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VOL. 19. No. 28.
MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1913.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
ALL OYEK THE i OUXTRY.
Short lunm (if Interesting Xws
Uatlicmt From Dirfcrrnt Section
of ll l.aiid.
. The President hag appointed Pres
ton McGoodwin. an Oklahoma edi
tor, minister to Venezuela.
Five trainmen and an unknow
ing ro were killed Wednesday five
milts north of Marietta, ua., wnen
a southbound Louisville & Nashville
freight train fell through a culvert
bridge. The bridge was weakened
by rains.
Robt. C. Ogden of New York, a
jihilanthroplst widely known in con
nection with the Southern educa
tional Board, died Wednesday at his
summer home at Kennebunk Port.
.Maine. Mr. Ogden was a native ot
Philadelphia and amassed a fortun
in the mercantile business with
John Wuninaker.
A motor car loaded with youns
people from Smithfield, Va., went
through a drawbridge over a deep
stream five miles from Suffolk,
Va., and Miss Dorothy Ward and
Taylor Nelms, two members of the
party, were drowned. The chaffeur
saw the red lights for the opeu
bridge but too late to stop the
machine.
A dispatch from' Osyka, Miss.,
says that town was terribly shaken
Wednesday when Sid Taylor, a ne
gio, thrsw a lighted cigarette Into
160 pounds of dynamite stored at
the residence of J. O. Williams.
The negro was blown to atoms and
nearby houses damaged but no other
person was seriously Injured.
The State Department Is advised
of the release of Biesel. McDonald
and Herre.ll, the Americans who had
been held in Chihuahua, Mex., l th
en since July 16, and that settle
ment is to be made for an autonio
lile taken from them. The Amer
icans were charged with violating
the law in taking bullion out of
Mexico.
That the farmers of the United
States may profit by the experience
tf farmers of Europe, Secretary
Houston of the Department of Ag
riculture haa decided to send abroad
Dr. Thomas X. Carver, head of the
rural organization service, and Brad
ford Knnpp, who is In charge of the
farmer's co - operative demonstra
tion work in the South. The study
of co-operative schemes will be the
principal object of their trip.
Judge Geo. V. Hayes was last
week Inaugurated Governor of Ar
kansas. Hayes is the fifth Governor
to hold of rite .In Arkansas since
January 13th last. On that date
George W. Donagheya term expired
and he was succeeded by John T.
Robinson, who a few weeks later re
signed to qualify as United StateB
Senator. There was a contestt be
tween two State Senators as to who
Bhould be acting Uovernor until a
' rpeclal election was held. The
Senator who took charge, O. K.
Oldham, was later ousted by a court
order In favor of Senator Futrell.
Meanwhile Hayes was elected at a
epeclal election and succeeds Futrell.
Twenty-two coal miners perfshed
in a five In a mine near Glasgow.
.Scotland. Only one man in the mine
escaped alive.
Speaking on the tariff bill. Sena
tor Myers of Montana, in a lengthy
analysis of the wool schedule, de
clined that the people of his part
of the West favored free raw wool
and that a century of protection
had failed utterly to aid the wool
Indusrty of this country.
According to the figures Just com
piled by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. Department of
Commerce, 40 million dollars" worth
of automobiles and parts thereof
were sent out of Continental United
States In the fiscal year 1913.
against about one million dollars'
worth in 1903, a decade earlier.
Infantile paralysis has been a
puzzle to the doctors, but Dr. E.
'.V. Saunders, a specialists, talking
to the St. Louis Medical Society,
claimed he had proved Infantile pa
ralysis to be a fly-borne disease,
originating with chickens and trans
mitted to other anlmalB and he be
lieves, to children, in the larvae of
flies. He gave a demonstration of
his theory.
That tuberculosa In esrly stages
can be cured by manipulation along
certain porlions of the spinal column
was the claim made by Dr. W. B.
Meaehnm of Asheville. N. C, before
the 17th annual convention of the
Aiii"rlcan Os'eopathI Association, In
fesfcion at Klrksvllle, Mo. Dr.
John D. Bason of Chicago said ex
periments on lower animals h:ive
substantiated the statements cf Dr.
