The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 21, 1911, Image 5
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LANDS SOUTH
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Bradford Koapp Predicts a Great Fatire
far This Section
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CORN SHOW WAS GREAT
The H(?<1 of the United States Farm
Demonstration Work Delivers a
Most Kxcellent Address at the Hocent
Successful Corn Show Held in
Colombia.
"The progress has been so rapid
and the possibilities are so great that
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South Carolina are causing the people
of the North and West to look
"with amazement. The nation is commencing
to appreciate that there are
greater possibilities in the South than
In any other section of the country."
The above expression furnished the
keynote to an able address delivered
by Bradford Knapp, head of the United
States farm demonstration work
Friday, to the members of the Boys'
Corn clubs and farmers of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia,
who attended the corn exposition at
Columbia.
"The National Corn show, the
greatest agricultural exposition in
the world will bo held hero in January
of next year," said Dr. Knapp,
"and the holding of this exposition
will cause hundreds and thousands of
visitors to come to South Carolina
from the North, West and Middle
West. The strangers will be astonished
and astounded at the wonderful
progress that is being made
hero along agrlcultuial lines. There
is nothing in my mind of greater importance
to this section than the holding
of this great agricultural exposition
in South Carolina. I wish that
it wore possible for every farmer
in South Carolina a.nd other Southern
States to attend the exposition and
'measure themselves up with the farmers
attending from the West."
Dr. Knapp is a great agriculturist.
He is carrying to consummation
ihe. great work inaugurated by his
father, the late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp.
II* i? vitally interested in the development
of the South. He .'s particularly
interested in the progress that
is being made in South Carolina. Dr.
Knapp talked plainly to the farmers.
He told of the work that Is being
accomplished by the United States
farm demonstration work. He explained
that the work is constructive
and designed to make life more attractive
to the farmer by getting him
just what he should receive for his
efforts.
Dr. Knapp was delighted with the
South Atlantic States Corn exposition.
He said that exposition was a great
factor in educating the farmer along i
the right lines. He thought the exhibits
exceptionally fine.
In speaking of the results secured
as a result of the efforts of the farm
demonstration work and the State tie- i
pnrtment of agriculture, he said: <
"The yield per acre for the South i
Carolina corn crop last year was 18.6 ?
bushels per acre. The yield this year
was 18.2 bushels. The seasons were
adverse, and vet the decrease was nn- '
ly 4 per cent., which shows that the
edcuation campaign has not been in
vain.
He related how the annual production
of corn in this State had been increased
during the past several years
and especially how the yield per acre
had increased. He explained the object
of the farm demonstration department
and said that should the J
farmers follow the instructions given f
that it would mean thousands of dol- {
lars.
Land is Not Poor.
"All of your land is not poor down
here," said Dr. Knapp. "It may look 1
poor, but it is not. What a magni- ^
ficent opportunity for a young man in
the South and South Carolina!" ex- 1
claimed the speaker. 7
"T thinlr " "ho nnntininsrl "fhnt if T ''
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vlid not hare a position in Washington
and was not situated Just like I 0
a;n that I would coino down here and 0
launch my fortune. My advice to the
young men of South Carolina is to get 11
hold of a piece of farm land and hang
on to It. If a man does his work
right on the farm of this section he
v ill soon be independent.
Dr. Knapp thanked the farmers of
South Carolina for the hearty and
sincere cooperation received by the
farm demonstration agents. lie also ?
ex (ended thanks to assistance given
to the work by the State department
e! agriculture and Clemson college. ^
I'o said that all agencies working to
the completion of tho programme of
progress in South Carolina should co
opor.ate to a common end. ITo said
that he not only required the agents
of the department to give the farm- ,(
ers information along agrucltural
linos, but to help in the movement Sf
for better roads, schools and M
churches. "All of theso things." ho w
said,""go to make up the ideal conn- a
try life." al
The population of the United
States Is rapidly increasing," said the
speaker, "and it is the duty of every
man who owns land to take care of it. Si
It is his duty to the future genera- tr
tions. The development of the land S(
means that the source of all food sup- pi
plies Is kept up. The man who fails T1
to take care of kit land Is therefore bt
WILL RACE NO MORE
JOCKEY CLUB TO SELL SHEEPSHTAI)
BAY TRACK.
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When New York Voted Out Gambling
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at Horse Racing the Sport Was
Abandoned.
