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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
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"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
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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
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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.
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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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