The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 23, 1910, Image 4

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M .. ' *' I'vSf.i f-f/ .?'*'• ■*o-;‘ •* - • . *v‘. ■ ■L-Z^. J ■. '* ■ m ~: r ’ ■•/ '■ - z'" I iP4-- • ' ..y ■-. : S3; -w~ OOgCTED SBOT DOWN ON STREET 4. iMi DOBOHme OOMPUOATION■ WAS UmmWd .a *j OAtWB or TRAGJKDT. ' . / ? A COMPLETE SURPRISE tilS. ' % A ♦v. .■-'>./ •• , icwlm- '*/■ •■ - Wan Bo- Pre««il for ffSIoto TrUl.—Servfr I Rr- Victim Had Joat Loft Oowrt Homo When Met b/ HU Amailaat, Who Opcomd Fire Without Waruiuff. Two minutes after leaving the Court House, whore the had boon con ducting a case in the Criminal Court, 8. D. Huraey. an attourner. of the Dillon Bar, wae shot and almost In stantly killed by R. 8. Davis, at six o'clock Tuesday afternoon. There Iru:* farfe crowd of people on the Ftaintn* the tr««e«r »«* "tteat Ouy- On a bUl of indictment, handed out by Attoney General J. Frte r rt-.j. I^SjIi-- V <4; -.'i V,- A Lyon and Solicitor R. A. Cooler, the grand Jury, in the General sestions c * '■ m i Eg; t vV' Pt>. Court for Hgwberry County, Tuesday neturned a true bill against H. K. Evans, ex-member and ex-chairman of the old State dlapenaary board of _ directors, charging him with rejeiv^ "log rebatas while In offlee. Immediately following the re<urn- lag of the trae bill by the grand Jury Mr. Evans surrendered to the sheriff, and upon motion of his at torney, Eugene 8. Bleaae, Eaq , was admitted to bail in the sum of one thousand dollars. Attorney Gvtiterai Lyon contended for a bail of at least ten thousand dollars. Th* de fendant’s attorney stated that it would be no hardship upon the de fendant to give this amount, as he was st home amon£ hie friends, but that he felt such amount was ex cessive, and would tend to prejudice the case. Judge Aldrich held that the let ter and the spirit of the law was that ball should not be excessive, and. Inasmuch as the maximum fine for the offence charged wps only live hundred dollars, he thought the amount of the maximum flne pro vided would be sufficient. According ly be admitted Mr. Evane to ball ' la the sum of one thonsand dollars. The ball was Immediately given, the sureties being Mesara. E. M. Evans, a brother of the defendant; C. White Fant, of this.city, and J. E. Norwood, caahisr of the Newberry Savings ■Bank. Mr. Evan’aa attorney. Mr. Eugene 8. Qlease, pressed for an Immediate trial at this tm’m of the Court. The Attorney General stated that one of the witnesses for the State waa In Ohio and another in Virginia, ‘‘as the defendant himself. It his counsel did aot,’* Be said, ought to know, and that the State could not go to trial at this term. He said he hoped the defence would be as ready at the next term of the Court aa It waa now, and that the State would then accommodate the defence. In reply the attorney for the de fendant said that ha would let the next term apeak for Itself, even as the counsel for the State were bas ing their action upon matters aa they presented themselves to them at this term. Judge Aldrich aald that, on the motion of the State, he, would grant Mis contls uanee OTtM next torn, ss the Attorney General and the solicitor were In command of the case for the State, as he would have eontiaued It for the defendant upon S similar showing at the first term . at whkh a trua bill waa found. Mr. Evans was elected a member 'mf the board of directors of the old State dispensary la 1900 and served four years as a member of that board and then for two years aa chairman of the board. His home le In New berry, and since his retirement from the board he had devoted himself principally to farming. The Indlet- moot charges two rebates, one of two hundred and fifty dollars and one for two hundred dollars, from M. A. Goodman, who, at the times mention ed In the Indictment, had his head quarters In Savannah, Ga., and re presented various liquor houses. It will be recalled that recently in the Richland County indictments against Goodman were nol pressed. Attorney General Lyon said that from the experience which he had with similar caees In other counties, be had ao Idea that defence would be pressing for a trial, and that some of the State’s