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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
THE STATE FARMERS TO MEET,
President Dabbs Issues Call for Meet
ing January }f;"i7.

The following announcement has
been made by e. w. Dabbs, president
Of the State Farmers Union:
"a special meeting Of tho South
Carolina State Farmers Union will
be held In Columbia Thursday, Janu-
ary 16, 1913, at D. nI., and will
probably continue in session through
the 18th.
"This announcement has already
been given to the press and it Is now
our desire to state the place of meet
ing. The president Of the University
has given the State Union the use Of
the hall in LeConte College building
for the meeting. This building Is on
the University campus at the corner
Of Pendleton and Bull streets.
by meeting on the University
grounds an opportunity will be af-
forded the officers and mem bers OF
the State Union to come Iii closer
touch with this great institution and
its work
"All county unions are urged to
send delegates on the usual basis of
representation. All members Of the
union who can do so are invited to
attend. This Is an important meet
ing and a full attendance Is desired.
Secretaries are requested to send
the names Of delegates to the State
secrtary as soon as they are elected.
some names have already been
sent In. %. w. Dabbs, President.
- Whitner Reid, Secretary"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
Killed by G. & G. Train.

(Anderson Intelligencer, 20th.)
Larkin Reid, white man, 60 years
Of age, carpenter by trade, was run
down and instantly killed by train
No. IT, Columbia to Greenville, Sou
thern Railway, at Williamson late
Tuesday afternoon. This train was
ordered to meet No. 16 at William
ston and took the siding. No. 16
passed and Mr.. Reid followed 1t down
the railroad, going toward his home
He got on a tall trestle and No. II
backed out OF the siding and down
on him. The conductor was stand
Ing on the rear platform and was a
witness to the horrible accident. Mr..
Reid stumbled and fell and the
wheels OF the rear coach passed over
him, horribly mangling his body.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
Record Individual Bank Balance.
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y,

A dispatch from Albany, N. ",
says:
iThe estate Of Louis A. Heinsheim-
er, of New York, who died three years
ago, has been appraised by the State
Comptroller's" office at $14 100000.
The appraisal shows that Mr.. Helms
heimer had bank balance Of $3,-
100000 cash, the largest sum Of the
kind ever recorded here. Mr.. Helms
heimer virtually was unknown out
side Of the Wall street district. He
had spent his life there, rising from
messenger boy to membership in
the firm Of Kuhn, Loeb e Co. He was
48 years old
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
New Series No. 0eo.-volume LxIV.-No. Se.
MURDERER FIGHTS TO THE LAST
Held Entire Police Force at Bay Four
HOurs-Three Shot.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 19.-While
10000 people crowded in the streets
below and cheered, force Of police
rushed Adam J. Behler's room in a
downtown lodging house at noon and
killed him. He had fought them con-
tinuously for four hours. He fired
ten shots from two revolyers at the
police after they had forced their
way into his room and shot him five
times. Behler was hunted down for
the murder of his wife.
The murder occurred during the
evening. At o'clock this morning
the police located Behler. Five pa
trolmen entered the hallway leading
to his room. At the approach Of the
officers BehIcr opened fire and fatally
wounded Patrolman Wooten.
The officers summoned aid. Fifty
policemen and volunteer force of
100 men responded. Sergeant Brett
thought he saw Behler emerging
from the room. He fired and killed
Spalding Parsons, druggist.
Patrolman Charles Davis made a
dash for Behlre's door and was fatal
iy wounded. The fire department
was called. One Of the firemen bored
hole through the floor of Behler's
room and injected forn,aldehyde.
Later the entire day and night
shift Of the police force was called
out. The firing continued steadily
for four hours. More than 1000
shots were exchanged Behler had
5000 rounds of ammunition, three
rifles, dozen revolvers and two shot
guns.
Finally tho police ripped plank
n nohl H.
ing on his bed. The police shot him
five times, and he fell firing a revol-
yer. A sixth shot killed him.
Child Tells of killing.
Behler, who came to Memphis
from Indiana in houseboat, attack
ed his wife, from whom he was sepa-
rated, in boarding house where she
had apartments with her four-year-
old daughter. Other occupants Of the
house heard the two scufiling, but the
only witness to the killing was the
child, who met the officers summon
ed with the announcement that papa
has killed mamma" The woman
was found lying on the floor, her
throat slashed. She died within a
few moments. According to the
child, Behler, after cutting the wo-
d l.
washed his hands, and left before the
policemen arrived
Behelr was traced 20 his rooming
house on Main street, where he had
entrenched himself after driving his
roommate from the ROOM A demand
that he surrender was replied to with
bulelt through the door, and a mo-
ment later Parsons, attracted by the
shooting, appeared on a balcony Of an
adjoining building. Brett, armed
with riot gun, was standing guard
on the street, so yards distant, and
when he saw the figure OF the man
and heard an exclamation of warning
from a bystander, opened fire. One
of the bullets lodged in Parsons alb
domen, another in his leg and ano-
ther in his thigh.
Third Victim Yields Life.
Memphis, Dec. -Spalding 1
Parsons, 33 years DID, drug clerk
died to-day, the third person to yield
his life in a series Of tragedies in
Memphis earlier in the week.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
Postage Stamps by the Mile.

