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f pje cTnunti) Ittfoih VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 11)15. NO. 22 / 'v An Im This includes the and we will show vou tl ers left that we will sell only the best of everyth jps I ! Our Tobacco IK JUIA Our house is now open for '1 house charges no storage ( ^ Bring your tobacco to us, 1 (,. Morgan & RETKFP EI ECTROCUTED. c Murderer of Herman Rosenthal Pays Death Penalty. . Sing Sing Prison, July 30:?The 1 ? crooked trail upon which Charles ? Becker first set foot when a gambler's jj gold lured him from the straight s way of his sworn duty led him today a around its last c< mer and into an t I impasse from which there was no v escape. e A dozen steps, from his cell in the ^ Sing Sing death house to the chair s of destruction in the execution h chamber, formed the last part of 1, the twisting, winding journey, four o 3 ears ago began in dishonesty and t now ending in the most ignominious a of deaths. h The man who caused the murder s of Herman Rosenthal died with a t fear thickened tongue, barely able to ejaculate a prayer, with his body s shaking in spasms, with eyes that p must have been darting up, down, d L to the rifch*. to the left, under tne u "merciful bondage, for they had so a darted before the covering was fixed, n He insisted to the last that he h t was guiltless by deed or by direction v of the murder for which his life was p about to be taken. tl The greatest sympathy he won he p ' gained by wearing directly over his tl 1 heart a little photograph of the wife si who had fought so long and so hard j li for him?that and a public procla-j mation that the only legacy he could | g leave her was his love for her as the i tl purest and noblest of women. j tl Becker's last words, a religious o aspiration, repeated after Father v ^shin, one of the two priests who i f AUTOMOl SI When supplies r for your Car sto We have the go IThe King Hardv Popular Hardi Kingstree, . w [ ? \ I fc-?sSsE?:?siir .: . . . SP imense Stock c celebrated Lisk Four-Co* lousands of pieces of Enai at reduced prices. The i ling in our various lines. Kirr ?1 larkct Opened I r 22 ' I your convenience. Our T >n tobacco left with us. I we will take care of you. T :Nesmith f tood in front of him, were spoken it 5:44 o'clock. "Into Thy hands, oh Lord, I comnend my spirit," he said haltingly, lalf-chokingly. The yolt of 1,850 volts of elecricity stopped forever his voice just is he had uttered the final word and ent his big bulk heaving upward ind outward against the straps that >ound him to the chair. But those words probably would latia Koan Dantor'c locf onvknui IC**C l/vtn x^vnvi o IUWV nv ?? f ven if at that instant the current lad not swept through hir and eared from his tissues all life. For le seemed so near to an utter colapse (and this not/an individual pinion, but the firm belief of many) hat if a few seconds more had been llowed to pass the chair would haye ield an unconscious man, whose enses had been taken away from him hrough sheer nerve-panic. The prison doctor who gave the ignal for the throwing of the switch robably knew that. Father Cashin oubtless did not know it, for in the ist few seconds he pressed nearer nd nearer to the doomed one, and lade his voice louder and louder as e called the prayers to which Becker /as responding. The voice of the riest seemed actually the only thing hat kept the man in the chair in ossession of his senses. It was as hough the cleric were literally training his own strength to keep a ttle strength in Becker. From the bodily standpoint the iant died hard. For a full minute he electricity was permitted to course hrough his frame.with the voltage f 1,850 and an amperage of nine, jhir?h moans nn pnnrmnnsdpsfrnvinc orce. Yet the stethoscopes of the 3ILE UPPLIES i are needed p at our store iods. -! rare Company rare Store South Carolina ECI A >f Enameled W; ited Ware. See our show 1 meled Ware and will give y same offer applies to Wini Remember, it is quality t! V V gstree Tl /ENTU ALLY?