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.)