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By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. New Series No, ?52.-Volume LXIV.-No. ?H. 4? ' 4? 4* 4* .!* 4 FU * HORSES Al * Wc will have within t 4? of Fine Horses and v that the best horse : fy know what the Ocone JU work of this section a 'fy be made with a view t * SEE US FQR : cw.&j. E. Walhal 4* .{. . 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4 NEWS FROM RICHLAND. People "Up in Anns" Again Over Dam-Local Brief?. Richland, Sept. 16.-Special: Cot ton ls beginning to open In this com munity and some fields aro being picked over. Farmers are busy gath ering fodder and tops. Mrs. Perry Stribling-Demsie, of Rome, Ga., is the guest of Mrs. T. B. Wyly. Little Miss Sue Foster has suffi ciently recovered from her fever to | take tho trip, so Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Foster and children left yesterday for their home in Mississippi, after having spent several weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Foster. M. R. McDonald spent the week end with homefolks here. Mrs. T. E. Stokes and children, Abbie, Margaret and Theodore, re turned to their home in Greenville last Tuesday after a several weeks' visit to Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Hughs. Edgar McMahan left last Wednes day for Clemson College, where ho will be In the Sophomore class. Mr. and Mrs. R. I). New and four children left Friday evening for their home in Savannah. Ga., alter spend ing the summer with Mrs. Julia Shanklin. Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Wilcox and daughter. Sarah Elizabet h. spent Fri day with the latter's grandmother, Mrs. S. H. Coe. Stiles Stribling loft Friday for Clemson College, where he will en ter the Freshman class. At a meeting of the Session yester day at Richland Presbyterian church W. H. Hughs was elected as a delgate to Presbytery, which meets at Walhalla. A series of services will begin to night at Rock Springs Methodist church. Clint StribPng, of Seneca, and Joe Stribling, ol Jacksonville, Fla., were among tho recent visitors here. Rev. F. D. Vaughan has purchased a nice horse and buggy, which will aid him a great deal in his work. Mrs. H. M. McKey, of Cuba, is vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. IO. D. Coster. Citizens Wrought t p. The citizens In and around the Richland community are very much wrought up at present over the pros pect of a large dam to bo built across Coneross creek, four miles below the town. Richland is located In the center of Oconee, in the fork of Rich land and Coneross creeks. These are good sized, sluggish streams, They unite ono mile south of Richland, and throe miles from their union ls a fairly good witter power of limited capacity. From this shoal lo Rich land, and for ttiiles above, is a splen did farming section, and broad areas of fertile valley lands spread out along these banks, with not less than 500 acres in one body and numerous smaller tracts. More than half a century ago these lands .attracted a thrifty, energetic, cultured, law-abiding, liberty-loving. Christian citizenship to pitch their tents here to lay the foundation for what is boro to-day. These people have wrought well, have prospered, have built splendid and some pala tial homes along these streams and their tributaries. Schools and churches and culture are everywhere here that will compare favorably with any county in Routh Carolina or any other State under "Old Glory." These people and their children arc here and satisfied and proud of their heritage, love their homes, their country and their Cod. Does mortal man ask for higher Ideals? Fifteen years ago a company was organized to erect a dam for ? cot ton mill site. Those people entered their protest, backed by some of the best legal talent in South Carolina, and the "dani business" went to jilecos and quiet was restored. Three years ago another company tried the "dam business" aver again, and tho land owners for miles above, knowing that to erect a dam 27 feet he next ten days a lot Mules-the very best markets afford. Wc e farmer needs for the nd our selections wiii o meeting the demands. fiOOD STOCK. *| BAUKNIGHT, I Ia? S. C. , '* *l* "I* "I" fy *Z* fy fy AVIATOR KILLED IN COLLISION. Howard W. (iii!, of Hal tl I no re, Cost .Lift?-Frenchman Slightly Hurt. Chicago, Sept. 14.