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AN AGED WOMAN KILLEQ BY NEGROES Hlorrilho Crime Stirs Abbeville Coun. ty. Special Tem of Court Ordered. Abbeville, March 17.-Mrs. M. E. Scott, a widow 80 years of age, was attacked by a negro in her hlome nar Lowndesville early yesterday morning, suffering injuries from which she died this afternoon. Charles Logan, cou fessing to the crime, was arrested and taken to the jail at Abbeville, frovn Which he was removed to Greenwood to be taken1 to the penitentiary at Columbia for safekeeping. Logan is a young negro who has recently comi to South Carolina from Georgia. Mus. Scott lived alone with her granddaughter, a girl of 1.1 or, 15 years of age. .Slie had been accus tomed .to arise during the night to smoke a pipe and the negro is said t. have waitched the house and known o? this practice. rarlv yesterday morning Logan is said to have entered the house while Mrs. Scott was smoking her nightly 11,e and after striking her in the he:td mi'h.1 a hammer to have attellptel to enter the room of tile granddaughter. The girl, however, escaped by a win dow and ran to a nearby house. Logan was arrested today by Mag istrate Mosley I-uckttbee, who suc ceeded in getting his prisoner away from a crowd of angry Lowndesville citizens who seemed disposed to vio lence. With Jesse Cann and the two Harper brothers the magistrate brought tho negro to the Abbeville jail. Sheriff Lyon took no chances on a lynching here and at once removed L6ganl to tile Greenwood jail pending his further removal to the peniten tiary. A negro, Tom Murray, was convicted of manslaughter recently an(] sentenced to serve flve years and as the feeling against this negro had [,(tn ligh when lie was tried on the charge of murder, the sheriff decided that it would be well to take him to Columbia with Logan. Ti sheriff was sure that if a mob succeeded in en tering the Jail to lynch Logan it -would lynch Murray also. A negro nameid Matthews was brought here tonight charged with be ing implicated in tile affair at Lowndesville. He declares, however, that lie can prove an alibi, having spelit the night in Anderson. Abbeville citizens have communi eated with Gov. Manning and urged him to call a speielal term1 of court to try Logan. irs. Peott was well kiiowin in Lowndesville. She was a sister of Kingleton S. 11oles who has made the gover'nment estimates oil crops for this section for a mnu1litber of years. Lowndesville is in the upper0 Corner(01 of Alheville County, oil the Savan nail valley line of the Charleston & West torn Carolina rail way, het'een MeCor miek .Iand Andersion. It is about six nilies east of the Savannah river anid is 25 miles northwest of Abbeville. Will (Call Speelal Termi. C.olumbln, Mlarch l8.-"'l will ('all ai siechil ternm of court for early next wee'k,"' said Gov. Manninag last nlighit, .after' he had Clcfee by3 te'lephlione with Solicitor 11. A. Cooper', who wvas at Newberryv, r'egariniig thle killing of the agedl Mr's. .\l. E. Scott in her' home near' Lownditesvill Tc'uesday afternoon. Charles Logan, the young negro ac ('used( of the murder, wvas brought to tile State peniltenltiary' for safekeeping last nlighit by P. T1. Siproulse, depu~lty sheriff of Greenw"oodl county. "He con1 fossed to me that he did( it," Mr. Sprouse said, on arrivinig in Columbia. Tow Murriay, unader' senltenice of fly'e years for' manslaughter, at the sug gestion of the Abbeville county sher' 1ff, was brought along with Logan al so, out of abundance of precaution. Tile dlepuity (1d1idlot knowv whlat dispo sition had been mfadle of another negro, WVill Johnson, who was said to have been arrested in. company with Logan. He had hleardl, lie said, that Johnson had been released. On tile train fromn Greenwood to Columbia, Logan, un dier questioning by a passenger, told a story substantially as follows: Tuesday afternoon a negro named Will Johnson came out from Lowndos ville with a pint of whiskey. They drank thle liquor together, Johnson saidl, "Let's go get old -Mrs. Scott's money." .When they reached the h1ous8 JTohnson climbed ini thlrough a window. Logan had a r'ock in hils hland. Mr's. Scott was sitting before the fireplace. Somewhier0 inside John 'ion hlad picked up a hammer. 