The New York World says that the
historic Sheepshead Bay race track
is to pass from the control of the
Coney Island Jockey Club was the
statement made Friday night by V. E.
Schaumberg, secretary of tho organization.
This is taken to mean that
the club's members have abandoned
all hope for the repeal of the Owners'
Liability law, which might put
racing in New York State again on a
firm basis.
Earlier in the day Mr. Schaumburg
appeared before the Tax Commissioners
in Brooklyn and asked that the
assessment placed upon the property
by them be reduced. The hearing
brought out the fact that at a meeting
of the Coney Island Jockey Club
on Monday a syndicate of capitalists,
headed by E. C. <M Fitzgerald and
David Michel, two Brooklyn real estate
brokers, were given an option on
the property. The price is said to be
$3,000,000.
The general opinion is that the
tract will be made into an athletic
Hold, especially adapted for automobiling,
aviation and motor boating.
The latter would be made possible by
allowing Gerretson'a Creek to flow
through the property. It is further
said that the prospective owners Intond
to construct a two-mile course
for autos, so that all the races of the
metropolitan circuit could be conducted
there. In addition there are
to bo salesrooms and an exhibition
hall.
It Is possible that the property will
be cut up into building lots. The
track contains about 43 0 acres in the
heart of Rheepshead Bay, a condition
that will make it valuable as a residential
section. Mr. Michel refused
to discuss the matter at all. Mr. Fitzgerald
said: "It is true that Mr.
Michel and I have an option on the
track. At present everything connected
with the matter is strictly confidential."
SHEEP WAR IS BEGUN.
Gentlemen Make Night Attack on
Flock and Kill Many.
Bear River valley, Colorado, is
aroused over what appears to be the
beginning of another sheep war similar
to that which 15 years ago resulted
in the deaths of a number of
men and thousands of sheep. The
opening slaughter came vi'hen 100
animals belonging to George Wooly
were killed near Craig, Col., at a
time when he was in Denver purchasing
3,000 to be pastured in the
valley which cattlemen regard as
their exclusive territory. The raid
was carefully planned, the men com
Ing to the ranch when a boy 15 years
of age was there alone. They had
cut all telephone wires and hence
their escape was easy.
POUR SHOT INTO EACH OTHER.
rwo Prominent Men Engage in Fatal
Shotgun Duel.
Standing twenty-five feet apart, Ul*ick
Langford and Ilenry Driggers
soured squirrel shot into each other
it L*aueue uity, i<i&M rriaay atterloon.
Driggera expired before he
!Ould be removed from the street,
ind Langford died a few hours later,
loth men had been drinking, and,
ollowing a quarrel, decided to shoot
t out. Both secured shotguns,
itepped off the distance, and at the 1
vord commenced firing. Driggers,
>artly disemboweled, fired the sec- 1
?nd shot which caused Langford's
eath while lying on the ground. Both '
nen are prominently connected.
n enemy to all society, and the man '
vho builds up his land confers an
verlasting benefit upon future genrations."
In speaking of the exposition he (
ointed out that more corn means *
lore live stock. He urged the farm- 1
rs to "live at home" and keep the
housands of dollars for food supplies
way from the West. (
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i iiih is* one 01 nit? iinesi corn 1
hows," said Dr. Knapp, following A
is address, "that I have ever attend- '
d. There is some excellent corn r
ere, and it only goes to show what (
le farmers of the South are capable v
f accomplishing. Ho also believes K
int the National Corn show will do
uich toward upbuilding the South.
Plunged to Her Death. i
Two little children of Mrs. :M. Al>n,
nil Aberden St., Chicago, saw
leir mother plunge to death from a 8
^cond-story window Wednesday. v
rs. Allen was leaning out of the *
indow while sho pinned clothes on 1
pulley line, when she lost her bailee
and fell.
Booze Was Cheeked Through. v
The Spartanburg Journal says r
ate Detective John Miller seized a 1
unk in the baggage room at the *1
juthern depot Tuesday, which was E
icked with 4 4 pints of whiskey, y
his booze was checked to Spartan- *
irg from Charleston. ti
DEMOCRATS SWEEP ARIZONA.
Elect Nearly All the Officers County
and State.
A dispatch from Phoenix, Arizona,
says the Democrat will place two
members in the United States Senate
and one member in the Mouse of
Representatives, a Governor at Phoenix,
and unless present indications
are materially changed will make a
clean sweep of the State ticket, as a
result of the first State election.