Washington, Dec. 21.---Postage
stamps in mile lengths soon will be
printed by the government as the re-
suit of the invention Of a machine by
Benjamin r. Stickney, OF the bureau
OF engraving and printing.
The new machine will print, perfo-
rate. gum, dry and either cut into
sheets or coil in mile lengths the pro.
duet Of the press. 1t will save the
government vast sum of money. FOR
1t is claimed by the inventor that It
will cut down the cost OF producing
stamps at least 81 per cent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
TRAIN WRECK BEGAN ROMANCE.
Miss Gould and Mr.. Shepard Met
When Trains Crashed.

st. Louis, Mo, Dec. ia story
was current here to-day that the en-
gagement Of Miss Helen Miller Gould
and Finley j. Shepard, assistant to
President Bush, Of the Missouri Pa
| ciflc Railway, was fastened, If not
brought about, by q railroad wreck
on the morning Of October q, when
a west-bound West Shore train on
which both were travelling was
wrecked near Crittenden, N. Y.
Attached to this train was a pri-
vate car in which Miss Gould and her
party, including Mr.. Shepard and T..
B. Pryor, one Of the receivers Of tho
Wabash, were travelling from New
York to Chicago. Mr.. Shepard had
joined the party at the last minute.
| He was in Chicago preparing to re-
| turn home when a message from Mr..
Bush directed him to go to New York
and escort Miss Gould to Chicago,
where she was to attend a convention
Of the Railroad Y. NJ. G. A. On ar
irving in New York Mr.. Shepard ar
ranged the details Of the trip, and
on the afternoon Of October 1st the
party started.
Found u Common Interest.
Then it was that Miss Gould learn
ed that President Bush's assistant
was as interested in the Railroad Y.
NJ. c. A. work as she. He. knew all
about the work, and he had lent his
energies toward it's advancement.
Miss Gould and the railroad presi-
dents assistant had met before, and
from the moment Of the meeting she
had liked him. She liked him bet
ter as he told Of his interests, his
work and his ambitions.
Until Syracuse was reached Miss
Gould's car was the last on the train.
Then Col. Roosevelt's private car
was attached. 1T was explained that
1t was going only as far3as Buffalo,
where 1T would be taken off.
At a. m. there came @ grinding
Of wheels, sudden smash and the
train came to halt. This was fol-
lowed by the hiss of escaping steam.
Miss Gould AMI the young woman
with her dressed quickly, Mr.. Shep-
ard and Mr.. Pryor left the train to
learn the cause OF the trouble. They
learned that their train had crashed
into the rear Of another, that num-
Der Of persons we're hurt, some prob
ably mortally. Mr.. Shepard turned
to carry the news back to Miss
Gould, but she was not in her car,
and he began search for her. He
found her bending over bleeding and
suffering men and women.
Worked Together at Rescue. -
Mr.. Shepard was no more pleased
with seeing the heiress to the Gould
millions in this work than she was
at seeing him. At times the two
worked together and at times they
were separated, but never long. After
the wreck had been cleared, in the
darkness of the early morning, so the
story goes, Mr.. Shepard told of his
love for the heiress. At any rate, it
Is said the engagement dates from
the morning Of the wreck.
Luck favored Miss Gould and Mr..
Shepard In more than one way in
that wreck. 1t was said afterward
that, had not the heavy Roosevelt
car been attached to the other private
car, the latter almost certainly would
have been thrown from the rails, as
other cars on the train were, and
Miss Gould and her party injured
The weight OF the Roosevelt car held
the car ahead on the rails.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
Third Victim Yields Life,

Memphis, Dec. 21.-Spalding
Parsons, 33 years old, drug clerk,
died to-day, the third person to yield
MS life In series OF tragedies in
Memphis earlier in the week.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
Statement from Magistrate.
Campaign Expenses, Two Cents.