.Meacham.
Without interrupting his sermon,
Rev. Mr. Dyke, who was conducting
a meeting at Sunshine, Tenn..
killed a snake that had Intruded
upon the service. .Mr Iiykes ob
served the reptile, which was two
mid a half feet long, comliu down
the aisle. He went to meet the
snake and placed his heel upon Us
head lid but few In t;ie ctiieifi
tion knew a snake hod invaded the
church until service was over.
At Chatttanooga, Tenn., C. J. Her
bert, promoter of the Great South
ern Agency Company, and eight di
rectors of the company were held
liable by the court for approximate
ly $480,000. said to have been se
cured fraudulently by the sale of
stock 'it the concern. Among Hie
directors are A. V. Wills 'or io
j ears postmaster at Memphis. Tenn.:
Dr. Haggard, who occupied the chair
of surgery at Vanderbilt University,
and other prominent citizens.
Recently the Treasury Depart
ment offered to divide the Confed
erate money it has had on hand
since the war between the States
among the public libraries of the
country. North Carolina Institu
tions that have received some of
the money are the public library and
the State Normal and Industrial
College, public library and Salem
Vcademy College Winston Salem;
Davidson college; public, Olivia Rat-
t.ey library and Meredith College,
Kalelgh.
Justice James V. Gerad of New
York, recently named as ambassa
dor to Germany, has looked all
over Berlin and can't find suitable
quarters that is suitable quarters
at a price he can afford. As a re
sult he has drawn a bill to be. pre
sented to Congress which would
provide for the compulsory registra
tion of and an annual tax of $10
on all Americans living abroad under
penalty of loss of citizenship, the
funds collected to be used to pro
vide embassy quarters.
Physical valuation of the railroads
of the United States by the Inter
State Commerce Commission will
take from five to seven years by a
specially organized corps of men
and will cost the government from
$10,000,000 to $15,000,000 or more
according to the House Appropria
tions committee. The Commission
has asked for an immediate appro
priation of $1,500,000 for the orga
nization of the corps of engineers
to undertake the work.
Because they were refused a hot
supper at a hotel at Lockhart, S.
C, after regular meal hours, R. L.
Henderson, a weaver, and W". B.
Scott started something. They
knocked down Mrs. I,ula Adams,
proprietor of the hotel, and beat
Sam Broom when he Interferred.
Reinforcements came but Scott and
Henderson held them at bay with
drawn weapons and escaped. They
were pursued by a posse of 40 and
Henderson was killed by R. L. Gib
son, a special officer.
The Bible story of Xoah and the
flood Is confirmed In many details
by hieroglyphics written 4,000 years
ago, maybe more, by a historian who
lived In ancient Babylon, according
to announcement made by the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The writing
on a tablet an epic of grejit length
purporting to reach back to the
Creation, has been deciphered at
the museum of the unlverrslty by
Dr. Arno Poebel, the announcement
says. The tablet, said to be the
oldest ever rescued from oblivion,
was dug up in Nippur several years
ago by a museum expedition.
Serious Culling Affray at Cornelius.
Statesville Landmark.
There was "war to the knife and
the knife to the hilt" at the Con
federate veterans' reunion at Mt.
Zlon church, Cornelius, Thursday.
In a sort of free-for-all fight
Chaa. G. Anderson, 18 years old, of
Knochville, Rowan county, received a
severe knife wound and was brought
to the Sanatorium for treatment.
Anderson said he was attacked by
eight men. A knife wound under
his left shoulder blade extended
downward and around under the rib
a distance of 12 1-2 inches and was
cut through to the kidneys. Mr.
Wm. Westmoreland of Statesville,
who was In the reunion, brought
Anderson' and his physician, Dr.
Washam of Cornelius, to Statesville
In his automobile. Anderson Is ex
pecting to recover.
Enoch Butler, also from the
Enochvllle section, was bruised iti
the fight but not seriously hurl.
Damp Morrison, from Rowan coun
ty, is alleged to be the man who ai
taked Anderson and Policeman
Brown of Mooresvtlle was notified
yesterday afternoon to look out for
Morrison and S. H. Anderson.
