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" j >9 DOW BO V M| * _ W ?he itllim foralii. 'Rorick, \ \ oxn tkt' 'alia, t ' i *d nei ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 18. 1911. / Vol.17. No 13 inge , / / H hp ? BADGER CASE SENTENCE rer J TWO SOUTH CAROLINANS FIGURE IN TRIAL AT WASHINGTON 4 YEARS EACKjNLEAVENWORTH Federal Prison for laities 11. Knotty and Alton A. Armstrong, Who Plead (iiiilty. Ttvo Years for Woman. Washington, May 4. ?Special: James Bailey Knotts, of North, in Orangeburg county, South Carolina, and Alton A. Armstrong, of Watertown, S. 14., each aged 20 years, were to-day sentenced to four yearB each iu the Federal penitentiary "at Leavenworth, Kan., by Judge Wright, in Criminal Court No. 1, of the District of Columbia, after they had pleaded guilty to working the "badger" game on Charles Rosenthal, a well-known merchant of this city. i nc vtuiiuiu ilj tut: tcise, r iuooii* Bennett, the supposed wife of James Bjailey Knotts, received a sentence of two years in the penitentiary at Ranging, Kan. She gave her age as 19. Benjamin H. Knotts, wlio at first pleaded guilty of complicity in the "badger" scheme by which Rosen- i thai was lured to the woman's apartments, attempted afterwards to palliate his offence by claiming that he had merely furnished the others! the money by which the apartment j was rented and fitted with electric | lights and photographing apparatus. The jury found Benjamin Knotts' guilty, but recommended him to the court's mercy. New Trial Asked. Counsel for the defence gave notice of a motion for a new trial, , whereupon the bail of Benjamin Knotts was increased to $4,000 and he was remanded until it should be furnished. Cross examination and tset.imony in iciiuuai was very uumuging t< Benjamin Knotts, who claims that he had no knowledge of the alleged blackmailing scheme, "nd replying to his plea that he thought his brother and Armstrong were engaged only in experiments in electricity,' another woman, a friend of Flossie Bennett, testified that Benjamin Knotts had approached her and offered her $2,000 to assist in the "badger" business, declaring that the game could be worked with ease on numerous men of prominence,' who would pay big money to escape, and this woman's testimony was corroborated by that of women friends, wlio claimed to have overheard the conversation. tiirl Tells ol' Plans. Flossie Bennett was attired in a "baby blue" coat suit and wore a jaunty straw hat trimmed in ribbons of the same blue, of which col- ; or also was the crown of the hat. She answered quesitons put to her j in a straightforward manner. When counsel had made their pleas and read numerous letters and1 telegrams to the court, showing the] previous good records of the three men and urging leniency in the matter of punishment, Justice Wright1 called on Flossie Bennett to explain the ilicentir>Il nf Iho nlnn The young woman, who, while! only nineteen years old, has been married and left her husband in Michigan, told of making the acquaintance of Bailey Knotts and Armstrong. She said the two boys talked over the scheme to work the "badger" game by taking photographs of a victim whom she was to lure to her apartments. She consented to the proposition, she said, and went to Rockville and was married to Bailey, as she called him. She declared Benjamin Knotts had never discussed the proposition with her or in her presence, and said that she Was unaware that he was in the scheme until he accompanied Armstrong when the latter rushed into her bedroom after Bailey had threatened Rosenthal and tied the latter to a chair. The court then called on Benjamin Knotts to explain a letter writtne to his brother, in which Bailey told him his scheme was all ready, and that he needed the money only to put it into operation. This brought out the dou2/ of the guilt of Benisimin Kn/itK'' ot.a ^ -- ? *" l,": J"'/I wns called into th?