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< CT Ills anr s 11UtO\T Colored Mart Said to II?vc ( oufcHMcd Mjr_*ioe4a?r Wife ?IMI Throw lug H' ??> iU Poml. HennettsMlle. March 10 Jew Mr Neel. colored, who was arrested a days ago, charged with having murdered his wife near McColl, it ?aid to have made a confutation, ad? mitting his guilt According to the report McNeal claimed that hie wife had been Pvlng to get him to leave her. and one night told him that if he ever stayed st home again he would never wake up. She started to go to another house for some clothes and, he said, he went with her. On the way back he said he told her he was going to get some whiskey and they went by McNalr's Mill Pond. He stated that when they got there he cut her throat, undressed her, taking all her clothes off. except her shoes and stockings; that he waded in the pond a short distance ami threw the body in. He says that he then stay? ed em the road from that time, which was about t o'clock, until just before day; that he then went home, took a hath, cooked some breakfast and went to church. The murder wss committed and tho body put in the pond about three weeks before It was found. Two white men. who had been on the pond in a boat fishing, noticed something which aroused their suspicion and upon In? vestigation It was discovered to ho tho body of a woman. ' It Is said that the first confession, which McNeal made was to the fath? er of the woman. The old man* went Into the Jail and pointedly asked Mc? Neal If he had killed Ida. his wife. McNeal denied it. The old man Is said to have kneeled and prayed very fer? vently. When he had finished his prayer he turned to McNeal again and asked him : Jess, did you kill Ida?' and It is said that McNeal replied: "Yes. daddy, I killed her." Since. It Is v I timed that he has told all of the facts aad circumstances connected with the killing, and, that upon In? formation given by him the clothes of of the woman were found In the pond near where she was murdered. CUVRT AT FLORENCE- ENDED. Men Accused of Slaying John Hick Acquitted. Florence. March 13.?The case against the Evans and Miles hnvs charged with kilting John Hlrks In s oiepute ovtr Ian I. was quickly dispos? ed of today Only rtvr ;.u -c put up tv the State and nans ?>> the! Je???Co. though nearly everybody in that neighborhood has been here to court as witnesses through three terms. The Jury at one time last night gave some indications of a deadlock, hut after having the judge come tack and recharge them on cer? tain points after 10 o'clock, they soon brought in a verdict of not guilty. Judge Prince has saved the county a very great expense In ordering the pay for witnesses cut from a dollar a day to fifty cents, and from ten cents a mile to five. Florence has paid the larger fees for many years, and each Judge has passed it. snd it has cost the county many thousands of dol? lars a year, which was without war? rant. The multitude ot witnesses here expecting expenses have been bitterly disappointed, for the present fees do not cover expenses. The number of wltneeses attending hereafter, unless the law be changed, will be greatly reduced. NO CHANGE IN PENSION LAW. (Jcne.wl \ - in'.h . Action Wax to Add t.'.O.OOO to I und. Columbia. March 11.?From letters It the State pension hoard from the county pension board* und front pri? vate individual*. It seems that there Is a widespread misunderstanding in regard It the acts passed by tho last Oenerul Ansembly in regard to pen? sions, says W. II. Kdwards. mcmher of the State pennem board. The law as to eligibility to pensions was not changed in any particular, says Mr. Kdwards. The only change made by the last Oenersl Aasemhp- in regard to pension was to add $50.000 to the pension fund out of which must come in round numbers $17.500 ft! the maintenance <?{ the < 'ontederate Infirmary Tho 'und tin-* year for pension*) Is $38!,100. and tin* fund will hr thus distribute | gj the <'..m|? troller Oenersl by tho direction of the State pension board The pen * I oners may expect the money on or about April 15. U16. There was ab? solutely no <hanRft msde m the pen? sion Isw by the last ?oncr.tl Asscm bly. Nraer Won't Run for Congress. Spartanhurg. March 13.?Ju Igt Thomas S. Sease. whose name has been mentioned among those who might enter the race to succeed Con tressman Joseph T. Johnson in case the latter becomes a Federal judge stated that he would under no circum? stances fiilnr politics again When I \%ent on the bench.' he said. "I cut all political bridges behind me und have no aspirations in that direction " scpiryisor of mill schools. <?