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FIFTI Do You THE NATK munity. T tors and oth and today SAFE AND The R. D, SMITH THE KILJJNG OF TIDWELL. The Facts as Given in the Affidavit of His Slayer at the Coroner's In quest at Johnston. The Joh5nston News-Monitor this week publishes the following account of the killing of Charles B. Tidwell: The stillness of Johnston was dis turbed Thursday morning when it be came known that Mr. Y. M. May, had ,Rhot and killed his bIrOther-in-law, Dr. C. B. Tidwell. the weapon used being a double-barrel shot gun. The tragedy occurred in E-ast Johnston, near Mr. May's residenee, of whiwh set,tion Dr. Tid well' was also a resi dent. Mr. May is a real estate dealer and hos an offiee over the old Farmers banik. Dr. Tidwell, who was a na tive of Newberry, came here about a year ago and engaged in the praetice of veterinary sargery. He and Mr. Mfay had married half sisters. He had been married twice and had one child by each marriage, the last child being only two months old. The particulars leading up to the unfortunate affair, as given by Mr. May in his affidavit at the hearing onL application for bail, are in substance as follows: T:h-at about six p. mn., on August 23. he was informed that Tidwell w:as beating his wife, who is a half sister of his wife. D)eponent consented for Mrs. Tidwell to go to his house for prteetion, as 'her father lived mi Hlorsecreek Valley and she had no one in Johnston to protect her except de ponen't. Mr. Tidwell came to his house about 8.30 p. m. and wanted his wife and child, -a.boa1t two months old, but Tidi well was under the influence of liquor and was in a grea.t rage, and wanted to enter and take his wife and child. He eursed and abused 'de.ponent who was only able to keep him. out by hold iga shot g'un in his 'iu:ds and warn2 in i t::a.: ' o l kill himi i f he at-tempted to b: The niext nkorning. Tidwell set! au the sidewalk in front of deptene:n' s house and again eursed an-d abused him, and fired off his gun. -and several times almol placeed his gun im posi tin to shoot deponent, and was only prevented from shootir:g by depent having his aun in position to fire by lowering it. Deponent told Tidwell t'hat he had nothing against him. but e was afraid t.at he would kill his 'wife. Thrt :after he ot soe he eotdd ge.t h.i wife and child. Tidwell went back on town wi.th two young mnp who b'e toouaht had been drink mng with Ti'dwell the n.ig.t before. an*n his return,'. againl st pped mi front of dep'raent '; residence. Dc-non-4m r~'o:ond wi.th rim again adt1 Tidweli niid it.: he would go and ;iik with. his wife, and would leave his go at t:he gate and go in unred, to which deponent consenlted but knew t-hat Tidwell had a .pistol in his n-ker hi he ol~d w not loan ed but denouen.: knew bet.tbr. All of a sudden Tidwell flew into a passion. and hi.s wife, being a.pprehensive (f deah. left the house. Tidwell wenut in-to the house. seareaI e,d for his wife, eursed and abused deonnt and stairted out of the hous' in te- direct~(i tha.: his wif- ,went-. (but into the. fiel where Tidwell w:!s and :dld hin he must leave his >rem Ti4'wtll started toward a road~ ~ht a -) th vi muian denonelL l0wed him to the edge of his premnis .. A fle-r ~Tdwell reseh(d tile r het; . u- his pistol hath ion Sed to be tro)ublem:uei to' Lr ei t- i h-e did he w n kd11 s.an i ug wi'hi le ft -ide -omm0 u nern ..hzt him a-. ne:>r as he could te de.nT Tidw ell canltiue .e xi,k an effort t.o shoot depofnn {Y.EAR&I Appreciate W1 )NAL BANK OF NEW] is institution has steadi er customers. Invaria she stands as firm as JUDICIOUS HANDLIr c,a n-h114e Cashier and got his pistol up almost in shoot ing position, when deponent shot him in the breast. Deponent regTetted that he had to take the life of Tidwell but it was -necessary in order to protect his own life and the lives of others. The above statement is corroborated by the evidence of all .the witnesses at the inquest. Gpn Thursday afternoon Magistra.te . B. Posey. of Trenton, held the in quest and the jury rendered the fol lowin: verdie.t: "We, the jury, find that C. B. Tidwell eame .to his death from gunshot wounds at the hands of Yaney M. May.' The bo'dy was prel.ared for burial a7nd shipped to Newberry for inter ment. Mr. May accompanied Sheriff Ontz to Edgefield and on Friday appeared before Judge J. W. DeVore and, through his attorney,. Hon. J. Wi. Thurmond, appl.ied for bail which was gral111te'd in the sum of $1,500. DISMISS AIKEN PROTESTS Commissioners Declare Result of Li quor Election.-MaritY For Dispensary. Aiken. Aug. :30.-The election com misonr met today t) .:ear the pro tests made by tLe prohibitionists and t.he disp)ensaryites against declaring th result of .the~ election held on Au rst 1~ on the matter of whiskey sale orprohibition. At the expiration of the arguments the omm.rissioneCrs retired to a private r(o and in about half an ho-u:r an nounced t.ha.t the motion for quashing ti:e proceedings was allowed, which disposed of~ the matter. This also ap plie. ! t the protest on the part of the dispesary, that protest also bemng brought ja the name of iadmvduals. It i- probably that the contest will now ')e carried b)efore the State board ot canvassers. After the matter had been dismissed ,the commissio)ners pro eeledd to cout the ballots. The count resulted: For dispensary, 1.319 for probiubition, 1,151. NEW COTTON CROP. G.inners' Report Estim.ates Yield at 10,500,000 Bal.es.--ConlditiOnl Now Very Low. Mepn.is. Tenn., A ug 30.-The re ports of thc National Ginners' asso eat ion, made public this afternoon, give the coudition of cotton up to and including August 24 as 64.1 per ce-nt. " This is the lowest .condit.ion in a mntrbei ot years." the report says, "and indicates a erop~ of about 10, 00.000 bales. An early frost would ede th.ese figu res somewhat and a M. f .: would probably inerease the tcal rield t.o 31..000,000 bales.'' T>e report of averages by Sta.tes Alaa ma 6$4: Arka~nsns 59; Florida . (Ge..ia 7.4; Louisiana 54: Missis sp.i (2: Missouri 80; North Carolina 75; Oklahoma 58: South Carolina 76; Tennessee 75; Texas 57. General av erage, 64.1. This indicates a crop of about 2, 000,000 bales for Texas. Ginrners re prt that they ginned 1,565,185 hales last year in Texas and they estimate tey will gin 1.776,119 bale~s t:his year with average weather. NOT CAUJSED BY CORN. Atlanta Physiciani Finds Victim of Pellagra, Who Clais Never to Have Eat-en Maize. Ahmt.a. Ga., Aug. 30.-A case of pllagra the viectinm of which claimed t.t she hadx never eaen crn bread o. any corn products was revealed to day in the death of Mrs. Kate Barto. Dr. Frank Eskridge , who claims to hhae treated many cases of the dis ease, says he doubted his own diag noosis and thought she might be a vie a-...m of "ue,"-' a disease known to ~OESU at a Recommer 3ERRY has this particu ly grown with the grow bly it has takcn care < the Rock of Gibraltar. 4C OF YOUR FUNDS. ,. Bank the tropies, with symptom'; resemb ling those of pellagra. He called in a physician who had had years of ex perience in the tropics and found that his original diagnosis was eoreet. ".I am convinced now." he says, "that the disease does i-t -ome from musty corn. Where ignorance is bli,.s 'tis fol I to be married. The Secret of Long Life. A French scientist has discovered one secret of long life. His method deals with the blood. 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