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MURDER CHARGE Laid to tke Deer ef Dallas V. Cars, a Magistrate of Berkeley. HE HELD THE INQUEST Over the Body of .lames C. Vainer, Colored, Who Was Murdered at His Home One Night and Is Ar rested w?u uiuuin * , Charged With the Crime. Charged with the murder of Jas. C. Varner, a ne^ro, at whose inquest he acted as the coroner, Dallas \". Cam. the magistrate of that section ol Berkeley County, known as Cam's Cross Roads, is now in the Berkeley County Jail, in Moncks Corner, awaiting trial at the November term of the Circuit Court, which convenes in Moncks Corner on the seventh of the month, while his alleged confederate, Julius Dangerfleld, was arrested Monday morning at SummerviJIe. Both arrests were made on warrants sworn out by special detective, fi. It. Thompson, of Washing- j ton, D. C., was wus assigned to this j case by Governor Ansel, of South Carolina. Because of rhe many unique features of the case and the prominence i of Mr. Carn, and the good reputa- j tion he has always borne in the community, the entire county is roused and waiting for the trial with eager anticipation, for it is said that many startling disclosures will be made in the Court room on the trial day. rtangerfield is loss well known than is Carn; but his arrest, coming at the same time as did that of the latter, has simply served to intensify the interest. Six witnesses were also plat ed temporarily in the counugaso-y their failure to make the required $200 bond. The story of the crime is as follows: On the night of Sunday, September 18, about 11 o'clock, Jam?s C. Varner, who lived alone with his wife, and bad retired earlier in the evening, was called to the door by a man's voice. He opened the door, and on doing so was shot.. His wife creamed and rushed to his side; Dut he had already died. Magistrate 1). V. Carn was notified of the crime Immediately and according to his statement he at once started out to collect a coroner s jury, as in the absence of the coroner, he acted in the stead of that official. The jury collected was composed of the following: Dallas V. Carn, acting coroner; J. M. Mazzelle, George Lawrence, Theodore Lawrence, David Simmons, J. J. Droz?, P. A. Durbage, L. N. Durbage, Julius Dangerfleld, J. H. Felder, David Lynch and S. A. Durbage. At this inquest, according to the official inquisition, which was forwarded by Carn to Coroner T. P. Crawford, and legally entered by him, but one witness was examined, that one being Elizabeth Varner, the wife of the dead man. The following is her sworn statement, in regard to what she knows of the killing of her husband. "On Sunday night, the 18th night of September, 1910, at about eleven o'clock, someone come to the front of my house, and hallooed 'Hello! several times. My husband and self had gone to bed. I asked my Husband to get up and see who that was. He did so, and as soon as he got to the door someone fired and my husband, James, fell on the floor and said, 'Oh Lord!' I got out of bed and struck a match and went to him and found that he was dead. I did not see or look for anyone on tin outside of the house." Shortly after the killing, and the subsequent inquest, vague ruraort were circulated in the spa reel y settled community connecting Mr. Cart with the crime. No one in the coin niunity, who was familiar with tin circumstances, paid serious heed t.: these rumors; but a little more thar a week ago some one officially report the matter to (Jovernor Ansel The Governor immediately sent Special Detective II. R. Thompson, ol Washington, D. C., to the scene oJ the crime with instructions to probe the affair to the bottom. Detect!v? Thompson arrived on the soene or last Tuesday and on this Monday appeared in Moncks Corner, where ht met Coroner T. P. Crawford by appointment, after having spent the intervening days in the woods iioni the scene of the crime. Considering the data that he had gathered sufilcient to warrant the arrest of Cam and Dangerfleld, he swore out warrants and these wert placed In the hands of Sheriff R. G. Causey, together with the warrants for the six persons who were arrested as being needed in the evidence for the State at the trial. Two ol the witnesses arrested are Louise Varner and Rosa Lee Varner, th? latter being a girl who was at the time of the arrest, and for a year previous to that time, according to her