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PISOAH.
ih. Nov. 8.?The exhibits of
ison and Winthrop Colleges at
State fair were very creditable to
Institutions. The work of the
ler children on pioneer work
good and showed careful study.
was some fine stock on exhibi?
ted some improvement on ma
but as a whole the fair was
f+ like it has been for a number of
The attendance was larger
the receipts were larger than In
or probably ever before. Co
came In for its share of the re
for the street cars were full to
raring all the week and could
handle swift enough the large
Good order was manifested
all around. Only a few drinking men
emaai be seen and they were gentle
seam enough to behave themaelves. It
Id be well to keep out falker
as a good many were bit. When
shows what he says he has got.
tt la all right, but not otherwise.
president's reception was very
rul by the large crowd. Hts
:h was along agricultural and
lie lines and advocated country
as best for the people for sev
reasons. His remarks were con
itlve and made a good Impression
mm hid hearers a? fair and honest. No
mmmht his Southern tour will convince
Mas that the people of the South are
than he imagined them to he.
paid a compliment to the ladles
I closed by thanking the people for
cordial welcome they gave him.
Taft Is not an orator, but has a
pleasing personality. The detec
who are the body guard of the
president take no chances about his
petting hurt as their watchful eyes,
ily to be seen, see every move
of the crowd.
Columbia was very pretty at night
mm the people had a lively time. The
folks became young again and the
pretty girls romped ?and laughed and
played Innocent pranks on the people
mm their heart's content.
Mr. T. W. Hawkins. Sr.. who has
quite ill Is some better under the
rul treatment of Dr. C. 8. Brltton.
sv. 8. B. Hatfleld has been sick,
got well enough to All his ap
paisHment yesterday.
Mr. John Shiver attended the fair
and Saturday. He says he had
ehs? time.
An old man said the girls of to
gr were not as pretty as they were
test he was young and his wife gave
sa a swet smile for saying it. But
all seriousness. I doubt if there Is
State better than South Carolina
all that makes a fine people. A peo
aChat has ever been to the front In
sr and peace and whose high re
for citizenship has not been sur
b) any State In the Union.
DALZKMj.
Dalsell. Nov. 8.?We are having
wes.ther now for planting the
II grain crops and the work is
ressing nlcdy. A good large
Te Is being planted in oats and
some wheat, which we trust will
prove a profitable experiment. Very
Mttie cotton remain* in the field now
te pick. It has very near all been
gathered and sold. The cotton seed
rket at Dalcell remains lively. We
some are offering $31 per ton for
them now. If prices go much higher
the. people will sell all and there will
ha none left to plunt next season un?
people will <*e|| and run the risk of
buying when the planting season
las on for I have seen them do so
Several from here attended the fair
la Columbia, among those who at
teatded were: Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Se
nmn. Mr. 8. F. Moony. Mr. T. M.
Croeewell. Ml- Ethel Stuckey. Mr.
Mrs. O. E. Martin. Messrs. A. C.
>n. and C. J. (lallllard. It was
jmmr correspondent's pleasure to see
mmm hear President Taft In Columbia
Saturday He ass In fine spirit,
rh a little hoarse It seemed. He
>ked as If he was getting his full
pa of the good things of this life.
>ry one seemed to b? enjoying
themselves over there. I hear no
complaining, and Its a pleasure to
ga wher? the people behave nicely.
Mtea Kstelle Alord, assistant teach?
er of the Dalxell school was taken
sick on Monday last and had to go
home. Hope she >v111 .soon be well
again.
Rev. F. G. Whltlock has bought a
new automobile and is now making
last time on Win round of churches.
Mrs. Fannie Osteen, of Privateer,
is visiting relatives anl friends here
at present.
DARK CORN RR.
Dark Corner, Nov. 6.?Well Mr.
Kilitor as you set up my last squib,
a' least the Dark Corner, I will cgain
enter your sanctum with my prettiest
bow. There is nothing of an inter?
esting nature In this neck of the
woods at this time. Farmers are
nearly done gathering their,, crops.
There is some few that have not got
ail of their corn In. But there is but
little cotton in the fields. Potatoes
turned out (where dug) fairly well.
And cane promises very good.