witnesses were In other Stf'se and the State could not go to Mtol at tola term The motion, on the part of the State, for a con tinuance ar<!F the next term, was. thereupon, pMMed, This term of the Court for New berry, le only one week, and had the trial been ordered for this term it must have been held this week. Mr. Evans appeared la excellent aplrlta when he came Into Court, immediate ly following the finding of the true bill, and surrendered to the sheriff streets, end the shooting was done at the corner, where is located the Evan’s Pharmacy, one of the busiest parts of town. Three buReta entered the body, either of which would have produced death. A magasine pistol, carrying ateel bullets, was used. Mr. Davis waa engaged in the In surance business In Dllldn, being the Junior member of the Dillon Insur ance Agency. Hie wife conducts the Central Hotel, at which Mr. Hursey waa a boarder. The shooting la al leged to be the outcome of unfor tunate domestic complications, wtlch developed st the hotel some months ago. Upon leaving the Court House, where DBlon’a first term of Criminal Court was la aeselon, Mr. Hursey walked across the street, and was passing in front of Evans’ Pharmacy, when he waa met by Mr. Davis. Eye witness's to the affair aay that no words were exchanged, but when the two met. Davla pulling a gun from hts pocket and began shooting at Hursey st close range. The first bul let entered the right aide and the second toot entered the forehead. As the victim of the tragedy whirled and fell upon the pavement, it la stated that Davis fired at him again, shoot ing him through Cbe back of the head. The affair la deeply regretted by everybody. Young Hursey was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and was admitted to the North Caro line Bar, about four years ago. Quite recently he came into an Inheritance of $15,000 from his grandfather's estate, and It waa his purpoaa to go West and establish himself In some prosperoue city. Davie surrendered himself to the sheriff immediately after the tragedy, When seen at the city guard house h* said that he had no statement to make. BURIED TREASURE MISSING. Young Mm Charged With Appro priating Uncle's Funds. After showing her cousin over the premises and interesting him in the calf, chickens and garden, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mra. N. J. Henderson, at Spartanburg, In the absence of her parents, showed her klneman Monday where her father kept his money buried. According to the tes timony brought out in the hearing, John Reetes waa penniless, for he had Just asked for a loan of 15 cents, before being shown the treasure. Af terwards he returned to the house s while, and then excused himself and went out and unearthed the money and took $59. It Is alleged. He had previously announced hla Intention of remaining all night with the Hen dersons, but on exploring his uncle's hidden wealth, and helping himself, It Is said, he took French leave. ARMS TO THE FOUR WINDS.” Well Artist of Near York of Boat* Hla Life. Leon Guypon, well known as an artist and Illustrator, shot himself toroufk the head in hla studio at New York Tuesday, and waa found dead onto# floor, a revolver by hla aide. ' SC- G. Merlll, a close friend, ex pon had been engag'd to Miss Agnes Foster, daughter of a Boston banker, but had broken the engagement be cause of 01 healtih. He suffered with heart trouble and had been told by physicians that he might die at any time. He could stand it no longer. Before killing himself the young artist sent to hla former fianoe in Boston a dheek for $7,31S ‘‘an the pennies T had sared," as he express ed it in a letter to hie friend, Mer rill. In hit letter to Merrill, he wrote: ’’Since I came back to New York for no apparent reason my heart went all to pieces again. I told you It was throat and my stomach. I suf fer more then words can describe No doctor can help a* end I fully realise tost I am doomed. fl do not want to poison her brignt, happy Ufa, yet I cannot live without her. I have fought manful ily, but I am beaten. So there Is but one honorable path open to me and I shall calmly step into It because my conscience is clear.” When a heavy envelope