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BARNWELL. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10.1012
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FRIEND OF TROSTS
HOW THEY HELPED TEDEY WHEN
HE BEAT W. J. BRYAN
SHELDON TELL OF FRAUD
He Swears Archbold, Morgan, Frick
and Could Each Gave One Hundred
Thousand Dollars to Roosevelt’s
Campaign Fund According to the
Records of Treasurer Bli*>.
Four contributions of $ 100,000
each, from John L>. Archbold, of the
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Standard Oil Company; J. i\ Morgan
A Co., H. C. Frick and Ceorge J.
GouIdy.were made to the Republican
naCorfal campaign fund of lOoj,
win n Roosevelt ran against W. J.
1’r. an, according to records of the
lat< Cornelius N. IShss, which i>ass-
<d through the hands of George R.
Sheldon, treasurer of the lints Re
publican committee, who testified on
Wednesday before the Senate com-
rnrtee investigating campaign ex-
p<u litnrt s
Mr SI.••Mon said Mr Miss gave
hit. a detailed statement of the 1 S" 1
tut Is. tll.lt be noted "these large
to tributions, ' and that he was
po- Mve no record appeared of the
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LYNCHED IN PRISON
WHERE HE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO
SAVE HIM FROM A MOB.
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But Convicts in the IMson Ijcarning
That the Negro Had Assaulted a
White Woman Hanged Him.
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Details of, the lynching of Frank
Wigfall, the,negro assailant of Mrs.
Esther Higgins, known as the “pris
oners' friend," by the convicts of the
State penitentiary at Rawlins, Wyo.,
Wednesday, while Sheri# \yillis, at
the county Jail, was holding off a
party of would-be citizen lynchers
may never be known.
The sinister threat, ’'the first man
who squeals is the next man-hung,"
silenced all the convicts and prison
guards examined by a coroner's jury
The jury gave up the task late Wed
nesday afternoon, without learning
anything.
Wigfall was placed in the county
jail late Tuesday for safe keeping, af
ter his capture at Fort Steel. When
the mob surged about the jail early
Wednesday morning the sheriff prob
ably saved the prisoner's life by slip-
I ing him out unseen and rushing him
to the penitentiary nearby. Wigfall
was placed in a cell, which soon aff-r
GIVES SOME CASES
IRREGULAR OR FRAUDULENT VDT-
ING IN COUNTIES
REPORT DY COMMITTEE
In Some Boxes Dead Men, Negroes
and Boys I nder Age Were Allow
ed to Vote.—At Other Places Men
Wlio Could Not be Found Were
Recorded as Voting.
The following report in reference
to irregular or fraudulent voting in
the first primary was made by the
sub-committee of the Democratic
State executive committee appointed
to investigate the many charges of
fraud in the first primary:
Abbeville County —The boxes of
AntrevilLe and Cold Springs are the
cnly boxes about which there is any
question. In those it seems that the
managers were not sworn, and some
of the voters were not sworn. Of
votes
REPORT ON COTTON
THE CENSt S IU REACH SECOND
GINNERY REPORT.
! ft 1 2
1911
1 9ok
1 9 or,
tin- votes cast at those boxes Gov.
prisoners inarching to breaktas, ha, (t],. aS e received istl, Judge Jones Jo,
to pass As they filed by toe negro | lutu . aI , Total 242
made slighting p•marks of his crime.: Aikt , n rounty This county was
Witt) the mob at the jail still j (ar efully abstracted. The votes at
.... clamoring tor the negro, about o ne| t | itl Hath precinct were challenged i
\rchbold con'ribution hav hundred of the prisoners broke loose all | the proof is undisputed that the;
ing Ik-* n r* ' urued With equal pns- lmm '' lla ''' 1 - v itf ter_ breakfast and m ; tnak ,,. rs were not sworn At that 1912
records ma 'le a dash tor the negro, who also j,., Iirt were 1 49 votes cast. 1 l ;• ] 1
liar 1 le-eti taken to breakfast. Ihe | n a ,ij|i|<,n to that irregularity, it 190s
been ‘■'"• ir ' 1 v,,:is overpowered before tie w , s [ )N affidavits that a num-| 19U',
^ (011M thrust tlie negro into a cell an*F ^
bintself In, ked n, the cell by the In- 7. .. Nearly;
Stiuth Carolina Ginning Considerable
Ibdiind Last Year's, While Texas
is Much Larger.
