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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
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Thursday, February 4, 1909
Mr. C. M. Galloway, who has been
news editor of The State for a number
of years, has been appointed private
secretary to Senator E. D.
Smith. Mr. Galloway is a bright
young man and a most capable newspaper
worker. We rejoice at his
good fortune, but we will miss him
in newspaper circles.
At the recent visit of Rev. J. L.
Harley to this city, while listening to
his address on prohibition, we
thought of his text: "Woe unto him
that buildeth a town with blood."
lir. Harley said it was' wrong to
pave streets and build school houses
with money derived from the sale of
liquor through the dispensaries, and
we thought, is it not equally wrong
or more so to build a church with liquor
money? as has been done in
the town of Livingston over in Orangeburg
county. "The statement is
also made that the Methodist church- :
has accepted the building, and ac
(cording to this will put a pastor in
charge, if it has not already done so.
\ We would be glad to have more light
oa this matter from those in authority
who know the facts, for. we can
hardly believe that this great denomination
has accepted a church
knowing it was built by liquor money
directly.
Hitchcock Farm Will be a Wonder.
Through the efforts of CommisjBioner
Watson, Mr. Thomas Hitch- !
"cock, Jr., the wealthy New Yorker, i
who brings Sduth every winter a
string of horses valued at $75,000, is
to establish in Aiken county a model !
farm. This will be one of the greatest
demonstration farms in the en- '
tire country. Commissioner Watson
and Prof. Ira Williams, who is in
charge of the United States farm
demonstration work in South Carolina,
returned to the city last night i
after having appeared before Mr.
Taft, in Charleston, and having spent <
Monday with Mr. Hitchcock at ]
Aiken.
A short time ago Mr. Hitchcock <
wrote Mr. Watson saying that he
owned an extensive estate in Aiken ]
Sjj-7,; COUniymill utr was auAiuuo iu
*y> make it of value to South Carolina i
vr'-j' farmers; that he wished to enlist the (
Bfe* aid of federal and State govern- (
??.v ments in the matter of the direction <
of operations upon this extensive i
; property, and that he was willing to
fe meet all the expenses necessary to
W; make this a farm that would be an
j&V.Y;.: educational agency in that part of
the State. ,
Just as soon as these officials were <
through with Mr. Taft in Charleston :
they went to Aiken and had a full
m: conference with Mr. Hitchcock, go- .
Wi ing over the 5,000 acre plantation :
!;y; that Mr. Hitchcock has bought there.
g-g?\ The result of the conference will be
, that the United States government ,
p*; wil immediately undertake to put
jnto operation on Mr. Hitchcock's
"* place a series of practical demon- (
strations intended to be of value to
the farmers or the surrounding
country that have not been excelled I
in any given locality in tms counJS
try.
PThe visitors found Mr. Hitchcock ,
thoroughly aroused on the subject,
and returned to Columbia feeling
that they had discovered a situation
that meant more to the future of the
sandhill country in this State than
anything that had developed in the
last decade.
The gentlemen representing the
State and the federal government
who went to Aiken were much impressed
by Mr. Hitchcock's sincerity
in this matter, and express their
' belief that they will be able, through
Mr. Hitchcock's offer to inaugurate
and maintain a work of far more
value to the agricultural interests of
the State than any other line of
work now being prosecuted.
The offer of Mr. Hitchcock undoubtedly
marks an advance in the,
cause of intelligent agriculture, and
if what is proposed does not result
that both Messrs. Williams and Wat.
son expect, it will not be their fault.
They expect to leave no stone unturned
to make this experiment a
conspicuous one from the standpoint
of results. Mr. Watson said to-day
that he regarded this whole matter
as something of more real import to
the cause of agriculture than almost
anything that had come his way
since he had been in office.?Columbia
State.
NEGRO WAITERS TO GO.
White Servants Being Imported by
Atlantic City Hotels.
The arrival at Atlantic City. N. J.,
on Wednesday of a special train from
Boston bearing 250 waitresses to replace
negro waiters at a local hotel
has spread consternation among the
darkies. It is predicted that several
of the hotels will import young white
women and that practically all the
negro waiters wil soon be thrown out
of employment.
Insignificant though the change in
waiters may appear, an exodus of negroes
would mean a marked change
in the political complexion of Atlantic
City, for the negroes have long
held the balance of political power in
the city. Republican machine leaders
are not in favor of the new
move.
Wanted: An Undertaker.
They are telling us that the State
senate is made up of twenty-one
lawyers, eight farmers, two editors,
three physicians, two bankers, one
manufacturer, one real estate man,
three merchants, says the Daily Piedmont.
That's one lawyer to each one
of other calling. The only clincher
that could be put on to insure the
safety of the commonwealth would
be one undertaker.
Anti-Saloon League Meeting.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 1.?The
Southern Anti-Saloon League conference
opened here to-night with superintendents
of State leagues and
prominent workers present from all
parts of the South. An address of
welcome was delivered by Gov. B. B.
