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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-06-11

Pickens Gunter, who seemed 20 be
the most dangerous and to be the
head OF the conspiracy against me.
AS ii was my usual custom to do.
| went to the postoiiicc the after
noon OF the encounter, got my mail,
and came back down the street to
Hayes Gunter's store, where | met MIR.
Icgler, who was in my employ, and
we stopped to talk. | was gancing
over newspaper and did not see
Pickens Gunter approach. The first
thing realized | was grabbed and
/ struck behind the left ear The lick
stunned me. | fell to the ground
The next thing | realized was when ]
was falling, and then | saw ana rec
ogniZed the face OF the man who was
falling or jumping on top of me 1t
was Pickens Guntcr. ! believed then
the threats l had heard We're being
carried out. Mr. Guntcr fell on top
of me, about the time we hit the
I ground he struck me in the face and
eyes, binding me so that | saw moth
| ing else of the fight He caught me
by the throat. The marks remained
there for weeks afterwards. He dis
covered, il seemed, that ! was strug-
Cling for my revolver, and his hand
caught mine"
Why did you shoot Pickens Gun
ter, Mr.. Long" asked Mr. Croft OF his
counsel.
The Fatal Reason.
81 shot because he had made
threats against my lie, because he
was the stronger man, because he had
attacked me. fired in defense of my
life. He was making an effort to get
! my pistol. He was in a rage and |
knew that if / didn't shoot him either
he would shoot me or / would be
killed by others"
Long declared he was fiat OF his
back on the ground when he fired the
fatal shot that he saw man run up
and catch hold OF Gunter bu. diI no.
know whether he was a friend or a
foe. When the first shot was fired,
he said, Gunter seemed to renew his
efforts TO get the pistol, but after the
second shot. the muscles OF the man
on top of him seemed relax. As
he went away from the scene, he saii
he saw a crowd folwong, some of
the men behind armed. Among these
he declared, was Nathan Guntcr,
Long went to the home of Henry
Gardiner, but denied telling the po-
liceman, Baldwin. that he was eX-
pecting trouble with Guntcr and that
Guntcr was too swift for him
"Hc tried to arrest me-" said Long,
II was upstairs armed. told him
not to come up there and he didn't.
I did not want him to arrest me and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
Alexandra and Mary Disagree Over
Wife for Prince Of wsIes-7an
on German Princess.

London.-The engagement of the
kaiser's only daughter. Princess Vic
toria Louise. to the son Of the duke
OF Cumberland came as a great relief
to Queen Mary, who has always dread
ed that a marriage should be ar
ranged for political reasons between
the princess and the prince Of Wales.
Typically English as the queen is.
she would prefer her Oldest son to
marry an English girl II there were
one Of equal rank to be found within
this country, but as this is not the
case, she knows, of course. that the
prince of Wales will eventually have
to marry some foreign princess.
She has become quite resigned to
this idea, but she still draws the line
on German princesses. and hopes that
the future king Of England win even
tually marry one OF the cars young
daughters. On this point. however.
she meets with strong opposition
from Queen Alexandra, who maintains
that 1t would be fatal to the best in
terests of coming royal generations to
allow a union of two young people
who are not only as closely related as
are the prince of Wales and a daugh-
ter of the car, but whose fathers are
exact doubles Of one another physi-
cally as well as mentally, and both
very far from being robust. Queen
Alexandra also fears that her young
Russian grandnieces may have inner
tied strain Of the melancholy OF
their beautiful and lovely mother.
AS the young prince of Wales is
of a very shy and rather effeminate
disposition, Queen Alexandra main
tains that the proper wife for him
must be strong. vivaciops and spir-
tied princess, and her fatorite candi-
date is the Oldest daughter Of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
OLD STEAMER Usage

ued all night without interruption un-
til four o'clock In the morning.
1t was then observed that the mar
row stream was not wide enough by
ten feet to turn the boat around.
Every available tool was put into use
by deckhands and the bank OF the
river was dug down low enough to al
low the stern Of the boat to back into
1t, and by the aid of ropes and cap
stan the turn was made
The unloading was completed, and
at five o'clock the race for deep water
began. The wood supply was running
low when a woodward was seen in the
distance on the bank. some thirty
miles below Suns Point No time was
lost in tying up and appropriating all
the wood In the yard, and the little
steamer was on her way to escape
the shallow water. The mouth of the
Usage below Jefferson City was
reached before noon the following
day.
Major Melton left his brother In
charge of the salt at Suns Point, and
in week he had sold the last of his
boatload Of salt and was returning
with $4,000. representing the profit
of the trip.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
Cargo of Salt Yields Good Profit
to Boat Owner.
Craft Goes Upstream In Flood, but
the Crew Has to Dig Into the
River Bank In Order to
Turn Around.

