The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 05, 1907, Image 1
?jL V VOL X LI Y iNO .4. NEWBERRY. S. 0. KUl.DAY .JULY 5. 1907. TWICE A WEEK, SI.50 A YEAR
Arf"
Sfcfoxal Butler Gives His Views on a
\ Trolley Line.
Edgo\eld News.
denial have you given any attention
to ilftfjbnaUer oi' a Trolley Lino
f. to MgctUayl?
i "Yes. m'wu or three years ago 1
Oi' hail a coinf^'ence with some gentle- '
men in Aiiuiu'ta on I lie subject, anil
a number ft' us living 011 or near the
line oi' the proposed route, took the 1
trouble at the suggestion of our 1
n|L friends in Augusta who feel conti- ,
dent they could finance the enterW&
prise, to get up a great deal of data, <
such for instance, as to the population ;
? of Kdgelield and Augusta, and on 1
each side of the proposed line of five ' 1
miles.
''Also the quantity of agricultural'!
and dairy products within tlie area; 1
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 1
seemed well pleased with the show- <
$ ing. The next thing they wanted to
know how the people, and business
men of the town of lvlgefield felt
about it." l'
Did you make any canvass with a ]
view of ascertaining the feeling? I
" Yes a partial one of a personal I
character, and to our surprise found |
that some at least of the business
men wereu o| only not in tax 01 ol j
such trolley connection, but decidedly!,
opposed tW'it <>n the ground amongoth- |:
ers that a trolley would make Angusta
too convenient and accessible a * 1
mar ket for (l)(> people oi' P.dgctield. I..
On reporting this fact tv? the tinacial-j
people who had been considering it j
\ they of course abandoned it. They 1?
i K.lgdield was not able to help ! 1
Ovil financially the town through its pr<* :
\ K&vfef per authorities might re .der its good j
otlices. grant rights for terminal fa- I
cilities. -..rant rights of way, etc., and ,
t her wise "ive encouragement. ^ |i
YiThe r< ute proposed was from North ij
L| Augusta where connections could have , 1
1* been inv.de with the Augusta tivlleyjl
system anil there!>y avoid the ncces- j I
-V(t sity of bridging the Savannah river, j?
Thence up the valley of the Savannah 1
to llu mouth of Big Stevens creek to j
i i']|: a pr: t near Republican church: j.
; jr.' thence to Kdgelield by the most prac- >
J1 licable route which would probably.
take in Ropers Cross Roads. 1 have j
ridden over the line repeatedly, and :
while I am not an engineer. L have ?
a prettv good eye for topograh\ and j
do not hesitate to say there are no j;
engineering difficulties in the wa\. i
" If we had the Trolley from Angus,
ta there would be ten dollars spent in j_
the ti'W-u of Kdge field where there is j
(l\ MOW.
Would y.n think i'. ad.d-aMe to stop
at Kdnoiield ? I
" Njo. The Newberry Herald and j
News is right, if we can get the line j ^
Vo Kdgelield i: is hound to go via V
Si-'nda to Newberry and possibly to |
Win I mires on the Sea Hoard Air Line.
"The people of aSltula would help
financially, as I am informed. The
yond would pay?for it parses through
n- tine a farming and healthy country
n,-. can be found im the South or anywpise.
' !; w.'uld bring into market excellent
water powers on Big Stevens
Creek, Big Turkey creek and Big Saluda
and other minor streams, and
open up as fine country as can^ be
found in I bo South and T believe
would pay from the beginning.
"Possibly the line might be extended
from l'idgefield to C.reenwood if
the Saluda and Newberry people
j failed to do their part."
k SALUDA OIL MILL SOLD.
| Property Bought by Stockholders for |
Ten Thousand Dollars.
1 . I
News and Courier.
Saluda, July 2.?The Saluda Oil j
Mill was sold here yesterday to the/
highest bidder. It was bid off by Mr.
