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/ t tral all tas VOL XLIII. NO. 24 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRI DAY. MARC H 23. 190;. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR DID HE MURDER STEPHEN HOWELL? JOHN BAILEY ARRESTED BY SHERIFF BUFORD or NEW BERRY. Circumstantial Evidence-There Re mains for the Accused to be Iden tified By Philip Epstin and His Wife. Sheriff Buford in addition to his duties as sheriff of Newberry county, As been doing some detective work as the following account of his cap ture of John Bailey will show. The story is taken from the State of the 21st. John Bailey, colored, has been ar rested on a warrant charging him with having taken the life of Stephen Howell near this city on the 23rd of December, 1903. So shocking was that tragedy that its details are yet fresh in the memory of the people of the city and it seems that it was just a year ago instead of two years and a quarter. Stephen Howell, a white boy, about 16 years of age, was sent by Philip Epstin. a Jew, to gather holly, cedar and mistletoe for the Christmas trade. Stephen Howell went in a wagon and was accompanied by an unknown ne gro, nearly grown. . The negro came back late in the evening without the white lad and was not seen any more. Stephen Howell's body was found 14 days later by two hunters. It had not been known definitely up to that time that the boy had been murdered, al though his grief stricken mother had .a strong presentiment of evil. A re ward of $500 was offered for the ar -est of ethd unknown negro. Several suspeets have 'been arrested and re leased. Sheriff Coleman and Sheriff Buford of Newberry have worked the case ,p to gether. -Sheriff Buford, soon af -ter the-tagedy, was caled to Clinton, iwere -heasiven a clue. The man *er of the -murder was very much like -one whieh had occurred at Whitmire a short time before, and it was sus peeted that the same party was guilty of both. John Bailey had been going i,o Whitmire with stolen tobacco to dispose of to a young man named Lee, who was murdered one night. It is said that this negro, John Bailey, was seen in possession of a knife whieh had belonged to Lee, but there was not enough evidence to cause his ar rest. It was proved that he was in Columbia at the. time of the murder of Stephen Howell, and, that he was engaged in doing odd .iobs of the kind mentioned. On the 22nd of December, 1904, the warrant was sworn out for Bailey's arrest by Pliilip Epstin. This was placed in Sheriff Buford 's hands and he hassbeen trailing John Bailey for nearly a year and a half. In that time the ,suspect has been in New York and Philadelphia and several parts of South Carolina. He does not know for what he was arrested, and thinks he is being taken north to be tried for some offense of which his conscience is probably guilty. The man in arrest has described his travels to Sheriff Buford, arid the narrative fits into the accusations very well indeed. The negro answers the descriptions given of the unknown negro who accompanied Stephet Howell. In one point there is a slighi disrepancy, but that might be ae counted -for in the fact that the ne gro was but 18 years old 'at the time that Stephen Howell was killed and may have changed in that time. John Bailey is about 21 years o: age, and since 1902 has worked a Clinton for Mr. Rob Vance, has beer a train hand for the Seaboard Ai: Line; went to New York with Mr. R L. Davis of Clinton in the fall of 1902 and stayed there several months camne to Columbia in July, 1903, stay ed here three weeks and went to worn on the Seaboard as a train hand; qui that and was employed by Mr. \W H. Galloway of the Columbia Pape company as a wvagon driver, and fror there went to work for the Col1umbi Lumber company, where he was err ployed until three weeks befor Christmas. Stayed with his mothe in Crl-a ndl was engaged in d iug odd jobs during that time. When arrested he was a train hand on the 'olumbia, Newberry and Laurens roal and was takei fr(on the tr1lin bv Sheriff Buford. Sheriff Bufard declines to state whether or not he has any belief as to this man's guilt. He states that lhe will not let an innocent man suffer. The prisoner has been turned over to iSheriff Coleman and is awaiting iden tification. It is not known what sys tem will be adopted to test the accur aev of the witnesses who will be call ed in to say whether or not this is the negro who went with Stephen Howell. Governor Heyward now has before him a petition for the pardon of a negro in this county who was con victed upon "identification'" and Capt. J. M. Graham, then chief of police, states that the identification might not have been so easy had the accused been placed in a crowd so that the accuser might be required to make a selection rather than to affirm the selection of some others. Whether or not this' be the right man, there is strong circumstantial evidence, and Sheriff Buford evident ly has some strong reason for suspect ing his guilt. GEN. GUNTER'S ILLNESS. Was Thought Yesterday Afternoon That His Condition Had Im proved. A long distance 'phone message from Batesburg to The Herald and News yesterday afternoon stated that there was very little change in At torney General Gunter's physical con dition, but that he was conscious and the doctors thought his condition was slightly improved. His family, it was stated, were very much encour I aged,. and hoped the improvement w)uld continue. It was thought on Tuesday night that (eneral