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1U! J ^-y'-" * :^"~ ^ 1 M v. ... Fv4 * * | | SIh? BiiUm JjmtliL > ? ? * ? ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1911. Vol. 17. No. 28. NEWS OF THE COUNTYL NEWSY LETTERS FROM DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY COMING UNO MING OF PEOPLEi i News Items of Interest to Herald ' Readers. Ebb and Mow of the J Human Tide. 1 Maple Dots. |' Mr. Stafford Lee and Miss Net- ' tie Jackson were married Sunday, I' Aug. the 6th at the home of the * bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. ' Jackson. 5 W. J. Coward, of Latta, was ov- 1 er here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Surles, of Black Ankle, visited telatives here last week. W. Caddy, of Caddy's Mill, was j in this section last week. Early cotton is opening and it will not be long before picking will 1 begin. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Rouse, of Free State, visited relatives in this 1 section last week. Thlio Vo Ti-J ? . A utuiolOO C ilKill H'Ugt lias been completed. All members are requested to be present Friday night. Miss Gussie Taylor, of Floydale, spent a few days last week with relatives in this section. Itev. J. H. Moody, of Mt. Calvary, was over here Saturday. | S. J. Bailey, of Kirby, was over here one day last week. The protracted meeting at Pleasant Grove church closed Sunday. As a result of the meeting eight ^ were added to the membership of the church. G. F. Courie, of Dillon, was down here Sunday afternoon. Eddie Brogdon, of Rocky Mount, was in this section Sunday. W. A. Carter, who had his slioul- j der broke by a log cart wheel some time ago is able to be out again. , John Moody, of Mt. Calvary, was over here Sunday talking to the fair sex. There will be another dollar for the county before long. W. T. Rogers, of Liatta, was over here Sunday. w Burn Rogers, of Floydale, was in this section Sunday. Simon. Fine Plantation. i i Mr. Editor: ? On the invitation of Mr. E. C. Braddy quite a number of his friends met at his excellent plan-, tation to inspect his crop of cot-! ton. We had heard of the fine prospects he had on his plantation but were completely amazed at the cotton. We didn't have time to go \ over the whole farm of four hundred acres, but what we saw was j the best cotton we ever had the i pleasure ot looking at. Various estimates were made by those present. The lowest was one and onefourth bales per acre, the highest: three bales per acre on some of it. Mr. Braddy believes that he will gather 4 00 bales on the 300 acres, but the general opinion among the visitors was that if nothing happens to the crop to injure it 450 bales would be a con-1 servative estimate. We next look-1 ed over his corn. Now when it comes to making corn Mr. Braddy is certainly in the swim as he has 50 acres that will yield 60 to 75 bushels per acre; then he has 25 acres of late corn that bids fare to make 50 or 60 bushels per acre. We then took a look at his mules, where we tound twenty head of as fine mules ' as was ever assembled on one plan- j taiion. Then he showed us his hogs, and we found more hogs than Ave have seen in one lot in years, if ever before. They are Perkshires and will average by killing time 200 to 300 pounds each. Mr. ( Braddy certainly looks after his? 1 hog and hominy. He don't depend on corn to raise them; he has ber^ muda grass pasture and plants potatoes, cane, peanuts, etc., to feed them on. After looking over the crops re4 freshments were served, which was enjoyed by all present. There was one thing we noticed very particularly and that was the different kinds of cotton planted. Of course, some varieties were better than others, the best being Braddy's money maker Mr. Braddy has improved by selecting good stalks from different Kinns tnen mix them together, ' then continue to select good stalks ' and by so doing he has one of the ' best varieties of cotton to be found.) Farmers would do well to purchase some of those seed, as we think it J would be a good investment. Mr. Braddy was called upon to give a ( % history of his mode of farming, but 1 as he is of timid disposition he de- 1 clined to do so, stating that he pre- 1 ferred to let his growing crops speak for themselves. 1 The crowd then dispersed, look- ' )ing forward to the time when they ' would have the pleasure of meeting again under similar circumstances. A Guest. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. 