on a table near the body waa opened the artists’ will, written In his own hand, was found. It said in part: "This la my ilaat will. I am an orphan and have no blood relatives Aftor my death do not look for my money, as I have already disposed of it. All my pictures and all my be longings I give to Agnes Foster, of No. 41 Wlnthrop street, Boston. Maas., and to Mr. Hiram C. Merrill, of New York. They may divided them amicably between themselves, or sell them, or give them to friends, or do whatever they wish with them. deSlre to be cremated and my ashes thrown to the four winds. ROW IN HOTEL. Alleged Attempt to Throw Young WomM from Window. / / FARMER DROWNED. Loses His Life While Helping to Ree- cue Two Boys. Mr. P. G. Adams, a well-known farmer, living at Penny's pond, near Raleigh, N. C., was drowned Tues day, while helping to reacue two boys All were bathing in the pond. Adams went to crawl up into a boat in which were the two boys, when the boat capsized. He helped to get the boys out to shallow water and when they reached the hank badly frightened they were horrified on looking back to see Adams sinking for the last time. It was an hour before hla body was recovered. No water Inr'ISTr lungs Indicates that heart failure may have followed hla exertion In saving the boys and that this rather than the actual drowning caused hts death. He was 40 years old and a bachelor. BREAKS WORLD’S RECORD. Aviator Soared 4,884 Feet la a Bi plane at Indianapolis. CLOUDBURST KILLS MANY. Great Loss of Life Among Laborers in Germany. Great loss of life has occurred in. the Ahr Valley of the Elfel region, aaya a dispatch from Cologne, Ger many, aa the result of a cloudburst which swept the district late Sunday night Estimates place the total number of dead at 160. , ’News of tha catastrophe reached CotogiM Monday. Numerous storms IN the region had the streams un usually high and as a result of ^n unusually heavy downpour Sundny night, the river AJhr suddenly over flowed, the water carrying death and >a in tin path. / Iocs of life occurred barracks containing lab- on the railway were The la mutes were aur- many were m. Thlrtv recovered. i employed mllway Soaring to a height of 4,384 feet, Walter Brookins. In a Wright bi- blam* Monday broke the world’s aer oplane record for altitude at the av iation meet at the Indianapolis, Ind., speed w*y... — — Brookins' high flight. In which he exceeded the record 4,165 feet made by Louis Paulham. at Los Angelea last fall, was also a speed triumph. According to the rlglster of the in struments, Brooking was 1,900 feet in the air seven minutes after he left the earth. He rose to that point in a widto Circle- Continuing hla circles, Brookins nose steadily at a speed of abont 50 miles an hour. Thirty minutes af ter he had started he reached hla highest altitude and began the de scent, maneuvering at lower levela, until at a* height of 190 feet he shut off the motor and glided easily to the ground atongslle the atartp Ing rail. With her hair hanging down and her person bloody from an encounter with two men in the hotel, Evelyn Jon-ea, s young woman of about 20, w&s rescued from a second story win dow of the Oregon Hotel In Spartan burg Monday morning, where ahe had luckily caught a hold, after be ing thrown from the building, as she claimed, by L. D. Crews, one of the proprietore of the house. The young woman waa a guest at the hotel. Cases of disorderly con duct jWere made but against the proprietora of the hotel, and, upon Investigation before Mayor Lee, they were each fined $50. Evelya Jones, who claimed she was on her way to Jacksonville. Fla., and had stopped over in Spartanburg on business, waa detained st the police station till the arrival of her train. It was al leged In the trial that she was con ducting herself improperly at the hotel and that the proprietors were trying to put her out NEGRO LYNCHED. Mob Overpowers Sheriff and Takes the Prisoner. While officers from Arkansas were enroute to Mastodeo, Miss., with El mer Curl, s negro, they were over powered by a mob at Como, Miss., Monday night, who took the negro to Mastoden and lynched him. Curl was charged with shooting W. P Miller, a plantation manager, who