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SON OF MAN HERE KII EbShEkv5** " VjCSJ^^n.' * '" fjg| ? The following Associated Press dispatch reciting the circumstances o: |k +T*o *tillir?P" nf T^Rnv TV TT.fl.rth a1 "fv ?o Knoxville, Tenn., will prove of interes '^C to Lexington people. Mr. Harts was ia son of Mr. A. J. Harth, a forme) citiezii of Lexington, who was wel known here: jfflv VP: ~ Khoxville, Sept. 9.?Maud Moore ifL jwh0 phot and killed Leroy D. Karth 1 prominent real estate man, and pres: / ident of a motor car company, on th< ' Kingston Pike, near Bearden, Iat< Monday night, was located in a cav< about two miles from the end of tti< Sevier river pike car line at 6:3( o'clock this evening and placed undei avrest by city detectives. She confess. \ ed to the killing as soon as she was arrested. * When interviewed in her cell in the f . . l city jail tonight, Miss Moore discussed the details of the killing freely and did not hesitate in saying that she had _ fired the shot which caused the death of Mr. Marth, but stated that he had attempted to attack her and it was either his life or her honor. > Knew Him Five Teal's. According- to the girl's story, she has known Mr. Harth for nearly five years, but had never been out with him before, although he had repeatedly asked her to go driving with him. "I met Mr. Harth oh the street several days ago and told hirp. that I had secured a job as stenographer . : with a firm in Maryville, and intended ; go there Monday afternoon," Miss Moore stated; "He insisted on driving j 'fc 1 ; mis'there in his car Monday night, and I told-him that I would consider it and telephone him Monday afternoon. "After checking my baggage Monday afternoon, I telephoned him that I ^ would meet -him in front of the Y. W. C. A., at 9:30 that night; which I did. When the car pulled up there was a strange man in it, and Hoy aslked me if I could find a companion for him. We drove out to the home of Clara Harris, but found that she had gone to Virginia. ? s; J Out for a thrive. "From there we drove back to tfcle Farragut hotel, and the other man got out of the car. He and Roy held a brief conversation and wo drove off. I thought he was^goEag to take me to Maryville and prelum to fill an ap pointment with the m^n we left at the I?&rragut hetelj but when we started out on Kingston pike, I asked for an explanation. In return he' said we would drive around a little first. ' - /4I insisted that he turn the car \ 7 around and go hack or let me out. He refused to do this, pulled out a "bottle of whiskey from somewhere and asked me if I wanted a drink. I WIES^^APE, ie?iP9 Hyv idi # main oucci) I The Fasl I Columbia's exclusive m | New York and Paris fall I us before you buy. I We Trim Old H J The Fasl I Corner Main and Lady Si I The Proprietor is a Lexin; 5 Share of Lexing ^ Oil Mills, Ginnerie v ...ft ; It would certainly pay yoi * Engine on wheels, and you 1 iTCCUUIl tills wuuiu ^ivc. prices. Also handle hand e: ' COLUMBIA . -L . ' St 'sr.f 823 West Gervais Street k KNOWN i .LED BY GIRL ' | i - ' i ?. /. ; -1 refused, saying that I never drank, f j'H'e then took a drink from the bottl^ 1 - - 1 - -? -i 1 A ^ ?nl.a . j. himselt. i stm insisted ju? wao j me back to town. .J jC ' ^ " "We passed through Bearden, going ! 3 severa mil?is beyond. He then turned I r the car around and started back to j j town. We had gone about half a mile j when he stopped the car and demand- j ed that I .get out. I told Mm that I would not; do it, and he threatened me. ;> ' Dragged Out of Car. "He jumped out of the car and s saiatched me out over the steering i wheel and gear levers by the hair and ? one arm. He then knocked me down and kicked at me. In the scuffle the ^ pistol fell out of his pocket and we both grabbed for it. I reached it first, and fired as he rushed at me. " 'I was getting up from the ground when I fired. 