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SEMI-WEEKLY L A N C A S T E R, S. C., SEPTEMBER, 23, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1852.
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Bu A Foul Murder. ?>!
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The Killing of Allen Pendleton
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Culls for Investigation.?
White Men ut Fault.
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Special to The State. hi
ilonen Path, Sept. 18-Tho par- ly
ticulars in regard to the Killing of p<
Allon Pendleton last nigh', ?>v O
that instead of being a lynching le
it whs a foul murder. er
The whole story, so far as your tli
correspondent can learn, is about tr
as follows: Sometime during the th
day yesterday, Mooto, the man at
who was killed, ran jnto Pontile- fr
ton's nuggy with his. Yesterday pi
afternoou when Pendleton started er
home, Jim Mooro and Oscar Mc- pi
Donuld waylaid the road for him et
and the difficulty occurred. Mc- ti
Donald testified at Moore's in- (h
quest that Moore was drunk and
when Pendleton cauie up to where II
they were in waiting Moore asked n<
Pendleton what ho hud be?n say- Ji
ing about him. Pendleton jump- ei
ed out of his buggy and replied, ni
"Nothing," but if he wanted any- 111
thing he could gel it; and they t?e- P
gau to tight and Pendleton cut ci
him to death. hi
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TUB NEOEO'8 STOUT. t"(
The negro last night before ho 81
was killed said that they caught 111
his mule by the bridle and stop- tr
ped him; that he begged them to
let him go; that they beg no to ei
bent him with his whip; that they 81
undertook to pull him out of his
buggy and that while they were
healing him and pulling him oik
of his boggy he cut Moore. b<
a gi iii.'8 statement ^
A
A girl ubout 15 years < f age,
bright and well educated for her ^
age, was passing and saw tne oc- ^
ciirtence. She would have no
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reason for uiissiuting the case.
She said to your coi respondent 1
today: ' ! saw him kill him." ^
When asked to state how it was,
lvj
she replied: ''Father and 1 were
coming up the road; the white
men had their horse tied by tha
w
side of the road aud were waiting; ^
wuru iuw uegru uauio uui iuiu iuo
road tbey caught bis mule by the
bridle and stopped him, the negro
said, 41 promised Mr. Monroe to ^
have his mule home by night; .
please let me go; they took his lC
whip aud began to beat him; then
pulled him out of the buggy and
the negro cut one of them; the .
negro came on and drove by us;
he was crying and said: 41 pro- ^
raised Mr. Monroe to have his ^
mule h ;me by night and they are
beating me and won't let me
go.' " tj
The girl's stoiy is generally believed
here to be tme in every
particular.
TRIED TO ESCAPE.
The negro then drove on to- ^
wards town trying to escape. It a
is said by those who saw him com.
ing along the road that be could a
have jumped from the buggy and _
? T1
made his escapo through thewoods, ^
hut he seemed boot on bringing
Mr. Monroe's mule home, as be Q
had promised. tl
He was captured just on the j
Abbeville and Anderson line,
about a half mile below Honea
Path, and carried back to Magis- a
trate Melvin Ashley's. Mr. Ashley
was not at home. Boon John w
Marion Ashley came up and l>egan
to beat tha negro with a piece ^
gf plank and swear that they were n
fh vw rial kiilll. V/1I1VI L'IIIIH; II
) and tho negro was carried 8
ick to Iho scone of tho killing. 1
n tho way ho jumped from tlio
iggV and ran, hut was shot with t
shotgun and recaptured. f
I'f.EADED WITH THE "MOH." v
When they arrived at tho scene 1
f tho killing a considerable crowd *
id gathered for tho purposo of *
nching tho negro. C. E. Hur- '
jr, John F. Monroe aud Editor H
. E Monro had heard of tho intided
lynching, and were pies- *
it; they begged the mob to let *
le law take its course. Magis s
ate Ashley came and joiusd
em in pleading for tho negro,
id begging the crowd to desist (
om its purpose. They got a (
onuse from the slain boy's futh j
tbat be would wait till the peo- t
e of tho entire community gath- ^
tut anil lonve it with 12 influenzal
men to suy what should he }
jno with the negro. j
They phoned to Donald and onea
Path for help to save the
pgro; but a few hot heads led by j
ohn Marion Ashley, Hugh Bow- t
i and ham Bigby would listen to
i longer delay, and when the
len from Donalds und llonea {
ath weie almost in sight they |
irried tho negro off and riddled ^
is body with ballets. The oeg- ,
body wus left by the road- j
do where it lay still this tuornig
without any one watching (
ver it. {
It is said that tho negro's broth- (
will not come near und it is ^
ipposvd tbat the county will t
ive to bury him.
