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LARRY GANTT'S By T. L? STORIES OF OUR SOUTHLAND Original Will of "Who Struck Billy Patterson V* One of the oldest and best known unanswered conundrums in America if, "Who Struck Billy Patterson?" The recent death of Charles Jerome Bonaparte, of Baltimore, Md., and who was Attorney 'General under President Roosevelt, has brought to my memory a fact that is not generally known. Billy Patterson, the man who gave this inquiry to the world, was grandfather or great-grandfather of-this same Bonaparte, and his will containing that clause is on file in the historic old town of Carnesville, x Franklin county, Georgia, and I have inspected the document. OU'y X~ttH,ei3UH was m*; iaui(.i Vi the beautiful Betty Patterson, the wealthy daughter of a Philadelphia capitalist, who married Jerome Bonaparte, a brother of Napoleon, and who at the time was sojourning in the United States and leading an idle and vagrant Kfe. At the time of his marriage to the American girl his brother, while exercising great powei in France and winning victories undet the Directorate, had not achieved the eminence and fame he afterwards wnn , Billy Patterson, father of Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte, was not only a Wealthy man for those times, but he had acquired large bodies of land in the South. Among his possessions i was a tract of. wild or thinly settled j ' land in what is now the counties of Franklin, Hart and upper Elbert, in State of Georgia. It was while laid Billy Patterson was visiting that section, to inspect his real estate held i?gs, that he chanced to attend a public gathering of the settlers in what it now Franklin county. The meeting wag around a still-house near a fpring, and the entire crowd got blind drunk, and which ended, as such ' carousals too often did in those days, | in a general fight. It is not known j - v i.?i. I Jiow tne irouz)it starwsu, uui amy Patterson got mixed up in the melee ' and^some unknown belligerent hit; Diitn a blow behind the burr of the ear' aii.d sent the' visitor' stem-winding. But Billy was game, and on gaining hit feet began a search for the pugil- ? istf Bqt no one could be found who . troul& confess that he had delivered the?>!ow,. in spite- of the fact that Billy; the' assailed man, raging with iftdifp&tion, _ paraded among the crowtf > demanding to some one . to point but .to him the fellcw "Who ?trucfc. ELUy Patterson?" is said that the longer .Billy * ' J _ i_- _ 1 tnoug&t over uie' diow toe angrier ue got,and that he prolonged his visit to' that fc^ction to try and discover his j ais&ailairt. Finally he departed unsitisiied, but with vengeance in his . ieaxf. Before his death he had drawn up'a last .will and testament, bequeatbing his property in Georgia, which accojding to the law had to be i . placed on record in Franklin county, where he held large possessions. In i?i<! will he spoke of the lick he re-; reived at that gathering and added j if clause - settings aside ? certain sum ( to b? irtpended in ferretting out and J ifroses&tif$0* man who delivered tfie I *' ; v ' will, written; the latter jpari pi tfie^ eighteenth century, is stfll 6n ?he CferkV office in ^rneivifte, Ga., and wliile the ink has somewhat faded it is perfectly legible. will Be remembered that after hit etevatidn as Emperor, Napoleon j tfttt.for his brother Jerome anctiorcwJ'^frn to divorce hi3 American wife ia'tff marry an European princess, af' tl^rirds elevating Jerome King of ^fostghalia; Betty refused to accept the divorce, and insisted on her rifimw* but Napoleon was then all ? powerful and she was never permitted again meet her husband. Her children, by Jerome Bonaparte, assumed the' father's name and became emicitizens of BaKimore. VBut when adversity overtook Napoleon, and his own family deserted 3rrrfi, his American sister-in-law, and ^hom he had repudiated, remained true to hinl in his exile and Napoleon Before his death at St. Helena acknowledged that he had done Betty ? wrong. i Carnesville, while one of the oldest fcrvwws -in Northern Georgia, is a small place, some miles from a railroad. This old will is carefully preserved aiid it is shown to any inquirer. So >ou see that "Who struck Billy Patterson?" is something authentic and not" founded on any romance or fiction." The -will was discovered some years ago by a prowler among the old records in the court house. Franklin couniy is the native land of Ty Cobb, the world-famous base ball player, who was born in the town of Royston, on the Elberton and J WEEKLY LETTER irry Gantt i j Toccoa Railway. The father of 1 j Cobb came to that county as a bo< j agent from North Carolina, but ma< | such a favorable impression on tl ! people that he