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n* f I f --w' * ..-,^-.^rr^r..TTrT-^.nr^T|M|M |WT? V I N? \< ' ' I * . H ! % ": fflx Countu VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915. sA M I I i ifc f - . 1 g> EVER! % Just received, anoth( best line of Agricultural .Harrows, Fertilizer Distr ern Motive Plow Co's anc V * / Coffins and Cask / - INFANTICIDE AT ' MOftRISVII LE. IIIWIIIKV ? i GRUESOME FIND BY OFFICERSTWO BABIES KILLED AND THEIR BODIES HIDDEN. Morris ville, March 8: ? Things around Morrisville begin to look better. Business is brightening up, | . | * and some fertilizer seems to be movI) injg. Small grain crops are looking % well and garden peas are fine. Messrs F Rhem & Sons have ten acres planted. Messrs D D and F Rhem, Jr, went to Charleston last Thursday on business. Messrs Noah Burrows and ?Barnhill have erected a nice grist mill at Mr W J Brockmgton s. , There stems to be right much stir among the negroes; it was reported last week to Magistrate J M Godwin that Victoria Chandler,a negro girl of the Black Mingo section, had given birth to an infant, it had disappeared, and the girl could not or would not tell what had become of it. The magistrate made an investigation but could not do anything. Then some one at Rhems placed the matter in tbfc hands of Mr ? Stancill, ' who came here last Tuesday and after some investigation found that he 4-k/% Aoan OA KQ neeueu a uuciui iu uic twc, ??. returned Thursday, accompanied by Dr L B Johnson. The doctor's examination disclosed the fact that the report was true, which he stated to the magistrate,and search was made t for the child. Even after the doctor declared everything to be true, the ? negro girl still denied it and no trace ? of the infant could be found until \ Constables E Z Howard and Stancill ! started into the house -to handcuff | .them and carry them to jail, but Dr | Johnson stepped in a little ahead of f the officers and asked them to wait a minute and let him try again. He * was not in there long before he came : out arid Ellen Chandler with him to show him the graye of the child. But she took him to the back of > the house,where she knew there was i no grave,so while they were hunting { ? there Mr Godwin went quietly into t the garden and found a spot that $ looked like a grave. He then called for a hoe and Ellen Chandler came . with Dr Johnson and showed him t where the grave was, in a corner of p the garden. Then Prince Alston was p told to dig and he dug up two ba [ bies, a girl and a boy, both of whom had been murdered. Their heads ( | were all beaten in as if with a stick. E There was a little hole dug and the i ? babies putdown into the dirt,not even jr being wrapped up. The magistrate ft summoned a jury of inquest, whose 5 verdict was such that the two girls were turned over to Constable E Z 1 6 Howard,who took them to jail to be Etried at the term of the criminal 1 if?edurt next summer. K* It seems that Victoria Chandler is ' Rfthe mother of the children,but Ellen IjpChandler did the killing. The latter Ehas attempted the like before, this ' E being her third attempt. Such a ' ? ghastly happening on Old Mingo, < Pright in calling distance of the old ftSam Cooper store! First Fowler w n?kwn nprt Jfwjpnhinp Jnnps and Know Victoria Chandler. 1 Jim Pug. 1 fTHING >r carload American Field Fen Implements they ever had to i ibutors, Corn and Cotton Plan I Chattanooga Plows. CEvei ,T~i ivinj ' 'EV BRYAN BREVITIES. J J Local and Social Affairs-Honor j Roll Bryan School. Bryan, March 9:?Misses Mamie i McLees and Amanda Edwards visit- \ ed the Bennett Graded school Mon- j day. Their talks were greatly en- i joyed. i A very pleasant week-end was i spent by Miss?Clement in Colum- i bia. She was the guest of her un- I cle, going especially for Washing- < ton's birthday. j Miss Hallie Reid spent last Satur- i day at Georgetown, visiting friends, i The young people of Bryan had a I very enjoyable evening last Satur- I day. They met at the home of Mr ' and Mrs Bennett Brown to participate in an old-time candy pulling. There were several to whom this ] was rather a novelty,whose pleasure was thereby greatly enhanced. It is thought that from now on,this form of entertainment will be revived and 1 soon become as popular as it has : hitherto been. . ' Mrs Sue Harvin and her little son, ' Bennett, after a visit of two weeks ' to relatives at Manning, have returned home. 1 In view of the now fast approach- ' ing shad fishing season, there is a bright outlook for a picnic and shad supper in the near future at the 1 ? . __ i??