Clinton. Mo.-How a steamboat
once navigated the waters of the
Usage river, delivered a cargo of salt
at Suns Point. Kan, and made good
profit on the deal is told here by
Richard Fuqua, O. carpenter, who was
the boats carpenter on the trip and
for several years after. Now the once
navigable Usage river is a prize
sought by water power men and pro-
motors, and Kansas. instead of import
Ing salt, is exporting it.
The steamboat was itself named the
Usage. The hull was laid and launched
at Linn Greek in the winter of 1857
by the owners, who were residents of
Linn Creek. The hull was towed to
st. Louis, where the boat was finished.
1t was $50 feet long, 22 feet wide. and
when loaded to its capacity of 200
tons drew nearly three feet of water.
1t was pronounced the finest little
boat afioat in its day, with a cabin
capacity of seventy-five passengers.
double engines, double boilers and
side wheels. 1t was sold to Captain
Lambert, of New York. an experienced
boat man, who later traded It to Mai.
R. H. Melton of Warsaw, Mo-, for Ben
ton county land. the consideration be
ing $4,000.
Major Melton placed Elijah Melton,
his brother, in charge as clerk. and
the Usage made regular trips for eight
months In the year from ST. Louis up
the Usage river. often as far as Pap
insville, in Bates county. Missouri. but
more frequently going to Osceola, St
Clair county.
The Civil war had destroyed the
boating service on the Usage river,
and salt was so scarce that a pound
would sell at times for ST. Major Mel
ton found plenty of salt at st. Louis in
1867, which had come from Michigan
down the Mississippi. He knew If he
could get 1t to the western counties
Of Missouri the people would pay a
handsome profit for it. With George
Crawford, an Usage river pilot, the
boat was loaded to its capacity with
salt In barrels and sacks, and the voy,
age began
At osceola the news came that
heavy rains for q week at the bead
waters Of the Usage in Kansas would
keep the river at high water mark;
and Crawford, the daring Usage river
pilot. said he would try for Suns Point,
or falling. he could stop at Bell View.
few miles below.
Suns Point was reached at four
o'clock on the afternoon Of the fol-
lowing day, and the river bank was
full, but very narrow. II was SO full
that the presence Of the boat forced
the water out Of its banks on to the
low land. In an hour the water began
to fall, and all hands rolled on the
salt Everybody who would work was
hired to help. The unloading contin-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
VALUABLE IN CROP ROTATION
Lespedeza, or Japan Clover, Attracts
Much Attention In the South
Hay of High Quality.

A leguminous crop that has attract
ed much attention, more especially in
the south. is lespedeza. or Japan clo-
yer. This plant has spread all over
the south during the past half CEN
fury. being found generally along road
sides and in waste places. The usual
method of utilization has been as sum-
mer pasture. but in some sections 1t is
cut f-r hay. Recently the department
of agriculture has found that a num-
her of farmers have found Japan clio
yer valuable in crop rotation. Special
attention has been given to the expert
ence of these farmers. and it has been
found that the crop is eminently
adapted to rotation farming where
the soil Is suitable and that 1t pro-
duces hay of high quality. A farmers
bulletin. No. AL, on this subject has
been issued by the department, and
may be had upon application to the sec
Rotary of agriculture.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
THREE CROPS IN ONE YEAR
Peas, Potatoes and Celery Follow Each
Other and Profitable Return
Made From Acre.
CRy J. II. HAYNEs. 1ndianal


