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/'■ V • j •r- 4 / f ! l >*■- . i ' I SIXTY SIXTH YEHR ESTABLISHED 1852 /'*■ SIXTY SIXTH YEAR VOL. LXVI. MURDERER / WILLIAM WILSON ' TAKEN FROM SHERIFI AT FAIRFAX Fairfax^ Feb. 23'.—For shoot ing to death JAilliam Wilson, a highly, respected young white man, here this afternoon about 4.;30 o’clock, Walter Best, a negro, was taken from Sheriff J. B. Morrisvand Deputies J. F. Grubbs ami Jolin B. Ross by. a mob of 100 men 'one'miles from Fairfax and his body hanged to a tree along side the public rOad and riddled with bullets. The officers had come to Fair fax to. take .the negro to the county jail in Barnwell. *The killing of William ' Wik son took place at J. T. Wilson’s simp on Hampton Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares of the town, where young Wilson, a cousin of the owner of the shop; was employd. / Walter Best came to the shop with an automobile tire and de manded that it he repaired free of charge, claiming that J. T. Wilson, Jr,, who is a soldier at ('amp Jackson, had repaired tin* tire some time ago and guaranteed it. J. T. Wilson, Sr., disciaifhetF respons and refused to repair the-tire without befit* paid for tile Work' oas, °" an i can only corroborate what f — t»-4 the Sheriff says; only I can’t menti6n wheremiuti Best used sown 1 in- , , t -ipftn sulting language and Mr him Wil- O -v son ordered him to Jeave the sho]), but lie refused to go and young Wilson stepped between health, and the negro and or dered the hatter to leave the premises. Instead of doing so Best drew a pi-stol from h(fe hip pocket and fired at youim Wil son at close range with fatal effect. After shooting young Wilson the negro ran away, but was soon captured by Officer Sullivan and lodged "in tin* town guard house and Sheriff Morris of Barnwell was notified to come alter him, which he did promptly, but the sheriff and Deputies J. F. Grubb and John B. Ross were overpowered at Duck Branch Bridge, a mile from Fairfax, by 100 or more men and the negro was hung ta ;i t ree and his body riddled with bullets. ThisV the first lynching that has ever occurred in this neighborhood. Young Wilson is survived by one brother, throb sisters.and a large number of other relatives and friends.—The fetate. of automobile. One man threw tKe rope to the back of the automobile, but Ross pulled it back in the car. In that time they were crowded all around the automobile; some of the crowd did not do anything; at that time they pulled the negro put of the car, all went into the creek in a pile; they then -took him and carried him off in the swamp and in a few minutes I heard shooting. I could not name all in the crowd. One or two of the meh on the bridge told me they were doing me wrong, that they should have done this before I came. The names of the men that I remember that went into the swamp were John Dunbar, E. G. Connelly, Oscar Carlton and several garage men, J. R. Blount, 0. B. Lynes, C. H. Sanders, Audrey or Wm. Sanders and B. B. Best, The names of those that , did not do any thing were Jimmy Boyles, A. H. Har ter, Frank Harter, Ja'mie Boyles, Mor- rall Strange. Morrall Strange, Sworn Says: I corroborate the statement made by the Sheriff and say that his state ment is absolutely correct and can on ly add to his testimany by saying there were more men wept into the creek than he named. John* B. Ross, Sworn, Says: -I was with the Sheriff on this oc- the names of the men whom he names but his whole statement is ab solutely correct. J. F. Grubbs, Sworn, Says: I was with the Sheriff and do cor- J . r. \\ i son, who is in feebly roborate what the Sheriff says about The Coroner’s Inquest. a verdict ~thaf Best came tolhis death — from gunshot-wounds jit t tie hands of parties unknown to the jury. The testimony of Sheriff, Morris, his •deputies and J. F. M. Strange is. pub lished as follows: ' J. X Morris”, “Sheriff, Spvorn, Says: \ I was called over the pheni to come to Fairfax at onc$, that a regro had