The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 16, 1913, Image 6
CLAIMS THE CBEDI I
fOK TOE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR
CLEMSON COLLEGE
DR. DANIEL SAYS HE DID
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'I Ant responsible for Clemson College,
and I'm I*roud of It,'* Bays
. . Presiding Elder of Charleston District
Who Telia of Association
With Thos. G. Clemson.
"I am responsible for Clemson College,
and 1 ain proud of It," was said
by Dr. J. W. Daniel, presiding older
of the Charleston district, at a meeting
of the board of stewards at the
first Quarterly Conference, hold Sunday
night, at HeLhel Methodist churcu
at Walterboro.
? r>rnannl thiu
10 ?1 niau covuv
was rather startling statement. Senator
It. R. Tillman has been receiving
credit for the achievement in this
nock of the woods, and doubtless evi-ry
other "neck" where the statement
of Dr. Daniel has not been
hoard. So the newspaper man present.
sat up and took notice.
The discussion of the efforts being
made t.o raise funds for the purchase !
of the new district parsonage in
Charleston district, and was asked
by a member of the board to tell
those present about it. This occurred
in ono of those delightful informal
periods punctuating all of Dr.
Daniel's meetings with the stewards
of his district, when bo becomes reminiscent.
Ho said that when he was quite a
young man, having just entered the
ministry, he was sent to the old Pendleton
charge. At that tinio Thomas
0. Clemson was an old eccentric man,
and a sceptic. Ho had never been
known to go to church, but after several
visits by Dr. Daniel, be came at
once to his church. Dr. Daniel saJd
there seemed to spring up a liking
for him by the old man, who was
quite a talker.
About this time a meeting of the
local Agricultural P'air Association
was held, and Governor Perry was
~ " 1 ?lrn?. A (tnntinn nrnd
})r(V)^Ul tin a OiKJarvci . rvivunnw.. .. ....
thtm directed to the subject of agricultural
development. Shortly after
this Col. Simpson came to see Dr.
Daniel, and in conversation informed
him that Mr. Clemson was thinking
of leaving his possessions to found a
mining college. Col. Simpson, being
an alumnus of Wofford College, was
anxious to got this proporty for his
alma mater. Dr. Daniel said to Col.
Simpson:
"It would be foolish for Mr. Clemson
to leavo his money to found a
colle.ge on mines or mining, as there
is nothing to mine in this State but
a few fish bones down on the coast,
and if lie wants to found a college
why doesn't ho found an agricultural
college?" Col. Simpson, Dr. Daniel
said, was very much impressed with
ifche suggestion and stated that ho was
going right over an.l suggest it to
. n> which ho <i d or ( em*on
at once becoming <iuito enthusiastic.
' f'lis" said Dr. Dii.-l, "was the
birth of Clemson College, which has
become such splendid school. Mr
Tillman and others may not like me
to say this, but these are facta."
After the meeting adjourned, Dr.
Daniel waa asked by t ie reporter if
ho had ary objection to th? use of
his remarks relative to the foundation
of Clemson College. "None
whatever," was the reply. "They are
facts, so why should I mind?"
If fnmtlrAe nr? xtrotfll of the imagi
W I^W?? \/w * V V w
nation to believe that this was the
real birth of the College, to ono who
known Dr. Daniel. A close student, of
conditions and affairs, and with an
Intensely practical mind, such a suggestion
was but a logical sequence.
A book, which is now in the hands
of tho publishers, written by him
shows how very practical he ran bo.
This booh, "The Bottom Rail," will
create a sensation, it is predicted,
when ft comes from tho press, and
perhaps will have as far reaching effects
as tho suggestion to Mr. Clemson
that h<> leave his money to found
an Agricultural College.
Gone Back to His Cost.
Senator and Mi s. Tillman have rct.urned
to Washington and tho Senator's
office presented a scene of
great activity Monday. The Senator
says that ho has not yet made up his
mind which of the big Senate committees
at. his disposal he will choose
for his chairmanship in the next
trtrnvrr?! The imnression Is roln
ing, however*, that itt will ho appropriations,
Iho biggest of them all.
Flight People Rescued.
After being Imprisoned behind a
fall of coal, rook and other mine roture,
eight of the n<no i len entombed
Wednesday In the colliery of tho East
Lehigh Coal company near Tamaqun,
Pa., were rescued alive Thursday
night. The other man. Joseph Walter,
is missing and la believed to have
heon killed. The men wore imprisoned
nearly 4 0 hours.
Hpinal Meningitis in Illinois.