Fine Meeting at Bethel.
Correspondence of The Journal.
On August 5th. Bro. 8. T. Barber
closed a ten days meeting at Utile
Bethel church on the Matthews
charge. God was his helper dur
ing this meeting and nil who earn
estly sought Christ found a sweet
peace. It was a glorious meeting.
Backsliding members were brought
back to the fold; sinners were con
victed and converted; estranged
friends were united and walked to
gether to God's house, there plead
ing with loved ones to give their
life to him.
There were twenty who united
with the church. It was good to
see the young men of our communi
ty stand with God's people and
take the church vows upon them
selves. No servant of God could have la
bored more fealottsly In his cause
than did Bro. Barber and we are
truly thankful that he labored so
faithfully with us. We are also
thankful that God put It Into the
hearts of the members of some
other denominations to Join In with
us and to work for God. Two breth
ren especially were untiring In their
efforts, and we ask God's richest
blessing on them that they may
continue In this good work.
Kxrursh n t Atlanta.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
will run their annual excursion from
Monroe to Atlanta Thursday, Aug.
14th. Rates for round, trip, $3.00.
Train leaves Monroe at 10: 15 a. m.,
tickets good on regular trains re
turning leaving Atlanta 7:0u a. m.
and 8:65' p. in., hp to and Includ
ing train No. 12 leaving Atlanta
Monday, August 18th.
trkets will be sold by conductor
from non-agency stations.
8. J. BRIG. MAX.
i)W DIES OF RABIES.
Wan Bitten by Dog of Mr. J. R.
Millie's Kit Weeks Ago. Which
AIm Hit Children One Child Has
Taken Pasteur Treatment and An
other Hat Gone to Take it.
A fine Jersey cow belonging to
Mr. J. R. Shuts died Saturday af
ternoon of rabies which resulted
from a dog bite received six weeks
ago when the large shepherd dog
of Mr. Shute went mad. At the
same time the dog bit the little
daughetr of Mr. Shute and a. small
daughter of Mr. W. R. Steele of
Waxhaw, who was here visiting at
the time. Mr. Shute's child was
taken to Columbia and given the
Fasteur treatment. The bite re
ceived by the Steele child was so
slight that no danger was appre
hended, but when the cow died, Mr.
Steele decided that he had best take
his little daughter to Raleigh and
have the treatment administered.
He accordingly went down with her
yesterday morning.
The cow was noticed to be sick
Friday morning. Dr. Watt Ash
craft was called to see her and soon
had no difficulty In diagnosing the
case as rabies. It was a typical
rase, the poor ajitmal having all the
well known symptoms. The cow
had been an unusual gentle an
imal but when the disease develop
ed she would dash at any one who
came near. She was confined in a
stable out of town and Dr. Ashcraft
watched the case closely till she
died Saturday afternoon late. The
rear portion Of the body finally be
came paralized and she died in a
fit. Mr. Shute saw the dog bite
the cow on the udder. As there
was some doubt at the time wheth
er the dog was mad or not, its
head was not sent off immediately
after it was killed, and so the an
alysis was not conclusive. Howev
er, the death of the cow with a typ
ical case of rabies settled that point.
As the infection of the Steele child
was slight there is not much un
easiness about It.
Mere Good Times in Huford.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Buford township folks are now
enjoying their summer rest with re
unions, children's day exercises,
protracted meetings, and singing
schools.
On August third rhildrens' day
exercises were held at Trinity, and
the people enjoyed an address by
that fine old christian gentleman
and soldier, Uncle Btllle Phlfer.
On Wednesday, the 6th, .Mr. W.
G. Griffin held his family reunion,
which was a most enjoyable occa
sion. There was a large gathering
of friends and relatives to shake
hands and renew old acquaintances.
Music and singing by the young peo
ple added to the Joy of the occasion.
The Improvised table was forty feet
long and loaded with good things.
Mr. Griffin Is one of our best men
and has been a leader In the good
work thnt has brought hU neigh
borhood up to be one of the beBt In
the county.