No sickness, no marriages or deaths
to report. And everything is calm
and serene. I spent the first part of
the week in your city in attendance
on court and had a pretty busy time
of it. As there was but two cases
tried to a finsh. and one started
(Hunter against Alfred Owen) that
was never carried out, and one set
for next Wednesday, and I am on it,
besides being on two of the others.
And I am forced to wonder what the
lawyers have got against a poor old
Rebel like me that they put me on
every case they can when I am on
the Jury in your city. It surely seems
as if they have a spite against poor
simple me or they would have shown
me some mercy. But they sure kept
me and Dave Dick together from
Monday morning until we left on
Thursday, and I suppose we will have
to be togethr next Wednesday to try
Barton Levan's case.
I beg leave to return thanks to our
worthy Supervisor Peter M. Pitts and
his kind wife, Mr. and Mrs. George
Just Brown, Mrs. Hampton Xorris
and others for their kindness while in
your city. May all of their shadows
never grow less, but may their paths
grow brighter daily until it burst into
that eternal day.
Mr. T. H. Osteen of the "Syca
moi' j" has built a nice ell to his
house. And Mr. F. J. Graham has
the brick hauled up to put up a new
chimney to his house on his place In
this corner.
Well. Mr. Editor, I shall try and
claim my space somewhat oftener.
OUR SCMMKRTON LETTKR.
Summerton, Nov 8.?According: to
the frequent assertions on the part of
the farmers of this section the cotton
crop In this locality is about "done;"
and consequent!} they were prepared
for a decline In price. There are,
however, some few who are storing
and holding and the recent sudden
drop will no doubt frighten them
somewhat. There are still others who
are awaiting a price propitious for
settling contracts made in the sum?
mer at 10 and 11 cents. It is very
certain that all can not be satisfied,
anl it is to be hoped that all will be
in some way benefitted by this sea?
son's high prices.
Mr. W. E. Ulmer, a merchant of
North, S. C, who owns a valuable
piece of real estate on Main street
here has come to town with the in?
tention of establishing a business
here. Until he can build Mr. Clmer
will rent a part of the Summerton
Mercantile building recently occupied
by the Farmers* Bank & Trust Co.
At the instigation of Mrs. Ellison
Capers and Mrs. J. A. James a meet?
ing of the married ladles of the town
was held at the home of Mrs. James
on Friday afternoon for the purpose
of organizing a book club. The Sum
merton Book Club was accordingly
formed with Mrs. T. J. Davis as pres?
ident and Mrs. E. M. Tisdale as sec?
retary and treaurer. This club is
nominally a circulating library but
essentially a social club which shall
enable its members to meet together
periodically for mutual entertain?
ment.
Capers & Co. have employed Dr.
Wilson, a successful druggist of Cam
den, to succceed bis brother as pre
scriptlon clerk. The latter resigned
on account of ill health.
Much interest is being taken in the
coming marriage of Mr. Wallace
Plowden to Miss Josephine Hall, both
of Manning. Mr. Plowden while an
employe of the Summerton Hardware
Co. made many friends in this com?
munity, and Miss Hall is known as
an occasional visitor to Summerton.
The Summerton graded school was
given holiday on Friday In order to
?Jford its students the opportunity of
attending the State Fair. Of the corps
of teachers, Misses Harper, Plowden
and Blackburn were among those at?
tending.
Rev. and Mrs. J. N. Tolnr were vis?
itors In Columbia during the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Richardson at?
tended the fair.
Mr E. E. Rembert. of RembertS,
drove down thl? morning In his tour
In n ear ?in business.
Mr. W. D. Frierson is in town to?
day.
Col. (). 0? Scarborough spent sev
eral days In Columbia during fair
week.
Mr. F. P. Burgess and Smith.
cotton buyers of Manning, were in
town on Saturday,
Dr. and Mrs. L. K. Howie alter
attending the music festival in Char?
leston returned home last Monday
evening.
Appealed to His Pride.
It was the most obstinate mule in
the lot and refused to enter the car I
of a train held up at a little wayside
station. Threats, cajolery and blows
were aliV.e useless. The mule refused
to budge, and the slant of his ears told
those of the passengers who were fa?
miliar with mule ear talk that where
he was he intended to stay. Then the
aged African who was trying to load
him in said in honeyed tones:
"Whuffo* yo' behave dis way befo'
all dose strange people? Why, ye'
fool mule, doan' yo' know dat dese
people will jes' believe dat yo* neber
done trabeled befo* in all yo' life?"
