Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 24, 1913, Image 1
By STECK, 8HELOR & SCHRODER.
JICHT THE DAY; THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN."
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913.
New Sortee No. 007.-Volume LXV.-No. 1.
Our Mules and Horses ar
rived Monday. By Tuesday
night a lot of them had been
sold.
This is the finest bunch of
animals ever brought to Wal
halla.
Call early and get your pick.
C. W. & J. E. Bauknight,
Walhalla, S. 0.
<srIT PAYS TO BUY FOFL CASH. ?5"
?I WI8HW
Will only take you to the dividing line between
Desire and Attainment. It is thc strong, active horse
"I WILL"
that takes you over the linc and into the realms of
Attainment.
An active, purposeful "will" is a necessary factor
in turning Desire into Actual Accomplishment, The
man or woman who says "I will have money to pro
I tect my family and furnish old age comforts" and at
once begins to systematically save the odds and ends of
income-build them into a lump sum-will generally
have their desire gratified. The Determination back
of the Desire spurs them on to greater effort. Op
portunities to accumulate come to them that never
come to the thriftless spender,
STOP WISHING.
Start to accumulate. If you go at it systemat
ically it will surprise you how quickly the small sums
become worth while* No other plan is so good, so
sure as our Bank Account Plan.
I
Westminster Bank,
Westminster, S. C..
HARK HIGI?Y DUOS FROM WOUND.
WHH Strack in Head by Will Weston
Six Months Ago.
"Babe" Blgby, a well known Wal
halla darkey, died in the eastern part
H of Ooonee, on the farm of Thomas
H. Keith, on Sunday morning, Sep
tember 14th, and his body was buried
at the "New Foundation" colored
Daptist cemetery the day following.
It will be recalled that early this
year (about the fifth of March) the
deceased and Will Weston became in
volved in a difficulty, the outcome of
? which wa? that Weston struck Blgby
over the head with the barrel of a
double-barreled shotgun, inflicting a
serious wound. Digby was sent at
once to the Anderson Hospital,
where he received medical and surgi
cal attention, and was later sent
hack to the Keith farm, apparently
^ well. About a month ago. however,
?* he began to complain of severe ??allis
In the head, so the report goes, and
on Friday, the lilli of this month, he
was taken sick, dying Sunday after
a continuation of spasms or flt* last
ing about two days.
However, no Inquest was sought or
held, and the body of the negro was
^ burled without, question, few here
T knowing that Digby had died until
after he had been buried.
On Thursday of last week Sheriff
.lohn W. Davis was notified of the cir
cumstances surrounding Blgby's
death, and he reported tho matter to
the Coroner, who ordered the body
exhumed and an examination made.
Drs. Sloan, of Walhalla, and Smith.
* of Newry, performed the examina
tion, and their report of their findings
was to the effect that they discovered
two sections of shattered skull press
ing upon the brain, either one of
which was sufficient to cause death,
and that the fractured skull was duo
to a blow received on the bend with
some instrument at a date some time
% prior to his death.
These facts were laid before the
Coroner's jury for consideration,
with the result that they announced
as their finding Hint the decensed
came to his death ns a result of in
CAIJIJS FOU TRUSTEES TO MEET.
State Superintendent Swearingen
Will Ik' Present ut Meeting.
Tho school trustees of Oconee
county are urgently requested to meet
at the Court House on Monday, Octo
ber 6th, (salesday) at 10 o'clock in
tho forenoon. State Superintendent
of Education J, E. Swearlngen will
be present and desires to meet with
every trustee in the county and talk
over matters pertaining to the better
ment of conditions in the pubilc
schools of this county. Mr. Swearhi
gen ls one. of the ablest men in our
State to-day, and this .opportunity to
meet and hear him should not be
neglected by the trustees.
I urge each one of Ocont-e's trus
tees to attend this meeting, and to
be on hand promptly. The meeting
with the State Superintendent will
be the means of getting inspiration
for the school work in our county.
Let no trivial matter prevent your at
tendance on the 6th of October, and
remember tito hour set for the meet
ing- -10 o'clock in the morning.
T. A. Smith,
Superintendent of Education.
juries indicted on or about March
5th, 1913, at the hands of Will Wes
ton.
Weston was an interested spectator
it the inquest, and after the verdict
:if the Coroner's jury he was taken
In charge by Sheriff Davis, brought
to Walhalla and lodged In jail to
i wait arraignment in court on the
charge of murder.
