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SAYS MURDER CASE AT SPARTANBURG IS LIKE BEATTIE AFFAIR Solicitor Hill Discusses Alleged Drowning of Baby. in. Pond. Thinks Conviction of Pendleton Girl and Clement Easy. v Albert E. Hill of Spartanburg, solicitor of the Seventh judicial circuit, briefly outline the entire history of the Clement-Pendlcton murder case and frankly discussed the most recent developments in the affair, when seen by a News reporter at the Imperial hotel yesterday about noon. He nrrivpH in t.hp rit.v nnrlv vpstprrlnu morning and returned to Spartanburg in the afternoon. During the day Solicitor Hill conferred with C. M. Thompson, desk sergeant of the local police department, Mrs. W. M. Hodges of 205 Richardson street, and Miss Mary E. Bebout, matron of the Rescue Home. These are his most important witnesses in the alleged baby murder. "What about the report recently circulated at Spartanburg that men higher up are connected with the murder? Is it true," asked the reporter. "That report is absolutely too insignificant to cause any serious thought," replied the solicitor, "and so far as I have been able to learn there is absolutely nothing to it. i have never seriously considered the rumor, because I place no credit on such reports. Besides, that is not the question in the case just now. What fact we want to establish is, 'Did Clyde Cleipent and Flora Pendleton murder their little baby?'" Solicitor Hill said that was th?. best worked case he had ever been connected with. He highly commended Sergeant Thompson for the val uauie assistance ne rendered in the case. According to Solicitor Hill Sergeant Thompson is due probably as much or more credit than any othei person connected with the affair. "Sergeant Thompson's shrewd work in helping to connect the links of evidence which absolutely established the guilt of the defendants is to be admired. The people of Spartanburg county feel very grateful to Sergeant Thompson and Mrs. Hodges for their splendid Work." "Yes, I came over to your city to investigate the Spartanburg murder," ""said Solicitor Hill as he talked with the reporter in the parlor of the Imperial hotel. I have talked with Sergeant Thompson, Mrs. Hodges and Miss Bebout and have secured some valuable information. I have other important witnesses in Greenville and the testimony they arc to give will be of a sensational nature. I cannot divulge their names at this time, though. "I an? not really seeking any new evidence over here," said Mr. Hill in reply to a question asked by the reporter. "The State already has enough evidence to convict. I am here principally to put together what evidence I nave already secured. The witnesses whose names I have withheld have some important information in t.hp n;nv r\t . ?s ...w .?mm J MVVUUlCllVai/ CV1dence, and which will cause a sensation when disclosed to the public. "We have the case so thoroughly worked and prepared that we know the exact movements of Clyde Clen ent and Fleda Pendleton from the time the girl-,went to Mrs. Bynum's boarding house in Charlotte, December 5, 1913, until the arrest of the pair more than a month later. We even know the day Clyde Clement went to Charlotte, on what train and his every movement up to the day of his arrest. "What about certain testimony being withheld," asked the reporter as Solicitor Hill concluded his discussion of the search made for the defendants. "The testimony being withheld ;s of such a nature as to cause a sensation when it is divulged at the trial," he replied, "and a great surprise awaits the public when fh*.s case is called for hearing in Spartanburg the third ivppk r?f Ar??-il ~ _ ? ? "* 11>C |.'CU|IIC will be shocked to know that such conditions exist in this State. The case will, in my opinion, be the most sensational ever tried in South r*ai? lina, and when all facts are known t will be as sensational and horrifying as the Beattie affair in Virginia. Le sides being a sensational affair, the case will be an important one because of the moral lesson it will teach. "What do you think will he the outcome of the case," the reporter* asked. "I am not worrying about.the outcome. I have enough confidence in a Spartanburg county jury to know they will do their duty and what is right. Therefore, I have no fear but what they will render a correct verdict." Solicitor Hill showed the reporter a check for $25 on a Spartanburg