statement, employed by Cam as his housekeeper. After being arrested Mr. Carn made the following statement: "On the night of the tragedy I was with David Simmons and two of the Burba gee at ray home until after 10.30. TWO BRAVE MEN UISK THKllt LIVES TO SAVE THE UFE OF A SISTKK. Brothers Each Gave a Pint of Their Blood in an Effort to Save Loved One. The Atlanta Journal says Robert L. Wiggins, professor of English at Wofford college, is on a cot at the Wesleyan Memorial hospital, in that city, where he will probably remain i for several days until he can recover from the loss of bJoou lo oaiue wim the dread pellagra. Prof. Wiggins is the second one | of the brothers of Mrs. M. E. Bush, of Milledgcville, to undergo the operation that takes from the veins of one person the life blood and sends it into those of another. .Mrs. Bush, who has been ill fotsome time with pellagra, was in a critical condition when her brother, Rev. Sterling P. Wiggins, Pastor of the First Methodist Church of Milledgeville, Ga., went under ihe operation of giving up his blood. The ordeal was so trying that for days Dr. Wiggins was too weak to leave his bed at the hospital. But the blood that had flowed from his veins had at least prolonged the life of his sister. When it was seen that this treatment resulted satisfactorily a second brother, Professor Wiggins, announced that he was ready to risk his life that his sister might be saved. Sunday for three hours he was under the operation. lie came out weak, but otherwise unharmed. Monday Prof. Wiggins was too weak to leave his bed, but was happy over the announcement that the sacrifice he and his brother had made might result in 'saving the life of the sister who is so dear to them. After the operation the attending physicians announced that Mrs. , Bush's condition was very encouraging. It was also announced that recent experiments with blood infusion in Mobile, Ala., had resulted in at least half a dozen cures in pellagra cases. Each of the noble brothers gave up about one pint of their blood to save their sister. Shortly after they left, Julius Dangerfield came in to see me, having beep up the road near my house, and while he was there W. It. Varner, a cousin of the dead man, j brought the news to me. I at once started the work of collecting a suzcient number of com-j petents to serve on the coroner's jury, and made the inquest at about ten o'clock in the morning. The inquisition I duly forwarded to Mr. Crawford, along with the evidence nf th*. onlv witness i could find, the wife of the murdered man. i.My arrest came as a surprise to me, and as I am absolutely innocent, 1 am confident that I will have little trouble in clearing myself. I shall employ counsel. The only matter that is really troubling me is the care of my farm and other business while I am in jail." The housekeeper, Rosa Lee Vainer, a mulatto girl, 16 years of age, said that she had been employed by Cam for nearly a year, and that ou the night James Varner was killed she did not leave the house until r about midnight. She said that Cam hf.d retired before she left the house that night, and that he had been with friends the entire evening, never leaving his place. She stated that she was on her way to her home when Marian Varner, and another 1 first cousin of hors, told her that J nines Varner had been killed. She ' said that she then went home and * reported for work at the usual time the next morning. ' ..udftjllHnn vchli'Vl Qtnrttwl nut * to accomplish the arrest of Cam, Dangerfleld, and the witnesses, Mon* day nornlng, consisted of Sheriff U. Cr, Causey, Acting Deputy Sheriff i Sam Whaley, Coroner T. P. Craw> ford, and O. It. Cohen. They reach? ed Cam's house at about ten o'clock, - where they were joined by Detective Thompson. Cam was not at the house wh n the arresting party arf rived; but reached there a few minf utes later, and beyond seeming rath* er surprised, did not demur. He was > told of his arrest and shown the war> rant, and then introduced to the de' tective, who claims to have sufficient ' evidence to convict Caru. He shock hands with the detective in a straight k forward manner, giving vent to some witicisiil in the tikie. He invited the entire party in to eat a meal I with him, and they all accepted, with the exception of Sheriff Causey, who > had gone on to Summerville after i Danger field, and Detective Thomp, son, who