The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 14, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 4. NO. 4. SEMI-WEE
COURT PROCEEDINGS, j
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Judge Hydrick's Forceful c
Charge to Grand Jury--- '
Cases Disposed Of. ]
The Court of General Sessions convened
hero Monday morning, Judge ?
Ifydrtck presiding, tliis being his Hon- r
or's iirst term in Lancaster. Solicitor 1
Honry is at his post. Mr. A. M. Deal,
of Columbia, is acting in the place of 1
Court Stenographer McCaw. I
, Jn Ills charge to tho grand jury the (
judge stated that ho would tako it for T
granted that they had been lully in- 1
structed as to their duties at tho two
previous terms of court this year. He (
_ however, desired to call thoir attention '
? ^ .
to one or two matters, the tlrst being 1
the obaraeter of tho oath taken by a
grand juror. His Honor ropoatod the 1
oath and then emphasized its most im- '
]?ortant features, beginning with the '
element of secrecy which is imperatively '
demanded of grand jurors in their coun- i
sels, deliberations and investigations. !
Ho also stressed tho requirement that
no one must bo presented through
hatred or mnliee, for reward or hope of 1
reward, but that all presentments must 1
bo made according to tho evidence and
without fear or favor. Tho dignity and
imnnrfan/ut r*f nrt\??? "r -1 s
,? .... u. . .? uiuvd in ktuiiu jurors 1
was commented upon. No man, he
said, eould bo placed on trial in this
court until the grand jury says ho must
he tried. The courts are powerless to '
proceed with the trial, conviction and '
punishment of violators of the law
without the sanction of the errand jury
?they must first act and say whether
or not thore is a probable case against
a party charged with tho commission
of crime.
Referring to the alleged miscarriages
of justice, tho guilty being allowed to '
escape, the judge said responsibility
therefor rested with the people themselves,
and not with ti e judges and the I
lawyers. If law and order are to he
observed and enforced in this country
tho people through the jury box must
do their duty. Our system of govern- 1
mcnl is preeminently one of the people, I
for the people and by the people. When,
therefore, tliore is a failure in the administration
of justice, the blame attaches
to the people themselves. It has
been well said that no people is better
governed thanthoydeserve. His Honor
deprecated the disposition on the part
of some to discredit and abuse the
courts. He said to destroy the confidence
of the people in the temples of
justice and the administration of the
law is to sap tho very foundation of our
civilization. Iteforring to tho prevalence
of the spirit of mob violence, he,
pointed with pride to the fact that the
sheriff of his county, Spartanburg, had
just successAilly resisted an attack on
the jail by a mob. though wounded
while thus in the discharge of his duty.
Ho said if every county had a sheritT
like John Nichols of Spartanburg there
would ho no need of rushing prisoners
off to places of safety. He said it was
disgusting to liiin to see or hear of the
law taking to its heels?of a shorifV or
other officer running away with a
prisoner to escape a mob. What is
wantaH W. ?l,i? ............. *
.. ........ ... ..... <?< ..! ; m uuiL'urH WHO
will place their prisoners in jail anil
then defend them at all hn/.arils.
The judge announced for the benefit
of the petit jury as well that he would
send to jail any one who talked to a
juror about a ease before him, and that
he would send along with such person
the juror who would knowingly and
willingly allow any other party to discuss
a case with him. Ho also urged
tho importance of the observance of the
hours of court by lawyers, jurors, witnesses
and others whose presence is required.
lie instructed the crier to keep
a record of the names of all witnesses |
called by him, saying that such witnesses
would not ho allowed pay for
their services if they failed to give a
good excuse for not being in court.
Tho bailiffs were also instructed to
keep order in tho court room, as their
duties extend bevond the mere rlrawlno
~ "mn
of $1.50 a dny.
The judge reminded the grand jurors
of their duty in relation to the ox amination
of the hooka, etc., of tho county
, officials, which examination, he aaid, <
must 1h) thorough end not merely perfunctory
or superficial. Ile also inaiated
s on a thorough examination of tho jail
A t. ? - mm m,,..
