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% TKUIC TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUB COUNTRY AND OUK GOD. Twenty-Ninth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C. * Thursday, May 21, 1931 Established June 5, 1902 Number 51 Lincoln-McCormick Highway Discussed Meeting Ttiesday ENGINEERS AND OTHERS IN TERESTED TALK OVER MAT TER OF LOCATION OF ROAD AND BRIDGE # Engineers from Georgia and South Carolina and business men from Lincolnton and McCormick in a meeting held in McCormick court house on Tuesday discussed the proposed road from McCormick to Lincolnton as a connecting link of Route No. 43 from Columbia to Atlanta and the location of a bridge over Savannah River at a suitable point between the two towns. One route would be a straight shot from McCormick over Little River through the Fork section and cross Savannah River at a point near Fortson’s Ferry, where it is said by proponents of this route, a bridge could be built cheaper than at any other nearby point. Those favoring this route also claim that It would be more suitable to the town of Lincolnton and the upper end of Lincoln County, as the dis tance from Lincolnton to McCor mick would be a fraction over 13 miles, and that that would make Lincolnton five miles nearer Mc Cormick than Washington, as it is 18 miles from Lincolnton court house to Washington. That, as they say, would naturally make McCormick the freight station for Lincolnton and the upper end of the county. On the other hand, those favor ing the lower route, or the loca tion of the bridge at a point a short distance below Chamberlain’s Ferry, claim that Savannah River would be the only stream of anv consequence to be bridged, and that inasmuch as the bulk of busi ness McCormick got from Lincoln County before the railroad was built to Lincolnton, came from the lower end of Lincoln County, or below Soap Creek, that it would be to McCormick’s interest to get the road located through that section, which they believe, for other rea sons also, is the logical route. According to the s > information Tbe* Messenger is able to obtain, Lincoln County authorities are ready to build the road from Lincolnton to Fortson’s Ferry, pro vided the South Carolina authori ties agree to the location, and will extend the road from McCormick to that point. No definite action was taken at the meeting. It is said that McCormick has a very favorable freight rate for Lincolnton and the upper section of Lincoln County, and is believed toy some that those in lower Lin coln County would haul freight from Augusta over the new Au- gusta-Lincolnton highway. • Surveyors started at McCormick yesterday morning on the two routes mentioned in the foregoing, that is bv Fortson’s Ferry and by Chamberlain’s Ferry. The McCor mick delegation is enthusiastic over the proposition and both Senator J. J. Dorn and Represen tative W. D. Morrah are doing all they can for the early promotion of the project. X Oconee Ordered To Pay Fund For Death Of Negro COUNTY MUST GIVE $2,000 IN LYNCHING BY MOB De la Howe School Closes On 24-25 ALTHOUGH APPROPRIATION IS CUT 12 PER CENT. — SCHOOL HAS R PER CENT MOBlfe CHILDREN THAN LAST YEAR The De la Howe State School, the Legislature’s Orphanage for the normal poor children of the State, will have its commence ment exercises Sunday, May 24th, and Monday, the 25th. The ser mon will be pi'eached 'at 11:00 o’clock in the morning bv Rever end Edward Long, Baptist pastor at Clinton; and the Monday even ing address will be 'made by Sen ator S. C. Hodges of Greenwood, who was a former trustee of the De la Howe School. The following young ladies will finish the eleventh grade: Misses Evelyn Armstrong of York County; Elizabeth Beauford, Abbeville County; Louise Bishop. Greenville County; Mamie Lou Lewis, Abbe ville County; Thelma Miller, Flor ence County, and Savannah Rans- dall. Richland County. The Legislature, which has just adjourhed, in reducing the ex penditures for the State govern ment for the year 1931, felt it necessary to reduce the De la Howe School appropriation by 12 per cent. Although the school has 8 per cent more children in 1931 than in 1930 it is the full inten tion of the superintendent to use every means to live within the budget. It is realized that the State is in bad financial condition and that economy is necessary wherever possible. The school is taking care of 201 bo vs and girls, who have no homes, from all parts of South Carolina. The year past has been an exceedingly good year in every department of the school, and there have been no deaths with a minimum of sick ness. Winterseat And Hannon Murder -txt- Dowtin Club Held Meeting May 14th The rfowtin H. D. Club held Its regular meeting in the home of Mrs. T. A. Dowtin, May 14th. Mrs. T. A. Dowtin presided over the meeting. s Cradle Song was used as opening number of the program. Scripture: Proverbs 15. During the business discussion it was decided to meet at the Robin son school house during the sum mer. Miss Annie Chiles was elected secretary and treasurer to succeed Mrs. Paul Dowtin. The club voted to omit the June meeting, since Mrs. Stallworth will be at Winthrop. Mrs. Stallworth gave a very in teresting talk on screening un sightly places about the home. Af ter Mrs. Stallworth’s talk the flowers were judged. First vote went to a high bowl of Lady Hill ingdon Roses, grown by Mrs. T. A. Dowtin. Mrs. Dowtin served delightful fried chicken and pickle. Reporter. x Jersey Sale At Greenwood May 26 COLUMBIA, May 15.