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CLOSES 1HSPKXSAKIES. Aiken Mayor Declares Action is Taken for "the Public Good." Aiken. April 24.?By order of Mayor Moseley. the dispensaries of the city of Aiken were closed today. Early morning visitors to the dispensaries were disappointed. Saturday is the day when liquor is sold in large quantities and the thirsty knocked in vain at the doors on which a notice had been piac'ed. signed and sealed and countersigned, by the mayor and the city clerk, J. L. McCarter. to the effect that for the public good the dispensaries of the city would be closed until further orders and calling on the chief of police and the sheriff of the county to see that the official proclamation of the mayor was strictly adhered to. At a meeting of the board of control last Tuesday, two new members recently commissioned by Governor Manning and a hold-over, a complete1 change of dispensary employees was made, only two of the old clerks being retained. This action on the part of the new board is resented by men who have lost their positions and the closing of Aiken dispensaries resulted from the refusal of a clerk to name a day when he would check up. There is a doubt in the minds of the employees as to whether the action of the new board is legal, although the governor has issued commissions to the new employees. The Aiken county delegation named two members of the board of control, but one of them resigned?Mr. Rawls?and the delegation had not up to the time of the meeting of the new board named a successor to Mr. j Rawls. P. K. Livingston, of the Kitchings Mill section, has been named by the majority of the Aiken county members in the general assembly and the governor asked to commission him. The action of the mayor in closing the dispensaries is strictly within his legal rights, and as to how long a time the order will remain in force 1 depends upon the action of the governor and the head of the city. CAUGHT AFTER HOT CHASE. J Alleged Horse Thieves Taken in Edgefield Swamp. Edgefield, April 25.?Two white men who gave their names as Smith and Frish, were captured by Magistrate Hamilton, of Greenwood coun-j ty, and a posse comitatus near Trenton Friday afternoon and brought to Edgefield and lodged in jail. They were charged with stealing two horses from Mr. Butler, of Saluda county, last Thursday night. Soon after the alleged theft they started for the State of Georgia, but were overtaken a few miles south of Trenton, and on seeing their pursuers, it is said, they abandoned the horses and took to a nearby swamp, where they stood neck deep in water and defied their would-be captors. They were warned that unless they came forward and surrendered force would be used, and finally they submitted to arrest. The horses, said to be unusually fine animals, were found nearby and taken into custody and they with the prisoners were carried to Greenwood county yesterday. STATE DOCTORS ADJOURN. Meeting at Greenwood a Success in Every Way. Greenwood. April 22.?The State Medical association adjourned to night, after what the doctors in attendance say has been one of the most successful meetings in the history of the association. Over two hundred physicians have registered as against 175 at Florence last year. Of special interest were the two addresses yesterday by Dr. Howard Kelley, of Baltimore, and Dr. J. H. Thayer, also of Baltimore. Dr. Kelley spoke on the use of radium in cancer treatment. His lecture was illustrated with 6tereopticon views and was given in the Pastime theatre, as was Dr. Thayer's on "Therapeutical Reflections." The new president, Dr. G. A. Neuffer, of Abbeville, was presented tonight after announcements had been made. ANOTHER MAYOR ACCUSED. 30 Indictments Against Steubenville, Ohio, Official. Steubenville, Ohio, April 23.? Thirty indictments against Mayor George W. McCleash, charging embezzlement of $66 and extortion of small amounts in criminal cases in the court of which he is the magistrate, were made public today. One indictment charging forgery of a con tract, thirteen charging contracting illegally as a city official and one charging he obtained money under false pretences were returned against Hugh Patterson, director of public safety and city clerk. The indictments are the outgrowth of a long investigation. Glendale Spring Water delivered at house for 50 cents per five-gallon bottle by J. A. Murdaugh.?adv. ; TAFT FAVOKS LONGKll TKHM. I I ' , "Citizen Bill" Talks About the l'res-1 ident's Job. Baltimore. April 24.? Former, ; President Tat't Spoke on the opportu- j nities of citizenship at the Citizens! I club here today, a few hours after! Secretary Bryan had given advice to j i new voters at the same place. Taft : then went to Johns Hopkins Cniver- j sity. where he gave an intimate view j ; ? , ___ % I l oi "tne presidency, us powers, n?, j functions and its responsibilities." "1 have often thought it would j I have been best," said Mr. Taft, "to j ; have made the term six or seven years with ineligibility for reelection. But j j I don't want to tinker with the Con-1 I stitution. There are so many people ! who hink it ought to be radically changed, that 1 prefer to have a few spots on the sun rather than run the risk of its going out altogether." Mr. Taft spoke caustically about pressure put upon the president to approve bills of doubtful constitu-i tionality which had been passed to I satisfy the "folks at home," and which were sent to the supreme court for decision. That, he thought, was the cause of fhuch of the criticism of the supreme court. The larger number of measures it has decided unconstitutional he said, is used as an argument of the court's antagonistic attitude towards things the people want. j HIS INJURIES WERE FATAL. , | J. W. Monro?, Hurt at Camden, Dies in Hospital. Camden, April 24.?J. W. Monroe, I manager of th? Pine Creek cotton mill, of the Parker merger, who was mangled yesterday afternoon by a Southern train, died last night at 11:30 at the Camden hospital. The deplorable accident has cast gloom over the town, for he had made many friends during his few months' stay in Camden, coming here from Greenville last January. He was a member of a prominent New Orleans family, where his father is a judge of the circuit court. His mother and sister came to visit him about ten days ago and were with him when he died. A brother from New Orleans is expected tonight, and another brother from the north will be here tomorrow. The