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Bageland, March 12.?In a pitched
MWattle on the streets of Pageland this
a ternoon one man was killed and five
others more or less seriously wonted.
\ IV e shooting affray followed a trial
in a magistrate's court. Between -50
and 100 revolver shots were fired by
? the ten or more participants.
As a result of the affair, J. Wesley
rArant i? dead. J. M. Arant was shot
in the abdomen. Dock Wallace va?
^ s* ot in the arm and abdomen. He was
f " taken this afternoon to a hospital at
Charlotte, N. C., where an operation
was performed tonight HI e wound in
the arm is of slight consequence, but
the ball entering the right hip, penetrating
tfte abdomen, produced a seriTVi^
hnllPvt was T niOT&d
VUO nvuiiu. auv w
^ tonight, the patient standing tlae 3:ock
B well and unless peritonitis develops
k. fee is expected to recover. Arthur
Wf West was shot four tim^s, bullets entering
the arm, leg and side. Sheppar<i
West was shot in the side. John
Robertson was shot in tl-e arm.
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The affray is the culmination of
neighborhood quarrels, all the participant
coming from the Size Fork
section of Chesterfield county. One of
the West boys was tried this after?s
noon on a charge of violating a labor
contract. It was aleged that he had
unlawfully left the employ of Mrs.
Treat, sister of the Ara-nt brothers, to
Y "work for Dock Wallace. Magistrate
Evans threw the case out of court,
and the shooting followed shortly after
tbe announcement of the decision.
? J. Wesley Arant was a young farmer
} MANNING DISMISSES 6ASNWtLL
DISPENSARY BOARD
I SETS OUT REASONS 15 FOB]tLAL
ORDER
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Allegation of Habitual Drunkenness
S*xt Supported?Nine Specifications
in Bnle SnstaJnHL
The State.
B. F. Peeples, S. A. Wise and Y. SL
k Owens, members of the Barnwell
k county dispensary board, were re&
- moved from office yesterday by Gov.
Manning. The removal order follows
two public hearings, at whic' much
W testimony was introduced. The sheriff
i- > o Barnwell county was ordered to
serve the removal order on the mem'
bers.
"In view of the above stated facts, 1
which are found to be fully sustained
by the evidence, 1 feel it my duty to
remote rom office the present mem- ;
I bers of t' e county dispensary board I
L for Barnwell county," says tfce order .
F of the governor.
Thft^enprjil pharp-fHs a*rainst the dis
pensary board members, as found by ,
Gov. Manning, after hearing the evi- j
dence are: IFhat worthless and un-'
salable liquors were purchased; that
ordinary care and consideration were
not observed in awarding the contract
for mauling liquors in ti e county; j
' that ODe of the dispensers sold beer
not authorized by the county board;
that excessive prices were paid by the
Doard ror several oramis or liquors;
Ithat relatives were employed by the
board; that each and evfry local dispensary
i;as overstocked; that bottles
containing le&s 13:an one-th&lf pint
were supplied to the local dispensaries,
by the board; that drinking of whiskey
in the dispensary at fWilliston was
unrestrained, and that liquors were
offered for sale which had not been
subjected to chemical analysis.
The governor in feis order stated J
Ptl at the charges o naDituai cirunKenness
on the part of the members of
the board had not been sustained.
Text of Removal Order.
The order in full follows:
"A rule was directed to B. F. Peeples
and S. A. Wise and V. S. Owens,
r county dispensary board of Barnwell
county, requiring each of them to appear
before me at ray chambers, at
+ Ctaro Virmca Cnliimhia P! C nn
Thursday, February 2.">, I9ir>, to show
cause, if any tl:ev had, why each of
them should not be removed from the
office of county dispensary board o:*
Barnwell county. Charges and specifications
of misconduct, neglect of
duty and incapacity in office were
made against tfte above-mentioned ofV
ficers, and each of them was duly
W served with the rule, as well as with
copy of the charges and specifications
of misconduct, neglect of duty and
incapacity. February 20. 1915 appli?cation
was made before me for a postponement
of tf e time of hearing. This
request was re'used. because no siuficient
reason therefor was offered.
"The bearing commenced at the ap
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y el and Streets
A Five Cithers Wounded in I
lots Are Fired?Culminand
Case in Court.
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about 35 years of age. Dock Wallace
is a farmer, between 50 and 55 \ears
of age. Arthur and Seppard West, 1
brotl ers, arc about 21 and 23 years !
of age.
Sheriff Douglass read ed Pageland j
tonight and is conducting a searching 5
investigation into the affair.
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Shtppard West Held by Coroner.
