The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, September 15, 1921, Image 7
TAR HEEL FARMER WILL.
NOT BURY SON'S BODY.
Jolui F. Speaks Keeps Remains or
Soldier Soil in Best Room,
in the House.
Statesville, N. C., Sept. 5? John
P. Speaks of Union Grove township,
refuses to bury the body of his son,
Thomas B. Speaks, who was killed in
France in October, 1918. The remains
of the dead soldier were shipped
from France to the United
States, arriving at the home in Iredell
county August 13The
report being circulated that
Mr. Speaks was keeping the remains
of* his son in the home and would
not consider burial caused an investigation
on the part of County
Welfare officer W. \V. Holladn. Yesterday
morning Mr. Holland, accompanied
by County Physician Dr. Ross
McElwee and Sheriff M. P. Alexander,
drove in a car to the Speaks
home, 20 miles north of Statesville.
The box in which the casket ' was
shipped was seen lying under a shed
near the house; the casket, draped
in a United States flag, was resting
on chairs inside the home, where it
was placed by the undertaker on its
arrival three weeks ago. There was
nothing offensive about the casket,
and the mother and other members
of the household were moving around
looking after the duties of the home
as though the casket were a piece of
choice furniture in the best room in
the house.
Immediately following the arrival
cf the body at the home, the father,
John P. Speaks, who has the reputation
of being a man of very peculiar
and uncompromising ideas and
convictions, first decided that he
^w iiited to satisfy himself that the
\ jeasket contained the remains of his
own boy. He therefore had the casket
opened and found little more than
a mere skeleton- The shape of the
teeth and the dental work with which
he was familiafr, the length and size
of the bones of the body all gave
Mr. Speaks good hope that the rem
nine urnro f h nco of hiQ Qftfl TTp
then announced his purpose to keep
the. body In the house and not bury
It During the past few days, however,
he stated that he ment to
build a special room in or near the
house in which to keep the body,
and he is now arranging to have
timber cut for that purpose.
Mr. Speaks treated the visitors
with special courtesy and consideration.
He manifested no stubborn or
rebellious disposition in regard to
the request of the officers and friends
to have his boy's body buried, stating
that he would bury only if required
by law to do so, or if it was
found necessary from a sanitary
standpoint. "I do not want to bury
my boy now," said Mr. Speaks to a
newspaper man, "but I will bury
him if I have to, or if it is unsanitary
to keep him in the house. I am
At i n r? nr
expecting anomer sun, wuu is m
many in the United States army, to
come home in a few months, and we
might decide to bury him then. I
prefer to fix a place for him in or
near the house, since he has already
been buried once, and keep him until
I am dead and have his bones buried
with me. I do not want my body
left out when I die, and after I am
gone I do not want my boy's body
left out, as the farm might change
hands, and I would not want his
, body neglected or abused in any
way."
Mr. Speaks refuses to make application
to the government for the
$10,000 war insurance which his
son had taken on entering the war.
Another peculiarity of Mr. Speaks,
which was learned through a neighbor,
is that, while he does not go to
church himself nor permit the members
of the family to attend church,
still he is said to be a constant reader
of the Bible, conducts family worship
in the home and can quote the
Scriptures freely and accurately when
the occasion demands.
"What will be done with the body
of the dead soldier," was asked the
officers yesterday on their return to
Statesville from a visit to the Speak?
.home. The reply was that nothing
.could be done. If the keeping of the
body in the home was found to be
unsanitary, the man could be forced
hy law to bury it. The county physician
does not find that it is dangerous
to the health of the family,
and the officers are therefore at the
end of the row.
Members of the Speaks household
do not express any dissatisfaction
over the trend of affairs. They
freely yield to the wishes of the head
of the home and state that what he
does is satisfactory to them.
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BROWNSVILLE TO SELLERS
ROAD TO BE ABANDONED
Passenger and Freight Service to Ik
Stopped Monday?I?g Trains to
Run for a While.
Pee Dpe Advocate.
Some time ago the Bennettsvllle
and Cheraw Railroad Company applied
to the state railroad commission
for permission to discontinue
the operation of trains on the piece
of road between Brownsville and
.'Sellers, a distance of eleven miles
This application was opposed by a
s J number of citizens and business men
r in the territory affected.
Two hearings were held by the
railroad commission in Columbia, al
which arguments were made for and
against the petition of the railroad.
The decision of the commission waj
not announced at the time, but on
August 31st, the commission issued
an order granting the petition.
The railroad Is giving notice thai
It will discontinue freight and P??s
senger service on the Brownsville
Sellers end of the road next Monday
Sept. 12. Thereafter all trains wil!
top at Brownsville and return.
The Tilghman Lumber companj
has a lot of timber on this side oi
Brownsville, and It will continue tc
operate lta log trains over the road
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to its mills at Sellers till the timber
is removed. The Brownsville to
Sellers piece of road will then probablv
be abandoned or torn up, and i
Brownsville will be the terminus of
the roadIt
is claimed that this part of the
road hay always been operated at a
loss, as there is very little freight or
passenger business in its territory.