1 ij Florence Fanner Struck While 1 Walking From House to Ham t Olanta, Aug. 3. ? Henry B. i Langston, a farmer, residing about: t four miles of here, was struck by i lightning this morning and instant- f ly killed. Mr. Langston was going ! from his house to barn when the i storm came up and stopped under t a large oak for protection. The i lightning struck the tree killing t him instantly. He is survived by I a wife and several children. J jjb > FJLOAT OVER CHICAGO \ I>04im? Aviators Participate in Endurance and Altitude Contests. ? Expect to llrcak Keconls. Chicago, Aug. 13. ? The record 'or total time in flying in one aviition meet is bound to be broken luring the international aviation lieet here. The inspiration is the 12 paid each flyer for each minute tis machine is in the air, and when the gun boomed to start the programme to-day the success of this plan for conducting a meet was proved. Except for a half dozen aviators who planned to enter events for particular prizes there was a general SXOdllS from Iho hanuorc .....l In lees than half an hour there were i score of machines floating: over the field and above the city, all planning to stay up until gasoline was exhausted. The result was that during all the scheduled events there were at least a dozen machines hanging aver the field, several of which remained up during the greater part of the afternoon. Although there were a dozen men participating in the programme, and as many more out for endurance and altitude, the day was free from accident, John Frisbe being the only aviator to report trouble. A heavy rain during the morning and almost total lack of wind made the day ideal for flying, and fast time was made. The trip over the course, one mile and a third, around seven pylons, was made repeatedly in a minute, the average Lime in a 20-mile race being less than 25 minutes. Jleacliy Was the Star. Beachy was the star of the day. Never going more than 50 feet from the ground, he won the 20-ntile contest for biplanes, making the distance in. 23 minutes 12.26 seconds, and defeating Earle Ovongton and Janie Ward, who finished in the urder named. Beachy, after winning the race began at once the climbing contest, reaching 5.000 feet, from which he descended in spectacular spiral glides. James V. Martin was conceded a victory on the alighting test, making a perfect descent and stopping within a foot of the red flag used as a marker. Lee Hammond was his closest competitor. Beachy trying for the alighting prize, at the conclusion of a series of spirals that followed his speed victory, crashed into the flag and curried it 100 yards from its base. John J. Frisbe, an entrant in the speed contest, met with an accident that may prevent his further participation in the meet. He circled the 250 foot tower of a lake front building, narrowly gruzin g the Dronze Diana with which it is topped and struck a gust of wind that nearly set his machine on end. In reaching down to right the machine his hand caught in the wires and was almost paralyzed. He descended safely but could not rise again. Wins 93,000 Prise. Thonuis Sopwith landed the 000 cash prize for the first hour's flight carrying two passengers. Oscar A. Brindley is believed to have won the day's record both for altitude and for duration. He remained at an altitude of 6,500 for nearly 3 hours. Brindley remained in the air until after dark and was only able to alight after a fire had been built tb show him the location of the park. The duration records and the prizes for altitude will not be awarded until the close of the meet. In addition to the daily prizes for both events, special prizes will be awarded for the total time spent in the air during the entire meet. UdHTXIXtJ Ql'ICKKK WAY. By Strange Freak lien is Picked -Near Newberry. Newberry, Aug. 11. ? James J. Schumpertt, of Mendenhall township, was here the olier day and told of a strange freak of lightning that occurred at his home Thursday afternoon. Mr. Schumpert was driving his stock from the pasture, bis son going toward the lot to open the stable doors. A bolt of lightning struck a large oak in the lot, mattering the pieces, some weighing is much as 200 pounds, to consid?rable distances. At the root of a tree was a setting hen on a nest of aggs. She w?*i8 afterwards found lead about 10 feet from where the nest had been with every feath ir except a few pin feathers on >ne wing stripped off as clean as f she had been dipped in scalding water and picked in the usual way. rhere was not a piece of her skin arokeu nor any mark of a bruise, rhe eggs had completely disappeared. The lightning shattered 4 5 window panes in Mr. Schumpert's residen<ce 011 the side next to the Tee. The same afternoon a few miles iway in the same township, lighting killed a fine cow belonging to [^evi Watts, a negro. Firemen Slioois Two Men. Anderson, Aug. 6. ? Billy Lumpord, a colored fireman on the Chareston & Western Carolina railroad >etween here and Augusta, this afernoon shot and dangerously wounded Will Allen and Hamp Paterson, two negroes, whom he found n his house when he returned home rom his trip. Both the wounded nen are in the hospital, and it is Lnnounced that both are expected o die. Immediately after the shootng, Liumpford ran, but appeared at he county jail before the search tad been made, and surrendered. He s now in Jail , FOUR KILLED IN WRECK THIRTY MORE PERSONS