The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, March 27, 1907, Image 1
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| THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH.
& Representative newspaper. ducts Lexington arid the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket.
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m Alabama Negro Lynched for Attempted
Criminal Assault?Husband Fired
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Florence, Ala., March 24.?Cleveland
Harding, the negro who attempted
to assault Mrs. Ben F. Rice, near
here Friday, and who was driven off
by Mrs. Rice's shepherd dog, was
summarily executed today by a mob
of 200 or 300 persons. Tied to a tree
with his arms up, the negro was riddled
with bullets, the first shot, it is
said, being fired by Rice, following
which every man in the crowd emptied
his revolver at the prisoner. Over
1,000 shots were fired. The negro was
t~ captured today half a mile below town
and was taken before Mrs. Rice who
fainted at sight of him. Upon recovering
she fully identified her assailant
and on being asked what should
be done with him, told the negro's
captors to do as they thought best.
Harding was taken a short distance
from the Rice home where a conference
of the mob leaders was held.
Some said burn him, but shooting-was
decided on.
Beyond confessing his guilt; the negro
had nothing to say and was stolidlv
indifferent, it seemed, to his fate.
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Tne Doay was ltuo iicu iv t^c u<g
the mob, members of which made no
attempt to shield their identity. The
sheriff overtook the crowd before the
lynching but his appeals were unavail.
Unique Double Wedding.
Snoma, N. D.?A unique double
wedding, at which a man, aged 60,
married a girl aged 20 and his son,
aged 38, married her mother, aged 44,
? .^ras celebrated at the Barren Ranch
north of Snoma.
Richard Ellsworth, a widower, and
his son, Keene Ellsworth, lived cfi a
ranch adjoining that of Mrs. Emma
Barrett, a widow and her daughter. .
The wedding was a quiet one, only
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ties witnessing the ceremony. Father
and son and mother and daughter
started south immediately after the
ceremony and will spend a month
there.
Young Ellsworth will take charge
of the Barrett ranch, and his father
will live with his young bride on the
Ellsworth ranch.
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J AN IMPORTANT LETTER j
i To Patrons and Carriers ofj
Bural Bontes.
A letter from Hon. A. F. Lever to i
I Mr. S. J. Leaphart, our very accom- j
i ?nr) afflm'ont nnstmast.PT.
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I explains itself:
Washington, D. C., /
March 23, 1907. \
\ Mr. S. J. Leaphart, Lexington, S. C. :
I Dear Sir:?It is very important j
i that all patrons and carriers of rural j
i routes in this county should bestir j
| themselves to increase the patronage !
| of the routes. The Department in ,
j Washington is enfQreing the rule ;
j which requires all full length routes j
I to handle three thousand pieces of j
j mail per month. All interested in i
i this service should see to it that
{ everything is done to bring the routes
I up to the average required by the De- j
paxtment. i
Very truly,
A. F, Lever. :
Washington, D. C., )
March 18, 1907. S
Hon. A. F. Lever, House of Eepre- j
j sentatives.
| Sir:?Referring again to your letter !
: of the 28th ultimo requesting the com
pletion of the rural delivery service in j
T.c.vin<yi-.ori nnnntv. South Carolina. !
you are advised that the investigation i
will be made upon the receipt of an j
accurate road map of this county.
> The records indicate, however, that j
t the amount of mail handled on some j
! of the rural routes in Lexington county j
i is below the average, and while every j
1 effort will be made to sdiust them so i
j as to make it possible to maintain j
I daily service, it may be necessary to j
place the routes referred to on a tri- ;
j weekly basis.
The postmaster at Lexington has ]
: been requested to furnish the Depart- i
j ment- with a road map of the county
i at the earliest practicable date. j
Very respectfully, t
j P. R. DeGraw,
| Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. :
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Lots from Pinoy Woods,
i Tn flip Friitnr of the Disuatch:
j Mr. Cal Fulraer is again able to be j
i up and about. He was very ill a few
' weeks previous to this writing,
t March has been very favorable to
j the farmers so far. They are busy j
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preparing their lands for another crop. 't
Prof. M. P. Lindler will close the !
school at Pine Ridge on Good Friday !
with dialogues, recitations and music |
by the scholars. We are expecting a '
lively time. Everybody is invited. I (
Come and bring well filled baskets, as j
we will need such to help make the
day enjoyable.
