The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 13, 1910, Page 6, Image 6
BOY KILLS TWO "YEGGS."
Plucky Tallahassee Lad Prevents
Postoffice Robbery.
Tallahassee, Fla., January S.?Inj
a struggle early to-day with two safe
blowers, Paul Sauls, seventeen years |
old, son of J. M. Sauls, the night)
watchman at the postoffice building!
shot and killed them both in the
basement of the building. The boy
was only slightly wounded. The two
cracKsmen, uuui ox wuum ?nc ? unc,
have not been identified.
Young Sauls was on duty for his
father, and was in the basement when
he heard a knock at the door, and
going by a cot, took up a pistol before
answering. When he reached the
door some one on the outside shouted
that a mail pouch had been picked up
in the street, and he opened the door
to receive it.
Instead, according to the lad's
story, he found himself looking into
tho. barrels nf two nistols and the
order came to "hands up."
"My hands came up as they pounced
upon me," he said, "and as they
tried to bind me with a rope, I managed
to get my pistol in a strained
position and fired. The shot evidently
took effect, for only one of the
men clung to me. I then placed my
pistol on my shoulder, and fired to
the rear several times, after which I
was free from their grasp."
That every shot from the boy's revolver
hit its mark is shown by bullet
holes in the dead men. One has
holes in his forehead and right temple,
while the other was shot through
the stomach and face.
It is believed that a third party
was on the outside, for when the robbers'
clothing was searched, three
Atlantic Coast Line mileage books
were found in the pocket of one, supposed
to be the leader of the gang.
The books were purchased in the
TtmoSwav station New York. Janu
ary 3, being numbered consecutively
86,190-91-92, and bear the names
J. Martin, J. E. Walters and J. M.
Strong.
, A complete outfit for safe robbing,
consisting of drills, nitro-glycerine,
fuses, caps, soap, wax and electric
searchlights, was found on the bodies
of the men.
. Negro Hanged By Law.
Williamston, ky., Jan. 7.?Earl
Thompson, a negro, was hanged here
> this morning in fulfillment of a judicial
promise made to a mob bent
on lynching him three weeks ago.
On that occasion Judge Carmack
left his court room to harangue the
lynchers, and declared that he would
sentence Thompson to death if the
negro was found guilty.
The crime for which Thompson was
hanged was a criminal assault upon
Mrs. Ransom Roberts, near this place
last November. Three attempts have
been made to lynch Thompson, and
on the last occasion the negro was
only saved from the mob when its
mom hers were dissuaded from its pur
pose by Circuit Judge Carmack, who
promised that the death sentence
upon Thompson would be executed
within 60 days, or less, if the law
was allowed to take its course. *
The negro; who is only 18 years
old, recently confessed to his crime.
The hanging of Thompson is the
first legal execution in this county in
50 years. Thompson's indictment,
trial and sentence all took place within
a few'hours on December 7. His
i attorneys did not take an appeal.
Witness Takes His Life.
Roanoake, Va., Jan. 5.?At Bedford
City to-day John E. Goode, colored,
a witness in the case of Thomas
W. Preston, the negro charged with
the murder of M. B. Curley, killed
himself by blowing off his head with
a double barreled shotgun. Goode
had^ been threatened by Preston's
"relatives, who are said to have declared
they would kill him if he testified
against Preston. Laboring under
; fear, Goode barricaded himself in his
home, wrote letters to relatives, and
then committed suicide. Goode was
an eye-witness to the murder of Curley.
? Farm Lands Get Higher.
Country real estate in Marlboro
county made new high records at the
auction sales here Monday.
Fifty-six acres oi the estate lands
of R. J. Peeele, in the upper part of
the county, was bid off by Harris R.
Peele for $7,650. Another tract of
the same estate, 45 acres, was bought
by George R. Peele at $2,525.
One hundred acres of the estate
of M. A. J. Moore, known as the
Herndon tract, over which there had
been many years litigation by the
heirs of Thomas Stubbs, was bid off
* a rir if frl A ASA
Dy J. A. VV. aiwre iui i 11,vov.