It ls stated that the cause of the
trouble was a dispute o\er plow
points, Digby complaining to Weston
that the plow points he had been
using were worn out. and applying
to Weston, who had bien left tempo
rarily in charge of affairs, for new
anes. Weston, it seems, refused to
make any expenditure for repairs or
new plow points during the absence
af Mr. Keith, for whom they were
both working, until the Intter should
return home. The dispute led to tho
l)low by Weston, with the final result
as stated above.
PATHER AND BABE AUK KILLED.
Habun County Horror Result of Fa
ther's Debauch.
Clayton, Ga., Sept. 20.-Emanuel
Nichols, aged 35, a farmer living 10
miles northwest of here, in Hahnn
county, and his two-year-old baby
girl, are dead, while his son and
daughter, Conrad and Myrtle Nichols,
have been bound over to the grand
jury for voluntary manslaughter, as
a result of a general shooting melee
in the farmer's home Wednesday
night.
According to the details given the
coroner's jury, I he farmer' s wife
killed her own baby as she sought to
escape the fury of lier husband, who
came home in a drunken rage, batter
ed down the door and swore he would
"clean out" the entire family.
The woman is prostrated over the j
accidental shooting of her child. |
while the two older children, both of !
whom are said to have fired bullets
Into their father, are held for maud ?
jury investigation by order of the i
coroner.
Nichols came homo late in the |
night and rushed al his wife willi n j
'shotgun in his hand, the coroner was
?told, and as the woman screamed and
?sought to escape. Conrad, aged 14,
seized a small shotgun from the
'chimney corner and tired directly ;.t
his raging lather. The load took ef
i feet in tli<' man's body, but appal- !
eutly he was so enraged and in such ?
a condition that he paid no attention
to it. His left arm. through the
.shoulder of which the shots plough
ed, was disabled, but he kept up his
attack with his left arm hanging limp
by his aide.
Myrtle Nichols, the crazed man's
15-year-old daughter, then grappled
with him and succeeded in wreching
j from nis right hand the pistol which
he had drawn when he dropped the
gun. As she jerked it from him, she
fired twice. One bullet shattered his
right am and the other tore its way
through his chest, killing him in
stantly.
Emanuel Nicholson was the son of
a prosperous farmer living in Per
simmon District and he was wcll-to
I do himself. The only reason for what
is declared was an attempt to slay
j his entire family In the intoxicat
ed condition in which he is alleged to
have been when he came home.
Locals from Townvtlle.
Town ville, Sept. 20.-Special: Dr.
Frazer, of Anderson, delivered an
able sermon at the Presbyterian
church here last Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Frazer ls headmaster of the An
derson Fitting School.
Mrs. Pleas Mahaffey and little son
Clay have returned home from an ex
tended visit to friends and relatives
in Texas.
Miss Beatrice Bruce is home again
for a short vacation, having taught
school at Tamassee during the sum
mer months.
A. M. Holland, of Starr, was a re
cent visitor in this vicinity.
Frank Hawkins has returned to
Mercer University to resume his
studies at that institution. Frank
is the eldest son of Rev. W. B. Haw
kins and is a promising young man.
We wish him much success.
Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Fant have re
turned home from a visit to relatives
at Anderson and Belton.
Mrs. Lewis Lig?n and little son
have returned to their home at Eno
ree after a visit to friends and rela
tives at and near this place.
C. E. Marett, who has been ill from
an attack of typhoid malarial fever,
is able to bo out again.
The Oconee county convicts are at
work on the roads near town. The
cami> is at the cross roads near W.
N. Woolbright's residence. This
work was badly needed and is being
nicely done.
We have had an abundance of
rainy and cloudy weather the past
week.
Fifty Killed in Explosion.
Laredo, Texas, Sept. 2 2.-Fifty
persons were killed when rebels dy
namited a passenger train on the
Mexican National Railway. GO milos
south of Saltillo. Mexico, Friady af
ternoon, according to official reports
to Mexican Federal headquarters In
Nuevo Laredo to-day. The train
was then looted and the surviving
passengers robbed.
Forty Federal soldiers and ten sec
ond-class passengers comprised the
official death list. The number of in
jurer', was not given.
W. W. Mer vain, of San Francisco,
the only American on the train. Is
said to have escaped injury, but was
robbed.
Two dynamite mines were set off
by electricity, it ls said. The first
class conch was only derailed, but
the baggage, express and two second
class coaches were blown to pieces.
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JURY FINDS \I:<;KO IN NOOK NT.
Will Pair Acquitte of Charge of Crim
inal Assault.
