Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 1 S A L 1 Jb ? Commencing Sal || This sale wil ? 15 days ? we Mam'a l\nnn I men 5 isqja Men's Clothing, retail $15.00, now reduced 1 Men's Extra Trousei $4.00, now only .. . Men's Extra Trouser $2.75, now only .. . Men's Extra Trouser $1.50, now only .. . Men's Extra Coats, for reduced to Men's Extra Coats, fo] reduced to Men's Suspenders, fo now only Men's Suspenders, fo now only TV/T^?. + n -pAwnQy v jar 1*1 exi 5 jjc?tc5, iuiiiiti || Men's Belts, former f ' ? only I" R b I Next Dooi MRS. McREE ACQ OF R ?' Garland's Slayer Weeps < The Jury Stood 11 Hno For .Ii VA1V wa w ^ < Opelousas, La., April 2.?Mrs. Zee Runge McRee, who shot her young friend, Allen Garland, to death in her home here September 21 last, was today acquitted by a jury of the charge of manslaughter. The jury stood 11 for acquittal and one for justification k ^ as charged. Holding her golden-haired little daughter, Vallera, in her arms and J with tears streaming down her cheek, j Mrs. McRee arose as soon as the foreman had announced the verdict. < "Your Honor,'.' she said, "may I thank the jurymen?" < * Judge Peavy readily granted the request and the happy little woman : walked over and shook hands with < each juryman who had voted for her , acquittal. Husband Thanks Jury. i Her husband, tall and robust, with ] deep lines of sorrow and worry ] brought by the two trials, clearly de- 5 r*n Vi ic inmnftd to his feet ^ VU. AV%VV> J v. ?? r and with, arms stretched out to the ^ ? jurors exclaimed: t "Gentlemen, please allow me to j 1 thank you and may God bless each j one of you." 1 All smiles and all tears, husband 1 and wife embraced and then turned 1 to grasp the hands of their many 1 friends who had rushed up to offer J congratulations. ( There was a pathetic picture on the * "other side." With ill concealed bit- * terness and expressions of dejection s and disappointment, the verdict was * received quietly. While the McRees were jubilant and joyous, the Garlands gazed fixedly upon the skull of i their dead relative, which had been j brought into court to prove that the ! k boy was shot in the back. > l/Ciii^Udiiaiiuu i Judge Peavy promptly checked the ! ? hand clapping demonstration of the 11 sympathizers of Mrs. McRee and in a p few minutes the principal in the J1 noted trial had passed out of the \ court room. Mrs. McRee and her family prob- c ably will return to Texas to-day. t Under the Louisiana law the agree- [ t f>Sf Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr V - E! Jig E . -1 A ,'1 1 OiL il curaay, April 10 ui, u 1 take place at the ol only. This sale me< really have. Belo\ Men's Ties irtment , rr. Men s Ties price $14.00 and M , n onrl *Q p;n ^-en s ^an ?U UUiW/ W11M, u/ts.w , now only s, former price > tt $2 85 now .. . S' f0rmer $5 M^'s Socl S' f0nner $PL2a M^'s 10c ! mer price, $3.50, ^en s ~'^C $2.35. Men's Blud>o r7r now only mier price $2.7o, $2.00. Men's Drei now only rmer price oOc, J 39c. Nice Linen rmer price 25c, A nice sel 19c. Hats in i % price 50c, now Men's and 39c. $1.50, mr price 25c, now Men's and .. .. .. .. 19c. $2.50 nov emember this sale st : you will need anyth efore buying. We v r to Post Off LOTTED MANSLAUGHTER. is Verdict is Announced, for Acquittal and astification. ] ? 1 ment of nine jurors is sufficient to re- 1 cord a verdict in all cases except j where capital punishment is involv- ] ed. Three ballots were taken by the ; jury. After the first ballot last night ] they reported to the court that an j agreement was not possible and ( Judge Peavy told them to continue ] their deliberations. The second bal- j lot to-day brought eleven of the twelve men into agreement and the < verdict was reported at 10:30 < o'clock. t On the first trial JNIrs. McRee was t charged with murder. A mistrial i resulted and the State at the open- 1 i?