The Mrs. Ann Conner land, about
50 acres in Hebron, was bid off by
H. Brantley Spears for $6,000.
The residence lot of the late Judge
Hudson, on Pa-sonage street, where
his residence wa& burned, was bought
by A. J. Matheson for $4,970.
Drake and Kirkwood sold two lots
on Broad street, each 24 by 85 feet.
C. I. Sherrill bid off one for $1,660,1
and Col. J. N. Drake the other for
$1,850.?Bennettsville Advocate.
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A LIVING FKOM TEX AGUES.
Virginia Fanner's Story an I lis pin
to Others.
When all the crops have been hai
vested and ail the accounts settle(
the net profit is the real test of th
farmer. Brilliant experiments ar
well enough, and the trial of unusu*
methods is most interesting; but ho1
the farm pays alone determines th
value of the new system. Intensiv
cultivation, diversified crops, farn
ing specialties and secondary croj
are, therefore, only important whe
it can be demonstrated that they er
rich the farmer.
The veteran planter, T. 0. Sand]
of Nottoway, is thoroughly convince
of the truth of these principle.1
says the Richmond Times-Dispatcl
In a recent letter to the Souther
i Planter he backs up his belief wit
a transcript from his ledger for a p*
riod of three years. The farm i
question consisted of only ten acrei
and was apparently in a bad cond:
! tion when cultivation began. Sut
soiling was necessary, while two an
one-half tons of bone meal had to b
used. From the profits 01 that yeai
therefore, the expense of these in
provements had to be deducted. Bu
the ten acres produced 700 bushel
of corn and twenty bushels of cor
stover, with a net profit of $490.0
to the owner.
When the corn was worked for th
last time during the first eeasoi
crimson clover was seeded for th
next season, twenty pounds to th
acre. This required little cultivs
tion, and at the end of the yeai
yielded sixteen tons of hay, wort
$169 net. For the third season th
ten acres were fertilized with tw
and one-half tons of bone meal, an
were planted in timothy, herd'
grass, sapling clover and alfalfa. A1
A ^11 Avnnncfna r\f thio SPftSH
ICi <111 VUC CA^/VUsJVkJ V4
had been paid the year's hay cro
sold for $572.50. Thus, within thre
years, the profit from the ten-acr
lot amounted to $1,232, or a clea
yearly revenue of $41.07 per acre.
Here is a sermon that needs n
praise. Here is an argument in b(
half of good farming that requires n
explanation. If every farmer i
Virginia would take it to heart, th
next three years would revolutioniz
the agriculture of the state and trip]
the productivity of our farms.
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HELD ON SEDUCTION CHARGE.
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xouiig mail ui o>?oi uuiuuift, wuut
Bound Over to Sessions Court.
Spartanburg, January 8.?Spui
geon Johnson, a well-known youn
white man of the Holly Springs sec
tion of this county, was bound ove
to the Criminal Court to-day on th
charge of seduction, the prosecutin
witness being a young lady of th
same neighborhood. The young wc
man alleges that Johnson courted he
two years, and when she began t
make preparations for the weddin
Johnson left An eighteen-weeks-ol
infant was introduced as evidence i
the case.
To Avert Lynching.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 9.?After
night spent in the swamps in Brya
county, whither he was driven b
rumors of violence to the three n?
groes alleged to have been implicate
in the murder of E. M. Purcell, 1
days ago, Judge M. A. Gibson of th
AAimfr a/mi rt Vn?rvn rrVi + a nC
groes to Savannah to-day for saf
keeping.
Yesterday Judge Gibson took th
negroes from their guards at the d
pot at Pembroke, where the killin
occurred, just as the guards wer
about to board the train to brin
them here. He disappeared, but earl
this morning appeared with his pris
oners at Ella Belle, several mil
from Pembroke, boarded a train an
delivered the negroes safely in Sa
vannah. All the men showed ev,
dences of having been in the swam
in hiding.
It is stated that Bryan county i
quiet and that no trouble is antici
pated over the killing. The negr
prisoners are Ed Dickinson, Williai
Street and Ben Burgess. Dickinso
accused the two others of the crim<
Yeggmen Rob Postoffice.