M. T. Pitts for the stockholders at
the upset price, $10,000. The present
If stockholders who wish to do so can
I either retain their holdings or veI
ceive forty cents on the dollar for
their stock, each being cared for milk.
der the sale. The paid up capital is
Hi $25,000 dollars, and it is a very fine
mm property under proper management, j
KILLING NEAR EDGEFIELD.
Edgefield Farmer, Charged With Murder,
Spends but Brief Time in
Jail?Record Case for Swiftness.
The State.
Kdgel'ield, July 2.?This morning
K. T. Chappell, who lives on a farm,
mie mile below town, shot and killed
George Griffin, an elderly negro tenant
on his place.
The talc goes that Griffin had enterlmI
into contract, or obligated himself
not to hire any of his children
nil" of the Chappell place until the latler's
crop should he gathered. Griffin,
it is said, broke this agreement by
hiring one or tnore of his children
?li' the place. This brought about a
lispute in I he field. Grillin. it is alleged.
essayed to pick up a rock to
liurl at Chappell ami was shot and
killed by the latter. Chappell surrendered
to the sheriff and was placed
in jail on a charge of murder.
Bail Granted in Record Time.
Took the life of his fellow man at
) o'clock in the morning; ordered released
on bail at 0 o'clock at night of
I he same day. That is the first cliapler
in the Kdgefichl homicide case reported
above.
Mr. !. Wm. Thurmond, attorney
I'or T. Chappell. appeared before
1111! -? Cli.is. (1. Dant/.ler last niuht
ind made application for his release
>i bail. T!ie ev" '*: ' before
.lie acting corone . .. Brun iin.
was submit to. ;ogetI. with an
illidavil 11!' the d; . lan . . id at !'
)'clock the order t?f bail ir. he sum
if $1.(100 was si-jucd ai d promptly
I'lephmied to Kdgel'ield by Mr. TliurllOlld.
Solicitor Timniennan was notified
?y wire by Mr. Thurmond yesterday
md requested to come to Columbia
it.mediately, so th;it unnteessary deiav
might be avoided. He waived his
right to three days' notice and came
i< re and was present last night when
I lie order was signed, agreeing to
anie.
Affidavit of Defendant.
The affidavit of the defendant is
is follows:
"Personally appi.1:"! .re me K.
1\ Chappell, who be; : wuly sworn,
-ays: That he lives between the town
>i' Trenton ami Kdgefichl court house,
ihout one mile from the court house,
ind is by occupation a farmer, and
ias lived in Kdgefield county a iiuml>cr
of years. That on the 2nd day of
July, about S.:i<) o'clock a. m.,
in deponent's field, depondent spoke
lo one of his croppers, Geo. Grillin,
ihout allowing his children to work
Dill in oil. *" :-eople's farms while they
were so badly needed at home and
I hereupon the said George Gritfin be['iinie
furious, and made at deponent
with rocks, and after throwing a
rock at deponent with great force and
violence, he rushed on deponent, deponent
all the time retreating and telling
him to slop, but the said George
rSrillin, being a strong and stout ne..ro,
evidi' liv thought that he had
lepoiieiiit '.:i iil.-. piiwer and .vouid !;ii!
him, and deponent verily believes
that he would have been killed but for
the fact that he had his pistol in his
pocket (ho was near the rock quarry
where a great many desperate negroes
work, and he considered it even
unsafe to go to the back part of his
farm without his pistol, as they frequently
pass through deponent's
place), mud as the said George Griffin
continued to rush oil deponent, and
throw rocks at him, thereby endangering
deponent's life, deponent drew
his pistol and shot at him as quickly
as possible, and as he shot the said
George Griffin jumped up and fell.
Deponent was only protecting himself
and regrets very much the necessity
of taking the life of the said George
Griffin, and shot only once, and it
was entirely the conduct of the said
George Griffin: that caused him to be
shot, and during the year deponent
has treated the said negro well, done
all he could to provide for his comforts,
but the said negro was desperate,
and on said occasion seemed bent
on killing deponent; and deponent
shot him to defend himself, there being
no other means of escape. There
were no witnesses lo this occurrence,
Deponent had no malice against said
/
j firui.(irillin. :
j "Sworn !o and subset'i 1 i(*d this '2nd '
I ilny i>|" .Inly, 1!K?7.
