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The Butler weekly times., 1912-08-22

only 6c. .-Walker-Mckibben'S
Miss Virginia Hampton spent Sum-
day with friends in Nevada.
Ask for Big Buck Work Shirts, Soc.
|-Walker-McKibben's.
u. G. Lewis and family Of St. Louis
are guests of the family of B. G. Gull
yer.
Stateroom Trunks America n
Clothing House.
Miss Lou Cameron has returned
home from visit with relatives in
Kansas City.
Prest-O-Lite tanks exchanged at
Mcfarland S garage.
Mrs. Elmer Campbell returned
home Sunday from several weeks
outing in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
New Travelling Bags.-American
Clothing House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Clark return
ed to St. Louis Monday after enjoying
a visit here at the home of j. c.
Clark.
10 and IL l-2c lawns for SC. l5c
lawns for 1-5c. - Walker-McKib-
ben's.
John H. Funk attended the meet
ing of the Republican Congressional
} Committee at Greenfield the first of
the week.
Mrs. w. S. Vantrees and daughter,
Miss Gladys, have returned home
from visit with relatives at Deer
field, Mo.
Munsing Union Suits for men, $l.0O
and $3.50, all styles. Walker-Mc-
Kibben's.
Miss Hazel Ludwick returned
home Sunday after pleasant visit at
the home of Judge w. w. Graves in
jefferson City.
Col. j. E. Williams and Hon. w.
O. Jackson attended the meeting OF
the Sixth Congressional District Com
mittee at Clinton Tuesday.
Don't wear an overall that has on
reputation but wear Carhartts with a
national reputation as the best Only
81. $1.OO.-Walker-M -Mckibben'
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Vandervoort
of Osawatomie, Kansas, are spending
pleasant vacation here as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Vandervoort.
t S. f. Warnock, manager of the
Power &: Bro, Mills, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, spent several
days the fisst of the week in Kansas
City.
l.. G. Bynum of the Walker-McKib-
ben Mercantile Co., accompanied by
his wife left Sunday for an outing on
the northern lakes. They expect to
stop a few DAVIS in Blairstown, Iowa,
where they will attend family re-
union.
The Peoples Bank of this city re-
cived shipment Of serum for vac
cination for hog cholera from the
University the last of the week, the
serum having been ordered for the
accommodation of one of the customers
of the Bank.
New York, Aug. 10. A 1874
pound boy was born this morning to
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, widow of
Col. John Jacob Astor, who perished
in the Titanic disaster last April. The
baby has fortune of 5 million dol
lars in his own name.
1t is considered practically certain
that Congress will adjourn at 2 o'clock
Saturday. Underwood, the House
leader, said Tuesday that he saw no
reason why all the business should
not be cleaned up by that time and
the homeward bound start begin Sat-
urday night.
j. H. Braden, president of the Am
sterdam Street Carnival Association,
spent Friday in this city booming the
Carnival to be held in that city Aug
ust q and %. An attractive lot of
premiums are cataloged insuring var
led and excellent exhibits. Free at
fractions will be numerous and strict
ly high grade in character. The cat
alog is well gotten up and is neatly
and artistically printed.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-08-22
New Rubber Boots B!ack-Arnold.

