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NO CAUSE FOR BLUES
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TIMKI.y AIVTICIjK FJlOM THK
JUAl/TlMOHK MANUFAC7TU11
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It lit true cotton la selling much
too low. ti Is true, that tho farm
ers are entitled to better prices. But
the farmer la paying the penalty of
hla own economic blunder, and It
la foliy, It la childish, to rail against
the outcome of the south'a own mis
take In planting too large an area
In ootton. instead of being de
pressed, Instead of putting forth
through the press wild and vision
ary schemes about financing the
cotton crop with foreign or New
York money, and other projects
which make the south the laughing
-stock o? serious - winded men ev
ery where, this section ought to be
hurrahing about the achievements
made and the brilliant prospects a
, head with, a vim and enthusiasm
which would wake up the whole
land to what the south Is doing.
Instead of this, one occasionally
hears the voice of the pessimist In
the" land. Talk of pessimism, italk
of having the blues," when the val
ues of the south's agricultural pro
ducts this year will certainly ex
ceed by 1100,000,00.0 the totalval
ue of all the farm crops of the U..
S. in 1890! Talk of depression;
or of having "the blues," when jthe
aggregate capital Invested In manu
facturing in the south Is today far
greater than the total manufactur
ing capital of <the United States In
1880! Every pessimistic word, ev
ery "blue devil," Is a reflection up
on the people of the south. The
men^who, 26 or 80 years ago, led
the south out of poverty; the men
between 1892 and,'1901, when
<^ton was selling at from five to
_.aev?n and eight cents a* p'Oitnd and
when ,$11 business was depressed an
^*most~ stagnant, unceasingly, with
er-falllng courage, worked for
upbuilding of the south, never
showed the white feather. Shall
anybody In the south show It to
day? Have^we less self -reliance,
ft less backbone, Iobs energy than the
south then had??
If wejpant to Stop the southward
- ttend ormeh and- money,, if we wan
to herald broadly throughout the
world that the south cannot meet
and otercdme a temporary disadvan
tage as a small price cotton by rea
son of too large a crop. If we want
to advertise -Jthe sodfh as a land
where men -ftek^the backbone and
(the strength to meet difficulties and
face them with a smile and with
unflinching courage then we need
only to continue to agitate ithrough
conferences and conventions, with
unbusinesslike and Impracticable
Bchemes; about financing cotton
With $60,OQO,000_JB,nd $76,000,000
pools, and about the great Injury
to the south because of lower-price
cotton than we had last year.'
Cotton is too cheap-?- much too
ohegp- ? and many foreign spinners
are said to realise thia to such an
extent as to be buying a two-year
; supply; but It Is too cheap because
~ We raised too much, and that's our
own fault, or shall we blame, Prov
idence for giving us such perfect
growing weather as to Intensify our
folly In planting so big an acreage?
But even though cotton Is much
- too cheap, and though the farmer
may lose, there Is some consolation
to be had from the fact that the
southern? splaaoM-Jwtli rain, ? For
"several years the cotton mills, one
of the most Important Industries of
this section, and upon the prosper
ity of which depends much of |the
south's prosperity, have had a hard
time financially, as have the mills
of New England, because the price
of goods did not keep pace with ad
vance In the raw staple. These
mJIls have had two or three years
of almost disastrous experience. I
Now, with the lower price of cot- ]
ton; they will have the' opportunity i
of reoouplng their losses. With in-,
creased prosperity, by reason of
the fact that they can now make
gdo&feat a profit, the mills Bhould
again become a large factor In ald
* ing the prosperity of every other
interest.
- And then, If the object lesson
the economic blunder of raising too
>?? large a crop shall drive the farm
ers of this seotlon to producing at
home the grain and provisions they
now bti$; from the west at a cost
of ' hundreds of millions or dollars
*q It -will bo well -worth the
cost Ot the loss due to the tempo
ral decline In cotton. The news
papers may preach and the agricul
tural colleges may teach the possi
bilities of diversified farming and
of the broader general prosperity
which will be sure to come to this
section when it raises At bom* all
that it needs to consume, and makes
- otvotton a by product or a surplus
cuuh crop, but these preachings
land teachings jfill bein_valxi-wUh
i jout Bome such object - lesson as
>tfthern farmers are this year get
i south, therefore, look
side of the plo
iw years ago this
[ side, so" far as the p3S of
UALTlMOlUfi YOUTH
Meld at Hardevilli Charged With
Robbing M *11 Train.
