The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 24, 1920, Page TWO, Image 2
HERO OF NORTH POLE 1
CLAIMED BY DEATH
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Secretary Daniels Pays Tribute to
Achievements of Noted Naval
? Officer.
Washington, Feb. 20.?Rear Admiral
Robert E. Peary, retired, discoverer
of the North Pole, died at his
home here early today after a two
years' illness of pernicious anemia,
during which thirty-five blood transfusions
had been of no avail. Sailors
attaches of the naval hospital and
many c.\-?civitc men g?iv vj. vhv?
life's blood during that period in the
vain effort to prolong the life of the
country's foremost explorer.
It has been known to the explorer's
family for weeks, but kept from the
public, that his life was despaired of,
but no one thought the end so near
and his sudden death was unexpected.
He probably will be buried in Arlington
National Cemetery with the full
naval honors of his rank.
Tribute to the achievements of Admiral
Peary was paid by Secretary
Daniels today in the following message
of sympathy to Mrs. Peary:
"Versing the sentiment of the
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wnoie navy, 1 uesuc iu ca^icm u<.v^
sympathy in your bereavement. If any
earthly comfort can help you in this
hour it must be the assurance that
the whole country sorrows with you
and that all over the world there will
be profound regret at the death of
your distinguished husband. He had
the honor to accomplish the realization
of a great ambition and to receive
the plaudits of ail nations. Fis j
great achievement brought particular,
distinction to the American navy of
which he was an honored and distinguished
officer."
LIVE COUNTY AGENTS
A. H. Ward, Darlington county.
Last Saturday about ten of the dairymen
in the county met with me and j
organized the Darlington Breeders' i
association. This organization pur-1
poses to further the idea of pure '
bred cattle in the county. It is hoped j
to make Darlington a ^)lace where j
pure bred live stock can be obtained ;
easily. This is especially true of the ;
Guernsey cow, due to the fact that:
a number of the best breeders in the'
state are located in the county.
T. A. Bowen, Pickens county. Much
interest is being: shown now in the!
wnrpliniisp svstem and Dlans
are on foot now to build a warehouse
at the leading cotton markets in the
county.
T. M. Mills, Newberry county. The
land had dried enough for the farm{
ers to get out and repair the rural
cooperative telephone lines which had
been badly wrecked by the freeze of
January 26 and 27. Fifty to 75 far-i
mers met and all worked together repairing
the lines?a pretty example !
of cooperative work.
? F. W. Risher, Colleton county. So
1?~ +V, vaii rrVi A111* Y1OW !
iar we jiaw wiu biii.v/v*6i* |
market association tfQ tons of White I
Spanish peanuts for seed, so it seems 1
like Colleton will plant something besides
cotton.
The Edisto section will soon be as
famous for Polands as the Green
Pond section is for Durocs. Three j
good size Poland herds have been j
started in the last two years. One
vtnp 1 a catoc in if
I1UO XV CV If O 4t? Aw*
J. L. Carbery, Union county. At a j
recent meeting a prominent lawyer,
of Union said that the county agent j
had done more to bring the country j
and the city together in the short!
period of service than had ever before j
l een accomplished or hoped for.
PROSPERITY LIFTS BAN
Schools Open Again Last Week After
Quarantine.
Prosperity, Feb. 18.?In view of
the great improvement in the influenza
situation, the board of health at a
meeting yesterday decided to raise
-L-.J "P/->fV.
xne quarantine cuutiy ~<xt nwu,
white and negro schools will open
Thursday morning.
B. M. Livingston lost his barn by
fire on Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
the loss was not heavy as the live
stock was saved and only the rough
food was burned.
Regimental Supply Sergeant McT\
)J J Cnvmon nf T-T11 fFm n ri
uonaiu cinu r usk ucig^uiu
in charge of recruiting party of the
Twenty-first field artillery, arrived in
Prosperity Tuesday afternoon with
two 155 mm. howitzers, four caissons,
four five-ton Holt caterpillar tractors,
and three F. W. D. trucks. They
are canvassing the state of South
Carolina for recruits.
Although carried on chiefly by
women and girls as a "house industry,"
the hat-weaving industry of
Porto Rico is an important one, and
in the last three years export at ions
have amounted to ?798.901 to the
United States and SI 3,1S-J to other
countries. The board of commissioners
of arr-'ulture is very anxious
to develop the industry further and
to Resist r j--;n in fW'i. ;; ?. n<'w
scuices of supply in the island.
