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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
ON TRIAL, FEUDIST is KILLED.
Shot by Principal Witness During Re-
ceSs-Tragcdy Occurs in Saloon.

st. Louis, March 2.-Weslcy (Red)
Simon, on trial here on charge Of
numbering Emmett Carroll in a gang
feud nearly year ago, to-day was
shot and instantly killed in a nearby
saloon during a recess Of the court in
which he was being tried. Shortly
after the killing Henry Zang, princi-
pal witness for the prosecution, en-
tered the central police station, say
ing he had had some trouble with
Simon. The sheriff, who had feared
an attack would be made on Simon,
had detailed four special policemen
to guard him in the court house.
When the shooting occurred they
were standing on a street corner two
blocks away.
Zang says that Simon, after max
ing a gesture and threat, moved his
hand toward his hip pocket. When
Simon's body was examined no revol-
yer was found and his hip pockets
were buttoned.
The killing Of Carroll, for which
Simon was placed on trial to-day,
occurred in a saloon last March. Af-
ter the murder CAROLS body was
placed in an automobile and left near
the home Of Mrs. Mary Hagerty
whose daughter discovered the body
Simon, who was arrested, admitted
that he shot Carroll, but pleaded self
defense.
Fang, who is a bartender, was eX-
pr&rd by the prosecution to testify
that Simon borrowed Il revolver from
Ny&.5 wO hours before the shooting
To the police to-mggr Zang said ST.
mon came into the Nooney saloon
twice wliie No was driuking and told
somebody that fellow will never live
to testify against me-"
John Gross, who was in the saloon
when the shooting occurred, said that
he and Zang had been there about
twenty minutes when Simon entered
and invited everybody to have
drink. While the drinks were being
served Gross said Zang and Simon
stepped behind the partition that
separates the bar from the cigar
counter and the shooting followed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Mules Kick Restores Hearing.

Georgetown, Del, March 2--Cured
of ar afliction of the ears of long
standing by the kick Of mule, Ell
mer Bennett, farmer, is thanking
his stars for what at first he consid-
cred misfortune. Bennett for seve-
raj years he'd been unable to hear
anything In one ear and but little in
the other. He had consulted several
physicians, who had told him there
was no hope for his recovery.
He was hitching a pair of mules
yesterday when he stepped too close
to the business end of one mule,
which kicked him over. The hoof OF
the mule struck him on one side of
the head and laid him out almost un-
conscious. Recovering, he was as
tonished to find that he could hear
the slightest noises around the barn
yard as well as ever.
Just what the mules kick did to
his ears he could not explain, but he
did know that he could hear again,
and the offending mule received q
double ratioa last night.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
THE NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY.
Plans for Banquet March 0-Hope
for More than 800 Guests.

Columbia. S. C.-The committee
in charge OF the North Carolina Soci-
ETY. banquet, which is to be held at
the lCfferson Hotel Friday night,
March cth, report that all prepara-
tiOns for the banquet are complete.
Letters are being sent out to all ma
tivc-born North Carolinians in the
State whose names are in the hands
Of these committees stating the time
and place for holding this banquet
and urging each one to attend. 1t is
hoped that these notices will bring
many from all over the State. Plans
have been laid to make this one Of
the biggest events of its kind in Co
lumbia for many a day. The COM
mittees hope to have 500 guests pres
ent.
Membership to the society costs
nothing and there are no dues. Every
man living in South Carolina, who is
native-born North Carolinian, is
eligible. 1t matters not whether you
are already member Of the society
or not, ii you are native-born
North Carolinian you are eligible to
atIohu IhS pahluSl, anu DIinB Wltn
you your wife, sister or lady friend.
Arrangements have also been made
that each North Carolinian shall
have the privilege Of bringing one
gentleman friend also.
Tickets to the banquet, which Is to
be held Friday night, the 9Th Of this
month, will cost $1.25. The money
for these tickets must be in the
hands OF Charles Kelly, w. p. Etchi-
son. f. j. Parham, r. X. Feagan or
Geo. w. Collins, all OF Columbia, by
noon Of Friday, the 9Th.
A program of the speakers will be
sent cut later during the week.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
TWciVc-Mile Association.

