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E. A. Hamilton Killed by In sane Wife. VERY TfcAGIC DEATH OF LAURENS CITIZEN One of the Saddest OccurencJea 1? the History of tlie County Marred the j Closing Hays of the Christina* Hol idays when One of Luurens County's Best Cltieens Met Tragi? Death. Ono of the most shocking and yet at Uie same time ono of tho moat pathetic tragedies that has ever beeu enasted i nthis county was that Wed nesday night, when Mr. E. A. Hamil ton who lives a few miles to tho south of the city, was hilled in his bed by Iiis wife in a tit of insanity. The news wus spread around the city and coun ty early Thursday morning and ev erywhere sorrow and sympathy was oxnressed for the dead man aud his unhappy wife. Mrs. Hamilton, who was at another time nn inmate of tho Asylum, again became dispossessed of her senses about 11 o'clock Wednes day night, and n.s those who are ao afflicted often do, attacked the ono dearest to her. Mrs. Hamilton arose about 11 o' clock and must have gone outside, where she procured an axe. She re turned to the room and atruck her sleeping husband n fearful blow in the head with the *lnll end of the axe, knocking n deep hole in his skull and splattering blood over the walls. Another largo wound was made in the neck as if Bhe bad cut him with the sharp end of tho axe. His entire head was mutilated. Death was im mediate. Fled to Negro Cabins. Taking her youngest child, about six months old. she then went to ono of the nearby negro cabins and told what sho had done. The alarm was given after Mrs. Hamilton had taken her baby and gone out to the colored cook's house. At 1 o'clock the sheriff was notified. Mcautline neighbors and relatives hurried to the scone, and found Mrs. Hamilton In a terri ble state. One of the negroes went for help, and soon Mr. 11. L. Blakely, her brother-in-law, arrived and found Mrs. Hamilton lying across a bed. When he approached she sprang up and struggled violently to get away from him. In trying to make her es cape from the premises sho is said to o i her brother-in-law sev eral hundred feet before becoming exhausted, after which sho calmed and talked about the tragedy, at times expressing sorrow and again saying it was for the best. Subsequently Mrs. Hamilton was placed in a room and locked up until early Thursday morning, when she was brought to the county jail, and there kept until 2 o'clock that afternoon when she was carried to the State Hospital for the Insane at Columbia. An I iibalamcd Mind. There wore no domestic troubles in tho family and tho deed was the out come of actions resulting from an un . balanced mind. Mrs. Hamilton has 4 been in a feeble slate of mind for sinn? time, and herself realized it. for recently she had reqested thai all weapons and dangerous instruments be removed Iroin her reach to pro ven! her getting hold of them in case the feared lit of insanity should come. However, as it was not thought that her condition warranted such Steps, no precautions wore taken. Peculiarly Sad Case. The case is peculiarly sad. sur rounded as they wore with a largo and happy 'family and hundreds of acres of productive farming land. They had six little children, tho oldest of whom Is about twelve years of age and the youngest about six months old. At an early hour Coroner Halrston went to tho Hamilton homo and bold the Inquest, the verdict rendered by the jury being according to the facts as given above. Thursday afternoon, the slain man's remains were taken to Union Haptist church, near his old homo, in Waterloo Township for in terment. ^ Uncommonlj t'sefnl Citizen. Laurens county has lost an uncom monlj useful Citizen and h remarkably "~ " (Continued on page four.) LAURENS CONCERNS DISBURSE EARNINGS Goodly Sum Paid to Stock holders of Corporations. CHECKS SENT OUT FIRST OF THE WEEK Name of Institutions and Amount of Declared Mcinl-Annual Dividends Divided Among the Shareholder** of Each. The LaurenB dividend.paying Insti tutionH paid out to tholr respective stockholders on January the first the aggregate sum of $35,000 in the way of semi-annual dividends, the different stated amounts representing the earn ings of the city corporations during the past six months, as follows: I^aurens Cotton Mills. 2V6 per cent, on $350,000?18,760. Watts Cotton Mills, 'A per cent on $300,000?$9,000. Laurons Trust Company, 4 per cent on $17.000?$1,880. The Peoples l.oan and fixchange Hank. X per cent on $100.000?$8,000. The Enterprise hank, 3% per c>nt. on $100,000?