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COUNTRY NEWS LETTER
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around tl
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County and iusewnere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
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Ehrhardt, Oct. 10.?The hea-\
rains we had last week have held i
the cotton gathering considerabl
A few more rains as heavy as tl
^ showers of last week, will mal
storm cotton of the balance of tl
small cotton crop.
Rev. D. B. Groseclose will go ovi
in Georgia to help Rev. Shealy co:
duct several days' meeting at one his
charges near Clio.
Rev. Groseclose will conduct cor
munion services in St. Nichol;
church on the fourth Sunday. Th
church has recently been moved ai
* enlarged. It is now nearer the ce
ter of the congregation. The o
chruch was small and would ha1
- v- had to be enlarged, so now they ha1
it as they want it.
Mr. Priester's daughter, who liv
on the old Brown place near Bar
berg, came over on a visit to h
uncle, J. W. Priester and famil;
while here she took very sick; gli
\ to say she is doing better than e
pected and hope she will soon be ab
to be out again.
The Lutherans at this place wi
soon go to work on their parsonaj
in town. The committee has a pit
;;, and the joint council have put meai
in their hands that they can go.'
work on the building at once. Tl
y contractor will get up the lumb<
needed and want to have a new year
dinner in same.
Quite a crowd of young folks can
up Sunday on the train, which wi
more than an hour behind time; d
not give the young folks much tin
y to get acquainted and see our tov
before the conductor gave the sign
for leaving.
So far no mail has been brought u
Some of our town folks want the
Sunday papers brought to them <
the train; but as yet no arrangemen
* have been made with Uncle Sam '
have this done.
Mr. L. M. bishop brought son
oomnioe of ri(?A that hp Raid he SOW!
broadcast in a low place, and nev<
could work it and he says it's cor
pletely covered and will make hi
more to eat than any quarter of ?
acre that he has on his farm; tl
sample proves his assertion. JEE.
7 News From Olar.
Olar, Oct. 7.?As the readers i
The Herald have not heard from 01
village in several weeks, I'll take th
- opportunity to give an account
what we are doing.
Our citizens are manifesting i
much energy in performing the
imany duties that the visitor quick
realizes that Olar is strictly a bus
ness men's town. Loafers have four
out that this is no home for thei
- consequently idleness is a thing <
the past.
We smell a little acohol occasio
ally, but our prison house hasn't be<
visited by an intoxicated human
several months. Our council and p
liceman are doing their duties towai
enforcing the law and maintainii
peace.
The farmers are hurrying their cc
ton to this market. They seem to $
alize that this is the place to get tl
top of the market.
Our high school appears to be d
ing excellent work. The teachers ai
v scholars seem to be giving their a
tention to school duties.
Rev. E. Alston Wilkes filled his a
pointment on the first Sunday nig]
and preached an excellent sermon.
The Methodist Sunday-school had
Sunday-school rally last Sunday eve
f ing. The program was nicely gott<
up, and the rally was quite a su
cess. A quartette consisting <
Messrs. Neeley, Walker, Goolsby ar
Riley from Denmark rendered mus
that was much enjoyed by the coi
gregation
Prof. Walker and Mr. Riley wei
' entertained at the home of M
and Mrs. C. F. Rizer and Messr
Goolsby and Neeley were entertain*
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. U. (
Milhous.
The Baptist congregation has cal
ed Rev. W. C. Baxley for anoth<
year. We are glad to have Mr. Ba
f ley remain with us.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Brabham a:
nounce the marriage of their daug!
ter, Sara, to Mr. Henry Frankl
Starr on Sunday, October 16th.
Hon. Jesse F. Carter, distri
* grand chancellor of Knights of Pyt
ias, visited the Olar lodge at its la
meeting and made an instructive le
ture.
n v Rizpr is the best f<
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? NEWS FROM KHRHARDT.
A Budget of Interesting Items From
IS a Growing Town.