attempted to arrest him for writing an Improper letter to a white woman. Following the shooting several weeks ago, Curl escaped although he was pursued for three days by a posse with bloodhounds. He was captured at Marlon, Ark., Sunday, and the officers and the prisoner were aboard an Illinois Central train when the mob boarded toe train at Mc Gees crossing near Como. FARMER ASSASSINATED. In Slain With Shotgun as He Lay Bed by Unknown Party. L. W. Delonoy, one of the host known farmers of southwest Arkan sas. was assassinated near Ashdown. Ark., Tuesday night as he lay in bed asleep by unknown parties who fired two charges from a shotgun into his body. Deloney recently -had a quan tity of meat stolen and under a war rant toe property of several white men waa searched. This, It is be lieved, was the direct cause of the tragedy. The people of the section are greatly excited and it to- feared trouble will result if the aasaaaln la captured. Rebellion In Brasil. Advices received by the German <v * Harris, Harris, a tf i i* White Mm’s Victim Deed. "Crack” Thomas, colored, who shot Saturday night, June 4. at Un ion, in the restaurant run by Julian Hughes, died Sunday night The verdict of the inquest was to his death by a at the hand of Julia _ *** .-*4 * V: *}- V.•* ■ ,. ■ ' ' , . • ' - Bodies Taken From Deep. Five more bodies have been re moved from the French aubmarine, PluvioseA These include the body of Commander Callot, who waa found dead at his post his hands clutching the periscope. An sxnminstion of the bodies by physicians at Calais, Francs, has disclosed the fact that death was rapid. Cablegram, Company at Berlin from Rio de Janerio state that Insurgents In the prefecture of Jnrua, in the tore district of western Brasil, have drives ont the governor and declared Mr ^ FEARFUL CRAM MaUj flirty Psspli K3M is Isdrs- sl Ksaifttf. ~ FRE ADDED TO HORROR POISON WAS FOUND > - DOCTOR WITH HUSBANDS on Roof of Herald Building Give Way, PrecipitotlBg Mass f Metal Md Water, Weighing 85 Tons, to Between twenty and thirty people lost their lives Monday when the sup ports of the aprlnkler system tank, on the roof of the Herald building, at Montreal, Canada, gave way, and the great mess of metal and water, weighing thirty-five tone, went crash ing to the basement. Fire broke out Immediately, add ing its horrors to tbe disaster. The firemen displayed splendid heroism In rescuing scores of people from perilous positions in the tottering walla. Some of the walla had to come down before the work of recovering the bodies could be safely attempt ed, and it waa not until six o’clock in the evening that tbe first body, charred and mangled beyond recog nition, was brought out. All of those who escaped agree that the first warning of the Impend ing disaster passed almost unnotic ed. Thefe was a slight creaking, then a little more, somewhat more pronounced, but it was not until the ceiling plaster began to fall that a rush for the stairway began. Before anyone reached It there oc curred a final deafening crash, and then chaos. -Some survivors tell of falling one and two floors before awful crash died away, and then they found themselves able to crawl through the dense dust to a place of safety. The majority sought safety by rushing to the front of the build ing. i, Fortunately all of the floors held for about thirty feet fack from the front wall, and to thla la due the fact that tbe death list does not run Into the hundreds, for there were nearly three hundred people in the building at the time. When the first hook and ladder company reached the scene the fire men found the windows of the up per floors crowded with people, and the crowd on the sidewalk urging them not to jump. Not one did Jump. Ladders were quickly placed in poeitton and those in danger were brought to the ground. One ladder was hoisted, reaching to the fourth floor, on which the bindery was located. It came be tween two windows. From one of these a little girl crept along the cop ing until she could reach the ladder. Grasping s ring with one hand and placing a foot on another, she lent • helping hand to eight other girle twice her size. When all the girls had reached the ladder and