Protracted meetings are In prog
ress at Prospect, Sandy Ridge, Zl
on and Allan, and a good one has
Just been closed at Mt. Pleasant.
We have four singing schools go
ing on in Buford. Mr. Neal Moser
is teaching at Trlnlnty, Mr. George
Moser at Midway, Mr. Willie Os
borne at Macedonia, and Mr. Wal-
den at Mt. Pleasant.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Redfearn of
Virginia visited at J. C. Laney's
last week.
Mr. Walt Gulledge has purchased
the Russell Rogers place and mov
ed to it.
Miss Mary Hudson of Monroe vis
ited Miss Carrie Laney Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Josie Neal Is visiting at Mr.
T. C. Eubanks.
Hurrah for Buford. She Is on a
boom. J. C. L.
Express Commnl h Have Been Mak
ing too Much.
Statesville landmark.
The express companies, which have
so long gouged the public, have
about reached a day of reckoning.
The pored post business has cut
Into their recelps very considerably
and now the Inter-State Commerce
Commission has orrdered a reduc
tion in rates which will, It Is esti
mated, cut the companies' receipts
about $26,000,000 annually. This re
duction will give the public a faint
Idea of what it has suffered at the
hands of the express companies.
There Is a great awakening through
out the country on this matter and
public service corporations that have
hogged the public are being made
to disgorge. The government Is now
after the Bell Telephone Company
and It Is the Landmark's hope and
belief that the Bell's time la coming.
Hoy Bitten by a Snake.
Waxhaw Enterprise.
Master Dannie Davis, little son
of Mr. I). S. Davis, was bitten on
the foot bv a Copperhead snake
Saturday. Dannie, with his play
mates, were playing among some-old
lumber when he got on the snake,
which struck hlra on thefoot. He
did not become excited but asked
one of the other fellows what to
do for snake bite. He ran as fast
as he could to his father at the store.
The leg was corded and the wound
doctored mi speedily and success
fully that the doctor could not do
anything more when he arrived on
the scene. Although the snake was
a large one and of a very poisonous
species, the little boy was never
very sick and the foot did not swell
very greatly. The swelling Is sub
siding now and all Is well.
County Tax I.evy.
Union county rammissicner have
made the tax levy for 1S13 as fol
low; For State purposes. 27 2-3
cents on $lou valuation of proper
ty and 12 rents on the poll; for
schools, 20 rents on each $loo val
uation of property and $1.50 on the
poll; fcr poor, 3 cents on each $100
valuation of property and 38 cents
on the poll; for general fund, 16
cents on each $100 valuation
of property and nothing on the poll;
for roads in all township except in
Monroe township, 10 rents on the
$100 valuation of property, and 30
cents on the poll; for bridges, 3
cents on each $100 valuation or
property and 9 cents on the poll;
for special school tax, 5 cents on
each $100 valuation of property
and Is cents on the poll, making a
total of 84 2-3 cents on each $100
valuation of property and $2.54 on
the poll.
In Monroe township a special
road tax of 25 cents on each $100
valuation of property and 75 rents
on each poll is levied, making the
total tax in this township 99 2-3
cents on the $100 valuation cf prop
erty and $2.99 on the poll. Under
the law passed by the last Legis
lature the county commissioners
have to levy such an amount for
the purpose of maintaining the
chain gang in Monroe township as
the road commissioners may decide
is necessary, provided the levy shall
not exceed 30 cents on each $100
valuation of property and 90c. on
the poll. The road commissioners
certified to the county commission
ers that it will require this amount
to maintain the chain gang.
The county commissioners also
have to levy such tax for schools,
up to a given amount, that the
board of education may certify is
necessary for running the schools,
and the board of education certified
that the additional sum of 5 cents
on each $100 valuation of property
and 15 rents on each poll is neces
sary to run the schools.
There is an Increase of 2 cents
on each $100 valuation of property
and 6 cents on each poll over the
last levy In all townships except In
Monroe, and in this there is an in
crease of 6 cents on property and
18 cents on poll.
History of Hopewell Baptist Church.
Written for The Journal.
