Scraps and Jarts.
? City Point, the mushroom town of
25,000 people, grown up since last summer
with the great new guncotton
plant of the Du Pont Powder company,
was on yesterday completely
destroyed by a fire which started in a
restaurant and did property damage
estimated at from one to three million
dollars. The Du Pont works outside
of the settlement was undamaged,
but was once seriously threatened.
Villages A and B near City Point, built
*n hrtuno the families of married em-1
ployes of the factory, also escaped. I
Scenes of wild disorder accompanied!
the Are and citizens lynched a negro
for looting. There was no loss of
life otherwise and only a few minor injuries
were reported. Martial law was
proclaimed last night with the arrival
of six militia companies, rushed from
Richmond by order of Governor Stuart.
The thousands of homeless men,
women and children had been sent to
Petersburg and Richmond, but many
men remained to guard what little
property they had been able to save.
The Are was said to have been caused
by the overturning of an oil stove,
though there were rumors that it had
been incendiary. These rumors Arst
were given credence in many quarters
because of the arrest last night at the
guncotton factory of a man whom,
factory officials said, had attempted
to put a charge of nitroglycerine in
one of the beater houses and had been
under surveillance for several days.
? France, says the Augusta Chronicle,
has just added to her other
claims to honor the distinction of
raising the greatest loan in history,
and raising it with incredible ease.
Within twenty-four hours the French
people subscribed more than $5,000,000,000
to carry on the war. That is
more than Ave times the huge indemnity
that Germany exacted from
France at the close of the FrancoPrussian
war. It is more than the total
cost of our civil war, and twice the
cost of the Russo-Japanese war. It
dwarfs, in comparison, the immense
loans made by the other great Anancial
powers. Great Britain and Germany.
The last German loan of $3,007,000,000
was a record-breaker, but
both in amount and in spontaneity of
subscriptions the French have nearly
doubled it. Germany has raised altogether,
in three war loans, about |5,270,000,000,
and it is possible that
this new French issue by the time the
books are closed will have surpassed
all three. The last German 'loan was
taken as proof of the faith of the German
nation in the triumph of the
German army. What, then, shall be
said of France today? This loan was
dubbed by the government, "The Loan
of Victory," and was taken by the
people in the spirit of victory. It is
the best evidence yet given of the
strength of France in material resources
and the indomitable spirit of
the French people.
? Germany's delay in complying
with the United States government's
request for the recall of Capt. Karl
Boy-Ed and Capt. Franz von Papen,
attaches of the German embassy at
Washington, is due to Emperor William's
personal interest in the two officers,
the state department has been
informed. It was stated that as the
two attaches were appointed by the
emperor, he probably would personally
give orders for their withdrawal. The
Berlin foreign office, however, desired
full information on the subject before
laying it before the emperor, and it was
this that prompted the request for
specific information of acts which
caused the United States government
to declare the attaches persona non
grata. Any application for safe conducts
for Capt. Boy-Ed and Capt. von
Papen will be considered by the Allied
governments solely as a request of
the United States. The first impulse
among representatives of the Allies
was to flatly refuse to enter into any
understanding to refrain from treating
the two German officers, once they are
nf ?Ko!i. HinlnmAtir immunity.
as entitled to any treatment different
from that which would be meted out
to any enemy soldier or sailor. Further
consideration, however, has led to
a change of view. If the United States
should take the ground that it is responsible
for the safe return of the
two officers to Germany, the Allied
governments would be disposed to refrain
from intervention, though it is
probable that they would insist that
the men give their promise not to
serve actively during the war.
? Definite plans designed to aid in
the advancement of the south's agricultural,
commercial and other interests
were promulgated by the conference
of Cotton States' Bankers, at its
closing session in New Orleans last
Tuesday, in the adoption of resolutions
pledging support to various movements
discussed at the two days'
meeting. The bankers promised to
aid the farmers in marketing and financing
their cotton crops and in promoting
a selling season extending over
the entire year instead of a few
months. Presidents of State Bankers'
associations in brief addresses gave
further promises of assistance by
their organizations in carrying out the
plans outlined. The conference urged
adoption by the cotton states of a
measure looking toward uniformity in
cotton transactions, including financing,
warehousing and marketing; advocated
a campaign for increased
warehouse facilities; approved the
movement for "safe farming," or the
raising by each farmer of sufficient
food and feed crops to supply his farm;
advised the adoption by bankers and
business men 01 a rarrn ruie sueei, wi
schedule of the plans of the farmer
when applying for credit; advocated
encouragement of state and Federal
agencies working to establish scientific
and economic methods on farms,
and promised aid in solving the problem
of preventing waste in the baling,
handling and transporting of cotton
from gin to mill. Permanent organization
was effected, and the conference
adjourned Tuesday night to meet in
December, 1916, at some city to be selected
later. Joe Hirsch of Corpus
Christi, Texas, was elected chairman
of the conference: Moorehead Wright
of Little Rock, secretary, and O.
Newton, Jr., Jackson, Miss., treasurer.
? Washington, December 7: The
Democratic national convention of
1916, will be held at St. Louis, beginning
Wednesday, June 14, at noon. The
Democratic national committee tonight
named the convention city and adopted
resolutions calling for the renomination
and re-election of leaders of
national Democracy. Chicago and Dallas
contested with St. Louis for the
honor of the convention, but St. Louis
easily led from the start and won on
the second ballot. When the trend of
the voting was seen, Texas moved that I
the choice of St. Louis be made unanimous.
Dallas held second place on the
first ballot, but was displaced by Chicago
on the second roll call. The result
of the first ballot was: St. Louis,
25: Dallas, 14; Chicago, 13. On the
second ballot the vote was: St. Louis,
28; Chicago, 15; Dallas, 9. The majority
for St. Louis was gained on this
ballot when John T. McGraw changed
West Virginia's vote from Chicago to
the Missouri city. Then the choice
was made unanimous. It has been
customary heretofore for national conventions
to begin work on Tuesday.
The fact that Tuesday fell on the 13th
next year may or may not have had
something to do with the determination
of the Democratic committee to begin
the proceedings a day later. The offl
cial explanation, however, was that
the convention would not require more
than three or four days to complete
its work and it would not be too late
in the week to start on Wednesday.
Political leaders tonig. . regarded it as
practically certain that Chicago will be
selected for the Republican convention
when the national committee of that
party meets here next Tuesday. The
date for this convention probably will
be late in June. Each of the three cities
contesting for the Democratic convention
put in a bid of $100,000.
? The United States has sent to
Austria-Hungary a note asking for a
disvowal of the liner Ancona, assurances
that such an act will not be
repeated, some degree of punishment
for the commander of the submarine,
and reparation for the American lives
lost. The communication started by
cable Tuesday from the state department
to Ambassador Frederick C. Penfleld
at Vienna who was instructed to
hand it to the Austro-Hungarlan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron
Burian. Word of the delivery of the
note had not been received by the
department Wednesday night. Friendly
but firm terms, it is said characterize
the document which is understood
to make a particular point
of prompt assurances for the future
safety of American lives. AustriaHungary
has never notified the
United States whether the commanders
of its submarines have been given
instructions similar to those which
the German government gave to its
commanders after the Lusitania tragedy.
