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DOUBLE KILLING IN LEE COUNTY. Campbells, Father and Son, Shot By Bob Garrett. MURDERER NOW I . IN SWAMP. Recent Marriage of Garrett's Daughter Probable Cause. ? ' / (Kt- A Sumter, May IS.?News of a shock* x -j? D/v<n Will in ing aouDie irageu.v, <*1 Lee county, about noon today, has reached Sumter. J. H. Campbell and Aaron Campbell, father and son, respectively, were shot and both instantly killed by Bob Garrett, of Dalzell, Sumter county, according to reports received here, and the slayer, who escaped into the swamp, is being hunted by four separate posses, whose search up to a late hour tonight has been unsuccessful. The elder Campbell, it seems, was killed while asleep on the porch of his home, Garrett sending one load from ' a double-barrelled shotgun into the fbody of his victim. ; i Top of Head Blown Off. A^ron Campbell, about 24 years old, and a son-in-law of Garrett, who was in the house, heard the shot, ran out to investigate, and finding that his father had been shot, went back into the house got his gun and returned to the porch, but before he could fire the second load from Garrett's weapon blew the top of his head off. according to the account the v - . affair received here. After the shooting, it is said, Garrett took his daughter, who had been . married to Aaron Campbell only last Friday, and ran into the swamp. 1 Kn^rolo nf n'hiph leaving ms gun, uuiu uai i .. :-,'\ were empty, on the porch of the Campbell home. Alleged Cause of Killings. The alleged cause of the trouble is the marriage of Garrett's daughter to Campbell, after threats attributed to Garrett that he would kill anyone who came to see or tried to marry hie daughter. Garrett is said to bear a very unsavory reputation, and it is stated that about eighteen months ago he was convicted of an unnatural offence, for which he served a term in the penitentiary, and that after his release the alleged threats were made. Garrett was away from home on Friday and did not learn of the marriage of his daughter and young ? Campbell until'he returned on Saturday, and it is said that as soon as he received the information, he started for the Campbell home, fifteen miles distant, with the intention of carrying out the threats he is alleged to have made. Bloodhounds Arrive. As soon as the news of the double killing reached the authorities of Lee and Sumter counties, posses were organized and a request made of Governor Blease for bloodhounds to assist in the capture of Garrett. The dogs from the penitentiary arrived in Sumter at 5.50 this afternoon, and were immediately taken in automobiles to Rose Hill and put on the trail. Posses from Bishopville, Sumter, Rose Hill and Dalzell are now searching for the fugitive. At 7 o'clock tonight it was reported that the dogs had tak^u up the trail and were going in the direction of Oswego, Sumter county. A telephone message from Oswego stated that a man, whose name could not be learned, saw Garrett in the public road. Garrett Seen in Road? It seems that this person was driving along the road, when some distance ahead of him he saw a man whom he took for Garrett; that he endeavored to overtake the probable J -1 2. _ ?> fugitive, wno, nowever, rurneu out ui the road and disappeared in the woods. Xo pursuit was attempted, the man in the buggy not being armed and believing the other to be. This party also stated that later the man he took for Garrett passed his house and took the road leading to Sumter. It is reported here that .Mrs. Campbell (Garrett's daughter) was found on the South Carolina Western Kailroad at a point about eight miles from the scene of the tragedy, which indicates that father and daughter must have separated soon after entering the woods. With four posses, aided by bloodhounds, in pursuit of him, it is un EDISTO PROJECT I TURNED DOWN \ \ Major Howell Will Report Un- J favorably on Improvement REPORT AFFECTS 1 THIS SECTION Citizens Hoped to Have the I River Bettered Above Their Town. Major G. P. Howell, corps of engineers, U. S. A., in charge of the Char- ? leston district, announced today that c he had determined to make an un- t favorable report upon the project of \ improving the Edisto river from ( Orangeburg to its mouth, which was e originally part of the project known c as the waterway from Orangeburg to t Charleston, with a cut off between s the Edisto and the Ashley rivers. t The project first came up on Janu- p ary 25, 1910, in the river and harbor s act for an examination which ensued i with an unfavorable report by Capt. I E. M. Adams on the cut off or canal, t connecting the Edisto and the Ashley t rivers. The examination of the Edisto a river from Orangeburg to its mouth was then left to be made