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HORACE H. LURTON DIES AT AGE OF 70 Associate Justice Was One of Morgan's Brave Troopers?Was Native of Kentucky?Appointed to the Supreme Court by President Taft, Jan. 3, 1910. Atlantic City, N. J., July 12?Associate Justice Horace Harmon Lurton, of the United States Supreme court, died suddenly at a hotel here today, from heart failure superinduced by cardiac asthma. He was 70 years old. The Justice, who came here Jul> 1st, was in his usual health before retiring last night and had taken his customary evening outing on the board walk. Shortly after midnight he complained of feeling ill and although his physician, Dr. Ruffin, who arrived yesterday from Washington, was summoned immediately, Justice Lurton died at 5 o'clock. His wife and son, Horace H. Lurton, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn, were at the bedside. Mrs. Horace Van Deventer, a daughter, and her husband arrived here tonight from Knoxville, Tenn. Other members of the family are expected tomorrow. The body will be taken to Clarksville, Tenn., for interment, the funeral party leaving here at 2 o'clock tomorrow. It was at that city that Justice Lurton began the practice of law and lived for twenty years. Funeral services will be held there Wednesday. Chief Justice White and several Associate Justices of the supreme court, as well as many friends from different parts of the country, are expected to be present. A Proud Record. Washington, July 12.?News of the death of Associate Justice Horace H. Lurton of the supreme court, at Atlantic City today, was received with profound sorrow by friends and associates in Washington. The knowledge had been general for months, however, that the justice was a very ill man and that death might be expected a. any time. For a year or more Justice Lurton's condition has been serious, but he insisted in performing his duties until last December, when he was compelled to go to Florida. At that time it was reported he would' resign, but after fighting for health in the south until April he resumed his place on the bench to take an active part in one of the busiest sessions in the court's history. The court adjourned June 22 for the summer, and ten days ago Justice Lurton went to Atlantic City with his family, hoping to gain strength in the salt air. Native of Kentucky. Born at Newport, Campbell county, Kentucky, Justice Lurton was attending the county schools when the war between the States began. Though only 17 years old he enlisted in the Confederate army and became a trooper under Gen. Morgan. Three years later he was captured and imprisoned. A personal appeal by his mother to President Lincoln brought about his release on parole* and vfhen the war closed he was studying law at Cumberland University. He graduated in 1867 and began practicing law in Tennessee. After serving four years as a Tennessee division chancellor Judge Lurton returned to the practice of law in 1878 and eight years later was elected a Judge of the Tennessee Supreme court, of which he became Chief Justice in 1893. The same year President Cleveland appointed him Judge of the 6th judicial circuit of the United States. As a Federal jurist, Judge Lurton was closely associated with former President Taft, then a Circuit Judge, and when the vacancy on the supreme court appeared in 1910 President Taft appointed him to the post. He took office January 3, 1910, being the fourth Confederate soldier to become a member of the country's highest court. Those Bad, Bold Men. "Governor Blease again denounces the new primary rules, declaring that a "dirtier piece of theiving wa% never concocted by "Portland Ned" or any of his associates.'"?From the governor's speech at Barnwell. Let's see. The delegates to the State convention from Barnwell county were Col. W. R. Darlington and Mr. S. Chavous, of Allendale, Dr. R. C. Kirkland and Major P. J. Drew, of Barnwell, Capt. J. W. Jenny, of Jenny, Major J. Anselm Meyer, of Meyer's Mill, Dr. W. C. Smith, of Williston, and Capt. H. C. Mathis of Blackville. Does any sane man think for nn? mom?nt. that a ainorlo Ann nf thoan gentlemen would stoop to a "dirty piece of thieving* 'or even be a party thereto? Isn't their standing in their respective communities sufficient to convince their neighbors that this is only another instance of truth-distorting on the part of the chief executive? But now long, O "Lord, must we tamely submit to the villifying of men' whose walks in life should be an inspiration, whose conduct (both public and private,! the governor would do well to emulate?Barnwell People. A Pessimistic Opinion. "The good die young." "Perhaps it is just as well. They'd starve to death later."?Exchange. SAYS LAWYER USED HYPNOTIC POWER . ] Mrs. Nelms Talks About the Loss of Her Daughters?Police Officers Puzzled?Time and Investigation Deepen Mystery. Atlanta, July 12.?Time and investigation apparently are deepening the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Miss Beatrice Nelms and her sister, Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis, members of a wealthy Atlanta family. Attention first was called to the strange case by a telegram from the Atlanta chief of police to the chief of police of San Francisco. This message requested the Californian to notify Marshall Nelms that his mother in Atlanta had received a letter from her daughter, Eloise Dennie, stating that she had killed her sister, Beatrice, in New Orleans, and intended killing her brother. The letter was postmarked San Francisco July 3. Nelms is