Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I sfifi . 1IS:^ ' liliS!;' ' : ' . > - - -- - - - % .. ^.v. . , I ?J? Xantasfcr ledger. ? - ?^ foUHI-OW 8. OABTEB, J ^ J^mnily Nnorpaper : For it* FronuMon of U* Political, SoM, Agricultural amd Commercial lutorcalx. i TERMft: fl-?0 a Y?ab. Xorruh aid MAJU.au. > ) r*i?wi.i u Ab?ajkol feEMI-WKEKLY. ?? L A N U A ? I E K 8 C. M A Y 24 \H99. ESTAKUsnttlJ 1*52 ?____________?____________??________________ A KYRI.tiTMI UAWn showed evident of -! ?-: " " ' "' ' a unuuu 1 vrii unuis POINTS TO GUILTY Mystery of York County Abou to be Solved. Human Bones on Creek Bunk?1 White Man and Negro Boy Arrested for Assassination of Gilbert Cross, a White Boy. Special to The State. Yorkville, May 19. ?The tind ing near a creek's bank in Bui lock's Creek township last weel of a portion of the skeleton of human hand ha# created excite ment in the neighborhood an< caused the arrest of 8am Childers white, and A1 Feemster, a negro They were committeed to jail to day pending further investigation The story of the sensation date back to last February. Childers who is a shady character, had un tier his control a stray white bo who wont by the name of Gilber Cross and a bound negro bo> named A1 Feemster. About the 18th of Februar Feemster was charged with theft The people who made the charg wore relying on the evidence o Gilbert Cross. Op the next day Sunday. Cross disappeared, bu the fact did not develop publicl; until Monday, when Childers wa taken before a magistrate for preliminary examination. A Feemster who is somewhat weal minded, stated that he and Cbil ders had killed Cross on the da hftfnrB find hnriod Uiq ir? d-trh. Ho subsequently revise his statement, but us the result c it a strict search was instituted. In answer to questions, Childer claimed that on the day l?efore h had induced Cross to leave th neighborhood and go to Nortl Carolina. He stated that it wa Cross who was guilty of the thef that was being investigated, and i vras on that account that he ha advised Cross to run away. Th lieople hunted the country ove without getting the slightest clu and the whereabouts of the niise ing l?oy. Childers was convicted of th theft ? petty larceny ? paid hi fine and went free The affai blew over for the time end noth ing more was heard from it unt the past few days. On Wednesday of last week Mr John Mcllwain picked up short distance from Bullock' creek a rather peculiar lookin fragment of a skeleton. il thought he had found the skeleto of a fox's foot and others disa grted with him, believing that i was prohatdy the foot of a dog The thing was a subject of discus sion for several days until Mr ' G Michel suggested that the skel eton looked to him very muc like that of a human hand. Th joints of bono were taken to Bui lock's Greek church next day an the matter was laid before thre physicians. Drs Kons Hnrui ?? Brawley. Each of them unheal tatingly gave the opinion that th lionet* were those of a huma hand. Following the opinion of th doctors theory began to revet back to the disappearance o young Cross, and again the couc try was scoured for further re mains. Nothing else develops exeept that on Thursday one c the searchers picked up near th creek bank a brogan shoe thi [ water and weather, and which had ( been worn and patched. Witnesses identified the shoo as bcina { very similar to those worn b\ Cross when last seen alive, and as the outcome of it all Cbildert and Feemster were again arrested. ^ At a preliminary examination ?ii yesterday hut little could he gotten out of Feemster. Childers repeated tlio story he told on the former occasion and claimed thai Cross was not only alive and well in North Carolina, hut that ho can he produced. All the same it was deemed best to commit the two men to jail. a Dr W A Hood was in Yorkville j this morning and had with hin the suspicious section of skeleton. It consists of that part of the lefl hand from wrist to knuckles, There are four finger hones and u thumb bone, or rather bones thai s ' correspond to these members, ' The thumb hone is not in as poor state of preservation as is the it others. This fact strengthens tin theory as to identity. There arc ^ witnesses who say positively thai Cross's left thumb was deformed y Citizens of the neighborhoo? who have given most study to tin j cuse suy that if it is a fact tha Cross was really murdeied, it i ' probable that his body was weight ed and thrown into the creek y s They think it was then prohahl; carried some distance in time o a j high water. The hones in (pies