The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-11-15
COLUMBIA lawyer
TAKES his life
CharIaE H. Barron Dies From Bullet
Wound
IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE
Deceased Leaves Notes Saying 81
Have Done My Best"

surance is tho only way can pay
those owe," and that II have done
my BEST, Charles H. Barron, Colum-
bia lawyer, and tinancier, about i
o'clock this afternoon \sent {. bullet
crashing through his brain which
snffed out life brilliant with achieve
men during is short forty-two years.
The deceased selected as his death
couch pine carpeted thicket firing
ing the placid waters Of sylvan pond
owned by him four miles north of the
city where he and his friends were
wont to be sport themselves with fish
ing, bathing and dancing in the days
that are gone.
j. H. Lee, caretaker of the pond
and surrounding preserve, saw Mr..
Barron in his death throes immediate
ly following the crack of the revolver
that sped it's deadly missile.
Drives to the Pond
Shortly before noon, according to
the time estimate Of Mr.. Lee, Mr..
Barron passed the Lee residence
alone in his automobile, and waved
his hand to J. w. Lee, son of the
caretaker, and went down toward
the pond. Mr.. Lee said that, whom
he came to his house for dinner,
hi. children told him that Mr.. Bar.
roh had gone to tho pond. When
he finished eating and resting
about an hour, he thinks, after MI.
Barron appeared, Mr.. Lee went to
the pond to have talk with him.
He said that as he approached
the club house he saw Mr.. Barron
to the right, just beyond the small
green outhouse sitting in his shirt
sleeves beneath "a small pine tree.
He did not know if Mr.. Barron saw
him. Just as the green clubhouse
obscured the range of his vision,
he said, he heard the sharp report
of a revolver. He hurried around
the house, and saw Mr.. Barron
Jerking, his arms quavering, and
the blood gushing from his ear"
He Immediately hurried for help.
When viewed shortly afterwards,
the body was lying on the back,
with the legs stretched out and
the arms thrown to the side. TO the
left of the body, midway between
the hip and the knee and near the
, left hand, was 32 calibre re-
volver, loaded with new cartridges
and one empty shell. The bullet
which caused death entered the left
ear. Mr.. Barron, say his friends,
was ambidextrous.
Notes Found in Hat
About three feet from the body
was the coat of the deceased with
his hat resting on it. In the hat
was the note and over the hat was
spread handkerchief. This note,
in reality three separate notes, was
written on the back of used let
ter-sileet and the handwriting and
signature have been identified by
associates as that of Mr.. Barron.
The note read as follows:
"11-14-22. My life insurance is
the only way I have to pay those I
owe, have done my best.
(Signed) "Chas. Fl. Barron"
Be sure and get return premiums
on policies less than year old.
(Signed) &C. II. B."
"Please ask my good friend j. f..
Belser to have my loyal friend and
partner, j. Nelson Frierson, ap-
pointed administrator. My estate is
solely liable for the firm debts, as
all others were on a salary basis
and know nothing Of my trouble Of
the condition Of financies.
(Signed) "Chas. II. Barron"
11-14-22."
About 10000 in Insurance
According to the best available
information to be obtained tonight,
Mr.. Barron has approximately $780,
900 in life insurance. Judging from
the note left by him some of the poll
'cies are of recent date and contain the
anti-suicide clause stopping payment.
No estimate could be made Of Mr..
BarTon's Indebtedness.
The honeymoon draws toward a
close when the young people come
back to the neighb3rhood where their
relatives live.
No matter who prevented the war
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