The State.
Pageland, March 13.?11 he coroner's'
jury investigating the <3earh of J. Wes- j
ley Arant, killed in a street fight here j
yesterday, when fi'.e other men were :
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wounded, d arges Sheppard West..;
who was wounded in t e affray, with
tihe death of Arant. That "J. W. Arant
came to his death irom gnnsaoi
wounds at the hands of S eppard
West" is the finding of t e coroner's
jury. West is in jail at Chesterfield.
J. D. {'Wallace and J. M. Arant are
in a hospital at Charlotte, where operations
were performed Friday night.
BotI? a^*e doing as well as could he exnected.
Wallace is shot in the abdomen,
l -is intestines being punctured in
eight places. Arant is snot in t^e ab
domen, his intestines being punctured
in 11 places. Arthur West, who was
shot four times in the arm, leg and
side, is in a serious condition here.
The coroner's jury will have anoti'rer
"earing on Wednesday. In the meantime
a thorough investigation of the
affair is being conducted..
Warrants charging rioting have j
been issued for eight persons alleged ,
o have participated in v e fight.
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pointed time. Affidavits and oral tes
j timony were offered. both in benalf of
respondents and against them. Dining
the course cf the i earing a motion j
was made by counsel who appeared for ;
citizens of Barnwell county to allow
the charges and specifications to be
amended by adding further charges
thereto. The proposed amendments
were allowed, and fcj consena of counsel
lor respondents, Thursday, March
4, was fixed for furt1 er hearing upon
i amonrtM ^harsres and suecifica
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I tion. Te further hearing ?as rej
sumed March 4 in accordance with
| previous agreement.
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j "An affidavit made by the members
| 0) the county dispensary board was
i oi'i'ered in their behalf and records
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j from the county dispensary board
! wert pin in o-^eac.? ."oroi:gho.i:t
i uis proceeding taere v;as 110 objection
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| to any 0 the affidavits or testimony of- ,
, ieied, except as to some statements 1
made on earsay. In reaching a con1
elusion these hearsay statements have '
not been taken into consideration and
are to be considered as having been
eliminated from tJae record.
"Messrs. C. C. Sims, A. H. Best and
C. E. Sawyer, attorneys, appeared on
the date last mentioued for the members
of the boarc; Mr. J. ). Patterson,
attorney, having appeared with
the attorneys above mentioned for
the members of tne board on the first
day of the hearing; Messrs. T. .u. j
Boulware and 'S. G. Ma afield, attorneys,
appearing in opposition to the
board.
Findings Are Set. Ont
"After a cull consideration of the
testim^-., hearing of tfr 3 arguments ,
of counsel, pro and con, i find tMe following
facts:
"1. That worthless fnd unsalable
liquors were purchased by the board
after they knew, or should have
known, of the worthlessness and un
saiaointy tnereoi.
"2 That ordinary care and consider- ,
ation were not observed by tJ:e board
in letting the contract to (Angus B.
Patterson for hauling for the county
dispensary. This transaction was to
all intents and purposes a private one,
entered into without public advertise- j
ment and without fair inquiry as to j
tf^e value of the services to be per
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lonned. This careless and negligent'
action of the board resulted in loss to
tiie county 01 approximately *iuv yvi ,
month .or tl e past several montns.
"3. The board failed :o prevent an.i
allowed Dispenser Walsh at Williscon,
to sell ihrough i ah-p'n.-.ary at
that place beer which was nerJ er pur- ,
nV?rv /NO ^ ?-, rs ? fit 1/-,/? }\ 17 ta I
V-iicist: 11 HOI xniii u i w c/v/t-. ?. ,
This beer was procured by the dispenser
and sol J through the dispensary
in open '.iolation of t -e law.
"4. Excessive prices have been paid
by n e board for several brands o.f
liquors, tue excess i.i <ome instances
being $3 i er case for liquor. In consider
it no excise that sucli purc
liases were made upon bids submitred
according to law, for the same law
provides that all bids may be rejected,
ihe board knew, or .^ad sutFieien: reason
to believe, that exorbitant prices
were being charged. Acting upon sue'3.
knowledge or belief they s! ould have
rejected the bids carrying excessive
prices and should have refused to buy
..Mil fair prices wrre offer4"', i a-o
no: think members c- the board excused
themselves by saying that they
were, unJer ti -e circumstances, compelled
to purchase in order to carry
on tee business of fi e dispensary, for
rlie very good reason that there was
an excessive stock o: liquors on hand,
and purchases were even made when
reason therefor did not exist.
