"The Free Lance" Issue: August 5, 1904 JUDGE VERNER SUICIDE Greenville - Aug. 4 Early this morning Judge D. P. VERNER, master of Greenville County, killed himself instantly by shooting himself in the head with a double barreled shot gun. The act of self destruction is supposed to have been the result of ill health. Mr. VERNER was in his office yesterday and in the afternoon was driving about the city with his little daughter. He was a popular county officer and has filled the master's period of fifteen years. Several terms he was without opposition. The tragedy occurred at six o'clock while he was alone in his bedroom in his country residence near this city. CAMPOBELLO: -Mrs. J. W. BRAMLETT entertained very pleasantly the young people of Campobello with the Misses and the Messrs. CLARK and Miss Maude CARPENTER of Landrum last Wednesday night. -There was a social gathering in town last night in honor of Miss Mary Louise BOMAR of Spartanburg, who is visiting Mrs. J. L. POOLE. -J. B. MAYBRY of Spartanburg was in town Saturday night. -B. G. LANDRUM of Spartanburg was in town today. -D. E. HALCOMBE of Spartanburg visited his home at this place Sunday. -Miss Grace WHISONANT of Wilkinsville is visiting Miss Mae FANT of this town. -Miss Hettie SHEPARD and Mrs. CHASE of Edgefield are visiting Mrs. N. CANNON of this place. -Misses Annie and Rose CAMP, two of Inman's popular young ladies are visiting R. B. MONK of this place. -R. L. SCOTT of Oklahoma City, who has been visiting relatives in town left Monday for New York. BITS FROM BERRY: -Rev. L. C. EZELL of Woodruff, will begin a series of meetings at Mr. View, on August 13. -J. W. BERRY is building a new store house. -J. C. BISHOP and wife are the happy parents of a fine baby girl born July 31. -Mrs. Mary NETHERTON, who has been sick for some time, is still in serious condition. -Rice LANCASTER and family of Brooklyn are visiting the family of J. V. WALL. -School at this place under the management of Miss Kate JOHNS, is in flourishing condition. -W. C. CANTRELL of Caroleen, has been visiting friends and relatives at this place for the past week. DRUGGIST RECOVERS Yorkville, Aug. 4-A case of considerable interest was tried before a jury in Magistrate COMER's court. It was a suit brought for Dr. John B. BOWEN a highly esteemed and reputable druggist of this place, for claim and delivery or 33 bottles of Pabst Malt extract, or the value of it, $8.35, and for $90 damages against the State Constable A. ROSE. About the middle of July a state constable named DRAKE, and a detective, went into the drug store of Dr. BOWEN when he was absent and induced a young boy 14 years of age, who attended the soda fountain, to sell them a couple of drinks of malt. They then reported it to Constable ROSE, who went to the store of Dr. BOWEN and seized his stock of malt, and shipped it to Columbia. At the trial yesterday, a letter was read from District Constable FANT stating that if the malt was sold a it was not to be interfered with but if it was sold as a beverage it was to be treated as a violation of the dispensary law. Dr. BURNEY, the state chemist, was here at the trial. Dr. BURNEY stated that he had bought a bottle of Pabst's malt at a drug store in Columbia the day before, for the purpose of analysis. The jury did not spend much time discussing the case and rendered a verdict in favor of the recovery of the malt or the value and for $25 damages. WOFFORD MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION The eleventh annual meeting of the WOFFORD Memorial Association will be held at Tabernacle Methodist Church, in the lower part of the county, on Friday, August 12. The association was organized in 1893 and is composed of the descendants of Capt. Joseph WOFFORD of the Revolutionary war. Capt. John W. WOFFORD of Hendersonville, N.C. is president and Col. S. T. McCRAVY of this city, is secretary of the association. A full attendance is requested. {Capt. Joseph WOFFORD is my 6th great grandfather} TWO HEIFERS KILLED BY LIGHTNING J. E. FINCH who lives near Ardella had the misfortune Tuesday to have two heifers killed by lightning. The animals were aged 8 months and 1 1-2 years respectively. Three cows which were standing nearby were uninjured, but on the death of the heifers set up a howling that gave notice of the happening of something unusual. Mr. FINCH's loss * storm $25 to $35. CAUGHT A BIG TURTLE: J. J. TINSLEY, H. L. TODD, A.M. TOLLESON and J. K. FOSTER returned to the city Tuesday afternoon from a several days' fishing expedition along Green River, N.C. The party of Waltonites had unusually good luck and returned with a number of splendid specimens of the finny tribe. They also caught in a sein a monster turtle which tipped the scale at 35 