The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 29, 1914, Image 7
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“■ MUST GET A WAY TO
>^JBUBG|l6ir FIGHTS.
,t. " ' : . V^hrki 1 . ■ 1
'
m to
bj Jmtf Tint, So That
Membera Coa Go «6 the Fvwple of
' . ' ' if -
Yh«ir District ond Give an Account
of Their Party’s Deeds.
Congress has much business to
transact before it undertakes consid
eration of anti-trust legislation con
cerning which President Wilson will
address it on Tuesday and it Is the
aim of Democratic leaders to pherten
the session as much as possihld^Vitt^
the congressional campaign coming
next fall and Republican and Pro-
gresives already active, the majority
leaders are insistent that all legisla
tive business be disposed of before
July 1.
This is desired in order that ev
ery man can be in his district to fight
for retention of a Democratic majori
ty in both houses of the next con
gress. The fact that senatorial con
tests under the direct elections
amendment to the constitution are
pending in many States, makes the
situation more urgent. President Wil
son is as eager as the party’s chief
tains in congress to limit the session
, if as much as posible and all are plan-
*“■ to expedite legislative matters,
is practically certain that appro-
t'tlon bills and many other import
ant matters will be out of the way
before the trust programme is ready.
Among the most important measures
pending are the Alaskan railroad bill,
which will pass the senate next
Thursday, rural credit legislation,
regulation of stock exchanges as pro
posed in the Owen bill npon which
House hearings are to begin Feb
ruary 4, and the Panama canal tolls
question, which will come up in a
Joint resolution introduced by Repre
sentative Adamson, chairman of the
interstate and foreign commerce com
mittee, w'hich would conditionally
suspend for two years the provision
of the Panama canal act granting
free passage to American coastwise
vessels. All proposed legislation, it
Is now practically agreed, can not-be
crowded through at this time, but
what bills are to be sidetracked has
not been determined.
The Alaskan railroad bill and the
agricultural extension bill will occu
py the attention of the Senate most
of this- week. The Alaskan bill,
which was urged by the president in
his last message, and would provide
for a government built and operated
railroad into the Interior of the ter
ritory, .is-certain to .‘pass. Senator
Chamberlain secured unanimous coqir
sent for a vote for Thursday. There
is little opposition to the bill and the
House already has the same subject
under consideration to he taken up
"l again Wednesday.
With the Alaskan bill out of the
way, Senator Smith of Georgia will
present the agricultural extension
blH-, which ultimately would provide
an annual appropriation of $3,000,-
00 + Q to be.expended through the State
agricultural colleges in educating
faymers on advanced agricultural
1 An amendment to Increase the
mate appropriation to $6,000,000
‘■ed by Senator Simmons of North
Carolina, is pending.
In the House appropriation bills
are well under way. /The post office
bill is being debatedycomplicated by
the "rider” exempting assistant post
masters from the civil service and a
second amendment to provide $25,-
0011,(100 annual appropriation pro-
poed by the roads sommittee for dts-
Irlbutlon among the various states on
sondltion of equal local appropria
tions.
.JThe military; fortification and ag
ricultural and Indian bills are ready
to bring in at a moment’f notice and
the fleld is being cleared/for new leg
islative enterprises.
A caucus of House Democrats on
the question of cresting a House com
mittee on suffrage to-day was being
agitated by Western members. They
declared if the (nil committee on
rules should affirm the Democratic
majority of that committee in voting
adversely upon the proposition the
issue would'be pat squarely to the
party In caucus
'' The ikouse naval affairs committee
Is about ready to wind up Its hear
ings, starting off the week with' the
chief of ordinance and closing it by
hearing Secretary Daniels in support
of the two battleship program.
