The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 19, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 3. NO. 100. SEMI-WI
SENSATIONAL HOMICIDE, [
Woman in North Carolina v
ci 1. r\ i TT 1 1 k
oiiui iu x^cctiu uy xxubuaiiu v
While Seated in Her Home c
Reading a Paper?The j ?
Husband Says it Was an ! J
Accident.
y
Durham special in Charlotte
Observer: The most sensational j,
homicide this county has known
since the crime for which John
Hodges was hanged, the murder
of his wife two years ago, took
place three miles from Durham ,
tonight at 9 o'clock and W. H.
Tiilev is held tonight without
V
UHI1.
Though a ureat distance Irom p
town crowds are pouring out ^
there afoot and the house is
overrun by the morbidly inclin- T
ed. At midnight Coroner Mad
dry wen' to the scene, arriving
too la'e here to give the result ^
y of his finding In a pool of ^
blood of unhelieveable amount h
Mrs. Tilley is lying face sidewise t
to the floor. A Winchester bul- v
let has passed through her face >
and her husband sits within fire I
ieet of her, held by Sherill Uar- c
ward, who does not hesitate to 1
tell the man that he murdered 8
his wife. I
Tilley's story is that at i) t
o'clock he saw a dog in hie yard f
and, taking down his rifle, snap- u
ped twice at the beast. Think- I
ing his gun was unloaded, he hit
it with his hand and it diseharg 1
ed full in the tace ol his wile, 1
who was sitting at the bureau t
reading a paper. She fell with 1
out a cry and he rushed to her, v
he says. Believing her dead, he c
went to a neighbor's and arous c
ed him. She died twenty nun- a
utes later. The fellow talks 1
with a refreshing nonchalance of
the tragedy. He does not seem 6
the least disturbed and when i
pressed for an account of his I
past, lite says it has no' been i
what it might have been, do- 1
mestically speaking. He is pre t
tentiously religious and has stood *
nj itlwuii hi n a i U iu ?. /-?i /?!? h/%?. i
i? i" u i w i aiuv> in inn iici^,iiuui '
hood. Nevertheless SlierilT i
Harward says Mrs. Tilley has I
appeared oiten in distress and
.^aBked advice as to living with
her husband, who had threatened
more titan once to kill her.
Her relatives are bitter, for they
tell a story how he took all oi
her $3,000 tenured by her second
husband's death and invested it
ma plantation, falling out with
her whenjshe refused to he urther
bled. They nad not lived in the '
same ro >m until the pa-t nionl h, t
whm a reformation bee an and
the two were united. Their
only child was asleep at the
time of theshooting anil there ih
nothim: but circumstautinl evidence,
entirely t o much in
doubt, it would appear, to gus
tain a charge of murder.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilley are jvellU
connected, both being members
of as good families as live in
Durham.
Fort Mill Lady Hurt
1
Fori Mill Timen: Miss Mollie
Gilbert, who resides at the ?
home of Dr. T. B. Meacham, met i
with a very painful accident yesterday
morning, iviiss Gilbert ?
had gone to the back piazza to
throw out a pan of water and in
doing so leaned against a shelf i
which gave way and she fell to t
the^round, a distance of seven >
feet. In the fall Miss Gilbert 1
sustained a broken right arm and <
was otherwise painfully injured.!
: Lan
LEDGER l&bz
CEKLY. L
yVhite Man Killed by Crazy j ]
Negro.
8alu<)a special in Tuesday's
state: Emanuel Carver, a
ounii white man aboul 30 year-j
>1 a^'-, nv">g PIA lUUt)!' SU'lbll "I
ilaluia, was sh it and in-tantly '
illed this afternoon by Will 1
Jerrin, colored.
The hilling took place in a field
vliere uu was picking cotton and '
he negro Herriu,wlio did the 1
Tiling, it is claimed is of unsound 1
nind. Llerrin went to Carver's (
ield and without warninp or 1
iotice shot him down. Intormaion
received here is that alter 1
Tiling Carver lie also tried to (
;illCarver's wife who, it appears, 1
vas iu the Held. Mrs. Carver 1
Tabbed the gun and saved herelt
from a similar late to that of
ler husband. 1
IIK INQUEST -NO KXCUSK FOR TIIK !
IIORRIItLK murder.