The Legislature will be more than
three-fourth Democratic, insuring the
election of Henry F. Ashhurt of Prescott
and Mark A. Smith of Tucson to
the Senate. Carl Hayden of Phoenix
was elected to Congress. George W.
P. Hunt of Globe was elected Gov
ernor.
Democratic State Chairman J. Bw
Birdno issued a statement Friday
night claiming the election of the
Democratic candidates by majorities
ranging from 1,500 to 2,000.
"The people of Aiizona simply refused
to indorse Taft's dictation as to
what kind of a constitution Arizona
should have," Mr. Birdno said, "and
while they voted to eliminate the recall
it will be returned at the proper
time."
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NAVY WON'T TAKE BANDITS.
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High-Born Boys, Who Committed
Bobberies, Defused.
One of the most remarkable scenes
ever witnessed in the County court in
Washington, Pa., came this week
when James It. Dudley, Eugene
Wheeler and Joseph Carter, all under
21 years of age, and all members of
prominent families, went before
Judge J. A. Mcllwaine and entered
formal pleas of guilty to a long list
of burglaries which had puzzled the
police for months.
When it became known recently
that the boys were ready to admit the
robberies a desperate effort was made
by attorneys and influential friends to
save the accused from prison. A tentative
arrangement, was reached by
which it was practically promised th?
boys would be let go if tboy enlisted
in the United States navy. The recruiting
station, however, refused to
accept them, and then the three
young men came before the court
and entered pleas. They were sentenced
to prisou.
terrible tragedy enacted.
Disappointed Dover Kills His Sweetheart
and Brothers.
A dispatch from Vienna, Austria,
says a terrible tragedy has taken
place at the house of a former official
in the ministry of justice, 'Baron
Holzknecht.
The teacher of his children, Chevalier
de Matkovich, aged 24, had asked
for the hand of the baron's daughter,
Marie, who is also 2 4 years of
age. The father refused the request.
Matkovich thereupon entered the
house in the absence of the father
and mother and shot Mario with a
revolver. He also killed her brother,
Robert, aged 21, and mortally wounded
another brother, George, aged 17,
who died shortly afterward. The
murderer then committed suicide
with the same revolver. The parents
returning home were met by a terrible
spectacle.
robbed near edgefield.
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Held Up by Bandits and Relieved of
Good Sum.
a special dispatch from Edgefield
to the Augusta Chronicle says that
Monday night about nine o'clock,
near I>og Creek on the Johnston road,
Mr. Jesse C. Turner was attacked by
several men while on his way from j
Augusta to his home in tho Harmony
section and robbed of the sum of
$4 87. It has been impossible to get
nt the real facts of the case; but, it
3eems that Mr. Turner was to Augus- i
la and received the amount of money
stated. He did not leave for Ills <
tiome till some time after dark, and i
was robbed at the place and of the j
11110unt stated. It is said that on ac- 1
lount of the darkness, Mr. Turner did <
lot recognize any of the assailants, j
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Children Were Kidnapped.
Marian and Margaret Holmes,
light, and ten years old, respectively,
he daughters of It. J. Holmes, a f
vealthy resident, of Downers Grove, i
11., were kidnapped and spirited (
iway in a large touring car while on i
heir way to school. The kidnapping \
vas witnessed by more than 100 I
chool children. f
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Humeri While Family Was Away.
The home of Pelham Craft, a Lexngton
county farmer, was burned
lown, with all Its contents, on Thurs- t
lay night. The family were away 1
ponding the night with relatives and n
/hen they returned home on Friday t
hey found only a bed of ashes whoro c
he house had stood. * f
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Went in Ladies' Room.
Fearing violenco to two negroes
rho confessed to entering the bed
oom of a young woman of Mansfield, ^
.a., some days ago, officers brought d
liem before a special session of court, r
ioth were sentenced to sorve twenty p
ears each In the penitentiary and v
rere hurried to Baton Rouge on a b
rain. j b
DROWNING JAPANESE SAIIiORS.
Went Down Singing Tlieir National
Anthem to the Dast.
