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CRAZED A06USTAR FIRES mm AMR LAS -1r~ nil WIFE, WOUNDS BOY Bmmtiy RdeaMd Fran GoorgU Hospital for Ibmum Man Oomnits Deplorable Deed—Seems Not to Realise What Sbonta and Whoops. He Has Done THIS STATE’S GMf&iG I. FIGURES FOR THE COUNTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. V Recently released from confine ment for mental derangement, and after drinking heavily about four weeks, Sam J. Norris of Augusta shot and killed his wife and very probably mortally wounded William Dennis, about 17 years old, in a front room of Norris’ home in that city Wednesday afternoon. After Norris had grilled his wife and wounded Dennis, he attempted to and probably woul dhave, shot Mr. Felix Gunter, the first person who entered the roofii where Mrs. Norris’ body lay, had Gunter not backed out of Abe room. Dr. W. D. Jennings Jr., police department sur geon and who is also Norris’ family physician, covered Norris with a re- vovler as the latter wasjn the act of r raising his ,own weapon on Dr. Jen- jjlngs, and disarmed' Norris. ^^^William Dennis was hurried from sidewalk, where he-fell, to the V €tty hospital, where an operation was performed. Just before going to the operating table, young Dennis made the following statement: "I was in Mr. Dorris’ house, where Mrs. Norris was, preparatory to tak ing her out for an automobile ride; we had already arranged for the ride. Mr. Norris had given his consent for his wife to go, All at once he Just rushed in and, cursingl drew his pis tol. His hand went up and he began firing.” Previously he had made the fol lowing statement to Dr. Jennings, who gave Dennis first attention, the scene of the shooting, and accom panied him to the hospital: ^ “i was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norris, and was preparing to take an auto ride with Mrs. *Norris, acting as her chauffeur, all of which was . known to Norris and had his ap proval. Just before we were ready to depart, Norris came in, whipped out £ revolver and opened fire on Mrs^JoTrls and myself.” Dennis ' said he knows no reason why Norris should seek to kill lilm. — According to thd witnesses. Mrs. Norris was preparing to come down town to do some snbpplng and had stepped across to talk to> neighbor. After a few minutes of Conversation she saw her husband balling Dennis, the chauffeur, Into the house. Fear ing that Norris wjas not going to let her go down in the autopjoibfle she land ran Into the U door closed and sm was followed by CmBtff Bureau’s Figures Given Out for Nnmber of Bales Turned Out Prior to January 1* Cotton ginned in South Carolina, of the Itl* crop, prior' to January l t amounted'to 1,342,827 bales, against 1,1?3,216 bales for the same period Ip 1912, according to the fig ures given ouT by the bureau of the census, which also shows the num ber of bales ginned in each county, in running bales, counting round, as half bales and not Including linters. Ginning by counties follows: TO SAVE RADIUM 4-^ ■? ■ ITEDIEMT lAURS EflRlT TO URSEITE SDPTLT SAY IT CUBES CANCER JUDGES ARE ELECIEh JUDGE GEORGE W. GAGE PUT ON T^B SUPREME BENCH. 1913. 1912. Abbeville . . . . 32,791 28,378 Aiken 46,391 35,447 Anderson . T . 69,618 62,332 Bamberg . . . 27,006 19,485 TTarnwell . . . 55,445 41,841 Beaufort . . . 7,379 5,314 Berkeley . . ' . 13,243 10,687 Calhoun .... 26,240 20,263' dHarleston. . . 14,908 10,791. Cherokee . . . 17,412 13,768 Chester ..... 31,843 30,883 Chesterfield . . 29,086 30,195 Clarendon . . . ,39,566 ' 34,077 Colleton .... 18,793 14,461 Darlington. . . 36,581 39,330 Dillon .... 35,114 37,974 Dorchester . . . 16,474 13,014 Edgefield .... 32,140 26,760 Fairfield 25,212 25.530 Florence .... 42,854 87,067 Georgetown .. . 3,641 8,066 Greenville . 40,969 31,651 Greenwood . . . ' 31,207 28,931 Hampton .... 19,027 14,171 Horry ..... 9,738 9,493 Jasper . . -. . 6,095 4,964 TCenhaw ... jTd ,oTTo -25y349- Lancaster . . — 23.566 24,848 Laurens ... -. 42,891 35,046 Lee ...... 36,039 32,549 Lexington . . . 25,181 22,149 Marlon .... 17,351 18,119 Marlboro . . - . 50,829 65,739 Newberry . .„. 38,059 33,128 Oconee .... 19,574 13,832 Orangeburg *. . 76,366 67,684 Pickens .... 