shot a mao by the name df Wilson and there was a dartger of aI lynching, so I went to Fairfax myself and car ried J. F. Grubbs and John B. Ross with me. Some people said they did not think that there would be any lynching, as they had had itimeHo^ con sider, and someone said jflf they cpuld get an immediate triai that would satisfy them. So I took /he 1 n«gro and started towards BamWell with him and I got on this side of Fairfax I . thought I would turn towards Syca- --- more, but I saw some men in the road, and hearing someone say they had fifty men at Allendale; I knew if I could get to Allendale" I could dodge them. I told Grubbs and Ross when I got in sight of the bridge (Duck branch) that they were tearing up the bridgq jand told them we were going to haive trouble right here and to keep cool and know what they were doing; when we got to the bridge we found an auto on the bridge and sev eral others off the bridge. Until I could get out in the crowd there was front seven to twelve autos behind me> * l I kept them off by talking to them and the other men keeping them out the case and can only add that I know / the man that pulled the negro out of the car; his name was C. H. Sanders and with this exception the Sheriff’s testimony is absolutely correct. Dr. J. G. Woolev, Sworn, Says: I have this day examined the dead body of Walter Best and find that he came to his death by'gunshot wounds in head and body. I found about fifteen wounds made by large shot, about B. B’s, four or five about 32 pistol wounds, four or five 38’s, and two larger of calibre^ LONG BRANCH PHILOSOPHY. A question has been asked in print ifany.body knewvvhether Ananias and his wife left any children the night they died so suddenly in church. Some years ago it seems that the hole- digging and putting away must have been hurried up powerful, and that the undertaker lost plumb o-ut for lack of a job. The above is only our preface; but this being election year we would respectfully ask the fel lows who intend to run, and also the deer-peepul, that* if they are any kin to those old- time folks not to show it so plain this year as they/have in the past; and while we have Coroner J. Staff Halford went down to Fairfax Sunday morning to hold the inqdest. Several witnesses were examined, after which the jury foun4W ptqi iiiHraild, and before we clos?, we would like to- ask where went our share of the auto tag money Tor last "year. We heard that SO per cent would go Ojiv the roads, but we lifrve never seen any sign of it. We are still going out in people’s fields to get around washouts made by last summer’s big rains, and by living off.the main road we can’t ^ hear wliat - is being done ; so, Mr. Editor, if you are- iu possession of the information let us know about Barnwell county’s share of road money, and whether or not the law makers ;have done away ‘ with the chaingang T aud if you will spur up a little, you might give a little/information atybut some otlmr small ^matters arid not'.iii- j'u4e your reputation but very little, especially Among The back woods poor bucrali. Ri&li Mas. Mr. Joe G. Durrance, Presi dent of the People’s Exchange Bankof Wauchula,Fla.,made his daughter Miss Etheyl a present of ajpew t Chevrolet car last weekC . ‘-~ r Mr. Durrance is the father in-law of Col. Geo. W. Gyles of Blackville, S. C*—The Florida Advocate, BARNWELL, S. Cj, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 5191s HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK- BUBBLES FROM BOILINC'SPRINCS. The following, is a copy of a ' Lyndhurst, S. C., Feb. 25.