Going to death singing the nationpi
anthem and shouting "banzeas"
for their emperor, 95 members of
the crew of Japanese torpedo boat destroyer
Herusamo went down with
the war vessel 011 November 24, according
to advices brought by the
steamer Panama Maru Friday to Victoria,
B. C.
Stories of the fifteen survivors, as
officially communicated to the admiralty,
by the commander of the destroyer
Isonamo, are dramatic. The
Harusamo, which was caught in a
hurricane in the inland sea, started
for Wakanour in distress, the vessel
swinging with force in the tremendous
sea. 1
The commander sought to make
Matoya island. The destroyer was
unmanageable, however, and an hour
later dashed on a reef. She slowly
foundered. When the end was near
the crew gathered at the bridge and
continued singing the national anthem
and shouting banzas until the
seas swept them away.
CHUM) MEETS AWFUL DEATH.
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Fell Into a Tub of Steaming Hot
Hoiling Cane Syrup.
Elton, the 3-year-old son of 'Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Light foot, living near
In alia, met a horrible death Friday
afternoon. Mr. Lightfoot was awfty
from home and Mrs. Light foot had
just taken off a boiling of syrup and
had left it to cooi in a large tub
while she cleaned bottles to put it in.
Unnoticed the little child who was
bringing the bottles to its mother,
fell into the tub, which contained 12
gallons of boiling hot syrup and was
scalded so badly tli<:t he died within
five hours despite the frantic efforts
of the family and the hastily summoned
physician to give relief.
LODGE ROOM WAS BURNED.
Because of Incendiary Work of Sonic
of Its Members.
The Anderson Mail says news was
received by it Friday of the burning
Wednesday night of the negro Odd
Fellows' hall on the place of Mr.
J. W. Bradberry, between Abbeville
and Lowndesville. Following the
burning of the barn of Mr. Bradberry,
four negroes were arrested early
Sunday morning, charged with the
crime, and one of the number admitted
that the four had been appointed
as a committee from the
lodge to do the job, because of Mr.
Bradberry's having given notice to
the lodge that they would have to
find a place of meeting elsewhere.
FIENDS FIRED INTO HOUSE.
Two Negroes Accused of Shooting Up
Farmer's Dwelling.
Two negroes giving their names
as Trapp and Johnson were lodged in
Winnsboro jail on charges ci shooting
into the house of Mr. Kohn, a
prominent farmer of the lower section
of the county. The negroes will
be given a preliminary hearing in a
few days. It is alleged that the
prisoners fired through the window
of the house. While none of the
shots struck anybody, Mrs. Kohn and
her infant child had a narrow escape.
The men are charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill.
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Posting Not Necessary.
Landowners are not compelled to (
"post" their lands, or advertise it in ,
Rome way, to keep off trespassers. |
Tho only reason why some of them ,
advertise their lands against tres- 1
passing, says the Newberry Observer, ,
is that they do not wish to deal harshly
with trespassers, and they hope j
that a notice of this kind will obviate
tho necessity. There are so many
kinds of hunters, that many farmers }
suffer, not only annoyance but loss j
from trespassers who roam over tho {
country in the davtime with a doer .
r w I
;ind gun and at night with a dog ^
iind torch, till forbearance ceases to
he a virtue. It is as little as any man
san do, if he wishes to do right, to j
set permission of a landowner before
hunting 011 his laud.
Killed by Cotton Hale.
Adam C. Troutman, a farmer living s
101110 miles from Statesville, N. C., |
ivas crushed to death beneath a bale ^
if cotton. Troutman and his son \
vero hauling cotton from a gin and y
vhen within a half mile of homo a }
iale 011 which ho was sitting toppled j
rom the wagon and he was caught |
icneath it. ^
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Chicago the Meeting Place.
The Republican National commit- t
ee, in quadriennial session at Wash- 1
ngton, Tuesday ratified the program a
rrangod in advanco for its deliboraions,
and decided that tho national r
onventi'on, to nominate candidates o
or president, which will bo had in ii
Chicago, beginning Tuesday, Juno IS. n
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Plunged to Certain Death. ii
Mounting to tho 10th floor of the s
lasonic Temple at Chicago on Tues- a
[ay, J. F. Greew, a machinist, (lis- t<
obed, crawled out on a beam and *
lunged to tho rotunda below. Death f'
^as instantaneous. In its fall the P
tody struck a man at a cigar stand,
reaking both his arms. f?
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BRUTAL MURDER
Negrt Farm Hands Killed Young Ceople
in Cltfcland Cenaty, N. C.