—Oconee county must pay $2,000 because a mob there took Allen Green, Wal- halla negro, from the hands of the county sheriff and lynched him the state supreme court held to day. The court ordered J. A. Pace, Oconee supervisor, to include the $2,000 item in the next appropria tion bill for the county. Green was lynched last year after he had been accused of at tack on ^ white woman. Corrie Green, wife of the lynch ed negro, brought suit against W. W. West, treasurer; Ralph M. Pike, auditor, and Supervisor Pace for the $2,000. She secured a rule to show cause why they should not be compelled by a writ of mand amus to levy a tax upon the tax able property of Oconee county, sufficient to pay the amount of a judgment of $2,000 plus costs and interests.” The county officials replied they had no authority to levy a special tax for the purpose, and that the only funds on hand were specific- ly appropriated for other purposes. Justice M. L. Bonham in his opinipn on the Green proceedings declared the court has no right to compel a tax levy, but issued a writ of mandamus for the super visor to place the $2,000 in the next appropriation bill. He point ed out that a county is liable un der the “lynching statute” for not less than $2,000.” The opinion included the stipu lation that interest must be paid from the date of the judgment jintU it was paid. Thirty-three head of nure bred registered Jerseys will be sold at Greenwood, S. C., May 26th. This is the 5th annual consignment sale put on by the leading Jersey breeders of the state. The sales committee selected on ly high quality, desirable animals from the most outstanding herds In the state, including mature sows, bred heifers and open heif ers. These animals will be sold it auction at the Greenwood fair ^rounds at 12 o’clock, May 26th. These annual sales offer a won derful opportunity for the farmer to get good foundation animals. There is no by-bidding at these sales. Evervone is sold to the highest bidder. Farmers of McCormick County that are interested are asked to attend. The Jersey banquet will be held the Monday night prior to the sale. Plates are 75 cents each. If any one wishes to attend the banquet E lease notify the County Agent and e will make arrangements for the plates. E. L. ROGERS, ^ County Agent. XXX Ice Cream Festival At Sullivan School There will be an ice cream festi val at Sullivan School House on Friday, May 22. at 8 o’clock p. m., sponsored by the Sand Rock Home Demonstration Club. There will be many interesting games, follow- !ed by Virginia reel. An evening !of fun is expected by all. The pub lic is invited. MRS. J. J. MAYSON, 1 . Secretary. (By Mrs. T. A. Dowtin of Dowtin’s H. D. Club.) Winterseat was located near the banks of Hard Labor Creek. This creek rises south of Greenwood in middle western South Carolina and flows southward near White Hall, once the home of Gen. Andrew Williamson. At Winterseat Bridge it passes out of the original Abbe ville County into Edgefield County. Its waters are carried by Stevens creek . into the Savannah River. Winterseat was one of the stops on the trading route between Lown- desville and Charleston. This section around Winterseat Bridge was settled by a band of Germans just before the Revolu tionary War. They built St. George’s Lutheran Church on the west side of the creek about 1-2 mile from the bridge. Rev. George Sibert was the first and only Lu theran minister. Years later they organized as Methodist, named their church Tranquil and moved it two miles west of Winterseat. This church was moved to a site on the Abe Russell place about 1875. . From there it was moved to Troy and is now known as the Troy Methodist church. Winterseat was an important place in the history of that early period. It served as postoffice, inn, store and a place for auctioning off property. Many travelers with droves of animals found accommo dation there. Winterseat first belonged to the; Perrins and later to the Cothrans. Here the late Judge Jafties Cothran was born. John L. Harmon moved there in 1852 and lived there until his death in 1876. A year or two later this land was bought by Captain Youngblood, who said that in his old titles he had a grant to this place from King George of England. It is still owned by his daughters. On Tuesday night the 26th of May 1876 several negroes came in to Mr. Harmon’s house and engag ed in conversation. Austin Davis, who had been working by the day pretended that he wanted to hire for wages by the month. While Mi;. Harmon was sitting atjdis desk figuring the wage, Steve Lake, who lived on the place, came in with a club. He slipped up and knocked both