— letter which has been mailed Farm wdrk in -this—section is to ^ all canning club members, progressing nicely. Most of the Parents.,will please take notice land his been ' and^Jielyrytne children to pre- large cotton .0- NO. 19. pate for the work of tlie club, planted. The negroes Dear Club Member: First, I over cropped badly an chances an want to tell you Io keep all let ters, information, etc. sent you lot of bumble bee, grassy cotton ’ ’ ™ " ■’ later on. Our school closed on the 2$nd ■* in h.on<jr of the Great George, third circular letter concerning but that was about all 'we had from this office.. You will need these things for reference. Enclosed you will find the your tomatoes. Read it care fully then put it away until time to use it. In it you will find directions for making „ a spray mixture witli which to keep the insects away from your plants.. You had better get the materials with which to make this spray soon, so you will have it 611 hand when you need it. . / " Select your one tenth acre of land, 132 ft. long by 33 ft. wide, or any convenient width and length provided it contains 4,356 sq. ft. If it is not com posted and plowed in the fall compost it and break it up thoroughly just as soon' as it is dry enough to plow. The sooner you do this the better for your crop of tomatoes. The better your soil is broken up vjUie better your tomatoes will be. You will need to sow about three packages of ‘“Stone” to rn a tb seed. If you can not get the “Stone” plant the “Acme.” Prepare boxes iu which to plant the seed in tlje following manner. \ Bore .some holes, ih the hob tom of x the box for drainage. Put in a layer of good garden soil, then a layer-of well rotted compost, then a layer of leaf mulch or soil which you get from the woods. Make a little furrow one- fourth inch deep and \three inches apart. Soak the seed over night in sweet milk. The next morning drain off the milk and mix the seed with a little soil. Then plant the seed in the furrows about two inches apart. Pour boiling water over the box seed and all one time, as soon as the seed are planted. These seed should be planted the ISth of March. Don’t.let yours get- behind~the _ bItrciTl3y not planting at. that time. Keep the' boxes in tlie house near a.sunny window*. You- will nee,d 363 plants. Your one tenth acre will make 8J rows 4 ft. apart and it will take 44 jJants 3-ft.- apart for each rovvC Wluni these plants are 6 inches, high transplant them to'tlie field, < /" • Wheivyou are bedding up the land put in tlie fertilizer your circular letter calls for or 150 pounds of the best commercial fertilzer your father can furnish you. Save your/ fowl house manure and your wood ashes with, which to fertilize' the plants. We.- Wi 11 ..gi.v.ej>you djrections later for pruning and~5taking. If you are a first year girl you will have in your garden tomatoes &nly/ If you are a second year girl have one half of your garden in tomatoes and one half in beans. If you are a third year girl havesoue third of plat in tomatoes, one third in beaus and one third, in pimen tos.- If you are a fourtn year girl yoip will be allowed freedom " ° n °’ of choice and you may plant whatever you wish. Now be sure to keep this let ter and follow directions closely . ' jr " TC °- I will send you a record book MeyeraMUl'jS. 64 OAnn T 1 ’ ‘ ! i. n * U.’ rm soon and I want you to keep it accurately and neatly. Yours sincerely, * - • , - —• Demonstration Agents. HMD OF HARKS. 4 I-wisn to thank iny freinds for their kindness and sym-. supply.” pathy in my re$ent bereavement. ^ Mrs, J. D. Kennedy, Jr. broken and a crop will be oes are nd the we will have a Deaths. ‘ MRS. W. F, LAKE, JR. The people of Barnwell,' and the surrounding community home of's w’ere greatly shocked/to learn and loved ones during her short that Mrs. W. E. Lake Jr., diiKl. gloom fell over our little town Monday *for the terrible, hand of death had snuffed; out the life of one who numbered her friends by the score, and who had brightened the hearts and liome of so many of her friends hem to mark the day. Mr. Marshall Gantt of Beau fort was up for a few days last w’eek. Ho has a pbsitiOTi with the Lather Drug Co. , Mrs. F. II. Gantt has returned after a short visit to Columbia. Mr. It. L. Gantt 19 homo again after a stay of a few days with relatives in Beaufort. Miss ; Edith Hav is on an extended visit to relatives in Beaufort. * Mr. L, G. Hay is in