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florknck physician kiiaed pistol Duel Between Attorney and Dead PhyHleiwi'ti Son. " ? J1 1 * Sixvlul to the News & (Hurler Florence, Feb. H. ? l)r. WiUlatu Ilder ton, h well-known physician u t this I c\\ y, in dead, and J. Wilbur Hick*, a prominent young Attorney of this place, Hon in the Florence lntirwary seriously wounded, as u result of a pistol battle lu the lower hallway of tbo Florence court house about 11 :H0 o'clock this morning. Tbo shooting took place directly on the outside of tbo door to the office of Harry A. Hruu son, probate Judge, and before it end <h1 Mr. llrunson tuirely missed being tbo victim erf an unintentional shot f ix>iu 0110 <rf the pistols. Soon after tbo shooting begun, (ied vlinjjs Ildorton, oldest nou of l)r. Wil liam Ildorton, appeared and took part in tbo shooting, whk'b resulted in bis father's death. The coroner's jury this afternoon handed in a verdict to tbo effort that Dr. Ildorton came to his doa tb from nun shot wounds, at the bands of Wilbur Hieks and (,'oddlngs Ildorton. The traginly is the outooino of a family affair of the Ildortons. His wife and grown children l??f t home many months ago and took up their abode elsewhere. Mr. I ticks is attorney for ..Mrs. Ildorton and her ehildron in a suit against. Dr. Ildorton- for alimony which tbo vourt of tills county bad already ordered him to pay. This matter wa* to come before Probate Judge Brunson as master to il. i.v and when Dr. Ildorton appeared hi bis ottice this morning Judge Brun son, believing that bo was under either the intiuonoe of whiskey or some "dope" -decided to put t In* ease off. nid sent word to Mr. Hieks, who at Unit time was in the court room up vratrs with M>sr. Bomnh White ltder ton and her sons, awaiting the calling of the case. Mr. Hicks, as soon as ho was ad vised of postponement, went to the i">f tice of the probate judge to sj>eak with Mr. Brunson, not knowing Dr. Ider ton was in there. As he pushed the door ajar ho saw l>r. Ildorton and stopped back into the ball. Mr. Brun son at the same time si?oke loudly to Mr. Hieks, telling him not to come into the office. l>r. Ildorton seeing Ilicks, rushed in tin* door, threw it ojx'ti and began tiring on Hieks. Hicks drew a pi.>to* ind began returning tlie lire. Ildorton rushed upon hiin, Helm) him uiid throw him to the floor. lie continued to ttre at Mr, lilck*. Judge llruusoii and others rushed up ?i\ *mi1I in i^.k. ami in uu turori 10 awp ihh rawer froiu killing HMts, reached over Hrun son's shoulder and llml two shots iuto the body of his father, who at the! time was hammering liicks in the head with the butt ttf lllck's pUtol, which he ha<t taken from him. As llderton's son quit firing, I)r. lldertou fell over and died In a few moments, without uttering a word. The shooting was the result of had feeling l>etwocn Dr. lldertou and Mr. Hicks, brought about by Mr. Hicks acting as attorney for Mrs. lldertou in her suit against Dr. lldertou for alimony. Mrs. lldertou aiul her children sep arated from the husband and father early In 11)19 and l>r. lldertou made un effort to secure a divorce, so it is stated. The case was heard in the I county court and the court granted | alimony, but It was stated that l>r. lldertou hud never compiled with the order of the court in that particular. There ure live bulk l \v?unds in the body of I >r. 1 Iderton, one over the lieqirt, one about three inches from the right breast, a third in the left abdo men, and two in the left shoulder. Hicks has one wound in the bead, , one in tlie right side and an ugly wound from beinu struck. in tin1 head with the butt of the revolver. A third fliot struck 1 1 iek>' eyeglass rase and detlceted. Had it in >t dene so be would have been killed Instantly, as the bul let was directed at the heart. < ieddings lldertou was not injured. The terrible aii'rax ha- I ??h*i i the talk of the town todaj, as well as of the Countryside. I M\ lldertou was n pow erful man ami had been a regular ath lete. TTIeks is small of stature, tmt game. Dr. lldertou wus,origLnally from near SummerviMe, in Dorchester Coun ty. and eame here many years ago, soon after graduating in medicine. Dr. lldertou at one time was a power in politics in