Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Cameo Is more popular now than ever. It is an ideal gift for a birthday or wedding, anniversary. We have some beau ties is Scarf-Pins, Pend ant-Lockets and Broa ches in both the shell and stone varieties at reasonable prices, qual ity considered. FLEMING BROTHERS JEWELERS THE LAST ELECTION IS OVER! You don't need to be a repeater when you buy our Lone Star Hrand Texas liaised Bed Kust Proof Oats? Something tine and this is the month to sow oats Let us sell you your seed Grain Oats, Rye, Winter Hurley, Vetch* and Crimson Clover?Why don't you sow down and rest up that land that is cotton sick t It will pay you. Ilon't forget to fatten your hogs, we hate the Hire Meal, lirau und Shorts for you to feed them. New Arrow Cotton ties, Pieced Cot ton Ties, ami lleblindled Whole Cot ton Ties. Thirty yards Holls Factory lingtrink for the (Jinners, 2 His, 2 1-2 lbs, and .'1 Ihs He-rolled and Ke-wvoen Bagging?we have a good big lot of Itngiring and Ties and can piease-you. The boys at the Hig Store will treat you right.. Come right along. J.H. Sullivan Laurens, S. C. _ ONE 25-CENT BOTTLE OF THT3 GROVER GRAHAM OYSPEPS'A REMEDY Wllili CONVINCE. OTVIU DOSE Will remove nil distress. A pormancnt cu:c ?imrsintood. Why SixfTex-V " For five- yours I hiifforod untold mis ery from Dvspopsia. I triod ovorythinR. Doctor* failoct to oven givo roliof. Qro ver Qrahnm Dyspopsia Romody g?ve mo instant roliof and a pormanont otiro. Theio is no hoalthior man in our city to-dtiy. MILES GILBERT, Akron, Ohio. Threo Size*, 25o.f 60o. and ?1.00. S. OftOVC.'t OR AHAM CO., INC.1 NEWBUHGH. n.y. LAURENS HHCd Co. Lanrens. S. C. OVER OS YEARS' EXPERIENCE Patents Hv . Design? ' Fff f v * Copyright? Ac. Anyon* ?sm.tng n *k?\rh r?n<1 description may quickly ?Jo?r?nlrr our opium" freo wliotlior an Inyenlton I* prohnl.lr V "0,l':i''!:U?i <'">??'?I<"v tion.mriotlyooi.iiiii.niiMi. ItniWItOOK onPateiiU ?ontfree. <#Mo?t nunurf for r-rurliiir patent?. l'ntont? tnkon tiirouiili Muiin A Co. rocolya tpeetal notice, without clinrtio, In Ino Scientific Jltticrlcati. A rmndiomely lllnMrnio.1 we<>klr. LurMrt Cir culation of nn ? inilonllUn jMiiriiul. 7,oriiia,f3 # ?enri taut.. ..iiths, SL. Bold byall pew "deal or*. MUNN X Co.36,R'??d"4'' New York liranch Ollloo. 636 V St., Wasl>lii?l?ii. 1>. 0. INEWBERRY FARMER IS KILLED BY ASSASSIN Spurgcon M. Johnson Shot Through Window?Was In ltoom of Ills Home with Family?Load of Shot Pene trated his Head. Newberry, Oct. 11.?Mr. Spurgeon M. .lohuson. who lived, on the plantation known as the old .lim Hill place, north-west of Newberry, not far from the Laurens line was assassinated at about 8.30 o'clock on Monday night, as he sat in a room of his home, in com pany with his wife and her aunt and his little son, who was In bed. Mr. Johnson was shot on the left side of the head, about the region of the ear, with a shot gun. The assassin Bred through .an open window. Mr. John son died instantly. The- peace officers in Newberry re ceived telephone messages telling of the tragedy at about 1 o'clock on Tues day morning. Sheriff Buford, accom panied by his two rural policemen, left immediately for the scene, in an uuto | mobile driven by Mr. Forrest Summer. Constable and Sheriff- elect Cannon G. Blease waited in Newberry until about 5 o'clock Tuesday morning for blood hounds which had been request ed from Columbia. The blood hounds were brought to Newberry by Mr. C\ C. Robins, a guard at the State peni tentiary. Mr. Robbins came up on the-early mixed train on the C, N. & IL. road, aad, driven by Mr. Waldrop, In Mr. Blcase's car, he and Mr. Blease and Coroner Jno. Henry Chappell went to the scene. The blood hounds trailed from the house to a road, where mule tracks were seen, and it is the opinion of I some of those who were at the scene that the dogs were on the track of the assassin, and that after firing the shot he went to the road and left on a mule. Jt was impossible to follow the mule track. Rumors connected the name of a negro, Billy Thomas, with the affair, | and he was found by Sheriff Buford. but was not detained when it was shown that ho had been 'possum hunt ing with white men at the time of the killing. Mr. Johnson was furnishing Mose Hallstock, a negro, with rations this year, and on the day of the shooting had sent over and taken some seed cotton from Mose. Mose was not locat ed in the neighborhood b> the officers, and his wife states -that he has been at Cross Hill for several weeks under the care of physicians. When Mose's wife was first asked about the af fair, however, it appears thai she said Mose was at a house near-by, and it is stated that she piloted Magistrate William Dorroh and a party to this house. It was at this house that an other incident occurred at about day light on Tuesday morning. Magistrate Dorroh and his parly de manded to enter this house In search of Mose llailstoek, when they were fired upon by negroes in the house. The Hi e was returned by'the party, and Os Atkins, colored, and his son, were both wounded. Hoth were shot In the fleshy parts of their legs, and neither wound is serious. It was some time before the party could enter the house, and it was not known whether Mose Hailstock had been In the house and had left or not. Mose Ilailstock's wife, it appears, became frightened While the ease wa being investigated, and some