EUGENE DAVIS SHOT
AND KILLED BY NEGRO
Promising Young Farmer Who Lived
I a Few Miles of Clinton Shot Three
Times in the Chest and Once in
the Back by a Negro farm
Hand.
Laurens Herald.
| One of the most deplorable homi:
cides that ever occurred in Laurens
' county was committed within a few
miles of Clinton early yesterday morning
when Eugene Davis was shot four
i times and almost instantly killed by a
negro, Ralph Blakeley, usually known
by the name of Ell Blakeley. The
: ~1? i-?~ Kntu'oon tVtp homes
i snuubziig UCLUIICU wbviivv..
' of the two men and was evidently the
! result of a disagreement as to where
I the negro should work.
[ Chief Mason of Clinton notified
. the Sheriff's office shortly after the
: killing and several from Laurens
+/-? nflTor thpir services in
weuu uumi w v? v>
j the chase of the negro who fled im
mediately after he committed the
murder. Sheriff Reid, Deputy Owings
and other officers went to the scene
and all diligence was used to capture
j the fugitive.
I Yesterday afternoon The Herald
r got in communication with Mr. W.
| W. Harris of the Chronicle office at
: Clinton and he said at that time about
. n'rlook. that the oeoDle had
j , ? taken
all precautions to prevent the
escape of the negro and were waiting
for blood hounds from Columbia.
While the conversation was on Mr.
Harris saw the Columbia train rolling
in and it was expected that the chase
would begin in a few minutes. At
that time there were some 300
citizens standing guard and waiting
for the dogs and the feeling was
strong for a lynching in case the
x 1
negro is capturea.
I Eugene Davis was 30 odd years old
and was remarkably quiet and inoffensive
and the general talk is that
he was not the man that would cause
such trouble as this. He lived on a
.f ? fi>Ani Plirifnn with
1 <11111 a J.OY J1111CO HUIll wtwiww
his stepmother. He is the youngest
son of the* late Mr. and Mrs. Robert
C. Davis and is survived by his
brothers, Jno. D., Geo. M. and Dr. J.
W. Davis of Clinton and Robt. W.
Davis who was once connected with
| the old National Bank in Laurens and
I who now lives in Fountain Inn.
I
I Mr. Harris stated yesterday that
the negro had lived with Mr. Davis 12
??J wssnv V? /-x iironf
' years unu ui<>i imo jcoi n<. nuuwu
; to change farms and work at another
: place for Mr. Davis who was unwilling
for him to do so. Yesterday
morning Mr. Davis insisted tH&t he go
I to work where he had been told but
j the negro refused and becoming enj
raged drew his pistol and shot Mr.
j Davis three times in the chest. Mr.
Davis turned to go back to his house,
j whereupon the negro fired another
shot into his back, severing a blood
'vessel which caused his death within
| 25 steps of his home. The negro's
? n?jtn'o Virvmo ariH
j WUtr VV VHC xsmiy? iivutv n?v?
told about the shooting and about this
time the negro was seen to leave his
home and after walking a short distance
began to run across a cotton
patch.
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Negro's Body Found.
After above was put in type information
was received to the effect that
T"ll +U? nnnrvft wlln chrtt D n H
Hill oiatveic^v, ?.iic
killed Mr. Davis, was found dead on
the Vance place about a mile from
his home. He had a wound in the
chest, it is said and his body was discovered
in a gully by two officers, aci
cording to reports that reached here
[ late in the afternoon.
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NO SETTLEMENT WITHOUT
i CONSENT OF UNITED STATES
^ President Wilson Drafted Note in
Two Hours and Turned it Over* to
State Department to Be Cabled
to Allied Premiers.
| Washington, Feb. 19.?President
Wilson today completed his reply to
the allied supreme council's note on
! the Adriatic question and sent it to
1 Acting Secretary Polk, who is putting
| it in form and transmittal to the
; council. It is expected to be on the
cables before night.
