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the naiional joy smoke NEVER was such right-handed-two fisted smokejoy as you puff out of a jimmy pipe packed with Prince Albert I That's because P. A. has the quality t You can't fool your taste apparatus any more than you can get five aces out of a family deck! So, when you hit Prince Albert, coming and going, and get up half an hour earlier just to start stoking your pipe or rolling cigarettes, you know you've got the big prize on the end of your line I Prince Albert's quality alone puts it in a class of its own, but when you figure that P. A. is made by our exclusive patented process that cuts out bite and parch ? well? you feel like getting a flock of dictionaries to find enough words to express your happy days sentiments I Toppy red bag*, tidy red tin*, handsome pound mnd half-pound tin humidor*? and ? that claeay, practical pound cry*tal g lata humidor with aponge moiatener top that keep * the tobacco in each perfect condition. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. LEE COUNTY NEWS Ilw of Interest Gathered From Bish opville Vindicator. John Fletcher Matthews, well, known Up county ditizcn, died at the home of his sot). I >r. P. . Mntlthews, 1.110 Blamlinj: street, Friday June 27th. 1911), after a I.iiik iliness. Mr, Matthew** had " been in i ii i i?k health for the past 18 month*. About 10 miuth?* ago lie removed from hi** home to Columbia at the home of his Hon, <Ae war a man of ttaiinch character and fair dealing and leaves innny friends to v'eg^ot his pass ?Jig. II <?.'* years .?f ag.* and is survived by hie widow, two ?ons \Y MattHiews. of Columbia, MissEula Mat thews. a daughter, Columbia, and anoth er. Mrs. 101 iza belli Kirkland of Cam den. I)r. It. TV Oliappell and family will leave this week for Jackson Springs, N*. C.. i?nd then too til** mountain* of Went er 11 North Carolina. They will be gone one 'moufh. Iai the Me'thodiet ehurdli Wednesday 'at 0 p. m., J upe 2ot.li was celebrated In the sealed package All of Its goodness sealed in ? Protected, preserved. The flavor lasts! SK for. and be SURE to net WRIGLEV'S. It's in a sealed package, but look for the name-the Greatest Name in Goody- Land. Sealed Tight- Kept Riant (Mic of the prettiest marriages ever wit nessed in ItishopvHle, when Rufua Ran dolph McLeod of Hartsville and Miss i S?H? DesCh'ainps,, daughter of W. ? W. DesCliami** of this city were married. Lieut. Mclvcod has but recently returned fix>m overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Julus T. McNeill of Lyiichbung announce the engagement of their daughter, Grace, to Arthur P. (Jnillard, Jr.. the 'wedding to take place t'lie lasrt of July. Me^srrs. Lonnie K. Hall and Squire 1J. WatMon got back last Friday from over seas. They belonged to the famous Rainbow Division that saw such hard lighting in the A>ngonne Forest. The boys say they wimkl not, tak^p$50() for their war experience, but it would take lots more tihan that to get them to go through it all again. The city of Ver dun, they say, is the most awful sight of destruction tibey saw anywhere in the war zone ? mot a house was left stand ing in what was once a beautiful and i prosperous r reach city. Mr. Sam Bradley got back last Fri day from Texas, where ho had gone with Mrs. Bradley and Miss Anna 'to visit Mrs. Bradley's brother Whom they had not seen for several years. He reports that crops all along the (*)'tton belt have suffered more oV> less from too much rain, especially, cotton. I Mr. i A. B, Conner* a former citizen of Bishopville, but now of Bartow, Fla. witfh his two children, Miss Vivian and Master Beverly, is out on a visit .to rel'atives and friends. Mr. Conner says t*w> high price* realized the past season for oranges and vegetable truck has pop ' pod lnnd up cmt of sight. The