t tion wore found within about 10< I yards of what is known in th neighborhood as the "shallot ford,".and it is believed that the (j ^ere probably carried away fron jr the creek bank by a dog. Peopl who live in the immediate vicinity s say they remember of seeing j a flock of buzzards near the shallot \3 ? ford some time back, but the ? * ^ did not go to see what the buz ! zards were after. * . I The people of the nighborhoo* . arte still very much excited an< it | J I uro hard at work building theorie I and collectiny: evidence. If th o | n Cross boy is produced alive am I well of course Childers will b jout of it and there will be noihm; left but tho mystery of humai ? bones on tho creek bank. But i ; the Cross boy is not produce* alive and well Childers is in r i i position which, to sa* tho least II is unpleasant. ., I A TllOllst M) n>Nf;(JK! a I Could not express the raptor m ! of Annie K. Snrinir?r <?f i i ) ? - - -(,- 1 " J g Howard st., Philadelphia, Pa. ' when she found that Dr. King1 I New Discovery for Consumptoi n had completely cured her of i hacking cough that for mam it years had made life a hurden. Al , other remedies and doctors couh | give her no help, but she says o .J", this Royal Cure?"it soon re g moved the pain in my chest and ~ can now sleep soundly, something h I can scarcely remember doinj e before. I feel like sounding it j. praises throughout the Universe.' So will every one who tries Dr King's New Discovery for am 16 trouble of the Throat, Chest o d Lungs. Price 50c. and $1.00 i- Trial bottles free at Crawfoi* 0 Bros' Drug Store; every bottl n guaranteed e Mr J M Fudge's l>ees are get ting uppish. A swarm that wan f ted to go to housekeeping fo im themselves a few days ago refuse to occupy the hive assigned ther unless he would put in waterwork and electric lights.?Chester Lan ~ tern. ie ^ Wfcalrtf N. MlW hla Pill 11 i/in|icu??rv ivouenness in unarI leston. : The beauty of the following! ' complaint is that it comes from I the Berkeley Echo, a paper whose > editor is a strong dispensaryite and also, wo believe, a "reform" i magistrate: ! "The dispensary law is fast be? coming a dead letter on the statute ! books. The constables, who draw '! their $60 per month, had a very ' easy time in Charleston during the reunion. There were about '! 40 constables sent there by the 5 i governor. What did they do? j l'ulled a few poor, unfortunate 5 wretches who, apparently, were 1 not in with the force. We saw, within a stone's throw of the ^ Southern depot, liquor sold open ! ly. One could stand in the street ljand see the beer and whiskey t handed to customers over the counter. And moreover, we were ' , informed by reliable authority 1 that one of these dens on Sunday 3 nights is thronged with negroes 3 ; drinking. Any one can enter t-and get a <lrink whenever ho ; pleases. If the authorities in*: tend to enforce the law it should 0 be enforced to the letter. If not, ^ | the sooner it is repealed and high s I license granted the bettor it will ' be for all concerned." It is a matter of very wide v notoriety that during the Con^ federate reunion Charleston was "wide open;" that not only was ^ liquor sold in hundreds of places 0 with hardly an effort at concealv rnent, but that mixed drinks were ^ prepared at open bars and handed 1 across the counters in precisely L the fashion of the old licensedays. r Gentlemen have told us that these A proceedings were so obtrusive as v to be in full view of poople on the ^ streets. We have been informed also J that assurances were given by the . administration?whether the executive office or its constabulary i representatives we do not know? j! that no raids would be mado during Reunion Week, and that this o I | was the reason why all disguiso " was abandoned by the blind tigers. ^ Regarding this as an act of ad j ministraMve courtesy toward the thirsty veterans who wore guests of Charleston a d the State, we ' did not intend to criticise the suspension of the law. But itap c I pears irom subsequent reports * that the dispensary constables did e raid certain places, and that they ^ boasted f their seizure of 2,000 ' onlIons of heer. And now comes H ' 1, Editor and Magistrate It. II. 4 Sweeny and deposes that the gov ernor sent 40 constables to Char* I leston to enforce the law and that | they confined their operations to raiding "a few poor, unfortunate I wretches who apparently were t not 'in1 with the force." J These things give a different 8 complexion to the matter. If the ? ^ 1 policy of the administration was y to extend