17 J618 12,486 Richland . . 221128 20,636 Saluda . . . 24 739 23,003 Spartanburg . . 68,502 55,438 Sumter 39,971 3*3,935 Union 20,276. 17,284 Williamsburg. . 25,327 22,847 York ..... 39,336 39,272 • ! ~ -i ,342,827 1,173,216 Tillman to the Senate and Byrnes In the House Have Places on Commit tees Who Will Decide Whether the Government Shall Reclaim Public r Lands Bearing Radium. Positions on the mines and mining committees of the Senate and House have become suddenly enviable in the eyes of legislators who hitherto had been inclined to avoid this assign ment as “a dead one” unless they came from sections in whirh the min ing industry is important. The cause of the sudden boom in the mine and mining assignments is the tremendous public interest in the use of radium In the treatment of cancer, the most conspicuous case be ing that of a member of Congress itself. Representative Bremner of New Jersey, whom Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, is trying to res cue by the aid of the inagis and priceless product. - ^ It Is an Interesting coincidence that South Carolina, with her com paratfvely small delegation, is repre sented on each of the committees which are to consider the great prob lem of conserving the raldum-bearlng deposits of the United States in the interest of humanity. Senator Till man is on the mines and mining com mittee of the Senate, and Represent atives Syrnes Is on the" corresponding committee of the Uouse. END m MARCH »" i>iii , . • MEXICAN REFlieESREACI A RAIL ROAD STATION NO! PRISONEiS OF WAI - !*' - of Many Rx- cAtAng Events m Birth ami Linger In the MMst of the Remnants of Hnerta’s Northern Army—Food As Scarce. Footsore, ragged, almost famished from their three days’ march on foot of 67 mlles qver a wind-swept moun tain road., the 3,300 Mexican federal soldiers and generals routed from Ojinaga, Mexico, by the rebels, witb 1,067 women and about 300 chil- LAURENS COUNTY v UP OHABRRD The Chief Justice and Several Orcuit Judges Are Elected, Mr. **» Moore SKeradiac Judge Gage, Eugene B. Gary of AbhrvHle v unanimously re-elected chief Justice of the Supreme Court for a term of 10 yean Thursday morning by the Joint assembly of the Houses of the Legislature. Senator Man of Abbe ville nominated Chief Justice Gary. For associate justice of the Su preme Court to succeed Charles A. Woods, resigned. Judge Thomas 8. Sease of Spartanburg, Judge J. W. DeVcire of Edgefield, Judge George W. Gage of Chester, and George S. Mower of Newberry were nominated. The first ballot stood : r Gage 77, Sease 41, DeVore 13, Mower 31. Total vote 162, necessary to a choice 82. No candidate having re-1 wlthlll/a fewmlle8 0 f" M arfa, whenM ceived a majority a second ballot was they are to be transported by train ordered - I to Fort Bliss at El Paso. Two Nf With the imnw 4*r >ef M. iU- ^he second baHot resulted: Gage 99, Sease 37, Mower 20, DeVore 6, Total 162; necessary to choice 82. Judge Gage was accordingly de clared elected associate justice. Judge I. W. Bowman of Orange burg was elected without opposition to succeed himself as judge of the first circuit. Hayne F. Rice of Aiken waa re- Butnad almost beyond the charrad body of GaosgaF. Tong • widely known dtison and owe of the largest landowners In Loirwno county was found early Tueodny In the smouldering coals and aabaa of hie own cottage on hia plantation at Stomp Springs, near Reno. It la ha- lieved that he was murdered nnd the house set on fire to cover np the crime. Two negroes, Tom and John Young, brothers, were Implicated by the coroner’s Jury and both were brought to the Laurens County Jail Tuesday night by Sheriff Owens. Both negroes testified at the inquest bat , , , , „ , their statements were at variance as dren and infants, Sunday arrive* t0 the Ume ^ ^ hom6 ^ went to bed with his brother. Tom was at the Young cottage lata , Monday night and returned to dp The ragged remnant of the HuertaL ome work for Mr . Y oung Tuesday army will be formally Interned »tl mornln g when he made the discovery Fort Bliss, as wards of the govern-} 0 f the fire and gave the alarm. It came out at the Inqnest that Tom had had some trouble with Mr. Young In the recent past That Mr. Young was