Ehrhardt, Oct. 10.?The weather
ie scheduled to reach and drench the
middle South Atlantic States by last
Wednesday slipped a cog en route and
was delayed in its progress till Saturday?hereabouts
at least. But upon
ry
arrival the rain fell with something
ip of a vengeance all day. The old Iny'
dian sign came literally true for
once?it rained all round and poured
down in the middle. The weather
le
has cleared again, however, and the
rain seems almost forgotten in the
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enjoyment of the people here in the
prevailing cool wave now sweeping
over the country.
Ehrhardt is building some, if the
a buildings in course of erection and
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those completed may be taken as evidence
of the town's progress. Con1
tractor Ivey J. Zeigler's latest and
^ ~ most conspicuous achievement is the
building now in progress, on lower
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Main street, of an eleven room twoIT6
story dwelling house for' Dr. J. H.
Roberts. The house is of modern ar
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chitecture and will cost way up in
four figures when completed. The design
will eclipse anything in the line
' ' of buildings in this town and the idea
la
x of the building is a credit to both
le the taste and progress of Dr. Roberts,
and the work is a neat and creditable
.jj reflection on the contractor as well.
re Mrs. Maggie Simmons is having a
comfortable cottage put up on Main
street. When finished the buildings
to and grounds will have many attractions
beautifying that part of the
18 town,
er
,, Mrs. Simmons, daughter of Mr. J.
C. Copeland, of this county, after her
marriage moved to the land of flowag
ers, where in the course of events.
Simmons unfortunately died, when
the widow, like Naomi, turned her
le
m face to the land of her birth to cast
al her lot with her own people.
Mr. S. W. Copeland has added two
p much needed rooms to his dwelling,
. * which adds considerable to the comllF
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I oris ana appearance 01 me uuuoc
isand groundst0
The two two-story brick stores of
Mr. Frank H. Copeland, the one completed
and occupied by Mr. Karesh
and the other completed all to the
gr finishing touches and to be occupied
Q_ by Mr. S. W. Copeland, is a credit to
Mr. Copeland's progressiveness and a
decided honor to the town.
e President H. A. Hughes, of the
Farmers' Mercantile Co., has cleared
the rubbish from a desirable lot on
Jackson street and will begin building
a dwelling house at once,
of The Baptist church, it is believed, J
ir will be completed some time this fall
is or winter, to the honor and glory of
of the faithful little band of struggling
church members so earnestly en50
deavoring to complete a house of worir
ship of their own. If only the readly
ing public knew of the struggle these
u- good people are having to finish this
id building, so earnestly and liberally
n, begun, but if some good angel would
of move the hearts of a generous people
to aid them in building a church such
n- as Christ referred to when the apostle
m Peter acknowledeged Him as the
in Christ, the Son of God, when the
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rd this rock will I build my church and
ig the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it,"?the Church of Truth.
(t- There has been and there is still
e- much sickness for many miles around
*e Ehrhardt; Drs. Roberts and Copeland
are kept one on the run and the other
on the fly day and night in attendid
ance upon their patients. It would
-t- seem that men would be required to J
possess wills of iron and nerves ot
P- steel to accomplish what they do. It
ht is pleasant, however, to note that the
health of the community generally is
a a little on the mend at the approach
n~ of jack frost, at whose coming it is
confidently expected giant malaria
c- will be knocked out on the first
of round. Hurry jack, please come on,
id won't you?
ic Miss Bessie Priester, of Allendale,
Q" who came home last Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. W. H. Priester, to visre
it her aunt, Mrs. J. W. Priester, was
r- taken very ill with hemorrhagic fever
?- on Wednesday and was sick to the
*d degree that her life was despaired of
3. fnr two davs. Dr. Roberts, the at
tending physician, did not leave the
sick bed for two nights in succession
5r and at last she is convalescent. She
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hunter in Bamberg county. He ran
a- over and killed a big fellow with his
h- touring car a few nights ago.
in Last Thursday night a few of our
citizens met and organized the Olar
ct lyceum company. Seeing the need of
h- high class performances, our people
st have become much interested. Our
c- local company promises to furnish
entertainments that will be enjoyed
>x by every attendant. H.
| IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quiick
Reading?Paragraphs Abont
Men and Happenings.