truck and orange crops were good and the people in Florida are just about as wild over real estate a* they are here. That prices hotter. The boys are coming home as fast as I'lK-le Sam can bring thrnn. Messrs. Take Parrott and Haskell Galloway got back last Friday. Several others came t along with them but we could not get their names. Miss Annie Boyd Wilkinson came round and bade un goodbye just before she starts! on her long trip of 10.000 miles across the Pacifie to China, where she will spdnd six or eig*ht months with her brother. I)r. J. R. Wilkinson in his mission field. We wi?<li her a safe and pleasant trip. Mr. R. O. .Alexander, cotton buyer ? f Charlotte, was here last week and has bought 700 more bales of cotton from Mr. J. M. ITearon. Mr. Alexander Is the first cotton dealer to ship cotton direct from Bisbopville to England. A through bill of lading was obtained and this cotton was shipped direct to Liv erpool. Mr. Alexander is rather an optimist on the cotton situation. Mr. S. L. Austin bought for May bank & Q*_ exporters 728 bales of short staph* cotton Tuesday from Mr. J. M. Hearon at 83 cents. Bishopville always manages to keep abreast of the market, but how does, thin ? with the 700 bales of long staple sold last week by Mr, Hearon to Mr. Alexander of Charlotte with through bill of lading attached to England ? strike you for a mid-sctmner sale? Jutft in one week's 1 1 tiit* I KH> bal?vi of OfrfatOQ liold |h(Ad of quotation. SIIKKIKF KK(T?H KILLED Shot to Death Uy .laJie (JoHitfll, fte|iuty Internal Revenue Collector. Greenville, S. J?a.vS l.?llendilx Rector, sheriff of (jreenville county, was ami kHle^shortly after noon today in BrtMpOe1#, garage <>n West Conr: street by .l?ki' (lo.sni'H. deputy collector of internal revenue, (loanclt. tired four hlw > i s at ttye ?heitiff, three of which took effect, one in the head, one in the side and one in the shoulder. Shnriff Hector <i ttnl ? 10 minutes afterward In an am bulance bound for the (>tty Hospital. A hostile feeling which had existed between the two officer* for seveial ytMtrs, due langely bo (sditical dl'Terences, according to repoiH?i wan the reason Which 1ms been aN*l4pmnl an the canst' of the affair. Kye- witnesses of the shooting and (SottneU wonhl make no statement relative to the manner in which .it ocourred, but reports are to the effect, that vei*y few words panned between the two men, botih of wlioin had ?hih; t?> the garage to have their eara repaired, Gohiu'H's wife, who was wait ing' outside the mirage for him, accom prt ii 1?m1 him to 'the county, jail. IlaJf an hour aflter the shooting oc curred, Oorouer J. II. Allison, who auto .niatieally becomes anting sheriff accord ing to. law, ordered the removal of Deputy Gosnell to the at ate penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping. ? Sheriff Hector, who was about 37 years of age, was serving his second term as slierig ami had announced his candidacy in the race next summer. He was born in Glassy Mountain town ship where he was elected a magistrate at the age of 21, which position he left to come to Greenville as a member of the city police force. After several years service on the l>olice force, Sheriff Hector resigned to make his tro^t. ami successful, race for the office lie held at the time of his death. Tells of The Killing. Greenville, June 5. ? The first story of the circumstances which led to the kill ing of Sheriff TIendrix., Hector by Jake Gosnell, revenue agent, yesterday cauie fin?n W. B. Keller, fortnor deputy sheriff and jailor under R-ectofcJ- Kel'Jar was the " sole wlbness <at the coroner's in quest this morning. Ait the conclusion of the testimony the jnry found that the deceased had met his death from a gun shot wound at the hands of Jake Gos nell. According to Keller's testimony what hnpittouxt