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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1849.) Published Every Wedneeda* Morning Subscription $1 Ter Annum. Advertising Rutes Reasonable. -By ?TECK, SHELOK & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char ade- charged for as advertise n. en 11-*. Obituary notices and tributes of le aped. <>r aol over ono hundred words, ?ill be printed free of charge. Ali over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cenl a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WABBA lifiA, H. C.: WEDNESDAY, .1 UNE I, TH li IR "/MA IH> A MENACE. In this day of intimate acquaint ance with the death-dealing proclivi ties ni the hundreds and thousands of germs thal infest Lhe air and earth and tho waters under lhe earth, then* are few things Indeed that are left to us thal \<> can properly call clean and healthful. Germs to the right, of us. germs to the left of us volley and thunder their missiles of dis ease and death Into humanity from dawn till dark, and from dark till ?lawn. They aro by species everpres cnt and omnipresent. And probably no theme is more widely discussed or more deeply investigated than that which deals with germs. lt is within the memory of most of us when tho buzzard was looked upon as a thing to be reverenced for its benefactions to mankind, and time and again we have, (and many another, we doubt not,) surrendered eur reverence to the uncontrollable desire to take a jK>p shot at one of these "black angels' as he glided through the ether-'and then felt that some cruel Nemesis was follow ing us, ready to point us out to some vigilant minion of tho law as the arch fiend who had dared to dese crate the body of the noble vulture. Wo have watched with disgust, some years ago, the antics of this "pro tected germ industry" as it hopped about "Tho Market" In Charleston, acavenging every particle of refuse meat and devouring every piece of available dit h. We feel sure that now, however, tho City by the Sea has long since realized tho error of Its way and provides a better means of disposing of the market filths than exposing them to tho rapacious buz zards. Speaking of the buzzard in connec tion with a scavenge system, or view ing it in the light of a benefactor of humanity, let us consider the re marks of Prof. M. Ray Powers, cf Clemson College, who has studied the "bird" pretty thoroughly, we doubt not: * * * Buzzards in feasting on car casses literally smear the decompos ed material over their plumage, and anthrax bacilli remain alive upon the beaks and feet of buzzards for at least -IS hours. With these facts In mind, it is only necessary to con sider the distance tlit? buzzard flies in 48 hours, and the number of pas tures he visits (spreading the germs of disease and infecting pasturage and water) to arrive at conclusions. * * * It is well known that the buzzard bas the filthy habit of vom iting upon the slightest provocation, ind if, after feasting on the carcass of a dlseasedanimal, the buzzard flies *o another pasture and there vomits this diseased and undigested flesh, what better method of spreading in fection could be desired? It cannot be claimed that such food is free from infection as a result of previous mixture* with tho bird's digestive juices, because thfa food is expelled before it has opportunity to meet ?such juices. In a recent add l ess Dr. Dalrymple, rttief of the louisiana experiment station, said: "The vomited material from buzzards, used hy Dr. Morris in his experiments, showed anthrax or ganisms, and that, 48 hours after a buzzard had feasted on a rabbit dead ol anthrax, cultures were made from tho feet and hill apd all cultures showed anthrax organisms." In Louisiana, where Dr. Morris conducted his experiments, they evi dently do not consider it "inexcusa ble to wage warf aro" on the buz zard. Note the following resolutions adopted by the Louisiana Live Stock Santiary Hoard, of which Dr. Dalrym ple is a member, at Its meeting on January ?th, 1913: "Whereas, the fact that the turkey buzzard and tho carrion crow have been proved by actual test to be im portant carriers of the infection of contagious diseases, such as anthrax for charbon) hog cholera, etc. ; and, "Whereas, theso hirds are a great menace to the live stock interests of thc siate; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the State Live Stock Sanitary Board