<><?. H. Brown, Superintendent of Ne wherry County, tiff? Important omvc. Columbia. March 13.?(Jcorge D. Brown, superintendent of education for New berry county, has accepted the position of State supervisor of mill schools and will enter upon his new duties July 1. Mr. Brown's notable success in pub? lic school work, both in Georgia and in South Carolina, combined with ? strong personality, won for him the position of superintendent of educa? tion in his native county in 1913. He is Just completing the second year of his four-year term, and his reluc? tance to relinquish his year's work until every detail had been finished is his reason for ot entering upon his new duties at once. HAD HAIL STORM AT GREEN VILLE. Strip* Foliage From Trees and Docs Great Damaged. Greenville, March 14.?What is de? scribed as the most violent hall storm of the present generation played havoc In the mountain section between Greenville and Ashevllle last week. Those who have been to the scene of the storm tell of trees stripped of their branches and often the bark was beaten off by the hail stones. It was necessary to clear the roads of tim? ber before any vehicle could pass, i Along the highway axe many trees broken off and their ragged edges, the bark torn from them, glisten in the sunlight like great spear points. The inhabitants of the mountains say i that all of Friday and Friday night of last week the noise of falling tim? ber could be heard. The crash of a tree or a limb falling to earth would hi heard, and before the sound had | died, the crash of another tree or an- I other limb would start the sound anew. It Is Impossible, of course, to estimate the amount of damage done, but statements agree that it Is con? siderable. I S FRY LA IN GRAVE PLIGHT. Position of Country Is Terrible. London. March 15.?Sir Thomas Lipton, whose yacht Erin is being used oy the Servian Red Cross as a hospital shin, sends from Servia to the British Red Cr?t? soeltt* . description of the situation there: "It is nlrr.oe. impossible to deoerlhie thi terrible pocioot of Hervig on sc? eotsol vi poverti and die? writes. "The hospitals everywhere are crowded with typhus cases, pr. Ed? ward W. Ryan of the American Red Cross says that unless something is done to prevent the spread of the dis? ease the country will lose half of its population. It Is impossible to isolate the typhus from the others. "I am certain that no country in the world today is in so serious a con? dition as Servia. The first hospital I j visited was an American institution at Ghevelgi. It contains 1,400 patients, mostly typhus cases, many of them lying without blankets or mattresses. I saw one dead man lying among them. "Of 12 American nurses seven an sick with typhus. Of six American doctors three have typhus. "Typhus is bad in Belgrade, where I was nearly finished by an Austrian shell. The situation is worse at Nish. It Is also serious at Servian army headquarters. Hospitals are short of everything?drugs, surgical supplies, blankets, sheets. "I am assured that there are some districts which have been even more I ravaged by disease than those 1 vis? ited." GERMAN ESTIMATE ON WAR. Secretary of TroHsury Says I* Costs t375.noo.oiM? Week. Berlin. March 14.?By Wireless to Sayvllle.?The OVtf ?OAl News Agency says that Dr. Karl HellTerich. secre? tary of the imperial treasury, intro? ducing the budget on March 10. stat? ed that the cost ot the war for all of the belligerents was $375.000,000 a week. The coat to the British in the first eight months of the war was lit,! ".'?'"> ami to the French ami Russians probably $4,5?m>.<?'??>,noo. the fOtflJf says. The .secr.-tary quoted his British colleague. David Lloyd George, as saying that the war would be won with the last billion. B CAV A RE OF POTATORE Truck G rower* Are Warned Against Large Acreage. Washington. Marth 14.