w. c. Chamberlin, of Foster, visit
ed in Butler Saturday.
Young Mems Shoes, Black-Arnold.
7. w. Silvers made professional
visit to Archie Saturday.
Boys school Shoes, Black ARNOLD.
Miss nellie Smith is enjoying an
outing at Hollister, Mo.
Get dress Shirts, Black G. Arnold.
w. S. Arnold is enjoying a weeks
outing at Ell Dorado Springs.
Buy new Ties, Black & Arnold.
w. M. Dickerson and family visited
at Nevada the last of the week.
Mems easy Shoes, Black & Arnold.
M. F. Davis, of Rockville, was in
Butler on legal business Thursday.
Black & Arnold Clothing Co.
Mrs. J. A. DeArmond is enjoying
visit her parents near Liberty, Mo.
We appreciate any size purchase,
so come here, Black & Arnold.
Frank White arrived home Friday
from an extended stay in Colorado.
New Trunks and Suit Cases.
American Clothing House.
Mrs. M. S. Cowles, of Kansas City,
is the guest of Mrs. D. A. DeArmond.
Prest-O-Lite tanks exchanged at
McFarland's garage.
Harry Cough is enjoying visit
with relatives and friends in Sedalia.
Boy Scout Shoes. A m merican
Clothing House.
Miss Sadie Brown has returned
home from years stay at Colorado
Springs.
Gentlemen's Trunks. American
Clothing House.
Frank Ludwick, of jefferson City,
is spending his vacation here with
homefolks.
We have your Blue Serge Suit.
Come in. Black e. Arnold.
Miss Mayme McGaughey has re-
turned home from visit with rela-
tives and friends in Kansas City.
Extra Good Chrome Calf, Viscalized
Sole Work Shoes, $3.50.-Walker-
Mckibben's. S.
w. B. Dawson was in Rich Hill
the last of the week attending to le-
gal business.
County Clerk c.. q. Weeks trans
acted business in Rich Hill the first Of
the week.
VIM. Arnold, accompanied by his
sister, Miss Agnes, is visiting at Trim
idad, Col.
Mrs. C. H. Wallace and son have
returned from visit with relatives
at Galesburg, III.
Chas. B. Lane and Miss Mary Lane,
of Rockville, were in Butler on legal
business Thursday.
Largest line of Trunks and Suit
Cases ever shown in Butler. Amer
lean Clothing House.
Miss Naomi Blount has returned TO
Adrian, after visit here with the
family of Mrs E. j. Blount.
Rev. l.. L. Wix and j. H. Jones,
both Of Deepwater township, were in
Tuesday and made us a pleasant cali
The residence of George Vannoy
on North Main street in this city was
destroyed by fire about O'Clock Fri
day evening.
| Mrs. Ii. A. Van Hall and Miss Hell
en- Sewers left for Eureka, Kan,
Sunday, where they will visit at the
home of Thomas Rust.
F. L. Gench and family, accompan-
led by Mrs. Clyde johnson, returned
Saturday evening from a weeks
motor tour to Bartlesville, Okla
Cyrus Lee Vickers, of Butler, and
Miss Victoria Smith, of Spruce, were
united in marriage in this city Satur-
day, Aug. II, Judge B. F. Jeter Off
ciating.
R. P. May of Kansas City, was re-
leased Monday after serving a six
,,,orxb, corkonoo no fo1aro1 ,,rican
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
RESENTED VII noI"cN'
Reprimanded Employe ~ ''''
perintendent of DillOS VII Nn

Dillon, Dec. 30.-Mr. F anA Nuln-
see, superintendent of the Oiiioh VII
Mill, was shot this aftern on aooue
o'clock by Joe Hagins, a -eio enl-
ployee, in the mill. The nSs'o iiau
been drinking and losing tue anc
upon being reprimanded b. Mr.
Nurnsee he left the mill, returning
few minutes afterwards with
double barrel shotgun, and, without
a word, emptied the contents of one
barrel into the person of Mr.. Nurn-
see, the whole load taking effect in
the feshy part of the left hip. For
tunately, the shot were small, No. 8
bird shot, and it is hoped that the
cavity has not been penetrated.
The wound is a serious one, how
ever, from possible infection, but
his vigorous constitution and fine
health are elements in his favor. The
negro was promptly arrested and con-
fined in the guard house.. Great ex-
citement prevailed here for a while
until the populace was assured that
Mr.. Nurnsee was not fatally shot.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
G INVADE TAMPA CHURCH
Make Sk Arrests, Preventing Rough
Handling of Pastor.

TamH, Fla, Dec. 31.-At the con-
clusion 1T services this morning, the
Rev RE. Kirkland, pastor of the
EIrst Congregational church, was the
.torm csntre in near-riot, in which,
the police interfered, arresting six
norsons. The Rev. kirkland spent
This sfternoon in bed. In a written
.tatement he declared he had been
licked by some of the women.
\ The cause of the outburst was an
Aset made by~the HI. Kirkland.
;nais sermon, on forl per pastor
;nbnnection with alleged @isappro-
| n,4ion of church funds. he Rev.
Kaland's subject was III Christ
I'd To-day, Would He Bel a So
oiist?" His text was, "MyS Faith
| e1house is a house of prayer, but
| raave made it den of thiSves."
arained relations have existed be-
+,en the Rev. kirkland and, mem
b of his congregation for some
naths.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
ms SUFFERING WITH POISON.
oh Act of Prominent Citizen Of
I Lake City Section.

