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I . 14 , LANCASTER ENTERPRISE. ^ > Vol. XIII. ' LANCASTER, S.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1903 No 35 1 WE 1 1 j ANN ^k L am Ml I OUR ^ V FALL f f Of Millin, )i d J I ffOR FAtt, t | : THUI 11 Octobe I And to invite ALL generally ?TO ,C lines. We j will I nni*. n v* It. /? ^ i'. e jl netniving y u u u * I asking you to ke V we are, # | Res | Lancaster Mei $ I 3?a TO \ [OUNCS | NNUAL I SPLAY ery and ; (\ ress Goods S ANfe WINTER ( >r 1 ^ 1QfV3 I ^ m. m 9 M ^ M 11 the ladies and the public 5 JOME and see these j C know that you y >e pleased. C' mm j l 3r your patronage and i ep the good work up, C i ipectfully, I 1 rcantile Company ! A TWO SUDDEN DEATHS IN ! CAMDEN. First an Accident, Second a Sui cide?E M Itoykin and E C Zemp the Victims The State, 17th. The news that Mr. E Miller Hoy kin. president of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Camden, had accidentally shot, and Killed himself was followed a few hours later yesterday evening by the news that Mr. E. C. Zemp,cashier of the same bank, had committed suicide. M- n i ? " ivir. DoyKin'8 dead body was found a few minutes after fhe fatal shot. lie had just left his family with the declared purpose) of going out to shoot a hawkl which had carried a chicken to the woods, and in climbing the Tenoe the gun was discharged There was no other theory advanced but that the shot had been accidentally fired. Of Mr. Zemp's suicide there is no doubt. He went to a barn about 7 o'clock in the evening? four hours after Mr. Boykin's death?put his pistol barrel in his mouth ami pulled the trigger. I lis body was found there about 8.30 o'clock. The tirst story from Camden was as follows, telling of Mr. Hoy kin's death : The entire community of Cam den was inexpressibly shocked and grieved at the sad and sudden death of Mr. E. Miller Boykin, who was found dead from an accidental discharge of his gun, having gone out to shoot a hawk which had been annoying | his chickens. Mr. Boykin left his office at his regular dinner hour and while waiting at his home on dinner, a servant came in and notified him that a hawk was in the yard, lie secured his gun, which is said to have been re cently repaired. It is a hammer less gun and the safety catch had been put on backwards, const* quently instead of the trigger lie ing at safely it was ready lor firing. lie was last seen following, the hawk into a pine grove adjoining his premises and ttye supposition is that while he was in the act of getting over the fence the explosion took place, as the gun was resting on one side of the fence and he on the other, with his o.nt n.,<fa-.u 11.~ i - IV % I ivntuun mo irilC^. William Richardson, a little* neirro who was sent out to callj .Mr. Bovkin to dinner, was the lira! to reach the scene. This servant[came back to the house and met Mr. -John Cantey, who had stopped by on his way down town to use the telephone at Mr. Boykin'e house. Mr. Cantey ran down to see wh'aT*had happened and found that Mr. Boykin was dead. The discharge had entered the breast. - The re port ot the gun was distinctly heard frdm the house but no one paid any attention to it, as it was thoimht that he hail fired at the hawk lie leaves a devoted wife and one son, who was his father's constant companion and friend, also a very large family connection. llis wife was Miss Lula Cook ot a distinguished Virginia family. Ilis sisters are Mrs. K. B. Oantey and Mrs. Brown Manning, and his brother* are Messrs. A. H , Burwell, Allen Jones and L. Whitaker Boykin, all of whom are prominent and popular men here. Mr. Boykin was one of the # WEOL^REI^LE Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE most prominent business men in the State. lie was a niPin,,or of the' Democrat io convention at Chicago in 1884 which nominated Cleveland tor president ; w ?s a member <?t the leui-daSure anl in 1885 was appointed I :.i;c 1 States marshal, lie made iriends every whet e ami it may t>e salety said that lie did not have an enemy. Then came a, brief account of mo suicicr 01 .Mr. z,emn : At S.30 o'clock tonight Mr. K. C. Zemp, cashier of sauio bank, was found dead in his barn ; full particulars not yet ascertained. Few men in this community were held in higher esteem than Mr. Zemp and his tragic death is a shock to his family and friends If there is any shortage in the bank accounts, it is not known A meeting of the directors will bo held in the morning and it is thought by the business men that the bank will continue, as it is in good standing Mr. Zemp leaves a largo family, lie was about 15 years of ago. TIIK r.ATKST ACCOUNT. Mr. J. E. Vaughan, one of the directors of the farmers and . Merchants bank, late last night gave the following statement relative to the status of the bank. "The bank was entered about 0 o'clock by several of tno directors. Nothing was found either in Mr Boykin's private r>uir>i> ttl' ill flin #!?.. V^l *I? UIV. VOClllVI ?""? I licit would indicate a c;iu?e for the tragedy. The last statement in October, so far as 1 know, showed good standing, but 1 <io not remember the exact amount of deposits or surplus, but the cap ital stock appeared $5,000. Mr. Zenip left the bank after closing, saying that he was going up to Air. lioyKins. He went to lus home. lie tliero remarked to hi- family that be was then going to Mr. lioy kin's which is only a short distance. The supposition is that 1 < v- ut over to Mr. lloykin's, and was not ntisseil until a meeting of the directors which was to have taken place to look into nllairs of the bank. Mr.' F. Al. Zemp started out to look for Air.Zemp the cashier, thinking that he was at Mr. Boykin's. He telephoned to have him come down to the meeting. He could not he found and then a search was made. He was found dead in a barn not far front his home, sitting down with his head leaning back on a box, with a pistol wound in his mouth. OABTOIIIA. lunUi yf lb* li?4 Yw Han Alwijs B?ugM