Charles ton on a visit to his brother,'Mr. S. M. Hay. The chances are that not a very large acreage will he plan ted around here in watermelons The farmers §0^111 to think the railroads will not be able to handle them when the time comes to ship.. Whistling Rufus. Fdr sohne years past, teachers have been more or less of a drug on the market. First clasfe ones could be secured at a figure far below their real value. The future demand will far exceed the supply. The male teachers are going into the ariny and in to business where, their income Will bo in proportion to their ta lents. A large part of the female teachers are each year diverted permanently from teaching to matrimony. During war times however many teachers will be diverted to commercial and and government positions. About the surest prophecy we know is that teacehrs salaries are going up, or schools are go ing down. here at her residence on Sunday morning about six o’clock. Her fatal illness extended about one week, and was probably due to blood poison. It began with a small pimple or blister on t|ie lip which received the usual home remedies at' first. Later iii the evening a physician was called in. ^Everything that could poskfbfy be done by med ical skill was done. ; But iu spite of all that trained nurses and specialists, with tender and loving ministrations could do. she quietly passed away after a week’9 illness. ' The remains were followed to. the train by a large company of friends and were taken to Statesboro, Ga., for interment. The deceased was the wife of W. E. Lake, .Jr., the super intendent of the Barnwell High School,and was in the flood tide came to Barnwell with her hus band when he attuned . charge of the school. In this short time she had made a large num ber of friends by her cordiality and warm hearted ways, whose sympathy will gp out to Mr. Lake in his untimely bere-ave- ment. MISS ESTELLE READY. The funeral serviees_Qf the late Miss Estelle Ready were solemnized on Monday- after noon, the 11th of Feb., at the residence of her uncle, Mr. Mc- Lin at Kline. Tlie services were conducted by Rev. J. C. Cullum in the absence of lier pastor. s'/ The funeral cortege was one of the largest it has ever been our sad misfortune to witness, attesting the popularity of the deceased. A pall of sadness and ( stay among them. ^She being the only daughter, ' it is a double affliction, as the* heart-broken mother will miss, her companion-ship, which made life to her one long sweet song. We trust that God will cheer and comfort her in the. terrible affliction, that He has so suddenly thrust upon t^he family circle. *■ Miss Ready was a member of Allen's Chapel Baptist church. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ready, and brothers, J. F. and F. E. Reftdy, of Kline. MRS. JOHN A. HAYES. Mrs. John A. Haves, mother of chief Haye9, died in the State Hospital for the insane at Col umbia Monday. Mrs. Haves has been in ill health for some time, and al though she received) 1 personal 4 ,/• ** v»- » - v * ,v _ v r> *v V vmcu auuoi of youth". In last September-she treatment from Dr.tL F. Will iams, she continued to decline until Monday, when she gently passed away. Chief W. A. Hayes was summoned and was with her at the end. Her remains were brought to her home for interment. She leaves siirvivieg her, four sons, Chief W. A. Hdyes of this city and John. A. Hayes of Florida, B. II. Hayes of Ellenton and Arthur B; Hayes of 8outh Port land, Maine, and one daughter, Mrs. Lee GrLffnof Florida, A large, circle of friends ex tend tjieir sympathy to the be reaved family. The following Is a complete list of the Food Representatives for the respective School Districts In Barnwell County. Is *, School District." Bull Pond No. 1 8evt*d Pinp* Nn. 2 Sycamore No 3 Bif* Fork No. 4 Baidock No. 5 ■ Bennett Springs No. 8 RedLOak N >. 7 Long Branch No.8 Hilda No. 9 Healing Springs No. 10 Four Mile No.