Spartanburg, Sept. 22.-After 20
hours of consideration, and apparent
ly hopelessly disagreed, the jury with
the fate of Will Fair, charged with
criminal assault, in its hands re
turned a verdict of not guilty and the
negro was set free. Six of the jurors
are said to have stood for acquittal
from the outset, while the other six
are believed to have contended for a
mistrial and desired to shift the re
sponsibility to another jury. The
judge summoned the jurymen at the
expiration of 20 hours and impressed
upon them the gravity of the trust
placed in them. The judge pointed
out that the term of court had been
called for the purpose of frying this
case; that the question of expense
was a considerable item and other
more important points were involved.
The verdict met with the general
approval ol' those familiar with the
case. Some mutterings of discon
tent were heard this afternoon, and
the negro apparently believed that he
would fare better at a distance, and
he is understood to have left shortly
after the verdict to join the forces
of a construction camp 300 miles
distant.
When Foreman Joseph Lee an
nounced the verdict the judge made
the following statement:
"Gentlemen, since you have had
the manhood to pronounce the pris
oner not guilty, 1 commend you.
Time will prove your verdict was a
righteous one. In this case there was
evidence which could not be brought
into court, but you did your duty in
bringing In a verdict ol not guilty."
The accused negro, Will Fair, it
will bo remembered, was charged
with assaulting a white woman at
White Stone, near here, August 18.
After being placed in jail here the
prison was stormed by a mob using
dynamite, but was repulsed by Sheriff
White, who in the early hours of the
morning spirited the negro out of the
building and took him to Columbia,
where he was placed in the peniten
tiary for safe keeping until the trial
should be called.
The verdict is a justification of
Sheriff White's brave stand. Police
man P. J. Alverson, charged with
wounding a member of the mob, who
resigned from the police force, has
been exonerated after an investiga
tion and to-day resumed his duties.
The woman is believed to have
made the charge against the negro in
good faith, but suffering from a delu
sion caused by her physical condition.
HOW IT'S DONK IN MEXICO.
ltc|M>rt .Made by Dr. Sliackell'oitl,
Formerly of Kentucky.
101 Paso, Texas, Sept. 23.-Dr. E.
C. Shackelford arrived hero to-day
from Santa Rosalia, Chihuhua, flee
ing from Pancho Villa, the rebel
leader, who gave him 24 hours to
get out or be killed. Dr. Shackel
ford ls a native of Frankfort, Ky.,
and has been living in Santa Rosalia
six years.
Ile says when Villa and his rebel
band entered the town September 15,
Villa sent for him, told him he was
tired of "you American filibusterers,"
and declared he would shoot them
all if they did not get out.
"Villa took all my books and ac
counts and told me he would collect
my money." The doctor added, "he
also forfeited my house and furnish
ings to the rebels and placed two
guards over me to see that I didn't
depart with any money or property.
I left at 10 a. m. September 1 fi, I
had to walk out, carrying a suitcase,
which ls all I saved. I hired an old
mule at a ranch and finally reached
the Texas line. My family was forced
to flee from Santa Rosalia last May.
They are now In Chihuahua. When
1 left Santa Rosalia last Tuesday Vil
la had placed all the prominent Mexi
can women in town in jail, and had
searched every home for money."
Killed by a Southern Train.
A special from Richmond, Va.,
says :
The body of Howard E. Bruce, 28
years of age, who was accidentally
killed by a train on tho Southern
railroad between Richmond and Dan
ville yesterday, was brought to Rich
mond to-day for burial. Bruce has
been working as a motion picture
operator here and was en route to
Danville to accept a position when
lie met his death. Ile was a son of
:he late Howard J. Bruce, of Ander
ion, S. C., formerly auditor of the
Three C's railroad, now a part of the
southern railway. He leaves his
widowed mother of this city and a
>rother, J. Riley Bruce, foreman In
t cotton mill in Anderson.
"Big Tim's" Death Queer.
New York, Sept. 21.-"Certain
'entures" of the death of "Big Tim"
Sullivan were the subject Ol on in
vestigation started yesterday by Dis
;rlct Attorney Whitman. Ho an
?ounced th s much, but would go no
'urther In the discussion of the scope
>f his Inquiry. Since Sullivan's man
tled body was found at a railway
:rosslng in Bronx Borough there Is
i persistent rumor that he hadn't
net his death accidentally. One ver
don Is that the was left unconscious
>n tho tracks by footpads. Another
s that he was murdered outright.
\'o autopsy was performed.
CLERK ATTACKS A YOUNG GIRL?
Had Taken Stand to Catch Man Who I
Knocked ut 1KM>I\
(Anderson Mail, 2 2d.)