murdered was evidenced by the fact that hie skull bed been crushed, BANKS FALL) IN LINE. left Mrs. Clark house. The frof thw woman’s sere three shots. The shots werje JM>€ Rv - heard all over the neighborhood anld*Mr. Felix Gnnter, who lives next *oor, rushed dver to the house and met young Dennis coming, staggering, out. He then ened. the front door and rushed j^rued througjt the hallway into the ront room, where he saw Norris standing la the middle of the room, holding his still smcklng pistol. At another glance he saw the body of Mrs. Norris lying with her face to the floor. Looking np at Norris, he said, 4 ‘Sam, you’ve played hell," where upon Norris quickly, leveled his pis tol on Gunter pnd replied, "Yes, and I’m going to play hell again.” Gun ter, seeing the man appeared to be in a Wild' frenzy, ran out of the house On the front porch he was met by Dr. W. D. Jennings Jf. and Police men Seals and Davis who, hearing the shots, were rushing into the house. Dr. Jennings was the first to enter and as he stepped into the hall way he called "Sam" and getting no reply he repeated the name. 1 Norris answered him and the doctor told him who he was and Norris replied. "Come on in doc, I won’tj hurt ybtt The doctor found Norris sitting in a chair. At first the physician did not notice the pistol, which Norris had In his right hand with hls left hand over it trying to conceal It. Dr. Jen nings and Policemen Seals and Davis made one lupge for the crazed man, the doctor grabbing the weapon from hls hands while the officers pinned him to the chair and placed him an der arrest. Prr’Jehnln^s theiT'turifed" hls at tentions to the woman who was ly ing faced downward on the floor. He made an examination and pronounc ed the woma dead. Dennis was dan porously wounded. The police arrlv- yR^sd at this time and he was placed ip ^pft to .he'rushed t;p the hospital. Nor TTris was also placed In the patrol. Norris yelled and whooped and appeared vert much amused at the auto patrol tearing down Brand street, and encouraged the chauf feur to "burn the wind”. The wound ed man was carried to the hospital while Norris was taken to the bar racks and later carried to Jail. In a free and easy manner, with mind apparently blank to hls sur- crawl Many Hundreds Accept Provisions of New Currency Law. Copies of resolutions adopted by the boards of directors of 1,626 na tional banks, scattered throughout every state in the union, accepting provisions of the new currency Jaw. had been received Wednesday'night by the treasury department. The ac ceptances, it was said, Included near ly all of the largest banks In the principal cities, -and the list Is being increased hourly by notifications from state banks noting their Inten tions to nationalize. Of the total applications recelyed 114 are from New England states 435 from eastern states, 2§J> from Southern states, 522 from middle states, 185 from western states and 84 from Pacific states. Pennsylvania leads with 225 applications, Ohio is second with 136, New York third with 101 and Indiana fourth with 100. Fifty-three have bpen received from Oklahoma. REDUCE THE PRICE. Announcement is Made of Redactions in Woolen Goods. Material reductiona In wholesale prices of staple serges, unfinished wprpteds, clays, cheviots and other wbdlen goods for the fall of 1914 were announced In the trade Tues day. The cut is understood to be direct result of the new tariff. Prices on serges, clays, unfinished worsteds and French blacks are 20 to 37 cents below last fall. Clays show reductions of 20 to 27 cents. Unfln Ished worsteds are 22%-'to 27% cents lower. The heaviest reduction, nearly 23 per cent. Is on Washington serge. . — Whether the ultimate consumer will reap any benefit from the reduc tions Is a matter of conjecture. Gen eral opinion seems to be that the re duced cost will be lost in the course of handling. Both of them attended the lecture given a few days ago by Dr. Kelly in the Interest of the movement to save out radium from selfish exploitation at the cost of human life and health, and both expressed themselves en thusiastically about the famous sur geon’s; explanation and demonstra tion of the problems and of the won ders. Of