachers of the Prosperity high school. The lower floor was a bower of exquisite spring flowers and softly burning tapers. The general color scheme was pink and the prevailing flowers were sweet peas. The dining room was entirely in pink and mafeess of delicate sweet: peas were used to bank the mantel i and buffet and to ad6rn the table, j An elegant course dinner was served, i During the evening the guests were J entertained with singing and dancing , furnished by the three charming daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Quattle- j baum. ' i Dr. G. Y. Hunter and Dr. C. T. \ Wyche were Prosperity's representa-1 tives at the forum meeting of the, chamber of commerce at Newberry on Friday evening. Dr. Hunter was one of the principal speakers. An impromptu talk was made by Dr. ( WwVip j The William Lester chapter U. D. j C. will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh at her home in Pom aria. i The Children of Confederacy chap- H \ ter holds its May meeting Saturday (afternoon at 4:30 wfth Misses Julia, Rosalyn and Sara Quattlebaum. The children of Mr. J. A. C. Kibler surprised him with a family reunion in honor of his 62nd birthday ThursHnv. Anvil *28. Tho fjimilv consists . | of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. D. Livingston * >and family; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Kib;ler and family; Mr. and Mrs. D. E. | Halfaerc and family; Mr. and Mrs. j^ j J. C. Wilson and child, and Mr. and j Mrs. J. L. Richardson and child. ; ^ There were six children and four- 1 r 'teen grandchildren. An elegant old i j fashioned dinner was served. This v i will be a day long reniembered by ^ Mr. and Mrs. Kibler and Miss Chillie j j Kibler'(who lives with Mr. Kibler) , > 1 - j J- -1 t-U~ and wno always aaus cueer tu mc , I home and to her many friends. ! A C O'Nean scnool will close Saturday, j I May 7. In the morning the exercises j( will be given by the lower grades. In the afternoon the pupils of the higher grades will give a play entitled, "The Sweetest Girl in Dixie." Prof S. J. f. Derrick, president of Newberry college, will also make an address in the j afternoon. The entertainment will begin promptly at 10 o'clock. The ^ public is cordially invited, and are requested to bring well filled baskets. ^ ! Mr. and Mrs. Jake Geiger, Mr. and Mrs. Seel Moore of Columbia, spent 0 Monday with Mrs. W. J. Wise. , a Dr. C. T. Wyche received a tele- ^ i i .in? i.i j ?.u G gram Tuesday temng ui u;e ueam ujl Mr. Chas. Forbes of New York city, j v Mr. Forbes was the father of Maxwell' Forbes who married Miss Caro ? Wyche. ? j Mr. S. L. Paysinger of Newberry is j visiting Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. j ^ Pickens Langford of the Citadel is, . ! i home on a short visit. J Mrs. R. C. Hunter left Monday ^ for Conway to visit her arents. i r Mrs. Lee Rankin has returned from ^ Pomaria." j A j Mrs. J. P. Wheeler was called to : ^ Silverstreet last week on account of j the serious illness of her aunt, Mrs. : j Long. ' ' 1 Rev. Tillman Shealy of Sringfield, Ga., is the guest of his son, Rev. Chas. J. Shealy. ! Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Ham, Mr. and : Mrs. J. A. Counts and Mr and Mrs. j * M. A. Ham motored to Columbia i 1 Thursday. { ^ Mrs. H. P. Wicker is expected! 1 home from the Columbia hospital this i week. J '< C. M. Harmon and J. C. Sutton of . i Canton, N. C., have been visiting Mr. i and Mrs. W. P. B. Harmon. j s Mrs. B. B. Hai-,.Miss Georgia Hav-! i ird and Mrs. G. Boozer motored to j Columbia on Tuesday. ] Mrs. W. P. B. Harmon spent Wed- 1 nesday in Saluda. 2 Mrs. H. L. Parr of Newberry spent1 t Saturday with Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. J a Mrs. Vernon Wheeler after visiting ' s Mr and Mrs. J. P. Wheeler has re- j ?- .i UAmn PViiloHplnViia. I curneu tu nci i:\jjiic in x , Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Luther, Miss Lu- j ther and J. D. Luther motored'to Sa-1 a luda Friday and were guests of Rev. j ^ and Mrs. G. S. Bearden. [ p Little Miss Virginia Leaphardt has ; _ returned from the Columbia hospital, j li Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wise and Mr. r and Mrs. J. M. Werts spent Sunday in Pomaria with Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh. > T Kanlan has returned from Johns *. x- ? ? Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, where ; t Mrs. Kaplan is under treatment. d Miss Susie Langford has complet-1 (j ed her school term at Brownville and is home for the summer vacation. j j Misses Lilla Senn, Thelma Leon- 1 hirth and Hanie McGraw of Newberry e were week-end guests of Miss Eliza- j beth May. j c Miss Helen Griffin of Cross mil is r spending a few days with her sister, ( Miss Josie Griffin. Ira B. Nates has returned to Co- e lumbia after spending a few days s with his father, A. A. Nates. a Miss Goode Burton spent the week- ? end with Mrs. H. L. Chaplin of Nee- 1 ces. I t-? i.l. 1 Vovl A :virs. Ulin douo anu -uasici have returned from an extended visit i h to Columbia. | h f Little Clara Sheal}' is spending a | ^ while with her grandparents, Dr. and ; s Mrs. A. G. Voigt of Eau Claire. I d Misses Gertrude Bobb and Grice Sease. after having taught the past c I i I session at Pelham, are home for the <i [summer vacation. b 1 Messrs. Robert Counts, Arthur f Counts and Preston Shealv motored i! i to Eatesburg: Sunday. Is S. S. left Satimlfiv for Co- h ! I FABLET OF BRONZE ! COMES FROM KING1 I COMMEMORATES VALOR OF SPARTANBURG BOY i king Edward Sends Memorial in Honor of Lieut. William Mon tague Nichols 'he State. Spartanburg, April 29.?Judge ieorge W. Nicholls of this city has eceived from King George of Engand in grateful recognition of the aliant service rendered by Lieut. Villiam Montague Nicholls, son of udge Nicholls, who had laid down lis life in his majesty's service on the lattlefield of France. Accompanying he bronze tablet is a letter from ting George, which contains the folowing message. ''Buckingham Palace. "I join with my grateful people in ending you this memorial of a brave fe given for others in the great war. (Signed) "George, R. I." The bronze taoiet is beautifully esigned and bears the inscription, He died for freedom and honor." 'he tablet also bears the name, "Willam Montague Nicholls." Engraved in the bronze is the figure *)f a worn.n, arm extended, a laurel wreath eld in her hand. This memorial has licited much admiration from those L'hn hnvp hppn nriT';leepprl tn see it. Wiiliam Montague Nicholls, youngst son of Judge and Mrs. George W. Nicholls, enlisted under the British iag and served with conspicuous galantry as a lieutenant of artillery. He ^as killed in action early in 1916,. beng one of the few Americans who :ave their lives in the service of the Sritish government, and the memoial received hy. Judge and Mrs. Nicholls is believed one of the first eceived in the United States from ne King 01 l^ngiana. :iGARS WERE RESERVED FOR HOME USE 100 YEARS AGO sew York Evening Post. ''Have a cigar while we're talking t over," says the business man today. sTot so a hundred years ago in New fork. Then there was no such thing n business hours. ''No man who was known to smoke i cigar in the streets or at his office n business hours could have obtain id a discount at any bank in the city" ays Charles H. Haswell in his "Rernniscences of an Octogenarian." And he tells us that September 21, . 82S, the Advocate, a leading New fork newspaper, * published, with crave reflection on the state of the imes, the fact that a young man had ctually been seen smoking in the treets at 9 o'clock in the morning. Ice Cream Festival. \ Thrvn MM 11 Ko an rvfiim fpsfivrsl it Clayton Memorial church Saturday night, May 7, ; t .9 o'clock The ublic is cordially invited to attend. umbia to spend a few days with his lephew, E. Sam Kohn. Mrs. J. H. Sease spent Friday in lewberry. Under the auspices of the Ladies' Lid society of Grace church a comely drama in four acts entitled "Unler Blue Skies," will be given at the Violl TTriHav ovaninar 9 *30 una Hem. x i iuuj v ? w v/ .v v . Admission 15 cents and 25 cents, "he proceeds will go on the indebt dness of the pipe organ recently mrchased by the church. Cast of haracters: Bruce McCulloch, the nan, Otis Boozer; David Joyce, Glare's father, Julian Price; Dick IT v. Vv>*Aflafiv T au'ic YclIlCil, ljUilil O Tf ID I7VV4nbaugh; Oscar Weber, a