The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, August 31, 1911, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
LIVING MORE AT HOME.
Watoon Plwwl at Fruitful Itemilt*
of ('oiiipaiicii.
Columbia. Aug. 20. ? Special:
Commissioner E. J. Watson has issued
this interesting statement:
It begins to look very much as
il our people are at last going to
reaMze the vital necessity of raising
something to eat at home. 1
have presented the facts in cold
figures as to the waste annually indulged
in for things to eat bought
beyond the borders of the State at
every meeting I have attended in
South Carolina for the past four
years. We have been rocking along
for instance, sending outside the
State every year for flour at the
appalling sum of $20,000,000. and
most of it I am satisfied is about
the same class of product as we
have found corn meal to be. In
1908, under the supervision of this
department, a movement was
launched for the increase of the
wheat acreage of the State, and
several meetings were held that
rail for the specific purpose of getting
our people to undertake the
raising of wheat with a view to
home consumption. In one section
alone that year 5,000 acres, which
ha ' never been planted in wheat before,
were put into cultivation. No
result in agricultural advance has
been so gratifying as that following
this campaign, and 1 am happy
to say that this result has already
contributed to our 1911 crop
^record, an increase over 1910 or
nearly three-quarters of a million
dollars.
"The total wheat crop in 1880
in this State was 926,358 bushels;
in 1900, on an acreage of 174,245,
it was only 1,017,319 bushels,
worth $958,158, and the average
yield per acre was only 9 bushels.
On a yield per acre of 8.05 bushels
in 1907 the yield was 2,66n,000
bushels, worth $3,203,100; in
1908 the averake per acre again
went to 9 bushels and the yield
was 2,835,000 bushels, worth $3,686,000.
At this time the campaign
for more wheat to eat was launch
ed and in the season of 19 09 the
production was increased to 3,810,000
bushels, worth $5,563,000
and the average yield per acre was
driven up to 10 bushels. Last year
the acreage was 452,94 2 and the
production was 4,983,000 bushels
/ upon an average per acre of 10
bushels, and the crop went on the
market at $6,279,000, very nearly
a million greater than the crop the
preceding year and twice as much
as the crop of 1903. This year the
yield per acre has been driven up
-to 11.4 bushels. The yield has
been 5,632,000 bushels and at the
same average price that prevailed
last year the crop will bring tc
the farmers $6,983,680 more than
the 1910 crop. The increase in
yield this year is 649,000 bushels
The crop was raised on 494,030
acres, against 4 52,94 2 acres planted
last year. In other words, the
> yield of wheat in South Carolina
Carolina has been exactly doubled
since 1908 and the value is almost
doubled in dollars. The wheat
crop this year is naerly seven
times in money value as much af
the crop of 1900, with a yield very
aearly 6ix times as much as thai
ol 1900.
"So much for wheat, but that it
not all. We have to-day received
the figures also for the rye croj
of 1911. Fo^ty-one thousand bushels
were harvested, against 34,
128 last year. These figures, ol
course, do not take^nto consider.
ntion the rapid extension of rye
for turning under and not for harvest.
? "Another significent piece of information
received also bearing directly
on the feed and food situation,
is that a larger percentage
of the oat crop of 1911 than usual
is still on the farm at this time,
152,000 bushels, against 111.00C
last year, and against a ten-yeai
average of 166,000. The amount
still on the farm and in the possession
of the farmer is 3.3 of the
entire oat crop. It is noteworthy
that South Carolina leads all the
Southern states in this regard, the
others ranging along about 2 pel
cent."
TO PIPE BEER INTO HOMES.
Public Beer Fountains Proposed
for Saloonless Montclair.
New York, August 13. ? Mayor
Hinck, of Montclair, N. J., has received
a letter which has requested
that he and the common coun
cil give careful consideration to a
request for a franchise from the
Montclair Beer Piping company,
which proposed to do the following:
1 To construct a huge tank on
Montclair Mountain and fill it with
the brand of beer which the majority
of the consumers preferred,
vith pipes connected with every
home of Upper Montclair, which
has now no saloons; subscribers to
have meters and to pay only for
what they use; all pipes to be
the best nickel lining and full
head of pressure to be maintained;
also public beer fountains with
nickel-in-the-slot attachments to
be erected in the narks, the com
pany to pay either a royalty of
33 1-3 per cent. 011 its profits to
the city, or to pay for a blanket
license at the rate of $800 a year
for each 2,000 persons served.
1 The letter was signed by the
"Secretary of the company," who
Baid that his associates were all
prominent citizens who desired to
remain in the background until
they heard from the council thru
the press.?Baltimore Sun.
mob cheers as victim cries
Woman's Assailant Burned at
Stake In Oklahoma.
