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White Mao to BODg Which tried him was composed of OvfllM KfifiOS His Wnrd Tftl f?Pn tfnrAnoil/in Dam^. In:_ *. ^ ?
for Negro's Murder.
Boh Small Sentenced to Dio
Within Two Months. ? Negro
to bo Hanged Same Day.
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Special to The State.
Darlington, March 11.--This
morning the two white men convicted
yesterday of the murder of 1
Frank Scott, colored, were form-'
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ally sentenced.
John Noll, who was x'ound \
guilty and recommendod to mer- J
sy, was sentenced to life imprisonment
in the State penitentiary
and the date of execution of Boh
Small, who was found guilty
wiiHom recommendHtion to mercy
wus fixed by the court for the 5th
of May. Senator Geo W Brown,
council for the defendants, made
a most determined effort in behalf
of his clients, pitched on a high
plane, and on every hand one
hoars him commended for the
Manner in which ho looked after
their interests. Moreover, there
are some wh^ claim to think the
verdict too severe. They are,
however, decidedly in tha minority,
for in all probability tar the
greater number of those who
listened to the evidence are teady
and willing to pronounca the verdict
to bo absolutely just and
righteous.
.John Noll, the defendant sentenced
to life imprisonment, is
but a boy, scarcely out of bis
teens.
Small and Noll were from
North Carolina and worked at
Harper's saw mill, nine miles
from Darlington. Thev cnm?
town on Monday, Feb 6lb, each
bringing a shot gnn After staying
in town several hours, ai.d, it
is said, drinking heavily, they began
their homeward march. All
along the road they are said to (
have been boisterous and abusive (
to passersby, shooting at travel- ;
ers, horses and mules. Finally
they met this negro on a load of ,
cotton seed for his employer, W (
P Do Urge, with whom he has
been working for 12 years, which
is a testimonial to his good character.
Bob Small hailed the ne
gro and after a tew words shot
him. His companion, Noll, drew ^
his (rnn to uhnnt ?1
n ... ......... Willi ngttlU, WUPU |
U F Howi?, county treasurer,
traveling this road, came up in
his buggy. Knowing the negio,
he protested against the act and
Noll turned his gun on How/e and
tired, hitting liim in the face with
one shot and the horse receiving
the balance of the load in his head
and neck.
They continued their onwArd
march to their shanties at the saw
mill. Mr. Howie cared for the
negro and drpve hack to town for
the sheriff, who, with his deputies
pursued the men, captured them
at 1'o'clockMonday night in tbeir
shanties at the mill, tied them and
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uruugui. itiuiu to JMI. |
The negro was a peaceable, reliable
workman. E
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THE 8AM MARKS CASK
8am Marks, tbe negro, wbo ^
was tried at tbe summer term of f
court for the murder of Hill
Langston, a white man, und who
web found guilty, was resentenced
today, the supreme court having c
denied bim a new trial. The dale a
of bis execution was also fixed for D
the 5th of May. Popular eymj
patby is, however, very ranch
with Marks?at lea^t hore in the ^
town of Darlington. The jury
exceedingly good men, hut >
popular fueling ran high at the
time iu some sections of county,
and it will he remembered Iho ]
Slate militia was called upon to !
protect the defendant. The impression
seems to ho that all this
had its weight with the jury, unconsciously
perliups. Scoiou of ]
good men, familiar with all tho i
circumstances, can tic found to
assort that the negro is guilty of <
no more than manslaughter, if 1
even that. Tho prevailing senti- |i
ment in tho town of Darlings j
ton is that this is a ca-o in which <
the govornor might well exercise
his executive clemency. i
MOSE HAM FREE. i
M ose Ham, another negro, was!
indicted along with Sam Marks, 1
chaiged *Mth heing an accessory (
to tho killing. In his case the f
jury, the same as,that which found 1
Sam Marks guilty, hesitated for 1
hours us to whether to find him
guilty or guilty with rocomuienda
tion to mercy, finally taking the
latter course. Upon uppeul to
tho supreme court, that tribunal '
remanded tho case against Muse
Hum for u now trial, stating that
there was absolutely no evidence
against him. In vie?> of this Solicitor
Johnson today no! prossed
his case. This is doubly inter *
eating as beat ing upon the circuit)- *
stances under which Murks was
convicted.
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Happenings in the State. !
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As Chronicled by the Alert Cor- i
respondents of The Columbia (
State and tho Charleston v
Nows and Courier. I
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(Specials to The State.) c
Killed With a Rock. (j
Belton, March 12. ?Ellis Greer v
and Sam Brenzeale, negrose, ho ?
catno involved in a row last Sun- u
[lay /vhich resulted in Sam strik o
ing Ellis in the forehead with a f<
rock, crushing in the skull from a
the effects of which Ellis died Fri o
jay evening. ii
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Nfecro Killed in Eibrefifild ?Two f.
