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KNOTTS BROTHERS INDICTED.
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Charged with Complicity in "Badger1*
a Game in Washington.
Washington, Feb. 18.?James B.
Knotts, Benjamin Knotts, Albert A.
Armstrong and Flossie Bennett, alias
Fiosise Knotts, the two former from
Orangeburg county, S. C., have been
indicted by the grand jury of blackmail.
According to the indictment,
the quartette attempted to extort $5,ti
000 from Charles Rosenthal, by
means of the "badger" game, on December
13, last.
The indictment alleges that the woman
named and the three men accused
Rosenthal of improper relations
with the woman, who, it is claimed,
was the wife of James Knotts, for
the purpose or extorting money rrom
bum. According to Rosenthal's story,
as told to the police, he called at the
Cairo apartments in the evening, at
fthe woman defendant's solicitation.
"While there, he says, her alleged husband
made the accusation against
bim, after tying him to a'chair and
nourishing a pistol. He was later
shown photographs, said to have b^en
taken from a closet in the room,
-which was brilliantly lighted. Rosenthal
gave a check to the husband,
and was released on a promise to
pay the money the next day at his
place of business. When James
Knotts called to get the money he
was arrested. Knotts and his brother
were released on bail, and are
now at their home in South Carolina.
Armstrong and the woman defendant
are in jail.
Body of Infant in Pond.
Greenwood, Feb. 18.?The partly
decomposed body of an infant was
found in the large pond south of the
Greenwood mill yesterday by Mr. G.
W. Feltman, an employee of the mill.
?? The body was wrapped in an old
black shirt and had evidently been
in the water several days. Mr. Feltman
states that he noticed it last
Tuesday floating on the water, but
.did not investigate it at the time.
Coroner Shadrach empanelled a jury
yesterday and the jury after hearing
the testimony of Mr. Feltman, Dr.
B. F. Duckett and Dr. J. B. Owens,
adjourned to meet again Monday afternoon.
It was the opinion of Dr.
J. B. Owens that the child was white
and that it had never breathed. So
far there is no clue whatever to the
identity of the body or the mother.
The body was buried by the county.
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MURDERED AND BURNED.
House Burned and Charred Bodies
Found in Ruins.
Orangeburg, Feb. 17.?According
to *a report received here to-day by
Sheriff A. M. Salley, a negro woman
and child were murdered and burned
last nignt, in tnis county, aoout iu
miles from Bowman. It is thought
that the woman, Elizabeth Jones,
and a little adopted girl, were first
murdered and the house fired and
burned. The tragedy occurred on the
plantation of Wm. DeHay in the
Providence section of this county.
Two pistol reports were heard last
night at about 11 o'clock, but no investigation
was made until early this
morning, when the house was found
burned and the charred bodies discovered.
Sheriff Salley was notified this afternoon
and he left immediately in
an automobile with bloodhounds, but
there is little probability of the dogs
accomplishing anything because of
the lateness of their arrival. At this
time Sheriff Salley has not returned
and the facts in the case are very
meagre.
NEGRO CONFESSES CRIME.
Nathan Montague Will be Electrocuted
To-day.
.Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 15.?Nathan
Montague, the negro who killed J.
L. Sanders, Irene Overton, Sanders'
grandaughter, and Miss Mattie Sanders,
Sanders daughter, whom he
assaulted, then setting fire to their
home in Granville county last December,
in order to conceal his crime,
and who will be electrocuted here at
the State prison this morning, to-day
made a full confession.
He said that he went to the Sanders'
home on the evening of the
tragedy to see about killing some
hogs. While there he chopped some
wood and while so engaged Miss
Mmp rmt and carried it into
the house. He then planned the
crime.
Words passed between Sanders and
Montague when the former told the
negro to go home. The negro then
grabbed a chair and struck Sanders
over the head killing him. He then
killed the granddaughter. Miss Sanders
ran out into the yard and he
followed and seized her. He says he
had to cut her with a knife and beat,
her into insensibility before he could
accomplish his purpose, after which
he dragged her body into the house
and fired it.
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DETAILS OF EASLEY KILLING.
Olin Fletcher, Slayer of Harral Goodson,
in Jail.
Pickens, Feb. 15.?Last night, at
the Easley Cotton mill, in the town
of Easley, Olin Fletcher killed Harrall
Goodson. From what can be
learned it seems that several boys
were sitting on the church steps at
the mill, about 9 o'clock. Olin
Fletcher walked up to the boys and
asked Luther Norris for a cigarette.
Norris gave it to him. None of the
boys had a match. Olin Fletcher,
seeing Ben Harris coming down the
street, asked Harris for a match.
Harris pulled a pistol out of his
pocket and said: "This is the kind'
of match I will give you." Harris
put the pistol back in his pocket, j
Fletcher then pulled the pistol out of
Harris's pocket and began to sling it
around. It was discharged and the
bullet struck Harrall Goodson and
he9 was killed almost instantly. They
were young men about 20 years of
age and unmarried. Fletcher was
caught about four miles from the
scene of the killing and is now in
jail. The coroner held an inquest,
and it is said a motive for the killing
was brought out. i
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High School Conference.