INJURED ON THE PENNSYLVANIA FLYER. SIDESWIPES? ENGINE n Tint* Locomotives Piled in Twist| ed Mass at Foot of Kntbonluneiifc ?Five Coaches Leave ltails. Fort Wayne, Aug. 13. ? Four persons were killed and 30 injured when the Pennsylvania 18-liour train, en route from Chicaeo to I new iotk, jumped the track on the western outskirts of this city, at 6:30 o'clock this evening, while i going at the rate of 50 miles an ! hour. In leaving the rails, the two engines pulling the passenger train sidewiped a freight engine and the three piled up in a mass of of bent and twisted iron . The Dead. The dead are: Win. E. Arrick, freight engineer. Fort Wayne, lnd.; Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engineer on flyer; W. Creicli, Fort Wayne, fireman on flyer; unknown passenger at St. John's Hospital. Taken to Hospitals. The police department and the fire department and every automobile in the city were called to the rescue and the injured were soon taken to the hospitals. At least fifty were on the scene within a half hour of the time the trains came together, and within a short time thousands of people had col-j lccted about the wreck. The main track and the track on which the freight train was stand-] ; ing was torn up for a distance of . two hundred yards. The two en-1 engines of the flyer were torn ! their trucks and thrown down the ] embankment, while the engine of , the freight reared in the air over (the trucks of the flyer's engines, i Passengers in the seven rear cars escaped with only cuts and bruises. Engines Down Embankment, i The baggage car. smoker, buffet and two sleepers turned over in ] the ditch. Most of the injured were seated in the dining car and smok11 er when the accident occurred. Tlic . two engines of the flyer were torn from their trucks and thrown down | the embankment to the park, the all-steel cars of the flyer were ! put to the first actual wreck test ' they have ever undergone and provI cd to be all that had been claimed for thorn l>v tlmii- ,1 i - ? * => will.? the first two ears of the heavy ninecar train were much smashed. Pas-jsengers in the seven rear curs essleaped with only cuts and bruises, -i whereas, it is declared by railroad ! men, if 4he cars had been the oldcarnage would have been frightful. ' It will take a day or more to clear iaway the wreckage, as the cars are i extremely heavy. I The wrecking crew from Fort j Wayne arrived at the scene within a half hour, while the wrecking 'trains from Crestline and Chicaeo arrived later in the evening. Thir| ty more passengers who are badly bruised and hurt are at the AnJthony Hotel. Others Expected to IMe. Several of the injured at a late I hour to-night are in extremely serious conditions and it is expected that their deaths will occur before the night is over. Evidence seems to point to the | flyer going at an extreme rate of speed over a temporary switch, as being the chief cause of the accident. From Valpariaso to Winona Lae, the engine which brought the train out of Chicago was going badly so the engine which was to take the train from Fort Wayne to Crestline was sent to Winona Lake i to meet the flyer. The two engines were then occupied together and don ble-headed the train towards Fort Wayne at seventy to eighty miles an hour. Just east of the western ; limits a switch was constructed to Iswing trains from the regular track to another track. This change in routing was made necessary by track elevatioji work. C. C. Chatteil, 3942 Lake avenue, Chicago, was in the dining car when I the accident occurred, lie escaped with only slight injuries to his head and face. "The train was J running at a terriffic rate of speed," he declared. "The first intimation 1 had that anything was ! wrong was when all the passengers in the diner were thrown headlong the entire length of the car. Fighting hike lieasts. i "The next thing 1 reaJized, mcnif were fighting like beasts to get out', and steam escaping from the kitchen was cooking us. Another man and 1 fell to the floor and crawled along in the semi-darkness and I among the cursing, screaming men to a window, through which we made r.ur escape." Robert Russell, of Loronto. Out., and Fred Deckwith, of New York City, passengers on the flyer, were 1 imprisoned in the vestibule between the diner and coach to the rear, and were unable to escape from their narrow prison. Their cries attracted the rescurers, who, under the direction of Police Sergt. Dan Kintz, began cutting away the roof of the car to reach them. Ennnii ro K? 1 * '* , vUU.aiscu vy cne? irom ine men inside, the rescurers finally cut away a sufficient .section of the roof to drag tnem out. Russell was hurt about the back but Reck with escaped uninjured. Mr. H. Kay McCormao, ,of Columbia, former a Dillon bo ft spent the week-end with relatives and friends (in town. FIRE DESTROYS CONWAY PLANT I Fonemaii Tisdale May Not Survive I Injuries. Conway, Aug. 11. ? Special: As a result of a serious fire, the caus- l es of which are unknown, which suddenly broke out last night in the plant of the Southern Wood Products Company, the day fore- . man, Mr. David W. Tisdale lies in I a critical condition, several other employees are injured and the large new plant of the company is a < complete mass of charred. All of the employeets are at their posts and the work was proceeding, seemingly, in perfect order, where there was a slight explosion and the flames flashed and spread over the whole building; all materials contained therein were highly inflamable and there was no hope of saving the factory. Enveloped in Flames, in the explosion and tirst breath of the fire, Mr. Tisdale was completely' enveloped in the gas-laden flames. A negro workman, near at hand, received serious burns and other minor injuries. Except foi the coolness of other employees. who, realizing their danger ui ?' the necessity for prompt action, seized those who had been most se- ( riously burned and plunged them into a tan of water, the result would have been far more serious. Mr. Tisdale, who was almost crazed by his burns, he broke from his friends, and closely followed by a burning negro employee, ran all the way to Conway, a distance of nearly a mile, where he was cared for by physicians, who extended every attention to hint. His condition is now considered critical, while tinothers who are burned are out of danger. Spectacular Itla/.c. The fire was very spectacular, the rays of the flames accentuated by rapid explosions of tanks of benzene, oils and other explosives, the products of the company, that shot upwards immense columns of ! fire and smoke, which wore visible ! miles away. The heat was so intense that nothing could he saved Ifrom the factory, although by heroic efforts the old factory nearby, .the otfice building and the residence of Mr. Magrath were saved. A | number of railroad cars on ? nearby siding were burned. Mr. I*. I). Magrath, tin- superintendent and general manager of the works, when seen to-day, stared that his loss would probably exceed $40,000, with no insurance to i cover, as the insurance companies have, on account cf the nature of j the business refused ihe risk. Mr. Magrath had 110 statement to make relative !< plaits for rebuilding nor of the probabilities, as up to tins time 110 advices had been received by his from the New York off ir-r-K An Kvtensitt* Kiiterprisr. The company's lightwcod timber holdings were extensive, sufficient to run the plant foi twenty years, i and they were continually adding to their possessions. This company I owns the only thoroughly successful process for the extraction of turpentine, rosin and other products | from lightwood, and the burned plant was the pioneer factory operating under the new process, invented and perfected by Mr. Geo. j Walker, of New York City, president of the company. It was reI viving a rapidity, declining imlusjtry of this section of the State, that of turpentine distillation. The first plant built by Mr. Walker and his associates was erected I here six years ago. After a few I months of successful operation it was burned, but was immediately rebuilt. Since that time an entire ly new process Having been discovered, the operation of the plant already in operation has heen ciis! continued. Work was l?egun on a new factory a little over a year! | ago, and the factory has just been i completed, although portions of it {have been in operation for sever-1 | a 1 months. Los Angles, Aug 10.?According to a verification completed to-day I by the Aeronautical Society of California, Frank Champion, a local aviator, made what is declared to | have been the fastest time in America in a cross-country flight: last Friday, when he flew a distance of approimattely seven miles at a speed of ninety-six miles an hour. He used a racing machine purchased last winter from James Had- ! ley, the English aviator, and had tlie wind at his hnck. Moving (Jeorgiji Capital. Atlanta, (la., Aug. 3.?-By an almost unanimous vote the house committee on constitutional amendments approved the bill to-day tnak-, ing provision for the removal of the State capital to Macon. Several members who voted favorably reserved the right to oppose the measure when it reached the floor of the house. Macon's contention for the State capital is based on < the claims that it is more centrally located geographically and that south Georuia is irrowimr morn mn- * idly than other sections of the i State. , | m a m , Moisnnt's Sister a Pilot. Mineola, N. Y.. Aug. 13. ? Miss i Matilda Moissant. sister of the late ] John 0. Moissant, who was killed j in New Orleans * last year, was j awarded a pilot's license I by the Aero Club of America to- 1 day. She is the second woman in s the United States to receive a i license under the stringent revised It international rules, Miss Harriet 1 Qnimhy having the first. |J FIRES THREE NOTARIES, IESENTS THEIR ACTIVITY INTHEBELTON > INCIDENT 11 \i "WAS PERFECTLY SOBER" i i Thief Executive Says He is IWiir j Pursued by Knemies Wlm Will l>o ^ Anything; to Injure him. Columbia, Aur. 10. ? Special:). Publication in morning papers #to- t lay of affidavits tending to support ( barges made editorially l?y the ; Helton Times, and reproduced in i >tl.er .luwsna iters. of incivility on .ho l art of Governor Bli asc toward | *. yirjiig woman employed as 'icket t titent in the Southern Railway "taii-ti at Melton, was followed this at- , i moon by the summary revocation . j) the commissions of Notaries ; Ruldie J. M. Alexander. J. II. Mer- , lit' and J. A. Morton. Mr Alexand- j L'i' himself made one ?