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f*--?? f?f?fr?fr f i \ tOpe: t We h T * f . , f f . . SAM BROWN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. i. ? FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED MONDAY MORNING--TIRED OF LIVING, HE SAID. One of the most shocking and deplorable tragedies that has ever taken place in our town came to light Monday morning when it was 1? J iL.i C? aiscovereu mai yuung o?m uiumi had committed suicide the night before by taking sixty grains of morphine. The deceased was the juni..r member of the mercantile firm of Brown & Brown, being only about 25 years old. he was of a cheerful temperament, seemingly without a care on his. mind, and was one of the last persons in town who would have been suspected of premeditating such a deed. Mr Brown's sleeping room was over Mr 0 H Patrick's store, near the railroad crossing, and when he failed to come to the store Monday morning about 8 o'clock,his brother, Mr John Brown, went around to his room, thinking he was sick, or perhaps had over-slept himself. When he reached there he found that "Sam" had indeed fallen asleep, but it was the sleep of death. As he lay on the bed in his night clothes it was hard indeed to realize that one so young and full of life only a few hours past should have suddenly ana wicnout warning to bis loved ones hurled himself into eternity. On the table near his bed was found an eighth of an ounce morphine bottle, empty, and several notes; none of the latter, however, gave a reasonable explanation tor the desperate deed. One note unaddressed read: "It is 8 o'clock. I have just taken the dose. Am very nervous. Men may tell you anything, but it will unnerve the bravest man. Good bye. P S. One hour since I took the morphine; feeling good yet, but nervous." A note addressed "Mr C W Wolfe" read: "Dear Mr Wolfe:?In a case like this some nice girl is always talked about. Please state in your paper this week that there is no girl connected with this. J S Brown." To his brother John he wrote: "Dear John:?This will be the last letter you will ever get from me. I -"1" trAii rvy r\r\ ofhnr will nv'nr LI U1 Y jyu \j 1 uv Vbiivt Mill V ?V1 grieve after me. My life has been trouble and it seems to get worse. It's true I did intend helping you through the busy season, but have changed my mind. Some may say that I am crazy,but there is nothing to that. I have fully decided to take my life; it is better now than later. * * * The rest of this letter was entiresr ? V 1 L H E H And everything ? Styles: Both Bu | WIf it i jluUUIllMUUIIUUMM ? 2. ' ?. b?*f?b?b?f-?f*?*f?+?bVe Invit ning ] dnesday CINGSTRI ?f??f?f?b?*f?*f?< , ly persond,throwing no light on the ' motive that caused the tragedy. . . ! / i tton and Lace. 3e Hig'hQua BUTLEF MUiUUUUUUUUliUUUUUtU Kingstree Camp WOW, and both i this camp and Cedar Swamp camp were represented at the funeral. A $10,000 REALESTATE DEAJL Farm Land Three Miles firom Town Brings $65 an Acre. A few weeks ago we made mention of the fact that a little more than one acre of land outside of the business streets of the town was sold here for $6,300, probably the highest price ever paid in the town for a piece of real estate of similar size and location. A still bigger real estate deal took place here this week when Mrs M A McGee sold to Mr J E Pearce 160 acres of farm land, three miles west from town, for the ( tidy sum of $10,400.00, or $65.00 an J acre,, this being a part of Mrs Mc- ] Gee's Belser's X Roads plantation. Sixty-five dollars an acre for farm land seems a pretty steep price, but the same land in Marlboro or Dar- ^ lington county would easily sed for j ] $100 the acre. . Mr Pearce is a thrifty, industrious | farmer from Marlboro countv and he ; ( 1 realizes the fact that in a few years I ( the same tract of land could scarcely be bought for double the money- j We are glad to welcome to Will ams- . burg such citizens as Mr Pearc;? and his family and we congratulate him on having acquired this splendid property. AD1ES A Complete : in the Snappy S There was also a letter to his ' mother,Mrs Bannie Brown,of Cedar | Swamp,who is a widow, and another addressed to Miss Viola Gamble, of this town. These last messages, we understand, were private and per-.1 j sonal and referred to the deed only 1 in a very vagi e manner. Monday morning,about 10 o'clock. I ] Coroner Gamble took charge of the 1 body and impaneled the jury of in- i quisition, which rendered their ver- i1 diet that the deceased came to his ; < death from an over dose of mor-j' phine, administered by his own hand. < ! Dr Kelley, who examined the body, < gave his opinion that life had b;?|n 1 extinct several hours before the ' body was examined. > The quantity of morphine taken i by the deceased is said to be suffi- 1 x x_ i.:n cieni iu Kin a score ui men. Tuesday morning the remains 1 were taken to Cedar Swamp church, < riear the old home, and there at 11 o'clock a. m., in the presence of a ' large number of relatives and friends, the solemn service for the ] dead was pronounced by Rev W E Hurt, pastor of Kingstree Baptist church, and all that was mortal of Sam Brown was laid to rest, to 1 await the final judgment of the quick and the dead, when all secrets of life shall be disclosed. 1 Besides his widowed mother the 1 deceased leaves four brothers and a J large circle of other relatives and friends. He was a member of the iji i|> (|i y iji :e Attei Displ & Thur EE DRY ft Jft ijL > > A i|i Jf* ?j CONDITION OF COTTON 71.1. | Final Governm ent Condition Re- ! port for this Season. Washington, October 1:?The cot- J ton crop growing season of 1911,' which early in the year gave indica-1 tions that it would be one of the j largest in history, will be approxi-1 mately 13,868,337 bales of 500 pounds, or about 200,000 bales more than the record for the year 1904. This was indicated by the final condition report of the Department )f Agriculture issued at noon, which showed the crop to be 71.1 per cent1 }f a normal on September 25, as compared with 73.2 per cent on Aug- j ast 25, 1911; 65.9 per cent on Sep-' tember 25, 1910; 58.5 per cent on September 25, 1309, and 66.5 the average of the past ten years', on September 25. While there were declines jn the condition in most States, Ihere was an improvement of 2 per ceht in Texas and 1 per cent in North Carolina. With an indicated yield of 195 pounds to the acre, as unofficially estimated from to-day's condition figures, and the greatest planted area on record, 35,040,000 acres, the 1911 crop will undoubtedly be the biggest on record. Cotton this year early gave indications that it would be a bumper crop, but during August the decline amounted to 15.8 per cent?a record falling off. The decline during Sep. tember, however, was one of the smallest on record. Unofficial reports indicate that prospects for a good top crop are poor. 10 Aug. States. 1911. 1910. 1909. Yr. 25, Av. 1911. Virginia.. 87 78 71 75 96 N.Car'na 77 72 70 74 76 S. Car'na 78 70 70 71 74 Georgia.. 79 68 71 71 81 Florida... 75 66 67 70 85 Alabama 73 67 62 67 80 Miss 62 651 53 67 70 La 66 5!. 39 63 69 Texas 71 63 52 61 68 Ark 70 68 54 67 78 Tenn 77 755 68 73 88 Missouri 80 7b 72 74 88 Okla 60 70 55 68 62 Cal 100 90 100 U. S 71.1 65.9 58.5 66.5 73.2 Lame back is one of the most common forms of muscular rheuma-1 tism. A few applications of Chamberlain's Liniment will give relief. For sale by all dealers. Killed by Cotton Gin. Last week Paul Timmons, the' faithful and zealous old ginner for Messrs J C Lynch & Son, at Cowards, while attempting to remove some cotton from between the ribs Df one of the gini while the machin-| cry was in motion, got his arm! caught in the teeth of the saws and, it was cut to pieces. He died about j an hour after the accident. I0LEY5 KIMEY PUIS Fob Bachachc Kiom ano Blaoc to mnmmmmmmmmmmmj >, WE Line of Slippe hoes, Patent Lea lity, Modisl t DRY G( UUlUiUiUUliiUUiUUiiUlilUIUI J?I?4?-i' 4* 4* 4* 4* a ition to ay of sday, Oc GOODS ( At the Churches 2 AAAkkAAAkAAkkAl.ALAA.LA.LkAA The public is cordially invited to attend any of the services of the j various churches of Kingstree. Baptist Church. Rev W E Hurt, Pastor. Services every second and fourth Sunday mornings at 11:00 o'clock and evening at 8:3U o'clock. Sunday-school at 10.00 a. m. Methodist Church. Rev W A Fairy, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock and evening at 8:00 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4:30 p. m. Epworth League meets every Tuesday night at 3:00 o'clock. Mid-week prayer meeting every Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock. The best plaster. A piece of flan- j nel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment and bound on over the afsected parts is superior to a plaster and costs only one-ten:h as much. For sale by all dealers. Our Clubbing Rates We offer cheap clubbing rates | with a number of popular news-j papers and periodicals. Read care- j fully the following list and select J the one or more that you fancy and j we shall be pleased to send in your ( order. These rates are of course all cash in advance, which means that both TheJRecoRd and the paper ..J.m/) m,.of Vu, nai/4 fnr nnt 19 3 'il UCICU IlilUbMV yuiu 4V4 f MVW A f ?| Wf | 4, 5, 9,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, but twelve months ahead. Below is the list of our best clubbing offers. 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