permanently locat< there and was afterwards elected , ! the State Senate and as County Su - - - TT / i erintendent of Education, tie iour !a beautiful, but poor ^nd illiterai I youn^ country girl, sent her to schoc ; where she was weil educated ar ;he afterwards married her. But son j years ago he returned home at nig] and while approaching his home, r was shot dead and killed by his wif She stated that she mistook him for i thief that had been breaking in1 [houses in the town. Another poted character of Fran! lin county was "Uncle Billy Bowers for whom the town of Bowersville named. "Uncle Billy" has the di ticntion of being the only man i Georgia to brave public opinion an boldly walk up to the polls and vol for Abraham Lincoln for president i 1860. He lived and died a Republ can but had the respect and conf dence of all, who knew him to b j honest in his political views. Unci ; Billy owned some valuable farr ilands, but before his death, spent th ' " - * - ' i --i i- J DU1K 01 ftis ioriune ounuiug lamuau leading to Bowersville. He once ur dertook the task unaided of buildin a railroad from Bowersville t Carnesville, but died before man; miles were constructed. To Editor Burton, of the Lavonis i Ga., Times, is due the credit of dis 1 covering this historc document. TRANSFER DRIVER SHOT BY WOMAr Lonnie L. Hatchell Dies at Columbi) Hospital. Accident, Says Girl The State, 11th. Lonnie L Hatchell of Church street a transfer driver, was shot on Ger vais street near the Congaree bridg< by Lessie Wigfyt, alias Lessie Mc Tr-?1 Q .Qfi vpst.prda^ ivissicji, auuui, <j .uv v.>/.? j ? afternoon, dying in the Columbia hos j)ital a few minutes after he had beer rushed there immediately following the shooting. Lessie Wright was ar rested by Columbia police shortly after the shooting and isvriow being helc at the city jail "for investigation.' The inquest, Coroner Scott announc ed yesterday afternoon, will be helc at the court house at 8 o'clock tonight. The shooting, Lessie Wrighl claims, was "purely accidental.* There were three eye-witnesses tc the shooting: A. M. Stokes of Cen ter street, Brookland; J. D. Mitchell Jr., of Schuler street, Brooklahd, anc J. M. Smith of 1518 Taylor street Hatchell, accompanied by Stokes Mitchell and Smith, was just leaving Columbia en route to Lexington al the time. On the way down Gervai's street they stopped the car, which waj being driven by Stokes, and Hatchel got out at the corner of Gervais and Hu^er streets and attempted tc borrow a pistol from Joe Lancaster his companions said. In getting bad into tlje car he noticed Lessie Wrighl on the sidewalk, they said, and ir passing her tapped her on the. shouldei with a cherry "Hello, Lessie." j. M..Smith then noticed a'pistol in the yoking woman's pocket anc called Hate-hell's attention to this, he said. The automobile was stoppec again a block further on and, accord ing to the story of the three witness es, Hatehell got out of the car as Les sie Wright approached the car, ask ing her to loan him her pistol. "1 can't do it," Mitchell said she said "it is not mine." Hatehell is then said to haTe askec what she was going to do with it and according to the three men, the gir replied that she was "going to shoo Lawrence." Hatehell repeated his re quest, but the young woman agaii refused, saying, they said, "No, I'n going to shoot this fellow with hi; own gun." The woman, they said told them that she was on her wa; to "Bob Weatherford's stand," ; short distance away. Lefisie Wright, the three men said then remarked that she had two pis tols, one being in her pocket and th other in the bosom of her dress. T which Hatchell is said to have re plied, "If you've got two I'm goin? t take one of them." He then caugh hold of the pistol, according to Smitl and Mitchell, and shortly afterward the gun exploded, Hatchell falling in to Smith's arms and his friend jumpei out of the car to catch him.1 Stoke was in the front seat by the steerin; wheel and did not see the actual fir ing of the pistol, he said. Neither the woman nor Hatchel said anything immediately after th shooting, according to the witnesses with the exception of Hatchell's cr; of "Oh, I'm shot. I reckon I'll be th fnext one." The four men had jus come from viewing the body of Wil liam Brazell, transfer driver who wa killed early Monday morning. Less! Wright, the three men say, left th scene, walking across the river bridg _ to return later of her own volition. j Stokes and Smith picked the wound ^ ed man tin and rushed him to the hos ">k pital where he died shortly after *e , wards despite all efforts of physicians le The ball entered the abdomen, pierc ?ct,ing the stomach. Smith says that h' t0 had noticed the pistol pointing a P", HatcheM's stomach and