had corralled the witness\ es and was walking with them to * r,A ^ i 1 o nr \r waru6 niawiwrij', iitv umvo ??.?. j, ) where he carried them via the A. C. I L. train to Moncks Corner, and there i placed them in the county jail, i Carn was put in the county Jail, ! and on hie demand tor a preliminary ' hearing, a wire was sent to Govern> or Ansel, who replied that the coroni er had no Jurisdiction to hold a preliminary hearing. Dallas V. Carn is 33 years of age, tall and rather good looking. He has Uved in Berkeley County all hla life. He attended the various country schools during his boyhood, and fl SAVED HER UFE j WOMAN IN CHARLESTON STRUCK BY A BULLET. But Fortunately a Steel Corbet Stay Prevents the Bullet From Going; into Her Body. The Charleston Post says Charlie Peters, a Greek working in a restaurant at Archtlal? and Beaufain streets, was committed to jail Thursday by Magistrate House for pistol shooting in Peter Manos' restaurant, * ''rtliimlmc >?< > t VV'PPll HI 1\ 1 U it J111 v. ui uiit uuv>i w _ _ and 4 o'clock when Peters shot three times another Greek, George Panalos, working there. One of the bullets fired passed through the hat of Edward Shea, a patron of the eating place, another pierced a window of the restaurant entered a passing trolley car, and grazed the clothing of Mrs. W. A. Constine, of No. 2S7 Coming street, while the third bullet went wild none of the three hitting Panalos, at which they were aimed. Peters and Panalos were on bad terms, it was stated after the shooting and Wednesday quarreled in the rear of the Manos restaurant. Peters is charged with procuring a pistol, opening fire on Panalos, who placed his person out of jeopardy, while the bullets were flying. Two very narrow escapes from death for innocent people resulted. The bullet that pierced the brim of Edward Shea's hat missed his head only an inch or two, while the bullet that smashed through the restaurant window and entered a down going King street car, was deflected from the heart of Mrs. Constine oy a cuiBagc steel. This sent the ball to the opposite side of the street, where it struck a wall of the Wacker drug store, missing a window by a short distance, j Beyond a painful shock, Mrs. Constine fortunately was not hurt. She may swear out a warrant against Peters. The Greek was given a hearing 011 Thursday in the office of Magistrate Rouse, and committed to jail in default of $500 in each case made out against him. He was charged by Panalos with aggravated assault and by Shea of aggravated ass.iult and battery. <^riTS IN DISGUST. Republican Leader Leaves the Xew York Committee. The resignation of William Barnes, Jr., the Albany "old guard" leader, from the State committee was the b*g event in Republican circles there Wednesday. Immedately after having received Mr. Barnes' letter of resignation, saying that the failure to reappoint him on the executive committee indicated eihter that his services were no longer useful or that he was faithless" to the Republican ticket, State Chairman Prentice issued a statement disclaiming both of these suppositions. Mr. Prentice remarked that Mr. Barnes was not the only former member of the executive committee who was not reappointed, naming four others who likewise had been retired. No action was taken regarding the selection of a successor to Mr. Barnes. . Burglar Killed. At Dallas, Texas, in a pistol duel Thursday Policeman Phillips and an unknown Mexican, who with a companion, were burglarizing a downtown store, the 'Mexican was shot and killed. His fellow burglar escaped. Phillips had been on the police force only a few weeks. Many Were lost, Seven men, including the captain, are missing following the loss of the fishing schooner St. PaJrais of Granville, France, 25 miles off St. Pierre. Thirteen men wore saved. News 01 the wreck became known Thursday when the 13 survivors reached Miquelon Island. nally went to the Holly Hill School, He left there after a few years and went to farming. Following that he took charge of a store at Oakley depot, on the A. 0. L., where he was made postmaster, which position hp held for sixteen months. His brother then died, and he gave up thr store and bis position as postmaster in order to take charge of the estate. He then attended the Stokee Business College in Charleston, from which school he graduated in 1903 He took np farming once again and lived in the house with his mother, meanwhile purchasing, according to hie statement, from the heirs of the estate all of their Interests, so that on the death of his mother, In 190?