The long ears lost their aggressive
slant, and the beast went sedately up
the inclined plank with the air of a
man entering a drawing room car for
the first time and determined not to
betray the fact.?Exchange.
Apple Crop Is Short.
New York, Nov. 8.?New York com?
mission men today completed their com
r.Uution of appli crop reports a.id es?
timate the total for the country at
approximately 23,000,000 bushels.
This compared with 25,450,000 barrels
in 1908. This is the third year of in?
different apple crops, and the totals
named fall far short of such seasons
at 1906, 1904, and that every memora?
ble bumper crop, 1896, whieh is still
discused as a high water mark in the
conventions of fruit growers and
dealers.
Kins; Manuel on Tour.
London, Nov. 6.?King Manuel of
Portugal, with his, suite, will leave
Lisbon tomorrow for Madrid and will
remain in the Spanish capital several
days, according to advices received in
London. From that city he will trav?
el incognito to Cherbourg, whence he
will leave on the Victoria and Albert
for Portsmouth. On arrival there he
will be met by the Prince of Wales,
who will escort him to Windsor Cas?
tle, where His Majesty expects to ar?
rive on his twentieth birthday, No?
vember 16.
The festivities at Windsor will in?
clude a gala banquet and a great
hunt Afterward King Manuel will go
to London, where he will reside at
Buckingham Palace for four days. La?
ter he is to proceed to Paris and stay
there, Incognito, for about a week.
The Effete Toreador.
A writer in "Success Magazine"
says: The bull-fight of Spain is doom?
ed. It is not proposed to abolish it
by law because such an enactment
might cause a revolution, but restric?
tions are being imposed, and a new
law forbids introducing into the ring
for the second time a bull which has
once killed or injured a matador.
Bull-fighting has come to be a dang?
erous trade, and since it is manifest?
ly impossible to prescribe rules of eti
quiette for a bull while he is being
slaughtered, it is evident that the "no?
ble sport" has reached the beginning
of the end.
Anyway, if we are to believe a writ?
er who describes the sport in a Paris
magazine, bull-fighting is not what it
was in the good old days. The pro?
fession of sticking rapiers into wild
bulls Is sadly degenerating, the fine
traditions of the past are vanishing.
Formerly bull-fighters had a pride in
their work; they were miracles of dex?
terity, they were "Napoleons of tauro?
machy." Now every village lad thinks
he is a mute, inglorious toreador and
the fatalities are becoming more nu?
merous than on the Spanish railways.
We suggest to our Spanish neigh?
bors, if they must have their bull?
fights, that the animal have his front
legs tied together and his horns cov?
ered with plush, while the matador be
armed with a gatling gun and fuse of
nitro-glycerlne. With proper precau?
tion bull-righting may be made a safe
and pleasant diversion for young and
old.
The average yearly expenditure of a
pupil in the public schools of this
country is given as $28.35 in the re?
cently published report of the com?
missioner of education. In 1870 it
was only 115.00. Nevada has the
highest yearly expenditure, $72.15 a
pupil, followed by New York with
$51.50, Montana with $49.40 and Cali?
fornia with $4 0.29. In the South the
expenditures range from $6.37 for
South Carolina to $20.36 for West
Virginia. The new State of Oklaho?
ma spends $15.79, New Mexico $19.46,
while Arizona with $40.41 spends
$5.16 a pupil a year more than Okla?
homa and New Mexico combined.
One-third of the States spend from
$25 to $40 a pupil. The fact that one
fourth spend less than $15 and one
fourth spend more than $15 is nn In?
dication, says the commissioner, of
the nreat variety in support of public
education, and, I believe, in the op?
portunities afforded for school train?
ing in our various commonwealths.
KILLED IX ARKANSAS.
Son of Mr. \\. H. Scale Meets Death
By Accident at LeechvIUe, Ark.
Mr. W, H. Scale received a tele?
gram last night from Leechvllle.
Ark., informing him that his son
David W. Sealc had been accidental?
ly killed at that place. The telegram
gave no other information, and as yet
no reply has been recived to tele?
grams sent last night and this morn ?
ing asking for full particulars of the
accident. David Scale was the sec?
ond son of Mr. W. H. Seale and was
27 years old. He left here three
years ago and had been living in Mis?
souri and Arkansas most of the time.