Prosecution of two young men. J
said to be well known at Seneca, on 0
a serious charge, may grow ou. of (
the treatment received at their hands I
by a young woman en route from a
distant State to attend the Anderson
High School, at tho Oconee Inn at
Seneca last Friday night.
Her train arriving late, the young
lady was forced to spend the night at
the hotel. Some time during the
night some one knocked at the door,
demanding admittance. She called
to know who it was, when a man's
voice replied: "You know me; let
me In." {
The young lady was very much (
frightened, and then rang foi the j
night clerk. On answering t!:o call, '
he asked to he allowed to station
himself in the room SO that he might E
catch the intruder should he return, (
but instead, it is said, attacked thc I
young lady himself, holding her in *
his arms and kissing her. She :
screamed and he left the room.
News of the affair was brought 1
here by a lady who occupied a room
nearby, and who has promised to '
help the girl out when her father
(onies herc a little later on to make '
an investigation.
The young lady came on to Ander- J
son Saturday morning in a highly J
nervous state as a result of the at
tack. She was unable to sleep any
during Friday night, and cried all j
ti c way here. She ls well known in *
Anderson, and news of the attack has
created quite a little feeling here. (
- i
Ke|M>it Denied in Seneca. >
(Farm and Factory. ) :
The story In th1) Anderson Daily 1
.Mail relative to a young lady being 1
attacked at the Oconee Inn here Fri
day night created excitement on the \
streets this morning. After making :
exhaustive efforts to trace the al- |
leged attack, it appears that the An- s
derson newspaper's report is greatly j
exaggerated, and that there is little }
foundation for the sensational report,
Karly this morning n Farm and i
Factory representative called on|i
Night Clerk Ramsay Hoi loman, Night
Policeman .Joe Hellotte and C. H. Bi
llson, proprietor of the hotel.
Mr. Hollcman's statement that he
retired at 12 o'clock, being sick, is
confirmed hy O 111 cor Hellotte and Mr. *
Billson. In effect Mr. Hellotte said *
that he was at the hotel at 2.0f> [
o'clock when the call bell from the
young lady's room summoned the
clerk. In the clerk's absence Officer
Hellotte answered the bell and went
to room 28, occupied by the young
girl, who is about 10 years old, and
the daughter of a representative of a
printing .louse. She reported to him
that a man in bare feet had just made
an attempt io enter her room, saying,
"You know me; let me in." The
night policeman says he did not enter
the room, but assured her that he
would make an effort to find ?mr vis
itor. He denies that he entered the
room or attempted to make the at
tack reported above.
Mr. Holleman denies all knowledge
of the affair and says that he first
learned of li Saturday morning from
Mr. Kl I ison. Mr. PJlison received the
first news of the alleged attack from
the young lady Saturday morning.
When she came down to leave the
hotel, he says, she merely reported
that she "had a visitor" during the
night, but did not mention the man
entering her room nor appear ex
cited. He also states that the lady
who occupied the adjoining room did
not know of the affair, as he knows
of, when she left the hotel.
T. a investigation, as hinted at
above, will he awaited with Interest.
PEUX DIA/ IS RECALLED.
Candidate for President-Huerta to
Throw Him His Influence.
Mexico City, Sept. 20.-Instruc
tions have been sent by President
Huerta to Gen. Felix Diaz, who now
is in Europe, to return at. once" to
Mexico, lt is expected that he will
sail within a few dayB.
This fact ls regarded here as Indi
cating that f?en. Huerta intends to
abide by the pact signed at the
American embassy last February to
place no obstacles in the path of Cen.
Dla/ in his candidacy for the Presi
dency.
lt is considered possible that Cen.
Huerta will throw his influence to
Diaz, which would practically Insure
his election. '
The part hans of Diaz have not
censed to labor in his behalf and as
sert that they have organized up
wards of 3,000 "clubs" throughout
tho republic. Up to the present (Jen."
Diaz is the only candidate in the
field.
The Catholic party, which is the
only big organization likely to put
forward a candidate In opposition,
held a convention several weeks ago~
?nd adjourned without naming a can
didate. It is no secret that they
favor Huerta, and In the previous
convention they decided to support
tho President should he again be
come a candidate. Gen. Huerta,
however, has given no Indication of
such intention.
The bankers who rocently agreed
to finance the administration to the
extent of 12,000,000 to 15,000,000
pesos have declined to offer any hope
yt assistance dating beyond tho com
ing elections.
252 PUPILS AT MAIN SCHOOL.
Enrollment KhowH Increase of IS
Over First l>ay l>ast Year.