the mysterious substance which is now much rarer than the diamond or the ruby. Both Senator Tillman - and Con pressman Byrnes,. It Is needless to say, will lend their utmost endeavor In aid of the movement to legislate for the protection of the unfortunate people who are In need of the radium, treatment. There is little doubt that a law will be put on the books at the present session of Congress to effect this result. —1— ^ Another coincidence is that the chairman of the mines and mining committee is himself a physiciaq, Dr. M. D. Foster, of Illinois. Dr. Foster is a veteran member and one of the most popular and sensible men In Congress. In a statement about the radium question, he said: "In view of the tremendous hu manitarian problem involved I can not believe that the good people of Coloradp will oppose a plan which seeks to stop the terrible ravages of a disease that is levying a. toll oi 1 75,000 human beings every year in the BnHvd -Stales. I Bird it impos sible to believe that any considerable nttmber of the citizens of Colorado' can be back of any such movement unless they have been woefully mis led by a few. "The deaths from capcer each week in tixe United States represent a tragedy as great as the sinking of the Titanic—fifty such tragedies in a year’s time. We could not save the victims of the Titanic, but Colorado has, within her boundaries, on the public domain, a mysterious magic powder that gives every evidence of Its ability to stop this continuous and ever increasing death roll from cancer. "Some of those viZho are opposing the withdrawal of the land declare that suffering humanity will not be doprlyed of this great boon If private parties exploit these ores. Well, .we can only Judge from what has hap pened. "It was less than a year ago that the bureau of mines made the dis covery that tons and tons of this pre cious ore had been shipped from Col orado to Europe and that no radium had ever been made In Jhe United States. In the-year 1912, sufficient of this carnotlte ore to make njne ment. They will be held there Indefi nitely on footing of prisoners of war. I None of those in the unique cara-l van was more visibly affected on com ing within sight of Marfa than Gen/i Salvador Mercado, HuerU’s former presumably with an axe. Two axe th. !»«.*. '°“» d 1 uation of Ojinaga in face of the which lay near the fire place. There rebels’ fira^ was some doubt at first as, to the Beslde^Gen. Mercado were Federal identity of Mr. Young, but a careful Gens. Castro, Aduna, Landa, Orplnal examination, with the fact that he and Romero, all shorn of their was known to have been at home swords, but some still retaining on Monday plght left no doubUln the theirs uniforms the bits of gold braid minds of the Jury of inqnest and they' - which had not been torn off or worn so found, away In flight. The picturesque) march afoot through. American terri tory of so many foreign soldiers and) women with their baggage abounded) with incidents. Manning re-1 third circuit without opposition. John S. Wilson Ot elected judge of the without opposition. Thomas H. Spain of Darlington I was re-elected judge of the Fourth) circuit without opposition. To succeed Association Justice.! George W. Gage aa jjidge of. ed: Robbery may have been the motive, no money could be found on the person or In the debris- - Then again, it may have been for revenge. Mr. Young was about 55 years old and The birth of a child, the death of) owned 2,000 acres of land In Jacks several wounded soldiers, the search township. Hls mineral springs were The first ballot resulted. Hart 4 4, | for water in the desert, the constant widely known and largely patronised Ragsdale 5, Henry 3L Moore 82. straggling away from the line of J in the summer season. He lived Total vote 162; necessary to a choice march and the rounding up again of alone In a small cottage at the 82. Moore was declared elected. scores of the refugees were some of springs, making occasional vlalts to Frank B. Gary elected without op- the difficulties with which the United his family. Hundreds of people from position to succeed himself as judge States cavalrymen had to contend.) ell parts of that county visited