Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEGRO LYNGHED BY I 10B IN SALUDA ATTENPTEDTOAS8AULT LITTLE WHITE GIRL. 0rowd Determined to Have His Blood as Soon as He Was Captured Admitted His Guilt. Dan Etheredge. the negro boy who attempted to assault lAwetta West, the seven-year-old daughter of Maj. 1. Hillery West. was shot to death by a mob about nine miles from Summer land Monday night at 9 o'clock, says a dispatch to the Columbia State. Etberedge was caught at Wards by Mr. H. 0. Wright. the correspondent of the State at that place, and was at once identified by Maj. West. who was not far off when the capture was effected. He was placed on Southern train. No. 134. comin- towards Co lumbia and at S mninierland. jist a few wiles below IBatesbur,, was taken off and carried into the woods. There a mob of about 150 men met him. The little negro was placed in the middle of the road. under a tree with a rope fastened around his neck, le was asked if' he had anything to say and if he was '-uilty. IIe said that he was guilty, but would give no reason for the attempt. After a parley of about 15 minutes. about a dozen of the posse stepped forward and emp tied their guns and pistols into the body. The nero fell backward lit crally shot to pieces while the mob at o ce di,p'ersed, g-inc b'.x to their lit nes, trn-0 aftter their long chase. Was Tired Out. .Etherekdi-e was a mite of a nezro about V years old. accordinz to his father's statemtert. although the boy claimed to he only 12 years old. He was thorou-hly owed when caught and his -. l stay in the swamps and .s had exhu,i hir that he. w., unable to N eer.-ni-t the temp ttrn:i:e.i t. esicht hi and kill eim a::d tih- e::t i' -:: rv was filled with the hunt.-rs. liv knew. aeordini to Iis owi statemnent n:ade' n the way t the p.cle where he was shot, that h- Was oing t diei. when he was caught. and hIe took the whole affair as %ne dared. le displayed no emo tion when placed on a little box in the middle of the road and the rope was put around his neck. although he knew his time had come. le admitted [is guilt because he knew it was use less to deny it and made no attempt to clear himself. On, the way over from the train heit told one of the merabers of the party that the L-irl had encourat-ed him. but he did not repeat this when about to die. Crowd Was Quiet. The crowd "-as nev-er disorderly from the time the hunt began until the negro had been shot. At Summer land and in the ur-meaiate neighb'r hoo~d there wetre perhaps a hundred IUen who. had searched that part of the country- for Etheredee. The news of his capture at Wards and the fact that he had been bo\ught down the road. spread like wil.1fire. Tele phones are scattered all ove' L.exing ton and Saluda counties and i.' nuinu nication is easy. Where only two or three g'ot otf the trait with Mr. Wex fully 50~ joine d ti.e party further downz the road. and t he number kept in ereasin. until about 15t' made up the crowd. Th.-v s.aid lit tle on the road. and when it was thoughit that thter h-ad goneii tar enough to be safe from itetrfentrnce. a fire w-as built to riv-e l ii.ht. There- wvas no a a uggest ion made that thi. nezro be burned. There w-as no indiscrimi nate firing of pistols or gunis. The crowd was grimly determin ed to have the life o.f the nego, but they mad. it as painless as possible. After he admitted his g'uilt the end was short. The r-uns w-ere fired, the smoke cleared aw-ay and after thev were sat isfied that he was dead the body "-as left in~ the road until morn ing~ and the nan went back to their homes. The Inquest. At Batesbure the news "-as received without anty e'xcitemen~t. It was ex peeted that Etheredge wo-(uld be lynch ed, anid when the train passed through Monday afternoon there was a large crowd at the depot to look at the negro. Few got on the train, however, and they would hardly have been welcome had they done so. Mr. West felt that some of the people of Bates burg might interfere if he was taken off there and for that reason Sum merland was selected as the best place to take him. The inquest over the body was held on Tuesday. It has been a long and tiresome chase after Etheredge, but the men in the posse were confident that he would be eaughit. Sheriff Sample bad Ibwe denaties, Jas. Smith, J. C. Berry and Robt. Worts, in eparge of sev eral of the bands with instructions that if the negro was caught to either bring him to the Saluda jail or drive through the country to Columbia. These crowds Sunday night hunted through five miles of swamp land not three miles from Batesburg and once Deputy Berry was within 100 yards of the fugitive. who had stopped at I a negro cabin to rest and get some thing to eat. He saw the deputy coming. however, and fled, leaving i his coat and hat. Again he was seen at the other end of the swamp about I 2 o'clock Monday morning,, showed t he had been kept on the move all the