The riven and harbors committee
Is wrestling with a host of big enter
prises, tncludlnc the general develop
ment of New York harbor and the
Proposal to purchase the Cheeapeeke
Delaware canal aa part of aa
s-coaatwagr chain for oommenial
w „ icemenrrai national defenca.
phopoe
Ad d
m-e
^hnc
$£ one of the principal
Monroe, Ga., and faldcr aa electric
light. W. R. On ten, a merchant, wee
and shot In the heck. 91a
nt fractured his ska!! end
>hls pockets. Oatee is in a hea-
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imp.
-MAD FARMER” HOLDS OFF FOR
TY-FIVE DEPUTIES
./
Haa Beea In Honee for Week With
Me Sign of SnfwdaMng . Sheriff
On laat Tneed&y Eld ward Beardsley
of Mayvfllo M. Y., ehot end probably
totally wounded Overseer of the Poor
John W. Putnam, who visited his
house on ea errand of mercy. Sher
iff Andereon and a posse of eleven
started a camp around the house,
in an effort to starve him out. In the
the barricaded house with Beardsley
are his nine children and a woman.
The camp of Sheriff Anderson’s
deputies has assumed a military as
pect. The men are divided into squas
which go on post and form a cordon
around the house, with relief every
hour. Hot food, and drink gre being
furnished by nearby farmhouses. The
iiuards have the shelter ot the hills.
The house in which Be&rdkley is
barricaded stands on a hill fully ex
posed to the wind. Shot-riddled, it
would be impossible to keep the place
warm, even were there plenty of fuel
available. Beardsley has not had the
proper fuel for the last four days.
At eleven o’clock Thursday night
Beardsley had held the Sheriff at bay
for forty-eight hours. It is definitely
known he has .been snatching sleep
at times leaving the woman, thought
to be his wife, on guard. She scantily
dressed and using a blanket as a
shawl, crouches at he window and
wakes Beardsley at any sign of move
ment from the camp below.
Several times In the earlier part
of the siege frienda of the outlaw
have volunteered to persuade him to
surrender. Each time they have been
stopped before reaching the house by
the sight of a gun sticking through a
window and pointing in their direc
tion. After several such trials the
man gave out that he would speak
with his three brothers and a lawyer.
Accordingly the men designated went
up the hill- for the conference.
Just as they got in range Beard
sley’s rifle appeared through a win
dow. Twenty yards distant they were
ordered to halt, open up their coats
and show they were unarmed. This
order complied with, they were given
leave to enter the house one by one
with hands up.
Lopking like a bandit, a bandolier
full of cartridges around his waist
and another diagonally across his
chest, Beardsley admitted them. The
rifle was ready In his hand, a large
and serviceable revolver in his .belt
Four chairs had been set in a semi
circle for the visitors. Each was as
signed to a seat as he entered. An
other chair set against the wall on
the opposite side of the room gave
Beardsley the vantage point. From
there hla rifle moved constantly
around the half circle of four while
they talked. ,
Two points Beardsley stood out f6r
unalterably. Guarantee must be given
that the nine children cooped up In
the house with him and the woman
since the battle began will be taken
to the home of the “mad farmer’s”
brother James, at Titusville, Pa. And
Beardsley must be permitted to go
to jail In Mayvllle in custody of the
lawyer, Ray E. Pickard, of James
town.
Here is another stipulation about
which there must be no mistake:
Sheriff Anderson and his men, now
numbering forty-five must keep out.
“If they butt in," Beardsley says, the
arrangements fail, which, of course,
means, more fight. Meantime the out-
,law drama started on Us seventh reel
counting one a day, with conditions
inside the fort in at least as good
shape as ever.
For, with the sheriff’s permission,
a supply of provisions wgs taken in
Sunday afternoon on the strength of
the agreement to give up in a few
days "mebbe.” Beardsley condescend
ed to allow Sheriff Anderson a word
in the plans following the talk with
the three brothers and the attorney.