Florence, city and county, during the Tillman regime. Later lie was a Hlea.se supporter. He owned what is known as the ll dertou Inlirmary at. Harringer and Evans streets, and it is said that it was the beginning and the cause of the trouble that linally resulted in his death today. Mr. Hicks Is a member of the law linn of Hicks & Mil Id row. Ilis partner This store is the place where every member of the family can trade. It is filled with supplies for all. WE CLOTHE THE FAMILY You will find here the cream of the market, in dry goods, clothing:, shoes, Jjj^ts and furnishings. We have suits, hats, shoes, shirts and underwear for father, We have goods for mother's dress, her shoes, gloves, and all of her garments. We clothe the young men and young women, the boys and girls, and even the very little folks. The quality is high. The prices are right. ? Baruch-N ettles Co. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA rapt. O. W. Muldrow, Is in the uiuiy having gone from h**ro lit command of the FJoivmv Infantry <,\Mnpany year. Air. Hicks is a son of (he Kev, Mr. Hicks. *.?f near Olunta, und is well known and highly cwteemod through' out the conty. Ituried At SuuHumUlr. Florence, Fob. 0. Tlte body of the Into Dr. llderton, who \v?.t shot to death In the county court house car ried to Huimaervitlc, his old homo, for burial in 1 H>rvho*?tor County. The remains wore taken in charge by two nephews who tvune here from Himu* tnervllle early this morning. J. W Ulnar Hicks, the young attor ney who w(ts shot in the melee, is resting well todu.v, and the physicians in charge think now that he will get over the wounds without serious trouble. (?ed dings llderton. the oldest son of l)r. Iklerton, who was implicated in the shooting of his father, was iv l eased on a boud of $1,500 last night. At the hearing yesterday afternoon before the cotxotor's jury It was stated that Dr. llderton had stated he had left a letter on Ids table at homo with facts that would connect up the trag edy and that he told the probate judge that he was going to ki IT Judge S. \V. <i. Sldpp, J. Wilbur Hicks. Nathan iel \Y. Hicks and \V. M. Martin. * And it In also stated that he had made threats that if his wife and children] were at the trial lie would wii>c out j the llderton name in Florence. Throe I pistols and a ln>x of cartridges were taken from his lifeless body. Probate Judge ltrunson, it is said, could not escape froth his otllce 1 ?ef< >ro the shooting to have the sheriff stop llderton. llderton. it is alleged, was under the influence of whiskey when he made the attempt to kill Hicks The tragedy has caused widespread Interest. especially in this section. To Stop Loss of Kggs. Washington, 1). Felt. 12. ? Over loO. 000.000 egg.s will l>e lost to the food supply of the Fnlted States if the old practice of sending hens to market at this season Is continued. Figures compiled by the ]>ou)try s|toc ialists of the I'nited States Depart ment of Agriculture show that more than O.ooo.ooo laying hens, each cap aible of producing .'IP eggs, are sent to market from the Southern States in the winter and early spring. Fvery effort, -tliorefore, is being made to encourage farmers to keep their hens until after the spring laying season, thereby getting a dividend for keeping the ben through the winter. The *pociti lists point out that when a hen Is sold for meat early iu the spring, the farmer gets no egg return for feeding and keeping her through the worst month* of the year. Moreover, the hen is marketable as poultry after she lias produced her spring eggs. Poultry in May may bring cents a jK?und less than It does in February, but, they point out. the .'Jo eggs produced by the "hpn. Largely front wastes, more thanoff set any reduction in the price offered for live poultry. An energetic egg-Paving campaign to prevent early slaughter of the hen tliat "lays the crolden egg' is jiow be ing conducted throughout the South ern States. North of the Ohio River, farmers lutve long appreciated the ad vantage x>f getting the spring crop of eggs and marketing their hens af ter the laying reason or in the fall. They believe that adoption of this plan by southern chicken raisers will be profitable and will materially add to the food supply of the Nation. Inslnkable Ships to Carry Soldiers. New York, Feb. 9. ? Moans have boon found to make troop transports unsinkable by submarines, according to a statement made .here tonight by WiWiam L. Saunders, vice chairman of the naval consulting board, in an address at a dinner of the University of Pennsylvania alumni. Mr. .Saunders said that one of the ships recently commandeered by tho government "now lies at an Atlan tic port and in such shape that she can not be sunk by an exploding tor pedo." ' "I can conceive of no reason why this information should be withheld," he added. "On the contrary, I be lieve It is well that the enemy may come to realize the time has been reached when American transports are ready for the transportation of our troops which that enemy can not sink. This ship may have a hole thirty or forty feet ki diameter blown in her side, and sfie wiH remain afloat. Such a hole should waterlog but one tenth of the honeycombed airtight cells." ? v ___________________ Mrs. Mary C?roline*>Gary died Sat urday morning at the home of her son at Abbeville, Eugene B. Gary, chief Justice of the South Carolina Supremo ? Court. She was eighty-five years old, the old??st living graduate of Limestone College. . She was the mother of threo judges. Chief Jastlee Gary, Judge Frank JJ. Gary, of the circuit bernh, t and the late Ernest Gary, circuit Judge. ?? . si KVIVOR8 AT BKLKAST ft s m i 1 1. ? i ? , Now s|Mi|H'r Account of Atjurrlrans Stmy In Irish City, liolfa?t. Ireland, Kd?. 10,- The iiel fast .Telegraph says that a parly of Americans wli(i wcrv rescued from (loath In t li?* Tuwania disaster took farewell of liotfMNt Saturday after noon. entraining Muith. Continuing (ho Telegraph says : "The departure of toe Ar.,( i leans was not generally known, else the crowd* that choored their progress to the station would haw tuvn many times larger. As ll was their passing cre ated quite a stir of interest, and the enthusiasm lacked nothing ror its fer vor ami good will. "<Uio contingent of the Americans loft Victoria ha r rucks and the other was from Canick Fergus, the home of Stonewall Jaokxm's forefa t hew. Kaeh contingent had a military escort and was given musical honors. 'There wore involuntary ey^-s avert ed to the right as the little ?\?lumn passiil the telegraph oilWv. the men eagerly scanning the contents of the I >n I let in hoard. Members of the re form eluh raised a vigorous ehoer as the men of the Stars and Stripes swung past III their four-deep formation, ami at another point en route." when the general of the l ister division of re serve-, passing in his motor ear ea un to a -tamNtill the general stood at the salute. ? < 'lie of the platf.. ruis ;i ( t|?. siailon W;|s i eser\ t -i I for tin- departure ami there ihe men were di*wn up and ad d re.sM-il |,.\ Lord Mayor .Jol-nsu,,.. who was attended b\ the Ilia i-e -hearel The l.onl May.u- said: "1 am here on behalf of the tjti z',|ls ot He I fast t,i give \ on eordial greet i iil's after the tr.xing circum stances Which you have eomo through < 1 ii r i : i ir the past few da.\s. \\> Jdleo that So lini li.\ of you have heeu .spared ami we are glad lo see \oii looking in sueh lino form. "We sorrow with you that any of your comrades have Ikh-ii lost and wo are glad thatf ^he news todaj was more eneouragijjx in the reduced ev teht of losses. ^ ou are taking your lives in your hands in going out to meet a foe the most degraded that has ever en tered any hull leticld. The United States has ci line in at an op]M>rtuiie moment when Itussiu has gone out of the fray. "We have great faith and sure con fidence that, with the powerful assist ance of America, the victory will rest with the allied arms. "The Americans raised a hearty < jieei for flie Lord Mayor, who warmly shook hands with flu- departing offi cers. ?o.Miss ruuiiiiiglunn and her station bullet start had a husy twenty minutes regaling t ho men with tea and sand wiches a ml handing around cigarettes in liberal measure. 