The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 17, 1910, Image 6
DOUBT PEARY~
Additional Proof Required by Committee
of His Claim that be
REACHED NORTH POLE
Until Tills is IK>ne Peary Will Not
lie Recipient of (ViiiKi'CKsioiial Reward.?
Congressman Macon Declares
Himself "Skeptical About
Peary's Having Discovered Pole.
Until Commander Robert E. Peary
furnished other proofs that ho discovered
the North Pole, no reward
will be bestowed upon him, as the
result of a practically unanimous vote
of the congressional substitute committee
of the House committee 011
naval affairs Wednesday.
A speech in opposition to the proposition
of honoring Peary was made
by Representative Macon of Arkansas,
before the committee.
Representative Macon declared to
th/e committee that the explorer
could not have made the distance he
said he did in his dash for the Pole.
Mr. Macon said ho was "indignant
at the thought of being called upon
as a Representative of the American
people to confer a high honor upon
any one of its citizens in the dark." I
All legislation by Congress, he said,
"night to be open and above board.
"I confess that 1 am exceedingly
sceptical about Mr. Peary's ever having
discovered the Pole," declared
Mr. Macon, "and I am going to protest
against any honor being conferred
upon him by Congress until he
has established beyond reasonable
doubt that he did discover it, and it
must be established in the open, and
not in the dark."
Mr. Macon said he wanted to direct
attention to one "discrepancy in
Mr. Peary's story." This was the
speed he made from the time Capt.
Bartlett left him until he reached
the Pole. Mr. Peary said that for
five days he made 2 6.4 miles per
day, but Mr. Macon said this appear
ed very singular, in view of the fact
that the Peary party had made but
9.06 miles per day up to the time
Bartlett left.
During this part of his journey,
Mr. Macon said, "no white man was
with him as a witness, his only companions
being his negro valet and
four Eskimos.
"He claims to have made an average
of forty-four miles per day on
his way hack from the pole to Bartlett's
camp, and 28.6 miles per day
from Bartlett's camp to Cape Columbia.
"The greatest speed he had made
before Bartlett left him was 9.06
miles per day, so Peary must have
made nearly three times as great
speed after Bartlett left him as ho
did before, in order to reach the
Pole."
Mr. Macon declared that Mr.
Peary's own statements showed that
he equalled this speed hut twice during
the entire journey to the Pole.
The first day he started from land
ho made 26 miles, and on another
day made 29 miles in fourteen hours
of forced march, "which Mr. Peary
has told us was about the limit of
human endurance."
Mr. Macon quoted Lieut. Schakleton,
Gen. Greely and other to show
that "10 to 12 miles per day, or
slightly more, perhaps, is considered
the limit of human endurance traveling
over Polar seas."
M A \ KILL SELF.*
After Wife Leaves Policeman Coin
liiits Suicide.
His \vi> vne, his life .vrecked.
/.rthur Brown, form<ir1y of the Atlanta
police for*;? but n?\v livir.g at
Gilnioro, (la., decided that life was
not worth while and used a revolver
with fatal effect.
Going into a bathroom of" h'.s
home, Wednesday ho shoi; himself
through the head with a thirty-eight
calibre revolver. The shot was
heard and neighbors rushed into the
house and entered the bathroom, but
were unable to save the man's life.
Mr. Brown was formerly a member
of the police force of Atlanta,
and at one time was a secret agent
of the United States government. He
is survived by his wife, mother, sister,
brother, and one child. His
wife quit him some time ago.
Many Wanted Babies.
Wednesday was the day they gave
babies away in New Orleans. A
car load of little tots arrived from
New York foundling and orphan asylumn
with an eager crowd of claimants
awaiting their arrival. In addition
to those who have previously
made successful claim to a baby,
many Dressed about the, car in the
hope that there* might he some "left
over," but those who applied in advance
got every baby in the car.
Coing to the Capital.
W. E. McQee, the traveling passenger
agent of the Southern, was in
Rock Hill Thursday making arrangements
with President Johnson for a
trip to Washington, D. C., to be taken
by the senior class at the college.
Thlft trip the girls will pay for and
there will be no expense to the col.
!i. M
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HtlBTItll mill I i ' r ?n
WILL INSPECT SEED
GETTING READY TO MAKE WAR
ON T1IK 1IOLL WEEVIL.