was. gettinj 1(^: ready to call to him to look out whei te the shot was fired. The stories of the three men tall: in practically every detail with th< ie account of the affair given by tin young woman, all expressing it a: ie their belief that the shooting was ai e< accident. No angry words precede* a the shooting, they said. The girl "? j however, admitted to the police tha : sne naa Deen joKing in saying ma she had two pistils. Only one pistol 99 [ i a 25 caliber automatic, was fount 1S on her, when she was arrested. It is s"j with this that the shooting was done n; The arrest was made by Policemei l<^ Allen and Lancaster, Chief Riehardsor 'e; working on the case at the same tim< P , ii\ attempting to get a statement frorr J" the dying man. H Hatchell was only about 22 year; e(old and was a native of Effiingham e, having moved to Columbia about five ? .i . , . _ " years ago to oecome a laxi arivei e here. W. H. Hatchell, a brother of 's the dead man, said last night, that he i knew of no trouble between his bro?*ther and Lessie Wright. Other rel?|atives surviving are: His father,-Eli y. Hatchell of Pamplico, and three sisjters: Mrs. Olivia Kimbrey of Columl> bia, Mrs. Jance Young of Pamplico and Mrs. Daisy Isgret of Hymansj ville. I The body will be carried to Effiingiham for interment there at 11:30 * , o'clock tomorrow morning at Elin ! cemetery. The funeral services will *! be conducted by the Rev. J. W. Tru? luck. BOBBED HAIR GIRLS MUST WEAR NETS y - - 'I Chicago, Aug. 10.? Orders were " j posted by Marshall Field and Com" J pany, one of Chicago's largest deI j partment stores, today, that grn "; clerks with bobbed hair must weat II hair nets until their tresses grow ' again. One clerk was dismissed for refusing to obey the rule, ."j ? , | And we have'fj&ard ttiat the mod' ern bathing suits have made the wild j waves wilder than ever.' * h It should be cifear to everybody by i+ 4-rtlrAt. wimVi 1 r\r\ctQV +n wlnH j fluvv mai it uincs iiiuv.ii iui.6vi vv. ... up a war than it does to start one. ^ . ' NOTICE 'i? * > All parties interested in King's I Creek graveyard will please meet there Tuesday,-- August the 9th at 8:30 a. m., to work it off. W. C. BROWN. ' The State of South Carolina, County of NeWberry. WHEREAS, a written petition or II request made and signed by at least i I one-third of the resident electors and 5' a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of twenty-one years of school district No. 26 of > Newberry county, the state of South : Carolina, having been duly presented : to us requesting us to order ,an election submitting to the qualified voters 1 or electors of said school district the f question of issuing and selling coupon bonds of said school district, pay, able to bearer, aggregating the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars I in such denominations as we may i deem necessary, not to exceed eight I per cent of the assessed valuation of the property of said school district for taxation, bearing a rate of interest - - ' ^ 4 nor exceeding six per icih pci aunum . payable annually, at such times as we may deem'best, to determine whether said bonds shall be issued or not as I provided in Section 1743 of Volume , I of the 1912 Code of Laws of said ststs* AND WHEREAS, a plat of said * school district was made in 1912 by , E. O. Counts, a competent surveyor 1 and is of record in the office of the , clerk of court in Newberry county in the said state in Plat Book 18 at page - 179. l 1 ' 5 y v a 1 : I SECUR1T e o o Resoi t h . as The Natio ! Ne^ e B. C. MATTHEWS, 5, President. y e , it Now be it resolved that for the [. ; purpose of determining the issue of j said bonds as authorized in Section >:J743 of Volume I of the 1912 Code e of Laws for said state, an election is e hereby ordered to be held at the e school house in said district on the : 16th day of August, 1921, the polls to ! be opened at 7:00 o'clock in the foreK noon, and closed at 4:00 in the afternoon, on the question of whether | such bonds shall be issued or not, in | which election only qualified voters ' : or electors residing in said school dis-jtrict shall be allowed to vote. e j J. B. Bedenbaugh, L. A. Shealy, t W. D. Hatton are hereby appointed : managers of such election. * j The ballot cast must have written r. nv< y\ v>?v? f r?