Most of the business in that section
goes to Sellers and Latta, on the
|main line of the Coast I-ine.
It is regretted by the people of
Bennettsville and all Marlboro counIty
that it was found necessary to
abandon the piece of road between
Brownsville and Sellers. It had
been hoped that the road would
some time go on to Marion, or pos- i
;sibly to the seacoast.
j There is another railroad, built by
I the Marion Lumber company, from
> Brownsville to Marion. It has never :
been used excep1 as a log road, how- 1
ever, and has now been abandoned
and is falling into decay.
Hereafter the B. and C. railroad
will be wholly in Marlboro county, 1
running from Kollock to Browns- 1
ville. a distance of 32 miles.
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FOREIGN INSECTS IVVADIXG
SOUTH CAROLINA ,
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to do much damage are being watched
closely, says Prof. A. F. Conradi,
entomologist; namely the Mexican
bean beetle, which has already reached
this state; and the velvet bean
caterpillar, which is rapidly working
its way upward from Florida and
southern Georgia.
The Mexican bean beetle has been
reported by Government scouts at \
two points in the northwestern corner
ol' this state; viz. Long Creek and a
point near Easley. The spread of this!
pest has been so rapid during the
spring and summer that it will possi-j
blv spread over much more territory j
before being stopped by winter. This;
is an especially destructive pest to all
kinds of beans in the garden and to
cowpwis. The grubs, which do the
principal feeding, are one-fourth to
three-eights of an inch long, of a.
bright yellow color, and covered with
spines which are branched and color-,
i (i black at the tips.
The velvet bean caterpillar has been |
reported by the Florida entomologists
to be spreading in central and northern
Florida. It is believed that this
pest may be expected in southern
Tields in early September and may
reach South Carolina by the middle of |
September. Throughout Florida thisinsect
is a most serious pest to velvet
beans. Tins caterpillar when full
grown is nearly two inches ions. After
it is half grown it is generally
lark green with prominent bright colored
lines with darker border running
langthwise on lite body. Many,
in pnip proon witn linos either ittdis-j
linci or absent. Tho lino alonK the
side of tbo body is wider than those
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Prof. Conradi urges that the occur-!
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to the entomology division.
Clenison College, S. C., so that steps
may be taken to control the peats. |
AN INTKHi:STIN<; ItKCISION.
I.and Pase Passe,| on l?y Judge .Moore
?Holds Port baser of Land Pan
Not Klect to Forfait Pay.
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down an interesting decision recently
in the case of the executors
of the estate of J. M. Cherry against
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The action was brought by Plain-1
tiffs, as executors, for the enforce-!
ment of a written contract for the
purchase of several valuable tracts
of land bid off by Pruitt at the sal?-J
of the Cherry lands, conducted by J
Pat \V. Major in July of last year, i
the said contract, which was signed [
by Pruitt, embodying the terms of
his purchase of said land in detail.
The defendant Pruitt demurred to
the plaintiffs' complaint, the main
issues raised by said demurrer aris
ing out of provision in said contract
providing that, if the purchaser failed
to make the second payment on
said land, due on the first day of'
January of this year, he should forfeit
all rights under the contract
and the seller should retain all payments
theretofore made by him ;.sj
liquidated damages.
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Tk" contention of Pruitt was that
he had a right to give up his initio!
rnyment of 15 per cent required to
bo made in cash on the day of sale,1
and that the seller was bound to accept
the same in full satisfaction of
ih? contract by way of liquidated
damages, and that thereupon the
contract was at an end. Tins con-(
tention is overruled in Judge'
Moore's decision, in which he hold*' 1
that said provision as to forfeiting
and liquidated damages was ir.tended
as securuj for the perfonuunei
o* the contract by the putchaoer. and
tl at the putiha.-'-i ha- u?> i.-tlit to
'< i ' to give up said first pavnv t.t j
viid compel the seller to accej tb?
same as a substitute for sp- ific i? r
t finance; and h2 furthei holds t. at
there is no'b'.'g in the coiaola'nt to;
show that !ha v.Jv.intiffs. a< rente-,
sentative of the seller of ?a?d land.'
a not entitled to liav said con- ,
tract snocifically enforce' Sv requit 1
i g tb>. defe.-<a:t. to ae ? t th-tr'
dred to sai-1 land hnd to pav th?
whole amount of the purchase m,v
nev t! eiclor, as provided i t the j
contract.
Several objections to the plaintiff*8'
complaint were made in the demurrer,
all of which were overruled in
Judge Moore's decree, which is wholly
in favor of the plaintiffs.
ii is unucrsiooa there uro a f w
oilier cases of similar nature arisinc
out of tlio miction sale of the Cherry
lands last year, but most of the
purchaser* completed their contract.
It is expected that tin- above case
will bo foimht furtbor. - Hock Hill
l.voninp Herald. Sept 1st
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