The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 16, 1907, Image 5
GEORGIA LYNCHING
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A Man Lynched and His Family
Severely Whipped. 1
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And Told To Get Out Of The State, ,
The Man Was Accused of Shoot'
ing a Planter.
The Augusta Herald says Charlie 1
Harris, a negro, was lynched Tuesday
night about 9 o'clock, near the
Drane place, in McDufhe county, for
shooting Hardin Pearson, a prominent
young farmer residing near Har
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According to the authentic information
Mr. Pearson, who had the
negro employed, was giving some
directions concerning the operation
of the farm when a dispute arose
and the negro drew a pistol and fired
five times at Mr. Pearson, most of
the bullets taking effect.
He was dangerously wounded and
as soon as the news reached the public
a posse was organized to search
for the negro, who had fled. After
several hours he was located about
ten miles away from the scene of the
shooting and he was taken into custody,
presumably to be carried to
Thomson and lodged in the MeDuflie
county jail.
While en route news of the dangerous
condition of youner Pearson
. "cached the crowd and the negro,
\ according to the story told by those
who had him in charge, made a desperate
break for liberty in the cover
of the dence growth of a nearby
wamp.
The daring attempt to escape seemed
to satisfy the posse of the dangerous
character of the negro and his
intentions as plainly manifested enraged
them to such an extent till he
was promptly taken into the thick
swamp, whence he had tried to escape.
and was there riddled with bullets.
His body has not been recovered,
though it is understood that Sheriff
au7P? r?f MpHiifTin nmintv ic I
tigating the matter thoroughly.
The full statement of the story as
it has been related, is to the effect
that Wednesday Hardin Pearson
vu^nt over to the farm which he had
Cnarlie Harris, the negro, working,
and when instructions were given as
to how some work should be done
the negro deliberately drew a revolver,
and shot Mr. Pearson several
times, so that now he is at the point
of death, his life being completely dispaired
of.
The negro fled when he had finished
the shooting, but in a short time
a large posse was organized to search
for him and from time to time their
number was augmented by men who
had heard of the atrocious deed. For
hours a hot pursuit was kept up until
the negro was located near the
Drane farm, about ten miles away.
He was immediately taken in charge,
to be delivered to proper officials,
but with the above related result.
The lynching is the second to occur
in the territory within the last two
years. The other was that of a Cum
mings negro, who assaulted a young
white girl near Appling and was
lynched on the public highway by a
crowd of 300 people, who took him
from Appling jail.
After the lynching was over Wednesday
night, the report states that
a body of the posse went to the home
of the negro and after whipping other
members of the family instructed
them to leave the section and never
come back again.
The Same Old Oag.
In discussing the chances of the
Democracy in the next campaign the
Greenville News says: "Bryan has
drifted away from the true principles
of Democracy as they were interpreted
and practiced by Jefferson."
What were the true principles of
Democracy as they were interpreted
and practiced by Jefferson, and
wherein do they differ from the Democracy
of William Jennings Bryan?
Will the News please enlighten us.
The News goes on to say that "the
party has too many false leaders, and
it may be said to be drifting aimlessly.
With true Democracy nailed to
the masthead of the good old ship,
with a leader at the helm who is willing
to turn back into the old and
tried path, the Democratic party
could go out and meet the enemy and
become the ruling power." This is
the same old gag that we have been
hearing since 1896.
Papers like the News seem to loose
sight of the fact that the Democratic
party suffered its greatest defeats
in 1894 when Cleveland was President
and in 1904 when Parker tried
to be President. On both occasions the
so-called safe and sound Democracy
were in charge of things, and what
they did, or did not do, about ruined
the party. Under the matchless leadership
of Bryan the party won a glorious
victory in 1896, but was swindled
out of it by the Republicans
with the aid of such so-called Democrats
as Cleveland and those who aided
and abetted him. What the Democratic
party needs is a readjustment.
There are many in its ranks who are
Republicans, and they should be
. made w) go where they belong. We
/)' are ^ to say that we have some
Sucre/* '*4 ?ashy Democrats in South
Carol|r A/rangeburg Times and
Demo?. jj
Fof.% m Gov. Odell of New York
refers to.political reformers as grasshoppers/
They seem to have done a
good deft of damage to his crops.