Baltimore 8tur, pec. 16.
Dr. Harvey HIM. Hotel Altamont,
18 convinced that the man arrested
yesterday In Hardeevllle, 8. C., tor
holding up and robbing an express
tialu pi the Atlantlo Coast Line on
Tuesday morning, who gave his nun
as Qeorge H. Hill, of Baltimore, Is
his son.
Dr. HU1, who has practiced his
profession In this city for 39 years,
said this morning that he would Im
mediately communicate with him.
"If there has been a mistake/'
said . Dr. Hill, 'if .Qeorge was not
Involved In the holdup, then I will
help him fight the charge to a fln
Isly. if he tells me that he Is
gyilty ? well, he Is a man and the
burden will rest upon hl? shoulders.
Thvre seems to be no doubt that
the' man ark-ested Is my Bon. I can
see no reason.. why he should wish
t > commit a crime like the ona with
which he Is charged. He was rais
ed In the best of environments, and
now ha# an Independent Income .of
IWjf own. He ban always been hon
?*t and upright. He did not drink,
b'lt he did smoke cigarettes inces
santly;
''The man who gave his name as
Henry Eckstorm," Dr, Hill went on,
"Wtt Who uayu ho lives at 430 Rose
street In this city, who was arrest
ed with Qeorge, corresponds to a
man whom he mentioned In his let
ters on bis way down South. I do
Svt recall the name, but I remem
>r him writing of a man whom he
et on a ship and with whom, It
seems he became very friendly/
"Several years ago Mrs. Hill be
came 111,, and upon her recovery we
found It necessary tor her to live
at the seashore. Qeorge then left
Western Maryland College and went
with us to Asbury Park, where he
established a small buqlnesfi and
came with me to Baltimore, where
I took up the practice of modlclne
In . the city where I it flvtf years
before. T~
"A few years ago Qeorge suffer
ed from heart trouble, which I
think was brought on by cigarette
smoking and recently seemed to get
the Idea that a long hunting trip
through the South would benefit
him. He met this man, and I un
derstood they were going to Harde
villo to hunt In .the surfco.un dings.
- ? Th0 -robbery of the "mail car of
the coast" line flyer happened ear
ly Tuesday morpjng. The men ar
rested are accused of fotclng mall
clerks to turn over to them sacks
of registered mall containing near
ly $5,000. They have both been
boarding at Hardeevllle foi^everal
weeks and madei no attempt ed leav -
after the robbery, Small pieces of
black cloths supposed to have been
used as masks were found In their
possession. They also - had revolvers
which the train crew Identified as
those which had been thrust under
their faces. . .
They will be given a,. commitment
hearing at Savannah; where .they
were taken immediately after their
arrest, hnd sent back to South Car*
ollna for trial. They were arrest
ed upon warrants sworn out by the
postal authorities, charging them
with roDblng the malhi. '
Disturbing the Bridge Game.
"Mrs. Wombat, your house la on
fire." ,
"And my deal, too, Jane, you're]
dummy. Oo and throw a bucket of
water on the blase."
Both are Killed.
Tampa, Dec. 16. ? Standing 25
feet apart, Ulrlck Langford and Hen
jyJDriggers poured squirrel shot in
to each other. Drlggers expired be
fore he oould be removed from the
street and Langford died a few
hours later. It is said both men
had been drinking and after a quar
rel decided to shoot It out. Both
secured shotguns, stepped off the
distance and began firing. Drlggers
was completely disemboweled, firing
the second shot which caused Lang
ford's death while lying on the
ground. Both men are prominently
connected. #
Death of Mrs. dements.
Liberty Hill, S. G., Dec 20. ? Our
whole community was saddened by
the death of Mrs. G. It. Clements,
who died Dec. 10. at her home of
pneumonia after sin illness of two
weekly
Mrs. Clements was 48 years old
and a consistent member of the
Liberty Hill Presbyterian church
She was a woman of sterling worth.
Her husband, several sisters, -and
nine children survive her. Their
loss is inestimable and their grief
Inconsolable.
She was highly esteemed and
beloved by thoie who knew her.