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Sent to Penitontiary for Life. t<
Edgefield, March 10.?Several w
miIes ahovo here Mr Lemuel si
Dorloy was yesterday forced to c
sill a negro, named Jim Lumer.
Mr. Corloy ia one ot the coun- d
,y chamgang overseers. Ho was
ipproached hy said negro saying ni
le wanted to seo one of the coniricts.
Ho was armed with a shot51m.
Oorley asked him what the
veapon conttined; heunswered hy J oj
aising his gun and saying ho tr
vould shoot him, thereupon Mr. is
Jorloy, quick as a flash, shot the hi
jegro dead with his rifle. ^
Charles and Arthur Holloway,
)oth negroes who have for two
Jays been on triul horo, charged e\
vith the killing of Spencer Barn- m
>s, another negro, at I'leasunt
jrove church, threo miles from .
is
?dgefield, on Agust 1st, were tolight
convicted of murder with j
ecommendation to the mercy of
he court. Life imprisonment in ?
he penitentiary will likely bo the
ate of theso negros.
.Notice to the Public.
I will hold all inquests in the
ounty. Phono to my residence
t Pleasant Hill for me when
oeded.
J. Montgomery Ca^kcy,
opt. 2d?tf Coroner L, O.
iAMriBw" s*;.vt
Shi meet Ntllivfiahi In wo?m? ?
- u r- ,,w4" ,v
His Hungry Troops.
Mukden Whs Entered on Sched
nlo Time, iho .hips Capturing
Enormous War Supplies
Tokio, March 10, 8 p. m.?- .
b'ield Marshal Oyamu telegraphs r
is f< llows under today's date:
"We occupied Mukden at 10
Vclock this morning.
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"Our surrounding: movement,
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in which we have boon engaged j
for some days past, lias now (
jompletelv succeeded.
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"The fiercest fighting continues'
n . a
it several places in the vicinity of t
Mukden.
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" .Vo captured a great number t
?f prisoners, enormous quantities ^
>f arms, ammunition, provisions ^
ind other war supplies. There is ^
it present no time to investigate
he number of these. .
Losses Suffered by Russia 11
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billed and Wounded Estimated at;
90,000 and Prisoners at Over j ^
tO,000 ? Spoils Include 60, 1
000 ltitles and 60 Guns.
Tokio, March 12, 7 p m.?
Meld Marshal Oynmu, reporting
oday, says:
"Prisoners, spoils and the ^
inomy's estimated casualties ^
iguiost all our forces in the Shakle
direction follow, hut the pristncrs,
guns and spoils are iucre&f- ' \
ng momentarily. The prisoners i:.
lumber over 40,000, including
j on Nachmoss. The killed and
w
rounded are estimated at 90,000.
The enemy's dead left on the field
lumber 26,500. The spoils inhide
two flags, ahout 60 guns, ?
10,000 rifles, 150 ammunition
ragons, 1,000 carts, 200,000 6f
hells, 25,000,000 rounds of small 6
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rms ammunition: 75 ,000 bushels
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f ceroids, 275,000 bundles of
VI
udder, 45 miles of light railway
nd 2,000 horses, 23 cart loads
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f maps, 1,000 car loads of clothig
and Accoutrements, 1,000,000 ^
atious of bread, 75,000 tuns of ^
nel, and 60 tons of hay; besides
jols, tents, bullocks, telegraph ^
dres and poles, timber, bods, ^
loves ami numerous other prop- .
rty.
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4'No report from tbo Singkiog ^
iroction has been received."
The battle has been officially
nmn.l I (Tl.~
w.uww xuo oHiuo or MiiKdon."
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Ho may well think, he has got '6I
tf cheap, who, after having conacted
constipation or indigestion,
still able tn perfectly restore
Is health. Nothing will do this P?
nt Dr. King's Now Life Pills. ^
quick, pleasant, and certain cure r,'
>r headache, constipation, etc.
5c at Crawford Bros, J. F. Mack?
& Co's and Funderhurk Phar.
acy. hi
of
It is Haiti that Generul Oyama pr
taking pass after pass with the 0g
)nchulunco or' a ro-clectod state
giulator.? Detroit Journal.