It is understood that the note
referred particularly to the charge
that shells from the submarine killed
or wounded some passengers on
the Ancona after she had halted, and
asked for an explanation on the point.
In despatching the note, Secretary
Lansing acted with the approval of
and after consulting with President
Wilson. It is stated authoritatively
that the document which is described
i as being comparatively brief and decidedly
vigorous in tone, was so draft[
ed as to attempt a settlement of its
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ing on a series of cc mmunications
such as followed the sinking of the
Lusltania. High officials are said to
be of the opinion that the situation
is one which calls for grave consideration,
the state of affairs having become
more complicated since the note
was dispatched by reports of attacks
upon American oil-carrying vessels
in the Mediterranean presumably by
Austrian submarines.
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Entered at the Postofflce at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORK. S. C.:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915.
Germany says the Allies must ask
for peace first and the Allies say that
Germany must ask for peace first.
Really it looks as if there is to be no
peace as long as both sides are able
to fight.
The absolute fairness of Judge Rice
in the long-drawn out Isenhower case
has Deen so nouceaDie on me part ui
the spectators and others as to become
a frequent subject of admiring
remark. It is not to be understood
by this that there is any question of
his honor's fairness in all other cases.
He is eminently fair under all circumstances;
but in as tense a case as the
one in question, where feeling one
way or the other is the rule rather
than the exception, and where people
of strong feelings are inclined to look
upon every man as a partisan one
way or the other, It is a high testimonial
to the Judge that everybody
should consider him so fair.
The opinion of the attorney general
on the question as to whether North
Carolinians may avail themselves of
the privilege of the South Carolina
gallon a month law, is interesting. As
to whether or not that opinion is right
we do not know. It may be right and
it may not be. But whether right or
wrong, it must be remembered that it
has not force of law until confirmed
by the courts. The York county grand
Jury, upon the advice of the solicitor
and with the approval of Judge Rice,
has declared that it is violation of the
law for the North Carolinians to make
use of the town of Clover as a clearing
house for # liquor. It is the business
of the magistrates to take their
law from the grand Jury and the solicitor
and to carry out instructions
accordingly. If anybody offers resistance,
of course, Solicitor Henry will
stand his ground, it will be for the supreme
court to determine the law.
The fact that a number of jurors
disqualified themselves for service in
the Isenhower case by declaring themselves
opposed to capital punishment
has been quite generally remarked.
While, of course, several of the Ju
rors understood what they were saying,
there were others who evidently did
not understand. One of the jurors, for
instance, after having expressed himself
as opposed to capital punishment,
was askfcd by the court if he did not
believe that the death penalty was the
right thing for murder and certain
other crimes, and he replied, "Yes."
The truth of the matter is that while
the adopted word "capital," as meaning
the head or cutting off the head, is
very good English, our people generally
are not so familiar with its significance
as they are with the words
"hang" or "electrocute." There are
some very strong arguments in opposition
to capital punishment, and most
people who are opposed to the same
are entitled to the highest respect In
their opinions. But since in this matter,
the main thing is to get the true
attitude on the subject, it would
probably be as well for the court to
take particular pains in the asking of
questions intended to develop the information
sought.
CLOVER CULLINGS
Correspondence Tbe Torlcvllle Enquirer
Clover, December 9.?Rev. George T.
Hughes, the new pastor of Clover,
King's Mountain Chapel and Philadelphia
churches, arrived here last week
and preached his initial sermon in the
Methodist church here Sunday morning.
He made a good impression on
the large congregation who heard him.
It may be of interest to many people
to know that Rev. F. W. Dibble,
former pastor of the Methodist church
here, who was transferred to the
South Carolina conference, will assume
the pastorate of Bluffton church
near Charleston.
Rev. M. M. Richardson left this
morning for Charlotte, where he will
attend the closing sessions of the North
Carolina Baptist convention, after
which he will attend the South Carolina
Baptist convention in Greenville.
Mr. H. E. Johnson left this morning
for Charlotte, where he is undergoing
treatment.
Miss Martha Wallace, who has been
seriously ill at her home near town, is
improving nicely.
Rev. G. T. Hughes spent a lew days
in Spartanburg on business this week.
A number of Clover people were in
Yorkville Wednesday night to "hear
the addresses of Solicitor Hill and
former Governor Blease to the Red
Men.
Among the people of this town and
vicinity who have been in Yorkville
this week on account of the Isenhower
trial and on business were: Clyde
Ford, W. W. Bindeman, J. H. Jackson,
J. A. C. Love, J. P. Adams, W. B.
Stroup, R. E. Love. J. S. Jackson,
Arthur Quinn, Dr. I. J. Campbell, A.
J. Quinn. Lacy Parish, Dr. D. D. Cook,
Orr Sparrow and M. L. Smith.
Clover Leaf council, Jr. U. A. M., is
planning to present a Bible and flag to
the school at Bowling Green on December
18.
? "As there is nothing doing in
Christianity at present, isn't it important
that clergymen should enlist,"
was the trap presented in the house of
commons last Wednesday to Harold J.
Tennant, parliamentary under-secretary
for war. by the Liberal member
for Hanley, Robert L. Outhwaite. The
question was put evidently with the
object of starting a debate on the subject
of the enlistment of the clergy,
upon which there has been considerable
discussion. Mr. Tennant. however,
refused to be drawn.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
W. G. Reid & Son, Rock Hill?Makes
suggestions of suitable gifts for father,
mother and the children.
A. M. McGill, No. 1?Extends an Invitation
to the ladies to take advantage
of specials next Tuesday.
Ferguson & Youngblood?Sell Stlckell's
flours?high grade and made on
the principle of quality?Prices reasonable?they
will please you.
City Pharmacy, Clover?Is now dlsno
ViniiHnv rift roods and
1na;iue .w D ?
Invites everybody to come and see
its many beautiful goods.
Ferguson & Youngblood?Are introducing
"Figaro Preservar," a liquid
compound for meat preserving, far
superior to old smokehouse method.
Standard Oi! Co.?On page four tells
of the Rayo lamp.
Royal Baking Powder Co.?Calls attention
to the purity of Royal baking
powder. See page four.
T. W. Speck?Now has his holiday
line complete in all details and cordially
invites everybody to come
and see the goods and prices.
J. C. Blair, Sharon No. 1?Wants to
buy two rabbit dogs. Must be good
dogs and subject to trial.
Carroll Bros.?Suggest that you preserve
your harness by occasional
oiling. Get oil from them. See
them for buggies, wagons, flour, etc.
W. E. Ferguson?At the Glass Front
grocery, has lots of "goody-goodies"
for the holiday trade.
First National Bank, Sharon?Tells
you that a check book will help you
in many ways. Your account is solicited.
Start today.
Mr. B. R. Walker of Clover, a fewdays
ago, slaughtered a hog that was
320 days old, and which netted 376
pounds.
We do not understand that Mr. H.
