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'Found Dead in Hotel Room News was received in Bishopvillu Monday of . the death at Fayetteville, r , Sunday night of Claudu P, Wil kinson. No detaila have been/ received MS this ii written, except, that tho i^dy was found in a Fayetteville hotel room Monday morning. Mr. Wilkin&on was a telegrapher employed by Clark and Company, who operate the Bishbpvillo cotton ex change. Ho and his wife had been in HiahopviUe since tho first of last No vember, It is said that Mr. Wilkinson had resigned his position with Clark A Company to accept a similar one with H. G. Latimer Company, and left here Sunday night for Fayette* vi lie, where he was to report for work. Mrs. Wilkinson did not ac company him, but remained in Bish? .upville. Those well acquainted with Mr. Wilkinson state that he was in bad physical condition due to having been gassed and also shell shocked in Franco," W. l\ SjHWi of Abbeville cAityf t?> Bishopville Monday n^ght and accom panied Mrs. Wilkinson, his sister, to Abbeville, the former home of both Mr. and Mr$. Wilkinson, whore it is supposed that the funeral services for M:. Wilkinson will be held. Although they had beefl residents of Bishopville only a , few months, botti Mr, and Mrs, Wilkinson had made many friends here, who will sincerely regret to learn this tragic news.? Bishopville Messenger. In the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, there is jn Egyptian wooden coffin 8,900 years old. The drawing and painting on it are in a wonderful state of preservation. It is said to be the most important sarcophagus yet found. Bachelorhood in Japan is very rare, being almost unknown. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY REPORT Thu annual meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary was : held at the hospital on Tuesday morning, January 26. The' election of officers for s the coming year is as follows: President, Mrs. N. R. Goodale; Vice-president, Mrs. W. L. DePass; secretary, Mrs, S. C. Zeirip; treasurer, Mrs. M. tfaruch. Much business was discussed and plans made for "Tag Day" which occurs annually on February 14. We hope for good results from this year's lagging. It was planned to have a tea and also a- card party some time during the months of February and March. . Our work will consist mainly in helping with an X-ray equipment which is badly needed and- we hope to have this installed as ^oon as pos sible. The auxiliary has been very active for the past year and we feel sure that the treasurer's report will be read with interest by every one, for we are, all proud of our hospital and what it means to our community. These i^re a few of our accomplish ments for the past year: Added n room on the south porch, to be used as a study room for the nurses. Inr stalled an exhaust fan at a cost of $05.00 for the kitchen. Painted ^and kalsomined both wards ary.1 added some shelves. ' We are now making some needed changes in the superin tendent's room at a cost of $150.00. The auxiliary appreciates the work of our very efficient superintendent and tries to co-operate^ with her in every way that we can for the good of the hospital. Respectfully submitted, (Mrs. N. R.) Mary L. Goodale, Pres. Camden Hosp. Aux. STATEMENT OF LADIES' AUXILIARY 1925 Jan. 20. Balance General Account $ 493.23 Jan. 20. Bal. Spec. Acct. Mr. B. M. Hamuli $ 247.90 May 14. Part payment Davey Tree Expert Co <. . . 247.90 Jan. 26. Dues / . . 8.00 B01.23 Expenditures for January Jan. 20. Fletcher Moore ... * 38.10 Jan. 20. L. Schenk & Co 21.30 Jan. 31. Dan Salmond .N 3.7fL. 63.15 438.08 Feb. 14. Tag Day ........ 362.13 Feb. 17. Dues * 8.00 "Feb. 21. Dues ? ? 9.00 Feb. 21. Bridge at Mrs. Harris' ....... i 146.50 Feb. 21. Check from Mrs. Harris ^ 25.00 Feb. 23. Check from Mrs. Leslie Zemp . ... ' 1.00 Feb. 23. Balance from Tag Day ? 75.51 . 1,065.22 Expenditures for February. Feb. 7. Dan Ferguson . 