" K. T. ('happell.
".I. W. Thurmond (1.. S.L
"Notary I'uldic." i><
Testimony Before Coroner.
hi llii' testimony before the coroner
Mariah (Iriniu, wife'of (leorye (?rif- d*.
(in, Sr.. who was killed. testified that St
on several occasions Mr. Chappell anil
her hnsbaiul had had quarrels about
hiriny out the hands. Yesterday morni11U"
she said that she saw Mr. Chappell
hurrying toward her husband in F
the field and she followed him. He- -<
lore she arived where they were she be
heard them <piarreliny and in a few fi
minutes heard a pistol shot. Met Mr. e\
Chappell, "who had immediately start- j"
Oil bai-k to i1k> house, and lie said to h;
her. "Mariah, I have killed (Jeorye,"
and added that he had to kill him on ti
aceouul of his imprudence and be- c?
cause be drew a ruck on him. She
testified that he told her that one no- hi
-Mit had beaten him in the field and ei
he did not intend to let another do it. cf
She also said that he threatened to
kill her son. f<
Mariah was the nearest person to cc
ithe killing. Her son. OJeorye (Irillin, m
Jr.. testified that he saw Mr. Chappell
yoiny toward where his father I"
was w..rkinu in the field hut before m
lie u'ot in -i'jli! heard the pistol shot !<;?
and saw Mr. Chappell ?i11back to- <;t
warii his house. til
Dr. .1. 11. Carmichael examined the
ib .i ! ir.'ii and testified that the ball
e; !eivd the left eye, ju-t below the
' ;!!. and penetrated the brair.. oi
The ei!toiler.jury rendered us ver- !'<
diet and Magistrate Hrunsoii imiuedi- is
ately issued a wanant eharyiny Chap- tli
pell wi'.li murder. . >
This i>- probably the rocord case w
?' r swif!n; in *eeuri"ii\.v bail i>u a
:'.:"i'uer eiiafje. .
REVIW. I. AT PROSPERITY.
Dr. Orr He 1 ding Interesting Services .(
?News From a Prosperous t
Town. ;;i
Prosperity. July 'J.?Dr. W. W. Orr.
pastor of the A. K. P. ehurch in
Charlotte, has been holdin.tr services ,-n
at this place, lie beyan preachiny on n
Friday niyht and will eor.tiuue to do
-it iiiri?u_li this week. Without doubt v,
i)r. Orr is one ?f the best preachers v.
who lias been to this place in years. t,j
The people show their appreciation x|
of his work by the full houses present
at each service, and much irood is
expected to come from his work.
Messrs. S. S. Mi rye. I?. C. Counts. )
1. \Yheeler. W. \V. Wheeler and ,1. M.
Kellers have been elected as trustees
for the cominy year. The Prosperity
firaded school has been made into *'
a hiirh school recently. Misses Leckie J"
and Kolin have been re-elected as as- 1
sisiant teachers but the principal has
not been selected as yet. Professor '
Counts has declined and a new man "
will be elected to take hi- place at an '
early date.
The Fanners L'nion of Newberry ' ,
county will todd their meetiny at St.
Lukes church on Saturday. .Inly (ith.
Tliis is to be an important meetiny
and a la rue crowd is expected. Scv- ''
eral prominent men will speak thai,
day in defense of the union. A barbecne
dinner will be served on the 1
it rounds.
Dr. Li11le.johof Cnion. but formerly
of this place was in town a
few days la>l week.
Knuineer Sehumpert and Mail v
Clerk Wheeler have been spending "
tiu'ir vacations at home.
Col. 11. ('. Moseley. president of t!ie
Peoples National Hank and .7. F.