and deter- c mined upon. This work has been c r.r?m nlofor? smH nftPr thorOU2rh- + illiailj WillpiVVVU) MUVk vv*. vv. ^ - - ?w v ly examining the report incidental to ^ the survey, Major Howell has reached n the conclusion that- the cost of im- q provement is not justified by the 3 commerce which would be developed at this time. r The river is narrow and winding with many sand bars the engineer ( officer finds, and it would cost a pret- ^ ty large sum to improve the river for any considerable navigation, and a a large sum for maintenance which j Major Howell does not consider the t project deserves. ^ The people of Orangeburg, who a have been very active in support of the proposition to improve the river f for larger navigation, have the op- t portunity of asking a hearing from c the board of engineers at Washing- j ton, and this will probably be the g outcome of the matter. Major How- c ell's recommendation goes on to j Washington and will be considered in connection with any appeal which T may be made in support of the pro- \ ject. ( It will be a disappointment to the < Orangeburg people to learn of the t * ? ? n: _ ^ _ recommendation or ine army umi-w. They have worked very hard to carry through the scheme, but as much as Major Howell would like to accommodate them, he must be guided by the survey and the investigation of the project that he has made, and he has been forced to the opinion that the results will not justify the costs. LOST $7,000 DIAMONDS IN LAKE. Man Forgot Stones in Handkerchief in Blowing Nose. Atlanta, May 13.?When -W. K. Mower, who was canoeing at East Lake yesterday afternoon, causually blew hi9 nose, he scattered $7,000 worth of diamonds and other precious jewels into the water which was muddy and twenty feet deep. He had wrapped them in his pocket handkerchief to keep safe for a couple of lady friends who were in bathing ? J fam oil oKnnf it Sufi ? ciHU liclU lUlguncii an ai/vnv ?-> den sneeze made him grab for the c handkerchief with the result that the j. flashing jewels were flirted in the p water like pebbles. ^ The two ladies to whom the gems n belonged were Mrs. L. S. Crane and Mrs. W. E. Arnaud. Along with their ^ husbands they were in bathing in another part of the lake. When Mower s yelled wildly for help several other ^ canoes sped to his assistance and he explained the situation. Eugene Kel- c ly and three or four others of the ^ most expert divers among the club t athletes immediately got a heavy rowboat and went out to the spot. 0 After diving for an hour or more they r managed to rescue nearly all of the t J jewels. A big diamond horse shoe 0 and two diamond sun bursts were among the things recovered. Several t diamond rings were fastened together ? with a piece of string, and they also x were found. f, Up-to-date line of stationery just s received at Herald Book Store. ???__________????? i: ' likely that Garrett will enjoy many " more hours of liberty, although at a late hour no reports had been re ceived that his capture was consid- I > | ered imminent. 1 ?EGRO RIDES I WITH WHITES Ino. G. Richards Reports Case r m v. n. ii or negro in ruiiman. USES LADIES? DRESSING ROOM ias Negro Right to Ride in < Pullman Coach on Interstate Train? Columbia, May 15.?Whether a ne?ro has a right to ride in a Pullman c :oach on an interstate train passing < hrough South Carolina is a question i vhich Railroad Commissioner John i j. Richards asked of Attorney Gen- , iral Peeples today. Mr. Richards told >f coming down on the Southern ves- ' ibule the other morning when he observed a negro man get out of a >erth in a sleeper filled with white ! >eople and Mr. Richards said this nejro man dressed in the ladies' dressng room. "I was so astonished when saw the big negro get out of the >erth that, I felt like throwing him hrough the window," said Mr. Richards in discussing the matter. It is said that there were numerous omplaints on the train about this incident, several white ladies being on he same sleeper, and especially the vhite people were outraged at the terve of the negro in using the ladies' Iressing room. It is said that he was l Bishop en route to Savannah. Mr. Richards's letter to the Attortey General follows: "Coming down from Rock Hill, S. ?., today, May 14, on Southern Railway Train No. 31, which runs from Washington to Jacksonville, I was issigned by the Pullman conductor to Jerth No. 11, and to my utter asonishment found that a negro man vas occupying Berth No. 12, just icross the aisle from me. "This Pullman car was practically ull of passengers, and a number of hem ladies. I asked the Pullman conductor where the negro purchased lis ticket and to what point he was joing, and was informed that he secured his ticket and berth in Washngton for