Washington, Dec. 10.--The Social
LIST candidate to Congress from the
First South Dakota District, e. M.
Jacobson, Of Sioux Falls, spent two
cents for his campaign, accoro ng to
his report to the House to-day. This
was the price OF tho stamp that
brought his expense statement.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
Big Blaze In Birmingham.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 20.-The
slx-story plant Of the birmingham
Paper Company, on First avenue, was
totally destroyed by fire tonight with
a loss estimated at more than $780,
900.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
BLACK SPOT FOR CAROLINA.
Negro Charged With Minor Offense
is Lynchcd by Few Men.

Orangeburg, Dec. 21.-Last night
a negro, John Fielder, was taken from
the guard house at Norway, in this
county, by unknown persons and
lynched. A warrant charging Eel
der with obtaining goods under false
pretenses was issued by Magistrate
Baggott, Of North, and the negro
was arrested yesterday by Magistrate
Tyler. of Norway, and lodged in the
guard house at that place.
Later Magistrate Tyler received a
message that the case against Fielder
had been settled, but before the ne
gro was discharged he was taken by
unknown persons and shot to death.
An inquest was held this morning,
but after the jury took some Of the
testimony it adjourned until next
Tuesday.
Statement from Magistrate.
Norway, Dec 21.--John Fielder,
negro, was arrested and locked up
yesterday afternoon on warrant
for obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses. The guard house was broken
open last night and the prisoner
taken out, tied, carried about two
miles from town, and lynched. The
body was left lying on the side OF the
road. In the absence Of any testi-
mony the inquest was adjourned UNI
til next Tuesday D. s. Tyler.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23

The next ginning report will be is
sued Thursday, January 8, at 10 a.
M, and will announce the quantity
of cotton ginned prior to Wednesday,
January 1.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
Homes for Delegates.

Homes Will be provided for all
delegates that attend the union
meeting at Rocky Knoll church on
December 28th and 29th, 1912. gz
j. w. Abbott, G.. G.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01
IDAHO DRAWS NATIONAL ATTENTIONS
Two U.S. Senators to be Elected


cuting Attorney and ". %. Pratt
candidate for 4isrrif in this coun|
ty. because both ofthe gcntlemel
are for the eufonocn4en mt Of the loc
al option law<
The citizens ~ this county
should see to it dhat these twc|
candidates. who to-day stand
next in Importance to our Sena-
tor and Representatives, .because
~d the particular conditaQu that
prevails, are elected If tlscy want
better-condiNons than ase vcr1
likely to prevail if sonae of Our
wet candidates are e!ectsA,
This question is al s.icl, vital
Importance as to reNuire the. ~
ious thought Of every good x)itl.
zen, regardless ofpolittcs.. It,is-A
case of men and the morals Alge,
yIhefievean.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01
.ice-President
Sherman
Failing.

In report signed by his ply
sicans Vice President Sherman is
failing very rapidly with little
hope of hisrccovery.
1t has been known for year
that v. P. Sherman was in poor
health and for the last three
weeks he has been dressed but
once, saws his family doctor, and
then it was against the latter's
wish, when the vicepresident
went to the polls to register.
The trouble is with the heart
and kidneys and minorcomplica
tions and serious, although h
physicians say that there is no
immediate danger of death, yet
the situationris grave.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01
Bates Brought to
Boise.
ALLEDGED WHITE SLAYER Now
IN All, HERE.