Lrowne. cashier ai Hank of Porsperitv.
have returned from the State '
Hankers' convention at Charleston.
Mrs. J. W. llartman died at the "
home of her son on last Friday. For '(
months she has been unwell but up nl
until a few days before her death,
her case was not considered a serious T
one. She was buried on Saturday the
exercises were conducted by Rev. (
Kreps. her pastor.?Greenville News.
DELINQUENT TAX NOTICE.
The town treasurer has turned r
over to nie the tax executions for dc-jSi
1 iin|uenI taxes. Please see me at once
and save further costs. <
M. M. Huford. 1
Sheriff. I
aimers Union Bure u of
Information
?Conducted by tho ?
JiJth Carolina Farmers' Edueat.onal
ancl Co-Operation Union.
&"Communications intended for this
:j?;'.rinient should bo addressed to J. C
sibling, Pendleton, fc>. C.
j
Notice Fanners Union.
Tlu> representation of delegates to j
ie Sim ill Carolina Stale Fanners
iiinn to be held al (Ireenwood tho
)lii, 2(!(h and *J7th of .July next will
; ;is follows: One delegate at large
fin o:\cli County Union and one for
crv one hundred members or ma-1
r;tv fraction 1 hereof. Counties not
i\nig a county union, but having)
ie t?r more local unions, will be en- ,
t!''il (.? one delegate from each loll
union, dues paid u>.
All organizers whose commissions
ive nut expired are delegates. No
vil oHiecr. county, state or national,
in be a delegate.
This meeting is the annual meeting
>r the purpose of electing state olli'rs.
and transacting any other busies
for she good of the organization.
IVe.-ilen! barrel of the National
lien and o'her pr?n?i'ient Union
it. f-om rtlies* sta'i- as well as a
?'_? number of prominent farmers
!!:* .-tale ire exi'ite.1 to attend
i- i>.g.
Getting So'iV.eITiing for Nothing.
Hctrsig good practical fanners 'o
sit tiicir work to *_r.- out and work
!) Fat n>? i * Union for nothing
a!i i ir.t i> in the way of spreading
k Farm* rs Union orga: ization all
..nr South land in a very short
i i .
T > prevailing idea anion::* I arm's
'o -jet something for nothing. or
1 icap men do cheap work in
"f :: ' li '"."i good iit'U at good
ices jo do good work is the highest
u milling block in the way of the process
of the tanners organization. It
kes a bin* book and a big bait lo
tcii bin" fish and hold the game?
'.1 a small fly hook for minnows.
Von cannot control llie price ol
it ton unless you can control the
en who hold the cotton.
The cotton grower can not prosper
bile others price all he sells anil
ivs any more than lie could pull !
mself out of mire by biting at lhe|
raps of bis boot iegs.
Help Yourself.
I>on't onarrel with others about not
lping the farmer when you are not
\ing to help yourself.
Some farmers do a lot ol howling
n't no work because they are too
?or? they think?to do anything ebc
it bowl the calamity howl.
The man with manhood and plenty
r grit and energy in his make up
?ed never ask others to give him
mm; about all ibis man needs is to
it his natural talents to work with
vim and the world will give him
lenty of room.
Why all this talk about organizing
ie farmer of today when our dailies
and ?ri?amblaiblies lived heller
tan we do without any organization
nong themselves? Because, our (ladies
and granddaddies produced alios!
everything they needed to eat
ml wear, upon their own farms ex
t|in*.' salt. sii'.'i'ir. iron ir d what |i|e
money, they needed to pay taxes
hicli for these small items was not
fry hard to get out ol his surplus
it ton and other crops and slock. And
11w we fool cotton growers have for
i these many year- been trying to
>>t rich buving all these things al
ie other fellow's prices, and paying
I* them with out cotton also at the
lher fellow's prices. We arc compel>d
to organize before, we can price
nr own cotton.
he Farmer Declaring His Independence.
From Weekly News, Denver, Colo.)
The American farmer is about lo
eclaro his independence of the spectator
of Wall Street and the move-J
lent has not been initiated a day tool
on.
