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VOL XLIV NO NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAY JULY 0, 1907. 46neral Butler Gives His Views On a Trolley Line. Edgeeld News. Gen &-al have you -given any atten tion to he matter of a Trolley Line to Edgefield? "Yes. Two or three years ago I had a coference with some gentle men in Augusta on the subject, and a number of us living on or near the line of the proposed route, took the troubl,e at the suggestion of our friends in Augusta who feel confi dent they could finance the enter prise, to get up a great deal of data, such for instance, as to the population of Edgefield and Augusta, and on each side of the proposed line of five miles. "'Also the q,antity. of agricultural and dairy products within the area; the amount of freight and passenger traffic approximately at least between the two points, etc. "We submitted this information in the form of a report and our friends seemed well pleased, with the show ing. The next thing they wanted to know how the people, and business men of the town of Edgefield felt about it.' Did you make any canvass with a view of ascertaining the feeling? "Yes a partial one of a personal character, and to our surprise found that some at least of the business men weren of only not in favor of such trolley eonuection, but decidedly opposed tb)Iit on the ground among oth ers that a trolley would make Augus ta too convenient and accessible a market for the people of Edgefield. On reporting this fact to the fnacial people who had been considerimg it they of course abandoned it. They said if Edgefield was not able to help financially the town through its pr(t per authorities might render its good offices, grant rights for terminal fa cilities, grant rights of way, etc., and therwise f.ve encouragement. The ycute proposed was from North Augusta where connecticis could have been ni:ide with the Augusta trolleY system and thereby avoid the neces sitv Cf bridging the Savannah river. 'Thenee up the valley of the Savannah to the mouth of Big Stevens creek to a p( -t near Republican chureh; thence to Edgefield by the most prac ticable route which would probabl.y take in Ropers Cross Roads. I have ridden over the line repeatedly, and while I am not an engineer, I have a. pretty good eye for topograhy and do not hesitate to say there are no enineering difficulties in the way. " If we had the Trolley from Augus ta there would be ten dollars spent i the tow-n: of Edgefield where there is Woul y(1 ~i~kit adhisab;le tc sten~ at EdgeBeld? "o. The Newherry Herald and News is righ-t, if we can get the line to Edgefieid it is boud to gro vi~ a da to Ne-wherry and possibly tc Whitmires on the Sea Board Air Line, "'The people of aSluda would help fi-c~ialy. as I am informed. TnIe rowould pay--for it passes througli as fine a farming and healthy country a ran he found la the South or any w:re else. -1t weauld bring into market excel lent water powers on Big Stevens Creek, Big Turkey creek and Big Sa luda and other minor streams, anc ooen up as fine country as can found in the South and I believe -would pay from the beginning. "possibly the line might be extend ed from Edgefield to Greenwood i. the Saluda and Newberry, peopl~ 7ailed to do their part.'' SALUDA OIL MTTJ, SOLD. Property Bought by Stockholders fo: Ten Thousand Dollars. 1ews and Courier. Saluda, July 2.--The Saluda Qi Mill was sold here yesterday to thi highest bidder. It was bid off by Mi M. T. Pitts for the drckholders a the upset price, $10,0' The presen tokholders who wish to do so ca: either retain their holdings or re eive forty een-ts on the dollar fo their stock, each being cared .for un er the sale. Thge paid up capital1 $25.f dollars, and it is a very fi .rpet uner proper mnanatemencft. hrKILLNG NEAR E~DGEFTI . Edgefield Farmer, Charged With Mur der, Spends but Brief Time in Jail-Record Case for Swift ness. I The State. Edgefield, July 2.