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JURY OUT LITTLE OVER AN
HOUR
INTERESTING CASE
Crcwdea Court Room Yesterday
Heard Attorneys On Either Side
Put Up Strong Fights
i !.>.?;.i S;it nr.!ay';; Daily, t
Ar;< ! <!. liberal inn for ti? J : I I ono
hour .-ind lift(t<:n intuitifs. Mu: jiirv n -
turned a verdict nf guilty in the -as"
of th" State versus ('laude Poore.
RhMrgod willi luurilcr. Thin CUSP
wein io (lie jury yesterday afternoon
at il: |*i <r> ?o' I: n:id a verdict wa? ren
dered ai 7 : '.?.
Wiien court enlivened ycn.terda>
tiKii*ri 1 nf; ll juron; lied neoi sei nr.-1
10 ir;. Hi - (ase anl after some dllll
?illly the lil?! ID?II war selected in tin
perren or A. NV. Harwell, who was ul*o
11 'po'.iili il foreman hy the Judge.
I'oore v then brought into the
court room and (he trial wa? begun.
The jiri. oner was neut ly dressed III a
vak of Mack tilatlies, hi? hair wan
e?re?illly hm: lied and he seemed per
fectly Riimpo:;ed.
Airier on people are familiar willi
lin- fad.-, in iii<> VMM', which ure. thal
I'oore. mi a policemiin in Willlams
loii. rho: - "td killed .Inc Kelly, fornicr
I.- a pol iceni nil in the ?ame town. Thc
.vening hefore the killin*" I'oore had
arrested Kelly and lt ls said I hat this
led to tin- troubl?. Willlainston peo
ple \v>re greatly interested In the trial
?nd the court room W:SK crowded
throughout the day yesterday
Dr. frank Lauder was the first wit
tiest! called yesterday morning. Ile
testified a.? to Hie nature or Kelly's
wounds and ho was followed hy Capt.
A. (!. I'lnkncy. who was an eyewitness
to the affair Ile Rave a very graphic
account cf the shooting; telling of
what each man said and of Kelly's ac
tions after he wai- idiot. %
Capt. fl. \V. Sullivan gave a touch
ing account of the shooting, explain
ing that he arrived on the scene just
?s tile defendant had his gun raisod
to shoot again He protested, saying
"Claude, if you do. that will bo mur
der." At the time Kelly was leaning
np ugathct the wall of n building and
he started to come to Capt. Sullivan
falling Into, that gentleman's arni:-..
Vance Cooley, mayor of WilUanis
ton. testified ns to the facts leading
lip to the ease, explaining that Poore
had arrested Kelly on tho evening
before (he liual diflleulty arose, and
that Kelly had become incensed over
this and cherished 111 feeling against
I'oore. Other witnessed acquainted
with the case were called and then
tim defendant took the stand.
In reply to questions put Jo him by
the attoruoyK. Claude Poore asserted
that he has been a repldent of the town
of Willlainston for twelve years and
that In that time he has acted as con
stable and policeman. He has nlso
been n carpenter and bas worked in
the mill there at other times.
When he was 18 year? of age' he
loft his father's farm which ls near
Wllliamsfon and came into the town
to go to work. He hts lived there ev
ery since that time. On Saturday ev
enings and Sundays. Poore was em
ployed by the city as a policeman At
the time of the shooting he had in lils
pockets several warrants that he had
to serve.
In connection with the case In de
tail he testified:
"On Sunday afternoon I was sitting
In front of thc Gregory company store
and heard Joe- Kelly and Ira Ti. Hol
der joshing at each other in pretty
had language. Holder and Kelly both
cursed each other several times, but
nelf.her had nn attitude that was ag
gravating or which appeared trouble
some. Finn! y Joe said. Tm going to
ll"k yon and then 1 nm going home.'
Holder said, 'Well, I'm here, come
ahead.' They cursed a while longer
and then Poore came out and told
them to shut up. Holder shut up but
with several oaths. Joe Kelly asserted
that 1 had nothing whatever to do
with him and thnt he was not going to
obey. I told him to get off the streets
or go home, and he said that he would
do neither, I then toidi him that 1
would have to run him in If he did
not be quiet He said with an oath or
two that I 'would have to rup him In
and that wa? sure. I then started with
him to the jail, and about middle way
he r.tonned' and naked about his bond.
I told him that T couldn't give him ?ny
hoad but I'd let him go free If he
wanted to. He refused to he lot go,
and said that I had arrested '' him.
damn you now lock me up. I took
him to thc guard house and put him In
the ofTlco of the council room and
locked tho door. I did not place bim
In n cell, but I did lock him In the of
fice. I however did offer to let him
stay there without being locked np,
"nylng (hat I bad confidence enough
to know that be would stay there.
"I went en up to the home of Mayor
Cooley and got him to como down t?
the jail. Hero we found Kelly as I had
left him and the mayor let him out on
a boin! of $10. He left tho place In
company with the mayor and was
making nil sortR of throat? against
-*-?' He cursed and abu Red mo all the
Mayor Coolev told hird that If
1 "n't shut up that he'd put him
in. n Jttll..^
"P met Joe once or twlco more that
night and eaoh time he would abuse
md threaten me. Chief Nelson was
aware of the ?aets and he sent me'up
In the northern part of tho town and
:h??n ? vent-to b??f>
"The next morning os I wa? coni
ng to town. I met Holder, who warn?,
id mo of Kelly saying- thnt_ he wan af
ir me and that 1 had better look out
'or myself.. Not wanting to have anv
rouble with the man I went back
mme ?nd tl was npt until 10 o'clock
GUILTY
LAUGHTER
thal I cann' hack io town. My wife
wanted nome ii?cdlc? and asked ? n to
from? for them. I went down to thi>
-tore and there I met -Joe Kelly In
Iront of (.rllliu'i; r.tor."
Hero i'oore described ?lie scone be
tween ho ard Kelly about going out in
the yard. "And when he ha:?: ti ,
<i .- you. you havo got to ?ettie it
and right here. I turned and drew my
pistol "
"What did you ?io then?" was a:;l;ed, |
.l ?bot him."
"How m..:,y timer. df?! you shoot?"|
"5 shot six times ?nd then my gua
WH.' . mptf."
"Why il id you load your gun again?"
' I did rot want an t mjity gan in my
i pocket."
I I'oore (e.-.tilled that 1. . did not hear
! or ,ii least did cot understand any.
Ihiug thal was said to him while he
j was shooting at Kelly. ile asserts
? that the doctor.-, pronounced him ns
half Mind in one tye and deaf in his
I h rt ear.
When the evidence was all in far
both the defense and the state, tho
urguiucut:i begun. Co!. .Julius E.
Hoggs, for the state, wan thc first
r. pea lt or. (ol. Hoggs wan followed by
Capt. II. ll. Watkins, of thc defame,
and (?cn. M. I.. Hon h a in of the de
fense, and Kurtz I'. Smith, the solici
tor, closed the case for thc? stale at
:.:.-,?. All the attorneys delivered
splendid arguments and the attention
oj' every man iii the court room was
held until tho nrgamont?- were com
pleted.
Judge Memmingor charged the jury
as to the law, taking up about :!U min
utes and then the indictment was
handed to the foreman The jury ir.
tired at <?:1~> and at TStO they brought
out a verdict to the effect that Claude
I'oore was guilty of manslaughter.
This was the only case tried dur
ing tho day.
HOW-WAH AFFECTS THF COTTON
FARMER.
How War Affect? the Cotton Farmer.
Tlie discussion on thc editorial and
business pages of the Examiner of the
menace to the cotton farmers of tho
South from the European war lias ex
cited wide Interest and attention.
Throughout the South and at.Wash
ington the conditions described In the
Examiner have awakened practical
action.
The cotton dates' senators In thc
senate, with Hola} smith as1 chairman
of the executive committee, and tue
cotton states* representatives In the
house, with Oscar Underwood as
chairman, have organized to help the
Southern farmer through the emerg
ency created by the. possible loss of a
market for the 4,000,000 bales of cot
ton which have Heretofore gan? to
Germany and the nations on the other
Bide of lt, with ? .the ..re.4uce?4 .deinanjd
from England and France.
The cotton'crop df't'he South IS an.
euormou3 part of Uie nation's wealth
Its 14,000,000 bniea. at about $65 a
bale, are worth over, $900,000,000, and
the 6,000,000 bales that go tb Europe
make e. trade hnlan?e o? alore than a
half mlllloXdjollars.
It would hurt the wholo country to
??.we panic and depression strike the
Southern farmer, abd have him rush
his grent crop to -market at paule
prices for fear of the paralysis ol! his
great market for:. 4.000.000. bales in
G?rmaio* and beyond. .. <
And so the business statesmanship'
of the entir^, country joins with th"
. business statesmanship of the South
I in protecting the great staple from
unnecessary depression.
The first effort of the cotton states
congressmen doubtless will be to
reassure and stiffen the confidence ot
tho cotton planter. He should be told
that cotton ls selling today in .Eng.
land, in tho very face of thc war, ut
c. cents; and that England indicates
no intention whatever, to shut down
its mills or throw Ha workmen out of
work ; that England's navy, that alU
satisfying, all-protecting asset, guards
England from financial and from
physical panic.
He should be told that of the emerg
ency currenj^whlcb the common sense
and vigor of the country has provided,
more than $300.000,000 will go to the
South to enable Itu banks and money
men to holp the farmer carry his cot
ton through this uncertain period, and
that the money that j conies to the
Eastern centers wlir iietp1 tho South as
well by relaxing the pressure of the
money centers upon tho.'*- Southern
finances. .
And the congress and the govern,
ment should lend a hand to help the
establishment of Senator Hoke
Smith's proposed licensed govern
ment warehouse, whose very name as
a depositors or any surplus cotton will
give it dignity and credit.
' If the Southern farmer can only, be
assured that the government ls In full
sympathy with tho Southern business
man In the protection of the great in
' niece of aprehensi?n, and' the stir
' dufitry, confidence should take the
' plus cotton can bo held until it ls evi
dent that there will be no surplus of
I tho indispensable staple.
' The Southern farnss-^?s rea^onsW
rich In the recent fat y?ara of pros
perous cotton behind bim, and should
with this stiffening ot confidence be.
fully able to hold his surplus bales
abode the necessity * of 'sacrifice to
nenie prices. ... ."
('erma ns Fleeing. *
1 Paris. Sept. 12.-An official state
mont Isp.ued tonlghVsayer' '? . . '
"The German retreat Isl rapid. The
pursuit is vigorous. '' {The; Germans ?
have abandoned many mortars'."
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Il ls Better t^:;B??#^??--M;j
<B?&Stt|^%W^'
SOUTH SHOULD
HELP IN CRISIS
Government Will Aid As Much
As Possible in Financing the
Crop
(Hy Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. H.-Atter lons
consid?rai inn federal officials decided
not to (inprove Hie valorization plans
to aid cotton producers to meet un
usual condition!- caused by the Kuro
pcuii war. The treasury dcpartuienl
ha;, announced its determination to
accept warehouse receipts as a basis
for additional national bank currency,
hut friends of a plan for valorization
of the cotton crop have not succeeded
in convincing government oilicials
: . . ri?.iiral?ilitv.
Officials who have studied the situ
?t?..u that any remedy to ne taken
lien in the cotton men themselves and
?in the state legislatures. Some of
these student ; believe valorization of
u part of the present crop hy tho cot
ton producing states is entirely feas
ible and would prove helpful. The idea
ls held here among government ex
perts' also that slate legislatures,
where able, should pass legislation to
limit the crop next year and for suc
ceeding years if desired/
lt was pointed out today that fur
ther federal measures to aid the cot
ton men might brinfr down on the gov
ernment a demand from other sec
tions for similar assistance. Those
familiar wlth"*Condltlons in the south
say it has been demonetrlade for
years that a reduction in the amount
of the crop would work no hardship,
but be to the advantage of the pro
ducers. Past efforts' to insure such a
reduction have failed and tho chief
hope now ls in legislation which
would tax overproduction.
QUICK RETURNS
IN HOG RAISING
Livestock Man Advises Farmers of
Anderson County That This Is
Way to Solve Problems
According to J. O. Williams, live
stock demonstrator for Clemson Col
lege and the ?'nitrd States depart
ment of agriculture, the why for the
farmers of South Carolina to over
come the present financial stringency
la by raising more hogs. Mr. WU
liasms ls- enthusiastic over his plan
aud he told a representative of Thc
Intelligencer that this will prove to be
tho explanation of thc farmer's trou
bles if the farmer will hut consent to
try the plan.
Mr. Williams has mailed out hun
dreds of letters within the past week
touching on thin subject, a copy of
which, follows:. .
"Owing to tho present crisis brought
about by the European war, I think it
is imperativo that tho farmers of this
vtnte turn their attention toward some
phase of livestock production on the
farm that will nssure them of au in
come In the near futuro.
"I do not know of anything that
would be more adaptable to this sec
tion of the state, or surer of quick re
turns, than the production of hogs on
the farm, which cr.:i be done with very
little outlay of money and on n .unall
acreage of land. I nm endos?las a
pamphlet showing what return) cat)
he expected from a small herd of
hogs within a year's time, the figures
being based on a ten year average.
"J. would heartily recommend that
nil rarmcrr. start in the production of
hogs, on r. email scale at least, as
roon as possible, and I will bo glad to
co-operate with you in every way pos
sible towards this end.
"Very truly yours,
"J. O. Williame,
"Livestock Demonstrator.''
FOREIGN FIRMS
ARE ALL RIGHT
Andersen Men Get Information
From Insurance Companies
About Foreign Companies
Since the war scare arose in Europe
and the financial outlook far foreign
countries became so gloomy,' a num
ber of Anderson people have become
somewhat con?ernfed over the ques
tion-of < whether or not Insurance car
ried with foreign countries, was ab
solutely dependable. {Q. H. Geiger of
the Arm of Geiger & Wolfe bf Ander
som determined to find .but for himself
and he accordingly wrote the . follow
ing letter to P. H. .McMnsfor, insur
ance commissioner for South Caro-,
lina:
"Dear Sir: Ploam let me know it
you consider fire insurance written In
an English company safe.. What ef
fect do you think the-war -in that
country will have on.:.insur?nce.coro>'
posies? ? have' a psHcy ls ~ I4vor?4?bt
and Edinburgh company and have felt
some uneasiness about it."
- In reply to that letter, Mr... MeMas
tcr wrote to the Anderson man na fol
lows:
"Yon need have absolutely no fear
nf the safety 01 your policy in. an Eng
lish company. All foreign com panier,
stand entirely on the assets, whicti are
held tn Amonen. No consideration
whatever ls given to their fort-tgii. ak*
sets. Practically though a "ompany
retains Its English namo.lt is for the
purpose of insurance In thia cou.v;ry
.m. Amoricnn. company.
'Wi y Truly,
"P. H. McM.xsler.'
"fnsurnnci? Commission?'!-."
\ Sera Un. in Austria, across the'rh:*r
from Belgrade, has boen taken by tho
Servians,
m PUBLIC LIBRARY
1ST 8E KEPT OPE?
FRIENDS* OF INSTITUTION
ARE TRYING TO MAKE
PLANS
THE AGREEMENT
The City Contracted With Mr.
Carnegie To Maintain the
Institution
The action of tho city council in de
clining to make an appropriation Tor
the public library was varioUKly ilis
cuBscd yesterday. Mayer Codfr.-y de
clared that the council ha* heavy re
sponsibilities, hut that tito members
are amenable to argument ;?nd nra
willing to receive Information on any
matter in which the citizen* are Inter
ested.
The Intelligencer Uv Informed b1
Mrs. Rufus Pant, president, that th
civic association has not taken any
position on tltip matter. The ln??lli
gencer received its information from
member:; of the association who slat
ed that the ladles disapproved of the
action pf council.
At a meeting of the educational
committee of the Anderson chamber
of commerce Saturday this matter
was brought up. The members of the
committee feared that the library
would have to be closed and wera con
cerned over the proposition of getting
funds to meet the expenses. The ox
uenscs or the library include pay for
the librarian, lights, water, Janitor,
etc.
- At the meeting Friday a general
discussion wus indulged In. during
which4he members of thc committee
stressed thc fact that tho library is
one of Anderson's chief possessions
and that it ly invaluable to thc ita
bents of the city and 'o tito business
men of tho city. They also took up a
saw feature of the caso tba", it would
v-it Anderson In .? very undesirable
light 3lnce the city is morally bound,
ucvcrdlng to this commit' ; ', to make
the appropriation. ?iot?<mlln? to lie
terms.- of agreement with Mr. Carnegie.
The following, taken from the min
utes of a trustees' meeting, held when
the library project was under way,
was cited in support of this conten
tion:
"Mr. Carnegie agreed to give ?17
.1C0 to pay for library building provid
ed, the city council would pledge nn
annual appropriation of 10 per cent
or $1,750, for support funds: Tnat
::um was pledged in accordance.- there
with at a meeting of city,council -held
on ICth of April, 1907 and Mr. Carne
gie was so advised.
'.Upon completion of ? the library
building it. was ascertained tho rust
of samo was approximately $1.200
more, making 18,700. Mr. Carnagie
was advised of this fact, and finally
consented to. give the additional $1,200
provided thc city council would in
crease tho pledge by *120 additional
annually-which agreement w?-j suet
at H connell meeting hold on tho 30th
of March 1908."
After considering the matter in all
Its phases and engaging In i lenghty
discussion ns to what might he done,
the following resolution was adopted;
"Resolved, That the commitj.30 on
education of .he chamber of com
merce, feeling concerned as to tho fu
ture of thc Carnegie library, hereby
expresses Ur. hope that tho trustees
of the library and thc city council
will be able to devise a ni an w.oroay
the library may he enabled to con,
tinuc UB vcrv excellent service;* to
the community. It - is realized that
tho present council la laboring under
some temporary extraordinary ex
penses In the city government but feel
euro n woy ni3y bo io?m5 tc handle
the situation, without compromising
the future of the library."
JNO. WOOD SEES
A LIGHT AHEAD
Writes Anderson from Roanoke,
Va., Saying that Country Needs
v "To Hold Head Up.*'
In the words of one Anderson man,
"it ia indeed most refreshing to hear
any words of optimism just at. this
time, when every neighbor on every
hand it? yelling 'hard times.' However,
the calamity howlers may come and
they may go. but John Wood, well
known to Anderson people, ls not in
that class. In writing a letter to a
friend' In Anderson. Mr. Wood says
that all this country, needs is to "sit
tight with heads up." .
Mr. Wood was formerly secretory
of the Greenville chamber of com
merce, anti later secretary of the
Sparenburg. [Chamber, of cOmmtjrco,
Hts letter to Anderson nays tn part:
.T have a sort of feeling that all
ifiuB? i mugs are going to be worked
out and while the shoe .may pinch- us
temporarily, the resources of . our 1
country are too .?'eat and. money, too
enormous to permit a long period of
depression abd if we sit tight and hold
pur heads up. we will haye a perron of
tremendous prosperity. Moanwhllo en
courage the planting pf every. square
foot of land .in Anderson county in
some sorfof feed stuff that will ephie
on tho market as quickly os possible."
i ". -1-;
. Austria's Loss In ' Heavy.
London. Sept. 12.-3.A8 p. m.-A
Central newa dlspath from Rome
says :
"A telegram received here by the
TWussagro from Petrograd states' that
Ino second battle in Galicia resulted
even, moro satisfactorily to the Rus
slana than th0 first. The Tosses'bf ;
tho Austrians aro estimated at 130,-'
000 of whom 90,000 are prisoners." j
GIVEN GOOD ADVICE
W. W. LONG TELLS THEM
WHAT TO DO
SAYS SCW GRAIN
In An Open Letter to 50,000 Faur- .
mers, South Carolina Expert
Outlines Proper Work
The lime has now come when the
farmers has learned that the experts
at Clemson college are not only will
ing to serve the people, hut In tho
present emergency they are anxious
to lend any possible aid. Therefore,
Anderson farmers will be quick to
take advantage of the information
which they will derive from the cir
cular letter jent them from Clemson.
Farmers of Onderson county are ad
vised by W. W. Long, agent in charge
of the federal farm demonstration ser
vice in this state and director of the
extension work of Clemson college,
to seed large areas in oats and wheat,
building bog pastures and rai-e hogs,
pay special attention to poultry and
maintain good kitchen gardens, by
wav of preparing for the reduction <
cotton acreage which next year will
bring.
Mr. Long ha3 had printed 50,000
copies of a circular letter which ho
issued yesterday, embodying this ad
vice; and with these he expects to
placard the State from one end to
the other.
"Our experts," he said in Columbia,
yesterday, "are getting out special
matter concerning the question of
oats, wheat, hogs, poultry and garden
ing and are calling the attention of
the farmers to our readiness to Bervo
them."
The letter issued yesterday by. Mr.
Long was addressed "To the Farmers
of South Carolina," is as follows:
"These are times when you must
not. Let others do thc talking. You
can not afford to have your farm idlo
this fall and winter. It IB the time
when you must use the cold months
for both making and saving money.
Any one who tells you what to expect
nf cotton for thc next year ?3 just
guessing. Nobody knows.
"After careful consideration w? ad
vise the following courses as profita
ble for you at this time. Do these
things now.
"To farmers in the Piedmont coun
ties: Seed large areas In oats und
wheat. These crops can be made
to bring consid?rable profit in - ash
or can be turned under next spring. ;
Vegetable'matter turned*under t?akus
the raw potash in 'thc soil become
.more available. We will need all thc
available potash we can get next
spring. In the event we use; com
mercial fertilisers wo will secure bet
ter results.
"To farmers of other parts of thc
state: Seed oats as a market crop '
and enough wheat to supply home
consumption.
"On cotton lands these crops can
best be seeded with one-horse grain
drills, or vertain makes of fertilizer
distributors can bo used to take the
place of the drill. They can be used
ic October following the cotton pick
ers. , .. ) ' '?
"To all South Carolina farmers:
Build hog pastures and raise hogs.
Hogs can be put on the market within
the next year at a big profit Don't
be afraid of hog cholera. Clemson
will furnish serum at cost and a man
free of charge to Inject it, if you will
notify the college as soon a3 youv.bear
of an outbreak in your ommunlty.
j "Pay special . attention to .poultry,.
which can' be made a source of large
revenue.
"RB sure to give attention to r. tris
ter garden. Nothing pays a farmer
better at this season of the year than
a good garden.
"To do the things suggested abovo
will require the least amount of labor
and money.
' "The nations of war must be fed.
Wc can take advantage of the high
prices offered for foodstuffs and turn
this period of depression into one of
great profit.
"We have the men who can furnish
the information in detail as to. how
to carry out the abovo suggestions,
arc anxious to nerve you.
"Write me at Clemson College, S.
C., or call upon any demonstration
agent In the State and he wilt secure
the Information for you.
"The main thing ls act now." . ^ i.
BARNWELL WILL BUY.
One Cotton Bale Movement Meet*
? With SnceosR.
Barnwell, Sept. ll.-Tho buy-a-batc
mVcotton movement ls .being discuss
ed in Barnwell .and soveral individuals
have already purchased a bale each ot
the fleecy staple, which will be held
for not less than 10 cents a pound. It.
is said that the officers and employees
of both of the local banks bayelbougbt
cotton and. aa the Idea is contagious,
it is spreading among the clerks ot
tlie stores, many of whom will invest
a part of their, savin*? in this' gilt,
edged security. ,.? ... 7 ..''.
.Perhaps the .youngest member ot
tho buy-a-balo club in South Carolina
is B. P. Davies, aged two and one-half
years, who Thursday bought a 550-.
pound bale and "warehoused" ' lt lo
the office of the Barnwell People, or
Jvhlch paper his father is editor." It
ls togged WltK-o ?OWA-wA-_i?? .?.^.
"^7V " ~ " "? worn ?UK mc
following 'ascription^ "Bought hy B.
V. Davies, Jr., to .b*; told for 12 cents.
Have yon bought yours?" A number
of the parents here will take the aar
ngs ot theiir.boys and girl* and InVeat
nVsSK??;1?6 ?tan 18 Bloted
??Lw L. th?locaVpapem and lt Is very,
probable that several hundred taies
r?in?^ M Mrod from *** ??W ** thia
KgSa
