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Texas Murderer Kills Himself Amarillo, Texas, Aug. .'iO.?The A. I), Payne murder case, a case perhaps without a parallel in Texan history, with ull its gruesome details was only a memory tonight an the final chapter was written in the brief but lurid career in crime of a brilliant young attorney. Payne last June, according to hie own confession, killed his pretty young wife and maimed his only son by placing n crude dynamite bomb under the seat of his automobile. Mrs. Payne was blown to pieces. Shortly after midnight lust night Payne, in a cell of the Potter county jail awaiting trial for murder, took iiis own Itfe- in similar manner. After clearing his cell of its other occupants he detonated a charge of high explosive, either nitroglycerine or dynamite, which tore a gaping hole in his chest, killing him instantly So clever in his first crime that authorities investigated it for wecKx before finding its soluton in {/is coty fession, Payne also planned his own death, with coolness nnd precision. This time, however, he Arranged for his children to benefit by his act. "I waited until after midnight," he wrote in his diary just before setting off the charge that snuffed out his life, "because my insurance policy would Ih* a year old and my children will he able to collect." The policy contained a clause which ftould rendcr it void in the event tic com mitt,ml suicide before it hud been .in effect one year. The three children a son and two little daughters will receive $10,000 as the result of their father's death. Under the pretext of wanting to mail some letters for him, Payne got two other prisoners out of the cell before setting off the explosive. Another prisoner, Steven Churchill, remained sleeping in the hunk below him until a few moments before the blast. He was awakened by Payne who asked him to step outside for a minute. "I took all my clothes," Churchill said, because I thought he was going to cut hiqMkroat and I didn't want the blood n> drip on them. I su--i peeled he was going to commit suicide, hut was afraid to tell the jailer because he might have killed me too. 1 had just stepped outside the door > when the explosion came." Payne's confession made two weeks before he died revealed that i he tried . various means of taking his wife's life before he did. He tried gas, poison, guns and the possibilities of drowning her. It was with his second crude home-made infernal machine that he succeeded in killing her. Sweet Potato (Growers?Notice Everyone who expects to have sweet potatoes for sale this year are hereby requested to notify the County Agent nt once stating the probable number of bushels to be seld. We are arranging for car lot shipments and also want to order shipping baskets in sufficient quantity. It is important to keep the potatoes shaded while digging, as sun scald will cause them to grade low and bring less. This is important. The United States sweet potato crop is IP,000,000 bushels below normal. Kershaw county farmers are very fortunate in having a big crop and the price looks good, says Henry 1>. Green, County Agent. To Meet September 5 The county meeting of Part-Time Boys tn Kershaw county will be held in tihe Camden High School auditorium Friday, September 5 at 3 o'clock. There are about 75 of these part-time boys enrolled in the county by the teachers of agriculture and all of them are expected to be present. Some of the leading business men of Camden have consented to speak to the hoys at this time. The following program has been arranged: County Government by Mr. l>aurens T. Mills; Health by Dr. A. W. Humphries; How Schools Are Run. by M--. Kathleen B. Watts; Thrift by Mr 11 G. Carrisott, Jr.; Music. After the program the boys will go to Boykin's Mill where they will camp for the night. All kinds of games and swimming will l>e indulges! in by the boys, after which they will have a picnic suppc. The public is cordially invited to attend the meeting. South Cnrolina representatives of mills manufacturing print goods, and narrow sheeting in a meeting at Greenville Wednesday, decided to eliminate all night work for an indefinite time. The night shifts will be done away with a* quickly as "proper labor adjustments can be made." T. M. Merchant, of Greenville, president of the Victor-Monaghan company, presided over the meeting and issued the formal statement after the gathering. , , I ? Cure of The Baby Teeth (Prepared for The Chronicle by Kershaw County Public Health Service) In connection with it* campaign for improved dental hygiene the U. 8. Public Health Service has recently (stated that when a baby ia born he usually ha* no teeth in evulence. Only in exceptional cutsets ia a tooth erupted at the time of birth; but, of courtse, the new-born baby doets wit have any uae for teeth until he it? old enough to oat tsome aolid food. Usually the first tooth does not appear until he is six months old, but do not think that he has no teeth I when he is born. Those little hidden teeth had actually started to form six months before that eventful day and they were built und formed from elements taken from the mother's food or from the tissues of her body, If she has not eaten the right food and if her body has been deficient in the elements which form teeth and bones, then these little teeth of the baby will not be well-developed or I well-formed. If there was a deficiency of lime or phosphorus or magnesium these teeth will he much softer than they should* he and much more liable to decay, because the grooves will not be properly formed, the soft spots wi.ll be more easily dissolved by acfd ! in the mouth, or the enamel may be j chipped or bioken quite easily. It ] takes a lot of mineral substance to make good teeth and bones, and for | the new-born child these elements can be obtained from the mother di-Tcrtfyr-ff?rnn Hit ions are favorable, or | by the use of cow's milk from a j nursing bottle. ! The baby teeth are all the he at ; birth just below the gum, although j you cannot see them. The_roots are not entirely formed; but the crowns of the teeth, the par,t which will eventually show in the mouth, are completely formed and are waiting for the time when the child is developed enough to use them, then the roots develop and the crown of the tooth is pushed up through the gum and we get our first glimpse of baby's tooth. The time of the eruption of the deciduous, .or baby, teeth varies greatly, owing to the development of that part of the body; usually the first tooth appears from five to eight months after birth. One of the front teeth (central incisors) is the first tooth to appear, and usually within the next months all four front teeth have arrived?two upper and two lower. When the front teeth are in place, those on each side will soon show up. These usually erujrt anywhere from the seventh to ninth month. These eight incisors?four upper and four lower?usually do not cause much disturbance to the child while they are coming through the gums, because of their knife-like or cutting shape. The first temporary molars?premolras as they are usually called? (there are no bicuspids in the first set of teeth)?generally appear by the end of the first year. The cuspid teeth, or eye teeth, as they are sometimes called, erupt about the eighteenth month. They push their way through the gum between the lateral incisor and the first pre-tnolar. The second pre-molars arrive usually about* the third year. This makes twenty deciduous, or baby, teeth, which is all of the temporary teeth. When the baby is one year old, he | should have twelve teeth; and it is I about this time that he should have his first- tooth brush and his training in the care of his mouth and teeth should begin. Keep them just as white and shiny as when they first appeared. The child soon becomes accustomed to having his teeth hrushed after each meal, and as he grows this routine will become a part of his life. He should be encouraged as early as possible to brush his own teeth and so create the habit at an early age. j A great many peaple do not believe that it is necessary to care j for the baby teeth because, so they I reason, the child will soon lose them | and gam a good set of teeth in their stead. This mistaken conception has i caused a great deal of unnecessary suffering and serious after results (that could have been prevented so easily. Of course the baby teeth will ; all bo gone usually by the time the j child is twelve years of age, but the fact that these teeth were put there i for a purpose and that some of them are giong to stay even that long [ makes it necessary that we make ev 1 ory effort to keep them as healthy and free from decay as possible. A. side from this the premature loss ' of one of these little teeth results oftentimes in serious deformity ol [ the face and jaws