'Ihe musical selections from the hands- wore lively and inspiring and An Id Lang Syne was a prelude to the whistle of the engine and as the train moved our of the station strains of the Star Spangled Thinner filled the a i r. "The men left with grateful ex pressions of the hospitality of Bel fast." The Sfheme Revealed. It is now clearly demons tru ted that (lie call from Anderson for Senator Mcl^aurln to run for governor was a scheme to line up Mcljaurin with the Hlease faction and strengthen Mease's eandidaey for the senate. Hut when Senator Mclyaurin. tired by his Southern manhood and hLs American V^triotlxm, 'refuses (to t*t? a party to a comoflag'e to get a Ger man sympathizer in the United States senate to assist some of the traitors already there in weakening this coun try's flght against kaiserism, then these enthusiastic callers from Ander son turn their heels to their Marl boro idol. In his caustic reply to them. Sen ator McLaurin makes the charge that la^e amounts of German money are being used right here in South Caro lina. There can be no doubt of the fact that German agencies have been at work in South Carolina. About the time this country was forced into the war, a German crew sank a vessel in Charleston hart>or. Ail editorial writer &n the CharJeston American was tried and convicted of complic ity in the sinking of *That ship. He wan defended in the courts by John P. Grdoe, the owner and editor of the Charleston American. I^ater the (Charleston AjncrUsin was denied the second class mailing privilege because of its continued editorials in favOr of Germany and against the Wilson administration. After remaining out of the malls a few days it came back paying a much higher rate of postage, and has since l>een as -meek and loyal as could J>e toward the government. It has now applied to be reinstated as a second class publication. The. gov ernment will no doubt consider ?'this camouflage lonj; and well before al lowing it second class mailing privi leges again. That Hlease has l?een all the time a hater of Wood row Wilson and bis administration, is well known. Hut he too will try camouflage in the campaign, and will pretend to Ik* the nMwt loyal Wilson MUp|*>rter in' the state. He will try to make the men look like traitors who have been true and tried vup]v>rters of the. present government -all the time. The recent Bluasc caucus in Co lumhla endorsed both of these <<?m outfaces. It nominated HIwino for tin* senate. and ask<sl that the ( 'harleston American t*? ivhloivd to the sownul class mailing privilege. A iiihU with Senator Mol^aurln's Sootoh-Amerleau-Xouthorn blood tan not ondtfr*o anything <>r any man that kmiiK toward u nation that pol sons water for civilians to tjrlnk ; that systematically seutiers disease jKTins; tlwit Imports loathsome diseased to inmxvnt women hy force and then cut* off their breasts to warn other sol diers against contracting ,U?e disease ; that nits off i ho hands of Uttlo boys to k?vp them from over becoming sol dlors; that dolU>oratoly destroyed ships ?and ell Ikons of Ainerlea l?oforo this count ry went Into the war; and that will treat the men, women and child ren of Smith Carolina and Marlboro county as they have treated those ?>f Helghim, Poland, Servla. Hiusin, Italy and France? If tbey are not kept a\yuy from our >horos. Senator MeUiurin is evidently in IHishinii to do his shite and his conn try t< trtVat service. Then* mssls to Ih? a searchlight turned upon the lien edlet Arnolds in South Carolina. There are traitors among us, jnst as there were In 177<$ and tKttl. They should not he allowed to k?M>p ns from win ning this war .from helng on the vic torious *Ule in the urea te^t struggle that has ever come to man. .No man is better ipialitied than Senntor Me* l.aurln to help put them down. It makes no difforeiuv whether he is ehs ted governor or not. This is no( time for personal ambition. Sen iA* to our country and to humanity should Ik' the moving spirit of even man till this ntlghty content is won. I'ee I 'ec Advocate. I-Vur hniidied and twenty licrinan ? ixiiian prisoners interned in Manila at the outbreak of the war have' been brought overseas and plaeed lu^lhe uilerutuent <ani|? at Mot Springs, \ (', DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building Camden, S. C. WE WANT -YOUR Barber Business Strove 10c Hair Cut 25c Electrical Maasage 25c Hand Massage 25c Glover's and all Oil Shampooa 50c Plain Shampoo 25c EUREKA BARBER SHOP I. B. ENGLISH, Prop/ DR. J. W. 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