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Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by (it* Mc<iee# Ojpyrtjfht, 1V27, Juat A* V> * Kitpwclwd Below is ori incorrect copy of the report that will (not) be myie by the committee appointed by the governor of South Carolina to investigate the Highway (.'omrngteion, for which purpose the last legislature approprT-' ate4 the *um of 25 thousand dollars. ITEM J We found where one of the member* of thr High say <iepart? rnent gave a guy t ne /.a nr*- of Bill Bailey, a > alee main the employ of 'he .Sgi/joeo. n Road Mathi/ er^ < o., a coca ' -la wh.le they were dr. a fishing tr.p or: tr?e 11.g Santee r.ver S&st summer a'. o'clock. ITf!M 2 Deu.-' v., No. J7 located a < he< k giv? n by a road scrape < j/erator w no lives in the upper part of the state for 2 dollars apparent,) in payment for 2 load* of top-soil, and the rnai. to whom the check was payable ? wear* that he gave the top-soil to the road builders, and that the check surely m m*. have been in settlement of an ax ount for whiskey or sorrieth.ng of that kind. ITEM 2. On October 'J, 1'j20, a stranger from Out ago was ??*:ri off in a corner with a member of the Highway Commission, and it is believed, from the evidence adduced at the trial, that the aforsaid stranger was trying to bribe the commissioner to hire hirn as secretary, and turn their then secretary off. ITEM 4. During the festivities of July 4th, last year, it appears that one Sarn .Skinner offered the purchasing agent of the Highway Commission 200 bags of cement for 2 hundred dollars, and that the said purchasing agent scorned this offer, and went else where and bought 200 bags of a similar grade cement for 2 hundred dollars and 25 cents. This looks very serious to us. We have spent only 24 thousand, 4 hundred and 20 dollars and 33 cents of the sum appropriated, and we fuel that much good has been accomplished. We have not put anybody in jail, as yet, but several people have lotrt heavily iri weighing since we started nut with our investigations. If Your Honor will appropriate about 26 thousand dollars more and turn the same over to us we will find out a great deal more. R es pec t f u 11 y s u b m i 11 ed, Investigating Committee, By Cosh, Chairman Vacations Versus Home-I.ifc Vacation time ?.ipped up on us, but it's here nevertheless. This is the Heaso11 of the y?ar that a man and bis wrfe and his children will leave a good comfortable home where bathrooms and bath-tubs and hot and cold water and good deeping porches and a fairly g >n<l breakfast, dinner, and supper < act be had without special ado and put for the coo bri-e/es of t h mountain section, anc call them-vOIves taking a vacation. lama malicious . / mosquifo! f** ' i J I should be killed I \ Bee Brand Powder or ^ Liquid kills Plies,Fleas, v Mosquitoes, Roaches. \ Ants, Water Bugs, Bed \ Bugs, Moths, Crickets, \ Poultry Lice and many | other insects. / Powder GmB t loc end 35c soc end 75c /I soc end I1.00 ti.a* 30c Spray Oun 33c W rite for free booklet on ktll! inj; house end garden insects / McCormick & Co. / Baltimore, Md. \ B?ISd j INSECT -Step, aflfc-L POWDERgK^ ^^^Liquid S COLUMBIA LUMBER & I | MANUFACTURING CO. I MILL WORK JJ SASH, DOORS, BLINDS y AND LUMBER J> PLAIN A HUwtR STS. Phawa 71 COLUMBIA. S. C. Weil, rut and my old Lady decided no\ \ot*t Ago t bat we'd go up and .-pe.nd the week-end. That w?i about | al! we l?ad to *pend. We patked up j laat Friday afternoon and got in our I?the lifxh rnirratlment Therc-on :? Cat next Tuesday week), and we wound up at a plate back in the mountain* ia.led Bonnie Inn. iio we went Inn to inA Bonnie out. u The ,<%C\ * ho wed ut a cute little | if; '.J*- attic with a wt-sU-rn view. (V ju i oeihj ook out of the ( only a i..J /w the room had and ^-ee j the a :de . f the mountain only 25 feet aAayl The bed looked all right a'. a d>pta,c 1 r: fact, you had to sleep on it to nr.ow that mattress conta.r.e*] com cobs, shucks and oat straw. The bowl and pitcher sat m a .-hc f over next to the chimney, ar.d the slop jar uster 1a* a paint bucket, arid it was a'.l right ex ept rr.i r.ar.<i.e was miss.rig. The room a.so had a bureau or dresser .t. 1 looker! ,n the mirror and tried to think what 1 was crying about, or who it was hit me in the face with a ditching shovel. My wife thought she was ill when she gazed upon her mis-ahapen mug. The other 2 pieces of furniture consisted of I rocking chair with 1 rocker on it ar.cj 1 straight fhair with the back of &ame leaning forward at about 4/> degrees. The ceiling had not been put up. The hotel had been built only fc years. We went down to supper about 6:30 Bonnie had salmon balls on the table. (Salmon balls are two reasons why we left home). There were a few other things on the table, such as light bread (4 days and 5 hours and 69 minutes old), iced-tea, but they happened not to get any ice th'at evening, and rice that rattled when you'd poke a spoon at