>t the uffi da vita in the case. I Notice of Revocation. I i o each of the three notaries | Governor Ml ease addressed a letter, j as te.h.ws: "Souk time since you were commissioned a notary public , by me, under the Constitution and . the 'aws (during the pleasure of . tin- Governor, j Your commission , is hereby revoked, and any furtli- , er act performed by you as such . otfieer will be illegal and in vio- , l it ion of the law A copy of this letter has been filed with tin See- , retaiy of State, and also with the clerk of Court, who has la-en requested to cancel your coiumis- ( tier.." Coventor ltlea&e was asked what had moved him to revoke these commissions. lie said lie ln.d not intended to volunteer any statement, out, in anticipation of such an inquiry, had dictated to his steiiog rapher an expression on i lie subject, ami hud the eopies before him. He said lie wished it understood that his language applied only it) the "? rmnrs of the newspapers that have taken part in this business. The statement was as follows: Kvwjliody Knows Who's Governor. "1 have no further comment to make on the Helton matter at this time. What 1 stated in my letter to Mr. Harris is absolutely correct. I was perfectly sober, was feeling good, had just, left a large crowd of niy friends, was 011 my way home in the best of spirits and remember very distinctly what took place. Any man <> woman who lives in South Carolina who does not know that 1 am Governor is, indeed, in the lowest mire of ignorance; hence when 1 say to any one that I am 'Cole H. HI ease' it is absolutely useless to add that I am Governor of South Carolina, and I did not say so on that occasion if my enemies do swear to it. The Knd Not Vet. "1 have cancellled the commissions of tiie three notaries public taking part in this dirty transaction and some other people will hear from it later. everyone who has known me from my childhood up, both men and women, will certify to the fact that i have at all times and 011 all occasions been polite and courteous to everybody, and particularly to the ladies; and tiiis is the first time in all my life that 1 have ever been charged or accused of showing t lie slightest disrespect to any lady, and I am satisfied that my friends do not 1klieve that 1 was disrespctful 011 this occasion. My enemies, of course. win say iney neneve 11, even 11 they don't and the liars who are editing the newspapers oi' South Carolina will endeavor to use it to injure me, because they will go to any depth in the filthy bog holes of vituperation and abuse to do me harm. However, the people know me and I am Governor, the pimps and skunks who use the pens for newspapers to the contrary notwithstanding, and I'll Inre-elected in spite of their lies Watch me!" Wlio the Kx-Xotaries Are. Mr. Alexander is understood here to be superintendent of one of the Pelzer mills, at Pelzer. He was commissioned on the recommendation of Senator Geo W. Sullivan, of Williainston. Mr. Merritt was commissioned on the recommendation of Representative J. Belton Watson. Mr. Horton, who is mayor of Belton, and president of the bank there, was commissioned on the recommendation of Representative J. W. Ashley and J. W. Jacson. The owner of the Belton Times is Representative J. Archie Willis, of Laurins. Death of Mrs. (tanle Meai-s. Mrs. Carrie Rogers Mears, a most estimable lady of the Kemper section, died Monday and was buried at Piney Grove church the dnv follow Ing. Mrs. Means was a daughter of the late Oapt. Robert Rogers. P?v- , era) years ago she was married and has been residing near Xernper. Her rleath, which was u (expected, came as a shock to her numerous friends i throughout the county. Mrs. Hears i was a graduate of Greenville Female College and a member of the baptist church. She was a devoted i wife and u great helpmeet to her ; tiusband who has the sympathy of i >11 who know him in his hour of ! trief. In addition to her hus- ; >and Mrs. Mears la survived by I brother, Mr. R. S. Rogers, county ! 