Hartsville, January 6.?The saf
crackers who rifled the safe at th
postoffice Tuesday night got awa
witn about $ouu in casn. iney iei
three tools, which were taken from
blacksmith shop, near the safe an
must have used an abundance of ei
plosives from the manner in whic
the safe was torn up. Postmaste
Heustess wired the postoffice author
ties, and is congratulating himse!
that it did not happen the night b<
fore, when there was a much large
sum of money in the safe.
MONEY AND WHISKEY STOLEN.
?- Southern Railway Office at Edgefield
Entered by Robbers.
r- Edgefield, January 8.?The office
1, of the Southern Railway Company at
e this place was broken into last night
e and about fifty dollars and a quantity
il of whiskey that had come by express
w stolen:
e Entrance was effected by prizing
e open the door that led into the office,
l- An effort was made to break open the
?s iron safe, but without avail, the door
n of the same being heavily indented,
i- The money was received from the
drawer in which the ticket and
f, freight money is deposited. Mr.
d Johnson, the agent, says that he and
3, liis co-laborers left the office at 11.15,
1. and that the door was securely fastn
ened. Up to this time there is absoh
lutelv no clue to the perpetrators of
i- the deed. Every effort is being made
n to run them down.
3, From the number of vessels coni
taining whiskey taken it is evident
)- that it is the work of more than one.
d
e How Groce and Cannon Were Slain.
r,
l- Managua, Dec. 29.?Recent reports
it that the Americans, Groce and CanIs
non, were tortured before being shot,
n are untrue. The facts were in the
0 possession of the state department at
Washington a month ago, and it was
e generally supposed that any details
l, of the tragedy had been given pube
licity through official channels. As
e it is, advantage has been taken of
I- tn? opportunity xu sumc inatttuuca iv
r, paint a picture that was more interfa
esting than truthful,
e The glory of Capt. Anibal Chaves,
o who refused to obey an order to take
d command of the firing squad, is dim's
med somewhat by the light of known
f- circumstances. Generals Toledo, Men
dina and Irias had implored Zelaya
p to abandon his purpose of shooting
e the Americans.
e Zelaya, however, could not be inr
fluenced and General Toledo finally
. ordered Captain Chaves not to aso
sume command of the squad. Chaves
?- chose to obey Toledo rather than the
o president, and as a consequence was
n arrested and held in jail for six weeks,
e Upon his release Chaves made the
e most of the episode,
e It is also declared untrue that a
meeting of peace commissioners appointed
by Madriz and Estrada has
been arranged for Saturday.
Groce and Cannon were notified of
,g the death sentence imposed upon
then at 10.30 o'clock on the night
a of November 15. They were executed
5? at 10 o'clock the following morning.
As they were marched out of the fortg
jj^ss a drizzle of rain fell. On the
way to the scene of execution they
passed tne open graves tnai naa dwu
prepared far them. At one time
Groce stepped out of the line of
* march and pleaded with General ,
Medina.
"Do not shoot me; I am a brother
g Mason," he said. Cannon quickly
seized his companion and pulling him
T back into line said:
e "Brace up, old man. We have no
g chance under Zelaya's orders."
e Standing in the centre of the
H square formed by 100 soldiers, the
,r two men heard their sentence read
0 from the four corners together with
g the usual warning in such cases.
^ "Any one displaying evidence of
n sympathy will be shot in a similar
fashion."
The hands of the condemned men
were bound and their eyes were
blindfolded. Cannon shook his head,
a attempting to prevent the bandage
a being placed over his face, but his
y protest was unavailing. They were
seated on a low bench side by side.
d The firing squad was made up of 12
0 soldiers who advanced in three rows
e within six feet of their victims.
Capt. Constantino Saenz was in come
mand and introduced two Boldiers at
the right to fire upon Grace and two
e soldiers upon the left to fire upon
Cannon.
S All four bullets were effective.
e Groce was shot through the heart and
S death was instantaneous. The buly
lets intended for Cannon tore the
breast and abdomen. He survived
58 his wounds a few seconds. When the
d body of Groce was buried a blanket
l~ hid the features, but the body of'Cannon
was buried without any protectP
inc rnv&T
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SKLLKKS FOUND GUILTY.
