TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. ke n. County near Harlem, about 20 miles' These demonstration flocks repre- from here, and were returning to | stnt SOTn€ c f t h e best farm poultry Harlem. Near a Clump of woods sev- ( ^ the state, and it is a tribute shots Tang out from ambush, ^ Mr aT1( j Mrs. Dowtin that their poultry management has placed them among the leaders in production. Thoir flock has been consistently qmong the first in the state since they started keeping records last November 1. For November 1926 they came third in the state with an average production of 7.4 eggs per hen. Then in December, they came second with an average production of 11.98 eggs per hen, and how with the January record showing them sec ond again, it proves that there is good management back of these rec- and Tolbert dropped instantly. He jfied m a few minutes. Fuller receiv- .ed a bullet through the arm. Who- 12red the shots escaped, accord- |to Officer Harrison. . , ; The police officer over long dist ance telephone said that invostiga- t‘on was under way which it was be lieved would result in the arrest of one or more men, already suspected of firing the shots, which were from a high-powered rifle. Mr. Harrison sa:d that Tolbert and Fuller were somewhat in advance of him, return ing to their automobile to come home, gpds. and that he heard the shertsv saw Tol- b-'rt fall, and Fuller grasp his arm. As he rushed forward, Harrison said, the assailants vanished into the th*’ek underbrush. He could not say whether there was more than one man in the ambushing party. The Augusta Chronicle of Monday says: The six suspects in Richmond County jail held for the murder of Federal Agent, Walter R. Tolbert, wwho was shot and killed near Har lem, Ga. last Wednesday, after re turning from a. raid in McDuffie County, were again questioned yes terday by federal officers and coun ty men. The result of the Access of the questioning was not divulged by the officers. Their only comment is that they are progresssmg as rapidly as possible in clearing up the kill ing of the officer. The six men in jail are Burley Adams, Sanky Beasley, Will Walden, Schley Walden, Jones Moore and Clayton Moore. All are charged with murder. Other than the officers in vestigating the case no one else is ^allowed to converse w‘th the men. For the months of November, De cember and January Mr. Dowton’s flock paid a cash profit of $338.66, wh'ch will be increased to over $500.00 by the end of February. This flock of chickens is housed in a warm oomfortable house which is kept well cleaned. They aie fed a bal anced ration of laying mash, and a mixture of scratch feed and whole corn, with plenty of green feed all the time. Mr. Dowtin has bought cabbage to supplement the green fe&l since the freeze killed all he had planted for winter and spring feeding. Boy Scouts America Plum Branch, S. C. The scouts held their regular meet'ng last Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Mr. Wilkes, scout mas ter, led the devotional and made an inspiring talk, “Pressing forward to a goal.” A report on daily good turns was The arrest of Adams, Beasley and Schley Walden took place a few hours after the killing. Will Walden was arrested Thursday and Jones Moore an Clayton Moore were ar rested Friday. Agent Tolbert was shot to death from ambush while he and two Co lumbia County officers were return ing to Harlem after a raid in Mc Duffie County. The machine had reached a point on the Avondab road, about two and half miles from Harlem, when the shooting happened. Agent Tolbert fell with a bullet through the heart ar.d DeWitt Full- eiV county officer was shot in the left arm. W. H. Harrison, Jr., the other officer escaped unharmed. Officers who are working on the case are confident that among • tho six suspects in jail here, they have the guilty party. The Augusta Chronicle of Monday says: Burley Adams, Columbia County moonshiner, has confessed to the killing of Walter R. Tolbert, federal prohibition agent, who was shot from ambush last Wednesday wh le he and two Columbia County agents were returning to Harlem, Ga., af ter raiding two stills in McDuffie County. The confession was made to Charles L. Redding, district at torney of this district, and Gary Whittle!, jailor and chief deputy of Richmond County. In the confession Adams takes the entire blame for the killing of the agent, saying that he alone fired the shots that ended the officer’s life. Nowhere in his con fession did Adams indicate that there were others in the shooting. He explained in full detail every thing regarding the killing, ending his confession by telling the officers where he hid the gun after firing the fatal shot. Adams stuck to his story that when he started firing on the car he was under the impression that W. H. Harrison, Sr., Columbia County en then given. The father and son banquet was postponed until Thursday, March 1st. We adjourned until next Friday, March 2nd. EDWARD HODGENS, Scribe ex-tempo. tXl County Board Meets Friday Before First Monday Each Month Until further notice, the County Board of Commissioners w : ll meet on Friday before the 1st Monday in each month, at 6 o’clock p. m. J. O. PATTERSON, Clerk. forcement officer, was an occupant. In answer to questions if it was his intention to kill Mr. Harrison, Ad ams sa ; d, “Correct.” When asked why he shot, Adams replied by say ing, “Just on account of Mr. Harri son’s reputation for shooting peo ple.” Throughout the confession Adams said that he did not know that it was Tolbert who was in the car. The gun was found by the officers without any trouble, after Adams had given them the exact location. It was located in the hollow of a pine tree about 200 yards north of Ad ams’ home. The hollow was just small enough to permit the placing of the rifb in it, and so tightly was it wedged that the officers experi enced difficulty in dislodging it. With the rifle was found a box of 30- calibre dum-dum, or soft-nosed lead bullets, bullets that inflict tearing wounds when they once enter the body, officers said. In the chamber of the rifle was found e’.ght steel- jacketed bullets. The officers wer*ei unable to det r rmbi? wh of bullet was used in the rii ie the day ^ Tolbert was slain. Adams was 226 yards from the car when he fired the fatal shot. 1 Low Bidders For Roads Announced COLUMBIA, Feb. 23.—Low bids on road and bridge cohstruct'on pro jects, received Tuesday by the state highway commission were announc ed Wednesday. Contracts will be en tered into u rd^r a statute which pro- vid's that low bidders shall be awarded contracts provided they can quaVfy with the commission. The bidders and their bids are as follows: Federal Aid project No. 251 (bridge work) Kershaw County; Harrsor-Wright Company, Char lotte, N. C., $13,394. Federal Aid project No. 235-E road work, Chester and Union Countie^. Hendricks and Kennedy Charlotte. N. C. f $29,078.15. State project 657-B road work, Spartanburg County; J. R. Crye, Hendersonville, N. C., $21,905.61. State project 585-B and 672-A, road work, Orangeburg County; J. C. Cleckley, Cope, $25,529.74. State project No. 677, road work, Union County; Monarch Mills, Lock hart $6,076.81. State project No. 670, road work, McCormick County; W. C. McCoy, LaFayette, Ala., $88,677.87. State project No. 672-A, bridge work, Orangeburg County; Paul Gil more, Spartanburg, $2,896.27. Federal Aid project No. 289-A, *qad work, Cherokee County; A. B. HooM, Charlotte, N. C., $28,428.46. State project No. 663-A, road work, Lexington Coupty; W. R. Cail- ton, Bat^sburg, $27,988.22. Federal Aid project No. 289-B, road work, Spartanburg County; W. F. Bowe, Augusts Ga., $53,233.75. Federal A ; d project No. 285-A, road work, Anderson County; W. W. Tuck & Soi\ Virgilina, Va.. $57,603.- 64. Reconstruction of Catawba River bridge Aust : n Bridge Construction Company Atlanta, Ga., $1,375. State project No. 602-A, Edgefield County; W. R. Carson Batesburg, $99,962.14. State project No. 664-A and B; road work in Loxington and Richland counties; Smith and Bradfield, Mac on, Ga., $24,885.32. Federal Aid project No. 284, bridge work in Kershaw County; C. D. Fulmer, Leesville, $24,071.9$. Federal Ar'd project, No. 277. bridge work, Richmond County; Hardaway Construction Company, $263,522.26. X All Farmers Should Plant Purebred Seed In planning for the 1928 cotton crop, the farmers of McCormick County should make arrangements to secure purebred seed of a recog nized and tested variety, and from a reliable source. It has been proved that purebred seed pay in better yields and staple, just as purebred livestock pays in better average production of live stock products. If we are to grow cotton profitably in the eastern sec tion of the cotton belt, we must pro duce higher yields of a better staple than we do at the present time; oth- wise, the western cotton belt will crowd us out. Not that they pro duce a better staple or a higher yield per acre than we do, but that they are able to produce cotton