Savannah, Ga. "You can imagine my surprise vhen this negro arose at some point letween Rock Hill and Columbia, and leliberately went into the ladies' Iressing room and completed " his oilet. "On my arrival at Columbia I imnediately reported the matter to the )ther members of the commission, md after thorough consideration we lave determined that this is a prop- . >r case to be reported to your office. . Ye do not know what our powers are n the premises, but we' are of the >pinion that this is a plain violation >f the "separate coach" law of this State. To say the least, it is an in- ^ lignity that we are certain you will igree should not be permitted if | here is any recourse in law to prerent it. "The Pullman Company should be nade to know that such outrages rill not be submitted to by the people . >f this State." c TOO BIG FOR DOORWAY. I t iiggest Man in Bayonne, X. J., Gets g Stuck in Passage. i John Vischessy, of Bayonne, N. J., ^ ame to this city to see the sights, le is known as the biggest man in Savonne. At 11 o'clock he was wanering in Fulton street when a sign i net his eye: "Business Cards Printed While You Vait." He started to go into the printing , hop and that is what caused all the rouble. The printing shop is 2 feet 11 in- . hes wide and 11 feet long, and has a 1 oorway IS inches across. Half way hrough the door he stuck. John Cunningham, the proprietor >f the shop, seized the front of the nan's coat and tried tyo pull him into he shop. Passers-by seized the tail f his coat and tried to pull him out. j Realizing that if he ever got inside hey'd have to take out the front to ;et him out, .Mr. Vischessky threw his veight to the assistance of the passrs-by and was pulled out onto the i idewalk. "Hey. you!" he called to Mr. Cuntingham, as he struck the pavement, j 'Come out here!" 1 "Print me 100 cards with 'John , ,rischesskv, Bayonne, N. J.,' on them, -lurry up, because I want to go lome."?New York Herald. ] MURDER, OR DEATH BY ACCIDENT? White Man's Body Discovered In Saltkeatchie Swamp APPARENTLY BODY OF P. KIRKLAND Case of Murder According to Hampton Coroner's Jury. Hampton, May 18.?Has the discovery of the body of a white man, in Saltkeatchie River, seven or eight niles from Hampton, disclosed a nurder mystery, or is it a case of iccidental death while the victim was ittempting to cross that stream on i log? Foul play, at the hands of some jarty or parties whose identity is unknown, is the substance of the verlict returned by a Hampton County coroner's jury to-day, after viewing ;he remains supposed to be those of Paul Kirkland, of Sycamore, Barnvell County, the identity being indicated by a letter found on the badly iecomposed body, which, in the opinion of Dr. C. A. Rush, of Hampton, nad been lifeless for at least six nonths. Practically all of the flesh lad been eaten off the bones by buz:ards. Body Lying Across Log. The body was found late yesterlay afternoon about a mile and a lalf east of the spot where the Hampton and Branchville Railroad irosses the Saltkeatchie River. It vas lying across a log in a shallow )art of the stream, the head on one >ide of the log, the feet on the other. The condition of the body was >uch as to make identification by that neans impossible, but lying in the iver, directly under where the body vas found, a pocketbook containing 56 and several letters was discovered, rhe contents of only one of these etters was decipherable. This let;er was addressed to "Paul Kirkland. Sycamore, S. C.," and proved to he i dun for balance due on a piano, rhe only part of the date that could 3e made out was the year "1911." Magistrate J. G. Murdaugh, of this Dlace, was notified of the finding of ;he body and he arranged to have the nquest held to-day. Accident, Many Think. While the general opinion held by ;he spectators at the inquest was that ;he victim of this tragedy met his leath by accident, while attempting :o cross on the log, tripping and fallmm o 4- 4>Vks<v r. n /-v f imA V?lP Vi O cf riL'_ JLlg, <tt tilC O a II 1*2 UU1C uxo ucau OCX XXVng a snag, pro-bably rendering him inconscious, the jury decided that ;he man must have been slain, and :he formal verdict was to that effect. No such person as Paul Kirkland vas or is known in this vicinity, and is Sycamore is about twenty miles rom here and has no telephone comnunication, it has been impossible o-day to find out whether or not the emains are those of a former resilent of that town. The local authorties, however are at work on the ;ase, and it is expected that by tonorrow some clue will have been obained which will aid in solving what it present appears to be a very deep nvstery. The body was buried near the spot vhere it was found. Charged With Seduction. Bennettsville, May 15.?J. R. Newton, a