as well as a ser , ious crippling of the child's chewing machinery at a time in his life wher ' it is most vitally needed. These baby teeth are grinders t< prepare all of the child's food foi Recluse Proved Escaped Murderer St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 29.?A Nebraska recluse, fanner of mauus, who carried with him in death three years ago his reason for shunning society 3f> yeurs, was identified today aa Columbus Hayes, who escaped jail aiu) hanging for the murder of hi* brother-in Jaw in u dispute over a woman here in 1892. K. E. Culver, St. Joaeph attorney, who was prosecuting attorney here in 1K92, viewed photographs of Frank Johnson, aged farmer, who died in 1927 near Superior, Neb., leaving a $20,000 estate. Jle declared Johnson and Jiayes identical. The investigation developed after Mrs,' Alice Parish of Los Angeles had I visited Superior recently, claiming she was a niece of Johnson and that he was the long-sought murderer. Mrs. Parish exhibited . pictures of Hayes, which were readily identified by old timers about Superior as likenesses of the rcclpse they knew as Johnson. She sai<| relatives had decided to reveal his true identity in an effort to acquire the estate. In and near Superior Hayes' desire to live apart from his neighbors was a mystery. Some hinted he had been disappointed in love. The old man offered no denial or explanation. He was known as a good farmer, a shrewd business man, who lived in comfort but not extravagance. He went to live near Superior in the middle '90s, soon after Hayes' second escape from jail while waiting execution of tlie second death sentence passed upon him. F. H. Stubbs of Superior, administrator of the Johnson estate, conferred with Culver today and the two went to Savannah, Mo., to inspect court records in an unsuccessful attempt to compare the signatures of Johnson with Hayes. Culver recalled that he was opposed in prosecuting Hayes by Willard P. Hall, former governor of Missouri, and Bend Woodson, brother of a former governor, defense counsel. 1 he former prosecutor described Hayes a* ^""vicious defendant and prisoner. Hayes first escaped jail in 1K92, but was captured three years later, while managing, incognito, a large ranch near Columbus, Kan. He was returned and sentenced to death again, the date set for the first execution having passed. Then he fled jail again. After retiring as prosecutor, Culver once met Hayes near Paola, Kan., and the fugitive moved as though to draw a gun. Culver explained hastily he had no power to arrest, whereupon Hayes mounted a horse, directing Culver to remain until he was out of sight. Culver subsequently notified officials, but Hayes never was captured. Aberdeen^ Scotland, Aug. 31^CoU lege students here have completed their three day campaign drive for a fund of $6,000 for the Aberdeen hospital. On sorting out the collection thej. found: Light hundred foreign coins, 200 copper washers, 30 buttons, 60 tramcar tokens^ a pound of nails, 200 safety pins and a slip of paper on which was written: "I give you my best wishes." " ft Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 31.?Eggs variously prepared, but eggs neverthe-' less, probably will form a part of the diet of the city police for the next few days. That is, if some one doesn't c laim a case of 23 dozen deposited at the police station Saturday morning. The eggs were found on the side walk by J. C. Steinberg. He turned them over to the police, who in turn desire to turn the eggs over to the owner if he can be found. , Astrito, 5, was instantly killed at Garden City, N. Y., Sunday when he was hit with a golf club with which Fred Reuter, 10, was demonstrating how Bobby Jones swung his golf club. The Astrito child received the blow below the ri>rnt ear and died instantly. its reception into the stomach. If they are diseased by decay so that the child cannot properly masticate his food, or if they are prematurely lost, the digestive organs are seriously handicapped. They also hold the space in the mouth until the permanent teeth are ready to erupt; and evfiy time that n baby tooth is prematurely lost jt has a direct boaring on the position in the mouth that ' {hc permanent tooth which replaces it will take. When it is necessary to extract a baby tooth long l>efore the permanent tooth should erupt, or when the baby tooth is badly broken i down by decay, the teeth on each 1 side of such a space will