recommends that any law on tho stn'ule books to protect the turkey buzzard, or car rion crow, be rei>ealed, and that the next General Assembly pas? the nec essary legislation for tho destruction of the turkey buzzard and the carrion crow In the State of Louisiana." There are hundreds of farmers In South Carolina who have recently suffered heavy losses as the result of the buzzards' ability to spread hog cholera, and they would heartily en dorse this resolution. Is the buzzard still "protected" In South Carolina? If these men of sclonce and research know what they are talking about (and we know that they do), then let's have "open sea son'' the year round for the buzzard. UNCLE HAM'S WAK ON THE M YECOS. (Continued from Second Page.) saw "Ned" running toward him he crouched, took careful aim and sent a bullet through "Ned's" forearm. Tho yegg, cornered and desperate, shot In return and the negro rolled over witb a bullet through his breast. "Ned" not away and found his com rades, who evidently convinced lum that they bad done all possible to warn bim bet?re tieein?. In any event Ned'' forgave what be at Brst had characterized treachery and agreed to go on to the next point where another promising bank salt" had been marked for looting. lt was at Finest City, N. C., that tho yeggmen gathered, and when noses were counted "Ned." "Chicken ititi." "Walter" and "Connecticut Shorty" linell up for tho night's the cracksman, and the others, witb tlio cracksman, and theothers, with the except ion of "Walter" did look out duty. "Walter" elected to so inside *o assisi "Nod." In reality tho other yeggs distrusted "Ned" and j wanted a second tuan present to count the loot, since they bad learn ed by bitter experience that "Ned" was not always on the lovel when it came lo dividing the spoils. The vault door, as well as the in ner sale, yielded' readily to "Ned's" manipulations, and when the last shot of "soup" was fired ?he ?olden horde lay exposed. Upward ot' $.">. OOO in gold and hank notes was pro cured, and quite a bi? sum in dimes, nickels and pennies was dragged out in the little canvas bags in which tiley were packed. After the loot had been equally divided "Chicken Hill" bought tho others' share of dimes, nickels and pennies at a lib eral discount, and packing them in a suit case, started across the coun try to a farm house he knew he could find lodgings In until the hue and cry over the bank robbery had subsided. The others caught a freight train passing through the town and fled the State the night of the robbery. "Chicken Hill" Riddled. Long before daylight word went around tho little town that the bank had been robbed and a posse was quickly formed. It was an easy mat ter to trace the robbers to the lair where tho cash was divided, but only the remnants of the midnight meal the burglais ha i indulged in there were found. The trail of "Chicken Hill" was picked up, and three hours ufter he fled the town the posse over took him and his burden, and in the fight that followed "Chicken Bill" fell with a dozen bullets piercing his. body, and died before any one could reach his side. His share of tho loot alone was recovered. "Ned" was once more In funds and, ripe for another spree, went to Charleston to see Habens and any old cronies who might be lurking in Habens' cribs. After a stay of seve ral days there he visited Norfolk and thence to Alexandria, where ho made several attempts to again "get" Ry an, who by thia time had entirely recovered from the effects of the bul lets "Nod" had fired Into him. Fall ing to find Ryan, he located Maud, his wife, and together they went to New York, where "Ned" drove a sharp bargain with the keepers of fences along the Bowery for the "stickers" he had brought with him. While In New York "Ned" met his old associate, McCarthy, and, accord ing to the latter, told him that he had "elevated" himself from a "P. 0. man" (?K)8t office yegg) to a "jug man" (bank man), and had found the change not only far more profit able, but ono attended by fewer risks. Yeggmen go on the principle that when hanks in small cities and towns aro robbed, unless an unusually big sum is taken, they have o.:ly the po lice to elude. Pew of the small town banks belong to that association of banks which for years employed Pinkerton's and now Burns's ?non to run down the burglars who rob them. When a post oflico is robbed, how ever, it is Uncle Sam they have to reckon with, and they know that he never relents and that his agents continue their search if it requires years to get them. All yeggs are fa talists, and each will tell you that sooner or later they will be caught and do their "bit," for they have a wholesome respect for the bulldog tenacity with which a post olflce in spector holds on to any clew he may obtain. XKXT WEEK. The sensational escape of "Port land Ned*1 from the office of the Gov ernor of South Carolina. We lia ve never seen in print nor lieard the full name of that promi nent Atlanta attorney, hut we feel sure that it must bo Tomniyrot Boomerang Felder. 