The reunion of Hopewell Baptist
church, held on August 1st, was at
tended by a large number of the
old members and others who enjoy
ed the occasion to the fullest ex
tent. Rev. J. L. Bennett gave the
following history of the church:
The church was organized Octo
ber 6, 1878, by the Brown Creek
Association, which had appointed
Jesse Wheeler as Missionary about
1875. Wheeler preached at this
point once or twice before the
church was organized. An old
gentleman by the name of Faulk
moved from the neighborhood of
Faulk church to this neighborhood.
Faulk died and J. L. Bennett and
Calvin Helms were called to preach
his funeral, which was attended by
a large congregation.
From this time J. L. Bennett and
D. A. Snider began to have regu
lar appointments at school houses
and private homes until a title was
secured for the land and a small
house once used by the Methodists.
The Methodist having diBbanded, the
title had gone Into the hands of
the Conference.
A Baptist church was organized
on the above date by Revs. D. A.
Snider, J. A. Blvens and J. L. Ben
nett with twelve members, Reddlck
Pope and John DeeB being the on
ly male members.
The following ministers have serv
ed as pastor: D. A. Snider, three
years: J. L. Bennett, one year; Sni
der and Bennett, five years; J. A.
Bivens, four years; A. C. Davis,
Hire yeears; D. A. Snider, eight
years; J. F. Davis, two years; J. A.
Blvens, two years; J. L. Bennett,
two years; M. D. L. Preslar, five
years, which makes a total of six
pastors who have served a total of
thirty-five years.
By holding services once each
month and protracted meetings once
each year the membership of the
church lias Increased from twelve
to one hundred and fifty.
Eight ministers of the gospel hnve
gone out from this church. The
following have been ordained and
are now actively engaged in the
ministry: James Long, Edward
Long. Sam Long, Bruce Benton, D.
F. Helms and William Hough, of nil
ol whom the church is truly proud.
A good lively Sunday school has
been running almost all the time by
R. Pope and other faithful members.
. L. Riggers, who Is clerk of the
church, has kept a strict record for
thirty years.
The sisters of the church have
a missionary society with about 25
members which pay $25 dollars eacn
year for the different objects.
Death of an Old Cltin.
Mr. Jno. C. Carraway of New Sa
lem township died last Tuesday at
the home of his son-in-law. Mr. I.
J. Carpenter. He is survived by his
wife and two children. Mrs. Carpen
ter and Mr. Joseph Carraway. He
was about sixty-five years of age
and was a good man. He was care
ful of the rights and feelings of
others, kind to all, and was a man
held in the greatest esteem by all
his neighbors. He was a good farm
er, but when age and bad health
overtook him, he made his home
with hie daughter.
"Tim ftrnl Hitfv nt a atntenmnn Is
to preserve the public hea'th."
Gladstone.
(RUHR hi I.I.ED BV HIS WIFE
Prominent hut MmIcs IJi.h Man of
Davidson and Rowan Met-ls His
Kate While Iteming II r Wife.
Henry Clay Grubb. an ex-distiller,
huge land owner and farmer, real
estate owner, gun man. and all-roun
prominent citizen, was shot three
times and instantly killed Friday
night by his wife whom he was en
gaged in beating when the deed took
t'ace. The coroner's Jury promptly
freed Mrs.Grubb from all blame. The
affair took place at the Grubb home
12 miles from Lexington. where
Grubb conducted immense farming
operations, owning 5,000 acres of
land. Grubb was a complex char
acter and cut a wide swath In Dav
idson and Rowan counties, and
e-.en operating in other States. He
was an all-round bad man when
diunk, but was never known to
abuse his family before. He shot
and killed his wife's brother in
1904, in what many people believ
ed to he cold i-lood, but for which
no was acimtted. Tl.o same pistol
was used by .Mrs. lirubb when she
Ired the fatal shots at 1:30 Satur
day moral,!,'.
Grubb fought many fights. Some
were with fists, some with sticks.
others with guns. Twenty years
ago he and Jim Green emptied pis
tols at each other on the main
streets of Salisbury, but were not
touched. Later they made It up
and on Grubb's trial for his life,
Green sat in his corner.
FOUGHT R. D. W. CONNOR.
