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FORMER EMPRESS OF GERMANY DII QUIET LITTLE VILLAGE GRE^ LY AFFECTED BY NEWS OF DEATH. Former Empress Augusta Victoi of Germany, died at Doom, Holla Monday morning. By a strange incidence the end came just one y after she suffered her first serious tack of heart disease. It was while she was preparing enter the house of Doom the pres home of the former emperor of G many, after her long residence Amerongen that she was stricken w what at the time was believed to a fatal attack. That was on Aj 11, 1920. For a few days there w reports that her death was mom tarily expected but she rallied and companied her husband to Doom May 15, last. Attacks of her fatal malady occ red at frequent intervals each s ping her vitality and nullifying measures taken by specialists to store her health. When her son, f mer Prince Joachim, committed i cide in Berlin last July, she was such a nervous condition that the n< of his death was kept from her fo long time, and it is said she ne (earned her son killed himself. Late last autumn, the former < press' condition gradually beca ?An eo\'orol nppnQi'ftnS wvidCy auu vii ehildren were called to Doom but strength was such that she rail bravely when the end was believed be near. Since the first of this y< it had been known that she was gr ually sinking. Former Emperor William and i Prince Adelbert were at the beds / when the former empress died. T had been called by Dr. Haesner, \ attended the former empress throu out her residence in Holland. The death came as a shock to dwellers in Doorn Castle as last w the patient's condition had seemed i serious. Last Saturday Dr. Haes after consultations with Prof. Hymj the Dutch heart specialist, though advisable to send a message to P cess Victoria Louise, the only dau ter, of the former emperor and i press, calling her to Doom. The p: cess who was then in Vienna had reached Doom when death came the ex-empress. o In Defense of Nicotine "A woman's just a woman, bu good cigar's a smoke." In all likelihood Mr. Kipling d not know that the Florida legislat in session, and certainly he is aware of the provisions of house 1 number 40, but "Commodore" Pei representative from Lee, fam throughout the state for his devot to Raleigh's weed, at least appro the sentiment, "a good cigar's smoke;" and indeed it must have b an admirable fight he staged in be! of suspension of this rule! Men smoke because they enjoy effects of tobacco. Anywhere this the accepted explanation. But majority of men fail to register tli delight. They are selfish in th __ ??4.L pleasure. i\ot so wivn ^omuiuuw Perry! Not by a boxful! He is mous for registering comfort with cry puff; each ring he blows is tri med with satisfaction and lined w smiles, and difficult will it be for friends to recognise him with the e stant presence of a "stogie" betw< * ? his lips. And now, despite his heroic prot< "Commodore" Perry must discuss ? hear legislation discussed without 1 gentle and soothing fumes to insp him to feel that the destiny of nati< is not involved, and that beyond 1 oratory the sun still is shining! 1 friends of Mr. Perry, and they i many, will learn and regret t) henceforth Lady Nicotine cannot company him into the legislative hi of the grand old state of Florida. Perhaps it is best. These are r iern times in which we are living. 1 must judge cur actions and our sm< nig accordingly. "Smoke screens" j confusing when important matters state are under fire. The targets m t Be dear and the throats of orat uncontaminated. Mr. Pope spake hamidor-full when he gargled, "Wh ever is, is right." as- ue woil tiopper wouiu s?y ?a Ta "Casey at the Bat"?, Oh somewhere in this favored Is of ours The sun is shining bright; Somewhere children sing and sor where hearts are light; But there is no joy in Law-ville For Lady Nicotine has struck o ?The. Florida Metropolis. o Card of Thanks Mrs. A. D. Pendergrass and fam . wish in this way to express app ciative thanks to friends and relatr for kindness extended during the si ness and death of her son, Mr. E. Pendergrass, of Salters. rx . . K T. U. VAUGHN s COMMITS SUICIDE 1 in (Continued From Page One) f jU nor taken from the jail. Return to of- * fice each day." The pocketknife is a * ^T- very ordinary two blade knife. "I saw Mrs. Vaughn, formerly Miss , Sandal Beamguard of Clover, at the nurses home in Tampa, where she was under the care of a physician and ria, two nurses and in a very hysterical . nd, and nevous condition." Mr. Heise co- said yesterday. "She told me that ^ ear she was married to Vaughn at Tampa, at- on the 16th day of April, 1920, by the * Rev. H. A. Tucker, the certificate to being in a little marriage record ent book," Mr. Heise continued in speaker ing of her trip. She told the sheriff at that she had married Vaughn while ith he was going under the name of T. \ be A. Earl, of Tampa. "When I asked ' aril her where Vaughn went the night * after his escape from the hospital, ?n- which was one of my first questions, ac" she replied that he walked to the on Seaboard station and caught