His body will be brought home for
burial. Funeral notice later.
MRS. STETSON EXONERATED.
Former Head-Reader of Christian
Science Church In New York Vindi?
cated.
New York, Nov. 4.?Mrs. Augusta
A. Stetson, formerly head-reader of
the First Church of Christ, scientist,
in this city, was exonerated today of
charges of "mental malpractice," in
the report of a special board of in?
quiry presented to a congregation of
2,000 persons at a long and stormy
meeting in the big white stone church
on Central Park, West. The exonera?
tion of Mrs. Stetson was endorsed by
the members of the church, but a por?
tion of the board's report, which con?
cerned Virgil Ostrickler, her successor
as first reader, who had appeared in
Boston as a witness against Mrs. Stet?
son, was referred back to the board of
inquiry for further consideration.
Among the charges against Mrs.
Stetson, the most important were, in
effect, that her teachings had tended
to disloyalty to Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, founder and leader of the sect,
and that Mrs. Stetson had been guilty
of mental malpractice in bringing
Christian Science to bear upon people
who did not welocme it, "by hypno?
tism, mesmerism and similar meth?
ods."
The report of the board of inquiry,
which came after four weeks examin?
ation of witnesses, the taking of 1,000
pages of testimony and thirty-five sit?
tings of the board was a complete ex-'
oneratlon of Mrs. Stetson and a de?
claration of loyalty of the New York
church to the mother church in Bos?
ton. The report says:
"These false reports were engender?
ed and developed by malicious animal
magnetism, which is the opposite and
the opponent of Christian Science, and
they were circulated by persons who
did not properly protect themselves
against aggressive mental suggestion,
as enjolrfed by our beloved leader.
Seaboard Reorganization.
New York, Nov. 6.?By order of
Judge Lacombe, all the receivers' In?
debtedness of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway Company was called for pay?
ment today. Series A. B and C of the
receivers' certificates were paid today,
the money being furnished by stock?
holders and the underwriting syndi?
cate in exchange for $18,000,000 of
adjustment bonds offered at 70. The
road was taken out of the hands of
the receivers this week and turned
over to the company. 7
The order of the court also directs
the issuance of new securities and the
recording of new mortgages and
agreements, and says that all out?
standing certificates and other obliga?
tions of the receivers are to be ad?
judged a lien on the property uncil
paid. The court reserves the right to
renew possession of the road if the
Indebtedness is not paid.
The receivers' certificates are to be
paid by Blair & Co., of this city, and
the Continental Trust Company, of
L'altlmore, and they are to pay In ad?
dition $700,000 two-year 8 per cent,
notes of the company, all overdue .in?
terest, the first mortgage 4 per cent
bonds and outstanding promissory
notes amounting to $2,488,583 with
interest.
Effective tomorrow, the Seaboard
Air Line is to have a new passenger
train schedule, which will greatly im?
prove the service between the North
and South.
According to the estimates of the
census statisticians the superfluous
citizen for whom the delegates to the
national conference of women workers
at Boutheea, England, tried to plan a
happy future numbered 1,344.668 at
the middle of the present year. The
problem of the superfluous woman by
no means troubles every towr In
Devenport, for Instance, there art 881
women for every 1,000 men. In Bar
rowln-Furness 828, and in Rhondda
only 825, while the feminine element
Is In a minority In other Important
centers of Industry?tne city of Lon?
don, Southwark, Woolwlck, Poplar,
Stepney, West Bromwlck, St. Helen's,
etc. The superfluous woman makes
h?-r home In pleasanter places?in
health resorts on the south coast, in i
Hath, the eity of fashion, and In the j
royal borough of Kensington, where
there are 1,5 57 mo wen to every 1.000
men. in Bournemouth the disparity
between the sexes is even greater, the
women numbering 1.7 00 to each 1.000
men.
HOOKWORM IN CALIFORNIA.
Little Parasite Imfiortcd With Lnl?>r
ers From the Hawaiian Isluiuts anil
Oilier Place* in the Fast?Why Col?
onization Has Been Failure.
San Francisco, Nov. 4.?The hook?
worm disease has been brought to San
Francisco from Hawaii, and the Orient
and hundreds of cases hitherto unex?
plained, of dejection, laziness and sup?
posed lack Of moral initiative are now
attributed to the inroads of the little
parasite.