SOIL SURVEY MAPS.
Work of The Agricultural Department
for this State.
The department of agriculture,
through each of several bureaus, is
cr'ving special attention to the state
Jt South Carolina. The bureau of
?olls has a party in the held making
a very careful survey of the soil of
Lee and Sumter counties. Upon completion
the maps will be ready for
distribution to all who make application
for them. The maps that are
now completed and subject to distribution
in the state are of the
counties of Anderson, Greenwood,
Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg,
Charleston, Colleton, Cherokee, Darlington,
Lancaster, Oconee, Orangeburg
and York. All reprints are now
available of those counties upon application
without cost to the applicants.
Chief Clerk Rice will be
pleased to forward to all who can
make a proper use of them.
Professor True, of the divisslon of
Irrigation and drainage, is now pushing
the drainage work near Charleston
neck. He is finishing the work in
Christ Church Parish; at a point
called Point Pleasant, opposite Charleston,
Isle of Palms, and between
Ashley and the ocean, lie hopes to
in great measure make it more healthy,
and to redeem about 3G square
miles of-land.
At Jettburg 300 acres of land that
have been given over by the Southern I
railroad will receive attention, and
when the experts have completed
their part of the work, it will be
turned to the Clemson college for
further exploitation.
A special effort is being made to
benefit healthful conditions and there
by increase the amount of rice lands
and better class of land for truck
fanning, the latter crops paying better
than other crops. They also wish
to aid the people to pay more attention
to diversified crops; as this generally
pays better than to rely mainly
upon a crop of one kind.
Remember the Children.
Many of our children in the home
are growing up with bodies well fed
and clothed but they are starving
for love. Their lives are so cheerless,
so unchildlike, can we wonder
that they grow into hardened men
and women? Now is the time to make
children happy, while they are children,
and the memories of this happiness
in afterlife will continue to
make them happy; be enthusiastic
with the children in their studies and
plays; do not be indifferent or say
the cruel words that will cause the
countenance to grow sad or dim the
bright eyes.
We are all living writers, recording
on enduring tablets history made
up of thoughts, feelings and aspirations.
Upon this depends to a large
extent, the character of those who
come after us. In this lies our most
powerful training as well as the holiest
form it can take. Home is the
sacred portal to the outside world,
and to have and continue the closest,
highest influence on young life is to
foster in all possible ways a love for
home.
We hear constantly of woman's
rights; rights to compete with man
in every walk of life; the right to
guide and guard the state, so that
the holiest, most sacred right is in
danger of being neglected. The
world needs womanly women and
manly men; to produce them we must
give from eighteen to twenty years
of home life where abides love judiciously
seasoned with reason and justice.
As a rule, parents do too much
preaching; talk is the weakest tool
that can be used in the home government.
We need personal influence;
this begins before words can be understood
and like all silent influences
will be the most deep seated and permanent.
Children are investigators; and the
inner mechanism of many things will
they lay bare and understand just how
they are made, if allowed to follow
their own inclination. There are varied
faculties latent within the child
that will lead him to the investigation
of the phenomena of the world
he has entered. A child will grow
symmetrically if he is not pushed
too much by the ambition of foolish
parents or by the teacher who desires
to push the child for show. We
must never forget that each child is
a peculiar king or queen in his or
her individual realm.' No one has
ever come into the world with just
such a combination of characteristics
or possibilities. The child is a broad,
deep and grand problem which we
are too weak to fully grasp. The best
we can do is to be all we would have
.our child to be, to stand erect in our
own place, and hold aloft the light
that in the darkness he may see the
sunshine and the storm, and when
the journey is fairly begun, each
must steer his own boat.