^box, and the trial of Benjamin Knotts proceeded. The father, who is seventy-four years old and who has not visited Washington since he came to attend the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, told the court that his son, Benjamin is his only support and farms for him the plantation where they live in South Carolina. He said neither of his boys had ever been in trouble before, and that the cause of Bailey's downfall was the coming of a green country boy to a large city and falling in with evil companions. Young Bailey, he said, had been a leader in church work and a member of the Y. M. C. A., but had been ruined by the glare of the city. (?oo<l Character at I Ionic. Attorney Wolfe for the Knotts told of his acquaintance with them and of the high character which they bore in South Carolina. He stated that word had reached the old parents that their "baby boy,"' for whom they had made many sacrifices to send him here to complete his education, had fallen among bad companions. They dispatched the elder brother to bring the boy home. When Benjamin reached here, counsel said, he got on a spree and had guiltv knowledee of the scheme In which he found the boys engaged. . / MAN FIGHTS TILL DEATH I SINGLE-HANDED, BANDIT DEFIES POSSE T UNTIL KILLED USE OFFICER'S BODY US BLIND I TrawtHly Follows Pursuit of Men Wli fc blobbed I "ok toff ice ? Oapti.ml > lUibbrr Kef uses to Ib'vcai klentity. Jefferson, Iowa, May 7.?Marshal Busby, of Paton, Iowa, and a bank f robber were killed and a highway- 1 man Bpriimdir Inini?.l ?l- l-~ nijuicu in ri tinaii ire- l; tweeu a sheriff posse and the bundits early this morning, at a school c house two miles from Paton. s This morning at 4 o'clock the i c highwaymen blew a safe in the post- li office at Paton. taking several liun- e dred dollars in stamps and money, v Busby, with a posse, started in pur- f suit of the robbers. The posse came upon a school house near Paton. The marshal went to the door;upon r opening it was shot dead. One of ^ the robbers dragged the body into j s the school house. Then a fullisade ' t] of shots was begun between the rob- 5 hers and the posse. r Shielded by Marshal's I Italy. j The body of Bushby was propped a tip in the window as a blind, from j behind which the robbers fired 011 1 the posse. 1 By this time another posse ar- N rived. The combined posses then ; t poured a fusillade into the windows ( and doors of the school house. Kin- ] j ally, one of the robbers staggered ( through the door way badly wound- ( ed, saying: "Boys, I surrender, but j m V Bnl in fn i m ?r * ?? ,? r>">"6 ii' mi you get j him." c Shot Through the Hrart. C The lone bandit was given a chance j to surrender, but he refused. The j fight was renewed. All the time the'j dead marshal's body was hung up | against the window and the robber t was firing from behind it. The fus- j illade lasted for thirty minutes, t Finally the posse saw the robber t stagger and llusby's body fell from t the window. A rush was made for the door. The robber was found dead, with a bullet through his f heart. j. The wounded robber refuses i< j] give his name. His leg is shattered* ] and will hav eto be amputated. < XAltllOW KSt'APK KltOM llKiAMi ! i Savannah Man Charges He Was ; Duped by "Divorcr" Lawyer. Savannah, CJa., May f?.?Primus J. Williams had a narrow escape 1 from committing bigamy. He al- 1 leges that he paid a lawyer $2S.S0 to i represent him in livorce proceed- 1 ings and that the attorney gave 1 him a legal looking document pur- t porting to be a genuine divorce. The lawyer, .1. J. Perlue, it is charged, gave Williams a bogus document in < return for the fee paid him, and t lie now faces charges of conducting is a divorce bureau out of court, accepting money for services he did < not render, and signing the name of t another to a counterfeit divorce ver diet. Hp U.-UI! uprnoln.1 1 .. ,.u U.IVAJLCU JCBICI UUJ, * after being in jail several clays on ? other charges. j* Williams read in the newspapers t about the first arrest of Ferine, and ? he then made a careful examination * of the paper the lawyer had given t nini. He was making preparations 1 to be married at an early date. ( _ \ i He read many letters front promi- ' nent people of South Carolina testi- t fying to the previous good character s of theK notts. f Judge John G. Capers, of South Carolina, former commissioner of ' internal revenue, made an appeal 1 for clemency, 011 the behalf of the 1 parents of the Knotts boys. Attor- f ney