-Aviator How ard W. Gill, of Baltimore, Md., was fatally hurt on the Cicero field to night, dying later, while Geo. Me tach, of France, whose monoplane collided, with Gill's biplane when they were participating In a race 75 feet In the air, was Injured as the two men and their machines fell to tho earth In the dark. Metach soon revived and his condition was found to be not serious. Gill was in a Wright biplane and Metach in a Borel monoplane. The accident occurred. just at darkness, at the end of a day of spectacular flying. About 5,000 people were wit nesses to the accident, but the dark ness and distance prevented the spectators from seeing all of the ac cident, or how it occurred. Darkness was said to be primarily the cause of the accident. Paul Peck, on the same Held the other day, met his death at sunset. To day's accident occurred even later. While there was light higher up it was almost dark near tho ground. .Metach said that just before the monoplane race was to start he pro tested to tho officials of tho areo club against racing in darkness, but the I start was called and ho went. Ho had come down from another race, but had reascended. Two other avl I ators were up high, and the eyes of the spectators at tho time were brought to a spectacular downward flight ol' Lillie, who had stopped his engine at an altitude of 2,f?00 feet. Metach was going about a milo in two minutes and had gone only twice around the course when his mono plane and Gill's biplane came to the earth together. ! 1). (J. McAlister Slightly Injured. (Columbia State, Sept. 15.) Southern north-bound passenger train tl, Columbia to Spartanburg, colided with through freight Xo. 17.r>, at Fernance, just outside of Columbia, about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, resulting in minor inju ries to members of the passenger train's crew and damage to the ca boose of the troight, Traille was de layed about an hour. Conductor ".lim" Weaver and En gineer D. G. McAlister suffered mi nor injuries from tho accident, es did Hal Robinson, a negro, who was flrej man on tho passenger train. high .II a stream that had only 7 % foot fall to the mlle, would soon lill I he bed ol' the stream with mud for miles and milos above, met and or ganized and took legal steps, blt their lips and talked tho "dam busi ness" over. Tlie company (railed off the dogs and unit the "dam busi ness." Rut now the quiet of our country is again disturbed, and the Coneross Light and Cower Company, an aggre gation of Oconeo mon, is taking stops to build this dam for tho purpose of generating electricity. Il their ends are accomplished our people feel that it will bo done at tho expense and set ions'hurt ol' a htrge number of Oconee's best citizens. Tho promot ers are asking for a charter and pro pose to build this dam. There is hot blood and grim determination in this community. The owners of these homes and farms are organizing and have employed legal talent to protect their interests and save their valley lands Iront becoming swamps, frog ponds, mosquito dons, malaria pools." etc. We aro not prepared to believe that the laws of our State will allow this, and we certainly hope not. In the meantime wo will look on and lis ten to the battle of the legal forces ns they tight for home and comforts and lands on one side and a "soulless corporation" on the other. fy fy fy fy fy fy H IO H SCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY. Tho Faculty-Course of Study-In formation tu raf runs. The Walhalla schools will open next Monday, September 23, with the following faculty in charge: H. W. Casque, Superintendent Mathematics in the High School. Miss Kate J. Steck-English and Latin In tho High School. Miss Lola Kaufmann-History and science in* the High School. Mrs. A. P. CHBP-7th grade. Miss Mary E. Ansel-4th grade. Miss Irene Strother. Miss Gertrude Ulemann - 1st grade. The enrollment is e pected to be large, and as the present building ls inadequate to accommodate all pupiis, arrangements will be made to house the lower grades in a sepa rate building. Tuition. All pupils residing outside tho district (except those who obtain transfers) will be required to pay tuition as follows: 1st grade. 