The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 22, 1911, Page FIVE, Image 5
FIRST EXECUTION IN 20 YEARS.
Two Negroes Hanged at Lancaster
Establishes a Precedent.
Lancaster, Dec. 20.-When Wade
Hood and Henry Kee, negroes, were
hanged here this morning a precedent
was established in Lancaster county
and in South Carolina. For the first
time in the State's history a legal
execution was held on a day other
than Friday. Convicted of murder at
the October term of court of general
sessions, Judge R. C. Watts sentenced
both negroes to be hanged Friday, De
cember 9. The governor granted a
reprieve of 12 days, thus causing the
execution to be held today.
It was the first time in 21 years
that an execution has been held in
Lancaster county.
Hood was hanged for the murder of
Walter Dunlap, and Kee for the mur
- der of Sam Dye in the month of Au
gust of last year.
AT THE THEATRE.
Coming Attractions.
January 3-Finnegan's Honeymoon.
January 12-Dr; Cook.
February 8-Madame Sherry.
February 16-Paid in Full.
February 22-The Lyman Twins.
March 29-A Woman of the Hour.
April 6-Christy Bros. Minstrels.
April 24-The Traveling Salesman.
Outwitting Himself.
In stories -that reflect the idiosyn
crasies of the Irish character, the
smile usually gets the better of the,
sigh. The story below, found in a re
cent number of the Cornhill Magazine,
is happily illustrative:
An Irish gentleman of another gen
eration took it into his head that those
in his employment were not servi
him as they ought, more especially in
the early morning, before any one
was stirring. He determined, there
fore, on a series of matutinal visits.
The' second time he went abroad in
the early morning he saw in a field,
known as Skinnegan, which bordered
the avenue leading to his residence,
and which had been empty the pre
rious day, six unknown cattle quietly
grazing.
He promptly drove the offending,
animals out of the field and down the
avienue to the gate. There some bare
* legged boys, from an- adjacent cabin
lent him ready and joyful assistance;
~'and at the head of his ragged com
hpany, armed with sticks and branches
he personally conducted the trespass
Kers to the village pound, and saw
them securely shut in before return-;
ing, heated and incensed, to breakfast.
"That's the way I'm served," he
complained to his 'family, "that lazy
herder of mine not troubling to mend
my fences, and half the ca1>tle in the,
county allowed to trample in and out
-of my best grazing-places- as they
pl~ease! -Wait. till I find Master Ned
after beakfast, and I'll give hiim the
~best dressing down he's ever had in
his~ life!"
There was, however, no need to go
in search of the delinquent, for before.
breakfast was ended a message was
brought in that the herder was with
4out, desiring to see the mast'er. Ned
was upon the hail steps, much crest
fallen and alarmed.
"I'm sorry to have to tell it to your
honor," he began, humbly, "but there's
six of your honor's cattle in the pound.
I put them in Skinnegan late last
s% night, an' shut the gate on* 'em me
self, an' how they got out an' went
shtrayin' -On me-"
He got -no farther, for the master,
who had with, difficulty restrained
himself until then, beat a hasty re
treat to the dining-room, where he
~collapsed into a chair, and laughed
until his family had fears of an im
ending apoplectic seizure.
Thenceforth he gave up his early
pections, and left the care of his
perty to his underlings.
Deserved Compensation.
'Booth Tarkington is very difficult.
please in matters theatrical," said
a famous Philadelphis. novelist. "Tark
ington was visiting me here during
Sthe run of one of his own plays, and
after dinner one evening we sauntered
to the theatre, but the doorleeeper did
. not know us and for some little time
refdsed to let us in. Finally, though,
Tarkington's identity was established,
and we were conducted to a stage box.
"The performance wasn't up to
much. Tarkington fidgeted in his chair
1and at the end of the first act he sug
'gested that we go. On our way out I
saw my illustrious friend peering anx
iously about the lobby.
"'What are you looking for?' I said.
['mn looking,' said Tarkington, 'for
Mp who wouldn't let us in. I
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AND INDUSTRIAL CON- nation
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A LEADER IN DEVELOPMENT is don
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How the Southern Railway System 14 earnin
Working to Aid the People Already thi
In the Southeast and to At ers, it
tract Capital and Desira- on wif
ble Settlers to This eral c
tory.