C. Allen, the architect, has been holding
out against that occupation tax
because of the ten dollars; but solely
because he is unwilling to submit to
being run over by people who have no
regard for right.
The series of meetings just closed
In the Presbyterian church by Rev.
Dr. William Black, like those recently
conducted by Rev. John W. Ham, have
been both interesting and beneficial.
The methods of these two evangelists
are very different in some respects;
but both preached sound Gospel truths,
and that is the main thing. The community
is better off because of the
coming of both of these preachera
It is known and recognized that that
occupation tax is unjust, and that the
people who ought to be paying most of
it are duping the others into acquiesence
by telling them that standing for
their rights and equities means disloyalty
to the town. Everybody in
town knows that the thing is an outrage
and that its strongest advocates
are the people who ought to pay the
most; but who really pay the least.
Mr. W. H. Ross, deputy collector of
internal revenues, was In Yorkville
from Columbia yesterday, on business.
He explained that his office
sometime ago sent an official advertisement
to The Yorkville Enquirer,
and a copy of a letter on file so shows.
The advertisement did not appear in
The Enquirer; but the office got a bill
from another paper, and he was trying
to unravel the mystery. The proprietors
of The Enquirer were unable to
show any light on the subject.
Sheriff Brown has been up against
quite a delicate and perplexing task
this week. Naturally a great many
more people than the courthouse auditorium
would hold have been wanting
to get a look in on the trial of the
Isenhower case, and the sherifT has
been doing his best to accommodate
them all. However, the witnesses and
Jurors from Fairfield county had the
right to the first consideration, and
this was accorded as far as possible.
As long as there were empty seats and
people applied at the door, the sheriff
would admit them, regardless of where
they were from; but when the seats
were full there were no more admissions.
Most people were Inclined to
look upon the situation reasonably and
did not give unnecessary trouble.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The Graded school expects to suspend
December 22 for the Christmas
holidays.
? The Palmetto Literary society of
the graded school on Wednesday elect-'
ed the following officers who will serve
three months: Bfussell Montgomery,
president: Floyd Allison, vice president;
F. B. Garrison, secretary;
Andral Sherer, treasurer.
?"Resolved, that our Government
has maintained a Position of Strict
Neutrality," was the subject of a de
bate between the Baxter C. Riddle
and the Palmetto Literary societies
of the Graded school last evening. The
first mentioned society's membership
is made up of high school girls while
the latter is the organization of boys.
Margaret Finley, Mary Stokes and
Frances Allein represented the affirmative
side of the question while
Henry Herndon, Russell Montgomery
and Pinkney Smith upheld the negative.
The judges, Miss Mary Williams,
Rev. T. T. Walsh and W. W. Lewis,
Esq., awarded the decision to the affirmative.
The programme of the
evening also included a solo by Miss
Esther Ashe accompanied on the
violin by John Lewis, a recitation by
Miss Helen Sandifer declamations
by William Moore and Donnom
Spencer and two selections by the
high school chorus. Robert Bratton
presided over the exercises of the
evening which were attended by many
pupils and patrons of the school as
well as other visitors.
HERE AND THERE
The chief topic of conversation on
the streets this week has been the
Isonhower trial. Indeed little else
has been heard. And there is, of
course a difference of opinion regarding
the guilt or innocence of the accused.
Predictions regarding the case
are numerous. Some people say the
jury will acquit the accused and others
say the case against Ernest Isenhower
will result in a mistrial, and others
can't see any possible chance for anything
other than a conviction.
Boarding houses have done a
flourishing business this week on account
of the large number of people
here. Everybody has found a place
to stay and all appear to be satisfied
with their arrangements.
Sheriff Brown's deputies have kept
a vigilant watch throughout the week
tnv nprsnns who miirht attemDt to en
ter the court room with weapons in
their possession. A story is going the
rounds that a number of Fairfield
people came to Yorkville armed; but
when they learned that the sheriffs
officers would search every person approaching
the courthouse they deposited
their pistols in their respective
rooms. It is said that one or two
boarding houses in town are at present
regular arsenals.
"What's the reason you didn't
print the reports of all the township
supervisors?" inquired Supervisor J.
S. Plexico of Bullock's Creek, this
morning. "Simply because they were
not submitted to the court; we are
quite willing to print the reports of all
the officials," was the reply. "Well,
there are some of them I would like
to see," said Mr. Plexico. "They
would be interesting."
"They have got it going the round,"
said Mr. T. B. Glenn, manager of the
Tirzah warehouse the other day,
"that our charge of 15 cents per bale
for storing cotton in the state warehouse
does not also pay the insurance
on the cotton. Of course, it pays all
charges. The report, I think, has
been circulated by some people around
Tirzah, who are connected with private
owned warehouses and who are opposed
to the state system."
ABOUT PEOPLE
Dr. J. H. Saye of Sharon, was a
visitor here this week.
Mrs. J. R. Barnwell of Yorkville is
spending several days in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Aycock, who
have been visiting relatives in this vicinity,
have returned to their home in
Durham, N. C.
Mr. R. T. Beamguard was a visitor
in Charlotte this week.
Mr. R. T. Beamguard was a business
visitor to Charlotte Wednesday.
Miss Mamie Moore has returned to
her home in Charlotte, after visiting
relatives and friends in Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Riddle of Clover
No. 2, were among the visitors here
yesterday.
Messrs. J. C. and S. Ia Blair of
Sharon No. 1, were among the visitors
In Yorkville this week.
Mrs. H. E. Neil and little daughter
Gladys are visiting relatives and
friends in Charlotte.
Mrs. N. G. Allison, who has been
spending several weeks in Sumter,
has returned to her home here.
Mr. A. W. Jones, who has been living
at Clover for some time past, has
moved back to his old home near
Filbert.
Mrs. J. L. Hicks returned to her
home in Gastonia Wednesday, after a
week's visit to Mrs. H. L. Summitt in
Yorkville.
Mrs. N. T. Draffln of Riverside, Lancaster
county, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. M. W. White, in
Yorkville, during the past month, returned
to her home today.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Montgomery
have moved into the R. E. Montgomery
house on South Congress street,
which they are sharing with Mr. and
Mr?. M. W. Beach.
Little Miss Rebecca McDowell,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McDowell
of Yorkville, was operated on
for appendicitis in the Fennell infirmary
at Rock Hill Wednesday.
She is getting along as well as could
be expected.
Messrs. L. H. Wannamaker, Jr., of
Charleston, and W. J. Cormack of
Columbia, represented their papers,
the Charleston News and Courier, and
the Columbia Record at the trial of
the Isenhov/er case in Yorkville this
week.
Some of the Chester county people
who were here this week on account
of the Isenhower trial were: Jesse
Morrison, Heath Caldwell, Marion
Stewart, Sam Stewart, William Morrison,
Mrs. R. M. Crawford, Paul Hardin.
Mr. W. M. Parish, who has been
living on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 6, a
short distance northeast of Yorkville,
is preparing to move his family into
the house now occupied by the Misses
Glenn on Yorkville No. 6. The Misses
Glenn have purchased a home in
Clover and will move there soon.