the mid- 1 night train to Tampa and began U1'~ teaching school soon after his arrival ap" in Florida, locating at Gillett." Mr. 1 Heise said. Mrs. Vaughn told the ^ ,ie" Richland sheriff that after a short ^ stay at Gillett Vaughn went to a ^ rural school out from Plant City and ^ later went to Port Tampa, this beWS ing February 20, 1920. ve^ "Mrs. Vaughn said that Vaughn had ] some money in his possession when he escaped from the hospital, that he , ime gotten as tips and that he would ker sell the tobacco that was furnished hgj. him and hide the money in the toe of . |je(j his shoe. When asked as to how he , [ left the hospital she said that after ' 3ar) his escape he walked to the Sea- , a(j. board station and took the midnight train for Florida where he had been ilso ever since. side "When asked as to how he came in m 11 * ?xt- ?l-.'.L hey possession 01 me- Keys wnn wnicn vho he effected his escape, Mrs. Vaughn gh- said, the sheriff said, that he had never confided in her as to who gave the it to him, but that he was never eek trusted with any,keys and that she less wished to state to! the public that ner neither Dr. Williams nor Dr. Munins, nerlyn had ever relaxed the supert it vision of Vaughn and that no authorrin ities were in any way connected with gh- his escape. Mrs. Vaughn spoke in the em- highest terms of Dr. WiUiarps. Mrs. rin- Vaughn became verey nervous when n?t talking about who aided Vaughn to . t? escape and would wring her hands, and become hysterical. Asked as to why she told Vaughn 'Good bye, I'll meet you in heaven,' Mrs. Vaughn said that she did not intend to comt a mit suicide but that when he was tak- 1 en back to South Carolina that he oes would be executed. She said that ure Vaughn never went to Canada 1 not never left Florida as far as she knew, ""h* she esaid that he Seemed to love her rry? very much and begged her to come to 1 ?us him, that he was just like a child and | 1011 that she felt sorry for him and mar- 1 ves ried him. Mrs. Vaughn is 34 yerirs of j a age and wears glasses. ^ "Vaughn and wife were in Tampa ia'^ Saturday night April 2 and in pass- ! ing a cigar store she saw a former Columbian, Sam Coleman, and felt ^(3 sure that Coleman had recognized [g . them. She said she knew that Vaughn . e/ could have left then but he did not ] ^ feel uneasy at the time about anyone * turning him up. Mrsv Vaughn said ( ev_ that the eity authorities had treated in,_ her very badly, put her in a dirty ^ cell and gave her coffee with ?ome- } jjjg thing in it that caused her to lose her t on.. reason. She said one of the city police j j jer, had tried to get her to get some t poison to give Vaughn and get him ? ?st, out of his misery as she Knew he t ind would be taken tack to South Caro ira ? the but th?t she haJ said she could ??ot j ire do thaf. j >ns "One of the men told her that her l the marriage was null and void and she c are lat ac- S iiis Hj no- QC We Ffr ^ JlE Citizens of of w Coui ust ft YOU CANT AF1 ors ft A CHANCE ON YC ' Hp YEAR! YOU HA' at~ ft AT STAKE! is hp I insure your j HAIL, and your Cotl in<l W WEEVIL and WET If you wait GOO SEE US. We will > ne- ft in the HARTFORD ft assets of $55,000,000 , ? BETTER COMPANY Ringstree Insi tf Estate & I ft By W. H. WEL< re" ft res ck- ft C. W aid that she walked several hours ooking for the minister who had per'ormed the 'cermeony and that she >ecame so exhausted that she had to ,pet a transfer to take her home. She aid that Vaughn attended a Baptist hurch in the country and taught Sunday school, Mrs. Vaughn was askd if Vaughn ever feared recapture ind she said that he had said to her in several occasions thai: the people n South Carolina had other things o do and were too busy to fool with lim. Mrs. Vaughn would stop in the niddle of the conversation and say, Oh, he was good to me and loved me.' md then become hysterical. "The Vaughns had a furnished oom with Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Clark it Port Tampa, ten miles below Tam>a city, Vaughn was arrested by E. I. Suddoth, marshal and deputy ;heriff at Port Tampa. The city deectives had the report on his being vanted in South Carolina but as it at; rtnf nf tViP pitv limits thev called m Marshal Suddoth for .assistance. Arhen first arrested he claimed that le was from Ohio and that his name vas Earl. Mrs. Vaughn says .that ifter she recovered from the shock, ;hat she will use the name of Earl for the present and follow her profession of nursing. In an interview >vith Mr. and Mrs. Clark they stated :hat the Earls or Vaughns were very nervous on the Sunday following the light they were seen in Tampa by Coleman and that Vaughn did not leave his room all day. Vaughn was arrested on Monday, April 4th. "Mrs. Vaughn said that she was in a nervous state almost all the time as she feared someone world recognize Vaughn and turn him over to the authorities." o Watermelons an Important Crop Many people living in South Carolina do not know the importance of watermelons as a commercial crop ir. this state, says F. L. Harkey, Extention agent in marketing, who has