>, he became the sole owner. In 1907 he was made a notary public by Governor Ansel, and it: 1908 was elected to the magistracy ! <?* U/i nine pn.AlunL Ilir Lilt? IIIOL UlliU. lie nun i v i n > ed this year after a very hard and bitter fight. He now claims that it as a result of the enrnltiee he ma le during: this political campaign that he haa been arrested, as he eays the charge is unfounded and the work of those who wish to deliberate)} harm him. i TRICK OF TEDDY m HK Alftt'KKK THK NEW.YOKK l>KMOCKACY SAVAGKLY. Judge Pft"ker Says Roosevelt Will Try a Coup if His Ticket Wins in New York. At St. Louis Roosevelt denounced the Dcmoratic party in New York as Jan "unholy alliance between Wali street and Tammany nun iu a speech the other night and attacked the Democratic party in Missouri by calling it the "party that represents the special interests and spec.il privileges." Koosevelt also defended the present pv.iiion of the Rcpubl'can party in regard to the tariff. l?t was Roosevelt's lirst speech in the present; campaign. The Collisen in was crowded to the doors with a crowd which cheered him frequently. He began nis speech by commending Cov. fladley as "an up'iglit and fearless public servant" and saying that tiie light in Missouri is similar to that being made in New York "In New York there are opponents who call thcmselfes the Democracy," said Col. Roosevelt. "They have the very slenderest relation to any historical party bearing that name. For in New York what calls itself Democracy con siste in reality of an unholy alliance between Wall street ami Tainonany Hall. It is enough to make Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, and Tom Denton, of Missouri, turn in their graves to realize what the organizations are that claim to be their spiritual heirs and repersenla lives at this present day. "And as it is in New York, so it is here in .Missouri; the genuine party of the people, the party that stands for popular rights, that stands for all the people, ?t the Republican party; and the party of reaction and of bourbonism, the party that represents the special interests and special interests, is the party that arrogates to itself, forsooth the name of the Democracy. "In New York the special interests, is a'l of the powe.s tnat hope to keep or *o acquire privileges to which they are not entitled, have gone with our antagonists, because they feel, quite properl' , that in their ranks is the place for evcy man who believes in either crook"d business or crooked politics, and especially in the alliance between crooked business and crooked politics."" Alton B. Parker has giv?n 01P r?n interview at his home in New York on the State campaign and Theodore Roosevelt. He said in part: "1 am informed that Mr. Roosevelt has been advised by his friends that in this State the tide set in so strongly against his New Nationalism with himself as the steward of the public welfare in 1912 ana thence on for the balance of his life, that lie can only hope to save the situation for himself and his tick u by announcement that he wont be a candidate in 1912 and further he has agreed to make such a statement within the next two or three days. "There can be no doubt of the fact of his candidacy in the mind of any man who has watched bis course, carefully read his speeches, and noted his almost brutal treatment of President Taft. From my knowledge of and experience wiih him I have no hesitation in saying that while the assurance will be given by him that he will not be a candidate in 1912 his purpose is to decieve the people of this State in the hope that they will elect his ticket. That done, he will accept the result as command by the peo. i.. - ?v>.. fVidf lio l,n {fa pniid. WI I lie DKllC klKtl III.. .jv idale. Then, with tho political machine under his control, nothing can prevent him from securing the delegates from this State. There is one sure way and only way *.o avoi 1 Mexioanizing tjiis country?and that is to defeat his ticket now." The Democrats Will Win. Signs multiply in New York that the Democrats will win a big victoiy in that State next month. Many of the business men all over the State are deserting the Republican party as boosed by Roosevelt and will vote the Democratic ticket. Andrew Oar, ncgio, who has long been a warm . friend and supporter of Roosevelt, , has declared his purpose to support , the Democratic ticket this year. It it said he has contributed $.r>0,00 0 . to the Democratic campaign fund and 1 - oil hik r>i?n f ri hr?ln thnm u v/i i? ^ n i i ?. ^ v, >.v-r v?