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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
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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'
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? 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.
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