Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CHARGED WITH MURDER Major Scanland Declares Shooting "Was Only an Accident" El Paso. Texas, Nov. 2.?Major F. M. Scanland, U. S. A., and seven others, including four women, were arrested tonight at Las Cruces, N. M., charged with the murder of John T. Hatchings, of Alamorgo, who was fajtai^hot today while driving an automobile in a cross-country read race, The cause of the shooting has not been ascertained. Besides Major Scanland the arrests included Fred Jackson, of Alpine, Texas, and Harry G. Overstreet, "Chalk" Altman, Miss Billie Bennett, Mrs. Overstreet, Mrs. P. L. HoiorooK and Mrs. E. N. McPherson, of El Paso. The shooting occurred near Lanark, N. M., sixteen miles west of El Paso, v during an El Paso-to-Phoenix 'race. Hutchings was shot in the hack, a bullet penetrating the automobile seat and lodging near the base of his spine. His motor car was said to be traveling forty;five miles an hour at the time. Oliver Lee, Hutchings* mechanician, said he heard six shots fired. Lee piloted the earwig its wounded driver to Lanark. There Lee borrowed a rifie and returned to the scene of the shooting, with Winchester Cooley and Judge W. B. Howe, where they took into custody the eight persons held at Las Cruces. The four men and four women were occupants of an automobile. Hutchings was chauffeur for Gen. John J. Pershing when Gen. Pershing commanded the American punitive expedition into Mexico. He had won numerous automobile races in El Paso ?i T Af? <uiu uauiu, iUCAiw. , "It was only an accident," said1 Major Scanland. "We were target shooting and had a target on the same side of the,road we were on." o ? RESULT OF MISHAP Truck Driver Caught Under Chain by Eaves of Shelter McCormick, Nov. 2.?Attempting, in the darkness, to drive a Ford truck under a shelter which had been erect* # ed to protect the machine from the weather, Samuel Baker, a Greenwood contractor, was caught under the chin by the eaves of the shed and in stan^y killed Friday night. There was no witness and the unusual acci I The 1 I nu\ I Three I Splendid I I what 1/ There is i Soldic U. S. SI dent did not become known until fou Saturday morning. trie Mr. Baker's neck was broken. His body was found, rigidly erect on the seat of the truck, his right hand clutching the steering wheel, his left hand rested on the edge of the shed, his left foot was upon the low-gear control, and the eaves of the shleter . jom pressed tightly against his neck. ^ It was apparent that, as he drove ^ the machine underneath the shelter, resi he had suddenly been caught in a ^ totally unexpected and tragically ^ hopeless position. He could not bend ^ backward to extricate himself, because aje] of the back of the seat. The brakes . ? , . , ize< may have failed in the emergency, or nurhanc flip ilnvpl- WAS PAllP'ht. SO K ? - ? ?.... ? lQ suddenly that an act to save himself ^ was impossible. He appeared to have 0jjr died instantly and without struggle. Mr. Baker's home was in Greenwood and had been here for the past . two months superintending the con- 00 struction of the Baptist church. Since T| coming here he has made numerous Tp friends. He was married in 1910 to jj Miss Mattie Lou Fooche, of Green- j wood, who survives him. He also has;nB a sister in New Jersey.The body was t| taken to his home at Greenwood yesterday morning and was interred in ~m the Greenwood cemetery today. ? ? : MOB SURROUNDS PRISONER J* ? . 