close ioI" gether. decreasing the apace that was fromerly occupied by the baby tooth : and making it much more difficult i for the permanent tooth to come into its proper place. This is often the > cause of a crowded, irregular condition of the permanent U*?th. Bargain Hunters. Hurt In Glass Crash Charlotte, N. C\, Auk- 29.?Seven women were injured, three of them | seriously, when a bargain-hunting 1 crowd crashed a furniture store display window here tonight in an effort to he among the "first 100 in" and win a howl of goldfish. A crowd of approximately 2,500 women had gathered at the store in answer to newspaper advertisements offering the goldfish as souvenirs. When the doors were opened those in the rear of the crowd gave a mighty j shove. The glass window gave away before the determined women and broke with a shattering crash. Miss Helen Byrum, Mrs. C. D. Brady and Mrs. C. B, Byrum, all of ( 1121 South Tryon street, suffered se-, vere cuts around the arms. Miss By- , ruin's condition was considered sen- < ous tonight at a Charlotte sanatorium, hut her companions were allowed to return to their homes after treatment. Mrs. O. J. Wingate, Mrs. II. N. j Chrisenbury, Mrs. L. A. Youtig and! M rs. J. B. Aiman, who were cut by ! the flying glass, were given medical j treatment at the store. 7 Store officials did not reveal! whether the women were rewarded with goldfish. Baptist-1 Church Services The following services are an- j nounced for the week at the First Baptist Church: Sunday School at j intendent. Preaching by the pastor at 11:15 on the subject: "Spiritual Athletics." Union service at the Methodist church Sunday evening. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening. Senior B. Y. P. U. on Thursday eveping. The public is cordially invited to attend these ser* vices. Bailing wire was used to strangle to death Marverine Appel, 8-year-old South Bend, Indiana, girl. Jack Stance), 32, is held by the police for questioning. Card of Thanks We wish to express our heartleft thanks to our many friends both white and colored, for their kindness during the illness and death of our son and brother, Joe W. Wood. Duncan Wood Mattie Wood ' Eva Sutton I . Nora Kennedy * I -- Williams GiMen All In Precinct. Hampton, Aug. 28.?The little voting ptfecinct of Black Creek in Hampton county has only 31 votes, but cast them all in a body for Ashton H. Williams for governor on Tuesday. Although Mr. Williams carried Hampton county by a vote that more than combined the remainder of the gubernatorial ticket, the little town I of GifFord stood unique in that it voted against the repeal of the 18dfllll amendment by a vote of 10 to 7. ^Hll "This is one 'No'/' emphatically ; stated a well known Hampton womuflH it anent the referendum on the repeal <j; of the 18th amendment, as she pUced^^ii her ballot into the box at Hampton on Tuesday. j "And this is one 'Yes'," stated a \ minister just back of her, with equal/^H r emphasis, as he placed his ballot the IjgJ. ' Iodine Products Stores! I n ?a? ?????a? Specials Friday and Saturday!^ SEPT. 5 AND 6 WT SUGAR, bulk, per pound ; ^ |S| | MEAL, Fresh Ground, per pound * ^ ff| BACON, Fat, per pound I2ytc BjlJj I I.OUR -Lucile, 24 lb. v 80c |!|? i: FLOUR?True Love, 24 lb efc H. B RICE, Blue Rose, per pound ^ i SOAP, Octagon, 5c size, 0 for 23c* SOAP, Toilet, Camay and Lux, 3 for..... 22r H1"1'1 LARD, Compound, 8 lb. bucket, each $1.05 Bli WESSON OIL, pints j. ^ Jo .WESSON OIL, quarts 1 , 4fc H| : MACARONI, Skinner's, 2 for 15c ^B B) SALMON?Raceland, 2 cans for . ^ 29c I^H 1 CORN FLAKES, Kellogg's, 3 for 25c SALT.?10 lb. bag, each \......... 20c CRISCO?3 lb. can, each 65c Try BABO for bath tubs and sinks, 2 for 25c Fresh Shipment SLICED BACON and I^Kea COLD COOKED MEATS mK FRESH EGGS, per dozen.. War CALL US PHONE 282 We Deliver IB^ Ummmmmmmm*mmmmHmm Visit Our Two Big Stores ?B 1028A Broad Street 549 DeKalb Street . H. F. Evans, Manager T. C. Gladden, Manager ! I# I FINAL I II a II CLOSING-OUT SALE! I II * I | . \ I ^ ' | i I On Thursday, Friday and Saturday next II I we are putting on a final Closing-Out Sale III I of Agricultural Implements, Champion II I Mowers, Rakes, Wagons, Harness, Plows, II I Etc. This is an unrestricted sale?things II I must go, as we are closing up our mer- I I I chandise business, and articles will be sold II I regardless of cost. Ill SPRINGS & SHANNON I INCORPORATED I! II -I -I I I I,,, . - ^ * -c 1 li: ! ' i