90c. j per month; 2d grade, 95c. per month; 3d grade, $1 per month; 4th grade, $1.05 per month; 5th grade $1.10 per month; 6th grade, $1JS per month; 7th grade, $1.20 per month. Course of Study. First Grade-Wheeler's Graded Primer (25c.) Second Grade--Wheeler's Second Header (35c); Hunt's Progressiv? Speller, Book 1, (13c); Milne's Pro gressive Arithmetic, Book I, (32c); Berry's Writing Book, No. 1, (5c); Augsburg's Drawing Book, First Year, (15c.) Third Grade-Stepping Stones to Literature, Third Reader i30c); Progressive Course in Spelling, Book I, (13c); Milne's Progressive Arith metic, Book 1, (32c); Berry's Writ ing Book, No. 2, (5c); Augsburg's Drawing Book, Second Year, (15c); Thomas' Spelling Blank (5c.) Fourth Grade-Heart of Oak Reader, No. IV, (35c); Progressive Course In Spelling, Book I, (13c); Wlthers-Klnard "The English Lan guage," Book I, (32c); Maury's New Elements of Geography (45c); Milne's Progressive Arithmetic, First Book, (32c); Ritchie-Caldwell's burg's Drawing Book, Third Year, (15c); Thomas' Spelling Blank (5c.) Pi fh Grade - Heart of Oak Books, No. V, (35c); Hunt's Progres sive Spelling, Book II, (13c); Wlth ers-Klnard "The English Language," Book I, (32c); Milne's Progressive Arithmetic, Second Book, (36c); Maury's New Elements of Geogra phy, (45c); White's Beginner's His tory of United States, (40c) ; Berry's Writing Book, No. IV, (5c); Augs burg'? Drawing Book, Fourth Year, (15c); Thomas' Spelling Blank (5c.) Sixth Grade-Selections from The Riverside Literature Series for 6th grade (3Sc); Kinard-Wlthers "The English Language," Book ll, (41c); Hunt's Progressive Course In Spell ing, Book II, (13c); Milne's Pro gressive Arithmetic, Second Book, (30e); Maury's New Complete Geog raphy (88e); Ritchie Primer of San itation (10c); Berry's Writing Book, No. V, (5c); Augsburg's Drawing Book, Fifth Year. (15c); Thomas' Spelling Blank (5c.) Seventh Grade-Selections from The Riverside Series for 7th grade, C18c); Kinard-Wlthers "Tho Eng lish Language," Book Tl, (44c); Benson ci Glenn Speller and Definer (2;"c); Milno's Progressive Arithme tic, Second Book, (36c); Maury's New Complete Geography (88c); Thompson's History of the United States (70c); Augsburg's Drawing Book, Sixth Year, (15c); Thomas' Spelling Blank (5c); Berry's Writ ing Book, No. VI, (5c.) Eighth Grade-Ben bier's- Modern English Grammar, with Composition (55c); Christinas Carol; Milne's Progressive Arithmetic, Book MI, (41c); Wells' Algebra for Secondary Schools, complete, ($1); Botsford History (Ancien I) for Beginners ($1.20); Collar &. Danlell's First Yea'f Latin, (Die). Ninth Grade-Vision of Sir Laun fal (15c); Brooks' English Composi tion. Book 1, (68c); Wells' Algebra for Secondary Schools, complete, ($1); .Montgomery's Leading Fads Of English History ($1.06); 'Parr's New Physical Geography (SSe)'; Glldersleeve-Lodge Lari in Grammar (75c); Johnston and Sanford's Cae sar's Gallic War ( 85c. ) Tenth Grade Wolley's Handbook of Composition (68c); Ancient Mar iner (25c) ; Wells' New Plane Geom etry (75c); Adams and Trent His tory of the United States; Went worth's New School Algebra; (/lark's "The Government" (75c); John ston and Sanford's Caesar's Gallic War (85e. ) Trains Wrecked; Four Injured. Wllllamston, Sept. 14.--Fast freights No. 7 1 and No. 72. on the Southern Railway, came Into a head on collision to-night at Cheddar, about three miles south of Wllllam ston. Fred Caudle, engineer on tho south-hound, suffered a broken leg and cuts and bruises; Jack Elliott, engineer of the north-bound, sus tained a sprained back as a result of jumping from his engine; Dave Thomas, who was beating his way to i Columbia, was perhaps fatally scald ed, and Fireman Howell was badly bruised. Both engines were wrecked and many box cars were thrown from the track and splintered. The track was badly torn up. vm Lovo Jn?fnlr Causes their Capture ^?fetcctivos Follow Flanco. De na A whlc court;.; 14, ward Kintal affair Both nesB requis Ed Miss was r after paving afreet round escape, end ?ft him. jj effect? A vljj in he) months [itolneB, Iowa, Sept. l-l.