nad been brought down to safety she came down alone. By this time the fire had started and smoke waa pouring from the front windows. The little girl fainted when she reached the bottom of the ladder. A dosen Injured people were car ried from the ruins by the firemen, many of them with broken limbs. Of the rescued that of Bred Vidal, a stereotyper, was the most daring. Half an hour after the firemen reach ed the building Vidal was heard groaning, and was located under a girder, from which he could not be dislodged. Despite the fact that the flames were creaping near three fire men began to cut away and stuck to their task. In the crowd outside was Father Martin. When he heard of the fight against death, he went Into the building and administered the last rites of the church to the semi-conscious man. Finally, however, the beam was cut through and Vidal released, not a moment too soon. Both his legs and some of his ribs were brok en. FOUGHT WITH GAMBLERS. Two Negroes Are Dying as Result of Battle In the Dark. As a result of a Sunday night raid on an alleged gambling house near Waycrosa, Ga., two negroes are dying, five are in Jail and Deputy Sheriff John P. Cason Is seriously wounded. Surrounding the house, officers were able to approach without much trouble. When they went Inside the house an inmate kicked the light out, after which the negroes began firing. More than fifty ebots were exchang ed. The wounded cannot recover. Wealthy Widow Murdered. Dean Erhart, who waa arrested at Easton, near Leavensworth, Kan., on Tuesday night In connection with th^ murder of Mrs. Kathrin Schultz, the wealthy widow whose body was found in her home last week, was taken before the county attorney's offlee Wednesday and examined. . Erhart la a farmer forty years old, and the husband of a niece of Mrs. Schultz. Assaulted Own Daughter. A Bluefleld, W. Va., special saya a posse and officers of Lagon county, West Virginia, are scouring the mountains in that, vicinity for L. C. Carter, who on last Sunday at Stone Branch, assaulted DA year old daughter. Aa officer from that sec- tion states that Carter will be lynch ed If qaptured. . T! II 1 # Mr. Taft awfl socialism will Soon ha qujto m%Ms. Not having been ( train. No many more people than usual with Air. H had » lots hair. I Had Dtoi Man’s y' the act of Henry the - As dark Eighth is the terrible accusation that is being brought against two promi nent people of Bwalnsboro, Ga. Nev er before In toe annals of the history of the county has it been so com pletely chertod with excitement as It is. Bunches of men are to be teen standing on the street corners talking excitedly and the sheriff of the county and his deputies sre pro ceeding In all directions in search ol an alleged fugitive. This excitement is due to the fact that the atate chemist, to whom the stomach of Mr. Fred Flanders, who died June 4th was sent, has intimat ed that the stomach waa full of pois on and that arrests had better be made. The stomach of the deceased waa sent to Atlanta because relatives of Flanders felt that he waa poison ed and suspicion rested on Dr. W. J. McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders. When the sheriff went to arrest them Monday morning, it was dis covered that Dr. Mr.Naughton had sold his place and all his property had been turned into cash and that he had left. Mrs. Flanders waa ar rested by the sheriff and brought to Swainsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Flanders have occu pied the home of Dr. McNaughton since the death of his wife, about two years ago. Dr. McNaughton boarding with them. About two weeks before the death of Flanders, he became violently 111 with what Dr. McNaugh ton, pronounced to be acute neph rltis. He was attended by no other physician but McNaughton and nurs ed by no one but his wife. He grad ually grew worse and finally on June 1th passed away. Brothers of Flanders, on account of Dr. McNaughton'* attention to Mrs. Flanders before, and after the death of her husband, became sus- picieus that there was some fonl play and Tuesday they had his body ex humed, a coroner's jury empanneled and his atomach removed by Drs. Smith and Chandler and sent to At lanta