The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 14, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 3. NO. 46. SEMI
Court Proceedings.
Many Cases Disposed of Tt
Week, Among Them Fo
Indictments for MurderAdjournment
of Sessio
Court Yesterday.
An unusually large volume
business was disposed of by tl
Sessions Court this week. Tl
disposition of many cases w
noted in Wednesday's issu?
The Nt ws. Since our last pu
lication the following cases ha
been acti d on:
The cat?^ of J. B. Sims, chari
ed with nurder, full report
which appears elsewhere.
Strait and Herbert McMulle
offense, assault, transferred
^ magistrate for trial.
The case of Berry Moble
charged with murder, was n
prossed, the defendant beii
dead.
Bill Milly, alias Bill Masse
offense, house breaking and In
ceny, for whom bench warra
was issued, continued to no:
court.
Irvin Hill, offense,, obiainii
goods under false pretense, n
prossed ; as was also case of P
1). Love, charged with violatii
dispensary law, defendant beii
dead.
Pars Funderburk, charged wi
murder?killing of Charlie PI,
ler, son of Capt. 0. A. Plyle
resulted in a verdict of not gu
ty. The defense was that tl
shooting was accidental. M
Foster represented the defen
ant.
The sealed sentence in tl
case of R. L. Long, charged wi
obtaining signatures under fal
pretense, brought over from la
^ court, was opened and read, b
ing a fine of $400 and 2 years (
public works.
Charles Clyburn, Joe Cox, F
lis Wright, Sam Wright, Alonj
Wright, Ilervey Wright, SanVaughn
and Fred Wright, char
ed with riot, resulted in a ve
diet of guilty. This is the ca
growing out of an attempt
pull off a ''military" weddin
Each defendant was sentenced
pay a tine of $75 or serve
months on public works, excej
the defendant Uervey Wrigli
whose sentonce was $50 or
months.
Phil Ingram, charged tvith a
sault and battery with intei
kill, found guilty and sentence
to pay a fine of $25. or serve i
days on public works.
Sam Wright and llerv*
Wright, offense, assault an
battery with intent to kill, n
prossed.
S. Frank Hough, charged wii
murder?tho killing of Ileni
McPherson, colored resulted in
prompt acquittal. It wai show
that the defendant acted ine<
defense. He was acting as ma
istrate's constable and had a wa
rant for tho rnegro's arrest, ai
when he undertook to execute :
McPherson resisted, drawing
gun and attempting to shoot tl
officer. The case being a pla
2 LAt
LEDGER 1852
WEEKLY.
one of self defense, the issue wj
submitted to the jury withoi
argument. rlhe defendant w>
11S represented by Mr. E. D. Blak
ur(ney, of Kershaw, The followii
| composed the jury: B. F. Adam
ns W. VV. Adams, T. S. William!
W. J. Belk, F. M. Gardner, V
Qf P. Stognor, Abel Nelson, Jno. 1
lle Phillips, B. H. Plyler, T. E. Nea
ie Jno. W. Hall.jJ. R.Threatt. *
ag Tom Hunter, charged with a
0f sault and battery with intent 1
b kill, was found guilty and sen
ve enced to pay a fine of $50, <
serve 60 days on public works.
?. Joe Brown was couvicted ?
of obtaining money uuder fab
pretense and sentenced to pay
n fine of $75 or serve 6 months o
(0 public works. Another caf
against the defendant for Himila
v offense was transferred to ti
contingent docket.
riii ? -
i ne grana jury made its rt
port Thursday and was dischari
V) ed. The report appears els<
Ir_ where.
nt The sessions court adjourne
yesterday about noon The Coui
of Common Pleas will conyer
this morning, for the trial <
0] equity causes. Jury cases will t
kf taken up next Monday mornin;
lg
Four Negroes Lynched i
Mississippi.
^ Mobile, Ala., March 11.l)ave
Poe, Tom Ranstou and tw
I ' Jenkins brothers, all colore*
d were lynched at Van Cleav
10 Miss., 20 miles north of Bilox
r" Miss., by a mob of 30 men lai
d night.
The men were in the custod
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of Deputy Sheriff Evans, of Jact
' ^ I son COUntv. fill route to i?11 wl,o
- ? J 1 J "v
Pe t he raob overtook them. A sei
l6t ies of incendiary warehouse firet
0 causing looses in charcoal, feec
>n stuffs and othor supplies, incei
sed the people of the vicinity
The four negroes confessed thei
z0 guilt when the mob took thei
il- from the deputy and all fon
f.* were hanged to limbs of trees b
ir* the side of the road where thei
se bodies were found this morning
f? The immediate cause was th
P- burning of the warehouse c
Sam Byrd last Friday nigh
when it is said an attempt ws
P1 made to waylay and rob Byr<
'h who conducted a store near Va
4 Cleave.
s" Thirsty Tar Heels Drin
at _
i{j Booze Out of Gutters.