An epldem;e of spinal meningitis
has broken out at Oalo, 111. John
Chlem and his tTireo sons died of tho
disease Monday night. Three other
members of the family are 111.
LOSS IS VERY GREAT /
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CITRUS FRUIT GHOU'EHS HARP
HIT BY FREEZE. I
Conservative Estimate I'laces Mamage
to Orange and Lemon Cropa i
at Fifty Fer Cent, of Value.
A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal.,
says twenty-five million dollars was
[ the amount fixed by concensus of
opinion regarding the loss sustained
uy citrus fruit growers in the three
Jays freeze ending Tuesday morning.
Earl G. Dezell, assistant general
manager of the California Fruit
Growers' Exchange, said that accurate
estimates of damage could not toe
made for several days, but $25,000,U00
is regarded as a conservative estimate.
Other estimates run as high
as $40,000,000.
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UiaiJgca uu> (uauu u v? uvuia u uu a
in tho Loa Angelas wholesalo market.
This was a direct result of tho
freeze. Grapefruit went up 25 cents
a box.
Temperatures around 3 0 degrees
wero expected in some sections of
the citrus region again Tuesday night
but tho weather bureau assured
growers that Wednesday morning
would mark the end of tho necessity
I for burning smudges in the groves.
With markedly higher temperatures
prevailing "smudging" was
successful Tuesday night In saving
oranges and lemons that had been
only "nipped" by the cold of tho previous
two days. According to citrus
exports, fully half of the $50,000,000
crop may bo marketable.
Many groves wore reported unmjured
in San Bernardino County and
growers saw a ray of hope in tho fact
that a sudden thaw did not materialize.
On tho basis of 50 per cent, crop
damage, tho railroads stand to lose
$9,000,000 in reduced freight receipts.
According to a statement by the
Loa Angeles Chamber of Commerce,
which concluded Tuesday a careful
inquiry into tlio damage to the citrus
crops, tho early estimates of loss
were exaggerated.
"All expert opinions," the statement
says, "are to tho effect that the
actual damage will not be known for
at least two weeks. Later examinations
may show that not more than
30 per cent, of the fruit had been materially
Injured."
A report from Pomona says that
the growers there are more optimistic
than heretofore, and probably 50
per cent, of the crop may be saved.
EIGHT KILLED ON WAKSHIP.
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Victims Scalded to Death by an Explosion
of Steam.
At Toulon, Franco, eight mon woro
killed Monday by an explosion in tho
stokehold of the Fronch battleship
Messena. Tho Messona, accompanied
by two cruisers, was proceeding
for Biserta. She was passing tho
Hyeres Island when the steam collector
pipo of one of tho boilers
burst. The engine room staff rushed
to tho stokehold, where they
found a petty ollicer and seven men
dead. Tho ship landed the bodies at
the St. Mandrlor Naval Hospital.
The cause of the accident has not
yet been ascertained, but it has occasioned
great surprise among tho naval
authorities, as tho steam piping
on the Messona had been completely
renewed two years ago and was
thoroughly tested last year.
Detectives Report on Lynching.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says the Governor
stated Tuesday morning that
he had received tho reports of two
detectives, together with certain affidavits
they had gathered on tho
lynching of the negro at Norway, and
has submitted all tho reports and
affidavits to Solicitor Hildobrand of
Orangeburg, with tho request that he
take such action as his duty calls for
in the matter. Tho nature of the
reports and findings of tho detectives
were not divulged and it is presumed
that Solicitor ilUdebrand will
lay them be'oro the grand Jury of
Orangeburg County for investigation
v hen that body meets at tho next
term of tho criminal court for this
county.
Taught Roys Drug llnhit.
Harry Pratt, of Chicago, known to
tho police as the "walking drug
store", who was charged with distributing
free small packages of cocaine
to youths in pool and billiard halls
in order to rreato victims of the drug
habit and then profit by their patronage,
was fined $2^0 by Judge Mahoney.
When arrested Pratt had a
dozen largo boxes of the drug In his
room.
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Rreaks In the Mail.
At Hopk'.nsvllle, Ky.f ft jug of molathes
shipped by parcel? post, was
found broken in an incoming pouch.
Tie letters and registered mall In the
pouch were "sweetened" and even
ftcr a cleaning process had been
tried showed traces of the experience.
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Killed in a Rnnawny.