Glunter could not survite many hours more, but he rallied, and whiHe very little hope is given by his physicians his many warm friends throughout South Carolina hope for the best. Help for the Moneyless. Charleston has a philanthropic in stitution which is of peculiar interest and value. About two years,ago, ac crding to the News and Courier, a man by the name of Willis came to that city, and he was very much im pressed by the distress existing among estrays who had got out of the way of elpngthemselves and needed only a iteencouragement to make them useful members of the community. He asked no help of anyone in his work, but with his own limited mean's hung out his signs in different parts of the town reading something like this: "Free Shelter for Moneyless Stran gers.' The free shelter was established twenty months ago, and during that time it has received nearlg a thousand persons, and not only sheltered them, but fed 'them. shod them, shaved them and supplied them whenever neces sary with clothing. and obtained em ployment for nearly 50 per cent of those who have come to it for help. During the period, 4,566 lodgings, 8,661 meals, 1,697 baths and 1,059 pairs of shoes were furnished and oth er things in proportion. Mr. Willis has held to the theory that there are many good men who have been knock ed down and out and who need only a little help to put them upon their feet again. He has succeeded so well that now the good citizens of Char leston arec oming to his support and he may be enabled to broaden the sphere of his philanthropy-Macor Telegraph. Washington Stubbs, the principal character in "The Maid and th( Mummy' 'is pursued by Trixie Ever - green. an actress. Finally Stubbs, ir :desperation says: "I '11 have to marry that woman just to be in a position t< . t a legal separation from her.'' The troubles of this queer pair are onl: one of the bits that go to make "'The i Maid and1 the Mummy'' such a per - feet musical play. This merry me lange by Richard Carle and Rober r Hood Bowers wvill aipear at thec oper; THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Dr. Bowers To Address Missionary Society-Col. Holloway in Town -The Bees Are Buzzing. 1'r-*!peritv. MAlarel 22.-The Wo n's Honie and F'oreign Missionary S"eieiv of (Thrace clhutrch is observing tie week of prayer for missions and has service every evening at 4 o'clock. Rtev. A. .1. Bowers,. ). D.. will ad dress the society on Suday evening at 7:45. His subijeet. will be the Vol uiiteer Movement In Missions, and his impressions of the Nashville Con vention, which was recently held for the puirposel of encouraging this vol uteer movement. We had the pleasure of meeting and greeting our old friend. Col. J. B. O'Neall Holloway, who was on our streets shaking hands with his friends and making new ones. also taking sub scriptions for the Southern Farmer. We saw him capture a savage and scalp him much to his delight. This is a good farm paper and every far mer in Newberry and in the state of South Carolina ought to read it. Write the Col. for .a copy if you haven't seen it and see what a good paper he gets out. We note that the legisLature ap pointed a commission to build a new court house. Now really, Mr. Editor, do we need this? Is not the present court house ample for all our needs? And then. too. Mr. Editor. are the people not going to be given an -op portunity to vote on this and say if I the people want it? $40,000 is quite a good sum. Will we be taxed for this amount without the people hav I ing any say at all. So far as we are concerned we are like. the Sage of An 'nerson we are "agin it'' until w can see more reason for a new one than now appears. Say. friend Chips, what do you think of this taxing the people needlessly ? Speak up, old boy, don't be "skeered." i We chronicle this week the death of Mrs. Annie Long (nee Mills), wife of Geo. A. Long. She was laid to rest - on Monday. She was about 40 years old and leaves a husband and several children. Mrs. J. W. Hart man has so far re covered that she will return to her home on Friday. Messrs. Clarence Wise and Geo. Summer spent Sunday in town. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Norris, of Ca teeche. S. C.. have been visiting Mrs. J. L. Wise and Mrs. A. M. Lester the past week. Miss Gertrude Simpson spent Sun day with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cook have gone to. Georgetown for a week's stay. Miss Della Long is again with the S. S. Birge Co. and will be glad to welcome her friends. Misses Lizzie Hawkins and Lola Bedenbaugh are with Mrs. Calmes ain,am in the millinery department. Miss Fannie Moore is visiting Mrs. R. T. Pugh. is To Lathan is visiting Mrs. A.G ise. -Mrs. Geo. Summer and daughter Miss Eugenia, of Newberry, were vis ito.rs at Mrs. A. G. Wise 's this week. The municipal campaign does nioi seem to gather any strength as there has not been a full nominationi made We presume that by next Monda) there will be some interest; only 15 were registered up to the 21st. Mr. J. W. Hartman, of Atlanta ran over to see the home folks and t( learn how his mother was doing. Miss Rosa Long is visiting her un ele, Mr. B. B. Schumpert ani family, this week. Miss Jessie Moseley attended th< funeral of her friend, Miss Jamieson of Newberry. Miss S. M. Boulware has returnee home after a visit to Mr. D. M. Lang ford. Dr. 0. B. Mayer was in town Tues day. Col. George Johnstone was on ou streets on Wednesday. Messrs Ed Hendrix, of N. C., Evan Bowers, of Greenwood and Noel Pay - singer, of Ninety-Six spent Sunda - with their classmate, Geo. Harmon. t Mr. F. R?. Fellers spent Sunda i with the fol1ks at home. 1L. )oniniek is not improved. IE. L. Hendnx. who has been ik~ for sime t1ime is still coifined to S. F. Wheeler. inine host of the Co l111Mi 1a . is l in wII visitingu his )ro(thl 'uzz-z-z--- the bee. are buzzing, a11l from the way some folks are get tiig a-oinil they have beenl stung. We shall see. We re.