15 Monroe Enquirer: Last Tues
day United States Revenue O
>y ficer J. I). Albright emptie
J three barrels of confiscated liuuc
0j iii a gutter in front of the Fedei
al building in Charlotte. Who
^ that liquor was emptied th
r street was lined with men an
" boys, white and black, who dip]
,ed the stuff from the guttei
U reeking with filth and drank it c
carried it away in cans or otlic
r vessels for the purposo of drinl
)(j ing it later. About thirty or fort
t gallons of the 150 gallons pou
^ ed out was dipped from the go
_ ter.
le | [ M
in ?Oot'on, 1 li cts; seed 25 cti
JCASTI
REVIEW 1878 ENTE
LANCASTER, S. C., MARCH 14, 19*
is J Report of Grand J ury? W
j Good Recommendation as 1
18 I to County Home. <
lK! March 12th, 1908. l
s' To Flis Honor R. O. Watts, Pre- }
iy siding Judge. Ne
^' We, the Grand Jury, of Lan- 8ei(
J' caster county beg leave to sub- p(,i
^ mit the following report: by
We have examined and passed Lill
S" upon all bills of indictment hand- nec
to ed us by the Solicitor. the
We have examined the report eon
3r of the County Supervisor and imj
find same correct as far as we Ser
can ascertaiu. linj
By a committee of our body I
a we have examined the County Con
11 Home and said committee report por
lC that the inmates are well cared gat
1 for and have all necessary food he
10 and clothing. The House is neat- ler,
ly kept and the poor are well wol
treated. We think, however, that iut(
the County Home is situated too He
far from the town of Lancaster haci
and we recommend, and urge, Wa
id
tutu sieps oe taken at an early ii,f\
P t
d ite by the members of the Leg- ot
16
islature, and the Supervisor and new
3 f
Hoard of Commissioners, to pur- Son
)0
chase a site and erect noces6ary lie !
^ buildings for the County Home firs
in or near the town of Lancaster. I
n The property now occupied as a Gei
couuty home can be sold and the not
_ proceeds applied to the purchase tha
, of the new site. tha
I The Court House building and wel
e the Jail building are in good con- par
dition and the prisoners in the be <
jail are well cared for. All other Lili
public buildings are in fairly the
y good condition. imp
We have examined the books guil
n of Magistrate W. P. Caskev and, wat
... as far as we can see, they are
properly kept. Sh(
We request that all the magis ^
, trates in this county submit their ,
i- . f h
. books to the Grand Jury for in- ^
;P spection at the June Term of
T- . sen
n this Court. j .
We have appointed a commit 1
lion
y tec of our body to examine the
books of the various county of wt(
() w
t ficers between now and the next
5* ...
e term of tiiis Court. 1
Wo rocommend that the walks (l,Hl
I AW
( in the Court House yard l?o eithor
cemented or covered with l'ia
gravel. -voa
' oil
? We have no presentments to
make. Th<
We desire to thank your Hon- NV<r
or for your courtesy and kindness ')Ut
k in assisting us in the discharge inei
of our duty.
All of which is respectfully ^
^ submitted. (tw
, M. C. Gardner, Foreman. *n '
pur
>r twe
r- ?In Columbia's election for .
twe
n mayor Tuesday Mr. W. S. Ilea- tnr>
ie mer led with 81)2 votes; Mr. ^
d Stieglitz received 718 ; Mr. T. II. Hge]
j. Gibbes, the incumbent, got 675 ; t
rs and YV. F. Seegers received 122. ^
>r The two first named will be in
>r the second race. tjl0
?The Hon. T. K. Butler, of 1}iri
^ GafFney, who will contest with tl("
r" Congreosman Finley the latter's
seat in the House, made many ij01
friends and acquaintances during ' flu
a. his visit to Lancaster this week. \Vrj
iR Nl
RPRISE 1891
38. PI
hat Butler Thinks of Lil- Fl<
U,,V PI " "
i\,y o wiiaigcs?rormer i>.