-This morning E. T. Chappell, who lives on a farm, I one mile below town, shot and killed George Griffin, an elderly negro ten- I ant on his place. The tale goes that Griffin had enter ed into contract, or obligated him self not to hire any of his children off of the Chappell place until the lat- : ter's crop should be gathered. Griffin, I it is said, broke this agreement by hirinz one or more of his children off the place. This brought about a dispute in the field. Griffin, it is al leged, essayed to pick up a rock to hurl at Chappell and was shot and killed by the latter. Chappell sur rendered to the sheriff and was plac- 1 ed in jail on a charge of murder. Bail Granted in Record Time. Took the life of his fellow man at 9 o'clock in the morning; ordered re leased on bail at 9 o'clock at night of the same day. That is the first chap ter in the Edgefield homicide case re ported above. Mr. J. Wm. Thurmond, attorney for F.. T. Chappell, appeared. before Judge Chas. G. Dantzler last night and made application for his release on bail. The ev6 e before the acting corone .. Brun son. was submitte&. togetl-._r with an affidavit of the de'iJant. rad at 9 o'clock the order of bail in the sum of $1,000 was signed an,d promptly telephoned to Edgefield by Mr. Thur mond. Solicitor Timmerman was notified by wire by Mr. Thurmond yesterday and requested to come to Columbia i.mmediately, so that unnecessary de hay mni-ht be avoided. He waived his rioht to three days' notice and came here and was present last night when the order was signed, agreeing to same. Afdavit of Defendant. The affidavit of the defendant is as follows: "Personally appar1 ';'re me E. IT. Chappell, who bel..: duly' sworn, says: That he lives between the town of Trenton and Edgefield court house, about one mile from the court house, and is by occupation a farmer, and has lived in Edgefield county a num ber of years. That on the 2nd day of July, 1907, about 8.30 o'clock a. in., in deponelt 's fiel, depondent spoke Ito one of his croppers, Geo. Griffin, about allowing his children. to work out in other people's farms while they were so badly needed at home and ,thereupon the said George Griffin be ame furious, aind made a.t deponent with rocks, and after throwing a rok at deponent with great force and 'violence, he rushed on deponent, de poent all the time retreating and tell ing him to stop, but 'the said George Griffin, being a strong and stout ne gro, evidoml; thouTht that he had deponen't la his power anid Gvo'. him, and deponent verily believesI that he would have been kil-led but for the fact that he had his pistol in his pocket (he was near the rock quarry where a grea.t many desperate ne groes work, and he considered it even Iunsafe to go to the back part of his farm without his pistol, as they fre quently pass through deponent'sI place), and as the said George GriffinI continued to rush on deponent, and throw rocks at him, thereby endang ering deponent's life, deponent drew his pistol and shot at him as quickly 'as possible, and as lie shot the said SGeorge Griffin jumped up and fell. Deponent was only protecting himself and regrets very much the necessity Iof taking the life of the said George Griffin, and shot only once, and it 11 was entirely the conduct of the said George Griffin that caused him to be - Jshot, and during the year deponent1 t rated the said negro well, done' t all he could to provide for his comn 1forts, but the said negro was desper - ate, and on said occasion seemed bent' r fon killing deponent; and deponent - jshot him to defend himself, there be sSin!- no o'ther means of escape. There e reU no witne&sse to, this o-urreCeW. Ieponnti had no malice aantsi irere Grifln. Sw0orn to ( and subscribed this 2nd Lay 'of Ju l. 1907. "E. T. Chappell. 'J. V. Thurmond (L. S.). "%Gtary Public.'' Testimony Before Coroner. In the testimony before the coroner Uariah Griffin. wife-of George Grif in, Sr., who was killed, testified that >n several occasions Mr. Chappell and ier husband had had quarrels about firing out the hands. Yesterday morn .n she said that she saw Mr. Chap >ell hurrying toward her husband in :he field and she followed him. Be ore she arived where they were she ieard them quarreling and in a few ninutes heard a. pistol shot. Met Mr. ahappell.