The second cotton ginning report
of the census bureau, announced that
I’.h 1.0,023 bales of cotton of the
growth of 19.12 had been ginned pfior
to September 2r>, coputing round as
half bales. To that date last year 3,-
t)7t>,.b94 bales, or 23.(i per cent.-of
the entire crop had been ginned; in
1 908 to that date 2,o 11,t;3;t bales or
19.8 per cent, of the crop had been
ginned, and in 190(1 to tliat date 2,-
ur)7,2S3 bales of 1.7.8 per cent, of the
crop had been ginned. Ginnings jtrior
to September 23, by states, with com
parisons for last year and other big
crop years, with the percentage of
the entire crop ginned to that date
in previous years, follows:
Al&tuun*.
State-#. Ginnings. PerCt.
1 9 1 2 1 9 4.33 4 ....
1911 3 00,2 4 1 2 1.2
1908 3 Itl,:! 4 9 23.7
190(1 2 2 1, s 3 1 17.9
Arkansas.
SHOT IN HIS STORE » T »« E M INTRUDER IS
A COLORED MERCHANT KILLED
BY ROBBERS
NEGROES DID
George Hanford, a Colored Merchant
of Darlington, Was Shot to Ifeatli
in His Store' hi that City on Thurs
day Night by Two Negro Hoblters,
Who Made Their Escape.
A special dispatch from Darling
ton to The News and Courier says
George Hanford, colored, was shot
and killed in his store at the corner
of Main Street and Avenue D, Thurs
day night about nine o’clock. There
were no witnesses to the shooting ex
cept the two negroes who did the
shooting and made their escape.
Elias Davis, an aged negro, who
AIKEN MAN AMONG INJURED IN
WRECK OF EXPRESS.
A CHARLESTDN LABI GRAmB
WITH A BORGLAR
Many Passengers Probably Caught
in Hurtling Wreckage, Which May
Increase Death Ust.
At least eight persons were killed
late Thursday, when the neglne of
the second section of the Springfield
Express, bound frotn Boston to New
York, failed to take a cross-over and
nearly the entire train was ditched
near the Westport-Sagatuck station,
on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad. It is believed the
injured will rus to fifty.
Four parlor cars, heaped up in a
mass of wreckage, immediately
hurst into flames, which brobably
imprisoned and killed some passen
gers/' The exact number of fatali
ties in the wreck is not known and
may not be determined for some
hours.
The identified dead are: G. L.
Clark, engineer; J. J. Moker, fire-
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the small house adjoining and attach- bany. N. Y., two children of Mrs.
ed lo the store, was sitting on thei Grady. There are also three uni-
p'azza and heard the shot, and saw | dentifle^ tidies, two of them wo-
two negroes leave in a run. i men
Robbery was the motive, it is j 1 lie injured includes: Elliott Har-
thought, as it is said the same ne- risen, of Aiken, S. leg broken,
utoes held up and robbed Elias Fur ' The locomotive, which was nin-
nan in Ins store alnnit two Mot a- 1 ing at lugli speed, went over on iti>
awav just Itefore the killing of Han-1 side, after leaving the roadbed, and
fi rd occurred They took about Jjojthe boiler, to all appearances, ex-
fioni Furman. I ploded. Engineer Clark was taken
s t Peter Smalls, also colored, was at , out alive, but died soon afterward,
the Furman store at the time of tint Joseph J. Moker, hia fireman, was
n bhery, ami tie and Furman identi- enn-hed to death The baggage ear
tod one of the three Hiisbects amst- and tli“ four (tiair cars next follow-
led Thursday as being the one that it.g It were overturned, and in these
• I w ent through his pockets while the.' >*rred the loss of life. The three
• 4 1 ntber one held a pist ol on him. May coaches, although derailed, re-
" Apparently they had robbed Han-'"‘fined upright The wreck carried
■ ford and w • re making tlnur way out down the poles hearing telegraph
f the store, and owing to Hanford s • w ires amt delay ensued before out-
lioid cries and shouts of "robbers
•'t v turned back, and it seems that
F.infold In list have ifn fMlowing
•'.ill 'iiwari 1 ' tlie door, and he. too.