Saluda snecia! in WprtnpuHav'u
? r ? - -"""J " 1
Jews and Courier: Coroner J
MisMOn has just returned Irom
tolding an inquest over the
lody of Mr. Carver, the young
vhite man killed in this county
esterday afternoon by Will '
ierrin. No possible excuse 1
an be found for the killiuti. 1
.'here are some who say Herri 11 '
ometimes acted strangely. Mark (
iernn, the father of Will, says 1
hat he took the gun shells away
rum him yesterday morning, but
llerwards Will obtained some '
rom a white man. 1
As stated in the stories pub- '
ished today, Mark llerrin was I
tere yesterday afternoon to see 1
he Probate Judge about Will's
condition Will Herriu lived
vitli Mr. Carver until the first 1
>f August, wlien his time was
>ut. Since then he has been
;Uying with Mark Herrin, three
niles troin the Carver home.
The testimony of the in quest
hows that Mr Carver and his
,vife were picking cotton near
he house. Mrs. Carver being
illracted by the crying of her
>abyt went into the house. Very
toon she heard a gunshot at the
>f1ge of tne yard, and rushing to
he door was horrified to see her
ill-bind on the ground and Will
ricrrin standing over him heat-ji
ng htm across the head with ai
pin Herrin walked leisurely
swav and placed himself near
ho house in a bunch of weeds.
While beating Mr. Carver over
he head wi'h tile gun the 9tOck
it the gun broke off. i
Herrin, it appears, made no
ipecial attempt t-> escape, but i
etnained n^ar* the Carver homo.
When the neighbors arrived and
>t tr'ed towards Uerrin to arrest <
dm ite cursed the crowd vdelv. >
uid raising h h slockless gun fir i
-<1 at them, wounding one ot the 1
party. When Herrin fired Mr.
H. J. Forrest fired at hitn, the I
charge tearing out one ot his eyes I
the shock turned him, and an- (
>iher shot was tired into him
Nothing daunted, Herrin calmly
oaded his single barrel gun and
returned the shot, this time hit
ung Andrew Cooler. Then it
wttH that several shots were lired
into him and his capture was effected
None of Ilerrin's wounds
ire dangerous.
Saluda County citizens are
{ratified that there has been no
kttempt at lynching in this case
\ speedy trial will be insisted
jpon.
MessrsW. S. Lee and L. C.
Harrison, prominent officials of
ih? Southern Power company,
HVA uaAiirail frunnliiaau fnr Irrwl.t
?v."l
ey lines through three North
Carolina towns. Gastonia, Mount
Holly and Lowell.
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REVIEW 1878 ENT
ANCASTER, S. C., SEPTEMBE
I
Night Riders Active in Miss- F
i ssippi Again? Farmers
"Warned not to Haul Cotton
to Gins.
| ^
Meridian, Miss., Sept. Hi?A ^
special to The Dispatch from
SautWsville, filty miles south ol
Meridian. ?ayp: ^
Nudit riders have appeared in
Jones county and three promi- , P1
IIP Tit. tarmero lioinnr civ m iUo I
MV? UAVAP a TtllG, f 1A lUilCO CaOl .
nf here received notices Mon
lay night to haul no more cotton
to the gin, or else they ^
would "get pud" as they return
?d home A notice was also plac?il
on the public roads warning
ill farmers to cease hauling cotton
alter September 14th. yy
Considerable excitement prerails
and farmers near town are
rushing their cotton in while
those farther away have ceused ^
hauling to the gins.
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Famous Blair and Sellers x-v
Cases Continued?Son Ac- in
quitted of Killing Father. ^
Columbia special in yesier- tli
lay's Charlotte Observer : Tne sn
murder case against Wade llainp- e:
)AH QAII.... ~ * ?
iuu OOHC13, <i u"nj<-r-Beu loriner
biiud liner dealer ol extensive tr
jporatioii8, tor the murder of jrj
Constable Jim Fanner, whom
Sellers shot with a Winchester as i|.
Farmer kicked Sellers' door in ht
bo seaich his home, and that ,-c
against Mrs. Ethel W. Btair, the te
handsome North Carolina wo- as
man who hue been through one M<
trial for the murder ot her has- jci
hand, Conductor Cullen W.