1 mperintendent of education; her j 1 nother, Mrs. Redia Rogers, and j hree sisters, Mrs. P. P. Rethea, i I lianchville; Mrs. J. F. Oliver and t dlap'. Lester Rogers, of Pages Mill. : > \ KII.I.KI) HIS FATHEH-IN-LAW. Ihmicstlc Trouble < \rusc of Trag1wly in Savannah. Savannah, Ua., Aug. ? Shortly jefore 7 o'clock this morning Waler M. McEachern killed his fathern-la\v, J. R. Fennell, with a revolvtr, at the home of the two men on I efferson and fortieth streets McEachern surrendered to the yolice, being carried to the bar* acks by the Rev. \V. A. Nisbet, I) t>., pastor of the Westminister Presbyterian church, who was called mmediately after the tragedy The amily is well known in Savannah md the killing has caused a sensaion. McEachern married Fennell's laughter several years ago, much tgainst the wishes of the bride's 'other. McEachern made a statement 1o lie coroner this morning relative 0 the homicide. "i married Mr. Fennell's steplaughter several years ago and, 1 It hough he opposed the match, wo lave been living in the same house og? iher Recently m.v wife and nother-in-law went to the country i-im Mr. i i.uiH :i and inysen nave eon living in tin home alone. He i?s been treating me in n very ugy way for .some time and we were 10. on i lie best of terms. "On two occasions lie locked me in! of the house at night and the sect nd time lie did this 1 forced in entrance. This angered him a good deal. I supplied my own meals while my wife was away and i day or so ago I lnuight sonic suliar. We used the same pantry and Mr. Fenneli hid the sugar 1 had purchased Wt had some words aliout this and the incident did not lend to make us think any tin m ire of each other. "This morning early, while in lied i was surprised to see Mr. Fennell enter my room armed with a stick He approached in a menacing attitude and fearing he intended to assault me, i reached under my pillow, where I had a revolver, and ;.s he advanced i fired at him. "My bullet hit Him squarely in the elirst and must have caused almost instant death. He was so close to me that lie fell limply across my body as l lay on tln> lied. "1 did not lliink 1 had killed liini, and getting up endeavored to revive him. Finding that he did not respond to my treatment 1 telephoned for a physician, who is a friend of mine, and when he came lie 1,11111' in- ortitl -Mr I" villi I* 11 w?ii? dead. "1 tlu-n eounnunieated with Dr. Xisbet and came to the barracks to su rrender." <;ooi> citizkv mas. Mr. K, L. lifiTy Basses Awu,\ i?.?. (till more, \. t'? Iftcr I trie!' Illness. K. hide Berry one of tlu most prominent farmers in Dillon county, <li< d last Friday at Swaannanoa Hill Sanitarium near Biltmore, N. ('.. ant' was buried at Fnioti Methodist, church near Berry's Cross Koads at in o'clock Sunday morning. The news of Mr. Berry's death came as a great shock to his numerous Iriends and acquaintances throughout the county. It was not geueraJl.v known that he was at a sanitarium for treatment and not even his most intimate friends suspected that the end was so near. Mr. Berry was a son of the lute Kill no Berry, one of the most, prominent citizens of the county in his day. At the deatli of his father the responsibilities of the farm fell upon his shouldeis and bv the application of sound business ideas and progressive farming methods he brought the old home place up to a high state of cultivation and had laid l?y a handsome oomiietenoy at the time of his death. Bide Berry, as he was known among his most intimate friends, was an excellent citizen. He was of a modest and retiring disposition and did not seek the company of the world, hut he lived such a frank and open life that he attracted others and made friendships thai became MA. rm ,? ?. . xwiM ai? t.iiu nu?i* in tend owed with such a personstlity it was but natural that he should Rather around hint a large circle of friends and when the news of It is death was flashed home there was universal mourning. .nr. I leery was never married. The greater portion of his life was spen' at the old home where he was born and reared Of his immediate family he is survived by a mother one brother and several sisters, all of whom, with hut one exception, reside at the home place. He was a member of the Daleho Lodge. A P. M., and his body was laid away Sunday afternoon with Masonic honors. In his death the county and state lose a most valuable citizen ana his home circle loses a most devoted son and a kind and affectionate brother. NKGltO HXATVHKD FROM Moll. Sheriff Wliiils Suspects Away in Automobile, Thus Averting ' Any Atteinnt at Vlolnw? Savanna.)), Gu., Aug. 10.?Snatched from the hands of a mob as pistols were beir : drawn, Jake Collins and Jake Eason, negroes, were brought to Savannah to-night in in automobile by Sheriff Kennedy, af Tatnall county, Georgia, after a ride of 4 0 miles. Thenegroee were suspected of an assault upon a 12year-old girl, but later it was learnthat their offense had been robbery at the girl's home. They had beep captured after a long chase by i mob. Sheriff Kennedy whirled Into the crowd in his automobile, telzed the negroes and as quickly whirled away again.