The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 15, 1909, Image 4
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ARRAIGNS OFFICIALS
Kpport of E*p«*r<» NMio Mode »fud>
of the Affair* of Sewal of iuo
office, of OoHetoa Comity FUwl
tWith the fiorernor—Accountant
Claims Ex-Treasurer Short $3,144.
Tbo <3olumbta Record of Monday
afternoon saya Mr. R. E- Hill, ap
pointed by Governor Anael, under a
npeci^l act of the last legislature
to investigate the affairs of Colleton
county, today filed with the governor
hla report finding ex-County Treas-
ifrer T). L. Smith abort $£,144.18, and
severely criticising several former
and present county officers for loose
ness In methods and direct violations
of law. The report divides the Smith
liabilities aa follows: Horrowed-
money account $1,031.62, bond ac
count $2,450. dispensary account
$1,662.5*. v
Following hla services aa county
treasurer. Mr. Smith was a member
of the legislature, and was accuaed
by Representative J. Wright Nash of
Spartanburg of appropriating his
prohibition bill and running It in
under the name of Smith aa a ruse
to defeat the local option bill. Mr.
Sash made a dramatic speech to
knife his own ‘'baby” under the
Smith name, so as to save the day
for local option and put the old State
dispensary out of business. Mr.
Smith was at one time spoken of as
r candidate for governor
Accountant Wilson of the comp
troller general's office, who has twice
checked up Mr. Smith as treasurer,
the final checking being when Mr
Smith left office, was surprised by the
"report of today. Mr. Wilson offers to
bet $100 each that each of the three
Items referred to by Mr. Hill are in
correct. Mr. Wilson does not believe
Mr. Smith Is short at all, that Mr.
HIM has made some error
Governor Ansel will not take any
action on a report for the present
The act requires the report to be pub
lished In one of the county papers
and this will be done. In the mean
time the governor will reserve ac
Uon.
The treasurer's office was held by
• Mr. D. L. Smith's father, Mr. A. R
Smith, from 1899 till the spring of
1900, when he died and was succeed
ed by D. L. Smith, who was succeed
ed early in 1 907 by the Incumbent
R. E. Jones, who the report finds is
conducting hls office properly, except
that he has a habit of cashing claims,
“which Is liable sooner or later to
cause trouble if it has not already
done so, to say nothing of the Tact
that It is directly contrary to law.
"Concluding to begin work in the
office of county treasurer. ' says the
repQrt, ~“we called—rrprm ttrr- cotmtr
auditor theld by A. A Patterson
Jr.) for abstracts of the duplicates
and copies of the settlement sheets
from 1899 up to the last settlement
which was for the fiscal year begin
uing January 1, 1907, and ending
June 30, 1908.
"We were informed by that office
that he knew little or nothing abou
inch papers, as he had only recently
gone into office and bad been kept
busy ever since In taking tax returns
and in making up hls duplicates prt
paratory to the next collection of tax
es, and that therefore he had not had
an opportunity or ths time to ar
quaint himself with the other affairs
pertaining to hls office.
He did, however, point out to us an
indiscriminate mass of papers and
books piled on top of tables, In dry
goods boxes, etc., In an utter state
of confusion, with no sort of dis
tinction between the papers of one
year and those of another, saying
at the same time that they were In
Just the condlNon In which they
were turned over to him by hls pre
decessor.
"After spending considerable time
in a futile effort to obtain some re
liable data that would be of service
to us. we applied to the comptroller
general for the settlement sheets
filed in hls office for the period to
be covered by our investigation, but
as he seemed somewhat indisposed
to allow these papers to go out of
hls office, Mr, W. W. Bradley (the
expert accountant employed by Mr.
Hill to assist in the investigation)
went up to Columbia and made cop
ies of them, save those for the year
*^905, which he was informed, could
not be found in the office."
Colleton having soffl the Green
Pond and Walterboro road, for which
the county was bonded to the extent
of $60,000, to the Plant System for
$35,000, is now entirely out of debt
with about $1,000 on hand to meet
—
Tba report aaya: .
"The following Is a summary of
the liabilities of D. L. Smith, ex
county treasurer. ss found by us:
Borrowed money accounts $1,031.62
Before a Horrified Crowd a Balloon
ist Cute l/oose Tiro Soon and la
Killed.