: Lan
LKDGER
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1
ind tho poor house, especinlly with j
cferenco to tho treatment of prisoners :
ind paupers. He recited instances in
?ther counties where prisoners hail been
vhippcd to extort confessions and
vhere paupers had not been given ll
roper treatment. IJ
At the conclusion of the judge's able J
md unusually interesting charge a l\'
lumber of bills of indictment were ^
landed the grand jury. u
The following eases were disposed of
>y the court Monday and yesterday: ^
imiis nowie pu'aaea guilty to violating
lispensary law and was lined 8100,
which ho paid. John Perry, charged '
with assault and battery with intent to
till, verdict, not guilty. George Trues- 0
lale pleaded guilty to burglary and lar- p
onyandwas sentenced 5 years' hard n
labor on public works or in penitentiary.
Wayne Williams was tried during his (,
ihsence for assault and battery with
intent to kill?senlcd sentence. John ^
Stover pleaded guilty to burglary and
larceny and was sentenced to 10 years r
in penitentiary. Kd Hood entered a
similar plea as to assnult and battery a
with intent to kill and carrying con- 6
sealed weapon and was sentenced to h
pay a fine of 850 or serve three months i
an public works. He paid the fine, y
Lewis Dorrah was tried on charge of j
violating dispensary law and found ^
Sillily.
The folloivincr onvou wni-.> ?...! -
Robert Blaokmon, assault nnil battery '
with intent to kill. Arthur Wade, lar- 6
ceny. Clara and Wm. Cunningham, '
it tempt to poison. Marion Blackmon, d
violating dispensary law. il
The following eases were continued: o
John Nowcll. Wm. Gardner and Mack ^
Truesdale, house breaking and larceny, j
rhos. S. Vincent, assault ami battery j
with intent to kill.
g
True bills rendered by grand jury in ^
following other enses: Lewis butts, *
violating dispensary law, who was after- ?
wards tried and convicted. Mamie Ingram,
murder. Joe Jones, assault and I
battery with intent to kill. Harvey ^
Massey, murder. Iti11 Milly, alias Wil- 1,
liam Massey, house-breaking and lar- [
ceny. The latter, upon trial, was found ^
guilty of larceny and received a .1 years' y
sentence. When The News went to
v
press yesterday afternoon the court was
engaged in the trial of Harvey Massey,
charged with murder.
Bodies of Man and Woman, e
Bound Face to Face, j
Found in Bay. c
N jw York, Oct. 11.?The bod- 1
ies of a man and n woman, both
yo'Jiig and woll dresed, hou.id r
f>ce to f e with a iop>j and bits e
ol wire, w.jro found etrly today 6
in Janui a b ?y 1
rrn. a 11 . " - -1 * '
i ijt; iiiiijuift oi me nonie* led 1
to th?' b-'li ? th i couple hnd been
murdered, but I ha police, alter *
mi investigation, declared that it f
was a dotib'e suicide, s
ft
The botlies wore found by ? v<> J
fishermen. Tlieir little motor '
ho t bumped into Ih^m as they ^
wero crossing the bav.
Bo'h victims hnd their v.ilua J
b es intscl. The womau's
elialelHine ha^ was even wired 11
to her wrisf, but 'here w ?> noth- '
ing in the possession of either J
one to t id the police in id? mi- t
fica'ion. j
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Tho tall communion menting of IJni- (
lj', A. Ft. P. church will be held next
Saturday and Sabbath, viz 3rd Sab. 1
Oct. The public is cordially invited. n
as purmsnea ill the last issue of The a
News, a meeting of the Public Library 8
Association will be held at the library
rooms next Friday evening. Oysters
will be served by the ladies. The public
generally is cordially invited to attend.
There will lie preaching at Oouglas at
3 o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday
Oct. lxth by Kev. Chalmers Fraser. The
reason why he did not preach there on
the third Sabbath in September was
that they failed to send for him.
The Camp Creek Farmers' Union will |
meet next Saturday afternoon at 2 ,
O CIOCK.
