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W* ^ WBITE MAN KILLS ANOTHER 9 HAMLET KILLS RHODEN IX SELFOEFEXSE SO HE STATES. ? But Other Reports are That He Laid in Wait Behind a Tree. Held by Coroner. * Aiken, Aug. 18.?N. H. Hamlet, a young man, an operative in the Lang* ley mill, was placed in the Aiken jail this morning. Hamlet shot and instantly killed John Rhoden, another v young man, with whose brother Hamlet had a disturbance last night. The shooting occurred about six ^ o'clock this morning in the public park at Langley. Hamlet was immediately taken in charge and brought k, to Aiken, Deputy Busbee meeting Mr. v John Cleckley, in whose charge Hamlet was, at Graniteville, en route to Aiken. John, James and Oscar Rhoden, v three brothers, moved to Langley some years ago and kept bachelor's ^ quarters there. They are well known young men, having splendid reputations for quiet and peacefulness. i v . Hamlet's Story. *- Hamlet was seen in the jail this morning by your correspondent. Hamlet says that he regrets very ^ much that he committed the homicide, but said that he was compelled to do so in self-defense. He said that this morning as he was going to ??" A~ 1- V.Q fnrcrnt IfPVS 4 IDC LLUU HJ nm n, u.\i iviow ?? ? _ and started back to get them. In the k. park he encountered John Rhoden and a difficulty took place then in regard to the disturbance the previous ; night between himself and James * ' Rhoden, brother of the deceased. He maintains that he did not shoot until after Rhoden fired twice at him with a revolver. He then shot, he says, in self-defense. He said he had never had any disturbance with Rhoden previous to this. Several parties from Langley were seen and interviewed this morning by your correspondent and the general version of the killing appears to be about as follows: -v. The Other Version. ? Last night James Rhoden and Hamlet had a disturbance at the y "merry-go-round" at Langley. The cause of this disturbance is not known, but is said to have been because Hamlet walked between Rhoden and a young lady whom he was v* v escorting. The brother is said to have prevented the two men from a-Vi! rnuiu oronoral. Xlgllllllg. X Ui? UiUluiug u 10 gvuvtut ly rumored, Hamlet walked out in the park, and getting behind a tree, ? waited for Rhoden to pass going to work in the mill. When the latter passed, he stepped, so the story goes, from behind his place of hiding, and fired once, Rhoden falling almost in - stantly, but, it is said, firing once as he was falling, or had fallen to the ground, this shot going stray. The deceased was an excellent ? young man. He was prominent in the fraternal world, belonging to several orders, including Royal Arch Masonry, so it is said, having only recently taken his degrees in the Aiken lodge. The affair is deeply regretted. The coroner is now in Langley to hold the inquest. Prohibition in Barnwell. The sheriff seized a quart of whiskey from a colored man on the streets of Barnwell Tuesday morning. Under the present act, as we have heard it interpreted by able lawyers, it is against the law for any person to re ceive, accept, deliver, store or keep t in possession in this State any whiskey or liquor of any kind "which if drunk to excess will produce intoxication," so we take this means of * * warning all law-abiding citizens that if they have any whiskey, wines or anything of the kind in their possession they had better pour it out at once, for the sheriff and other peace V officers are under oath to enforce the laws of the land, and by that oath are in duty bound to seize intoxicants wherever they can be found. A word to the wise is sufficient. If you are pulled, it will be your own fault. The sheriff has started out to do his duty, and, no doubt, the other peace officers will fall in line with him.? Barnwell Sentinel. < Savage Thirst in Edgefield. Edgefield, Aug. 20.?The sheriff's office was broken into last night and four gallons of contraband liquor, recently seized by the officers, were stolen. i Mr. Ouzts has offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of the guilty party or parties. There is no clue to who they are. Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of ma^ laria germs. These germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. "They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used," writes R. M. James, of Louellen, S. C. They cure stomach, liver, kidney and blood troubles and will prevent typhoid. Try them, 50c. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. jJ | HAMLET HELD FOR MURDER. | Coroner's Jury Says Killing Was Wilful and Felonious. 