In order that the atate chemist might analyze Its contents Only Sunday a report was received which Intimated that arrests would be In order, however, too late to catch Dr. McNaughton, for he had gone. Flanders was worth four or five thousand dollars and he was Insured for about five thousand. Dr. McNaughton bad lived in the county for a number of years and waa con sidered a good citizen. DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL. Three Men Are Dead aad Two Others Are Probably Dying. A. I. McCasglll, aged 63; Will Mar tin, aged 31, and George Teachout, 22 years old, are dead, and Clarence Smith and Lee White are believed to be in a dying condition as the re sult of drinking wood alcohol on Sat urday night at the village of Meau- wataka, four mllee from Cadillac. Mich. Teachout and McGaagill lived in Meauwataka and the others In Cadillac. McGaagill operated a soft-drink establishment in Meauwataka, and when he went home Friday he took four gallons of whisky. The supply ran out Saturday evening and Mc- Gasklll Is said to have conceived the idea of mixing wood alcohol with sugar water and pop to complete the night of drinking. He died during the night and wae followed four hours later by Martin and Teachout. Negro Man Shoots His Sou. Tuesday evening James Bullock, colored, was committed to jail at Raleigh. N. C., to await superior court trial for shooting his son, Sam Bullock, at his home near Garner The son was reprimanding the father for whipping the wife and mother when the old man ueized hla gun and shot the aon in the abdomen. QUIETLY LYNCHED. Arkansas Mob Overpowered Officers and Took Prisoner. Will Hunter, a negro, was taken from the officers by a mob at Star City, Ark., Tuesday night and lynch ed. The negro had just been arrested for entering tlbe room of a white wo man, near Garnett, Ark., a few days ago. Overpowering tbe officers, the mob took the negro to a dense wood near by, and after hanging him to a limb of a tree, riddled bit body with bul lets, after which It dispersed. So quietly did the mob do Its work fihat nothing was known of the lynching until the body of the negro was found stUl hanging to the tree Wednesday. ,,Li STRANGER SLAIN IN HIS ROOM Of HOTEL. *••• "- 1 C ■ Ballet, tort No • * ' r*- • Broth- Idea. Wool, Boos’ Writ# for price* * Go.. 606-610 Reynolds Avgusta, Go. — /- quality. Stiff Orpington 91.66. Brows Lot* kora 911 or Haa Vanished. X aim, whose sum is givea /by* tke police aa Frank Stickett, and who to bHieved to have come from Baltimore, wae found murdered Tues day in a Bowery hotel. A rtrplver bullet had entered hi# 60 autting. Goo. d. Aus tin, 788 Glona St., Atlanta. Ga. ■ 11 y* 1 -Wjted—Hardwood* k>g» akd hua- We ayu cash buyers of pop lar, cedar and walnut log* Alto want poplar, ash, cottonwood, cy press aad oak lumber. Inspection at poor point. Baey cutting. Writs s* Savannah Talley Lumber Oo H left temple, causing instant death, physicians said, but there is ao trace Maplehurst, on tha Asheville and of the revolver. The victim registered with another man at the hoiiel early Tuesday aa “John Stfckett and brother, Frank.” Tbe supposed brother was not to be found when the body was discovered. The clothing of the d«ad man ap parently was purchased in Baltimore. The name of that city on his cloth ing and the card of a New York elec trical concern in the coat pocket were the only clues left to aid a search for the man's antecedents. He was apparently an Englishman about twenty-three years old. lake Toxaway railroad. Three hundred feet from station. Mod ern Conveniences. No consump tive* tUanr A. L. A L. E. Daven port, Horae Sho*, N. C. GIRL'S PITIFUL PLIGHT. Mentally Unballanced la Found Wan*, dering in Woods. Asthma Sufferer*—I had the asthma since childhood. If you have it, Write me. perhaps I can help you. fW. F. Wilson, 1901 W, Front St., Plata field, N. J. While making a search in the woods near Greenville Tuesday for a nlegro wanted on a trival charge, Sheriff Poole came upon a young whits girl about 16 years old, who had almost gone back to the primal state. The girl was asleep when found lying on a bank of moss near the river bank, and when accosted by the officer she declared that for several weeks she had made her home In the woods, living on berries and sleeping in the open. The girl’s clothing was wet by the continued rains and she appeared in a some what exhausted condition. The sheriff took the girl in custody and placed her in charge of the au thorities at the emergency hospital in the Salvation Army citadel. She was later identified as Leonle Ander son, and physicians say ahe has been suffering from temporary mental ab erration. Clyde, N. C.