\ L^JV>Ov^5VOW5V^L^JV^L^/VA5V-?5V4 Frui Mason's Patent < sizes. Pric WILLIAM He; 5 ?WJV~\^VS^vOV^VH^V>^VOV*^V^V-OVS 1 doctors found beneath Becker's i broad breast?after all that?a strong, steady heart beat, almost a pounding. Once more the current swept through the big body, this time for the space of ten seconds. Yet even then there came through the little | rubber tubes to the listening ears of j the physicians the sound of the man's I heart beating steadily, though faintly now. Late this afternoon an undertaker's automobile here carried the i body briskly away from the State i prison. The postman put in his bag about the same time a long envelope containing the formal documents, which will be placed in the archives at Albany to show that the man was duly executed and that his end had been viewed by the prescribed number of witnesses. That was the end of Charles Becker and of the Becker case, which began one June night in 1912 at One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Street and Seventh Avenue, New York, when the man now dead, then in the flush of his police powers, said to those evil creatures of the underworld?Rose, Weber and Vallon?"Rosenthal must be croaked! Croak him!" PRICE PAID FOR LUBLIN. Cost Germans Seventy Thousand Men, Says Dispatch. Geneva, Switzerland, August 1:? "The capture of Lublin cost Gen J Woyrsch 70,000 men in killed, J wounded and prisoners. Four miles north of Lublin the Russians are fighting fiercely, disputing every foot of ground while covering their retreat," says an Innsbruck dispatch to the Tribune. "In an advance of seven miles with seven army corps Field Marshal Von Mackensen lost 35,000 men. The army massed from Lowicz to Ostrowiec has begun an advance upon Ivangorod and Novo Alexandria, the evacuation of which was commenced by the Russians Friday night, according to the Germans. The latter have dispatched more than ten trainloads of ammunition from Radom to Lodz towards Warsaw since July 23. "The Russians, who attacked south of Prziasnysz, killed 5,000, wounded 8,000 and took prisoners 13,000 of the eighth German army corps." The Tribune's Laibach correspondent says: "A general Italiah offensive was begun yesterday on the Tyrol, Trentino and Carnia front, forcing the Austrians to evacuate some of their strongest positions. The Italians have pierced the second Austrian line on the Carso plateau, taking several miles of trenches." The People's Mercantile Co has just unloaded a carload of Flour made from the new wheat crop. This firm is headquarters for plain or self-rising Flour and is selling it now at a lower price than at any time since the war broke out. See this reliable firm when you want Flour. 8-o-2t People's Mercantile Co. es on Ice Cream SBURG HA] adquarters for C ^v^v~Ov^5v^vx?vWvWv~i$v-C?v-C*vOv<C^vWvSCRANTON SKETCHES. Enjoyable Events among Young Folk There. Scranton, August 3:?The annual picnic by the M?thodist Sundayschool was held at Cockfield's landing, on Lyneh's river, last Thursday. Bathing'in the river proved to be the popular pastime with the boys. Of course there were girls who did not "paddle their own canoe". Then there was lemonade "made in the shade, stirred with a spade"?and kodaking. Next came dinner on the grounds. Rev J B Prosser invoked the blessing. Appetites sharpened by this time did (in)justice to the bounteous spread prepared by the good ladies. The only interruption to mar(?) the delights of the afternoon was the watermelon cutting. Mr N H May was the donor of those appreciated melons. The crowd was large and enjoyed the occasion immensely. Perhaps the most enjoyed social outing of the season so far was the camping party of girls chaperoned by Miss Lilly Graham and Mrs R B Cannon. The party spent from Thursday until Saturday on Lynch's river at the Fanny Lee homestead. The girls cooked and lived in open air in daytime, but when night came, no tents or wigwams for them, they : took sleeping apartments in the Lee house. The girls learned to swim j (in this they did not drink the river dry) and row the boat. They are j wishing for a return trip. And now, boys, what those gentle lassies don't know about feats in the "old swim- j ming hole in the crick" would fill a ! volume the size of one of Uncle Sam's agricultural year books. Friday night a car of young folk called on the merry campers. In the auto party were: Misses Janie and Rosa Wall, Messrs Tommie Creecy, Dessie Graham and W A Myers at the wheel. "Bill" says his party was not served fried trout on tin platters (i In camper's style. I M G. Gleanings from Salters. A *i /viin f O ? W! A QV*a Vl Q \7_ OfcllUJIS, nu^usi MC ?iv ing some very hot, dry weather which is doing much damage to the crops. Corn and cotton are burning badly, especially on light land. A good rain would be more than welcome and be of much benefit to growing crops. Mrs J W Bailey and little daughter, Ruth, have returned from a pleasant visit to relatives in the upper part of the State. Rev W I Sinnott is conducting a protracted meeting at Lake City this week. He is being assisted by Rev A R Woodson. Rev J W Bailey and family spent several days in Charleston last week. The young folk gave a dance at the town hall Wednesday night, which was enjoyed by all present. Mrs M J Salters has returned to Blenheim after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs C E Moseley, at this place. Miss Jane Salters is visiting rela- i L SAL are Now On Sal windows, where we have d ou prices that will induce y j 1 rv cr .41 uuw anu uuur ocrccns. hat counts?we have it! > ardware VHY NOT NOW it Jars a md Sure Seal Fruit < J.T11 vuaifttc: i/aviu auu xauiuj aiv ; visiting relatives and friends here. Mr S D McKay was quite sick Sunday. Dr and Mrs J G McMaster of Florence visited relatives here Sunday. Look Out. Items from Bryan. Bryan,August 2:?Farmers in this section are busy gathering and curing tobacco, a season that is hard on chickens, as it calls for chicken sup-, pers. Mr S B Timmons, who was painfully injured in a runaway accident about six weeks ago, being thrown from a wagon and his ankle broken, is now able to get about on crutches, s Mrs Ulmer.her son and daughter, 1 Harvey and Frances,of Columbia are1 here on a visit to Mrs W D Bryan,, Mrs Ulmer's mother. Mr S J Walters spent Sunday with , his parents at Suttons. Mr J R Barrineau visited Andrews Saturday. Subscriber. F;re at Clinton last week caused a loss of $50,000. RESCUE WHEN NOBODY ELSE WHEN YOU ARE OLD "MONE" WHO IS GETTING THE MO THINK OF IT. PUT SOME INT BANK V WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTER! Farmers & Mercln "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Branches at Johnsonvillc ?aaw?bbbuiii pi ?? E ! e at Reduced Pi isplayed a few pieces, the ou to buy. C. We have a 1 [ Our stock of Hardware is Co. I We Lea r9 !?1?[ H*vOv*i nd Rubl Jars in both quart l Freezers Redi i RDWAREO Guaranteed Go< i tives at Blenheim this week. Mr Walter David and family of Marlboro county are visiting relatives here. We are always glad to | see our old friends. \/Tt* PUorlin Hoin/^ on.-? fomil xr q ra ! I' toiiaAK/ m< EVEN IF AN ACCIDENT OR ! YOU, IT MAKES YOU FEEL SE BANK. MONEY IS YOUR BEST FRIE rices I n walk into our store | few Ice Cream Freez- 1 complete and we sell ? id?Others Follow, j I bers . | and half-gallon || meed 1; OMPANY, I :>ds. 1 dmmmmmsmi VICTIM OF RATTLESNAKE. ?? Little Girl Lives 24 Hours aiter Being Bitten. Walterboro, August 3:?The twoyear-old daughter of Mrs Aunie Garris of Round, in Colleton county, met with a horrible death yesterday, the result of a rattlesnake bite Sunday The child, it seems, was going do.vn a path iri some weeds and the snake apparently was ijing across the path, the child stepping upon it. Tne strike was fair, tutting the child in the large toe a id making a deep wound, from which blood was pouring when assistance came. The leg was corded. prolonging the life of the child for twenty-four hours. Had this not been done,the doctors state, death would have resulted in ten minutes. The snake was a male, which,unlike the female rattlesnake, has no rattles, thus giving no warning of its deadly strike. When an attempt was made to kill the snake it put up a fierce fight and two men were required to kill it.and then with considerable danger to themselves. This is the first fatality of its kind in the county for ?1 o r-w 1 f Viti o era n f thp SC VCL dl y Cdi oy auu # w?, v??v child makes it the more sad. iv I cafaiuX ma/n/ I 6 tkat I jj? tyMim, p 7 ru. ca/Tt-Tia/<k, I W (Leccti/rct 1 i fidxkuts -unit .fisvri; 4<ri? AAftaMt ^afora^ .v 0 ramL ma iw 13 a/nlc* SICKNESS NEVER HAPPENS TO CURE TO HAVE MONEY IN THE ND AND WILL COME TO YOUR WILL OR CAN. r WILL KEEP YOU. NEY YOU ARE EARNING NOW? HE BANK. VITH US. :ST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. ints National Bank, LAKE CITY, S. C. ?, Cowards and Pamplico. J