There was no indication as to the
; note's contents or its length. The
(president began drafting it early this
' morning and completed it in two
hours. The council's communicaI
tion was received only yesterday and
| the speed with which the reply was
j prepared here was said to constitute
! something of a record.
j The president went to his study
iat 9:30 a. m. and, summoning his
! irv>Yvirf*r?i?? + <al\r Kpcr?m
j SlCUUg I a IJ11C1 , lllllltvumi.v.j
i dictating the reply. He was understood
to have answered the council's
contention point for point and to
have adhered to the position taken
in his note of February 10.
Notice Served on Allies.
; It is now pretty well established
that in the communication th- Resident
informed tl.i ai :o;! courtr! s if
they proceeded to a settlement <-i
the Adriatic question without th,*
consent a.1 id participaiVm of tl.o
; American government, the Lnitei
I
States might have to decide whether
it could become a party to the treaty
of Versailles and the Anglo-FrenchAmerican
pact.
The note received from the council
yesterday was sent to the white
house immediately after it was dej
coded and the president studied it
very carefully during the afternoon
and evening. When he was ready to
begin work today he was understood
to have had his reply well outlined in
his mind and consequently was able
to dictate it in a short time.
The president was represented as
being perfectly willing for the exchanges
to be given to the public after
he had "completed his case,"
which was done with the drafting of
the note today. However, no decision
as to making the communicafmnc
nnhlir will be reached until
the allied premiers have been heard
from. They have been approached
| as to their wishes.
The allied note received yesterday
is "about as long: as the president's
first note," it was said at the white
house. Reports from London said
the allied reply contained about
j 4,000 words, and this figure was ac
cepted by white house officials as
being approximately correct.
The European View.
Cable dispatches indicated the rej
ply was conciliatory and that the
! whole question of Fiume and the
| Dalmatian littoral was at least reopened
to negotiation. There was a
j suggestion also that the allied pre
j miers had asked the United States to
I indicate the practical steps that could
jbe taken to carry out the original
.agreement as to the Adriatic, under
'which Fiume was to be erected into
I a free state under the league of najtions
and the principle of self-deter!
mination followed in disposing of the
i Dalmatian coast. It was said to be
the European view that the seizure
! of Fiume by d'Annunzio and his
, Italian troops had brought about such
a delicate situation that any attempt
to restore the status quo might bring
about more war.
I
i President Wilson, it was learned,
has taken the position that this country
is interested in the Adriatic settlement
as a co-belligerent in the war,
despite the fact that the treaty of
(Versailles has not been ratified here.
On similar questions, such as those
affecting Armenia and Turkey, this
country likewise is prepared to keep
in close touch with decisions reached
by the premiers at their London conferences
at which the~ United States
i is not represented. All such decisions
have to be approved by the supreme
council in Paris, meetings of which
probably will be attended in future
i by an American representative to
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keep this government in quicK toucn
. with what is going on.
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j ENGINES COLLIDE
NEAR CHARLESTON
i
Two Southern Railway Trains in
j Smashup?-No Fatal Injuries.
I
, The State.
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j unanesion, reo. zi.? iwcmyiuui
passengers and eight railway men
j were injured in a headon collision this
| morning between Southern Railway
t trains Nos. 16, from Columbia, and 13
; from Charleston, which came together
at Bennetts about six miles from
(this city. No fatalities resulted,
most of the injuries received being
, of a minor character. The two locoj
motives were practically demolished,
and the enerinemen had a narrow
escape from death, as the cabs were
mashed flat by the impact. They
j jumped in time, after putting on
I brakes and reversing their engines.
I The collision occurred through some
' misunderstanding not yet officially
j cleared up.
There were about 150 passengers
! on the two trains. All were severely
; jolted, but the 24 listed as injured,
i none is apparantly seriously hurt.
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and Eugene Conlon of No. 13, Conductor
Fickling and Kennedy, ' and
Engineer O'Brien of the A. C. L., who
was on the train, were sent to Roper
hospital for treatment, whil?? two porters
and an A. C. L. inspector, J. H.
i 4
Burbige, also hurt, went to their
homes. All are of Charleston, it is
understood None of the injured pas
sengers found it necesary to go to
; the hospital, so far as has been learned.
