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61 - f ' ' r x - - ' - - - - - -N'" - - - -- - - -j -4omj ~ .Y1.50 A YEAR DID. HE E199R1 STEIIR HOWiLL JOHN, BAIL1V' ARRESTED -1 SHERIFF BUFOb o r NEw BERRY. vircumstantlal Evidence-rThere Re mains for the,Acctlsed to be Iden tifted By Philip Bstin and His Wife. Sheriff Buford. in addition to hi duties as sheriff of Newberry county has been doing some detective worl as the following account of his. cap ture of John Bailey lvill show. Th4 story is taken from the State of thi 21st. John Bailey, colored, has been ar rested on a warrant charging hin with having taken the life of Stepher - 1owell near -this city on the 23rd ol Decedmber, 1903. So shocking wai that tragedy that its details are yel fresh i'nl the memory of the people 01 the city and it seems that it wai just a year ago instead of two yeari and a quarter. Stephen Howell, a white boy, aboul .16 years of age, was sent'by Philiy Epstin, a Jew, to gather holly, cedai and mistletoe for the Christmas trade Stephen Hovell went in a Wagon and was accompanied by an unknown no gro, nearly grown. , The negro cam( back late in the evening without the white lad anli was not seen any more Stephen Howell's body was found 14 days-later by two hunters. It had nol been known definitely, up to that time that the boy had been murdered, at though his grief stricken mother had .a strong presentiment of evil. A re ward of $500 was offered for the ar et -he .ttnknown egro. Several -suspects 4ave been arrested and re leased. Sheriff Coleman and Sheriff Buford of Newberry have worked the eas up-together, 'Bheriff Buford, soon af t.tbe-tragedyiwas .nhed to Clnton whene-heWas given a' elue. The man ner of the-murder was very much lik one:which had occurred at Whitmirc a .short time before, and it was sus peeteq4that the sYnie party was guilty of both. John Bailey had been going to Whitmire with stolen tobacco tc dispose of to a young na'n named Lee, who was murdered one night. It iE said that this negro, John Bailey, was seen in possession of a knife whiel1 had belonged to Lee, but there was not enough evidence to cause his ar rest. It was proved that lie was in Columbia at the,time of the murdei of Stephen Howell, and.that he was engaged in doing odd joble of thie kind mentioned. On the 22nd of -Deceinber, 1904, the warrant was sworn out for Bailey'E arrest by Pilip Epstin. This wai placed in Sheriff Buford's hands anl lie has,been trailing John Bailey foi nearly a year and a half. In thal time the ,suspeet has been in Neii York and Pliiladdlphia and several parts of South Caroliia. He does niI ;know for whiat lie'w~as a,rrested, nu thinics lie is being .taken nprth to bt tried for some offense of wvhich hii conscience is pro,bdbly guilty. TIhe marn in. arrest has- described hlh ,travels to Sheriff Buf6rd, atid the narrative fits sinto thi -acetisationi very well indeed, The negro answeri the descriptio'ne given of t.heodnknowtl negro who accompanied Stepheri SHowvell. In one poinit there is a slighi 4discrepancy, but that niight be ae counted 'for' in the fact Lbat the ne gowsbut 18 years .old'at the time n ay have. changed in that time. John Bailey is about 21 year's ol age, and sincee 1002 lhas worked al Clinton for'Mr. Rob Vatee: has. beer atrain hand for the Sedboata d Au Anie; went to New 79i-k withMr R *L. Davis of Clinton in the fafi of 1002 Sand stayed there several ruionthei . aine to Columbia in July, 19OS, sta$r 'od jielrthree week~ niid fat to wor) ~vl Seaboard as aifrMt hand; qptl ata\d )vas .emplogefb'y Mr. W alloway of- thoel lba Papel ae a wvagOni tv, fron et to work fetnoai) $hwbet ie11 n 0 TAE NEWS OF PROSPERX"T 3 s Dr. Bowers To Address Missio Society-Col. Holloway in Towh, -The Bees Are Buuzing. P'rosperity, Mltarch 22.