at much less cost than we do. Increasing the yield of cotton to the acre is the greatest problem be fore the cotton farmer s of McCor mick County at the present time. It does not take a mathematician to figure that we shall never prosper with an average yield of 106 pounds of lint cotton per acre as we pro duce now. Purebred seed, better fer tilization, more soil improvement and more fighting of the boll weevil are things we need to do most. Every farmer should give serious thought to this quest’on of pure seed. And once he has pure seed, he should make arrangements to keep them ginned clean, and in this way keep them clean and free from mixing year after year. See the county agent if you want to got good seed for planting this year, or get some goo ! roc t .u.c seed uhar will pioauce high yields of cotton of a good staple. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. Dr. Killingsworth’s Home Burned Dr. R. G. Killingsworth’s home m Court House Circle was destroyed by fire about 10 o’clock Saturday r.'ght. The firo got its start from i defective stove in one of the up- tairs rooms and rapidly spread to the roof and other parts of the nine ,oom building. The fire department soon got on the scene and conquered the flames, leaving the hull of the budding standing there as evidence of ex cellent work done with the town’s fire fighting equipment. With the exception of a portion over the kitch en, the entire roof, upsta rs floor and part of two walls were burned. The firemen were somewhat handicapped on account of the house being a two story building on top of a h'll- which robbed them of the chance to stand back some distance and throw water on top of the roof. The pres sure on the hose from the tank was sufficient but the pump at the en gine house was put to work later on for the purpose of testing it out. Most of the household effects were saved, though many articles were badly broken up and damaged by water. The loss on the building was only partially covered by insur ance. Dr. Killingsworth and family are at present making. their home with Mr. J. M. Biown. XXX Mr. J. B. Nelson Dies Suddenly The town and county wore shocked and grieved yesterday morning to learn that Mr. Joseph B. Nelson had died at 6 o’clock, after being ill only several hours during the earlier part of the morning. He had beon in poor health several months, but was on the streets and attended his reg ular duties Tuesday, and was feeling as well as usual when he retired for the night, but became ill some time after midnight and rapidly grew worse until the hour of his death. He is survived by his wife and one son, George Nelson, of Spartan burg; one sister, Mrs. Edwards, of Saluda, and one brother, Mr. Tom Nelson, of McRae, Ga. Deceased was 77 years of ago. and was a member of the McCormick Pentecostal Holiness Church and one of the town’s most upright Christian gentlemen and useful citizens. Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the home, conducted by Rev. Ray Anderson, and interment will be made in the city cemetery., with G. P. McCain, undertaker), in charge. X Observance Of Prayer Week The Annual Observance of Prayer Week for Home Missions will be held by leaders of the Baptist Church Sunday morning, immediately after Sunday School. A nice program has been arranged for the occassion. All the members of W. M. S. are asked to be present and others who arc interested in nrs- sions. This will be the first meet ing, and others will be decided on during week. MRS. W. W. SISK, President. -JXI No Extra Penalty To March 15th Extension With The 2 Per Cent Granted Until That Time County Treasurer T. J. Price has been advised by Comptroller General A. J. Beattie that taxes may be paid until March 15th without an extra penalty and that after that date propei ty on which taxes have not been paid* will be turned over to the sheriff for execution. This means that the 7 per cent penalty will not be added between March 1st and March 15th, but the 2 per cent penalty which already is in c -*vc<» ifi’ .mn't be paid a •.