The passengers of brt'i trams
.' and trainmen were brought to CharI
leston on the Atlantic Coast Line
; train No. 85, which came along soon
: | after the accident. W ork of clearing
j the track was begun promptly, and
- \ the two trains will resume operatior
;by tomorrow. Another track at this
1 point enabled general traffic over the
V?n hnmf'p.1 nv; usual,
OUUlllCllx wv/ vv ?v- ?
i None of the cars left the rail, the
impact beinir heavy but much lessened
. by precautions taken by the engineers
'who v the ''?]b"sion coining in time
'to Po p. .\ >'?tr passengers vho
rec ;v njuri< < >aid lo be slurM,
' m f-.ilo* x. C. Kni?rht, C.
T. ? .":! v??>, V'alker. Sam
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i rac 111 ? .7 . - -
bus, the Rev. Dr. Uggaws, the Rev. j
Dr. Lindsey, J. R. Pearson, the Rev.!
A. W. Wright, L. E. Mooney, W. T. j
Martin, Mrs. E. Mikell Whaley and
daughter, Cecilia; D. F. Ackerson. M.
Jacobs, J. Pinckney and Oliver
Powell.
T Kninrf o r\t 1 Or} r?f 1
lilllXiriiiatVl^V UjSlMl livunv v* w ?. the
wreck, Frank W. Shealy, chairman
of the South Carolina railroad ;
commission, came to Charleston from
, Columbia to investigate the causes of }
the wreck. A hearing will be held at !
9:30 o'clock this morning in the office
of the Southern railway in Charles- j
ton, and Mr. Shealy will represent
the commission there today.
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| LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.
;The State of South Carolina,
County of Newberry.
By W. F. Ewart, Probate Judge: j
j Whereas, J. J. Langford made suit j
to me to grant him Letters of Adminj
istration of the Estate aSid effects of ,
j Stanmore G. Langford.
i These are, therefore, to cite and j
j admonish all and singular the Kindred j
and Creditors of the said Stanmore
i
: G. Langford deceased, that they be !
and appear before me, in the Court j
j of Probate, to be held at Newberry, i
on Monday 23rd day of February, j
next, after publication hereof, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 5th day
of February, Anno Domini 1920.
W. F. EWAKT,
P. J. N. C.
NEWBERRY CITY SCHOOLS OPEN
FEBRUARY 23, 1920.
The Board of Trustees of the Newberry
City Schools decided to open
the schools on Monday, February 23.
The, patrons of the schools are requested
to keep their children at
home this week and have them review
their studies, so as to be able
to take up without trouble, the school
j work where left off before the quar!
antine.
We shall not have time to do any j
reviewing after the schools open.
0. B. CANNON,
Superintendent, j
| 2-17-11
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NOTICE.
A meeting of the Stockholders of j
i Gilliam Bros Inc., will be held at;
J Gilliam Bros, market on Wednesday, j
'March 10th, at 10 o'clock A. M., for:
I the purpose of discussing the advis- j
ability of dissolution of said corpora
tion. i
I
C. G. GILLIAM,
President. |
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celebrated fo:
So it is writte
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receive this h
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any ODservea
We cannot al
Via kniiAVprl
WV/ livvivt vvtt
character, th<
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A few dollars invested nou
magnate. Why not oil in this
If you are game you can ge
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and the land purchased and t
oil. A sufficient quantity to fls
considerable excitement and g(
predicting wonderful developn
pool of oil underneath and t
Do you want to be a member o
and share the profits. If you
Buford who has headquarters
Johnson and Son and he will e:
your subscription to the stock
across the Savannah in Georgi
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See
M.M.B
Newberry,
i
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drop Capt. Buford a card and
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CAN YOU BE
CURED?
WHAT WILL IT
COST?
HOW LONG WILL
IT TAKE?
nr. P. J. O'Neill
Carolina National Bank BIdff.
Columbia, S. C.
GALVANIZED CORRUGATED AP?
Have two thousand .two hundred
number twenty-nine gauge Galvanize
and 10 in. lengths. One thousand fo
Crimped in same lengths. This is c
ovnerted anv dav.
You ought to use our Lead Headi
ing. Send for circular.
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Cashier.
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1
pain or loss of time.
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SKIN DISEASES and j
NERVOUS TROUBLES.
Special effort made to avoid
delay in out-of-town cases. V
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JD V CRIMPED ROOFING
(2,200) sheets Corrugated
d Roofing in 6 in., 7 in., 8in.
ur hundred (1,400) sheets V
ar that left factory January
sd Nails in putting on RoofPPLYCO.
Columbia, S. C.
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