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M8CAPR8 PROM HOSPITAL * ! CWged With Killing of Ihpgty Sheriff Meyer* Columbia, Dec. 3.?Unnoticed for a Moment a? attendants rushed to the *id of a patient making an attempt at aucide, Kay Wilkie, 32-y?*r-old Greenville man, held at the state ho* pilal for observation following his alleged killing of an officer in (Jreenvile, escaped from thtf Institu tion at 6:80 o'clock last night. He had not been heard of early today although officers in surrounding town and cities had been notified, and a special force of state hospital em ployees was hunting for him. Wilkie stands charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff George M Meyers of Greenville county, the homicide occurring on the afternoon of September 22. Counsel for'Wilkw secured a court order and had him committed to the state hospital, No vember 12. Since being under observation at the hospital, Wilkie had been carefully guarded day and night, a special attendant being appointed for that duty. Hut early last night an unfortunate person in the ward in which Wilkie was, made an almost successful attempt at Buicide and for a moment all attendants nearby rush ed to his aid and in so doing saved | his life. It was only u question of minutes, hut, in the interim, Wilkie disappeared. It was after nightfa'l and it is probable that he escape 1 from the grounds immediately us a careful search was made as soon a he was missed. During his stay of three weeks a the hospital, Dr. C. F. Williams, the superintendent, said lasjt,,night, W)i kie had been carefully examined and closely observed'; but none of the staff at the system had detected the sligh1 est evidence of mental disorder. There are no facilities for the handling of patients of this type atthe hospital add it is only by carefui guarding that officials of the institution are able in any way to deal with the suspected criminal Insane. Doctor Williams will at the next meeting of the board of regents request that the hospital he relieved of such re sponsibility and provision be made for observation of the criminal insane at the state penitentiary or somewhere that they may be confined with the minimum opportunity for escape. There can be no possibility of *i conspiracy between Wilkie and the patient who attempted suicide, Dr. Willi ams said last night, as the pa- I ticnt had made several previous attempts. If it hH<l not been for the instantaneous response to the unfortunate person's aid, it is believed that he would have succeeded in the attempt. Wilkie is f> feet, 10 inches in height weighing 165 pounds, sandy brownish ha ir, fair complexion, blue eyes, clean shaven, scar on upper lip and another on forehead, two largo scars on top of head and a small scar and two brown spots under the chin. A tattoo mark, faded anchor, is visible on his wrist. Numerous scars are on his bod.. When he escaped, Wilkie was wearing a dark blue suit. Doctor Williams said last night tha' Wilkie. had been in the army and ha 1 also been a seafaring man in his time. Officers in Columbia and Richland county and surrounding counties wen notified immediately after the eseap . as were those in Charleston, Savannah and Greenville. Patrick Eugene McDermott, allege i slayer of Don R. Mellett, newspaper editor of Canton, Ohio, went on trial Monday. It is expected that several days will be taken up in securing i jury. TilK ANDERSON PHILOSOPHER Gee McGee I'pon Topic* of Current Interest and Cotton Speaking of the cotton situation; the entire southern part of the cotton helt produced large crops of the staple this year, and even at I'd cents a pound they are in semi-clover, whilo the Piedmont section of North Carolina and Georgia won't grow much over two hales per plow. All of which reminds me of times when the preacher would come to our house, and' he'd sit down with the senior members of the family to a dinner of fried chicken, and various accompaniments?while me and mv brothers and sisters had to wait. When that preacher pushed hack his plate, and wiped ins mouth, there wasn't a durn tiling left on the table but one chicken neck and a foot, and a few biscuit cpumbs. Hau- You I'aid Your Taxes I feel that there won't be any tax g.earnrs in Heaveii. The state and county tax collectors took my coat, tin- <it> came along and took my britches, the corporation tax absorbed my siiirt, the city license tax grabbed my hat, tin* automobile tax hooked my *hoes, the luxury tax got my and here I am standing out nt the cold ? with nothing on but two frowns and one pair of BVD's. A Burning Question The present fire insurance rates in 'in- cMun'ry are promulgated by the uisuiance companies in this manner: first, they establish a basis ate i,n your building to suit them, and then build tlie charge as follows: Basis rale $3.50 Brick on edge flue 50 Flue not standard 50 Fly specks on flue 40 Wood floor 35 Wood ce iling 40 Rat behind wulls 50 Near hydrant 60 Parapet walls, low .40 Bird on roof 20 Occupancy ,33 Non-occupied 35 Wiring exposed 50 Picture on wall .20 Matches in building 45 Cigarette on table 25 Exposures * 1.00 Handle groceries 50 Handle dry goods 50 Handle hardware 70 Miscellaneous hazards 30 Published rate $12.5) Can a Cow Hide? Cousin doe farms for a living, and raises an occasional cow from a calf that somebody gives htm. Not long ago he murdered his cow, and drcsse i it and sold it to a beef market at '1 cents a pound. The beef market <old it to us for 35 cents a pound. I Cousin .Joe sold his hide (or rather the deceased-cow's hide) to the Hide & Seek Leather Co.,"* for 3 cents a pound. That company sold it to the Mostley Paper Shoe Co., for 20 cents a pound, and they took 1 ounces of this leather, and 2 ounces of paper slid cotton and thread, and made a pair of baby shoes therefrom, and sold them to my shoe store man for $1.85 and he was good enough to let me have em at only $3.08, and now my baby's no shoes?as they lasted only two weeks.?Gee McGee. Weenee Bank C loses Kings', ree. Dec. 4.?The Weenee Bank closed its doors, this morning after a run precipitated probably by tile closing of the Bank of Lanes, ton miles from here yesterday. On account of the failure of banks in Lake City and Manning recently heavy withdrawals of cash from the Weenee bank has been undel" way for several days prior to the run this morning. The Williamsburg Bank and Trust company, organized here nearly two years ago following the closing of the Bank of Williamsburg remained open until daik. Bank in Charleston rushed currency here by automobile to meet any emergency the new bank might be called on to face. This, however, proved needless as the Wil.Mmsburg Bank and Trust Company met whatever threat that might have h(cn made from funds in its vault. Bank Withstands "Hun" Manning, Dec. 3.?The First* Na>tonal Bank of Manning has successful.ly withstood a "run." As a result >t the closing of two banks here within a week, the strength of the i'irst National bank was thoroughly icsted. Local business people meanwhile showed their confidence by gong right on depositing their money, rhe problem of the officers of the iank was to got money .here fast nough. W'ednesday night ample ash was stored in and when the aeople saw they could got their money hey quietly went back home. Today 'vory thing normal, with many of he customers of the closed hanks opening accounts with the First Naional, and many of thoflfwho withIrew it are rede positing. FATHER OF THIRTY CHILDREN Spartanburg Negro Can't Call All Their Name* Off-limid v, > ^ ,The man whose family conaiata of | himself and his wife and a Up dog, and com plain i of the high^cost living hasn't a thing on Ambroae Morrow, negro tenant of the farm of R. Burton Hicks and J. G. Gailbraith on North Tyger river. Ambroae has twelve children, four grand-children und his wife to sit at the table with him. There are eighteen at his house to provide rations for. Ambrose is the father of thirty children. He reared two families, one wife having nineteen and the other thirteen children. He was asked to recall the names of his children, and succeeded in naming all but five of them. He said that he might be able to think of their names if he had time to do so, but he is 60 years of ago now, and can't remember as well as he once did. His eldest child is 11 years of age and the youngest is 16. He has five dead and 27 living. Ambrose walks with the aid of crutches, having lost a leg by the accidental discharge of a gun fifteen years ago. He says that hi? family all grew up on the farm %[ Press YVil lianis at Glenn Springs and he ha* the name of eveiy one of them. He will get Mr. Williams to give him a correct list of his children some of these days, so that he will not be em barrassed by being unable to nanathem all off-hand.?'Spartanburg Joui nal. Cotton Acreage Adjustment Needed Many cotton farmers and tHeir families in practically every cotton growing community heard over the radio on Saturday night, November 21, a relayed account of a discussion of the cotton situation which took place between a representative cotton farmer and Secretary of Agriculture J a i dine in the latter's office in .Washington. It was "radio night" for the cotton farmers. Secretary Jardine agreed with his visitor that while the present predicament in the South is due large.ly to the over-production of cotton, the real remedy rests in securing the co-operation of bankers and merchants in promoting a safe farming policy in the South. I he discussion brought out the fact that cotton production during recent years has increased from around 