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TWU FREIGHT TRAIN T KILLS TWO MEN : e BEN AND WILLIAM BREWER LOSE LIVES ! h William Clifton McLeod, Also In- ' jured, Tells of Accident ' Near Pinewood t f The State. Sumter, July 3.?Ben Brewer and William Brewer, the two sons of Q James C. Brewer, who live near Pinewood, were killed Sunday night ? shortly after 10 o'clock at Broadway siding by a freight train. William Clifton McLeod, who was with the' *' a two men and who also lives near Pinewood, was very severely hurt, his * leg being broken in two places. He was sent to the Tourney hospital, ^ Sumter. Monday morning. ' ' ! F The three men, according to McLeod's testimony at the coroner's in- e quest, were asleep on the railroad f track and McLeod, according to his j; own statement, did not even know he f : c had been hurt until he felt a numbness in his legs. He was thrown several feet from the track and did not ]. wake up until after he had been hit g bv the train. . h Mr. McLeod's story of the accident h as told the coroner's jury follows: S "After 10 o'clock p. m., July 2, I * left Brewer's house with Ben and William Brewer. We just walked out , h to the crossing at Broadway siding. ; I started to go on home, but the boys .. called me back. I went back and *J sat down on the rail with my feet in- ? side of the track. The two Brewer boys laid down between the rails. I guess we went to sleep in about six n or seven minutes after we grot in this 0 position. When I waked up I was u off to one side of the track and don't ^ know how I got there. We were on Cl the track just about to the ends of ^ the boards on the crossing towards s Sumter. Joe Ardis left us at the sid- ** ing. We drank all the whiskey be- s fore we left the house. We were at ? home when the passenger train to a Augusta went by. I am certain that n ^ * __i T f an 01 us were asieep ? uiun i, know what had happened when I ^ woke up and found myself away * from the tracks. I didn't know that ? I was hurt until I felt a numbness i-fc my legs. I did not hear any train ( and did not know anything after I ^ went to sleep until I woke up about eight or ten feet from the tracks and 1( then I found that my leg was brok- 1 c en. , ? The verdict of the coroner s jury ^ was "that the said Ben and William ^ Brewer were killed at Broadway sid- e ing in Sumter county July 2, 1922,; by being run over by an Atlantic Coast Line freight train." - A "'faceless clock'' will never be s popular with those who watch the t clock while working. jt I I The State E Teachers may r sells for one-1hi I would not d< have the authori optional" meani ing to the dictior Human Geogi ment of the subj of modern time ginian, now the ment of Columb JOSEPH L. BOWLES Joseph I.. Bowles was born Novrn.ber 1st, 1842, in St. Charles counv, M'ssouri. Horn of humble parnts, the youngest of eight children, le was able to attend school for a eriod of only two years. In 18Gt! he iiovt'd South, going: to Milledgeville, ia., where he was connected with the ax assessor's office. Later he went o Savannah, (ia.. and in 187(3 when ellow fever was rakr;r.g he contractd the disease. He at that time ownd a planing mil! and wood yard. Shortly after that i big: furniture to*e was formed in Savannah and he forked his way up to the top of that rganization inside of two years. Lbout this time. 1879, he married Iiss Julia Stubbs of Macon, Ga., and :i 1880 moved to Augusta, Ga.. and et up in business for himself under he firm name of the J. L. Bowles 'urniture company. He remained 1 business in Augusta about twer.tyight years. He was known a<> a urniture man and has been in that !ne of work continuously up until he time approaching aire incapacitaed him. His first wife having died i 1884 he married .?gain three years iter. Miss May Boozer of Newberry, . C. He loaves behind him, besides is widow, Joseph L. Bowles, Jr., by is first wife and Marion B. and iamuel P. by his second and one rami daughter. Mae, the daughter of larguerite, who died in Newberry in 910. On account of failing health e moved to Newberry, S. C.. and rom there to Jacksonville. Florida. - mm I,;,, i ICiV. 1' lll.ili \ , \>iivn llin Ii&u.iii ot much worse, he returned to Newer ry. S. C. His dominant characteristic was loral courage. He had the courage f his convictions at all times and was utspoken in expressing them. When e believed he was right nothing * " ? * ' TT . ouid swerve nim irom nis course, ne -as always to be found on the right ide of a moral issue. His indomitble courage and wonderful fighting pirit was shown when living in Auusta, Ga., which was his home for bout thirty years. A political clique ad had control of the municipal afairs of Augusta for ten or fifteen ears and had practically bankrupted he city's treasury and ruined its redit. The city's bonds were all ut worthless. He was one of the ?aders who formed themselves into n organization that in the space of ve or six vears dethroned the noiit cal oligarchy