recently had many inquiries concern ing such questions as the best commercial varieties, the shipping period, the number of melons required to make a car, etc. Figures from the office of the marketing agents show that 3000 to 4000 cars of watermelons are shipped out of the state annually, the majority of these being produced in Barnwell, Allendale, Hampton, and Jasper counties. Indications are that the crop planted this year will be a large one. The chief commercial varieties' ir. South Carolina are the Excel and the Tom Watson. Shipments usually begin about July 1 and end about September 1. The 1920 shipping season was at its height from July 2d" to July 20. On July 29, 1920, 300 cars were shipped. When the South Carolina movement of watermelons is on, sharp competitition is to be expected from Georgia. Some shipments are also moving at that time from Alabama and North Carolina, and a few from Florida, though the Florida movement becomes .ftmrwMfivelv iinimnnrtant after Julv L5th. The majority of melon shipments from South Carolina go to eastern narkets, though many cars are sold n southern territory throughout the shipping season, for almost every town >f any size handles one or more cars )f watermelons. For the advance instruction of those Wanting watermelons commercially it night be said that watermelons are lsually loaded in ventilated box cars 'our to five layers high depending on he size of the melons. When melons iverage 18 pounds, 900 to 1200 are isually loaded to a car. All cars ihould be clean and bedded with dry fine needles or grain straw. Shavings ind sawdust can be used if ahsolutey dry but not the most desirable bed'ing. " . * * x Williamsburg '<? ity: rf rORD TO TAKE ft )UR CROP THIS ft VE TOO MUCH $ J" Tobacco " agaia^i mf> ton against BOLL ft WEATHER. ft D PROTECTION ft rrite you a policy ft , backed up with ?> . THERE IS NO ft r IN EXISTENCE ft trance, Real *? ,oan Co. CH, Manager. 4" I tc Buyers Strike I ^ Is Being Broken!" v During the early stages of the "Buyers' Strike" the American I! people felt that they were being duped by those with whom they j! j did business Thp confirmed hio'h nrices were no longer iusti- S: g ^ 0 A- ... " i* 3g fiecl by actual conditions. Its loss of confidence in prevailing J (" X business practices was very real and very painful to business. 3?! X Restoring that latent confidence too long neglectful, is the pres- ; i; ^ i i 1 33 ent task of business men. Every movement has its leaders. In j (; j |; the present era of distrust and suspicion, clear sighted' busi- 3' A 5 j ness leaders realize the necessity for strengthening weakened j \; I 3 loyalty. They know that they must reclaim the ground lost I Jj3 ffj g when patronage was easy to get and so little appreciated. This 3 '3 B 1 111 1 s no job for the piker, rather the task for the fighter. The v B 3 JJ 3 business is to be had, but the dayis gone when they hand it out on |: gj |; a silver waiter. H ^ 5; It's no evening banquet with a servitor behind each chair. 5 j I i I Far otherwise, it is a frugal buffet breakfast with all present 5; j1; "milling around", serving themselves. Even more a proposition j1 j ;'; of first come first served. J J j \ \ J Keep on selling, keep on buying, keep on working and keep J J! i on trying. The essential thing is to take stock of ourselves, bur problems, our times, and sbape a forward looking program !'! accordingly. \ \ \ W j j; Witlj transportation costs reduced, wages revised to meet the \1 j i ; J; proper need of readjustment, in short, with the dream of infla- j1 j 1 8 tion over, the world will awake to stern reality. Thus will the | n Mrtnr /lAnnfpTT nilr]o ""RnvPTfi Sfntp VIP HTAItpti OUT* k | V U(tUA U1 111C UU*Y tUUHWJ n J.UV wv V?M. __ 5: stores are standing everlastingly at it and some how or other j i; * *' I keeps on putting out more than the average volume every day. I"! ;1; Needless to say this will continue to be our schedule, with efforts j1 j 5 increasingly intensive if required to carfy on handsomely. ;1; TT * 1 ? < ,? ? , > We want the confidence of the people. In order to get it their !, j ; 11 rights must be respected and their views met. Prices and qual- j, j J > J ity must stand out alone with value in every * penny spent. j j < | Whenever you buy from us, we want to assure you that your I |! l f; dollar has purchased its value. j 11 \ We are offering great bargains daily. We placed on sale, i|i J ;, \ beginnig Saturday, 1000 barrels of high grade self-rising flour, j j j J 1 11 fresh from the mills and unloaded from papered and sealed cars ;! j J !?I at a price of $8.00 per barrel or $1.00 for a 24-lb. sack. When 11: fj i; you buy from us, you have the assurance that it is fresh and pure. !1 j 1 f; We guarantee every article bought from our stores to be as rep- j1; * 2 j resented or we refund your money. ! 11 8 v iif' g Call and see us. ' We assure you it is a pleasure to serve you. j1 1 C AWF J" I ^^1^ ' ^ I !'i it S pm 1 A Tf' 8 The Cash & Carry urocery | I & Feed Company X On Court House Square, Beside Dr. Broockiogton's Drug Store, so , >