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- ' ' *9 4 SUICIDE IX SUMTER. 4 ??? Maj. H. F. Wilson, Master in Equity, Takes His Life. A :?l .? TV,A Ctoto r\f WpHnP<5 A special iu x uc uiau <->?. . ~? ? day says: "Sumter was shocked this morning to hear that Hon. H. Frank Wilson had killed himself. At 8:30 he was sitting in his office in the court house talking with his father when he rose from his chair, stepped into his vault and pulled the inner door to. In a minute his father heard a pistol shot. It was a few minutes before the vault door could be opened and Maj. Wilson was then found stretched on the floor with a pistol ball through his right temple. Death was instantaneous. * "It had been noticed by his companions in the court house lately that Maj. Wilson did not seem himself. His father was with him yesterday and noticed that he was so nervous that he determined not to go to histhome in the country, but spent the night with his son. He says that nothing in the major's k manner or conversauuu mis uuiuiu6 gave him any intimation that he was contemplating suicide. It was undoubtedly a case M temporary insanity. About a year ago Mrs. Wilson died, and Maj. Wilson has not been in good health for some time and he evidently was depressed. "His death will be a source of sorrow to hundreds of friends, besides his surviving relatives, his father, B. \ F. Wilson; his brothers, Rev. B. F. Wilson, M. B. Wilson and A. F. Wilson, and his sister, Mrs. Moultrie Reid, Mrs. H. L. Shaw and several other sisters. "He had no children. Maj. Wilson was 54 years of age. "The death of Maj. H. Frank Wilson this morning was the greatest shock and occasioned more pain and surprise than anything which has * happened in Sumter in many years. Everybody's Friend. "Major Wilson, as he was most familiarly known, was everybody's friend. Within his big and noble heart there was naught but love and good-will for his fellowmen. Sumter county suffers a heavy loss by his untimely death. He was intensely patriotic and his love for his native State and county knew no limits. He was a loyal member of the "old guard," the " '76 Democ. * racy," and a former teacher. He was not one who sought worldly riches, nor political fame. Retiring in his disposition, modest as to himself, he f;e came to the front only in the defense of his friends, in the interest of his s, country and his State when duty called him to the front. "His wife was Miss Georgia Law, of Savannah. His great respect and interest for his aged father and J mother and his sisters and brothers . all marked the man as an unusually v Movable character. "He was one of the best known and most popular men of South Carolina. He was a past grand chancellor of grand domain, Knights of Pythias of South Carolina, a former member of the general assembly of 't this State and a member of the ju ?f Ka/1 it trro c aiciary uuuimiucc ui iuai uuu.. , nuu mayor and alderman of Sumter for a , number of years, a leading member of the Sumter bar, and was master in the equity at the time of his death. He was captain of the Sumter Light Infantry for years, and ! made a popular and efficient commanding officer. "There are few men who held as close a place in the hearts of his fellow citizens as did H. Frank Wilson, as his was a life that was full of nor ble deeds. f'The funeral will be held at the residence of Mr. M. B. Wilson at 11 o'clock Thursday. Gamecock lodge, ' No. 17, Knights of Pythias, will have charge of the services at the grave. The Sumter county and city officials will attend in a body. "Maj. Wilson was born near Mayesville, Sumter county, June 23, v. 1854. He graduated at Davidson College. He taught school for a number of years and then began the practice of law, wherein he has distinguished himself. He was a popu, lar Free Mason and was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church." a SOUTH CAROLINA GREAT STATE. Her Wonderful Resources Ennmerated by One of Her Eloquent Sons. ^ Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which the orator has been want to indulge from time immemorial. But we doubt if either the legislative * halls or the political hustings have ever evolved the equal of this outburst of eloquence from an enraptured public speaker on the other side of the Savannah river. It discounts any Fourth of July oration we ever heard. Exclaims the wonderful bugler: "Has it ever occurred to you, Mr. < Chairman, that the cotton cloth it made in South Carolina annually would make a sheet big enough to cover the entire face of America and Europe and lop over on the toes of Asia? Or, if all the cattle raised in each year were one cow, she could browse on the tropical vegetation along the equator, tfhile her tail switched icicles off the North Pole ? and that her milk could float a ship ivau VI 11C1 UUUCl aiiu vu^vo^ 11 vixi Charleston to New York? Or, if all the mules that are marketed each , year were one mule, it would consume the entire annual corn crop of North Carolina at one meal, and kick the spots off the sun without swelling its side or shaking its tail? Or, if the hogs we raise annually were one hog, that animal would dig the < > Panama canal in three roots, without grunting, and its squeak would he loud enough to jar the cocoanuts off the trees in Central America?"