^f Dunbarton No 12 Rosemary No. 13 Mount Calvary No. 14 Reedy Branch No. 15 Greens No. 18 Bethel No. 17 SroghYlgrfille N0.18 Blackville 19 Double Pond No. 20 A Uendale No. 22 - . Hercules No 23 Ashley No. 24 New Forest-No 25 Upper Richland No 28 Reeves Creek No. 27 KlkcrN r. 28 " WiDiston No. 29 " Spr ng Branch No. 30 Ul mere No. 31 l^ees No. 32 ~ Barbary Branch No. 33 Kline NO. 34 CedarUrove No. 35 Gave No 36 San-Hill No. 37 ’ Red Oak No 38 Friendship No 39 Tinker Creek No. 40 Hickory Hill No. 41 Mortia No. 42 Columbia No. 43 Fairfax No. 44 Barnwell No. 46 Name. * W‘. ; Z. Brvan, W’ B. Parker, D. 8. Cone, J. F. Creech, -- A B.-Melz, _ . Jr J. Walker, F. H. Gantt, J. R. Carroll, F D Rowell,\ Hilda, — H.J. Hair, V Elko. A.R. I)unbar.\ “L. Ellehton. J. M Killingsworth, Dunbarton, Po8T OfRICB. Allendale, S C- Snellmg, " Ulmers, •* Kline, " baidock. " Millettviile, “ Lymlhurt, “ Elko. J. W. Folk, G. W. Hutson. , W.H Black. W. O Kennedy, W. C Manuel, O W. Barker, C. TL Fickling, E. H Hartzog, W. T. Ri’ev. ... Johnson Lane, H. L. Odom, Basil Bates, L. W. Hill, ' C H. Bates. G E. Grouch, W. E Prothro, C. H. Delk, : J. O. Griffin, H. B. Grimes, t Frank'Sanders, - Victor Lewis, l Appleton No. 47 ■ Barton No. 48 Owens Crosa Roads No. 49 Bloomingdale No. 60 Sycamore No 61 * r Shady Groye No; 62 Ellenton No. 63 W A Hair W. F. Hazel, J H. Wall, J. O. Sanders, H E. Creech^ W. C .Bell. * .T. A. Gord'son, J. W. Bates J. J, Cochran. „. J. Fred Lightsey, N. G. W. Walker, barnv ,T. L. Fo’k, ^. Fairfax, R. H. Walker, Jr., Appleton, J A Gray, Barton, . ‘ > 0. H, Owena, Barnwell, A. M. Sanders, Barnwell, J. C.-Mayers, Sycamore, _ - A. R. Tuten, Ulmers, C M. Tamer, . ’ Ellenton, Maj J. Ansel Msyart, Meyers Mill, E. 8. Me Lin, Bsldoc^, Willistou, EJko. Barnwell, Elko. -‘i * Ulmers, “ Seiglingville, S,C. Blackville, “ Blackville, ** Allendale^ “ • Barn well" n Blackville, “ Williston, “ Dunbatt)i', “ Elko, - Elko, Williston, “ Blkckville, “ Ulmers, •* Lees, " Olar, Kline, " Eiko, Thomas. _ ,r < Barnwell, Olar, . Barpwsll, Willistoui.- Uliners, . Kline, Barhwell,* Fairfax, Barnwell, “i f «. •• u Riversids No 56 A r t«lfigram has been received from the State Food Administrator requesting every family with more than one barrel of flour to make the following report t<rthe Food Representative in their School District immediately : . / • ' ♦•'*'•" ’ _ . . R , N. t ; “I have on hand.... pounds of ’flour in excess c)f thirty days’ \ ,, J. E. Johnson. „ Food Administrator Barnwell County*^ JOHN A LADSEN i »’ Mr. John A. Ladsen, who was well known here, died in Columbia last Friday morning at the State Hospital for the In sane, and leaves surviving him one sister, Mrs. Julian R. Harrison. His remains were brought to Barnwell and were taken from here to Myers Mill for inter ment. Mil Ladsen was a merchant of thi^city for a number of years, aud was a member of the Barn well Baptist church. He was a good man, unassuming and at tentive to his own business af fairs. His dealings with men were upon the principle of, “do unto others a9 you would have others do unto, you”. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs Julian R. Harrison extend their sympathy in this their sad bereavement. ^ J. BtfFf KENNEDY Mr. J. Duff Kennedy, Jr., of Augusta, Ga., departed this life at the home of his father, Mr.J D. Kennedy, of Williston, on Friday 15th inst., after a week’s illness of pneumonia. His remains were interred in the family burying ground on Saturday. He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and M ps * J,. |D. Kennedy, of : Williston, .two brothers, Al phonse Kennedy, of Augusta, Ga., and Pickens Kennedy of Williston; twb4 sisters, Mrs J Maude Ussery and Mrs. Alraa Still of Williston and his wife and two children. The entire coinmuntiy extends -their sympathy tp;the bereaved family. MRS. ARTHUR HIEt$. Mrs. Arthur Hiers, of the Reedy Branch section, died sud denly Monday night. The funeral was held at the Reedy Branch Baptist church on Tues day afternoon, and was con ducted by Rev. Heckle* 8he leaves surviving her husband and four children. \ * "