>< ni. _i_ npui? ;n o 1 n wig, oajro au cAuiau^c. i The man who does not adyertise ( because it costs money should quit paying salaries for the same reason. The man who does not advertise beeause he doesn't know how to \ write an advertisement should quit S eating because he can't cook. 1 The man who does not advertise ! because somebody said it did not pay 1 should not believe the world is round \ because the ancients said it was flat, i * A ' landing on diuck. river. xmo >o a very picturesque spot,and the picnic tables and shady banks lack only the 1 merry faces and bright smiles of the 1 young folk to complete the picture These pleasant, spring-like after- ( noons would,in all probability,tempt a number of us to go for an occa- ' sional drive,but,considering the condition the roads are in, and have been in since Christmas, it would re- ' quire considerable courage to risk it. The hearts of the people in this community were gladdened last week 1 by the presence of the chaingang. ! But, alas, they were only camping { here, en route to Johnson swamp, 1 fifteen miles away. We hoped that, on the way back, they would mend * the rough places to the extent of " making travel possible in this part of the country, but in vain. How- ^ ever, 2"while there is life there's hope," and we are still living. HONOR ROLL BENNETT GRADED SCHOOL, FEBRUARY, lyiO. Distinguished?Pauline Boyd, Sallie Boyd. Honorably Mentioned ? Weldon Boyd.Margy Brown,Emmett Brown, Mamie Bryan, Emma Morris, Louis Morris, Hautense Morris, Zouleame Shirer. v Distinguished signifies an average of 95% or over. Honorably mentioned means an average of from 90% to 95%. IMO. Advertising. The man who does not advertise ' simply because his grandfather did not should wear knee breeches and NEEDE ce. Y ou know this is that g< select from. Big line of St* ters and, in fact, everything *y thing in Hardware at rock-1 ?stree Hi ENTU ALLY?V I What IVI SI "Good, ripe tobacco i [S good tobacco is to plant e $5 only solution. You can p rS will have their special rep jg where we can save you til jg We are agents for th< I WILLIAM! 1 Hee WHITE OAK CHIPS Picked Up During the Week by Our Wideawake Scribe. White Oak, March 8:?The White Oak base ball team began practicing Saturday evening. There was a large number of boys out and they expect to turn out a good team the ensuing season. Messrs C K and W D Eaddy made a business trip to Lake City one day last week. Mr L F Stone and son of Johnsonyille stopped over on their way to attend court and spent the night at the home ^f Mr C K Eaddy. Messrs ?) N Cox and B T Eaddy 3pent the end of the week here at the home of their parents. Mrs A P Buffkin and Miss Pauline Dantey visited at the home of Mr A R Eaddy near Cooper during the latter part of the week. Mrs J P Eaddy and son from Prospect are spending a few days here with the former's daughter, Mrs J W McElveen. A few farmers in this section are planting their beans. There is only a small quantity of beans being planted here and we hope to get a good price for them. Messrs C K Eaddy and J A Grifin had business at the county seat Saturday. Mr M M Cox attended court at Kingstree Monday. E D. A Warning to the South. The threat of the Allies to shut >if all shipments to Germany has its ipecial warning for the South. Whatever comes of the present nove, it illustrates the possibility ;hat we may wake up almost any norcing to find ourselves without a European market. Farmers who iave been encouraged to hope that ?- _ ai_I :otton may Drmg a Dig price tnis i fall should take heed accordingly. The man does not live who can foreell what the next six months may )ring forth for the United States. To plant heavily in cotton this sumner will be criminal folly. Those vho do will brand themselves the vorst of speculators.?News atid Courier. Shooting Affray at Sumter. William S Jones, Jr, was shot and tilled by Bogan Trippit Saturday at Sumter. The two men had been un"riendly for several days previously, ifter having been intimate friends n the past. The exact cause of the ihooting is a matter of conjecture, though Trippit claims the plea of lelf-defense. I ', . a#-*' D UPOl Dod kind. CWe are now off( ilk Cutters, Middle Breakers, needed on the farm. We are bottom prices. ardware VHY NOT NOV Ir. Duke Says I vill sell high on account of ' arly and give time for ripeni lant 5 to 7 acres a day and i i -L . resentative nere 1111s wee* u me, money and trouble by us e Case Transplanter. SBURG HA idquarters for ( v?/v*?/v"WV"?V"t*V"Wv?Wv>?