the George W. S. Hart of Yorkville, Glenn W. Ragsdale of Wlnnsboro, Solicitor J. K. Henry of Chester, Ernest Moore of Lancaster of eighth circuit. I scene, but* everything quietly. passed off The Mexlcahs outnumbered the corting American soldiers ten to on< Viewed from a hilltop, the oncoming | army was the picture of exhaustion.) Since they were routed from Ojin aga,- the Mexican soldiers have had) only scant food supplies. Their march to Marfa was made possible by . „ j.the establishment of the three camps general representing National Guard oroTlded en route But thete * *•-— —— organizations of more than 30 autestl,.!; J-1 ri «. <Hr*ctor of the census, show that AGREE ON PAY. Garrison and Militia Heads Agree on Terms for P ‘fc Secretary Garrison and adjutants) BOLL WEEVIL LOST. [ Peat Destroyed Tea Million Worth $600,000,000. Figures announced by W. J. Har- . . . “ /Tv were supplied-with limited rations, .. ’ . n Wednesday agreed on terms of the | becaU8e foo(j8tufril and water had l th * bo11 h “ «■ to be carried by wagon. Many of the foreigners were poorly clad an* proposed militia pay bill, under I which the federal government would provide pay for militiamen, who in lthout bUnk0t8 and theU suffering turn would enlist as "federal reserv- * a.i, a# * a-. 4t nl * ht WM Intense. | Of all the marchers the Mexican I women are thp best. There were in-| ists" subject to the call of the presi dent to duty either within the United States or abroad. It Is proposed that the militia bill shall provide on annual appropria tion of $14,500,000. Of this $4,000,- 000 would be for encampment and manoeuvre purposes, $8,000,000 forjj^yph a8 p088 ibie suffering from the home service pay and $2,500,000 tor du8t A11 8em blance of the uniform armament and equipment. Secretary | rank8 of an army was g0M# It wt8 tbe production of cotton in the Unit ed BUtes in excess of lO.OOO.IO'* bales, valued at least st $500,000,- 000. The rednetion in the produc tion of cotton due to the tact that the farmers refrained from planting because of the fear that the weevil stances of women who yleldod their) w6qld not p4mU th6 plant to ture, he said, haver can ha estimated. In seven selected countlea in Mis places on horseback or burros to] men. The marching column was) stretched over a great distance to I , . ^ prevent confusion and to reduce as I * 1 **„ ppl 1116 P r ° d “ c Gon of cotton hi Burned to Death. As Curry Price, hia wife and four children left hia house near Nichols to go to their tobacco patch, when looking back they saw their eldest child fall to the ground. She had gone too near the lljeplace and caught fire. _L knew nothing about jr&kt he had done. He called Instil} to one of tbe hall boys to get him a pack of ciga rettes, which particular brand was not td be had at the store on the cor ner across from tha Jail, and upon bearing of this the hall boy was aaat the Richmond county jail, apparent ly content with his surroundings. No ond could gain anything from him .... about the killing, as he apparently awful alternative ol grams of radium, tne cream 6t the deposits, was shipped to Europe, while the total radium in this coun try at the present time 1* less than two grams. "We shipped- this wonderful car notlte at iron-ore prices and then our surgeons bought the radium back at diamond prices. We are now making radium In the United States, bu I understand that most of this, too. Is going to Europe. I have Just heard of a contract' with an American firm for six grams of radium toj Europe, to be delivered a gram a'month. In the meantime the anegeons of this country, who have some radium, are selecting between tbe patients on whom it will be used. "The qaae of my honored col- leagne, Robert. G. Bremer, is a most pathetic appeal for mers radium, am- told that hls curo'frould be far more certain If Dr. toward A. Kelly of rsdiaM 1907 amounted to 191,790 balee, valued at nearly $11,000,000. Tho boll weevil, Mr. Harris said, reduced ", mtrgTjiV of'pcople and anl-| Production to $0,809 halos In . . .. . . ..mals, while in places the women,. ..... explanation of just what the federal wlth thelr red dre88e8 d 8 h a wla. . Lou ! 