Miss Amelia Doclo of Chicago died
this mo^nlnq at Manatee, from Injuries
record yesterday afternoon
when a bono ehe was driving ran
Away. Tho remains were shipped to
Chicago for interment. J
IHLY WILT AM
MANY NOrABLtS ACCEPT INVITA
TIUNS TO THE
NATIONAL CORN SHOW
Congerssniati Lever Is Pleased Tliai
Secretary Wilson ami the House
Committee on Agriculture Will Attend
the Great exhibition on educational
Day.
The Washington correspondent oi
The State says (Jeorge H. Stevenson
ecretary aud general manager of tiit
National Corn Exposition, which is to
hold its fifth annual meeting in the
city of Columbia January 27 to February
8, was in Washington Thursday
and with Representative A. F.
Lever, extended an invitation to Jas.
Wilson, secretary of agriculture, and
the entire agricultural committee of
the house of representatives to visit
the exposition on Roy's day," February
1. I3oth the secretary and the
committee accepted this invitation,
and the committee recorded a vote
of thanks to the exposition management
for the courtesy thus extended.
The acceptance of this Invitation
by the secretary of agriculture is itself
a fact of large significance, and
his visit to the State, supplemented
by that of the entire agricultural
committee of the house, under the
auspices of such an agricultural institution,
means one of the most
auspicious gatherings in the interest
of agriculture in the history if the
country,
This is the first time in the history
of congress that the agricultural
committee, as a whole, has accepted
such an invitation, and on this datr
the exposition and State will have as
the exposition and State will have as
their guests the cabinet officer of a
great department of tho government
and a committeo of congress whose
personnel, coming from all sections
c f tho nation, represent overy phase
cf agricultural thought and work.
The committee will welcome this
opportunity to viow the National
Corn exposition as an institution
dealing with the fundamental agrigiatifled
at the acceptance of this
invitation by the committeo and the
secretary, as was also Representative
T r\\rrk9?
Mr. Lever said: "I regard this exposition
as the greatest thing, In the
way of agriculture, that has ever occurred
In the South, and of course 1
am quite proud of the fact that It Is
being held in the district I have the
honor to represent here. I am sure
that Its educational feature will
moan much to the present and future
agriculture of the State, and the acceptance
of this invitation this morning
by Secretary Wilson and my own
committeo means a gathering of distinguished
men, all of whom have
their best efforts directed along the
linos of a hotter and a more profitable
agriculture for our nation, and
I am sure the people of our State,
and the entire South, can not overestimate
the importance of this occasion."
TWINS ROUND TOGETHER.
Itaby Girls Attached at Hips Like the
Siamese Pair.
Mr. and Mrs. John It. Gibbs, of
Holyoke, Mass., are the parents or
two girls which in many ways are
liko the famous Siamese twins. They
are attached to oach othor at the
hips, but in every other way are perfectly
normal. The twins are seven
months old and have developed splendidly
since their bith. Experts say
It will be impossible ever to separate
them. The Gibbs twins are different
in a great many ways. Often
whon one desires to sleep the other
is wido awake and shows a strong
desire to bo playful. They never
seem to agree on the eating hours,
for while one crloB for her food the
other one pushes the bottlo away. *
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A Reform That Is Needed.
Tho Spartanburg Journal says the
Stato legislature Bhonld pass some
measure, requiring registration and
proof that all taxes have been paid
before permitting any person to cast
a ballot. If a man does not pay his
taxes, then certainly he has not tho
interest of tho State at heart and he
should ho denied the balTht. Senator
Tillman says "stringent rules and
regulations are required. The rules
should be few, plain and simple, but
they must be enacted into law in order
to compel compliance."
Crazed Men flattie With Axes.
Crazed by drinking wood alcohol,
a camp of lumber jacks in the vicinity
of llrainard, Minn., participated
in a bloody massacro. Armed witrt
axes tho crow attacked each other.
Tl linn Uin n irnnpft w.nq OVOT* tho
ccmp was transformed Into a Bhamh'efl
and 1 4 men lay dead or wounded.
Cold Extends Into Mexico.
The cold wave has extended far In
fo Northern 'Mexico. Much suffering
among the natives, unaccustomed to
cold Is reported, not only In Mexican
border States, but along the American
side of the border,
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PLAN TO BUILD ROADS
<.OOI> SYSTEM EXPLAINED BY
ITS AUTHOR.
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Will Enable Counties to P*jr Off Road
Roods With Amounts Now Required
to Pajr Interest Alone.