: lake City, Dec. 31.-Mr. Arson A.
Rwn, one Of the most widely known
Il highly respected citizens Of this
sion, committed suicide early this
lining by taking about two ounces
oiaudanum.
FOR several years he suffered from
cionic dyspepsia, which at times
nae him very despondent, and it,
i4hought that in a moment Of ex-
tine suffering and depression he
TX the fatal dose. No one saw the
IL act and the first intimation OF
aAhing unusual was when his heavy
hnthing attracted the attention Of
NJ Brown, about midnight, after
wch he lived about two hours.
His home, where he died, is at
RI. He was about 60 years OF age
a5 leaves his his wife and three,
cidren: One son, Mr.. R. A. Brown,
ofhis place, and two daughters, Mrs,
k. Hemingway, of Lambert, and
Ms Elise Brown.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
WILL RUN FOR JUDGE.
Hayne F.. Rice, of Aiken, will Offer
for Office.

Aiken, Dec. 27.-The friends OF
Hsyne F. Rice, a prominent attorney
of Aiken, having declared that they
would run him for the judgeship OF
the Second judicial circuit, which
position was recently made vacant by
the death of the late Judge Robert
Aldrich, of Barnwell, Mr.. Rice to-
day agreed to make the race for the
place.
Mr.. Rice was born and reared in
Barnwell county. He read law un-
der Judge Joseph H. Earle, of Green
Vile, was graduated from the Citadel
at Charleston in 1898, and practiced
law in Bamberg for six years before
becoming a member of the Aiken bar.
For three years he was member OF
the county board of education, re-
signing this position when ex-Gov.
Ansel appointed him to serve on the
State board, of which he is still a
member.
Advices from Barnwell are to the
effect that that county will have sew
eral candidates for Judge Aldrich's
place, among them James E. Davis,
George H. Bates and J. Emile Har-
lev
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
The South is All Right.

Those who are farming we'll and
ir a good rotation and are getting
good cotton crops are never the men
who are always inquiring about the
growing of crops they know nothing
about. and which are better suited to
other sections. We have the best
rnoney-making crops in the South OF
any section of the country in cotton,
cowpeas, winter oats, and corn. we
can, of course, beat the world n cot
ton. We can beat the West in corn
if we farm right. We can beat the
whole country in oats soWed IN the
fall. and we can grow more stock
feed of high quality with coTpeas
and soy beans and velvet beans than
any other part of the country, ana
we do not need to monkey with broom
corn or sunflowers.
We can raise hogs cheaper than
thew can in the West because of the
abundant food we grow for them to
eat and harvest for themselves, and
we can feed beef and dairy cattle
more cheaply than the North or West.
A Northern dairyman who went to
Georgia wrote to me: II find that l
can make as good butter here as IN
Vermont; I can make it cheaper and
can get more for it than in the
North" Corn grows larger here
than in the North, and we can make
more ensilage on an acre than can be
grown on similar soil in the North.
Mr. Tufts made 81 tons an acre OF
ensilage on poor sand-hillsafter few
years of improvement, fully equal
in feeding value to ten tons OF hay'
which no one can grow on an acre
We need more silos, more pea and soy
bean and velvet bean hay, and more
cattle to eat them and to enrich the
soil to make more corn and cotton
and oats. In short, we need more
farming and less planting of cotton
only.-Progressive Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Killed and Body Burned.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. s1.-Tne
sEy of a bloody conflict Christmas
d. between three white men and
fihen negroes, at Centennial Is
i'd in the Mississippi river, was re-
ptted to-day by two men, VINO,
baly wounded, had made their way
hte in a shanty boat.
The men, Charles Young and jas
Mlloy, of Lambethville, Ark, stat
etthat together with William Har-
dsdy, they were attacked by the
NIB of negroes and Hardesdy was
killed. and his body burned while they
bdh were wounded. They also told
ola narrow escape from the negroes
tdthe shanty boat, in which tney
mhaged to reach this city.
fhe trouble is said to have arisen
beause of the anger of the negroes
atthe white men for the alleged OPP
potion to the sale of liquor, tramc
inEwhich the negroes are said TO
haze been conducting on large
scae.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
OLD HOMES DISAPPEARING.
Southern Mansions Giving Way to
Modern Structures.