(
The infant son of Mr. and Mr*. T. O. j
Cltibb, of tho cotton mills community, t
died Sunday night, aged nearly seven
months. Tho burial wns in West side j
cemetery Monday. (
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PRISE J891
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REVIEW 1873 ENTER]
VNCASTER, S. C., OCTOBER 14, 1
mother Account of the Ter- Deatl
ry Bennett Nuptials. Fo
Linra-ti-r c ?r. in i|?" ('o'uinia
Saw ol Sunt] a : One of the
io.->t-loiij-h ;u. ^ voms of iho ear- Obu
i fall was* (tie p o ty h>tne wed- Mrs* '
inK of Mr. Waller LJ. Terr v and ?* ^r
LiH9 S?llie Kliz 'both Bennett. 4ay n
l lar^e number <>t ir.vit viotis No. 0
ad been issued. The residence | ,1,orui
;ts v ry 'as < I'll y dec??n>ed.
n tii > ea t parli.r the rn mv hand- I"fi???
>riio were di-playcd. l'tie will b
ejora'iono were goldenroiand menl
rton v nej. The hill was bright Union
nth various flowers :md t> ited Ai'l L
tail's. 1 ne lower ei d was cut cxerc
iT by a portiere, and in the re Mr
ess thus formed <h ra was a two n
ackground of willow and roses; himd
pon a flower strewn table rested yesrs
he punc h bowl. The c r?mony f?r ' <
tom Witi elaborately festooned gradu
nth running vines :inl brilliant ^uU>
uturan rose- and fo'iage In eight
aeii coiner o^ the ro in was a O.
em mounted on a pedestal, and ,,er d
he mantel was a lorned with many
ass ot cut floweis. Mrs. Ibr- ?f ^h
ha Billings s's.ii 11 ully rendered a ben
lie wedding march, the opening ?nee
herd of which heralded the ap- eonta
roach ot the bridal party. First $ui
ntered Mrs. O. Motz of Rock the 1<
t ,. .. ? _ _ ... ... . o ??
in , niece or uie bride, and ?? >v
ame of honor. Sho was lovely Hharl
ti a clingine gown of cream net ^ or'
vor taffeta itli deep blue silk oi
ord'e ai d side sash. Then fol Hark
owed (be attendantMiss Daisy
Jennett, ris'.er ol the bride, Situt
owned in dainty wbite, and ...
lr. L. II. Terry, brother of I lie 1
room.
Then en'ered the bride leanng
on the arm of the groom, day's
?he was moo1 attractive in a Hrre8l
,andsonie going-away gown ol 8Up r
r'.ue broadcloth, elegantly tailor- Irby,
d with linings and vest of gray to mt
ilk and gray gloves. Her hat Lillie
vas blue widi a touch of gray. morn
The party paused in front ol Salui
he we9t window, which was 'ph
ranked with fine ferns and drap Parkt
id with a sho Vv?r of roses and ,?t<> l
railing wild ivv. Llev. \V. A. j8 ch
?air.v of the First Metlmdist beat <
shurch impressively potlormed jail;
he ceremoin . they,
Followingcon'riatuFttons * va v *r;
iety.of deiic'otis cakes w =s erv- m l8 j
>d Miss Hes-io buminond presid arres
ida' the punch bowl and gra e- (p,v i
ully dispell o I lu^i ious fruit ment
rapp". ' hy, (
Mrs. Terry is one of Lnticas Rich
er's most chai tiling yonng l.ulina, i)otiCi
H-.d Mr. Terry is a promising \V
mil popular vo ing business man. OMi
lIi ' C' uple le!t on the evening t ,ert
rain lo visit Mr To ry's lormer araoi
10m ? at Hamlet, N. <J. town
mill
The Lancaster Itihlr Socirtf/. agan
The Lancaster Itihle Society hold its
tnmtnl session for this ycai in the First
tnptist chureh last Sunday evening,
dr. lirueo Craven made h very excel- ,,
.... Ilam
ent and practical address. I?r. HoldIdge
then explained the oiler which
drs. Russell Sat;e has recently made to 1
ho American Bible society of which Soul
lie Lancaster lt'ble Society is a branch tiro H
ir member. Mrs. Sage has ollered to blyfl
five tho American Bible Society half
i million dollars provided tlie friends of
laid society would give said society i
mother half million. The Lancaster ,/
lociety was asked to give f ton towards ,p|ltJ
neeting the conditions of Mrs. Sage's w.|j
fift. The collection amounted to #lf>0; n^|,t
hen Mr. Waddy Thomson and Mr. ftn,.e j
El. T. Beaty were appointed a commit-' tun,(j
ce to get subscriptions for getting up .p^0 ^
mother $1.">0. The man who gives one |nvJtc
lollarnow to tliis object really secures
wo dollars to Bible work. We hope
ill will help to raise this amount. The Krrtnl
>ld ofllcers were reeloeted. by l'i
This Sooioty has circulated in the Mr. V
ounty about 2,400 copies of the word . .
>f (?od since its organisation It is onurging
its work every year and richly (^
leserves the support of the community, ing at
'?? 1 1 . - oxerc
A son was born to llr an t Mrs. trthnr
Itehina.n *f ..Oil --- ctiaru
in. I proce
908. PRICE
h of Mrs. A. A. Culp, Iatte^
rmerly of Lancaster
unty. Urgen
uktte Ob erver, Oct. 9: A/for
Vlary Elizabeth Culp, wife ~ ?
, A. A Culp, died yester- Larr
lOtning early at her home, Timed
06 Kas' Fourth strei . This J)}.*{"J; h
ug at 9 e'clock the remains commits
a taken lo Sharon Presbychurch,
where tlie lunerai n?d ?et t
1 .1 i i?
u tuuuuciu i ana mo inter The n?
made. Acompanving the hfts be.t,n
i .> *S tr ,? . party in
al party, K v. E. Y. Bain This m
>e in i h ugi- of the teligious to defray
ises to the ah
,8e8' their odii
8. Uulp hadbtet) ill abou' is due 11
lonths. Her sicknefs, com- taking,
with the burden of her 70 stl^??s
, proved finally too much "force tii
?r stength and her condition ter" is ti
,, Weoai
tally crew worse. Mrs. most
came in Chariot'e about, during ti
years ai > :r,tn Lancaster
She was at the time of yourom
eath, as she had been lor AI1 rer
r years, a faithful membi r //or
aron church. Her li.e w:ss Auditori
ediction of gracious inllu- V'
,, ^ . triumph
lo all Ihoie who came in i0ftve a h
Cl Willi her. shall ad<
viving are her husband and
d owing; children : Messrs. pie.
S. L. and F. A Culp, ol If we I
otto, ami w. M. Cu!,., ol Jolnito,
Mill, S. c.; Mrs. J N Cloil Z, arcdoini
alisbnry, and Mrs. P. C. 10 ,,, wc
ey, of Charlotte.
, . ? , ri
ation in Spartanburg? Railro
ne Alleged Would-be
fnchers Arrested. ,
Colu
artanburp: special in M011 Huriu$.
Columbia Record: Nine co,
Is have been made as the re- ,ij i)Ui
if til M Hllpmnl 1,1 loltn
K (<i>iroai
charged with attempting $32,001
ike criminal assault oil Miss dictate
i Dempsey, last Saturday rajiroa<
ine, Irom the county jad
day afternoon an 1 nicht. ^
ose under arrest are John ?
', who is sui.l to have fired
he jail; Groyer Fowler, who Emp
ar^ed with attempting to ^rc n
down the iron gate at the sllol t0
Bud McCarler, Ben McCar Younk
Will Burnett, Oscar Car a.t nl(
Wiley Burnett, Cicero Too t0 .,ji0C
and Nolan Richards. The piiomu
'a were made duiins? yester- |
und last night by detach jie s|l0|
of soldiers Boa MeCar- jnir to .
(drover Fowler and Nolan ut, we
ards i*re arrni"iug to give a! \x n
them f
hi'e 'he ex i,jmont has died p0?se ?