Mistaking the promlscous firing
of revolvers as a signal for the cli
max of hls aerial act, James Corco-
eaa, aeronaut, .£$ yatfi OlA. o! LAW-
ell, Mass., cut loose with hls para-
cute when but a few hundred feet
from the earth at Portland. Me.,
Sunday, and was dashed to the
ground, meeting almost Instant death
at the feet of 5,000 horrified spec
tators.
Three parachutes were attached to
the balloon for a triple Jump. It
was arranged that Corcoran should
drop with hls parachutea when he
heard a certain number of revolver
shots after the balloon had reached
height of approximately 5,000
feet.
Corcoran had barely left the
ground before promiscuous firing be
gan, but the man to give the signal
ailed out to him to keep on up
Above a few hundred feet it Is hartT
for an aeronaut to Judge correetlv
hls exact height, and^ so when Cor
coran heard a second fusillade It Is
believed he was certain the signal
had come. He was seen to drop, al
though he was barely 500 feet in the
air.
The distance was too short for the
parachute to open properly, and the
man dropped like a plummet, strik
ing the ground about 1,000 feet from
where the ascension was made.
He sustained a fracture of the
skull and other Injuries and he soon
died.
HORRIBLE DETAILS
Bob Belcher, One of the Me*
Charged With Slaying Officers in
Oconee on the -Night of March 8,
Claims He Fired the Hhots That
Proved Fatal.
"Yes, I killed the Corbins." With
these startling words did Bob Belch
er clear up Tuesday the mystery as
to who fired the fateful shots that
removed forever Deputy United
States Marshal W. B. F. Corbin and
and his deputy, “Chris" Corbin.
Four persons. J. B Palmer, Charley
Palmer, father and son, and Lou
Belcher and Bob Belcher, mother
and son, stand charged with murder
ing the two officers near Walhalla on
the night of March 8, 1909. Their
case was begun in the Sessions Court.
Although nearly a score of witness-
PREACHER FATALLY SHOT.
Minister Wounded Trying to Sepa
rate His Son and Another Boy.
A dispatch from Grayson, Ga..
says: Much excitement prevailed In
that community over the fatal in
jury of the Kev. E. L. Langley, who
was Monday shot while trying to sep
arate hls son, Bose Langley, and J
E. Webb, who were-engaged in a
fight.
Webb and young Langley fought a
desperate duel with pistols. Each
received two wounds of a serious na
ture.
The minister In attempting to act
as peacemaker, came within the
range of the flying bullets and fell
at his son s feet mortally wounded.
St
ISHIKO BOY FOUNT).
Murder Mystery at (Tinton Proves
to bis a Canard.
Tho boy, Ben Deane, who was re
ported missing from Clinton since
■Saturday a week ago, has been found
at Ware Shoals This puts an end to
'he sensational rumors which were
flying about of murder at the Lydia
Mill. The police found on close in
vestigation that the reports about
Joe Franks and his friends were
based on facts, but they were greatly
exaggerated, and there is no reason
to make any arrests iu connection
with the matter.
were those in the auditor’s office
the papeds relating to one year's
transactions mingled and mixed up
with those of another, in the moat
Indlscrlmate manner conceivable.”
The occupants of this office have
been J. O. Jacques, whose term last
ed four years; he was succeeded by
J. E. Moore, w ho was succeeded last
year by J. O. Griffin.
The report finds that the board of
which Mr. Griffin is chairman had or
dered claims paid which were not
properly sworn to as required by law
and that claims amounting to $206.5.'
had been twice paid. The county
would have been short to this extent
but for the investigation.
Ex-Supervisor Moore's accounts
were correct, hut Joe Jacques bad left
a lot of jury certificates not con
ceded.
The present clerk of court Is con
ducting his office properly, but ex-
Clerk E. R MoTeer did not keep a
book for recording "fines and for
feitures" as required.by law, except
for last three months of his term,
term.
The superintendent of education.
Dr. H W. Black, is conducting hls
office all right.
The manner in which the offices of
master and judge of probate are run
are highly commended.
The magistrates are strongly con
demned for not making regular re
ports.
The present sheriff Is doing all
right, but of ex-Sheriff L. G. Owens,
who held office about 12 years, the
report says’:
“In examining hls tax execution'
books for severaf years back, we
found that In the case of quite a
number of taxpayers who had return
ed lands, running from an acre up
on bond account $2,450; on dispen
-rary ttceotnit t!,6fl?-.5e; total $3,.-) 'o.-156- acres, aggregation, aver_3DO
744.18."