time ear ly Tuesday morning she left. She was later secured by Sheriff Buford, how ever, and for several reasons which appeared to the sheriff sufficient, she was brought to the Newberry Jail by Sheriff Buford on Tuesday night, fihe is not Charged with the killing, but is detained pending the Investigation. Sheriff Buford returned to the city on Tuesday afternoon, but went back to the scene on the Southern train at 2:bS, and continued his Investigations Tuesday Afternoon, returning to Now berry on the Southern Tuesday night, bringing the woman with him. Con stable Blease and Mr. Robbins return ed to the city with the dogs Tuesday afternoon, and Mr. Robbins took the dogs back to Columbia. Coroner John Henry Chappell held the Inquest on Tuesday morning. The affair was shrouded in mystery, and very few facts were elicited. Mr. Johnson had come in from hauling cotton, and had sat down at the table to do some figuring. While he was at the table the shot was fired, and his head dropped on the table. The ver dict was that Johnson came to his death at the hands of parties unknown. Mr. Johnson was about 35 years of age. He had only one child, a little son. aged some ;iine or ten years. His wife was a Miss Dreher. The Investigation is, of course, bc InK continued by Sheriff Buford and the other officers, but there are few clues of any Importance to work upon. The officers will bend every energy to get to the bottom of the horrible assassination. The sroiip of the killing Is about eight miles this side of Cross Hill ? ?Newberry Herald and News. We are selling the best broom ever shown in Laurena for Sfj cents. S. M. & B. H. Wilkes & Co. THE COTTON CROP A LARGE ONE Generally Conceded thai (ho Crop of the Southern Staple ?III he a Hit; one.?Market Watching the Weather (Dun's Review.) s New York. Oct. 10.?There wn3 much to stimulate bearish s mtiment in eotton this week and the market fol lowed the course natural under the circumstances, to wit, rvrlces were sharply depressed at times under the weight of heavy Otterings, which were prompted chiefly by good weather in the belt, large receipts and the polit ical disturbances abroad. In so far as the crop news was concerned, de velopments were rathe confusing; lirst reports showed that there was no frost over Sunday and quotations Bagged rapidly as a result, only to rally feebly on covering Induced by the fear that frost might, after all, make its ap pearance. This It failed to do, how ever, and not only did short sellers gain renewed confidence, but holders became discouraged and let go of their cotton, thus accelerating the decline. On the other hand, it . was not only the favorable weather that broke the market; daily receipts in many in stances surpassed last year's and Liv erpool values were plainly affected by the actual outbreak of hostilities In Europe. Obviously, a foreign war Is not calculated I6<> promote the de mand for American eotton. Viewing the general situation in its broadest aspect, it is contended that there is nothing on which to base a permanent advance in prices and that the move ment should logically he the other way until the fear of frost becomes something more than a fear. Each day that frost remains absent naturally In creases the chances or a large crop and it is now pretty generally conced ed that this crop will he a large one, perhaps the second greatest on record. But there are some who argue that quotations will ultimately seek a high er ilvel, if for no other reason than the prospective big consumption. Ac cording to one authority over 14,500,000 hales were consumed lnst year and It is figured that this year's takings may readily equal that total, especially since business in this country is mak ing such steady progress. For the present, however, the weather is the pivot on which the market swings; a sudden switch from good to had might easily change the entire complexion of affairs. Prom the opening of the crop year to October t. according to e.r.iistlcs compiled by he Fmuuci.i: ?! r ?>n-?,<?, ],&53?07'. bai-s nf Potion i'hUii lain sight against 2,055,678 hales last year and 1,635,830 hales two years ago This week port receipts were 410,133 hales against 435,150 bales a year ago and 408,931 hales in 1910. Takings by northern spinners for the crop year to October 1 were 122,284 hales compared with 144,275 hales last yea. and 172.XI."i hales two years ago. Last week's exports to Great Britain and the Continent were 403,580 hales against 202,976 the same week of 1911, while for the crop year 885,458 hales compared with 1,176,616 in the pre vious season. M!-0.