Purcell, Okla., Aug. 24.?While
3,000 men, women and children
stood by shouting their approval,
Peter Carte-, a negro, who had
> previously been captured by three
members of his own race and identified
as the man who last night attacked
Mrs. Minnie Spraggins, wife
of a farmer was burned to death
on a brush pile on the main street
of Purcell, at 6 o'clock this afternoon.
Deputy ?heriff Hayee and Under
Sheriff Farris, who attempted to
rescue the negro from the crowd,
were overpowered and locked In the J
court house.
Assaulted and House Fired.
Mrs. Spraggins was assaulted;
while alone in her home, one mile j
south of Purcell. After the deed
the negro set fire to the Sprag
i gins home. Mrs. Spraggins' hus-,
band saw the flames while work-1
ing in the fields and rushed intoji
[the house in time to rescue his j
wife. She declared Carter, who |
formerly worked, on the Spraggins'
farm, had attacked her. Officers;
i went to Carter's home and arrested
| him. He was turned over to a
constable, but on the way to jail j
escaped. When it became known
; that the negro was free, farmers of
[ the neighborhood organized a posse
and an all-night search was made.1
The negro was not found.
Found Under liox.
This afternoon Higley Henry, a
negro janitor, noticed a strange negro
riding under a box car near
the Oklahoma Central Railway sta
tion. With the aid of two other!
negroes, who had armed them-1
selves, the negro janitor pulled!
Carter from beneath the car. He
was taken to the main street of
Purcell, where a great crowd had
i gathered.
"Turn the negro over to me,"
said a tall farmer who suddenly
seemed to assume command of the
crov/d.
Officers lMcaxl in Vain.
The janitor and his two aides j
obeyed. Carter was takeu across
! the street and in an instant many
| men and boys were gathered. At
this juncture Deputy Sheriff Hayes
, and Under Sheriff Karris arrived
and pleaded with the mob to turn |
, {the prisoner over to them. The:
s (Sheriff and his assistant were lock-j
ed up and the negro was led out
land placed on an oil-soaked brush I
heap, built around a telephone pole, j
He was tied to the pole and the
torch applied. Cheers came ft*
the crowd as the flames licked the'
victim's face, and men and women j
in motor cars watched him die. As:
he was lashed to the pole the negro
shrieked for mercy. After the j
flames died away the crowd slowi
ly dispersed. The negro's body I
[ was burned to a crisp.
Victim Describes Attack.
! Mrs. Spraggins, who is not ex-J
i pected to live, said Carter enter- ,
er her home last night and struck i
! her on the head with a gas pipe,
beating her until she was uncon-!
! scious. An old mattress was torn j
up and scattered over her body, j
i After the negro had set the mat- j
i mt-? on ure ne lieu. as Airs.
! Spraggins was crawling from under
i the lire the negro then reappeared
1 an again struck her with the pipe,
i breaking hei jaw and beating her
i badly. Her husband, rushing to the
i house, rescued his wife, lu a few
. minutes mere she would have been
1 dead.
Crowd Creers Again.
> The pile of wood and brush on
i which the negro's body was burned
I was still smoldering at 10 o'clock
: to-night. The town was quiet.
I The cheeis of the crowd, when the
t first flames shot up, mingled with
s the piercing cries of the negro, and j
' after the fire had burned for an ,
t hour and the body was nothing but j
a crisp, the crowd again cheered, i
> Then it dispersed.
I While the majority of those who
> gathered about to witness the black
- man's death were men, there were
- many wemen in the crowd.
Not a Shot Fined.
A remarkable feature about the
affair was that while the crowd
was determined upon the death of
the negro, it was far more quiet
than usual under similar condi
tlons. Not a shot was fired. The
escape of the negro, following the !
s arrest, seemed to add to the fury of j
I the searchers for the black man.
Talk about town to-night follow'
ing the lynching, bears the nies'
sage of the negro that he was "the
^ right man." As whispered from lip '
to lip, comes a brief confession,
! made as he was led to the funeral
' p.vre.
M TWO WIVKS IN SAMK HOl'SK
Female Kuoch Allien Unable to Stay
Away?Sin* Has No Redress.
Pittsburg, Kan., Aug. 19.?"I love
| him and I cannot stay away from
I him, even if l^ouisa is also his j
I wife." declared Mrs. Anna father- ;
j ine Sharp, of this city, who returned
her yesterday from New Orleans, !
where she went following a quarrel
with Sharp's second and younger
wife, Louisa.