-Sid leader of the Allen clan pot up the Carroll county use at Millsville, Va., March his nephew, Wesley Ed o-night are en route to Vlr r trial as a reBult of a love pleb led detectives lo them, /ye anuounced their wllllng , return -to Virginia without bn. rds, for tho love of whom Ud Iroler, of Cann, Va., had Innocently led detectives to Des Moines}, was captured to-night as ho ming to his boarding house, vlng worked all day with a ang. JuBt as he boarded a (r detectives and olllcers BUT t't. Edwards was trying to y crawling through the front ho car when officers caught o arrest of Sidna Allen was ??earlier in the day. Tho Fatal Clues, t by Edwards to MIBB Iroler Virginia home about a go, and the accidental loss of a letter, put the detectives on the trail. ?he fugitives had been In Des Ince April 28. Allen, under ? of Tom Sayre, worked as a ir, and Edwnrds, under thc Moines! the nat carperit name ot .loo Jackson, was employed with &i Sty paving gang. Allen was arrested at the homo of John ,0 meron, at Eleventh and Lo cust stl - els, where he and his ne phew h jd been rooming, by Detect ives Badwln, Lucas and Mundy, of Roanoke, Va. Tho arrest occurred a few minutes after Miss Iroler step ped IntO the Cameron home to meet Edward!, whom she was to wed to night, according to an arrangement made voie? ho visited her in Vir ginia. ?. DetecMvo Lucas was at her heels Allen was In an upper room. When informed that visitors wanted to see him, he^came down stairs. As he did so Detective Lucas covered him with a revolver and asked him to sur render. SiAUen hesitated and then threw Un, his hands, remarking as he did so:.$J guess I'm your man." : ?ip.nlcl1 for Ktlwar^?u.vvM.* Ailed" was handcuffed and placed | under a guard of city detectives while Col. Baldwin and Chief Jenny, of the local department, went In search of Edwards, who was said to bo at work in the western part of the city. Ap parently Edwards had heard that Al len had been captured becauso he was not to be found until night Miss Iroler arrived here this morn ing, unaware that on the same train were detectives who wanted her sweetheart. She went straight to the Cameron home, having previous ly been provided with the address and the officers followed. Although surprised, she took the arrest of Allen and the capture of Edwards with little show of concern "Wesley was down home a month ago." she said. "We were to be married and ho gave me the money to come to this city and this address I had no Idea that any ono was fol lowing me." Wouldn't Say Much. Sidna Allen, in his cell to-night, j talked freely of the events of the last few months, but. declined to say much concerning his movements Im mediately after the court house trag edy. Edwards and he remained in the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina for about a month and then got over In Kentucky, going to Louis ville, where they spent several days. Their next stop was in St. Louis, where they remained a week. They had sufficient money for their needs and tiaveled as first class passen gers. "I don't know why we carno to Des Moines," said Allen, "unless lt was that I thought we would he safer here. Several years ago I was in the Klondyke, and I figured that tho olllcers would think 1 had gone back there. So we came to Des Moines and I got work as a carpen ter and expected to remain here un til it was safe hack home. "I would have given myself up long ago If I had thought we could get a square deal. But see what they have done to Floyd, my brother, and Claude." Allen declared that tho court house tragedy was tho fault of the olllcers, who, he said, hogan the shooting. "We heard a few days before Floyd Allen's trial began that Sheriff Webb had bought a hundred rounds of cartridges and had made the re mark that lie was going to show that Allen gang some 'real court," hut we did not expect trouble that day and there would not. have been any if the olllcers had not begun it." In Handcuffs They Go Home. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15.-Hand cuffed, guarded by three stalwart detectives and accompanied by tim girl who unconsciously gavo the po lice tho clue lo their hiding place, Sidna Allon and his nephew, Wesley lOdwards, arrived here to-night from Des Moines on their way back to the scene of their crime. No Traitor to Lover. With the exception of Miss Maud Iroler, whose love for Edwards led the detectives to his hiding place, the entire party apparently relished their food, and even the exchanging of jokes was not Infrequent on the trip. The younger of the two prisoners, as well as the girl herself, was solle TH E TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS Will Ho Hehl October i-state High School Fund. . The State Board of Education, nt UK meeting last week, named Friday, October 4th, as the date for thc reg ular examination of teachers. Tho board hopes to avoid the ne cessity of ordering an extra teachers' examination in January, as wus done last year. All teachers without cer tificates and all prospective teachers were requested to confer with the