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itfnriray'H liuchu, (tin and Jun
Iper ir* pre-oilbed and endorsed
by eminent physicians. 11 curea
when all elat fails Prevents
Kidney disease,Dropsy,hrights
disease, etc At all druggists
$100 A BOTTLE
Or Diriot From
M urray Drug Co,
Columbia, H (J
uvu, 1YU1 VyiUMll ItCbl^llb.
hikes all lllame for Defeat We
Makes no Excuse Save That the
Strength of the Japanese Was
Miscalculated.
St Petersburg, March 13, 2:15
i. in. ? General Ktiropntkin has
ent in his resignation to the Em>etor.
General Knropatkin has telo;rnphed
to Empeior Nicholis, as
tuning himself all the rcsponsi ility
for his defeat, making no
xcuses except that the strength
f the Japanese was miscalculated,
nd refusing to placo any of tho
lame upon the council of generals
pon whoso advice he determined
[i give buttlo. His reputation as
n ( ffensive strategist is gone,
ml though tho Emperor's military
dvisers know not whore to look
or a hotter General, his resignaion
will ho accepted.
In losing General Kuropatkin,
ho army will lose the idol of the
rivate soldiers, an officer who, in
pite of the intrigues of his generis
and his failures to win a bnttle,
as won their confidence and afoction.
Baltic bleot to Face Togo.
St. Petersburg, March 13, 2:l0
. m.?The immediate answer of
10 Russian goverment to the de)at
at Mukden is the announcelent
that a new army wiii be
lised, and the forces in tho far
art re-organized; that Vice Adliial
Rojestuensky will be order1
to sail on and try conclusions
ith Togo, and that the war will
3 prosecuted to tho bitter end.
This is the present temper of t
mperor Nicholas and his domi- '
?nt advisers. Should tho island <
npire choose tho 'moderate" i
rms and recognize its adversary
i tho power in the far East,peace I
iuld be easily arranged; but tho <
ews of her diplomats in various
irtn of Ibo world indicate that
ie is not ready to with the full
agnitude of the disaster at Mukin
still undetermined, hut with
e 1905 campaign seemingly alady
hopelessly compromised, re.
aat to Harbin inevitable and
ladivostock practically lost, deires
that the time has not yet
me when Russia can be forced
surrender herself.
ATTACKED BY A MOB
d beaten, in a labor riot, until
vered with scares, a Chicugo
reet car conductor applied Buck
a's Arnica Sab e, and was soon
und and well. "1 use it in my
mily," writes G. J. Welch of
ikonshA, Mich., "and find it
irfect." Simply great for cuts
d burns Only 25c at Crawford
os\, J. F. Mackey & Co's and
mderburk Pharmacv.
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MIXTURE
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tonic. By fat the best thing
to Uke is Murray's Iron M'Xture.
It makes pure blood and e
yets rid of that tired feeling. At ,
all drug store-. "
ROcABOTTLE 1
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Or Direct From
The Murray Drug Co,
Columbia, H C a
uis Liie sacnnced to save *
His Whiskey. i
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An Employe of Sellers Killed l>y I
a Flying Train.?A Trugic End
to a Long Trip for Shipment
of Illicit Liquor.
Tho State, 11th inst. i
As tho result of tho effort of <
W. H. Sellers, tho blind tiger i
king of Columbia, to ovado tho 1
dispensary constables during tho I
dark hours of night, one of Ium
henchmen, Charles Thompson, is i
dead killed by tho Seaboard's fly- 1
ing "Florida Limited;" another
of his hirelings, Elias Waiters, I
is languishing in jail; the whiskey '
and waiters' mules and wagon 1
have been seized by tho constable,
and tho mules and wagon of tho '
dead man arc destroyed ? by the
name train which in an insiant i
ended tho life of their owner.
The accident in which Thorn p? 1
son was killed happened uhout f
300 yards beyond Wed loll, a >
small station on tho Seaboard Air '
Line, nine miles north of Col tun- (
bia. Tho time of its occurrence N
was 9,53 o'clock on Thursday *
night. r
Sellers expected a shipment of }
whiskey from tho Caiolina Dis- 1
tilling Company of Hamlet, N. C., 1
to ho delivered at lllaney that !l
night. This point is on tho Sea?
board just across the iino in Ivor- f
shaw couuty uud is 21 miles from n
Columbia. The whiskey arrived
and Thompson and an unknown d
helper wero there with a two t
mule team to receive and bring it h
to Columbia or whatever place it tl
was to bo stored. The shipment ?