Tito Uw Recently Passed by the
Legislature About Seed Inspection
to be Enforced.
A conference of the seed bouses
will bo called to meet soon to discuss
the act passed at the last session
of the general assembly calling
for the inspection of all seed sold
in inis siaie, j. in. uarper 01 v>iemson
college was in Columbia Thursday
for a conference with Commissioner
Watson. Prof. Harper has already
commenced the preparations
for the inspection of the seed at the
experiment station. Miscropic tests
will be made. The act provides in
part as follows:
Section 1. That on and after the
approval of this act, no person, firm
or corporation shall by himself or
themselves, his or their agents or representatives
of any persons, firms
or corporations, sell or offer for sale
or distribution within the State of
South Carolina, for seeding purposes,
any lot or package of agricultural
seeds exceeding one pound in weight
unless the same, when put in either
open or closed packages, shall have
attached thereto a label on which is
plainly printed or written in the
Fnglish language the following: ( t )
Name and kind of seed. (2) Statement
of purity of seed contained
therein. (4) Germinating power of
seed. (5) Locality where seed was
grown if known.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of this
act the term "agricultural seeds"
shall include seed of the red clover,
either medium or mammoth clover,
white clover, alsike clover, burr clover.
crimson clover, lespedeza, alfalfa,
tir thy, orchard grass, Kentucky
blue g s. red top, bromis inerimis,
oat g: ss, fescues, the millets, the
vetch : other grass and forage plant
seeds. i!ax, rape, sorghum, rye, barley
an i other serials and cotton.
Sec. 3. No agricultural seeds, as
defined in section 2, shall be sold
or offered for sale or distributed
J.- At r?A _ j I ?
wiiniii iiiu r>uue wnicn contain 111
greater numbers than 30 to 1,000
seeds under examination, the seeds
of such noxious weeds as clover dodder,
field dodder, white mustard, wild
oats and such other weeds as may be
designated in the regulations promulgated
by the state department of
agriculture and the state experiment
station. Where the seeds of the
weeds so designated are presented
in fewer numbers than 30 to 1,000
of the seed being examined a statement
shall be made on the label
attached to the package numbering
the weed seeds present therein.
Sec. 4. The seeds of such weeds
as sheep sorrel, green and yellow
fox tail, yellow trefoil, chick-weed
and such other weeds as may be prescribed
in the regulations adopted by
the state department of agriculture
and the state experiment station, and
stated in circulars, shall be classed
as impurities in agricultural seeds.
When such impurities or any -of
them present in quantity exceeding
3 per cent, of said agricultural seeds
the approximate percentage of each
shall be plainly stated on the bag attached
as specified in section 1.
Section 5. Sand, dirt, sticks, broken
seeds, other seeds than those mentioned
in the foregoing sections, or
uii.v oilier iongn matter, snail Do
considered as impurities when mixed
witli agricultural seeds sold, offered
or exposed for sale in this State for
feeding purposes. When such impurities
are present in seeds exceeding
the standard fixed in the regulations
of the state department of
agriculture and the state experiment
station the name and approximate
percentage of each shall ho stated on
the label as specified in section 1.
Sec. G. The department of agriculture
and the state experiment station
arc hereby empowered to prescribe
regulations designating when
seeds shall be considered mixed or
adulterated of misbranded and as
germinating power standard,
Sec. 7. The provisions of this act
shall not be contracted as applying
to:
(1) Any person growing, possessing
for sale or selling for food purposes
only.
(2) Persons selling seeds containing
Impurities execpt as defined in
the regulations, providing such seeds
are sold to merchants to be recleaned
before exposing for sale upon the
general market.
(2) Seed that is in store for the
purpose of recleaning and which is
not possessed, sold or offered for
sale for seed purposes.
(4) Corals, grown or sold and delivered
from the farm by the owner
thereof, buyer himself to use The
seed for seeding purposes, or fcr
resale to local merchants, who may
resell.
(5) Mixtures of seeds for lawn
purposes except that the sale of such
mixtures is sold subject to restrictions
and regulations made therefor
by the department of agriculture and
the stato experiment station
Sec. 8. For the purpura of this
act seed shall be deemed pure when
it complies with the foregoing provisions
and contains no cormunleahle
disease.
