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HAMPTON COUNTY TRAGEDY Joe Woods Dead; G. C. Owens Claim Self Defense. Hampton. July 20.?Joe Wood was shot and killed late yesterda afternoon at Cummings, in this cour ty, by G. C. Owens. Both men ar white. The shooting occurred whil they were on the way from San Hill church. It seems that both of the men, i company with Lee Woods, a brothe of the deceased, and Vincent Tuter another white man had gone to San Hill church, at which place a revive meeting was held, yesterday togethe in a wagon furnished by Mr. Owens and after spending the day at th church, they were returning to Cuir mings, when within about two mile of Cummings a dispute arose betwee the two principals abont whippin the mule and cursing in the presenc of the wife of Mr. Owens. The testimony or witnesses ai tn coroner'6 inquest, which was held tc day, was conflicting as to which c the men took the initiative, one wil ness cla'iming that Owens shot Wood without the slighest cause. This wii ness was the brother of the deceasec Another witness, Vincent Tuten, an the only other one examined by th cononer, testified that Woods curse Owens and brought on the difficult? Tuten swore that the Woods brott ers attacked Owens and Owens she when he had backed against a fenc in a lane, where the killing occurrec The weapon used was a 32-calibr pistol,the bullet,only one beingfirec taking effect in the chest and cuttin into the aorta. Death was almos instantaneous. The coroner's jur empanelled at Cumming6 this morn ing brought in a verdict that the de ceased came to his death from a pis tol shot wound from a pistol in th hands of one G. C. Owens. PawIct r?-?/\rnincr \fr Hrron i J luio muiumg *u<* VMVM came to Hampton and surrendered t Deputy Sheriff Lightsey. He has em ployed counsel. Mr. Owens did no testify. He was interviewed thi morning and claimed that the shoot ing was necessary, as two men wer coming on him menacingly. The tria will take place here next fall. AX OFFICER IS HURT. J. G. Howze is Seriously Injured a \ Chester. . v Chester, July 18.?Deputy Sheril J. G. Howze is in a serious conditio: tonight from being severely beate: up this evening by Norton and Earl Yarborough, workmen at the Wyli cotton mills, who gave their home as Columbia. The Yarboroughs, it is said, wer drunk and became very boisterous a the Seaboard Air Line station this af ternoon and, upon being reprimand ed by the railway's patrolman, M. L Austin, went away and later return ed and gave him a bad beating. On blow across the temple fith a knif was a very painful one. He is rathe a weak man physically and was easil; overpowered. It is said that as soo: as they learned that Mr. Austin hai a warant sworn out for them, the ran a couple of miles to the mill Deputy Howze and Deputy W. W Baker were communicated with, am endeavored to arrest them at th mill. They made, it is alleged, violent resistance, but their assail opeictorl Ktt o numhor n lauid "t't aocxoivu vj UV?4AA>/V? V their mill friends. As a result Dep uty Howze was beaten up from heai to foot. He was given a terrib! blow by some kind of an instrumen on his face from which much blooi flowed. Norton was arrested by Dep uty Sheriff Young, who came to th scene of conflict, and is now in jail while his brother escaped. Sheril D. E. Colvin is making a section-wid search for him tonight. KERSHAW BABIES BEST. Two Healthy Specimens Win i: National Contest. Camden, July 17.?Camden an Kershaw County have again come t the front and this time to gain a na tional reputation. In the "Bette Baby Contest, inaugurated by th Woman's Home Companion tlier were two babies of Camden and Kei shaw County that stood the "perfec test" out of the hundred thousan babies examined in all parts of th United States. There were onl seventeen babies in the United State to win this distinction and three c them were from the South. The local winners were: Blanch Salley, of Camden, and Julius Coacl] man Green,- of Boykins, station te miles south of Camden. The picture of these babies will appear in th August number of the Woman' Home Companion. Already the pit tures of the two above infants hav appeared in other magazines. The scores were obtained at th "Better Baby Contest" held here dui ing the County Fair last fall unde the auspices of the Crowell Publish ing Company. The measurement: etc., were made in the rest room o Main street. WILL NOT CAUCUS. ts Party Conference on Appointment of Jones Unlikely. Is Washington, July 18.?Suggestions y today by Democratic Senate leaders i- for a party conference to consider e the nomination of Thomas D. Jones, e of