Mr. W. H. Crook of the Gold Hill
section, says that the farmers of his
neighborhood have generally come
out a little better than usual this
year. Everybody has been more economical
than usual and good crops
have been produced at considerably
less expense.
Mr. T. A. Barron of Ebenezer, was
in Yorkville this week, and when
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he had no complaint whatever to
make. Mr. Barron was one of the
heaviest losers by the hailstorm last
year, having been hit to the extent of
something like (10,000. He adopted
a remarkably generous policy towards
all his hands, however; helped them
with their losses, and put up for them
another year. He said that most of
his hands were able to do on mighty
little, comparatively speaking, this
year, and several of them have been
able to pay up all back debts and
have a little left.
The following In addition to those
witnesses who testified at the trial are
among the Fairfield county people
who have been in Torkville this week
on account of the trial of Ernest Isenhower:
Dr. J. A. Scott, J. A. Scott,
Jr., Cus McMeekin, Frank McMeekin,
William Rabb, William Blair, Earle
Stevenson, Bob Stevenson, Hayes
Pope, John Stone, Stewart Isenhower,
George Long, Jaa Crawford. J. E.
Crowder, W. H. Crowder, Chas. McGill,
Sam Burley, Tillman Burley, E.
E. Roberts, Sam Robinson, Charles
Robinson, J. C. Johnson, J. D. Rawls,
E. U. Cameron, Press Irby, J. M. Barber,
Mrs. Clyde Isenhower, T. O.
Boulware, Tom Boulware, M. C.
Boulware, A. W. Hood, F. A. Nell,
Gettys Neil, James McFie, Tom McDonald,
Marion Stewart, James Baker,
Thos. Baker, Amos Crouch, William
Bennett, William Boulware, Jeff
Boulware, R. T. Coleman, John
Sharpe, W. P. Wright, Sr., Sam McWatters,
Grady Wright, Dr. J. S. Reattie,
J. R. Smith, T. M. Douglass,
Harold Douglass, Dr. J. C. Buchanan,
Chas. Burley, C. Rabb, J. W. SmiU*
D. F. Smith, R. B. Lewis, Frank Hinnant,
John W. Hood, D. V. Walker,
W. L. Kirkpatrick, James Aiken, G.
R. Robertson, B. R. Beckham, Walter
McKinstry, T. Taylor, Jesse Joyner,
Alex Broom, P. C. Broom, Neely
Bankhead, Vest Bankhead, Elmore
Finley, E. N. Mason, Otis Smith, H. N.
Faison.
RED MEN HOLD PUBLIC MEETING
Big Chief Tribe, No. 61, Improved
Order of Red Men of Yorkville, threw
open its wigwam to the public Wednesday
evening, the occasion being addresses
by Solicitor Albert E. Hill who
is Great Prophet of the order in
South Carolina, and former Governor
Blease, who is a former Great Sachem
of the fraternity and at present a member
of the judiciary committee of the
Great Council of the United States.
The small hall In which the meeting
was held was filled before the
nour of meeting had arrived, and be.ore
it was concluded standing room
was at a premium. Mr. W. D. Grist,
a member and former officer of the
local tribe, presided, and in a happy
manner, introduced the speakers of
the evening.
Solicitor Hill first addressed the
large number of Red Men and other
citizens present. He said he was
proud to visit the tribe as great prophet
of the order in South Carolina. He
referred to his visit to the Clover tribe
of Red Men the past summer quite
pleasantly. Six years ago, said the
speaker, I married in Yorkville, and
made many friends here then. I am
proud to come back to renew my many
acquaintances.
Mr. Hill said he had played many
parts in his life, but no part he played
was appreciated more by himself
than when he was elected Great
Sachem of the order of Red Men. He
said that fraternal orders like the
Red Men improve citizenship of the
countrv. He referred to the fact that
there were more fraternal orders in
the United States and with a larger
membership, than there were in the
whole of Europe. The order of Red
Men did not flourish in Europe, he
said, because the Red Man's creed,
"Friendship, Freedom and Charity,"
could not flourish in an empire or
monarchy, but only in a republic
where there is freedom of government
by the people and for the people.
In the course of his address the
speaker paid a tribute to former Governor
Blease, who, he said, as a representative
at the great council of the
United States in Chicago, wielded great
influence and whose advice on judicial
questions was much sought by
men high in the order.
In conclusion, Mr. Hill bade the
tribe God-speed In continuing to
strive for the benefit and the advancement
of mankind.
Former Governor Blease. who was
next introduced, referred to the fact
that two past sachems of the order of
Red Men in South Carolina had died
during the past year. He referred to
the fact that since his election as a
member of the judicial committee of
the great council of Red Men, South
Carolina had five representatives in
the national council, a larger number
than that of North Carolina, Virginia,
Georgia, or several other states.
Many people do not know what Red
Man means, said the speaker, who
stated that many people asked him
what the order meant. He said that
it means a good deal. He referred to
the fact that the Improved Order of
Red Men was the first fraternal order
to which he ever belonged.
"What do Red Men stand for?"
asked the speaker. "Politics? No.
Religion? Yes; but not sectarian religion.
Every principle of the order is
based on the Bible and the religion of
the Uord Jesus Christ. You are not
asked to what political party you belong
when you come in," said the
speaker.
The Red Men know but one creed?
the white man's creed, he continued.
Freedom, Friendship and Charity, he
pointed out, are the basis of the order.
The order does not teach that friendship
which exists only when the sun
shines, when good health prevails ana
when prosperity is present, but teaches
that spirit of loyalty which qtands
firm in need, distress and want. Pursuing
his explanation of friendship,
the former governor said there would
not be so many fraternal orders if the
churches did their duty. He said he
realized his declaration was a strong
one, but he proposed to prove it. "Suppose,"
he said, "two men who are
communicants of the same church are
here. One may leave and meet distress.
The other might leave later
and encountering the first in his
plight, say, 'Yes, that man belongs to
the same church as I do, but I am going
home.'"
Red Men, said the speaker, would
never do that. Each Red Man is always
willing to render service to his
brother. There is no secrecy about the
order. Any man of good character
can come in.
Discussing (he principle of freedom,
which is a bulwark of the order.
Governor Blease explained that freedom
meant liberty of thought and
opihlon of the mind?that freedom
which teaches men to look the world
in the face and say, "I know my
rights and dare to assert them. The
only free man, he said, was he who
could stand square to the four winds
and say, "I can do as I please as long
as I don't trespass upon the laws of
the great God who gave me life."
Many people, said the speaker,
know not the meaning of charity.
They think dropping a nickel in a
poor man's hat is charity. He said
he had given many a quarter to a
man who asked, but he did not exoect
any reward for charity, because
that wasn't charity, but he had given
the money solely for political effect.
The charity which the order of Red
Men teaches, explained Governor
Bleasc, is that which gives to each
man the* right of opinion. We have
no right, he said, to judge a man's
charity by what he gives, but by what
he docs. He who does not condemn
the drunkard or other sinner, but
tries to show him the error of his
way and help him up, is charitable.