I time and was about exhausted. But if the men who were conducting the I search were worn out and had to give I up the chase until Monday. Some: of them. Sheriff Sample among the party, came to Batesburg and Monday morning Sheriff Sample went toward Augusta. leaving his deputies in t charge of the search around Bates- i burg. t Determined to Kill. 11 Earlv in the inorning the roads pre-'I sented a curious sight. Wagons and I buggies and horses were seen going in every direction. The men were: armed with iuns and pistols and frankly said that if the negro was I caught he would die. They had noth- ' ng to say a,_ait Sheriff Sample. who would protect the negro, they said. but thev did not intend for a trial to take place. There was no dis- E order. no drinking and display of ' enmity toward the negroes that were I met on the road. There was no talk F of externinatine the black race. The T mIen wanted the biIIod of Dan Ether- e edze ac.ne and they knew that they would get it because the negro was absolutely hemmed in. The men were C perfectly willin, to have the affair wit,nessed by newspaper men or any- V body else and only one man displayed any resentment -ainst the reporter. a Story of the Crime. ;-.. Leo Trtter. w\ho livcs near the lbar. o in feel the cattl. A s soon as she w inside he seized her and attempted to choke her into a insensimility. ie did not succeed in t aemplishin' his purpose. but she was badly hurt and for two days her v life was in danger. The news of the crime did not spread very rapidly out- 1 side of the immediate neighborhood. which is about 15 miles from railroad t and telegraph facilities. but a quiet I searc W"as m11ade for the bov. Gradu ally the news leaked out. however, and i a general search was made all over the coutntv for the criminal by a ( number of posses. There was no chance for him to es- f cape. The description had been sent V all over the country and in every band t were those who knew the negro by v sight. The fact that he eluded the ec men so lonie is a mystery, and when i caught he was thoroughly fagged out.t Major West has been on horseback s and in a huiey since Thursday- nightt and the others have had very lit tie ..leep. Needle Workers' Wages. Wom'ran 's Home Companion. The apprentice in dressmaking~ has '] to work mo nths for nothine or per hal's a n:t're p'it tance as an errand cirl. Then she starts on linings ati A-4 pecr week. Next she does over-sew- I ing and finishingi at $6. Trimmers on skirts and fitters from $15 to $14. A small establishment is considered2 better than a large one xt'r learning the trade. as more personal attenti 'n is giv en apprentices and there is quicker advancement. Anyv woman who sews neatly by hand or does fine embroidery along popular lines can secure a position in a shop without difficulty, and the fall rush in dress-1 making opens up September 1. A girl with the shopping gift can uisually secure a position with a dress maker as shopper. Her first duties consist of matching thread, buttons, linings, etc., and later she is intrust ed with trimmings. laces etc. She starts at $4 peri week, spends most of her time in stores and usually becomes a professional shopper. Operators in suit and waist factor ies do piece work principally, and as' a rule make $12 per week, Finishers, who sew on buttons, etc., receive no~ more than $7 per week. In underwear factories girls start the trade by running ribbon through beading, ironing, running buttonhole machines, and gradually learn how to sew on irsertion tucking, etc. They quickly 'work up to $6 per week. An expert in underwear make $12 or $14 per week, Districl Attorney J6,rome, of New Yiork, pleads guilty to three weak- 1 I esse-eandv eating, cooking strap". I 1 ihsai am,f~tr,I SAYS CLEMSON RUN WRONG. fr. McMahan as Anxious That CoVle Be Reformed. In his speech in Greenville on Tues ay Mr. John J. McMahan, one of the andidates for governor, spoke in ,art as follows: But the entire organization of 'lemson College is wrong. It, is sup orted by a tax upon the farmers rhi"h some years far exceeds the SUal, income. To avoid the criticismr hat they have more money than they Ced. they are under the necessity of inding some way to spend the sur lus before the time to report to the ,eislature each year. This encour ges extravagance and places this one 4tate institution in a class all by itself ridependent. of the government of the 4ate. This permanent apporpria: ion of an indefinite and ever-increas Ig sum of money i- in violation of he fundamental safeguard of govern. lent. which everywhere else requires hat the representatives of the peo ,le. in annual or biennial session. hall pass upon the work and the eeds of the institutions of the statt ud shall say how much of the peo le's money is to be spent. Except t Clemson it has been unheard of it i- State for a board of trustees ithout specific authority from th< --islature to erect new and expensivt uildinig-s. add new departments, in rease the plant so as to necessitate ermanently increased annual sup ort. committing the state to new de artments without askinip the consent f the lezislature. The fertilizer tax hould -o into the state treasury anti 'lemson should he supported as thi ther inst itut ions of the State by an ual appropriati-i.s fioin the trens rv.. But the trouble is more fundtmnit 1. The State of Sonuth Carolina hia; authlority~ in th 1wgovernment 0: 'lemson Coflege. She has planted he! un.ires 'f thousands or mnilli'ns . Mlar there buIt f"r a me i-l tI e: ,mMr. em lete peria.,: a.