Cainpheil Corrington, made a s strong plea for mercy, especially ex- f tolling the work of Justice Wright v in applying to proper cases the pro- 1 visions of the probation law. He ti asked that the defendants he given iimniier cnance. I lustier Wrights Remarks. a Rosenthal was trapped and photo- v gi a plied in tin- apart men! with the h Bennett woman. Ho was tied in a J chair and forced at the point of a e pistol by the younger Knotts and Arinslrong to sign a check for $5,OOu. Justine Wright declared that ? violations of public decency in the I District must bo severely punished, h and that he had no sympathy with ! v pleas for mercy in behalf of the; men who had wilfully plotted the trapping of Rosenthal for money, I c whatever their standing or their in- * fluencc might be. He said that the t only one of the defendants he was 1 was inclined sympathize with was f the Bennett woman, whose plight he t believed to lie due to the men who " had used her in their scheme, and i whose lot was bad enough anyhow. s Congressman A. P. lx?ver, of 1 South Carolina, who had been ae- s minlnfoa * - " n mi niv imi-iiiis lamuy, testified to the good reputation of 1 Benjamin Knotts in his native ' State. A patlietie incident of the J trial was the testimony of the aged ' father of the Knott brothers in1 a their behalf. He declared that their 1 character had been good. The Bennett woman was the only f me of the defendants who seemed to be effected by the proceedings. % The ense is one of the most seiiBa tional In the recent annals of crime h in the Capital City. > There were three tardies in the eighth and tenth grades, one each in the third and seventh grades, | i making a total of eight for the I i school which is less than one tenth ! 1 the number the first month. EXTENDING R. R. LINES PR HE RICH PEE DEE COUNTRY BECOMING WILI NET WORK OF RAILROADS IEACHING FOR-TIDE-WATER DEI k-aboard Air Liui> Kij;uit's l'mini- Mm nently in Railroad lHwlopineiit V in this Section. Comprehensive C Itoview of the Sit lint ion. ei The Bennettsville and C'heraw M tail road is to l>e extended from f i r i? irownsvillc to Sellers at once, and to i s t?> bo completed by September, ing All the preliminaries have been ulei onxpleted, and grading and con- In t truction is to be begun this week virt ir next There are now many ear Fra oads of cross ties stacked up at the mal nd of the present line at Browns- > tion ille, awaiting the eonstruet ion ^ orce. st or The ltoutr, to 1 After making several surveys the mat oute has been finally located. It scie leflccts a little eastward from a leav traight line, and runs for several! niles near the Bennettsville and T darion public road. In this way it deU una on the high sandy plains and Pre: nisses most of the broken slopes to \ nd branch heads that divide th" i as I :igh lands from the low lands. had Beginning at Brownsville, the it i: ine bends considerably to the east- and vard, crossiug the lands of H. M. proi lodges, estate of Henry Rogers, the t?~:i * ' ?iauu, waiR'y, -*a in III Oil S, U. \"\ - I' iarper, C. H. Hodges' Argyle place. lie i 'hum Jackson, Steve Smith, Jack Pre: 'rowley. Sheriff S. V. Lane, and war lasses about 300 yards west of at a tirby's cross roads. Thence it-idei rosses the lands of Messrs Lundy, pub liles Love, Fore end J. Rich Hayes, will lassing about 200 yards west of Mr. Jua dr. Hayes residence. Continuing, t crosses the large plantation of E. T nde Berry, going about 200 yards mat 'nst of Mr. Berry's home; then the its ands of Lorenzo I). Manship and cidc he Tilghman Lumber Company, en- thei ering into the west side of the vat? own of Sellers is nearly 1 1 miles. reg; The rights-of-way have practic- by illy all been obtained. The two li irst places crossed were settled by aftc irbitration. one man being the ar- deci lit ra tor In each case. For the the; Henry Rogers estate. Senator J. It mat 3reen was agreed upon as nrbi- the rator. and he assessed the railroad to ? 