$:t,r>oo. The Bank of Laurens, 4 per cent on $50,000?$2.000. The Palmetto Hank, 2V? per cent on $50.000?$1,750. The Davis-Roper Company 10 per cent, on $21,000?$1.050. Banqueted In Clinton. Among the I^iurens people who at tended the Knights of Pythias ban quet at Clinton Thursday night were Misses Grace Simmons and Julia Oll kerson and Messrs James Davis, T. B. Duckett. Ed Hart, and W. G. I.an eastor. The banquet was a very en joyable affair and all of the Laurens guests spoke very highly of the hos pitality of the Clinton Pythinus. TIN. HIDDEN CHECKS. One More Check Hcinnins te be Fouud In the Hidden Check Advertisement Contest. Three at the Advertiser Hidden (.'hecks have been found and one more yet remains. The first one was found by Mr. Jud L?ngstem and the second was found by Mr. Gary Thompson; both of these were for $2.00 each. The third one was found by Mr. Guy Foosho and was for $1.00. As the amount advertised to be given away in checks was $8.00, there consequently remains $:i.00 to be giv en away in this issue. Therefore, anyone wishing to win $:i.00 easy will do well to read the advertisements on the Hidden Check page, solve the sentence, find the check and bring it to us. As will be seen by the few words at the top of the advertising page, a number of letters are placed at prom I8COU8 places in the page of ads. These letters, by proper arrangement, vII1 form a sentence dlrOCtillg Where the check can be found. Solve the problem and win the money. TO SPEAK I.N GULL'S WOOD. Hon. ('. C. Pea liters tone t<> Make Ihe Principal Address ut Greenwood (in Lee's lllrlhday. The Daughters of the Confederacy Of Oroonwood, Who have in charge the exercises to he carried out on Lee's Birthday, the IOth of January in thai city have extended to lion. C, C. Featherstone an Invitation to do liver the principal address. Mr. Pea therstone has accepted their invita tion. The Greenwod people always take a great deal of interest in the celebration of this anniversary and always the most distinguished men of the State are the animal orators. This comes as unite a compliment to Mr. Featherstone and the Greenwood peo ple may count themselves happy in the selection. 31 Its. ELIZABETH BROWN. One of Cross Hill's Oldest Inhabitants Dies in Greenwood. Cross Hill, Jan. 2.?A message was received here this morning saying that Mrs. Elizabeth Hrown, one of Cross Hill's oldest inhabitants, died yesterday at tho home of her haughter Mrs. Brooks, in Greenwood county. It is thought that the body will be brought here for burial. CHRISTMAS QUIET AT CROSS HILL Hoys and Girls Have lleturucd to Their Studies and Touchers uro lte? turning. Cross Hill. Jan. 2.?Christmas pass 0d off quietly hon?. No fatalities are reported. In many homes members of the family who have been away at school and in business, spent the week with homefolks. Teachers of our school went home for Christmas: Misses Griffin and West to Nowberry, Miss Des-Portes to Rldgeway and Miss Nevill to Clin ton. Miss Anne Austin is at home from Baltimore. Dr. C. H. Young and Dr. McCain, of Due West, stopped over with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Austin last Friday, return ing to Baltimore. Prof. Parrot and his corps of teach ers will begin school again today, and j the boys and girls who have been at I home the past week from college will ; return: Lyl Leaman ami Paul McGow j an to Presbyterian college of South Carolina, Earl Rasor to Fur man, Maxey Hannn to Erskino. Pierce Coats and Hrasig Harmon to South Carolina University, Ella Mae Martin to Win throp, Ruth Simmons to Chicora, Mr. Lambert Nance wil ltake his last naif session at the Atlanta Dental coll ";e, and Mr. Austin Leaman his last month at Draughans Business college, Co lumbia. Misses Kate Austin and Rhidona Owens, teachers, will return to Thornwell seminary. Clinton and ; North High school, North, respectively A tenant house belonging to Mr. \V. M. Miller and ocupied by a colored man. Silas I^eek, was burned a few weeks ago under rather suspicious circumstances. The man l>eek was arrested last Thursday and given a hearing before Magistrate Culbertson with the result that he was sent to jail to answer to the charge of burn ing the house after disposing of about two bales of seed cotton, which he hauled away the same night and claimed to have been burned. Other parties may bo Implicated later. Mr. Buford Goodman was thrown by a mule last week and was right badly hurt. His bruises