consisted of 1,000 half pints of o
tho celebrated "King's Choico" ai
corn whiskey and six kegs, con- tl
taining five gallons of corn each t<
Tho half pin?s wore packed in livo L
barrels, containing 200 bottlos w
each. w
Thompson loaded tho stuff on tl
his wagon and started on his wav P
toward Columbia. It. was dark I
Mid raining. All went woll until tl
tbo party neured Wcddell, 12 S
ailes from the sturtiug place. $
About 300 yards beyond Wedlell
from Columbia the wagon
road crosses the railroad. This
road, instead of crossing the
track squarely, approaches it ^
gradually and crosses it at an
icute angle. There is a small ^
brulgo 121 feet wide over the ^
iitch besido the roadbed. The ,
bt
Jitch is about two foet wide and w
two feet deep at this point. Whon ^
Thomson approached this bridge, u
Iriving through the rain anddark, ^
lie cut his team to cross the bridge j(
just a little too soon. The front
wheels passed ovor safely, but the ^
[jack wheels, of course, did not
ItA/ilr 1 ~ ' * 1 ' *
uir llUlll OI1U liTKl I lift buck I
b
wheel on the inside of the turn ,
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missed the end of the bridge and ..
n tl
Jroppcd into the ditch. The pre- c(
iicument was a serious one; the
' e<
wagon could not possibly be inov)d
backward or forward until tho .
k<
oad was removed, and tho mules
' 01
were standing directly on the ^
*ail road rack.
This was tho situation when tho y
Florida Limited" chiiio in sight ^
unning as fast as sho could turn .
* in
wheel on a pioco of truck as
traight as an arrow and down a '
. . 'in
eavy grade. It is evident from
ho indications ?and tho whole
lory is clear to those who saw jj
hem?that Thompson already . (
nxious ovor his responsibility and l()
exeti by his dilemma, wnen ho by
aw the train bearing down upon
tim, realized that it meant the
cms of his valuable team and
vagon and of his employer's
troperty entrusted to nib care uness
the train was stopped.
TRIED TO STOP THE TRAIN.
With a reckless disregard of
consequences he rushed along tho
side of the track toward the oncoining
train in a vain effort to
llag it down with his hat. Ilo
bad gone about 50 feet up tho
[rnek when the thundering train
was upon him, and heforo ho could
realize his danger it had struck
tiim and hurled him fully 40 feet
iwny, dashed I ho wagon and its
load aside like a wisp of straw
itid crushed both mules into a
lifeless and mangled mass.
The train was brought to a stand
3l 111 and remained there until it
was seen that no aid could be
rendered
News of what had happened
readied Division chief Osborno
ibout 1.15 o'clock. Ho immodately
detailed Constables Haring,
Peguos and Poland to go at
>nco to the scene and seize what
vhiskoy they could find. They
vore soon on their way, and
cached there about 3 o'clock
'esterday morning. The illicit
iquor had been carried away, but
ho constables nosed their game
nd wore soon away in hot puruit.
Seller's other employos,
uithful to their employer, had
otifiod him of tho accident,
idlers left the city such a short
istuncc ahead of tlie constables
hat thoy saw his buggy about a
lock away. It is statod by them
liut ho wui accompanied by it li
celcy, a well known blind tiger
11 lower Main street. As soon
3 they arrived at tho scene of the
ragedy preparations wore begun
i get the booze out of the way.
ilias Waiters, a negro farmer
ho lives nearby, was employed
ith his horse and wagon to do
10 work, and, as he himself ex*
resscs it, was promised good pay.
ho statement was volunteered on
ic <pnot from another sourco that
ellcrs hail to pay the darkey
125. to do tho work.
THE I.IQUOK SEIZED.
Tho ci nstablea followed their
ail of tho llocing wagon back tou
Vila Ulonntf ??%wl !!??!! - * *
??v.a wiuuvj iiuu iiiiuuy CftUgQl
in a road oil of the main road,
ho driver Elias WtiiterH, upon
e?ng questioned, said that ho
us carrying tho whiskey to the
diuo of a man named Thomas,
ho is a brother-in-law of Scoloy.
ho wagon contained four barrels,
elding 200 half-pints each, and
4 bottles sftved from the fifth
arrol which had been smashed
y tho train. Strango to say,
hen the wagon was struck it waa
li ned bottom upward against tho
unk of thoislight cut aud the
arrels were rolled on tho edge of
10 hank without an ? damage ex?pt
to ono barrel. Jt was learn1
from tho waybills at Blanoy
uit all of the barrels and ono
py were consigned to Sellers,
10 keg to T F Osborn, ono to ?
[orriaon and one to T N Brown,
ho others are not accounted for.
ho negro, Kline Waiters, was
acod under arrest for transport*
illicit liquor, and as the trans
irting was done at night his horso
id wagon were soized and will bo
Id.
Mothers can safely give Foley's
otioy and Tar to their children for
ughs and colds, for it contains
i opiates or other poisons. Sold
' Fundorbur* Pharmacy.