-who had immediately start !d back to the house, and he said to 1er, "Mariah, I have killed George," md added tha.t he had to kill him on iccount of his imprudence a.nd be ause he drew a rack on him. She :estified that he told her that one ne ro had beaten him in the field and ie did not intend to let another do it. 5he also said that he threatened to ill her son. Mariah was the nearest person to ithe killing. Her son, George Griffin, fr., testified that he saw Mr. Chap ell going toward where his father ras working in the field but before 1e got in sight heard the pistol shot md saw Mr. Chappell going back to rard his house. Dr. J. H. Carmichael examined the lad man and testified that the ball !;tered the left eye, just below the >all, and penetrated the brain. The coroner's jury rendered its ver liet and Maistrate Brunson immedi itely issued a warrant'charging Chap ell with murder. This is p'obably the rocord case 'or swiftness in secur!ngI bail on a nurder charze. REVIVAL AT PROSPERITY. )r. Orr Hclding Interesting Services -News From a Prosperous Town. Prosperity, July 2.-Dr. W. W. Orr, astor of the A. R. P. church in 'harlotte, has been holding services .t this place. He began preaching on Friday night and will continue to do ;o through this week. Without doubt r. Orr is one of the best preachers who has been to this place in years. ['he people show their appreciation f his work by the full houses pres mt at each service, and much good is expected to come from his work. Messrs. S. S. Birge. R. C. Counts, J. Wheeler. W. W. Wheeler and J. B. Eellers have been elected as trustees for the coming year. The Prosper [ty Graded school has been made into i.high school recently. Misses Leckie and Kolhn have been re-elected as as ;istan:t teachers but the principal has not been selected as yet. Professor Counts has declined and a new man will be elected to take his place at an early date. The Farmers Union of Newberry county will hold theii' meeting at St. Lukes hurch on Saturday, July 6th This is to be an important meeting and a large crowd is expected. Sev eral prominent men will speak that day in defense of the union. A bar. becue dinner will be served on the grounds. Dr. Littlejohn. of Union, but for. merlv of this place was in town a few days last week. Engneer Schumpert and Mail Clerk Wheeler have been spen:ding heir vacations at home. Col. H. C. Moseley, president of the Peoples National Bank and J. F. rowne, caThier at Bank of Porsper tv. have returned from the State Blankers' convention at Charleston. Mrs. J. W. Hartman died at the ome of her son on last Friday. Foi months she has been unwell but ur until a few days before her death er case was not considered ar serious one. She was buried on Saturday th exercises were conducted by Rev Kreps. her pastor.-Greenville News DEINQUENT TAX NOTICE. The town treasurer has turnet over to me the tax executions for de liquent taxes. Please see me at oneC nd save further costs. M. M. Buford. SheriffC. Farmer s Union Bure u of Information -Conducted by the Soath Carolina Farmers' Educa tional and Co-Operation Union. W'Communications intended for this department should be addressed to J. C Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. Notice Farmers Union. The representation of delegates to the South Carolina State Farmers Union to be held at Greenwood the 25th, 26th and 27th of July next will be as follows: One delegate at large from each County Union and one for, every one hundred members or ma jority fraction thereof. Counties notl having a county union, but having one or more local unions, will be en titled to one delegate from each lo cal union, dues paid us. All organizers whose commissions have not expired are delegates. No civil officer, county, state or national, can be a delegate. This meeting is the annual meetifg for ibe purpose of electing state offi cers. and transacting any other busi ness for the good of the organization. President B13arret of the National Uinion and other promnent Union men from other statcQ a; well as a ksr!E.e inmber of promment farmers c;f the state are expeted to attend I this meeting. Getting Soiethiug for Notbing. Getting -,ood practical farmers to quit their work to go out and work for the Farmers' Union for nothing is all that is in the way of spreading the Farmers Union orgaization all cver our Smith land in a very short This prevailinc idea among farm 2rs to get something for nothing, or :et eheap mleu to do cheap work in O f :tti,good men at good prices to do good work is the biggest stuibling block in the way of the pro iress of the farmers organization. It akes a big ook and a big bait to catch big fisli and hold the game a'd a small fly hook for minows. You cannot control the price of cotton unless you Can control . the men who hold the cotton. The cotton