bank which had been given him by M. Y. Caldwell to give the party or parties responsible for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of the little baby. He said the sheriff would assist him in deciding upon the proper person for the reward. The check will remain in the hands of the solicitor until the trial is concluded. Solicitor Hill said the citizens of Spartanburg were divided in their opinion as to who deserved the greatest credit for the arrest of Clyde Clement and Fleda Pendleton. said the general opinion seemed to be that the check should go eithor to Sergeant Thompson or Mrs. Hodge, -Greenville News. When run down with kidney trouble, backache, rheumatism or bladder weakness, turn quickly for help to Foley Kidney Pills. You cannot tako them into your system without having good results. Chas. N. Fox. Himrml. N. Y., says: "Foley Kidney Pills have done me more good than $150.00 worth of medicine." They give you good results. Sdld by all dealers N everywhere. SENATOR SMITH EXPLAINS (\ FULL TEXT OF COTTON BILL. Talks of Measure to Regulate Ex- ^ change?Position of Future*. South Carolina Expert Points to Peculiarity of Traffic in Cotton. Washington, March 28.?Senator ? Smith of South Carolina in bringing ? up his bill to regulate the sale of cot- f ton on the New York cotton exchange r today made a speech in which he out- J: lines just what the bill would do if enacted. The measure seeks to com- e pel the exchange to adopt the gov- J3 ernment's standardization, which ik " effect would result in the grade of " cotton contracted for delivered instead ^ of an inferior grade as at present. Senator Smith said: i * There is perhaps no community ? that is fraught with so much inter*. ? to the American people, and possi- " bly none as little understod and ap- n predated. The members of the sen- ? ate ought to know, as perhaps most " of them do know, that the balance of v trade of this country with foreign ? countries denends entirelv nnnn ti exportation of raw cotton. It has T, grown from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 hales in 18G0 to between 14,000,000 s and 16,000,000 bales in the last de- F cade. 11 "The practice of selling cotton and P the method by which it is sold is peculiar. Possibly it is the only con. j1 modity that is sold under the peculiar J! methods which characterize the sale J of cotton. The method has become : so thoroughly established that we arc? absolutely dependent upon the ex- ? changes for the fixing of the price of our cotton. That is the reason for c' the introduction of this bill, and it is P our hope to regulate this method. ? "I have heard discussions here on P the floor as to the regulation of in- Sl terstate traffic, as to the regulation 'l of commerce, but none of these form^ '! of organization and corporations have ' taken from the people the profits that P the people as producers were en- H titled to. Common carriers and manufacturers may have and doubtless ? do charge exorbitant prices for ser- 1 vices rendered, but the cotton ex- n changes really take from the producers the profits to which the pro- n ducers are entitled. "In 1870 the New York cotton exchange was organized under the laws I1 of the State of New York. On the ( New York exchange from January 1 future contracts were 101,663 bales, and the spot sales were 673,563 bales. 1 In 1870, the New York cotton ex- y change had future sales amounting to T 591,556 bales and the spot sales were ?1 n aih kou? ? ? i? e uuico. v?jit jrcai inier, wneii ? they had fully organized and got the idea of the future contracts, the sales ^ of futures were 3,000,000 bales and the spot sales were 733,905 bale:* Since that time the spot sales have dropped to a negligible quantity. No statistics have been kept accurately, but it is alleged that the sale of spot cotton during the last year was some- P thing over 200,00Q bales, while for the last few years the sales of fu- , tures have amounted to from 300,- . 