THE NAMES GIVEN
At tho inquest over the negro's ^
;>dy toiUiy C. E. Harper, John L
. Monroe, Magistrate Melvin (
.fthley and P. VV. Sullivan losti- t
ed tbat they were present when (
le crowd carried the negro off to
mch him; that they heard them j
ly that they were going to lynch (
im; that they saw aid recognized r
ohn Marion Ashley, Sam Bigby, 1
[ugh Bowen, Bob Moore, Jim ?
loore'w father, and Josh, John j
3d Will Moore, his brothers;
mt they heard them suy they t
ere going to lynch him, that i
tey saw them carry him ofl, and ^
iuI in a few minutes they, heard r
jveral shots fired in tho direc
on m which the mob went. They
idn't go to the acene of the killig
and didn't aee the negro luit
ight after he was killed.
D. M. Humphreys of Donulds
as foreman of the coroner's
lry. The jury brought in a
erdict that Allen Pendleton cunie
) his death by gunshots and pis
>1 shot wouuu inflicted by parties
nknown to the jury.
Solicitor Cooper was phoned to
lis morning but replied that he
juldn't come on account of court
pening in Laurens. It is now
p to Governor Heyward, Soliciir
Cooper and the courts to say
whether this murder shall go unvenged.
l'he boy, who was killed, was
bout 21 years old and was drunk
rhen he was killed. Bob Moore,
is father, and his brothers are
owdies, and have been in numeriiHdrunken
brawls. Jim Moore.
io hoy, who <vns killed, ran over {
. B. Kay and oruised him up t
'bile Kay waa acting police a few I
lonlhs ago. Kay was trying to
rrest a drunken crowd. ^
The nogro, Allen Pendleton,
ras a very humble negro and it
i inconceivable that he should
ave sought a row with white I
len. The general opinion here 1
* nun, me negro Kiiiort Monro in ! *jii
olf.defense, and that tho mob !
list night murdered tho negro.
Tho people hero bolievo that (
ho coroner's jury should huve
ound a bill against those who
vero known to tie engaged in the >
nurder; thov, further, lieliovo
hat Solicitor Cooper and Gov. 1,1
ieyward should at onco taso tho ')e
natter up and that those guilty
hould bo made to answer for it. l)el
Gov. Heyward's attention has mt
>een called to tho matter and it is (:,l
lelieved that ho will act at once. re<
gri
OLICITOU COOPER SWEAU8 OUT
!11(
WARRANTS. ^
Honea Path, Sept. 19?Solicitor d0
3oopcr is hero, acting under or- po
lers from Governor Hoywurd. w|
le is investigating tho case against 8>J|
he murderers of Allen Pendleon.
ru
Ho hus sworn out warrant*
iguiust John Marion Ashley, J. 0(|
1. Moore, Josh Moore, John
Moore, Will Moore, Sam Bigby j;g
ind Hugh Bowen. Sheriff Lyon W1
h here and will make the arrests no
oinorrcw morning. foi
Solicitor Cooper says that he is cjj
^oing to investigate the case to i,e
ho bottom and prosecute it to the W1
'ull extent of his ability.
^Constable shannon had the ne- iy
;ro Allen Pendleton, buried yes- Xc
erduy, or rather ho had the neg o
dragged on a slide to a hole, u0
ibout 200 yards awuy, and dump- ih
d into it. There was no coffin \y
mr box, dirt was thrown in, the jr(
jolo was partly tilled and this was |e^
he burial he received. (jl
AC KIM TRAGEDY pr,
s daily enacted, in thousands of WL
tomes, as Death claims, in each pe
me, another victim of Consump- )m
ion or Pneumonia. But when ^
Joughs and Colds aie prop
uly treated, tho tragedy is avert- u"
id. F. G. Huntley, of Oaklandon, ,vll
Lnd., wiites: "My wifo had the sat
ionsnmption, and three doctor, do
jave her up. Finally she took Dr, fat
Ciug's New Discovery for Connimption,
Coughs and Coldse
vhich cured her, and to-day she no
s well and strong." It kills the ^01
jerms of all diseases. One dos. wn
elievcs Guaranteed at 50c and p1(
&1.00 by Crawford Bros., J. F. ()f
Mackey & Co. Funderburk Pharnacy,
druggists. Trial bottlo free. le'
m foi
Bridges to Let f<>
Hfll
I will let a contract to build
1 now hiM/lnft <?<"> l?""? ' 1
. ..v.? u ?ui imvur v_/?iup
Jreek on the Browns Ferry road m'
,o the lowest responsible bidder cij
>n Thursday Sept. 21st, at 10 Cu
i'clock, a..m. Also one over big ev
Jamp Creek on what is known as
he Green place, on the same day
it 3 o'clock, p. id. Specifications m<
:o be known at place of letting, ro
:eserying the right to reject any dr
ind all bids. be
M. C. Gaudneh,
Sept. 8, 1905. Co. Supr.