\rr r\f f Vi trial oVi o n crari fho < LJ~L?> U i. tuv OV/VVU.U Vi iUi vXiUu^v\A vuv a charge to manslaughter. I Has Three Children. 2 Mrs. McRee, who is the mother of * three children, wife of a well-known * railroad man and related to promi- * aent families in Louisiana and Mis- I jissippi, has all along maintained 3 that she shot and killed Allan Gar- 1 land because he insulted her. "I 6 vas excited," she raid, "and shot to t protect my honor." 1 Unsuccessful efforts were made by :he State to prove that too intimate relations existed between Mrs. McRee md the boy she shot and it was linted that her motive was jealousy. * [t was admitted that the two were d >ften in each other's company, but ;he defence maintained that Allan ? Garland mistook Mrs. McRee's friendship and sought to dishonor the jF lome of his friend and neighbor. liUUi i> i UAtuniriU. u n Iged Woman Granted Divorce Hangs v Herself in Room. I o | t Pittsboro, Ind., April G.?Upon be- j ng notified the county court had r granted her a divorce from her third t lusband, Mrs. Mary Ann Hedges, 72 p ears old, to-day went to her room, 0 ocked ihe door and hanged herself n vith a rope tied to a bedpost. Her daughter, thinking she wished >nly to be alone for awhile, forced fi he door after an hour and found b he body. a S A 1 lanki le entire Bankrupt St Id stand of Rubin & mis no profit to us bi v we mention just , former price 50c, now 39c. , former price 25c, now 19c. dkerchiefs, former price 10c, r 8c. I dkerchiefs. former nrice 5c. 4 for 15c. is, something good, per pair 5c. Socks, reduced to 3 pair 25c. Socks, now reduced to 19c. e Shirts, regular price 50c, .. 39c. ss Shirts, regular price 50c, 39c. Collars, three for 25c. ection of Men's and Boys' ill colors and shapes. Boys' Hats, regular price kt only $1.00. Boys' Hats, regular price 7 only $1.50 I arts Saturday, April ing in our store it v> rill save you money. ice Hofl FOILED IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT. Took Poison, Jumped in River, ( Saved at Augusta. Augusta, Ga., April 6.?After making every preparation to insure * certain death, Bedford Gleason, a J white man, giving his residence as 3 255 West 24th street, New York 1 city, was pulled out of the Savannah * river at 3 o'clock this morning by - --e ~ ,1 -,-,J ~ TJ? 1 me uiew ui a uicugiug uuout. nc was rushed to the City Hospital and ^ Is now on the road to recovery. Luckily, Gleason jumped on some ^ jetties, submerged only about four 1 ieet beneath the surface of the water * in the middle of the river, and the 6 jrew of the dredge boat Tugaloo s heard his cries and went to his as- * ;istance. ^ In order to be sure that he would ? md his lifo, Gleason took a large lose of bichloride of mercury, and t ;hen carried a heavy piece of iron to * ;he central span of the Southern Rail- r vay trestle and tied it t<? his body h jefore making the leap to the water, * lfty feet below. The physicians k jumped the poison from his stomach D tnd he is resting well to-day, al- v hough he refuses to give any reason or his attempted suicide. He says hat he has been in a New York hos)ital twice for operations. He is a E 'oung man and had destroyed every a nark of identification before he leap- d id from the bridge, and other than k elling his name and address will e lot talk. w t; Pendarvis Again Convicted. c o St. George, April 4.?Convicted of he killing of Charles C. Wimberly at tn "egg-picking" in March, 1910, a ohn Pendarvis was this morning rj ;iven a sentence of nine years in (g he State penitentiary or upon the j u ?ublic works of Dorchester county, j