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Columbia's "King of Blind Tigers"
Convicted of Selling Whiskey.
Columbia. January 8.?Going upon
the stand for the first time in his
career and pleading not guilty to a
charge of violation of the whiskey
law. Wade Hampton Sellers, known
locally as the 'King of Blind Tigers,"
was to-day in the court of general
sessions found guilty of selling whiskey.
Sentence was suspended by
Judge Prince until Monday.
Many a time has Sellers been fined
in the recorder's court for violation
of the whiskey ordinance, but never
has he gone on the stand himself
and sworn that he did not sell whiskey
until to-day. At times he has
been acquitted, at times he has been
convicted of the charge of illict sale
of whiskey, but always was he mute
as regards his guilt or innocence.
A career that would make interesting
reading has Sellers had. Acquitted
of the charge of the killing
Constable Farmer, Sellers last year
noocoH tho <7<ar?itVi r?f ?n n <1 v#vn til roil s
V.. w- ? ?
life. A newsboy, first on the trains,
he began to sell whiskey, and was
fined time and time again. Once he
promised Governor Heyward not to
sell any more whiskey and says he
kept his promise during the State
dispensary Regime. On one occasion
a Seaboard flyer struck a wagon carrying
some of Seller's booze, and the
driver was killed. The spot is pointed
out to visitors where the crash
came.
Constable Farmer came to his door
one morning two years ago and a rifle
shot was sent through the body of
the officer. But because the search
warrant was not properly made out
Sellers escaped punishment on the
second trial, the first being a mistrial.
^ 1 ? J r% r? attt
OfcMiertj LI <15 BlUllCU UUl iilLU a ugn
field, that of running a pool room,
and it was in this business that he
was charged with the sale of whiskey
and the return to his old tricks.
Saved at Death's Door.
The door of death seemed ready to
open for Murray W. Ayers, of Transit
Bridge, N. Y., when his life was
wonderfully saved. "I was in a
dreadful condition," he writes, "my
skin was almost yellow; eyes sunken;
tongue coated; emaciated from losing
40 pounds, growing weaker daily.
Virulent liver trouble pulling me
down to death in spite of doctors.
Then that matchless medicine?Electric
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the 40 pounds lost and now am well
and strong." For all stomach, liver
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S. C.
Attacked by Wild Cat.
Covington, La., Jan. 7.?The coonskin
cap, long associated with the
professionl hunter and trapper, is
the very worst thing a hunter can
wear. At least this is the belief of
Henry Roberts, a hnter living on the
banks of Pearl river, near here, who
blames that kind of head-gear for an
encounter which nearly cost him his
life.
Roberts, while hunting wild turkeys
yesterday was concealed in the bushes,
only his coonskin cap showing
above - the brush. It was suddenly
pounced upon by a wild cat from a
nearby tree. The wild cat's fondness
for the coon is well known.
Likewise his attack upon a person
is an almost unheard of thing in this
section.
Roberts killed the animal with a
knife after a fierce struggle. The
hunter's head, neck and arms were
badly lacerated.
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Bamberg, S. C.
. Smallest Crop in Decade.
Washington, January 8.?The cotton
crop of the year 1909 is going to
be the smallest since 1899, according
to a statment of W. D. Hunter, of
Dallas, Texas, expert of the department
of agriculture. "It is due," he
Baid in addressing the House committee
on agriculture, "to the weevil In
Louisiana and in portions of Arkansas
and Mississippi and to the extreme
dry weather in Texas."
The boll weevil, he declared, undoubtedly
would cause a remarkable
redistribution of cotton, first in large
areas. What were large centres
of production formerly were going
to fall down and more than
that there would be a redistribution
of the small plantations.
"In the large back-from-the-front
areas," Mr. Hunter continued, "the
production is going to fall off. According
to all we know about fighting
the boll weevil, cotton cannot be
planted profitably in such situations,
and those back lands with poor drainage.
But the soil and other conditions
in certain parts of almost every
plantation in the South will permit
the planter to continue to raise cotton
profitably despite the boll weevil.
Recent experiments with a new kind
of poison powdered arsenate of-lead
seem to indicate that even where the
weevil is most numerous a certain
degree of control may be obtained."
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