t : t.ed w h• ■ 11 bf found tfiov wi-re
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The South Norwalk fire depart-
Young Wife Holds Buriy Intruder
While Her Haebead Gomes WUh
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Door Amid Fusillade of Shota.
The News and Courier sayt after
a hand to hand struggle with Mr*.
Rooney, the young wife of Mr. John
D. Rooney, Jr., paftneater of the
Clyde Line Steamship Company, Ben
jamin Brint, a large and powerful
negro man was found In Mr. Roon
ey’s apartments at ffO Wentworth
street Thursday morning about fire
o’clock, broke loose from the strong
hold of the young lady, only to be
shot In the left lung by ber husband
as the negro tried to make his es
cape thropgh the back door of the
house. The ne^ro at present isly-
ing in a critical condition at the Ro
per 11 a i . _L 1, where he was taken
immediately after the shooting.
The presence of mind displayed by
Mrs. Rooney and the cool manner in
which she acted during the struggle
was remarkable. She was aroused
from sleep by the cries of her moth
er, Mrs A. J. Carey, on the third
floor, that a burglar was in the
house, and rusljed out in the hall
way. catching the intruder by the
lapels of his coat, while her husband
followed with a revolver in his hand.
As soon as Brint taw Mr. Koony
approaching be broke away from
the grasp of Mrs. Rooney and start
ed for the door, and at this mova-
w as railed out and began work-; mrn , Mr Hoon<y fired the first shot
mg on tin- burning mrs and surgeons aT , h(1 rt ,.,. lltK man . nt 8 atm was bad.
"* r .' xunimomM from n.-srby towns Miowev. r, and the bullet went wtld.-
l aiitifni' darkness bad fallen and | IU , ono ( ,f the two other shots tired
wink <>f rescue of^the Injured j a( n rml HS t,,. was hurrying down
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• - fomd ‘hat the hall had < titer ' n vi ral houra In ihe wreckage j |,.fi limp The mere fact that he
roe 1 'h back amt made wav I he di ad., evept the engineer hR(1 a j, l |||,.. lodging In his breast
did nm stop Brint. for he continued
, tr make his evu through the gate
\ a n 1 o s' *1^ held over the re ‘ ' I 'h it in (tits car manv prh- a f(,, r i-..aching the vard, Mr. Rooney
tired two more shots at the burglar
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was first discovered by Mrs Carey
when she was distar bed by tb« jtolaa
of some one creeping up tba stairs
leading to the third fk»or where ehe
wa* asleep tn the front room Mrs.
Carey thinktng that It was her sou
l.oieii/o Howland. 13 year-old son who w.«s iciming up to get a blanket
F 11 Howland and H C iv t y. 1 from one of t he rooms, called U> him
m iieronau’ fell '.im feet from a'in a low voire Not receiving a rs-
LaL ion an I win- iiistantly killed stipD. site got up sad went to the door
the .-tail- ( air grounds at Tuscum- and ssk'-d who it was.
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'I he tragedy was witnessed by s tone that Mrs Carey couldn f bear.
Iirg. crowd of spectators, which had j 9*he called again, and he told her
.issi'ii, lili'il to witnesa the ascension I that tic was a travelling salesman.