The enforceme it of the pror yon
is left with the commlssUner of agriculture.
The act further says:
"Sec. 9. The enforcement of the
provisions of this act is hereby placed
under the direction of the commissioner
of agriculture, commerce
and industries of South Carolina, and
he is hereby empowered to appoint
such Inspectors and assistants as may
be necessary to execute Its provisions.
All examinations of seeds shall
be done at the State experiment stations
under the supervision of the
director thereof and from the funds
raised by this act upon tho approval
of the commissioner of agriculture,
commerce and industries tho expenses
of examination shall be paid by
the State.
"Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of
thr? i nstipcloru :i ml :i ut m n t u fr? ool.
left samples of agriculture seeds in
the open market and forward same
to the experiment station, where they
shall be examined and analyzed In
conformity with the provisions of this
act and the standards fixed by the
regulations provided for herein. The
insepctors and assistants are vested
with till necessary powers for the
proper execution of their duties and
to note all violations of any provisions
of this act and to bring action
in the proper court or tribunal for
prosecution of such violation when
directed so by the commissioner of
agriculture, commerce and industries.
"Sec. 11. The results of all tests
of seeds made by the experiment
station shall be published in bulletins
of tiie department or the station,
together with the names and
postofllce addresses of the persons,
firms or corporations from whom all
samples tested were obtained.
"Section 12. For the purposes of
this act a sample of agriculture seed
shall consist of not more than founr
nor less than two ounces of t lie seed
to lio examined.
"See. 13. Whoever violates any
provisions named in the section of
this act, or who shall attempt to interfere
with the inspectors or assistants
in the discharge of the duties
named herein, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $10 or more
than $r?0 for each and every offense.
"Sec. 14. A fee of 25 cents shall
be collected by the commissioner of
agriculture, commerce and industries
from tlm seedsman, person, firm or
corporation oeffring the seed for sale
or selling same for each sample tested
under the provisions of this act,
and the proceeds from such fees
shall be paid out of said special fund
upon the warrant of the comptroller
general, upon the presentation of
itemized bills approved by the commissioner
of agriculture, commerce
and industries.
CAUSES DAMAGE.
Lightning Plays Strange Pranks Hut
Hurts No One.
At Somerville, N. J., the telephone,
electric light and fire alarm service
is crippled as a result of the most
severe electric storm ever experienced
in this section -of New Jersey.
A dozen residences and an equal
number of barns and outbuildings
were struck by bolts, but no serious
fires resulted. The lightning played
some strange pranks.
A bolt came down the chimney of
the new residence of William Arkenberg
and traveled around the dull
gilt moulding on the walls throughout
the house, leaving it with a surface
like newly burnished gold.
In another house a bolt which
struck a projecting gable divided
into several branches on entering
the house and lighted eight small
fires in as many different rooms.
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WANTS NECK HltOKE.
Shot Two Women I localise They Hefuse
to Marry Him.
At Marion. I ltd.. San ford T.nvn
called at the homo of fiance, Miss
Lottie Murden, Thursday and shot
her twice, once in the rbeast and
in the hack. She will die. Bight
years ago, Love shot another young
woman, Nora Miller, to whom he
was engaged to be married. She
recovered. Miss Murden, after a
quarrel with Love, had broken her
engagement with him and lie shot her
after she returned the letters he had
written her. Love is 2 8 and Miss
Murden 18. lie surrendered to the
police.
Jerked Oil' Fingers.
At Chester Wednesday afternoon
John J. Pcay was the victim of a
horribly painful accident. He was
riding in a buggy and leading a mule
near the York county Hue. The
mule became frightened and pulled
back violently and the first joint of
the forefinger of Mr. Peay's right
hand was jerked off, together with
a tendon more than a foot long,
reaching almost to the elbow. Mr.
Peay was brought at once to the
city and the wound wan mmfniiv
dressed. lie is resting comfortably.
Doctor Sentenced.
At Detroit Wednesday Dr. George
A. Fritch was sentenced to serve
from seven and one-half to fifteen
years in the penitentiary for causing
the death of Mabelle Mlllman, of
Ann Arbor, last August by means of
an unlawful operation.
Fatal Fight.
One man was killed and two others
fatally wounded in a pistol fight at
Ilearea, Ky., Monday.
?