it. My wife began to cry. She was hungry, but had been on a diet so long I was giad they didn't have any fried chicken, or stuff of that kind. Breakfast was a little bit different. Bonnie had coffee instead of iced-tea ?to go with her salmon balls, and the rice seemed somewhat warmer. (I suppose Bonnie warmed last night's rice over. It looked like our previous rice all right). Dinner was also different. Bonnie had cooked some cabbage to go along with the salmon balls. The bath-room was about r>0 yerds from the house. The rates were as follows: American plan, $7.50 per day per person, but 2 persons could stay iri the same room at $ 1 5.00 We got home Saturday night at H:-10, and thus ends our "vacating" for the present year. Death-Dealing Instruments of Today. HOMK BRKW?Total deaths last year due to drinking, making, selling, stirring, and tasting home brew were 46,546, exclusive of prohibition officers, Baptist deacons, old legislators, and chief witnesses. \\ OMKN -?Over 19 thousand men I were killed during 1926 by women, 1 their paramours, and accessories after the fact. The principal instruments . used in forcing husbands to depart this life were picture cord, sash Weights, pistols, mix vomica, hammers. strychnine, baseball bats, and mistaken identity. Insurance companies now consider women a considerable factor in increasing the mortality rate, and it will cost more in the near future to insure husbands in New Jersey, New York, Greenville, and Ixis Angeles?than other uncivilized communities. SNA K MS?The snake bite hazard has depreciated in the past two years, but 13 deaths from the use of snake remedies occurred in North Carolina during last summer's tourists season. Any kind of abrnsure, regardless of the source from Which it emerged, was classified as a snake bite in sections where whiskey prescriptions could be had from a physician. Several people owned their own private snakes, and up around Asheville, sheiks let their snakes bite a man for 2 dollars. In fact, they kept regular snake stations which wore operated on the order of filling- stations, only there was no tax on snake bites. Mill.MS Missouri led all other fates last year in deaths due to mules. 147 wfiite folks and 62 neg' <?es passed into the beyond when mule hoofs came info contact with Vno-heav'.s. Several mules passed out tlso durii g the kicking festivities: .'V kuked some colored gentlemen head- tnnt were harder than the average, and busted their feet ) off. and had to he shot. Mules killmi a few people by running away, and dashing against Fords, and picnic parties. BULLS' The direct deaths last ear due to bulls were 99, a decrease >f 2 over the previous year. Shootng the bull caused 14 husbands to enter cemeteries with their feet in front of them: this shooting took place where their wives were eaves KI NS MILK ON BJKAl II Ihru Swims OmI and lirscim*s Girl Vrum Drowiin l**j?btng a down - PawteyV' ls.and Urach, when informed that a >oung lady was battling w '-h a strong uraiery>w a quarter of a mile from shore, /Laurie 8. Rogc a frail yout>K of Andrew's, S t , fell exr.auated on the sand after hi* long run, staggered to hi* feet, ther. awa/n ; #u" in the foaming tide and r< vcaed M.ss Sarah Reeve* of Lanca.>ter. Sc 1 ( . from a watery grave, Wednesday afternoon. Ac-cording to the account given by several eye witnesses, Mia.*, Reeves a ho knew very little about the art of swimming, went bathing with a small group of ladies. The t.de was running out, and the undertow was exceptionally strong. Several of the ladies, including Miss Keev i-s were swept off their feet, but all managed to -truggle to the shore with 'he as*iftan<e of w^mc men stai.t.r.g by. except Miss Reeves, who was carried beyond the reach of the pri-M ' t help. A smull boy who saw the c< ?. i re nee, and who realized that the m< ?. present were too exhausted to make any further effort, ran and summoned Mr. Rogerson and this you' g man responded at once, making a recordbreaking dash of a mile across the hot sands. Miss Reeves never gave up hope for an instant, however although she was in the water over thirty minutes, and she managed to keep afloat until Rogerson reached her side. Dr. Barron of Columbia, gave the young lady first aid treatment, and she is now rapidly recovering from her terrible experience. I Miss Reeves has been visiting M rs. G. A. Hodge of Georgetown for the past several weeks.?George1 town Time. ; Boy I>ied in a Tree ^At the Coroner's inquest held in the court house Friday morning a verdict was returned to the effect that Sylvester Thomas 0 year old negro youth, was killed by coming in contact with an electric wire while up in a tree. The negro boy came to his death some time Thursday afternoon. He was found dead about 4 o'clock in a tree on Church street. Maroice Scarborough who was passing the spot where the boy had been found was stopped and he removed the body from the tree. It is said that there was an