33,000,000 to almost 48,000,000 acres; that while one-fourth less acreage than was planted last t year the world's requirements for American cotton could be supplied. The secretary was heard to say further that "we must convince the banker that the cotton farmer is an unsafe man to do business with if he continues to grow cotton and little else. A banker or merchant who will not actually encourage his customers to grow the necessary food and feed required for farm and home use and a little of something to sell, has adopted a short-sighted policy. "We must learn how to adjust production to market demand," said the secretary. "But, in reducing the acreage, we must adjust the p^ggram to the circumstances of the individual farmer. It would be unwise and dangerous in most cases for cotton farmers to turn entirely or even largely to other cash crops, but no farmer can go wrong, he said, by providing home-jjfrown products for his family and farm livestock and have a little something to sell besides cotton. If every farmer in the South will be sure to do this much next year, an average of 25 per cent reduction in cotton acreage will probably result. Secretary Jardine then, explained how the president's special cotton committee, organized to perfect a plan for taking care of the immediate situation or surplus cotton, sought and receiver! splendid co-operation from the bankers of the South in the formation of cotton credit corporations. These credit corporations are ready to make loans on cotton, and then to see that the surplus is marketer! in an orderly manner. The vital part which the co-operative marketing associations are destined to play in solving the problem was emphasized by the secretary, and he stressed the necessity for more farmers to become members of such organizatons. TO MEET IN COLUMBIA Seioi-Centennia! Inauguration of General Wade Hampton, Governor of South Carolina and Red Shirt Celebration, Columbia, S. C., December 14, 1926. For this occasion the Southern Railway will soil excursion tickets at one fare and a half for tho round trip from alb point in South Carolina; excursion tickets sold December 13 and for trains scheduled to arrive Columbia by 1:00 p.m. December 14; good returning December 15. Call on ticket agents for detailed information or nearest passenger traffic representative. W. K. McGee, DJ?.A., Columbia, S. C. FAMOUS SHOWMAN DEAD Churl** Kingliug Fa**** Away In Hi* Florida Horn* Sarasota, Fla., Dec.. 3.?-Oharles Mingling, 62, famous khowman and circus owfter, capitalist and financier, died at his home here early tonight of a cerebral hemorrhage, the result of a severe cold. Charles Mingling was one of the original seven brothers who in 18K2 formed a musical organization ut Mara boo, Wis., and started the tour which later resulted in their establishing a small tent and wagon show, the present Mingling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus being the ou'growth of this venture. Born in McGregor, Iowa, December 2, 1864, Mingling went with his parents to Baraboo jparly in his childhood and that city has since been : associated with the Mingling name prominently. Only one of the seven brothers now remains plive, Joh i Mingling, whose home is also in Sarasota and who was at his brother'.- : bedside tonight. Mr. Mingling was president of the Mingling Trust Savings bank of Sara-' sota; president of the Sarasota chamber of commerce and president of the; I Charles Mingling company, which has j had much to do with rho development' of this section of Florida, erecting, among other buildings, the Sarasota hotel. He was also active in other civic affairs and held mahy offices in oral organizations. Mr. Mingling always was active with the circus and took an active part in its management. It was, while with the show in Birmingham, Ala., several weeks ago that.he contracted the cold that resulted in his death. Boy Ends Life After Killing Brother Baker, Ore., Nov. 29.?Accidentally i killing his five-year-oUl brother with a pistol which he believed to be un-: loaded, Orville Williams, 11, then turned the gun on himself and ended his own life here. Arthur, four, another brother, was the only witness to the shooting, which took place in the boys' hoine while their mother, Mrs. O. E. Williams, was out. Successful transplantation of a toe to take the place of a finger has been accomplished by a New York surgeon. ? ? ; " John J. ("Bum") Rodger#, notorious escaped convict and bad man of New York, recently recaptured and charged with violation of the Sullivan anti-pistol law, will today be sentenced to life imprisonment under the terms of the Haumes law, he being a "fourth offender." Four men were convicted on a charge of murdering one man, at Newark, N. J., last Thursday, and the sentence of the court was that the quartette should die in the electric chair. ^ TKESPASSINC FORBIDDEN Notice is given that lands northeast of Camden containing 2300 acres, known as "Peck Lands," are posted against hunting except to those holding permits of undersigned. Crescent Lake Club. Dec. 4, 1926. 