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ANDERSON'S STATEMENT. Anderson And N. G. Evans Both Is sue Statements Concerning Hen derson Affair-Rhoden Charged Wijth Incompetency. The State. To the Editor of The Statc: Last Saturday I read an article in your columns, said to be a verba tim statement by Sheriff Rhoden of Saluda county. His statement is not alto~gether correct. I was at Saluda on the 3rd and 4th of November for the purpose of examining witnesses and taking affidavits in the case of the state vs. W. L. Henderson. On the morning of the 4th. Maj. Ander son came to. Mr. Davis', where I had spent the nihgt with W. L. Henderson in charge under arreet. Henderson's wounds in his chest were open C_id disehargiiig, the wounds in his hand 4nd left arm were sickening to look at. I advised Maj. Anderson that in my opinion it would be brutal and inhuman to carry him any fur ther. I told Maj. Anderson that I had been informed that the judge and solicitor had advised Sheriff Rhoden to arrest Henderson and put a con stable in charge until he was able to be brought to jail and that we would go to Saluda and get this done. W7e went to Saluda and I got Mr. J. C. Ramage, the attorney for the sheriff, to go with me to the sher iff's office; we could no find 1:im. Mr. Ramage went to the jail and brought Mr. Rhoden's son who was deputy sheriff and jailer, we- told him our business, Mr. Ramage looked up the law to see if the deputy could sign the receipt for Henderson. He was satisfied he could and the deputy sign ed and affixed the sheriff's seal to the receipt. I asked the deputy to see if he could not find his father, that I thought it would better to have the sheriff sign the receipt and appoint some one to take Henderson in charge. He went and found (carrying the paper with him) his father and the.' went into Mr. Ramage's office. I was standing in front of the Bank of Saluda and walked over to Mr. Ram age's office. When I walked in Mr. Ramage said the sheriff objected to the persan I had suggested to take Henderson in charge. The sheriff said he would appoint his regular constable, Mr. Arthur Crouch. There could have been no ob jection, so Mr. Ramage inserted the name and Sheriff Rhoden 'signed the appointment. The receipts was signed before I got to Mr. Ramage's office. ,Every word I uttered to the sheriff was in Mr. Ramage's office and in Mr. Ramage's presence, who is the attorney for the sheriff. I left Mr. Ramage's office immediately and after walking a short distance re membered I had an affidavit I want ed the sheriff to sign. I called Mr. Ramage and he met me on the walk in front of his office: I gave him the affidavit and went to have some others signed. i in a hurry as it was a very raw, wet day, and I was anxious to start for! home. When I was passing M!r. Ramage's office in my buggy he gave me the affidavit. I did niot speak a word to nor was I in Rhoden's pres ence except in Mr. Ramage's office and in Mr. Ramage's presence. As to the reward, nothing was said in my presence and I know nothing ex cept what has been published in your valuable paper. N. G. Evans. Edgefield, November 22. Maj. Anderson's Statement. To the Edtor of The State: I have just read in your columns a statement by Sheriff Rhoden in reference t-o the Henderson case. Please allow me through your pa per to give my statement. I saw~ a notice of the reward and heard Henderson was in Greenwood coun ty. I found out where he was and rode in the night to where he was and arrested him. He was no trou ble at all and next morning I drove to J. B. Davis' about five or six miles from Saluda. It was a miserable, wet and cold day. lHen derson suffered terribly on the trip and told me he only went to Green wood county to his relatives think ing he co-uld have more attention, as a doctor was very near and that he had no idea of leaving and was vey much surprised when I told him there was a reward offered for him. When we arrived at Davis' he was suffering very much as we had taken I a l rn g diIv, a pd pII the advice of friends I decided not t, take him any further. When lr. Evans saw him his wounds were discharging and he wvas helpless. We had to feed him. I got Mr. Evans to find out if I could 1 not leave him at Davis', in charge of t a constable. The sheriff agreed to e this and Deputy Crouch was appoint- i ed to take charge and I. knowing Henderson could not and would not try to escape, left for hom.: (at Edge Deld). t So* far as the statement that the reward was obtained by fraud it is false. I knev nothing about the re ward -xcept what was published in The St,tr and I acted on my own re sponsibility. The only trouble in this affair is that Saluda county is suffering from having a sheriff abso lute!v incompetent to attend to the duties of his office. R. S. Anderson. Edgefield. November 22. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Mor or Less Interest Con densed Throughout the State. Carl Lucas. the ten-year-old sn of Alfred Lucas, who lives two miles from Gaston. in Lexington county. is dead as the alleged result of being attacked by two young sons of Geo. W. Sightler. All parties in the un fortunate< affair are white. The trouble occurred at the postoffice at Gaston. on last Monday. when, it is said, young Lucas was badly beaten by the Sightler boys. W. L. Henderson, charged with having waylaid and killed M. M. I Morse in Saluda county on the ioth of October, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $3.500. S. D. Gilliam, I who is charged with the killing of the negro Will Culbreath, was admitted to bail in the sum of $i.ooo. and his three companions were admitted to bail in the sum of S5oo each. The case was heard before Chief Justice Pope, at chambers, on Saturday. A freight wreck occurred at Pacolet station, on the Spartanburg, Union & Coluinbia road, on Friday. as the re stilt of which five box cars were smashed up and a big locomotive badly damaged. The train is said to have become unmanageable while] going down a heavy grade. . Cleveland Ellis, of Greers, a young