?At: v lanta Georgian. Kills to Stop the Fiend. The worst foe for 17 years of John Deye, of Gladwin, Mich., was a run,* ning ulcer. He paid the doctors over $400.00 without benefit. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve killed the ulcer and cured him. Cures fever-sores, boils, felons, eczema, salt rhum. Infallible for piles, burns, scalds, cuts, / v eorns. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., * Bamberg, S. C. HOW ITS DONE IX CLARENDON. Young Man Forced to Marry and Skips Out For Columbia. Columbia, May 19.?Had Governor Ansel been in the city today he would have been called upon for some advice in a most unusual case. Just about the time that the Coast Line rolled in from the Pee Dee a young man sauntered into the office of the Governor. He gave a furtive glance around him to see that all was quiet and then he spoke. What he said made those who were present sit up and take notice, for 'twas a pretty tale the man was telling. "Ye gods," he said, "me thinks I can yet see pistols flashing, guns held in the hands of those who would do me murder," this in melodramatic fashion. But the thought of what had really happened sobered the man to plain speech?for those around him knew not yet what was the cause of the visit. The visitor gave his name as C. M. Holliday, of Manning, and his petition was that he be in some manner relieved from a marital situation, into which he claims that he was forced to enter Monday one week ago, at the point of at least 25 pistols and shotguns in the hands of kinsmen of the girl they forced him to marry?at least go through the ceremony?under threats of killing him. Holliday?who looks to be about 21 years of age?6ays thait he was out at his home in the field when a crowd came after him with pistols and guns, and said: "Come with us." He went. The party having entered the church, a minister was sent for, the Rev. J. R. Funderburk, and Holliday was told that he would have to get maried. "But I don't want to get married," said Holliday. "We'll see about that," said the near kinsmen. The husband-to-be telling the story today said: "And I could see the lead moving around inside those guns, and I decided to get married." The preacher, said Holliday, didn't want to perform the ceremony, but was told that he had to, then said, he would marry the whole family if necessary. "Well, what happened?" Holliday woe aslreri "It was just this way: Looking down the muzzle of those guns I let the preacher ask the questions, but I never answered one of them. Yes, the girl said yes all the way through, but I never opened my- mouth. Just after we left the church I skipped, but they came after me again. Then I rode across the country in a closed buggy and went to Pinewood, from which place I took the train for Columbia. And I'll be fair to you boys. I am not going to stay here either, i Of course, I am not telling you where j I am going, but I'll not stay here unless the marriage can be annulled." Holliday was advised to consult an attorney in the matter. Firemen's Strike Serious. Augusta, Ga., May 21.?The firemen's strike on the Georgia railroad is becoming very serious. The railroad said it is much more serious, than it was at this time last "night. White Fireman Sloan was forcibly ejected from the Buckhead train at Thomson, 40 miles out,to-night. The passengers and mail laid over until 1 a. m. there and missed all connections. A freight loaded with perishable goods is on the side track at Lithonia, near Atlanta. Three firemen <fcave been sent to it and all have failed "the company and the armed guards arrested for carrying weapons concealed. The .Picayune, due here at 8:45 a. m., is still tied up at Camak. - -? J-A 1-^J ?4 T\A/%W_ Tnree trams are siueirauKeu ai reeling. A mixed train, two' through freights and two local freights are tied up at Union Point. United States postal inspectors have reached there to protect the mails. One through freight is tied up at. Thompson. At Thompson today an angry crowd jerked the armed guard from an engine, heat him and ordered him back to Augusta. There is no train moving on the Athens branch. The sheriff of McDuffie county and the mayor of Union Point admit that they cannot preserve order. Smashes all Records. As an all-round laxative tonic and health-builder no other pills can compare with Dr. King's New Life Pills. They tone and regulate stomach, liver and kidneys, purify the blood, strengthen the nerves; cure constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, jaundice, headache, chills and malaria. Try them. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Peebles Case Postponed. Norfolk, Va., May 22.?At the preliminary hearing today of Eugene Peebles, the young molder from Augusta and Savannah, Ga., who yes teraay Kiuea nis wiie Dy cnuppmg her head open with an axe, Commonwealth's Attorney Tilton secured a postponement until May 25. He said alienists are now examining Peebles and that the State will be able to show beyond doubt that Peebles while perfectly sane killed his wife as the result of unjustified jealousy. Peebles, following 24 hours of insane antics, weeping and nervousness, was today discovered in his celi at the police station in a state of total collapse. Physicians were hurriedly summoned and Peebles' eyes showing signs of possible poisoning by cocaine a stomach pump was used. City Physicians McDonald and Taliaferro, while not fully convinced that