ONE OF THEM CONFESS
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Ijargo Crowd Gathers luid Peel in g
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Huns High When the Confession
Is Made Public, and the Murderers
Are Taken to Charlotte to Avoid
Lynching Bee.
Charged with one of the most brutal
murders ever committed in North
Carolina John and Hack Ross, brothers,
and Will Ross, their cousins, negroes,
were formally indicted by the
coroner's jury at the scene of their
awful crime in Cleveland County Friday
morning and hurried to the jail
at Charlotte to prevent a lynching,
which had been imminent ever since
one of the murderers confessed the
crime Friday morning.
The victims of the murderous
fiends were Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon,
a prominent and wealthy young
couple, who had not been married
[very long, and who were very popular
I with all their neighbors and friends.
Hundreds of quiet, but determined
farmers Hocked to Shelby, the county
seat, to attend the inquest. After
some delay it became whispered
around that the hearing had been
postponed, and the impatient citizens
began to wend their way toward the
jail.
Realizing the gravity of the situation,
the sheriff rang the court house
i bell and the crowd retraced its steps.
Then Judge Webb, the solicitor of
(lie district and others liaranged
them, pleading for law and order.
The coroner read the repoit of his
jury, assuring the spectators that the
right men were in custody and would
have speedy trial. Gov. Kitchin had
been appraised of the seriousness of
the situation, and early Friday afternoon
wired the country authorities
to remove the prisoners to Charlotte
jail, stating also that he would cali a
special term of Cleveland court to
try them.
The negroes were spirited away under
cover of dusk and landed in jail
at Charlotte Friday night. The murder
of the Dixons was one of
the most, atrocious in the State's
annal. He was called from his bed
Wednesday night and knocked in the
head with an axe, and, with the same
weapon, the murderers slew his wife
who lay asleep by the side of her tiny
infant. John Ross made a confession
to the sheriff, giving as the motive
for the double crime the fact that
Dixon held a mortgage on his mule.
Dixon was 30 years and his wife 23
years of age. 1
John Ross made his confession to
Sheriff Wilklns Thursday night about
9 o'clock. The negro had been unusually
restless for several hours and <
seemed to bo debating in. his own ]
mind whether or not he should stick t
tc his original story or tell the sheriff {
what he really knew of the crime. (
Finally, after he had refused to an- ,
swer the sheriff's question, he called (
to Mr. Wilkins and said that he wish- ?]
ed to make a clean breast of the mat- j
ter. i
Ross prefaced his story by brand- t
ing his former statement as a lie out r
ot the whole cloth. Mrs. IMxon did
not tell him, when she beckoned to c
him and old Major Stroud from the _
window, that two white men had call- *
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e?(1 her husbaml out to help pot a s
mule out of the ditch and he did not j
boo two strange white men when he ^
passed the barn. He did see a man (!
fit the barn, however, and this man r
was Will ltoss, his cousin. He also ^
3aw the dead body of Mr. Dixon lying
in front of the barn. j
Will Ross, so John's confession j
?oes, met him at the barn and admitted
that he did the killing, warn- t
ng John that he would kill him if he r
mid anything about what ho (Will) n
lad told him. Will said that Mr. J,
Dixon had a mortgage on his mule v
ind that he was unable to prevent a r]
'oreclosure; that Mr. Dixon had ta- j,
cen a cow from him the year before c
ind he was determined that he should ^
lot get his mule. a
So ho planned to commit murder in
irder to get the mortgage and deitroy
it, believing that ho would then
;e in safe possession of the niulo. ITo
vent to the Dixon home in the dead *
lours of the night and called to the ?
oung husband to come out and help '
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nut Kfi him mine oui 01 a uircn. Mr.
)ixon dressed and came out and the s1
wo men started towards the barn. 01
Vill safd ho did not get a chance to ?
trike Mr. Dixon with the axe he had ?
licked lip for that purpose, and when
hey neared the barn lie said to Mr.
)ixon that they would need two
xes. tl
Mr. Dixon turned his head for a ni
ocond and pointed to where anothi*
axe was to bo found, and on turn- tl
ug back towards the negro he was w
let with a crushing blow on the left
&mplo, the blunt side of the axe he- jo
ig used. Mr. Dlxou went down intantly
and Ttoss made a hasty exmlnatton
of his pockets, hut failed
locate the desired mortgage. Foil- ec
d here, he rushed in the house in a
urther search for the much-wanted R
aper. at
Mrs. Dixon was awakened and, cl
taring that she would recognize him, bi
spm
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SPLIT IN THE PARTY
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REPUBLICAN PARTY THREAT*
KXKI) WITH SERIOUS RUPTURE.