37-40-sb NOTICE OF SALE BY MASTER State of South Carolina', County of Kersnaw, Under and by virtue of a decretal order in the case of Julius Cahn and Ellis Cahn, plaintiffs, vs. Henderson Perkins, Laura Palmer and Molcy Davis, defendants, in the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw County, South Carolina, I will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court House door at Camden, Kershaw County, Sputh Carolina, on the sales' day in December, 1920, .during the usiial hours of sale, the following described real estate, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying, being and situate in Kershaw County, South Carolina, being bounded on the North by lands of K. T. Escard; on the East by. land of K. T. Estard; on the South by Land of K. T. Estard, and on the West by land of Cicero Blackmon arid by the Dick MeClusters estate. Said tract of land containing one hundred acres, more or less, and being the^(me land the said Henderson Perkins, ' Hattta Palmer and Molcy Davis inherited from their father, Joshua Perkms. Also, all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing thirty (30) acres, more or less, situate, lying and being in Kershaw County, South Carolina, being bounded on the North by land of K. T. Estard; on the East by lands of K. T. Estard; on the South by lands of K. T. Estard, and on the West by lands of Richard MeCfusters and E. Huckleberry. Being the same tract of land conveyed to Molcy Davis by Mary | Campbell. Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and revenue stamps. R. H. HILTON, Master Kershaw County, S. C. Dated at Camden, S. C., this 9th day of November, A. D. 1926. TRESPASSING FORBIDDEN AU parties ar?* hereby warned not to trespass upon my lands five miles south of jCamdem for hunting or for apy purpose whatsoever. Anyone' found violating this warning will by prosecuted to the full extent of the law. . W. C. SEAGLE. 1 *Rtv. 13, 1926. 34-37-pd TRESPASS NOTICE. Trespassing, hunting or shooting, day or night, cutting or hauling wood or straw, cattle or hogs running at large, on lands owned and posted by Mr Ralph Ellis, will be dealt with tu the full extent of the law. X. A{ Kirkland, Attorney. R. Storey, Agent. 27-37-pd FINAL DISCHARGE ? 1 -\ Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Tuesday, December 14, 1926, at 12 m., 1 will make to the Probate-Court of Kershaw County my final return as Executor of the estate of B. G. MdLeod, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Executor. . E. M. WORKMAN, Executor. Camden, S. C., Nov. 15, 1926. Notice To Debtors and Creditor All parties indebted to the estate of Dr. W. J. Dunn are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned or T. K. Trotter, attorney, and all parties having-claims agafasfr-fehc said estate will present them likewise, duly attested. . < Dr. J.tRalph Dunn, Administrator, Estate Dr. W. J. Dunn, Sumter, S. C. Canden, S. C., Nov. 11, 1926.1 A Word With the Old Folks Elderly People Are Learning Importance of Qood Elimination. IN the later y eggs of life there is apt to be a slowing up pf the bodily functions. Qood elimination, however, is just as essential to the old as to the young. Many old folks have learned the Value of Doan'a Pilla when a stimulant diuretic to the kidneys is required. 8canty ot burning passages of kidney secretions are often signs of improper kidney function. In most every community are scores of users and endorsers who acclaim the- merit of Doan'a. Ask your neighbort DOAN'S Ik? Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidney* Fostcr-Milbura Co., Mix. Chem.. Buffalo, N. Y. "PAIN WAS DRIVING AAEWILD" Snowbound on remote farm, gets relief from acute neuralgia Snowbound and alone on a remote farm, miles from a doctor, a plucky Canadian woman endured for hours the racking agony of acute neuralgia. "The pain in my head was driving me wild," she writes, "when I ha}>pened to see a bottle of Sloan's Liniment on the dresser. I gave it a trial and in no time the pain was gone. I slept peacefully the rest of the night." Sloan's" gives quick, genuine comfort to every kind of muscular pain because it doesn't just leaden the nerves. It helps the body to throw , off the condition- tnat are causing the pafn. No need to rub. Pat a little Sloan's on lightly. A healing tide of fresh, germ-destroy i n g blood begins tingling through the A*, hii.g place and the pain, swelling, etlfl flit's* are quickly relieved. ? So clean and eat > use, too. 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