In conclusion the governor discussed
tho institutions of the order, and
invited all who wanted to learn the
principles of freedom, friendship and
charity to Join the order of Red Men.
%
ERNEST I8ENHOWER CASE
When the court of general sessions
convened at 9.40 Wednesday morning,
the state was ready to take up the undertaking
of endeavoring to make out
a case of wilful murder against the
defendant, Ernest Isenhower and tho
testimony of witnesses was entered into
without delay. There were a large
number of people in the court room.
More than 100 of them were from
Fairfield county and there were also
many from other sections. The deputies
on duty in the court room are
still searching each man who enters
the room and on Wednesday morning
a pair of brass knucks were taken
from the pocket of a Fairfield county
man. It was said Wednesday that
quite a number of people from Fairfield
came here Tuesday morning with
pistols, but when they learned that
the sheriff proposed to search each
man who came into the court room,
there was a run to the respective
stopping places of each of the visitors
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weapons.
A. L. Scruggs.
A. Lee Scruggs, treasurer of Fairfield
county, who was the first witness
placed on the stand by the state, on
direct examination by Solicitor Henry,
said he was sitting Inside the gate to
the courthouse yard at Wlnnsboro on
the morning of June 14, when Sheriff
Hood and his deputies brought the
negro, Jules Smith, who was charged
with criminal assault upon a relative
of the defendant, from the penitentiary
at Columbia. There was much
confusion, he said, as the sheriff's
posse crossed the street from the Jail
to the courthouse. Some thirty or
forty people were standing around
the court house steps and on the porch
there.
Upon the sheriff and his posse's
movement to enter the courthouse,
Mr. Scruggs said he attempted to
follow, but stopped when he saw a
hand containing a pistol thrust through
the banistors of the stair. A shot was
fired by some person unknown to the
witness; there was a brief intermission
and then a fusillade of shots.
After the first shot was fired, Mr.
Scruggs testified that Mr. Hood stopped.
Policeman W. L. Haynes was on
one side of the prisoner Jules Smith
and Sheriff Hood was on the other.
After two or three shots had been
fired, Sheriff Hood drew his pistol
and fired several shots. He then entered
the court room in a bent position
and so did the negro, Smith.
Sheriff Hood, according to the witness,
had his pistol in his hand as he entered
the court room. Policeman
Haynes did not go in the court room.
"Then I saw Mr. Raleigh Boulware
come out of the courthouse hurriedly,"
continued the witness. 'Three
men were standing at the courthouse
steps as he came down. They fired
upward in the direction of Mr. Boulware.
Ernest Isenhower fired at Boulware
who did not move, neither did
h? mv a word. Mr. Isenhower uttered
no word, and neither did the other
two gentlemen who were standing
near him.
"Mr. Ernest Isenhower walked
around the courthouse yard after the
shooting," said Mr. Scruggs. "He was
as quiet as could be. I had talked to
him before the shooting.
"After he was shot Mr. Boulware
turned around and walked up into
the courthouse. He was walking fast.
I was In 18 feet of him. He said not a
word."
The witness was shown a number
of views of the Fairfield county courthouse,
which he Identified, and which
were offered in evidence. The witness
said there were 15 or 20 people
on the courthouse steps at the time
of the shooting and 35 or 40 in front
of the courthouse.
Shooting Intermittent.
On cross-examination by Mr. Hannahan,
of counsel for Ernest Isenhower,
Mr. Scruggs said there were
about twenty men in the crowd around
the prisoner, Jules Smith. He presumed
they were deputies. There were
a large number of people in Winnsboro
June 14 because of the trial of
the negro for rape. An intermission
of about 2 seconds occurred between
the first shot which was fired and the
general fusillade. Another and final
shot was fired about 2 seconds after
the fusillade. There were 35 or 40
shots in all?maybe more. The witness
counted 29 or 30 hy the bullets lodged
in the courthouse walls and steps. He
did not see Rural Policeman Boulware
with a pistol.
In reply to a question, Mr. Scruggs
said that he first saw Clyde Isenhower,
who was slain during the riot,
near the corner of the Jail grate. The
jail is a short distance from the courthouse.
That was before the shooting.
After that he did not see Clyde Isenhower.
He reiterated his declaration
that he had seen Ernest Isenhowet
during the early morning but denied
having seen Ernest and Clyde Isenhower
together.
Mr. Scruggs said that he saw two
men who were at the steps in front
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He was unable to identify the men.
He saw Clyde Isenhower after he was
shot and helped him on the train by
which he was conveyed to a hospital.
The witness had known Sheriff
Hood for 30 years. He identified a
letter purporting to have been written
by Sheriff Hood.
Mr. Scruggs was asked by Judge
Rice if anything occurred to cause
Raleigh Boulware to stop on the
stairway. He said no.
J. E. Douglass, M. D.,
Who was the second witness for the
prosecution, testified that Raleigh
Boulware was shot about the centre
of the abdomen. He said he gave
Boulware medical attention in the
Fairfield county courthouse where he
lay after being shot and also In a
Columbia hospital. Mr. Boulware's intestines,
the doctor stated were per
forated 6 or 7 times. The bullet in <
his body was never found. It ranged 1
upward and to the right. The witness 1
had been engaged in the practice of i
medicine 30 years. The witness stated 1
that the man who fired the pistol i
which inflicted a mortal wound upon i
Boulware must necessarily have been
standing to the left of the deceased t
and that the deceased was on a high- i
er elevation than the man who fired. ]
There was no cross examination. <
John W. Lyles, '
Clerk of court of Fairfield county, ]
ua to the lnentlnn of the Fair- '
field county courthouse, the distance
from the jail, the width of the streets
and other measurements. He did not
see the shooting. There was no cross|
examination.
8. Y. Rom.
Mr. S. Y. Rose, a farmer of Fairheld
county, testified that he was
standing in the courthouse yard when
the pistol battle took place. After the <
general fusillade he saw Raleigh
Boulware come out of the courthouse.
He saw Ernest Isenhower pull a pistol
on Boulware. He saw Boulware i
wave his hand. He said that as Isenhower
grasped his pistol and pointed j
it at Boulware, Isenhower exclaimed, <
"You are the d-n s-of a-b? I've been
wanting." Ernest Isenhower, the wit- i
nees said was standing near a northern
column in front of the courthouse !
when he shot Mr. Boulware. He said i
he saw no pistol in Mr. Boulware's 1
hand. A space of about a minute and ]
a half intervened between the time i
of the general shooting, and the time i
Isenhower shot Boulware. The witness i
declared that no one was on the court- <
house steps at that time except Mr. i
Boulware. He said that he could not ]
see the upper portion of Mr. Boul- I
ware's body the construction of the 1
stairs interrupting his view. He could
see the deceased only from his waist
down.