-The .W t i' Ps Home and Foreigin Missioti -) o,fiety of Grace church is observit te week ofl prayer for missionsah - has service every evening at 4 o'6100 -Rev. A. J. Bowers, ). D., .will 4 dress the society on Suiday evoilb at 7:45. His subject will be the Ve ut11eer Moveient iil Missiols,. a6 Ihis iipressions of the Nashville Cot veiition, whili was recently held fI the putrpos ol' eincouraging tli14 Ve unteer movement. We, had the pleasure of Imeetii and greeting our old friend, Col. B. O'Neall Holloway, who was on. o streets shaking hands with his frieni and making new ones, also taking sul seriptions for tHie Southern Farme We sav hin capture a savage al scall) him nmuch to his delight. Th is a good farim paper and every fa mer- in Newberry and in the state < South- Carolina ought to read it.. Write the Col. for sa copy if ye laven't seen it and see what a goe paper lie gets out. We note that - the legisLature al pointed a commission to build a i1e court house. Now really, Mr. ledito do we need this? Is not the preser court house ample for all our n'eeds And then, too, 1Mr. Editor, are ti people not going to be given an .) portunity to vote on this and say . the people want it? $40,000 is quit a good sum. Will we be taxed fu this amount without the people ha ing aiy say at all. So far as we a concerned we are like.the Sage of Ar 'nerson we at:e "agin it'' until vi can see more reason for- a new- Or than now appears. Say, friend Chip what do you think of this taxing ti people needlessly? Speak up, old bo; don't be "skeered." We chronicle this week the deat of Mrs. Annie Long (iee Mills), wi of Geo. A. Long. She was laid to rei on Monday. She was about 40 yeai old and leaves a husband and. severr elhildren. Mrs. J. W. Hartman has so far r< covered that she will returi to hi llom on Friday. .Messrs. Clarence Wise and Oe Summer spent.Sunday ii town. . Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Norris, of Ci teeche, S. C., have been visiting Mr J. I,. Wise and Mrs. A. M. Lester t1i past week. Miss Gertrude Simpson spent, Sul Jay with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.-J. M. Cook have gor to. Georgetown for a week's stay. Miss Della Long is again with ti S. S. Birge Co. .and will be glad I welcome her .friends. Misses Lizzie. Hfawkinp. and . Lol Bedenbaugh are with Mrs. Calm again, in the nillinery department. Miss Pannie Moore is visiting Mr' RI. T. Pugh.. Miss Toy 1,athan is visiting Mr G~ . Wise. Mrs. Geo. Summer. and dlaughite Miss Eugeunia, of Neivberry, were vi it'ors at Mrs. A. 0. Wise's this week The monicipal campaign does ns seem to gather any strength as thei has not beeni a full nomination mad IWe presume that by -next Mends there wvill be some interest; only I were registered up to the 21st. Mr. J. WV. Hartman, of Atlant, ran ever to see the hione folks and I learn ho0w his mother was doing. Miss Rosa L~ong is .visiting her ut ole, Mr. B. B3. Sc.humyert aii family, this week. Miss Jessie Moseley attended. -ti funeral of her' friend, Missr Jamieset of Newberry. Miss S. .M.. . Boulware -has returne home after a visit to Mr. D). M. Lanj ford. D 1r. 0. B. Mayer was i:1 town Tue day. Col. Oeorge Johnstone was or i o streets oni Wedneedr,y. .. Messrs Ed Uendrii, of N. C., Eva, Hower's, of Green'toodf and N4oel Pa, singer, of Ninety..it spont Sunrdg -with thieir eIs01)R te, Geo. Irarmon. Mr. Fe R. . e'llers spent Sundi wfh the folks at beoine, gt t' announe that 1N iing odd job's during that time. Whei arrebted he was -A,train hand on th< Vohuibia, Newberry and Lauren riad and was taken from the train b, Sheriff ]Buford. Sheriff Buford declines to -stati whether or not he has anay belief a to this man 3 guilt. He states tha he will not let an innoceft man suffer The prisoner has been turned over t< Sheriff ColMan, and is awaiting iden tifleation. It is not known what sys toni 'will be adopted to:test the accur acy of the witnesses Who will be call ed in to say whether or,inot this i the negro who --went with: Stepher Howell. Governor Heyward now hat before him a petition for the pardor of a negro in this county who was con. victed upon ''identifleatioi'' ali Capt. J. M. Graham, then chief ol police, states that the identifleatioir might not have,been so easy had th( accused been placed in a crowd sc that the accuser might be required tc make a selection rather than to affiri the selection of some others. Whether or not this' be the righl man, there is strong circumstantia evidence, and Sheriff Bufod evident ly has some strong reason for suspect ing his guilt. GEN. GUNTER'S ILLNESS. Was Thought Yesterday Afternoom That His Condition Had Im proved. A long distance 'phone lmessage 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 lie was conscious and the doctors thought his conditioi n'as slightly improved. His