Hg w l.dot previously tiad been 1 At she was not keeping a boarding
s'.Hi'i'Ug near 'he balloon while it house. Mrs Carey thought that the
was l" lug iii Gated When it soared man had made a mistake. How-
.pA.ir l spi'tators were startled to ever, as she opened the screen door,
k. . b;in dangling lo ad down from she recognized the as a negro, who
. I., of ihe rop.s on the balloon In had by that time come close up to
f ii,' manner Howland s feet became ber H*' was ask^d his business,
srt it gb I n tin- ro[»e before the hal and stated tliat the boss sent him to
1 o". was ' irm *1 loose ‘get some Mottling Mrs Carey,
IM .otonaut made heroic efforts who was fngh'ened by this time,
i * -. Ho- lad from his perilon* i told the negro "to get out " When
■ nn When the hallooti tiad Grint started down the steps. Mre.
f .*' h« .I a height <>f a suit 3ou feet Car« y screamed
to it tq, para'hute loose from the
Mr and Mrs Rooney, who reside
with Mrs Carey, and whose room
I is on the second floor, heard tha
lv hv bees one dav last week ‘IlH .t:U been brought forward he'ore till
hut tl died from the effects of the roll Was certified I"
s' ngs It seems that Mr Long had
loaded !us wagon with cott >1 i.tM
ni
■ Tlie coil.mitte'
1 i! urging that 2
Maple mills and also at Dillon, and
' . i. d hanlfi 1 ti v Senator I >: \ -
:s : rg' iv < • inti" hut' ,| hv (leorge
'»: k:t.». Frank A. M msej and
R Hanna The Senator said
ri- d distribute tlie burden
lv amongst the three men and
Hit > arh had given about $23.-
uhiM William Fill) gave $ln.-
and other smaller amounts j ha(l |,. ft mules standm : Th. v
•fits Ctmt of $9.;,whs in addi-j azPr ] around ’and ran upon in. i tliat onu man voted at Latta and also
ti. :i he said, to the $li;:;.niM handl- turning two of tho gum. ov. r/a* Kirl'y, and that no poll lists or
ed by E. TT. TTookef, ai New York, I p tic's immediately swarni'M aetf • t"huagers oaths were sent in from
u : iIm citv primary fight and the| ( . om pi,,teiy covered the animals. Onej ia'rniuda.
N> ■ York Branch of the national 1 () c ,| u . inu '|,, s ( jj ( .,| slier: while after-j This committee lias asked the
sevelt committee, and the $102.- wards; the other the following day. 1 county chairman to send up copies of
given by William Flinn, in Penn- | oss f a i| s heavily on Mr. Long,j Hie clul. rolls and poll lists, and for
who is a hard-working, industrious 1 any other information in its posses-
citizen.
|! lee
'le pi
d l-.lppear* d .] ;
The committee kent io Ur itigehurg n,,
n ports that the • at* M-.-n.'S'S dis
plaved m tliat countv i. i c.'ir'dess-
ness tii 'iig the usual lus'om US' d in
that county m not ineserv ing all Hi
election, i
' and both men began to drop
- w • ■ . downward
k.,m.• tea-on (tie parachute shrieks of the eledr lady Mr* Roon-
(.i . d o . t, The men plunged to '•) Immediately went to the door,
ihi . arih and were killed Howland while Mr Rooney grabbed hla re-
k t ( u. k th" i ,i r'h fir-t and the aero-'vidver Mrs Rooney wa* the flrat
I.aut landed on top of him When j to reach the hall way, and wa* con-
-Pv< tatots nat tied the two men both (fronted with the big negro aa he
win dead icam** down the stejm. She seised
♦ ♦ ♦ ' him by the lapels of hi* coat, and
RI.M(>\ ED TO mU MRIA. | held him until Brint Froke loose
—« wh'ii he saw Mr Rooney advancing
! • ng Taken I-nun \lk*'n Jail to the with the pistol grasped In his hand.