On cross-examination by Mr. Han- '
nahan, Mr. Rose said that Mr. Boul- '
I ware placed his left hand on his 1
stomach when he was shot. He said 1
| that he testified at the coroner's in- J
quest at Wlnnsboro shortly after the
death of Mr. Boulware, but did not
say anything about Mr. Isenhower
having cursed Mr. Boulware because
I the coroner's stenographer was a lady,
and he did not care to repeat Mr. Isenhower's
epithets in her presence. In .
answer to a question the witness said ,
he had known Mr. Ernest Isenhower t
about three years.
W. W. Turner.
The next witness who took the
stand for the state, was W. W. Turner,
superintendent of education of
Fairfield county. He was an eye wit- J
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he saw Mr. Boulware when that gen- ,
tleman was shot. Mr. Boulware, he i
said, was coming out of the courthouse :
and down the stairs which lead to the
court room. It was after the general <
fusillade was over. When Boulwaro
was about half way down, Isenhower, i
he said, was standing near the north- <
ern column In front of the courthouse.
Mr. Isenhower shot Mr. Boulware. He 1
did not say a word. Neither did Boul- <
ware. The latter had no weapon In ]
his hand. The shot which killed Mr. '
Boulware was fired about 2 or 3 sec- '
onds after the general shooting was
over by Ernest Isenhower. Boulware
and Deputy Earl Stevenson, the wit- .
ness said, first entered the courthouse i
ahead of Sheriff Hood and his pris- i
oner. i
Mr. Hannahan cross-examined the j
witness. He asked where he was stand- j
ing when the shooting occurred, Mr. i
Turner said he was near the entrance !
to the Jail yard and was coming 1
across the street to the courthouse. <
He said he saw Clyde Isenhower at
this time and that Ernest Isenhower
was not with him.
Mr. Turner said that he had testl- j
fled at the coroner's Inquest Asked
by Mr. Hannahan if he had testified (
there that Boulware had his pistol <
out, the witness said he had not Mr, |
Hannahan read from Mr. Turner's ,
testimony at the coroner's inquest, <
which testimony showed that the ]
witness had stated that Mr. Boulware ]
waved his hand as he saw Ernest Isenhower;
that he had seen Mr. Boulware's
mouth working and that Mr. .
Boulware had his pistol out but did J
not make an attempt to shoot He also ;
denied having said at the inquest over
the body of Sheriff Hood that Boul- !
ware had tried to shoot, but didn't ,
and then went into the courthouse. j
The witness on cross-examination i
also testified that he had appeared as ,
a wit ness at the coroner's inquest over
the dead body of Mr. Boulware. He <
admitted saying there that Mr. Boul- '
ware placed his hand upon his stomach
after he was shot and tried to ,
reach for his pistol. He did not hear i
Isenhower or Boulware utter a word i
at the time of the shooting. He said i
that after Boulware was shot Isen- ]
hower went behind a column to the I
north of the stairway to the court
room. 1
On re-direct examination Mr. Tur- <
ner said that he and a Mr. Ruff were <
talking at the jail yard whf n they 1
saw Sheriff Hood and his posse with
the negro, Jules Smith, coming from 1
Columbia. He saw Clyde Isenhower 1
come toward the courthouse from 1
down the street. Isenhower he said,
was carrying his coat on his arm and 1
in his coat he was grasping a pistol. 1
Mr. Turner said that he walked toward
the courthouse.
He saw Clyde Isenhower following
the sheriff's posse. As four or Ave of
(he posse entered the courthouse, ,
Clyde Isenhower attempted to follow, j
He was unable to get through the
crowd. Isenhower, he said, then rush
ed to the banisters of the stairway, f
poked his pistol through the banister (
rails and began shooting. Sheriff Hood
tried to push Isenhower away from |
the banisters. He saw Sheriff. Hood i
try to pull his pistol and he saw the j
sheriff fumble his weapon. Very soon \
the sheriff was out of his sight 1
After the general shooting had i
ceased, Mr. Turner testified, Raleigh *
Boulware started down the courthouse
steps. When he reached about the t
fifth step, Ernest Isenhower shot him.
Mr. Boulware stopped and made an
effort to get out his pistol. Then, he
said, Ernest Isenhower tried to get f
behind the large column to the north. *
Mr. Turner said that he entered the c
courthouse about 30 minutes after the .
shooting. He saw Jules Smith lying
near the prisoner's dock. Sheriff Hood .
was lying near the Judge's bench at ,
the rear of the court room and Mr. J
Boulware was lying on a lawyer's (
table. t
He said there were 10 or 12, and B
maybe more people on the courthouse
stuns when the shooting occurred r
while there were 35 or 40 around the v
yard. He stated further that he was c
at the right of the courthouse gate r
when the shooting happened. He \
thought that Mr. Boulware placed his r
right hand on his stomach when he
was shot. a
J. H. Gibson. v
A Fairfield county farmer, said he t
was standing at the gate to the courthouse
yard when the shooting occur- j
red. He did not see the shooting of t
Mr. Boulware. He said Ernest Isen- t
hower was standing at the extreme \
north column in front of the court- a
house. He saw Isenhower shoot up the d
courthouse steps. Then he saw Mr. I
Boulware put his hand to his stom- c
ach, and turn round and walk up the
steps Into the court room. The witness li
said after the shooting was over he g
walked into the court room where he I
found Sheriff Hood lying near the
judge's bench. Mr. Boulware, he said,
was lying on a table near the jury
box. Mr. Boulware, he said, talked
to him and among other things asked v
him to get a doctor.
There was no cross-examinatloin of s
the witness. 1
J. W. Stevenson. ?
Mr. J. W. Stevenson said he was at ^
Winnsboro on the morning of June 14 s
as a special deputy. He was on the
courthouse steps, three steps below
Sheriff Hood when the shooting oc- t
curred. He was attracted by a shot, ii
He did not know who fired it. After h
the first shot he saw Clyde Isenhower I
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stairs during continuance of the shoot- 1
ing. He saw Ernest Isenhower, who t
was standing behind a column at the c
front of the courthouse, shoot once #
during the general melee. When the ?
last shot of the affair was fired, Mr. J
Stevenson said he went around and c
encountered Ernest Isenhower. Other r
deputies covered Ernest Isenhower and
ordered him to drop his pistol which
he did. c
"Who was your father?" asked t!
3overnor Blease on cross-examina:ion.
"William Stevenson/' returned
:he witness. "Who was your mother,"
nqulred counsel. "A Schumpert," was
:he reply. "That's what I thought,"
eturned Mr. Blease. "I Just wanted
o see whether you and I were kin."
On cross-examination Mr. Stevenjon
said Clyde Isenhower was standing
near by as the sheriffs party approached.
When they approached the
:ourthouse, Isenhower tried to get In
ihead of Deputy Scott. He was
pushed back by other deputies. Repeated
efforts of Isenhower to get
ihead of the deputies, he said, were
foiled. Then the witness said Isenhower
wheeled toward the banisters.
"Couldn't the deputies have stopped
Clyde from shooting?" asked Mr. i
Blease, to which the witness replied
that he didn't know. The former governor
read from Mr. Stevenson's testimony
given at the coroner's Jury:
"The powder burned my eyes I
couldn't open them for a while."
"Shore did," replied the witness.