on his way to Atlanta. No trace of either young woman has been found since that time. The police of five widely scattered cities are at much at sea tonight as when they first began to investigate the mystery. A maze of clews evolved indicate that the principals may have met foul play. Nelms, before leaving San Francisco for Atlanta, July 10, showed a telegram he received July 8, signed "Mamma," which read: "Look out for Eloise. She has killed B." Search of San Francisco and Oak- j land failed to locate Mrs. Dennis. ( Signature of Letter. f According to Mrs. Nelms, the letter t conveying the alleged th'-eat against j her son's life was signed in the hand- j writing of Mrs. Dennis, who, she said, ? left her June 10 for San Antonio, ( Tex., and was joined at New Orleans ! -Tune 13 bv Beatrice. On June 13 j Mrs. Dennis cashed a draft for $1.- ? 450 at a New Orleans bank, supposedly to close up Mexican investments. A telegram from New Orleans June i 14 said the sisters were leaving for Houston, on their way to San Antonio, i A week later Mrs. Nelms received a l telegram from Houston signed "E and B." saying the sisters planned to stay ( there a few days longer. The last s word from both was dated New Orleans, June 28, and said, "Going far- i ther west." < After the aid of police in New Orleans, San Francisco, and San An- 1 tonio h?H hppn nollorl lr, iroir. ^1 Nelms called for assistance from Victor E. Innes, formerly United States attorney of Nevada, who was located in Portland, Ore. Further Complication. The case was complicated still further when Mrs. Nelms declared Mrs. Dennis had been engaged to Mr. Innes. Innes denied the engagement. , He said he had acted as attorney for Mrs. Dennis when she obtained a divorce at Reno, fourteen months ago. Other startling statements, made by Mrs. Nelms, were that Innes wielded a hypnotic influence over Mrs. Dennis and that he had promised to turn over to Beatrice Nelms deeds for Mexican property he was supposed to have purchased for her. It was to get these papers, Mrs. Nelms asserted > that Beatrice Nelms went to Houston. ( Another statement, later, denied by , Innes, was that he had been in Atlan- , ta early in June. When located in Portland, Innes declared Mrs. Dennis had told him she made several attempts to kill herself and that she had planned to kill her sister. He denied emphatically the statements of Mrs. Nelms ar.d said he never had represented Mrs. Dc-nnis in any Mexican investments. The latest clew which apparently has only added to the confusion was the tracing of an express package, sent to Beatrice Nelms in care of a Mrs. Margaret Mindes, of San Anf AniA Mro * ? Tiff W??v< M*to. AUinucOf actuium^ IU iUI'S. Nelms, came to Atlanta early in June, saying she was En aunt of Innes. She is said to have had connection with certain investments of Mrs. Dennis. The Old Grouches. Some people don't seem to realize that being alive is a privilege and not a punishment. A Pleasant Affair. Mrs. D. S. Pope entertained a party Wednesday evening principally deaf mutes?Columbians and visitors? ' upon the occasion of the visit of Mrs! ' Herbert Smoak of Union. A clever game, "advertising," was enjoyed by the quests ;the prize, a copy of "Penrodf being won by Mr. Clarkson. Cakes and cream were served /vnd I funny "pop" caps were distributed ( and humorously worn. Though there was scarcely the sound of a voice, there was a great deal of merry talk. Those present were: Mrs. Herbert Smoak, Miss Mamie Duncan, Miss Minnie Br6oks, Miss Clarkson and her guest; Messrs. Hartin, Clarkson, Cave, Smoak, William Goss, Gaston, Darby and William Lyles.?The State. EXPERIENCE Count [FOR ( Regular $5, $6, $7 Panta j Tailor Made For $3.50 I S. M. McKlssick Merchant Tailor - - Union, S. C. NEGROES IN CIVIL SERVICE Not to Be Ousted by Sending Nigger Haters to Congress. (From the Greenville News) This thing of yelling "nigger, nigger, nigger" in a political campaign jften brings men to absurd conclus- . ions, and to conclusions which in the ight of reason and facts are not tenlble even for a few minutes. Take, for instance, the cry against negroes serving in Government positions, and the prostestations of this or that canlidate of what he would do if elected. Now every informed man knows that the negroes who fill the government positions in this part of the country fill them by virtue of appointments ivon through means of the civil service. They have stood examinations md having made higher grades than >ther competitors have secured the positions. A man who hates the ne?ro with all venomous hatred which unenlightened prejudice might givi rise to, could go to the United States ?enate, or to any other office and after getting there would find himself powerless to oust the negroes who serve under the rules of civil service. He could rear and rant, but he wouldn't change things by such moth>ds. Do you imagine that Ben Tillnan, .fefT Davis and James K. Vardanan would leave the negroes in office f they could avoid doing so? Along this line the Anderson In:elligencer has something to say. The eference is to the three men named ibove, and here's the remark: "If these three have been unable :o oust the negro from holding Federal positions on account of the civil service red tape, there is but one ,hing left for us to do, and that is to iass Senator E. D. Smith's bill to repeal the fourteenth and fiftenth imendments and take away all rights )f citizenship from the negro. Filling ip Congress with negro haters will lever oust the negro under the civil service code of today." S However, the suffragette will never nsist on the privilege of being bald. Thinking over our own faults ^1 nakes us talk less about other peo- 01 5le's- .v? When a little man stands on his * lignity he feels as tall as a twostory house. tli The man who thinks that he knows jc t all never tires of trying to put j >thers wise. However, poverty may keep a man c< 'rom making a fool of himself. to - w \n ounce of prevention is worth a tl jound of care. Have your car looked . >ver before taking that summer aleasure trip and thus insure your sleasure. s' W. NEWELL SMITH p AUTO COMPANY UNION, S. C. h Phone 189-146. b' a It Makes a Great Difference S which undertaker you call into your hone?