The boy of today is a pretty good
follow, and not half as soft as he
looks.
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THE LAND STEAL
Ex-Secretary Garfield Makes Same Sensational
Statements
BALLINGER SHJWN UP
Garfield Connects Him Directly With
a Calse Afliduvit Gotten up in the
Who Attempted to Bunco? the
Who Attempted to Bunco? the
(Government.
James It. Garfield, former secretary
of the interior, was finally excused
from the witness stand at the
Ballinger-lMnchot investigation late
Thursday afternoon. His final half
hour before the committee furnished
the sensation of what had been up to
that time a decidedly dull day.
Mr. Garfield stated that r. Ballinger,
after having been commissioner
of the land office, submitted to
him on Septemeber 17, 1908, an
affidavit signed by Clarence Cunningham,
containing the statement that
the Guggenhelms had no interests
whatever in the Cunningham group
of coal mines in Alaska, while as a
matter of fact, the records of a recent
hearing before the senate committee
on territories show that prior
to the making of the affidavit th"?
Guggenheim syndicate had been given
an option on a half interest in
all the Cunningham claims.
Attorney Brandeis, who was questioning
Mr. Garfield, followed up
these declarations by reading from
Secretary Ballinger's report to President
Taft on September 4, last, con
coming the Glavis charges, the statement
that Mr. Balling.cr had suggested
to Mr. Cunningham an amendment
to an affidavit made prior to
the one which he presented to Secretary
Garfield in September, 1908,
and that Mr. Cunningham made the
amendment by explaining in detail
what lie meant yb certain terms used
in his former affidavit.
.Mr. Garfield said Mr. Baliinger,
in giving him the affidavit left the
impression on him that his action
was entirely casual and that he had
been requested by friends in Seattle
to leave it on file or whatever it
might bo worth. Mr. Brandeis then
called attention to the fact that the
name of Mr. Ballinger's law firm
was printed on the backing of the
affidavit.
The former secretary of the Interior
was examined and cross-examined
as to his administration of the
office which he gave up to Mr. Ballinger
on March 5, 1009. Mr. Garfield,
in explaining what he did in
the matter of the withdrawal of
lands without specific provisions by
law, declared he was working in the
interests of the people and to prevent
monopolistic control of power
sites and consequent extortionate
prices to the consumer.
The former secretary took issue
with Mr. Ballinger as to certnin
statements made by tlie latter in liis
reply to President Taft regarding tlie
various charges made against him.
Mr. Garfield said he could not recall
any conference with Mr. B'allinger
regarding the Cunningham coal
claims, although Mr. Ballingor said
he had immediately conferred with
Mr.* Garfield after the receipt of
Glavis' protest against the clear listing
of the Alaska claims.
Mr. Garfield admitted that in urging
general coal legislation by congress
early in 190S he had made the
statement that ho was willing to
condone fraudulent entries in Alaska
provided the entrymen were compelled
to pay an increased price for
Mw. U...1 i ~ n.-. -
me iiimi in inu government.
HANK CASHIER SKIPS.
With Ten Thousand Dollars of the
Hank's Money.
Savannah lias a sensation on hand.
James M. Doyle, teller of the Hibernia
hank and first lieutenant in th?
Irish Jasper Greens, is short $10,000
in his account with the bank
and is a fugitive from justice. It
has been found that Doyle, though
married, was intimate with a woman
who is now supposed to he in Atlanta.
He came much excited on
Friday night, when he found the
woman had gone, and said he was
going to find her. IIis cash was
recently checked up and found to
he correct. He is believed to have
taken the money Saturday afternoon
late. It was all in large hills.
Smile and he llappy
Smiles should be a part of ourselves
every day of the week. Do
you know we esteem those persons
our best friends who greet us with *i
smile and a kind word. A community
composed of individuals who look
always on tho bright side of everything
would, in our opion, ho an
ideal community. What we need in
this life is sunshine, and a srront deal
of it.
Fears War With Japan.
A note of warning was sounded
Monday by Jocob H. Schiff, the New
York banker, regarding the situation
in the far oast, and the possibility
of war with Japan was discussed
In many banking houses. Mr.
Schiff helped finance Japan in her
war with Russia. {
SOME AMAZING FACTS
SOUTH HAS LESS ANIMALS THAN
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
There Has Been Opportunity to Recuperate,
but the Opportunity Has
Not Been Improved.