Pickens, Feb. 27..-.~The union
meeting Of the Twelve-Mile River
Baptist Association will be held with
Antioch Baptist church, in Pickens,
S. c., March 2S and 29th, 1914.
Devotional service at 1890, con-
Quoted by d. E. Garrett. Preaching
hour for dinner.
First query, discussed from l to 2
o'clock What should be the attitude
of a church toward its members who
dance, drink and otherwise habitu-
ally break the church covenant?"
Opened by Rev. e. NJ. Bolding.
Second query, from to 3 o'clock
WHO was Diatrephes, mentioned
in Sd John, Oil, and have we such
in the church to-day?" Opened by
Rev. b. f. Murphree.
From 3 to $50 o'clock to be sup
piled.
Preaching at 7.3O by Rev. c. r.
Abercrombie.
Immediately after preaching the
ministers will organize a ministers
conference. All ministers Of the as
SociatiOn are urged to be present.
Sunday.
Devotional service, conducted by
James Winchester at go; an address
by Prof. S. E. Garner at 10; preach
kins. Of Greenville.
Song service at | o'clock, conduct
ed by r. NJ. Bolding.
A full delegation is urged.
NJ. b. Garrett, for Committee
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
LABoRs END AFTER 40 YEARS.
Rev. DIR. G. S, Vedder breaches His
Last Sermon as Pastor.
(News and Courier, 2dD


After nearly half a century Of con-
slant service-4S years, to be exact
Rev. Charles Stuart Vedder, d. D.,
LII. D., delivered his last sermon as
pastor from the pulpit Of the French
Huguenot church yesterday morning
at the II o'clock service. The pews
were all filled with friends of the re-
firing pastor and a company OF Cita-
del cadets were present. For a time
it looked as if the church would not
accommodate all who wished to hear
the remarks of the venerable pastor,
but by little crowding every one
present secured a seat. Rev. Florian
Vurpillot, who succeeds DR.. Vedder in
the pastorate, and who for some time
past has been assistant pastor, con-
Quoted the service yesterday morn
ing.
Pastor Since November, 1866.
While serving a Summerville con-
gregation DR.. Vedder was called to
the pastorate Of the Huguenot church,
where he was installed before a large
congregation, including Governor
Chamberlain, on the second Sunday
in November, 1866. DR.. Vedder's
most cherished possession at this
sented him by his congregation on
the occasion Of the silver jubilee of
his pastorate. The degree Of doctor
Of divinity was conferred on him in
1876 by the University Of New York,
and in the same year the College of
Charleston conferred on him the de-
gree Of doctor Of laws.
DR.. Vedder was chaplain Of Gen.
deSaussure's brigade in Summe"ville
during the war, and for many years
has served as chaplain of Camp A.
Burnet Rhett, United Confederate
Veterans. For the past 80 years he
has been president of the New eng
land Society of Charleston, end for
&c years has served as president of
the Howard Association, servir for
many years as president of the lin
isterial Union also. For forty years
he has presided at the annual meet
ings Of the Confederate Home, of
which he was founder. For some
years DR.. Nedder was a teacher of
Latin in the College for Young Wo-
men.
Among Dr. Vedder's notable 'ad-
dresses are numbered the one on the
occasion Of the reopening Of the Cir
cular Congregational and the memo
| rial address delivered at st. Philips
on the occasion of the death Of Mrs.
| Jefferson Davis.
His Remarks Deeply Affecting.
DR.. Vedder's address yesterday
| morning was brief and simple, but
nevertheless powerful and appealing.
When he had concluded the remarks
there was scarcely a dry eye in the
entire church, and many heart had
been deeply touched. The talk which
he gave was so humanity interesting
that no thinking person could over
look the message 1T bore.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Yegg's Widow Leads sleuths.

Savannah, Ca, March 2.--Mrs. C..
G. Craven, who told OF her husbands
having been killed in train wreck
at Wildwood, Fla, and through her
story enlisted the sympathy OF great
many, has admitted that she knew
her husband was a robber and yegg-
man. In making the admission she
carried party OF detectives to-day
over a wide area in Chatham county
in search OF supposed hidden treas
ure, which she says her husband left.
The sarch failed to reveal any h---,
led wealth.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Escaped from Asylum, Stole Auto.

