Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SPARTANBURO MAN HAS BLOODY END W. M. Melton Actor In Triple Tragedy. Woman und Girl Too. (Los Angeles, Jan. 7.--the wife of W. M. Melton, the attorney and realty agent killed last night in the tragedy which Ibrought death also to Mrs. Mary Graves Cox and her daughter, Florence, was located here today. The history of the man's life led officers to conclude that the double murder and suicide were the outcome of ,Mel ton's inability to meet his engagement to marry Mrs. Cox. Mrs. Melton visited the morgue to day and identified the body of her husband. Police officers said they were told by her that Melton had lived at home and was regarded by her and her neighbors as a model husband. His frequent absence from home, she said, she believed was dlue to business. The police theory is that 'Mrs. Cox learned only yesterday of the lex istence of a Mrs. Melton and that in a paroxysm of anger she shot Melton and her daughter and then killed her self. Lodgers in the house whore the tragedy occurred said that when last seen together Melton and Mrs. Cox had appeared to .be on the best of terms and there was nothing to 'indi cate a quarrel. Melton received four wounds, any one of which would have proved fatal, while Mrs. Cox was shot but once. Around the wound in her head were powder marks, indicating that the revolver had been very close. There was found a photograph of her self and the child on which Mrs. Cox Dillot When you are bilious you hav feel dull, tired, half-sick and slee DR. M. A. Vegetable Li The Old Reliably It contains no alcohol, no calomel c gredients. It is a pure, wholesome m selected herbs which are known to and bowels. It cleanses the system ti vigor and cheerfulness. Ask for the Simmons on the front panel; it is the Ask for the Tin B8 C. P. SIMMONS MEDICINE C' ENGINEERING Ar Special Attentior McCRADY BR Office in The Bank We are fully equippe in material equipment to We would be glad to cox the sub-division of lands poses. Letters and telep] attended to. McCrady Br Laurei DRY CL - --Al OF EXPER Have your Clothes men who know how. ~ this shop. E.V.FE Over H. Terry's Store had' written, 'lorenco Cox and May Graves, 2734 Mission street, San Fran cisco-Report the news at home." 'Melton was, a member of the lodge of Elks here. -He had been attentive to Mrs. Cox, wlio was a divorcee of wbout three years, according to friends. Melton carne from South Carolina where his father was a clergyman. Lived i this State. Spartanbiurg, Jan. 7.-W. 'M. Mel. ton, who was killed in Los Angeles Cal., formerly lived in Spartanburg where his father, the late Rev. New. ton K. Melton, was a Methodist pas tor. He was widely connected through out this county. Mr. Molten was a graduate of the law department of the University ol South Carolina and while there made an enviable record as an orator and athlete. le stared on the varsity foot hall team. State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas County. ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that i is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in th< City of Toledo. County and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ON6 11NDR'il) )OLLARU for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use o 11ALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. ClENEY, Sworn to before 111 and subscribed in my presence, this 6th (lay of De cember, A. 1). 1886. (Seal) A. W. Gleason, Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally and acts directly upon the bloo< and mucous surfaces of the systom Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEiY & CO., Toledo, C Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. isness no capacity for your work. You py. To get rid of this feeling take SIMMONS 6 iver Medicine System Purifier r salts, no syrupy, sickening-sweet in edicine in powder form, made only of act beneficiallf in the liver, stomach oroughly an /restores a fine feeling of tin box wit the picture of Dr. M. A. mark of thb genuine. x. Price 25 Cents. 3., Proprietors, ST. LOUIS, MO. ID CONTRACTING to Land Surveys DS. & CHEVES of Laurens Building 1, both by experience and meet every requirement. ifer with anyone desiring or surveys for any pur tone calls will be promptly 0s. & Cheves 1s, S. C. EANING iSINU T KIND Cleandd /and Pressed by fou'll find them here at RGUSON Laurens. South Carolina 13,333,074 BALES OF COTTON GINNED Four Hundred Thousand More Than Sa me'Tlime Last Year. Washington, Jan. r.--/he eighth cot ton ginning report of the census bu reau for the season, issued at 10 o'clock this morning, announced th'it 13,333,074 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1913 had been ginned prior to Jan uary 1, to which date during the past seven years the ginning averaged 93.4 per cent of the entire crop. Last year to January 1 there had been ginned 12,907,405 bales or 95.7 -per cent of the entire crop, 14,317,002 bales, or 92.1 per cent in 1911, and 12,465,298 bales, or 95.3 per cent in 1908. Including in the ginnings were 104, 265 round bales, compared with 77,999 bales last year, 96,227 bales in 1911, 169,292 bales in 1910, and 113,919 bales in 1909. Clinnings prior to .January I by States, with comparisons for last year and other 'big crop years and the per centage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those years, follow: States Ginnings P.C. Alabama 1913 .. .. .. ..1,467,943 .... 1912 .. .. .. .. 1,289,227 97.1 1911 . . . . ... 1,618,510 95.5 1908 .. .. .. .. 1,302,338 97.8 Arkansas 1913 .. .. .. .. 933,389 ... . 1912 .. .. .. .. 732,118 95.0 1911 .. .. .. .. 786,329 86.6 1908 .. .. .. .. 910,423 91.4 Florida 1913 .. .. .. .. 65,269 .... 1912 .. .. . . .. 56,042 95.3 1911 .. .. .. .. 86,421 91.5 1908 .. .. .. .. 66,855 94.7 (eorgia 1913 .. .. .. ..2,276,477 .... 1912 .. .. .. ..1,756,83.1 96.9 1911 .. .. .. ..2,623,917 93.9 1908 .. .. .. ..1,930,783 97.7 } ouisian 1913 .. .. .. .. 410,086 .... 1912 .. .. .. .. 366,402 97.8 1911 .. .. .. .. 353,503 92.6 1908 .. .. .. .. 453,210 97.1 Alississippi 1913 .. .. .. ..1,143,067 .... 1912 .. .. .. .. 936,415 93..3 1911 .. .. .. ..1,047,299 89.6 1908 .. .. .. .. 1,522,160 93.9 North Carolina 1913 .. .. .. .. 759,664 ... 1912 .. .. .. .. 857,189 91.6 1911 .. . . .. 975,22'd 86.6 1908 .. .. .. .. 647,505 9.1.7 Oklahoma 1913 .. .. .. .. 804,1457 .... 1912 .. .. .. .. .9 17,452 9.1.3 1911 .. .. .. .. 900,409 88.6 1908 .. .. .. .. 525,610 95.1 South Carolina 1913 .. .. ... .1.342,988 .... 1912...... . . 1,173,216 95.8 1911 .. .. .. .. 1,08,753 89.2 1908 .. .. .. ..1,176,220 96.7 Tennessee 1913 .. .. .. .. 354,549 .... 1912 .. .. .. .. 248,503 92.9 1911 .. .. .. .. 381,281 88.7 1908 .. .. .. .. 317,010 94.9 Texas 19131.. .......3,668,080 .. 1912 .........4,461,746 96.0 1911 .........3,926,059 95.6 1908 .. .. .. ..3,486,007 96. 1 Other States 1913 ........107,105 .. 1912.. .......82,257 91.3 1911.. .......10,298 79.4 1908. .. . ... ..67,777 92.7 The ginnings of sea island cotton .)prior~ to January 1, by States follow: Year Florida 1913 ........ .........25,166 1912.. ...... ........1,085 1911 .. .... ...........38,091 1909 ......,...........27,532 Year' Georgia 1913 .. .. .. ......41,768 1912 .. .... ...........39,543 1911.. ...... .... .....3,099 1909 .. .... ...........49,944 Year South Carolina 1913 .... ........ ....7,386 1912 .... ........ ....6,629 1911 .. ........ ......4,798 1909 .. ...... .........12,135 The next ginning report wvill be0 is sued( FrIday January 23, at 10 a. mn., and( wvill announce the quantIty of cot ton ginned prior to January 15. "CASCARIET'l RELIEVE SICK, SOUHI STOMfACHI More acids, gases and clogged-up waste fromi Stomach, Liver, Bowels -Cure Indigestion, Oet a 10-cent box now. That awful sourness, belching of acid and foul gases; that pain In the pit of the stomach, the heartburn, ner vousness, nausea, bloating after eating dizziness and sicjc headache, means a dilsordiered stormanih, which cannot be regulatedl until yoij remove the causQ. It isn't your stornach's fault. Your stomach is as good as any. Try Cascarets; they Im mediately cleanse the stomneh, remove the sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases take tihe excess bIle from the liver and carry off theO constipated wvaste matter and poison from tihe bowels. Then your stomach trouble is ended, A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning-a 10 cent box from any drug store will keep your stomach sweet: lIver and Ibowels regular Cor months. D)on't need1a groord. grnntle clenngn too, MORNING DAILY FOR CITY OF ANDERSON William Banks Will be Editor of the New Paper--The Intelligencer Will live Full Associated Press Report. Begins Next Tuesday. Beginning next Tuesday, the Ander son Semi-Weekly Intelligencer, of which William Banks is editor, will be issued as a morning daily paper. 