j\w*t before the shooting was, Jn hrlef, aa follows: "Gosnell was In Briscoe's garage hav i.tug his car fixed. Sheriff Rector came in and said to GowveH, 'Good morning, Jake.' Gosnell replied : 'I didn't speak to you ami I don't wtartt to have any thing to do with you.'" Then, accord ing to tho witness, 'ReotJor said some thing like " ' ? - ? > ? you, I wanted t)o sbow you I could speak to you. Ywi dirty ? ? ? ? I don't care wihether you speak to me or not.' " Then, in the language of the witness, "Gosnell just got his gun and shot him." Keller V'xHlled Ifrat while Sheriff Rec tor 'had. his right hand on his body somewhere near his belt, he did not haveS ii in his hip pocket, where he carried his gun. I " J Thousands Attend Funeral. Greenville, July 6. ? A crowd conser vatively estimated at 10,000 was at Graceland Cemetery this afternoon for the ^'fuuenal of Hendrix Rector, sheriff of Greenville County, Who was shot and killed Friday by Jake Gosnell, special revenue officer. It was the great est oubpouring of citizens ,at any fun eral ever held in the county and was by far the longest procession, being over a mile in length. Frpm all narts of t)he ujiper section of the State friends came to pay their tribute to the mem ory of the picburesque young sheriff. pin* |iror*vsM>>n moved flXHil the late hojne on Roaul, down Malu Street and MOIX'MK t>?wi? to the western outer *nlge the where Grace laud (\vnotery li?vs I ik?? rt big OWpet ,.r K I ? i ll . dotted Wit h lily white stoiie.v Ia??k before the fttv?t of tile procefcdou arrived, tihe cwnt'tery was skirted with nn|iu'i)ftl>tlwt am) i> thick Hie of luuuaultA lined r.l i o ivenii* leading (w>w Uw m tiaeee to the grave, u distance of sev cuil hundred yards, Hundred* of peo pie wIhd realiaed they <xvu,ld not get anywhere hear t h?? grave waited in a\t" tomobilcs. The cemetery i which I# JfOiiilK and witiiinit shade tides, wax decked with raised umbrellas, although (H)W4I?W hundreds stood un^hehered from the bli*~ tering sun. The WtSxhuen of the World* of winch Sheriff Reetor w it m rt had charge l>.f the service, and other -frater nal ortlvrx represented were Improved Order ??f Red Men, Junior Order of American Mechanics, Knights of Pythian. KMks and D. O. K. K. Floral decora tions of many handsome design-*, includ ing tli**?e from the bar association, the she r i lis' asHDriation, county oHicials. se oret orders and institutions, were hanked 1 high aixuiJid the grave. Six sheriffs from attyoiuing counties acted as paWbearers nod several hun dred Woodmen of Hie WorW in uni form acted as ??m*?rt. a large Kilt edged American flag waving at the head >>f the procession. The last rites were said under a large canopy over the grave, though the voice , of the. pastor, th Rev. S. T. / Matthews, ? Central Bap tist Church, and the dhoir could uMt possibly reach ou't over tihe vast throng. M rs. Rector, wife of thedeceasCtd, faint ed during the services. Scarcely *any air could get to the inner family circle 'io dense was -the throng. Grief w as Written on the' faces of Sheriff Hector's mother and four brothers. There were no new developments to-' day in the case Whidh promise to de velop into the most noted trial in the history of the oum-ty. A .second au topsy was made on the -body and last nig>ht to determine exactly as to the lo cation of the bullets whifh were imbed ded in tihe body, ribdications are that a content w481 arise over the point Whether he was shot, in tihe side or. near the back. Self-defense in all probability will be the theory adv?nced by cuhuscI for th<> defense. G<*sncl], the slayer, was reported to be in the Spartanburg jail, having been spdrlted away here Shortly after tihe shooting. liehre Kills Wells. Sumter, July 3. ? About 8 o'clock last evening Fit? Behre, who lives a short distance out of town, rode