SICKENING SHIVERING FlTd. ioj
if Augue and Malaria, can be re- bi
lioved and cured with Electric an
Sitters. This is a pure, tonic
medicine; of especial benefit in *
malaria, for it exerts a true cura- 8ftlive
influence on the disease, driv- tri
ing it entirely out of the system, ha
It is much to be proferred to Quin- wj
iiw, iiuviug none 01 this drug'*
:>ad after-effects.* E. S. Munday,
if Henrietta, Tex., writes: c,My an
irotber was very low with malari- ^
il fever and jaundice, till he took ha
Electric Bitters, which saved his g0
ife. At Crawford Bros., J. F. .
Vlrtckey & Co. and Funderbnrk )C
Pharmacy drug stores; price 50c, it
piaranteed.
OASTOZllA.
Bears the *'n(1 You Have Always Bough Lc
rr ?*
m ltovenue Compensate for the
Evils Growing out of the Liquor
Traffic? i
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[From I lie Kershaw EraJ
rhoso who lluttor themselvos | j
it tjkc friends of the dispensary
Lancaster county are going to
sat it tied to remain quiet and let |
a vote ho taken without a desrate
struggle to retain their pet (
dilution, which Iris as its priu)le
features of argument and
(
sommendation revenue and *
i i
aft, will hud themselves to he \
rat wofully mistaken. Already J,
ay are industriously at work to
feut the manifest will of the
I
ople, which admittedly is overleliuingly
against any method of
lliog liquors in this county.
Wo had hoped that the vote
uld bo had without fevered agiI...
4 1. - 4 * ? 11
.iwu, 11 y niu voiers oeing auowto
quietly cant their ballots as
uir judgment dictated in the
;ht of twelve years experience
th the dispensary, but such is
t to he the case. We have he- (
re us at this time an unsigned
cular letter copies of which are
ing distributed over the county
th the patriotic [?] purpose of
ving the dispensary to the coun,
aud for what purpose, we ask*
> elevate and better the condim
of our citizens? Certainly
t, for the only possible effect of
o liquor traffic is debauchery,
ell, is it to prevent our children
iui being depriv-ed of the privi;e
ot having schools to attend?
early no, for wo had schools bore
they were helped by liquor
tiiits; and Marlboro and Green- ,
iod counties, which have no disnsaries
within their borders,
ve just as good schools and run
>in just as long as the other .
lnties We do not hesitate to ;
r that when it becomes neces- (
y to debauch the citizens in or- {
r to maintain schools it will be {
better to close the schools. (
it no such necessity exists now, ,
r will it ever exist. Wo can
ticeive of no more expensive
iy to run schools than through
3 dispensary. For every dollar
school funds you get that way
presents about ten dollars spent
r liquor.
If the foregoing are not reasons
r wanting to retain the dispen*
ry what is the reason? We must
plore the confusion of argusnts
which reveal but ouo prin
mi luuuii una iuai lb rovenue.
in revenue compensate ,for tho
ils growing out of tho liquor
*fHcf Parent, what amount of
uney would you regard as a just
turn for a son being made a
nnkard and possibly a murderer,
sides the danger of running into
e other evils on account of an
tlamed brain?
But let us examine the circular
Iter and analyzo it just a little
t. It says prohibition is a farce
d cannot be enforced without
iblic sentiment behind it. Who
ys so? Advocates of tho liquor
iffic. But what do those who
ve prohibition say? Cherokee,
nch was first to vote out the
jpensary, says it works well
d th&t they would not have any.
ing else. And the states which
ye tried prohibition refuse to
back to liquor selling. We
lieve that those who have tried
are best qualified to speak, for
ey speak from experience.
But what about the dispensary?
it us answer them with thoir
rn argument. Was thero ever
a bigger furcid Ami where is the i
moral sentiment t<> enforce that
law and make it <lo what its pro- <
motors claimed it would do! It I
has grown to bo a larger stench |
each year of its oxisten -o and the 1
facte are being laid bare I
Von stand in danger of the old '
barroom system they say. Well '
let's see about that The coF.sti- '
tution provides that liquors can- 1
not bo sold in less quantity than 1
half pints; it is not allowed to bo '
drunk on the premises where sold;
and it is not allowed to be sold
between sundown and sun up.
The constitution cannot be altered '
without a majority voto for a
change, un> ouo knows thut they
will never voto to restore the old
bar room system. Furthermore,
ny license system is at present
provided for at all. If the dis
penssrios are voted out wo will '
liuvo absolute prohibition under '
the dispensary law.
They claim that tlio dispensary
purified is the best solution. Well
who hus the power to purify it?