several county superintendents in order to Inform themselves fu.iy re specting the date and scope of this examination. The State supervisor of elementary rural schools reported the appoint ment of Peabody supervisors of nor mal methods In Dorchester, Marl boro, Laurens, Aiken. Calhoun, ' ol leton, Oconee and probably In two other counties. The Southern Educa tion Board, through the South Caro lina Educational Committee, has con tributed the salary of this supervisor in Lexington county. The pioneer work of this kind was begun in York county in 1910, by Miss Leila Rus sell, of Anderson, and is now main tained by the State through the agency of Winthrop College. Among the high schools given sup plementary aid from State fund" are the following: Abbeville, Due West, Lowndesvllle, McCormick, Mt. Car mel, lu Abbeville county; Bolton, Honea Path, Iva, Lebanon, Pendle ton, Starr, Townvllle, Willlamston, In Anderson county; Fountain Inn, Greer, Locust, Mauldin and Simpson vllle, in Greenville county; Ninety Six, in Greenwood county; Oak way, Seneca, Walhalla and Westminster, in Ocont?e county; Liberty and Plckens, in Plckens county; Cross Hill, Gray Court, Mountville, Prince ton and Trinity Ridge, In Laurens comity. -^ ? ^ Nichols Can't AccepL Spartanburg, Sept. 14.-Because he will not have time to spare from in personal business and practice in Spartanburg, Sam J. Nichols, Esq., who was named by Governor Blease to serve,on tho board of regents of the State Hospital for the Insano his Inability to accept the place. Uous In having a rumor denied that she had deliberately betrayed her sweetheart, Edwards. Detective Baldwin corroborated their state ments, and told the story of tho event8 leading nj) to the capture to prove that the girl was no traitor to lier lover. Ho sated that when Edwards left Mount Airy, N. C., he had left $50 with the girl to be used to join him when he was safely secreted. The money was stolen and then replaced and in this manner Miss Iroler's fa ther learned of lt. Detective Baldwin stated that he had two of his men working on the Iroler farm, and in this way learned ol' a correspondence between tho girl and Edwards. "The remainder was easy," said Baldwin. "We watched her. When she left, these two men, Lucas and Monday, followed her, and I was right behind them on the next train. You know tho story of the arrests and that is all there is to it." More than $3,000 for Capture. Richmond, Va., Sept. 16.-Gover nor Mann was olflcially Phd vised to day that Sidna Allen and Wesley Ed wards, members of the Allen band, aro in thc custody of Virginia olfi cers. It Is generally understood that more than $3,000 will bo paid for the capture of the prisoners, al though as a matter of State policy tho authorities decline to-night to say exactly what amount ls now standing. The prisoners will be formally ar raigned at Millsville. Governor Mann Intimated that Judge Waller R. Staples, who presided at the trials of Floyd, Claude. Fidel and Victor, will he designated to sit. It ls the general idea in ofllcial circles here that tho defense will ask for a chango of venue, in which event Allen and Edwards will be placed on trial in Wytheville. Unless future develop ment? should warrant it, tho Gover nor will not provide any special guard lo watch over the prisoners, as there is no danger ol' mob vio lence. Victor Allen Freed. Wytheville, Va., Sept. 1 3.-"Not guilty" was tho verdict rendered hy the jury in tho case of Victor Allen, charged with participation in tho Millsville court house murders on March I 4th last. The announcement brought quite a demonstration from tho spectators, a large portion of whom wore women. The arguments were completed this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, and the case was given at outre to the jury, which was out 110 minutes con sidering its verdict. When it was announced Mr. Poague, of counsel for tho Common wealth, addressed tho court, stating that he and his as sociates had no desire to do moro than their duty, and that with per mission of tho court tho other In dictments against the defendant would be dismissed, which was done. Allen, surrounded by his four small children, received tho congrat ulations of many in tho court room, and as he shook hands with the jury tears coursed down his cheeks. "HAZERS" KILL THIOIK VICTIM. Freshman Made to Danoo on Barrel, Faiis to Death. Chapel Hill. N. C., Sept. 14.