family it was stated, were very much encour aged,..and hoped the improvement would continue. It was thought on Tuesday night that General Ounter could not survik inny .hours more, but he rallied, and while 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 stilfntion which is of peculiar interest and value. About two years,ago, ac cording to the News and Courier, a man by the nme of Willis came to that city, and he was very much iim pressed by the distress existing among estrays who had got out of the way of helping themselves and needed only a little encouragement 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 nearly~ a thousand1 persons, and not only sheltered them, but fed 'them, shiod them, shaved thenm and supplied themn whenever neces sary with clothing, and obtained em ployment for nearly 50 per cent of those wvho have come to it for help. Diuring the period, 4,566 lodgings, 8,661 meals, 1,697 baths and 1,05t pairs of shoes were furnished and oth or things in proportion. ar~ Willii has held to the theory that there are many good men who have been knoek. 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 aree~ oining to his support. and he inay' be enabled to broaden the sphere of his philanthropy--Macori Toieeraph. Washington Stubbs, the principal character In ''The Maid and the Mummiy'i aurAn'ed by Tirixie Ever green,. anm aetre Finally Stubbs,.ir desperation Aays: ''I'll have to marry that *oman just to be in a positil t( get a legal separation from her"' The trotubles of this, queer pair are 6nly ono of .the bits that g6%v inak6 'Th4 ld5id 'nd th Mtunim'j'Pnsuh a p'er e~t tangical play. !tIs merry .me 'R#ichard Ceile atWdItoberi 9Q 6Wora ll appeeliat thme byen SI L.Dominiok 1l not improved. Mr. . L. Hendrix, who has b( 7 sick I'mr someo time is still Confined his roomi. S. P. Wheeler, mine host. of the 4 lumi1ibia, is in town visiting his bro r, I)r. .1. S. Wheeler. Iluzz-z-z-- the bees are , buzzii and firomn the way some folks are g tinr around they have been sti We shall see. ve regret to learn that our 4 -friend Chips, has not been well I fohie time anJ is confined to I house.. We tiertainly hope that Ri ard will soon 1)0 himself again a that lie will begin hewing again, f. the chips fall where they may. . ev. 11. W. Whitaker made a shi g trip to the up-country on Weduesdi T. Fruit in our sect.ion we think I r lAeen killed by the exceedingly c a weather of the past 3 days. The little boy, Theodore .1tine, . the Connie Mtxwell orphanage, W d cAeo into,uor town one day I'ast we iS was taken care of by some of c !- people and sent to his home in Mv f ning much to t.he little fellow's < light. I oir correspondent is glad to d that his suggestion in reference one matter has met with a favoral . respose. That of having the ea trahi oil the C. N. & L, be made , start froi Greenville and be a reg it lar passeniger train. With this chan i ive do iot need any more trains, b e what we do need is to have tile On - we now have.to be on timelsometin f at least. If there is any redress t o publie ought. to have it now; for t r way freight is handled. Just . think that it takes 5 and 6 days e get a shipment, from Columbia and . week to get one from Grenville. ( *' a it'i something fierce. 0 We note your advice to knocke R, Now we want to apply your own I e vice, Take your own medicine. Lo , on the last page, first, column and . that little item about cases of druil h mayor's court, * cider etc., and a e if you were not knocking the anti-d ;t pensary folks. Take a good lo s draught of your own medicine a i then quit knocking. Well, while we have been talki about organizing a building and i r vestment company here, our sisl town of Little Mountain has gone work and opened books of subscri tion for one, and then, Newberry I - organized -a chamber of commei 3. and Prosperity has done nothit e Good people lets chalnge this tli and get busy, and do it at once. . Come on. Mr. Editor, and lets ; 4it tJat Prosperity edition. We no 0 Mr. U. A. Mallet offers his hoj e for sale. Good opportunity for hion o seekers to 'buy. a Year's Ootton Yield 10t697, 013 Ba] s Washington, Mai.h 20.