Chicago, to the federal reserve d board drew little response. Democrats opposed to confirmation expressed n such vigorous opposition that the idea ,r virtually was abandoned. Some of the j staunchest administration supporters d discouraged the plan. Reports that the fight might be ,r ended by withdrawal of Mr. Jones at 5> his own request were persistent. The e president still stands stolidly behind w his candidate. !S Democrats of the banking commitn tee who voted for confirmation plan g to file their report early next week. ,e They expect a supplementary statement from Mr. Jones in answer to the e majority report which urged his re4 jection because of his connection with |f the International Harvester company. t No vote in the senate is expected until late next week. t Members of the committee said no j word had been received from Paul ^ M. Warburg. No action is contemplated on hie nomination unless he ^ agrees to appear before the commit. tee. Announcement today by Secretary t McAdoo that the three board members already confirmed would not be j sworn in Monday as formerly planned was taken to indicate that the I administration hoped for conflrma' tion of Jones and Warburg in time ^ to organize the board at one time. y NEGRO KILLED ON STREET. i- ?? Harold Sparks, White, Shoots After Being Slashed With Knife. e . Gaffney, July 18.?While dozens of s hurrying pedestrians, composing the " J--. lrtnl " usual oaiuiuai ctcumg tiwnu, v>?r>.i ed on, Harold Sparks, a well known 't young white man of Cherokee couns ty, shot and killed a negro named > Mose Moorhead, alias Mose Petty, on e one of Gaffney's principal thorougb1 fares. The shooting took place about 8 o'clock and no shots were fired until after the negro had already cut the white man across the left shoulder, inflicting a number of painful wounds. It is said that the dispute arose over the fact that the negro would 1 not drive his wagon out of the way a to let the white man pass, and when a the two met later in the evening the e argument was renewed. e Heated words were heard and then s the negro is said to have seized Mr. Sparks and dragged him from the e door of a store, inflicting the cuts t with a large knife. Sparks then * opened fire with his pistol and three bullets too effect in the negro's ' breast near the heart. g Lll lLb U1KU 1H.> Ulfift. e ?? r Struck by Automobile While Crossy in Road at Nichols. a I Nichols, July 16.?Mr. Wm. Bryy ant's little daughter, about six years 1. old, playing with other children on '. the road to Mullins, about a mile and d a quarter from this place, was run e over by a car driven by Mr. James a Robinson. Mr. Bryant was a witness - to the accident. The children after f giving the car the right of way, this i- little girl concluded to run across to d the other side, where her compane ions were. She missed the calculation t and was run over d Mr. Robinson stopped as soon as i- he could and helped with the little e one. and then came directly here and 1, took Dr. T. L. Ayres, who, with Dr. f Brailsford, from Mullins, examined e the little girl. They found her not dangerously hurt. She is doing nicely at present. Mr. Robinson is a salesman for Samuel Bean. Sr., & Son, of Wilmington, X. C., and conies here quite often. d NOT SERIOUSLY HURT o :- Columbia Girl in Railway Accident r in Norfolk, Ya. e e Miss Minnie Williamson's friends, '- who were alarmed yest.erday to hear f that she was one of the persons ind jured in the collision of a trolley train e and a coal train in Norfolk, Va., y Thursday, will be relieved to learn s that she is not seriously hurt. She is suffering from the shock and from a few bruises, but her injuries are cone sidered slight. Miss Williamson's i- mother, Mrs. W. L. Williamson, went n on to Portsmouth Saturday afternoon s to be with her daughter until she has e completely recovered from the effects s of toe experience. In the wreck in which Miss Wile liamson was injured six persons were killed and 19 others hurt. A trolley e train of three cars, returning from - Virginia Beach, crashed into a coal r train on the Virginia railroad. Miss t- Williamson s visiting her cousin, Mrs. 3, A. B. Sparkes, of Portsmouth, forn merly Miss Julia Tew, of Columbia.? Columbia State. VVTVVVIl T WHeJN?^ ; * ' You want to make a , good impression you put on your best clothes and J make as good an appearance as possible. 1 11 I ou snouia use me same tactics when you go after new business by using | "N Up-to-Date Stationery. f When you want something neat and nice at a "live and let live price" come to The Herald Of\ _ fice. 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