Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GIRL IS HELD FOR INCITING A MOB ! . - Nebraska Young Woman Charg ed With a Cruel and Most Unusual Crime. PLOTTED A LYNCHNG jfour Ranchmen Hanged Her Sweet heart, and It It Said the Girl, Be lieving 8he Would Get $7,000 Insur ance, Planned It. Valentine, Neb.?Eunice Murphy, of (his place, the girl accused of having Incited u mob to hang her fiance In ?order that she might Inherit his life Insurance, has been held for the dis trict court. The presiding Judge de .dared that Miss Murphy is just as guilty as the men who took her sweet heart to a tree and hanged him. Silent to all but her attorneys, do spondent, but dry-eyed, Miss Eunice Murphy is composedly waiting in her jail cell the day when she shall be called to trial as accessory to the atrocious murder of Charles Sellers, her suitor. To nil appearances an unsophisticat ed country nirl. the young woman Is intelligent enough to keep quiet about her affairs. She is charged with Incit ing her (lance, George Weed, his brother Alma, her cousin and former fiance, -tarry Heath, and her brother. Kenneth Murphy, to their cruel at tack upon a man who had for three years Bought her hand In marriage. Avarice Is alleged ns tho motive. Thus are all the elements of a melo drama present In her case. Taking advantage of them, she might, with a newspaper Interview, clothe herself with all that morbid glamor so dear to a sensation-loving public. Yet she prefers to keep her own counsel, re fusing to mako (lie simplest state ments about the affairs and referring all questioners to her lawyers. Tho hanging of Sellers. June 18, by some of bis neighboring ranchmen The Hanging of Sellers. near Cody. Neb., created a sensation for n time, but when four men charg ed with the crlmo wero put In Jail and bound over to tho district court, the excitement subsided. Now It Is charged by John M. Tucker, county attorney, that Miss Murphy Incited and procured tho murder of Sellers, :her alleged motive being to get pos session of $7,000 of Insurance policies and considerable personal property which sho Is said to hnvo believed would ho bequeathed to her upon the ,'death of Sellers. At the time of the killing of Sellers, lit was rumored that one man In the party that hanged him to a telegraph ,pole wbb Inspired by Jealousy, he be 'lng a suitor of tho girl. Hutch Jack and Sellers, who lived together, wero awakened one night by a knock on the door by George R. ?.Weed. Jack knew Weed and invited him Into tho house. Weed had said ?he was making n social call. Weed asked Sellers, who was In bed In nn adjoining room, to get up and come iinto the room whero Jack and Weed wore, but Sollcrs excused himself by saying he was not feeling well. Flf fteen minutes later, Jack says, a party ?of men, composed of Kenneth Murphy, ; Harry Heath and Alma Weed, camo to the Jack homo. They wero armed and they covered Jack and command ed him to remain In the room where Jhe was. Georgo Weed told Sellers to I get up. "We are after you," he said, ac .cording to tho affidavit of tho county tattorney. Sellers arose and Harry Heath Is alleged to have thrown a ' rope around his neck aud pulled It tight, and George Weed, Heath. Mur ,phy and Alma Weed are charged with '.having dragged Sellors out of the ?house to a nearby telephone polo and '? hanged him. Horses In Nail-Studded Car. Savannah, Ga.?For transporting horses and nudes (or 90 hours in a car Studded, sides and bottom, with heavy nails, which maimed or killed .all tho animals, a Georgia railway has ben made defendant In a suit for dam ages. Tho animals had been trans forred fiom their original ear and wero In another which had cnlls stick fing out all around. PLYMOUTH ROCKS ARE BEST At General Utility Bird* They Are Unexcelled for 81s* and Fleth? They Are Quick Qrowers. The best general utility birds, at taining when mature a large tlx* and carrying fleth off medium quality, are the Plymouth Rocke, Wyandottet and Orpington*. They are, however, too coarse In flesh and bone for the bett market? and are also lacking in breatt development, thlt latter de fect being particularly noticeable In the young birds. They are, therefore, not In demand for the hlgh-claso broiler trade, nor Cor roasting chick ens, says the Farming World. Wher ever there Is a market for this class of poultry It would seem ndvisable to supply it and this can be done without in any way impnirlng the winter-lay* Ihr qualities of a flock of hens by Ju Prize Winning Plymouth Rock. diclously mating them with a male of a breed possessing the requisite breast developme-nt and llueness of llesh and bone. Good table crosses can be made in so many ways that it Is hard to say which is absolutely the best. Some, however, are rather more suitable than others for certain pur poses. When, for Instance, early spring chickens will bring a good price, ono of the English gamecocks, with Plymouth Rock or Wyandotte hens, mnkes a good cross. The birds produced will be quick growers, car rying a good breast and the flesh well flavored. For obtaining large fowla of the be?t form and quality a cross of Dorking or Indian gaino male with either of the utility breeds mentioned gives excellent results, producing a large proportion of first-grade table fowls, auch as will realize the highest prices and give satisfaction to the consumer." The raising and fattening of chickens and ducks for the hotels, restaurants and large boarding house* is a profitable Industry. This busi ness, properly managed, Is more profit able than general farming nnd Is not bo slavish aa dairying. KEG FOR WATERING POULTRY Receptacle Should Be Selected of Suit able Size?Answers Purpose Bet ter Than Anything Elte. To arrange a placo for watering fowls, solect a keg of suitable size, or dinarily a 3 gallon or a 6 gallon keg will answer the purpose very well, fuiy a writer In the Fawn and Home. Make a cover for the top out of boards so that It will project a little over tho edges of tho keg. Nail a piece of wood across the middle of the cover Keg for Watering Fowlt. on the under side ho that It will er actly fit the top of the toeg. Arranged In this manner the chickens will not be nblo to knock it oft. In case you hare tho top of the keg, thlt can he used Instead of a cover. Cut out ev ery other stave between the two mid dle hoops after the manner shown fcn the aooompanylng illustration. I have been farming for over sixty years and find that thlt method of fixing a keg for watering poultry answers the pur pose better than anything I have ever tried. Provide Fresh Air. Birds are so eonstltuted by nature that Ihoy require an abundance of fresh air for health and vigor. They never do woll with a limited supply of air. For this reason nil coops and boxes In which poultry of any kind Is kept In the summer should bo na open as possible Let tho roof be tight to protect from rain, but lot at bast ono side he onen for tho admis sion of fresh air at all times. Tho open side may bo protected by wire cloth or other material that will let in air, but keep out rats, etc. Stationery Resolutions FOll 1912 Resolved First. That your Stationery is an important item in building your business. Resolved Second. That in building your business upward the very best Stationery only should be used. Resolved Third. That your Stationers should have the "know-how" and the equipment neces sary to putting out the best quality of printed goods. Resolved Fourth. That the Advertiser Print ing Company has these two essentials, combined with a desire to do your work well and at prices consistent with Quality. THE ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY