The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 30, 1909, Image 3
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GRAFT TRIALr
Begins in Columbia With the Case Against
James Farnom
HOW WYLIE WAS CAUGHT
The Coaliier of the (l?e*tcr Ihink
Marked a One Hundred Bill Ten
tiered llcnry Samuels in l ujintui
of Draft ami it Wiw Ket urncd for
IK-posit by Wylie.
The trial of the alleged dispensary
grafters commenced in Columbia
Tuesday morning. The lirst case
called was that of J nines Furnum,
which was somewhat sensutiona..
Declaring that out of idle curiosity
ho had marked one of the hundrel
dollar bills tendered Henry Samuela,
in payment of a draft September 15,
1 906, and that this bill was returned
for deposit by J. B. Wylie, along
with bills to the amount of $1,120,
Kobert Gage, cashier of the Commercial
Bank, of Chester, witness for
the State in the case, sprang the first
sensation of the alleged graft trials
in the Court of Sessions. The State
announced before calling Mr. Gage
to the stand that it would connect
this testimony with the accused.
This transaction is 111 tine wim m?charge
in the indictment that the defendant
sent Samuels the draft for
$1,120 to be paid to J. H. Wylle, who
was then a member of the State
board of control. The testimony of
Mr. Gage was the most important
of the opening day's happenings in
the case of the State against Farnum.
Robert Gage, cashier of the Commercial
Hank of Chester, was put
on the stand by the State, and made
a good witness. He recalled cashing
a draft on September 15, 1006,
for Henry Samuels. The ledger
showing the transaction was produced,
and after objection by defence
that ground had not been laid for
introduction of secondary evidence,
Mr. Gage was allowed to testify to
what he knew. He stated that he
gave Mr. Samuels $1,125 for the
draft.
"What did Mr. Samuels do with
It?" asked' Mr. Abney.
"He gave part of it to Mr, Wylie. *
/ "How do you know that?"
"Out of idle curiosity, I marked a
$100 bill, the lower bill of the $100
bills I gave him." The package I got
from the safe contained ten nunareu
dollar bills. I had a red pen behind
my ear. I marked the lower bill.
That afternoon or the following day,
Mr. Wylie deposited $1,02 0 with
me. The marked bill wan in the
number."
Mr. Gage was asked what made
him take this course, and he replied
that he had had an argument, about
the matter, and that he thought Mr.
Wylle was getting something, but
J this testimony was ruled out.
TI1KY BUNCOED HIM.
A Maryland Farmer I,osrs Big Sum
in an Old Gnnve.
William A. Moffett, a prosperous
Maryland farmer, is out $5,000, the
victim of the Spanish hidden treasure
swindle, which has been operated
for many years, lie is at his home,
near Hanover, having ju<-t returned
^ from Spain, bewailing his fate and
seeking some plan whereby he may
recover his lost money.
Mr. Moffatt some seven weeks ago
received a letter bearing the postmark
of Madrid, Spain. The writer
elaimod to he a Russian nobleman,
who had robbed the bank of which
lie was president and fled to Spain.
The money was hidden in a satchel.
While in Spain the Russian was arrested
for political reasons and
thrown into prison at Madrid.
Suspecting that he was in danger
of being arrested, ho had previously
hidden the satchel. The letter proposed
that Mr. Moffatt come to Spain
with as much money as he could
raise to secure his release and the
recovery of the money, one. half of
which was promised him for his
goodness.
Gathering all the ready cash he
could lay hands on and borrowing
from a few friends, who were taken
into the secret, Mr. Moffatt. journeyed
to Boston and thence to Europe.
This was six weeks ago.
* What happened after he arrived
in Madrid Ik not known, as Mr. Moffatt
refuses to tell. Ho handed
*2.S00 over to tho man dsignated
In tho lot tor, and never Haw him
avain. After waiting in vain for
some days, ho realized that ho had
boon swindled, and set out for home.
Jump* the Track.
Near Huntington, W. Va., one man
woe killed and four others injured,
t one probably fatally, when a Chesapeake
& Ohio, engine Jumped the
track and turned over into a ditch j
*** Friday. Engineer G. W. Ferry died
shortly after being taken to the
hospital. *
Victims of the Storm.
With the list of dead from the
tropical hurricane well above 100
every indication points to a much
> larcrer increase of the number of
^ those who per4"*
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DR COOK CROSS-EXAMINED
THK POLE FINDER SUBMITS TO <
GRUELLING INTERVIEW.