-Truck growers were warned today by the lefMurtnsonl <-i agriculture against planum ? large acreage of early i?o t.itoes. Attention Wai directed to re? ports that a much larger tuppl) nf Northern crown potatoes was in the hands of growers and dealers .Innuarv Lltlti thin the year previous and thai the pries now |g about n I poi tOot less than a year ago. INCOME TAX RETURNS. Comptroller General, With ( onx'iil of Governor, fittudi Tims Without Penalty. Columbia? March 13.?Comptroller General Carlton w. Sawyer, with the .consent of the governor, bus extended ithe time for making returns for the I State income tax until July t with? out penalty. This action was taken on the request of Chairman A. W. j Jones and the members of the State j tax commission. The order extending the time lor making income tax returns follows: State of South Carolina, Office of Comptroller General. Columbia, March IS, 1915. County Auditor.?Dear Sir: The State tax commission of the State of South Carolina has sent me the fol? lowing communication relative to the enforcement of the income tax law: "The time for making returns under the income tax law of this State ex? pired on the 20th of February last, and a vary large number of persons j liable to the payment of the tax omit? ted to make such returns within the time limited. "The neglect to make the returns In time may have been caused in part by an erroneous impression that the returns and payment of the income tax to the Federal government re? lieved these taxpayers from paying the income tax imposed by the laws of this State. "The failure to make returns with? in time have been so general and widespread that we think further op portunity should be allowed such per? sons to make these returns before the penalties provided by law arc Imposed upon them." In order, therefore, to save such persons who will now come forward and make the proper returns, I, Carl ton W. Sawyer, under, and by virtue of power conferred upon the Comp? troller General, with the approval of the governor, in section 767 of Vol? ume 1, Code of Laws of South Caro? lina, 1912, do hereby extend the time for the making of returns and assess? ment of income taxes without pen? alty until the first day of July, A. D. 1915. You will govern yourself according? ly. Carlton W. Sawyer, Comptroller General. Approved: Richard I. Manning, Governor. APPOINT* SPONSOR. Gem, C, v. Re)ed fcimoenooe Dctlgna-1 lion of MUei Qsrnto Mom Dan tiler 1 Orangeburg. Columbia, March 14.?C. A. Reed of Anderson, brigadier general, com? manding the Second brigade, South Carolina division, United Confederate Veterans, announces the appointment of the following, to attend both the State reunion in Columbia, April 2X and 29, and the general reunion In Richmond, June 1, 2 and 3: Sponsor, Miss Carrie Moss Dantzler. Orangeburg; maids of honor, Miss I^ouise A. Salley, Orungeburg, and Miss Mary tiuurles L4nk, Abbeville; matron of honor, Mrs. James It. V'an dlver, Anderson. TEACHERS IN SESSION. Regular Monthly Meeting Held at .Manning. Manning, March IS.?The regular monthly meeting of the Clarendon County Teachers' association, held in the court house here today, was prob? ably the last meeting to be held dur? ing the present school term, as the annual held day and county schoool fair, to be held on April 1??, will su? persede the association meeting for that month. At the meeting today several interesting papers were read and discussed to the edification of oil present. One paper, "The Coopera? tion of Teacher and Patron in the Work of the .School," by H. J. Bomar of Deep Creek school and Miss Cath eiine Murohlaon of Oakdale school, was well received, as was olso an able paper on "School Credits for Home Industrial Work." by Miss Beulen BdgC Of Trinity school. The elaborate programme that has been prepared for the approachinc Held day Wei taken up for discussion and several features explained. The ' approaching event will be the fourth annual whool field day for Clarendon : and it is expected tO measure tul ! |y up to the high standard that characterised each former occasion. The various schoola of the county are (entering with enthusiasm into prep? aration for the different academic and SthlettC contests for the victors in which suitable prizes will be offered. About the "Rod Itoselte." Curtain Will rise at I o'clock, so as to permit those who attend Friday night prayer meeting to also be at the y. m. C, a. benefit. A most cor I dial invitation to all. Popular price of BOc general ad ?I mission. Academy ??i Music, Murclt ! 