1 leadline over press dispatch: ".Re publicans taking stock." We sug gest that they have a "fire sale" and get rid of all their old "plunder." (Note that last, word has a dual meaning. Take your choice.) Secretary of the Navy Daniels has BO far remodeled the naval code of orders as to have "port" and "star board changed to "left" and "right." Why not modernize on the popular bnek-to-the-farm schedule, making it "geo" and "haw"? How's This ? We offer ono hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known P, J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by his firm. National Bank of Commerce. Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o? the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. adv. THE CHATTANOOGA REUNION. The 1014 Session Will Re Held ut Jacksonville, Flu. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 27.-Bl oquent addresses, spectacular pa rades and scores of social entertain ments In honor of veterans, sponsors and maids of honor, characterised the opening day of the 2.5 annual re union of the United Confederate Vet erans lu this city. The only discord ant note was sounded at the llrst business session of Hie veterans, when hisses, finally drowned vout by cheers, slightly delayed Governor Ben W. Hooper, of Tennessee In de livering his address of welcome. Tbe Tennessee Executive, who is said to have been the first Republican Gov ernor to welcome a reunion of Con federate Veterans, disregarded the disturbance, and was given an ova tion at the conclusion of his remarks. Throughout the day the influx of visitors continued. Every train added hundreds to the thousands al ready In the City. Although the weather was threatening no rain fell and the temperature remained in the sixties. Sons of Veterans Also Meet. Wm. .1. Old. Jr.. of Norfolk, Va., late to-dAy was elected commander in-chief of the Sons of Confederate i Veterans' organization, now in ses sion here. The next reunion of the Sons Of Veterans will be held In the I c?ty of Jacksonville, Pla. Other officers chosen by the Sons 'of Veterans were Dr. A. M. Brails ford, of .Mullins, S. C., commander of the Army of Vorginia department; P. J. Mullen, of Rome, Ga., comman der of the Tennessee department; Edgar Scurry, of Wichita Falls, Texas, commander of the Trans-Mis sissippi department. New members of the executive council elected to-day follow: John W. Ball, of Rome, Ga.; Wm. Bran don, of Little Rock, Ark.: Seymour Stewart, of St. Louis, Mo.; W. G. Pritchard, of Charleston, S. C. Dr. Thos. M. Owen, of Montgom ery, Ala., was chosen as historian general. Representatives from every South ern State attended the meetings of the organization to-day. Veterans Elect Officers. Chattanooga, Te~n., May 28. Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Louis ville, Ky., commander-in-chief, and his three departmental officers, late, to-day were unanimously re-elected to serve as the chief executives of the United Confederate Veterans. The departmental commanders re elected aro Lieut. Gen. Thfbdore S. Garnett, of Norfolk, Va., commander of the Army of Northern Virginia; Lieut. Gen. Geo. P. Harrison, of Ope lika, Ala., commander of the army of Tennessee, and Lieut. Gen. K. M. Vanzant, of Fort Worth, commander of the Trans-Mississippi department. Jacksonville, Fla., was chosen as the meeting place of the 1914 Uni ted Confederate reunion. Plan Joint Celebration. The most interesting feature of the morning session was the presen- I tatlon of the report of the Confede- \ rate committee, appointed at the Ma con reunion to co-operate with a sim ilar committee from the ?. A. R. in j Tegard to participatif in the semi centennial joint celebration of the two organizations July 1 to 4, 1913, at Gettysburg, Pa. Gen. C. I. Walker, of