The farmer ha< worked and worrid.
and his profit has been sn.'.ill.
lie bad crop worries Were All For
lim. He stood the loss Alone. The
speculator in life's necessities can do
as well mi a had crop as on a good
inic.
Wo arc glad to he able to loll our
readers that lIk* farmers liavo made
up their minds to put an (Mid to this
system, ami that they have go no to
work intelligently.
Hitherto the farmer alone has had
nothing whatever to say About Tlic
Pric; To Be Paid For What He Actually
Produced.
Some nvan in Liverpool, some mill
owner in the North, might settle price
that the Southern cotton grower must
take per hale of cotton. Some other
man. thousands of miles away, could
settle the price that the Western farmer
should have for hi# g\iin.
The famer alone Had nothing to
say About It. The railroads decided
whet !Iiey should charge him. Hani/decided
what they should charge for
the use of the money. Trusts 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.
This is to end, the work has been
already begun in the farmers' organizations.
This newspaper congratulates
the fanners, and greets as pub/ic
benefactors the moving spirits in
the ureal farmer's organizations.
The tanners of the country are the
backbone of the country. They develop
the nation's real wealth, which
is i he wealth of The Soil. They are
entitled |n a full share of that wealth
and of the national prosperity. I?v
combination, by insisting on fair
price - for their cotton, their wheat
and ;heir other crops. And By Refusing
To Sell The Non-Perishable Products
Except for A Fair Price, they
have already added tens of millions
to the annual returns from the fame-.
Tlwv 'I'M tens and hundreds of millions
more annually a 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
cunning.
The farmer has too long plowed,
harrowed, sown, reaped, sweated and
fretted to build up bank accounts
For Others; and pay interest on niorlWe
are glad that he has decided.
By Union, to keep for himself ami
I'amily. which means for the people
of America, that to which they are
cut it led.
BUREAU REPORT
ON COTTON CROP.
Average Conditions as Reported on
Jane 25, is 72.0.?Same Time
In 1006 Was 83.3.
Washington, July 2.-?The crop reporting
board id' the bureau of statistics
of | he department of agriculture
finds lioin the reports of ihe
correspondents and agents of the bureau
that the average condition of
cotton on June 25 was 72.0 as compared
with on May 25. 1007; S3,.'!
!i .'line '.! >. l!Mlli; < t .0 at the corresponding
date i i 1005, and a Id-year
average of S2.2.
The following table shows the condition
on June 25 of this year and of
the preceding year, with the respective
10-year averages, also the conlit
ion on May '.I->. !! ()< :
June 25. May 25, June 25, 10-yea i
Stales 1007 1007 1000 average
Va.. ..05 SO 88 S(i
X. ('. . .72 sit NO s;,
S. <\ . .7!? 77 77 N2
(!a. . . 7S 71 N'J S2
Ma . . S3 NO 77 SI
A la. . . lis ti.i SI S3
Miss. . I > 7 li"? NN S2
ha. . .00 (i I S7 S I
Tex.. .72 70 82 S3
Ark. . .07 Of) SO SI
Tenn ..00 0.3 S-l SO
Mo. . .01 (i.") !)1 S7
Ok la. .7-1 SO 00 85
I. Tor. 73 78 84 87
r. s. ..72.0 70.5 83.3 83.2
WANTED.
A teacher for the Belli I'M en school
Salary $30 per month.
S. A. Jeter, chairman.
T. K Carlisle,
J. I>, Dominick,
T rustees.
j "SOUTH CAROLINA PYTHIAN"
j Board of Publication Held Meeting in
; Columbia Tuesday Night and Decided
on Plans for K. of P.
Journal.
The board of puhliction of "The
South Carolina Pythian." the monthly
publication of the Knijrlits of Pythias
:i 111 hori/.ed at the recent session
of the ?rand lodire at Anderson, held
its initial meeting last ni.uiit at tho
Columbia hotel.