19. i.oc;ti weather prophets tire prcdi >t ing .t large fruit crop ibis yeur. HELD IN CHARLESTON. Young Man Giving Name A. I). Manning is Detained. A young man. who registered at the Charleston Hotel mi Friday night an "A. D, Manning, Bumpter," was ar rested late last night by the police The prisoner asserted that he was a Ron of Oov. Manning and that he was a reporter for 'Die Columbia State. During the afternoon he Interviewed Mayor Grace, It is stated, about con? ditions in Charleston, He was at the union station when arrested. Policeman Duggan made the arrest on instructions he had re? ceived to watch for the young man. When searched at the station house two checks, drawn, and two others, not tilled out, were found on him. Per? sons who had cashed checks for the young stranger called at the station house and it was stated that formal charges would be entered this morn? ing. A member ol* the staff of the Co? lumbia State by long distance tele? phone declared that no person of the name given by the young man was employed there.?News and Courier. Mr. C. L. Cuttino has recently pur? chased a registered Aberdeen-Angus bull and will raise beef cattle on his Shady Bide farm. Dr. C. P. Osteen also has a registered Aberdeen-Angus bull, selected and purchased for him by the live stock department of Clem SOn College. A KUMTEN MAN'S EXPERIENCE. Results Tell tile Tab-?Can You Doubt the Evidence of This Sumtcr Citi? zen ? C. H. James, salesman. 304 Council St., Butnter, sa>s: "I was afllicted with backache and sharp pain* through my loins. I could not rest well. Mornings I was so lame that I could hardly dress. If I straighten? ed quickly after stooping, sharp pains shot through my back. The kidney se? cretions were unnatural, and tilled with sediment, and I didn't have much control over them. When a friend told me about Doan's Kidney Pills I gave them a trial, and they strengthened my kidneys. (State? ment given March JT, 1908.) On January 11, 1915. Mr. James said: 'i gladly confirm rny formej endorsement of Doan'fl Kid ney PI Hi ! iiwuf, recommend thorn to anyone] i hear complaining of kidney tt >u ok." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't j simply ask for a kidney remedy?get , Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Jame?* had. Poster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, x. v. 71 ?? Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer. Prompt Attention to Day or Night Call? AT J. D. Cralg Old Stand, N. Main Phones SnVtoi Next Monday Again? We will show s "Dollar Win? dow"?nothing over gi.oo. Ev? erything displayed a real bar? gain. (Many articles displayed actually cost u* over $1.00.) W. A. THOMPSON. Jeweler and Optician THE BAILEY-LEBBY COL RUBBER ROOF/NG CHARLESTON, S.C. J. Sumter Moore Cotton LONG STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY 1218 Washington Si. Phone 585 COLUMBIA, S. C. Would advise planting!* few seres from select Heed. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-IIarby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Goo. Epperson's Old %?? r.d Opp. Court House 44 1 ? is money) only when converted into dollars by useful) effort and; part of the money put\ in the Bank? TI We extend a welcome to"every man who works hard for his money .to come in and learn the many advant? ages behind a banking connection. II We want such men to make this Bank their Bank and you can easily do it if you will save just a little of what you earn. Don't be backward about coming in with a small begin? ning. $1.00 starts you. ''4 PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS' kWM^ ? ESTABLISHED 1859 ! The New Dress Goods For Spring Are In. You are extended a cordial invitation to in? spect them. If you have looked forward to Spring dress goods of unusual beauty and origi? nality for this season you will not be disappoint? ed. In weave, coloring and pattern the Spring fabrics in both wool and washables will prove more than satisfactory, appearing to mcch bet? ter advantage when made into garments. Owing to the change in styles worn, sliaht ly stifTer weaves and finishes are ad jpted in addition to the more staple fabrics of softer finish. Serges. Gabardines. Checks and Poplins are favorites in stulT goods. Voiles. Crepes and Organdies in plain and fancy weaves are the most popular. It is always a pleasure to show you. O'Donnell 6 Co. ?1* I?-I'-i?-I-^4?;--1-*!-^-5-4*^4-4?4?*4-*-f*^-^-I*4**???^.^.-i-.r