The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 09, 1919, Page 8, Image 8
DEVIL AXSE HATFIELD.
Prominent Figure in Famous Feud
Xearing His End.
Old timers in Kentucky and West
Virginia and the thousands who have
followed the famous Hatfieid-McCoy
feud in the newspapers are wondering
whether "Devil Anse" Hatfield, one of
the most famous of the fighting
mountaineers, is to die in bed. Recent
dispatches from Whitfield, Ky.,
says he is entering what is likely to
be his last illness at the age of 84
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years.
"Devil Anse" led his four sons in
defying the authorities for many
years. Long ago, when the feud was
at its height, it was predicted that
some day."Devil Anse" would die a
violent death. In the' years which
have intervened the feud has died
down, and now it seems likely that
the famous leader will die with none
to disturb his last days save perhaps
his memories.
Start of the Feud.
A few dayg after a pistol duel at
. - Canneltown, W. Va., October, 1911,
in which two of his sons. Troy and
Elias, were shot and killed, Anse Hatfield
embraced reilgion and was baptized
declaring that he wished to lead
an upright, Christian life.
The Hatfield-McCoy feud, known
as the most bloody of all the Kentucky
mountain vendettas, began in
1890 when Floyd Hatfield, who lived
on the West Virginia si<Je of Tug
Fork, a tributary of the Big Sandy
river, drove half a dozen hogs out of
the woods into his pen in String'
town.
Randolph McCoy from the other
side of the creek happened to ride
through Stringtown one day and recognized
the porkers as belonging to
the McCoys, accused "Hog Floyd" of
stealing them. Bad feeling was caused,
but the affair was settled peace
ably in the court.
Another Killing.
Some months later members of the
rival factions met by accident and
after the passage of a few heated remarks
a skirmish took place in which
Sam McCoy killed Stanton Hatfield.
The case came to trial and McCoy
gained his acqquittal.
Little by little bitterness and .
hatred grew until 1882, when a friend
and relative of both clans ran for
office in Pike county, Ky. Hatfields
and McCoys gathered on election day
to boost their candidate. ? :
All seemed peaceful and Kentucky
"moonshine" flowed without stint.
Suddenly as McCoy walked up to a
Hatfield and demanded payment of
an oid debt.
Fight at Election.
Dark and threatening glances
passed between the enemies. In an
Instant pistols gleamed and a pitched i
battle ensued. Ellison Hatfield was
fatally wounded.
"Devil Anse" taking the law in his i
own hands captured three McCoys,
and assisted by a gang of followers
made off with them to an old but !
safely hidden house in the woods. (
Here he held his prisoners awaiting <
report from the bedside of his wounded
kinsman. j
When after three days news came
of Ellison's death a mock trial took j
place and the helpless defendants, ]
r none of whom were really guilty,
were taken out, tied to paw paw J
hushes and made the targets of twen- ,
* ty-three rifles. 1
After the occurrence a McCoy was a
prepared to kill a Hatfield on sight
and the feud raged furiously. Matters
were by no emans improved
when Gov. Wilson, of West Virginia,
refused to honor requisition made out
for the capture of Hatfield and his
? sons of Gov. Buckner. of Kentucky.
"Six feet of devil and 180 pounds
of hell," was the description given the
eldest son of old Anderson Hatfield by
his enemies. It was Cap who. at the
instigation of his father, burned the
McCoy house to the ground and killed
old Randall McCoy's daughter.
AX UNUSUAL WOMAN.
Lid Work of a Man in Coal Mine for
Fifty Years.
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Mrs. Bridget McHugh, the oldest
"pitbrow" woman in the Pemberton (
coal field, has just died at Wigaw, |
England, at the age of 80 years. For i
more than half a century she had 1
worked at the mines. j
"Old Bridget," as Mrs. McHugh was
familiarly called, was a hale anjj
hearty, strongly built woman who <
could use a- shovel in filling mine
cars as well as any man and was always
looked upon as an expert pit
brow worker, few being her equal.
The shorter working day was unknown
to her and summer and winter,
rain or shine, she was accustomed to
leave home at 5 o'clock every morning,
and was in her place at the coal
bank before the whistle sounded at 6.
Her day continued until 5 or 6 at
night. Hrs. McHugh was a grandmother
and two of her sons are employed
in the colliery where she
worked so long.
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AX EXCELLENT CLOCK.
Keen Ticking Since 1859 and Still
Keeps Good Time.
Fifty disabled soldiers, many of
whom had lost a leg in the war and
wore an artificial one in its place
climbed the 360 steps of the house of
commons tower the other afternoon
to study the mechanism of "Big Ben,"
the giant timepiece. The soldiers are
being trained by the ministry of labor
in watch and clock repairing.
One, spying the clock mechanism.
exclaimed: "Is this the works? It
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looks more like a blinking printing
machine."
A guide told the party that tlu
clock was designed by Lord Grimthorp
and was placed in the tower in
1 859. It has been working for 60
wears and is still regarded as one ot
the be^t timekeepers in the world.
The minute hand is 14 feet long
and weighs 224 pounds, and the pendulum,
which requires two seconds to
complete each swing, weighs TOO
pounds.
The bell which sounds the hours
has a diameter of nine feet and
weighs 14 tons, the weigh" of the
striking hammers being 766 pounds.
An electric motor now winds the
clock in 20 minutes. Formerly it took
two men working three afternoons a
week Ho complete the task.
He Raised 'Em.
"How did you get the turkeys the
officer found in your possession?"
sternly asked the police magistrate.
"I?I?I raised "em, your honor,"
stammered the prisoner.
"Tell the truth."
"That's the truth, your honor." resisted
the crime stained creature. "I
reached down through a hole in the
roof."?The Continent.
( An Early Start.
"And we'll grow old together, dearest."
Her father's voice from up-stairs?
"Well, you needn't start doing it
down there, need you."?London TitRita
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MEMBERSHIP REPORT BAMBERG
COUNTY BRANCH AMERICAN
COTTON ASSOCIATE
(Continued from page 6, column 2.)
of the strong endorsement of this
movement issued and signed in a joint
proclamation of the governors of our
nine cotton growing states. The fact
is realized by these leaders that the
greatest material concern of this, our
section, is that of agriculture, and
the greatest concern of our agriculture
is how can we duly and truly
control cotton.
Think for just a week past what has
happened. What has been the cause
of the ridiculous fluctuations in cotton
prices? If a few people want a
little more pay for working on the
railroads, cotton, goes down. The
iron workers are extravagant and
want to live easier, cotton goes down.
A prominent man gets sick, cotton
goes down. Bank notes become due,
jotton goes down. We have good,
:lear weather, cotton goes down, etc.,
ate., etc., etc.
Yet we have intelligent thinking
people who hesitate to co-operate in
the movement, but we have the hope
:>f their support as w? have their
promises, and before long we hope to
publish additional members.
Several applications have been, returned
to us from State manager be:ause
they were sent with less than
minimum amount of dues. All details
were not thoroughly understood by
cme of the committees, so some little
errors may be expected. Our organzation
will be worked until we are
mfficiently organized to do some effective
work, which will be the beginning
of it. I wish to quote a paragraph
contained in a letter a few
lays ago from state manager Mc
^eod: "if you ana your commutes
*new what was being done by the inerests
antagonistic to the cotton association
to break up or prevent the
organization, all of* you would work
light and day to make the organiza:ion
a success. They are writing ar:icles
for the farm papers on other
subjects and attach to the article a
personal letter to the editor. These
letters are ingenuiously and shrewdly
worded apparently for the purpose of
creating a doubt in the minds off the
sditors as to the men who are trying
to make the organization a success,
and as to the possibilities of the organization
for the good of the producer."
It has not been hard to see that
our organization has had strong
opposition from the beginning. The
efforts against us have been of a cunning
nature. Shall we retard? It Is
time for more vigorous effort than
ever. When full membership has
been secured, we are then ready to
to execute plans and purposes outlined.
Even other sections of our
country realize we are hard to organize,
and laugh at our efforts, that
does not discourage us.
Each school district will understand
that it is an independent and
permanent organization. Where the
membership of one district is too
small two or more adjoining districts
mnv hp nrjrnrnzpd together as one.
What we need and must have is confidence
and co-operation. With these
any community or district can make
itself a power and be felt.
Signed for Executive Committee:
W. L. Riley. J. K. Mavfield, J. A.
Wyman, A. P. Guess, C. F. Rizer, H.
H. Kearse, W. B. Chitty. S. W. Copeland*
J. H. A. Carter. J. G. Rhoad. A.
G. W. Hill. .T. P. O'Quinn, J. W. Hill,
C. B. Steedly.
C. W. RENTZ, Chairman.
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