are very painful but no bones were broken. Waiden Unman and Willie Goddard Crisp have painful burns from lire works. Prof. B. .1. Wells, of Clemson col lege was a Cross Hill visitor last Wednesday. Mrs. N. K. Boyce is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Bradley, at Jackson, : Georgia. Mrs. 0. M. Hollingsworth is with her people at Conyeis, Georgia for a visit. Mr. E. L. Wells and family have moved to town and are occupying the Grant cottage on Main street. Mrs. Dr. Peak and children have returned from an extended visit to her parents a( Monroe, North Carolina Mr. W. T. Madden, received a mes sage last Wednesday saying that Miss Ruble Hammond, his relative, died that day at her homo at Euharleo, Ga. Miss Ruble had many friends hero who will be sorry to hear of her death HOTEL MANAGEMENT CHANGES. ( has P. Sullivan lias (.eased Gray's ami Mr. (.'ray (Joes to Georgetown to Take Charge of the Tourist. Mr. ("has. P. W. Sullivan, for the past year or so proprietor of Hie Hotel Camdcn, at Cnmden, has leased the Ben-Delia or Gray's hotel and will move to Laurons about the first of February to assume the manage raent of tho hotel, Mr. c. E. Gray who has boon in ( barge of tho hostelry during tho past several years, has leased the Tourist hotel at George town and left Saturday to take up the management of his now place. Mean time. Mrs. Gray, with assistance of Mr. E. P. Simpson, will conduct Gray's until Mr. Sullivan arrlvi s. Mr. Sullivan is a brother of Mr. H A. Sullivan and was reared near Tumbling Shoals. For a number of years he was in business in Green VlllO, and WBS subsequently engaged as a commercial salesman for several seasons In this and other states. About a year and a half ago he leased the Hotel Camdcn which he has conducted quite successfully. Mr. W. C. Winters, now residing in Greenville, was a welcome visitor to the city Christmas, coining down for tho banquet given by the Royal Arch Masons. LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES A Now Er? of flood Vt'ork Expected From the Teachers of the Count) Schools. Tho Christmas holidays ore over, it is hoped that every teacher and every pupil have had a merry good time, and we hope for eacli of them a i happy, prosperous New Year. All the schools will reopen this week. May both teachers and pupils start the new year with renewed energy and a determination to do the very best work possible. Two of tho county teachers have married during the holidays. Miss Lucy Mcllwaln, teacher of the Beth lehem school, and Miss Pearl Pole man, teacher of the old Mountville school. Mrs. Lucy Mcllwaln Sims will continue her work at Bethlehem. The trustees of the Old Mountville school will doubtless be on the look out for a teacher to complete their school. The trustees over the county will regret the sad death of Mr. K. A. Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was one of ! the most wide-awake trustees of the county. He will bo greatly missed in the County Trustees association and In his community. Mr. II. L. Blakely has been commissioned to serve as trustee in Mr. Hamilton's place. Waterloo, Friendship, and Musgroye schools are to be congratulated on winning prizes in school improvement. Waterloo received a $100,00 prize, and Friendship and Musgrove received each $fi0.00 prizes. The county super intendent has received checks for these schools and the money has been placed to the credit of the districts to be used for further improvements. Library requisitions have been re ceived for the enlargement of tho li. brnries at Gray Court-Owings High school. Copeland school, Lanford school, and Pine Grove school. Tho nnnual county high school de clalmers contest will tie held on the evening of April the 21st. Bach of the eight high schools in the county will have a representative present to declaim for a medal. Some of tho boys are already selecting their de clamations and getting ready for the occasion. It will be remembered that this contest was started last April and that Jt was a great success. One of the largest crowds ever s ieil in Laurens was here for the occasion. We wonder who will capture the medal this year. Mr. Marnie Parrott of the Cross Ulli High school is the I proud wearer of the first medal given by this association Laurens county will again have the Hoy's Corn club. Our club last year was the largest in the State. The county corn fair was a success, and our county made a good showing at the Columbia Corn exposition. Lot tho teachers of the county encourage their boys to join the club. We want 250 members this year. Pledges to be signed by those who wish to join the club will be sent out to the teach ers early in February. Cross Hill township is thoroughly Interested In , the Hoys dub. and have organized a township club with sonn? handsome ? prizes. The other townships will doubtless fall in lite-. George L Pitts. Sunt, of Education. KNIGHTS Ol V\ till \s ELECT. .1. A. Kolnml Chosen as Chancellor Commander for This Year. Laurens Lodge, No 13, Knights of Pythias, has elected olllcers lor the current year, as follows: .1. A. Poland, chnuc dlor commander. ?'