Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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By Bo C©“«®tffc«ir A. C©ibsjei ID)®y]]® ®J "Tiki® ISI®CTaai ®5 i« IBaak^mynl®©, 86 ]&t®. jpynght. I^» :. t >■ A G Chapman ) i» an ort Thursday, N^ay [18, iy*M. Ih;»t yuiitig Sir Andrew Cheyne found <iead of a gun- t wound in llu- ground* of lie Hall. hr» hou^* in Surrey, i wa* iiiyxdf e>|»eHally intor al in the. case, a* | wa* ►tay-. at a c-ortaae within thre** mile* the Hall at the time. All the -ip came to m> fir-r ha ad. |{\ ., •<Kfa>t w»"learii« d oThis*TI«-atfT" hour later came th*- rumor of murder, and the fa« t that an i>*t had I won made. A man I been caughtrunniiiKfrom the t where the .liody lay. ily hoot was a bachelor and a ther artist. His little place was md by no conventions, (ioor ue,'but don’t trouble to e\- m—such wa*'the custom. He > busy that morning, »s | km-w. • 1 appropriated hi* bicycle and off throtigh the lane* to visit scene of the tragedy. Virlic Hall I ay Miiite, two hun- <1 yards Intck front the main d. The ifrive, framed in wide, ■tches of tuft, and flanl.t*! lo nnle avenue of chestnut., ran a straight line from the grea‘ eh to the entrance gates ot* 'tetl iron. Peering through the^ - were a dozen villagers. \\ fth- hi* hand U|hiii the loek.^^MsI tohcemun. ma.sive,' red-faei*l. ii|>ous with hi~ pr«*sent im|M.t- ce. ‘May I come in 0 " I asktsi itely. ' Y ou . may uol. hv said, quite i fly. I put my hand in my (mm ket. Itateil, and drew it out empty a as too public a place for cor- »tion. If Addington Peace had y been with me. I thought — I. so thinking, come by an idea. cn a rural |Milieeniaii would know the ions detective’s name. My friend. Ins|ieetor Peace - " .egaii. Inspector who ? ’ he interrupted. 1 Addington Peace of the Criminal cstigghon Department I hoped would (w hen iis manner change«l with a eeleritv ieh was the greatest compliment could have paid to the little detce- •| Iwg your pardon, sir.” he said, he inspector drove up from the I10II not ten hiiiiufes ago. ’IT \ oii~ I inquire at the hall, you will lw e to find him.” \ . x I he servant who answered my mode*! It led me through a dark |*^Ss;»ge pauehal „ouk and out ujw»h \the lace that lay on the fartlit-r side yf • house; Below it a sloping lawii i down to a broad lake ftingi-d with ds. Beyond the lake a park stretch- attay dotted w it-h single «*aks now Hggling intobdiage. It was a lovely " i unmolested by the. rent lines. NO. 17. I Within Stood a Policeman, Matuve As it was so it had I wen thn.w hundred years before, when some courtier of Klizalwth, in tiglitly fitting ho.e and itiipiaeulate ruffles, chose it a* the but- bnik from the windows of his dining room. 1 In the middle of the terrace, \dding- ton PeHj-e sIwmI. smoking a cigarette and talking to a tall and stately per.on in a black cChit, who lookjal. every im;h * he man he was—the butler of a British coutltrv liqHse. The Uttle ins|wetor turmsi. a- he heard my fiMitsteps on tfie gravel, and nodded ; t Tw;ie\ oleiit weTi'onieT / "A fine morning, Mr. Phillips." he said. “I did not kliow you were stay- tug in the ncighlmrhood." " I eyeh*d ov« r after 1 hearing the x>ew.. Y otir name openeil the gates lihqM-etor.” » 'Well. I am pleased do see you, any \ how Mr. Bolwrts here wa> giving foe his .view ,,f ihj, unfortunate affair. Y «Hj may e<>tifinue, Mr. Boberts." 1 hy butler bad been staring at tne with gf\:«> sustiii'ion: l>ut apparently he eonelmled t hat, as a fr*r*mf of a detective, I was a respect able person . 