We planted an acre in early peas
on warm, rich soil Rows were 3A
feet apart and peas drilled in with an
Allen seed drill.
They were well cultivated and all
brushed. When we began picking the
peas. about the 5th of June, the space
between the rows was opened and
early Ohio potatoes planted. each hill
being treated with some wellrotted
manure.
By the time the peas we're all picked
the potatoes were breaking through
the ground. The pea vines and brush
were removed and the potatoes re-
ceived attention. They grew rapidly
and were kept In fine growing condi-
ton.
During the growing of the peas and
potatoes we had beds Of transplanted
celery plants ready to be removed
and as soon as the potatoes were laid
by and killed these celery plants were
put In the burrows made in killing
the potatoes.
When the potatoes were dug In Au-
gust we began killing up the celery.
By fall we had as fine lot of celery
as could be wished for, and this crop
was banked in before frosts came and
gave us good prices through the win
ter.
The bed was covered with dry for
est leaves and these sheltered from
rain and snow by temporary board
shelters.
This piece of land thus gave US
three good crops from early April till
fall
The peas we're sold in early mar
kets at $3.50 per bushel. The potatoes
were for home use and seed, and the
celery sold in market at good prices.
On another 11z-acre tract that had
been well enriched we planted early
sweet corn 315 feet by 3k feet apart.
When the corn was two feet high we
planted between each hill a stocky
transplanted tomato plant.
From then on the hoe was kept 60
ing to push both corn and tomato.
Inc snade OF the corn nad me Ell
feet on the tomato vines when these
began to ripen and the vines kept
dark green and the sun did not scald
the ripening tomatoes as 1t did In the
open field.
The corn brought 10 to Is cents per
dozen ears and the tomatoes we're sold
to the cannery at seven dollars per
ton.
This ~ acre netted us over 800.
With we'll enriched land and good cul-
tivation there should be no failure TO
make double cropping pay.
Every year we do this and have had
fine crops.
But remember one must hustle |
when he undertakes 1t.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

5EARM5y0TES

Do not bed the sows with long
straw.
Caulifower is always in demand at
good prices.
Keep the beds shallow while the
pigs are young.
Dustless oat straw run through a
cutter is the best.
Be sure the tenders are in place in
the narrowing pen.
II you like sheep they will like you
and do well for you.
bad luck" is usually the penalty
for bad management.
A litter carrier will make the work
In the barn much easier.
Not much sickness comes to the
house that is kept clean.
Breed is of Importance but the indi-
vidual cow is what really counts.
When turning eggs in the incubator
be sure your hands are not greasy.
Cows lying on cold. damp floors may
be expected to develop udder troubles.
Ever hear of anyone going back to
pan skimming after using a separator?
Man or woman. you can't win with
poultry unless you take care Of them.
Corn and Kaf1r make fat and heat.
Wheat. oats. bran and middlings make
eggs.
Sows never eat their pigs unless
they are feverish and have been un-
wisely fed.
Keeping dampness out Of the poul-
try house will in many instances keep
out disease.
A good horse will always command
a good price. no matter how popular
the automobile becomes; and this ap-
plies to draft, harness and saddle
horses alike.
A septic tank is one Of the best
safeguards for the health of the farm
er and his family.
Too much inbreeding is one of the
chief causes OF dead chicks in the
shell at Matching time.
Nine out Of every ten hens that die
on the farm die because they are neg
lected by their master.
Catching hogs by the ears is apt to
raise a rumpus. Grab for the leg.
then hang on for dear life.
Farmers with heavy steady work
now generally try to get draft horses,
even when farm work Is the sole OBJ
Jet
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
URGES WORK FOR WOMAN
Claims Her Place In Some Definite
Vocation or Profession VIII Net
Make Her Less Attractive.

Kansas City. Mo.-"Girls and young
women should have occupations, said
Rabbi Henry H. Mayer OF B'Nai Je.
hudah temple. in lecture on The
Independence Of Women"
The cessation OF woman's being an
equal sharer Of the burden with man
has made her drone and parasite
he said. "Women's field OF labor has
shrunk so that her status is only one
degree better than that Of the xo.
man In the oriental harem.
@Women's entry into a definite 70.
cation or profession and her rivalry
in business will not make her less At.
tractive to man. Men like to talk to
Independent women who know some.
thing of what is going on In the
world"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
FLYERS CAUSE FEAR.
Aviators From Continent Fly in
Darkness Over England.
British Government ls Providing "sky
Guns" to RepeI These Aerial
Trespassers Who Appear
During Night.