Comer, who expressed his entire
sympathy with the movement. Rev.
E. E. Folk, of the Tennessee league,
responded for the visitors and alluded
in fervent manner to the recent
fight in his State.
"It is with deep feeling that I respond
to you, Gov. Comer," he said,
"you who are so well known to be in
sympathy with the cause. In Tennessee
we gpt prohibition in spite of our
governor and I thank God that Alabama
was not placed in so trying a
position. I hasten to give credit to
the man who did more than any other
for the cause in the South?the
lamented, the noble, the true, the
brave, E. W. Carmack. They killed
him to get rid of him, but they forgot
that out of martyrs is the seed
of the church. The Tennessee legis- J
lature carried out that for which ne
lived and died.
"The whole South will be prohibition
territory within five years and
the entire Union in 25 years. It will
not be many years until we will as
soon think of returning to slavery as (
to the open saloon."
Former Gov. R. M. Cunningham
of Alabama said prohibition is the
greatest issue in the nation today?
greater than tariffs, trusts, railroad
regulation or any of the other questions
confronting the people for so- ,
lution.* ,
Killed by Accident.
Charleston, Feb. 2.?Mr. D. B.
Peurifoy, of Walterboro, met his
death this afternoon while' hunring 1
birds. Alarmed at his failure to appear
for supper, his sons, J. B. Peurifoy
and D. B. Peurifoy, Jr., went in
search of him and found him at the
steps of the target gallery with the
top of his head blown off. The left
barrel of his gun was empty. It is 1
supposed that he was resting and had
moved the gun, accidentally discharging
it.
Jones Trial Opens.
Union, Feb. 2.?W. T. Jones, a j
prominent planter of Santuc, this
county, will be placed on trial to- ,
morrow on the charge of having
caused the death of his wife by ,
means of strychnine poison on tfte
night of July 5, last. Intense inter- ;
sst Is felt to-night in this case. :
which in some features is almost unparalleled.
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The indications are that there (
may be some effort to secure further !
delay because of the reported illness ,
of one of the main witnesses for the I
defense, although it is not believed .
that effort to secure postponement ,
will succeed.
West Virginia Favors Prohibition. ;
Charleston W. Va., Feb. 1.?The .
prohibition amendment to the State
constitution, prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants within the
State, passed the house of dele- .
gates to-day by a vote of 62 to 13. :
Eleven members were absent. The .
measure will go at once to the senate,
where its fate is in doubt. Eleven .
senators can kill the amendment and '
nine are openly opposed to it, wrhile (
two are said to be in doubt. If pass- .
ed by the senate the amendment will J
not become effective until ratified by
popular vote. There is little doubt,
however, of its adoption, if submitted
to popular vote, as already about ,
.two-thirds of the counties are with- '
out saloons.
MONEY IN HIS OLD PANTS.
Negro Gave Away His Old Pants and
Forgot the Money.
Greenwood, Jan. 29.?A pair of
old pants containing forty-two dollars
in crisp bills is somewhat unusual.
John Bacon, a negro, who
lives near Greenwood, received two
pairs of pants this week from his son
in Jersey City, N. J. One pair had <
been worn some by the boy but the
other pair was new. When the old <
man put on the pair of trousers,
which had been worn, he reached his <
hands in the pockets and to his sur- 1
prise pulled out the sum of $42.00. :
He thought at first that his child
had sent the money to him in this
peculiar way to surprise him, but
not so. In a few days a letter was i
received from the boy saying: "Pa,
you can have those pants but for i
Gawd's sake please send me back i
my money." Whereupon the old ]
man went to the postoffice here and i
told Mr. L. M. Moore of his predica- 1
ment and asked for a money order ]
for the amount stated above. No
doubt the boy was glad to recover i
the money. ]
DUEL TO DEATH IN LAURENS
POLICEMAN AND SAFE CRACKER
SHOT TO DEATH.
McDuffie Stone Killed Attempting to
Arrest Stranger, Who Was Killed
by Policeman Walker.
Laurens, Jan. 28.?A shocking
tragedy occurred here last night as
the result of a deadly encounter between
Patrolmen McDuffie Stone and
YV. Frank Walker and an unknown
burglar, whose outfit of tools indicates
that he was a safe-cracker.
Tonight the unknown yeggman lies
dead at the city station house, with
four pistol wounds in his body, while
Stone, after undergoing an operation,
died late tnis afternoon.
The story of the tragedy as learned
from Mr. Walker and Mr. Stone, IS
that in the course of their nightly
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through freight from Spartanburg,
which arrived here at 2:15 o'clock,
as is their custom. Upon reaching
the depot Stone walked down one
side of the train of cars and Walker
down the other. Seeing a stranger
with a little meal sack in his hand,
Stone accosted him and inquired
what he was doing.
"Where are you going?" said
Stone.
"I am going back to the caboose,"
again replied the unknown.