The report says of tha last Item,
a credit for $11,210.76, that it was
given by Mr. Smith at paid the towns
on dispensary account, whereas the
town* had already gotten thla mon-
• y - . b
“The office of county supervisor,’
eaya the report, “being one of the
Important of our county officeo,
kouid bo filled by a man of flrmnoas.
judgment and business talent,
Innately, these qaullflca-
often taken Into ac-
voter. Wo found
acres in 1905, who failed to pay the
taxes thereon, that executions were
issued against them and put into
the hands of the sheriff for collection.
“In his return, made to the treasu
rer. is this report, ‘Can't find,' when
in 1906 these same parties paid the
taxes on these Identical lands, show
ing that, with proper effort these
lands could hava been found. The
same or
for 1|M
“It
bo sonx
the stokli
fifild. werel
t a» to executions
>lfcfeat there might
gfoanlngs bad by
>mmiuton In thlj
look into the mat-
es had been examined, not before BbF
was placeit on the stand had the au
thor of the shot been revealed.
Belcher, nervous aud perspiring, told
the following story of the event of
that night:
• About 2 o'clock that night some
one knocked on the door. I start
ed to open It, but my grandfather
said: Let me open it.' He asked
who was there, the reply was Cor
bin.’ Open the door or 1 will busi
it down. Rap, J. B. Palmer, un
buttoned the door and the Corbin s
the old one (W. B. F.). came into
the room where we were sitting about
the fire with a cocked pistol iu his
right hand. 1 did not run and hide.
1 did not know who they were, nor
what they wanted. 1 backed into u
room to the left, aud W. B. F. Cor
bin glanced at me, but said notn-
ing. Pap asked him hls business,
and he made no answer. He went
into the cook room, took up a lamp
there, and climbed up on the stove.
Lou told him to get down, as we
had stolen nothing. He said: 'That's
all right.' Lou said he could not
walk around the house with cocked
pistol. Again he replied: ‘That's
all right.’ Lou and Charley Palmer,
my uncle, followed him. He search
ed around in there about five min
utes. I stayed in the front of the
house watching Chris Corbin, who
was standing with a pistol drawn
in the front door. Bill Corbin came
back into the big room, and with
out a word walked up to me and
put hls big pistol barrel right over
my heart, Charley knocked the pis
tol to one side just as it was fired
He wanted to kill me, but did not
have time to fire. 1 dodged. Chris
then ran in and grabbed my hand
amf in jerking looSe Tf6tn him my
elbow knocked a board from the
side of the house. Chris grabbed
me by the coat, aud pulled me to
w'ard the front door, firing again
Just then Lou said; Oh, you shot
me, - and 1 grabbed the pistol to pro
teot my mother. He dragged me out
of the door and fired twice at my
head, but 1 turned the pistol. He
dragged me out doors toward an
apple tree. About thkt time, when
Charley and Ixm Were begging them
not to kill me, I heard Charley say:
Oh, Lord, you have killed me,’ and
fell. 1 Jerked loose from Chris to
run to Charley, when I saw Bill
Corbin trying to chop my mother
with an axe! I ran iu the house
and got my shotgua Pill kept com
ing with his axe as if he meant to
kill either m© or Lou, so when he
was three feet off, I shot and he
fell. Chris Corbin then fired again
at me, and 1 returned the fire aud
he fell. I thought Charley was dead
on the ground. I shot because I saw
they were trying to kill me. I never
did know what they wre trying to
kill me for. I saw no papers. I
could have ©scaped through the win
dow when they came.”
If there was ever any doubt as
to the plea of the defendants it is
now removed Illegal invasion of n
manw house and firing to kill all
the defendants will be charged
against the two dead men. On cross-
examination by Solicitor Bonham, the
witness was considerably confused.
It was truly a gruelling examination.
Court adjourned for the day with the
witness still on the sand. The State
rested its case before the dinner
hour.
It was evident that they will try
to prove a conspiracy to prevent the
arrest of Bob. Judge Dantzler ad
mitted testimony going to show that
the defendants knew that a warrant
for Bob's arrest- for shooting into
a mall box w-ould b© Issued. Wit
nesses were Introduced to prove and
d+sprove that some one had been In
the loft, where, the State contends.
Bob was told by the others to hide.