1 Aiken, Aug. 19.?Coroner John son held an inquest over the dead body of John Rhoden, who was shot ^ and killed yesterday morning in a pistol duel at Langley by Xat H. Hamlet, and the finding of the coroner's jury was that the deceased ^ came to his death from a wound or Q wounds from a pistol in the hands of N. H. Hamlet, who wilfully and 13 feloniously fired shot or shots which caused death. The following is a gist 13 of the evidence of the inquest: ^ Mrs. Daisy Leopard was the first * witness. She said that she heard the r shots, that one shot was fired, and then the shooting was continuous and rapid. Saw the deceased fall; ? there were a number of shots fired. 1 Dr. W. C. R. Turnbull testified to attending the young man, heard the J shots, and was soon after summoned. Found two wounds, one in each side, could not say that there were two pistol shot wounds, or whether the wounds were caused by one bullet; 1 f deceased died about 7:30. Robert Pryor testified that he saw c r Rhoden coming to work and saw * Hamlet coming from the direction of ^ the mill; saw them meet, and saw . Wamipt firp thp first, shot: Rhoden ~ w ' B was facing him a few feet away, pistol in his hand, by his side; after the ? first shot, both men fired almost together in rapid succession six or eight shots; saw Hamlet run, shoot- ^ ing back as he ran; saw Hamlet get behind a tree, shooting once after he ^ got behind the tree. Rhoden also r got behind a tree, watching Hamlet, * who broke his pistol and emptied the cartridges. Rhoden then dropped, * just after he had got behind the c tree, and Hamlet then ran. Testified e that Rhoden fired at least two or . 1 three times. J. P. Marshall testified that he heard Hamlet curse Rhoden the night before and say: "He would not meet him and get away with it." He testified as to the difficulty the night before with the brother of the deceased, at the merry-go-round; that Hamlet, with others, went to Rho-v den's house, and cursing, called to him to come out that he.would whip him. Rhoden apparently was not at home. Went back to the merry-goround, and encountered Rhoden, who spoke very kindly to him, telling him he was Hamlet's friend. Wednesday morning he saw Hamlet coming around depot and look up park, through which deceased would come ^ to work, then went up in park. Heard j i 1.: ? snooung, ana louaiug saw xvuuucu grasp tree, then turn loose and fall to ground. Rhoden raised arm after c falling as if to shoot, then arm drop- j. ped from weakness. j Jury Frees Donald Bain. Atlanta, Ga., August 20.?Donald M. Bain was acquitted at 10:30 tonight by a jury in the Fulton county superior court of the murder of E. G. Williams. Not in years has a criminal trial in Georgia excited as much interest as has the trial of Bain, a prominent f insurance broker, who, last June shot and killed Williams, another insurance broker, with desk room in c the same office. There had been ill feeling between Bain and Williams for several months and it was claimed that several days prior to the shooting Williams, who was a much younger man than Bain, slapped the latter's face. On returning from a trip of several ^ days', duration, Williams accused Bain of having changed the wording of a note left by Williams on his i desk. Bain denied the charge, heated words followed and when Wilg liams advanced toward the older . man, Bain drew a revolver and shot j him dead. The plea of self-defense was' sustained. Standing Still. c Do you remember the story of the c young lady who went into a wellknown establishment and said to the "aisle director:" Do you keep stationery?" "No, miss," replied the young man, "if I did, I'd lose my * job." c It's a good story?because it is 1 funny. 8 It is a better story because it ( makes you think. 15 How about yourself? Are you sta- 1 tionary?or are you on the job, and * making things hum, even if it is a c warm day? c Miss Kirk Wins Case. t Columbia, August 19.?Miss Mary c Kirk, who contracted anaesthetic e leprosy while working as a mission-, ary in Brazil, and while living in Aiken last December, was ordered to a pest house, where smallpox negroes i were kept. She had the health board t enjoined, and to-day the State su- r preme court decided the case in her favor, on the ground that, in the first i place, such a form of isolation in her I case, she being a woman of culture J and refinement and aged and blind, s was too harsh; and for the further reason, that her form of leprosy was t not so dangerous as to warrant such c extreme measures. t iEORGUNS LYNCH NEGRO TAKE EX-CONVICT FROM SHER-j IFF WITHOUT TROUBLE. I Tictini of Mob