We have many men and women,
urhn \xrV?on fhpv Qfriuo of fVip oirn aI
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maturity, are twisted into unnatural
shapes, and their sharp angles must
be jostled and rubbed into shape by
coming in contact with solid facts,
that nature gives us, for the correction
of those who are so unfortunate
as to be forced into illfitting paths by
an unnatural training. Natural fitness
for a vocation is a priceless advantage;
mental tendencies usually
manifest themselves early. But there
is a vast difference between a mere
bent or taste for a pursuit and a tal
ent or genuis for it; and for this very
reason many parents make a sac
mistake in pushing their children in
to a life of their own choosing, To<
often by molding we perform an ac1
of robbery. Parents'love should no
push and control, so much as it shouk
inspire. Love must not fail to le
the soul work out its own salvation
GETS HIS DIVORCE.
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Judge Willis Brought Suit on
Ground of Desertion.
IIis Wife Infatuated With Baxter, a
Suitor for the Daughter's Hund,
Ignored Judge's Authority.
At Trenton, N. J., a recommendation
for an absolute divorce from his
wife, Mrs. Ann Wain Willis, has been
made by the master in the suit of
Judge Benaja P. Willis, of Mount
Holly. Desertion is given as the
cause, but the carryings-on of Mrs.
Willis and Harry Baxter about six
years ago form the real reason.
Eckard P. Budd, the special master
appointed by the chancery court,
took much testimony, which gave in
detail the performances of the pair,
which interested the whole of South
Jersey for a time. The principal
sacts brought out were that after
twenty-live years of happy married
life Baxter appeared to break the
serenity of the Willis home. He was
a stranger in Mount Holly, but not
long after he came there he began
courting Miss Mabel Willis, daughter
of Judge Willis.
The latter investigated Baxter's
antecedents, and forbade him to come
to his house. Mrs. Willis joined with
her daughter in resenting this display
of parential authority, and, according
to the testimony, when
Judge Willis told Baxter to leave the
house Mrs. Willis became very angry
and said that if she had a pistol she
would shoot her husband. Having
the support of both Mrs, Willis and
her daughter, Baxter ignored the!
orders of Judge Willis, and continu-1
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eu to visit tnc nome.
The report points out that Mrs.
Willis seemed completely infatuated
with Baxter, who dominated all her
actions. They were frequently together,
and at times Mrs. Willis, her
daughter and Baxter took trips of
considerable duration. Judge Willis
several times ordered Baxter to leave
the house, but his wife always sided
against him, and told Baxter to pay
no attention to his orders.
Reports of what was transpiring
spread through the community, and
on one occasion Baxter, defying the
authority of Judge Willis, locked
himself in a room in the Willis home
and refused to leave. About midnight
a crowd of citizens visited the
home prepared to tar and feather
the intruder, but was kept from doing
so by Judge Willis' son, who appeared
in front of the house with a
gun.
On the following day Baxter attempted
to escape from the town,
but was overtaken and soundly
thrashed by Judge Willis, upon whom
he afterwards made an assault with
a revolver, and it is believed by witnesses
would have killed him had not
other citizens interferred.
When Baxter was committed to
jail, Mrs. Willis visited him there
and brought his meals. She also furnished
bail of $1,000 and employed
counsel to defend him. Baxter was
convicted of assault and battery and
fined $500 and costs. The fine, according
to the testimony was paid by
Mrs. Willis, whose testimony at the
trial had been against her husband
and in favor of Baxter.
These incidents led to an estrangement
between Judge Willis and his
wife, who thereafter refused to speak
to him, but lived in a seperate room
in the house and directed in writing
instead of verbally what was needed
for the maintenance of the household.
About four months after the
trial Mrs. Willis left her husband entirely
and went to live with Baxter
and her daughter, who in the meantime
had been married. They are
now said to be residing at Hempstead,
Long Island.
Worse Than War.
The people killed in a half dozen
South American wars does not begin
to touch the number killed and hurt
bv American railways during the
course of a year.
The accident bulletin issued by the
interstate commerce commission for
the three months ending December
31, shows that during the quarter
casualties to railroad passengers and
to railroad employes while on duty
numbered 20,944, an increase of 1,094
over those reported during the
preceding three months.