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Much attention has been at ed, of t
in recent years, to the work which
many of the great railroad systems ,
and a number of the lesser compa- sou
nies have been doing tn the line ot
practical development -work for the
territories they reach. There Is lit
Ue question that this work has had
an immense influence in the advance CooPt
made in nearly all portions of the Auti
country and in the general prosperity
and growth of the nation. People
recognize this fact, and are so im
pressed by It that many communities1
and -districts have come to look to Tod
the great transportation companies. Zo the
which serve them for leadership in ral re
nearly all efforts to develop their re- be lar
sources. The business of the rail- people
road company is to handle traffic. dent i
Whatever work is undertaken outside homes
f that should properly have a direct Europ
relation to the increase of the road's: their
traffic. throug
It is generally known today that better
in well planned and effective work of far
to increase the business of the road wides1
by adding to the population of its dis- idt
tricts and the utilization of the re- an( S
sources and opportanities of the va- the cc
rious communities it serves, the South- prim
ern Railway System is a leader, while way il
n many lines of this work it has can.
een a pioneer. A resident of Ore- throuh
on, connected with one of the great r
ranscontinental lines, who has been' the b
naking a study of the work of rail- of the
oads in this direction, recently stat- are ol
d that In its development work the farme
Southern had the best organization in was d
the country. -partm
ETHODS OF AIDING FARMERS. model
A recent publication of the United counts
States Department of Agriculture said cation
that the manifestation of interest by terrtt
the transportation companies of -the have
ountry in the betterment of agricul- fr
ture has recently become so pro-Tot
iounced and general as to attract the tion v
attention of all who are engaged in operal
rural developmejit; that this interest the
is been showl principally in their1 agenti
providing and running special trains. with
tor the dissemfination of agricultural strati<
Enformation among farmers, and ini fore I
their appointing agricultural experts trial
o position In the management of the late t
oads to give attention to the devel- dozen
nent of rural communities, and to hie di!
the proper handling of agricultural si
products shipped from 'distributing cial r
points on their several routes of rail- South
Iall these directions the Southern brougn
Railway System has been prominent. profit!
[ts activity, however, are not confined territc
to the lines of agricultural work men- The
ioned, and in the way of industrial eratio
nd of general development work the ments
leld of labor has been very broad. help f
The activities of a railroad compa-,tit
y in promotion and develoDment tions,
work must be based on the special insth
needs and opportunities of its field. inhehd
Beginning with the organization of agricd
the Southern Railway Company this adrcl
work has been plannedi with a view ad,pr
to the largest and best development efici
f both the agricultural and indus- effci
trial resources of the Southeastern Spe
States. raouth
This has meant a study of the ag- Sutur
ricultural, mineral, forest and manu- wituh
!acturing resources and opportunities, wihr
the advertising of them, participation methc
In the work of educating our people. cation
regardin gthe value of their farm fr
lands and natural resources and of fr
the best utilization of them, and ofgie
efforts to secure the fullest co-opera- of.r
ion of all interests in the sections itThe
advanced. Inds
EXTENT OF THE WORK. pei
The Southern Railway System,
through its various lines, reaches into ature
nd serves nearly all the industrialthS
nd agricultural districts of Virginia, the it
the Carolinas, Georgia, Kentucky, Ten- ticaln
essee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, dar
Northern Florida and Southern Indi- dasr
naand Southern Illinois. This in- dever<
ludes a vast empire, in extent, and work'
ne in which nearly all manner of IA livc
onditions, resources, needs and pos- Traf ft
sibilities are found. To properlyeri
serve such a territory the develop- ak
ment of work must embrace many
different avenues of activity.
It has been carried on with the T'
idea that to fully utilize the resources
and to bring about the needed and' and
desired development new men and:
new capital from the outside must be' train!
brought in to work either Independ-Th
ently or in connection with the men fio
and capital of the Southeast in devel- Fro
nour--f6drtanld'm iersl'weaIt 19le4
t i: je v.. o oved
unutilized lands and that the
rs already in the Southeast
be made to more fully under
the opportunities at their com
and to adopt the lines and meth
farming which will give them
st results.
peration must- be the keynote
the development or educational
a, railway company does. It can
plish little without the sympa
and active co-operation of the
and the various agencies for
pment in its states and com
es. All the Southern's work,
Dre, has been based upon the
rative idea, has been to assist
al knd state authorities, educa
institutions, commercial organi
s and individuals in efforts to
e individual and general pros
work for developing and im
g the conditions along its lines
e by the Southern Railway Sys
o increase its traffic and its
gs. However favorably, though,
haracter of work may affect a
d company and its stockhold
is worth much more, if carried
;ely, to the people and the sev
ommunities in the road's terri
The railway can profit from it
ubsequent to, and as a result
greater prosperity of the peo
[BR R..ACII!E
AGCUURAWORK
rates With State and Federal
iorities and Has its Own Hor
ticultural, Live Stock and
Dairy Agents.
