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Twenty-Sixth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print MeCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, March 1, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 Number 40
Walter R. Tolbert, Dowtins’ Hens Again
Federal Prohi Agent Win Distinction
Killed From Ambush Mr and Mr 7^r Dowtin , 0l the
I •
111 Dowtin section of the county, have
AUGUSTA, Ga., Feb. 22.—Shot a g a n won distinction with their
through the heart during a raid on a fl ock of 67 2 white Leghorn hens by
still in McDuffie County, Walter R. winning second place in egg produc-
Tolbert, 26, federal prohib'tion agent t j on f or the month of January
working out of Augusta, was killed among the demonstration commer-
almost instantly about 1:30 o’clock q .- al poultry flocks of the state. Dur-
WVdnesday afternoon - according to jug January the Dowtins’ flock laid
word rece’ved here.
a total of $088 eggs, or 14.8 eggs
Accordnig to W. S. Harrison, Jr., p er k eri and was exceeded only by
police offic'T of Columbia County
with whom Officer Tolbert and an
other Columbia County officer, D-
Fuller, were raiding, the three had
the flock of 580 White Leghorn hens
owned by Mr. D. L. Blackburn of
Ellenton, S. C., Barnwell County,
which laid a total of 16 4 eggs pci
demolished two st’lls in McDuffie > 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<th God
a daughter, Mrs. A. Earle Lewis, ,s _ a majority
South Main Streets at 3 o’clock this
afternoon. The Rev. John McSweon,
pastor of the Central Presbyterian
Church, of which the deceased was a
devout member, will conduct the
services. Interment will be at Silver
Brook cemetery.
Active pallbearers will include
Messrs. Wayland Britt, Maurice
Wh te, Claude Huguley, Beaty Jack-
son, James Beaty and Tom Hill.
The honorary escort will be com
posed of Messrs. D. S- Gray, J. H.
Anderson* J. N. Pearman, J. F. Wat-
Let each be a majority with God.
VI. “The blood of the Martyrs is
the seed of the Church.”
Thank God for Ihe blood of St.
Stephen, of St. Paul; of the blood
of Chr’st, of the blood of Myriads of
others.
VII. A Prayer Psalms.
“Create within mo a clean heait, O,
God, and renew a right spirit with
in me.”
Then shall I teach transgressors
thy ways, and sinners shall bo con
verted unto thee.”
son, M. A. Thompson, W. W. Robin
son, W. A. Watson, J. L. Gray H. H.
Russell, J. J. Fretwell, and J. B
Quarles.
Mrs. Beaty is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. J. O. McKelvey, of
McCormick, and Mrs. A. Earle Lewis
of this city. She also leaves one
brother, Augustus A. Dean of Starr,
and a wide family connection
throughout the county.
X
OYSTER SUPPER
There w 11 be an oyster supper at,
Morgan School House Friday night
March 2nd.
The public is invited to attend.
E. A. WILKES.
Plum Branch.
txt
As a ride the number of cattle
that can be fed for market on a Corn
Bolt farm is limited by the quantity
of roughage available. Shelled corn
can nearly always be purchased
from the other farms, but the buy
ing of hay is usually expensive and
inconvenient. Hence the silo has an
especially important place on farms
where more roughage is needed that
can be supplied as hay. A feeder
who makes a specialty o? ft ding
cattle in large numbers throughout
the year is more likely to use silago
than the feeder who handles only
20 to 25 head.