-ret ti l-arn that our old friend. Chips. has iot been well for sone time and is confined to his house.. We certainly hope that Rich ard will soon be himself again and that lie will begin hewing again. let the chips fall where they may. Rev. H1. W. Whitaker made a short trip to tie up-country on Wednesday. Fruit inl our section we think has been killed by the exceedingly cold weather of the past 3 days. The little boy. Theodore -June, of tile Connie Maxwell orphanage. who came into outr town one day last week was taken care of by some of our people and sent to his home in Man ning much to the little fellow's de light. Your correspondent is glad to see that his suggestion in reference to one matter has met with a favorable respose. That of having the early train oi the C. N. & L be made to start from Greenville and be a regu lar passenger train.- With this change we do not need any nore trains, but what we do need is to have the ones we now have. to be on time sometimes at least. If there is any redress the public ought to have it now; for the way freight is handled. Just to think that it takes 5 and 6 days to get a shipment from Columbia and a week to get one from Grenville. Oh, 1: it something fierce. We note your advice to knockers. Now we want to apply your own ad vice. Take your own medicine. Look on the last page, first column and see that little item about eases of drunk, mayor's court, eider etc.. and ask if you were not knocking the anti-dis pensary folks. Take a good lone draught of your own medicine anJ then quit knocking. Well. while we have been talking about organizing a building and in vestment company here, our sistei town of Little Mountain has gone t( work and opened books of subscrip tion for one, and then, Newberry has organized -a chamber of commeret and Prosperity has done nothing Good p)eople lets change this thirn and get busy. and (10 it at once. Come on. Mr. Editor, and lets ge ont that Prosper-ity edition. We nee( it. Mr. 0. A. Maffet offers his hom< for sale. Good opportunity for home seekers to 'buy. Year's Cotton Yield 10,697, 013 Balei Washington, March 20.--A bulletii issuedl today by the census bureal shows the complete crop of cotton fo: 1905, including, linters and countinj round bales as half bales, to be 10. 697,013, compared with 18,607.31 for 1904 and 10.'015.721 for 1903. Th average gross weight of the bales thi season is shown to have been 503. pounds and the equivalent 500-poun4 bales to hav.e been 10,777.510. Th itemls entering~ the totals for the cr'oi of 1903 are 10,214,059 square bales 279,836 round bales, 112,539 sea is land bales and 230,497 linters. Thb number estimated by the ginners a remaining to be ginned and include< in the report is 40,112. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMEN' AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will, on the twelfth day o April, 1906, make a final settlemen on the estate of John J. Mayer, de ceased, and will immediately thereaf ter apply to the Judge of Probate fo letters dismissory as administrator o . said estate. All parties having clai~ against the said estate will preser same on or before that date and a parties due the said estate will maki prompt payment. John M. Suber, Administrator. y He who seeks temptation is either fol or othierwise--withi the i'' JOSH ASHLEY ON HONEA PATH AFFAIRS .ioshta W. Ashley. member of the le;-islature and well known through out the state, has in the Anderson Mail a statement as to the Honea Path affair in which his brother was killed. His statement will be read with interest: Editor Daily Mail: As there has been so much said and printed in the papers about the killing of John Mar ion Ashley that is absolutely false, that I feel that I must ask for space in your paper to correct some of the statements that have been made. I think I was about the first Ash ley that got to Honea Path after the killing, and I know that everything was as quiet as I ever saw, considering the circumstances. I am sure that I advised all the people that I talked with to let the law handle the case, and at no time did I think there would be any trouble, as every one seemed to be willing to let the law take its course. Jim Bob Ashley, the son of John Marion Ashley, said he was will ing for the law to take its course, but was not willing for Policemag White to get away, and said he wanted White arrested and sent to jail. I went to the magistrate and told him I was ready to swear out a war rant for White, and I wanted him ar rested and confined, and he asked me I who he would get to arrest him, and I told him if he would deputize me, I would arrest him and no man would get hurt. Now, Mr. Editor, when the boys carmei ii from the country knowing the feeling of the people of Honea Path toward them, of course they came armed or part of them did, but there never was a time when I ex pected any trouble unless the people of the town started it. Now, I don't propose to discuss the merits of the case' as I think the newspapers have already tried the case from one side and have settled the matter, I suppose, to the satisfac tion of the defendant, but the state proposes to try its case before a jury of twelve men, and if the newspapers will give as much space to the trial before the courts as they have given to it already, I think the people will have quite a diffdrent idea about the matter. 