~ ri . t -t l t.: i0tha a iled I\. im and ,huhlhave PINwet41 prepetl. e themiselves. anid th us rule forevt his institlution upon which the Stat f S uth Carlina should lavish heit li. i. N ' State institution shouhl e bevonad St ate coat ril. Trustet-' emooile old. heeome antiquated iV hvir ideas with the progress and de iands of tIle times. Their Czarlike 0wer. a perpetual 1lilIarchy amenale S110 autlhoritv. ivay bree"i in themi ar )Zance. bi_-otry and selfishness. It has long been felt that Cle-mson ,llege is a close corporation. largely fficered by the kinsmen and other Av'rites of these life trustees. who -iii control even beyond the period of ,eir successors. Nepotism, the bane f efficiency and fairness, honey ambs the institution. It is operated 1 large measure by the trustees for he trustees. Until the legislature amne seven or eight years ago saw hie neesiyo drcting that the rustees should not draw pr~ diem, utt should draw onily actual expenses, here wvere a few old broken-dowr1 rustetes wrho were on committees t< upervise all sorts of work, which hould have been left to the president. 'he mileage and four dollars a day ras an inducement to hang around lie College nearly all the time. Suci s the tyranny of the trustees, per 'ettated in an Un-Americani way. lik< European dynasty. that professori ave been taught to keep their mouths liut, to be in constant terror ani 'int inmes to erinLee. W hat is the remedv?! The Stat< h'.ub'l em' to the heirs or residuar, centeems and purchase, as could bm lone for a small amount, the reversion mry interest, so that the State eouli -epudiate the wiill and take charge o: lie management of its institution. Not the least ef the benefits t< rome from this action would be th<n -ight then to name the College, as i hould have been named in the be riuning, after the great statesmai rhose name the world over is linke< withi that of South Carolina. Cal ioutn's estate was willed by an un ivorthy son-in-lawv, a Northern man ud without any claim upon thi state. wvas so ungenerouis, so mneanl: telfishi. that he decreed in his dicta orial will not only to rule forever th nstitution which he asked the Stat 0 support, but to foist upon it h' tame instead of the name whiel sprang to every lip-the immorta Dalhoun. An Aged Man In Jail. W. F. Hlammond, of Anderson, ha written a pitful letter to Governo Rleyward, asking for his help. He i (6 years of age, he says, and is with mt friends. He is in jail. charge< vith selling .liquor, lie pleads guilty mt says~ he will never do so again i: te can only get out of his troubles thi~ am. The Smitt We have opened up building just below ou We have made a su giving good weight a We know that we will make a tem to wit: First class goods, fu dead dollar. We have a full line Oliver 0. Smith and Mrs. Fred We will continue our Gro:ery ! Mr. Lawson Bobb will have charl Come where you can get what here than any where else and kno Youi Barbers in Politics. St. Paul Poneer Press. A leading barber in New York a mits that no sanitary catastrophe ho followed or is liable to follow the r< peal of the law in that State placin the barbers business under State cor trol. with a board of censors and system of examination and inspet tiln. Hie declares that the danIer c list ributing pernicious microbes froi the chair has been exaggerated an that people are not So inorant C different as to patronize unclea shops. The interesting fact is th9 the lawmakers should vote for repea It is significant that. excepting ti tl'Ium er t. th harhers ali-ne. of tI n:en wht apialed to the legislatui 1 >r le al regulation of their respectiv qctupations,. were successful. It mean that the harbers have m1'e 11"litief ;'tiluc e than undertakers. denitist *r any lf the thers. When the tor rial bill was introdlced. n) law :ak\e who h ped fI a future in poli :lsdared oppoise it. .e ie!rt"t .t an-if cnflict t heir i 'as: nd h 1reditt, ! n. part 1f the triumph f the vallS a the polls to the wrk dine with an !te. Iv tihe harber,. Thiz is not un ras.nabh. In a a rl v history Ma..assa.huset ts it i, related that harher perished n stiormv niiht o1 B stn aNeck and the board of selee ti n Neck and the Board of Select mei hen adopted resolutions asserting ths he. more than any other influence. ha