'Logan saw nothing of the young wom'an. Johnson said1, "Now keel) still, I'm going to make a noise." Johnson at tracted the attention of Mrs. Scott and when she came toward tile room in which lie was 110 threw tile hiammei' and she Tell.,Logan fled. After some minutes lie was joinedl by Johnson, They gpent thie night at Logan's 110111 and wore captured In the morning. Th~ey lhad agreed not to confess, but Johnson after his ari'est accused hima of striking Mrs. Scott, so lie hind to 'tnlk in snlf-defnsn. Johnson is 23 years of age, Logan says, and had lived near Mrs. Scott's place, Logan says he hiinself is 17'years of age. He Insists that he and Johnson "went for money." DISPENSARIES IN BARNWELL CLOSED Governor 3aning' Order ioes to Ev. ery Legal Liquor Sel'1er in the Coun. ty. Columbia, NIarch 19.-All the dis pelnsarles in Barnwell county were closed this afternoon by order of Gov ernor 11anning, and will remain closed indefinit6ly. This order was issued in a letter sent to each dispenser in the county and was made public here tonight. The letter' follows: "Under authority of Section 856, Criminal Code of 1912', you are here by, immediately on receipt of this or der, required to close the dispenshry at -, Barnwell County, and to keep said dispensary closed until furthe or der from Inc." The letter was addressed to the fol lowing dispensers: B. A. Best, at Ul mer; C. D. NicClendon, at Fairfax: W. P. Walsh, at Williston; 1). E. Rtice, at Allendale; R. M. Wise, at Blackville; M. C. Lee, at KlIne; F. N.. Cave, at Barnwell; S. J. Ilutto, at Elko; F. Hi. Gault, at Baldock, and E. G. iolen, at Dunbarton, luformation was receievd today that the Biarnwell county grand Jiur-y had been authorized by the court to em ploy an expert accountant to examine the books of the Barnwell county dis pensary board which was recently re moved from ofllce by the governor. This audit will cover the dispensary from the timle it was inaugiurated un til the present date. W. I. Johns, of Baldock, is the foreman of the grand Jury. A CHILD'S LAXATIVE IS "SYRUP OF FIGS" They love to take it and it doesn't harm the tender 'little stomaeh, liv er anid bowvels. When your child suffers from a cold don't walt; give the littl_ stpiach, liv er antd bowels a gentle, thorough cleansing at. once. Whenl cross, Pecv ish, listless, pale, doesi't si(el, eat or act naturally; if breatli is bad, stomach sour, give a tispooniful of "alifornIa Syrup of Figs, anId In a few hours all the clogged-up, (onsti pated waste, sour bile aid tiundigested' tood will gent ly iove out of the how els, an1d you1 IIaVO a welL, playfil child agaIn. If your child Cotiglis, siu fIles anid has caught. cold or is feverIsh or has a sore throat give a good doso ot "Callforni'l Syrutp 11 r igs" to (vaCti ate the bowels no ff rene what olh er. trevatimicit is g Wo. ick CIhIirn A edi't coaxed to take this h ,'press "fru t Ixat lye.'' 1Millins of It: 1.ers keep 1t haly to cause they ullow Its aellont oi the stomacht, li v antd owels is prompt antd sure. They also know a little giv en loday saves a sick child tolorrow. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent . bot tie or "CalifoniIa Sy rup of ,igs," whlh contais directiIons fot habIles, chitd ren1 of all ages and for gr wown A( tuts plaitnly onl the('bhttie. Hotwarie of1 ultne, tmade by "Ca':lifornila lFIg Syrup, Tihe L~auirenis County13 TIeacherts ass~o 'lnt ion at its latst meeting, passed reso iution as follows: lDe it resolved, That the t eachter's of ILaiuens ('ountyI are lieari' ly In favor of recenit law, r'egarduIig compu~tlsor'y school attend ance, as enaeced by our' taw-mnaklng body; andl that tIls body of teacher's eai'testly requests thtat each schoolI( district ini Lauriens couty begin a movement to have tIs law enlfor'ced in the sep)arate school dlistricts of thte countty. State cf Ohio, City ot Toledo, as an1( Lucas County, {"- live Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is i senior partner of the firm of I". J. Cheney a' & Co., doing business in the city of To- M lodo, County and State aforesaid and or1' that said firm will pmay the sum of ONEF fuil HUNDRED DOLLARS for each andov ery case of Catarrhi that cannot be curedi itls by the use of HIALL'S. CATAR1RH CURE. cab -FRA NK J. CHIENEY. live Sworn to beforo me andl subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, mo10 