~ , eiect their ticket. (Carnegie is op, posed to Roosevelt's new Nationalism, which he rightly says tonde towards imperialism. The disaffection from the Republican ranks among the so-called "business men" is undoubt| edly serious in New York city, and , elsewhere in the state. This means the defeat of Roosevelt's ticket. ^ ? WinP'rs (ietting Milfler. At the approach of each winter here is always much speculation as to whether or not winders are warmer than they used to be. Those who speak feelingly of the "old-fashioned' ' winters nod those who contend ;hat the winters of today are just as severe as their forefathers endured or enjoyed, (which, is a matter of I opinion) are always on the alert to secure data to fortify their arguJ meats. NOTICE OF ELECTION m I State of South Carolina;' County of Horry. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Representative in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County t of Horry, on Tuesday, November 8th, 1 ill 0, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday, as prescribed by law. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows. Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable: "Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and I tonr iiMi-s of otiblic schools shall be on titled to vote after six months' residence in tlie State, if otherwise (j ua lifted. Managers of election must require of the voter the production of a registration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll taxes, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for the opening of the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can adminls tf?r T110 Oil in *IC> I 111.' Ul IH'I .u uiiah'i" " and to the C'erk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at seven o'clock a. m., and closed at four o'clock p. ni., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. ni. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint. from among the qualified voters. the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the (Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office. and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Hoard, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, tiie boxes containing the '?"-1- - ? afatmanla r?f I hc DJtilUlS itJJW Wiuivn niiiimviKu V. result of the election. Managers of Flection.?The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Adrian?Ceo. Sessions, Jr., N. K. Hard wick, Gilbert Cartrett. \Bayboro?Bird Watts, Berry Bell, Moses Tyler. Blanche?J. O. Johnson, B. B. Sarvis, Willie Ward. Cedar Grove?J. I lamp Hendricks, F:. J. Marsh, J. T. Todd. Conway?A. E. Goldfinch, W. H. Howell, J. A. Eason. Cool Springs?G. A. Rabon, K. L. Mishoe, F. B. Booth. Daisy?W. B. Carter, H. W. Boyd. (!eo. \Y. Russ. Dog Bluff'?I). G. Johnson, W. A. Spivov, i\ M. Reynolds. Dogwood?T. J. Vanght, T. W. ? K l/< f'h.ictlllll i\ . IV. VIIVDUIU.. Ebenezer?J. H. Long, I. P. Stanley, \V. I. Cox. (Farmer?G. T. Bellamy, J. M. Butler, VV. E. Carter. Floyds?Deck Gibson, Avery Floyd H. A. Gerrald. Gallivants Ferry ? Ash Page, Fletcher Gore, Geo. M. Muggins. Grahamville?B. H. Vaught, P. Parker, 1. B. Parker. Green Sea?H. H. Gerrald, Daniel Blanton, Geo. M. Fowler. Greenwood?\V. L. Singleton, C. Cannon, A. /M. Dusenbury. Gurley?John Elliott, Hanip Gore, H. W. Mishoe. Hammond? C. L. Williamson, W. I). Cox, J. M. Cox. Hotnewood?N. T. Collins, T. A. Anderson, C. M. Elliot. Jordanville?I. Me Mart in, Joe Baxley, T. M. Lundy. Joy?G. F. Norris, W. II. Moore, J. W. Baker. Knotty Branch?W. G. Lewis, P. 11. Singleton, G. W. Singleton. Little River--Tom Permentor, L. F. Bellamy, J. V. Verecn. Loris?J. Q. Graham, I). I). Jlarrelson, W. A. Prince. JMarlow?P. P. Patrick, L. D. Tharp, T. /V. Johnson. Port Harrelson?L. W. Cooper, C. B. Dusenbury, Rufus Thompson. 1 tSanford?A. W. Barnhill, Jim Tyler, N. B. Allsbrook. -Shell ? S. W. Vereen, J. W. ' Chestnut, W. H. Bryant. Spring Branch?