000,000 to 400,000,000 bales." J Senator Smith called the attention of the senate to the fact that cotton is divided into certain grades on ac- *j count of color, foreign matter and . strength of fibre. The practice of "fixed differences" is a comparatively recent practice. "So long as the exchanges are ai lowed to sell one thing and deliver y another, at a difference in price fixed by the seller," said Senator Smith, ^ "the man who enters that market is at the mercy of the man who owns the machine and runs the system." Senator Smith called attention to an r article in the New York Commercial which, he said, characterized the practices on the New York cotton exchange as a "bunco game" and stated s: mat iney Dlackjaded any man who e dared to go there to demand the delivery of cotton. tl CALOMEL A GREAT DANGER TO MANY. 0 c Has Bad Effect on Some?Dodson'a jj Liver Tone Takes Its Place and a is Perfectly Harmless. If you will inquire at The Rice Drug Co. you will find that Dodson's b Liver Tone is guaranteed to be a p safe, reliable remedy to take the v place of calomel and a harmless livei y stimulant having no bad after-effects. s Indeed, any of these firms will re- e fund purchase price (50c.) without v nijest.inn if mn om ? >" ?? JJ- " _t u.v III any w uy U s- " satisfied with thi3 vegetable liquid. It is very unwise to take calomet\ f even dangerous, as many people suf- 1 fer from the poison afterwards, even though they may appear at first to be temporarily relieved. On the other hand, Dodson's Liver Tone works b easily and naturally (really assisting c nature) with no pain nor gripe and 3 correcting all bilious conditions and 3 ills of constipation, clearing away the u sick headache and the coated tongue, brightening up the dulled brain and 1 strengthening the weakened body at the same time that it removes collected waste from the overburdened system. " Those you who have tried Dodson's y Liver Tone have found that it made a them healthier and happier. A test a mav prove of great benefit to you " right now. t J. P. Kinard Heads Anderson. t: t! Anderson, March 24.?James P. p Kinard, professor of English at the c Citadel, Charleston, was unanimous- s ly elected president of Anderson col- 1< lege. He has accepted the position t and will come to Anderson soon after v the Citadel closes its present session, a Dr. Kinard, a native of Newberry, h is a graduate of the Citadel and of Johns HoDkins unlveraitv J- T one of the most prominent and best il known educators in the State. h Dr. Kinard will come to Anderson u in the next week or te ndays to con- I fer with the local trustees and plan his campaign to be waged this sum- a mer for students and to prepare the o catalogue for the college. i< ETERAN POLICEMAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN SPARTANBURG. 'ause of Deed Laid to General Physical Disorders?He Was One of City's Oldest Citizens and Had Served as Policeman for 25 Years. (Thursday's Spartanburg Journal). J. F. Jackson, one of Spartanburg's ldest citizens and for twenty-five ears a member of the city police orce, committed suicide this afterioon at 1:10 o'clock at his home, orner Wofford and Hunt streets. A 8-calibre pistol was used, the bullet ntered the body just above the heart, -enetrating a large artery. Death fol>wed within thirty minutes, with lembers of the family at his side, mother bullet went wild. General physical disorders is atributed as the cause of the self-He truction. Frequently of late Mr. ackson has shown some symptoms of is mind weakening and during last ight he suffered greatly. He ate cantily of his dinner today, refusing a eat his soup, which he is usually ery fond of. It was but a few secnds after leaving the dinner table hat he fired the fatal shot. Mr. Jackson was 62 years of age. le was born in the North Pacolet ection, near Campobello, and the reater part of his life has been spent l Spartanburg. He served first as a olice officer under the administraion of Mayor Henneman. For the ve terms of ex-Mayor A. B. Calvert e was one of the most active men o? he force. His services were retained hrough the first Floyd administraion and when J. B. Lee assumed the ffice of mayor he was continued in he service, although his physical ondition was beginning to show imairment. Under Mr. Lee's term oi ffice Mr. Jackson was known as a lainclothes officer. During the Johnon administration the deceased acted s turnkey and did such other work s did not require great physical enurance. On account of his age, cou led with his inability to otherwise ualify, he could not be retained on he police force under the restrictions f the civil service rules, which beame effective with the present adlinistration. The deceased was a very popular lan. He enjoyed the friend?hir? nf lany. He was always identified rith the progress of the city and at o