. H. Casque, vice chancellor. .1. J. Adams, prelate. Thomas Downey, kOOper of records and seal. .1. Lee LangSlon, master at arms. W. It. Sloan, master of exchequer. .1. V. Wallace. Inside guard. Cleveland Coletuan, outside guard, Installed Corn Shelter. The Heeuy River Power Company has installed, at their plant, a modern corn sholler for the convenience of their parlous. Heretofore, those who took advantage of the mill to have corn ground into meal were forced to have it taken from the cob before bringing it to the mill, but with the Installation of ibis new machine the corn can bo brought on the cob. This is a time saver and consequently a money saver and will be very con venient for the corn growers. QUIET CHRISTMAS I FOR MOUNTVILLE ? Number of Delightful Events Marked the Week. LESSONS OF OLD YEAR; THOUGHTS FOR NEW Miss May Madden Heroines Bride of Mr. Luther Stone of 1.aureus At tended Silver Wedding Personal Notes of Interest. Mountvllle, Jan. 3.- Christmas week passed quietly here without accident or any unusual incident except the accustomed social festivities of the >????(.n. A number of social parties and dinners were given during the week and many visits to ami fro marked the passing of the season, A Christmas tree was given by the Rick School Friday afternoon. December 23rd, and there was also one at the .Mountville- school building Friday ev ening. These were occasions of much pleasure to the children and voting people. As WO bid adieu to the old year many disappointments, some misfortunes, and a number of neglected opportun ities remind us of better preparation, nobler aims, and a more careful watchfulness as we enter the new. But With all our regrets we have much to encourage and cheer us on our way as we live and plan and exe cute dining the year 1911. To some degree, and perhaps greater than we deserve, success has rewarded our ef forts on the farm, in the store, and in all vocations of life. While we may have passed through some dark days and often encountered temporary ad versities, yet beyond these, the light of prosperity and the brightness of an ever resplendent hope have led and cheered us on our way. So long as brightness dispels or overshadows the gloom we have cause for rejoicing. Our people will endeavor to profit by past experiences and will take cour age from the success already achieved. If to these we add an earnest effort to improve in righteous integrity and in obedience to all that is pure in moral and civic deportment, we may expect even greater rewards of suc cess during the new year. At the Presbyterian parsonage at Cross Hill last Saturday afternoon Miss May Madden of Mount ville and Mr. Luther Stone of 1,aureus were united in marriage by It -v. 0. M. Hollingsworth. Many well wishes ac company the young couple in their happy union. Mr. J. L, Boyd has moved to his new purchase on the (Jriff Williams place. While he will be a few miles farther away, we are glad to have him still in the community. Mrs. M. B. Crisp and two little daughters, /.ell and Lorlnn, attended the silver wedding celebration of bor cousins. Mr and Mrs. Harrison, of Anderson, last week. Miss Annie Madden of Columbia is j hero a few days for the Stone.Madth n ? wed,ling. Miss Llll'ic Culbertson of Tt tuple, Oa., was here with her parents during the holidays. Our college students all spent a d< Ugh If III Christmas at home. Tiny uro, Messrs. Ellis Fuller, Clarence Jones, Orndy Culbertson, ( barley Thornton, Eugene stokes. Cory Mitchell, William Fellers, and Misses Hut Ii Stokes, Lou is ? Richardson, ami Eliza May Suiii van. Dr, and Mrs. Lnngley and "Jet" TcugUc of Camp Hill. Ala., were lioro last week Miss Maty Martin of the Motltll-! ville school spent the week with Iwn home folks at Manning, S. C. Mr. .1. It. Whntley and family of Greenwood were here a few days last week visiting