Beardsley’ had made his terms to
his brothers and the lawyer. If the
Sheriff.didn’t like them, there was
“nothing doing,” wherefore^ the Sher
iff liked them. So they wrangled for
more than two hours. Then Beardsley
submitted a revised proposition. Let
them take the children to Pennsyl
vania and he would quit. The broth
ers and lawyer agreed. But Beardsley
had another stipulation.
“The Sheriff and his gang don’t get
in on this, they’ve got to stay out,
he said. “I’ll go to Mayvllle and be
locked up, but It’ll be with you." He
pointed to Pickard. i
With Beardsley’s “O. K.’\ there
fore the Sheriff came up the read and
halted sixty-five yards from the
house. That was at 12:80 o'clock
Beardsley wasn’t at all keen on talk
ing to the Sheriff. He had put hi*
visitors out, but still had them well
within reach of hla ballets.
The conversation was brief. "What
yo gonna do?” shouted (he sheriff.
HAM BEEN SELECTED DC THE
A CITY OF COLUMBIA.
FIGHT AGAINST HOOKWORM
GAINS MUCH; GROUND.
Bxcel- —Ageats of Health
The Columbia Record says the
trustees ot the South Carolina Bap
tist hospital hate secured a site oa
the Southsrn Umlta ot the dtp
which the institution will bo built
The location joins the property ot the
City Development Co., known as
M
hookworm
1$ than' to to# two aad
» half yean prootdlaf. Of the «»,-
ooo examinations made last year,
Dra. Howell, Riser, Routfc and Red-
gen. the tour field men, have exam-
Wales Gardens. It faces on Lqwsr ined S7,4lt people to' 19 counties pf
street, directly In front ot Saluda
avenue of Wales Gardens, and Is
bounded on the east by Edisto ave
nue, on the south Is the Rose Hill
greenhouse property, and on the west
by the property of Abram Stork’s
estate. .? ■;
The site comprises eight acres and
was purchased from G. A. Gulguard,
the purchase price being $15,000.
“The executive members of the hoard
of trustees to whom was referred the
matter of buying a site think that
they have made aTDne pprehase. The
committee canvassed every available
site in and around Columbia and it
was the unanimous opinion of the
committee that this was the cheapest
and best site Inspected. It is-on a
beautiful plateau and commands a
splendid view of the city. Physicians
who have seen it say that it is an
ideal location for a hospital, 1 ” said A.
J. Bethea, one of tlie trustees, In an
nouncing Saturday the decision of the
committee.
“The site selected is a very acces
sible, being only seven blocks from
the union station, and right at the
end of the car line which is being
built along Saluda avenue through
the Wales Gardens property. It is
said that Galuda avenue will be paved
in a short, time and paved sidewalks
are now being constructed. This
property is contiguous to the befit
residential section of Columbia and
the Surroundings are all that could
be desired,” said Mr. Bethea. "The
site lends itself to'the erection of a
moderq hospital in every respect and
there is ample opportunity for future
development in hospitid equipment'.
These considerations had their
weight YIG 1 the committee In the
selection of the site,” he added.
The Baptist State convention at
Rennettsville committed itself most
heartily to the hospital idea, and it
is said that a great and worthy insti
tution will be built
The executive committee which se
lected the site consisted of Rev. G. E.
Burts, Rev. W. D. Wakefield, Will
Evans, and A. J. Bethea, of Colum
bia; Rev, L. J. Bristow of Abbeville;
John M. Klnard of Newberry, and R.
J. Alderman of Alcolu. These with
-Rev. 55. T. Cody of Greenville, Rob
ert Lide of Orangeburg, H. L. Erck
man of Charleston, Rev. C. A. Jones
of Bennettsville, Rev. W. C. Allen of
Latta, H. A. Graham of Greenwood,
Rev. S. P. Hair of Fort Mill, C. H.
Roper of Laurens, E. P. Vandiver of
Anderson, E. C. Rldgell of Ridge
Springs and Rev J. H. Dile of Gaff
ney, comprise the board of trustees.