4^ “Well, gentlemen,” he said, in a soft, oily ■ voice, a* from confirmed over-eating, “my mind-is. so to speak, r a blank'.. But what I know I will say without fear or favor. Sir \ndrew had not previously honore<l us with hi- presence, he having rematrttnl abroad from the death of Sir William, which was his umde, some six mdtiths-’jigo. Yesterday—that is, Thursday morning ' —he wired from London for a carriage to meet t he L*:32Araitu We wcreMI m a flutter of egtUement. as^yim^eatT ( well imagine. But when he arrived stayv v if wa-, he said, with no intention irt staying the niglit. During the after noon he saw hi> agent on business, and afterwards went for a walk, returning about six. He dined at eight, and had Ins coffee served in the small librarv “lire last train to Londqp. was at -rf lO.’J.V, and we had our order- for a carriage, to be ready for him at five minutes to tlib hour. At ten y elock pr»*eiselv I took tfic liberty of entering \ the -small library ti» inform Sir \ndrew that the carriage wa* waiting, and that there was only just time to catch the train. He was not t here, and, |he window* •hi to the" terrace being open, 1 walked through to !*ce if he wa* sitting outside, the evening being salubrious for the time of the year. It' w'as while I wa* fhew* that i r heard the fiHiistep* of some one- ginning on the gravel, and, fir-t “fi.TT.g”!~ITTiew7 wl 1 ii"sf 1 <iuT<I TTiqi/Tr” ~ — .but Jake Warner, the keeper' •ILIIo, Ylr. W rimer,’ says I, ‘and where ni:»y you be going in such a hurry? 1* it poachfra?”’ Isays.* ‘ No.’ say * he. in a sad taking,' but Sir Yndrew’s bi“en shot shots . dead, Mr. Boberts, on the cause way to the island.’ ‘Heaven de fend u*,’ 1 -says; ‘but do ’” N “Quite so, Mr. Boberts.” said .Peace. “We understand you were inueli. . Upset. So you have 110 ide.a when it was that Su; Andrew >. left the little library?’’ \p.,sif. save that it was be tween nine and ten.” “Tlmiik yoiy \nd now, Mr Phillip*; I think vve wilt go down and have a look tit the causeway Walk ”, \t the end of terraceNie found a polie«*nian waiting. He touched hi* helmet to the inspector, and, after a few w-orA* with him, led the way down some uio**-growii step* and over a sloping lawn towards the lake. We skirted the right hand edge for perhaps two hundred yards, unt d we came to wkere a short causeway of stone livl been limit .out into t the water, ^joining the lawn* to Jgil- a shrub-gmw tv. island. The nnif of a gabled eotYage peeped out from the heart ofHl* yew* and laurels The causeWay, paved with great slal^ of slat**, wa* never more than five feet brnauXOn either side pf it was a dense growtIYqf feathery I*, hiding the lake behind their ru*tling wall*. “What cottage i* that ?" asked Peace, pointing a finger. “When he was a young man, Sir William, that Was Sir Andrew * uncle, u-Vd to give lunchc* and tea* there in the summer moht|i*," said the |mliee- Uiau. “But the place has been shut up for a long time now, sir. No one* goes to the island barring the ducks, .ami - they 4beru 1 »y ilu; hundred.” - “ W here (lid you eat eh the prisotu*r ? ” "About this very place, sir. It w*a* about half-past nine, and I was walk ing down the public path, which passes the east corner of the lake, when heard the shot. It seemed a strange time of the year for night poaching, but there are rascal* in the village who wouldn’t hesitate about the seasoii^ • so long a* they had a duck for dinner “Dff I raced as luted :i> r could put leg* to the ground WJien I came CKEN THIEVES tOB HEN ROOSTS " \ ** ,• ' , maw Tur&eyw and Kine Chick- *i»w Kail la <irawp of Night Prowler*. *000 MR FOUND several weeks there seems to bee n an organized effort on irt of a shrewd rhicken thief, cken thieves, to make a rec- « Walterboro. Quite a num- • rhicken roosts have been i. and just before Christmas ncy of the thief or thieves d to run to turkeys. E. T. affer lost two fine Christmas •s. Dr. L. M. Stokes, one; M. •weli. a 22 pound gobbler; Padgett, one. and several oth- so had chicken for dinner mas when they thought they eat turkey. Not content thus despoiling s I8IBIDE DEID HOUSE W. D. Thomas, Wood Rickr for Hunting Club, Slain ih~Wob3sr ’ *7 ’l ON TRAIL OF POACHERS Dea«| 0>eer IM*«overe<i Near Scene. Believed Hunter* Shot Horse * m and Hitler. • Bidgeland, Dee. 24.