village wain, Webster- Dominick; Old John, . gardner and sexton, Robert Counts; ileepy Heine, Sarah's grandson, Lesie Singley; Williams, valet to Bruce,' lerman Werts; Clara Joyce, the girl, Irs. Otis Boozer; Edith Warren, an leiress, Ethel Saner; Sarah, the old lousekeeper, Mrs. Julian Price; Mrs.! Veber, a neighbor, Mrs. J. II C'roson; little Elsie, Saran's <;randlaughter, Phoebe Singley. Julia, the four-year-old daughter! f M'\ and Mrs. ri nomas Hawkins, j Ii.?I Wednesday of ehoi!.;-i-, an! was j /Uriel! Thursday afternoon at. Mount ^Jprim cemetery by Rev. J. 3. Harnan. Besides her oereawd parents he is survived :\v three litlle rothor.s. j COKESBURY CONFERENCE !l HELD AT WATERLOO Methodists of That District Met in J Annual Session With Good Attendance and Services Waterloo, April 25.?Cokesbury ] District conference convened at j Watreloo April 20 with opening ser-; j mon by Rev. T. W. Munnorlyn, of ; McCormick, at 8 p. m. Thursday the ] conference was called to order by I Dr. Jas. W. Kilgo, presiding, and Rev. ! < S. H. Booth,^ secretary. Ac 11 o'clock 1 Rev B .R. Turnipsesd of Greenwood 1 delivered an excellent sermon which i was very inspiring and timely. Con- i ference was again called to order in ] the afternoon. |j Dr. R. E. Stackhouse, editor of the i Southern Christian Advocate, and i Rev. T. C. O'Dell, superintendent- of 1 the Epworth orphanage at Columbia, j made able addresses in benelf of those ] institutions at 8 p. m. ] Friday at 9:li0, after the usual or- j der of proceedings, such .ibis speak- i ers at Hon. C. C. Featherstone, Rev. j 1 J. C. Roper, Rev. R. 0. Lawton, stir-' 2 red the conference in the interest of (i the Christian Education movement. ! i Afterwards delegates to the annual j' conference which meets in Lancaster j] in November were elected as follows: j Messrs. J. C. Smith, J. P. Stockman, 's C. C. Featherstone, L. M. Moore, W. P. ftushton, A. E. Taylor, W. P. B. " Kinard, J. ft. Shaffer. I i Before the conference ; djourned ; Rev. J. P. iSimpson, repres ting the : pastorate at Whitmire, invited the ; next meeting to convene there, and j it was accepted. There were about 22 pastors and ,' 56 laymen present and they expressed an exceptionally hospitable entertainment and the people here were pleased with the honor of entertaining such a band of devoted Christian workers. j WILLIAM ELLIOTT TO SPEAK " j ON COOPERATIVE MARKET j i 11 j Columbia, April 29.?William Eli-j liott of Columbia has accepted an in-1 vitation extended him by R. C. Ha- j mer, president of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association, to speak on cooperative marketing at the semi-annual meet- j ing of the cotton association in Co-j lumbia next Wednesday at noon in j Craven hall. The principal object of this meeting will be to discuss cooper- j ative marketing association in m:s state along plans somewhat similar to the cooperative marketing associa- j tions that have proved so successful i in California and other Western; states. President Hamer said today that Mr. Elliott had given much careful j study to the question of cooperative j marketing and was probably the best ; qualified man in the state of South ! Carolina to speak upon it. He is thoroughly familiar with every detail . of the subject, said Mr. Hamer, and in ; position to give the -farmers any in! formation that might be sought. J. ! Indications point to a very large j ' n f 4-or* QofuTT if \\7QQZ COlH V?>Q- 1 ? nuwu ai ib ??wuiv* j ^w | terday at the headquarters of the coti ton association. Fifty or more dele' gates have been appointed from ev- , | ery county and notices sent to them. J A very large percentage of them have , ; already written indicating their in: tentions of attendance. President Hamer again today < stressed the fact that the meeting was j : open to all of the farmers of South j j Carolina whether they have been ap-;' nmntpH rlplp^ates or not and it is hon- ! j ed that there will be no hesitation on | ( the part of any one to attend be-!; j cause he has not been officially ap; pointed as a delegate. ( The central committee which is to j ! formulate the plans for the marketing j association will meet Tuesday and { have them