Forty Newspaper Men Fire AH Kind* '
of QucNtioiiN at the Explorer, but
Uiui Answer Tliem All.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, seeking
rest and seclusion with his family ,
after the boisterous welcome of
Tuesday, denied himself to inter..I.......
I 1? 1 1? I
i ? it.-w o ?v ruiicmm) itliu reiilitlllOU 111
his suit at the \VoU!<>rf-Astorta. t
in Now York, until Into Wednesday j
afternoon, when he submitted cheer- t
fully to one c f the severest cross t
examinations since he announce I his :
disoovery of the North l*o'-.\ rho j
I ordeal of the interview, which was i
j conducted by forty newspaper ropre- i
sentatives, including several from '
foreign newspapers, proved at least i
that he was not afraid to meet the |
public. Incidentally the city of Now \
York officially recognized bis achieve- i
ment Wednesday when the board ot <
aldermen passed a resolution, commemorating
bis discovery and pro- <
viding for a public welcome at the <
City Hall. The date of the recep- 1
tion will be announced later. i
As the questions asked were put |
by laymen they did not go deeply ,
fnto the scientific aspect of the ex- ,
peditlon. Hut Dr. Cook was ready ,
to answer anything pertinent to the ,
Issue. j
The most interesting phase of the ,
Interview was reached when Dr. .
Cook was asked If he would object .
to showing his diary. Ho immodi- (
ately consented, and after retiring
to his room, returned with a small t
octavo note book, which be showed ,
,freely to all. It was a thin book,
containing 17fi pages, each of which ,
was filled with fifty or sixty linos f
of pencilled writing of the most (
minute character. ,
i no dook no saw, contained con!,siderably
nioro than one hundred
thousand words, while he has besides
other hooka embracing his observations
nnd other data.
Interviews Severe.
The Interviews were rather severe
in regard to details, but nothing indicated
that the Polar travellers
memory was at fault even in the
most minute particulars. Some
times when a petty question indicated
ignorance, he smiled with good
humored sympathy at the lack of
technical knowledge displayed.
Not once did he refuse to reply,
.except wnen the name of Commander
Peary was broached. Even then
he said that he had always and did
.now pnnsi/lor r>? ?
^ . V ?% I jr (1 n II in I I 1'liU ,
I but controversial subjects in connection
with his rival he avoided en- *
tirelv. saying that they could wait.
When requested to say what had 1
occurred at his meeting with Harry '
Whitney, the New Haven sportsman,
ho said he pi oferreil to lot '
Whitney tell his own s?ory, as Whit- (
nov was quite unbiased. His rea- '
^ons in imposing secrecy on Whitney,
on Prltchard, Commander Peary's 1
cabin hoy, and the Kale linos, were '
prompted by his desire to be the 1
first to tell the world his discovery. J
Tie had done the work, he said, and
was entitle to relate how it had
been carried out.
Some of the Questions Asked.
Some of the more important questions
put to T>r. Cook during the
interview, nnd his replies thereto,
follows:
Q. Did anything over occur in
the life of yourself and Mr. Peary i
that would create an enmity or bitterness
between you? 1
A. Nothing that I know of.
Q. Would you be willing to meet <
Pearv in a debate when he gets >
here? I
A. As far as I am concerned the j
Peary incident is closed. Mr. Pearv 1
is not the dictator of my affairs, and 1
T do not care to say anything further
about him.
Q. Did you know Mr. Whitney i
when you met him on your return
to Ktah? I
A. No: he introduced himself. '
Q. Wli.it caused you to have su??h
j confidence in Mr. Whitney that you
entrusted your instruments to him?
A. I know him by name, and
circumstances that aroso while 1
was wiili him justified niv confidence.
I gave him the inatrumen s
to bring hi-*k because I thought tliev
would be le-s liable to injury on
board his vessel than if i took them
across glaciers and rough ic<;-covered
country.
Q. What Is your opinion ?,f the
story to'd by the negro Monro i c?f
the informntlon he obtained from
your two Eskimos?
A. Wei!, tne Eskimos were ho in J
down by me not to teli anyon * where
they had beet.. 1 should like you to
iiavr Henson neu. Mid cross- ji.estion
him yourself. Hen.-ou's testimony t
i3 unuroiy rounded on hearsay, i
Q. Knowing that o ship was com- p
ing North this summer for Whitney, |
why did you not wait for that sh'p v
and come direct to New York in- p
stead of going to South Greenland
and sailing from there to Co pen- c
hagen? r
A. I know that the Danish Gov- H
eminent ship would get me home be- t
fore Whitney's ship. c
. v
In her outfit the average summer t
girl likes to have a manly looking v
suitor two. c
The steeple climber says he seems n
to be a sort of bellboy. o
SMALL COTTON CROP
UIVK8 Till? FAKMKR A C1IAXCK
roll GOOD PROFITS.