"5. <The evidence clearly sliows t;'.:at
near relatives were -employed by the
board, but I do not t1 ink this an ofense
under the law, nor that such action
may be legally made a ground
for removal.
Overstocked.
"6. An inspection of the records of
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the dispensary vn-i snow :nai eacx:
and every local dispensary in Barnwell
county was overstocked with
gcods not really salable; goods of
high price and slow sale continually
increased; dead stock or worthless
gcois accumulates, in some eases, to
as mn01 as 25 ptv cent, oi the stock
of the local dispensary, while sufficient
goods, salable and in demand,
were not supplied. A comparison of
the purchases, as well as o the stock
on hand", will show purchases and
stock many times greater than the
reasonable requirements and needs or
the dispensary.
"7. Covering a period of six months
or more, liquors and bottles 'Containing
less t' an one-half pint were supplied
by the board to local dispen-1
sar'ies for sale and were sold. T!>?J j
fact tl'at these packages contained
less than one-half pint was proml- ,
nenthy advertised on the labels on trie !
bottlers. j
"S. Drinking of intoxicants in the.
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dispensary at Williston has be*?n nn- ,
resincrea; h was 01 cummvu
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rence, ?ioi prevented or otherwise interfered
with by the board, wt ich had :
charge and supervision thereof and
power in it?, discretion to remove the
dispenser.
"9. Liquors were generally cffered j
for sale which had not been subjected 1
to chemical analysis. This failure no '
dniihr created the necessity o:' some
worthless liquors beins: t1 rown away,
but not unti- portions thereof harl been
sold ti/e public under the law as guar- j
antee of purity. It may not be amiss
to say that there is little comfort to.
the person who l as bought and consumed
a portion of such liquors to
be told that the county fcas lost notih-!
ing; that the money paid by the county '
for such worthless and impure liquors j
has been recovered In t) is connection |
the evidence shows that bottles con- '
taining a liquid compound was bought
by tfie board and sold through the disnensaries.
which was by the labels
tierof advertised as a cure or rem-:
edy for various human ailments. Hut |
as there was no charge against the .
board tor dealing in patent medicines, j
I consider this only as a liquor which j
has not been analyzed.
Charge Not Snstained.
"10. Tn justice to all concerned, I j
feel that I should state that charges |
of habitual drunkenness and excessive
use of intoxicants by certain members
or" the board and others connected with
the dispensary rave not been sus-:
tained by the evidence. T did not al- !
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low inese fiiar!;t*s iu ur nmiui?ni., (
because they were formally and pub- j
liclv made, therefore in my judgment i
should be formally and publicly dis- j
posed of, in accordance with the evidence.
Under all the circumstances,
it is ti ought better and fairer to declare
the o idence insufficient in this
!es;.eet tha-i to have the charges made
and wi: .drawn and thereby leave ^uc,.
a serious matter open to further question.
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"in view of the above facts, w! ich
are foi^n 1 to ]?o fully sustained ny tn^
evidence. I feel it my duty to rcmov
from cffi; e the present members o
the county dispensary board for Barnwell
county.
"It is therefore ordered:
"That t e said B. F Peoples and S.
A. "Wise and V. S. Owens bp. and thev
anr] eacii o; t-hfm are. remove] from
office of county ,]i--uensary board oi
Ram we'] counrv r.n-l f'r sa'j office b"
' ereby declared vacant.
"! *>t 1he sheriff of Barnwell county
forthwith serve upon each of f e respondents
herein copy of this order."
f*anweJl Corinty Hoard Named,
i Tt p jroverncr has named the hoard oi'
j dispensary commissioners of Barnwell
jounty as ol'ows: N. M. Walker, of
iApplcton; S. R. Boylesto.i, of Blackt
jville; J. M. Wer.terrbee, of Williston,
! the re'ommcndjtion of th6 legislative
delegation from Barnwell county.
M MAM S BFMANDS
SERVED ON VILLA
1 Kepeafed to Zapata's Northern Associate?
Conditions in Mexico City
, Said to Be (iood.
1 * 1 1- 1 O /vm
j vvasamgrcn, .mmi'cu 10.?jL^cintiiivio
1 by the United States upon Gen. Salai
zar, Zapatr. comraandrr in Mexico
City, for the punishment of soldiers
w o murdered John B. MeMr,nus, an
American citizen, and adequate reparation
to McManus* amily were repeated
today to Gen. Villa.
"As Villa and Zapata/ caid Secretary
Bryan, "nave b'jen cooperating,
1 tliC'Ugrt it vv:.c a good idea to make
i representations to Villa as well as
ir/
i Zapata.