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Denmark, Feb. 17.?A most enthusiastic
and successful high school
teachers' conference was held in the
school auditorium here on Tuesday
night and Wednesday under the direction
of Prof. W. H. Hand, State
school inspector.
Twenty-nine high school teachers,
representing 12 schools, were in attendance,
besides some grade teachers,
school officials and others interested
in the cause.
Some of the principal subjects discussed
in a free and informal manner
were: "The Purpose of the High
School Recitation," "How to Keep
Our Boys and Girls, Boys Particularly,
in School," "The High School
Course of Study and Its Administration?Problems
from Indivdual Experiences."
Prof. Hand expressed himself as
being greatly pleased with the conference.
This is the fourth meeting
of the kind held in the State within
the past few weeks, the other meeting
places having been Spartanburg,
Florence and Anderson; the total attendance
of high school teachers has
been about 145. |
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William M. Lanford Unmoved by
Pleading Wife.
Spartanburg, Feb. 15.?With the
wife of his victim clinging to him
and entreating him not to shoot, and
her four children standing by, awestricken
witnesses, William Martin
Lanford, a 64-year-old Confederate
veteran early this morning put a bullet
ifcto the heart of his son, Williani
David Lanford, 35 years old, killing
him almost instantly. - .
The son and his family lived with
the old man on a plantation on the
Enoree river, three miles from Woodruff.
Because of constant bickerings
the soli had decided to move. When
he came with a wagon to take away j
his household goods the father bade
him not drive upon the yard under
pain of death. The young man ignored
the command and was shot
through the heart. * *
Gave Himself Up.
After the killing, the old man
mounted a mule and, with head erect,
glancing neither to the right or left,
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sons who followed him, rode to Wood!
ruff, calmly announced that he had
killed his son and said he was going
to Spartanburg to surrender to the
sheriff.
The train had gone and Lanford
accordingly went to Foster & Bryson's
store and requested Bert
Weathers, a clerk, to telephone the
sheriff, W. J. White, to come for
him. This was done and Lanford
was committed to jail late in the afternoon.
In jail he complained of being ill
and Dr. Willaim G. Sexton was called
and prescribed. It is reported that
Lanford is suffering from pellagra
but the report lacks confirmation.
The old man said at the jail that
during the last six months he has
had 15 physicians treat him for in
testinal trouble and none had been |
able to do anything for him.
Dr. Sexton said that owing to the j
darkness of Lanford's cell he had not j
noticed any skin eruptions, if there
were any, but he would make more
careful examination next day.
Inquest Held.
Cororner J. B. Turner held the inquest
in the afternoon. There was
difficulty in obtaining a jury because
of the 50 or 60 persons called nearly
all were related to the Lanfords. The
jury finally chosen found that W. D.
Lanford had come to his death by a
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gunshot wound at the hands of W.
M. Lanford.
The testimony given was in effect
the same as the story given above.
There was evidence that Lanford had
consented to his son moving and
did not object to his taking away the
furniture but ordered him not to
drive the wagon on the yard.
Accused of Stealing.
E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton,
Me., boldly accuses Bucklon's Arnica
l ofinar fi?Am
oaivo ui oicanug i.uc ouug ?uiu
burns or scalds?the pain from sores
of all kinds?the distress from boils
or piles. "It robs cuts, corns,
bruises, sprains and injuries of their
terror," ho says, "as a healing remedy
its equal don't exist." Only 25c. at
Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO
Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy.
All the blood in the bodV passes
through the kidneys once every three
minutes. The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 500
grains of impure matter daily, when
unhealthy some part of this impure
matter is left in the blood. This
brings on many diseases and symptoms?pain
in the back, beadache,
nervousness, hot, dry skin, rheumatism,
gout, gravel, disorders of the
eyesight and hearing, dizziness,
irregular heart, debility, drowsiness,
dropsy, deposits in the urine, etc.
But if you keep the filters right you
will have no trouble with your kidneys.
Mrs. Samuel Harrison, Church St.,
Bamberg, S. C., says: "I have used
Doan's Kidney Pills and they have
been very beneficial. My kidneys
annoyed me and l( suffered intensely
from backache and pains through my
lions. Doan's Kidney Pills, ^which 1
got from the People's Drug Co., relieved
these difficulties and improved
my condition wonderfully. You are
at liberty to use my name as a reference."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name?Doan's?
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FOR FRESH MEATS
such as beef, pork, dressed chickens,
and the like, you will do justice
to both your appetite and to
your pocket to hunt for the
market opposite the artesian
well, second door to Copeland's
warehouse. We only handle the
best meats that money can buy.
We also pay the highest prices
for beef cattle, pork hogs, chickens
and eggs. Restaurant in connection,
where you can get hot
meals at all times.
A. W. BRONSON,
BAMBERG, S. C.
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Office in Hoffman Building.
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