it was not a case of poisoning, expressed the belief that it probably is - nervous collapse. Peebles, still unconscious, is now in the jail hospital. Two Storm Victims Die. Savannah, Ga., May 22.?Two deaths occurred here today as a result of the recent cyclone, which, after sweeping over the Southern States, left Georgia at this place. J. W. Traylor, who was injured internally and had both legs broken when the Henderson-Hull factory was smashed, died this morning. Joseph M. Hanley, a city fireman, who was called out to rescue the injured during the cyclone, was drenched by the rain and his resulting illness resulted in his death today. NEGRO FARM OWNERS. Some of the Successful?Great Tracts of Cotton Lands. The biggest negro farmer in South Carolina is in Marion county, says the Columbia Sun. It used to be Tracy Al-, ford, but Tracy has invested in town i property and cut his farm down. Ma-! rion yet holds the belt, regardless of the claims of Sumter and Orangeburg counties, and even of William Murray, of Wedgefield, who has 180 acres in cotton and will make far over a hundred bales, and even our friend, Bob Babb, of Cross Hill, who makes 100 bales a year. Butler General, a quiet, unassuming looking negro, who lives about five miles from Marion court house, is truly the biggest negro farmer in South Carolina. General has 200 acres in cotton in one level field without a flow or a washout, and 100 acres in another lot, 300 acres in cotton as fine as any man s, irom wmcn general says he will gather at least 280 bales and he expects more. This is his own land, for which he would not take $75 an acre. It is one unbroken field of as fine farm land, level and all stumped, as Aycock or any white framer owns, and it's paid for, costing him years ago $25 and $30 an acre. He had 200 acres of valuable timber land and several hundred acres on his other places, about 1,000 acrees in all. He runs eighteen plows on his plantation and used 140 tons of guano, costing him about $2,000. His farm supplies cost $3,000, making his outlay $5,000. General is an open hearted, progressive negro. He has a church and school house on his place and gets all the labor he wants to work his farm. Anderson General, a brother, works one of the plantations, keeping it up to the acre mark. Both the Generals are good, Christianhearted men, lovers of the acre and loyal citizens. Won't Slight a Good Friend. "If ever-1 need a cough medicine again I know what to get," declares Mrs. A. L. Alley, of Beals, Me., "for, after using ten bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, and seeing its excellent results in my own family and others, I am convinced it is the best medicine made for coughs, colds and lung trouble." Every one who tries it feels just that way. Relief is felt at once and its quick cure surprises you. For bronchitis, asthma, hemorrhage, croup, lagrippe, sore throat, pain in chest or lungs its supreme. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, com pmea witn tne dgbi Diooa punners, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Confesses to Boy's Murder. Richmond, Va., May 22.?At Abingdon, Va., Robert Moore, a negro, who was in jail for horse stealing, last night confessed to the murder of James Hines, the 15-year-old son of Robert A. Hines, white, of that place. Recently the body of the boy was found near Freeling, Dickson county, Va. The head had been severed from the body and the arms and legs cut off. Moore said that another negro had held Hines while he cut his * T>iav tVion rnhhoH him nf and hid the body under some brush. Moore was taken away from Abingdon last night to avoid the danger of lynching. Boy Not Murdered. Bristol, VaMay 24.?It developed to-day that the' negro, Robert Moore,, who was hurried away from Abingdon Saturday under heavy guard to prevent a -lynching, after having confessed that he murdered James Hines, the 16-year-old son of an Abingdon druggist, is insane and that the boy has not been murdered. The supposed decapitated body of the boy, reported to have been found in Dickinson county, where the negro said-he committed the atrocious crime, was re-examined to-day and found to be the carcass of a dog. SENSATION IN ANDERSON. Shylock Case Thrown Out by Solicitor Proctor Bonham. % Anderson, May 21.?A sensation was sprung in the court yesterday afternoon, when Solicitor Bonham, after hearing the testimony of Mr. J. F. Rice, complainant in the case against C. D. and Gertrude A. Pyle, charged with obtaining goods by false pretenses, told the witness to come down from the stand and ordered a verdict of not guilty. * "Well," he said, "you will have to come down, Mr. Rice, I will have to direct a verdict of not guilty. I cannot prosecute this case in this court." The applause that followed this statement by the | solicitor, snooK tne court room, ana was continued long find loud. In the warrant against the Pyles it was charged that theyjiad borrowed $25 from Mr. Rice, who is a money lender, on August 31st, 1907, and were to have paid back $30.50. They secured the amount by a mortgage on certain articles of furniture, etc., and failed to make settlement. By Mr. Rice's testimony it was. shown that the Pyles had borrowed $25, but had in reality gotten only $10, the $15 having been paid back to Mr. Rice for drawing certain papers. The Pyles were represented by Messrs. Paget