/v"t*V>& The Board of Fisheries. Gov Manning on Thursday last ap pointed A H Williams, M D, of Lak< City, Florence county, and Thomai H Rainsford of Edgefield, member of the State board of fisheries. They with Chairman Harrigan of George town, will compose the board whicl has charge of this department 01 the State's interests. ^^ " P innnnr) f V*1 ri f rtllrtOT XI1C UUVCIIIU1 ioaucu U1C xuuvn ins: statement: "A revenue is collected amount ing to about $12,000 a year, whici more than pays for the expenses oj administering the law,and the boarc through its chairman and four in spectors, located at Gehrgetown J Charleston, Colleton county anc Beaufort, enforce the laws that protect and develop this valuable public asset. The statute requires that the chairman shall befrom the tide: water section of the State and thai the other two members shall be from other sections of the State. This provision was recommended bj the Legislative commission of 1905 that formed this law, so that the up-country might feel protected in their interests. The commission re ferred to was established because of the former lack of enforcement of protective measures and a consequent feeling by the upper counties that their interests were not- being looked after." Worries ol Kentucky Editor. Of places to borrow, the printing office here catches the brunt. Folks seem to think that we have a workhouse filled with every imaginable tool or material that they could use, and come here get it, says The Grayson News. From one to a dozen times a day some one will ask: "Have you a hammer I could get just a minute?" Then they ask for all the other things in order. A boy came in the other day and wanted to borrow the office cat, and frequently they ask to borrow the job printer for a couple of hours. Then a fellow comes in and wants to get a pole, like he thought he was entering a forest. Scrap paper, pieces of brass, extra copies of the paper,exchanges, are public property, it seems. "Have you anything to read?" is another query, and then we gat accused of scattering waste paper about the streets. No wonder a boy who en' - !- -Ol? l._ 1 ters a printing uiuce iu icam mc trade is called a devil. If he isn't when he enters he will be when he completes the trade. Mayor John P Grace of Charleston, who was operated on Wednesday of last week for an acute attack of appendicitis, is reported to be progressing satisfactorily toward convalescence. * ? ** _ A Si THE FA 9. iring to the farmers of Williamsburg 1 , One-Horse and Two-Horse Plows, Si the agents for Cole Planters and Dist \ 9 Co. | We Lead?Otfc V? R ?VA*VS*V?^V-C*va*VS*VA^ v^Gv^OvvJviiv^v^v Ibout the Tobacco Ci the inferior crop of last yea v." Th ng and, to do this, the J. I. Case T get a 95% stand against a 55% star > tell you all about it. Come in and ing one of these machines. f RDWARE COW Guaranteed Goods. n Statement of th? Condition of | "?ip^ Farmers & Merchants Natio * I ' LAKE CITY, S. C., ) S t^ie CIo?e ?' Bu*>ne?? March f I Ms'?! ? j ! 0dg?3sj^ RESOURCES. Bills Receivable $2 , ! Overdrafts 1 J?8&^ Bonds '' ' Banking House & Fixtures ; J' Due from Banks J 0%M' Cash - ^ R ." <' Redemption Fund with U. 1 ^ Treasurer fi * LIABILITIES. r I Capital - $1 IMgjl Undivided Profits... ]j?s|^vi Bills Payable. _ Deposits 2 \ $3 Make OUR bank YOUF We pay 4 per cent, interest on sa Farmers & .Merchants J "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Branches at Johnsonville, Cowai f "YOUR INT I IS OURS (, To prove this statement you s 9 New Union Corn Drill, Avery's and Corn Drill, The Planet, Jr. Cui , Fertilizer Distributor, and Blizzar 9 ton Planter. You get results wt implements. Better farm resu , i business. T We can deliver these implei I any time. { King Hardwa f | THE POPULAR HARDWABl +*4 m m .RM. : ;he greatest and | ilky Disc Plows, I ributors, South- V ^ lers Follow. * IP? j ' ? % rop. .-J , e only way to get gj . j Vansplanter is the 83' * id by hand. We eg let us show you C$ [PANY, 1 ? 1 I v# SH-B-SffiSjSSBSi . * 1 j na' 94,085 22 I * ^8,'joO 00 jg?|? J _1,250 00 'jiOv-ij lH 85,825 50 'n V/HKRE g V ; | WILL As 00,000 oo I xfre . * vd 20,000 00 f IT^,L L / y 4,693 88 come in ?? 4 25,000 00 "ANDY J 20,000 00 .vings accounts. * National Bank, | LAKE CITY, S. C. I ? ; rds and Pamplico. | . ====^=======" ^ 9 1fc iwd^iwwd/W?*d<WPl mt ERESTl'i" 5." > **31 ihould see Avery's ^1/% y * ^ Mflwinkia PAHai, i ? J lUCtlipiUO UVllVH ~9k Itivator, The i d's Dry Seed Cot-^W^,T' ten you use these lit means better T 'Y Ttents to you at rfr Co,J ' Sfe P V'T* v ?* ? Bp: - Vj<. t- Vi?.*4 " , Yi' *< $% pj* i- -: ?' "