pounds. This is no fish story, for they brought the turtle along with them and its size bears out the statement as to its weight. KILLED BY LIGHTNING Greenville, Aug. 3-While sharpening tools on a grindstone at the home of John P. CLARK, near Mauldin, yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, a lightning bolt instantly killed Mr. CLARK and Charles B. GARRETT and seriously injured George THOMPSON who was standing nearby. Members of CLARK's family who were in the house were shocked, dazed and blinded by the bolt, but none of them fatally hurt. It is feared that Mr. THOMPSON will die. [more if someone wants it] PELHAM DOTS: -Misses PALMER and Jennie McCLIMONS are visiting the Misses Wyatt's at Seneca. -Miss Aurora GLENN leaves today for Spartanburg. -S. MAHAFFEY and Walter GLENN are spending the day in Spartanburg. -W. Arthur JOHNSTON has gone to Spartanburg to complete a course at the business college. -Miss Nettie DANIEL leaves for her home at Landrum today after a very pleasant visit to friends in this community. -Misses Matie Lou, Annie Sue BENNETT, Lillian ETSON, Mellie HUDSON and Misses [sic] Ober Jeb and Grady BENNETT, Jim and Ollie FOWLER and several others leave today on a camping trip to the mountains. -Tom GREER and Jack SHERBERT visited Spartanburg yesterday. LEARNED FROM LANDRUM -Baylis T. EARLE of Spartanburg is spending a few days here. -Misses Mary and Sara LYLES, two popular and attractive young ladies of Columbia are at the summer home here. -Prof. George L. DICKSON is here for a while to the delight of his friends. -Mr. and Mrs. N. F. CARPENTER returned last night from a trip to the St. Louis Fair. -Mrs. SALAS, who has been spending some time here, has gone to Skyland, N.C., for a while. -Misses Lelta and Earl TURPIN, of Greenville, are visiting relatives here. -Miss Annie McMAKIN, of Spartanburg is spending a while here at Mrs. E. J. JACKSON's. -Will RANDOLPH visited friends in Spartanburg, Sunday. -Miss Georgia TURPIN is spending a few days in Grambling. -Walter HEAVENER has returned from a visit to his parents. -Ashby SEYLER has returned from a trip to Greenville and other points. -Miss Nettie McDANIEL has been visiting friends at Greers, S.C. -Miss Ora SANDERS who has been quite sick, is improving rapidly. -G.A. HARRISON leaves this morning for Walholla, N.C. WOODRUFF: -Dr. S. A. WILDEMAN is spending this week with his parents at Due West. -Miss Ida CHAMBERLIN of Archer, Fla., is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. A. KIRBY. -Miss Roberts WOODRUFF of Gainesville, Ga., is the guest of Miss Janie ROGERS. -Mr. and Mrs. W. W. SIMPSON left for Glenn Springs last Tuesday. -Miss Bessie WOOD and Miss Annie DILLARD of Greer are the welcome guests of Miss Edna DARWIN. -D. B. IRBY is spending awhile at Kingston, Ga. -Miss Roberta and Pattie McAULAY spent Tuesday in Spartanburg. -J. A. MERRITT and wife of St. Matthews are the guests of L. D. MERRITT. -Mrs. CALIMESE and children of Greenville are visiting in town at Switzer this week. -C.M. DRUMMOND has accepted a position at Glenn Springs for the summer. -Mrs. Mollie ALLEN gave a lawn party Tuesday evening in honor of the Misses SULLIVAN of Princeton. -Mr. and Mrs. L. D. FOWLER are at home again after a visit to their parents at Simpsonville. -Miss Lida WOFFORD is spending a few days with Miss Edna DARWIN. Preston FOSTER Was Probably Fatally Wounded at Marietta Greenville, July 29,-At Marietta yesterday Dr. E.C. STROUD shot and seriously wounded Preston FOSTER, a negro. Details of the shooting as obtainable are to the effect that the negro was at the village postoffice in a partially drunken condition and was raising considerable disturbance. Dr. STROUD's residence is near and he went over to investigate the cause of the row. He spoke to the negro advising him to be quiet and leave the premises, whereupon the negro, who was thoroughly enraged raised a rifle which he was carrying with the remark that if Dr. STROUD interfered with him he would blow out the doctor's brains. [More is someone wants it] Mr. SPENCER Sent a Poodle Several weeks ago "Brownie" the little white poodle of little Miss Alice REMBERT daughter of Prof. A. G. REMBERT, was killed by the cars on the track of the Southern Railway. For some time the little girl appeared inconsolable from grief at the loss of her pet. Subsequently she wrote a letter to President Samuel SPENCER of the Southern Railway, stating her loss in childish manner, and enclosing a portrait of herself and "Brownie". The train from the north Saturday afternoon brought to the city, care of agent MORRISEY a thoroughbred poodle-the gift of Mr. Spencer to Miss Alice. The child is highly elated over such a splendid substitute for her dead pet. Free Post Lisa