grower 'can not prosper while others price all he sells and hve any more than he could pull himsel f out of mire by lifting at the traps of his boot less-. Help Yourself. Don't quarrel with others about :not helping the farmer when you are not tring to help yourself. Some farmers do ta lot of howling and no work because, they -are too poor-they think-to do anything else but howl the calamity howl. The man with manhood and plenty of grit and energy in his make up. need .never ask others to give him room; about all this man needs is to 'mt his natural t'alents to work with avim and the world will give him plenty of room... Wivi all this talk about orgamzmne the farmer of today when our dad dies and pvanddaddies lived better than we do without any organization 1among themselves? Because, our dad dies and granddaddies produced al most everything they needed to eat snd wear. upon their own farms ex nontinVX salt. sn,zar. iron a'.d what lit tle money. they needed to pay taxes which for these small items was not -ery hard to get out of his surplus cotton and other crops and stock. And n~OW we fool cotton growers have for lo these many years heen trying to zet rich buying all these things at the other fellow's prices. and paying for them with out cotton also at the other fellow's prices. We are compel led to organize before we can price or own cotton. The Farmer Declaring His Indepen deuce. (From Weekly News, Denver, Colo.) The Amerieran farmer is about to dclare his independence of the spec ulator of Wall Street and the move ment has not been initiated a day too The farmer has worked andI worri ed, and his profit has b)een sm'all. The ad crop worries Were All For - im l stoo te los Alone. The speculator in life's necessities can do as well on a bad crop as on a good one. We are glad to be able to tell our readers that the farmers have made up their minds to put an end to this system, and that they have gone to work intelligently. Hitherto the farmer alone has had nothing whatever to say About The Price To Be Paid For What He Ac tually Produced. Some man in Liverpool, some mill owner in the North, might settle price that the Southern cotton grower must take per bale of cotton. Some other man, thousands of miles away, could settle the price that the Western far mer should have for bit gain. The famer alone Had notbing to say About It. The railroads decided what they should charge him. Banl* decided what they should charge for the use of the money. Trasts decided on their extortions. Tariff builders decided what tax the farmer's wife and daughter should pay on. their wearing apparel. But The Farmer Was Forbidden To Have Any Say In Fixing The Price Of His Goods. T.his is to end, the work has been already begun in the farmers' organ izations. This newspaper congratula tes the farmers, and greets .as pub lic benefactors the moving spirits in the great farmer's organizations. The farmers of the country are the backbone of the country. They de velop the nation's real wealth, which is the wealth of The Soil. They are entitled to a full share of that wealth and of the national prosperity. By combination, by insisting on fair prices for their cotton, their wheat and their other crops, And By Refus ing To Sell The Non-Perishable Pro ducts Except for A Fair Price, they have -already added tens of millions to the annual returns from the farms. They add tens and hundreds of mil lions more annually as their unions increase in power. The isolated human being, whether he be farmer or mechanic, is at the mercy of every form of, greed and cunnnin. The farmer has too long plowed. harrowed, sown, reaped, sweated and fretted to build up bank accounts For Others; and pay interest on mort raes. We 'are glad bhat he has decid ed. By Union, to keep for himself and family, which means for the people of America, that to which they are entitled. BUREAU REPORT ON COTTON CROP. Average Conditions as Reported on June 25, is 72.0.--Same Time In 1906 Was 83.3. Washington, July 2.-The crop re porting board of the bureau of sta tistics of the department of agricul ture finds from the reports of the correspondents and agents of the bu reau that the average condition of otton on June 25 was 72.0 as compar ed with 70.5 on May 23, 1907; 83.3 on June 25. 