ready for submission to * I the big meeting on Wednesday. His Explanation ( "Have vou fallen through the coal- . hole?'' asked the passer-by of an old! ; gentleman who seemed to be firmly | wedged in the coal-hole that had been j left uncovered. , j "Oh. no," snapped the old gentleman. with a gleam in his eye. "I hap- ; ' ' ---t? <1 .1 peneii to oe nere wnru mc iuau wa^j ; built, and so the workmen, unwilling j < ,to disturb me, merely built it around J line!" \'. [ - I DOMINICK LOSES SUIT AGAINST GEO. H. BOLT Sued for Seventy-five Thousand Dollars but Jury Rendered Verdict for the Defendant Laurens neraia, When the jury rendered ^ verdict for the defendant Tuesday night in m action instituted by Mrs. H. L, Domnick of Newberry county against VIr. Geo. H. Bolt of this county, it ?nded a trial that involved one of the argest sums ever named in a suit in ;his county, the damage asked for being $75,000. The cause of the suit >vas the death of the husband of the plaintiff on October 29, 1919, when le was struck by Mr. Bolt's cai about 12 miles this side o-f Columbia and died a fe wminutes after he was aken to a hosntal in the capital city Mr. Boit, testifyng in his own berialf, stated that ~ he and Mr. Jno Knight were on their ya to the State fair when the accident occurred. He saw the Dominick car coming wher :hey were aboyt one-fourth mile apart. When they came within about 50 feet of each other, the Dominic! car came to a stop at a spring, anc when passing the car he saw Mr Dominick in the road a few feet ir the rear of his car in a stoopng po sition. He immediately applied the brake and a' the same time steerec to one side. Mr. Bolt's efforts failed, however and Mr. Dominick was struclT by th( fender or hub and knocked to on< side. He died a few hours latei without regaining consciousness. Mr. Bolt's testmony was corrobor ated by Mr. Knight, who was on th< same seat with him, and also by W E. Woodside and D. M. Peden wh< had been to Columbia and were a that time following the Dominick ca about 200 yards in the rear. Mr Woodside testified that Mr. Dominic! stooped to pick up somethng bu raised up as if he feared Mr. Bolt'; car would strike him and then stoop ed again as if he had decided that h< could secure the object before th< car arrived. Mr. Peden testified tfya* under the conditions, Mr. Bolt's cai had to strike either the Dominick ca: or Mr. Dominick himself. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCormick o: Columbia, in whose undertaking es^ tablishment Mr. Dominick's body wa: prepared for burial, were also her< as witnesses for the defense, both o; them testifying that Mrs. Dominicl and her son Cecil, both of whom wen in the party when the accident oc curred, repeatedly stated it was ai accident, unavoidable, and that thej did not blame Mr. Bolt as it was no his fault. Mrs. McCormick said tha " - rv?\T-r Rrvlt ti -VATS. JL'UIIlJUltrv. iicin iimuvu a.**. ~ ~~ comc to see them. Mr. McCormicl stated also that Mr. Bolt paid for th< cofnn and other expenses, including express on the body to Prosperity. The evidence of Mrs. Dominick anc her son Cecil, both on the side of th( plaintiff, differed from the defens< only in details, the main facts beinj substantially the same. According to then viewpoint, they had stoppec at the spring for water and as the: were halting, some of the party sav a knife lying in the road a$d this wai the object for which Mr. Dominicl stooped when he was injured. Thej did not notice Mr. Bolt's car, thej said, until it went whizzing by and iJ Mr. Bolt gave any signal they die not hear it. They denied having ex onerated Mr. Bolt as was testified bj the McCormicks. The case consumed the entire daj Tnosrlav. the session beins: extendec into the night, but the deliberation: Df the jury were short, consuming about 15 minutes. Shades og Grandma! London, April 25.?Fashion has without warning, introduced the crin oline into the new evening dresses All the fashion graces of the last century are to be seen embodied in them Some of the models are designed wit? rows of piped frills and flounces while ~ j.U nf twl ontiv in hlarli J liifi cue CAC. uvtu ... and velvet. At St. Phillips. Home Demonstration club Wednesday, May 4 at 2:30 o'clock. Girls' Cookintr class Wednesday, Vlay 4 at 12 o'clock. Mothers' Day exercises. Wedneslay. May 4, at 3:00 o'clock. Closing; exercises, Friday ni^ht. 1" u?of c SJn r?Vlr>pk via \ I iK'u i tin i ii? v' x- x - x ... BARNWELL MELONS REVERT TO TYPE VARIETY GROWN FROM HYBRID CAUSES SUIT Interesting Case Heard in Barnwell n * A nam. V^uut V TTU4 Vtvvi V 11 ages. The State. Blackville, April 29.?A case that has been watched with a great deal of interest by seed houses, seed dealers and farmers in general, was that of 0. 