electric light wire passing through the tree, and the hoy is supposed to have come in contact with this wire.?Bishopville Messenger. Largest Strawberry A she villi*, N. July 14.?A strawberry nearly l>ig enough to embellish a shofl^ake all by itself is the latest and most boasted production of the Leicester district. The strawberry, seven and a half inches in circumference and six and a half inches long, was introduced into the present craze for extremes by J. F. Austin, Leicester farmer. It was placed on display at the Grjfce Supply Company. It is believed to be the largest of all Buncombe county strawberries ever produced. Wright Begins Sentence Jeremiah Wright, sentenced to serve from eight to 16 years imprisonment in connection with killing of Jen ey Mitchum in Berkley county, was yesterday brought to the penitentiary by Berkley county officials to begin his sentence, his appeal for a new trial having been turned down by the supreme court July 6. He reached the penitentiary yesterday shortly before noon. Mill President Dead ' Union, July 11.?Harry B. Jennings, president and general manager of Union-Buffalo Mills company here and of the Fairmont Mills in Spartanburg, died suddenly at his residence on South street here at 2:10 this morning. He was seized with a heart attac k Saturday night while seated at the supper table, the attack gradually growing more pronounced, resulting in death this morning. Attired in a military jacket and waving a white baton, a woman recently stepped in the center of ;1 crowded Paris boulevard, ordering all vehicles to stop immediately. Attacted by the unusual traffic jam, police hurried to the rescbe. The selfappointed cop calmly explained, 'I read in the papers that women soon will be taken on the police force and I thought I would get some practice. ^ ^ ? dropping, hence?the combat. Most of the men gored to death : by pasture bulls were caught off their guard while playing g?lf. The 4 women were engaged in puking blackberries at the time, and they never knew What hit them. (They; had on red teddies, and were bending over, and bulls can't stand red). High Praise For Negro ConpU Public commendation of two negroes, Frank Bigger# and Parnece Bigger*, his wife, of the Filbert community for the honest an^ open and straight forward manner in which they gave testimony against William McKinlry Thomasson for the murder of Mrs. Frances Thomaason, -was made by Judge Mann in sessions court Monday afternoon. The judge's remarks were most unusual and created much interest. "One thing that lias impressed me ;r; connection w:tn this trial," his honor said, "is the way in which these two negroes gave testimony against a member of their own race. They deserve the praise, the appreciation of the better element of their own race as well as of the whites. They art- h:gh nunded negroes, a credit to. tne:r race. "The) could have dodged and twisted and evaded; but neither made any attempt to do so. They told the truth in a simple and straight-forward manner; arid they are a credit to themselves and their color." Frank and Parnece Biggera are tenants on the farm of Thomas J. Thomasson and it was the colored woman who discovered the dead body of the slain woman. Judge Mann also had high praise for Attorneys McDow. Wilson and H. M. Dunlap for the able manner in which they conducted the defense of the condemned negro, after they had been appointed by the court to defind him.?Yorkville Enquirer. James Walter Johnson Killed C. A. Johnson, of the Buffalo section, received a telegram Saturday morning notifying him of the death of his son, James Walter Johnson, who fell from a scaffold where he was at work and taken to a hospital, where he died without recovering consciousness. He was in the employ of the Frazier Construction Company, of St. Louis, at the time of the occurrence of the accident. Mr. Johnson, who was 28 years of age, left home several years ago and had not been at home in more than a year. He served in the United States Marines for three years before taking up other employment. Tho remains were met in Columbia by the motor hearse of Kershaw Mercantile & Banking Company Tuesday afternoon and were taken to the home of Mr. C. A. Johns,n. The funeral services and burial took place at Mt. Risgah church Wednesday morning, the service being conducted by Rev. M. B. Gunter. of Bethune, and the burial with the ceremonies of the Masonic fraternity.? Kershaw Era. j Forty thousand roses are required to produce one ounce of attar of roses. Grand Exalted Rider 1 t in? joun r. rv&auey. of Boston, elect* cd grand exalted ruler of the B. P. O. Elks after a bitter ftgbt at % meeting of the Grand Lodge fll Cincinnati, O., last week. Edsel B. Ford ^ | /\ remarkable good "closc-upM of Edael R. Ford, now president o4 the Ford Motor Company, taken as the 14 airplanes hopped off on a reliability tour of 25 American cities?and for which he will award j I special trophy for the 4,200 milee ' ?f flying. ^ : T~">TiT YOUNG GIRL 18 DROWNJBD While Her Male C?mbpaaion Looks On Unable To Give Help iitmtevri^i, N. O., July \t.?