The first Mrs. Sharp last night:
was a guest again at the Sharp !
home. "She can stay as long as
she wants too," said Mrs. Louisa
Sharp last night, "but I am to be
the boss."
Sharp and his first wife, Anna
Catherine, were parted in the great
Chicago fire. Nine years ago he
came to Pittsburg and married his
second wife, Louisa. Anrfa Cather-;
ine located Sharp through the L'n- |
ited States pension bureau. She
came her but found him married, i
As she had been legally dead many ,
>ears, she had no standing in court. .
i Sharp, however, took her into his j
home and for several weeks the
two wives lived in the same house j
the first one as a guest. Quarrels ^
caused Anna Catherine to go to i
Ne*.V (Jrlpnns tn livo with a on" i>"- '
er a month ago.
WHO KILLED HIM.
j Myotcry Surrounds tin* Death <rf
an Employee of n (1iarlcst?0
Dairy.
The verdict of the coroner's jury.
I at the inquest held Monday morn-1
; tng at the Roper Hospital, in Char[leston,
over the body of John j
i Beckett, the white man who died !
there Sunday as the result of a
fractured skull, was simply to the
effect that his death had been
, caused by a wound on the head, received
in some way unknown to the
i jury. While the wound looked as
if it had been inflicted by some weapon
in the hands of an assailant,
t there was no proof to uphold this
theory, and the jury were unable to
, stale in what way the blow had
been received.
j The Charleston Evening Post
' says the wife of the dead man was
> j questioned at the Inquest, but
could give no testimony which bore d
on the way in which her husband li
came to his death. The mystery S
which surrounds the finding of the d
mortally wounded man Saturday t
night, was not cleared up at the inquest.
o
The man was found on Saturday Inight
by Dr. Eugene L. Jager, who c
was walking along the Meeting A
Btreet road near Grant Park," when i,
his attention was attracted by a a
form lying alongside the highway, w
He investigated and found it to be f
the unconscious body of John b
Beckett, suffering from the effect
of a severe blow on the head. Dr. 1:
Jager notified the police, and the w
mail was conveved immpiiialplv t<> ?
the hospital where he was careful- n
ly examined and found to have a
fractured skull, as the result of ii
the blow. r
Next, the wound was examined, a
In an effort to ascertain with what
kind of a weapon it had been c
inflicted. as it was evident from a
its position near the base of the j,
skull, that it could not have been s
the result of a fall, nor of any w
k! d of usual accident. The wound c
looked as if the victim had been
struck with some sort of a blunt a
iron instrument, the assailant com- v
iug up from behind. w
From the time that Beckett whs s
brought to the hospital, his condi- j,
tion grew steadily worse and he
died Sunday in spite of the atten- .
tion he had received from the
physicians tie re. Little is known e
about the man, and it is believed s
that he only recently moved to "
Charleston. His wife, who was at
the hospital, could throw no light
upon the mysterious matter, and *
said l&at she knew of no one who
was her husband's enemy to the extent
of attacking him. Beckett was '
employed at the Mehrten's dairy, "
and lived up the Meeting Street J
road near the Three Mile House. s
The rural policemen of that sec- j
tion are at work on the case, having
been notified shortly after the
discovery of the body. The ground
in the vicinity of the spot where
the man was found, was examined, s
but na traces of a struggle or at
tack could be fouml. The whole
case is surrounded with a veil of'
mystery which as yet the police |
have its jet been unable to pierce,:(
and the c.eatli of Che victim gives t
it a gravity which leads all citizens ! j
to hope that the true fsicts of the j (
case may be brought to light, and | ,
the malefactor to justice. i.t
SWAMI'KD WITH INVITATIONS ! ?
Dougi-cNsnum Fdlriix- in ]>eman<i at
Various I'luccs.
A Washington dispatch to the | ,
News and Courier says: I (
"Representative J. Edwin KUer- ,
l?e, of the Gth South Carolina dis-! j
trict has received through Terri-1 }
torial Delegate Jonah K. Kulaniau- (
aole, of Hawaii, an invitation t'o; i
be one of a party which is to: t
spend 2(t days Hawaii next month/
as the guests ot the Territory, i .
includes Mrs. KUerbe. .Mr. Ellerhe!
has also been invited to he the |
guest at the Chamber of Commerce
of Kansas Oity, Mo., at the trans-'
Mississippi Commercial -Congress.,
from Novenilrer 14 to 17, and to he i
the guest of the Cleveland, Ohio,
Chamber of Commerce, to view the
waterways of that section, .November
1G and 17.