-A bulle issued today by the census bure 4. shiowsi the complete crop of cotton .I 1905, including, linters and counti . round bales as half bales, to be 1 (697,013, compared with 18,607,3 for 1004 and 10,015,721 for 1903. T1 aver~age gross weight of the bales ti season is showii to have been 50 t pounds anid the equivalent 500-pou hales to have beeni 10,777.510. 'T items ent4ing~ the totals for' the er of 1005 are 10,214,059 square bat, 2' 70,830 round bales, 112,539 sea 2land bales and 230,497 linters. TF number estimated bhy tihe ginners Sremainizig to be ginned and includ 0in the roport is 40,112. L- NOTCE 0,F FINAL SBTTLBME! * AND DISORARGB. Notice is hereby given that the u 6 -dersfined wilt, on the twelfth day SApil, 1006, makce a final settleme on the estate of John J. Mayer, i aceased, and will immediately therea .ter aply to the Judge of Probate f lottoesdismissory as administrator ~. said estate. All parties having elali against the said estate will prese r same ,on or before that date and parties due the said estate will ma a~ prompt payfient. John M. Suber, y Administrator y itewli seeks'temptation is eithe fool or otherwise--with the odds1 r. favo ot the 'otherwise. JOSH ASHLEY ON en HONEA PATH AFFAIRS to Joshua, W. Ashley, member of the legislature and well known through. ,o- out the state, has in the Anderson th- Mail a statement as to the Honea Path affair in which his brother was ig, killed. His statement will be read ot- with interest: Ig. R'ditor Daily Mail: As there has been so much said and printed in the )ld papers about the killing of John Mar 'or ion Ashley that is absolutely false, is that I feel that I must ask for space ih- iii your paper to correct some of the id statements that have been made. let I think I was about the first Ash ley that got to Honea Path after the >t killing, and I know that everything ry was as quiet as I ever saw, considering Las the circumstances. I am sure that I ld advised all the people -that I talked with to let the law handle the case, of and at no time did I think there would ho be any trouble, as every one seemed ek to be willing to let the law take its uI course. Jim Bob Ashley, the soi of n1- John Marion Ashley, said lie was will le- ing for the law to take its course, but was not willing for Policemapl White ee to get away, and said he wanted to White arrested and sent to jail. >1e I went to the magistrate and told ly him I was ready to swear out a war to I-ant for White, aind I wanted him ar u- 'rested and conilned, and lie asked i ge who he wo!ild get to arrest him, and ut [ told him i lie would deputize mile, 1 es would .l-rest, hilm] aid no mal would es get hurt. he lie Now, Mr. Hditor, when the boys to caei n from the country knowing the ieeling of the people of Hona a Path toward them, of course they 1 elame armned or part of them did, but ' there never was a time when I ex pected any trouble unless the people rs. of thie town started it. d Now, I don't propose to discuss the Dk 1a0rits of the case, as I think the cc ik newspapers have already tried the scase from one side and have settled sk the matter, I suppose, to the satisfac tion of the defendant, but the state proposes to try its ease before a jury of twelve men, and if the newspapers will give as much space to the trial ng before the courts as they have given n to it already, I think tihe people will e have quite a diff6rent. idea about the to niatter. P~- Some of the newspapers have re as ferred tg the Ashloys as ''outlaws' Cg and speak of them as bein- organized i.nto helans, and called me the leader ng of the clan, and say that John Marion Ashley was my lieulteniant. E,very et man in South Carolina t.hat knows ed any of tho Ashleys, knows that I can iot, ior any other man, can comnand ne or lead the Ashleys, unless they lead Ie. the way they want to -go, and don't say it boastingly, but I say it boldly, that no man can be found that has ever lived a neighbor to John Marion l Ashley, or any other Ashley for that l matter, that will say thit. they are an outlaws or dlesperadoes. ng TJhere are other townus all over this . country that thie Ashlheys go to, and 10 they (loll't have any trouble with lie t.hem, and I think the reason is that jk the police ill other townus wonl't shoot 1g at peopleQ when thecy are* driving out nd( of (own. And almost every piece that lie ji see in the niewspapers, they bring oh' in John1 McGahia's name iln connlection us ,withb e.verything