The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 25, 1907, Image 1
VOL XLIV. N 0'0. NTWBFjRRY, S. 0. TuE4DLY JUNE 25. 1907.0WO EK.$.0AYA
BISHOP 0APERS ILL.
eported to be Very Ill at His Sum
mer Home.-Parallyzed on the
Left Side.
fThousands in South Carolina of all
eeds and denominations will be in
prossibly shocked and grieved to
ad the following dispatch from
reenville:
"Bishop Ellison Capers is desper
tely ill at his summer home on Cedar
ountain. His left leg and arm are
pparently paralyzed."
Cedar Mountain is in Transylvania
unty, N. C., and Brevard, the near
st railroad station, is ten miles away
'he means of communication, there
ore, are very much limited, for Bre
vard itself is on a branch r9ad of the
'SouthevR running out from Hender
sonville.
Brig. Gen. Ellison Capers, a de
seendant of an English family which
settled in South Carolina among the
earliest colonists, was born in Char
eston, October 14, 1837. His father,
andfather and several generations
the name, belonged to The parish
- of St. Thomas and St. Dennis, in
harleston county, in the territory
iginally called Berkeley coniity.
is Mother was of Irish extraction,
or father, William McGill, having
ttled in Kershaw county, upon com
g from Ireland.
'William Capers, the grandfather of
llison, was a soldier of bhe Revolu
ou, a lieutenant in the Second South
arolina reegiment, and after t.he fall
f Charleston in 1780, one of Mar
n1 's captains in his famous parti
i brigade, in which his only broth
, G. Sinclair Capers, held the same
&nk. Several thrilling incidents in
e career of these two gallant parti
an' captains are related by Judge
James of South Carolina, in his life
of Marion. They were both planters.
William Capers, father of Ellison,
was born on his father's plantation,
'Bullhead,'' iin St. Thomas parish,
about 20 miles north of Charleston,
January 25, 1790. He was graduated
at the South Carolina college in Co
lumbia, entered the Methodist minis
try in 1808, and devoted his life and
brilliant talents to his saered calling.
He was elected and consecrated a
bishop in the Mlethodist Episcopal
Church, South, in 1845, and died at
his home in Andeson, S. C., January
29, 1855.
Ellison Capers, the fourth son of
his marriage with Susan McGill, was
graduated at the South Carolina
Military academy in November, 1857.
The next year he was a resident gra
diuate and assistant ' professor in
mathematics and belle letters in his
alma mater. In 1857 he married
Charlotte Rebecca, four, h daughter
of John Gendeon and Katherine
Couturier Palmer of Cherry Grove
plaitation, St. John, Berkeley, S. C.
In the fall of this year lie was ap
pointed assistant professor of math
ematics in the South Carolina Mili
tary' academy at Charleston, with the
rank of second lieutenant.
The active state of affairs in Char
leston during the a'mmmer and fall of
1860 roused the military spirit of
the people, and the First regiment of
rifles was organized in Charleston, of
which Lient. Capers was unanimously
elected major. I'e served with his re
giment at Castle Pinckney, and on
'Morris, Sulliva n's, James and John's
islands. His regiment also constitutod
a part of the army under Beaure
gard during the attack on Fort Sum
ter. He continued to serve in the vi
e inity of Charleston until November,
when lie resigned the rank of lieu
tenant-colonel, to which lhe had been
promoted, in order that lhe might en
ter the Confederate service.
'Satisfied that a terrible struggle
was before his people, lhe resigned his
prof'essorship ut the Military naa
demy and united with Col. Clement
H. Stevens of Charleston iit e'nlisting
a regimemit for the wvar. The regiment
was mustered into the Confederate
service as the Twenty-fourthi South
Carolina Volanteer inifanitry, April 1,
1862, with Clement H. Stevens as
colonel, Ellison Capers lieutenant col
oneh, and H. J. Hammond major. On
the 4th of April he was ordered to
Coles' Island, and on the 25th of May
was transferred to James island. On
June 3, Companies A, B, D .and E,
alnd the Charleston battalion uindt
command of Lieut. Col. Capers, opel
ed the James Island campaign.
In this engagement Col. Cappi
led the attack, and for his courag<
ous and skilful imaizagcment of thi
affair he was commended in genert
orders. At the battle of Secessioi
ville, the Twenty-fourth was agai
engaged, and Col. Capers was praij
ed in orders. He was next detaile
to command a battery of siege gur
at Clark's House. Except at Pocota}
go the regiment was on James Ii
land until December 15, 1862, whe
it was ordered to North Carolina t
the relief of Wilmington, and stf
tioned pt the railorad crossing c
Northeast river, on Island Ford roat
On February 13 it was returned t
South Carolina and placed on duty i
the third military district (W. 1
Walker's). Lieut. Col. Capers, wit
part of his regiment and other con:
mands, was detached to comman
the district between Combahee an
Ashepoo rivers.