Oliver Bates. who escaped from
the county Jail at Albion several
months ago and was captured
last week near Cardstone, Alber.
TIA. was landed in the Adacounty
Jail yesterday to await his trial
in the federal court.
Bates was broug Card
stone to the Idaho Line by A. E.
Humphries, travelling lmmigrat-
ion Inspector at Lethbridge, AL.
berta. There he was taken into
custody by Deputy United States
Marshall Schultz, of Lewiston.
and brought to Boise. Alice
Wingard, who declares that she
is Bates wife, was also taken in.
to custody at Bates ranch in
Canada and brought back to
Boise to he held, it. is said, as a
witness against Bates in the pro-
secution of the white slave charg.
es preferred against him. She,
too. is at the Ada county Jail.
Boise Statesman.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01

The beetcropais showing very
well in this place. MIR. w. E.
Ellerby raised better than eight
cen tons to the acre.
The free dance given by the AL
bion band was pretty we'll lattend-
ed but If there were any here who
were not converted to moving
the county seat from Albion they
were converted after the dance
The statements made were so
misleading and unfounded that
the effect OF the party'reacted ag-
ainst Albion instead of accomp.
fishing what they intended it to.
Marion will roll up 1907 in favor
of removal of county seat. Cor.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01

United States Senator's directly,
this law has not yet been cor
firmed by this state and therefor
their election depends upon the
state legislators.
If the people of stlrs county
want William E. Rorah returned
20 the ". S, Senate, and another
republican sent in place ef Hey
burn, Diseased, they must elect
Sen. Naight and Rep. Taylor
from this county to the idaho
legisla sure on Tuesday next. H
has beeN reported to this paper
that some voters are of the opin-
ion that United States senators
are elected by direct vote. This
rs not SO, no matter whogOes, so
It the voters want any particular
man sent to Washington they
must dofit through their local re-
preventative and Senator.
Another matter of great i'm
portance is the election of Rep
ublicanG Governor. Hawley's'cash
valuation scheme which it rs rs
timated wislraise taxes '75% has
demanded from the public at
large a business administration,
and his veto of the amendment
to the local option law has more
than disappointed sthoasa nd,
throughout'the state. so that a
republican victory is PRACTICAL,
assured.
Cassia County voted 90 pei
cent dry county and to strength
en- and improve this law the pro
per officers should beelected. Re
gardless of politics this pape
urxes~the election If MEN VIII,
will look to the enforcement @
this law. There's is strong effor
being maderby certain classes Q
citizens to defeat Attorney LOui
A. Bauman, candidate for prose
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01
Marion Briefs.

Chas. w. Beal, who was can
didate tor congress at the prim.
aries last July visited Marion
this week in behalf of the republi.
can party. He gave a splendid
talk on national issues and prais-
ed the work OF Pres. TAFT. He is
loyal supporter of the president
and is very much interested in
his election.
His talk was very we'll TAX
en- sby the numbers present and
had the night been more fay.
orable tor travel a much larger
audience would have been out to
greet the gentleman. Sen. II. C.
iHaigh,, John McMurray L. A.
Bauman and w. o. Pratt local
candidates were present.
A farewell party was held here
last week for Walter Matthews
whQ4eaves on a mission to South
Africa Saturday next.
a party will also be held here
tfrs.week in honor OF David Okle-
berry who also leaves Saturday
sfor'the Central States Mission.
Mr.. John Cooper, formerly OF
Island, and son-in-law of John
Carson was buried at the Island
cemetery Tuesday. He was on
his way to California for his
health and while at Fillmore, IT.
an, died. The funeral was held
at'Rnprley Tuesday morning and
stAen brought here for burial.
It's SUPPOSED that lung trouble
was the main cause Of death.
Asbabv gifl was born to los,
Smith and wife on the 21st inst.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01
To the Voters of Ca,sia
County.

In order to correct an error to
the effect that | am ne ew-comer
and therefor not entitled to the
confidence OF the people, l desire
10 say to the voters of Cass1a
County that | have been here
long enough to secure title to my
homestead. | am a man of fam
ily,. and my home and business
interests. like yours, are here. |
have been in the employ of the
Snake River implement Company
for the past year. and my travels
over the county have made me
familiar with the people. the land
and other property. want to
assure the people Of Cassia Coun-
" that if | am elected to the
Office of Assessor and tax collect
or, | can, and will, give you the
best al, service.,
JOHN w. McEyoy.. :.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01
9lSfp Voters of Ca.sia
~ County.