•til that time. March 15th is the last date on which taxes can be paid at all. Af ter that the execution. Items Of Interest To The Farmers Plans are beirg made to run an other poultry car through McCor mick around March 10 to 15. All those who will have poultry for sal"' at this time are asked to get in touch with the county agent by letter or v ; sit, and inform him as to the pos sible amount of poultry they will have to load on .the car at that time. This will greatly assist the county agent in estimating the amount to promise the buyers who come for the poultry. Prices on all classes of poultry' will probably be better at the time the next car is run. Prices on broil ers will certainly be better, and any one having broilers for sale will do well to hold them for the car. The county agent has on hand a number of copies of bulletins on “Cotton Variety Experiments,” and “Cotton Fertilizers,” copies of which may be had by applying to him. Cream day at the McCormick Cream Station has been changed from Wednesday until Saturday of each week, beginning next Saturday, March 3. Th's will be more conven ient for the patrons of the stat ; on, and also for the Elberton Creamery tiuck, which will collect the cream from the McCormick and Abbeville j* / cream stations on the same trip. McCormick County will soon be up to date or. the purebred bull business. Seven purebred registered bulls have been placed with farmers of the county during the past eight months, and soon one ‘will be within easy reach of every farmer in \he county. Names of farmers owning prebred bulls at the present t'me aro as fol lows: Mrs. L. M. Mason Meri wether, Jersey; B. F. Parks, Parks- ville, Jersey; W. R. Gilchrist, Parks- ville, Jersey; K. Dowtin, McCormick, Jersey; Dr. R. E. Mason, McCor mick*. Guernsey; L. N. Brown, Mc Cormick, Jersey; J. E. Strom, Mc Cormick, Jersey; J. C. Dowtin, Mc Cormick Jersey; S. E. Rosenswike, Troy, Jersey; S. L. Britt, McCor mick, Jersey; De la Howe State School, Jersey; Ed Gibort, Mt. Car mel, Jersey. Not all these bulls are ready for service yet, but within a few months all will be, and then there will b2 no excuse for any man to breed h,’s cow to a scrub bull. Our only economical method of building up a permanent and paying daily industry in the county is through the use of these purebred bulls. Breed to them and watch results in better calves which will grow into higher producing cows. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. X Mrs. Beaty Will Be Buried Today (Anderson Independent of Sunday.) Chicago Tribune Has Got Its Man After Six Months CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-,The Chicago Tribune, through the arrest of Ma- lachi Crowe, negro ex-convict, has got its man. For six months the newspaper has exercised its resources in a search for the ,man who employed Tribune want ad. columns to lure Miss Rutli Sampson, a nurse, to a Winnetka sub urban home where she was attack ed. Thousands of dollars have been spent, the paper said today in the Chase. Crowe, arrested yesterday in Kan sas City, Kan., waived extradition and was started home. Moses Lamson, a Tribune reporter, for the past five months has devot ed his entire time to the case. In assigning Lamson to the chase, the newspaper said: “It was decided that an example should be made and a precedent established in the fraudu lent use of Tribune columps.” “Lamson wrote 700 long hand let ter^ sent out 3,800 circulars to police chiefs of the country, and wore out two automobiles. He spent more than $5,000, the newspaper said, be fore getting his man. Informatiqn as to Crowe’s where abouts came from a supposed friend of the negro’s in Chicago. The in formation was given Chicago detec tives. The crime for which Ciowe is wanted was committed in the home of M. B. Aust : n, Winnetka, where Crowe was employed. The want ad* lured Miss Simpson there. Following the attack, she jumped from a third story window, and recovered only re cently from injuries that icsulted. txx To Have Revival At Plum Branch Services begin March 5th, Monday night, 7:30 o’clock, St. Paul Meth odist Church. Preaching by Rev. R. L. Holroyd of Newberry. Services every night; morning and night services Sunday. “Let us go unto the house of the Lord.” E. A. WILKES. JXX DAILY THOUGHTS I. “We must obey God.” The church will make great pro gress when she takes this as her slogan. II. “Put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the evils of the devil.” Ep hesians VI II. Christ'ans, learn to stand. III. I am cruc : fied with Christ; nevertheless, I live; yet not I. but Christ within me. Galations II 20. Is the old Adam dead in you ? Does Funeral services for Mis. Annie Christ live in you? Doan Beaty, 78, beloved woman of I ^ man n °f much of a Christ- this city who d'ed early Friday n ; ghtH an unless he suffers for Christs at the local hospital after a brief. sa k''. illness, wil be held from the home of j v - L1 °yd Garrison, “One w