The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, October 08, 1914, Image 1
Gives Pickens County Ne I11 H . PICKESI oroeapf
Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, S. C. as second class mal' matter, under aet ofCongress of March 3, 1879
PUBLISHED WEEKLY __
- Ob S CPICKENS, S. C.,IOCTOBER 8,P
Establishe
McCollum Will Be
Electrocuted Oct..30
The trial which attracted most
attention at the present term of
court in Pickens was the cake of
Statt Ivs. Floyd McCollum,
col6red, hp rged with rape and
murajr.: he trial began and ,
was ftnished Wednesday morn
ing. Jlhe negro was arraigned
only on one charge, and as he
was seMnced to the electric
chair for tat it was useless to
try him on tha other. He was
tried for rape, arul after being
out a very few minutes the jury
found him guilty and the judge
sentenced him to die in the elec
tric chair October 30, 1914.
Quite a dramatic scene oc
curred when the victim of the
negro, a white woman, was on
the witness stand. When the
solicitor asked hf r if the negro
in the prisoner's dock was the
guilty one she looked at the pris
oner and went into hysterics,
crying "Yes, my God, yes," and
began crying and calling for her
mother. She was taken from I
the court room to her mother
and was soon calm again. The
negro was moved to the other
side of the court room and the
witness resumed the stand.
The-breakdowrwof the witness
electrified thee'fowd,which filled
m, and one move
the audience would
probably have precipitated a
riot, but the crowd- remained
*orderly and immediately the
judge asked that all gentlemen
leave the court room so as not to
embarrass the witnesses. Every
person not connected with the
trial left immediately and or
derly.
As soon as the verdict was
reached and senter ce passed the
judge ordered the court crier to
call the pecple back up, and
while they were coming up the
front steps officers slipned the
negro down the back way and
sped to Greenville with him. He
was taken from Greenville to
Columbia Wednesday night. The
negro was glad to get out of
Pickens, but it is not likely that
any bodily harm would have
been done him. The immense
crowd in town at the time ac
- quitted themselves splendidly,
like Pickens county people al
ways do.
Better Late Than Never
The Pickens Association met
with the church at Cross Roads
Sept. 16. The opening sermon
was delivered by Rev. J. E. Fos
ter. It was a short -and earnest
appeal for a higher and better
life.
The association was called to
order by former Moderator Bro.
J. C. Garrett, and in the reor
ganization Hon. C. E. RobinsonI
was elected moderator and the
same clerk re-elected, Prof. J.T.
Robinson. Cross Roads, as she
always does, entertained in
bandsonme style: plenty to eat
and a heprty welcome to all.
Reg.T. J. Watts, our new sec
retary of Sunday schools in the
state, was present and made
some good speeches. Bro. Watts
-was brought up in the Roman
Catholic church and he knows
what it msans to train the young.
He will no doubt be a great help
to the Sunday school work in
the state.
Revival at Easley
The union services which be
gan in the Presbyterian church
.on Monday evening, Sept. 21st,
closed on Monday night last.
The services were well attended
throuighout the week by the
church going-going people of
the city and community of all
denominations. Dr. Bryan prov
ed to be an earnest and indefa
tigable worker for the salvation
of souls. His sermons .were
listened to with much interest
and his efforts were rewarded
by the addition of some sixty
members to the rolls of the
churches of the city. Eternity
alone can tell the good that the
weeks service has done for the
people of Easley and vicinity
Easley Progress.
The Buy-a-Bale-ot-Cotton
Movement seems to appeal to
everybody; and from informa
tion received is spreading like
wildfire. We are advised from
some sections that it is already
having its effect on prices.
Practically all the commercial
bodies throughout the country
are forming clubs, and when the
entire machinery begins to work
4smoothly we look for somestart
ling results. Thousands of peo
ple are buying a bale of cotton
who never saw one in their lives.,
and never thought of making
such a purchase.
Court adjourned last Wednes-:
day, immediately after the trial
of Floyd McCollum, until Mon
morning, all the criminal
~ng been disposed of
aes being ready
nvening at ten!
morning work
oivil business,
take up thel
FRANCE ALMOST
RID OF GERMAW
Kaiser's Armies Have Been Pushed Bac
in France Close- To the Border
of Belgium.
GERMANS ATTACK ANTWERI
Belgian Forts Are Holding Out Againa
The Great Siege Guns of
the Germans.
The Russians have attacked Przen
yl, the last Austrian stronghold i:
lalicia, and according to reports fror
Petrograd two of the forts have bee:
,aken. The Austrians are fighting de.
perately, but the odds are greatl
igainst them. The siege of Antwer
:ontinues. The plucky Belgians hav
;ucceeded in holding their own agains
he German soldiers. So far the fort
urrounding the city have been able t
withstand the shells from the Gel
mans' great siege guns. King Alberi
f Belgium, is prepared to flee to Enj
land in the event of the fall oflhe city
Antwerp is considered one of th
strongest fortified cities in the worl
and much interest is being manifeste
in the attack of the Germans on th
:ity.
According to the latest dispatche
Irom Paris and London t.. Angl<
French armies have almost succeede
in driving the Germans entirely frox
.he French soil. The left wing of th
llied army is said to be within thirt
niles of the Belgian border. On th
ight wing the allies are reported to b
;aining steadily pushing the German
before them. In the center ther
seems to be a lull in the trenches o
oth the allies and the Germans. Th
battle of the Aisne, as it is called
thugh the great armies are not
ghting- a great distance north of thi
river, will probably not end until thi
lermans have been driven out 0
rance into Belgium.
Battle of Aisne Continues.
For three weeks the fate of the bal
tle of the Aisne has hung in the bal
nce. Along the great battle line
which extends over a hundred mile:
in length, thousands of men fough
with the desperation of demons. Thou
sands of lives were sacrificed by thi
pposing armies in their efforts to gai
in advantage over their aggressors. A
different points where the fighting wa
in progress success was won first b:
Dne side and then the other, but a
no time was any permanent advantagi
gained by either of the great armies.
Soldiers Fight Day and Night.
Every art knowni to modern war
fare was resorted to by the command
ers of the German and allied armies
rhe suffering -by the men. In both a
nies was indescribable. During th,
:hree weeks the' fighting continued da;
Ld night. After a day of hard fight
ng night came with its terrors. Th
soldiers slept at short intervals witl
their guns at their sides ready t'
spring into action when the alarm wa
given. Then cold, chilling rains addel
to the suffering of the fighting met
Their clothes were soaked and thel
trenches filled with water.
Germany Fighting Two Wars
These have been trying days for th
German empire. While their armle
have been battling against the allie
on the northern frontier of France re
sisting the desperate onslaughtsC
heir enemies another great menac
oomed up in east Prussia, when th
Russians began a victorious campaig
against the German army corps di
ending the eastern frontier of Prm:
sia. The complete failure of the Au:
rian armies to check the Russian a.
ries in Galicia also proved a bitte
isappointmenlt to the Germans. Whe:
te kaiser learned of the Russians ai
vance in east Prussia he rushed ever
savalable soldier from Belgium an
rance to defend his own country froi
nvasion by a dreaded foe.
In Poland the Germans and Ru;
sans have been in continuous batti
for the past week with a slight advar
tage to the Russians. It has bee
the endeavor of the German troops i
Poland to push the Russians backwar
and force them to withdraw into Rui
sian Poland. In Galicia the Russian
seem to have almost rid that countr
of Australian troops who have retrea
ed south of the Carpathian mountaint
where the Russians are puiluing then
It is reported that the Russians hav
captured large quantities of guns, an
munition, army automobiles and pr<
visions from the Austrians.
German Women Give Gold
Rome.-The women of German:
according to reports received her<
are busily at work preparing woole
garments for the soldiers in the batti
line. The reports also state that
committee of women has been forme
for the purpose of inducing the w~n
en of Germany to give up their go]
ornaments with the idea of transforn
ing them into money with which t
buy arms. Each woman receives i
exchange for her gold ornaments a
iron ring inscribed with the words
gave gold for this."
British Buy The "America"
New York.-Ujnder cover of darknes
the America, said to be the world
most powerful aeroplane, was loade
n the steamship Mauretania and no
Is being taken across the Atlantic t
be used by the British government fc
war service. The America was bul
or a trans-Atlantic flight and wou]
have been piloted by Lieut. John (
Porte ,a British naval lieutenant. Th
America and two other aeroplane
were brought here on a special traic
Birthday Dinner
There will be a birthday dirl
ner Tuesday. October 13, at th
llomel of Mr. Warren Simmons
f the T welve Mile camp groun
ect~ion, in honor of Mrs. Mag
ret Simmons. Everybody, es
pecially relatives of Mrs. Sin
mons. cordially invited to atten
Ihe linner.