The number of passengers and employes
killed in train accidents was
474, an increase of 207 over the pre
vious quarter. The number of passengers
killed in train accidents in
this quarter, 180, is the largest on
record except that for the quarter
of September 30, 1904. Three accidents,
two collisions, and one derailment,
caused 143 deaths.
The number of employes killed in
coupling cars and engines was 84, as
against 81 the preceding quarter. The
total number of collisions and derailments
was 3,965 (2,226 collisions and
1,739 derailments), of which 391 collisions
and 190 derailments affected
passenger trains. The damage to
cars, engines and roadway amounted
$3,099,228.
The most disastrous accident during
the quarter was a collision between
a passenger train and a train
' of ampty coaches at Terra Cotta, D.
J C. In this accident, the commissioner
says 43 were killed and 63 injured.
t The "discharged stenographer"
t who sold that Harriman letter to
1 the newspapers seems to recognize a
t hot document when he gets hold of
. |one.
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IUCH CXHX)S ISLAND.
KiikILhIi Admiral llellevcd It Conceal- >
chI Treasure.
Thousands of dollars have been
;pent in vain efforts to unearth hid- (
len treasures in Cocos island. The
sland is in the Pacific ocean, 500 1
niles southwest of Panama. The
atest expedition for the recovery of J
the hidden wealth was made by Ad- }
niral Palliser of the British navy. He j
lied recently at his home in Chiches- ,
ter, England. The admiral served t
n the Baltic and Black seas, in the ^
Parish war in 1817 and in the Pacific.
It was while in the Pacific that c
fie heard of the Cocos island secret. *
Admiral Palliser learned the secret (
from Capt. Hackett. The captain re- s
lated the story of the hidden millions, V
cvhile on his deathbed. He declared [
that in 1812 a British ship turned .
pirate and hid its treasure on the is- \
land and in 1835 the barkentine Mary }
Dier carried billion and jewels from I
the Peruvian town of Callao and de- <
posited them on the same piece of (
land. A man named Keaton once 1
found $30,000 worth of jewels on the {
Island. He bequeathed the secret to ,
Hackett and the latter handed it on ,
to the admiral. t
The admiral made a half dozen
fruitless attempts to unearth the i
treasures, but failed. In the last ex- (
pedition the party was broken up 1
when six men were injured by a ;
landslide during a blasting operation.
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i ri'ss .nMH iiu ion wniior. I
The State says at the recent meeting
of the executive committee of
the State Press association it was decided
unanimously to invite Mr. Al- (
fred B. Williams of Richmond to de- *
liver the address before the annual (
meeting of the association to be held !
in Charleston June 13 to 15. Friday !
night Mr. Charles M. Galloway, who |
acted as secretary of the meeting, i
received the following telegram from i
Mr. Williams: <
"I appreciate the honor you do me 1
and accept with pleasure the oppor- '
tunity to meet again my old friends." '
Mr. Williams was in the newspa- !
per business in South Carolina for J
many years. As editor of the Greenville
Daily News he made the editori- i
al columns of that paper read from i
one end of the country to the other, 1
and some of his editorial writings (
were classics indeed. Of recent 1
years he has made his home in Rich- ''
mond and as editor of the News- ]
Leader he has become a writer of
national prominence. ,
A CVCLOXK IN TIOXAS.
Town of Bright well Was Completely <
Wiped Out.
A dispatch from Mount Pleasant,
Texas, says nine persons were killed J
ami many injured by a tornado whicli ]
wrecked the town of Birthright and
Ridgeway. Details are meagre, but
it is known that other towns suffer- ^
od honvil v both lit 11 fo tnul nrniuud v
The cyclone practically destroyed
the towns of Rldgeway and Birthright,
forty miles west of here.
The killed, so far as known, are:
Mrs. Brazil and baby.
Calvin Trammel and son. <
Roy McFall.
?. ?. Stevenson and wife.
Sidney L. Oakley and wife i
The injured reported are:
Ben Pogue, skull fractured; Mrs.
Ben Pogue, internally injured; Mrs.
Joe Ferguson, scalp wound.