Mr. and Mrs. Harmon sense less. Lark Holloway turned them over and Steve cut their throats. The negroes then poured kerosene over the bodies and laid a chunk of fire nearby. The fire burned a hole through the floor and the chunk fell under the house, but the blood kept the house and bodies from burning. Mr. Harmon was found the next morning with the pencil gripped between his fingers. It is thought they got little money. Mr. Harmon had a little silver that he had said he did not intend to spend. The whole amount was not more than two or three hundred dollars. They plundered the house, carrying off everything they could. The next morning Bet, the cook, found the dead and went and call ed Steve Lake. Steve went up, looked in and then gave the alarm. Wardlaw Perrin, a neighbor, ar rived soon. He suspected Steve Lake because he had on a clean white shirt- on Wednesday morning. Steve was held. It was afterward produced in evidence that he had burned his shirt the night before because it had blood on it. After a day or two Austin Davis was missed. He was found at his wife’s home below IJclgefield. He had Mrs. Harmon’s gold watch, bracelets and pistol. When caught he confessed and brought in five others. He, Steve Lake and Lark Holloway planned the murder and Steve and Lark did the killing. They had cut the club the after noon before on a hedgerow between the Hibler and Harmon places where Lark was plowing. He said Jesse Lake, Jeff Settles and Mar shal Perrin were included and that others were there but he did not know them. Lark Holloway had been licensed to preach on the Sabbath before, and he intended to get money to go to a seminary. In a few days, more than a thousand men had gathered. They could be heard a mile away cross ing Winterseat Bridge at a gallop by day and night. These men had come to stay until the murderers were found. Some had food cooked there and others put up with the neighbors. The grain was cut from the fields to feed the horses. The country was thoroughly J aroused. The people were tired of 1 negro rule and its unbearable crimes. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. John A. Barker, the radical Trial Justice, held the inquest. All negroes suspected were brought before the ipauest jury. All de nied any knowledge of the murder except Austin and Steve. Steve • said that he and his brother Jesse were there. The inquest lasted four or five days. Finally, the people: became so wrought ud that they threw a sack over Sheriff Rich ardson’s head and took the six negroes. Barker left the place at once. The mob carried the negroes .about- 300 feet.Jrom -the -front of the house. When told to pray Mrs. Touchstone Gives Further Time ; Daniel Believes Idle Dies In Columbia WAS FTTRIED IN GREENWOOD MONDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for Mrs. Annie T illipn Touch^ton^. wife of S. G. Touchstone, who died at her home in Columbia early Sunday jnorn- ing. were conducted at the First Baptist church in Greenwood Mon day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Dr. Charles F. Sims and interment followed in the Methodist ceme tery on Cambridge street. Mrs. Touchstone was the daugh ter of Isaac N. and Annie Coleman of the Liberty Hill section of Mc Cormick County. Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Mrs: Roy L. Cecil, of Waycross. Ga.. and one son, Will iam Newton Touchstone, a student at the University of South Caro lina; three sisters, Mrs. P. P. Penn and Mrs. J. C. Penn, Greenwood, and Mrs. Cornelia Witt, Augusta, and five brothers, H. N. Coleman, L. C. Coleman, A. W. Coleman and W. M. Coleman, of McCormick and G. L. Coleman, of Greenwood. She was 51 years of age. Mrs. Touchstone was prominent Jn fraternal work, having served as worthy matron of her Eastern Star chapter and as high priestess of White Shrine. Also she had been an officer in the grand chapter of the South Carolina Eastern Star. She had been prominent in char ity, active in the Richland County Tuberculosis association, and was generally beloved. Active pallbearers were: C. F. Mercer, F. B. Spigner, G. H. Nich ols. William Connelly, A. M. Dixon and P. C. Hamrick; honorary, W..P. Hamrick, C. W. Boling, P. M. Mooney, T. P. Norton, Peter Mc- Keller, Eugene McKeller, J. E. Burnside, S. C. Hodges, Dr. G. P. Neel, Jake Rosenberg, John Rich- ler, W. L. Bolton, L. M. Long, W. H. Harth and T. A. Heise. XX r George W. Edmunds To Be Buried Today (Augusta Chronicle of yesterday.) The many friends of George Whitfield Edmunds, widower of Mrs. Lavadar Clary Edmunds will be grieved to learn of his death at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. A. R. Powell on Schultz Hill yester day. He is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. A. R. Powell, Schultz Hill; two sons, F. C. Edmunds, Savan nah, and W. O. Edmunds, Decatur, Ga., one sister, Mrs. G. D. Price, McCormick, S. C.. seven brothers, C. H. and J. F. Edmunds, of Abbe ville, S. C., John A. Edmunds. San ta Barba, Cal., A. A. Edmunds, Ed gefield, S. C., R. N. Edmunds, Parksville, S. C., F. F. Edmunds, Spartanburg, S. C., seven