! Sa'azar has alreafy promised to
j punish thosp guilty of the killing of
, M '-Man us.
Mexico City is raid to continue
quiet.
iI ;hc following summary was givrn
out by rhe state department:
"The department is informed that
t c occupation of Piedras Ncgras by
the Villa . action gi.es it complete
control of t/r.e region of Coahuila and
i that trains arc now running practicaly
all the way to that point from the
r>n r\i t o 1
V/M kU A.
To Occupy Pr^freso.
"The department is informed t! at
V-r;a Cruz states that Gen. Carranza
has announcerd the the gunboat
Zaragoza at Progreso will detain any
vtscel found discharging or loading
inrgo and that i.e expects to occupy
the port, operating by lanl and sea.
Tiie constitutionalist authoiities at
Ve.a Cruz announce that t e Ocampo
also l been ordered to Progreso.
"The department, ie in receipt of a
report duted March 8 covering the
general political situation in tr.e
iVoTiQr?c. It is stated that
Gov. Maytorent has dispatcher a Jarge
force to the sout "J to repel ti'e reported
advance of Cf.rranza forces inid?r
Gen. Iturbe. Bov. Maytorena's
control extends as for south as the
neighborhood of Fundicicn. on ti e
Southern Pacific-Mexican railroad. The
Carranzaistns occupy Alamos. Sonora.
and Navajoa, to the south, r-.nd >Agua
Priet in the northeast of Sonora.
"It is said that the phase of tfte
Sonora situation now most serious is
the scarcity of food.
"It is said that the army oi* Gen.
Juan Cabral, in its march from
CM' uahua across the mountains into
'Sonora, lost 1,200 horses from starvation
and exhaustion."
Enrique . Llorente, Villa's representative
here, issued a statement tonight
regarding the MeManus case
wihich says in part:
Follows American Plan.
"There are certain features about
the MeManus case whidn^ give rise
to a suspicion that the deceased
might not have been entirely without
Tf a c stntpd hp was ffuiltv
of having killed t.'iree Zapatistas
when tJ':.-e latter entered Mexico City
some months ago, it in equally possible
that he might have been detected
in sniping 011 (Wednesday last when
I Three kind
At all dealers ai
th? same troops again entered the
capital.
"On t';e other ) and, he may have
been wantonly shot by an irresponsible
tironi) of coldiers. Should ir.ve.s
ugaiion uevtriup ui.i suui >.< o
ea-e, the American president may i?o
assure J that the provisional govern|
nu'M of Mexico will make due rep.
yranon thrcugi the payment of a
money indemnity to t e family of tho
j dr.erased.
"I?! t n is incident we will be guide J
j by the po'iey of the United States in
as"s in which i oreigncrs have met
death by mob violence within its territory."
j FRYE'S CAPTAIN AND CREW
TO MAKE STATEMENT*
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i Risks Americans Were Subjected to bj
| Enforced Presence Aboard Cruiser
Also to be Taken lp.
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! Washington, March 11.?Unless the
German government voluntarily offers
to make restitution for the destruction
j of the American ship Frye, sunk bj
: the converted cruiser Prinz Eite'
Friedrich in t) e South Atlantic, anc
! cvrrpssps reeret for toe occurrence
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strong protest will be made by th<
| United States, with a request for repa
ration.
Xo announcements concerning the
case probably will be made, it was saic
by high officials, until after an investi
gation had been completed. Presiden
Wilson stated today that a searching
| inquiry would be conducted.
Officials were unanimous in theii
oninion?and it was shared largely b]
j diplomatists, too?-teat the commandei
of tibe Prinz Eitel had no right to sin]
' the Frye. It was considered probabli
by officials that the German govern
ment would admit the error of the na
j val commander and agree to make th<
. usual reparation. Some official though
sufficient amends, a ter the payment o
damages, would be t! e court martial
ing o: the German officer.
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r Policy holders of the Farmers' MuI
tual Insurance Ascociation of Newr
i Derry County will meet at the Court
j House on Saturday, March 13th inst.,
p at 11 o'clock a. m.
. : R. T. C. HUNTER, Pres^
a1 "L. I. EfPTING, Secty.
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; d-ersigned will make final settlement
i of the estate of J. W. Wicker, deceased,
. : in t':e probate court for Newberry
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! countv. State of South Carolina, on
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thereafter apply to the judge of proj
bate of Newberry county for a final
discarge. All persons indebteded to
the said estate will make immediate
settlement with tl'e undersigned, and,
all persons holding claims against the
said estate will present tfre same duly
ti attested. G. A. C. Wicker,
Administrator.
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