Patient and kind, faithful to every
duty, generous and affcationst*, she
bait left to ker friends an> example
worthy of their admiration and im
itation. and to . her loved r onos *
noble heritage .Chat time n can never
101 MT ANNIVK11HAHV
Of CMttden IkiiUtt Cltufcli Observ
ed Hunday Night,
Last Sunday, December 17th, the
Camden Baptist Church wub one
hundred and one years old, ?nd
that day waa set f or <the annua! of
fering towards the indebtedness on
the church property. Preaching
waa held In the church 011 Thurs
day and Friday night by {lev. M. W
Gordon and Rev. Jabez Ferris, for
mer pastors of the. church.
On Bunday night the Lyttleton
Street Methodist Church was clos
ed and Or. Brown, pastor of that
church, was present and assisted
Mr. Lawson in the services In the
Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Lawson
took this occasion to express his
great gratification at the action of
the S. C. Methodist Conference in
returning Dr. Brown to Camden for
another year and requested all in
the congregation, except members
of Dr. Browne's congregation, to
express their appreciation of Dr.
Browne's return by rising. The re
sponse was general and most hear
ty. Mr. LawHoft asked Dr. Browne
if he wished to say anything in re-*
ply, but being tdo fulj for utter
ance, Dr. Browne only shook his
hfead negatively.
The congregation enjoyed a
real tre?it';l>i the ' solo Rendered by
Miss Mafcglfe' Beifod, the accomplish
ed daughter, of Mr. Henry. B. Beard
of our city. The rendering of thlB
solo wan an at tractive feature of
the exercises.
While; the amortnt asked for?
one thousand dollars^? was not real
ised, yet the*."' amount raised was
vfery gratifying. , ^
PRESIDENT FINUEY
Announces Improvement Along the
Line of Southern RiUlwa/.
Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, D?St IS. -^Preel dent
Flniey,-.pf the Southern HflUlway, an '
nounccd today the Inauguration by
the Company of several Important
Improvements. Mr. Finley said:
"Work has already been com
menced on the Installation of an
automatic electric block signal sys
tem on the line from Monroe, Va.,
thru Lynchburg, to Montview, a dis
tance of 12 miles, and work on the
installation of a -similar ' automatic
electric block signal system will , be
commenced at once on the line be
tween Denim,- N. C., the first sta
tion north of Greensboro and Char
lotte, N. C., a distance of approxi
mately 96 miles. The Bystem to be
installed is of thextype known as
the 'Three position Signal' ? one po
sition indicating 'stop/ another in
dicating 'proceed with catition,' and
the third indicating 'proceed.' Al
though the' Company is now operat
ing a very efficient manual block
signal system on all of its lines
oa which the traffic Is at all heavy,
It has been determined to replace
this system with the three-position
automatic block signals on all dou
ble-track lines of the Company and
on all lines which may hereafter
be double-traoked.
"The Increase In the volume of
business handled at the shops and
yard at Spencer, N. C., is such as
to make necessary Important lm
provomntes at that point, including
the Immediate construction of an
oil house, wash and locker rooms,
new. cinder pits, a new coaling plant
and the construction of new and
enlarged stock pens. In connect
on with these improvements, grad
ng will be done for the erection, of
a~ new power-hOuse^and a. 2 7 -stall
round-house.
"'Growing out of the faot that
the Company's terminals at Colum
bia, 8. C., have heretofore consist
ed mainly of the various yards of
the Company's lines at that point
which were formerly separately op
erated railways, business must at
percent be handled In several dis
jointed yards. This oondltlon is to
be remedied by the construction of
one general receiving, dispatching
and classification yard on proper
ty owned by the Company at Roys
ter. Just outside ot Columbia.
"To provide for renewals and
also for new construction, arrange
ments are being made for the pur*
chase of 27,100 tons of Southern
Railway standard steel fall for the
Southern Railway System."
Judge Robfc. Aldricl^ Dead.
Florence, Dsc. 19. ? Judge Robert
Aldrlch died this j&orhiiig at 3: 05
o'clock. With him at thai time were
three daughters and bis son-in-law,
Frank Tompkins and his brother,
Alfred Aldrich.
"Bench end Bar," by Gen. U. R.
[Brooks, gives a sketch of Judge At
figfe * p*rt ot "*** W?*rs b<*
"Judge Robert Aldrich, of Barn
well, was elected judge ot the Sec
ond Circuit January 81, 1908, to
succeed James Aldrlch, his cousin.
Whose retirement was necessitated
by his failing health. Pew men in
the State were better known to the
general public especially the read
ing public, than this "giant of Barn
well," big intellectually as well as
the legal profession
wn, haw
andjU^
MltH. MJLI^H DEAD.