South Caro lina, honorary commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, was chairman of this committee, ! j which u"g?d that at least 10,000 Confederate veterans attend tho cele ? bra Hon. I Cheers greeted the formal an j nouncement In tho committee report that the Confederate veterans would ! be welcomed "in their grey uniforms and with their battle-scarred dags." Applause also followed tho state- j ment that all tho chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy were raising funds with which to help pay the expenses of veterans making tho trip. Presents Florida Monument. Mrs. Townes lt. Leigh, of Mont gomery, formally presented the Ala- . bama monument to the Chickamauga Park Commission. Ex-Urilted States Senator Samuel Pasco, chairman of tho Florida Commission, made the presentation speech, turning over the Florida monument to the govern ment. I The Florida monument was unveil ed by Mrs. R. R. Turnbull, or Monti cello, Fla., sponsor of the Florida Division, U. C. V. Members of the Florida Commission were introduced by Coy. Baxter Smith, of the Chicka- ! manga Park Commission. Gen. E. M. Law, of the Florida Commission, res|K>nded, and Senator Pasco deliv ered tho dedication speech. ' Both Senator Pasco and Gen. Law took part in the battle of Chickamauga. The latter belonged to Gen. Long street's corlis, while the former was a private in the Third Florida Regi ment. The Veterans March. Chattanooga, May 29.- Proudly hearing tattered battle flags dimmed by powder smoke and time, the gray clad survivors of the Coniederato army to-day marched through streets walled on each aide with cheering thousands. Standards borne by cav alrymen almost encountered over head arches formed by entwined Confederate and United States flags. Nearly 1,000 of the gray-haired veterans were mounted on tho pranc ing horses of the Eleventh United States Cavalry,. tendered by Fort Oglethorpe officials and offering ano ther mute testimonial of tho burial of the bitterness which characterized thc War Between the States. Hundreds of applauding spectators who witnessed the impressive sight were moved to tears by the flood of memories it aroused. No division appeared in a sem blance of its entirety. Only a few stanch survivors were left of the more than 600,000 soldiers who represented the Confederacy In the fiercest struggle of modern times!. From the moment Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander-in-chief of the ?. C. V.'s, appeared accompanied by his staff, until the last detach ment of veterans passed, the Arma ment was rent with shouting and ONE NEGRO TELLS HIS STORY. Negro Sweeper Hays Ho Saw Frank With Girl's Body. (Atlanta Journal, 30t'h.) Arter he had been sweated for moro than four hours Thursday af ternoon, James Conley, the negro sweeper at the National Pencil fac tory, confesesd, according to the de tective?, that he saw Mary Phagan's body after slie was murdered. According lo the detectives, Con ley lays the murder at tho door of Superintendent Leo M. Frank, but has Admitted Mis own complicity. Conley explains, according to the detect is cs, i hal he refused to tell t ive whole story because he thought that Mr. Frank was wealthy enough to get him out of the scrape. Al 5.60 o'clock Conley was si iii being sweated by the detectives. Only a few words had been given to the reporters at that time. Tho detec tives were reported as saying that Conley admitted having seen Frank with the girl's body. The detectives refused to say whether or not Con ley admitted having assisted Prank in carnying the girl's body to the basement or whether he carried the body there by himself. Chief of Police Heavers would not de iv the seemingly authoritative re poli thal Comes !;:>ii admitted to the de! .et i ve.