~imprisoned under an overturned automobile that landed in a small stream Miss Marie Behre, 22, was drowned late last night, when a sudden rain caused the stream to rise, while at arms length away,' Walter Holland, employe of a local firm, lay helpleaaly hearing her struggles, hut unable to help her. Holland was found by passersby early today and he and Miss Behro's body removed from the wreckage of a small roadster that held them in the stream. ( His head still was above the water and he was suffering from exhaustion and bruises and scratches. Miss Behre, head nurse at the Klkin hospital, and Holland started last night for North Iredell to visit Holland's grailimother. Tlfey became lost in the darkness on a branch road off highway No. 26 near Houstonville, N. C. Miss Behre was driving. About 9 o'clock they reached an abrupt i curve with a bridge across a small shallow creek. The car went off a six-foot embankment, turned completely over, and the crushed top pinned both under the car. Miss Behre was thrown face downward while Holland was thrown slightly to one side and face upward. For two hours the young couple lay in the stream pinned under the car, neither badly injured but unable to move. They discussed their plight. Then the sudden shower came up. The stream began creeping ov&g. Mis? Behre's head. Holland, meanwhile, could keep his head above the water, struggling to release himself and to save his young companion. Passers-by, four men, their names not learned, heard Holland's cries.. They extricated the two, but Miss Behre was dead. Holland and Miss Behre's body was brought here. Fifth Man Gets Life Sentence. Canton, Ohio, July 16.?S. A. Lengel, former chief of police, was found guilty today of the murder a year ago of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor. The jury recommended mercy. The jury deliberated four hours, returning its verdict at 5:30 p. m. Lengel was accused of participation in the plot for which four other men, one of them his subordinate on the police force are serving terms in the Ohio penitentiary. I' loyd Steritenberger, former detective under Lengel, was the State's chief witness testifying that Lengel knew of a plan to "beat up" Mellett in retaliation for his editorial which he accused of being in league with the Canton underworld. The plans for the beating miscarried and Mellett was shot to death. John Evelyn, an Englishman, makes mention of the salad in his diary 220 years ago. An excerpt reads: Sallet is a particular combination of certain crude and fresh herbs, such as usually are, or may be, safely eaten with acetous juice, oil, salt, etc., to give them a grateful gust and vehicle.' ?mttm? mm.. ii % VERDICT S*^H Attd Judge Kcum Jury Gaffney, July accuaedmen were eithtr^B guilty of murder, mise verdict justify . of the evidence brooduH three day triul, Jud^^B this afternoon rvvcrnd^B jury's conviction of and Tom Hensley, 0f j^B with recommendation new trial was granted jfl the defendant* wan f^TB I The two men were uyfl Martin and ('. K. WiJB whom were acquitted, (,/B slaying of Lonrnc Koli/^9 of last year. B In rendering his <h^M Sca.sc severely critiaed t^B its action, declaring jB the manslaughter verdict^H I dicated that suspicion | part in the conviction. ^B Will Cole, young (iaffr^B oil a charge of crirnijmfijB a gill under 111 ku.-^B acquitted by a directed )H the prosecutrix and auo(|^B girl witness swore the ^^B gave at the magistrat^^J when Cole was hound titious. ^B "Nothing on that pi^B truth," is the way the^^B referred to a copy of^B she gave in the preliaj^B J ess if Esti'lk^^ Grand-daughter ot Jesse James is now in to play the part ofherffl i mother, or the mother,of brothers, in a naomJ^J ; of the West's famed bad | Southern Railway Systil J Announces Greatly Reduced Round Trip ExcuflM g Fares to ATLANTIC CITY AND NIAGARA | The following round trip fares will apply : shown below: To . To ^rom: Atlantic City Niagara F*j Capiden $22.95 ";r Chester '22.20 - ' j Columbia 24.15 ?)| Lancaster 22.95 ? Winnsboro 24.15 3 Proportionate fares from intermediate points| Tickets good for 18 days including date pf *a'e* ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ; ; Selling dates: via P.R.R., June 21; July 5, 1 August 2, 16, 30; via B.&O., June 29; July ^ 1 August 10, 24; September 7. Lxcursion fares as above also ftpply via Norfojiji Reduced round trip fares to other New Jers*M shore resorts.x . I NIAGARA FALIUS, N. Y. 1 Selling dates: via P.R.R.! June 22; July 1 August 3, 17, 31; September 14, 28; via B.&QJ 30; July 14, 28; August 11, 25; September October 6. * -J Stopovers permitted on return trip not to eXC*f~] flays within final limit at Philadelphia. B*W| Washington, etc. , , Call on nearest ticket agent for farther Info"** reservations, etc., or address: w.aifeoyp;