Birthright, a town of GOO was completely
wiped off the map. Great
damage is reported at Caney, a negro
settlement, and it is believed many
more were killed there.
SHOT JllUDE OF A NIGHT.
Husband Missing and Woman Will
Probably Not Recover.
The police of South Franklin,
Mass., have been unable to locate
Johan Danelio, who is alleged to have
shot his bride of a night, Frances
Danelio, at their newly prepared
home Sunday night. The young
bride was still alive at midnight, but
little hope was expressed of her recovery
.
The pair were married Sunday and
entertained friends in their new
home until nearly midnight, when
they retired, the groom's father who
occupied a room upstairs, being the
only other occupant of the house
with them.
Early Monday he was arroused by
hearing revolver shots downstairs,
and hurrying down to the bridal
room he found the young woman lying
on the bed, with three bullet
wounds and three stab wounds in her
body. The husband had dlssapeared.
No cause Is known for tb*> deed.
SHOULD WOMEN POP.
New York Dames Think They* Should
Propose To Men.
That women should have equal
rights with men concerning proposnln
^ P wtottrloflfA TIfOU iKo Ct f O fl 11 1/
ft IO KJ L JIICXI 1 ing^; n UO tllty ?V(VI1U vuimvit
recently at a meeting of the New
York City Federation of Women's
Clubs. Mrs. Belle de Rivera, president
of the federation, said that
women certainly should have the
right to propose as well as men. She
said she wondered how women were
going to marry, If they never had an
opportunity.
Speaking on the same subject, Mrs.
Dore Lyon, president of the Electric
Club, said she thoubht It would be
perfectly proper for girls to propose
In many cases. She said a rich girl
should have the right and that she
might go about it In this way: "Now,
my dear, if you would care to marry
me, I will obtain your parents concent.
I am able to support you in
the stylo your tastes require, and you
need not worry about a bank ac
count."
A WOMAN JAILKK.
}lie lives Alone in House ('oiineeted
With the Prison.
Rhode Island has within its lx>rlers
a woman Jailer who is well on
n years, l>nt who manages the most
tnruly prisoners, as well as any man
ould. She is Mrs. Kvelyn (5. Smith i
ind she lives in the old penal instiution
known as the Kent county *
ijil, in Hast Greenwich. She has
ived there all her life and by the
ooks of things will continue to make !
hat her abode until she goes to the '
jrnve.
The old jail was erected In Kent \
ounty about 100 years ago. It consists
of a two and a half story house
>f box-like type. In the rear there
i a wing made of bricks in which the
ells are found. Mrs. Smith lives
n the house and has sole charge of
he jail and its occupants. She is
ible to hold her position as jailer
ifllciently, probably from inherited
ihility in that line of work. Sixty- (
Ive yeas ago the old jail was presid?d
iver by Karl Page, a grand uncle
>f Mrs. Smith. Then title to the
iropertv cud tlm position of jailer
mssed to her grandfather, then to
icr father, and upon bis death to her
uisband. When the latter died there
as no other surviving member of
ho family, and, tis Mrs. Smith had
>een rt !se 1 in the jail and knew all
ibo.it caring for the- prisoners, the
ounty authorities gave her the ofllco
hinking that she would II11 it as well
.a any man could.
1'IGMIFS Id IvlO AI'HH.
Kxpiorer Finds Very ls?\v Type of
Man in Tropical Africa.
In his report to the Hritish Foreign
jlllce on condition in the Congo Free
State, Viscount Mountmorres, writes
>f pigmies that represents the lowest
Lype of man. They look like apes
ind were it not for the fact that they
alinnt with l?n\v? nml i?t-#wbln slinllnr
For the women of their tribes and
their children they would be taken
For apes. The explorer saw them
>111 y for a few minutes, hut he is the
first man who ever saw enough of
them to write concerning their existence.
The explorer covered 3,400
miles in canoe and on foot, lie takes
1 hopeful view of the future of the
Congo native.
It was wliile on the Uangi river
tnat he found the pygmies. He was
Forcing his way through the brush
when he was annoyed by the falling
:>f small arrows. He looked in the
trees and saw what he thought was
ei numebr of chipanzes springing
From branch to branch. They were
ei bout three feet nine Inches tall.