Many gruesome objects were of
fered in evidence, including bloody
gun wads and shots, taken from the
tings of the'd’ead mariV broody «*1rtB,
trousers and waists worn by the de
fendants. The crowd overflowed
from the court room Into the square
and streets nearby. Many women
were present.
A dispatch from Danville. Va.,
says as the result of a mysterious
Are, which totally destroyed the home
of fL EL li&oxlett at South Boston
«arly Monday morning, five of their
children and H. A. Strange, aged
7 4, were burned to death, and anoth
er child, aged four years, seriously
Injured. Mr. and Mrs. Hamlett es
caped without injury. The victims
of the frightful affair are: M. A.
Strange, Vernle Hamlett, aged 14
years; Beatrice Hamlett, age seven
years; Violet Hamlett, age six years;
Cecil Hamlett, three years; Henry
Hamlett, age 18 months.
Mr. Hamlett, who is employed with
planing mill at South Boston, re
sided in a two-story frame building
on the west side of the city, near
the Norfolk and Western Railway
The Are was discovered at about 3
o'clock Monday morning by neigh
bors. At this hour the occupants
of the house had not been aroused
and the building was almost com
pletely enveloped in flames, the fire
ranging - THe worst oir the south stde
of the structurej The residence was
threatening to fall In at almost any
minute, when Mr. Hamlett and bis
wife were aroused. They were on
the north side of the house, and
their four-year-old child was in the
same room. They crawled out of the
window on the front porch and drop
ped the child to the ground. Both
of the child’s arms were broken by
the fall. The baby was also slightly
burned and its face lacerated. Mr.
and Mrs. Hamlett reached the ground
in safety.
All of the occnpants of the build
ing were sleeping on the second
story, and those who met death were
on the south side of the house. W 7 ben
the Are was discovered It was Im
possible to save any of the children
or Mr. Strange, all of whom It is
thought had been burned to death
by this time. Mr. Strange was a
Confederate Veteran of Halifax coun
ty, and was in South Boston to at
tend the Fourth of July celebra
tion.
The building collapsed and fell a
few minutes after Mr. Hamlett and
hls wife escaped. The six bodies
of the victims of the fire were burn
ed to a crisp, the remains an un-
recognltable mass of bones being
taken from the debris.
George Bush Shoots His Wife Six
Times, Mortally Wounding Her |
and Then Taken Refuge In
Swamp, Where He Puts a Bullet |
Through His Own Brain.
Several parties from the neigh
borhood where the awful tragedy
occurred, brought the news to Edge-
field Monday that Mr. George Bush
had soht and instantly killed hls wife,
Alice, the weapon used being a pistol
The homicide occurred at the home
of Mr. P. P. Doolittle, an uncle of
Mrs. Bush's, near Rehoboth Baptist
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Bush have been sep
arated several years, their trouble
being due to the former’s alleged
very dissipated habits. He has lived
in Augusta for some time, but re
cently returned to this county, of
which he is a native, and In the
neighborhood where hls wife resided,
amp has beetr using efforts to get her
to return to him. This she refused
to do. On Saturday last he avowed
his Intention to take hls wife’s life
and then his own, and while little
credence was given to what he said,
as a precaution, Mrs. Bush was mov
ed from the place where she was
staying when the threat was made,
to her uncle's home, and it was there
that Mr. Bush appeared at 11 o’clock
Monday morning, and it seems, with
out warning or excuse shot her to
death.
The circumstances of the homicide
afe not known. Bush, it Is said, fled
as soon as he got In his bloody
work.
At 12 o'clock Monday Sheriff Ouzts
received a telegram from Modoe
the Charleston and Western Caroli
na railway to come there at once,
that Bush had killed hls wife, and
the presumption at Edgefield was
that he had been captured at that
I>lace about three miles from where
the killing occurred.
Bush is well known, having car
ried the mail from Edgefield to
Parksville for several years. He was
a hard drinker, It was alleged, but
was thought to be harmless. Mrs
Bush before marrying was a Miss
Doolittle, and a most estimable wo
man, her family being prominent in
the county.
4#0 acres—1 1-2 to 2 miles frsm
Clarendon, Columbus Co., N. C., on
the Chadbourn & Conway (A. C.
L.) R. R. All wood land timber
sold and 4 years longer to re
move same. While the land, or
part of it, has clay subsoil and
would make all kind of crops, I
would not advise any one to buy
it for that purpose now. It would
be, a good investmeut for pasture
and timber growth. It's the great
est Strawberry belt, and would
produce berries. Price $2 per acre,
or $800.