to a considerable ex?em tared 1
i's mitch supprc: S6d leel.ng ,|,e joc
10 the residents of the mill ,a,t aj
s, particularly in S<xon m.-n ti
\ ilia^e, where the crime , iir j0l|
i-t the young wom?n wis Younk
nitt?d Many u^ly flima's riddled
>eing h^ard .11 all s:Je^ and
1 c imp mie- of soldiers, ih rp
pi on tioanls of lids city, the WO
nli on Guards <>f Laurens,
the Morgan Rifles of ilie
h Carolina National Guards ' "r>!;
till on dutv and will proha- 1' ,( 1 1
emain on duty for several . Jim
charge
^ pro'ial
f i K*
tir// Association Meets Fri- '*
ait Xitfht IHluoi
i Lancaster Library Association a'ton
neat in tlio library rooms Friday rnol? a
at 7:.'to o'clock, and a largo attend- f Ken
Is desired as plans are being ma- 9PnjiPr
for many extensive improvements, w lien
oung and old alike are cordially j() q^j
>d to be present. 9.^ j ^
excellent and entertaining pro- M^()
has been arranged, including talks
of. ('raven, l?r. lioldridge and
V. Thomson, and a recitation
iss Kate .vfcMantis. PUTSU
iters will be served at this moetfter
tho conclusion of tlio literary A ehi]
ises. The refreshments will be in tioch oo
re of Mrs. Ira B. Jones, and the 2 years
eds will go Into the library fund. forth* r
ws
I 5 CENTS PER COPY
IT10N, DEMOCRAT)!
t Appeal from NationHeadquarters
More
ley Must be Raised for
ipaign Expenses.
iv/i iuwivi'u .vusieraay mo ioijtter
from Chairman Wetmore,
Democratic National Finance
jo, which Lancaster patriots
1 to road and then call at once
tlHeo with their contributions
he liryan buttons: ..:gr^. -wfiti
mocratic press of lite country
doing grand work for the
this campaign.
at only applies to raising easli
the necessary expenses, but
le and spirited battle waged in
to rial columns. To your paper
nuch credit for the part it is
ro no >v entering on the tinal
the Presidential campaign and
ic fighting and give no quarto
order all along the line,
mostly urge vou to nut in vour
fective efforts in your paper
tie last weeks of the campaign,
ly do we urge you to ask your
,o rush in their contributions to
ce.
nittances should he made payHerman
Kidder, Treasurer of
aoeratic National Committee,
um Annex, Chicago,
smocracy we believe is going to
in November, but we must not
tingle bit of work undone that
I to the glory of tho victory
put Bryan in the White House
>re the Government to the peo?ere
at Headquarters succeed in
ir part as faithfully and as well
Bmoeratio editors of t he country
U theirs, we shall have reason
II satisfied with our efforts.
Yours very truly,
M. C. Welinore,
(airman Finance Committee.
i _ x w y t-* ?
tr *iii near hero late to-da\
the conductor endeavored
ot llio n ?i:r >pk, wli ), it i->
a I been drinkiu^ and crea
dis'urb<ncn. Another
who participate t in t: e
UK, escaped but i: hein* fr
ed by a posse. ,
1-1 o( Mr. Will N West, of the An111
iu unity, died Monday, aged about
. We have been unable to learn
particulars. ^
aus win in racniand s
Circuit Court.
mba Slate oi Sunday:
\ tlie [>a4. week (he ci"ir*
has tried seve 1 cases
one oi which w?*re auainst
l companies Out of the
J sued for there were v?tir
only $1,493 azainst the
i companies.
i Shot to Death by Mob
in Georgia.
tire, Ua , Oct It.?A neatiled
Heniy White was
trapments by u mob a'
er, six mile9 from here,
*ht. White started out
>! up t he family ot Mr.
s Ai on yes erday an 1 on
y inet another negro whom
t and wounded for refusjoin
him in his expedition.
at on t? Alien's anil shot
1 and his w^fe, running
iway irom their home.
:/ther''d, purr-u 'd ami cap.
tVhi,n and pi i :od hira in
:k up- About 11 o'clock
int a b<nd of unknown
> >!c Whi'e irotn the lockup,
i h?m about a mile from
eis, tied loin to a tree ami
I him with bullets.
Negroes Lynched by
Mississippi Mob
rph'S, Tenn., Oct. 11.?A
I from LtiU, VI inn. says:
and Frank L)ivh, negroes,
d wi'h hiving shot and
)ly fatally wounded John
mi tall, a conductor of the
s Central Railroad, were
from jail here to niuht by a
ml h m^ed. The shoo ing
d Vloeeu re 1 aboard ? i> is