They showed their teeth do and chattred
something that may have been
their language. The explorer had little
chance to investigate them as he
would have been compelled to tire in
3elfdefence, if he had remained under
the trees. He found that they live
In trees. Their shelters were built in
Forks of trees and were made by
plaiting the smaller boughs. The
little men and women wore no clothing.
INFKHNA\t MACIIINB
Intended For An Atlantu Oirl Was
Opened by Her Mother.
Atlnntn hnn another wensMtinn on
hand. Fred Hush, arrested for sending
an Infernal machine to the homo
of his sweetheart, Miss Kate Mc
Carthy, was said to have been Identified
by a negro messenger boy, who
said he received the package from a
man "who looked like Hush and who
stood in the street after sending in
the call. The machine exploded
when Mrs. McCarthy, mother of the
girl opened the package and the
house was almost demolished.
The negro said he had instructions
not to send the box until Thursday
morning but it went out last night
by mistake. Miss McCarthy was at
the theater, and her mother received
the package instead. An attempt to
open it resulted in an explosion which
shattered the interior of the home
and threw Mrs. McCarthy across the
hall into the room where twins were
sleeping. She suffered serious injuries,
but will recover.
Hush is a business partner of C.
V. Doolittle, a commission merchant
who accompanied Miss Hush to the
theater. Hush, when arrested, denied
any knowledge of the infernal
machine# The box was of oak, eight
inches long. It contained dynamite
and a pistol so arranged as to explode
when the box was opened.
The concussion shook the whole
block.
RUNAWAY TRAGKDY.
One Lady Instantly Killed and Another
Lady Dying.
Near Monroe, Ga., Mrs. Henry
Richardson, a well known Walton
country woman, was killed and her
sister, Mrs. John Palmer, was fatally
injured Thursday morning as the
result of an accident with a runaway
team on the bridge at Halle Prong
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crt'OK, it unit' inn in 11uiu iTiviii'id.
At the time of the accident the two
women were on their way to town to
do some shopping. .Just as they
drove onto the bridge t>-ey were met
by a runaway horse attached to a
buggy. The team was occupied by
a negro woman and two children and
was driven by a negro.
Mrs. Palmer, in attempting to get
out of the way of the vehicle caught
her dress on the step and was
thrown to the floor of the bridge. The
horse ran over her, dragging the
buggy with him.
Mrs. Richardson escaped without
a scar, yet, strange to say, she was
the first to die.
The excitement and worry in trying
to care for her injured sister
caused congestion of the lungs, from
which she died. The wounded woman
was at once removed to the W.
L. Wood place on the Gratis road,
four miles from Monroe, where she
and Mrs. Richardson resided.
Remarkable to say, the driver and
other occupants of the runaway buggy
escaped with only a few scratches.
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1IKST FODD FOB IIOItHHH.
Save Money and Have Better Stock.by
(sing Cotton Seed Meal.
At a meeting of the South Carolina
Live Stock Association, held at
Columbia, S. on Pel), 8th and 9th
an address full of practical advice,
backed by scientific knowledge, was
delivered by the eminent. Dr. Talt
Sutler, of ilaliegh, N. C., on "Practical
Stock Feeding in the South." Dr.
Sutler is a recognized authority on
feeds and what he says should havo
special weight and influence throughnut
the entire south, and that part
af his discussion touching the feeding
of horses, mules and colts is of special
Importance to the southern breeder.
In tiie official report of the general
discussion which followed Dr. Sutler's
address, this occurs. Dr. Sutler
was asked:
"You speak of feeding horses cotton
seed meal. What about tho
muscular forming properties of cottonseed
meal compared to corn and
oats?"
Dr. Sutler: "There is enough
known about feeding horses cotton
seed meal for me to state that if you
had a horse that you wore feeding
14 pounds of corn daily, that you
could take out four pounds of that
corn and put In two pounds of cot oti
seed meal and get. better re Ms.
\'nt tmcuiipe peril Is net the hesl oil
we havo for supplying heat and ? *wrgy,
but there is another thing needed.
When a horse that supplies you muscular
energy he Is burning up his
muscles just as you burn coal In a
furnace to supply energy to run the
machinery in your factories, and he
has got to have something to build
up those wasted muscles, and corn
does not contain it in sufllclent quantity.
A little cotton seed meal is
better than an additional amount of
corn. When you are already feeding
your horse stover and ten pounds of
corn, ! would rather have two pounds
of cotton seed meal added than four
pounds of corn. I would rather havo
two pounds of cotton seed meal added
than four pounds of oats. Corn
is a splendid horse feed, but we arc
wasting over two million dollars a
year in South Carolina feeding an
all-corn ration.
"In what proportion would you
feed corn and cotton seed meal?"
Dr. Sutler: "That would depend
upon your hay."
"Plenty of hay?"
Dr. Sutler: "An average ration for
a thousand pound horse doing real
hard work, is about 1 f? pounds of
grain and 12 to I r> pounds of hay.
In stead of 1 f> pounds of fodder and
1 f> pounds of corn I would take 5
pounds of grapevine hay and 7 to 8
pounds of stover and then add 10
pounds of corn and 2 pounds of cotton
seed meal and get better results.
If I had oats and cotton seed meal at
all, because it is bad to feed unless
you can mix it with something else.
If I did not have any peavrne bay, I
would certainly put some cotton seed
meal in the ration of a hard working
horse, unless 1 had plenty of oats,
and they were cheap."
This is Important testimony from
the highest authority, and should Interest
every farmer and horse owner
in the South. Wo send thousands of
dollars into the northwest every year
for corn. We send into the northwest
every year thousands of dollars
worth of our cotton seed meal. Nobody
is benefited by this but the railroads.
If we keep our cotton seed
meal at home to feed it will help us,
and Dr. Ilutler says it will help our
horses?and Dr. Butler knows.
BL'ICIDK NOTIFIED FKIENI>
Told Tlicin By Telephone What Hho
W as Aliout to Do.
Requesting central to Ring up all
her neighbors on the telephone, Mrs.
George Retts, living near Guthrie
Center, la., announced to the people
who took down the receivers that she
was about to commit suicide by
drinking concentrated lye. She paid
she had been sick for such a long
time, that the doctor bills were enormous
and that she would no longer
burden her husband. Then she left
the telephone and made good her
word.
The frantic neighbors tried to call
the woman back to t ho telephone, but
she would not answer. The men
raced to the Retts home, almost killing
their horses in their efforts to
reach the woman before it was too
late. She died alone before they
reached her. Her husband returned
from town to And his wife a corpse
and was almost crazed with grief.
ROCKEFELLER'S BREACHKit
(lives I f 1 in Something To Think
About in Business.
Rev. Dr. C. F. Aked, lately of London,
has become pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Raptish church, of New York
which is commonly known as "John
I). Rockefeller's church." A dispatch
to the Denver News, under date of
New York, April 2 8, says that In his
Sunday sermon, Dr. Aked "unconsciously
looked straight at the pew
the oil magnate usually occupies:
"Can you reconcile your business
wth God? Was ysterday's deal in
harmony with His mind? Will your
books stand a heavenly audit? In
/lore unii Tint 11 rv thn nrnti
J\J\l 1 UII1VU U t\ 1 V? JUU |MI V II)/ tllVy |/ I UJ er?that
is to say, should you dare
if you had any realizing belief in the
efficacy of prayer?"Abide with me;
come not to sojourn, but to abide
with me!" Will you reconcile your
business methods witji God? A ministry
which does not force these questions
home is sawdust and chaft.
Dr. James H. Carlisle of Wofford
college Saturday celebrated the 82nd
anniversary of his birth. Many citiizens
and students called upon him
during the day and the local chapters
of the D. A. R. remembered him
with beautiful floral tributes. He is
truly a grand old man.
The Governor of North Carolina
recently met the Governor of South
Carolina and each discovered that
the other is a prohibitionist. It is
now a longer time between drinks.