LONGEST WATER TUNNEL.
do,’’ shouted beck Beardsley . with
embellishment "an’ It com as long as
yo« keep oat. I’m _
tew io do with you gfid y
The pews of Tuesday says that the
outlaw, Beardsley, woe stltl In his
house end the Sheriff still to the|r
road. The Sheriff has determined not
to charge the house os he fskM the
view that there should be uo usnee- TITY
Lest Rarrier Has Been Broken in the
Catokill Aqueduct.
After nine years of labor the last
barrier was broken last week in the
Catskill aqueduct tube, the longest
water- tunnel in the world. It ex
tends 111 miles from the Ashokan
dam at Esopus, N. Y., to'Brooklyn,
and when In operation, two years
hence, will supply New York with
500,000,000 gallons of water dally.
By many engineers the undertaking
has been classed second only to thp
Panama canal. It cost In dollars more
than $160,000,000;. fn human lives
nearly 200. ‘ ,v ~ •
A dull roar signalizing a dynamite
blast 400 feet underground in Har
lem marked the breaking through of
the tunnel. There were no special
ceremonies. The tube for the most
part is 500 feet beneath the ground,
and in spots dips to more than 700
It varies in diameter from 11 to 17
feet ’
The death roll was increased by
three Saturday. Five laborers fell
50 feet when a platform, struck by
an ascending bucket', collapsed. Two
others were badly hurt.
FATAL BUGGY COLLISION.
Greenville Crash Causes Death of W.
A. Griffin. Y|
A head-on col
late Saturday afternoon just beyond
the city limits of GreenYille resulted
in the death of W. A. Griffin, a prom
inent Greenville man, and In ths se
rious injury of an unknown n<
who was drlTlng for Mr. Griffin. Tb
other buggy contained three negroes.
Mid , to he drunk and driving at a
“I'vebold them tolks what I’m gonnal rapid rater An afitotaoMlo conteln-
tog Police Chief Holcombe and a pri
vate left Greenville Saturday night
search of the negroee. Mr. Qrif-
of the State.
risk, when starvation la sure
' Beardsley to ;tenft before a
la
the State mid found 11,311 or 39
per cent, of them Infected with the
dlseaee. The number of treatments
given amounted to 25,365 and it was
found that 400 of the patients were
diseased with other parasites.
In addition to the direct work of
microscopically examining people the
four field men and J. LaBruce Ward,
M. D., director of rural sanitation,
have delivered 168 lectures to over
17,000 people. The work has grown
a great deal In the' last year or two.
Owlfig partially to the fact-that the
people no longer are skeptical about
the presence of hookworm. All
counties In the State, except Saluda,
Kershaw and Clarendon counties,
have been canvaksed since the work
started in the summer of 1910.
Following Is a list of the 19 coun
ties that were worked last year, giv
ing the number of persons micro
scopically examined and the number
of persons Infected with hookworm
disease. Georgetown county had the
largest percentage of Infection and
Greenwood county the lowest. In
Abbeville county 70 were Infected
out of 789 examined; In Aiken couh-
ty, 703 out of 1,596; In Anderson
coupty, 666 out of 3,537; In Kerke-
ley county, 868 out of l,84(f; in
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Cherokee county, 1,004 out of 4,4^;
in Dorchester county, 1,247' out of
2,717; in Fairfield county,. 207 out
of 983: in Georgetown county, 207
out of 802; In Greenville county,
2,418 out of 6,429; in Greenwood
county, 23 out of 742; in Hampton
county, 172 out of 260; in Lancaster
county, 657 out of 2,234; in Laurens
county, 399 out of 2,598; in New
berry county, 73 but of 1,271; in
Pickens county, 918 out of 2,459; In
Sumter county, 120 out of 277; in
Union connty, 276 out of 1,662, and
in York county, 331 out of 1,895.