\A STOM AC II TABLETS Banish Dyspepsia und Keep Stomach in tiiood Condition. No matter how long you have suf fered from a miserable upset Stomoch, indigestion or gastritis, MI-O-NA will end your troubles or Laurens Drug Co. will refund your money. This same offer applies to distress after eating, gas, food fermentation j heaviness, sourness, sea or car sick-' ness and vomiting ot pregnancy. No matter what ails your stomach, put your faith in MI-O-NA Stomnch Tablets, n prescription that succeeds after all others fail. Large box ~>0, cents America over. Free trial treat- 1 men! from Booth's MI-O-NA. Buffalo N. Y.. A postal roquost will do. Preserve your Cook Stove by til ing our liquid stove polish, in cans : 10 cents. S. M. & E. II. WllkOS & Co. jjjWMSMWMII HIIIPI ? III I.??II?II? ? i-a WHY DON'T YOU TAKE BETTER CARE OE YOUR HAIR I Don't let it turn grey. Don't let the Dandruff get a foothold and start the hail falling out. It's not natural that young women should have thin grey hair that they cannot dreti becomingly. It should always be natural-colored-lux uriant?full of life and radiance?free (rom ugly gi cy hairs and annoying Dandruff. Nature intended that a woman's hair should be one of her chief attractions. Why not help her to keep it so ? USE HAY'S HAIR HEALTH KeqwYbii Lookin^Yc^un^ SI.00 and 50c at Doif Stores or direct upon receipt of price anil dealer's name Send 10c (or trial bottle.?Philo Hay Spec. Co. Newark, N. J. For sate and recommended by ?LA?RRN8 mtro CO. Lauren*. T. C. The Test of Time Proves The Merits of An Article When you buy an article, something which you usually buy only one in a life time, it is well to look into the matter and select something which has proven satisfactory with others, or buy from some reliable firm, that has a reputation for selling goods that prove satisfactory with their customers. Since we have been in business we have sold hundreds of instruments and have hundreds of satisfied customers, and what we can do for others we can do for you. Our line of instruments ranges from medium grades to the highest grade of manufacture. We do npt handle the cheapest instruments as this kind are only made to sell, and not for service. Our prices are as low as can be obtained anywhere, quality considered and we can arrange convenient terms for those desiring them. If you are interested in either a Piano, Player Piano or Organ call on us or write for catalogue, prices and terms. HOLLAND BROTHERS GREENWOOD, S. C. Drop in with, or Mail your architect's plans and builder's list, and let us figure with you on a complete house bill. You will be surprised and pleased. Our stock is so complete and varied, you can easily satisfy yourself on the most particular and exacting specifications. Controlling the manufacture of our entire out put as v/e do, from stump through our own saw and planing mills to the finished product, we furnish mill work and interior finish that is of the highest standard. Complete house bills our specialty. "Buy of the Maker" SMh, Doors, AUGUSTA LUMBER CO. Blind*. Etc AUGUSTA. GA. DRY CLEANING 1 = AND -5 PRESSING OF THE EXPERT KIND Have your Clothes Pressed and Cleaned by men who know how. You'll find them here at this hope. E. V. FERGUSON Over II. Terry's Store Laurens, South Carolina FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 26th (luv of October, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administra tor of tin; estate of Isaac Qarrett, de ceased, in the office of the Judgo of Probate of Lam ens county at 11 o'clock a. in., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator, Any persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said dale, duly proven, or lie forever barred. W. L. Ca nett, Admlnisl rator. September 25, 1912, l mo. EINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice thai on the 26tll day of October, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Adminis trator of the estate of II. F, Taylor, deceased, ill the OlIlCO of the .Indue of Probate of Laurons county at II o'clock, a. tu., and on tlx- same day will apply lor a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any persons indebted to said estate arc notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persons Uivlng claims agnlllSl said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred, T. L. MONROE. Admlnisl rator. September 25, 1012.? i mo. state of South (!aiollna, County of Laurens. In the ProliatO Court: ! W. <' Irby, T. I). Darlington and R, A. Cooper, executors of the last will and testament of Talulah IrVy JoilOS, Plaintiffs. against Mrs. Rosa I Calno, et al? Defend ants. Pursuant to decree of the court in the above slated ease, I will sell ' ,n public- outcry, to the highest bld . (lei , at I.aureus Courl House. S. C, on I salesday in November next, being I Monday the Ith day of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following described real estate, to wit: All that tract, piece or parcel of land, sit into, lying and being in the county an I stole aforesaid, containing two hundred and ninety five (21lf?) acres, more or loss, hounded by lands of Dr. \V. ('. Irby. Dr. II. P. Posoy, Mrs. Jailio Clarke, .1. II. Sullivan, right of way of Charleston AL- Wes tern Carolina Hallway, el til, the same being situate' one and one-half miles south of Laurens courl house, on pub lic road leading from I.aureus court house to Milton. The said tract of land will lie sold first as a whole; second in small tracts ranging from about two ac res to tWOl ty-llvo at res, ami the bid which is most advanta geous to the i law will be ac cepted as tin- highest bid for the prop erty, A plat of safllO ??an be soen at the office of C. A. PowOr. surveyor, or at the o iice of the Judgo of Probate for Laurens county. Terms of snlo une-third cash, balance in one and two years, secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the prem ises sold, with interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum. Pur? chaser to pay for papers, with leave to the purchaser to pay his entire bid in cash. O. 0. THOMPSON', Probate Judgo, II-.It For Laurens Co., S C EAGLE-THISTLE SODA Pate ' rtA&h