LIE QUARTER MILE
FROM GERMAN'LII
ENTRENCHED IN COMPARATI
SAFETY, FORCES AWAIT AT
TACKS OF ALLIES.
t1POINT HAS BEEN GAINI
British and Frenoh Feel That Vict
- Is Certain Since March on Pari:
Has Been Stayed.
On the battle front, via Pasis.
thrill was in the air all along the
tended allied lines today. The Frez
and British troops who for more tI
e a fortnight have been in closest c
t tact with the Germans, felt they 1
s accomplished their hard task of p
venting the Germans from break
through the human barrier erected
tween them and Paris, their main
Jective, and that this meant event
victory for the allies.
The lines of trenches made the I
I tle front appear like deeply scar
e fields. The allies, who quick lear
the lesson of burrowing, face the C
s mans within quarter of mile at so
s places. Their field entrenchments
i for admirable shelter from the C
: man artillery which qonsequently
e duces their casualties and permits
F allies to await in comparative saf
a the Germans attacks which must
a made across the open and often
s terrible cost.
3 The fury of the German onslau
f was unabated today, especially on
3 western wing, but their every eff
was met with vigor by the allies, %
seemed to vie with each other in us
all their strength and courage agai
a the attackers.
The scene of the most violent
tacks changes day by day. The C
mans finding it impossible to pe
trate the allied lines in the vicit
of Rheims and Soissons, quickly tra
ported many of their divisions furt
northwest and hurled them agal
t Roye.
The allies' great turning movem
continued today and their west
t wing extended toward Arras. Repo
from the other end of the line
s the allies to be slow but sure. H
dreds of German prisoners fell i
the hands of the allies at every pc
and it was remarked that the major
were Bavarians who seem to h
been promineiit In the front of
German attack.
Spies are so numerous along
front that orders- have been issi
stating that any German in civil
dress encountered will be conside
a spy and those furnishing him vw
clothes will be regarded as acc
1plices.
s ALLIES' EFFFORTS REPULSEI
i. Attempts of French to Break Throl
r German Lines Have Been
Evaded.
Berlin, by wire'less to Sayville, I
e --According to announcement m
s here the great battle in France is
s undecided. The Germans are desc
ed as hammering the French positi
at numerous points by their heavy
e tilery.' '
e The attempts of the allies to br
a through the German lines are said
~have been repulsed. The heav
~losses have been in the Argonne
Igion. The Germans are asserted
be making steady progress.
r In the fighting before Antwerp
a German artillery is reported as I
I' ing silenced two of the Belgian fo
i German troops are said to have<
Stured 30 aeroplanes sent from Fra
'a to Belgium.
In the eastern arena of the
Sthe Russian offensive movement fi
e the Niemen river against the Germ
~in the province of Suvalki is decla
to have failed. It is officially rep
n ed that the Russian fortress at 0;
dwetz, in Russian'* Poland, was b
barded by the Germans until Sept
S ber 25.
.The fighting in France, the si
of Antwerp and the offensive op<
~tions under General von Hindenb4
all going on at the same time,
e taken in Berlin to indicate that
German army is not licking in mi
Germans Lose in Poland.
London.-A dispatch to The Cen
News from Rome says: "The I
sian embassy here has issued a c
munication announcing that the (
Smans have suffered a terrible del
a in the provinces of Lodz and Suwa
d Russian Poland. The Germans w
attacked with extreme violence;
d compelled to flee from Suvalki, Os
Swill and other towns, leaving bell
o great quantities of transports:
Sguns. Their troops threw away ri
a and baggage. Numerous cannon w
Sabandoned.
Dresden Reported Sunk.
New York.--A rumor that the (
s man cruiser Dresden had been si
s by the British cruisers Glasgow:
dl Good Hope was brought here by j
a sengers on the steamer Japan
SPrince which arrived from So
American ports. Th~is rumor, the
asengers said, was current in Pern;
tbuco on September 17. Fifteen (
d man vessels, it was said, are in 1
3nambuco harbor, fearing to vent
e out because of the reported prese
a of British cruisers outside theJarl
All Day Singing at Mt. Tabo
There will be an all day sil
-ing at Mt. Tabor church, ei;
e miles east of Pickens, the fou
Sunday in October. Everybc
is cordially inyited to come f
bring song bocks and well fl
d Mr. Cartee lof Liberty visi
J. M. Gantt las&uveek.
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Allies Winning At Aisne
rht Washington.-The turning move
.he ment of the allied armies in northern
rt Franze has brought the extreme of
ho their left wing about thirty miles from
ng ,he Belgian frontier.
1st An official- statement issued by the
French war office says that part of the
at- battle line stretching generally north
er- and south has been extended north to
ne- & point south of Arras. This line, on
ty which the allies ar; attempting to en
s- velop the German right wing under
er Gen. Von Kluck, has been pushed
ist gradually toward the Belgian border,
;s the Germans widened their front
Bnt in defense until it extends some fifty
rn five miles from the angle that rests
rts on Tracy-le-Mont.
on Terrific fighting continues on the al
un- lies' left wing, according to the Paris
to statement, the most severe struggle be
int ing in the region of Roye, a town 26
ity miles east of Amiens and about mid
,ve way on this battle line. Here the Ger
the mans have concentrated strong forces,
probably with the purpose of breaking
the through the front of 'the allies and iso
ied lating the forces to the north.
an The Paris statement adds that the
-ed Germans attempted to bridge the
th Meuse near St. Mihiel, but their pon
m- toons were destroyed. French claims
of slight progress in the Woevre dis
trict are recorded as minor engage
ments at variousjoints in front ex
' tending east and west. -
agh Shelling of Rheims Continues
London.-Thie Rheims correspond
Lent of the Exchange Telegraph compa
ny sends this story of the continued
de bombardrpent of Rheims:
till "The b'ombardment of Rheims still
rib- continues. The city has now been un
ms der fire of the'German guns for sixteen
ar- days, and in every part of the city the
whistle of shells is heard as well as
ak the loud reports of their explosion,
to wrecking buildings in every quarter.
est "The fire is no longer being directed
re- on the cathedral, although four shells
to dropped through the shattered roof
and exploded in the ruined interior.
the Brussels Faces A Famine
av- London.-Seven hundred thousand
r-s persons in Brussels are facing starva
ap tin according to Hugh Gibson, the
rice secretary of the American embassy
there, who is now in this city. The
-ar supply of flour in the Belgian capital
011 will be exhausted and other staples
nns are virtually all consumed. The last
red apportionment of flour to the citizens
rt- of Brussels will be given out later.
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m-Italy Prepared For War
m London.-The report that the 1885,
1886 and 1888 classes of Italian re
ge serves will be called to the colors ear
ra- ly in October has been confirmed by
rg, several Italian newspapers, according
are to the correspondent of the London
the Daily Mail at Venice. Eleven first cat
l. egory classes will then be under the
flag and will total 1,390,000 men.
:ral Invaders Have Trying Times
us- London.-A picture of the sufferings
)m- of the German troops, cramped in un
er- derground trenches and galleries along
eat the Aisne river, is given by the Paris
Iki, correspondent of the Daily Mail. He
ere says that the autumnal weather with
nd its damp- nights and bitterly cold
Lro- dawns, is extremely trying. If the
nd men step from their trenches to the
nd level ground they do so at the risk
les of their lives. At night every German
ere soldier must be at his post in the
narrow ditch, sleeping as best he may,
with his rifle at his side.
e- Exchange of Prisoner Begun
London.-The British and German
ink government have begun exchanging
d lists of prisoners of war through the
as- the American Ambassador Page, pre
ese paratory to arranging an actual ex
ath change.
mm- Germany's Army Of Unemployed
er- Geneva.-A report received here
'er- from Municlg estimates that 2,000,000
ore men and women are idle in Germany
ice and that the number of unemployed is
or. increasing daily. Lack of raw material,
it is said, is the cause
rOne of the most pleasant
g- meetings of the Entre Nous
ht club was the one held at the
'th home of Mrs. G. R. Hendricks
d on Wednesday afternoon. An
nd unusually large number of the
led members were present beside
several visitors. Miss Hoyle
Skinner assisited Mrs. Hendricks
ed in serving a delicious salad
WEEK'S NEWS
STORIES RETOLD'
Events That Made a Stir Con-I
densed to a Paragraph.
WHAT WASHINGTON IS DOING
News of Interest That Trickles From
the White House and the Various
Departments-Catalogue of
Crimes and Casualties,
I WarBulletins =
The German cruiser Emden was re
ported to have sunk five British ships
in the Indian Ocean. Some time ago
she sank six in the Bay of Bengal.
Every man, wo4n and child left
Alost, Belgium, as the Germans
- reached the city, in the hope that
the. .city would not be destroyed, as
was Termonde.
.Women refugees from Strassburg
reported that the garrisons there had
been ordered reduced, so as -to send
a available troops to reinforce the
Gtrinans along the Aisne.
A dispatch from Rome says that
300,000 troops have been assembled
at Pola, the great naval port of Aus
tria, and that thorough preparations
have been made .against an attack
from sea.
The Japanese forces continue their
progress toward Kiao-Chau. The Ger
man outposts of Esing-tau have been
driven toward the main body, and the
1 Japanese Army is now within a short
march of that force.
it Japanese troops defeated Germans
in a minor engagement on -the out
skirts of Tsing-Tao, and captured
a Pie-Ho, in the Giao-Chau campaign.
n It was officially announced that Jar
oslaw, the Austrian fortress on the
San, north of Premysl, was taken by
e- direct assault and was not surrender
e- ed by the Austrians.
Survivors of the naval disaster in
the North Sea, by which England lost
three armored cruisers, the Aboukir,
Hogue and Cressy, number but 511 out
of a total complement of 2100 sailors
I and 165 officers.
The Germag Admiralty reports that
the destruction of the British cruisers
was accomplished by submarine U-9
single handed.
iWashington
di Amended rivers an'd harbors bill,
carrying $20,009,000 appropriation.
passed by -the House and now goes
to the President for his approval.
1 Presidest Wilson intends to with
I draw Federal troops from Colorado
t unless the coal operators accede to
his three-year t-ruce plan.
President Wilson watched Lincoln
Beachey, the aviator, loop-the-loop
nover the White House lawn. The
'President expressed it- as "wonderful.
'but startlingly reckless."
President Wilson signed the Trade
Commission bill. He announced sev
eral weeks ago that he would not
eappoint the members of the Commis
sion until the December session of
SCongress.
~Representative Hardw~ick of Geor
gia, announced his resignation from
the House. He has been elected
United States Senator.
President Wilson approved the Red
Cross plan for making special. collec
tions for European relief work in
churches on October 4, "Peace Sun
mday."
General
Four directors of New York, New
SHaven and Hartfoi-d Railroad Coin
Spany, including William Rockefeller,
resign at board meeting in New York
City.
mWilliam Warren, a telephone line
tman . of Cliftori, N. J., was killed
Swhen a pole he was working on feil,
pinning him underneath.
Francisco Lopez, postmaster of
~Anasco, P~orto Rico, was arrested, a
rshortage of about $20,000 being dis
covered in his accounts.
~Dr. J. E. Morrison, of Boulder, 90
tyears' old, has registered for admis
ssion at the University of Colorado.
dHe will study electrical engineering.
pCongressman Jacob A. Cantor of
New York introduced a bill asking
for an appropriation of $500,000 for
.improving Hell Gate and the East
heriver.
iF. G. Morse of Chicago, and his
gson, H. Julian Morse, were killed
swhen their automobile struck an em
tbankmnent and overturned at Walling
eford, Conn.
hThrzee armed burglars robbed the
-First National Bank, of Baxter
sSprings, Kan., of $8,542 in god, after
a- locking the cashier and tw~ o depositors
rin the bank's vault and leaving them
sthere.
Harvard University opened its 279th
year. The number of students is ap
proximately 5,000.
aThe weather at Lynn, Mass., was so
ocold that the public schools were or
sdered closed by the Board of Educa
dtion.
OMr. Joseph Stone, 30 years old, of
oChampaign, Ill., and her four children
elost their lives when fire destroyed
ditheir farm house.
- Charles Dugantie was killed and
5and three other persons injured when
nan operator's box, under construction
1.in a Brooklyn motion picture theatre,
'-collapsed.