sj The jury brought in a verdict of ^ nanslaughter late yesterday afterioon, after deliberating for approxi- c] natelv an hour. As soon as the e. erdict was announced, Mr. Weeks, yj >f counsel for the defence, gave no- j p( ice of a motion for a new trial. w udge Shipp, after hearing argu- ent this morning, overruled the mo- ] n; ion, and sentence, which was sus- j w ended yesterday af ternoon because I (]( f the lateness of the hour, was pro- j ^ ounced. h; h( Petition^ are circulating in Edge- ^ eld county for an election in Xovemer to vote upon the establishment of dispensary in that county. L E ! rupt :ock of Rubin & Pesk Peskin, next door to it a great saving to 3 a few of the many Men's and Boys' Hats, reg $3.00, now only Boys' Wash Suits, ages frc now only Men's Light Underwear, pe only Men's and Boys' Caps, each < Men's regular $1.00 Overall duced to o Ladies Departme Ladies' Black Silk Shirt W merly $2.00, now only .. . Ladies' Black Silk Shirt W merly $2.75, now only .. . A beautiful line of Embroide Lawn Shirt Waists, fori now only Ladies' $1.25 White Law] beautiful patterns, now . 13th, and will conti rill certainly pay yo All we ask is for > ban Buildini < /2\ yjy /XV /J\ /IV /T\ /*F\ yxv XXV /T iSr \S/\X/\X/VX^\Ir \Sr \ir >Ir FATAL FAMILY FRACAS. )ne Dead, Two Wounded in Georgia J Shooting Scrape. JDUDlin, lia., April t>.?jonn r. Dean is dead, his mother, Mrs. Mary i Dean, is probably fatally shot, and a i rounger son is badly wounded as a c esult of a shooting affray at the i Dean house, 20 miles south of here, J sarly to-day. The shooting was done i >y three Dean brothers and Steve ( Tompkins, a middle-aged white man. c According to reports received here, c Tompkins had bedn visiting Mrs. j Dean and had been warned to cease lis visits by the sons. When he call- s >d again last night, a quarrel en- c ued, in which, according to Tomp- s iins, one of the Dean boys fired jthe t irst shot and in the tussle over the c I listol John Dean was killed. Another version of the shooting is hat Tompkins had ordered the Deans rom their home and when they disegarded his orders he went to the ^ louse and flourished a pistol over the )eans causing the shooting. Tomp:ins was arrested. He is a married nan with a family. Mrs. Dean is a ridow wish five children. * Charged with Aiding Outlaws. t e Hillsville, Va., April 6.?Reuben v Jdwards, another kinsman of Sidna e Jlen, the fugitive, was arrested to- b ay, charged with aiding the out- a iws to elude capture. He was lock- f; d up here to-night with Jordan Ed- s rards, a second cousin, who was b aken into custody on the same harge two days ago. He is 17 years h Id. b The detectives say young Edwards ; the man whom they have seen on C white horse dashing about myste- 1? iously at night in the mountains, e: Jdwards declares he has not seen his P ncle, Sidna, or Wesley Edwards 1} nee March 14, when the court house ai 'agedy occurred. w More arrests are looked for on a C harge of aiding and abetting the lgitives, though it is believed Gov. [ann's proclamation warning the f r eople against assisting the outlaws ^ ill have good effect. Detective Alert H. Baldwin returned here to- 01 ight after a twenty-four hour visit &1 si ith a posse in the Blue Ridge, but eclared no trace of the two men ad been found. He said no trail Q, ad been obtained for the bloodT eunds to work on since the fugicc ves were lost in the fog last TuesC1 iy- . , st Legal blanks at Herald Book Store st S A Sale en will be offered at \ post office, and will < rou. Come in and se r bargains we will off ular price A beautiful line of . .. $2.00 and Brown Skii ?m 3 to 8, ferent desi^s'J .. .. 49c. Ladies'Black Pett r frarment ered Double R r gannem $L75> and $2.00. i or\? Black Petticoats, >nly . 