The Orangeburg chamber of commerce
has arranged for a corn exhibit
for the farmers of Orangeburg
and adjoining counties, the exhibit to
be held next Wednesday. Prizes will
be given for the best exhibits of corn.
Several of the hotel keepers of Columbia
were fined in the magistrate's
court in that city last week for not
having fire escapes to their hotels.
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J.ne law rt?quirmg me csuayca wcm.
into effect on October 1st, and the
cases against the hotel keepers were
made by Insurance Commissioner
McMaster.
Mr. J. P. Matheny, formerly of
Bamberg, but who has been living in
Orangeburg for several years past,
has been elected commercial secretary
of the chamber of commerce of
that city, at a salary of $1,000 a
year. Orangeburg is a live town,
and their chamber of commerce is a
live body, and they have shovm the
proper spirit by electing a live and
experienced man as secretary. That
he will do good work for the city on
the Edisto is assured.
An election contest in the recent
primary is to be heard by the State
Supreme court. In the race for sunervisor
over in Calhoun county. T. J.
McLaughlin entered a protest before
the county Democratic executive committee
against that body awarding
the nomination to J. L. Zeigler because
the latter had not filed his expense
account at the proper time, as
required by law. The county committee
dismissed the protest, and
their action was sustained by. the
State committee. Now McLaughlin
has appealed to the Supreme Court,
and the case wil be heard by the
court at an early date.
seemed so near death's door on Friday
that her escape appears miraculous.
Nothing but the skill and faithful
treatment of the attending physician
and the kindest nursing by her
people and friends have saved the
precious life.
Mr. Dave McMillan, of the Clear
Pond section, died of hemorrhagic
fever some days ago and was buried
at Bethesda church.
Willie Lawton, colored, who farms
on Mr. Robbie Kearse's place in the
Clear Pond section, was playing hide
and seek with a dynamite cartridge
one day last week, when by awkward
movement the thing went off and carried
with it the first joint of the
thumb and fore finger of the right
Vmsi ranHorinc nArroanant in
Iiauu UCOIUVO 1VUUW4.U0 r
jury to one eye. With one eye almost
gone forever and his 'tater and
pindar grabbing capacity impaired for
life, the boy may have learned a lesson,
perhaps.
The moral standing in all directions,
with this town has hitherto
boasted with so much pride, has^at
last been undermined by the invasion
of a bli..d tiger with eyes as brilliantly
red as contraband, pop skull whiskey
can make them. His lair is some
miles out in the country, where he is
a stench at home and a stench to the
community in which he lives. In the
attempt to accomplish his nefarious
object, that is, in bringing illicit whiskey
to town on Saturdays and further
corrupting the morals of the lower
class of his race by its sale, he is
bound to walk into tne crap bci iui
him and he will have to face a federal
judge on the charge of selling
whiskey without a U. S. license.
Upon observance and close inquiry
the cotton crop in this section Is
adjudged to be less than 65 per cent,
of a full crop. But 14 1-8 cents the
pound which the enterprising merchants
are now paying for the staple
is pulling the farmers out of the
I hole, as it were, and it is hardly believed
now that much damage to any
interest concern will result at the
final summing up of the year's business
in the end.
Corn, peas, potatoes, pinders, sugar
cane, etc., are abundant in yield
and with the reality of an immense
' Vrto- nrnn airpfldv turned in the fields
I liv/fj Vi VV>W|, ?
I to fatten, the outlook is that nobody
I in this neck of the woods will hardly
starve within the next twelve months.
Some of the farmers here are almost
having weeps over the newly
discovered cotton pest that is probably
doing some damage to the crop.
The specimens submitted to the correspondent
for examination proved to
be nothing more than the tomato
borer; it is as old as the hills and its
borings never amounts to more than
almost imperceptible damage only i
during excessive wet seasons.
MARRIED AX1) PARTED.
Young Couple Get Married as a Joke
Judge Unties Knot.