relatives and mingling1 with their many friends. They are former residents of Mountvllle and al ways receive a cordial welcome here. We were glad to see in our midst, t also. Mr. S. C. Yatos and family, who were once numbered ntliong tie- peo pie of MoillltVllle, hut have more re cently cast their ltd nimm? our Tat Heei neighbors, llazel-Snmeral. MISS MftttlO Hazel, of this eii>. was married to Mr. Gary Humeral, of Orn, by Rev, E, C. Watson at his home on South Harper street, Sunday after noon, December 25th. The young couple will live ;tt Ota, BRAVE AVAITORS MEET THEIR DEATH Moisant and Hoxsey Killed Same Day. AIR CURRENTS ARE TREACHEROUS .Moisant Mel Iiis Dentil at Neu Orleans Saturday Morning ami lloxsoj l oll the Same Afternoon at Los Angele?. Hot Ii Daring Aviator*. .lohn B. Moisant and Arcli Hoxsey, nvialora extraordinary, wero killed Saturday, Both foil tun of the treach erous air currenta with their machines neither from a vob! height and Moisant's remaining minutes of life wore so few as to count as naught I LIoxKcy was killed Instantly. Moisant mot his dentil at ?.f?fi a. m , I nttoilipting to alight in a Held a few miles from New Orleans, La Hoxsey, who went into the air early In the afternoon at Los Angeles lay at 2.12 p, m. a crushed, lifeless mars in view of the. thousands who were watching the aviation tournament. inns the last day of laid, in bring ing the total number of death- of avis tors to thirty, capped the list with two of the most illustrious of those airmen who have been writing the history of aviation in the skies of two continents. .Moisant's Neck Broken. Moisant. a Chlcagoan by birth, af. tor an adventurous life in Central America, became interested in naviga tion in Franco less than a year ago. After soaring into public recognition by his plucky tllght from Paris aeross the English Channel to IjoiuIoii, with a passenger. Moisant's fearlessness and resourcefulness wore exhibited frequently. Finding himself without a machine, he purchased one from a friend lor $10,dim and within ten minutes, starting on his winning (light from Belmont Park, N. v around the Statue of Liberty, winning a prize of $l0.noo. Today a sudd< n puff of wind caught him within GOO feet of the earth, turn ed his machine, over and a broken neck terminated his career. Ifoxscy's Kotlj ( rushed to Pieces. Arch Hoxsey, after a y of uni form success with the Wright aero plane, had gained a nnim lor daring and competence, in tin a:r, Only with in the week he had si t a new world's allitudo record of II 17 1 lee;, and then to show his contempt for the earth, I had sailed majestically more than i 1,000 feel above .Mount Wilson. To : day he ran afoul of the same kind I of boiling, treacherous wind when some iiOO feet from the earth, and a minute later a horrified crowd, arous ed from its shook, was rushing madly to where a broken mass of humnuit) j lay beneath a lorn bit or Canvas and some broken spars. Itolli mot death in almost the sa. ? manner. Fach innc'nlne ? a. leaded for the earth and nuddonl.i i ? n icd lo stop over It] the air then "turn over j on to its nose," and dlVe headlong lo i he earth and to dost i u< ? on I ' M Headlong Through (lie Mr. Moisant's aeroplane wu- ;. IJI< riot monoplaii ?. and in add.it Ion lo t{io heavy engine in front ol tlie main plane! . lie had fastened , ; ink holding :'.."> gallons of gasoline. Aviation ex perls believe a sudden puff of wind stopped his machine dead in the air and (he heavy WO|ght ahead draj ? i the Muhl framework behind it (iipplna tin- then useless roar eloviiloi From Iiis position partly back ol the main planes. Moisant was flipped out, clear of the machine, and struck the ground on bis bead, hrenckiug lib neck, Ho died on a Hat car upon Which he v. as being rushed to New Orleans Unshed to Death Amid ( liccrs. Hoxsey. likewise was retaining from a Journey Into tho clouds. He was within live hundred feet oi the earth and Cheers Were gOillg Up lO meet (he eonquerer of the hight-i uii when his machine seemed to stop, shudder and whirl over and over to the gi'ouhd. As in the morning'.- Irngedj the tear olevotor, rendered useless when tho momentum was gone, flipped around helpless to aid the fated mm hlne, lio> soy vaiii. endeavored to righi his craft by warping tho main planes sad by ui c <?. I he rudder. Vain attempt (1. -so. !'(.;? before BUftich '..* 1)101)1? ntUhl was gained the frail structure wa . crumpled upon tho earth, tho heavy i < 'outlnuod on pal i four.)