pronIeoil the spread of hertical do( trines in the colony: that by reason o his tade -he would be ettin. tIh hair and the truth at the same time. and that his violent death was a time ly interventiin of Providence. There is a psychologrieal principa involved in the insidious influene? o the barber. A man in the chair. re clinine in absolute comfort and hi scalp manipulated by the soothini fingers of the skilled operator, isi the most receptive and least antagor istic state. On the very vetye i slumber, he is in fact hypnotised, wit conciousness virtually suspended. i mind still receives impressions fror the trieless volubility of his barbei and they are mostly enduring. WV hav e this~ on authority of Prof. Quack endis i% ft Columbia University,. wh affir ms that through hypontie suges tion a child ot man may he edtucate w'ithout coneciouis effort tin his par The subje.ct, lie explains. is throw into a partial trance and t he facts opinions which it is intended to in press on his mind ate repeatted froi time to time. They became his pea mnanent p)ossession. This is essentiall the prloess by- whichi the barber int ipos5es political or tither viAvs on h patron, who is powerless to eseai their domimat ions. It was to lot the mnan behind the chair with tari opiinsthat Mr. Wakefield labore Iisicredible that the Legislatu of Newv York should offer so powerf an influence. The inference is th the barbers themselves had come favor the repeal of the Taw and t1 abandonment of the svst em of Sta reg~ulat ion. A Crtishing Retort. Harper's Weekly. Senator Bard of California was on conversing with a Jesuit brother the Georgetown University, when told this story illustrative of the fii humor of Archbishop Ryan of b state. The archbishop had rebuked priest for wearing a most disrepn able hat. "I would not give this hat for new ones'' said the priest. "It b longed to may father who fell in tI rising of '48." "A.'was Archbishop Ryan 's r trot, "'evidently he fell on the hat!' One way to got rich is by attendir to one 's own business-but it is av fnlly mannnotu. MW".n"" iCo. Dry( a stock of new Dry Go r Grocery Store on M ccess out of the Grocei nd measures and sellii success out of the Dry Goods bui 1i measure and short profits, for i of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, H . A. Smith will have charge of tb store where you will always find i ge of the grocery store. you want and save time, as you w that you will not be overcharge -s for business, W. E. PEL Reliable a We sell Sure Rem I us is Reliable. We i faction with every pe When your doctor 1 bring or send it to u . preparing medicines practices; we use pt e make our highest aii wishes. Our prices Pelhar Reliable Drugg THE BANK ( PROSPI Capital Stock - t Undivided profits Interest allowed at rate c tI Special attention to far small, none too large to enlis E to meet and greet you. Call A. G. Wise, President. J. F. Browne, Cashier. fI Board S1N. L. Black. A. H. 1E 1S. S. Birge. J. S. W -C. P. Boozer. C. Y. H f New b Capital stock paid i 'Surplus . . . nDeposits . . . y We do businesis 31 We exterad every ~with safe and sounc 7Four per cent. pal Department. at Burgia JA. cIMOSH, President. H. C. MoSELEY, President. M. A. CARL1SLE, Vice-Pres. THE PEOPLE" is PROSF a Paid up Ca 0 Protection to I - DIRECTORS: B e M. A. CARLISLE. R GEO. JOHNSTONE. P - JOS. H. HUNTER. W R, L. LUTHER. W4 J. A. C. KIBLER.W W. A. MOSELEY. g JOHN B. FELLERS. r- W. P. PUGH. G. W. BOWERS. Wi ioods. Stor ods in the Paysinger ne ittle corner. -y Business. We did it bf ig goods at a small profi iness as we expect to use the same ve had rather have a live dime than ats and Clothing. e Dry Goods Store. t fresh stock. E. Cliftou Smith and :an come nearer getting what you want d for anything. THE SMITH CO. HAM I SON, Pharmacists. Bdies. What you buy of 1uarantee Absolute Satis ckage sent out. wr.tes your prescription s. Our main business is . We allow no slip-shod irest medicines only. We in to carry out the doctor's ire reasonable. n & Son, ists, Newberry, S. C. IF PROSPERITY, RITY, S. C. - - - $25,000,00 - - 12,160.00 f 4 per cent. on time deposits. mers' accounts. No account too tour best attention. It is a pleasure in. G. Y. Hunter, Vice-President. [ Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Attys. of Directors: awkins. P. B. Warner heeler. J. F. Browne.j unter A. C. Wise. arry, S. C. n . . $ 50,000.00: . . . 25,000.00 . . . 2035,0oo.0o a business pr in ciples consideration consistent I banking. on deposits in Savings Fire Proof Vault. r Proof Safe. J. E. NOR011), Cashier. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. CEO. JoHNSTONE, Attorney. NATIONAL BANK, ~ERITY, S. C;. No. 6994 hepositors . . $58,600 00 rglar Proof Safe. rglar and Fire Insurance. lite and prompt attention. want your business. invite investigation. do a conservative business on business priD iples, recve deois imn i ~ ntf