Quite a sensation for a number o
people was sprung at Indian Fields
campground Sunday afternoon in th<
mariage of two well known youns
people, and the after effects of th<
same.
It seems that Sunday afternoon 01
the campgrounds Miss Ida Fairey, o
near Branchville, and Mr. Willian
Shuler, of Bowman, were twittins
each other about getting married
They went so far as to try and bacl
each other down, claiming it to be i
joke. Then they went to the preach
er's tent wher Rev. J. W. Arial wa:
found, and in a few moments th<
young people were made man ant
wife.
After the blushing groom had pai<
the minister the usual fee for sucl
services the gravity of his predica
ment dawned upon him. The groon
complained at once that he thought i
was only a joke; that he could no
support a wife, and made other ex
cuses for wanting to be out of th<
contract. He went to the preache
and wanted the preacher to undo th<
work, but was informed that was im
possible. Thereupon the new-madi
bride was left upon her own accoun
on the grounds, while the groom pro
ceeded to look for a lawyer and tr;
to get unmarried. The bride cami
on home, while the groom went t<
his home.
Portioe intorocted In thp affair an
peared before Judge Moss at Orange
burg Tuesday and secured the sign
ing of an order annulling the mar
riage, on the grounds that both of th<
parties were willing for it to be an
nulled and that they were trying ti
back each other out <jf an agreement
Thus a predicament is settled tha
threatened very seriously for a shor
while.?Branchville Journal.
Angry Citizens Slay Negro.
Danville, Va., Oct. 8.?Charge*
with having comfmitted numerou
robberies, which for the past ten day
have terrorized the farmers residin;
in the neighborhood around Pelhar
and Ruffin, N. C., ten miles south o
here, an unknown negro was shot t
death in a barn late this afternoor
The killing followed an all da;
search in a drizzling rain, partici
pated in by at least fifty angry citi
zens.
The dead negro has been in thi
vicinity for about a week and it ha
generally been conceded that he wa
the party who has been entering nu
merous dwelling houses. Fou
houses at Ruffin were robbed las
night and early to-day.
wftfl nViAf Hnnrn lofo thll aftPT
nc wao ouv/v uvnu aww
noon when he refused to surrende
and was in the act of drawing a re
volver. j
Beiton Man Shot.
Belton, Oct. 10.?Last night abou
9 o'clock W. Riley Mason was sho
by an unknown party as he was rq
turning home from town. Masoi
was a frame hand in the Belton mill
He lived on the mill grounds am
was returning home from up town
Just as he was nearing it'he tail
grounds he was shot. When th
shot was fired Mr. Chas. McCoy, wh<
lived only about 100 yards fror
where the shot was fired rushed ou
of his house. He heard a man groan
ing, but it being dark and he no
knowing the cause, stopped and call
ed out. Mason recognized his voic*
and called to him. McCoy thei
rushed up and with the aid of an
other took the wounded man to hi
(McCoy's) house.
Dr. Carpenter was soon on han<
and dressed the wound. When ask
ed whether or not he knew the mai
who fired the shot, Mason said
"No, it was done so quick." Masoi
lhad a pistol lying near him an<
when McCoy reached him he was try
ing to reload. He said: "It has snap
ped all around." When found o
rather picked up by McCoy the pisto
had no cylinder. There is a good dea
of mystery about the affair and ther<
are various suppositions as to hov
the thing occurred.
The shot was fired at close range
powder burns being found on th<
shirt of the wounded man. Th<
ball entered the right chest jus
below the nipple and lodged just un
der the skin, a little to the right o
the back bone.
It is hard to tell how serious th<
wound may be but it is thought tha
it glanced and did not go straigh'
on its course. The man will likely
get well.
Mason is about 24 years old, ii
married and has a wife and tw<
small children. He is the son of W
H. Mason, who also lives at the mill
2 tuaigcu 10 mc muiuti ui vumvu w<
_ Varner, a negro, near Cam's Cross
2 Roads, on Sunday, September 18. On
t that night Varner was called to his
t front door and shot, dying instantly.