"Well, where is your lantern,"
said Stone; "train hands don't walk
around here in the dark." Thereupon
Stone advanced within reach
of the man and laid his hand upon
his shoulder to arrest him, such being
his instructions relative to loafers
at the depot. As soon as Stone's
hand touched the stranger, the latter
whipped out his pistol, a .45-calibre
magazine, from inside his vest and
began firing, emptying the chamber,
five of the shots taking effect in the
body of Stone, one in the bowels,
three in the fleshy part of the leg and
one in the lower lip. So close was
the range that Stone did not have an
opportunity to draw, and clinched his
antagonist, and together they fell to
the ground.
They were so lying when Policeman
Walker crawled from the other
Bide of the train, the stranger struggling
to free himself. He was almost
free from the weakening hold of
Stone and was reloading hiB pistol
when Walker came upon him.
"Don't shoot," cried the stranger,
"I am already shot to pieces," which
of course, was a bluff to gain time,
for Stone had not drawn his pistol.
"I will surrender," said he. ' '
"Give me your pistol, then," said
Walker. Pretending to hand the
pistol to the policeman, the stranger
fired at Walker, who quickly drew
and shot the man, four of the five
Bhots taking effect.
Policeman Walker then hurried to
the station house, summoned the
physicians and .notified Chief Bagwell.
The stranger lived about threequarters
of an hour after being carried
to the police station, but he
could not be made to talk in spite of
the numerous efforts to ascertain his
identity.
On his person were found various
letters, which, however, afforded no
clue whatever, and $110.60 in money.
In the sack, which he held in his
hand, was a complete yeggman's outfit,
with nitroglycerine, dynamite,
keys, wrenches, etc. In addition to
these, there were parts of the Augusta
Chronicle and Columbia State
of January 26.
' However, in the afternoon Associated
Press dispatches of January 27,
there is an account from Atlanta of a
safe blowing on Monday night at
Bolton, Ga., in which the yeggman
got away; and it is a possible theory
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of Tuesday for news of it. This
theory is, however, controverted by a
shoemaker at Watts Mill, who identified
the dead man as one whom he
saw at his place of business on
Tuesday, and a barber of this city,
who, seems to think that he is the
same man whom he shaved early
this week. Dr. W. C. Irby, Sr., and
his son, Mr. Vance Irby, state that
the man very much resembled one
whom they met coming into town a
few days ago.
Dr. Guerry, of Columbia, together
with Drs. Bunch and Shaw, and two
nurses, Misses. Tronholm and Mobley,
arrived in the city at 3 o'clock,
and an operation was performed on
Policeman Stone at about 4:30 this
afternoon, he never having recovered
from the severe shock. Death was
caused by shock and internal hemorrhages.
The body of the dead yeggman
has been embalmed and will be
kept here for identification.
One of the train hands states thai
there were two men down at the
station, and that one escaped in the
melee; Mr. Walker says, however,
that he saw only the one. Mr. C. H.
Roper, cashier of the Enterprise
Bank, states that he is satisfied that
the man is the same who came in his
bank yesterday and inquired about a
bill of lading?this as a pretext to
take in the surroundings, preparatory
to a safe-blowing, which was doubtless
planned for last night.
Circulates Petition.
Aiken, Feb. 2.?Alleging that Miss
Kirk, said to be a leper, is out of all
danger of contagion, Dr. T. G. Croft,
her attending physician, has circulated
a petition, caUing on the board of
health to remove the guards and take
off the quarantine from the premises.
The petition has received a good
many signers, but has not yet been
presented to the board of health, and
it is not known wnat action, if any,
will be taken upon presentation of
the petition.
It will be recalled that the board
of health had made all arrangements
to remove Miss Kirk to the city hospital,
near the city, when they were
served with an injunction against 1
the removal. The hearing was later
had before Judge Aldrich, at Barn- 1
well, and he reserved his decision in
the matter and has not yet made it .
public.
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the Southern Railway announces
very low round trip excursion rates
to New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala.,
and Pensacola, Fla. Tickets will be 1
sold February 17th to 22nd, limited
for return up to and including, but
not later than midnight, March 1st,
1909.
By depositing ticket at New Orleans,
Mobile or Pensacola and paying
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until March 13th, 1909.
To Birmingham, Ala.
Account Laymen's Missionary
Movement, Presbyterian Church in
the United States, Birmingham, Ala., j
very low round trip rates have been
authorized, tickets to be sold February
14th and "15th, good to leave
Birmingham returning not later
than midnight of February 20th,
1909.
For rates, schedules and detailed
information, apply to Southern Railway
ticket agents or address,
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Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, S. C.
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Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against
the estate of E. T. LaFitte will please
file the same with my attorney, S. G.
Mayfield, or with the Probate Judge,
duly sworn to. Also, all persons indebted
to the estate of E. T. LaFitte
will please make payment to me
or my attorney, S. G. Mayfield.
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? returning not later than midnight of March 8th, 1909.
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