The following plan to build good
oads by the different counties at a
minimum cost is published in the
Progressive Farmer by W. S. Wilson,
of Raleigh, N. C.. who is the author
of the plan:
An overwhelming majority of the
people favor good roads and want
them. The men most bittorly opposed
to road taxes and road bonds
prefer traveling over a good road to
traveling over a bad one. We must,
therefore, look back of the fact that
good roads are favored and wanted,
to find out why more of them are
favored and wanted, to find out why
more of them are not built.
The one absolutely essential thing
in road building is money In larger
quantities than can bo raised by taxation
except In a few of the wealthier
localities. In most cases a bond
Issue is necessary, aud. bond Issues
aio not popular. Business men who
do not hesitate to borrow money to
use in their own business enterprises
oppose bond Issues for roads or other
purposes.
Why Is this? If it be good business
to borrow money for a private
enterprise, why would it not be as
good business to borrow money for
a public enterprise? Why are bond
issues unpopular arid why do some
of our best men oppose them? Our
people do not vote blindly for or
against ft proposition. They count
the cost and take into consideration
the benefits. They know that in most
instances bond issues under our present
plan became permanent doWg;
that they ate never paid and the *1on
them is an iniidii.; k ad
f'T thf m and their dese ?idnn'.s 4o
cJVi V. ben they bor-ow nion >y lor
rvrivflfn nnlomrico th#?v Mrnvidft for
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its payment, and then the interest
stops. When bonds are voted for
and sold, they know that in certainly
a great majority of cases no method
of repayment which can be effectually
carried out is provided for,
and the interest does not stop, and
therefore, they vote against the
bonds.
If some moans can be devised
whereby money may be had at a
reasonable rate of interest and with
a fixed period of payment, and the
people can bo made to know that at
the end of that period the debt will
bo cancelled, they will vote for bond?
and good roads will be built.
The plan which I shall here outline
to meet this condition is based upon
the fact that in this State the bonds
issued hy the State are exempt from
all taxation, whereas county, district
or municipal bonds are subject in
taxation. There is, therefore, a difference
in the value of these bonds,
which is shown in the rates at which
they may be sold. The State can and
does sell Its non-taxable bonds readily
at 4 per cent., while county, district
and municipal bonds range from
5 to 7 per cent., with a prevailing difference
of certainly as much as 1 per
cent. It is to take advantage of this
difference and at the same time ve
prepare a plan by which a sinking
fund can bo croated and invested under
State supervision, to care for the
county bonds at maturity, that the
I plan Is proposed as a substitute for
I our nresent ineffective and unpopular
method of road bond issues.
This Idea waa drafted into a b'-i
which waa presented at The last session
of the General Assembly, wh -re
it pease d the House by a practlcallv
unanimous vote, but was defeated in
the Senate by a small majority. Tho
plan day bo summarized as follows:
1. On January 1 of a fflven year
the State Treasurer shall bo authorized
to issue and sell State 4 per
cent, bonds, Interest to be paid semiannually,
to an amount not to exceed
$200,000, the exact figure to bf
determined by the applications received
by him before such issuance,
2. The bonds are to run for a period
of 41 years, since it takes thai
time to mature a sufficient sinking
fund to retire them.
2. Tho steps preliminary to such
application for road funds, including
the method of voting in the count)
are set out In the bill, and must b<
regular in every way, and bo approved
by tho Attorney General,
4. Taking for granted that enough
counties havo appliod to take the
whole issue of $200,000 for use or
reads in the following six months
the Treasurer issues State bonds tc
that amount and the proceeds aris1
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iJlfS 1 I '/HI tlU'Il Pn'u CVI u ii/nuviu cv viav
counties. Thero counties must furnish
proper proof of having voter
"For Hood RoadR," and must execute
and deliver to said treasurer a bond
tc pay him 5 per cent, per annum or
the amount loaned, to bo paid semiannually
at least one month beforr
tho interest is due on the outstanding
slate bords. A penalty for failure
to pay within tho specified tlrno is
provided which would amply reimburse
'he State for any advance payment
It might have to make 011 its
outstanding bonds.
n. Ttofh interest and penalty arr
made a State tax and the Treasurer
is given every facility for Us collection
that ho has for the collection ol
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FOUND HIM GUILTY
YOUNG HAN CONVICTED OF KILLING
HIS FATHER
ON STREET OF CLINTON
Witneanea Tell of the Trouble lie1
ween Father and the S:>n, Which
Koaulted in the Tragic Killing of
tli? Former by the Latter last
October.
Guilty of manslaughter was the
verdict of the Jury at Laurens which
tried ltobert Lawson, charged with
the murder of his father, W. Frank
Lawson, of Lanford, Laurens county.