188 acres—Mostly cleared low land.
AbQDt one mile from the propos
ed terminus of WhUevllle (N. C.)
R. R. Will make 3-4 bale cotton
R.. Will make 3-4 hale cotton
and 30 bushels corn per acre
without fertilizer, $15 per acre for
cleared and $10 for uncleared.
This land is easily worth $50 per
acre, but for the fact that It is
subject to extreme high water,
and one crop in every 5 or 6 might
be lost. It now has fine crop.
This land In Columbus county and
near the Waccamaw river.
CRUSHED UNDER ENGINE.
Engineer >leets Horrible Death Near
Anderson.
Mr. Stoney Bouchlllon, of Bor
deaux, engineer of a hoisting engine
on the A. C. and W. C. wreck train
operating near Barne's station, was
probably fatally Injured when the
engine overturned Monday morning
The engine and one of the work cars
turned over, and Mr. Bouchillop was
caught underneath the engine. His
fellow workers jumped to safety
Mr. Bouchlllon was quickly placed
on a special train and was carried L
the hospital at Anderson.
His condition is precarious, and
hls death is expected almost at any
moment.
Hls right leg was almost crushed
to a pulp, his hips were also crushed
and other Internal Injuries are fear
ed. He is severely shocked, and is
getting worse^ His condition has
prevented any close examination
and, of course, no amputations have
been made. It is doubtful whether
he will sufficiently recover from the
shock to even permit an examination.
The cause of the wreck is a mys
tery. It blocked the track for some
time and several trains had to trans
fer. Several persons employed on
the work train were more or less
injured by Jumping, but no other
than Mr. Bouchlllon was seriously
Injured.
124 H Acre* In Cattail Bay, Colum
bus Co., N. C., uncleared. This bay
has about 1,500 acres land and
about 400 cleared. Has produc
ed 75 bu. corn per acre. D. J.
Lewis, attorney at law, in White-
ville, N. C., has over 100 acres of
this bay in cultivation and would
give any information desired.
Have been offered and refused
$400 for the timber. Timber
consists of fine juniper, cypress,
poplar and gum. Price $12.50
per acre.
Y , police atation. charged with hav-
| ing tried to force a young woman
to die with him. Mias Catharine
McCauley Is In the Long Island Col
lege hospital recovering from her
startling experience with Morey.
The man had become greatly mt»
tached to Miss McCauley, but her
parents objected to - his attentions
and she Informed him that he must
not call on her again. A letter from
him Induced her to call at hls board
ing house and there, she snys, he
tried to kilt both himself and her.
“At first be wanted me to slga
a written, statement that we had
Efianned to dfle together*and had
turned the gas on,” she said, “but
I refused to do this and tried to
get out of the room. He locked
the door, closed the windows tight
ly and then turned on the gas Jeta
without tightening them. I tried
to open the door and he attacked me,
choking me with his hands and
throwing me to the floor, where he
held me until I became unconsci
ous.”
Oother boarders smelled the gas and
after the.door was broken in Morey
and the youhg girl were found un
conscious from Inhaling gas.
73 Acres good clay subsoil, small
farm about 6 or 8 acres cleared;
buildings no good. Al>out one
mile from the proposed terminus
of Whiferllle (X. C.) R. R., near
Reeves Ferry on the Waccamaw
river, in Columbus county. Price
$750
FATAL DUEL IN VIRGINIA.
I.iquor In Dry Sections.
At a meeting of the Texas Brew-
era’ Ateociatlon Tuesday at Galveston
a fund of $100,006 was set aside to
be given to a public charity If they
oould 'hot prove that mom liquor Is
consumed in the prohibition, or dry,
States and sections of the United
States than to the free or wet sec*
Farmer Kills Merchant and is Dis
charged as Guiltless of Crime.
A dispatch from Lynchburg, Va.,
says reports from a country road
side duel Sunday afternoon, in Nel
son county, thirty miles fnem Lynch
burg, in which John McCallum shot
and instantly killed L. A. Astrop,
a merchant of that county, reached
Lynchburg Tuesday afternoon. Mc
Callum Is a farmer. The men quar
reled two weeks ago and Sunday,
when Astrop saw McCallum in the
road, he opened fire on him. Mc
Callum responded and killed As
trop. A preliminary trial resulted
in McCallum's discharge ii|>on the
ground of self-defence. The dead
man is survived by a wife and eight
children. Both men seem to have
been armed for each other.