Belovtxl Woman Passed Awuy Ijft*t
Huiwluy Nlgilt,
Entered into rest on Sunday
night, Dec. 17th, 1011, Mrs. Edith
A. Mills, relict of the lamented and
beloved Rev, \y. W. Mills, of sacred
memory. She was the daughter of
William C. Smith and was born ueafl
Pendleton, S. C? Dec. ,M, 1838.
Mrs. Mills has beeu a* resident of1
Camden for more than 26 year* and
as the helpmeet of the beloved pas
tor of the Presbyterian churcb.^he
greatly endeared herself to her
friends and congregation. ; Quiet
and unassuming In deportment, gen
tle yet firm, she ever wielded au
Influence for good over her chil
dren which will be felt for genera
tions to come. Tbough never very
robust, for the past three years Buf
fering "seemed to mark her for
Its own" and she was greatly af
flicted. Though confined to her
bed or invalid's chair for more than
three years, she bore her suffer*
lng with' patience and fortitude and
did not "murmur or complain be-,
neath the chastening rqd," though
k>ften she told bar friends she was
so tired and would be glad to go
home. Witb her we know It was
well. She had "fought a good
fight" and for her Jfcp "depart and
4>e with CbrMf is* far better." To
her manly and affectionate sons and
especially to her dutiful and loving
daughter, whose beautiful devotion
h^f been untiring, the sympathy of
the community is extended. "To
live in hearts wo leave behind is
not to die."
The funeral was held at the
Presbyterian church at 11 o'clock
on Tuesday morning.
She leaves surviving her, one
brother, Rev. Wm, G. Smith, Pres
byterian minister of Reidsvllle, S.
C.. and four sons, Rev. Wm,. H.
Mills, of Clemson College; Laurens
T. Mills, of Camden; Dr. J. E. Mills,
chemist, of Columbia, 8. O.,1 and W;
TV^Hlll*, Y. M. C. A. Secretary of
the South Carolina University, and
one daughter, Miss Mary North
Mills, of Camden.
FKLDER'S BOOK ON BLEASE
Boon To Be Published and Mailed
. . To Voters in The " State.
Spartanburg, Dec. 18 ? The Horald
today says: Additional information
was obtained yesterday concerning
Thomas B. Folder's book on Gover
nor Blease.
A Spartanburg minister stated to
a reporter for The Herald that Mr.
Feldpr had shown him part of the
book in typewritten form.
Mr. Felder treats .Governor Blease
as a politician, as an offftce-holder
and from the standpoint of his per
sonal morals. The author does not
mince words in handling his. sub
ject. .
, The minister stated that Mr. Fei
der. would be only too glad if Gov
ernor. BIohho would prosecute bim
for ltbel, as he declares every as
Borttlon made in the book is true
and lie Would welcome an opportu
nity to prove the truth of them
through court proceedings.
Six men are mentioned in connec
tion with the charges against the
governor made by Mr. Felder. Fou
of them have never been publicly
mentioned in this connection before.
It is understood that Mr. Felder
will mail a copy of the book in
pamphlet form to every voter in
the state about the time the leg
islature convenes next month. ? '-1
CHAMBER COMMERCE
Pass Resolutions cm Death of Mr.)
P. T. Villeplgue.
Th e following resolution was
unanimously passed at the Novem
ber meeting of the Camden Cham
ber of Commerce and would have
been published before, but the sec
retary has been <rat of town
"Whereas, It hath pleased Al
mighty God to take ffom among us
one who has for many years been
Identified with the commercial and
social life of this community, one
who has been a member of this
organisation since its beginning,
and has always done valiant ser
vice In every movement for the ad
vancement of the city, and the Up
building of the community, an hon
est merchant, a sealous patriot
ic cltisen, a trub friend and co
worker with us in every plan for
the general welfare, PaulTi Ville
plgue;
"Therefore, Be It Resolved that
we do placer on record our apprecia
tion of his value to his country
and community, ?nd our Inestima
ble lom at his death;
"That in testimony of fur sense
of Lis wotth, and our sorrow at
his being take* from us, we do in
scribe to bts memory a page of our
minute book, and do direct our sec
retary to publish this resolution In
tfee city papers and to transcribe
and send to his family a copy there
f .
A Pine Portcew.
Auditor W. *\ Russell killed an
- old pig one
net weight of
Aplg
l Cer
ln rale
TiltillK IH A SANTA CLAUB .
T? ' f *?' * V . . /
Thy most lk?utlfu| J)pfw?iiO Mvw
Made by New York Sun.
We take pleasure Id answering
at one? and thus prominently the
communication below, exproHuiug at1
the Mrne time our groat gratifies
tlon Chat Its faithful author In num
bered among the friends of ti?w
Sun:
"Dear Editor: I am 8 years old.
Some of my little frleuds Bay there
is no Santa Claus. Papa aavB 'If
you nee It in The Sun, it's so/ Will
you please tell me the truth, Is
there a Santa Claim?
"Virginia O'Hanlon.
"On? Hundred Fifteen West Nlne
ty-Fifth Street."
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected
by the skepticism# of a skeptical
age. They do not believe excopt
they see. J They think that nothing
oan be which is not comprehensible
by their minds. All minds, Virgin
la, whether they be men's or ohil
dren's, are little. In this great un
iverse of ours man 1b a mere In
sect, an ant in his intellect, as com
pared with the boundless world a
bout him, a# measured by the Intel
ligence capable of grasping the
whole of truth Irad knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. ' He exists as certainly at
love and generosity and devotion
exist, and you know that they a
bound and give to your life Us
highest beauty and Joy. Alas! How
dreary would be t&e world if there
wereno Santa Claus? It would be
as dreary as if there were no Vir
ginias. There would be no child
like faith, no poetry, no romance, to
make tolerable, this existence. We
should have no enjoyment, except in
sense and sight. The eternal light
with which childhood fills' the world
would be* extinguished.
Not believe in 8anta Claus! You
might .jui well^not-belleve lu tUf
fairies! You might get your papa
to hire men to watch in all the
chimneys on Christmas eve to catch
Sdnta Claus, but even If they did
not tee Santa Claus coming down,
what would that prove? Nobody
sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign
that there is no panta Claus. The
most real things in the world are
those that neither chlldron nor man
can see. Did yon ever see fairies
dancing on the lawn? -Of- course
not, but that's ho proof that *ttfry
are not there. Nobody can con
celv? or imagine all the wonders
there are unseen and unseeable in
the world.
You may tear apart the baby's
rattle and see what makes the* noise
inside, .but there Is a veil covering
the unseen world, whclh net Hhe
strongest man* nor even the united
strength of all the strongest men
that ever lived, could tear apart.
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro
mance can push aside that cyrtaln
and view and .pictui'e the supernal,
beauty and glory beyond.' Js it all
real? Ah, Virginia, in all this
world there . Is . nothing else , real
and abiding. ,
No Santa Claus! ^ Thank God! he
llveS and lie lives forever. A thous
and years from now, Virginia ? nay
ten times ten thousand years from
now ? he will continue to make
glad the heart of childhood.
\ Clarke's Automobile*
?
When it come* to arranging a
show Window Dave Clarke, the
clever ... And' popular nftlftftmpn
-the'hardWaTe store of Burns and
Barrett, is a genius. He has rigged
up an automobile of different arti
cles generally carried in' a hard
ware store so much like the re^l
automobile that as you stand and
watch it you listen for the* "chug,
chug!". The display is a curiosity
and has attracted the attention of
hundreds. There are two big brass
CUBpidOrea t which represent the
lamps, a sausage grinder for the
crank, a window screen (or the wind
shield, a roll of hose for the front
tires and wire wrapped hose for
"anti-skid" back tires, a sieve for
the steering wheel, and so oh to
the oil can and rope attachment for
the honk! hOnk! It is a creditable
?how Window and shows Mr. Clarke
to be an artist in his line. He ex
pects to give bis machine a try-out
some night when the arc lights are
put in. He will choose the night
time to avoid the crowds as he ex
pects to cut a wide swath.
1
"Sunbeams" to Celebrate.
t. .1
The "Sunbesjp Band" of the Cam
den Baptist Chlirch will celebrate j
their sliver Jubilee Sunday evening,
Dec. 24th, at the church. This be
ing twenty-five years since Mrs.
Elson, of Virginia, organised the
, first Sunbeam Band. These little
ones are great workers and the pro
gramme promises to be interesting.
The^public ?txe cordially invited to
attend.J The contribution wllL go to
Foreign Mission^"" Thisy)>nn(f*tent
almost a half hundred dollars to
missions and. benevolences this year
but they hope to double the amount
next yoear. Let every one come
prepared to hetf out a good cause.