In the summer of 1907, Mr R.
D. W. Connor, of the State Depart
ment of Education, went to Boone
township to make a speech on a lo
cal school tax election. Grubb was
the richest man in that township and
the most affiTted by the tax levy.
He fought the measure and resent
ed Mr. Connor's appearance. The
meeting was composed of Grubb's
friends largely. Grubb interrupted
Mr. Connor who had said that a con
tinuation of our ignorant conditions
would give the Yankees a chance
to sell us wooden nutmegs again.
Grubb denounced the statement as
a "d d lie" and Mr. Connor went
for hint. Never a man won respect
more quickly. Grubb regretted a
thousand times that he did not
who Mr. Connor was. He apolo
gized publicly in the papers and
declared his gentlemanly antagonist
had put up a good fight.
That must have been a turning
point of Grubb from the neighbor
hood fighter of men and measures to
the championship of progress. He
became less pugnacious and sought
higher society. He sent his chil
dren to the best schools and lived In
the best style. His home was vis
ited by men of the highest social
standing and he contributed much to
the community's good. He became
an advocate of good roads, good
schools and taxed himself to support
them.
SALISBURY'S BUST BUILDING.
Mr. Grubb didn't quit fighting al
together. He had several, but they
were small ones. He had to move
hia whiskery business when the State
went dry nnd carried it to Virginia
and Florida. With his money he
erected the best building in Salis
bury, Its skyscraper with roof gar
den. He bought great areas of farm
ing land and owned more ground
than any man in the county of Dav
idson. Ills fortune was estimated at
half a million. '
The passing of Henry Clay Grubb,
married at eighteen, father of nine
children, rich farmer, distiller and
landowner, feudist and fighter, will
take the last of the Boone township
fighters from It. There are other
Grubbs and other iMvlses, liui
Grubb's brother a few years ugo
gave up whiskey distilling and in
tered the ministry. The Davis boys
have outlived their hatreds and they
have It for the man who died Sat
urday, only. In the very nature of
things one did not expect the woman
who forsook her brothers for her
husband when he stood trial for his
life, should be call"d upon to smile
him with the weapon that dealt
death to her brother a few years e-
fore.
The Astor Ihiliy.
What's a baby worth? Well, that
depends. When a baby's life Is In
peril we are all ready to go the
limit. We are willing to go as far
as human endurance and our means
will permit. When Mrs. Madeline
Force Astor, widow of the late John
Jacob Astor, who perished with the
Titanic, gave birth to a son, some
where between $40,000 and $4.,-
OOO was spent for mdicM purpose
alone. Mrs. Asior was probably
worth about thirty million dollars.
Well, you say, that Is all right.
they can stand it. Did you know
that North Carolina admits on her
tax liists that she Is worth our
twenty times as much as the As or
widow, and yet our State docs nrt
appropriate for public health pur
poses, the protection of babies,
children and adults, altogether but
$42,000? Evidently th'-'re is some
thing wrong about this comparison.
Either our boasted Southern chival
ry is renting on its oars and laurels
and needs to take a brace, or else
Mrs. Astor Is too crazy about hrr
baby.
Thought Clay Was the First Man.
The Sunday school tencher had
just explained to the Juvenile class
that the first parents were' made
from dust.
"Now. Edgar." she said to a hrUht
little fellow, "can you tell me who
the first man was?"
"Henry Clay," was the prompt reply.
WickediM , Not Reason.
Charlotte News.
"I do love my brother Clarenca
so," soliloquizes the hunchback
Richard of York in Shakespeare's
tragedy, "that I will shortly send
his soul to Heaven." The Planta-
genet was not endeavoring to de
ceive anyone, least of all himself,
by the euphemistic fashion of the
phrases in which he dressed his
murderous intention.
If we believe reports, a Georgia
woman has actually deceived herself
into believing that It was out of
disinterested affection that she plot
ted her husband's Journey to that
same land whither Richard sent the
unfortunate George of Clarence. The
Columbia Record recites the story
under the caption. "Freaks of Hu
man Reason," which some might
amend to "Freaks of Human Wick
edness:" " 'My husband was a religious
man,' Mrs. Sylvia Hawkins of Gains
vllle, Ga., who with her paramour,
is on trial for the murder of her
husband, told the sheriff who ar
rested her,, according to the officials
testimony In court. "He was pre
pared to die at any moment and so
I consented to his murder that I
might be happy with my love.'