—Sky land Home opened July 1. Pure water. Delightful cli- nabe. Good service. For terms write Mrs. A. C. Harvin. Money Made Quietly on the side. Unlike No. 1. “Sealed secrets.” E. •Rogers, No. 6, Horseshoe, N. €. Severed Blood Vessels. Mr. J. A. Marshall, who lives about six miles east of Kingstree, while using a hatchet Tuesday, cut his arm above his wrist, severing several of the blood vessels. Before medical assistance could be reached he bad bled considerably. IMPORTANT NOTICE. For a short while we have decided to save our future customers ageut*' expense*. This will save about twenty per cent, on Organ* and about ten per cent on Plaaoe. Organs, from $75 up. Piano* from $225 up. Less the discount as stated abov* Write at once for catalogs and term to the old established. Clip this and send for catalogue. MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, CotambU. 8. a NO cure: NOPAYn B« prtpered tor *a «z s bottU <X MOAN’S i on band. Morsaatoals »n otasr non sots - Ntno out of ovorr t onrodtl MOAN’S bosnglvon Inttaa Isn't s droDoh or . bat Its r«nMdy|tv«n| on tho tongue, so tfan- plo that a woman or child eaa give U. If it tail* to cure, your money refunded. If your dealer cansot •apply eeod Kto tn •tempe and wo wfli “ a bottle. Noakj a. NOAHS COIOLHIOV Picnic Postponed. The picnic of toe Methodist Sun day School which wae to have been held today at Dukes Fishery haa been postponed on account of the rains. It has not yet been decided when It vtll be held, but announcement will be made later. THE; Novel Query. A mobf unusual request for In formation has come to the depart ment of Agrlcultnre. The letter was received from a citizen of Missouri, residing in Jhe town of Wsllvillr. After asking concerning the agricul tural possibilities tn tbs Piedmont section of toe State, he concludes with the following query: "And are all parts of ths State badly infested with saloon* mosquitoes, negroes, and other posts?" Will keep perfectly fresh all kind of fruit, apples, peaches, pears, ber ries, plums, tomatoes, corn, okra, cider, wine, etc. NO AIR-TIGHT JARS NEEDED I have used the King Fruit Pre serving Powder for the past five years. Would not be without it. MRS. D. A. MATTHEWS. Olln, S. C. 1 am pleased to say that I gave the King Fruit Preserving Powder a thorough test last year and saved all my fruit aicsly, without ths use of air-tight Jars. I expect to use it in the future. < MRS. IDA B. JOHN. Unknown White Man Killed. A man, unidentified at ths inquest was killed Tuesday afternoon, serosa toe river from Columbia, in Desist* toa County, by being struck by a* Colombia, Newberry and Laurens 68. A pint bottle, half full of Liquor, probohly toll* the tala aot •track aa that of the accident. Tha bottle uras ’6 pocket . J - Z- e A pIfaUm, in your homt /- : m ,7 BoATd in Mountains, on Xibffrmr and Towaway railroad, near sta tion; telegraph and telepkoee fa cilities; private residence; rates reasonable; fine climate. Address (W. A. Osborne, Horse Shoe, N. C. Cost of Living Reduced King Fruit Preserving Powder Used more than twentyrfive years from New York to Florida, small package puts up 50 pounds of fruit and taste is just as when gathered. SAVES MONEY, TIME AND LABOR. The King Fruit Preserving Pow ders have been used by me for sev eral years, and I can not get along without It MRS. L. H. WILSON. _ Dickey, Ga.. May 19to.. 1904. I am so well pleased with the King Preserving Powder that I will not be without It. MRS. M. 8. HARPER. Meet, N. a, June 5th., 1898. -—“—^BiKtoff m will force watar to kttehto. bath anywhere about tbs plae* Toa hard water, aad ham It hot as - or sttlo tank to v.-v rVtltiTnKi* flnwplhr Co» * • : , voiwnrmm ^ jp. -4 ; * m % \ • t * ... .v: