The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 04, 1913, Page 3, Image 3
* CHIEF OF POLICE KILLEI
TRAGEDY IN HAMPTON COUNTS
J. F. WALKER ACCUSED.
J. B. Harter Receives Bullet in Hea]
.? While Standing on Depot Platform
at Lena, S. C.
Hampton, Aug. 31.?Chief of P<
lice J. B. Harter, of Allendale, wj
shot through the heart and instant
l-illyN/1 f ho rvl of of T
IViliCU UU lilt UVjfW illmiui l_l_l
near this place, at about 3.30 o'cloc
v this afternoon. Harter was waitir
to board a train to return to Alle]
dale when shot.
J. F. Walker, section foreman f<
the Southern Railway at Lena,
charged with the shooting and wj
arrested at about 5 o'clock by Magi
* trate E. A. Zeigler, of Estill, ar
turned over to Sheriff J. H. Lightse;
who will bring Walker to the Ham]
I. ton County jail to-night.
^ Walker, it is said, will not der
W having been one of the principals i
' the shooting, refusing to make ar
statement regarding the affair by a<
vice of his attorney.
Details of the shooting are meag]
and have been very hard to obtai:
So far as is known there were r
eye-witnesses to the shooting, excep
% ing the man who did it and his vi
tim.
Had Bought Ticket.
The purpose of Chief Harter's vis
to Lena has not been learned. It
known, however, that he had pu
\ chased his return ticket and w<
waiting on the station platform fc
his train when he was shot. The st;
tion agent at Lena stated that 1:
was on the inside of the buildic
when the affair took place, and h?
no knowledge of it.
The weapon used in the shootir
^ was a 38 calibre pistol. A post mo:
tern over Harter's body was held t
Dr. D. E. Wyman, it being foun
that the bullet had entered the brea:
? and taken effect in the heart, causin
almost instant death. The inquei
will be held at 11 o'clock to-morro
morning.
Chief of Police Harter was a ver
popular man in his community, an
was a faithful and efficient office
He was prominently connected wit
the chase, which resulted in the caj
i ture of the desperado Austin a fe
months ago. Harter was formerly
resident of Hampton County, havin
been a policeman at Brunson sever;
years ago. He was a man of famil
and is survived by a widow and si
children. He was about forty yeai
. * old.
Walker Declines to Talk.
Walker, who is charged with tt
shooting, is a native of Hamptc
County. He is a married man an
also about forty years of age. Walk<
engaged counsel soon after his arre:
and declined to make any publ
, statement, either denying or admi
ting his guilt.
It seems that no one has been four
here who can say anything of troub
between Harter and Walker. Becaus
of the meagerness of details su
rounding the shooting, nothing hz
been learned as vet to warrant a
signing a motive for the shooting 1
Walker or anyone else.
An inquest will be held to-moro
morning at 11 o'clock, but there
, some doubt that Walker will be take
to Lena to attend, the indication t<
night being that he will remain i
Hampton County jail. Harter's bod
was still on the platform of the litti
depot at 6 o'clock this afternoon.
Old Trouble Alleged.
Allendale, August 31.?J. B. Ha
ter, chief of police of Allendale, a
cording to news received here, wz
shot and killed to-day about 3 p. n
by A. L. Walker, at Lena, a static
on the Southern Railway, in Ham]
ton County, where he had gone 1
take into custody a negro prisone
While Harter was waiting at the d<
pot to take the train home, Walke
who is the section foreman at th<
place, is reported to have approachc
without warning and shot Harte
killing him instantly.
It is said that Walker had an ol
grudge against Harter and had mac
threats against his life. It seen
that about a year and a half as
Harter arrested and disarmed Walk<
on the streets of Allendale, bi
whether or not this incident had ar
bearing on the tragedy to-day is n<
* known.
Mrs. Harter was in Charleston b
day when her husband was killeShe
returned to Allendale to-nigh
Chief Harter was an efficient an
faithful officer and highly respecte
citizen, a prominent Mason an
Knight of Pythias. His sudden an
tragic death is a great shock to t!
community. It is recalled that 1
made a brave stand against the n<
gro, Henry Austin, when Magistral
Fred Edenfield was shot down by tl
latter from ambush on May 1, las
He leaves a wife and six children.
It is reported that Walker is ui
der arrest and is slightly wounded.
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j PERFORMS "IMPOSSIBLE" FEAT.
Life-saving Captain Swims from Bat- 1
tery to Sandy Hook.
New York, Aug., 2S.?After many
unsuccessful attempts by long dis- ]
rt tance swimmers for years past to i
swim the 22 miles from the battery ]
to Sandy Hook, Capt. Alfred Brown, i
of the Flushing Bay Life Saving sta- ?
3_ tion corps, accomplished the feat to- (
is day. Diving off the battery wall at 1
lv 5.15 this morning, he landed at the 1
? ? TT--1. ~ nf C OX
a banay hook pruviug giuuuuo at v.um i
? p. m., having been in the water 13 i
Lg hours and 12 minutes. i
a_ Capt. Brown was accompanied by 1
four men in a launch and motor boat. 1
)r He had to be assisted up the stoop- i
is ing beach when he landed, but after i
is walking about a short time he lim- ?<
s- bered up and declared he felt no bad j
Ld effects from his long immersion. 1
yf During his swim he ate three small ]
p. sandwiches and drank a small quanti- i
tv of tea. Part of the swim was i
tv against a strong flood tide and a l
in fresh southerly wind.
Lv Many swimming authorities have
declared the feat never could be accomplished
because of tidal condi:
tions Numerous swimmers have 1
Q reached a point within a few hundred <
l0 yards of the beach and had to give I
t_ up, owing to the power of the inrush- 1
c. ing tide which met them.
A Clock That Talks.
^ "Six-thirty, six-thirty, six-thirty; (
is time to get up; get up, can't you; (
r~ get up, you miserable lazybone; get 1
is up before I souse you with a wet '
>r washrag, get up, get, GET UP! !" s
l~ That's the way the new patent 1
ie French phonographic alarm clock (
LS routs you out in the morning. No 4
ls more pestiferous ding-a-linging of a 1
measly little tin alarm clock, but a *
call in a human voice, in plain words, 1
r~ more or less polite, does the business. c
>y Of course even this new device
[d does not make you get up; all it can J
do is to tell you the time and apply
l? a few appropriate remarks to you, '
5t and then if you prefer to stick to )
w your couch and waste the beautiful 1
hours of the morning in the slothful
?
*y vice of lying abed, you may do so.
d The clock will do its part, but not *
r- yours. So don't buy one with the 1
k idea that it will do impossibilities.
?- Phonographis alarm clocks are not 1
w a new thing. It is simple enough
a matter .to apply the talking machine *
S principle to a clock.
The mechanism is ingenious but 1
y simple. It provides for the calling of T
x the time every quarter hour day and
*s night. If you wake up in the night (
and are curious to know what time it
is, all you have to do is to press a
'? button by your bedside and the clock c
t
,n will promptly tell you the nearest,
d quarter-hour?for example, "two-fif- {
teen." j
st The phonographic record is made
ic in the form of an endless belt or 1
t- band. The tiny grooves which cause
the voice vibrations run parallel, 1
ld lengthwise round the belt, and there
are 48 of these grooves side by side?
namely one for each quarter hour of I
r- the 12 hours. A reproducing needle
is follows the grooves, just as in an ors
dinary talking machine.
-o As each groove runs clear around ]
the band, the clock wil continue to <
w call the time, or anything else that is i
is recorded, until 15 minutes have <
!n elapsed or until you shut it up by c
> touching a button. The clock talks at 1
n present 35 languages and is learning S
ly more?all that is necessary to make >
te it talk another lingo being to substi- r
tute the corresponding belt. When a i
belt is worn out a new one can be i
inserted or if you get tired being i
r' called in your own language you can s
c" choose a variety of others. All that ?
ls is needed to make the scheme perfect I
a* would be an attachment which after (
,D calling you a reasonable number of
times would either let the bed down
L? and dump you out or which would
r* reach out and seize you bodily and
e~ dress you.
r, 1
it Cochran Will Resign <
id i
r Anderson, Sept., 1.?Announce- ?
ment was made at the office of Dis^
trict Attorney Ernest F. Cochran to- \
ie day that Mr. Cochran will tender his s
resignation to President Wilson with- j
rQ in the next two or three days to be- ]
.>r come effective on a day named by the j
President. Mr. Cochran, a Republi- j
can, has served as district attorney ]
for South Carolina with marked ability
for eight years. -For several (
0_ years preceding his appointment as t
^ district attorney he served as the at- <
t torney's assistant under President c
[(2 Harrison. His term does not' expire ^
l(j until February 10, 1914. l
l(j Mr. Cochran is at Watkins Glen, X, \
(1 Y., for his health, but the announce
le ment from his office here today de- \
ie clared that Mr. Cochran would take
this step because conditions had j
te arisen which had caused the present j
le administration to think it desirable (
rn niskp rhaneps in thp Fptfpral
X. I " <
offices in South Carolina and he does <
a_ not desire to stand in the way of the f
plans of the administration. j
Id Full line of blank books at The
Herald Book Store. 1
OFFICER KILLS FLEEING LAD.