London.-A popular pastime nova
days with continental aviators would
seem to be flying trips by night over
England. Daring air pilots in Ger
many or France leave their moorings
at dusk, speed over the channel. and
then circle over British cities and
forts, flashing their lights to mystify
and alarm the people below them.
With the first indications of dawn the
adventure comes to an end. The
prowling birdman heads for home,
houses his machine before the sun is
well up, and leaves the officials OF
England to report his incursion to the
war Office in London.
Reports of these night visits became
so general. and we're at the same time
so disconcerting, that the government
finally took Official action and passed
bill prohibiting the passage of air
craft over certain specified areas. Air
craft violating this regulation will be
fired on and otherwise warned away.
The bill was introduced into the
house Of commons by Colonel Seeley.
secretary of war, and 1t passed
through all it's stages at one sitting,
without discussion. It went to the
lords the day before recess and passed
that house just as hurriedly.
How the measure is to be enforced
has aroused considerable interested
speculation. The bill authorizes the
proper officers. after giving a pre-
scribed warning. to fire at any air
craft infringing this law, and to use
any and every means to prevent in
fractions.
The government is providing sky
guns" to repel these aerial trespass-
ers, and it will also have the services
of the naval aeroplanes and hydro
planes and the flying feet Of the
army, which consists of about a dozen
aeroplanes and three small airships
Experts have very grave doubts
whether these precautions will be suf-
fcient to prevent the midnight visits.
What gave rise to the action of the
government were reliable reports. In
some cases from army officers, that
aircraft had been seen over Dover,
Sheerness, Portsmouth and Liverpool,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

the old, slip-shod methods. The main
thing, after all. is to grow more cot
ton to the acre, and that is Just what
the selection of seed will bring about.
Price does not always give a fair
indication of the value of the seed
offered in the markets. Pedigree is
the main thing for the buyer to con-
slider. You cannot tell by looking at
the seed whether it will be satisfac-
tory or not. You are more or less at
the mercy of the dealer.
II you have a pet variety of cotton.
one not common in your neighbor.
hood, you will have to be careful
about planting it anyway at all close
to fields of other varieties. The South
Carolina agricultural experiment sta
ton, conducted under federal super
vision. discovered that cotton varie-
ties in adjoining rows will mix through
the medium of the bees and the
winds.
Fresh blooming plants easily pollin-
ate other plants at considerable dis
tances. The pollination between rows
of different varieties was found to be
as high as 80 per cent. in one sea-
son.
BY growing only one variety of cot
ton in single neighborhood a good
many Of the cotton problems would
be greatly simplifled It would be
easier to fight the cotton anthracnose
and other specific cotton enemies
under such an arrangement. The
seeds would not be mixed at the gin.
as so often happens, and the creating
Of hybrid plants would be lesseaed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

one. II their business methods, gen.
eral reputation and rating for intel
igence among seed specialists is
high, then | feel that l have some
thing of a guarantee on the seed that
! am about to put in the ground
A man who must buy cotton seed
every year is not exercising good
farm Judgment. 1t is generally under
stood now that the time to select cot
ton seed is in the fall while the plant
is still standing in the fields. You
can see what 1t is like then. II it is
big-bolled, short-jointed, vigorous
and well-formed. you pick the bolls
and carefully save them. If this is
done year after year, 1t takes but
little while to get the seed bred up
to high standard
II takes patience and care to keep
them that way, of course. The Sc
lections have to be made over and
over again every year. the ginning of
the seed cotton always has to be
watched and personal attention must
be given to every detail of the whole
business.
But it pays In the long run. Any
man who selects his own seed or buys
from a reputable seedhouse will In
crease his yield over the returns from
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

mrs wilson who spightly manner
peekng into pantfes
commentator and =
whose artistic of
House - - F " OA0' '--'S
While she inspected Wilson kent her nn
10 her mlno and one particularly of
mousse
unel since the White House was built
inspection the White House
putting up pictures and the girls rooms run
good time e'' '-"e
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
SEED COTTON SUPPLY
Growers Should Save Stock From
Their Own Fields.
BY Growing Only One Variety In
Neishborhood Many Problems
Would Be Greatly simplified
Easier to Fight Enemies.