_ The next morning Dallas V. Carn, in
3 his capacity as magistrate, corraled a
r coroner's jury and turned in the re3
port of the inquisition to the county
_ attorney, T. P. Crawford. He ex3
amined but one witness, the wife of
t the murdered man.
Some time afterwards people starty
ed to talk about Carn in connection
3 with the crime, and recently some
3 one sent a notice to Gov. Ansel, whc
turned the case over to a special de_
tective, H. R. Thompson, of Wash_
ington, D. C., who at once got tc
_ work on t|e case. He yesterday had
_ Carn and Dangerfield arrested on
e warrants sworn out by himself.
The bad blood between the Cam
3 and Varner families is said to be the
result of the fact that Carn had beer
rtf imnrnnerlv detain
t ?*v~ w v
I ing as his housekeeper Rosa Lee Varner,
a 16-year-old first cousin of the
dead man. She is held in default oi
$200 bond as one of the witnesses.
j Hughes Assumes Seat on Bench.
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s Washington, Oct. 10.?After the
g oath of office as associate justice was
q admipistererd to-day to Charles E
( Hughes, of New York, the supreme
0 court of the United States adjournec
L until to-morrow out of respect to the
y memory of the late chief justice, Mel_
ville W. Fuller. The court was ir
_ session eight minutes.
Every available seat in the little
s court room was occupied by persons
g especially interested in the events oi
g the opening day. The mother, the
_ wife and the daughter of the new
r justice were the first of the relatives
t of the court to arrive. Attorney General
Wickersham and Secretary Nage!
represented the cabinet.
r Presiding Justice Harlan announced
as soon as the court had taken its
place that the president had appointed
Mr. Hughes to the bench, thai
the senate had confirmed the nomination
and that Mr. Hughes was
t Dresent. He directed Clerk McKin
t ney, by whom Mr. Hughes was seated
to read the latter's commission,
a "The court extends a cordial wel[.
come," said Justice Harlan, as the
i clerk finished reading,
i. He then directed the new membei
1 to take the oath of-office, the oath ol
e allegiance having already been ad0
ministered in the robing room a fe\*
a minutes before.
t Mr. Hughes read the oath in an im
pressive manner and at its conclusion
t repeated after the clerk the words:
"So help me God," and Marshal
e Wright escorted the new member tc
a his seat.
These formalities over, Justice Hars
lan proceeded to announce the death
of the chief justice.
For Two Federal Districts*
1 Washington, Oct. 7.?It was learn:
ed here to-day from an authority bei
lieved to be reliable that when Con1
gress meets in December the mem
bers of the. South Carolina delega
tion will get together and pass a bill
r dividing the State into two Federal
1 districts, as indicated in bills already
1 introduced and considered by con%
i* < nrnnnsed to Dass a meas
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r ure that will make an eastern and
western division for the tranaction
, of Federal litigation.
3 If such a., hill passes and there is
3 little doubt that such will be the
t case, if the South Carolina Congress
men unite, an additional Federal
f Judge and Court officials will have to
be appointed.
3 A law of this kind came near bet
ing enacted a few years ago and was
t killed because all of the parties at
r interest could not reach a satisfacory
adjustment.
3 Already the names of a number of
) lawyers from the Piedmont section.
. are being discussed in connection
. with the matter.
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American Chemical Company to Invade
Southern Field.
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New York, Oct. 7.?Three new fertilizer
plants will be constructed by
the American Chemical company during
the next year in the very heart of
the territory covered by the VirginiaCarolina
Chemical company. One v.. *?
wil be at Savannah, Ga., where the
company has purchased 70 acres of
land, and should be completed early
in 1911, as the contracts have already
been let.
The second plant will be at Wilmington,
N. C., and the third at Columbia.
Work on the latter two will
be begun as soon as possible and all
three should be in operation by next '
summer.