Charleston being threatened wit
attack, the regiment was ordered bac
to Secessionville, April 5, 1863. 0
May 6 it left South Carolina fo
Jackson, Miss., being assigned t
Gist's brigade and eight days late1
while commanding the regiment i
the batle at Jackson, Lieut. Col. Cc
pers was wounded. About the la
of August Gist's brigade was sci
to Gen. Bragg. It participated in th
Iattles if Chicaiauga and Mi.
sionary Ridge, and in the forme
Col. Capers was again wounded. Dui
ing the winter at Dawson, in Jai:
uary, 1864, Col. Stevens was promnio
ed to brigadier general and placed i
eharge of the brigade formerly con1
mamiided by Gen. Claudius C. Wilsoi
It was while leading this brigade tha
Gen. Stevens received his morti
wound at Peachtree creek, July 2(
1864. Lieut. Col. Capers was promote
to the colonelcy of the Twent3
fourth, which he led through the Al
lanta and Tennessee campaigns unt
the battle of Franklin, where he wa
wounded and Gen. Gist was killed.
On March 1, 1865, ol the recom
mendation of Gens. Johnston, Iarde
and Cheatham, lie was commissione
brigadier general and assigned to th
command of Gist's brigade.
After the war Gen. Capers wa
elected- secretary of state of Sout
Carolina, Decembei', 1865. In 1867 I
entered the ministry of the Protest
ant Episcopal church. He was fo
20 years rector of Christ churcl
Greenville, S. C., for one year at Sel
ma, Ala., and for six years at Triii
ity clur-ch, Columbia. In 1889 th
degree of doctor of divinity was cor
ferred on him by the University o
South Carolina. On May 5, 1893, Ih
was elected bishop coadjutor by th
diocesan convention of South Carol
ina on the first ballot; and on Jul
20, 1893, was consecrated to this sa
red office.
Bishop Capers No Better.
The latest newvs from Bishop Ci
p)ers yesterd-ay was that the para
ysis had extended to his spine an
brain and that he .was in a stupoi
All the members. of his family ha
been sent for and wvere exp)ectedt
arrive at Cedar ountain yesterday ad
Dr. Perry D. Simpson, of Prospei
ity, is with Gilder & Weeks in th
prescription department.
FALLAW BROTHElRS OAPTURBJ
Have Been Lodged In Jail Charge
With the Murder of Young Ma
bus at Batesburg.
Mr.. W. A. Ashill, who retunine
from his home at Batesburg yestel
day morning, statedl that before h:
left Batesburg Lee and Clifton Fa
law had been arrested and lodge
in jail charged with the killing of th
young man Mabus, at Batesburg, a
account of wvhich appears in anothe
column in this paper. The capture (
Clinton Fallaw and another man Ta,
lor, charged with beieng connecte
wihtekilling, was repoted in th
newspa pers yesterdlay mnorn ing, bit
was stated that at that time the otl
er Fallawvs had not b)een appreheni
r YOUNG MAN ASSASSINATED.
George Mabus Killed From Ambush
-s -Was Returning Home From a
3- Trip to a Mill.
is
il Batesburg, June 22.-A few weeks
i- ago two young man, Lee Fallaw and
n George Mabus, had a difficulty in
;- town, which resulted in both being se
d ri6usly cut. Both had about recov
[ ered from their wounds, but Fallaw
i- is still very weak.
- This morning Mabus went to John
n M. Neece's Mill to have some corn
o ground. The mill is about five miles
i- from this place, and about three
f miles from the Mabus home. As
1. Mabus was returning to his home, all
o unconscious of danger, he was shot
iII from ambush by parties so far un
. known. The weapoins used were shot
Ih guns loaded with buckshot. The
young man's tace, head and neck
d were fearfully mangled. Several of
d the shot hit the mule which was
drawing the buggy.
h The place selected by the assassins
k to do their cowardly work was a small
in skirt of woods within two hundred
r yards of Mr. Rufus Corder's home.
o The whole community is stirred up
e over the matter and no effort will
ni be spared to run the guilty part,ies
L- to earth. Two bloodhounds were
it brought from Columbia this after
.t noon, and a large party have gone to)
e the scone of the shooting.
- After being shot Mabus lived for a
:r few hours, but never regained con
- sciousness. He was under bond to
- appear at the next term of court to
answer for eutting Fallaw.
n
Fallaws Charged.
I. Batesburg, June 23.-The coroner's
.t jury sitting over the dead body of
l George W. Mabus, who was waylaid
), and shot, to death about 9 o'clock Sat
d urday morning, the 22d inst., after
being out about three minutes today
:retunred a unanimous verdict, charg
I ing Lee Fallaw and Clifford Fallaw,
s two borthers, with murder, as prin
cipals, and Cliimton Fallaw and Isaac
Taylo:. ri. accessories, the former be
e fore the fact and the latter after the
rl fact.
c The evidence adduced before thei
jury showed that Lee and Clifton
s Fallaw were seen leavi;r, the plave
Ih wl"re I'-e .'hootin. oev1nrred immed
e intely after the shots weer fired, arm
ed with shot-nins. It was also brought
r om hat ('"inton Fallaw was seen
i, near the road side just before the
- killing. Isaac Taylor, a. farm hand in
- the (-mploy of the Fallaws, it was
e shown, had walked in their tracks in
- ,rdeir to obliterate them and cast sus
f picion upon others. Much other cir
e C01m1stantial evidene was adduced
e and the state has a strong case against
I- tie Fallaws.
y 1.ee and Clifton Fallaw, it is re
ported, left for parts unknown,
boarding the train at Ridge Spring
early this morning.