: \s Itnnt was making hi* escape
Penitent iarv.
s pi < tatm s r• a 1 ;
s di ath w .is irum
DEM \\D> Bit. \ M < M NT.
11:rough the door, the husband put
Ins Ureatm to use. and followed up
the first shot until he had emptied
the revolver
Policeman Lafourcade, who heard
the report of the five shots In the
I'or
W nuts Twenty Million Dollars
Fal-e Imprisonment.
Governor Dix, of New York, Iii-
K* pr. >• nintive-ele.'t Hugh Lone.!
w h11 at Wageiier Saturday afternoon
•••■iv ago in tin: ted the wounds where-j
trm: Pi* kens Gunter, hank presi-i
d' i:t 'lied Mondav night, was at I 1 ,,, , , .... ■ , . .v
"•lock Tuesday night taken to t he ! * , ' Hn “ 8S ..°! '^7
State P. inteti’iary in Columbia, os-
hou.se, and was told by Mr. Rooney
that In* had shot a negro who was
• ti- "iv lor safe keeping. He left I , , , _. ,,
\.M „ on the so-called IIUlll)Utlt f"""'! on the premises. The police-
train. accompanied by bis wife and
FK rK T B Rnbom flrrme have pro-
no'inci'd this step as over-precaution-
arv. h'dieviiig that the existing con-
dit ons fail.-d to warrant such action,
man instituted a iearch and found
Brint.lying on hla back in the door
way of Dr. Ball's office, "k-few doors
from Mrs Carey’s residence, bleed
ing from a wound in the left breast.
Hi was arrested and sent to the
• nm The amounts contributed
Jr. Perkins, Mr. Munsey and Mr
ua also were in addition to their
ribut mns to the New York fund,
nator Dixon declared he would
an\thing he could about Roose-
fuiids, but he insisted that the
minee show -as much activity to
a other candidates as it han to-
- the Progressive candidate. He;
made the arrest.
sa 1 he had been informed t,i a'^lim i n a church. Allen, it is under-
la sums had been contnbuted for I Rto J has agrop( , t0 turn over $31.0
tie sup pot t of Taft. \V ilson, l nder- f tlip amount to t i ie detectives who
w< Ml, Harmon and riark.
Attempts by Senator Pomeren/ ;o
get the names of the informants |/<>st Her Uft . for „ at .
hi ought on a bitter exch.ang \ Tv ice' ,
S. nator Pomerene appealed ‘o Fhair-j Caroline Comer, knegro cook, was , .
to ;i Clapp to compel Senator Dixon' s ^ ruc ^ a RaiD'ay *o co “ ( tion is natural and proper, due to the
to give the names of men who knew n ' 0 ^ V0 Wednesday night just south j j ( | ont jj v 0 f names in different cotn-
ahuut these funds. Senator ni/on! of Banville, Ya., and killed. While ( j eP 0n t h P other hand, many
si.id what he had stated was "com- cro88 ' nK 1,10 track ahead of the en-; of t j )OSP ndmes thus duplicated ap-
n 11 rumor," and that he had r e- P'" p her hat blew off and she turned, p (ar ( 0 he repeated on the part of
to recover it with fatal consequences, j ( [, OBP ‘voting’." They reported that
ha> received le'ters i-e,a.rds pertaining to th
min voted at the severely condi'iniied
In Richland County two hundred
and ninel y-t wo votes ca»t in dupli- l
cate names, which the comm ttee r*- reieivci] a letter signed "J. P. Winn,
ports are some of them explained by; lt* nver. Colo , ' in which tin* writer
being two persons having the sa''io demands "an apology from you as
name: and wo have not boon aide tie governor of the state of New York
ascertain how many are in that s, n,. au'l 12" 1 n | "i,(t"o damages for fa Is •
Hon. imprisonment and frustration of my ly sniie tin
In Spartanburg Countv there were life ; teeling in Wagoner, though not run-
222 irregular votes riqiorted, such i nless my demands art* complied " riotous demonstration, is cer-
as voting and not on tin* club roll, or wit It," the communication continues. strong against Mr. Long.