Valdosta, Ga, March "A letter
from the officials of the State insane
asylum at Milledgeville states that
Harry Teasdale, the young man ar
rested for stealing an automobile
here and driving it to Florida, was
an escaped patient from that institu-
tion. 1t is understood that Teasdale's
record is a bad one, and that he is
charged with burglary in another
town. While he had been judged in
sane and went to the asylum, from
which he escaped, the officials there
had doubt as to whether he ought to
have been sent there or to the chain
gang. Sheriff Go~atO has been in
formed that Teasdal" W Ill be received
at the asylum again 'eturned.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Baptist Auditorium Blown to Pieces

Asheville, N. c., March 2.-The big
auditorium of the Southern Baptist
Assembly at Ridge Crest, near here,
was blown to pieces by the high
winds last night and to-day. The
building was huge. open structure,
and the wind, catching under the
roof, shook 1t to pieces. In falling,
the roof pushed in the front Of the
new Baptist church recently finished.
The damage is considerable, as both
auditorium and church will have to
be rebuilt.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Edwin j. Houston Dead.

Philadelphia, March 1.-Edwin J.
Houston, scientist, inventor, teacher,
author, patent expert and worker in
boys organizations, died here to-
day from heart disease He was 70
years old. He was known as an ex-
pert in electricity, and twice was
president Of the American Institution
or Electrical Engineers, and was
chief electrician at the Worlds Fair
in Chicago.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Wind go Miles Cn Hour.

Greensboro, n. c., March 2.-Dis-
patches from Mount Airy, n. c., say
the worst blizzard in the history of
that section prevailed to-day, with a
temperature Of degrees above zero.
The wind reached a velocity Of 60
miles an hour, partially unroofing
three furniture factories and the
Granite City Mills and damaging
many residences.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Capt. G. w. Taylor Killed.

Greensboro, N. c., March 1.-Con-
ductor Geo. w. Taylor, OF the Allan
tic Coast Line Railroad, was instant
ly killed this morning at $40 o'clock
by falling from his train between
Lake Waccamaw and Bolton, NJ G..
He W is walking OIL top of the freight
train from the caboose to the engine
when he lost his balance. Taylor's
home was in Salisbury.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Must Serve i'm Prison.

Washington, March 2.--The Dis
trict Court Of Appeals to-day refused
to reverse a lower court which sem
fenced Dr.. T. J. Kemp, son-in-law of
Senator Fletcher, of Florida, to a
two-year Jail term for sending pro-
hibited matter through the mails. He
may appeal further.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
Cornerstone Lutheran Church.
(Greenvllle Piedmont, 3d.)

VU'I
With fitting ceremony, the corner
stone Of the new Lutheran church
was laid yesterday afternoon, and in
spite OF the inclement weather many
attended the services. Rev. Mr.. Full
lenwider Of Newberry, addressed
the crowd. Mayor John B. Marshall
assisted in the laying cf the corner
stone.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
"A Wise Driver.
(Lippincott's.) s.

A South Dakota Congressman tells
a story Of the old coaching days,
when certain Pete Mccoy, one of
the most skilful Of the old stage driv-
ers, operated conveyance that made
a circuit Of Deadwood, Carbonate,
Spearfsh and Bear Gulch. Pete was
famous for his fast, furious, daring
driving.
One day, the story runs Pete tore
into Carbonate on his usual dead run.
Up to the "hotel" door clattered the
stage. There. suddenly, as it stop
ped, one OF the four horses fell dead.
%Kinder sudden, that, Pete" said
bystapder.
"Nuthin' sudden about it," said
Pete. THAT hoss died at the top Of
the hill, ten miles back; but 7 wasn't
goin' to let him down until I got to
the regular stoppin' place"
Many a man has made monkey Of
himself trying to ape his betters.
the second laugh at the same story
is apt to have n hollow sound.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04
[ AN d FOR
SALE

We have 200 acres, known as the
home place Of w. e. Nimmons, Oh
Keowee River; about SO acres Of the
best bottom land in the county; 25
or 80 acres Of upland in cultivation;
8-room dwelling, two good tenant
houses. Price, $4,000. Terms:
$1,000 cash, balance in 1, 2, 8, 4 and
years, at Z per cent interest
We have number OF large and
small farms at and near Salem for
sale from $40 to $40 per acre.
The lands in and around Salem are
cheap and very productive. For fur
ther information call on or write
v. L. LittletOn, Or Boon R. Moss,
Salem, S. G.. Walhalla, s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04

the second laugh at the same story
is apt to have n hollow sound.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-03-04

Many man has made monkey Of
himself trying to ape his betters
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-12