Blair, were continued in the
Sessions Court here today on
the ground that the defendants
were too ill to appear in court. ^
Sellers is said to he reerwerinor V
Irom typhoid fever, and Mrs. C(
Biair is represt nU-d <?s suffering ('(
Irom some pelvic trouble. 4l'ress'ey
Mimms, the young 'I
white man placed on trial lor 11
murder of his father, JoeMimtus, v<
was today acquitted. The de- 1'
lense was that the father was
advancing on the son with an 01
axe M1
w
01
Contract Awarded for Win- ai
throp'sNew Dormitory b
Rock Uiil special in the do- ''
lumbi t State: The building e:
committee of Winthrop board has J'
been in session here two d-?vs u
considering the score or more al
bids submitted tor building Hie 1)1
new dorraitoiy at ' iie college
The contract wa^ thif aft* rnoon Al
awarded t I) Klli'?tt ot Hicki?rv,
N. (J. The figures are rot
given, but if is under-tor d that jo
it ij in the neighborhood ot $.">(), sv
D00 T
Work will tie^in ir. the near t'
future, so that the building may li
be completed by the boginntng ni
ol the next session. M
Night Riders' Movement h
Hi i l !_ n la
oianeu in ueorgia. ^
LawrenceyilI**, <la., Sept. 17. n
?Night riders have ported writ- tl
ten notices, painted with red b
bands on them, on Heyeral gins n
of this county, warning the pro- i<
prietors that their gins wdl be ti
burned to the ground should a n
bale ot cotton be ginned before c
the price of cotton has reached t<
12 cents. It is reported that tl
similar warnings have been post- 1
ed on many Kins and oil mills a
over the country. o
Mrs. Alice Broom, wile of o
Mr. Bunyau Broom, of YVsxhaw,
N. C., died last Saturday, aged t
33 years. t
ER N
'ERPRISE 1891
R 19, 1908.
low a Tar Heel Parson and I
One of His Deacons Hap- <
pened to Swap Wives.
Boone, N. C , special in ye$
rda.v's Charlotte Observer: j
bout iiiteen yearn ago Llarrison (
1 <ukenship and Ham Waters, ,
Ashe county, s wapped wives. ,
latikenship was a baptist
eacher and Waters w is a dea t
in. They were both members ,
Km,*!. Pn.lr -1 '
^v/uu. X um uaptlBl Cliurcil. I ]
hey both were excluded without t
rley. Blakensliip eloped witli |
'amor's wife and Blankenship's e
ife sued for and obtained a ^
vorce. Blankenship some |
me after tlie-swap was asked ?
>w it came about that he and v
atera made this swap. He said (
hen they were married they j
ade a mistake and married the 8
rong girls, and only discovered v
e mistake after the ceremony i
as over. They were both marad
the same night. At the
me of this swap Blankenship
id six children and Waters two. ?
lmkenship gave Waters two 1
tildren to boot in ihe "wap. 1
letetore making an equ d dtvi
ik as to i he children. Blank- 1
iship was asked if lie rayj Wa- '
rs anything luriher in this *
icle and he reotied: "Yes I <
r ? - wi *
ivv him $5 >?twi a busk sheep " '
A little more than week a
lis same Harrison H'aiiketiship I
?<1 the audacity to come to this (
)unty after the lapse of tit ?
en years aud palm himself oil 1
t a Methodist divine. He is {
jw assisting in a rev val meetig
at Mabel, this cninty.
m i
ar Heels Kicked by Mules
State-ville special in Charlotte
bserver: Mr. Noah Sloan, a \
nung farmer, is in a dangerous |
mdttioii at his home in Con j
irit l.nwnshin s?a lli? ra^nlt I .
ick from a mule. He was in .
le act of unhitching a team of (
inles from a mowing machine ,
esterdav afternoon when one ol |
te animals began kicking and |
Ir. Sloan receive 1 a heavy blow (
11 iiis head Drs. U. F. Long a
nd E. M. Yount, of State* ville, ,
ere c died to t he home last
veiling and found that a hole ,
bout three inches deep had
sen knocked in Mr. Sloan's head
V the mule and the brain was ^
cposed. They dressed the in
irv and gave temporary reliet (
ntil today, when they returned
ui performed an operation, re- j
oving the crushed portion ol ,
ie skull. ,
other hurt in similar man- j
NKK. '(
Tiou'tnan special in same
urnal : Mr. Thomas dolly, a '
ell to-do farmer who liven near
ayloisville, had the misfortune
? net kicked iu the face by a .
tile green-even, gaugle kneed
inle new here tins morning.