Now York Chairman Barneo Says Ha
Believes Roosevelt is Scheming to
Become Dictator.
Chairman William Barnes. Jr., of
the New York Republican State committee,
was quoted Thursday as saying:
1 believe Roosevelt has been
scheming to become dictator, and ho
may succeed yet.
"Thn nrncnti f nr-Hnw /\# a Tnft
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administration in regard to the trust
problem is destruction. Rusiness ia
and will be at a standstill until some
solution of this problem is found.
"1 am disgusted and I am about
ready to go out and join a movement
to form a third party."
When a reporter asked Chairman
Rarnes to discuss in even more detail
the points on which he was
quoted in the afternoon papers, he
said:
"I authorized no such interview to
anybody. I am trying to find out just
what Republicanism means. When I
find out I shall have something to
say. I have 110 candidate for president.
The party platform is of the
first consideration. When we know
what that is to be we can pick a
candidate to stand upon it. That ia
all."
Mr. Rarnes when asked whether he
thought that if President Taft were
nominated he could carry New York
state, replied:
"You can't catch me on that hook.
I am not in the business of making
long distance productions as to the
probability of the elections of men
not yet nominated."
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mi. names men was asKeel IT Ho
thought President Taft would be renominated.
lie sat back in his chair
for a full minute without saying a
word, puffing a cigarette and looking
contemplatively out of the window.
"How unwise he was," he said, "to
mako that* long trip and talk so
much. Anybody who talks so much
is bound to make blunders. Look at
Wilson when ho made that speech
about having taught the Princeton
students for years that the initiative
referendum and recall were nonsense
but had realized that he was mistaken.
Why, if Wilson ran for president
I'd blazen that statement on every
fence in the country and laugh him
out of court."
Barnes is lining up the Republican
states committee against Roosevelt,
and is doing his utmost to send an
uninstructed but anti-Roosevell delegation
to Chicago.
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ARRESTED IN CHARLESTON.
Two Men Suspected of Holding Up
Train at Hnrdeeville.
George Beaureguard, William
Spencer and O.K. Irby, all white, arrested
at Ashley Junction, Just outilde
of Charleston Thursday evening,
ire being held in the county jail at
Charleston on the suspicion that they
nay be the men who held up the
Coast Line flyer near Hardeeville on
Tuesday morning. Beaureguard, who
3 short and stout, and Spencer, who
a tall and thin, appear to answer to
he meagre description of the train
obbers. Post office inspectors have
>een notified and will look the men
>ver.
bo negro dealt her a blow with the
ame instrument that had felled her
lusband. He then failed to discover
he mortgage. Realizing that his
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eturned to him home and later came
>ack to the scene of his crime to see,
iccording to his story as told by John
toss, if anybody had found out what
ie had done.
John Ross, so ho alleges, then went
o Mr. T. D. Dixon's, father of the
nurdered man, and gave the alarm,
nd while John was gono it is the
;cneral belief that Will once more
yent to the house and sent the young
aother to join her husband in the
and beyond, striking her twice in the
enter of the forehead, first with the
lade and again with the pall of the
xe.
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Dozen Horses Burned.
The Augusta Chronicle says ten
housand dollars worth of valuable
orses were lost hi a flro at the Fair
rounds about 4 o'clock when the
ig barn 011 the far side of the grandtand,
nearest the canal was destroyd!
Eleven of the horses were tltorughbreds
owned by Geo. M. Burke,
f Williamsburg, Ga.
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Telephone Lineman Killed.
J. H. Harrison, aged 37, lineman of
10 Southern Bell Telephone compa1.
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y, infi 1110 ui'tuii euuuuiujr III ojiarnburg
on Tuesday while 40 feet in
;o air. It is a matter of doubt
hether ho was electrocuted or died
om epilepsy, to which ho was subct.
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Dies From Auto Injury.
Mrs. O. S. Kuhns, who was knock1
down by an automobile driven by
lady on tho cornor of Bull and
roughton Strets, Savannah, Monday
tornoon, died shortly before 2 o*ock
Tuesday of concussion of th*
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