Altogether the expenditures for new
construction will total something .
like $1,000,000 and, as the American
Chemical company nas a warning
capital approximately $18,500,000 as
1 showh by its recent annual state- m
ment, it is not likely that the construction
work contemplated will call
for new financing.
While the American has always
been a factor in the Southern field
' the move of building three new plants simultaneously
can not be construed
otherwise than an aggressive inva- W'-M
' sion of the preserves of the Virginia- .
1 Carolina Chemical company. ., ,'^glg
! An interest closely connected with
1 the Virginia-Carolina company stated
' that the Southern field is large
' enough for both, but generally in ' y "Jd?
1 fertilizer circles the outlook for a
L trade war is considered excellent ;'?|||
t RAIDING COLUMBIA CLUBS.
[ Six Places Visited by Officers?Two
Convictions.
? Columbia, Oct. 8.?This week Co- ?
[ lumbia police officers have raided six .JjjaHK
resorts chartered as "social clubs."
As a result two managers have been . \^jjSU
convicted of violating the dispensary
law, a third manager forfeited a stiff
- bail bond and several cases remain
? to be heard. ' J"
At the Raven Club, No 1,708 Main 'i|
i street, seven barrels full of bottled
I beer, 130 bottles of iced beer and
J small quantity of whiskey were
seized. Manager W. H. Reese was'.-%^M|
i arrested, but released on bail in the
sum of $40 to appear before Record- :?f??
; er Verner Tuesday for trial. On the J
charter the purpose of thq club is givf
en as "for mutual association and
- entertainment."
r There was a mistriaj in the case
5 L. W. Keith, manager of the Pal
metto Club, who was charged with
1 storing intoxicants contrary to law. .M
The case against the Owl Club will 1
be heard Tuesday afternoon. '^jgjn
t" SURPRISE IN CARLISLE CASE.
, Testified That Banker Gave Seeurities
to Cover Indebtedness. "
Greenville, Oct. 11.?Somewhat
. unusual developments came up this
> afternoon in the United States District
Court during the hearing of the 'Vffija
case against Milton A. Carlisle, of I
Newberry, charged with misapplies.
tion of the funds of the National *
r Bank, of that place, of which he was
The attorneys for the defense
i brought out during the examination
of B. C. Matthews, present president.
[ of the bank that Mr. Carlisle had
? made an assignment of a number of
insurance policies, together with cor- f
. poration stock and over a thousand
l dollars in cash as payment, of his In- >f)
debtedness to the bank shortly after ;
the time of his succession by
Matthews.
The conditions of the assignment
. were that the defendant should re.
ceive receipt in full for his personal
. indebtedness, and his notes marked'
. paid. It was brought out in the
I timony that the insurance policies
had been made payable to the bank
and treated by it as its own property,
. being carried on the books as a por.
tion of the assets, but that Mr. Carlisle
had not been sent anything more
than an acknowledgement of the reoamo
thnnph thp. Tirftfii
leiyi ui me cuujw, r "
dent had been authorized to make
i the settlement.
From the reading of the indictment,
it appears that Mr. Carlisle is 1
charged with misapplying the funds
of the bank to his personal account,
and to the account of the Cold Point'
Granite Company, an insolvent concern
of which he was president and
treasurer, as well as to a few individual
accounts, overdrawing and Z3!
making good the amounts with unsecured
notes, according to the charges.
This is alleged to have gone on dur- ^3
Ing the years 1907 and 1908.
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CRIME OF MURDER CHARGED
MAGISTRATE OF BERKLEY COUNTY
HELD FOR KILLING.
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5 Charged That He Murdered a Negro
= and Held Inquest Over Body.
' Protests Innocence.
1 Monck's Corner, Oct. 11.?Charged
f with the murder of the man over
1 whose body he acted as coroner at
r the inquest which wras held following
a brutal killing, Dallas V. Carn,
. a white man, resident of Cam's Cross
i Roads in Berkeley county, and the
magistrate for that district, is now in
, the county jail at Monck's Corner
a along with Julius Dangerfleld, anj
other white man, the two being
charged with the same crime,
j The crime with which they are
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