like irregularities, am) 339 apparent ' * shall enter suit against New York 1 • • • ciHcntiv left' nnen It is thnnrht
repeaters were shown by the lists of Sfiate. I am hacked by the army and! Shot by l nknnvvn Man. fhp Pame up back Step*
voters whose names appear more "avy of the Fnited Stares." | At Benson, N. John Smith, a f tho RPPOnf i floor and that aa
down' Governor Dix said he did not take 1 well known horse deaier of Smith-1 ^ ^°tSe back rooms we“
. , .. great 'he matter seriously, but would turn held. N. C., was shot and killed and. y„„ MrpV „ i.. f .v P H
;it Pregnals precinct but nr “ l(kf,r; niass of affidavits which are herewitii it over to his legal adviser. his brother. James Smith, was seri-* „ , .-A
nam.s or proof were furnished, al-1 submittP d, that these apparent
though requested. titions were largely due to different!
I n,Pn ^ avin Rt th “ 8amp «' nam “' "ere! Lieut Donald P Morrison was krll- " h “ rf ‘ there were four un-j , Mr j D Rooneyt Jr . f „ the pop-
were cast in which’the voters'could not in fa 7 r0 ! ,ea,ers * the /ame ex- e" and eight men were iniured Tue S - k 7 >wn ni(,n * nn d p,< ' kP(1 up a chlp |iilar paymaster of the local Clyde
perience having been had, in the day by the explosion of the steam :*•' in ^ on a "hair. An altercation wa * Line offices. He is & most excellent
sion in order that It might deter-
minued these, but has received no
response.
In Dorchester County there were
12.7 votes counted at Summerville
It!
(•ets a l>arge Reward.
Sheriff Poole, of Greenville, has
turned the reward of $7"" offered by , . . .
the State for the arrest of T. F.i ,hat vo,( ' (1 >" the vvrong k “ than once. Running these
Vaughn over to R. E Allen Jr.. the| 7 as „_ r 7 po . r | p . d ^ demonstrated the fact, l,y a
Greenville hoy attending a medical
school in Baltimore, who detected
nth B over to his legal adviser.
repe- 1
Killed on War Vessel.
Mil ii is well known that, particular- . . ,
death of Mr (Binter, the) ,,08plta, ‘ uht ‘ rP h . e now li « 8 ’ w ‘ th
litUai proapects of recovery, under
the surveilance of a policeman.
The negro evidently entered the
house from the gate, ’which was ae-
. . . . o ... . 1 •*.• he crept up the
h.s brother James smith, was sen- front Rtair casPi untl , dl8 ^ )vered>
ously cut in a fight there Monday F , nepr print8 of the negr0 . B handl|
muht. .larpes Smith went Into a res- cou , d bp ^ en OJl the Btep8 .
not he found. They reported 240
repetitions on the poll list and say,
"We are satisfied, however, that a
considerable portion of this dupliea-
7
c* ived much of his information from
1.’ 'osevelt leaders in the different
d stricts, where it was hard to pin
d iwn informati'i.t t > c rtain persom
Aften Senator Dixon had admitted
f it he did not know what arrange-
1 "nts th ■ tommittee ht l made for
i estigating the funds of other can-
d latea. Senator Pom , ”'''no cfiareel
F * Roosevelt manager with attempt-
i g "to slander the cotimlHes.”
Senator Dixon's references to cam-
ign activities for Governor Har-
county of Anderson.
York county reports 4\- irregular
votes.
;
lamg and (Junter are Held.