Signers Meet.
In the room vhoc» the DeClara
tion of Independence was signed in
Independence hall In Philadelphia
several-scores ot deasejxJanta.ot.Uie
signers gathered Monday. Resolu
tions were adopted providing for a
general meeting of the society of
the descendants on October 19 next
at Yorktown, Va., to take part In
the 128th anniversary of the sur
render of Cornwallis.
Committed Suicide.
A dispatch from Aiken says Jo
seph Crews, the negro who killed
hls wife at Warrenton Thursday,
committed suicide Saturday by plac
ing himself In front of a train and
being run over. The body has beta
Identified. V ' _ -i;
Mrs. Rush Still Alive.
Later information brought by a
party direct from the scene of the
tragedy is that, although Mrs. Bush
is shot six times, she is alive with
no hopes of recovery.
Her statement is that her husband
met her coming from the spring
and demanded that she come back
to him. She refused. He then said:
"Well, you are a dead womiro “ and
commenced firing, shooting her twice
after she was on the ground. The
news spread like wiidflre, and soon
hundreds of citizens gathered and
are hunting Bush. As yet he has
not been captured, but likely will
be, and the apprehension is that he
will be lynched.
“Suicide," Coroner’s Jury Verdict.
The posse that surrounded George
W. Bush in the woods, finding thut
they could not secure dogs, went in
-fted Bush. They found him lying
on the ground d. ad, wUh a builei
hole through hls brain and a 32
calibre S. and W. pistol in his rlgnt
hand. The coroner’s Jury, summon
ed by Magistrate J. R Blackwe 1
found that Bush "came to his deitn
'rom a gunshot wound inflicted by his
own hand."
SEES HUSBAND CRUSHED.
17 Acres—About 6 cleared, in the
corporate limits of the town of
Loris. S. C. Produces fine straw
berries. tobacco and other crops
This is fine trucking section and
is fast developing in that direction
Bom© buildings but are very poor
—This to%n_.is in Horry county on
the A C. L. R R , which is now
developing faster than most any
section of the State. Price $1,250.
79 Acres—Just outside-..corporate
limits V Loris, S. C. Good clay
subsoil, fine chance for drainage,
all unimproved, enough Umber
and lightwood to pay half the price
asked Price $1,250.
One small li'inse and l«f in tows of
Loris. S. C. Price $500.
2 Store Houses and lots In town of
Loris, S. C. Best location In the
town for business. Price $1,250
each.
85 Acres-—In the center of the truck
ing section known as Homewood
a few miles from county seat.
85 Acres—In the trucking section
of Horry county. One-fourth of a
mile from station of Homewood
and four miles from Conway. 45
acres cleared. Has dwelling, bars
and stables on place.
Groom Steps in Front of Express.
Wife Tries to Rescue Him.
As a result of seeing her husband
crushed to death under a railroad
train on Long Island, N. Y., Mrs.
-Halsey H. Thebaud, a young bride,
Is prostrated at her home In New
York city and under the care of phy
sicians.
Mr. Thebaud, who had an exten
sive insurance brokerage business,
and hls wife had been members of
a house party over the Fourth on
LOBg - Island.
They had been attracted across the
railway tracks by the burning of a
building and In returning Mr. The
baud. while only a few feet In ad
vance of his wife, stepped in front
of an express train.
Mrs. Thebaud reached for her hus
band and might hav® fallen under
the train also had not friends re
strained her.
G.^K EXPLOSION KILLS NINE.
108 Acres—All woods and some tim
ber on place. Lies between the
Chadbourn and Conway and t^e
CoAway .Coast and Western rail-
roTkdsr not more than a mile to
rtther road. Is six miles from
count* seat of Horry county.
300 Acres—About 15 miles from
Corfway, 13 from Loris and 2 from
Red Bluff on the Waccamaw river.
About 3 0 acres of lowlands well
drained, and 100 acres of upland
suitable for cotton, rest not clear
ed.
300 Acre*—In Horry county. About
50 acres pasture land and rest
timber land. Could be easily
cleared and made good farming
land.
800 Acres—Situated Just on edge of
Sanford. S.'O.^Large new dwelling
and other OHtfjjnyipgs on place.