and Watkins. < <j -w . " __ Summer Millinery Do you care to free yourself from trouble and extravagance? If so, this display of new Summer Millinery will command your attention. The salient features of which are Excellence of Quality, Newness of Style, Conformity to fashion, Completeness of Variety, and Extreme Moderation of Price. There is such a varied array of beautiful patterns in this display that inspection is the only means to get an adequate idea of the great quantity of new and attractive designs that make up this wonderful showing. Further, we are desirous to emphasize the fact that the best values ever exhibited in any sales room are here and the price, compaared with the intrinsic worth of the hat is simply amazing. Have you tested the statement? Never a better time time than now. Yours for business, Mrs. E. P. Copeland EHRHARDT, ... SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 THE ROAD TO if ?c SUCCESS IS For those who practice economy and ** G9 S show wisdom by keeping their sav- f S gj EASIEST ings in a BANK. . gg 11! ScnSvv and is a great factor in achieving SB || MOflJEY success. II I START TO SAVE and open a savings account NOW. X | | ONE DOLLLAR WILL DO. 19 1H EHRHARDT BANKING CO., Ehrhardt, S. C. 11 jj I 4 Per Cent. Interest. Capital Stock $20,000.00. J | II DON'T THROW IT AWAY I! it O i That broken gun or pistol, or perhaps. t \ i j it's a bicycle that is not in working 3? order. Don't throw it away, but let it me repair it so that it will give you as ? i ? much service as though it were new. t I am fully prepared to execute repair, t? f work .promptly and satisfactorily, it . a? and solicit your patronage. , n ?J. B. BRICKLEJ ? The Bepair Man Bamberg, S. C. S iThe SpriftgSeason I ? is near at hand, and you will soon want a new ? @ buggy and set of harness, for this is the time of ? ? year when one wants to ride around a great deal. ? ? We have a mighty nice line of buggies, both open ? ? and top, fine harness, lap robes, whips, etc., and ? ? will be glad if you will come to see us before you ? $ buy a new buggy. Also full line one and two- ? ? horse wagons. ? I Fancy Driving Horses 1 $ If vou want a fancy driving horse, we can suit * I you. They have the looks and the speed, and if SP you want a turnout that will be just a little better |g and a little faster than the other fellow's, come jx here and let us hook up one of our fancy steppers x to an elegant new buggy. Also a good lot of mules Sr on hand. xj Jones Brothers f Bamberg, South Carolina X P. P. P. Mate Marvelous Cures in Blood Poisoi, Bbenatisi and ScroMa. P. P. P. purifies the blood, builds up the weak and debilitated, gives strength to weakened nerves, expels, disease, giving the patient health and happiness, where sickness, gloomy feelings and lassitude first prevailed. In blood poison, mercurial poison, malaria, dvspepsia, and in all blood and skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers, tetter, scald bead, we say without fear of contradiction that P* P? P? Is the best blood purifier in the world. Ladies whose systems are poisoned and whose blood is in an impure condition due to menstrual irregularities, are peculiarly benefitted by the wonderful tonic and blood cleansing properties of P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poke Boot and Potassium. F. V. LIPPMAN, SAVANNAH, CA. ; ' f . ' " ;" ' v'v'iA ' A-_-rJh' "*r I ^ I J. F. CAR TEE i: t Attorney-at-Law '! X BAMBERG, S. C. o J Special attention given to set- J[ I tlement of estates and invest!- <> gation of land titles. < 1 LOANS NEGOTIATED. o J. Aid rich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated A THRIFTY COMPANY |JJ .... of and for.... THE THEIFTY The Mutual Benefit Life 7$ Oar best indorsement is oar policy itself. 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P. | If year digestive organ need toning up, 1 take % va v% :'J? ; P. P. P. , g?9 If yoa auffsr with headache, ladfgwtfcil, deUBty and weakness, take / V:,| ; P. P. P. : J|? If joa tatter with nerroaa uruatraticn, >v*?| nerves oastnmg and a general let donna of the ayatemTtiake wgl p. p. p. 11 1 For Blood Poison. Rheumatism. 8crof- - 'fig tda, Oki Sores, Malaria, Chronic female 1 OonaMBtti take ; p.-P. P. HI Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. :|| The beat blood porifler In the wodd. F. V. UFFMAJT. | Smnnah, - . Georgia. | " : SESmmS^ES^SEBBBBBBBBB&m: I PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS f| Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills Injectors \y:-' Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Bating, Gasoline Engines /i LOMBARD ill Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store AUGUSTA, GA. WM TOWN PROPERTIES 1 FOR SALE ^ mtfv cilv une iwo*?wr/ uwriniig; mut oia rooms, on corner of New Bridge and Second street. ' One two-story dwelling, with eight rooms, on corner of Calhoun street and Railroad avenue. v. :^yj One two-story dwelling, with six rooms, on Second street. One five-room cottage, on Main street., One seven-room dwelling, on east wing of New Bridge street. One block of five tenant houses, on south end of New Bridge street. Two open lots, on south end of New Bridge street. One open lot, on Church street One block of open lots, on Railroad avenue. Description, with price and terms, on application. J. T. O'NEAL, . || Real Estate Agent Bamberg. S. C.