. V
Ir. .lolly WH9 one Of rt jolly prirj
ot mountaineers who hid
een lo Charlotte with a load ol ^
pples and was returning empty. }
/hile harnessing his mules this
lorning lor the day's journey
ie aforesaid little green eyed
luegum fired away with his
ewlv shod hoof and hit his mas
1 just below ihe right eye, putng
him completely out ol com- !
lisHion for aii hour. Mr. J oil v'?*
ompanions hastened with him
3 the station and left him on
lie morning train for Taylorville.
he wound was a ghastly one,
nd brings forcibly to mind that
Id, but oftrenewed,adage about
he buez-saw and ttie only other
u : ?i. : -L i _ ?
ne tiling wmcii equaiH u.
Mrs. \V. II. Stewart in viaiting rolatves
in the Waxhaw aection of l.an rtKter
county.?Hock Hill Herald.
EWS
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Chanler Nominated for Governor
by New York Democrats.
Rochester, N. Y., Sep;. ^15 ?
dominating all hut one of its
nndidate* by acclamatiou and
idopiing a platform which ar aiynsilie
administration ol Gov
rnor Ilughea and pledfies
arnesl support, lo the Denver
jJatiorm and cmlida'es. the
Democratic Slate convention to
lay nominate! as the head of
ts ticket for Governor the pres>nt
Lieutenant Governor of the
State, Lewis Stuyvesant Chan
er, of Dutchess county. .John
V. Dix, Washington county,
vas uominated for Lieutenant
Governor. All opposition to
dr. Uhanler disappeared alter
i conference of the State leaders,
vhicb occupied a greater part of
ast night.
CONGRATULATED BY BRYAN.
Utica, N. Y., Sept. 16 ? Soon
I'ter receiving word at Amsterlam,
N. V., ot the nomination
iy the Democratic Sta'e con veillo...
iwu ? ? uc n 1JJ U) vronin
lor Governor, William .J.
bJryan, on his whv to Rochester,
sent him a telegi ?m of congratilationH,
as follows:
'Lewis Ohanhr, Albany, N. Y.:
' Please accpt my hearty congratulation
on the deserved hon;>r
done you by the Democratic
convention. Your character and
record will strengthen tlie Uera>cratic
cause.
"William J. Bryan."
Tragic Wreck of Wright's
Flying Machine
Washington, Sept. 17?Atier
having drawn tfie attention ol
Lhe world to his aeroplane
flights at Fort Myer, and having
established new world records
lor the heavier-than-air
thing machines, Orville Wrght
to day met with a tragical mie
nap while making a two-man
light. Tne aroplaniat was accompanied
b.v Lieutenant Thorn*s
K. Seltridge, ot the Signal
['orps ol the army.
Lieutenant Selfridge was fat*
1 ly injured and died at 8:10
y'clock tonight. Mr. Wright
was seriously injured, but is ex
peeled to recover.
hiie the machine was encircling
the drill grounds a pro
poller blAde snapped off and
intt.ng some par of the intricate
mechanism, caused it to overpirn
in the air and fall to the
ground, envelop:'^ tlie t vo oc111
(a . 11 t J I ?\ t 11 >\ /1 1\ %? I .
.,?? |/<f aa to in mr UOUi
reachers in the Kershaw
Graded School.
Kershaw ICra : The following
s a list of the leachers and the
grades to which they have been
issigned:
K. M. McCown, Supt. and detrimental
work in the 8th, 9th
*nd 101 h grades.
Miss Annie L. Tarrant, departmental
work in the 8th 9th and
10 grades.
Miss Violet P. Moorehead?7th
:rade.
Miss Annie Sitgreaves?ftth
irade.
II IT J 1
miwH Virginia i ruesuaie?om
tirade.
Miss Loutes Benton?4th
tirndo.
Mies Dean Jones?3rd grade.
Mrs H. M. Vaughan?1st and
2nd grades.
lUU/ilfta IVrh/ili-f?il lj ???l
'I ww aw o vai UUMKCU TW liui 1 IOI?r \
Halve in recommended an the beet
thing to use for piles. It is, of oonrse,
good for anything where a ealve is
needed. Beware of imitations. Hold
by J. F. Mackey *Co. w-a