Sometime ago the Macon Telegraph
gave its readers official figures
showing that in Georgia there are
fewer cattle (excepting milch cows),
sheep and swine in 1910 than in
18G0?before the war. This was
amazing, yet true. The Manufacturers
Record has gone further into the
question and gives us the figures in
all the? Southern States. They show
that there has been a loss also In
fifty years in the other Southern
states of Alabama, Maryland, North
and South Carolina.
In the fifty years between I860
and 19 1? the population of the country
increased from 31,500,000 to
89,000,000, and the population of the
South from 11,000,000 to 28,000,000.
In tho same period, according
to official figures and allowing for
valuation in census schedules, the
raising of livestock used for food has
not kept pace with the growth of
population in the whole country, and
in the South has actually declined in
the case of sheep and swine.
In 1 860 the South had 8,542,190
meat cattle, not including milch cows
and in 1910 she has 13,834,000; in
I860 the South had 6,081,000; in
1S60 the South had 18,28 1,2 IS hogs,
and in 1910 she lias 1 5,089,000. This
is not a creditable showing, and
proves that our farmers have pretty
well abandoned almost everything
else for cotton.
In the case of sheep, the South
now has 10,000 fewer than in 1860,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee showing the
most marked decreases, their average
being too great to overcome the increase
of $1,1 65,000 in Texas, added
to the slight increases in Florida,
Kentucky, Maryland and old Virginia.
Swine made even a worse showing
than sheep. The increase for the
whole country in the fifty-year peri
(i fl \vns n n 1 vr nt Hia >>otn a # A o
. . . J Ul> 1,11V I CUV 171 1 ? 1??" 1
cent., against an increase of 197 per
cent, in the population, but against
an increase of 172 per cent, in the
population of the South the number
of swine decreased by more than 3,000,000,
in the face of an increase of
1,883,000 In Texas, of 1 84,000 in
Florida, of 1 09,000 in Louisiana and
of 27,000 in Alabama, the only four
I states of the fourteen Southern states
showing an increase.
Of course it is understood that the
meat animals (as well as horses and
mniles) in the South had to do service
for both of the contending armies.
The foratge, the wreck, the destruction,
the conflict of four years
left the South practically barren of
these animals. Hut there has been
time to recuperate, as other things
have recuperated. There has never
been a time more propitious than the
present for live stock raising in the
South. Facts, conditions and the
promise of fat rewards call aloud for
it. *
LKAIHOKS AIJ K WOKIUlOl).
New York Republicans Admit that
the Situation is Serious.
A dispatch from Oswego, N IT.,
say that political leaders and legislators,
national and State, who were
in attendance "on the funeral of former
United States Senator Thomas C.
Piatt, found an opportunity for an
exchange of views on the political
situation at Albany.
The Allds-Conger bribery scandal,
and the Senate leadership contest
were quietly discussed by former
Governor Odell, Chairman Woodruff,
of the Republican State Committee;
Representative Dwight, the Republican
"whip" in the lower house at
Washington, and representative Sloat
Fassett, and other Republican legislators
from Washington and Albany.
The delegation from Washington
brought word that the feeling in
Administration circles favored Hinman's
election. Albany retorted that
such action was unlikely, and it was
hinted that a hitherto unmentionod
candidate might be put forth as a
(Compromise. It is apparent that
Senator Cobb's supporters, who include
Chairman Woodruff and Wm.
Barnes, Jr.,'the Albany leader, intends
to press his candidacy at the
conference at Albany.
That the sitution within the Republican
party at Albany is causing
grave concern was adlmtted by the
leaders.
Shoots Herself.
Near Milledgeville, Ga., Miss KfTle
Simpson, twenty years old, beautiful
and accomplished, shot herself in
t ho Vinni'f of - *
uvui *, ut uci iiomu jit ivn eariy
hour Thursday morning. She had
lioon teaching school at Eastman hut
resigned on account of ill health. She
was a member of a prominent family
and her rash act created a great
shock.
They call it embarking on the
sea of matrimony, but unless Elanor
Robson stays hitched up to August
Relnvont longer than the marriages
of most actresses, we should call It
the rivulet of matrimony.