This board is composed of Elbert
IT, Anil of Newberry, chairman; D.
C. lleyward of Columbia, M. Rut ledue
Rivers <?f Charleston. .1. T. Arnold
of (Jrcenville and .las. F. Williams
of Columbia. All the members
j were present last niu'ht except "Mr.
| I ley ward, who is out of the city on
business.
It was derided to isMie PJ.OOO copies
monthly of a Iti-paue journal. 9
J-L' by l'_\ printed on snpercalondnred
paper. An advertisement appears
in The State today asking for bids
for prii.t injr and mailing the .journal.
The bids are to be sent to Mr. Anil
at Newberry before the l.'db of the
month and are to be opened in Columbia
on the niu'ht of the l."?th at a meetin
y of the boa I'd to be held at the
('olumbia hotol.
As as the bid< are in the eoni
tract for t*cltii)'.r out the publication
J will lie let and whoever is designated
a- iiiaiiavin-j editor will he expected
to .'et i??j - \ i i 1 > I a ray. as >t is planned
In pnl the lir.-l is>11e .nit between
the fill.- and I111 of September. V
I'y special inxitati ??. Mr. das. A.
| Summer-elt. past ?>ra11d chancellor
I and linsiness niiii'ii'.'er of The Trii
State Odd Fellow, met with the board
Nasi iii 'iu, and it was a li-rlil eiithus
i a -1 i i nieeliiej. While the viand ] ?d*^??
| ha- a lee,! 1 i pay the expenses of isJsniir:
the pubUeal ion ami has ordered
j le\'ie,l pel' 'I'Um.i ta\ lit 'j.) ecilt 0||
| tlie entire memheiship in South Carolina.
the _!'<11111 e 111 e n wlio compose
th'- hoard if publication are n'oinu' to
t r\ !o make tin .journal self sn-'lainiirr.
They 1 1 ieve thai il will be an
advertising- mi dinm which will be
soicjhl afi.M* i'y the al"M and enterprisin,.v
h:is:n< - '.en : !' pails of
the sta'te hy oni-ide advertisers
who desire to reach it- particular
circnlal ion.
The launchi'c.r of "The South Carolina
Pythian" will mark a new era
j s:i i'vl hiani-in i i ibis -late and this
I ureal fraternity which has in I he past
several years recorded such marked
j im-reain 'membership in Sonii'. Caro|
lina will undoubtedly .utow more rap'
idly than ever before. |?.v prinli'tr
the .journal on 1 siipercalendared
paper the mana'.'cineiil will be enabled
to 11se half tone cuts and i| is planned
(o have several in each number
and make the publication one of such
i n I e res | that every Pythian in the
-late will read it relijion-ly The
j Si. Ie. !?rd.
|
j Pythian Journal Committee Meets.
Me-si s Anil, of Newberry : Kivers,
I of ('ha rI( si on : William-, of Columi
Ida, an,| * rind.I. of (Ircenville. of the
commit tee appointed by the Pythian
(irand l.odvjv to arrange for issuinir a
Pvlhian publication, met to-niirht at
, the Colnmbia Hotel. Inil reached no
conclusion on account ol samples not
i bei11ill with most ol the bids. I he
commit tce expects to award the conit
met for the publication in a lew
| days. Ivv-Covernor lleyward is a
I member of the commit lee. but could
I not be present on account of havimr
left with his family to.lay for a trip
to Virginia. Col. Anil is himself a
publisher, but he told the committee
tonight that lie would not accept
the contract at any figure on account
I of his beinir a member of the committee.
Columbia Cor. News and ( mirier.
TEACHER WANTED.
The patrons of I'nion Academy,
School District No. d'2. will meet at
the school house on Saturday. July
V.], 1007, at one o'clock for the purpose
of elect imr a teacher. Salary $30
per month: term about six months.
Applications may be filed with any
one of the undersigned.
I. 1). II. Kina?'d,
Chairman. \
K. S. Franklin. \
M. C. Moore, \
Trustees. o