which had been bleedng the people for years and set the ommunity on its feet financially. The :rowth of Augusta can be traced rom the time when the political >ower in question had Jeen dethrond. Another instance of his fighting pirit and grit when he was convincd he was in the right was manifest d when the Y. M. C. A. was in sore traits in Ausnjsta. All of the direc ors resigned and the bank which held he mortgage threatened to foreclose. Save IV *oard of Educatior nake their choice I \rd less than tht ot Public Scl are state this fact if I ty of the State Board. > "left to one's choice," larv. aptiy is a new and corr iect by the leading Ge s, Dr. J. Russell SmitF head of the Geography ia University. $ Notwithstanding the fact that there were many more powerful men, .so far as wealth and influence were concerned, on request of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. he was prevailed upon to accept the presidency of that badly disorganized body, and within the course of two or three months had, practically single-handed, secured sufficient subscriptions to enable him to hand a check to the creditor bank in full of the association's indebtedness. It was said of him that he invari..ui,. iiJc viil??rir?n Dn<rm? and creed and church edict had very little influence on his original thinking according to scriptural teaching. He followed Christ's example as nearly as it is possible for human to do. He went into the highways and byways to teach others about Christ. When in Augusta he taught in and was superintendent of a Sunday school in the poor factory district, which he took care of in the afternoon after his morning activities in his own church and Sunday school had been taken care of. Later he left the aristocratic city church and took his letter to the little mission church in the factory district when the latter had grown to such an extent as to claim all his religious activities. When in Jacksonville, Florida, alter performing his duties towards his own church in the morning he would spend the afternoon teaching a negro Sunday school on the outskirts of the city. Always has he been found in the forefront of civic and religious endeavor, battling for the right as God gave him the po^ver to see the right; never shirking a duty, always standinir for the best in social and religious life, his own life has been sn example that others might follow with an assurance born of experience that he lived his life as nearly as it . waG possible for any other than the I Master to live this life on earth, j Unassuming, enthusiastic, optimistic, he was always more interested in i building character than he was in i amassing wealth, believing that char: acter and worth are qualities to conjure with instead of riches and power. But with it all his was a simple ! faith?a faith that had its foundation stones thoroughly entrenched in a | strong soul that knew the right and I acted accordingly. He was a strong | man in every sense of the word? (kind, tolerant and true. i One of the greatest evidences oi i his strength of character and simi plicity combined was his repeated re! quest to have placed on his tombstone after he was gone the simple inscription: "The world must be better be| cause I lived in it." f> <&' <$ > ? ? & .$> 4> HOME DEMONSTRATION <*> ' <?> ^ ^> <?>'.{> 'S) ! Tranwood Ciub ,! The Tranwood Demonstration club met with Miss Anna Long: June ?8. I luncy UJ * i on the 20ih of Mi jet ween these two s hers. M All T luuid nuw did not Likewise "Basal use two set accord- Books 1 to < are receivii PfiVpc ni * *Vvw 4 ect treat- ^an other ographer *> a Vir- The Joh r depart- ed that the ^avina fins ? - -XI _ j'jr IJ. -.3^ Nineteen answered trip roll call and ; four visit or* were present. Sweet 5 pickles wore canned, using the pint ' cans ordered by the club. Miss Her- j lie demonstrated the capper for | same. < The girls' short course was discussed. and 100 tfirls are expected to. attend. 1*ran wood club will fur- ( nish supper one nitfht for the frirls. The hostess served sandwiches, iced tea and tea cakes. The next meeting i {will be held with Mrs. Rufus Werts. Mrs. C. A. Matthews, Sec. j SPECIAL ELECTION IN LUi\u LANE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4. Whereas, one third of the resident freeholders and a like proportion of , the resident electors of the ape of twenty-one years in the Long Lane school district No. 4, the County of Newberry. State- of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Newberry, County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an ejection be held in said school district on the question of levying a special additional tax of four mills on the taxable property within the said.school dis-' trict. i, Now, therefre, we the undersigned c omposing the County Board of Eduction for Newberry County, State of South Carolina, do hereby order the ; hoard of trustees of ?.ong Lane , school district No. 4 to hold an election on the said question of levying ; a special additonal tax of four mills : to be collected on property located within the said school district, which said election shall be held at the Long i' Lane schoolhouse in the said school district No. 4, on Tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1922. at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trus- ; tes of said school district shall act , ! iiiiit - wmm? MP? ?wwn??WPW?i?i mib TOBZH Just received a si cium Arsenate, few barrels of bia es. Don't fail tc before you buy. J f) p DI JfSUll UI ) . 