-Tho coroner's jury which Investigated tho death of Freshman Isaac W. Rand, of Sm 1thheld, which occurred about L o'clock yesterday morning while be was being "hazed" in the athletic field by a body of sophomores, yester day afternoon made the following re port of its findings: "We find that, the deceased came to his death by being cut, caused by a fall upon a brokon bottle, and fur ther that the deceased, at the time of the fall, was being made to dance upon a barrel by a party of hazers of tho University of North Carolina, and that Bald party was composed of W. L. Merriman, A. H. Styron, R. W. Oldham, A. ,C. Hatch and other par ties unknown to the jury. We rec ommend that said W. L, Merriman, A. H. Styron, R. W. Oldham aud A. C. Hatch be held under bond for the next term of court of Orange county for further investigation into said death." Tho bond was fixed at $5,000 each. Testimony a? to Death. As developed by the testimony given before tho coroner's jury tho death of young Rand occurred short ly after midnight, while he was be ing hazed, together with his room mate, on the athletic field. About 1 o'clock yesterday morning the four sophomores mea lion ed masked themselves and entered the room of Rand and Wellous, two freshmen from Smithfield. Without being given time to dress tho two first-year men were tnken to ^he*ath letic field, a distance of about 300 yards from the dormitory. Wellons was first placed upon an upturned barrel and made to sing and dance. After performing for a few minutes he slipped down from the barrel, and in doing so scratched himself slightly. Then Rand's turn to mount tho barrel came, and he had just begun to perform, when he apparently slipped in the same manner as Wel lons. He fell to the ground and lay there. Ho waa picked up, and blood was ?discovered to bo spurting from ii- I?rge cut -tin1'thc i?ft .'sl?s-^?fn^' neck. He had'fallen on some pieces of broken glnss. Assistod by the thoroughly fright ened boys he walked toward tho gymnasium, tho nearest building nt hand. After going about 100 yards his strength gavo completely out and he was carried. When the gym nasium was reached he was nearly dead. Tho sophomores left, going to (heir rooms, while Rand was loft alone with his room mate. Merriman tried to 'phono for a physician, hut failed. Wellons at tracted other students by his erics for bel)?, and Dr. McNider and Presi dent Venable were summoned. When they came, however, Rand was dead. His jugular vein had been severed, and he lived but ten minutes after the accident. Will Sue Fathers. Raleigh, N. C.. Sept. 1?.-The ex ecutive committee of thc hoard of trustees of tho State University to day received President. Venahlo's re port regarding the death ot Isaac W. Rand hy hazing last Friday. They later expressed tho belief that all had hoon dono against hazing that could be dorie, but called for renewed war fare against it. Governor Kitchin Issued a state ment to-night calling upon all friends of the college to oppose hazing. Rand's father, Oscar Rand, made public a statement to-night, insisting that justice he done. It Is said he will sue the fathers of the boys who wore hazing his 30n when the acci dent occurred. Sam Hyde WIKS Found Sane. (Columbia State.) A report has been filed wit li tho Governor hy tho commission appoint ed to investigate the sanity of Sam uel R. Hyde, thc finding being that the condemned man was sano when he killed his wife and father-in-law, and that he ls sane now. Hyde's sentence had hoon stayed pending a report hy the sanity commission, To Dio October 1st. As a result of tho above finding Hyde will suffer death on tho dato named when a stay of execution was granted. That means that ho will bo sent to tho electric chair October 1st. Meeting Fanners' Union. A called meeting of Local Union, No. 7 0. will bo hold at Blue Ridge school house next Saturday, Septem ber 2 1st, for tho purpose of buying fertilizers for fall sowing of grain. Every member ls urged to bo there. Make a special effort to bo out, broth ers. Meeting will lie called at 3 o'clock p. m. F. ll. Hurley, Secretary. Meeting Democratic Committee. Walhalla, S. C., Sept. 18, 1912. There will bo a meeting of the Oconoe County Democratic Fxecutivo Committee at the Court House on Tuesday at ll o'clock, Septomber 24, 1912, to pass on protest filed against the nominee for Sheriff. Fach Exec utive Committeeman is urged to ho present. Jas. M. Moss, County Chairman.