Dr. Herbert Gunn, who is directing
the campaign against the disease, said
that he had treated more than 100
cases here and reealled one death.
The disease had not been known to
exist in California except in rare in?
stances until four years ago. A colony
of laborers, born in the West Indies,
came to this State from Hawaii and
45 per cent were found to be serious?
ly affected.
Sugar planters, the doctor declared,
had Imported thousands or laborers
into Hawaii from the West Indies,
where the hookworm runs riot among
the laboring classes. Their languor,
due to the ravages of the worm, made
their colonization in Hawaii a failure
and the laborers began to drift in
small bands to California.
He declared that in addition to the
islanders many soldiers of the Philip?
pines and travelers and business men
from the Orient have returned affect?
ed with these small vampires.
FAIR SOCIETY MEETS.
President Mobley and Secretary Love
Re-elected.
Columbia, Nov. 4.?The annual
meeting of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, held tonight, was
extremely interesting because of the
large attendance and the discussion,
which took a wide range on the fu?
ture of the society. The Fair Society
is now in its forty-second year, and
there are a large number of members
who wish to make it an association
that will attract people from all over
the South. President Mobley tonight
outined some of the ideas in his an?
nual report. There was no objection
to the re-election of John G. Mobley,
of Wlnnsboro, as president. This is
Mr. Mobley's third term in office, and
he has devoted much time to the work
in his department. The nobination
was made by Thomas C. Hamer and
seconded very enthusiastically by a
number of members.
Mr. D. G. Ellison, of this city, was
unanimously elected treasurer, suc?
ceeding Mr. A. Gamewell Lamotte, of
this city, who has served the society
for a number of years. Mr. J. M. Can
tey was unanimously re-elected assist?
ant secretary. For the position of
secretary there was a contest Mr. A.
W. Love, who has been in the sendee
of the society in that position for sev?
eral years, defeated Mr. Paul V.
Moore, of Spartanburg, nominated by
Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster, of Spartanburg,
who received 91 votes and Mr. Love
received 95. The following vice presi?
dents were elected after some discus?
sion as to the manner of their nomin?
ation, the order named representing
the respective congressional district
A. T. Smythe, Charleston; O. M.
Watson, Ridge Springs; T. J. Klnard,
Ninety-Six; J. D. W. Watts, Laurens;
T. L. Buelow, Ridgway: D. A. Spivey,
Conway, and E. C. McGregor, Colum?
bia.
The election of the executive com?
mittee was placed in the hands of a
nominating board, and the following
were elected:
W. G. Hinson, Charleston; B. H.
Boykin, Boykin; R. L Manning, Sum
ter; J. A. Banks, St Matthew's; J. N.
Harper, Clemson College; B. Harris,
Pendleton; R. P. Stackhouse, Dillon;
J. T. A. Ballew, Mountville; L. J.
Browning, Union; T. C. Hamer, Ben
nettsville; J. M. Kirvin, Darlington;
Paul V. Moore, Spartanburg; S. J.
Summers, Cameron.
There was some discussion on a
proposition to allow the use of the
athletic field to the college football
teams of the State without ? fee. This
matter was finally referred to the exe?
cutive committee. There were com?
mittees appointed to dtaw up suitable
resolutions on the deaths of former
members of the society. A report will
be made on deferred matters at the
meeting to be held in February.
A committee WOg appointed to re?
vise the constitution of the association,
which will make report at the Febru?
ary meeting.
Trip Down MIssJssippl.
Washington, Nov. 8.?Members of
the Waterways Commission, who
spent the summer Investigating the
rivers of Europe, will begin an in?
spection of the Mississippi at St. Paul
today. Thr preliminary report of the
commission will he ready by Januar)
1 and will consist principally of a
comparison of the waterways of the
United states and Europe, touching
upon navigation, Irrigation and clari?
fication. The commission expects even?
tually to cover the whole subject o
water transportation in the United
Stat.s. Senator Theodore E. Burton
is chairman of the commission.
t LEM SON-CA KOLIN A <, \MU.
Timers Won by Narrow Margin Where
They Expected 0\erw helming Vic?
tory.
Coumbia. Nov. 4.?The Tiger 1?