- that he attempted to dispose of the body of, .Mary Pragan. The detectives declared that Con ley steadfastly bad denied that he saw the actual crime committed. Little if any credenco is placed by the city detectives in the theory of the officials ano employees of the pencil factory that Mary Phagan was killed by James Conley, the negro sweeper, and that his motive was robbery. The detectives have accepted as true Conley's second affidavit, In which he swears that he wrote the notes found by Mary Phagan's body, and that he did so about 1 o'clock on the day of tho murder, at the dicta tion of Superintendent Frank, who is now under indictment by the grand jury. However, they are somewhat puz zled by the discrepancies in the time of certain occurrences as sworn by Conley and testified at the coroner's inquest. Harry Scott, the Pinkerton detec tive who is working with the city de tectives on the Phagan case, and who developed the fact that Conley could write, notwithstanding his denials, declares that the shortest route to a complete solution of the mystery ls to bring the negro Conley and Super intendent Frank face to face. He says the negro Insists that he is anx- | ious and willing to confront Frank with his story, and that if Frank and his attorneys agree, they (Conley and Frank) will be brought together to discuss the truth or falsity of the negro's declarations. The detectives are satisfied that Conley wroto the notes, which he ad mits writing. They ' consider thc handwriting of these notes identical with specimens written by Conley Wednesday. No doubt is entertained by the de tectives concerning Conley's admis sion that he was hiding In the pencil factory on the morning of the mur der, for they claim to have corrobo rated thoroughly from other wit nesses certain Incidents which occur red at the factory that morning, as detailed by Conley, and the negro must have been there. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedias Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how lon jr standing:, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves "Mn and ll -als at the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.00 applause. Gen. Young's si afr was followed by the Eleventh U. S. Cavalry band, ? the survivors of the Trans-Mississip pi department, the department of Northern Virginia, the department ol' Tennessee. Forrest's Cavalry Corps and 1,000 mounted veterans. The ranks of the veterans riding In automobiles were swelled from time to time by those who had be lieved themselves equal to marching In the paru do, hut who wero unable to stand tho trying ordeal. Many of these staggered along bravely, at tempting to maintain ste)) with their more vigorous comrades. When tiley wfiTe torced o fall out ready hands were extended by tho veterans In the automobiles, and amid renew ed cheers from the spectators they were hauled aboard to continue the march under less trying conditions. Three Answered Last Roll Call? Chattanooga, May 20.-With flags fi?rlcd and kits packed away, surviv ors of the Southern army who at tended the 2Hd annual United Con fed " e Veterans' reunion here, de part' a ior their bonier to-night. Death stalked in tho midst of the cheering throng which to-day partici pated in the impressive veterans' parade. Threo ag?d soldiers who came to renew campaign acquaint ances and friendships made during the War Between the States, respond ed for tho last time to their regi mental calls. Robert Nolan, a veteran from Houston, Texan, fell down the steps of the city auditorium, and his neck was broken. B. F. Mooro, of Fuque, Texas, who I was Injured in a fall yesterday, died at a 'hospital infirmary to-day. G. W. Mullinax, of Lindale, Ga., entered a restaurant just after the veterans parado was ended and dropped dead. Several veterans were exhausted to-day by the trying ordeal of tho march, but at a late hour no addi tional deaths had been reported. Scenes to-night at the railroad sta tions brought 1 ars to the eyes of thousands of visitors who were re turning to their homos arter attend ing the reunion. Aged soldiers, when 'parting, clasped each other in warm embraces and uttered fervent prayers that they would meet again at the next, reunion. Many were so feeble that they could scarcely clam ber aboard the trains, but willing hands were ready to assist them. For Weakness and Loss off Apo* Uto Tb* Old Standard general strengthening u nie, OROVB'S TA8YKLK8S chill TONIC, drive? ont Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic and sura Appetiser, for adulta and child rsa. 50c. i.l il i I .1. dd I iK I di I di I >l> I (f. I id! ilil .! we AM, ON THE TROWEL WITH WHICH \ SUCCESS WAS HONESTY. WE BUY HARBWARE FROM Ti WITH US AND WHO STAND BEHIND I WE ARE "ON THE LEVEL" WIT HIND EVERYTHING WE SELL. DEAL WITH US AND YOU W WE DONT KNOW HOW AND DONT V NESS ANY OTHER WAY. MATHESON H> i WESTMINSTER, AUSTIN WILL NOT BE TRIED. Didi on Boat from Wounds at Cap ture-Tho Body Hanged. Ridgeland. May 28.