One egg not quite so dacayes as (
an other might bo better purified, :,
but who can purify it? Take the J
actual experience and learn by ,
that that the evils in liquor are s
inherent and will come out of it, I
1 \
it matters not whore or how sold J
or by whom drunk. Take the ,
dispensary and look at the revela- (
tions disclosed by the investigate ]
ing coimniltoe. Good men from
geod families have gone in from '
good motives and now their
names are bemirched and their
characters blasted. Some who
have gone into it have been able <
to realize tho dungor anil have 1
retired before destroyed.
It is claimed that during last 1
year Lancaster county derived v
?0.500. revenue from liquor. (
Suppose it did. ?Vhat has the ;
county got iu return that it did '
not havo before? Our taxes were j
no more when wo hail no dispells
aary and when wo did not have ,
near so much taxable property. ?
The truth of the matter is that (
this increased rovonuo is a grave
temptation to extravaganeo in
matters of no permanent value to
the county and the result surely
will ho more harmful thau helpful.
You have novor in your life
soon a bigger hearted fellow in
tho mattor of spending money
than whiskey sellers. They make
their money easy and it goes
easy.
Citizens of Lancaster, the question
is beforo you and you must
pass upon it. And however much
some seek to obscure tho real
point at issue, it remains strictly
a moral question Ono that involves
your owu welfare and the
dostiny of tho young lives now
approaching manhood and womenhood;
but it can he settled only
thoso men who now boast that
they are able and willing to protect
tho interests of their wives
and children. ^
A prohibition law will not be
perfect, just as tho law against
murder, stealing and all other
crimes is not perfot. But it can
and will minimize the ovil. So
far as the argument is concernod,
tbat men crave whiBfcoy and will
have it and we bad just as well
have the revenue. We hclievo
the argument would he just aa
legitimate that men have other
appetites that thoy will gratify in
the face of all moral and civil
law and wo had just aa well take
advantage of this weakness of
their human nattKo to make a ht>
revenue.
\ve profess to know something
>f the sentiment of tho county,
For it has hccn our privilege to
[)roscnt this mutter to them face
to face for many years, and wo
lave confidence in the manhood of
the county that they will vote it
nit because they believe it right
ind their duty to do so, and, that
when the votes aro counted, they
will stand about two to one against
he dispensrry.
SPOILED HER BEAUTY1
Iarriet Howard, of 200 W. 341h
5t,. New York, at one time had
rer beauty spoiled with skin
.rouble. She writes: "I had Salt
Rheum or Eczema for years, bnt
nothing would cure it, until 1 used
Bueklen's ArnicaSalve." A cjuick
*nd sure healer for cuts, hums
ind sores. 25c at Crawford Bros ,
1. F. Mackey A: Co'a, and
b'underburk Pharmacy, d r u g
store.
No. 7858.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4, 1905.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory
evidence presented to the undersigned,
it has been made to appear
that "The First National
dank of Lancaster", in the Town
af Lancaster, in the County of
Lancaster and State of South Carolina,
has complied with all the
provisions of the Statutes of the
United States, required to be
:omplied with before an association
shall be authorised to commence
the business of Banking;
NOW THEREFORE I, Thornis
P. Kane, Deputy and Acting
comptroller of the Currency, do
lcreby certify that "The First
National Bank of Lancaster", in
he Town of Lancaster, in the
Jounty of Lancaster and State of
South Carolina, is authorized to
tommcnce the business of Banking
is provided in Section Fifty ono
lundrcd and sixty nine of the
Revised Statutes of the Unitod
States.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF
witness my hand and Seal of offi:e
thisFourth day ofAugust, iqo5.
SFAI 1 1. P. Kane,
1 " ' Deputy and Acting
Comptroller of the Currency.
0-io-'o5.
GREATLY IN DEVIAND.
Nothing is more in demand than
a medicine which meets modern
requirements for a blood and
system cleanser, such as Dr.
King's New Life Pills. They are
just what you need to cure stomach
and liver troubles. Try thorn.
At Crawford Bros1, J F Mackcy
& Co's and Funderburk Pharmacy,
drug store, 25c,guaranteed.
The Confederate Monument.
In soliciting funds for the Con
federate Monument, wo feel that
11 1 _ A : 1 A
our run uppeuis 10 every resiueui
of Lancaster County, and we need
the aid of every ono without ex~
ception; it is impossible, however
to make a personal application to
the people in every part of the
county. Wo therefore make this
proposition to the women of the
county, (those living both in
town, and I ho country,) that every
woman send % 1.00 to any of the
following persons, who aro each
chairman, of thoir respective committees,
for soliciting subscript
. it a Al
nons?luo names 01 moso contributing
will be regularly pub?
lishod in the county papers.
Mrs. L. B. Foster,
Mrs. John T. Green, )
Mrs. M. It. McCardeli, } Com.
Mrs. J. M. Kiddie, '
?Please call by number.
Lancaster Phone Co.
9 ?