"The United National Association i
of Postal Clerks has asked him to!
attend its convention, at Jackson-J
ville Fla., September 4 to 7. Mr. ;
Ellerhe does not know how many j
of these invitations he can accept,
if anj'. He cannot tell when Con- j
U ress will nfHniirii unrl lio nlc. host
? ? - ?. V
business mutters engaging his at-l^
t?ntion." 1
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FOl'flHT HORXKTS IX WATER, c
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Iti'sidciit of Saiwly Grove Has '
Strenuous Time During Swim
Kieliard Harris, who lives at San-[l
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LOCAL DEALER OR
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Letter from Mrs.
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Anderson Acetylene Co.,
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' ientlemen:?
Keplying; to your inquiry of the'J
much with my Ideal Kpwo
I purchased front you some time
vestment in my home. I shall 1m*
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Wishing you success, I am,
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Anderso
ly Grove, a hamlet of 175 persons,
telween Rossville and Princes Bay,
Itaten Island, was almost stung to
lenth a>nd drowned at the same
line, says the New York World.
A cherry tree stands 011 the brink '
f Boyes I^ake, near Rossville. ]
iarris, who is a man grown,
limbed the tree to pick cherries. j
after he had filled his pail he J
tarted to descend, and stepped on
limb whick broke beneath his '
. eight, precipitating him and the \
ruit into the lake, which near the <
rink, is from six to ten feet deep.
On the tip of the limb was a !
irge and active colony of hornets,
.hose nest also went with the limb,
rhich floated while part of the
est was wet.
The hornets resented the wreckng
of their home and attacked Harts,
who was struggling to swim
shore.
So fierce was the attack that he
ould not swim and fight the enemy '
t the same time. He had to keep .
imself afloat and repel the insects
imultaneously. Occasionally he
.ould duck his head under but he ,
(Hllil lint Inmr rnmnin
The unequal battle continued for
quarter of an hour, the Strangst
kind of aquatic fight. Harris <
"as stung repeatedly upon the face, '
calp, hands, arms and even upon
is legs. .
While the battle was still on
iarry O'Neill, of Rossville, happend
to pass, lie went to Harris* asistanee,
with stones as his weapns.
He stoned the hornets' nest
loating on the branch, which disracted
the attention of the stingrs,
allowing the cherry picker to
wiin ashore. Harris said the diersion
of the eneiuv probably savd
his life, as he was nearly t*xinusted
from his efforts to fight
lornets and keep afloat at the
a me time.
Harris' cherries were a complete
ess.
THK VVOlfhl) \\'1I>K HKOt'tiHT
ionic Facts as to How Agricultural
I'muiin H..W tr.........i i... ? >..
H.-?t Wave of 11)11.
New York, August 22. ? "'The
'oiitinuance of unusually not weather,"
so writes the London. Econonist's
Berlin correspondent, "accompanied
by a prolonged drought,
auses growing concern about the
rops not yet matured. The last
weekly report of the agricultural
ouncil speaks of serious damage
iO the potato, hay, and beet crops.
V second harvest of clover, says the
eport. is not to be expected in
nost parts of the country, and the
neadows are in some sections so
Wied up that animals must be put
ipon dry feed. From other sources
t is learned that the Bavarian
government have taken steps to j
irevent farmers from selling their
ive stock for lack of feeding maerials.
"The agricultural council also
ipprehends damage to wheat and
>ats from the excessive heat by
causing premature ripening. Simi-;
ar fears had been expressed about |
l.si month, but the new crop is1
low coning upon the market, and
loth rye and wheat are found to be
>f unusually excellent quality.
"The movement in the grain markets
has to some extent been affected
by the unusually low water in
lie navigiPble rivers of the counry.
The situation appears to be
nost serious on the Elbe, which
las a normal freight movement of
ibout 17,1)00,000 tons a year; it
s now lower than since 1904.J
navigation on its has almost ceased
vith the regular lines; only a re-1
luced traffic continues with liglity
laden barges. Berlin's water
ommunication with the sea is now ;
hiefly through a small canal to
itettin. On the Upper Order traffic!
ins been practically suspended."
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? At least one Life Insurance Company has kept faith with *
> South Carolina policy-holders. *
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When the South-Atlantic began to solicit business in #
I South Carolina its representatives were authorized to state *
that every dollar of surplus from premium receipts would be *
invested in the communities in which the premiums were *
; eceived. *
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\ The South-Atlantic Life Insurance Company has loaned *
in Dillon County three tin.es its total premium receipts from ?
policy-holders in that County. *
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?') se business helps your business? *
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