HELPED FARMER
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DID A
GOOD DEAL FOR THEM.
It Gave Money to Support Various
Things that the Farmers of the ?
State Needs.
Farmers have no reason to complain
of their treatment at the hands
of the recent Legislature. A survey
of the bills enacted Into law shows
that the General Assembly adopted
this session some very progressive
and diversified legislation.
Provision was made for the inspection
of comermcial foodstuffs,
the income to go to the Department
oi Agriculture, commerce and industry,
of which Col. E. J. Watson is ^
the aggressive head.
A special appropriation of $4,000
for the general expenses of the department
was also given, this being a
splendid recognition of Col. Watson's
untiring and successful eflorts for
the development of the State.
An up-to-date pure seeds law based
upon the Wisconsin statute was
also adopted.
For the farm demonstration work,
so successfully managed in the Stato
by Mr. Ira W. Williams, an appropriation
of $5,000 to supplement the
national appropriation was made?
a good example for other States.
For the great corn show to he hold
in Columbia this fall $1,000 was given,
conditioned upon $4,000 being
raised in tho State at large. And
this is assured, Mr. A. E. Gonzales,
having pledged $1,000 of the amount.
It is also gratifying to note that
the Legislature appropriated $500
for the support of the work of tho
State Corn Breeders Association,
which works along the lines of tho
most progressive of such organizations
in the West.
NEC Ito PREACH EH LYNCHED.
"Parson" Wallace Dragged from His
Home and Swung l'p.
At Gracewood, Miss., "Parson"
Wallace, a negro preacher, was lynched
by a mob early Wednesday,
which sought revenge for the serious
wounding of Patrolman J. W. Slack
by the negro late Tuesday night. The
negro was badly wounded in his
flight with the officer and when ho
fell into the hands of the mob, it
was necessary to drag him to tho
telegraph pole to which he was
hanged.
Slack Is said to have gone to tho
llPirn'o linnan t~ ,.111 ?U,_1
0. u uv/uov |U I/UII' L ll 1)111 WHICH
he claimed the negro owed him. It
is alleged that when he spoke to
the negro, that, he was struck and
knocked down and in the tusslo
which followed, the negro got the
otlicers pistol and shot him through
the wrist.
Several other wounds were inflicted
on the officer who finally got
hold of the pistol and shot the ne- f
gro several times. Charles Colenmn,
another negro had by this time come
to the officer's assistance and the
fight was stopped.
The negro lay on the porch of his
home while a mob gathered and talked
of lynching him. Leading citizens
of the town pursuaded the mob
to disperse but they later gathered
and dragged the negro out into the
street and swung him "up to the
polo.
ROmtMI) IX THE STREET.
Held up Woman and Child in tlio
'~"T
Centre of Charlotte.
At Charlotte, NT. C., and on one
of the principal streets, negroes Sat111*
f 1 Q IT Iwvl /I " -1 ' ' *
...v.c.r .n:m up iinu assaulted a wliito
woman and child and robbed them
of their pocket books, dontainlng
sums of money. These bold robberies
came as the climax to a long
series of nightly hold-ups in which
women have been invariably the victims.
On the boulevard in Dilworth
Friday morning, an aged woman was
knocked down and severely hurt, the
negro escaping with the woman's
pocketpoob. That afternoon on the
main street of the city a child was
knocked down and robbed of a purse.
The police chased both crimnals with
bloodhounds and automobiles and
made two arrests. Great crowds followed
each prisoner to the station,
but no violence was attempted, although
for a time great excitement
revailed.
Will Soon Ho Out.
A dispatch from Washington says rSenator
Tillman's recovery is most
htarked. He is now strong enough
to walk around in his room without
assistance, and is able to give personal
attention to some of his corresdenee.
He has visitors almost, every
day and carries on a conversation
without showing any evidence of
fatigue. The Senator and his family
expect to return to South Carolina
the latter part of this month.
Was Found Dead.
At Anderson Paul K. Ayer, twice
candidate for Mayor of nitv o?a
V..V VIVJ w?*u
brother of Hartwell M. Ayor, of
Florence, was found dead In his bed
at a boarding house Wednesday at
noon. Mr. Ayer remained in his
room Tuesday and when he failed
to come out Wednesday his landlady
called a nofllcer who entered his room
and found him dead.
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