-Frank Floyd, K. Hatcher, George Floyd. Socastee?J. D. Rabon, J. N. McCormlok, R. M. Prince. Taylorsville?A. M. Small, Luther Gibson, F. A. McDaniel. Vardelle?C. L. Williamson, Ed. Harrelson, Hugh Floyd. Wampee?D. B. Bellamy, J. Z. Ward, Lucian W11 lard. .Withers?E. H. Shelley, S. 8. Owens, W. T. Todd. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure BETTER BE DANCED I THAN iii> TO PHI SON FOlt JfaI?J& U SAYS CHIOACJO JI'DOK V. In a (U'nutrlutblo Spwtoh He Deliver* |J e<l to a .Man lor Rilling a Wo- 1 man. ' f Life imprisonment in the penitentiary is declared by Judge Marcus J Ka\'anaugh, of Chicago, to be a mce terrible punishment than The jurist, in a remarkable opinion handed down in sentencing Josepn ii Welcome to life imprisonment for ' fl with the ( liiuraer, tuuti aowu >- ?-? tortured soul of a life convict iu his solitary coll and told the prisoner that, it is not correct 1o regard the ft death penalty as the most severe t punishment that can t *. tnllicted. sj Welcome pleaded guilty to having ftl murdered Mrs. Mary McLean, o? I March 22, 19 10 in a hoarding house I she conducted. The prisoner chang"^ J ed his plea from "no' guilty" aflu* | eight jurors v/ere chosen. It was shown that he forced his wife to become a "white slave" and shot her for refusing to give biin money. /Mrs. McLean was shot and killed while attempting to gave Mrs. Welcome. In sentencing Welcome Judge Kavanaugh said: "Welcome, you have committed a terrible crime. \ Your punishment is to he more ter- 1 riblc still. The instinctive, unreasoning horror of mankind regards the death sentence as a severe punishment. This idea is not correct. * ? o cf You are now 10 reicirc ? a?.o.... . punishment. Your victim died hut once. You will die a hundred times; you wiP suffer more the day you pui on prison clothes than she did in her death. After that there will be only the hopeless, painful years from day to day, from momh to montth stretching out forever and in agony. "In four or five years the eternal solitude and silence will begin to crush in upon you like an Iron weight. You hear that street car hell ringing in the street as it passes now. You will remember it in after years a6 the most exquisite music. It will mean hurrying crowds that go where they like to go and do as they please: It will mean the greatest of all pleasures?freedom. "You can only dream of it by day and by night and your dream will be torture unspeakable." + AFTER THE LUMBER TRUST. Probing Charges Against the Great Combine. To determine 11 mere is any inundation for numerous complaints received at the Department of Justice alleging the existence of a "lumber trust," special agents of the department are quietly Investigating the operations of a large number of trade associations and other organizations which manufacture and market lumber. Agents in Minneapolis, rlt. Paul, Chicago, St. Iyouis, Kansas City and other cities have turned in their reports. Complaints have been reaching the department from dealers and builders as well as individual conumers, alleging the price of dressed lumper is fixed by agreement and unduly raised by "powerful interests which control the lumber industry.' j Charges of blacklisting, elimlna- jeA lion of competition and divisions their territory are also made. K1LLKI) IIIS XKICHIIOII. ? - ? Quarrel Over Woman llcnoweri With Tragic Result. At Scranton Henry Marsh Wednesday shot and killed his neighbor, Robert Raxley, with a shotgun at the Bar'ell plantation, about blx miles from there, the load taking effect in the neck and death resulting instantIv. Shot also struck young Raxley, son of the dead man, but he was not seriously wounded. About two weeks ago, the two men had a row over the women of their families, and Marsh forbade Raxley passing. through hi? yard. Haxley, returning from the store of J. A. Ward & Sous met Marsh and they renewed the difficulty, Marsh shooting liaxley as above stated. Palmetto Flag Files Over Capital. A large State (lag has been placed on the dome of the State honse as required by on act of the general assembly. The flag is 10 by 20 feet and was made by the textile department of Clemson College. The State flag act requires that a palmetto flag be placed on every public building in the State. The flags will bo manufactured by the textile department of Clemson College. the boxes and blanks for the election at Horry Hardware Co., after Oct. 20th. A. W. Barrett, J. D. West, fRT. N. Gerrald, Commissioners of Federal Election ifor Horry County, S. C. October 12th, 1910.