A. D. 188, feel (Seal) A. W. GL1EASON Notary Public, iing Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally you and acts directly upon the bleed and mu- els coums surfaces of the system. Send forla testimonials, free. n F. 3. C~HENEYfl & CO. Toledo, O.. and Sold by all D~ruagasts, 74f. ' y Take Hat'a Famnv-'Pmt. for cntain, J GR MI Mr. E. P.1 where he seleci Dress Goods, N and comprise t] Come in ai best. We have just, cluding the new sh enable us to show our Ready-to-wear Ladies' New Sprin at $12.50, $15. Ladies' New Skirts See the display and Silk Poplin. We were neve today in this depar ular prices. See the ability as a millinei ment and will take Make Our Stor L[O[L SIOK[N8! Il uarantee "Dodson's LIVe Best Liver and Bowel C alomnel makes you sick; you lose ay's work. Calomnel is quicksilver it salivates; calomnel Injures your IVMS you are bilious; if your bowels conlstilpatedi andl your head~ alches itomnach 1s-sour, just take a sp~oon of harmless >Dodson's Liver Tione cend of using sickening, salivating mel. Dodson's Liver Tone is rea~ r medicine. You'll know it ~ne ning because you will w'a >~~t ing fine, your liver wvill be ~rk your headache and dizziness gone, r stomach will be sweet and bow regular. You wvill reel like work You'll be cheerful ; fully~ or vigor ambition. our druggist or dlealer sells you a :ent 'bottle of D~odson's Liver Tone AND D SPRJ INTER dinter has just retur :ed a splendid assort ovelties and Milline: [e choicest selection ad look over these b Ladies ( what you want in a Coal ades. Sand, Putty and I the new things in suits a - Department. g Suits specially priced )0, $18.50 and $20.00 $4.00, $5.00, and $6.00 Dress G( r of new Silk including tl Mill r so well prepared with : 'tment. All the new thi display of the celebrate is so well known to the pleasure in showing yo, e Your Shopping PI and salesladies alw /lin ter r Tonie" will give you the leansing you ever Had. undicer my~ personaul Igua ran tee that. i will clen iiyour slu~ggishi liver beCttei thani nasty calomel; it won't -make yoi sick and you cnn eat anything yoi wvant without being salivated. You druggist guarantees that each spoon rul willI start your liver, clean y'ou bpWels and straighten you u p by morn Jfig or yout get your money back. Chli dren gladl~y take D.odson's LIIver Tom becausie it is pleasant tasting an< dIoesn't grip~e or cramp or make then sick, I am selling millions of b)ottles o D~odsoni's Liver Tone to people wh< have found that this pleasant, vegeta ble, liver medicine takes the place o| dlangerous calomel. Buty one bottle or my sound, reliable guarantee. Asi your druggist about me. SN' Three I At all dea [SPLAY I ING G1 kT -- nm OMPA ned from Baltimore ment in all the new ry. These goods ar s of the style centers leautiful goods while .oat Suits t Suit, in a variety of st 3elgium Blue. Our Ne, s they are brought out.li Ladies' New Waists Ladies' Silk Waists sp $3.00 and )ods---Silks ie new Stripes in Wash S inery so complete an assortmei igs in the proper shapes , d Gage Hats. Mrs. C. H people of Laurens is in < La just the hat that suits y ace. Polite and cot 3ys glad to serve yox Compar Simpson, Cooper & Babb Attorneys at Law. i'roml't .\ttetiion Given .All Iluiniies: Wbjl i'lrnellee( In all State Courts N. B. DIAL A. C. Toni DIAL & TODD Attorneys at Law Enterprise Bank Butiding, Laurens, S.C PRA.CTICE IN ALL COURTS lonep to loan on Real Estate--Lon1 Time. B. R. TODD Engineering and Contracting Land Surveys a Specialty unerete Work Skillfully done or In spected. Brawings and estimates of all Kind Telephone No. 346 DE POt dinds-Black, ~iest to use---Best liers at tha OF DODS NY and New York things in Silks, e now on display the chooseing is yles and shades in ov York connections will pay you to visit $1.00 and $1.50 ecial at $2.00, $2.50 - - $3.50 ilks, Crepe de Chines it as we are showing ind shades at pop= . Armstrong whose :harge of this depart ou. irteous salesmen PIANO T NING J. S. WILLARD Telephone S M. &E. H. Wilkes & Co. Dr. T. L. Tim merman Dentist People's Bank Building Laurens, S. C. UNDERTAKING KENNEDY BROS., Undertakers and Embalmers Calls answered any hours, day or night. i LAURENS, S. C. ISHES Vhite and Tan or all Shoes The F. F. DALLEY Co,, Ltd, Buffal.N .-H lin e