ORGANIZED CHARITIES FOF
Racked with dry, hard sobs, lit
tie wisp of woman pressed to her
side a girl of 9 years, who was hys-
terically crying: Wont I see my
daddy again? Can't l see my daddy
again?"
1t was the aftermath of a tragedy
staged in the Court of Domestic Re
latiOns, in which the actors had been
five well-dressed, well-fed represen-
tatives Of organized charities and OPP
posite them a gaunt man, whose eyes
were sunken and whose cheek bones
stood out prominently in his very
white cheeks, the little girl of 9, and,
the tiny wisp of a woman, mother
of five children, the oldest 8, the
youngest less than a year, and two of
the children crippled.
The theme of the tragedy was the
fight of authorized beggars against
unauthorized beggars. The repre-
sentatives of organized charities,
who were well fed and well dressed
out of aims gained by exploiting the
suffering of the poor, had charged
Stephen Zemanck and his wife Anna,
and even the little girl, with begging.
The United Charities was repre-
scented by a bulky man named Web
ster, who assumed the leading role.
From his vOluminOus mass Of Stats
tics he drew a neatly typewriter list
of twenty-five churches that he
claimed had complained to the Unit
ed Charities that Stephen had asked
for bread made of wheat instead of
spiritual food.
In addition, he had a letter from
the Christian Industrial League,
which pays men almost nothing for
fixing up donated furniture so that it
can be sold, declaring that they had
given Stephen couple of mattresses
and other odds and ends of furniture
and he had refused to work in re-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-12

offered him work and he wouldn't
take it."
81 offered him work, also," said
Miss Wellman, representing the
Northwestern Settlement. We would
have paid him 81 a day to do janitOr
work, but he wouldn't work"
81 was sick" said Stephen through
an interpreter, as he does not speak
English and therefore did not know
the exact nature of the charges be-
ing made against him until the ques-
ton was asked by the Judge. 81 am
willing to work when l can get it.
l was sick when the United Charities
offered me work. Please give me a
chance and l will never beg again"
The judge was called from the
bench and Day Book reporter adj
dressed Miss Wellman.
eff you send this man to the
Bridewell, what will become of his
family?"
Miss Wellman smiled sweetly. eve
want to send the mother to the Bride
well as well as the father, then the
Juvenile Court can take the children.
The woman is as lazy as the man.
She is a seamstress and could have
gotten work, but she just wouldn't
work"
How could she go out and work if
she has five children?"
The smile left Miss Wellman's face
to be replaced by a look of suspicion.
ooh, she could work all right. She
could have gotten work in the same
street she lives. The man doesn't
work, so he could take care of the
children"
But you want to send the man to
the BTidewell, so he will be out of il"
well other women with children
work. We do not support families
when the woman is able to do her
share. We do not aim to support
them. We aim to rehabilitate"
"EIOW do Won nYDnpt tn rnha bi1itafn
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-12

FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN IS SENT TO BRIDEWELL BY
ORGANIZED CHARITIES FOR COMPETITIVE BEGGING
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
EXPLOSION BLOWS
WALL OF BUILDING
INTO THE STREET
Grocery Store Is Destroyed
and Proprietor and Wife
Are Injured by Jump From
Second Story.

Norris smons. Of 25S2 Christian
street, and his wife, Jessie Simons.
were injured early this morning by
jumping out of a second-ktory VIM
dow, when gasoline tank explosion
shook the entire building and destroyed
their grocery store on the first floor. The
tank in the front part of the store, ex-
ploded with such power that the entire
front wall of the building was blown
into the street.
Simons and his wife occupied apart
ments above the store, and in their at
tempt to escape from the smoke and
flames they jumped out of the window
TO shed In the backyard and thence
into tho yard itself. They suffered in
ternal injuries. and were taken to the
Polyclinic Hospital Their condition is
not serious
Policeman Winifred Ferguson. of the
10Th and F'itzwater streets station, was
severely cut by falling glass while helping
the occupants of the third floor of the
building to escape through a rear exit. He
was treated at the Polytechnic Hospital
None of those whom he assisted was in
Jured.
The report of the explosion was so great
that nearly all the residents OF the ,imme-
diate neighborhood rushed out OF their
beds into the street.
The loss is estimated at 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
ARMED MEN FORCE
WOMAN TO HELP IN
$4,000 ROBBERY
Surrenders Combination to
Safe When They Threaten
to Use Explosive-Take
Her $4,000 Earrings.

