Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MARION PARR HANGED. 3rxst White Man To Be Legally Ex ecuted In South Carolina Since i894.-His Crime. '.t ii o'clock on Friday Marion Parr was hanged in Columbia for the -mtu-der of Clarence Shealy. Parr, says the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, is the first -white man to be legally executed in South Carolina since 1894. He was a cotton mill operator. While in a - drunken frenzy he slipped behind his -victim and killed him with a hoe. He showed courage on the scaffold and Jcd with a smile on his lips. Under the influence of his two spiritual advisers, the Revs. I'Anson, Baptist, and Snyder, Methodist, who lave been praying with him constant ly. he was keyed up with religious fervor, which sustained him to the ast, that peculiar light often coming -into his eyes as he prayed and sang on the stand that indicated that he bad made peace with his God. The drop fell at ii.ii A. M., and be was pronounced dead in four and a half minutes, his neck having been broken by the fall. The coarseness of his features was even more pro mounced in death than in life, his thick 3ips and straight mouth corroborat ing the evidence carried in his thick, short fingered hands, bearing marks of cigarette smoking. The body was turned over to relatives who ad a funeral from the mother's cot -ton .tnil cottage home on Saturday, -with interment in the cotton mill vil 3age Saptist cemetery. He confessed his crime on the stand, saying that whiskey brought him -to grief. Parr was taken out of his cell at io 6'clock, and after he had shaken bands with all the prisoners through the bars of their cells he was taken ,off into a separate apartment, where :an hour was spent in prayer with his two spiritual advisers. On his left lapel he wore a boutonniere o- red -roses and on each lapel were pinned decarat.ins of small pink ribbons. 'The sheriff and his deputy walked on ,either side of him as he proceeded downstairs to the gallows in the jail yard, but he needed no support, as -there was never the slightest eiidence of a breakdown. He carried wvith &im a box of greenhouse flowers which he hugged to his bosom up to 'the time he got on the trap. OnLy about fifty persons hd passed iinto the yard, but fully one thousand peeple, including many apparently 'well-to-do white men, but made up iunstly of negro men and women, swarmed around the jailyard, peepin ~throuigh cracks and seeking vantage points from the tops of houses; how -ever., though this crowd saw the ::en demed man walk through the yard ..to the gallows they did not see the :actual .hanging, as the gallows' was enetosd with canvas. Parr mounted the scaffold without :a tremor, with the sheriff, his deputy and the two preachers. He leaned <cver and whispered to Mr. I'Anson, whko -requested the audience of some ifty people at the foot of the gallows to loin Parr in singing "Jesus, Lover of M~'y Soul," the murderer singing -with visibk, religion joy as he look ~ed steadily into the upturned faces of ~those below. Then there was a -prayer by the Rev. I'Anson, followed by the benedictk>n by the Rev. Sny der. Parr. in a steady voice, then told ids hearers that drink was the cause -of all his troubles. In a ramling sort of way he said that years ago he could -go about and preach the gospel as wM as any one, but that drink had 'brought 'himn to crime, and he hoped his 'hearers would let it stay in the bottle -and that they would use their influence for prohibition. Then he said a final prayer, asking for forgive ites and praying for prohibition for alre whole world. As the black cap was slipped over his head from the back, the Rev. Mr. IPAnson called up to him, "Good-bye. Marion: trust in Jesus. Peace be with yea." Parr's face lit up with a dreamy. far-away smile as his eyes ran for the iat tie over the crowd below him. The.n the noose was adjusted careful Iy, about two minutes being requir ed-for this. There was not the slight es wince then as his hands were -sioned behind him. As he stood for z-..a.....a~eat with the noone about the black cap he swayed slightly tc and fro. Then the trap was sprung He shot to his rope's end with a Jerk but beyond a few slight convulsions a barely perceptible drawing up oi the legs, there was no struggle. The body was promptly turned over to ar undertaker, whose grim black vehicle he passed as he went through th< yard to his death. ANOTHER HANGING. Ned Mack To Be Executed at Man ning on April 28-Commission Judges Him Sane. Ned Mack, says the Columbia cor respondent of the News and Courier. will be hanged on April 28. Governor Heyward, after receiving a report from a committee appointed to cx amine into his sanity, has notified the solicitor and sheriff of Manning ol his decision. Ned Mack was convict ed of murder in Clarendon couni some time ago and seftenced to be hanged in March. Afterwards a pe tition was presented to the governoT asking for his commutation. Gover nor Heyward. following his usual custom. referred the matter to S!-) licitor Wilson. and Judge Klugh, al though he stated in his letters thal the showing made did not impresc him. Solicitor Wilson recommended a commi:tee to examine into the men tal condition of the negro and accord ingly Governor, Heyard respited the sentence until April 28. Dr. J. W. Babcock filed a report tc the governor which does awav with all hope for the negro, and if nothing intervenes he will be hanged on April 28. The report is to the effect that from personal examination of Ned Mack the committee see no rea son to believe that he is of unsound mind at this time, but that, on the contrary, they are convinced that he is of average intelligence for one ol his race. From the examination of persons who have known him for fif teen years the committee are of the opinion that there is no ground for considering his mind unsound during that period and up to the commissiol of the homicide. The report is sign ed by J. W. Babcock, J. A. Mood S. C. Barber, W. M. Brockinton and Charles B. Geiger. REDUCED RATES. Account of the South Atlantic States Music Festival at Spartanburg S. C., May 3rd-5th, 1905, the Southenl ra.-:a -sanouncLs the very ilow rat< of one first class fare pius 25 c-'ts or the round trip (minima;m rate 5C cents.) Rates to apply from all stations Atlanta, Athens. and Elberton tc Gre:nsboro, N. C., inclusi'. *in'i f tr Charleston and Savann -o to .Mse -.-ile. N. C., inclusive. 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Come to .29. 6.49. r $5.00. . worth $1.25. r $1.99 worth $2.50. ost for 15 days. ts-& Co., Newberry, S. C. SUMMER most complete line of urnishing Goods ever We received another Jay, cheaper than ever. . direct from Japan. n the State. Come to of a Buck Stove. 00. s old stand. k SUMMER, Bwberry, S. C. I0 eed of wearing your en you can get a bot 's Horehound, Mul-f I Remedy will give immediate re eza, Bronchitis and Diseasses of C CC.. . o. i~ar0te .... All nga , dTuacco te of South Carolinia. C. Cc u2fidental correi: pondence~ solicited. and the Remedy Lome owners is in underestimating equipment for the kitchen. considered good form to encase dilng the trap, rn->'ing it inac he collection of filth and vermin. ~ousehold, examine into it apd Do not lose sight of the fact that your food is prepared in -. the kitchen and the utensils in which it ~ s prepared depend on the sanitary ar rangements for cleanliness, there foresaafeguardagainst coMtaminlation of either food or - utensils. The most certain install a snowy white, spotlessly nameled Kitchen~ Sink. You will ewerry. CAb3