1300 H. M. Hodges and the rail- mill road company selected C. K. Hxum t! is arbitrator and l>b fixed the sum mat o be paid at $600. The Heavy Rails to Bollock. ed The road from Bennettsville to to KoUock is now being laid with F?o pea iiound rails. The old rails will he ' pub used on the Sellers extension. The ni.d n .?i i \ inariiig inu raus ii?is no- v.cr ayed the beginning of construe- ntei ion on the extension. idei Another li<nul Coming. thai There is another railroad being l'ert lose to and almost parallel with he he line of the B. and C. extension. Several -years ago, the Marion bounty Lumber Company, owned by |ri;| he Camps, started to build a road torthward from Marion, and got a barter to come to Bennettsville . inder the name of the Marion and l!c', lout hern railroad. They had large ^ imber holdings up the Pee Dee iver into Marlboro county. They started to build the road and got it en or twelve miles from Marion. Pliey crossed the main line of the 1 oast Line about two miles southvest of Sellers, and built their road ip two or three miles this side of a, Sellers. Then the panic came on, lie company got into financial s itraights, and work was suspended or three or four years. Recently this piece of road has " >een bought by men who are closey identified with the Seaboard Air ..ine, which has a branch running roni Lumherton to Marion. it is aid that the buyers liave contract- . ' 'd to extend the roads as far north card as the Marion County l-um>er Company has timber, which is 1 '**7* i)> near Drake and Blenheim. . ' The surveys of the It. and C. and :'.!sl lie M and S. are nearly two miles ni"' part at Sellers, but gradually con- ?? erge till they cross each other just ?ros lelow Brownsville, from where the will il. and S. survey comes up on the Clio nst side of the 11. and C. toward lit11 llenheini. S. ( Work has been commenced again >n the M. and S. and it is being T ushed northward, it is now about lion lalf wav from Sellers to Browns- , : iie ille ' las Will *n?ey Connect? "re The general impression among let lUtsidcra has l>een that the roa-ls I Mil could lornt some kind of ooali-1 iu;w ion or arrangement by which the Mul wo roads would connect. The of- Uow icials of the road say, however, tion hat they have no intention of con- '-itt lecting, and that each road is go- The ng to build its own line, and the insh ttrveys and construction are now will ending the public to this eonclii d. ion. M Thejo are many unconfirmed ru- at nors. however, as to what may uI <'he. imately happen. One of tliese is, liar hat the M. and s., or 8eabonrdf onct s laying its plans to buy the IS. soul oid C., so as to connect the l-uin- r?ui >ertoii sind Marion branch with he main line which is to be built T rom Marion to Charleston. C. < Another rumor, which is also ntiii Miliout confirmation, is that the ,1011, II. and S.. if it fails to get the 11. thai ind ('.. will build straight north- Is t vard via Blenheim and Bennetts- roai rilie to Hamlet. C., Four ltoa<lN (Iniu. T/>.?iil.n. ' > 1 The building of the two new T oads will put four roads running i>e lorth and south not far apart in lest ower Marlboro and Dillon counties, be fhe B. and C., and the M. and 8.,'catt ES. DIAZ WILL RESIGN L QUIT OFFICE WHEN PEACE PREVAILS IN MEXICO jision atHcabnet meeting lil't'Mn AdtlroM-d to People of lexico. \<?t to Itisurrectos, l??it omplics With Demand-- ol Madro. lexico City, May 7 Gen I'or> Diaz to night issued a manifesto tlie people ol Mexico deelarhis intention to resign the I'resic) as soon as peace is restored, his manner the President has ually acceded to the demands of ncisco I. Madero, Jr.. that lutes announcement, of such inten s to when peace is actually reed. lion. Dia/. reserves the right ?e judge. in the words of the lifesto. it will lie when his eonnee tells him that he will not e his country in anarchy. For His <"ountry's Sake, he President declared that his 'iinination not to relinquish the sideney at t'is time was not due 'unity or love of power, because, le points out power at this time no attraction, accompanied, as s, by tremendous responsibility worries. He says he was mpted by a desire to conserve best interests of his country, resident Diaz made it clear that ;loes not propose to abandon the sideney while his country is at , and that he would not do so nv time under compulsion. Preslt Diaz's manifesto will be made lie to-morrow morning when it be sent to Judge