3. Senator to Appear Be- j
fore Congressional Com- \y\
mittee. flee
Washington special in the iiie
ws and Courier: When the to <
ect committee receutly ap- ing
nted to consider the charges ma
and against Representative anc
ley, of Connecticut, in con and
lion with the operations ot hig
Holland and Electric boat wh
apanies meet again, one of do\
portant. witnesses will be Ex- ma
lator Butler, of South Caro- moi
er
^ast week when the House ma
imittee on rules made its re- 13,
t to the effect that an investi- Roi
ion ot the entire matter should pra
had, the names of Gon. But- P
Gen. Eppa Hunton and other nai
1 known citizens were brought Air
> prominence by Mr. Lilley. pra
alleged that thoae gentlemen ten
I actively operated a lobby in gov
shington lor the purpose ot nof
uencing legislation in favor teel
the concerns named. This wat
79 quickly reached the Exlator
trom South Carolina and Sa^
lost no time in taking the c
t train for Washington. g
n discussing the matter today
l. Butler said that he had
hing to hide in any way, and
j i . . woi
t lift rnnfllHArftH it on Aiifronrn
.v VUVtHfSU
Vf C
t his name and that of other
Kill
lknown gentlemen in different
ts of the United States should *
Iragged into the matter by *as
ley in such a way as to leave \?n
public generally under the
iression that they had been
Ity of wrong doing, when such
? far from being the case. ^
On
Dcking Case of Criminal ?pe
& as i
\ssault Near Florence. _
con
'lorence special in the News ?rd
Courier : News of a very pro
ational criminal assault, L
ich occurred in the Hethle- froi
i section o! this county last her
k, has just reached Florence,
ing to the prominence ot the
ihes the matter was kept w
9t until a warrant was issued ^
Iho assailant. It is stated
r,? , . con
t Young Ihomppon, a 14- ( ^
r-old boy, criminally assault- y
lis 15 year-old cousin, a Miss
P68t
impson. Two physicians
e called in to tho young lady,
they would make no state- lein
it. A warrant was issued lev*
ust tlie young man, but tho and
tors of the two young people } 01
o brothers) took tho mattor in>t
land and agreed to leave the
Fv
lisliment in the hands of CjV
lvo good citizens. While the
lvo citizens wore being got >
together young Thompson lyn
iped out and has not boon inst
ii since. The warrant is now mil
he hands of a constable, and ry ]
s expected that the voung ha?
ow will be caught. Both of Jef<
Thompsons are woll known uni
tilers ol tho Bethlehem sec- j)Ur
'* pal
?Judge Watts and Solicitor 8?n
nry were entertained at tea ?iir
ursday evening by Mr. R. E. me
die. agr
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m. M. uv/ii^any <Xl OI1U UI
Long Cruise.
5an Diego, Cal., Meh. 12.?
ien the American battleship
>t under command of Rear Adral
Roblev D. Evans steamed
lay into Magdalena bay, passthrough
the rocky gateway
rked by SailRock on the north
I Redono Point on the South,
I dropped anchors behind the
h peninsula promontory
ich stretches a protecting arm
vn fr im the mainland and
kes Man' o' War cove the
3t sheltered harbor of the lowPacific
cv?st, the historyking
naval cruise of more than
000 miles, begun at liamptou
ids less than three months aco,
ctically came to an end.
dagdalena bay is the present
ral ba^e of the Pacific for
lencan target work and battle
.ctice drills and bv right of
lporary ownership through
einment lease the vessels, if
the men ot the fleet, may
that they are again in home
ers.
/annah Young Lady Killid
in Boston by Her Asociate.
loston, Mass., 12.?Suffering
m melancholia due to overrk,
Miss Sarah Chamberlain
ed of Philadelphia shot and
ed Miss Elizabeth Bailey
rdee of 214 Gwinuett street,
t, Savannah, Ga,, and then
imitted suicide at the Laurens
ool for Girls in the Glonway
rict today. The Laurens
ool was established last fall
Miss llardee and Miss Weed.
Oct. 1, the day the pchool
ned. Miss Weed broke down
i result of overwork and was
imitted to a sanitarium in
er to be treated for nervous
stration.
t t Miss Weed escaped
11 the sanitarium and made
way to the school.
sgro Killed By Constable.
Spartanburg special in Chare
Observer: J. F. Gaston,
stable to Magistrate Poole,
ay shot and billed Jo.>a
ing, colored The officer ar,ed
Young on a charge of asIt
and battery. The ne^ ro
w a 44-calibie pistol and atpted
to kill Gaston, who
iled bis shot gun at Young
lired. The load enfrel
ing's stomach, killing him
antly.
elyn Wants to Get Rid of
Harry.
low York, March 11?EvcNesbit
Thaw to-morrow will
;itute proceedings for the anment
of her marriage to liarK.
Thaw. The action will be
ed on the allegation that the
sndant was insane when the
on was contracted. Thaw
poses to defend the suit. The
iers in the case will be served
le time to-morrow and an
ly trial is expected. In the
antime the two, by mutual
eement, will remain apart.