—Mr. W. D. Thomas, one of the wood riders for the Okeetee‘flubr- was found dead Christmas about ten milws from here late Fri- the thief, or fhfeves, also ] day afternoon in Savannah river 1 the hen ioosts. s. Finn was j swamps with three buckshot wound* »s |j»e heaviest sufferer, hav id stolen from hi* coop in one 14 fine fowls. D. C L. !fieri uffered some such losses, ;,nd II. Shaffer lost big tine prize ig white wyandotte cock and ens. tint w ith his usual go >d Mr. Shaffer was fortunate h to secure them by payment • money paid out for them by D E. Martin, who purchase I from a negro boy for table sday night the. same five hen* iolen from M". Shaffer lartin were re Bugeslov .by rrf nd (gain t popular hen from Mr. Bug sum of fl.ftrt cash- s wholesale robbery ot the people of Walter! ng. It seems to be the work Veil organized gang of chicken s. and U is thought they e ariXautomohile. for, on one a occas brought Into use. and Jiave the trail only to lose it at irhing. where it seemed an au- dle was in waitipfc X \ V ‘X August, a biological survey will he made to determine the amount of anopheles mosquitoes breeding The letter from President Smoak. of the Southern Carolina Associa tion. is as follows: “Dear Mr.- ifayne: We have noted withm considerable interest a num ber of articles in reference to the type of malaria which is very deadly In this rounty. As a re sult of this pXjdicity we find that neople evyryv hk»p are' coming ft the conclusion that the entire roun ty is nffeeted, yhieh, as you know, is not the ca*e The - news article* also stm » that/fh'* fiverjs in Bror- fotj to.-’i '» pi A s v.e uHdei tar. 1 . \ e V . \| the cypress timber of this swamp. So we would be under obligations to you if you would give out a news story in connection with conditions in the portion of the county adja cent to this stream. \ ‘ We are indeed glad >0 note that you contemplate investigating c«n- .ditions with a view to improving tfie^ Proving health of this section, so thjiril may become habitable again, Foi\th® idea to become extant that t\i3 deadly type of fever exists in Co leton county wilj do the work our association is undertaking to do in- calculable harm unle*« it can be made c1«utr that it is ’Very confided in area/’ X . X * * ******* SOI Til Kit \ CAR^I.IVA * 1SSOCT ATION ^ S. I.. Hei«l, Snretnry. **** * ******** * secretary h* very desirou* of g in> tomb witli any farinep* ire interested in the format mu National Farm Loan associa n order that he may send fhem hie literature and assist thi‘m orming associations Several already been formed and full nation can he obtained hv ig or seeing the secretary. in his head. Wednesday afternoon he left his home to make his usual rounds in the woods to tiy and keep off poachers and as he had at times been ip the habit of spending the night at the club house, nothing was thought of his failure to return. When he failed to return Thursday his family became alarmed at 1m ; bsence and searching parties were formed to look for him in the swamp). Lute Friday afternoon hia I>ody was found still astride of the horse that he ha.l b< en riding, the horse also having 1- .X killed with buckshot. From atl appearances If seems that he rode upon poacher:* who had jtpit killed a fine,dp«fv the being found within about if where Thotnag.' body rglher than to the party luhot by urday tnoi etrufed the brain wf ..horse. Evidently Mr. unaware of the presence or party or parties, as the gun,he car: ried wasJstill in a small bag thnt he always carried tied to his saddle. Mr. Thomas was a man of fine (1i.n:n ter- and know n ami liked by almost every man in the county. He was about fifty-five years of age and leave.