W. It. Thompson, r^. of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange, Discusses
the Outlook Interestingly.
Mr. \V. n. Thompson, president i
>f the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, !
las sent out a most Interesting let- |
or on the cotton outlook. He says
ho record of the lt'Ofi crop will constitute
an important chapter in coton
history. A moderate crop cerninly,
a dangerously short crop probibly,
and a wholly inadequate crop
lossildv, is coming to meet a demand
.vhich could be satisfied only by the
greatest crop that was ever grown.
Phis conjunction of an overwhelming
need with insufficient supplies is |
'raught with tremendous posstbtli(
I or for profit or loss of profit to
he producer and of menace to the
cotton iudustry.
Whether the iHsue f.otn this crisis
ihall be fortunate or unfortunate,
whether the producer shall realize
liis rightful profit, or shall fail to
use or misuse his present advan- ,
(age, and whether the spinning in- j
lustry shall go through this year of
shortage with the minimum of inconvenience
f>r the maximum of j
lemoralization, will depend upon one
Important particular, namely: the j
listrihution of the crop. With the
producer and those who help him j
ibides the power to regulate the distribution
and to shape the result
It is a large advantage thus possessed
and a grave responsibility
bus entailed. If the power is em>loyed
unwisely, or wasted in spasno.lie
efforts to "squeeze" the buy
i<?? .1 in '-w,1? :1111n<-u price. not >
nulv will the producer fail to realize
ho maximum of the present benefit,
>ut ho will help to rripple the nnani
fact u ring industry and curtail its
tnpuoity for future consumption.
If the power is loft unused, and
ho producer, dazzled by the present
unexpectedly high prices, rushes his
otton to market, ho will inaugurate
i movement which suDsequent proluce
can not arrest, and n* ill reneat
the time-old mistakes of selling
the bulk of his crop at the time
vhon the price is at the lowest of
he year. If the power is employed
visoly, the producer will distribute
he supply of cotton as evenly as
noKHible over the year, and thus rea
i7.e lor his entire crop the highest
irire thnt an eager demand can pay,
md at the^same time keep the delinnd
presently active and keen for
ut nre supplies.
In other and more fruitful years
when th<? yield has been pr?\it and
the demand relatively small, it he
'armer has been compelled to accept
lor his crop whatever he could get.
Dvcn though the return was lev*
han the cost of production. When J
he complained at his lot, he has j
been reminded by opulent philosophers,
that price is regulated by the
law of supply and demand, and that
if he made more cotton than was
needed, he must hear the burden.
In this suggestion there is truth.
Hut a good rule must work both
ways.
The law of supply and demand
must be permitted to work for the
farmer as well as against him. If
he lias to accept a low price when
bo makes too rnM<h. he should re
immvo n correspondingly high pric<?
when ho makes too little. If tho
RonsunuT profits >?y over-production
tho farmer should profit "'by ovcr[lemnnd.
There is no divine right in
tho consumer to always make the
profit, nor is there any justice in the
apparently generally entertained expectation
that the producer must always
sustain the loss.
If it should so fall out that the
spinner has to pay f/>r the raw
iiaterin) a price so high that his
mason will be unprofitable, it is to
>e regretted, but the misfortune is
to greater than that of the farmer
vho has to sell for the cost of proI
net Ion. If such loss is to be susained
this year it should not fall
lpon the farmer; nor will it fall
f he will but exercise the same prulence
in selling his crop that he uses
II buying his clothes. He buys his
lothos when he needs them and has
he price; he should sell his cotton
vhen the other man needs it, and
ins the price.
Efforts have been made to adance
prices by covenants to wirhlold
cotton from the market until
n agreed figure should he reached,
""hose etforts have not been successtil,
although they have had the ef
oct at time of restricting offerings
md to some extent relieving the
irofeure. But there are in this plan
wo fundamental defects. The first
s, that it can not be fully nccomdishcd,
and the second is, that if
t could be fully accomplished, it
rould automatically defeat its own
mrpose.