<h?; careless F and haphazard or the capa- b ble and proficient. b We have not only had a years of experience, ?but have ** coupled witn it years of actual study. BAILEY UNDERTAKING CO. J Undertakers ! 1 I ? Main Street at Railroad Crossing. 8 Phone 106. 3 JNO. K. HAMBLIN |B LAWYER d c: Rooms Nos. 14-15?Foster Building Jj Office upstairs, Opposite Hotel Union o Union. South Carolina If I T ] T^H BHL 1 v N si FULY monument orders are certain II >f erection this season?orders placed w with us are certain of being filled al with the finest quality granite or al narble, designed beautifully and of fi he first order of workmanship. a; This establishment earnestly re- t< juests an opportunity to submit its ui iampies ana prices to prospective ir jurchasers and it invites inspection s< >f its many examples of work here- di ibouts. A card or phone call will ?ring a courteous, prompt response. BAI LEY I UNDERTAKING CO. t. I Colds 11 j/ ( should be "nipped in the * X bud", for if allowed to run 1? 1 unchecked, serious results II may follow. Numerous Al cases of consumption, pneu- M monia, and other fatal dis- I eases, can be traced back to I a cold. At the first sign of a I cold, protect yourself by I thoroughly cleansing your I system with a few doses of I THEDFORD'S I BLACKDRAUGHT the old reliable, vegetable I liver powder. | Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o? I Madison Heights, Va., says: I "I have been using Thed- I Sford's Black-Draught for JU stomach troubles, indiges-f/1 tion. and colds, and find ittolAA be the very best medicine ever used. It makes an oldfjA 1X1 man feel like a young one." Insist on Thedford's, thejfDl fj original and genuine. E-67lrlj TEEL "BACKBONE" FOR CRUSHED SPIN Binghampton, N. Y., July 12.?i le result of a remarkable surgic aeration, Frank Harrington, i aars old, of Vestal, near here, w jreafter be known as the man wi ie steel backbone. A steel tub linted to make it as nearly as po ble like the vertebrae of a spin >lumn, has been used by surgeo i replace 20 of the vertebrae \vhi< ere crushed by a fall from a sea ild. Surgeons at first did not believe I ould be able to survive the ac< ?nt, but five weeks ago he was tak< ? the hospital. Drs. C. S. Wilso T. H. Wilson and R. O. Crozier, fins aeciaea upon me remarKaDle ope tion. As a preliminary the surgeons r oved the pieces of crushed bon len took a careful measurement < le part of the spine removed. Th< len ordered a steel tube about 3 fe ?ng, shaped like the spine, and wi ith flexible joints to correspond wi le vertebrae. This was inserted, e erne care being taken that eve: erve branching from the spinal co hould be in its proper place. Harrington was placed then in laster cast. He has improved tuch that he is now able to mo is legs in the bed, and the surgeo elieve that he will recover and ble to walk as well as ever. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars I rard for any case of Catarrh th annot be cured by Hall's Catar ure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have knoi J. Cheney for the last 15 years, a elieve him perfectly honorable in usin'ess transactions and financia ble to carry out any obligatio lade by his firm. National Bank of Commerce. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken int? ally, acting directlv upon the bio nd mucous surfaces of the syste 'estimonials sent free. Price ents per bottle. Sold by all Dru ists. Take Hall's Family Pills for cc tipation. _ I)r. AUG. B. Knowlton Dead. Columbia, July 12.?Dr. August !. Knowlton, noted surgeon and for er of the Knowlton Hospital in tl ity died at 10:30 o'clock this moi ig at his residence, after a protract lness. Dr. Knowlton was 46 yea f age. He was born in Orangebu Dunty, near Fort Motte. ivigoratlng to the Pale and Sick he Old Standard general strengthening ton ROVK'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives t [alar ia.enriches the blood, and builds no the s< m. A true tonic. For adults anil children. ! Wardlaw Smith to Wed. Carets have been received in Colui ia to the wedding of Miss Julia S lerland Barrow, daughter of Mi [erbert Milow Barrow, and Lev, fardlaw Smith of Spartanbui hich is to take place at Montrei '. C., Wednesday, July 22, at hij Don. Mr. Smith, who is the son of M nd Mrs. Au?- W. Smith of Sparta urg, was graduated from the Univt ty of South Carolina in the class 909. During his college career 'as one of the most prominent m t Carolina?a social leader and i ll-round athlete. To his mai riends in Columbia the news of 1 pproaching marriage is of much I irest. Miss Barrow is a recent gra ate of Converse college, of whi istitution she was one of the repr jntative students during her stude ays.?Sunday State. Many a man is so impolite that 'on't bow to the inevitable. The world may be growing wis< ut we still have a lot to learn. 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