young man from Hamlet, N. C., who is employed in the Coca-Cola bottling works here, was recently arrested on a warrant sent here from Hamlet charging him with seduction under the promise of marriage. He was turned over to the North Carolina officials and taken to Hamlet to [ace the young lady, when he gave bond, until this week when the preliminary hearing was to have been held. Young Newton appeared in person, but refused to marry the young lady and the case was settled on a money basis, which was paid, it is alleged, to the young lady's father. The Record's correspondent called up Mr. Xewton this morning ana asKed him for a statment. He declined to give out anything. The Record man communicated with officials at Hamlet and obtained the facts. Newton lias returned to Bennettsvill and is at svork at his former occupation.?Columbia Record. See those wire wall baskets at The Herald Book Store. BLEASE DISCHARGES CONSTABLES Whiskey Officers Asked to Re-! sip Office June 1st. f COURT DECISION CAUSES ACT Wishes Court Had Delay* ed.?Says State is Overrun With Tigers. Columbia, May 15.?As a result of the decision of the Supreme Court on the Webb law, announced yesterday afternoon, Governor Blease said this afternoon there was no use for him to continue to keep State constables in operation and he addressed a letter to his constables, telling them that he would have no use for their services after the first of June. There is no statute by the State prohibiting the importation of liquor from another State for personal use, and the Webb act gives the State the right to enact such a statute if it so desires is the opinion of the South Carolina Supreme Court. When asked about the decision of the Supreme Court in the Webb case, and its effect upon his policy, the Governpr said: "Well, of course, I am not surprised at the decision. However, I regret as much as it is possible for a man to regret that the Court saw fit to render this decision. If that was the Court's idea of the law, I wish it had done as it has done in thousands of other cases, held up the decision and delayed and delayed." Eats Sixty Eggs for breakfast. At midnight William H. Reinke climbed out from under a panting taxicab in a gajage on West Fiftyseventh street, New York, and remarked he was going to have only a light supper, for he had planned to eat breakfast later on. So for midnight supper he had only eight "ham and egg" sandwiches, two slabs of pie and two quarts of coffee. This frugal repast left him in splendid shape for his breakfast. Just eight hours later, "hungry as a bear," he said, he walked into a restaurant and ordered breakfast. The waitress shrieked for help. Here is what the hungry Rienke ordered: Fifteen scrambled eggs, fifteen soft boiled eggs, fifteen fried eggs, niteen hard boiled eggs and a half dozen glasses of water. Don't laugh. That's eggs-actly what he ordered, and that is what he got. Then fourteen minutes later, he called for his check. It came to $4, but Rienke paid without a murmur. "Now, I'll go home," he said "and get some sleep. To-night, when I get up, I'll be hungry again. "I don't drink, chew or smoke," he continued. "My only dissipation is eating eggs; when I want to go out NOTICE TO CREDITORS. District Court of the United States? District of South Carolina?Bamberg County. In the matter of G. S. Arnett, doing business as G. S. Arnett & Co., bankrupt. To the creditors of the above named bankrupt: Take notice that on the 2Sth day of March, 1913, the above named bankrupt filed his petition in said Court praying a discharge according to law, anH that a hearing was thereupon or dered and will be had upon said-petition on the 6th day of June, 1913, before said Court, at Charleston, in said District, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all known creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should' not be granted. RICHARD W. HUTSON, Clerk. Wintlirop College SCHOLARSHHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 4, at 9 a. in. Applicants must be not less than sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 4 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 17, 1913. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. I ?mm m 4^- PKr 1 /) More Time At Home TO and from work?four trips a i day?a wheel will save ten minutes each trip or nearly an hour extra?three hundred hours a year \ < v ? j more at home. You'll feel better and act better. Gets the cobwebs 1 5~ out of your brain and honest hunger Into your stomach.. The fIVER JOHNSON has more strong features, is better built and finished and runs smoother than any wheel you ever > mounted. You needn't 4 buy till you try. Trust the Truss. 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