The farmer can not hold all his
otton from the start; but if he
ould and prices were forced to the
tipulated figure, at that instant
here would be such an avalanche
if cotton for sale, that the reaction I
rouId be a> swift as the advance was
odious. But there is a way by
rhlch the desired result may be ac- ;
omplished. There is a system of
narketlng the crop which is not
inly feasible, but which would ac
?
compllsh Its equitable purpose unerringly
and without fall.
By this system of marketing:, the
law of supply and demaud would.
In unhampered operation, fix the
price. The spinner would pay, and
the farmer would receive, the natural
value of the crop. It is good
not only for this year, but for all
years. Plans based upon general
agreements have failed because, In
the first place, it has not been possible
to secure the convenant of all
planters, and, in the second place,
because self-interests placed a premium
upon the breaking of the
agreement. The plan in view is not
dependent upon covenant or agreement,
but is self-executory, tlie main
spring oi us operation being selfinterest.
It will prollt the men who use it.
even though others do not use it.
it is simple, hut effective, and is this:
Let the producer of cotton market
ten per cent of his crop each month
for ten months. An instant of reflection
will convince any thoughtful
man that whether the crop so marketed
he large or small, and whether
a hundred planters or a hundred
thousand employ the method, the
j result will he better than if the crop
was sold at once, or the attempt made
to hold it all. If the plan is good
for one planter, it i* good for all,
j and if all, or any great number
of planters adopt it, the problem
of marketing the crop is solved.
Hut it will be objected to by some
| that the farmers' needs are too pressing
and that he cannot meet his obj
ligation bv selling ten per cent of
Ibis crop in September, ten per cent
in October and so on. Alone and
unaided he can come nearer doing
I this now than he could heretofore,
because he has made this crop on
a more economical basis than ever
before and owes less. After this
year it will be easier still, because
he has himself largely made his
staple supplies for another year and
because in the near future he will
have a great central public warehouse
in which he will be able to
borrow money at a very low rate of
interest.
Hut even now the farmer Is not
alone in the tight. Every banker
and merchant and landowner in the
South is, or should be, with him.
If the cotton crop could be marketed
evenly through ten months, instead
of unevenly in three or four,
bank stocks would enhance In value,
the merchants business would expand
and become more protltable;
lands would yield more in rental
and in sales, and the Routh would
receive each year the addition of
many millions of dollars to its
wealth.
DANfiKHH OF WESTERN CORN.
Its l"se May be the Cause of Pellagra
in the South.
The Augusta Herald very wisely
sums up the matter of Western corn
and its results as a food for man
and beast. The Herald says it is
not in corn that donger lurks, but
in Western corn. The reason for
this is clear. Western corn does
not fully mature before the season
ends. Frost falls upon it before
I the kernels are hardened and the
cob is dry.
In this condition It is gathered
and housed or stacked. It then goes
through a process of fermentation
which produces the chemical changes
that convert a healthy food for
nan or beast into a subtle poison.
Fed to horses it gives them blind
daggers and thousands of horses
and mules are killed by It every
vear. Eaten by men it produces
pellagra.
Fortunately a simple preventative
will avoid all risks in this matter.
That is to use only Southern grown
corn either for making corn breed
or to feed to the hoists. And an
Atlanta case; may show that grits
ground In the North should also be
excluded. Let our farmers ponder
this matter, and raise corn enough
for all our needs. Pellagra is hecoming
entirely too frequent In the
South. *
SHOOTS IMS KINSMAN'.
A Man Probably Fatally Wounded
His llrother-in-ljuw.
D. P. Fields, one of the wealthiest
planters of Fmnnuel county, is dying
at his home at Adrian, Ga., while
his brother-in-law, M. J. Webb, is |
a prisoner in the jail as the result j
of a fight between the two men in
an open field near Adrian Friday
night. The two men jointly owned
a farm and disputed over the division
of the crop. At first they fought
with fists hut Webb ended the trouble
by drawing his pistol and shoot- j
ing hl*> kinsman through the head.
Fields dropped unconscious to the
ground. While Webb, it is said, declared
his intention not to submit
to arrest. He was not taken into
custody. Fields' brother is sheriff
of Emanuel county. *
Went up With Wright.
Mrs. Von Tllldebrand, wife of 1
Capt. Von Tllldebrand, of Rerl'u. j
wont up with Orvlllo Wright (he ;
othor day in his aeroplane. Crown
Prlnoo Freder'ck an 1 the Crown
were present, and Mrr. V n liihi-brand
was loudly applauded after tho .
fliuhi. whioh lasted eleven a id on<- !
half minutes. 4 I
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LOOKS LIKE MURDER
IN CASK OF A TOl lUhTS BODV
FOl'ND IN SAM I* IT.