time during his feebleness had he >st his faith in Spartanburg. Mr. Jackson is survived by his rife, who, before her marriage, was liss Amie Hennant. He is surived by one son, Grover Jackson, his city, and four daughters, Mrs. ,illie McSwain, Mrs. Margaret Hatchtt and Misses Carrie and Katie ackson. Mr. Jackson was a member of tethel church. The funeral services will be anounced later. Mrs. Jackson, widow of J. F. Jackon, said this afternoon that her husand had not been well for some time ast and that during the past montn e frequently showed symptoms oft lind weakening. She said that on ist Sunday Mr. Jackson took his pis ol from its accustomed place in his oom hnd then went for a long walk ut on the interurban road, which asses near their home. She said she id not feel any uneasiness about this, owever, and though they constantly ttended him she never felt that he rould attempt to take his life. Mrs. Jackson said her husband had erved about six months in the civil rar. That when he ran away and nlisted he was 16 years old. Mr. and irs. Jackson were married in 1877. DISTRESSED SPIRITS. jveryone Has It Within His Power to Be Happy. A celebrated French physician has aid that "a man's liver is the baromter of his disposition." Every man and every woman knows hat the cheerful smile is a big facor in one's success. Everyone should know that the disrdered liver is cause of ninety per ent of human ills. Lazy overworked vers are the prime causes of heao ches, indigestion, constipation and ozens of other ills. But the inactive liver always warns y coated tongue, sour stomach, dull ye and even laziness. Heed your earning and you insure happiness to ourself and reflect it upon your asociates. Calomel used to do. Mod-1 rn day science has found a better my in CARSWELL'S LIVER-AID rhich is a pure vegetable remedy on ale under guarantee or money reund at HO cents for large bottle. Ask 'he Rice Drug Co. about it. No" Message From People of 1823. Yorkville, March 28.?The contracts who are tearing down the old ourt house got down to the corner tone this week, but found no mesage from the people of 1823 who put p the original building. HE REASON FEWER PEOPLE TAKE "SALTS.* We find the use of salts and other arsh physics is becoming less every ear because more and more people re using Rexall Orderlies, which we nd they firmly believe to be the est bowel remedy ever made. They aste so much like candy that even he children like them. At the same ime they act so easily and naturally hat there is no purging, griping or ain. They promptly remove the onstipation and, by soothing and trengthening the bowels, make it ass liable to occur again. We have he utmost faith in them. We know ?hat they are made of and the pleasnf honefl/>ial rnanWa !> * , ?vuu>vo uiov Always jlui>w their use. You needn't take our word for it. f Rexall Orderlies don't help you? r they don't entirely relieve all your owel troubles?come back and tell s and we'll give back your money, n vest pocket tin boxes; 10c, 26c, 50c. You can buy Rexall Orderlies only t The Rexall Stores, and in this town nly of us.?The Rice Drug Co., Un>n, S. C. - ^ j| - . ' For ? Three Beaui In one of the Most These stores and a depth of For further ii Whitaker Box 321 I PROPOSED TO GIRL IN JAIL. Savannah Man Climbs Tree and Woos Fair Prisoner. Savannah, March 29.?While score., of persons watched him, Frank M. Register, of this city, today climbed a tree directly in the rear of the jau here, proposed marriafte to Miss Zetta Metlock, a young girl confined in the jail, and was accepted. There are no charges against the girl ,who is being held until she can be restored to her parents. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars ( for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Familv Pills for ron. stipation. S. R. LYBRAND J- F. CHEEK FOR Fresh Meats Country Produce Staple Groceries Tn Ar 1 IV I Our New Market WE DELIVER PROMPTLY Phone 116 Lybrand & Cheek 41 West Main Street UNION, S. C. "?, J. . ^ 'X" j, I g ialfa BJ IJ I 111 ( * tra *rimm sale or 1 tiful Two-Story Progressive, Up-to-date ( each have a fro about 90 feet. nformation, call c Van Buren WHENEVER IN I A GENERALTO The Old Standard Grove's ' Valuable as a General Toni Drives Out Malaria, Enric the Whole System. For < You know what you are taking whet as the formula is printed on every lab< tonic properties of QUININE and IR( tonic and is in