8 i an ‘ ! Iar *** t cotto “ government may expect Urreturn for ^ a touch ofhrfniant color to the M 80 ’ 62 ? the money appropriated. ^lf the P res - 8cene The prodnetion was reduced to 245*- ident gives his Indorsement the bill „ ‘ 1 684 bales In 1910. The loss In Ar- A little group of women by the will go before congress as an admin istration measure. WARRANT FOR WHITE MAN. roadside attested the birth of a child. 1 The old women who attended an nounced that a little girl had joined j tbe procession, and the ngprs traveled down the entire line, arousing a fire of conversation. The procession pass ed a rcude cross stuck in the middle] of a little pile of stones. It marked negro, u was ] the spot where a man had been kill ed. Many crossed themselves at light | of the emblem. . -- A burro dropped from hls back a] bundle of little iron wood sticks, the principal firewood of the district, and the Mexican women, as a thrifty housewife, refused to move on until It was again stripped tightly to the Charged With Killing a Negro Near Ulmer in Barnwell County, Judge*’ Baniberg, a shot near Ulmer, in Barnwell county, Saturday night, receiving injuries from which he'died Monday after noon. Before hi sdeath he stated that he had been fired upon from a buggy containing three white men and that the shooting was unprovok ed. The sheriff was notified and went I pack saddle, to the scene o( the shooting Monday Rations for the Mexican soldiers afternoon, at which time the Inqnest) and refugees, who will be Intern was held. The jury withheld its ver-f & t Fort Bliss, Texas, were ordere by kansas Is estimated at $10,500,000. , '-4 Salnda Man Shoots Self. Sampson W. Smith, of. Saluda, kill ed himself Sunday afternoon, while suffering from melancholia. He plac- a gun so that he could pull the trig ger by means of a string. ’ Wilson Holds Reception. Nearly 2,000 persons paid their re spects to President Wilson at Peat Christian, Miss., Saturday at a public reception at the presidential cottage. diet until Saturday.- Howbver, a warrant has been sworn out for Quince Brabham, a white man, who waa tried some time agotn Bam county for killing a negro. Many Horses Born, Brig. Gen. Bliss. Soldiers, generals and other officers of the defeated Huerta army are to be sheltered in] 0 tents spread out on vation of Fort Bliss. The monthly] food supplies required for the refn- be 33,0u0 pounds of beef.l Nineteen horses, 12 carriages and] 20,000 pounds of beans, 135,000| buggies, an automobile with a supply loaves of bread and 5,000 pounds of of foodstuffs and harness were de-| coffee, strayed at Clemson college Thursday! The refugee camp will he inclosed morning when a. fire blazed through I ^ u m , laa barbed wire f« a local livery stable. I within which the Mexicans will be guarded on the footing of prisoners posal rather t£an one gram. And] of war. United States Infantry will while we r have been planning what I patrol the fence day and night. An best should be done to protect Amer- accounting of the feeding, sheltering lean Interests properly, radium has and clothings the refugees will be gone np In priee from $90,000 to) submitted to Jhe -war department $100,000. I with the view that the ampunt shall "I am told that an additional half be made a claim against the Mexican gram of radium will mean the saving] government. .... , of a human life every dam In the yesv. Isn’t-that worth striving for?"] . MeW*a»t le fltwt Whatever the percentage of Ameri-] WH1 Blount » negro bricklayer. IfThere ooght to be m VICTOR in every fanner's borne urea out joa can ores now exported from mines] was arrested at Monroe, N. C., Thurs- in private ownership and largely on-1 day, charged with shooting W. Ray- der corporate control, it is, In Secre tary Lane’s opinion', only eqlutable and hnmane to assure America’s preferential righto to the radium <m mond Outen, merchant Monday nlng with a gun stolen from one of the city aldermen a few night* ego. When you are from your day’s need music and fun €61 and drive awa your you cares. Nothing tike the Victor to do that—to make you fed life is really worth the living. The heat time you are passing, come in ar this wondefful musica.’ ment. * , . „ vw *■* SIMS Write for STORE B.C.