grand children and several nieces and nephews. He was born in Abbeville, S. C., May 7, 1878. a son of J. A. Edmunds and Mrs. Lizzie White Edmunds. He was a member of the Grace- wood Methodist church. He had resided in Columbia county and was a farmer, having been con nected with W. C. Clary 35 years. He moved to this city five years ago to live with his daughter. Funeral services will be conduct ed at the graveside in Harlem cemetery at Harlem this afternoon at 4 o’clock by Rev. E. C. Sheridan, pastor of the Curtis Baptist church. The following wil Ibe pallbearers: honorary, H. A. Edwards, G. P. Ging, and C. E. Lloyd; active, L. C. Poole, C. C. Bramlett, A. Hemlen, W. H. Hughes, Fred Herring and U. S. King. tXT Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Monday—May 25p McCormick High School Sr. 4-H club. Tuesday—May 26, afternoon, Wideman H. D. Club. Wednesday—May 27, afternoon, McCormick H. D. Club. Thursday—May 28, De la Howe 4-H Clubs. Friday—May 29, Modoc, H. D. Club. Saturday—May 30, office. TXX Along about the time when we dream of the day when there will be no more ashes to empty, it’s time to begin spading for garden. Lark’s prayer was “Lord make Steve bring back that gun.” (The shot gun was never found.) Simms told him to get up and then he shot him down. Fire was., then opened and all six were killed. Several days later Wardlaw Perrin had the negroes buried in one grave. I Thus ended one of the worst homicides of this section. With it came the turning point in radical rule. This stirred the people to rfse up against republican and negro rule. Records show that the local election of 1876 was car ried by the whjte for Democracy. * Extra Pay Tangle w o SUPREME COURT ORDERS GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY CASE HELD OPEN UNTIL JUNE (The State, of Sunday.) “Extra pay,” which kept an ap preciable number of members of the general assembly on the anxi ous bench during the lengthy ses sion which closed May 9, has not yet quit its tantalizing ways. Whether it is “to be, or not to i be” remains the mooted question. I The South Carolina supreme 1 court, before which the question of j the constitutionality of the action ; of the members in voting them-! selves $260 over and above the sal ary allowed by law, has twice been argued, wants full opportunity giv en for others, who may desire, to be made parties to the action. And so the court, by an order handed down yesterday, sets the first day of the June session of the court for hearing on the matter. This additional time is allowed so that members of the general assembly, those favoring extra pay and those opposed—indorsers of checks already issued but held up by injunction,'and others who may hold these checks, may be made parties to the action, should they so desire. Order of Court The order of the court, signed by Eugene S. Blease, chief justice, was as follows: James B. Scroggie, petitioner, against Julian H. Scarborough, state treasurer: “It appears to the court upon hearing the petition, rule and re turn herein, that certain classes of persons having an interest in the determination of the issues in volved, have not been made par ties as they should have been, to wit: (1) members of the general assembly who have received from the comptroller general warrants upon the state treasurer for the item of expense amounting to $260 each, contained in the appropria tion bill of 1931, and are in favor of the constitutionality of the ap propriation attacked by the peti tioner; (2> members cn the gen eral assembly who received such warrants and are opposed thereto and (3) assignees, indorses or oth erwise holders of said warrants or checks of the state treasurer. “And that upon the provisions of the code of civil procedure it was made mandatory under such circumstances to require that they be brought in as parties to the proceedings “It is ordered, That the petition be amended by making such per sons parties thereto and copies duly served “And it appearing that it is im practicable to make them all par ties on' account of their great number, under the code one or more of each of the named classes be made a representative of the class to which he belongs, “It is further ordered, That the above amendment and service be perperfected in ten days from the date of this order and that the cause be set down for hearing on the first day of the June session of this court at 10 o’clock a. m., upon the petition and rule as am ended and the return which has been filed, ancL such as may be filed within ten days after such service “It is further ordered, That any member of the said classes who shall not have been made parties to the proceeding and who may desire to do so may intervene as party defendant herein. “It is further ordered, That the temporary restraining order be continued until the further order of this court.” Sketch of Case The appropriations bill of 1931 passed by the general assembly carried $260 extra pay for each member, this being in addition tc the $400 allowed by the constitu tion. The auestoin of the