in on his bicycle and reported to the jxdice that he had juat shot J. T, WeHs with a Slmfcgun an<d gave himself up. Mf. Behre, who has but recently returned fir.sn the army, would give no details but that Wells had shot at him firat. Those sent to tfhe scene of the trag edy, ?orae two mile? southeast of* the city, found WeW-s lying just inside a yard. Death se?med to lmve beeu in stantaneous. A revolver with -two empty chambers was flund. Mr. Wells leaves his mother, two sisters, and three WrotheA, all of whom live in Sumter. His body will be in terred at the local cemetery July 4 at 2 p. m. Th coroner's Inquewt developed no cause for the shooting. Marriage. Married by Itev. W. S. "Walters on June 20th, 1911), Mr. Reuben Jones and Miss Roline IVanks. FINAL DISCHARGE ' I Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, July 21st, 1010, I will make to the Probate Court, of Kershaw County my final return as Guardian of the estate of Cleland H. Vaux, arid on the same date I will apply to tho said Court for a final discharge from my trust as said Guar dian. 1 A. I. deJRRSRY, Guardian. Camden, S. C., June 18th, 1010. FINAL DIWIIARfiK ? ? Notice ft hereby given that oue month from this (Into, on Monday, July liHth, If) 10, 1 will make to tin- 1'iohate Court of KtrvhuW County u?y final return aa r.\c> tin i\. of tikf *?> j a t *? of i>. \v. Joyti iiii'f.isrd, and <>? uw siun<* data i will a|.|>!v t<? (lie said (\>nrl for a final dl? ehui'g* from my trust an aaid Kxecu 1 1' i x . HKri.All J. J. JOYH, ICxccutrix. Camden, H. Juno 24th, 1010. SUM KIIOI.DI IUS MKKTlMi N>?tl<H' ix heroby given to the .stock hoi Uo I'M of tJie Loau anil Savings llank of Gauidtm, S, C., to uioet at the rooms of said Hank on tho Northeast corner of Uroud and OoKrU) Btreeta at 4:510 o'clock Ttieaday July, 20th, 1010 to con elder t lie question <*f increasing the cap ital stock to an amount not exeeodlug ?me hundrtd thouaaud f]tQ0, 000*00) dol lars. lly ouler Hotml of l>ire**tors, JOHN H. LINDSAY, 4ti Cashier. COLUMBIA LUMBER * MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S. C v "The Reason Why." R. A. Thomas Stock Remedies are the heat, 1 hey nre scientifically made and all medicine, They keep the health \ii>, fttjjd the feeil hill down. There 1b a K cause for every effect, remove the cause and the effect removes Itself. The Poultry Remedies are esi>eclally m.ule ' t o relieve all the diseases In the l<\>w 1 family such as Cholera and ltoui>e and makes the Hens lay. The Hor Remedy will positively keep off the Cholera, and If given In the first stages, will cure 1)0 per cent. Don't forget to keep en hand a bot tle of Karris' Colic Remedy for Horses. It Is so simple with, dropper, that a child can give It. Also a bottle of Fer ris' Healing Remedy for Cuts and Rrulses on nuin or beast. They never fail. W :? These remedies are all guaranteed to you by your dealer, to give satisfac tion, or your money back. Made by Old Kentucky Manufactur ing Co., Paducah, Kentucky. For sale by Springs A Shannon, Cam den, S. C. ? adv. .Tune 8. Made iit many attractive styles, with or without Shelltex Rims, Shur-on Mountings are comforta ble, becoming, and when fitted with\ Mbur-A n rfllft) L+nm+m - ? lenses for sensitive eyes ? j you have the utmost in refined ' and efficient spectacles or eye* fclassesJ I ? M. H. HEYMAN Jeweler and Optician . DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building Camden, S. C. Partners Suppose your partner dies at a critical period in your firm's affairs, would your - interest be fully protected? ^ ? _ , m % ? . yA Our corporation insurance would do this. * ^ ? v? ?* tv v; ^ ? f * rr -*V 4,?- ' ??"' f # 1 r ) * . )sT Southeastern Life Insurance Co. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CARP %-jli M L. A* McDowell, Agent & ? Camden, S. C. ~