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H. C. SHEALY.
W. B. WILLIAMS
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SHERIFF CORLEY
HAS RESIGNED.
Popular Officer Succeeded
By Sim J. Miller, His
Faithful Deputy.
Sheriff Patrick Henry Corley on yesterday
handed his resignation to Gov.
Blease, after having been sheriff tor a j
period of nearly eight years. Immediately
upon receiving the resignation,
which was tendered in person, Governor
Blease appointed Deputy Sheriff
Sim J. Miller to fill ont the unexpired
term of Sheriff Corley. Mr. Miller
will assume the duties of the office as
soon as bis bond can be arranged and
he has taken the required constitutional
oath.
Sheriff Corley has given no reason
for his resignation other than the fact
that he is physically unable to perform
the duties of the office. On the
19th of May, 1909, Sheriff Corley was
shot by Ed. Bynum, a negro, the entire
load from a shotgun taking effect
in the hand, neck and face. His right
hand has since been almost paralysed.
Thi9 is the only reason assigned for
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time, although it has been known for
home time that he would not offer for
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in the campaign next sumv
mer.
Sheriff Corley was first elected in
I9A, defeating T. H. Caughman, the
incumbent, and two other candidates
in the first election. In 1908 he was
reelected without opposition. Fearless
and determined with an energy
seldom equalled, P. H. Corley has !
made one of the best officers the
county has ever known, and the J
nouncement that he is no longer to
serve the county in this capacity, will
be received with genuine regret by the
people of the county.
Mr. Miller has been deputy under
. Sheriff Corley for four years, and has
made an enviable reputation ror nimself.
His duties have carried him to
every nook and corner of the county,
and he is fully competent to fill the
office to which he has been appointed
A Religious Hen.
Miss Mattie Stuart, of Lexington,
has a religious hen, so much so that
she never lays except on Sunday.
Miss Stuart's hen has laid an even
dozen of eggs, all of them being laid
on Sunday except one, which was laid
on Friday.
Every one of the eggs is of different
size and shape. Mi9s Stuart is going
to preserve the eggs and exhibit them
at the county and State fair. The hen
is a large Plymouth Rock.
Making Investigation.
The special committee of the grand
jury composed of L. W. Wise, J. S.
Boozer and Levi Poole, is conducting
an investigation of the books, records,
etc , of the county officials. The work
will be completed to day.
At Glenn Springs.
Mr. W. P. Roof and the Rev. T. S.
Brown leave this morning for Gltnn
Springs, where they will remain for
several days. On account of the absence
of trie Rev. Mr. Brown there will
ho nn n-aaf>hino> at Sh ShOT\Vi?n>s nn
Sunday next. There will be Sundayschool
at the usual hour, however.
Record Coffin For Fat Boy.
What is said to be the largest coffin
1 ever constructed in Baltimore holds
the body of William Flitz, a 19 year
, old boy of Holidaysburg, Pa., who died
J there Monday night. He weighed 650
pounds. The coffin is six feet long 40
inches wide and 31 inches high and
has twelve steel clasps, eight handles,
and is poo together with heavy rivets.
So large wa9 thecrowd around the
undertaker's office where the body was
lying that a squad of police was summoned
to disperse them. The body
was shipped to Holidaysburg.
Annual Picnic.
, The Piuey Wood's Farmers' Union
i will hold its annual pionic4u front of
Piuey Woods parsonage on August IS..
T e public is cordially invited to attend.
HORRIBLE GRIME
SHOCKS AIKEN.
Young Mother Dies From
Fright, After Seeing Her
Nephew and Husband
Cruelly Beaten by Mob
?Husband May Die.
Special to The State.
Aiken, August 4.?Five white men
were lodged iu th* Aiken county jail
tonight, charged with implication in a
most horrible affair last night at Monetta,
in this county. The men are:
Dock Cockerel, A. L. Holston, R. H.
Holston, Sidney Holston and G. C.
Holston, all of whom are prominently
connected. As a result of the visit of
a party of men to the home of the
Spradleys, near Monetta, last night,
Mrs. Nettie Spradley lies a corpse in
her home and her husband is in a critical
condition, with their nephew, Columbus
Spradley, disappeared. His
whereaboats are not kuown. He has
' not been seen or heard of since the
' difficulty last night. Whether he was
j murdered and lies hidden in the woods
j or whether he was frightened into
leaving the neighborhood remains
merely conjecture.
No eye-witnesses are known to the
awful tragedy other than the parties
involved, and the elder Spradley, not
V? atttncr rocrainpH onnSpioilSneHS. the
story has doc been told and may never
be unless Columbus Spradley is located
alive, as the physicians do not entertain
hopes of the elder Spradley's
recovery.
Wedding Was Arranged.
- The story as told tonight is that Columbus
Spradley was to be married^ to
Julia May Holston. The implicated
men under arrest are the father, uncle
and cousins of this girl.