Carabajal, at rez. Promise Made to People. lie promise of the President is le to the people of Mexico and receipt by the rebels will be in ntal. That it will be sent to in immediately, however, by pri? individuals and that it will be irded as entirely satisfactory them is taken for granted, t was at a Cabinet meeting this moon that Gen. Diaz made his miuii. mr i\v<? nours ana n Malt discussed the terms of the tifesto and at the conclusion of meeting there remained nothing io but to secure its official i>rogation. Inly in a general way does the tifesto refer to the revolution, i government's position, indieatis that the revolutionists failed observe the amenities of the ce negotiations by making them lit . Officially, it was stated tolit that Madero and his advisors e guilty of betraying an agreeit in tlie question of the l'resit's resignation. It was declared t it had been agreed to in con'iice that this point should not permitted to become an issue. HONOIt llOhh. on lligb School For Month Fading May 5th. irst Grade. -Cecil Hracey. MatIkiss. ecoiul Grade. Oolph Itraddy, ion Kinarti, Jolinsie Mel,can, ise I lass. bird Grade. Julia Hetliea. C'harItegan. Mack Itritt. ourth Grade. Dexter Fvans. ra Bet Ilea, Fauna Kate Mclnnis. 'ifth Grade. Hettie Bet lien,, xton Tart. ixth Grade. Alice David, eventh Grade. I.ila McDonald, niond Fvans. lightli Grade. Fstalena Mellon f it I li Grade. Lilli.'ii Foro. enth Grade. Frances Allen. Icvcntli Grade. Ruth Stack-! se. lie fifth and eleventh grades for the flag which indicates leading grade in punctuality, ilarity and deportment, here were no tardies in the t, second, fourth, fifth sixth, h and eleventh grades. ising each other at Brownsville, he only four miles from the branch of the Coast Line. A e further eastward is the N. end '., from Clio to Dillon. Bonsai's Bead, he people of the Pee Dee secare also greatly interested in two roads of VV. R. Bonsai, who connections with the Seaboard, of his roads runs from Hamvia Gibson McColl, Clio and on to Mullins, and surveys are being made southward from litis. One survey has been made 11 into the Britton's Neck secof Marion, and another across le Pee Dee into Horry county. Mullins Enterprise says it has [le information that the latter probably be the route selectIr. Bonsai's other road begins McBee on the Seaboard. in stcrfield county and runs by tsville and hiirliiipimi ivi/n It is also proposed to go Invard from Florence, but tii?? to has not been determined. Terminals at ('barJeston. lu- Seaboard and its ally, the \ and O., have extensive terals at the wharves in Charlesand they are going to reach t city in some way. Whether it o be by one of Mr. Bonsai's is, the M. and S., the B. and or some other route, remains lie seen. 'heoretically, the lust line would straight from Hamlet to Charon; and Bennettsville would on such a line.- -Pee Dee Advo KILLS MAN AND WOMAN MRS. ROSE BESSINGER AND WALTER SANDIFER KILLED .IN RESTAURANT 2 LIVES FORTOAF OF BREAD ! :. K. (Jrimsley Kilters Kcslauraut. Kills Wiiniou Proprietor and ll<>r Clerk. (Jrimsley Said to llavr Keen I Arinking. Columbia State. Ernest F (Jrimsley, a young white man, is in the Richland county jail charged with killing Mrs. Ilosa IJessinger and Walter Sandifier. Tlie whole tragedy was enacted yesterday afternoon in the Acme restaurant and grocery store, I L' 1 ! Taylor street, just off Main street and was caused, it is said b\ witnesses, by the fact that Mrs. I less in Ker, who conducted the place, refused iiiin an extra roll of bread with a bowl of soup ordered by (Jrimsley. There are many conflicting statements si 11 <1 many rumors, and whether or not (Jrimsley was drunk has not been determined by the authorities. The shooting took place shortly after three o'clock Walter Sandifer was shot and almost instantly killed, two shots taking effect"^! his lungs. Grimsley, according \ to Frank M. High, fired on Mrs. Ilyssinger, who had just entered \tlre store from the kitchen. She \tas\. hit in the abdomen. She was Inirried to the Columbia hospital, wliere she died shortly after t> o'clock. The inquest will be held at the police station at :? o'clock bv Coroner Walker. Witnessed Shooting. Frank