About 2 5 acrsNrlclcared, rest
timber: - »
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Miners Suffocate in PH at TollerviUe,
Near Trinidad, Colo.
Ning men were killed Tuesday by
an explosion of gas in the Cedar
Hill Coal & Coke Company mine at
TollerviUe. near Trinidad, Colo. All
but one were foreigner*.
The men were descendliig in the
cage. The explosion partly’ wrecked
the shaft and those who were not In
stantly killed were suffocated by gas.
All of the bodies have been recovered.
Prof. Ordway Dead.
Prof. John Morse Ordway. up to
three years ago professor of metal
lurgy at Tulane university. New Or
leans, died at hit home In Saugus.
Mass., Monday, aged •« years.
34)0 Acres—On the Blackville road,
'8 miles west of Neeses, S. C. and
five miles west of Salley. 160
acres cleared, balance in woods.
Has 8-room house on place, also
tenant houses. StAbT£3:"fftc: '" Dally
mall service and telephone connec-
tloas. Good price for quick sale.
Carolina Sales Agency,
ORANGEBURG. S. C. > -
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CLASSIFIED C0LUMN~
Tobacco Habit Cured or no Cost—
HarmlOHS home treatment. Nlc-
Ko House, Wichita, Kansas.
Wanted—To correspond with owners
having fgrms for sale cheap. D«-
scrlha fand and .Improvements.
R. 3. Fletcher, MkColi. S. C.
A good worm powder for horses and
mules. Safe and .effective. Sent
postpaid on receipt of 25c. T. E.
Wannamaker, Cheraw, 8. C.
Fairvlew House. Clyde, N. C.—Fin*
view, good water, good table.
Rates $6 and up per week. No
consumptives. Dr. F. M. Davis.
Wedding Invftatioiur and anmerunen- -
menta. Finest quality. Correct
styles. Samples free. James H.
DeLooff, Dept. 6, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Manuscript of Novels, essays, plays,
poetry, etc., wanted for issue la
book form. Address Broadway
Publishing Company, 835 Broad
way, N. Y.
Real Estate—If you have any prop
erty for sale list It with us. No
charges unless sale is made.
Carolina Sales Agency, Orange
burg. S. C.
Bagging and Ties—Glnners, farmers
and merchants, save money by
making contract with us now for
fall delivery. Write without de
lay. Address, Bagging Factory,
Boykin, S. C.
ORIENTAL RUG COMPANY.
1101 Cathedral 8t., Baltimore, M4L
We make you handsome and dur
able Rugs from your old wornont
carpet, aay sixe to fit a room or hall
Let us send you a price list; jtul
write for one.
Teachers—\Vrite for free booklet," ~
“A Plan,” shq#ing how we help
yo» get-a better position. Thou-
. sands.excellent vacancies open,
paying '$5TJ to $150 monthly.
Schools .supplied with t©achera.
Southern Teachers’ Agency, Co
lumbia, South Cwollna.
Why don’t yon work for Uncle 8amT
Civil Service Manual, which pre
pares you lor the examination.
Three volumes (with maps), $3.
express prepaid. Sima’ . Book
Store, Orangeburg, S. C.
Wanted—Hardwood lumber and logs.
In lumber we want poplar, ash,
cottopwood, gum and cypress. In
logs we want cedar, walnut and
poplar. ’ Prompt cash and inspec
tion at your point. Savannah Val
ley Lumber Company, Augusta,
Ga. • .i
ARE FOUND GUILTY.
Two Camden Men Sentenced to Serve
Thirty Days or Pay $100.
A. L. and C. P. Lindsay Wednesday
were found guilty of assault and ,
Bktfery of a high Kd aggravated - ua- *
tur.e at Camden._ The sentence was
$100 or 30 days. This case, which
has created a gf^st'degi of talk, grew
Lout of an attack on R. I. Lane, a
traveling man, at theMotel Capirten,
the house Kept by the Lindsays.
V
few ALBANY QREASE
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is tV Best. Cheapest sad Safest Lubrlcaat
Fmr Mil Klmdm of MmohOmry
Dots Not Drip. Splosh or Wests Away
rut up In 1.1. to.* 4 (Olb. TuMsa4Kas»,« Bls.4 Bis.
“Best Seete, Baas Prise*’
COLUMBIA OUrriT CO.. CeJwaMa, ». C.
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