'L'BLJ-IU. -*- * -iJ- -1- T-l^- - >J? . r% WVYI 1E? 11 JSL iy adopted two sett ets. Human Georg: ? ? T1 nave ineir ?, the State Board adcptec s of Readers. The Winst< 5, comrpise one of the the* ig many orders for these I ~ \\r:?* d arift ell LI rY 1 tiOIUU tvcauvi o U1 V u*j readers. n C. Winston Company ^ 5 people of South Carolina incial reverses and reducc is managers of said election. Only' ;uch electors as reside in said school I iistrict and return real or personal | irop'-rtv for taxation, and who ex-j libit their- tax receipts and regi.^tra:ion certificates as required in gen-J ra 1 elections shall be allowed to vote. . Electors favoring the lew of such a : - ... . . . ,i tax shall cast a ballot containing me ivoni "yes"' written or printed there-' on, and each elector opposed to such a levy shall cast a ballot containing, the word "no" written or printed! thereon. Given under our hands and sea's; this 1st day of Julv, Hi22. E. H. AULL, 0. B. CANNON, S. J. DERRICK, County Board of Education for New-; berry County. j NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT; I will make a final settlement of the estate of W. Grady Bedenbaugh I in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C.. on Friday, the 28th day of July, 11)22, at 10 o'clock in j the forenoon and will immediately! thereafter ask for my discharge as j Guardian of said estate. NANCY A. BEDENBAUGH, Guardian. Newberry, S. C. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement ofj the estate of Frances Moore in the' Probate Court for Newberry County,! S. C., on Saturday, the 22nd day of July, 11)22, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately thereafter' ask for my discharge as executor of said estate. EBBIE T. MAYER, Executor. N'ewbcrry, S. C. June i4th, 1022. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of, the estate of Maggie Propes in the Probate Court for Xewberry County,; S. C., on Friday, the 21st day of,' July, 11)22, at 1*0 o'clock in the fore-: , ill Poison j mm mm tiipment of CalWe also have a I | , 1 en snap niuia2a> get our prices . I i 'fkfii VI7 I A UVwI J l/V. J II I II BmLLiiAiniiwaa?n ?iwmn VnnAi ? of Geographies i raphy, published bj Choice of 1 for basal of all b< on Readers, such the >e sets, We serve c< leaders. ghtly lower Thes no BET measure ras pcrsuad- ^ have been :d the prices Repre I-)'.- :inri will immediately thereafter is ask for my di-charge ar- Administra-1 e toi of said I'Stat.o. j \\ A!! persons having claims against ;iit' estate of Magofin Tropes, do-1 ceased, arr hereby notified to file the > same, duly verified, v.iih the under-j ! Summer Camp For In The Mou Southern Rail In Western N< And North A ? ? ? J rv M 1 / \CXUII!IIIUU a every feature of education availab! SUMMER EXCU Tickets on sale turn until October allowed. For furl apply to: S. H. McLl District Pa Columbia, ****** m?ip?pij m $24.65 Newberr; Atlantic C RHHBuSS Vic Southern Rail DATES 01 June 28th, 192-?South* Ohio RR. | July 6, 1922?Southern Excursion Tickets good 1J Stop-overs permitted on i Baltimore and Philadelphia \ $25.85 ALS t-> i rr? i'tounu j up To Asbury Park Long Branch, Sej Park and Spring A rare opportunity to visi For complete informatior S. II. McLean, DP A.. Columb cor basal use in th - ? " jr-^t tr t t? ' the John t. Wim Either Set [>oks to meet the conditk >ughtfulness on the part o jual consideration from t e? - t rn a n r>AAV e are not criE-Ar OKfxjPk. TER BOOKS. The pri e of the quality but of the THE PUBLISHERS. \\t: 11: ? ? imam ua jsenting the John C. Wins! . i. arid those indebted to eaid J state will please make payment lik^- / 'ise. /! LEE AVERY PROPES, / Administrator. ' ,>\vbcrry, S. C. f .June loth, 1922. Boys And Girls miains On J Iway System J jrth Carolina I fonraia I V V A ???>* s reasonable, and amusement and I I RSION FARES daily, good to re 31st. Stopovers ther information j j EAN, a issenger Agent, a s J y, S. C. $24.65 I lity, N. J. ( way System ' ^ A Tpq I * L 2rn Ry. and Baltimore & Rv. and Pennsylvania RR. 3 days returning. eturn trip at Washington, vithin final limit of tickets. ~ c?ar; U yuu.ov Round Trip , Ocean View, a Girt, Seaside : Lake, N. J. it these popular resorts. 1 apply to Ticket Agts., or ' da, S. C. | 1 e State. The I Uon company, ^jj i \ i f an yjj-utl RJMtllMf'^JJIiWMPOPBWi i ms. Does not IS1.:! f this house de- JH he teachers oi Mg \ S, but there are ^ ices are not a FAIR DEAL- j I nks :on Company " I 4