1906: 77.0 at the corres ponding date in 1903, and a 10-year average of 82.2. The following table shows the con dition on Junme 25 of this year and of the preceding year, with the respec tive 10-year averages, also the con dition on May 25, 1907: June 25, May 25, June 23, 10-year States 1907 '1907 1906 average Va.. .. 65 80 88 S6 N. C. ..72 80 S0 83 S. C. ..79 77 77 82 Ga. . . 7S 74 S2 S2 Fla . .83 80 77 84 Ala. . .6(8 653 84 83 Miss. .67 65 88 S2 La. . .66 64 S7 84 'Tex.. .72 70 82 83 Ark. . .67 65 86 84 Tenn . .69 63 84 S6 Mo. . .64 6.5 91 87 Okla. .74 80 90 85 I. Ter. 73 78 84 87 U. S. . .72.0 70.5 83.3 83.2 WANTED. A teacher for the Beth Eden school. ISalary $30 per month. S. A. Jeter, chairman. T. B. Carlisle, J. B. Dominick. "SOUTH CAROLINA PYTHAN'9 Board of Publication Held Meeini Columbia Tuesday Night and De cided on Plans for K. of P. JournaL The board of publietion of "The South Carolina Pythian," the month ly publication of the Knights of Py thias authorized at the recent session of the grand lodge at Anderson, held its initial meeting last night at the Columbia hotel. This board is composed of Elbert H. Aull of Newberry, chairman;. D. C. Heyward of Columbia, M. Rut edge Rivers of Charleston, J. T. Ar nold of Greenville and Jas. F. Wil liams of Columbia. All the members were present last night except Mr. Heyward, who is out of the city on business. It was decided to issue 12,000 cop ies monthly of a 16-page journal, 9 1-2 by 12, printed on superealendar ed paper. An advertisement appears in The State today asking for bids for printing and mailing the journaL, The bids are to be sent to Mr. Aull at Newberry before the 15th of the mopth and are to be opened in Colum bia on the night of the 15th at a meet. ing of th'e board to be held at the Columbia h6tel. As soon as the bids are in the con tract for getting out the publication will be let and whoever is designated. as managing edi-tor will be expeeted to get busy right away, as it is plan ned to put the first issue out between.,. the firts and 15th of September. By special. invitation, Mr.:Jas. A. Summersett, past grand chaneeKor and business manager of .The Tri State Odd Fellow, met with the board last night, and it was a right enthus iastic -meeting. While the grand lodge. has agreed to pay the expenses of 1s suing the publication -nd has ordered levied a per capita tax of 25 cents on the entire membership in South Car olina, the gentlemen who compose the board of publication are going to try to make the journal self-sue.tain ing. T.hey believe that it will be an ydvertising\, medium which will be sought after by the alert and enter prising business men in all parts of the staite a; by outside advertisers who desire to reach its particular circulation. The launching of "The South Car olina Pythian'? wil1l mark a new era In Pythianism in this state and this great fraternity which has in the past sveral years recorded such marked increase in 'membership in South Caro- - lina will undoubtedly grow more rap idly than ever before. By printig the journal on good supercalendared mper the management will be enabl edto use half tone cuts and it is plan ned to have several in each number and make the .publicationl one of such interest that every Pythian in: the state will read it religiously-The State. 3rd. Pytian Journal Committee Meets. Messrs Au-ll, of Newberry; Rivers, of Charleston: Williams, of Colum bia and Arnold. of Greenville- of the committee appointed by the Pythian Grand Lodge to arrange for issuing a Pythian publication, met to-night at the Colmbia Hotel, but relached no conclusion on: account of samples not being in with most of the bids. The ommttee expects to award the con tract for the publication in a few days. Tx-Governlor Heyward is a member of the committee, butt could not be present on account of having left with his family today for a trip to Virginia. Col. Aull is himself a publisher, but he told the committee to-night that he would not accept the contract at any figure on account of his being a member of the commit te.Columbia Cor. News and Cour TEACHEIR WANTE The patrons of Union Academy, Shool District No. 32, will meet at the school house on Saturday, July 13, 1907, at one o'clock for the pur pose of electing a teacher. Salary $30 per month; term about six months. Applications may be filed with any one of the undersigned. J. D. H. Kiniard, Chairman. E. S. Franklin, M. C. Moore, Trustees.