The Walhalla High School opened
nst Monday morning with an eroll
nent of 252 pupils. They aro graded
is follows:
3rade. Boys. Qiris. Total.
0 . . . . I 14 IS
.).... 3 7 i o
8 . .. . 15 24 39
7 . . . . ll 13 24
6 .... 14 ll 25
5 . . . . 20 20 40
4 . . . . 19 17 36
2 and 3 22 Iii 3 4
1 . . . . 9 20 ?29
114 138 252
The High School shows an increase
>f 12 over tho number enrolled the
)|>ening day last. year. Quite an lu
.rease is noted in the number of
warding pupils in attendance.
The school now offers to high
(Chool pupils two regular parallel
.ourses, thus providing for those pu
nis who do not wish to pursue the
study of Latin. The courses o frere fl
ire:
First Year-Arithmetic, algebra?
english, history. Latin or physiology.
Second Year-Algebra, English*
ilstory, Latin or physiography.
Third Year-Algebra, geomotry,
English, history. Latin or French.
With such curricula it is possible
Or the school to receive credit of
'ourteen standard high school units.
The last annual report of the State
Ugh School Inspector shows only
nie three-year high school lu the
State as receiving such a credit.
The Knitting Mill School
ipened Monday also, Mrs. Wm. llet
-lek, Jr., In charge. Mrs. Hot rick
.vas at one time, before her marriage.,
i member of the faculty of the lligb
School. Tho enrollment at tho Hel
vick Mill School was 25.
The Walhalla Mill School
.vas also opened Monday with Mist
Mae Springfield, of Greenville, as
cacher. Miss Springfield has for
lome time taught school at tho Mon
aghan Mills, Greenville, and was this
fear transferred to tho Walhalla
plant by the management of the
mills On tho first day there wore
?lxty pupils enrolled.
lu.? at Colored School.
The colored public school opened
ast Monday with an enrollment ot
105 pupils. W. J. Thomas, of S?n
ica, is principal, and Francos Matti
jon, a daughter of one of the best
colored farmers in Oconee, is assist
in t. Thomas is one of the most, ex
icrienced educators of his race ia
his section of the State. The only
.egret he seems to have is tho lack
if facilities and room to do what he
las in view in the next school year.
Enrollment for Futir? System.
The showings of enrollment an
liven above present the following
Igures for tho public school system
if Walhalla:
dain school .252
let rick school . 25
Colored school .105
Total.4 42
? KIOKN OFFERS LOAN IOC. LB.
IMshopvllle Man Directs Attention to
Loan Proposition.
(Columbia Record, 20th.)
Information was received tills
norning by IO. .J. Watson, State Com
nlssioner of Agriculture, from T. M.
Ireen, of Rishopville, representative
if the Augusta, Ga., firm of Barrett
5: Co., to the effect that ten cents per
lound would be loaned at G per cent
:o all farmers who stored cotton in
heir warehouses at the regular stor
ige rates.
Thia price will be advanced for any
lumber of bales, f. o. h. at any South
karolina station, and the freight
lUestlon does not enter into the Quos
ion, as the price of colton at interior
narkels is always made less than the
relght to Augusta, Savannah, etc,
dr. Green stated in his letter.
All the shipper is required to do is
o forward tho bill of lading from
ilmself to Barrett & Co., and draft
hem, with hill of lading attached,
or a sum equivalent to ten cent*
icr pound for the cotton shipped.
Buys Greenville Property,
( ( ; reen\ illo News )
Dr. W. R. Doyle, of Seneca, has
.ought from fir. C. C. Jone3 his beau
iful homo on Brendas avenue, the
onsideration being $25.000. The
nie is ono of the largest made in
esident circles in some time and
aunt 1 considerable comment when
nade known. The lol has a frontage
if 10G feet on lirondas avenue and
xtends back to Manly street, with s
rontage of 120 feet on that ulreeL
"here is a large two-story frame
Iwelllng on tho lot. It has been
tated that Dr. Doyle will sub-divide
he lot.
Accidentally Killed Brother.
Laurens, Sept. 22.-While play
iilly snapping a pistol at his brother
?st night, Samuel Knight, aged 12
ears, shot and killed Paul. 2 year*
lder. The boys, sons of Henry
knight, a farmer of the Barksdale
ection, were at the homo of a nelgh
or, Edgar Tumblln,'when the acci
ent occurred. It seems that tho
oys thought the weapon was not
oaded, but after snapping it a few
Innes ona chamber was discharged
..iii the result as stated..