* Much Cotton Ginned
In Pickens county up to Sep
ktember 25, 1914, there had been
tginned 1,812 bales of cotton. At
- the same time last year there
as had been ginned 196 bales, a
- gain of 1,616 bales for this year.
Very little-cotton has been sold
in thinconty so far this sesn.
IRRESPONDENT!
OUIS REPUBLIC.
Amsterdam.-The Germans has
commenced their attack on the fir.
line of defense of Antwerp, accor
ing to dispatches received by the A!
sterdam papers. Moll, an importar
railway junction near the Dutch bo
der, was occupied by the Ge:man
who again occupy Malines, began
bombardment of Lierre, directly i
front of Antwerp., They also contil
ued their bombardment of Fori
Waehel and St. Catharine. It is b
lieved heavy Austrian artillery is b
ing jused.
Lierre, according to a message
the Handelsblad, has been under she
fire some time. The people at first hi
in the celers, but subsequently fie
to Antwerp, being joined by fugitiv(
from the surrounding villages. It
reported that' one shell fell on a ho
pital, killing nine persons.
German Naval Reserves Ready
More than twenty-five thousand Ge
man naval reserves have been broug]
from Kiel and Hamburg to Brusse
and are held in readiness to serve c
the improvised German fleet shou]
.Antwerp and Ostend be taken.
As a' direct result of this move ti
British autholities along the Schel
have increased their watchfulness, f4
during a siege of Antwerp Englar
might like to send reinforcemen
through the Dutch Schledt, whii
would be a breach of neutrality, whi
on the other hand a German victol
would bring danger of ab attemptc
the part of Germany to use the moul
of the Scheldt as a base from whi<
to attack the British naval forces
the North sea.
World's Strongest Forts
The fortifications- of Antwerp al
reckoned among the strongest in ti
world. In 1860, twenty-eight ga:
after the taking of the city by 2ngia
and French troops, Brialmont, ti
noted Belgian builder, supervised tl
refortification of the city and sini
1877 it has had a line of forts well o1
from the inner defenses. In 1907 tl
government decided to do away wil
the inner line of walls and replai
them with an inner line of forts<
the right bank of the Scheldt.
The greatest importance is attach.
to the outer works. They consist
part of new fortifications, in part
old forts rebuilt. The work was la
gun in 1913. It is probable that tb
ideal was realized and that the for
ficaton system Is now practically col
plete.
The outer chain of forts lies frc
ten to eleven miles outside the ci
and has a front of about eighty mili
Mayor Of Brussels Arrested
London.-Burgomaster Max of Bri
sels, who was arrested on t~he ord
of the German military governor
the charge that he had ordered ti
banks to refuse to pay an installme
of the indemnity which was due, h
been released, according to an Oste>
dispatch to the Exchange Telegra]
German People Are Isolated
Berlin.-The cutting of German st
marine cables, the censorship and t
exclusion of foreign newspapers fr(
the empire have resulted In shutti
out from Germany virtually all ne
of the outside world. For the pa
three days the Berlin newspapers ha
been carrying full descriptions oft
architectural details of the Rheims<
thedral, while in the last sixteen da
only three places have been specific
ly mentioned In the government w'
bulletin. These are Noyon, Rheh
and Chauteau Brimond.
German's War Fund Enormous
Berlin.-Respons~e of the Germ
public to the government's efforts
raise a war fund of five billion mar
($1,250,000.000), has, it is assert
here, removed all anxiety the nati
may have had regarding its ability
meet financial obligations due tot
war. Originally the reichstag allow
a war credit of five billion marks in
diton to the war treasure, and of ti
amount 4,500,000,000 marks has be
subscribe~d by the public withc
straining seriously the financia!.:
sources of the empire.
Mrs. H. A. Nealey's two si
ters. Misses Newton, of Senec
spent the week-end with her.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Roal
and Dr. and Mrs. Valley spe
Friday fishing in the mountait
Miss Hoyle Skinner who h
been visiting Mrs. G. R. He
dricks has returned to her hor
n Norcross, Ga.
Greenville Deputy
Sheriff is-Killed
Deputy Sheriff J. F. Lindsey
was shot and almost instantly
killed Monday morning at 4:30
o'clock by W. F. Chadwick in
the Dunean Mill village just
outside of the Greenville city
limits. The killing occured at
the home of Chadwick's wife
and it was to protect the latter
that Lindsey was in the house.