Mrs. Will M. tiolltk. Leader,
,v' Largo
and ears
? _ with brawn hi
iers.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
HEMS IN PARAGRAPHS
HAI'IMSNINGB OF INTUKKtJT IN
THIsJ 8TATB (JATHKHKl) FltOM
OUR EXCHANGES.
Claude McDonald, of Dillon coun
ty, 17 years old, made 210 bushels
of corn on an aore this year, the
largest yield in the state.
John Furguson, who was seventy
six years old and deaf, was run
ovor and killed by a train at Cataw
ba Junction Sunday evening.
Clio and Kershaw, third-class post
offices in South Carolina, werd Tuos
day designated as postal savings of
fices, to be open for deposits Jan
uary 15 next.
After an Intermission of thirty
two years, James B. McCreary was
a second time inaugurated governor
of Kentucky last Tuesday. He Is
now* 70 years old.
? Frank P. Capers, a prominent cit
izen of Qreenvillo, died last Satur
day morning. Mr. Capers was the
eldest sob of ' Bishop Capers, and
was born in Charleston on June 6,
1861,
State Senator \fov J. "West, r of .
Franklin, N. C., shot at Perry Mor
rison, a young taan whom he ob
jected to paying attention to his
daughter. The bullet* killed the
girl and wounded the young man.
ft. I. Manning, of 8umter has re
fused to act as one of the three
trustees in this state for the fifty
million dollars which the New York
bankers offer to loan on cotton in
the south. He does not like the
scheme.
. X>? ,Friday appllClitIbn for bail
was made by the attornejnibof Jus.
Seigler, charged with killing officer
Wade Patteraon at Aiken. The ball
proceedings were hoard by Supreme
Court Justice' Gary, in Columbia,
and after considering the* affidavit*
ror a day, refused baili
Sumter will, in the course of the
next year, have an up to data "sky
scraper/' for a mdern steel . frame, M
fireproof building, costing from"
$45,000 to $00,000, will be built on
thS Northeast corner of Main and
Liberty street by the. City National
Bank, formerly the Sumter Savings
{Bank. H''
Through the efforts of Clerk of
Court Frank W. Shealy, Albert Kist
ler, pf near Lexington, has gotten
Into communication with- his brother
John L. KlHtlor, who 1b now a resi
dent of North Carolina. The case
Is a most remarkable one. Albert
Kisler not having heard from bis1
brother In more than 35 yeartf.
H. W. Holoomb, chief of polloe of
Townville, J, B. Woolbrlght, a. po
liceman, Baskl Sears, and Jim Bald
win, who wers called in by the of
ficers to assist them in* arresting
Doc Welborn* a young mountaineer,
on the night of Sept. 28, 1910, are
In jail at Anderson oharged with
the murder of Wei born.
Mrs. J. J. McLure, one of the old
est and best beloved cltisens, ot
Chester, dl?d in that city Sunday
last. Before' her marriage to Judge
J. J. McLure In Ihe year 1805, she
was Miss BJlicabeth Mcintosh, of
Camden. She leaves to mourn her
besldesjMLftgfld husband, thfrfollow* "
{'Ing sons: Jos. C. McLure, of Ches
ter, and J. H. McLure, of Texas.
The appeal of John J. Jones, the
Branchvllle attorney who under
Hontonce of ten years and 80 days
for killing Abe Pearlstine, will be
argued In the supreme court this
week when the cases from the First
circuit are taken up. Jones has
been held at the State penitentiary
for the past several months art a de
tention prisoner. His appeal was
recently filed.
Jack Hawkins, a negro who es
caped from the state penitentiary
14 years ago has been returned to
the prison by Sheriff Poo!*, of the
county of Greenville. He was con
victed in 1886 on the charge of an
attempted crlmlnar assault afed was
sentenced to serve 16 years in the
penitentiary, In* 1892 he made his '
escape after serving sip years. He
must now terve out the remaining
nine years of < his sentence.
Sunday night last the power plant
of the Carolina Light and Power Co. .
located on Little Bo*sfe, within two
miles of Langley, w.aa destroyed an<?
the damage is estimated at about
$35,000. The hard rains in the vi
cinity caused the water of Horse ,
Creek to rise rapidly and it regis- '
tered about 41 feet, The 4am, Just-$
above the power hpus* was notioed
to be leaking, and It suddenly gavo
way, utterly washing away the pow- J:
er house, ^ tho engineer just escap
ing
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