Tasteless Form. It ha Weakness, general debility and loss o Mothers and Pale, Sickly Children. Relieves nervous depression and low < purines tne blood. A True Tonic and ? Nc family should be without it. Guara Hastings' Prolific Corn Yielded 214 Bushels on I Acre If you aro going to plant corn thi spring, either to All your own crib o to enter the corn club contests, tin corn to plant, is Hastings' Prolific. Official United States govern ment records show this corn liai yielded more per acre than any othe corn planted in the South. Hastings Prolific won the Georgia record witl 214 bushels to one acre; the Missis sippi rocord with 225 bushels; the Ar kansas record with 172 2-3; the Flor Ida record, 129 1-4. Hastings' Prolifli has won five-sixths of the corn clul prizes in Georgia. It has woi high yield per acre records in ever; Southern state, three years out o four. This corn produces a grain and for age of the finest quality. It is tb corn that it will pay you best to plan year in and year out. Prices: Packet, 10 cents; 1-2 pint 20 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 5< cents, postpaid. Peck, not prepaid $1; bushel, $3.50. Order today. Writ at once for our big free catalogue It Is full of valuable agricultural in rormatlon and Is a>good book to h&vi on the farm. H. Q. HASTINGS 4 CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Advt, Drummer on 'Cycles. Armour & Co. has introduced a innovation in this section of the cour try by sending out their travelin salesmen on motorcycles. Represer tatives of the company are goin from town to town in this part o the State on their own machines, an it is said that they have been abl so far to make much better connet tions than the railways aflford.Greenville News. * Washington, March 30.?Presider Wilson today promised Miss Matti <R. Tyler, granddaughter of Presider Tyler, that he would investigate he plea to be retained as post..wstres at Courtland, Va., before permittin her to be removed from tne servic * . '? 2 J i L I * '"Wl'.M^lLta* radft Brick Stores Cities in the Carolinas ntage of 24 feet >n or write, Realty Go. Union, S. C. ' 1 ieD MIC - TAKE GROVE'S rastelcss chili Tonic is Equally c because it Acts on the Liver, :hes the Blood and Builds up 3rown People and Children* i you take Grove'* Tasteless chill Tonic el showing that it contains the well known )N, It is as strong as the strongest bitter ,s no equal for Malaria, Chills and Fever, f appetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursing Removes Biliousness without purging, spirits. Arouses the liver to action and >ure Appetizer. A Complete Strengthener. nteed by your Druggist. We mean it. 50c. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. State of South Carolina, County of Union, Court of Common Pleas. 3 E. V. Going, Plaintiff, r against a Belle Smith, Lawrence Smith, Jasper Smith, David Smith, Robert Smith, Bonnie Smith, Christianna Smith, s Cornelia Smith, Edward Smith, r Felian Gallman and Ophelia Gall/ man, Defendants, i To the defendants above named: i. You are hereby summoned and re - quired to Answer the Complaint in - this Action, of which a Copy is herec with served upon you, and to serve a a copy of your answer to said Coma plaint on the Subscribers at their V offices, Rooms Number Four and Five, f Merchants & Planters National Bank Building, Union, S. C., within twen'* ty days after the service hereof, ex- * B elusive of the day of such service; t and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this Action will apply to & the Court for the relief demanded in ' the Complaint. 0 To Jasper Smith, Edward Smith Anfl DflVlH Smith nAn-rnoi/lnnf? rT?b-^ l" Notice, That the complaint in this ? action, together with the summon., and notice of which the foregoing is a copy was due filed with the ClerK of the Court for Union County on the first day of December A. D. 1913 n and the same can be found in the ofi fice of the said Clerk of this Court in f? Union, S. C. i- I. FRANK PEAKE (Seal) f? Clerk of Court, f YOUNG & BEATY, d Plaintiff's Attorneys, e Date, 21 day of March A. D. 1914. 13-6t. _ Greensboro, N. C., March 30.? Thieves who entered the Careland it tailoring establishment last night, le stealing more than $500 worth of new it spring suits, have escaped. The robsr hers entered the shop, which is lois cated on one of the principal thorg oughfares of the city, by smashing a e. window. .