1SANNAkEE, ILL.,, Sept 1S.--F'ive armed
robbers entered the home of Mrs. Nellie
Clark early today ana escaped with money
and jewels valued at more than $4,000.
Armed posses in automobiles and blood
hounds are hunting the thieves.
The robbers bound and gagged the
housekeeper, Marjorie Miller. Mrs. Clark,
hearing the noise. locked herself in a
room on the second floor, but the rob-
bers entered the room, using a skeleton
key. As they came in Mrs. Clark offered
them $50, saying, This is all l have"
The robbers took the money and ordered
her to open a small iron safe standing
in the room. She refused, but when they
produced nitroglycerin and a fuse to
blow 1t open she gave them the COM
bination.
While three robbers were emptying the
safe OF its contents, including diamond
rings. lavallieres, bracelets and pins, the
other two forced Mrs. Clark TO give them
the diamond earrings she was wearing,
threatening to cut off her ears If she
did not comply. The earrings are worth
$1,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
WEST CHESTER'S BEST FAIR
Attendance Record Established at
Exhibition Closing Today.

WEST CHESTER. Sept. lS-Thc clos
ing day of the races here OF the Chester
County Agricultural Association finds the
management jubilant over the success of
the present exhibition, which has eX-
ceeded expectations. Good weather has
featured every day and the attendance
has been larger than at any previous
fair. Notwithstanding the fact that the
admission was so cents. one-half that
charged at Lancaster, Wilmington, Del,
and other much larger fairs, The man
agement explains this by claiming that
the rate was so fixed in order that eX-
pcnses might be met in case OF bad
weather after two days OF the exhibition.
The association will close It's fair with
full purse. II had little actual expense
by reason of having had a big fund from
last season with which to pay for the
new stabling and other buildings erected
during the summer for this fall 1t Will
have a treasury far from depleted when
the receipts have been counted and ex-
penses paid. The race purses were small,
most OF them being $500, with but two of
$500 during the week.
Tho judging of the horses i'm the big
show will be closed today and the rae
ing of the afternoon includes 40 trot,
a .2o trot and 80 pace with $500 purses.
Most of the exhibits will be taken from
the ground during this afternoon, going
to other fairs on the circuit.
The decisive win Of Joe Boy" the fast
local PAGER over Pickles" the fast entry
Of James Bell. of Philadelphia, has
aroused the enthusiasm Of the horsemen
Of this place. Joe Boy in addition 10
defeating the Bell horse, lowered the
track record to 209is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
KEEN COMPETITION MARKS
BIDDING FOR CITY CONTRACTS
improvements to Streets and Country
Roads Will Aggregate 100000.

Contracts aggregatng 100000 for inn
pioVemcnts to country roads and city
streets TO be let by Director Cooke OF
the Department of Public Works, brought
proposals from large number of con.
tractors today.
The keen competition that has marked
every letting under the Bankenburg adj
mlnistration develored in all items, which
include grading, asphalt paving. vitrl-
ned DOCK paving, asphalt repavlng, wood
Diock repaYlng, repairing and patching
Dtumlnous paving and surfacing and
reSurfacing country roads.
among the streets to be paved with
ssphaIt arc: Emwood, from Goth to
6cd; EttinG, from Tasker to Morris.
'front.' from Ritner to Porter: Moore.
from 10th to llth; Warrington. from
9th to 5Sth; Second. from Rltner to Por-
Ter; Ninth from Cayuga TO the North
east boulevard.
Fltritled block paving will be placed
on o5d street, from Lansdowne to JEFF
ielSoli' on Baynton. from Queen to Penn.
country roads TO he surfaced are:
6hl,. 6.le Grass street, from Welsh to Red Lion.
varies street. from Cnruh TO Magee
nne!ls street, from Charles to Frankford.
GiIa,TIItduA street, from Ditmau TO Walker.
Gen!ock street, from Lardner to DevereauX
iiIardner street, from jackson to DItrnan.
"ItuSntoh tnh street, from RoNborough to James,
i"nsshore street, from State road TO Wissl-
nomuE. '
NSI,or street, from Ridge TO Henry.
work on resurfacing country roads in
land. ~ ''"''u ." NuOu'
HtSstns street. from Rising Sun to New Second
PIImIoh street, from Welsh TO Grant.
Dldnon street. from Hunting Park TO phIla-
= uelphia Reading Railway
ing Creek. ~ N'"'''
Green st lane. from Seventh to 600 east of New
TTaiiieFlnan T@iii street, from Princeton 10 Unruh
line '" :" -4o''sOH'eIS county
bhswmout street. from Ridge TO PbIIadsInbia
NJ Reading Railway '''-S'F'''9
FORD avenue N'N' ~ 'S''A'