"Hawkins, the murdered man, was
a prosperous planter, near Gains
vllle, and Jim and Bartow Cant roll
were nearby neighbors nnd were
close friends of the Hawkins family.
Gradually the friendship of Mrs.
Hawkins and Jim Cantrell became
of a more intimate nature. Soon
their affairs were the talk of the
section and for their own safety
some action became imperative.
Jim persuaded his brother Bartow
to do the killing, and at a trial
held some time ago both brothers
were convicted.
"The sheriff testified that Mrs.
Hawkins talked freely of the mur
der and the impelling reasons for
It.
" 'At first I demurred,' she de
clared, 'because my husband was a
good man, and 1 had no grievance
against him except that he was in
the way of my love for another.
" 'Finally f saw that It was a
question of my husband or Jim, and
then there was no choice. I con
sented because love gave me no al
ternative. Arthur had lived long
enough, and could go into the next
world without fear, so it was better
that he go then than later, when
his chances for salvation might not
be so good."
South Carolina Conference a Suc
cess.
Columbia State.
"Rest assured friends, that next
year we shall have a conference,
larger., if net better," said W. K.
Tate, president, in adjourning the
final session of the first Conferencs
for the Common Good In South Caro
lina. The meeting last night In the
Columbia theatre brought to a close
a conference comprising four gen
eral sessions, a special session on
marketing, and section or round
table conferences to the number of
six, all compacted Into the period
between 3:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon and 11 o'clock last eve
ning. Such another a-'s-.-mblage has
not been seen In South Carolina. The
meeting In Columbia this week 1
to be followed by meetings of like
general character in the counties,
these to be appointed for conveni
ent times In the late summer or the
early autiim.
Yesterday offered visitors to the
conference a varloty of attractions.
Business men and farmers consum
ed together in the morning on the
problems Involved In crop marketing
The forenoon also brought a gener
al session, on "Education and Child
Welfare." Six section conference
occupied the afternoon. The evening
meeting was the last of the series.
From the first there has been
manifested in the addresses and dis
cussion a profoundly earnest will to
serve the public Interest and a gen
erous willingness to yield pet crot
chets and prejudices In order that
agreement and efficacious action
might be had In respect to the b!g
essentials. Conviictien lias deepen
ed from session to session that such
an agency as the conference has u
place, purpose and mission in the
life of South Carolinians; and ther?
was a full unanimity at the last
upon the proposition that the con
ference must be perpetuated and
made Into an Institution; that is to
be hereafter "not a project hut a
policy."
Juni-s for Civil T mi.
A two weeks' term of Superior
Court for the trial of civil cases
will beein on Monday. Auxust 18th.
The following Jurors have been se
lected:
First Week- J. C. Stegnll. T.
Ashlev Rocers. J. P. Avroth. W. F.
Godwin. Sam P. Little. R. C. Long,
T. L. Price. J. D. Brooks, James R.
Pivens, J. P. Boyd. H. J. Mc.Manus.
. T. Hayes. D. P. MrLnrty. M. H.
Richardson. H. L. Price. P. C. Stlti
on. J. 11. Cook. Raymond B. Helms.
Second Week Henry O. Pene
gar, M. D. Purser. H. T. Moser. T.
L. Hinson. P. W. Plyler, R. L. Mr
Whirter, G. F. Sutton, II. W. Crlb
hie, W. Hanip Baucom, Fred Hunt
ley, Zeb M. Little. S. J. Shannon,
J. C. Little. Sr.. James M. Porter.
D. M. Walkup, J. Egbert Griffin,
W. J. McGuIrt, M. L. Austin.
It I easy to see that sanitary
laws are Indispensable for communi
ty good and safety, and in order to
get the greatest amount of benefit
from them, we all should lend our
best support to their enforcement
and be ready to obey them all the
time.