A coroner's jury at W'agener re
turned a verdict on Tuesday that
Pickens N. Gunter came to his death
by a gunshot Vound at the hands of
•best on the torpedo boat destrover Mart*'<l and knives drawn. John
\Valke. The accident occurred off Sm ''h entering during the fight, was
Brenton's Reef lightship while the 8tl,jt ,kroiJ Kh tbe body and died soon
Walke was preparing for her sec^M j "Berward.
(H.arterly trial. Lieut. Morrison en-'
toped the service from Missouri in
1902.
Shoots and Kills His Father.
' At Troy, Ala., Charlie Wilson was
i .shot and instantly killed there after most courteous ftad efficient of
young man, and is known and ad
mired by a large circle of friends,
■many of whom commended him
highly, when they learned of the
manner in which he handled a diffi
cult situation. Mr. Rooney Is the
son of Capt J. D. Rooney. Sr^ one of
1
1 an. whom Senator Pome.-pne had
Ten Children Burned Up. [sworn
At St. Bernard, Quebec, ten chil-| In Greenwood ‘‘Countv there are
dren, 18 months to 15 years old*; reported 179 men as voting who are
were burned to death in their home not on the club rolls and there are 44
during the absence of their parents, names that appear twice; but they
Alexander Gravel and his wife.
William Sul/.e.r Nominate*!. he made an alleged attack upon his; the stewards of th»’Clyde fleet of
a good many voted without being! Hu K h ^ Lon^and Hayes Gunter was! William Sul/.er, Representative in wifo ' to . hav€ , learners.
an accessory to the shootnig. Dr. D. Congress ftrom New York City, was '"'’eatened fo kill his wife for having R r i n t j 8 a negro painter, and for
B. Portwood, who was arrested on a nominated for Governor earlv Wed- ^' !n arrPS ' p, l charged with abusing 1 ^ | a8 j j ew wee j C8 has been irorklur
** * her. Tho Vvav romrNnotrofo^ with h<«! _ . __ ^ ^
have not investigated as to whethen er 8 ^ ury re ^ urTlp< ^ ' tH vpr( ^' ct
they were repeaters or different men
The boy remonstrated with his
accessory to the shooting and taken Democratic State Conrmtion It was
to jail was released after the coron- the seventh time he had been a can- 'breatened to kill him.
warrant charging him with being an nesdav morning hv the New York ' l "' ‘euioumraieu wuu uis: at Oaklev He came to Chari
father, and the latter Is said ter have a nrAm
The boy
Dixon demanded of Senator Pomer- of the same name,
ene where Governor Harm.vu had In Hampton County twenty-jeven
made a public statement of his ex- men reported as voting whose names
pendlturea, the Ohio Senator half were not on the club roll, at Camp
rose, grasped the arms of hla chair, Branch: and they report that others
t nported, intensified the feelin# be-| glared at the wltnees and said "If were allowed to vote without being
K een the two men. When Senator'you’ll atop outaide I'll anawer that.’ | on the club roll, but no fraud la
South Carolina Lutheran Synod.
The program for the meeting of the
South Carolina Lutheran Synod has
didate for this nomination.
stepped into an adjoining room, se
cured a shotgun and then blew hla
father's brains Out. .
Fell Dead at Telephone.
A telephone message that he was
about to be arrested charged with op-
been announced. This year It meets 1 erating a handbook so frightened
In Newberry with the church of the Joseph Sohlckling. aged 52. at Cin-I va ‘ uf ‘ a majl t ^ ie kP -
Redeemer, commencing October 22, clnnati. O . Wednesday, that he drop-j pa^atu, of ,lfe Inataad of by Ua in-
aad contlnulag through the 26th. 1 ped dead at the telephone. Iternal nobility,
Many Make This 'Mistake.
It Is a mistake to estimate the
Wednesday and placed an order
a supply of paint with a loeal
He states thjt he does not kf
made him go into the house.
Automobile Kills ‘
Congressman Carl (L Aada
Fostorio. O , was tMMtly
Wednesday night whea tho
bile In which he was rMtaf
o*er ooer that dtjr. *-