Sus|kt(hI Party, Former llarbcr ut
Kosemary, lias KmcuihhI?I'olioj'
Are Kxt'ivlNi'd Over the Mystery.
A dispatch from Georgetown says
I the mystery concerning the identity
j of the white man who was found
boating in tin1 Sunipit Itiver fomc
three weeks ago, has had some light
thrown upon it by a letter received
by C'npt. Hale, of the Clyde Steami
ship Navalioe, from a Mrs. Morrhon,
i of Newark, N. J., who states that a
j man answering the description of the
man who wa?* found, had acconipa,
tiled herself and companion from
! Wilmington, N. C., to Georgetown,
ion tho picainer.
Her companion waH a veteran of
| the civil war, a member of the crew
of the Harvest Moon, of Farragut's
fleet, which was blown up by a torpedo
and stink in Win.vah Hay. The
old soldier made the trip to Georgetown
for the purpose of viewing the
remains of the old ship, a portion of
which Is still above water, a monu
1
ment to the failure of the Federal
I gunboats to enter Georgetown har;
ll(?r.
The party went to Georgetown,
'spent the while the ship was in port
1 in \iewing the sights, and together
expected to return North. The
j stranger did not show nn nimar/i
the steamer when she sailed, but a
man named Hiram Newman, who
J stated that ho had formerly heon a
| barber at Rosemary, took passage
I for New York, telling the captain
that the missing man had spent
the previous night with him, and
sent word that ho was not ready to
leave; that he would Join the ship
at. Wilmington.
It is reported now that there were
some suspicious circumstances attending
the case. The neck of the
drowned man was swollen abnormally,
and there were purple marks
about the throat that might denote
possible strangulation. On hoard the
?hip it was noticed that the man carried
a small wallet with money in
it. Ho was known to have had at
loaHt $G0 upon his person. Onlv
n few pennies were found upon the
person of the wronged man; therefore.
It is possible that th(*rv?n was
robbed and murdered, and the l>odj
thrown overboard.
At the coroner's inquest a thorough
examination was not made is
'o whether death occurred by drowning
or not, l et the verdict wop that
the deceased came to his death ?v
drowning. It is furrier stated by
the captain of the s'eamer, llurfroughs,
that on the Wednesday night
preceding tlm departure of the Clyde
steamer he heard lnurl vni/^.o
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cursing from a row boat in the river,
with sounds of an evident struggle
among the occupants. He supposed
it to bo a midnight revel of a boat-1
load of sailors, and paid no particular
at tent ion.
The satchell belonging to the missing
man is in possession of the Clyde
Line ofllrials. There is nothing in
it to assist in the identification of
the party except a memorandum book
I inscribed as follows: "From Agnes
, W. Johnson. 236 Thirt v-ninf h ?tr*.ni
to my Undo Albert." A program
of some celebration in Philadelphia
was also found thoroin. The name
of tho missing man was not mentioned
In Mrs. Morrison's letter.
HOMIUIDK IV AIKKN (XH'NTY.
White Alan blows Out Drains ol*
Anottier at Johnstown.
The twelfth homicide to occur in
Aiken county this year occurred In
Johnstown, a suburb of Hath, Tuesday
ni^iit, when Horace Jones was
shot and instantly killed by Watt
i Delong, both white men. Delong
| and a son have been placed in the
i Aiken jail, pending the investigat
ion by t he coroner.
Delong says that Monday nigh'
i iiis children were attending a night
school In Johnstown and that he had
been watching a corn field, which he
believed tome one had been stealing
from, and bad gone by the schoo.
j for the children to take them home.
; Previous to this, he said, he had a
fuss with Jones. While he was waiting
at the school, some one told him
that Jones was at the outside wai*
ing for him to come out to kill him,
and advised him not to go out of
the door.
At the oIohp of the school, he avers
that ho took the children and went
out of the hack door. Just as ho
had gotten outside the building Joni"
came around the corner and struck
him with a brickbat, whereupon Dolong
pulled his pistol and shot him
once, the ball taking effect in Jones'
head, and literally blowing bis brains j
out. Dolong surrendered to the of- j
fleers and was carried to Aiken.