Krinning in his camp tonight Tin
Go mecock is strutting, too. Six to
nothing tells the story of the might ,
conflict between the two today. And
such a surprise this was! With the
Odds uBaindt the Oarnet and Elack
and a brilliant victory pictured before
hand for the Clemson team it was
practically a conquest for the Garret
and Black.
Almost to the last of the first half
Carolina held Clemson to a 0-0 score.
Then came the one touch-down of the
game. And the second half was the
greatest see-saw ever witnessed on the
field of many battles. Up and down
the field on kicks, frequent holding
for downs made this half an even
break with defensive football the word
throughout.
Billy Hanckel, Clemen's star end. 1 y
a brilliant end run of 46 yards, plac?
ing the ball within easy distance of
goal, enabled Clemson to deefat Car?
olina. Hanckel was given the ball to
the end of the first half after Clemson
had used every effort to score, and his
great run placed the ball nine yards
from the opponent's goal. Robb tak?
ing it over easily and kicking goal.
The scoring ended here, contrary to
all expectations, as it had been pre?
dicted that Clemson would walk away
with her lighter rivals to the t' <e of
at least 40 to 0.
The feature of the game was Caro?
lina's bril lant defensive play. Noth?
ing but cold nerve could have kept
the heavy Clemson eleven from run?
ning up a large score. Time after
time the little Gamecocks would break
through Clemson's heavy line and stop
the plays before they got started.
Belser's great work for Carolina at
full-back was phenomenal. He was
down the field under every punt and
took part in every play pulled off. He
was Carolina's only ground gainer,
and although there was little ground
gained by the Gamecocks it was Bel
ser who did the greater part of it. In
the second half Carolina had her best
opportunity to score, when Belser got
under a punt, and after a fierce tackle
recovered the ball on Clemson's 20
yard line. gl
Today's game was perhaps one of
the hardest fought contests ever seen
on the local gridiron, and will make
an epoch in football history. Clemson
expected an easy victory, the Game?
cocks themselves anticipated a like
outcome, and the result was a surprise (
to everyone. Carolina was in the
game to prevent defeat; Clemson was
in to win. The game was character?
ized by sheer pluck on the part of
Carolina, and their great stand against
the famous Tiger eleven will never be
forgotten by those who witnessed the
same today.
Carolina's strong point was solely in
her defense. Never once did she gain
the required ten yards, and had to
punt for distance. Clemson had to
resort to the punt twice after time,
but area more successful In her gains.
Carolina used line plays solely in her
attempt to gain, only once trying a
forward pass, which was unsuccessful.
Clemson, on the other hand, relied
chiefly on her end men mixing in an
occasional forward pass. Capt. Ham?
mond did the punting for Carolina,
and Capt. Bobbs and White for Clem?
son, honors being divided, both do?
ing creditably.
DROWNED IN COLUMBIA.
Remains of W. N. Elder, of Colombia.
Missing Over a Week, Recovered. +
Columbia. Nov. 6.?Shrouded in
mystery is the death of W. N. Elder,
whose body was found in the Canal
this afternoon. For more than a week
?since Wednesday of last week?
had Mr. .Slder, an old man, been
missing from his home. The family
has searched the country trouud, but
no trace of him could be found. At.
5 o'clock this afternoon 04M of tin
city water-works men saw romething
floating In the water of tho Canal,
about twenty feet from the new wa?
ter-works bridge. Upon Ctaaof cx
aminatio. be found that it was the
body of a man. The coroner \va-' sum?
moned and later the body Identified a
that of Mr. Elder. The body was not
decomposed very much, but the coro?
ner stated that he thought it had been
In the Canal fully as long ;i> Mr. Ri?
der was missing from home.
HUNTER KILLS COMPANION.
Deplorable Accident Occurs in And r
son County.
Anderson, Nov. 6.?A deplorable ac?
cident occurred at Iva. Anderson
County, late yesterday, when Earte
Kelly killed Welker PameU, his inti
mate friend, The young men were re*
turning from a hunt, when Kelly play
fully pointed his gun. which he be?
lieved to be unloaded, at Parnell and
pulled the trigger. The load entered
the young man s face? tearing anrey
the lower part and breaking the neck.
Death was instantaneous. Both
young men are members of wel1
known families, and Kelly is gr el
striken. No anest has been made.