MAILORDERS
No need to send to the big mail order houses fpr what
you want. We have it here at the same price—if not cheap
er. You owe us a trial anyway. Send a list of what you
Require and let us figure on it. We have specially laid our
selves-out to execute mail orders and you may rely on
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LORICK & LOWRANCE, INC,
HARDWARE
mUBffiIA,S.fC
BIG HELP TO FARMERS,
Lever's Plan to Determine Cotton’s
Relative Values.
Saving of millions of dollars now
lost annually by cotton farmers and
small manufacturers la the object of
a bill which Representative Lever of
South Carolina, chairman of ths
House committee on agriculture, in
troduced Monday. The measure ap
propriated $50,000 to be used by the
secretary of agriculture In determln
Ing relative spinning values of v the
different grades of cotton as alrea
standardized by law and for dem
strating the result of this work to
producers and consumers of cotton
The department of agrieuKure haa
already standardized. nine grades of
is losing $40,000,000 because noith-'
vestlgation for testing the waste, ten
sile strength and bleaching qualities
of these grades. The Lever bill,
which will be urged for early action,
proposes to use the information
already on hand to determine the rel
ative spinning values, and when this
Is done to provide machinery in the
department for carrying this infor
mation to the farmers and manufac
turers.
The House committee on agricul
ture has been advised that Texas
alone is losing $40,000 because neith
er buyers nor sellers there have any
appreciation of the value of this
year’s off color cotton. Buyers from
the gulf ports are said to he going
into the interior and buying up low
grades at about 7 cents a pound, ship
ping it to Galveston and revamp
ing It, and selling it for 14 cents.
This condition of affairs, Mr. Lever
said, exists to an exfopt in every cot
ton producing State mch year.
“The farmer, in the tale of his cot
ton, is absolutely at the mercy of the
local cotton buyer ln the matter of
grades in 99 cases out of 100,’’ said
Mr. Lever. “Except for the deter
mining factors of dirt, trash and
stains, 1 ths farmer has bo way of
knowing what grade of cotton he is
about to 1 sell and is forced to eell at
the grade determined by the buyer,
and many of the buyers are almost
as lacking in Information as the for-
of two buggies mer himself.
“Some action must be taken to so-
cure the sale of the South's ootton
crop for its Intrinsic ralue. This bill
lays the foundation for aroustof sach
sentiment Os will force State legisla
tures to inaugurate some system to
co-operation with the federal govern-
meat to provide expert ootton graders
st various ootton
try." ■ ,
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
j
For Sale—Shetland Ponies. W. 1.
McIntyre, Thomasville, Ga.
For’ Solo—Poplar and pine trees. Ad
dress James A. Clarkson, Hopkins,
S. C. • ■ . 1
Wanted to Bay—Ton Car Loads well
berried Holly. Z. M. L. Jeffreys,
Goldsboro, N. C.
Wanted—Gum logs. Will pay high
est market prices. Cheraw Box
Co., Cheraw, 8. O.
For Sale—Fruit, Shade Ornsmental
trees and shrubs. Catalogue free.
Cureton Nurseries, Ansteel, Ga.
000 $1.10. J. L. Padriek, Tifton, Ga.
Fine Farm—Forty acres, half-mile
from depot, excellent soil. Price
and terms by owner, C. W. Waugh-
tel, Uptonvllle, Ga.
White Wyandotte#—Yearling stock
for sale at sacrifice. Eggs ftw iiateh-
ing. W. P. Causey, ISif Dickens
St.; Columbia, 8. C.
Auctioneer—If you need the services
of an old auctioneer, wire or write
L. B. H. Darr, Sumter 6. C. One of
the oldest in the State
Reds—Large, healthy, bright red, in
oculated. Heavy layers; 15 eggs,
$1.50; 100, $6. Mrs. Addle E. Pat
terson^ Pineland, 8. C.
.Save 920 on delivery wagons. Boy
direct from factory. Any style.
Catalogue. Rock Hill Buggy Co.,
Rock Hill, S. C., (Dept H.)