constitution ality of this extra $260 was raised and last Monday, A. W. Holman Columbia attorney, reoresenting James B. Scroggie, went before the supreme court and secured a tem porary ini unction, restraining the state treasurer from paying the members the extra $260 until *lv matter could be argued and a ml ing made by the court. The question of making this in junction permanent was argued before the supreme court Friday. By the order of the court issued yesterday, the restraining order is continued until the court can hear the case further at the June term, after which it will render its de cision. Cash Should Be Invested In Lands SAYS PLENTY IDLE CASH AND CREDITS TO PURCHASE ALL LANDS FOR SALE IN THE CAROIAN IS. GEORGIA AND FLORIDA To the Editor of The State: Please allow me space in your paper to publicly express my thanks and appreciation to the numbers who wrote me letters of appreciation from all over the state for the work I did in the recent injunction hearing on the matter of “extra pay” voted by the last general assembly. I am asking this because of the fact that it would be quite a task to thank each one by letter. The case is now in the hands of COLUMBIA, May 21.—“There is enough idle casl> and credits in ev ery community in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida to purchase every farm that is for sale,” declar ed F. H. Daniel, president of The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, here today, when discussing the sale of farm lands in this terri tory. And he added. “These farms can be bought with a small amount of cash as an initial pay ment and at prices lower'than can be recalled by this generation. “Every evidence points toward an awakening upon the part of the public to the fact that farms are on the bargain counter and when they are operated by people who know how to farm, they will not only pay the taxes and interest and make a living for the operator but pay a worth while dividend on the investment as well. This fact has been obvious for sometime to those who follow closely the trend of farm values and returns from farming and the general public is now gradually becoming conscious of it. “Farmers themselves frequently exhibit a thrift and prosperity which is entirely contrary to the general conception of the status pf farmers and the farming industry,” continued Mr. Daniel. “Not in frequently we make sales of farms for all cash and occasionally to farmers who live in the more re mote communities not served by banks who bring in the hard cash. Farm land is again being recog nized as one of the safest invest ments that can be made. “Idle farms not only produce no revenue for their owners but they contribute nothing to the prosper ity of the community. At prevail ing prices, no community can af ford to permit land to be non-pro ductive for we have a need in the southeast for the products of every tillable acre. Although freight rates to northern markets favor this section, we are still importers of a number of staple agricultural commodities which can be pro duced cheaper than they can be purchased, and until this condition is changed there is ample room for local initiative in putting idle acres to work.” txt Gooding Here On May 15th P. H. Gooding, Extension Poul- tryman of Clemson College, was in. the county May 15th, visiting poultry record keepers with County Agent, E. L. Rogers. One of the greatest menaces to growing chicks is a disease known as coccidiosis says County Agent, Rogers. The symptoms of this disease are us ually drooping wings, sleepy ap pearance, bloody droppings and rapid loss in weight of the chicks. The disease usually develops when f he chicks are 4 to 8 weeks of age. The least indication of the disease should result in a thorough clean ing of the house and the practicing of strict sanitation. The house should be cleaned every day for a coupte of weeks. The first step in tTeating for the lisease is to give salts in drinking water at the proportion of 1 pound to 400 pounds of chicks. The weight of the chickens may be estimated and the correct dosage given in drinking water the first day. Then put one-third teaspoonful of pow dered catechu to a gallon of drink ing water and keen before the chicks for 5 or 6 days. A large quantity of milk must be fed. This may be done by adding 25 pounds of dried milk to each 100 pounds of mash. This mash should be fed for a couple of weeks, with grain discontinued. Will Install Pastor Willington Churchi THE REV. CHAS. E. SULLIVAN OF COLUMBIA GOES IN AS PAS TOR SUNDAY NIGHT On next Sunday night. May 24th, the pastor of the Willington Pres byterian Church, the Rev. Chas. E. Sullivan of Columbia, will be in stalled as pastor. The Rev. D. J. Woods, D. D., of Clinton, and Rev. Mr. Patton of Laurens and others will take part in the services. The public is cordially invited. our supreme court, whose decision will be a final determination of this interesting question in South Carolina. I also wish to thank you and the press for the splendid co-opera tion and enlightenment of the people. - A. W. HOLMAN. ,