M. High, a veteran of the Confederate Home, was the only ki.own witness to the shooting. "1 had just stepped into the restaurant," sr. id Mrg High, "and was standing at the counter talking to the man behind the counter tSandifer.? He was cutting tip some onions. It was not later than 11:30 o'clock. I don't remember the exact time 1 was talking to Sandifer, and tin lady (Mrs. ftessinger) came in and spoke to inc. I had taken meals in the place several times with them, and they both knew me. She went buck into the kitchen, where there were some ncgtoes. The kitchen is the adjoining room. This man (Sandifer) was standing there talking to me across the counter. < j'iiiislt'y Filtered. "This man (meaning Grimsley > came in the front door of the res taurant, and without speaking a word, threw a pistol by my shoulder and fired at Sandifer. Sandifer fell behind the counter. The man I (iriiusley) then walked around behind the counter and shot Sandifer lying on the floor dying, a second time. The man t Grimsley) turned his pistol on the woman and fired twice. Sandifer never raised a hand against the man. He did not have time to, for the man shot too quick. It was all unexpected. The man Grimsley, without saying .i wuiu, n-n ilie siore. Mrs. iiessinger f11 to the floor and screamed, [and I got out of the place." Cause of Tran^lj. Ac* aiding to the various witnesses, .ii.d it is said, according to tindying ->t ai-ineiit of .Mrs Bessinger, tirimsley went to the Acuie rest a lira ik yesterday morning shortly hefore 1- o'clock. Me ordered a howl of soup. .Mrs. Bessinger gave him one roll with the soup, it is said by witnesses that tirimsley said that two rolls should he given with one howl of soup. There was a dispute over the question It is said that (Irinisley left the place about 12:3u o'clock; and that Mrs. Bessinger and Walter Saudil'er thought no more of the matter. Bought Cartridges. According to the testimony in the hands of Coroner Walker, tirimsley went to the store of Jas. T." Sloan on Main street, between 3 o'clock and 3:2(1 o'clock and purchased 20 cartridges of 3S calibre. It is said that he showed a pistol here and that lie placed a new hall in the pistol and left tinstore hurriedly. A few moments later lie committed the deed. Man Was Arrested. After shooting Sandifer and Mrs. Bessinger, tirimsley left the restaurant and walked across the street, where he tried to get into a hack. Me? was stopped by J. C. Jackson, s\ policeman. tirimsley held his pistol in his hand,ami. according to IViliceman Jackson, he had thrown out three empty cartridges ami reloaded the pistol Mr Jackson said that tirimsley said: "I have killed two people inthere." It is said that he asked for his pistol to scatter the large crowd that had gathered. The motor patrol wagon was called and tirimsley was hurried to the police station. I'olicoinaii Jackson said that tlrintsley did nol appear to be drunk, and that lie looked to be a sober man. After being placed in the cell at I lie police station (.rintsloy commenced to sing, and no statement could be obtained from him. It was stated at the police sts-th a that he was too drunk to talk coherently. Later lie was turned over to Sheriff Coleman. Statement from Negro Woman. Three was a negro woman in the kitchen of the restaurant named Many Johnson. She said that she was sitting at a table helping Mrs. Hesslnger. Sandifer was in the front of the restaurant behind the counter. She said she heard some one enter the front door, and then two shots were fired. Mrs, Dessin-' ^ * CONTRACT NOT AWARDED COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN IN SESSION FOR TWO DAYS DEED FOR LOT IS EXECUTED Commissioners Alt* t 'oicideiluf1 Number of Itiils for Krcotin); Public Ituiblings. 'Inn Scorn Contractors Here. Tuesday being the day for con sidering the bids on the court house and jail, the court house commissioners have been in session for two days considering the many bids submitted Tuesday there were about L'o contractors and sub-eon tractors in Dillon, and about ten bids were before the commissioners, but ui> to the hour of going to press the contract bad not been awarded Wcdiu cay the deed to the church property was signed, the purchase money i*.'as paid over and the mat tcr of location is settled for good The commissioners will remain in s -si*.?i until the contract for the public l uildings is awarded It is learned just before going to press that the contract has been awarded to J. A Jones, for the sum et $75,tutu. Mr. Jo ties is out of the best known contractors in /" North Carolina. / / ? \\ .\N M AUSHAIi \K\ l\l< 'I TUI" Historians Weston and H'utnon IMft'er as to Identity ??f Peter St unit \ e>. Pee Dec Advocate The following coinmvniicatioii, and Mr. Watson's reply, arc copied from the May number of Tom Watson's Magazine: As to Marshal Ney's Ih-uth. Hear Sir: 1 notice in your book "Waterloo," that you do not believe N( y cscapt d death Probably you have never seen Historic Doubts as to the Kxecution of Marshal Ne.v," hy Weston, tind published by Titos. Whittaker, New York, about l^!<4. This book is now out of print and copies cannot be gotten at anything like the price it first sold for. It is a rare book. Peter Stuart Ney came t?> this couaitry in 1N 1 f?, landing at (Charleston, s. ('., and lived upwards of I thirty years in Soutit and North . Carolina. The first four years were passed in obscurity and then he made his way into Marlboro county and taught school near Brownsville for iline or more years, and thcai went to North C arolina and final" died 'a Rowan county, this St a ' Tl;i | eoplc with whom m came, in eontnct knew him none otliet than the famous Marshal Ney. of France lie said so only to his most Intimate friends. I knew several men. fifit en years o! more ago, who w< ut t i school to him. Peter r-auart .Ney, while in tlie* school room hi this country in ISiil, was hundi d a paper with the news of Napoleon's death and lu* was no overcome v iti grief that he dismissed the school for that day. He had an idea when Napoleon II came to the throne he could then go hack to France, and when Napoleon II died Noy said he was poisoned atld he gave up all hopes of ever seeing F ance again. 'I'liere are many incidents lo show that he was the famous Marshal and on >iis death hod in Kuwait county. North Caroline. told his friends t when they told 1' iia the doetor said lie iNtuld live 1 in few hoursi that he was Marshal Noy. of France. Hie recogniii?i> h> a Frenchman wiien !*.tt .-in* i i . ; tournament in tola .oia. S. < . Mid his aekuowleiir.il '?*l?'i> r" with the Ma her si a sham I'd.! i. iih ,t Freneh ihetiuetcr in saber aitics and the Fu nchinaii selling him there were only two pert-em ie a!i Franee that this FV tubman was rot able to pat out ol battb with tin sword and they .ere Prince?and Marsha! Ney. the Frenchman telling Peter Ney that he was either one of these two men. The body of Ney was taken up in Paris and also that of Potet Ney i:; North Carolina and th? nm. iii Frmii'i' did not compart* to Ney :ii nil. while ilio one in North Car< inn did. There was arnne.thing about l lie skull that allowed the Not th Carolina hody 11K< Ney ot F ranee. (If curse, some would rtad V/es ton's lunik and say there ?' noth ing in it, hut people ran testify here in Marlboro county to many incidents connecetd with the lite ot this strange man, a man who would draw the eye of any man any when and one of the moat superb riders ever seen. IIis horsemanship was perfect. It is thought that Ney of France was uneducated. hut Mr (Continued on page eight ) gt r. she said, got up from the table and started through the door to see what had happened. She said tha4 two more shots were fired and Mrs flrssiigtr ft 11 across a chair i?ea? the kitelun door. She said thai she did not see Grimsley shoot. Ernest E. Grimsley is about 22 years tf age. He was until rec-entl> eni| loyt d as a chaingang guard by Richland county, but resigned Walter Snndifer was about 30 years years of age and married. He has been a resident of Columbia for several v.ttks, coming here from Camden, being originally from Ttambe-g county, it is said. Ho was employed as a clerk in the Acme restaurant. Mrs. Bereinger is the wife of Jerry W. Hesslngor, the proprietor of the Acme restaurant. She had been a resident of Columbia for a number of years. She resided at 1326 Taylor street. J ttm- % <-:"