Dolong is said to be a peaceable
man. Jones' reputation is wild not to
bo good. On this occasion ho is
said to have boon under the Influ
cnco of liquor. The original fnsa
Is said to have started about DolongV
daughter, and Jones Is sal 1
to have told parties that he would
1*111 Dolong. I
The family tree sometimes bears,
I pretty poor fruit. I
THE GULFCTORM
Has Do.jc Great Damage in New OvIeaM
and Other Cities and Towns
LOSS OF LIFE IS FEARED
Dome of Now State Capitol JackNOU
Wrecked liiwl OI<l II
- '"I" ? > IIIWC
ed?Fury of I ho lliirric.-me Unabated?Great
IhiiuUK*' hour in N?*?v
(Mlmio?Shipping SulVe red.
Central Tuesday night in Mississippi
anil sweeping north at the rate
of two hundred milm a da... tho hurricane
which devastated the Gulf
coast and loft a trail of v/.eek and
ruin through tour Stales, inn tin nod
on ith course with unabated fury.
Of the ruin that it has wroug.it.
no oue can give an estimate. ?n
New Orleans alone live aro kno.wi
| to he dead and a million doliara wnl
not repair the damage to tie: beautiful
Orescent City. It is said that
the plate glass alone will lost. $100,onO
to replace.
From the little and aristocratic
maimer colonies on the Louisiana
and Mississippi Gulf const come .
/ague tales of frightful devastation
and fears that many lives has been
I lost.
The wealthy summer tourisls who
own pleasure craft- sire wont to spi lid
much time upon them, and it is possible
that maii.v have heiui lost.
Hiloxi, the Mecca of the wealthy,
is still isolated, and what its fate
is 5s ?till clouded in mystery. Jackson,
Miss., the. cap'ta! of the Hlate,
s cut off to coast, noints.
The dome of the new ccpitol at
fackson was wrecked and the oVd
uipitol unroofed. The streets were
a tangle of live wires, and the fallen
trees and debris ni:wl.. t >? ? ww.w
> ?? >?ways
impassable.
At Viokshurg two vessels were
sunken and a third was driven
ashore. Their passengers were rescued.
One vessel lies across the
channel and has blocked navigation.
In the pretty harbors of F'ascagouia
and Hay St. Isotiis, many slip*
are empty and the torn mooring*
tell' of the fury of the wind and
wave.
Hath houses, pavilions, yacht slip*
and pleasure resorts that were nightty
brilliantly illuminated and the
rendeiavous for those who sought
relaxation and amusement upon the
famous Gulf coast are washed awnjr
and not a timber remains to mark
their locations. And the story in it*
hideous entirety has not yet been
completed.
The only route of mosj-agoa to New
Orleans was hy an improvised service
via ltnttiesburg, arranged hy the
I rress, which organization
had fsecured a telephone line into
Now Orleans and was ahlo to relay
by telegraph to Atlanta.
TIMKIiY IIOJTS TO lit'NTIOftH..
Tlw l^aw of Trespass and Some
Hunting Suggestions,
Already the hunters are looNii'.^
around for dogs and rubbing uf> their
guns. According to the law, and person
hunting, fishing or roaming over
the lands of another without permission
in a trespasser. Ignorance it; no
excuse. The plea only aggravates
the offense. If farmers want birds
killed, they will no doubt invite some
of their gunning friends to do it
when the season opens.
Do not hunt on lands of others
without permission. Never carry a
loaded gun while riding In a boggy
or other vehicle. When the day's
hunting is over, take out the cartridges.
If birds are abundant, do
I not kill them all at once. There
was a good citizen of another county
that was fond of hunting. lie estimated
the number of birds actually
needed by the family lor their
dinner. When he bagged that number
not another one would be shot,
even if one attempted to bite him.
If you get permission to hont oil
If you get permission to hunt on
lands of another, turn over a fair
the land. Common politeness and
good breeding demand that courtesy.
Do not kill all you can and sneak
oft without saving a word to any of
the family. If a farmer notifies yon
that he wishes no shooting On bis
premises do not "sass" him, but ;rsk
his pardon, act the gentleman and
get off in such a good humor that
you will have bis resepct.
Slain by Fellow Ouivict.
Charlie I.okey, a convict on the
Tift County, Oeorgia, chain gang,
was killed with one blow Tuesday
morning, while seated at the breakfast
table, by Albert White, a fellow
convict. Humming a tune.
White had walked quickly up behind
I.okey. He hold behind his back
the hickory cross har of a wagon.
When he reached his victim ho raif^
ed the har, took good aim and
brought It down with all his might,
l.okey was killed instantly. White
had no chance to escape atterwards
The Whirling Dervish doesn't
hrve to have h's wheel when he
wants to go out for a little spin.
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