Charged with Assault- ] ! ing and Murdering Woman and I Killing Baby. Fitzgerald, Ga., August 20.? lenry Taylor, a negro ex-convict harged with assaulting a white wonan Tuesday and then murdering ter and her infant, was this alterioon taken from the sheriff of Willox county, between Lumpkin and dcRae, and lynched, according bo eports reaching here to-night. The crime for which the negro was ynched by indignant citizens was ine of the most brutal ever recorded n the criminal annals of Georgia. The negro's victim and her S nonths-oia DaDy were xeij, m men tome at Lumpkins Ferry Tuesday .fternoon and that night when the msband and father returned from lis work both his wife and baby ?ere missing. A search revealed the act that they were not at the home >f any neighbor. Soon their disap?earance, with suspicion of foul play, ?as known throughout the neightorhood and search for them was mmediately commenced. Thursday .fternoon the bodies were found in a mall pond not a great ways from he woman's home. The woman had teen assaulted and then choked to [eath, while the baby's skull had teen crushed. Henry Taylor had old of seeing the woman with her laby, going in the direction of the lond in which their bodies were ound. Suspicion was immediately lirected toward him on the finding if the bodies, but he had disappearid. Early to-day Taylor was arrested n Ben Hill county, near Lumpkins ''erry. He was taken in charge by he sheriff of Willcox county, who mmediately started for Fitzgerald, binding that his way was blocked ly the presence of large numbers of iroused people, a circuitous route vas taken. The citizens, however. earned of the change of plans, and, ontinually augmented by bloodhirsty men, the mob followed the rail of the sheriff and finally came ipon him between Lumpkins Ferry ind McRae and quick work was made >f the negro. After being strung ip to a tree, Taylor's body was filled vith bullets. Taylor haa only recently complet :u serving <x tuaiugaug otuitiivt iu his county. Xotis. If anybody cums here atter licker tr tu git akross the riwer, dey kin )lo dis yer horn and when mi wlr 3etsy heres the horn a bloing she vill cum and sel em the licker or set im akross the riwer. I'm gwine fishin. N. B. Dem as kant rede wil hav o go to de hous atter Betsy. Taint >ut a haf er mile. Prohibition in Kansas. Wichita, Kan., August 19.?After our months of enforced idleness, the aloons of Wichita are again running on the wide-open plan. Beer :an be obtained at a large number of esorts, and whiskey also is served, rhe "wets" are happy and predicting :hat good times have returned to stay. But one restriction is placed on he dealers, and that is they must >perate only on the second floors of mildings. The chief of police says hat he cannot stop the resorts beioiico 1 qtxt ollnva thom trt . coll >aui3^ tuv AUn UiiV *T W VUVUA VV MVA* iear-beer, that is, beer containing ess than two per cent, of alcohol, md that it is impossible to tell near>eer from the real thing when the abels are removed. It is also declared that if real beer vas found it would require a chemi:al analysis to prove it. This they :onsider too much trouble. Attends Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crum returnid from Denmark yesterday, where hey have been for the past several lays. Mr. and Mrs. Crum while in Jenmark attended the silver wedding mniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Juess, of that place. The occasion vas one of much pleasure. The anliversary took place at the home of dr. and Mrs. Guess, which is the >ld Graham mansion near the town >f Denmark. The home was beautiully decorated for the occasion, and he happy couple were the recipients >f many handsome and costly presets.?Orangeburg News. Bees Drive Justice Out. Columbus, Ga., August 20.?Jusice Daniel's court at Shack, in Chatnhnnrhe eountv. was to-dav broken " " I ip by a swarm of bees being dislodgid from the ceiling. During the ar;ument of an attorney the bees drop>ed and scattered over the crowd. Umost every person present was tung. The magistrate escaped through a rindow. Several persons were seri?usly injured by the stinging of the >ees. _____i__^____________________ livTCwrSr^Hcl 1 IlYL,yy VJUV1AJ I i ARRIVING DAILY j j We have just received one of the largest shipments of & Stationery Office and School Supplies ever brought to Q ? Bamberg by one firm in one shipment. All these goods ? @ were bought at "hard time" prices and will be sola the ? ? same way. In this shipment wre have everything needed ? ? in an office or school room. . We have ? 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