remains win De car- , ried to New Orleans for burial. VILLA IMPRISONED BROTHER. Obregon's Kinsman Reported to Have Been Sltot by Northern Chief. New York, April 24.?Francisco S. Elias, Carranza consul here, announced today he had received a telegram from Gen. Obregon, asserting that Gen. Obregon's brother, Francesco, taken prisoner by Villa and sent to Chihuahua, has been shot by Villa's order. Gen. Obregon's telegram said: "Villa, to avenge himself upon me for the defeat which my troops have inflicted upon him, has arrested and sent my brother, Francesco Obregon, a man seventy years of age, a prisoner to Chihuahua. He was living peacefully in Guadalajara and was a non-combatant. He took issue with neither of the factions. When Villa fled from the city he ordered that he be arrested. This is nothing more than revenge, which he is seeking from me for the defeat which he sufr 3 ? icreu. Another dispatch from Gen Obregon, Mr. Elias asserted, said Gen. Obregon had sent a telegram to Villa pointing out that his brother was a feeble old man and a non-combatant and requesting his release. The only reply received to this message, Mr. Elias said the dispatch stated, was a message from .Villa which read: "Your brother has been shot." A MOTORCYCLE MISHAP. Milton Carr, of Orangeburg County, Seriously Hurt. Orangeburg, April 26.?As a result of a motorcycle accident, Milton Carr, of the Fork section of this county, is in a serious condition, but the extent of his injuries is not accurately known. When last heard from he was still unconscious. The injured man had started on a trip to Charleston with Charles Walter as his companion. Upon reaching the neighborhood of Holly Hill, in some way the two machines same in contact, causing Mr. Carr to be struck by the other machine. Mr. Walter's injuries are very slignt. i The emperor of Austria owns the largest opal in the world. It weighs seventeen ounces. COTTON" STEAMER DETAINED. Southerner, From Charleston, for Rotterdam, Held. London. April 22.?The Danish steamer Southerner, from Charleston for Rotterdam with cotton, has been detained at Falmouth, pending negotiations by Great Britain for purchase of the cargo. SENATOR APPELT SUCCTMRS. Clarendon County lawmaker Passes Away in Hospital in Columbia. Columbia. April 21. ? Louis Appelt. State senator from Clarendon county, and editor of the Manning Times, died at a local hospital late this afternoon. Senator Appelt was one of the hest known men in South Carolina and had served in the State senate for several terms. He is survived by a wife and several children. The funeral services will take place at j .Manning on Friday morning. Lieutenant Governor Bethea expressed deep regret over the death of Senator Appelt. He appointed the following committee from the senate to attend the funeral Friday morning: Senators Huger Sinkler, of Charleston: E. C. Epps, of Williamsburg: J. W. McCown, of Florence: Niels Christensen. of Beaufort: George W. Stuckey, of Lee: W. H. Sharpe, of Lexington. They were notified by wire tonight. FATHER COMMITS SUICIDE. Tried to Ciet Little Daughter to Fire Fatal Shot. Laurens, April 22.?L. G. Tucker, a resident of the Laurens Cotton .Mills village, committed suicide by shooting himself twice with a shotgun at his home at an early hour this morning. It is said that he had recently told some of his friends that he intended to end his life because of the condition of his health. The deceased lived with his three small children, one of whom was an unwilling witness to the tragedy. It is said the father tried to get her to pull he trigger of the gun before he succeeded in firing the weapon himself. According to the child's testimony before the coroner's jury, the first shot went wild. Going to another room. Tucker reloaded his gun and shot himself in the left side. Still conscious, he fired the third shot, which penetrated the body near the heart, causing almost instant death. He was about 55 years of age. BOY OF 13 ELECTROCUTED. In Trying to Extricate Body Mother of Youth is Shocked. Anderson, April 24.?James Payne McCown, aged 13, second son of S. A. McCown, a large merchant here, was electrocuted in the basement of the McCown home, one mile east of Anderson, at noon today. Mrs. McCown detected odor from the burning clothes of the youth, set on fire by an electric light cord wrapped around his body. She attempted to unwind the cord and was knocked down by the current. Two white men in the yard were called and both of them were knocked down when they caught hold of the boy's body. The wire was then jerked loose from the rosette. Physicians were called, but evidently the boy died instantaneously. It is a singular coincidence that young McCown and Ernest Cochran, who accidentally killed himself three days ago, were classmates and exact IV me same age. Another coincidence was that former County Treasurer James M. Payne, grandfather, and for who the lad was named, died eight months ago today. This is the second tragedy to occur in this house, the other being the self-destruction of U. E. Sevbt, four months ago, who built the magnificant home less than a year ago. The insulation on the thumb switch of the light was broken, and it is believed this caused young McCown's electrocution. G. & W. Railroad Sold. Georgetown, April 24.?The Georgetown and Western railway has been sold to the Seaboard Air Line. President Clifford, of the Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation, went to New York last Saturday to meet the Seaboard people, and wires from that city to officials here confirm the rumor printed in the papers a fewdays ago. The sale includes all properties of the Georgetown and Western?the line to Lanes and from Andrews to Poston. The Seaboard will take up the operation of the new property ai once. PREACHER A\T> LAYMAN KILLED Colored Exliorter Runs Amuck Because He Fails- to Land Job. Chester. April 26.?Because another minister's services were chosen in preference to his, Ely Sullivan, a negro preacher, ran amuck at Prospect Baptist church, in the western section of the county, yesterday and shot down Samuel Sanders, the deacon whom he held responsible for his not securing the appointment, and the Rev. John Colvin. a visiting minister, both of whom died in a hospital in this city last night from the effect of their wounds. Sullivan escaped. but is being searched for diligently and will most probably be captured. 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