Prof. R. W. Frick, Jr., will close
his school sometime in April with *
exercises. ! "
The infant baby of Mr. and Mrs. j ?
Seba Fulmer died Friday morning,
March 23, and was buried" the same : 1
afternoon at 4 o'clock, by Rev. E. J. j J
Sox. It was only a week old. ,< j *
Sunday school was organized at St. c
Peter's the thind Sunday in this month. | 1
Rev. Sox will preach at St. Peter's on ! }
Good Friday at 11 o'clock. I 1
You may again hear from j }
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Transfers of Eeal Estate. ; \
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The following transfers of real cs- t
tate have been recorded in the clerk's j j
office since last week: i r.
Samuel B. George, clerk, to O. H. j i
George, 141 acres in Boiling Springs : j
township for $275. ; ?
South Bound Land & Improvement f
Co., to L. J. Frink; 27 54-100 acres in ; t
Congaree township for ?1,37*7. : i
Samuel F. Wheeler and others to j j
Henry F. Wheeler, 159 2-3 acres in ! -c
Saluda township for ?1,117.60. ; \
James H. Price to W. G. Burdell, j r
lot in Brookland for ?425. j j
H. R. Goodwin and J. W. Conner to | .
E. Scott Kyzer, one acre in Congaree j
township for ?50.
Littia Eichelberger to J. M. Carson, !
lot in Irmo for ?175. ' ]
Paul -A. Eichelberger to W. A. j (
Smith, lot in Irmo for ?275.
W. W. Wateon to R. H. Timmer- j t
man and others, lot in Batesjiurg for 1 c
?1.525. 1 t
R. H. Timmerman and others to j [
Mrs. Lottie T. Timmerman, lot in j r
Batesburg for $1,625. ja
P. C. Pi-ice to Andrew Davis, 76^ \ i
acres in Congaree township for $1,000. i r
P. H. Corley to Geo. W. Corley, Sr., | ^
39 acres in Lexington township for ; n
$1,500. | t
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The city of Newberry is to have an j j
ce plant, which will begin operations f
this week. Mr. J. H. Wicker is the : e
manager. ' ^
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Wounded.
Danville, Va., March 25.?A speci
0 The Register from Smart, Va
vhich is about 75 miles from Danvill
says:
"As the result of an attack by
nob of men on Sunday night, Ann
Sail, a white woman residing ne
Charity, Patrick county, was shot
leath and her sister, .jane Hall, s
iously wounded. The accounts
:he killing are very meagre and tl
willing is snpposed to have been t]
,vork of illicit distillery of whiske
rhe murdered woman and her sist
ived in a cottage with their nephew
md it is alleged they have been ac
ng in the capacity of spies and ha1
)een reporting to the revenue office
he whereabouts of the illicit distills
es and the names of the operatoi
Chis infuriated the 'moonshiners,'
s reported, and a band of them, abo
1 dozen in number, came to the hou
?t a late hour at night and openi
ire. Volley after volley was fired \
he mob and the house was literal
addled with bullets. The man ha
>ened on Sunday night to be abse
md consequently escaped injury,
vas evidently the intention of tl
nob to murder all three of the occ
;ants.
Charles F. Deal Shot Dead.
Charles Francis Deal, a brother
Dr. S. M. and Attorney A. M. Deal
Columbia, was shot to death at Black
mrg Monday by William Mills, a cc
on mill operative. Mills, so the sto:
^oes, called Deal out of the office <
he Whittaker Cotton Mill and aft
alking with him for ten or fifre<
ninutes shot him down, Deal dyii
in hour later. Mills claims that 1
:illed Deal because he was too inl
nate with his wife, but in Deal
lying declaration he denies the charg
There were no eye-witnesses to ti
ragedy.
Mr. Deal was married only aboi
ix months ago, was well liked ar
eaves a large family connectio
Jills lias been separated from his wi
or more than a year. He tried
scape, but was captured and sent
he Gaffney jail.
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