or course, the proper time to Sc
lect the cotton seed was last fall.
while the bolls were still on the
stalks. II We have not selected the
seed when we should we will have to
do the next thing now-buy the best
seed we can get
/ like to know the seed that / buy,
says Mississippi writer in the Farm
Progress. want to know where it.
was grown, on what kind OF soil. its
behavior under different climatic con-
ditions and the pedigree OF the seed
II 1t can be found
And when l buy from a seedhouse
I want that house to be a reputable
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

and on at least two occasions as far
west as Cardiff. always at night. The
first visits were paid in October and
they have continued up to the present
time.
At first there was an inclination to
make light Of them. or to ascribe the
moving lights and the noise Of the
propeller to some airship privately
owned in England. But investigation
showed that this could not be, and
now the government places the blame
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

versy has reached the newspaper
stage. and arguments for and against
creation are finding their way into
print
Il believe II is the only sanitary
way of disposing Of the dead" said
Dr. Woodward. "and surely 1t Is the
only poetic way. hope to see ere
nation extended"
Monsignore William p. Russell.
pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic church,
declared that cremation was against
the teachings of Christianity" He
declared that it was contrary to the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
Determining Age of Female.

To tell a pullet from a hen, look at
the surface Of the under part of the
wing; in pullet this shows minute,
rose-colored veins. which are not
seen in bird over twelve months old
A pullet too. has smooth legs, and
shows long. silky hairs in the plu-
mage. which are not seen in a bird
over a year old.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
CREMATION IS HELD "PAGAN'
Sharp Controversy PrecIpItated by
Health offieIals' Advocacy Of In
cineratIon az Best Method.

Washington.-Dr. w. c. Woodward
health officer Of the District of CoIum-
bia. has ;recipitated sharp contro-
versy on the question Of cremation.
which is stirring church circles.
Clergymen have taken up the matter
and are denouncing as pagan" such
disposition Of the dead. The contro-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
AVIATOR BEACHEY WILL FLY NO MORE

Lincoln Beachey. the aviator
whose recklessness has been the SEN
sation OF the country for two years,
says he will never fly again profes-
sionally. He believes that he has
been responsible for the death of a
number Of aviators. This is the
cause Of his abandonment Of a game
which has made him a rich man.
Il have quit for good" he said the
other day.
Il have made a fortune In a little
more than two years. have defied
death at every opportunity in that
time. I have been a bad influence.
and the death of a number of youth
full aviators in this country can be
traced. | believe. to their desire to
emulate me in my foolishly daring
exploits in the air.
Il won the American altitude rec.
ord at Chicago. This was the fight
that earned for me a reputation for
recklessness. scared into the sky
q far NV x,n,,I1
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18
FIND THE WHITE HOUSE "ROMEY"

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the new
first lady of the land. and her daugh-
tiers are as happy as children over
the housekeeping arrangements in
the White House. They find 1t a
honey" place, despite its vastness.
This was Mrs. Taft's legacy.
A well-equipped conservatory par
ticularly delights Mrs. Wilson, with
its multitude of fairy blossoms and
plants, which daily supplies cut flow
ers for the presidential family and
decorations for the rooms and enter
tainments that keep the White House
a bower Of blossoms.
Uncle Sam furnishes besides TO
the new White House lady a complete
outfit OF silver. glass, cutlery and lin
ems that would make any bride sick
with envy. All spoons, forks. knives
and metal dishes are of solid silver,
Of exquisite design, each piece work.
ed with an American eagle and bear
ing the inscription. "The Presidents
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

on privately owned foreign airshIps
Some people. however. discard this
assumption, and declare that at leas,
one Of the aerial visitors came non
Rorkum. the German fortress neares,
the English coast. From Borkum Il
would be a very simple matter for
modern airship to pass over the North
sea and even right across England. as
In the case OF the ship that few over
Cardiff. and be back at her base be.
fore morning.