5 Seeks To Take Him From Officers Near Macon j Macon, Ga.,#Nov. 2.?Two deputies from the sheriff's office and a negro whom they had captured fbllowing his alleged assault upon a white woman were completely surrounded by 1a crowd of more than 300 men near l_ the site of Old Camp Harris late to night. The crowd demanded that the negro be turned over to them. The 1 deputies sought refuge in a boxcar g that had been used by railroad sec- 2 tion hands. ixu Sheriff Hicks ordered all of his j deputies to the scene in automobiles ; Z j in an effort to rescue the two depu- g ties and their prisoner, to prevent a j lynching if possible. Br The negro is known as Paul Jones. The white woman, a widow, was on her way home from church and g U.r? J aawvob 4>VkA or ViAmo _8 iiau wui ativoo tuc uuuo w uwa uv*uv* She was only a short distance from J" her home when the attack occurred. The woman was choked by the negro and she was badly bruised. Members ^ of her family gave the alarm when ^ she reached her home. ? The scene of the assault is about *1 j GEl CO] Of w member ] nirf rioiTC f * Lxperinece, Lots of Fi you have done the p Da a lothing that helps coi a < ;rs in uniform will be addn IUBBS, Pres., I I r miles from the downtown dis- the t. i we< o me far To Shift For Themselves n 1 , tfce 'he coming of the boll weevil is un? ;ly to deprive some of the farm- j. , of South Carolina, the ijiore j0(); orant of them, those who have not wjt 1 the best chances in the world, j j are not educated, who are not s^j. ourceful, of a "living wage." >hall they strike? usu Vho is going to take care of ^ m ? If they do not obtain the eqpiv- gUJ nt of a "living wage," will organ- ' i capital, or organized labor, come g^ tVioir r?scnc' Or will thev be left shift for themselves? lost of the fanners in South Car-! g ia who may be unable to cany on , r Sj?0Uuj|| 100 lbs. of Purina Cow Chow c 85% of which is digestible anc tissue and milk. It <is pure f< Balances home-grown rc It save you the trouble of mixing ration. It is more uniform th home-mixed feed because the ingi are laboratory tested to a fixed ' of quality, and measured and m machinery. The high percentage tein insures maximum milk flow, make the average cow on the ration produce 3 lbs. more milk per day, additional feed cost of abou n;?#> Cow Chow a trial. Sold only in board bags. Let us put your herd on a tfesmith-Flc Ling'stree, r rea LOF illiamsfa I1th, 1a or the Cole un and Inestimable' last year. All Colo y. Schools, make nmunitv interest lik credit to our county intted free on "Soldiers D 9. L FULTON, S mmmmmmm -sm i \ rV - ''rtrifii-ji-'ifcT* ii" ir usual operations with the boll jvil present are negroes?poor j n, tenants. If they shall fail at ??5 ming, they will be driven to seek ivelihood by doing other work?on ggS railroads, on the highways, as ^ ikilled laborers in towns and cities. lave these people the right to ?? k to other men to provide them ^ h a "living waj?e" as fanners." ! >robably they will be allowed to'?85 ft for themselves?if they fail to 1 jag n a living wage on the farm, as &.< lal, they will be expected to findifl||: somewhere else. They have no j 3p irdians; the government will make 1 provision for them.?Columbia ; ipecial sale on bycicles Fair Week, KINGSTREE HARDWARE co-j|g on tains 24 lbs. ofprotein, ? ? || 1 convertible into blood, 1 ? sed that perfectly g iughage and silage. a 1 If and balancing your own J I ll it 3c Jj p iwers Co., J So. Car. fg iDY F ED * ?urg tth and >red People Benefit to All. Fan red Schools will pi your be& showing. :e a County Fair and - ? ?.J Gaii^II i aiiu tu uic uuum. ay." For further informa 9 ec'y., ANDEF PIANOS! | I Buy a Standard Piano at a 1 standard price. We handle only p proved reliable instruments that i are guaranteed by the manufac- i turer and back by our own guar- i antee. You are safe in putting 1 iiiuiiev in ctiiy ui mc luiiuvvnig ?? pianos: i Steinway, Kranich & Bach, Ivers ^ & Ponk, Shoninger, Hunting- g ton, Aeolian Line of Player Pianos, Faber Players. gj Write Us for Prices. 1 SIEGLING MUSIC HOUSE, Inc., CHARLESTON, S. C. - FLORENCE, S. C. OR J FAIR I m mnty I 13th, 1919 1 ' / * >5# of This County J ners, do your best to show ? articipate on Armistice | we want to make this one 1 tion see Executive Committee. fj ?caxi rrwcDAi I idUfl OLllLIX/iL, 11 cad. I '*- .a. . rfflfeiitri'ftH'JiL_jihul ' iiifiii*itffc1 irtl