'Some of the newspapers have re ferred tg~ the Ashleys as "outlaws' and speak of them as being organized into clans, and called me the leadei of the clan, and say that John Manrio Ashley wvas my lieutenant. Every man inL South Carolina that knows any of the Ashleys. knows that I[can not, nori any other man, can conumand or lead the Ashleys, unless they lead th~e way they want to .gzo. and don '1 say it boastingly, but I say it boldly that no man can be found that has ever lived a neighbor to John Marior Ashley, or any other Ashley for that ifmatter, that will say that they are outlaws or desperadoes. There are other towns all over this country that the Ashleys go to, and they dlon 't have any trouble witi thern, and I think the reason is thai the police in other towns won 't shool jat people when they are driving ou' of to;wn. And almost every piece thai I see iln the newspapers, they bring in JIohin McGaha's name in connectior .with e.verything that happens aboul Honea Path, and they always sa: that, he was the one that drovt through the town shooting right ani left, when the truth of the matter is as the record of the trial will prove that John McGaha did not shoot a all, and had nothing to shoot with and why they persist in printing tha I don 't understand, unless they don' want to tell the truth. tVery respectfully, Joshua WV. Ashley. March 15, 1906. fTAX DELINQUENTS. sThis is to give notice that Mayo A. T. Brown, of the Town of Newber ry,-v has put into my hands for collec ction thle unpaid Town Taxes for th year 1903, and I ask all person who have not paid their taxe to come forward at once and do s< and thus save themselves the cost c Iexecution. a M. M. Buford, Sheriff. CHAMBER OF COMMERGE OF NEWBERRY, S. C. BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULA TIONS. Those Who Desire to Become Charter Members May Read and Call on the Secretary and Sign By the rirst of April. In this issue of The Herald and News we print the entire by-laws in cluding the preamble and rules for government of the Chamber of Com merce, which was organized on last Thursday night. The board of visi tors held a meeting on'Monday after noon, at which all the members were present except two. It was decided to leave the matter open until the first of April, so that all who decided to do so might come in as charter members. They can d; this by calling upon the secretary, Mr. R. D. Smith and sign ing the constitution and by-laws and paying the initiation fee of $10.00 and the annual dues of $1.00. Imme diately after the first of April, the board of visitors will hold a meeting and the various committees provided in the by-laws will be appointed. The interest and enthusiasm which was manifested in the meeting on last Thursday night should not be per mitted to lag, and it would be very Luch to the success of the organiza tion to have as many of those present at the preliminary meeting and of other business men who were not pres ent to enter the organization as ehar ter members. As soon as the charter members have beeni secured and the committees appointed, arnemerts will be made to secure suitable rooms for the use of the Chamber of Com merce, and to proceed.at once to have them furnished. PREAMBLE. Whereas, Organization and unity of action are indispensable to the full protection and development of the commercial and manufacturing inter ests of Newberry, to the collection and preservation of statistical infor mation connected with these pursuits, to establish urdiformnity in the comn mercial usages of the city to pro mote the general progress and pros perity of the community, to insure unity of action in all matters where the interest of these different pur suits niay be affected; Therefore be it resolved: That we, the undersigned, do form ourselves into an organization and do ordain and establish the following by-laws for the government of the same. BY-LAWS. ARTICLE I. caled The Name. Secion1.This organization shall be caled TheChamber of Commerce of Newberry, S. C.'' , ARTICLE II. Who Shall Constitute Members. Section 1. Every professional and business man who is a resident of Newberry, or whose post office ad dress is Newberry, shall be eligible to regular membership by paying the required admission fee and filing ap Iplication on the required blanks prop erly filled out and recommended, pro vided applicant is not under twenty one years of age. Section 2. Every person desiring to become a member of this organization bshall so signify by a written applica tion and be recommended by at least btwo members of the organization and Ssuch application shall invariably be accompanied by the admission fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00), or payment of same guaranteed by a responsible per son. Section 3. The application shall be made in writing to the Board of Gov .ernors at a regular or called meeting, -,and a ballot shall be taken immediate ly by the Board. eShould two (2) black balls be cast s in the ballot the candidate shall not s be elected. If less than two black balls be cast fthe candidate shall be declared ele eted and the- Secretary shall enroll his name in the Chamber of Commerce