20c. RuffleS; price '$ s, now re- only 75c- Ladies' Black Pet 50c, now only ., Ladies'White Pet ]lt value for Ladies' White Pet aists, for- value for .. $1.50 ^ beautiful line aists, for- Lawn Dresses, . .. $2.00 Lace Trimmed, red White now only nerlv 75c, flbildreu's Dressf .... 49c. 75c, now a Waists, Children's Dresses . .. 95c. $1.25, now .... nue for 15 days only, u to get our prices rou to come and look. ? Bambc * BELL FAVORABLY REPORTED. A Senator Smith's Measure Proposing I Cotton Consumption Statistics. jg Washington, April 3.?Senator || Smith, of South Carolina, to-day re- g jorted favorably from the Senate g :ommittee on agriculture his bill di- g ecting the census bureau to issue, H to connection with the ginners' re- E )ort of cotton production, statistics I )f the number of oaies or couon consumed by manufacturing conlerns, "held in stock thereby and ex)orted. j The bill provides also that these itatistics shall be furnished by the :ensus bureau to the department of igriculture and shall be published >y the latter in connection with each >f its reports on cotton. Engineer Injured. \ Chester, April 5.?J. M. Sellers, ngineer of the Southern local freight Co. 63, was painfully injured last light at Blackstock, Chester county, bout 12 .miles from here, when his ngine, which was temporarily in harge of his fireman, split the witch in leaving the siding, and urned over on its side, pinning the ngineer beneath the massive frame rork, of the cab. The engine turned almost completely over on its ack, leaving the drivers up in the ir and still running. But for the act that the engine fell across a hallow ditch Sellers might have een instantly crushd to death. Luckily the little ditch afforded im enough space to squeeze from eneath the tons of iron and steel. i Mr. Sellers was accompanied to g harlotte last night by Dr. S. G. Mil- || it, the local physician of the South- [a rn Railway. He was placed in the \ || resbyterlan hospital. He is severe- ! if r bruised about the face and neckjjn nd has a compound fracture of the III rist. Dr. Miller returned from s harlotte to-day. Indicts Three Liquor Firms. If Rome, Ga., April 5.?Three Chat- a mooga liquor firms were indicted by IKjj le Floyd county grand jury to-day ja i the charge of violating the Geor- || ia prohibition laws by illegally i| lipping whiskey into this State, ik ive true D1I1S were reiumcu ugaiu&L a . R. Betterton, four against E. H. iB ibson and one against Stoll & Co. he cases are similar to those re- g sntly instituted at Atlanta against jfl hattanooga and Jacksonville, Fla., IP tippers in an effort to break up the 11 tipment of whiskey into this State. | LE! | I I Wholesale Cost. ? continue for || e what ? er. || Ladies' Black, Blue, ^ 'ts, latest styles, dif- SS AT HOST " SK icoats with Embroid- ? uffles, regular price ? , reduced to .. $1.25 ? Embroidered Single g 1.00 and $1.25, now g 75c. g ticoats, regular price @ 40c. ? ? ;ticoats, regular $1.50 gs $1.15 g ficoats, regular $1.25 ? 95c. ? of Children's White g Embroidered and g regular price $1.50, g $1.20 g is, White, formerly ? 49c. i, all colors, formerly !|| 95c. rg, S. C J Beauty and Comfort __ , I The Greatest Requisites of Dress | I 1 I Get One of Our j Hats & Suits and you have the ideals of your dreams in beauty I * ! : If you want Comfort let us sell you a Warner's Corset, or a W.B.Corset, ? or an American Beauty Corset of the styles we have, and you j will have the luxury of the ! 20th Century in . comfort. | Also see our f new early sum- jg mer novelties? | Jabots, Flounc- * ings, Laces, Silk | Gloves, Robe i Suits, Hosiery, THE MILLINERY STORE (C. W. Rentz, Prop.) % I Bamberg, 5. C. ? : - . * J .