/l nn if" tVlP Wruvls "FflV 1 \J I j;i JJitVU Vil V.4V. ?? V4M, - w. 1 Bonds" or "Agaihst Bonds." I J. C. Aull, 7 | J. J. Hentz, ? j Thos. A. Setzler, ?! Trustees of School District No. 26 of s! 4 Newberry County, the State of j South Carolina. I * August 1st, 1021. M 1 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT II I will make final settlement of the ; j. ' estate of H. L. Dominick in the Pro- j i bate Court for Newberry County, S. I ?! C., on Saturday, the 27th day of j 1 i August, 1921, at 10 o'clock in the1 j forenoon and will immediately there-j j after ask for my discharge as admin-; * j istratrix of said estate. I j All persons having claims against II the estate of H. L. Dominick, deceas*'ed, are hereby notified to file the j same duly verified, with the under-: 1 , signed, and those indebted to said , [estate will please make payment like-.; ;, wise. MRS. ELVIA DOMINICK, ' Administratrix, i i State of South Carolina?County of ( ? i Newberry?Court of Comon t i Pleas; 1 J. D. Quattlebaum, Master, plaintiff, j against J. G. Lowe, J. W. Lowe,! J Roy L Lowe, J. Chesley Lowe, liar- j old Lowe and Nina Lowe Stone, j Defendants. i SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. To the Above Names Defendant Nina j I . 1837 ERSKINE i \ r* ? t ~ wuc we EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS OF f Unwavering Adherence to Thorough ? J Courses: A. B., B. S., M. Literary ?ocieti< * ^ Intercollegiate Contests in ] . ) letics Worthy c r : * Adequate Equipmen .11 i r> 1 U noara in woiiege numc a Homes M ? t ^.v * : > For Catalogue and Appl ?r.J \ Erskine *" \ " ^ i f\ Due Wei i "K, .... J Summer Exc A nnAiin/>Ail ku Cftlllliai mixiuuiii/cu uj uuuiuti Numerous Mountain a i Tickets on sale May 151 final return limit, October privileges. Following fares applying Asheville, N." C Mrtimfnin "NT O. I1J 1UU XV A?X v w vw.A4* j A i ......... Brevard, N. C Hsndersonville, N. C Hot Springs, N. C Lake Toxaway, N. C. Ridge Crest, N. C Saluda, N. C Waynesville, N. C Isle of Palms, S. C Walhalla, S. C (Plus 8 per cer i ! Fares to other points, sch | tion on application to ticket Hi*! t I il No. 1844 Y--SERVICE---P1 irces Over $2,000,0( nal Bank of tvberry, South Carol T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. Lowe Stone: You are hereby summoned and re' quired to answer the complaint in this action of which a copy is herei with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their offices on Law Range, Newberry, S. C., 'hereof, exclusive of- the day of such | service; and if you fail to answer the within twenty days after the service ; complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply j to the court for the relief demanded ' in the complaint. nn^n\'TPr p. nrr\x> v\f A \T UK/ill 1*>< A V/IV t Plaintiff's Attorneys. | Dated June 1, 1921. To the Defendant^ Nina Lowe Stone :j Take notice that the complaint in j the above action with the summons! | of which the above is a copy is now' j on file in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and I General Sessions for Newberry ! County, South Carolina. DOMINICK & WORKMAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. 6-24-Gt-ltaw. Subscribe to The Herald and New$ $2.00 a year. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry, by W. F. Ewart Probate Judge: Whereas, Ada M. Laws on hath made suit to me to grant Iter Letters of Administration of the estate and; effects of Thomas Lawson, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Thomas Lawson, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at New-! berry-. South Carolina, on Monday,] the 18 th day of July, next, after pub-j lication hereof, at 11 o'ctock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 28th day of June, Anno Domini 1921. W. F. EWART, P. J. N. C. I 1921 | COLLEGE !St, S. C. CONTINUOUS SERVICE Christian Character and icholarship A., Pre-Medical, Special js Emphasized. debates, Oratory and Ath f Comparison. it and Endowment. t Cost. Price in Private oderate. lication Blank Write to College it, S. C. . ursion Fares 'n Railway System to m nd Seashore Resorts ;h-September 30th, with 31st, allowing stop-over from Newberry: u $ 9.22 10.30 9.22 7.85 11.74 : 10.52 10.44 7.06 # 11.09 11.38 7.49 it. War Tax.) ledules and other informa; agents. S. H. McLEAN, trict Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. \ 1 [>nr_Di7QQ LVV/UUiuUU | )0.00 Newberry ina W. W. CROMER, . Asst. Cashier. , ! I 1 Cake Klenzo Soap r with each 50c tube J Klenzo Tooth Paste I Also Special Price J 35c Prophylactic Tooth Brush, U. S. Army Stock. $i.oo 1 Lather Brush $2.00 Grade, Guaranteed for 2 ye'.rs ' \ r:u? 9 tr. i . UlluCi C_ x< LSI ..< rngammmgymmmm^mmmmmmmmamm^t ^ ^ ^ [ ' ' :" " \ ' I Don't Spare the Spoon in time of sickness. Doses of ! . I medicine must be taken to / ? get well again, but a lot will depend upon the quality of the medicine the spoon holds. Bring your doctor's prescription here and you will get just what his order calls for, made up of the purest and freshest ? drugs, witn consummate care and skill, yet charged for most reasonably. Prompt service. Maupc Dhicf Stnrp 1V1UJ VU i/1 Ug BJIV1 V Newberry, South Carolina ft