Tho jury was out three hours. Sentence
has not yet been passed, as
counsel for tho young man will make
a motion for a now trial. The trial
was begun at Laurens Wednesday
morning at a special session of Criminal
Court. Defendant and deceased
were farmers of Laurens county.
Tho killing occurred last Octobor
on tho streets of Clinton, the young
man shooting his father to death in
Lawson's brother's wagon, which was
loaded with cotton. Tho killing it is
said, grew out of a dispute over the
poseasion of a balo of cotton. Tho
1 case went to the jury shortly after
1 6 o'clock. Eleven witnesses testified
for the State, while ten wero introduced
by the defence, including
1 tho defendant and hns wife.
Dr. J. D. Austin, who made the
postmortem, said there were three
' wounds found on tho deceased,
one just behind tho left ear and two
' in the loft side, Eddie Lawson and
Victor Lawson , brothers of the dofeudeut,
testified as to tho beginning
of the troublo over a bale or cotton
which their father claimed.
Roth said they assisted in loading
tho cotton over the protest of the J
defendant, and after the cotton was
loaded on tho wagon the defendant
took charge of tho team and drove
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TO UIU fcl'I, in tit iwiui unu 11 . .
Lawson , tho father, went along In a
buggy. The cotton was carried to
1 Clinton. Witnesses said Robert Lawson
offered the cotton to a bank ho
1 owed; the deceased objected and
jumped In the wagon and took charge
of the lines and Btnrtod to drive ofr.
1 Robert Lawson standing immediately
behind in the front of the wagon.
Presently, according to testimony,
' tho shooting took place and W. P.
Lawson fell mortally wounded. None
1 of the witnesses saw W. F. Lawson
with a pistol; saw the defendant fire
' five times, three times after his fatn1
er fell. One of the mules was shot
1 at tho time and since deid.
In his own behalf Robert Lawson
claimed self-defence, swearing that
he shot to save himself and to protect
his property. He expressed his
sorrow for the deed, sworo his father
pushed him back against tho cotton
balo and drew his pistol and
with an oath saying ho (W. F. Lawson)
was going to kill defendant.
Instantly, defendant said ho drew
his pistol and fired on his father.
Dosen't remember whether ho shot
after his father fell. Defendant said
he took his father's pistol out or his
hand and put It In his own pocket.
Defendant testified that his father
had been an unnatural parent toward
him, treating hiin cruelly for several
yearn.
Several members of tho Lawson
family were in Court, as was the
father of Mrs. Robert Lawson. fiho
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is only 1 i. ojiw nmuu a kuuu wuuoto
but only knew of the trouble at tho
Lawaon brother's home on Enoreo
; River in tho morning of the day of
* the killing.
any other State tax.
6. The county bond Is not ont?
that can be stolen and at maturity
" presented for payment, but It Is an
' undertaking on tho part of tho county
) to pay the State Treasure annually,
' In two payments, 4 per cent, to be
applied towards tho payment of the
' Interest on Its outstanding bonds,
and an additional 1 per cent, to be
' Inveptod by the State In a sinking
fund to retire Its bonds at maturity.
1 At the end of the first six months
1 the counties pay to tho State Treasp
urcr two and one-half per cent, on
* their respective loans?being a seml"
annual payment of 5 per cent. Interest.
On $200,000 this amounts to
i $5,000. Of this amount tho State
) Treasurer taken $4,000 and pays tho
interest on the outstanding State
1 bonds, and has a surplus of $1,000.
, Then to get his $200,000 to bo loaned
> to the same or other counties upon
. the same terms as at first prescribed,
? the Treasurer puts this $1,000 into
. tho road fund and Issues $190,000
I lr bonds and sells thorn, and the pro5
coeds arising therefrom are added to
I the $1,000 sinking fund and the
whole amount Is loaned In the same
way as at first Indicated.
At the end of t.ho first year the
State collects 5 per cent, on $100,000,
whereas It pays out Interest on
orly $399,000. This process Is continued
semi-annually for 41 years,
and at the end of each six months
the State's bond ls9uo is reduced by
tho amount of the surplus, so that
the two shall aggregato $200,000.
A careful computation -will show
that there Is a sufficient income from
the county loans to pay the Interest
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LYON GOES FOR EVANS
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BRINGS A NUMBER OP CUABQM
AGAINST HIM.
Several Criminal Acts of Barney B.
Evans Named by the AttorneyGeneral
In the I*roceeding.
