The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 15, 1918, Image 7
florknck physician kiiaed
pistol Duel Between Attorney and
Dead PhyHleiwi'ti Son.
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* 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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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-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
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DR. J. W. SHARP
Veterinary Surgeon and DentM
I make a specialty of Surgery and
Dental Surgery.
(Hlk'O Thune Kli)
CAMDBN, S. 0.
A "Leaky Shoe
on I*
"Leaky" Day
What can be more annoying?
And it 'h (taiiKerouN, too.
But, oh! So cwtVy reuittltaU.
?lust step into my whop and li?vo
thciu made water tight, and go on
your way rejokiiifc.
C. C. WH1TAKER
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
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MILL WORK
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
Pl.AIN A MUGER STS. Phone 71
COLUMBIA, S. C.
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Undertakers for Colored People
Telephone 41 714 W. D?K?lb St.
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Terms $2.00 cash for season.
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Lugoff, S. C.
Phone 2
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