The grand old "before the war
homes, stepped in romance and dear
to the heart of the children OF the old
South, are fast going. Set in grove
of oaks, the big house with its i'm
posing columns, ample verandas ana
it's air of hospitality and cheer, soon
will be no more. Some of those old
mansions have fallen into wreck and
ruin; hundreds have been burned.
The surviving ones are relics of an
age that is past.
For several years there has been
movement in the South for smaller
farms. This movement has been
constantly accelerated. And it means
much for the welfare of this section
The old plantations were manageable
only when labor could be relied upon
and when one person was willing
to pass his life in the employ of an
other.
The South is becoming more utili-
tartan. Descendants of those caval-
iers who charged Rupert and melted
their plate to support the tottering
throne of an unworthy Stuart have
scanned their lesson we'll. Life is ac-
tivity, hurry and turmoil. 1t still
would be an elysian existence for
ever to loiter in the shade and yell
to Pompey for another julep-but
it is no longer practicable.
This month will see two of the
fine old plantation homes Of Barbour
county go under the hammer. His
toric Roselands and the splendid
Pugh estate alike are to be sold.
Some of these days when the South
gets enormously wealthy again the
grand old times may be revived
Birmingham, Ala, News.
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that the other officers have done
likewise
Mr.. A. D. Hudson requested that
the interview given out by Gov.
Blease be read over to him, and Mr..
Hudson gave out the following state
ment:
Hudson Not Seeking Place.
I'm my interview with Gov.
Blease some days ago the subject
of the commissioner of agriculture
was mentioned only in the connec-
ton that he felt that the present
commissioner was not doing success
fully the work outlined for him. The
question of my being candidate for
the position was not discussed, even
remotely, and he in no way rendered
me the position; in fact, he stated
that unless there be some change in
the present policy of the office that
the office would be discontinued. |
am in no sense a candidate or appli-
cant either for Col. Watson's or Mr.
Williams's position"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Making Themselves Solid.

The members of the Charleston
dispensary constabulary presented
the governor with gold watch chain
as a token of their esteem. A gold
headed cane from the members OF
the Columbia constabulary was their
Christmas remembrance to the gov
ernor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
BRUTAL MURDER AT ANDERSON.
Dead Body of Aged Merchant Discov-
cred in Store.

Anderson, Dec. 29.-David Hutto,
a Confederate veteran, about 65 years
of age, who kept small store on the
extreme end of Greenville street, just
beyond the city limits, was found
dead in his store room to-day, with
the left side of his face and head
smashed to a pulp. The last time he
was seen was on Monday afternoon,
and Judging from the decomposition
of the body, the murder must have
been committed Monday night. Mr..
Hutto was eccentric, and the fact that
he failed to show himself Monday
among his friends and relatives was
no occasion for alarm, so no search
had been made by his family to To-
cate him.
A Gruesome Discovery.
A negro woman, who went to the
store this morning to purchase some
groceries, noticed that blood had
trickled through the floor of the little
building and that sign reading
There is a man dead on inside was
tackled on the front door. She mott
fed Sheriff King and he, with Dep
uty Martin, forced open the door,
which had been locked from the out
side. and in a crouching position,
partly on the cot in the rear of the
store and partly on the floor, was
found Mr.. Hutto's body. The lick
over the mans head was a terrific
one, as his brains and blood were
spattered all over the cot, the floor
and the walls nearby. There were
evidences of other licks also, posi-
bly, after Mr.. Hutto had fallen on
the cot.
Blunt Instrument Used.
A blunt instrument, possibly an
axe, was used by the murderer, but
no instrument has yet been found by
the officers. Evidently robbery was
the motive, for no money was found
by the officers in the mans clothing
or in the cigar box, in which he was
accustomed always to keep some
change. Mr.. Hutto was probably
called from his cot after he had re-
tired Monday night, for when found
to-day he was in his bed clothes. The
man who committed the deed very
probably called for sardines and
crackers, for on the counter were
found two boxes of sardines, which
had been opened, and in the arms OF
Mr.. Hutto was found bag of crack
ers. The cracker box was sitting
near the cot and the first blow must
have been dealt from his rear, as he
was leaning over the box in the act
of placing the crackers in the bag.
Inquest Resumed Monday.
Mr.. Hutto's body was removed to
Tolly's morgue, where Coroner Beas-
ley began an inquest this afternoon.
The inquest was adjourned tonight
until Monday, when the taking OF
testimony will be resumed. The Of
ficers expect to gather something tan
gible by that time. At the inquest
this afternoon two negro children
testified that they saw two young
white men go up to the store door
about o'clock yesterday afternoon
and write the sign which was found
tackled on the door to-day. 1t is be-
lieved by the officers that the young
men intended this as joke, having
no idea that the information given
in the notice was correct. This clue
is being followed, however, but de-
velopments incriminating other par
ties are expected to occur soon. Mr..
Hutto is survived by his widow and
several children.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