-Richard Henry Austin, who was badly wound ed yesterday by Sheriff Morris and Officer Stavinger, near Newington, Ga., and carried to Savannah for treatment, cheated the law by dying aboard the Attaquin, a boat, be tween Savannah and Bluffton, this afternoon about 4 o'clock. The offi cers had decided that it was safer to move Austin from Savannah and .were also In hopes of getting him to South Carolina soil alive, but he died half way between Savannah and Bluffton. How Austin Was Captured. D. T. Padgett, ono of the commis sioners of Hampton county, who was at Newington, Ga., and who saw the capture of Austin, told the story to day. According to Mr. Padgett's story lt seems that Sheriff Morris and Mr. Stavinger were at the home of Marvin Jarrell, about seven miles above Newington, on Tuesday even ing. Mr. Jarrell was not at home. | About dark a negro came up to the rear of the house and asked for some thing to eat, stating that he was wet, cold and hungry. Miss Jarrell recog nized the voice ns that of Austin, he having worked for Mr. Jarrell in the past. The young woman at once communicated with Sheriff Morris, who answered Austin, telling him to wait, that he would bring him the food directly. Proceeding cautiously around the house to the rear Sheriff Morris caught sight of Austin by the back fence. The officer and the negro raised their guns in deadly aim at the same time, but Sheriff Morris proved quicker on the trigger, and the desperado fell desperately wounded in tho stomach with a load of buckshot. Austin, recovering from the shock, reached out and grabbed his gun, which had fallen two or three feet from him. Point ing the weapon at Mr. Stavinger, who had approached with Sheriff Morris, the negro was about to fire, but again he was not quick enough, and before he could fire the arm that steadied his aim fell Ump at his side, almost severed with a bullet A sleeping car would cost a io Excessive weigl mobile costs moi infinitely more t comfortable F < strength and pov than any other c 200,000 have been soil -Runabout f?2B-To aU equipment, f. <>. b. Lars from Carter Har 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. I l-l t.l.t.l.l.l .1.1.1.1 .(ll j T?e UVti VE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF OUR HOSE WHO ARE "ON THE LEVEL" EVERYTHING WE* BUY. H OUR CUSTOMERS AND STAND BE ILL GET A DEAL "ON THE SQUARE." /ANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO BUSI \RDWARE CO., - - - s. c. from tho 4 4-calibro Winchester lo the hands of Mr. Stavinger. Austin, as he fell the second time, shouted, "Don't shoot any more; I surrender." He was immediately disarmed. The negro 'held conversa tion with members of the possee who gathered around him, giving details of his wanderings as a fugitive from justice. Austin admitted killing Victor Bowers, but declared that the other men had been shot by accident by members of the posse. He said that the reason he had taken Magis trate Edentield's gun was because the South Carolina folks had taken his overcoat. Austin said he had moved over to South Carolina from Georgia, had secured a piece of land and had intended to settle down to rarmlng. Tito End of Austin. (Columbia Record, 29th.) Early this morning the curtain was rung down on the last act connect ing Richard Henry Austin with the killing of Victor Bowers, Fred H. Edenfield and Dr. S. C. Moore. The negro desperado died on a boat while en route from Georgia. When the officers reached Hampton at 2 o'clock this morning witty his remains they were taken by a determined mob and the shot-riddled body was mutilated, singed and hung from a tree In front of the court, house. At Hampton a determined mob, sober and quiet, gathered yesterday afternoon from all sections of the county to await the arrival of Sheriff Morris and the body of Austin. When the officers arrived early this morn ing the body was taken by the mob and tho fingers and toes were cut off to be kept as gruesome mementoes by members of the mob. Others elected choice pieces of flesh from the negro's body. After mutilating the remains, they singed the body and hanged lt from a tree in front of the court house. The mob then dispersed. There was no violence manifested except to the body of Austin. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist wilt refund money If PAZO OINTMKNT fails to cure any case of Itching-, Illind, Bleeding or Protruding Pllesin6tol4days. 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