Chadwick left his home some
ago and went to Georgia. Sun
day night he returned and be-.
gan to abuse his wife, attempt
ing to run her away from home..
Deputy Lindsey was summoned,
and when he entered the house
Chadwjck opened fire on him,
killing -him almost instantly.,
Chadwick then beat a hasty re
treat from the house and has
not been captured.
Automobile parties are scour
ing the country for him and o'f
ficers of every near-by city and
town have been wired to be on
the lookout for him.
Chadwick is about 35 years of
age. Lindsey had been officer
of the law for sometime. -
The killing caused consider
ably excitement in the Dunean
village.
Marietta Route 2
Miss Elizabeth Mauldin spent
the latter part of last week with
homefolks.
Mrs. W. R. Hicks spent a
recent Sunday with Mrs. Daniel
McJunkin.
Capt. W. M. Jones and daugh
ter, Miss Leila, spent the 27th,
ult. at the home of H. L. Jones.
Miss Anna Hughes spent iast
week with .er-father, J.G
Hughes, of t% .Mt. Ta
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fendley
visited their son, Mr. John
Fendley and family Sunday
last.
The Sunday school at Mt.
Tabor is progressing very nicely
with Mr. Chapman as superin
tendent.
Rev. J. E. Foster filled his
regular apdbintment at Mt.
Tabor last Sunday and delivered
a fine sermon.
Miss Clovie Williams spent a
night last week with ber frkiends,
Misses Florence and Lillie Suth
erland, and report a fine time.
Messrs. John Hendricks, J.
C. Cox and George Williams,
with their families, dined at the.
homne of Mr. Dock Chapman
last Sunday.
-Health in this. community is
very good, except that some of
us are tired picking cotton.
There sure is plenty of cotton
aronud here to pick.
The new residence-of H. L.
Jones is now completet and his
family can once more be at ~
home. It was built where his
old home was recently burned.
Mrs. R. 8. Whitmire, of the
Pleasant Grove section, spent
last week with her grand
daughter. Mrs. L. G. Elrod.
Altho Aunt Beckie is very old
she is unusually stout.
LOS'r DARLING.
Ownership of Pick
ens County Homes
..The United States Census De
partment at Washington has
just issued a bulletin dealing
with the ownership of Pickens.
county homes. The important
facts contained in the bulletin in*
the bulletin relatiye to this
county are as follows:
There are 5003 homes in Pick
ens county.
Of this number 3330 are farm
homes.
Nine hundred and twenty-two s
of the farm homes are owned by
their occupants and are free of
mortgaged incumibrance.
The mortgaged farm homes
number 394.
Renters occupy 1994 farm
homes in this -county.
Out of a total of 5003 homes
in the county 1673 are urban
homes.
There are 357 urban home
owners in the county.
Of this number 86 are miort
gaged.
Two hundred and seventy-on
of the -urban owned homes are
free of incumbrance.
There are 1222 rented ur
homes in the county. Y
The census enume'ratorsW
unable to secure dafi pe
to the ownership of a sma1BM)
centage of: both the ro
urban homes in this count
All Day Singing at
The Pickens townships
convention will meet with
fin church the fourth S
Cctober, 25th, at ten o'c
last the balance of the da
great time is expected andC
body, especially singers,
vited to attend. Bring f
song books and well fill
ets and let us have a a
S. P. FREEMAN~
Deadlock over place of playing
Army and Navy football game likely
to -result in abandonment of annual
contest, as recommended to West
Point by Secretary Garrison.
Military surgeons of the United
States met at Cincinnati, in their
twenty-third annual convention.
John B. Hendrickson of Brooklyn,
is cut off with one cent by the will
of his wife. The estate is divided
among her four children.
Florence Cope, an 18-year-old girl
of Buckingham Valley, Pa., was shot
and killed by her uncle, John Cope,
while defending her mother.
Twenty thousand pieces of suffrage
literature were scattered over Phila
delphia and surrounding towns from
the balloon "Greater Philadelphia." -
*Nine of the twelve Kentucky coun
ties in which local option elections
were held voted "dry." This election
leaves 14 of 120 counties in .the State
"wet."