* r wife and seven childrea. The funeral services were held at While Oak cemetery this morning. _1 ^ — Miss Louise Carson Fleeted Teacher X/ n 1 v»» The following invitations havd* been issued for the marriage of>fmp- many X \tty^ne-t^' 1 isvrtivt. _ Expended for waterworks for the town of Smoaks, was recently sold at par, the purchasers being O D Sawyer K Co., of Columbia. The proceeds of this bond sale will tie utilized to sink an artesian well and ular young folks whose, friends will be interested Mr. John E. M'oore requests the honor^ef your presence pipe the town, so that its citizens at the marriage of his daughter may enjoy the benefits of pure water Attalee and - the luxury of having it in their / to homes. It is thought that the com- # Mr. Oscar Marvin v in unity is on th< same strata as on Wednesday evening. January the Lodge, and that a Mow can he so- Urntfi, one thousand, nine liun- cured sufficient to forot, water over Iked and sevenH*en at \ v six o’clock. ethel M. K. Church, Soiith. \\X|teihoro. South Caiol.ua. theventire town. W. Henry Yarn is chairman of iretary Held has received a re- . . from a party at Tampa. Fla., who is desirous of exchanging be tween .100 and a Iboo acres of land, fe is very eager to settle in this section and Wishes to purchase the above amount if be cannot ex change. If you have any property for sale or to exchange please write to the secret a/v, . Five hundred letters have been sent to western farmers - w bo are in developed and undeveloped lands :n this section. These men are com ing to' the south and South Caro The board of trustees of the Wal terboro High school unanimously elected Mis* Louise Carson, teacher tor the seven!it grade to succeed* Miss Tweedie Pickling, who recent ly resigned to become borne dem onstration agent for Colleton coun ty. Miss Carson is a graduate of Winthrop College in the class' of IP 12 having completed the normal course witli music In that instttu- Mion. Since then she has taught In the St. Charles graded school, and since then site Has travelled rather extensively in the West. Miss Carson was in school with 'two of the other teadVors in ^ the Walt ci hot o school. Miss rimer Fishhui ne. and Miss Jane Rivers. She i* also related to Prof, AN. ( . Hodges, tlie principal of the school. She will come to Walterboro In . ilina should receive Jier share. . All J time to begin (eliciting imnu diati ly tlie commissioners. I’ercv P.eriy and J those having lands fiH." *ale will dpTafter the holidays, upon tne open g It. F. Carroll, members'of the hoitc ! m. 11 10 li*t th-.-m with the secretary l.«*f *be school. V \ / X Holiday Greetings From x WALTERBORO, S. C. \ It is with a deep sense of gratitude for good will extended us, that we look back on our past years of successful dealings.- /' —' -> -X . ■ • • X/ • ■ Y'our patronage and friendship have aided us in our groNNth. We thank you and extend greetings and best wishes for your ♦ continued health and prosperity during the year of 1917. X WE INVIIE yOUflinEMTO 0011SMEINT BELOW / STATEMENT DEC EMBER 13th, 1916 x. \ R. H. WICHMAN, President A. H. WICHMAN, Vice President. x I. M. FLSHBURNE. • v ’ (li^hier. Resources Loans and Discounts $223,307.98 Real Estate, Furniture * and Fixtures .* ... 10,514.00 Cash and Due From Banks r—' Liabilities Capital .. $ 50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided ./ * > Profits ..., ' 15,689.55 Deposits .... 245,987.99 x. V X X ■ Now is the time to open a Savings Account with Colleton County’s STRONGEST BANK \ ■ 92,855.56 Bills Payable 15,000.00 $326,677.54 $326,677.54 NO ACCOUNT TOO LARGE, NONE TOO SMALL Resources Dec. 13, T6 $326,677.54 Resources Dec. 13, ‘15 209,593.70 \ Deposits Dec. 13^1916 $245,987.99 Deposits Dec. 13,1915 132,118.31 Increase in one year $113,869.68 Increase in one year $117,083.84 \l X V. v J