white boy, aged fourteen years, while, carrying a ride on Friday, in somle] way accidently discharged the wea-t non, killing his companion. Harrison Gaston, a young white boy of about twelve years. The wound was in- I dicted in the forehead. The Spartanburg Gun club is tak- r ing action relative to the infringe ment of the game law, by local deal- ( ers who are offering for sale par- ( tridges which they buy from pot hunters. Several merchants and y persons who run small eating houses s have already been indicted.i At a negro party near Reedy River village, in Greenville county, on Fri- v day night. A\lbert B3armore shot and ( fatally wounded Gus Watts. lie also shot off a p)ortion of the left arm of b a ,egro named Blakely. Tim Spartanburg docket shows several murder cases to be brought up at this session of the court. The most important is that of J. L. E. Jones, charged with the murder of J. M. P. Young. b At a meeti:g of the Converse Col-t lege Choral society, held on FridayI afternoon, Dr. R. H. Peters suibmitted, his resignation as its director. Marion is now sure to have a Car negie library building. The amountt of seven thousand, five hundred dol lars is given on the condition that the e town itself raise $750 annually, to ' support the undertaking. The model for the Wade H amp tn statue in Columbia has been fin ish ed and has be en exhibited in the c state capitol. It is rep')rtedl to be a wor o art and satisftactory in everyv respect. C 11 The Marquis de Dion has designed a new sub)marine of 100 tons dis placement, to carry a crew of five,.i and driven by a motor of 200 horse- t< power. A modlel of the invention Ii has been presented to the French ti GENERAL NEWS NOTES. :ems of More or Less Interest Con densed Throughtout the World. rg Gilni,re Sniith. former 'ater ,f the irSt regiment hand. f incinr.ati. died dd11(1(enl% ol la:st 'nirsday night. in a sniall Kentucky >\\l. where the band was givig a oncert. He was onle tf the best n(wn musicians in America. President Roosevelt. with family nd large party. went to St. Louis n Saturday. to take in the exposi ion. The special train arrived arly on Saturday morning, and the a was spent on the fair grounds. The Nan Patterson trial in New ork was brought to an abrupt stop >n Saturday morning by the sudden lness of one of the Jurors. It is tated that the young a"t,,-. who is harged with the murder of the book naker "Caesar" Young. will herself qppear on the witness stand, to tell ier own story if it be necessary. The rial is creating more public com nent than any affair of the kind vhich has happened in many years. On Saturday the Russian Baltic leet stopped at Bitter Lakes to spend he night. being fearful that they vou%ld be met in the darkness by a apanese torpedo boat attack. It is again stated in the Associaten Press reports that the Japanese and Zussian forces in the far east have re ayed for the winter. Six weeks have 1ow elapsed without any fighting orn large scale. and this fact confirms he belief that the- winter quiet has et in. West Point defeated the Annapolis ootball team, on Saturday. in Phil delphia, by a score of ii to o. Vice resident-elect Fairbanks, Prince -tushimi, and other notables witness d the game. which is reported to ave been one of the best in the his ory of university football. The pfay of ['ipton. the center for the Army. has iever been excelled on any field. The Davis and Seaconnet Cotton nills, at Fall River. Mass., were in )peration Saturday with practically full force of operatives. There is a serious congestion of reight in the vards of the Duquesne nd Homestead plants. due to lack of notivt- power. Frank Brady. against whom sever charges were pending. was shot nd killed on Friday night by officers mt Rock Creek, near Bonita. Mont. The Big Bend national bank of )aMenport. WVashington, was closed ast week by direction of the comp roller of the currency. The National Grange decided in ortlandl. Ore., on Saturday to hold he next annual session in the state f New Jersey. Mayor McClellan of New York as vetoed the ordinance that wvould ave prevented the six-day bicycle aces. Otis Loveland was electrocuted in olmbuts. 0.. on F-riday for the mu r erge Geyer. a farmer near Alton. U.r the overturning of a patrol 'agon in New York on Saturday everal p)olicemen were seriously in aired. The Union Pacifc railro ad is re ortedl to have bought the Chicago rcat WVestern. Frank Duncan. a notorious saie lower, wvas hanged in Birmingham. a.. last week for nmurdler. Eight of the European thrones 'ill pass from father to son if all oes well. The Sultan will probably e succeeded by his brother and the ing of Spain by his sister, while 1ere is no direct heir to Queen~ Vilhelmina. Miss Lizzie Goode, who has been >O ill to appear in the cast this week ith the DeWitt Company of Play rs. is regaining her str-.ngth and -ill reappear with the company in Held by the Enemy." Luther Conant. Jr., for years finan al editor of the New York Journal Commerce. has been appointed a ecial examiner in the Bureau of orporations Department of Comn 1erce andl Labor. Seymour Hlicks has solid the Amer an rights of "The Earl and. the Girl" > the Shubert Bros.. ar.d the Eng sh success wvill have its 'irst produc on in America early in the spring Making Friends Every Day. 'ILLS can truthfully be said of Jell-o POWDER ,,he new product for making- the mos t delicions iC cream you ever atL; ev-rythin! in the packagc Nothing tastes so good iu h-ot weather. All grocer are pla6in2: it in stock. If your grocer can7t supply yoi send2~5c. for two packw-,es by 'ail. Four kind&:VaE illa, Chocolate, Strawberry and Unflavored. Addresi The Genesee Pure Food Co., Box 295, Le Roy, N.1 Xiss Bessie L. Simmons, Music Studio (Over Pelham's Drug Store.) Piano and Voice. Term beginning Monday, Sept. 5, 190 $3.00 Per. Eight Lessons. Don't Make i MISTAK and Buy Your until you see our linE If you do you will regre it. Call and see ou stock, and if you ar not pleased you wi have time to go elsE where. 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