Statistics prepared by Commits
sioner Watson show that S11S,2S4,-
1886 is invested in small industries
in South Carolina as compared with
,si14,276,SA last year. The ig-
nres VI hered by reports made
by nE <aellsnments'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

The number of passengers trans
ferred from the immigration station
on Ellis island in New York har-
Dor to the mainland averages now
about 2,5OO,O0O each year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
WIFE KILLED, HUSBAND IN JAIL
Woman's Head Split with Axe While
Lying in Bed.

Greenville, Dec. 27.-In one OF the
mill villages of Greenville tonight
the coroner is holding an inquest in
to the death of a woman who was
found in her bed at daybreak with
her head split open with an axe and
her two-year-old baby immersed in
pool of blood by her side. The wo-
mans husband is locked in cell at
the county Jail, and finger nails bear
ing blood stains, uncleansed by Wa
ter used in erasing other alleged
traces of the foul crime, are regard
ed by the authorities as pointing to
him as the guilty man.
A Horrible Sight.
At $50 o'clock this morning Sher-
iff Poole received a call from Brandon
Mill, and in responding found one of
the most hideous crimes that has
stained the pages of Greenville coun-
tvs criminal history in some years.
In their three-room apartment the
sheriff discovered Mrs. Alice Camp
bell, wife of Lafayette Campbell,
groveling in her bed in a pool of
blood. Her head had been mutilated
some time during the night with
some instrument, huge cash laying
open the skull over the temple. A
horrible bruise on one cheek and
other wounds about the face almost
blotted out her identity.
The woman was not dead and by
her side lay her babe unharmed.
Physicians were called to attend the
woman and, after removing sections
of her skull and a major portion of
her brain, she died this afternoon
shortly after 4 o'clock.
Search for Murderer.
Immediately after the sheriff and
his assistants went to work to appre-
bend the person guilty of the crime.
Living in the same house was an
other family, but none of them hac
heard any disturbance at any time
during the night. The husband
pointed out the bed in which he said
he had spent the night, but it was
in another room from that in which
his wife slept. Going on into the
kitchen, the officers discovered an
axe leaning against the wall and
resting upon a cow chain, which had
been piled on the floor. The chain
itself was bloody, but the axe had
been washed of all but a few stains
of crimson. This led the officers to
believe that Immediately after the
commission of the crime the bloody
axe had been stood upon the chain;
that later it was taken up and the
blade of it cleansed then stood once
more upon the chain.
Husband Suspected.
The officers also found an old
sack in the kitchen, which though
freshly washed, showed traces OF
blood. In the stove they discovered
scraps of burned rags bearing traces
of blood. Later in the day suspicion
began to point to the woman's hus-
band, and traces of blood on his
finger nails led the sheriff to place
him under arrest and took him to the
county jail.
The murdered woman herself has
been in the courts of this county.
Some years ago, while defending her
husband from attack by her own
brother, she secured revolver ana
fired four shots into the latter's
body. For long time it was thought
the woman's brother would die. The
case dragged through the courts for
some time and finally wore itself out,
without any one being brought to