courtesy to guests, r even in violation of law and its . i sworn duty, there could (1 he excuse made for its e course. So, also, if 40 constables were sent to Charleston to enforce the law strictly and im* '* partially, excuse could be made. Either policy would have its r special merit. But if the promise l* of immunity was given and then II broken the course of the adminis8 tration was treacherous and diegraceful. And if, as EditorMagistrate Sweeney avers, the i constables ignored the worst of rendcs, tho most numerous offenders, and "pulled" only "a few j?oor, unfortunate wretches who were not 'in' with the forco" ? l. e., had not paid them for protection'?then tho rottenness of the dispensary machine smells to heaven. We cordially agree with the Berkeley Echo that "if tho authorities intend to enforce tho law it should ho enforced to tho letter," and that "if not, tho sooner it :s repealed and high license granted the l?etter it will he for all concerned." And, as the first alternative nevor will he adopted as long as there are hlind tigers to huy and constables to he bought, wo are, as wo have long been, in favor of the second.?The State. BRUTALITY. Negro Womans Troatnient of two White Girls. Special to Greenvdle News. Columbia, S. ('., May 20.? The governor has boon asked t< offer a reward for the arrest ol Rose Burnett, a negro woman of Summerville, charged with cruelty to children. The case is a revolting one. A whito man named Bunch, at the death of his wife, lived with th? negro woman and gave her absolute control of his two little girls, The uegro inhumanely beat then worse than slaves. The last beat ing-tame near costing their lives They ran away and reported to t magistrate. He was dilatory anc the woman escaped. Bunch was arrested and is now in the Dor Chester jail. Governor Ellerbe will probably offer a big roward, and the sheriff has been instructec to use every endeavor to captun the woman. The population ol that section are said to be intense ly indignant, but they have done nothing. BEGGARS VENGENCE. Pr'ves Knife Into Neck of Brook lyn Banker. New York, May 11).?John H. Knlis, the former president of th< Wallabout Bank of Brooklyn was stabbed in the neck by Chris topher Daley, a beggar. The wound is a severe one anr dangerously close to the jngulai vein. Daley had been to Knlis house a e\v days ago to ask for alms and was dissatisfied with th* food given him. lie lay in wai and abused Knlis for this today ending by stabbing him. The wounded man is (54 year old. Daley was arrested. KOKIIIKI) TIIK OKAVK A startling incident, of whicl Mr. .John Oliver of Philadelphia was the subject, is narrated b^ him as follows: "I was in a mos dreadful condition. My skin wa almost yellow, eyes sunken tongue coated, pain continual I; in back and sides, no appetite? gradually growing weaker day b' day. Three physicians had givei me up. Fortunately, a friend ad vised trying 4Klectric Bitters; am to my great joy and surprise, tb first bottle made a decided im provement. 1 continued their us for three weeks, and am now well man. I know they saved m life, and robbed the grave of an other victim," No one should fai to try them. Only 60 cts., guar anteed, at Crawford Bros1 Druj Stare. Let Butler Lead! Kellogg Building, Washington, L). C., May, 18, 18i?0. To the Editor of The State: I see by The State received this I ! iL - i n ** * * ujiii iiiug uihi vien. nampion declines the public subscription tc rebuild his house. This is very creditable to biiu, | and what might have been expected but 1 trust the project wil not bo abandoned. The mattei ought to be put in the hands of f I committee with authority to asl for bids to rebuild the house meantime collecting the money t( > pay for it. I am quite sure ever) ; patriotic man and woman in th< i State would be glad to help in i movement so eminently pr >poi and praiseworthy. I am ready to act in an) j capacity where it is thought I car 1 be of service, and to make in) contribution. M. C. Butler. We agree fully with Gen. But ler. The movement ought not tc " bo abandoned, but rather a com ' mittee should be chosen to direci i it. We take the liberty of nomi nating Gen. Butler as chairmai 1 iof that committee. As Hampton1! I former lieutenant in war and col i. league in the senate, and a friem j ] always, he is eminently (pialitic* JI to lead. What say the people? ? The State. > GRANDPARENTS WANT TC BE THE GUARDIANS. 