4*T nATTA. Vtin-1 e/>raom on A om I X JL1 V vi IX^OiU AXIAAX. ***** 'sure I did nof, although I was excited . and may have done it. He ran down the road toward town as soon as he was shot, and I did not know I had killed him until I read the story this ;: , morning." , Following the shooting Miss Moore stated that she got into the car and tried to start it with the intention of i getting away from the scene as quickly as possible; but the self-starter seemed to be out of order. She said that she did not know liow badly hurt the man was. Attractive Form. Upon reaching Knoxville the girl, who is small of stature but of attrac>, tive form and features, stated that she went to tile rooiii 6f a friend, Martin Hunter. She related her story to the man and* asked' that he go to the L. and N. station and get some clothing from her baggage. She said . sSe * waited in the hall of the house until be returned with the clothing dnd had' changed them in his room. She said that she had returned to the hall and talked with / Hunter until the break of day, plead-.' vtrif Vi htm fo h a?? i ** in cr 1JL1& YYltll^JXlUl IV OOOIOU 111 outyef'town. ^Hu^ter stated to the police that he / had agree^: td- %6 with the girl to a place in the country which she had selected. He said he knew nothing of the surrounding country, having been in Knoxville only a short time. They took a Sevierville Pike car about 5:30 this morning and rode to the end of the line. While on the car he stated he had bought a newspaper and learned that Harth was dead. "When the end of the line Kvas reached Hunter stated that they walked nearly two miles toward the river. They reached Spring Cave, near . the river, and he had hidden the girl : ''in it. Both Hunter and the girl state that he had tried to get her to go to I ADDING TO BEAUTY and at once correcting defective vision is our sole delight. To wear our glasses is accounted by the discriminating to be most comforting. We fit your eyes, the clip fits your nose and the price fits your purse. S~\ : ^i..!^i upiumcu i5i. Columbia, S. C. [lion Shop lillinery shop now showing and winter fashions. See ats at Small Cost lion Shop Phone 2272 gtoni&n and Would like a ton County Trade s and Small Towns 'A . s M...; ' li to have a small Chemical lave no idea how much pro >r?': r li i'r !- ; , : l e Write us for circulars'' and stinguishers. , SUPPLY CO. , r.K.v ;. v- .. ^ ? ' L COLUMBIA, S. C. 1 the police station and give herself up, j but she was too badly frightened to i listen to it. ! . " . ! J Dead Man Has Relatives in Columbia. I The Record. i LeRoy Harth was a soldier at Camp V ' / ; r . Uackson during the war and he ha^ i oifxr XTitro o cto _ | LllKXliy LI I^XIVAO 1XJL v*iio V-it; O.JLV, ??ao \ :.y . w-A ... tioned at'the camp only a short time and "was sent from here to France. He served with his brother, Addison i Harth.' > '*: ^ He was the son of H. A. Harth, a i wealthy real estate dealer and brok- i er of Knbxville, a native of Columbia, j who left here for the Tennessee me- j tropolis 20 or more years ago. ?. ; , A Game of Spirits. One day in school during: the ab- j ' ' sence of our' teacher we decided to have a game of "spirits." We all stood around a small table waiting to hear what the spirits had to say. The silence was .tense when I, tiring of the quiet, shouted, "And the door opened and in walked the devil." The horri- fied looks on the girls' faces caused ( me to turn around just in time to see our teacher coming in the door. Need -. " r ' ; less to say I'll never forget my most embarrassing moment.?Chicago Tribune. i . * . ' Bagnal I / Announcii Motor C( Traffic Ti /' the peopl and will 1 times the BRING PR0B1 Bethlehem Tlie transportati< ing demands?El these the TRAF] the answer. Its thoroughly estab and endurance, : superiority over i the remarltable 1 llt/lfTIC ->11711 the sphere of mi for its power an< Trafi Bagna 906 u\ ?r?a?iTTTHTrMTii nrr?r" 11 * t j BARBECUE AT CENTRAL SCHOOL SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27. The * citizens of Central School District Xo. 53 and the public generally are invited fc? attend a barbecue which will be given for the benefit of the school Saturday, September 27, on the school grounds. " The trustees of this school are makr '? ing preparations for the erection of a commodious and modern two-teacher school house. Part of the lumber is already on the ground, and although some delay has occurred in procuring \% the necessary material, the construction work will soon be pushed with vigor, so that the school may open at the earliest practical day. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in getting this building under way, but it is now believed that within a short time the doors* of the school rooms will be open. Prof. Daniel Redmond will be principal of the school and the assistant teacher will soon be selected. ..T^he trustees of this district are Messrs. W. R. Lucas, L. B. Laird and J. F. Hutto. The school is located in the thriving- section between Pelion and Swansea. "Women who remember shop signs and trademarks make good wives." v ll-Rankin Columbi j| . . _ V ig ine opening impany, deale neks. We w e of Lexington take pleasure i superior quali 1 US YOUR' LEMS-We i Trucks in 1 1-2 Come and Lo< "HORSE )n problem presents two outstandliciency and Economy. To both of FTC MOTOR TRUCK has furnished place in the business world s is lished. In carrying capacity, speed It has thoroughly demonstrated its horse-driven vehicles. Because of low cost and liigh quality, the >R TRUCK has no competitors in eehanical conveyance. It is note<l d ease of handling. fic, the Lowest Priced 4,001 Il-Rankin Main St. :i \ I *> c n i 11 i j1 i ' ? SWANSEA NEWS. Everything- is O. K. in this section of the county, everybody having a delightful time. i Miss DaSie.Harsie had for her guesi ! the past week Miss Sudie Flair of Coi lumbia. Mrs. Belvin Sturkie spent the week j with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Petei Harsey. Miss Julia Smith of Livingston i? visiting Miss Verda Sharpe. Miss Belle and Mary Lee Martin spent Sunday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. J. W. Sharpe. SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS ^ LOSE $30,000,000 ANNUALLY. Southern cotton raisers are losing thirty milion dollars annually from the weather damage to the bales left out in the pen, so the department of agriculture has announced. ? ? Trying' to Be Altruistic. "So you notice an improvement in those Hun soldiers." "Decidedly." Jt i\ * "But some pf-them have been firing on the American flag." "peplorable.. But at least this time the flag was not trying to protect a hospital or anc ambulance." I;.! ' -h" Motor Coi \ ' * ia, S. C. of the Bap /- 3 i?n Da^I%1a1i lb lit DtllllCI] ? > . ill be glad to i County to o in showing th ties of our tru rRANSPORT Have The 1 , 21-2 and 3 1-2 k Them Over ; SE$SE" Tlio TK Vine TRUCK means eoon economy Jn its truest sense. Tin- TRAFFIC MOTOrTTRUCK~i> the work required of it most eeonc designed witli a complete understa commercial veliicle is called upon Tin- TRAFFIC meets all Motor Tr (construction-?it is a .dependable sense?eofrect iii every detail anc struetion. It is sturdily built of C to handle its loaded capacity and wi strain of loitd and road. I lb. Capacity Truck in the1 nit . r* motor to COLUMBIA, Man's Wonderful Makeup. , ! No difference how sour a man looks . j he contains about 60 lumps of sugar i of the ordinary cubical dimensions, . and to make the seasoning complete, there are 20 sponfuls of salt. If a I man were distilled into water he would. | make about 38 quarts, or more than .; half his entire weight. He also con1 tains a great deal of starch, chlorider . of potash, magnesium, sulphur ana hydrochloric acid in his wonderful , system. : ?? Many Agree. "To my mind that's the main trouble with the automobile." "Eh?" { "They're so darned hard to buy on credit."?Louisville Courier-Journal. : I? FLOWERS For All Occasions Best attention given all orders large i or small, wedding bouquets, funeral j work, anything in flojwers. v" CHAS. L. SLIGH FLORIST. 1446 Main St. Phone 2761 , ' COLUMBIA, S. C. : ;r? \ .. # . "4 > # . : mpany / all-Rankin lem and "* 4 i welcome ur place, em at all * ' - >. t cks. : : aTION I lemedy ! Ton Sizes orny in hauling'? ? built to answer mically, and was nding of what a to do. tick standards of truck in every I simple in coniurablc materials ithstanj the daily World nipany s. c - I if r? j . v ' ? . vTi.*