'The Intelligencer was recently capitalized at $20,000, with M. M. Mattison, pres ident; William Banks, editor, and W. W. Smoak business manager. D. Watson Bell will be news editor. In announcing the departure the proprietors state that they will have i a full leased wire service of the Asso ciated Press. For the present the daily ( paper will 'bear the nwme which has been borne so long by the semi weekly. GlRiLS! DRAW A 3OIST ('LOTIl 'IllRO1,01UGIH H Al it Try This! lair gets thick, glossy, ivan y and bcnutiful at once-Stops falling out. I mmtediate?-Yes ! Certain ?--that's the joy of it. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and ap pears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl's after a Danderine hair cleanse. .Just try this-moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully drawing it through your hair taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil, and in just a few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. A ,delightful surprise awaits those who'o hair has been ne glected or is scraggy, faded. dry, brit tle or thin. Besides beaut'fying the hair, Danderine dissolves every parti cle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invigorates the scalp, forever stop ping itching and falling hair, but what will please you most will be after a few weeks' use, when you see new haIr --find and downy at first---yes--but really new hair growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair, an( lots of it, surely get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's l)anderine front any drug store or t'filet counter and just try it. N. B. DIAL A. C. TODD DIAL & TODD Attorneys at Law Enterprise Bank Building, Laurene, S. C. PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS Boney to loan on Real Estate-Long Tine. BARGAll 123 acres, fon Clinton rioad, well i J. W. Moore $20.00 per acre. The Coleman acr'es at a bargain. Dorroh Place, per acre. Jno. Clardy Ph 45 acres one a: f$45.00 per acre. One house and building at $1,000.( 1,000 acres, th tracts, at a bargain. The Dr'. Duval splendid improvem< and good neighbor' A 50 acre fairi price. One house and gain for a quick sal 175 acres in Sa F~arm. A bargain. Laurent R. A. COOPER, President. Anderst y tmnammaammmamr BUY A VEHICLE AT Your Own Price! On January 24th, next, we will sell at our storage room in the town of Clinton at Auction the following vehicles of standard makes. 15 Top Buggies, Steel Tires 2 Top Buggies, Rubber Tires 1 Open Buggy, Rubber Tires 2 Open Buggies, Steel Tires 4 Canopy Top, Surreys 1 Trap The purpose of this sale is to make room for other goods, and " the vehicles must be sold. Persons anticipating the purchase of a ve hicle will save money to see what we have to offer. The J. W. Copeland Co. Clinton, S. C. Pcurain. All kinds d a yger. The CAUSE , iliana8 India i Ic ite t will cure is Ilay Inenl bp! Pile dn ri Ici ngs Pies t b H l a- intea d i sorl>s the tumors, allays itching at once. H EM-H o D acts as a poultice, gives instant relief. Lblets produce i r l b a e upa n Inda g, l ie Ointvient is pre INTERNAL CAUSE. The piles are dried up and prdfrPlsadicigo h rvt permanently cured. 24 days treatment, $10 par i r ls nd ting of tIe riat DR. LEONIIARDT CO.. iiulfalo, N. Y. (free book) par.-. J)ruggitmi ~ n $1.00. WILLIANs MFG. CO., Peops., Cleveland, Ohio old by Laurons Drug Co. and all druggists. laUD1NS DEU ,0. LeSreSDS 4 0. IS IN REAL ESTATE miles east of Laurens Court House on mproved at a bargain. Terms easy. Place, near Mt. Pleasant, 75 acres at Place, six miles west of Laurens, 125 near Boyd's Mill, 220 acres at $12.50 ice, near Mt. Olive, 165 acres, $10 an aere. uid one-half miles South-east of Laurens, l lot near the Laurens Cotton Mill School )0.I ree miles west of Waterloo, in sever'al .1Farm on Pea Ridge, 100 acres and( mts, well located as to schools, churches ~ ri in same neighborhood at a reasonable I lot on West Main Street, now at a bar e. ullivan Township, the T. Wood Brown i Trust Company C. W. TUNE, sec. & Treas. n A Bilakeley, Managers Real Estate Sales. LAURENS, S. C.