3y the greatest attention Is paid
development of the agricultu
ources. This development must
gely through the efforts of the
already on the farms and resi
n the states of this section. The
eekers from the North and from
will aid by their work and
practical experience, but it is
;h better farm education and
farming and the improvement,
m conditions that the best and
; development will result.
the efforts of the United States
tate epartment of Agriculture.
>llege of agriculture and the ex
mt stations, the Southern Rail
giving the best co-operation it
Through President Finley and
;h the Land and Industrial De
ent it is helping to circulate
lletins and other publications
Agricultural Departments which
special value to the Southern
r. A few years agc when it
ecided by the United States De
ent of Agriculture to operate
farms in different parts of the
y the Southern secured the lo
of many of these farms in its
iry and the farms so located
>een of great value in improved
methods in many communities.
United States farm demonstra
ork in the South the same co
ion has been given, and today
Southern's own agricultural
Sare working in co-operation
the agents of the farm demon-!
in 'bureau. A few months be
is death the Land and Indus
Department arranged with the
r. S. A. Knapp for a series of a
addresses in the South in which*
cussed, in the most~comprehen
tanner ever undertaken, the spe
.eeds and opportunities of the
easterni farmer. These addresses
t about greatly increased inter
farm improvem~ents and more
ble farming throughout the
company is in constant co-op
a with the various state de?art
of agriculture, enlisting their
or the farmers 'of particular~ dis
making use of their investiga
and securing their suggestions
introduction of new crops or
evelopnent of special lines of
iture in various communities ;
wherever possible, aiding these
mnents to make their work more
3ial agricultural and horticultu
gents are maintained by the
rn Railway to study the agri
al possibilities, to do direct work
farmers in .giving instructions,
desired, regarding improved
ds of farming and crop diversifi
and working for new lines of
development. Co-operation isi
fruit growers in the packing
it for shipment and in.marketing
development of the live stock'
r is given special attention.
Lent Finley has personally given
time to the circulation of liter
calling attention to the loss to
:)utheast from the cattle tick in
fcted districts and to the prac
work of eliminating the tick. A
aent, under the Land and In-I
al Department, is at work to
pp the dairy interests, and his,
is doing much for this industry.
stock agent, under the Freight
Department, assists the farm
his shipments, in developing
ts for his stock and in other
of advancing this industry.
Southernl Railway System is
rating with the state agricultu-i
uthhorities in running institute
>ther special trains. A dozen
have been run in a single year.
vorrk of these trains is carefully'
m time to time pamphlets, leaf-'
.a ad cimeeUlar letter"s- ai printed
Greetings!
To my Friends and Patrons:
It is not alone for-the-increa
you have given medrig the p
sire, at this Christmas season, t
thanks; but for that which I priz
your friendship and good will.
follow honest business methods,
my patrons into my confidence;
which they have given me has i
my business until I am forced,
of next year, to seek larger q
now occupied by Ewart-Perry Ct
Along with my thanks I desir
and every one of you the greet
and to wish for you a happy Cli
good year, 1912, may be a yea
and of prosperity. Especially
children a merry Chlristmas, and'
little ones may be forgot by S
that I have done what I could ti
children happy. If I have doi
will add to the Christmas joy of
rons I feel deeply grateful that
portunity.
May the gladness of the Y
every care and every s9rrow,
the hearts ot each and every e
With aysurances of my deej
ciation I beg to remain
Respectfully,
JN. I
Proprietor Ma
edpatronage which
s ;ear that I'de
extend to you my
even more highly,
I have sought to
and always to take
and the support
oninually enlarged
with the beginning
iters in the store
to extend to ealch
ngs of the season,
itas, and that the
to you of peace
do I wish for the .
that not one of the
wta Claus. I trust.
help you make the
something which
y friends and pate
have had the op
letide drive away
ad em~pletely fil
neof you.
Sand sincere appr
MAYES,
ys' Book Store.I
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