It is said that last night a party of
white men visited the home of the
Spradleys, the elder Spradley was
thrashed into insensibility, sustaining
serious injuries, from which he is not
expected to recover.
. Was Young Mother.
Mrs. Spradley, who was in the house
was frightened to death. She fainted
and never regained consciousness.
C< lumbu9 Spradley, about whom the
entire affair occurred, can not be
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dead or seriously wounded. Mrs.
Spradley gave birth to a baby five
weeks ago and the baby survives her.
Tae affair i9 one of the most horrible
the county 'officials have ever known.
Columbus Spradley Located
In Augusta.
Augusta Chronicle, 6th.
Columbus Spradley, the younger of
the two men beaten by the Hol9ton
crowd in Wards township, Aiken county,
Thursday night, was located here
yesterday afternoon.
He freely told the story of the entire
affair, so far as it related to himself
but knew nothing of the attack upon
his uncle, Ben Spradley, and did not
know until he wa9 informed yesterday
of the death of Mrs. Ben Spradley, as
all this occurred after the crowd had
left him at the lonely spot on the
roadside from which he made his way
to Johnston by walking the 15 miles
distance daring the night, arriving
there in time to catch the Southern
railway train to \ugusta and reached
this city at 11:55 o'clock Friday morning.
He is employed as a train news
agent by tbo Parker News Agency
and runs between this city and Port
Royal. Soon after his arriyai here
Friday morning he went away on his
run to Port Royal where he spent Friday
night and returned to Augusta
yesterday at 12:05 o'clock.
Romantic Love Affair.
Back of the whole story is a romantic
love affair between young Spradley
and Miss Gussie Mae Holston, the
daughter of Augustus L. Holston, leaderof
the attacking party, and it seems
that the Holstons took this cowardly
and unlawful means to intimidatev
Spradley and break up the match by
driviig him forever out of jthe" community.
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Going Back for Fiance.
But their efforts will probably fail as
the young mail fully expects to return
to Monet :a and claim the girl to whorr
he is engaged.
They have been engaged for severa]
months and Thursday night, had all ol
tneir plans laid to elope and be mar
ried. The young man had secured th(
marriage license, which he had in hij
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representative of The Chronicle.
It was secured from W. S. Crouch
judge of probate, at hi9 office in Salu
da, S. C., and was filled out and signec
by Spradley and needed only the sig
nature of the young lady to be com
plete.
Plan for Elopement.
The young couple had planned t<
meet at 9:30 o'clock that night. A
horse and buggy would be waiting anc
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she would sign the certificate and tin
ceremony would be performed.
She had concealed her- hand bag
gage in a vacant house, known as th<
old John Grice house, which, instea<
of being a haven *or the young couple
by a capricious turn of eyents, beeam<
the very scene of the indignities anc
outrages perpetrated upon the pros
pective groom.
Ben Spradley and his wife knev
nothing of the engagement and noth
iflg of the planned elopement and wer<
the innocent victims of an unreasona
ble rage.
Mother Gave Consent.
The girl's mother, realizing tne at
tachment which had grown up be
tween them, gave her sanction to thei:
engagement.
' Spradley is 21 years of age and hai
three brothers residing in Augusta
He resides at 1595 Broad street.
In telling of the affair he spoke wit!
perfect freedom, going into minute de
tails and corroborating some of then
with written evidence he had in hii
pocket. Among these were severa
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Spradley Gets Bride
i Despite Difficulties
J Augusta Chronicle, Today.
Columbus Spradley, the young man
^ who was held up at the point of the
j pistol and brutally lashed by the Holsteins
at Monetta last Wednesday
i night, lias made good his word that he
3 would wed his sweetheart, Miss May
t Hol9tein, regardless of the violent and
combined efforts of her father, brother
and cousins to prevent their marriage.
The young couple were married at 6
j o'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev.
A. D. Echols, pastor of Asbury Meth
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formed at the parsonage in the presence
of severaJ witnesses, among
whom was young Spradley's brother,.
:> Frank, who resides at 833 Marbury
i. street, this city. Mr. Bradley went to
1 Monetta Monday afternoon and brought
3 his bride-to -be with him to Augusta
3 yesterday and as so m as he could
gather a few of his friends around him
they went to the parsonage where the
3 ceremony \vas performed.
* This is the climax of tbe romance
? that was the real cause of the turbu3
lent and sensational events rtMonetta
' resulting in the death of Mrs. Benja*
min Spradley from heart failure, the
forcible expulsion from the community
7 of the young man and the attack upon
his uncle, Ben Spradley, in which he
3 was so seriously injured that his life
- was almost despaired of.
Biggest and Best Barbecue
Next Saturday.
If you want to enjoy a fine barbecue
r dinner attend the Ioor b ayes barbecue
on the 12th. Several prominent epe&k3
ers will be present to address the
* crowd, among them, Prof. Tate and
Col. Holloway; Hon. Isaac Edwards
1 and Dr. E. C. Ridgell. E/erybody
* should turnout and hear their speeches.
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