3. Brant vs. L. J. Baughman, which was tried in the court of common pleas for Barnwell county before Judge Mauldin Thursday. In this action the plaintiff alleged that he pur '; chased 12 pounds of what is known as ' I Escel melon seed from L. J. Baughi man, a grocer of Blackville; that he 'i planted the seed so bought on 15 acres of land and when the vines com* menced to fruit, it was found that the seed were not producing melons true | to type, but which turned out to be ' Guineas or runts. Plaintiff claimed | damag3 in the sum of $4,000. Mr. Baughman testified that he { purchased the seed in question from a well known seed house and gave no ( i guarantee whatsoever as to results, j | It developed from the testimony that the Excel melon is a hybrid, made up of several different varieties, and that [ it is impossible to determine when the I melon will revert to melon type. Sev: [ eral farmers testified for the defendiant to the fact that they had saved jseed from other kinds of melons and II that for three or four years the mel' | ons came true to type and then subse... i i-rt* quently they revertea to several aint erent varieties. The defendant, traced the seed from the grower's fteld in Georgia, exhibiting a photograph of ' the melon from which the seed, were * selected, which shbwed the melons to be of an excellent type.' There was 5 testimony offered whidf showed that watermelons generally and especially the Excel melon proved disastrous to " farmers the season of 1920. At the close of the Entire case, the C defendant's attorneys moved for a direction of verdict upon the ground f that Mr. Baughman was a middleman 1 a. il- - iU ? ? ? ? .J 1 ana not trie grower vi uie uccu anu was, therefore, not responsible for the results, and upon the further ground that defendant made no warranty as to results. The motion was granted, a verdict being directed in favor of defendant. 1 There were about $ 100,000 worth . | of suits pending the outcome of this j. | case, which rendered it one of thfc t' most interesting and far reaching ] } cases tried in the Barnwell court in . a number of years. s. I 3 The plaintiff was represented by r the firm of Harley & Blatt of Barnwell, and defendant by A. H. Ninej stein of Blackville, Henderson of Ais ken and Brown & Bush of Barnwell. r Snake in Potato Bank. , Occasionally some people make a I run on a bank, but here is an instance j of a run from a dank?and it was not 7 a sand bank or a money bank. Char5 ner G. Gilliam, a well known colored c citizen of the county, living on the , Eugene Griffin Barr place beyond ; Helena, in renewing subscription to I The Herald and News, related a snake j episode. Several days ago his wife . wanted some sweet potatoes for dm, ner and went to the potato bank tc get them. She pulled out one large . potato and was in the act of reachj ing for another when she discovered , a sn&ke among the potatoes, sne r lost no time in getting Charner on the spot. He tore down the bank and there, all coiled up with tongue licking out, was a large highland moc, casin, which came to its death at the -: hands of "the man with the hoe," the . j said C. G. Gilliam. History Repeats Itself j I She (after the hasty betrothal): j: "Darling this ring looks so familiar." :i He (studying *her more closely): "Can it be possible that?" She: ''Yes, it is?the very same ring! Why, you're the very fellow I - was engaged to three weeks last summer!*' It is a fine thing to belong to a Hi.: - -1 xv Kllf Q fillAl* > political Ui^(tni/<auuii, uui/ u ?. thing to Ik* an American at all times. ?Franklin 1). Roosevelt, former assistant secretary of the navy. A