"What did you do,'' he was asked.
"I Just stood there," replied Stevenion.
"If I didn't know the blood that was
In you, I expect you would have run,"
commented Mr. Blease.
"I could not get away," laughingly
replied the witness.
On further cross-examination, Mr.
Stevenson said he saw Sheriff Hood
shoot at Clyde Isenhower. At that time
blood was spurting through Sheriff
Hood's palm beach coat The witness
said he did not see any of the deputy
sheriffs shoot?that the only shots he
saw fired were those from the pistols
f Ernest Isenhower, Clyde Isenhower
and Sheriff Hood. He did not shoot
He admitted thaf Sheriff Hood might
have shot before he (Stevenson) noticed
the blood on the sheriff's clothea
B. F. Christmas.
Mr. Christmas said he was standing
an the curb near the jail when the
shooting occurred. He said Clyde
Isenhower started the shooting and
that Isenhower shot three times?
once at the negro, Jules Smith, and
twice at the sheriff. There was an
Intermission of a little while between
the time of the fusillade of shots and
the last shot He was running when
the last shot occurred.
Cross examination by John R. Hart
rf defendant's counsel, developed the
tact that the witness was 100 yards
iway when the shooting occurred and
that he had made no previous statement
save one to a detective sent to
Winnsboro by the state
W. B. Pearson.
Mr. Pearson said he was a grand
juror of Fairfield county last summer
ind was at Winnsboro courthouse to
perform his duties as such officer. He
Bald he was near the banisters of the
stairway when the shooting occurred.
He saw Clyde Isenhower shoot once
between the banisters, and then
ihange his position and shot twice.
He heard Sheriff Hood say, "No, he
wouldn't," or "get back," or something
sf that kind. He did not hear Isenhower
say anything. He watched
Isenhower sro into the sheriff's office
after the shooting. He saw Sheriff
Hood shoot at Clyde Isenhower after
[senhower had shot at the sheriff. The
witness was not cross-examined.
George M. Clowney,
Who was the next witness for the
state, said he was on the left hand
side of the court yard near the gate
when the shooting occurred. He did
sot see the flrst shot. He saw Clyde
[senhower shoot up through the banisters
along the stairway twice. He
saw Ernest Isenhower shoot Rural
Policeman Boulware. He saw nothing
In Boulware'a hands. He was not
cross-examined.
O. C. Cauthen,
On direct examination by Thos. F.
McDow, of counsel for the state, said
lie did not see the shooting of Mr.
Boulware, who was returned to the
court room after he was shot. Mr.
Cauthen said he followed Mr. Boulware
nto the court room. "Boulware," he
said, "called me and told me to come
luick. He said get me a doctor." At
L.20 o'clock, court adjourned for dinler.
.
i Wednesday Afternoon.
When court reconvened at S o'clock,
Mr. Cauthen again took the witness
stand. He testified that immediately
alter the shooting he rushed up the
courthouse stairs and into the building
where Deputy Boulware, who was
walking up and down, told him, "Come
liere, I want to tell you who shot me.
Ernest Isenhower shot me. Go and get
a. doctor and get me to the hospital."
Mr. Hannahan, of the defense, objected
to the statement. The objection
was over-ruled.
On cross-examination by Mr. Qaston,
jf the defense, the witness said he had
met Ernest Isenhower at the approach
Lo the stairway, had drawn his gun
jpon Isenhower and he and Deputy
Richardson ordered the former to drop
Ills gun which he did.
On cross-examination by Mr. Bleese,
Mr. Cauthen said he was present at the
courthouse on June 14, the day of the
ragedy as a special deputy. He had a
pistol.
"What were your instructions?to
jhoot a dog or a cow?" inquired counsel.
"To shoot men if they bothered
me," was the reply.
"You were ready to shoot a white
man to protect a negro who had raped
i white woman?" inquired Mr. Bleaae.
"Yea" replied the witnesa
"We haven't got many men in this
country like you," sarcastically renarked
the former governor.
"Your honor," I object to counsel
naking side remarks," complained
Solicitor Hill, of the prosecution.
"You wait," retorted Mr. Blease.
'Over here In York we do things diferent
from the way they do in Sparanburg."
"How much whisky came back in
:hose automobiles from Columbia?"
nqulred Mr. Blease, after the witness
lad stated that two automobiles filled
Vith special deputies had gone to Coumbla
after the prisoner, Jules Smith,
vho was in the penitentiary for safe
ceeplng.
"None that I saw," replied the depuy.
"Did you smell any?"
"No, sir," was the answer.
"Now, Mr. Cauthen," pressed Mr.
Blease, "don't you know that some of
hose deputies were drinking that
lay?"
The witness said they were not, so
'ar as he knew.
Asked about the movement of the
leputles from the time they went to
Columbia after the negro until their
eturn, Mr. Cauthen said that most of
he party went to a restaurant for
>reakfast and from thence to the Jail
Lfter the prisoner.
Judge Rice over-ruled an objection
if the state to the question. "What
vere your Instructions as a special
leputy?" which was put to the witless
by the defense. "Instructions
vere to preserve order," said the witless.
"Did you, as a peace officer, make
in effort to stop this difficulty?" the
dtness was asked.
"It was so quick we couldn't," was
he reply.
"Didn't you encourage the disorder
y drawing your own pistol," Inquired
he defense, and the witness replied
hat he had drawn his pistol to pre'ent
Ernest Isenhower doing further
hooting. He further testified that he
lid not see but one pistol?that of
Srnest Isenhower in addition to his
iwn.
"Ernest Isenhower, If he shot, must
lave done the shooting during the
reneral fusillade," remarked Mr.
Mease.
"He must have," the witness replied.
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"Not a bit."
"The Germans ought to have you,"
ms the comment of Mr. Blease.
On re-direct examination by Mr.
rfcDow, Mr. Cauthen said he had a
>istol for no other purpose than to
irotect his prisoner and himself. He
aid there was but little Intermission
ietween the general melee and the last
hot that was fired.
8. R. McMaster
Said he was 160 yards away when
he shooting happened. He walked
nto the sheriff's office in the courtlouse.
He saw a pistol lying there.
Ie said it was a pearl-handle, nickleilated,
38-calibre Smith & Wesson,
'he magazine of the weapon contained
our discharged cartridges and one
hamber was empty. A man whom he
earned later was Ernest Isenhower,
pproached him and said: "Give me
his pistol. It belongs to my brother
'lyde." There was no further examllation
of the witnesa
W. L. Oickey.
Mr. Dickey testified he was in the
ourt yard with his back turned when
he shooting occurred. After the first
shot which was followed by a number
of shots he turned and saw Ernest
Isenhower shoot two or three times
with a bright colored pistol. Isenhower, j
he said, was shooting in the direction r
of the courthouse steps.
A. W. Brics.
Mr. Brlce said he was sitting in an
automobile near the courthouse when
the sheriff's posse with the prisoner
drove up. He got out of the auto- mobile.
