The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 05, 1911, Page EIGHT, Image 8
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SAM BROWN TAKES
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Liniment and bound on over the afsected
parts is superior to a plaster
and costs only one-ten:h as much.
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