10.00 Feb. 14. ?Camden Chronicle cash ("Hearts) ^ 7.50 Feb. 28. Camden Chr6nlcle 6.00 Feb. 14. Lang's Grocery 1*85 25.35 1,039.87 Mch. 9. Dues v.... 3.00 Mch, 14. Check Mrs. Spiburg 10.00 * Mch. 14. Dues ; ? w 1.00 Mch. 15. Dues . , . . .r . . . ?, 4.00 t - Expenditures for March Mch. 7. Camden Floral Co . . . 4.00 Mch. 14. Josh for work , 9.00 -? Mch. 28. Fletcher Moore . ^100.00 Mch. 26. S. B. Kirkland .f. 46.00 159.00 ? J . v 898 87 April 24. Dues . '. ^ 10.00 V 908.87 Expenditures for April April 7. Check VV. L. DePass, seed <. . 10.00 April 11. Work on grounds .' 6.50 April 24. Henry Jackson 15.00 April 7. Fletcher Moore ?. . .. 173.00 204.50 704.87 May No Receipts Expenditures for May May <j.* Miss Elizabeth Eggleston 7.00 May 14. Ck. Bal. Davey Tree. Ex. Co < . . 65.05 May 14. Rush Lumber Co x.. 9.10 81.15 623.^2 J urn- No Receipts / > Expenditures for June ?June 20. Exhuust fan 65.00 June 20. Work on yard 3.50 June 25. Albert Peck & Co. _. 16.50 85.00 '?J > No Receipts Expenditures for July ?July 11. Bob Gerry 8-00 ?July 18. Bob Gerry ' u ? y 25. .1. B. Rush 538.22 5.60 18.95 519.27 Au^-jyt No Receipts Expenditures for August V jpust 1"). Cash Mrs. Goodale (for Jim Alexander, work ) 20.00 20.00 499.27 No Receipts. No Expenditures ; 11 i Check Rhamo Bros, Rent 100.00 ? 599.27 Expenditures for October 1 . 10. Bob Gerry 9.00 ''el 12. Dan Salmond 7.00 ' t. 17. Dan Ferguson 9.00 Dct. 24. Ed Richardson ^.00 ( '? ' 31. Dan So well 9.00 43.00 556.27 A ? No Receipts Expenditures for November ^ A 7. Dan SaLnrjond 9.00 9.00 I). 547.27 No Receipts Expenditures for December t>?c. 5. Oliver Williams ? fc- 2?- c?f[y ? ? ? ; ; ; ; ; 29.80 43.gr, l>ec. 26. Miss Robins Balance cash in, Bank Jan. 1, 1926 VT ? * ONK DEAD FROM POISON Another Spartan Youth May Recover From Same Cau*e (Saturday's Spartanburg Journal) , Qrlua tragedy stalked through' the home of H. Frank McGee, prominent Spartanburg merchant, last night, Joe H. McGee, 22-year-old son of the merchant, was found dead in the Mc Gee residence, 501 East Main street, about D:30 o'clock, and his friend, Charles tu O'Neale, Jr., son of a prominent local cotton buyer, was discovered in a critical condition. Although the\cau8e of the tragedy has not been officially determind, the belief is current that the young men either ate or drank something which poisoned , them. Young O'Neale was rushed to the Mary Black clinic and heroic meas ures employed in .an effort to save his life. Physicians, announced this morning that the youth has a chance tcf recover. In a state of coma when found last night, an operation relieved the most dangerous symptoms and at noon today ho was reported improved; Although physicians are unable to determine whether permanent ill ef fects will follow his strango illness, they believe that he will ultimately recover. Added poignancy was given the tragedy by the absence of both Mr. and Mrs, Frank McGee, parents of the dead youth. Mr. McG.ee has been in New York for seVeral days on business for the Aug. Smith de partment store, of which he is iViana ger. Mrs. McGeo left Spartanburg Thursday to join her husband <in New York Cjty. First intimati.#fTthat a tragedy had been enacted in the McGge home came about 9:30 o'clock last night, accord ing to a statement made by a friend | of the O'Neale family. A telephone message from Charles , L. O'Neale, Jr., who was visiting Joe ; McGee, is said to have reached the O'Neale residence on Pine street, a j feeble voice announcing "Joe is dead, and I'll be dead before you can get. here." pushing to the McGee residence, friends of the young men found Joe McGee's. lifeless body. Young O'Neale, evidently near death, was found near the telephone, where he had contrived to crawl and summon assistance. Nothing was found,, it is said, to .furn ish any clue as to what the young men had eaten or drunk. Neither surgeons nor police officers would discuss the affair. Coroner John S. Turner, was ill in bed today and has made no official investiga tion. At the sheriff's office it was stated that no arrangements to hold an inquest have been made* and it is assumed that