He saw Ernest Isenhower
shoot from behind a column in the
front of the courthouse. There was
some intermission between the gener
al shooting and Ernest Isenhower's
shot
On cross-examination, the witness
admitted that he had testified before
the coroner's Jury that he saw Deputy
Boulware draw a pistol and that when
Isenhower shot, Boulware pulled a blue
steel pistol and pointed it Ernest Isenhower,
he said, then Jumped behind
one of the granite columns at the
courthouse.
J. W. Richardson.
Mr. Richardson testified that he was
a regular deputy sheriff of Fairfield
county and that he was standing with* ^
in a short distance of the courthouse *
steps when the shooting occurred. He
was wounded in the leg. He said he
saw Clyde Isenhower shoot and it appeared
that Clyde was continually
moving his pistol among the banisters.
He said he heard a man on the
steps exclaim, "What do you want to \j
'shoot me for?" or something like that.
"I saw .Ernest Isenhower step from
behind a column," said Mr. Richardson.
"I drew my gun and told him to
put his down. He said, 'Put yours
down.' I told him If he didn't drop
his gun I would shoot him. He dropped
his gun."
The witness said there was little, if
any, intermission between the shots
during the affair.
On cross-examination, Mr. Richardson
testified that he did not see any
one shooting except Jesse MoiTlson.
Clyde Isenhower and Sheriff Hood.
With the conclusion of Mr. Richardson's
testimony, the stats rested.
The Defense Opens.
At 4.50, the defense began the Intro- $
duction of its testimony. W. C. Oathcart,
former chief of police of Co- \_
lumbla, said he was in Winnsboro on
the day of the shooting to testify In
court to a confession which the negro.
| Jules Smith, had made to him. He was
near the courthouse. Somebody be- _
gan shooting as the sheriff entered the J
courthouse with his prisoner. The
sheriff returned the fire. Then there ?
occurred 36 or 40 shots. There was no >
Intermission between this fusillade and >
the last shot which he beard. One
man whom he did not know, was
standing at the extreme north column
In front of the courthouse after the
shooting began.
Cross-examination by Mr. McDow
brought a statement from Mr. Gathcart
that the whole affair occurred
within three minutes.
Mr. Gaston, of the defense, asked the
witness if the negro, Jules Smith, had
made a confession to him. The state
objected to the question and the court
sustained the objection.
E. L. Latham.
Mr. Latham said he had been summoned
to court aa a Juror. He was
near the courthouse when the sheriff's
posse approached with the prisoner.
The deputies bore no marks signifying
their authority. "When Sheriff
Hood turned at the little landing on
the stairs which goes into the court
room, & shot was fired," he said. "Then
I saw Hood's pistol come around.
Then came a breaking lire. I remember
the last shot plain but there was
no intermission."
The witness said that when the
shooting began to die down he saw
Raleigh Boulware with a pistol pointed
in the direction of Ernest Isenhow- :
er, who was on the ground near one
of the large columns that adorn the
building's front Boulware, he said,
was about half way up stairs. He did
not see Ernest Isenhower shoot
On cross-examination, the witness
was reminded that he did not say at
the coroner's Inquest that Mr. Boulware
had a pistol pointed. He admitted
the fact In reply to a question,
he said that Ernest Isenhower, when
he saw him, was standing near the
north column with his pistol held up.
He admitted that it was possible there
could have been a little intermission
between the general fusillade and the
last shot he heard.
On re-direct examination, Mr. Lffth&m
said he had not mentioned
Boulware's drawing a pistol when he
was before the coroner's Jury because
he was not asked the question. "I only
answered what they put to me and no
more,'* he said. He stated further,
that Clyde Isenhower fired the first
shot in the battle and Sheriff Hood the
second.
On re-cross-examination, Mr. Latham
said he was sure Clyde Isenhower
and Sheriff Hood each fired
more than two shots. The witness
denied that he \)ad said on a certain
occasion that the Isenhowers had a
grudge against Sheriff Hood.
G. B. Hagood. ^
Mr. Hagood said he saw Ernest Isenhower
about the conclusion of the
shooting. Isenhower was in a dodging
-position, he said, and wan looking
in me aireciiuu iuc i^ivu. uviuv .
body flred two or three shots from (J[
the stairs or the porch above. Those \
shots were the last.
The witness testified on cross-examination
that he did not know who
flred the shots he mentioned. He had
seen Mr. Boulw&re on the steps but did
not know whether or not he was there
when the last three shots were fired.
Court adjourned at 6.30.
Thursday Morning.
When court convened yesterday
morning at 9.30 T. J. Rabb of Rock
Hill, but formerly of Winnsboro,
took the stand. He testified to a conversation
he had with Clyde Iaenhower
after the latter was shot The
state's counsel objected to the testimony,
but the objection was overruled.
Mr. Rabb was taken off the
stand by the defense to be re-called
latter.
Rav. J. P. laenhower. y
Mr. Isenhower testified that he was
a minister of the gospel being in
charge of several Baptist churches In
the vicinity of Winnsboro. He testified
to having helped carry his
wounded brother, Clyde Isenhower, to
the office of Dr. Douglass between 2 .
and S o'clock of the afternoon or tne
shooting. Clyde Isenhower told him.
"Johnnie, I am shot all to plecee. I
can't live. You will have to take care
of my farm for me. Pay my debts
and collect my life Insurance for my
baby." Mr. Isenhower said he asked
his brother Clyde about his religious
state and the latter had said, "I am
all right I have been praying." .
On cross-examination the witness
denied that he had tried to persuade
Clyde and Ernest Isenhower
not to engage In any trouble with the
officers of the law that day. He said
It was possible he might have advised ^
Clyde Isenhower to keep perfectly ft
quiet but he did not remember ad- / '
vising Ernest to stay out of trouble.
He said that Policeman W. L. Haynes
had advised him to get his brother
Clyde out of town. He denied telling
Mr. Haynes that Clyde was quiet
"but he did not -know about Ernest"
The witness said on re-direct examination
that he had one brother
who was a rural policeman under ^
Sheriff Hood and another who was
and is chief of police of the town of
Winnsboro. He had five brothers living
and all of them and himself were
friends of Sheriff Hood. He had supported
Sheriff Hcod In his political
races. The witness testified further
that he was about 50 yards from the
courthouse near Chandler's store
when the shooting occurred and that
he was unarmed.
On re-direct examination, he said
that he hunted for his brother Clyde
Isenhower before the shooting intending
to act on the advice of Mr. <
Haynes and take him out of town.
Clyde could not be found.
T. J. Rabb,
Recalled, said he had a talk with
Clyde Isenhower about 3 o'clock.
Clyde told him: "I did not want to
shoot the 8herl(r. I had nothing
against him. God told me to shoot
that negro. Sheriff Hood shot me in
the arm and then I shot him."
The witness said he had expressed ,
his sympathy to Clyde Isenhower f
and asked, "If you are called out of v
this world are you prepared to go," and
Clyde answered, "God told me to kill
that negro. I am satisfied."
Cross-examination of Mr. Rabb
failed to shake his testimony in the
slightest degree.
8e!f-Defense the Plea.
Erneet Isenhower next took the