1 An Infant. Whose Mother win 1] Killed by Iler Husband, is the Cause of Family Contention. i 1 ! The State, li 1st. 1 There was an unusually inter 1 esting case argued before tin j JState supremo court yestt relay. I Habeas corpus proceedings hat hern instituted to recover th< 3 I j body of the infant daughter o i Mrs. Mary Taylor, wife of Noal A. Taylor, from the little one'i grand parents, Z. YV. and Editl Taylor. Abort six weeks ago Mrs ! Marv Taylor was killed by hei I husband, Noah A. Taylor. Tht | homicide occurred in Newberrt 51 county, and Taylor is awaiting ? ! t: ial. The little unnamed infan daughter, about 5 months old I was kept by the paternal grand M parents, Z. \\\ and Edith Taylor i but Henry 1*. Dommick and Mary his wife, the maternal grand 5'parents were not willing that th< I infant should remain in the hand i of tho Taylor grandparents. Henry P. Domituck was ap 8 pointed l>v tho probate judge o Newberry as guardian of th porson and estate of said infant When the Taylor grandparent k refusod to surrender the ehild t I ~ , it* guardian ho applied to Mr / Justice Pope for a writ of habea 1 corpus to recover the said infant 8 The Taylor grandparents, in thei return to the writ, vigorousl _ denied the right of the maternt y grandparents to recover said in 1 fant. (i Beaaty la Hlood Deep. Clean blood means a clean akin. N "? >eauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Catha ? |ic clean your blood and keep it clean, b Birring up the lazy liver and driving all in ft >uritiea from the body. Begin to day 1 >aniah pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead V and thai sickly bilious complexion by takii ? Cascareta,?beauty (or ten cents. All dm Ij guts* satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 29c, 50c. g BT Pay your subscripiton 1 Lbdgkr! Judge Townsend's tiemarkablo Dispensary Decision. A Greenville special to the ; News and Courier says that Judge Townsend has rendered a decision . in the appeal case from Magistrate . Hodge's court which is another , triumph for the dispensary law. Two negroes borrowed two mules and wagon from H. T. Stroud, , and were caught at night with a I few gallons of whiskey in the . wagon. The constables making t the arrest seized the wagon and - mules, and the negroes were tried in Mag istrute Hodge's court and , f r? , acquitted. Constable Lafar who r made the arrest, held the mules j and wagon as confiscated property t after the acquittal of the negroes. r Mr. Stroud brought action to reI'nvnr hie mnlnu .i?-l ..... ? 1 ?w, Uio IIIUIVO UIIM *> fl"! IU , IlII' I r won his case. Lafar appealed to , the higher court, and Judge , Townsend in his decree reverses the magistrate's decision and {lives the mules and wagon to the . State as confiscated under the ^ dispensaiy law. t Heavy Winds, but No Special Damage. * Our community was considera* bly agitated Thursday afternoon 1 upon the appearance in the west 1 of a threatening cloud, from - which the wind blew at a fearful rate. There was no special damage done, however. A large tree ) was blown up on the Wintbrop campus, another on the outside of the grounds was uprooted, the * kitchen flue on Dr. .1. R. Miller's cook room was demolished, the scaffolding around Capt. Roddey's I new building on Main street was j blown down, and several awnings I suffered considerably. Hut there L, I was no other damage done. North and northeast of town } tho farmers are grateful for a 3) fine rain. None fell here. ? Rock f| Hill Herald. 1 ; ? B Heavy Windstorm. . I , Quite a heavy windstorm passed over this section last Thursday . j afternoon, doing considerable a I damage. r j The frame work of Mr. M. C f Willis's buggy factory building, which had just been completed, II was blown down, a chimney on j the residence of Mr. W. Adiekes * I fell and crushed into tho roof, breaking several rafters. The i roof was blown off Mr. 8. A. 1 1 ^ . I McKlwee 8 barn, nnd over a few , miles west of Yorkvillo a number' 1 of outbuildings were demolished. S " Trees were blown down pronnsou? ously in all quarters, f The storm was accompanied by e rain and hail; but so far as The Knquirer has learned, * all the g damage that is reported is atD tributed t<? tho wind.?Yorkville , Knquirer. - A FKIOHTFUI,BLUNDER r| Will often cause a horrible y | burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Buekil Jen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Kruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 r- eta. a box. Cure guaranteed. jy Sold by Crawford Bros' Druggist. k> . . K The beautiful home of J \V ' Ferguson, four miles northwest of Chester was burned last Frito day night. Loss $4,000. InUuraoce $2,100. \