BuTley, Oct. 26th,-For polite
al pYKptsSes certain persons are
circulating the report that am
a socialist and have acted as sec.
retary to the Rurlcy local. While
| have no particular enmity to-
wards the socialist party and
ana willing to concede to every
perstss%Rolitical liberty, | do de-
sire to assure the voters ofCassia
County thatI am not a socialist
aIId Have never been connected
with that party in any way.
Furthermore, the report that the
democrats sent in my nomination
and paid the fee is absolutely
false, BECAUSE OF my baving to
'leHvesfqr Twin Falls with my son
who was dangerously i'll at the
time afI did send in my papers and
pay the tee through the Burley
State Bank, the institution with
whicls;I do my banking. for which
have the papers to show.
FLORENCE WILSON.
Republican candidate for Treas
uscr of Cassia County.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01
Fall of de Ancient City IS
Jericho.

| l.
We have learned from a nisinbef
OF our fellow citizens At Albion Nat
mass meeting was advertised 10 be !.
held in the Opera House Tues. niaht
Oct-22nd. and that their fellow towing
man and Democratic nominee fox.sr
SCISSOR and Tax collector, MErI W !.
McEvQy invited three OF bis friends+
one from Hurley, one from Twin
Falls and one from Kimberly 70 -ae<
company him to the meeting Nheees
gentlemen went with him as i mat.
ter OF courtesy and took their seats.
with&the rest of the gentlemen wh1<
were already there. They were snr<-
prised at the silence prevailing for
several minutesuntil the wosthy .anA
able chairman of the meeting aroser
in his majestic dignity and aalLaa the
tmas meetings attention to the fact
that it .was-not a public gathering
but private meeting called for thu,
special benefit Of parties who are in
terested in maintaining the present.
elaborate courthouse in Albion. an1.
that no spies wera allowed emphasize
ing this strongly by saying. .-~'TOns
know who you are, govern yourselves
accordingly by withdrawing. from
this meeting at cnce,' leaving. tbo~s-
interence that the meeting was not,
dor the public but for the snecial.
benefit of favored few. His part
ing words were. this is right from,
the shoulder, do yon nndersaand?'''
The visitors humbly apoligize0, bygs.
saying that they were thens., ~, in-~-i
vited guests of MIR. MeE~ot. ,aha..-..
himsef5was too astonished to inter- !.
cede further, and then left the meet
ing leaving the chosen few to work.
out the problem unmolested. i.
After thasneeting, We understand. =.
the friends-ef Mr.. McEvoy. who arsa.
legion because Of his ad admirable, ,o4al-r-
tiles as man and as an abls~ aspir.~.'
ant for the position of assessor. apol---
igised for the lack of respect shown.
his guests.
The amusing partpf the insii11enttip>.f
that these gentlemen afsenliTelynn.
interested in the courthouse auestidas,
land they were astOnished to he elaAs.~s
ifed with the spies of the ancient-.
lsraelitss, who went to the city of-.
Jericho'sanf did not hayssthe- least->
idea that they wenld have the pparAslp 4
possessed by the ancientsa{tAat by<i
blowing their hornewhicheaustd'ths-~
destruction Of JerichAa ite.cAlornitse<s
might befall Albion.
Adx0r tisenent
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01

Idaho today is beng watched
by the nation. Oweing to the
popularity of Senator Borah and
his term expiring, and the office
now vacant caused by the death
of Senator w, B. Hepburn the
election of two Senators at the
next term of the legislature is
causing no small comment IN all
the states of the Union.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01

0. B. Pickett, Candidate for Assassor.
o. B. Pickett, candidate on the
Republican Ticket for Assessor.
has made a complete canvas of
the county, and has been given
good assurances from all sections
that he will poll a heavy vote in
all precincts for election.
he is we'll and favorably known
and his long experience in busin-
ess affairs has fitted him for the
position to which he will un
doubtedly be elected.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01

Idaho might turn the tide
Voters should understand the
situation clearly, Borah is in
strong demand as our next Sena-
tor and is no doubt sure, however
notwithstanding his great ser
vice to the state, If the legislat ture
IS democratic, Borah will go Ato
the wall.
Voters should understand, that
while Borah passed bill in the
national legislature giving the
voters the privilege of voting tor
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01

MISS Eva Boyle Linvie, Independent for County
?o Superintendent is making rapid progress campaign
and tact that she experienced teacher on
moral principals together with her eligibility Office there
hEfe doubt but she will poll heavy when
acastfofthe office OF Superintendent Tuesday next