that happens about is- Hlonea Path, anud they always say lie that, he was the one that drove as through the town shooting right and ed left, when the truth of the matter is, as the record of the trial will prove,1 that John McGaha did not shoot at pi, all, and had nothing to shoot with, and why they p)ersist in printing that .I don 't understand, unless they don '1 of want to tell the truth. nt Very respectfully, e. M. cr 5 Joshua W. Ashley, g. Mrch-15,1906. of TAX DBLINQUENTS. ims This is to give notice that Mayor int A. T. Brown, of the Town of Newber all ry, has put into my hlands for collee ke tion the unpaid Town Taxes for the year 1905, amA I ask all persons who have not paid their taxes to come forward at once and do so, and thus save .thormslves the cost of n H. h. Buford, I . Sherift, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NEWBERRY, S. C. BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULA TIONS. rhose Who Desire to Become Oharter Members May R9a and Call on .the Secretary and Sign By the First of April. In this issue of The Herald and qows we print the entire by-laws in tluding the preamble and rules for oVerlnment of the Chamber of Com. nerce, which was organized on last rhursday night. The board of visi ,ors held a meeting on'Monday after ioon, at which all the members were wesent except two. It was decided to cave tile matter open until the first )f April, so that all who decided to do ;o might come in as charter members. l'hey can do this by calling upon the ,ceretary, Mr. It. D. Smith and sign ig the constitution and by-laws and )aying the initiation fee of $10.00 mlid the annual dues of $1.00. Imme liately after the first of April, the ward of visitors will hold a meeting md the various committees provided n the by-laws will be appointed. The interest andil enthusiasi whicl Vas manuifested iji lie mleeting oi last Ilhursday night should not, be per nitted to lag, and it would be very nitich to the success of the organizt ion to have as many of those present it the preliminary meeting and of tier business men who were not pres tnt, to enter the organization as char er members. As soon as tihe charter nembers have been, secured and the smmittees appointed, arrangemeltun 0ill be made to secure suitable rooms or the use of the Chamber of Com llerce, and to proceed at once to have iem furnished. PREAMBLE. Whereas, Organization and unity of tetion are indispensable to the full >rotection and development of tile zinmercial and manufacturing inter ,sts of Newberry, to tile collection ki( pireservation of statistical infor nation conneeted with these pursuits, o establish un,iformity inl the com nercial usages of file city to pro note the general progress and pros )erity of the community, to insure mnity of action in all matters where 1ie interest of these different pur muits nay be affected; Therefore be it 'esolved: That we, the undersigned, do form rmirselves into an orgapization and o Ordain and establish the following >y-laws for the government of the lame. BY-LAWS. ARTICLE I. Name. Section 1. This organization shall he .sal ledl "The Chamber of Commerce >f Newherry, 8. C.'' ,ARTICLE II. Who Shall CJonstitute Members. Section 1. Every p)rofessionail andl )1usiness main who is a residlent of Newberry, or whose post office ad Iress is Nc.vherry, shall be eligible to regullar mfemnbershlip by paying the *equired adnmissionl fee and filing ap lhicationi on the required blanks prop rl.y filled out anld recommended, p)ro tided applicant is not under twenty mel years of age. Section 2. Every person desiring to cecome a member of this organization ual so signify b)y a written a'ppliea ion and be recommendedl by at least wo members of tile organization and mnch applicationi shall invariably be iceompanied by thme admission fee of Pen Dollars ($10.00), or payment of sme guaranteed by a responsible per Ion. Section 3. The alplication shall be nado in wr'itinlg to thie Board of Gov irnors at a regular or called meeting, md a ballot shall be taken immediate ly by -thue Board. Shlould two (2) black balls lbe east in the ballot the candidate shall not be elected. If less than two black balls be east the candidate shall11 be declared ele eted and the- Secretary shall enroll his name in the Chamber of Comimerce limriater.