Merely "Shooting in Air" to Frighten
Boy, He Declares.
Columbus, Ga., August 29.?Luthei
Hawkins, a lad about 18 years old,
ivas shot and killed this afternoon by
Bailiff I. Willis, in North Highlands,
is he was fleeing from the officer. The
officer is held at police headquarters
charged with murder. "I wouldn't
rfnno tbic fnr n millinn dollars."
le said to-night.
Hawkins came here a day or two
igo from Atlanta to seek employmeni
n a cotton mill. When settling his
ioard bill this afternoon he lacked
ifty cents of the required amount
md the bailiff was sent for. Hawkins
an out of the yard and the officer
?ave pursuit and fired at the lad with
i pistol, the bullet passing through
lis head. He died in less than a half
lour without regaining consciousness.
The bailiff declares he was
nerely "shooting in the air" to
.'righten the lad.
The Day of Hypocrites.
The following extracts are taken
Tom a report of the Anderson Mail
if W. S. Lee's address before the
State Bankers' association at Toxasvay:
Asking and answering the ques:ion,
"Are we all hypocrites?" W. S.
Lee, of Charlotte, N. C., vice president
and chief engineer of the Soutli?rn
Power company, in his address
lefore the South Carolina Bankers'
issociation recently delved into his
subject, which he considered in many
vays an unpleasant one. The speaker
felt that the disagreeable, as well
is the agreeable, topics must be
iroached; for there are certain acts
ranspiring in our country to-day that
t would be well for us to stop and
consider.
Mr. Lee spoke of the young men
? 1- - A /vrtll/\nrA +A fVlA r\T*A_
r%110 gU OL1U JLIU III LUllCfiC LV1 piu"
'essions: The doctor who becomes
l hypocrite in the sick room when he
s called to minister to a patient who
s a hypocrite; the lawyer who negects
to pitch his profession on high
;round, but follows the easiest way?
:oo often he is seen pursuing courses
vhich, while within the law, are not
within the range of good citizenship;
n arguments he frequently appeals
lot to the highest side of man's na:ure,
but to his meanest passions and
)asest senses. The lawyer in politics
vas discussed in that these men oft;imes
seek to insure the passage of
aws that will make easy the winning
>f big verdicts.
"Is there any greater hypocrite
:han many of our so-called politi;ians?"
asked the speaker. A pre:ense
that they are aiding the people
s ever to the front, when really selfshness
controls their every action,
rhis type of politics has gone so far
;hat even in the highest legislative
Dodies disgraceful investigations are
lecessarv to-day.
WARRANT FOR ^POLICEMAN.
Spartanburg Officer Charged with 111
Treating Boy.
Spartanburg, August 28.?On com
plaint of J. T. Suttles, a mill worker,
Magistrate A. H. Kirby issued a
warrant for the arrest of M. S. Turner,
a city policeman, on a charge oi
ippression. Suttles alleges that while
lis 15 year-old son was lying in bed
Sunday, suffering from the effects oi
vhiskey, Turner and a man named
Tom Xix came into the house and arested
him. They dragged the boy,
t is charged, to the police station,
vhere physicians found he was in
mch a serious condition that they insisted
he should be taken back home.
Magistrate Kirby will investigate the
ase Saturday.
Austria Wars on Snakes.
Austria's new territory is undesiribly
rich in snakes, mostly of the
poisonous variety, says the Pall Mall
Gazette, and the government is takng
vigorous measures to exterminite
them.
In the ten years from 1896 ,to 1905
;he average yearly death roll from
make bites in Boznia and Herzegovila
was thirteen persons, and 1338
lead of cattle, horses and domestic
inimals. Besides this, hundreds of
persons were bitten by snakes, but
-ecovered.
Since 1906 the provincial authorises
have given money premiums for
:he killing of snakes. In that year
10,056 dead snakes were brought in,
>f which 25,438 were poisonous. Next
rear, when the official reward became
nore generally known, these figures
ncreased enormously, no fewer than
180,718 snakes being killed, includng
271,685 poisonous.
Last year's figures were very neary
the same, and it will be some years
before the work of extermination
?an be anything like completed. But
it the same time the number of persons
reported bitten by poisonous
snakes seems to be steadily decreasng?206
in 1907 and 140 last year.
All kinds of ledgers and blank
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