Attornoy-Goneral Lyon Monday
began disbarment proceedings in the
State Supreme Court against Barney
B. Evans, an attorney of Columbia
who was an opponent of Lyon In tho
recent primary. The petition alleges
that Evaus as an attorney in
Saluda collected monies for certain
clients which ho failed to turn oyer
to them.
Geo. R. Rembert of Columbia is
named among the witnesses to this
charge. It further alleges that Kvans
collected cortaln money for the
Murray drug company of Columbia
which he failed to turn over to the
firm. A part of tho petition refers to
tho charge made by Evans during tho
campaign lust summer that B. F.
Samples, Sheriff of Saluda county,
stole a certain receipt from Evans,
ofilco in Saluda and it also contains
a statement signed by citizens of Saiuda
denouncing Evans and denying
his charge.
Tho petition of disbarment further
charges that Evans at tho campaign
meeting In Spartanburg last
summer made tho statement that if
the Aetna and Hartford Firo Insurance
companies did their duty, B.
W. Crouch and E. W. A bio, Attorneys
of Saluda would ho behind prison
bars, that ono of theso persons
was caiigm a? an uicmiuiury uuu inni,
ho destroyed all tho lawyer's HbrnrioH
In Saluda. Evans further referred
to these men, it Is alleged, as
blind tigers, thieves and Incendiaries.
Tho complaint further alleges that
Evans Is of had reputation. It also
charges him with forging certain
names to notes which he had discounted
at a Columbia Bank, and
ihat ho collected funds for a Baltimore
trust company which ho frd!,ed
to turn over to It. Lyon close*
his complaint with the statement
that his opposition to Evans as a
candldute has prevented his bringing
tho cose sooner.
DAMAGES FOR SON'S DKATII
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Camp of tho Woodmen of the World
Sued for Rig Burn
S. P. and M. J. Taylor, parents of
Milton Taylor, tho young man who
was killed last July while loading a
degree team in initiating Furman
Bagwell Into tho mysteries,q$ the
Woodmen of the World, at Henson
Camp, near Anderson Wednesday began
action against Benson camp for
damages in the amount of $22,000.
Bagwell became frightened when
Homo blank cartriges were exploded
whilo ho was being initiated. Ho ran
| into the anteroom, secured his pistol
I .? ..! f I !d/t rcii/dpal tinuifi fill T.1 vlflf
<\ I i ' A lii UH I (VI till! \yg vy u M. %.+ j ?xy( y
who was leading tho initiation. Taylor
deid next day from tho wounds.
Tho parents of Taylor base thoir
claim on tho alleged negligence on
tho members allowing such antics
as wero alleged to have been practiced
in tho lodge room during tke initiation.
Tho case will como to trial
in February
on the outstanding State bonds and
still leave a euflicient amount to pay
off the first Issue of $200,000 in State
bends. And by further study it will
be seen that each succeeding issue
always decreasing In amount, will be
retired in the same manner. Tho
^unties borrowing tho monoy wili
have paid but 5 per cent, per annurr,
yol their debt will have been discharged,
and the State as such will
have paid nothing oxcept for the sale
of the bonds and for tho bookkooping.
It will have loaned Its credit
only and in return will have reaped
an abundant harvest by way of add!
tlonal fax08 from incroased prt)perty
values.
Tho counties are enabled to get
money at a greatly reduced rat? of
Interest and their sinking fund Is
handled and Invented undor State supervision,
po that they aro not required
to perform tho Impossible task
of collecting, handling and investing
It. so that It will mature their obligations,
and a county bond Ibruo Is
changed from a permanent debt, to
he handed down from generation to
generation, Into a fixed yearly payment
for a definite number of years,
long enough to keep tho load from
resting too heavily at. any time, and
as short as accumulative compound
Interest can liquidate tlio loan.
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Young Hoy Accidentally Shot.
fJharles Miller, aged 15, was shot
and fatally wounded Wednesday by
his cousin, Ralph Johnson, aV,cd 15,
when tho latter's shotgun was accidentally
discharged. The hoys were
returning from a hunting trip nea*
Mount Airy, N. C. Miller was only a
few feet away from Johnson, tho en
tiro marge irom tne siioi-gun um*?rIiik
tho abdomen. Ho lived a few
hours.
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Hunter Has Slain Many Honrs.
Ellas P. MoBorvoy of Mariaville,
Mo., celebrated hlB elrhttloth birthday
by killing a black bear which
had been terrorizing the neighborhood.
During his careor as a hunter
Meaervey has slain 300 bears.
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