About 40 guests had narrow escapes
when flames- destroyed the Canfield
Hotel, a three-story frame building
at Canaan, Conn. The damage was
$26,000.
Charles S. Mellen, former president
of the New Haven Railroad, was
called before the Federal Grand Jury
in the special prosecution ordered by
the Government.
President Wilson, on the recommen
dation of Secretary Lane, has restored
to a modified form of homestead
entries about 185,000 acres of land in
Yellowstone County, Mont.
Charles Farrell, .a mounted patrol
man of Passaic, N. J., has been made
a "foot soldier" because he clubbed
his horse. Citizens complained to the
Commissioner of Safety.
Jack Frost delivered a knockout
blow to lots of garden truck in sec
tions of Long Island.
. John M. Wever, banker and former
congressman, died of pneumonia at
Plattsburgh, N. Y. He was 67 years
old and president of the Merchants'
National Bank of that city.
Ernest Grilli of Yonkers, N. Y., son
of a banker,. was fined $25 for kill
ing a thrush in the woods near
Dunoodie. e
Nathan Brown, a negro, was lynch
ed by a mob at Rochelle, Ga., for
shooting Edward Rountree, a8 farm
overseer.
Congressman J. Hampton Moore of
Phladelphia was re-elected president
of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association.
Fire destroyed the five-story livery
stable of John Donhue on East 75th
street, New York. Forty-five horses
were burned to death and the damage
is $200,000.
The Salvadon Army, which recent
ly was forbidden to solicit alms in
Los Angeles, lost its legal . fight
against the ruling of the Municipal
Charities Commission.
John Ryan, of ,Teabo, N. J., who
lost a hand several years ago while
at work -in the Rfchard mine, began
suilt to recover $13,000 damages from
the Thomas -Iron Co.
John D. Rockefeller has given $300,
000 to thelYoung Men's Christian As
sociation of Brooklyn.
FVward Searles, of West Suffield,
Conn., was electrocuted while repairing
electric light wires near a cemetery.
The trial of Mrs. Helen .M. Angle,
of Bridgeport, Conn., who is charged
with the murder of Waldo R. Bafll,
of Stamford, was postponed until De
cember.
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SportIag
While Pittsburgh defeated New
York, Boston won from Chicago,
thereby winning the National League
peanant.
Despite efforts of Secretary of War
Garrison and Secretary of the Navy
Daniels to effect a compromise, the
athletic- associations of the army and
navy are still at odds over the choice
of a city in which the annual football
game is to be played.
Half-back Guyon, the Carlisle Indian
football star, regarded by many as
in the all-American class last year,
is trying for a place on the Wisconsin
team. He has played only one year
of 'varsity football and is eligible to
play two years at the Madison insti
tution.
Play in the world's championship
baseball series probably will start on
Oct. 8, one day after the American
and National League seasons are
brought to a close,' according to
President B. B. Johnson, of the Am
erican League and member of the
National Base,ball Commission.
- Fereigjn
Harry E. Chute, teller of the East
End branch of the Union Bank of
Canada, was arrested at Hamilton,
Ont., charged with the theft of a pack
age of bills totalling $6,570.
Final returns from the election for
members of the Swedish Parliament
show the Socialists have 57 seats,
Conservatives 86 and Liberals 57 seats.
First Chief Carranza of Mexico,
says his desire is to relinquish his
ofce as soon as possible.
Fleetwood H. Ward, a director of
the Canadian Consolidated Rubber
Co., was killed in a railway accident
in Montreal.
To encourage soldiers and sailors to
wed before leaving for the front many
British dioceses have lowered the mar
riage license fee to $2.50 and clergy
men are waiving their personal fees.
Bishop Charles E. McDonnell of
Broolyn, was received in private au
dience by the Pope. He is the first
Bishop to be received.
Hugo Reisinger, of New York. lim
porter and art collector, died in Lan
gea, Schwalbach, Germany. -
General Villa announces that he
does not seek Carraza's place, and
will not be a egxdidaiE for Presideat
er Vige President of Muieo..
Says He Can Cure Pellagra
We have received the follow
ing letter for publication: "J.
S. Barker of Calhoun says he
can cure pellagra and he wants
$3,000 to pay for a place to open
a hospital. IUe says he can get
ood ecurity for the money."