officials inquiry will be delayed until Charles L. O'Neale, Jr., is able to issue a statement concern ing the affair. Joe B. McGee, Jr., had been asso ciated. with the Aug. W. Smith de partment store since leaving the Cita del, Charleston, where he was a stud ent. *He was popular here and throughout the state. He was downtown early last night, an hour or two prior to his death, according 'o reports current today, ftc* had been afflicated with heart trouble, it is said, and his friends attribute his death to the inability of his heart to withstand the strain imposed by what is believed to have been poison in either food or drink consumed by McGee and O'Neal. No suspicion of foul play is enter tained by officers who went to the McGee residence to conduct an in vestigation. Manly Twitty Killed orge Manly Twitty, former Heath Springs citizen, was Jdlled at Hartsville Friday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock when the Ford car in which he with a woman ?d child v/cre riding, was struck by an Atlan tic Coast Line train. Mr. Twitty lived only a short time after the accident. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Twitty of Heath Springs and had made his home in Hartsville for a number of years where he had been engaged in the insurance business. He was 10 years old and is survived by two children, one son lft years of age and a daughter of 15 years. Be- j sides his parents he is also' survived by a sister, Mrs. W. H. Hunter of , Heath Springs, Walter Twitty of j Lynchburg, Va., Sidney Twitty of Charlotte and Hoyt Twitty of Harts ville. Burial was at Hartsville Mon- J day by the side of his wife who diet! i several years ago. ? Lancaster News. ! Gets Carnegie Award A bronze medal and $65 monthly with $15 additional for three children, has been awarded by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission to H. Bunyon ; Thomas," rural route No. 2, Union ville, N. C-, who died attempting to save a fellow farmer from suffocating in a well at Monroe N. C., September 9, 1925. The descendant* of Confucius are well known in China i ? ? * ? ? I ? > . . ? - w % 'X * The Two Corner Stones There are two cornerstones of the savings bank. One is safety. The other is interest oti your money. Open a savings account with this bank and you will build your prosperity upon these same chunks of granite. The First National Bank i Of Camden, South Carolina Believe It Or Not! Dalton, ' Ga., Jan. 11V ? The fellow who was so lucky that ne had a fun nel in each pocket when it began rain ing gold dollars has a rival in Bob Robinson, a well-known resident of Murray county, according to informa tin reaching here. Mr. Robinson needed some more wood recently, so he decided to saw down a large ofek on his place. Saw ing about three feet from the. ground, he found in the1 hollow of the tree a large hive bees, so he nailed a top on the stump and was a hive of bees to the good. In the tree was enough honey for the bees and for him for the remainder of the winter. Having noticed a swarm of bees highefr upon the trunk some time before, he cut into and found two big opossums. Further investigation disclosed the fact that the tree, in falling, had stryck and killed a rabbit, so He had a ' fine game dinner, with plenty of wood to cook it, and honey for dessert. An Atchison, KanRas, painter 8 mel led smoke while riding in his motor car. He thought his car was/ on fire and began to eall loudly. * Someone sent -in the alarm and as the fire department dashed up the painter discovered it was but hi a necktie burning. What are regarded as the ancestors Of modern men are known as the Cro-Magnon races, coming, it is con- , jecturcd, from the East by way of Northern Africa. In ten years of value leadership, Hudson Super-Six perform ance, quality and price advan tage have never been so out* standing as today. The Coach has long been ac knowledged the" W orld* s G rea o est Buy", because of its utility, performance and value. 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