Special—Pure white and Exhibition
Fawn and White Runners, 95; trio
Utility, |1 each or 910 dos. Mrs. J.
F. Carroll, Hohannald, Tenn.
Sneed Nurseries will mail you cate-
first class fruit trees, plants and
vines, shade trees, priVet hedge and
pecan trees, etc. Morrow, Ga.
- ■ 1- .
World’s Wonder Ootton—(5 per cent
lint Wilt resistant; thrives on any
soil; heavy fruiter. Seed, $1 per
bushel. Address J. J. Owens, Allen
dale, 8. C.
Wanted—To repair or rebuild that
typewriter. No matter what It’s
condition, wa eon Improve tt. Olbbes
Typewriter Shop, 1419 Mato St,
Columbia, 8. C.
Nbr Cals One Badge Log Boom Raw
MIU. belt toad, 98 ft earriage and
49 tech Disston aaw, 99 ft ot good
IS inch Gandy belting. Address P.
a Box m, uime«% s. a
Lespedesx* Seed and Hay (Japan
Clover) for rale. Grown and told
at our farm. Write for Leopedauun
circular, samples, prices. Hlmsset*
berger-Harrison Lumber Co., Eaefe-
WT. La. V ;
•“ . ' 1 1 1 II* -
Far Bole ■ A tow choice eggs from aQ
prise pen pullet bred Barred P,
Rocks. Eggs perfectly fresh and
fertile. 94 per ■fifteen. Mrs.
Gober Anderson, 109 Brawley St,
Cheater, 8. C. , ' >' ~ f
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For Bale Good forms, all siiea, cot
ton, tobacco and truck succsesfully
grown. Coming section of Horr*
county, Tea to twenty dollars
acre. Ask ns tor list Ream
McKenzie, Loris, 8. C.
Best Georgia Sane Syrap—Bright and
thick. Direct from producer to con
sumer. Ten dollars per barrel of
94 gallons; $9.50 per eaaa of tklf
oaaa; 1945 per case af 13x5 cans.
*. O. a Walker,
Cairo, Go.
Bargains to Overheated ABtontebOsc
—Maxwell touring car, M. W. m
touring cars, Fprd touring ear*
Flanders ”20’’ roadster. Brush,
Maxwell 1 cylinder, and other*
Prices, $100 to $410;- The Modal
Garage, Union, 8. C„ J. F. Bur
bank* Secretary. — i.
Motorcycle Special OH—Five gallons
9345, ones tried always used
Goodyear tire* belt* chain* HarU)
part* Export motor repairing.
Everything for the motoreyel*
Mall orders a specialty. Oat oar
catalogue. T. 8. Chlpley, "The Me-
torcycle Man.” Greeawood, 8. O. ”
Inody or gimtlimsn, fair adaeattoa.
to act as oar representative to
town. Exclusive territory
Selling experienoe unnecessary. Wa
furnish capital. Show h<?w to hoDd
parmaaent baatosra that ahoald pay
$3,009 first year. Btaple lte* Oar
booklet. "How to Start to Bustoera
for yourself," explains all. Free on
request Address Box 1599. PhB*
delphto, P*
f tree
dividual or central
which kavs stood tho l
tlcolara oak M- X*:
ton. 8. a Oar tanks
(tho latter also handy fir AoteoM-
rnobdo use), ora inaurpassH tor
durability. Mantels and glMopora
tor all lighting system tho vecr>
beet n» lowe*t 9
supply from M. U
itrss of the ooun-
wns well known and tied many MM half a fiose* Jheyrwdto ao-
“ n “ #ctl0 ; ,,f ,n the W** sneed to a oaowheii fight at Minne
apolis, one of the stray bolls struck
a man, who seised Elmar Gnrtnek,
one of tho participant* and aloal
his throat with a knife. Tho man
made hi* sssan*
White Pawn, vary flno laying white
i:Yard* Orcor. 8. ■
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