This cowardly assassination has
L- st i red the OeOple of this community
l- very' much and the excitement is still
d una:bated. It is not t hought, howvever,
.lyn'ching will be resorted to in the
d evint of the capture of Lee and Clif
o ton Fallaw.
The motive for this awvful crime is
snipposed to be due to a feud betwveen
the Fallaws and !'e Mahnses. Some
-weeks since young Mabus and Lee
e Fallawv became involved in a difficul
ty in Batesburg, with the result that
both of t hem were bailly cut. This
served1 to accentuate the hatred al
ready existing between the' families.
The immediate cause of the difliculty
on t,he streets of Batesburg was due,
it. is said, to jealousy over a young
lady to whom both young men wvere
paying court.
. All the parties directly connected
ewith this horrible affair are young
Imen highly respected in the communi
aIty. Young Mabus was only 22 years
' of age.
r jLet the boy go fishin'. Ef he don't
f bring home -fish he'll biting yew a
.. grateful heart and a good dispersi
l' tion.
6Not one in a million will put any
t thing i.n the way uiv a railroad train,
- but many people put things in the
wa~y uiv their neighboirs ev'ry day in
t:hn week.
OBJECT TO NEGROES.
GoVernment Employes Do Not Want
To Work Alongside Them In
The Departments.
y 'tlmes S. McCarthy.
Washington, D. C., June 24.
PrPsident Roosevelt's determination
to. lace negro clerks on equality
Wi those of the white race, and in!
a'lfority over them, has created a
sdpendous row in several of the de
PAt-ments of 'the government. This
rdW has increased to such intensity
MAit :Sipervising Architect Taylor,
d- the treasury department, the man
ho has charge of -the plans and di
rection of the public buildings
thvoughout the United States, is fac
ing a rebellion in his office which may
mean the resignation of many of his
force. White draughtsmen numbering
over one hundred, and drawing in
salary from $840 to $2,400 per an
num, are incensed over the appoint
ment of a -negro draughtsman, and
are considering :appealing to the sec
retary of the treasury to prevent fur
ther negro appointments. Failing in
this, many may hand in thei,r resigna
tions.
Several months ago, W. W. Cook,
a negro, was appointed on the
draughting force of the department.
At that time there were many mur
murs of discontent. There was a
strong protest, but after a few weeks
things became normal and Cook con
tinued to (raw his salary. Yesterday,
however, lHenry Woodson, another
negro, appeared at the supervising
airchitect's office and was sworn in.
He was certified for appointment
through the civil service commission,
and. Mr. Taylor had nothing to do
but actept him. Woodson went to
work alongside of his fellow-clerks,
PrMlially all of them accomplish
ed white draughtsmen. The draughts
mni strongly objected to the pre
sence of t-he negroes, but under the
policy of President Roosevelt there
is no way to avoid their remaining
in office, and more negroes may land
positions unless eligibles of the white
race apply anI)d tile orders of the
president revoked.
It i- explained by one of the white
drau,htsnen that there is a vast dif
ference between having a negro as a
drauglhtsmanl a1( Its anl odlilary cler k
in the departments. As draughts
men. the men work elbow to elbow.
Often over the same table containinl-z
the drawimgs for new publie buildings.
As clerks in regular departmenta
work, there is some chanee to isolate
themi.
Northern men and women employed
in Ithe departments of t.he government
object as strongly to negro clerks as
.i'(11heri menI a11d wvomen. Already -I
strong sentiment is -rowing through
ont the north that tegroes should n,t
be given positions of 1ority unldf.r
the government, an(1 it quite lik
ly that. in the near fitnre congress
will be forced to take action in thie
matter and pass a Federal ''Jim
Crow' ' law for the (depa0rtmutenits, jutt
as has -been (done byv the states of the
south in r'egardl to railway travel.
The sulspictin is a .>'ad thait C It
'Watson's tied-out candidate ha:s
'imedl the. bridle and sca1mpeed.
Notithst andiag ta Dr. Hiarvey
Wiley smays t halt thew is ni reason
hat anyone should (lie before his
hlumdreth year, thle hifeo in-urane
companies refuse to rednee premiums.
The main who hias no clothles ani
no money to buy1~ them, andl, therefore
ini t his excuseC, ought to be happy in
this weather.
The mani cauight ' ''aying on Sent
ator Lodge's lawn'' may have beenf
one of the Aborigines, wh'lo thought
it n<well to follow t he Puritan exam
p)le in the hope of ob)taining immuntity.
A candidate against Ohio's ju.nior
Senaitoir wvould 1)e ant apparent eNnit.ra
The election of Mlr. TafIt would lbe a
severe blow to tentnis.
TIhe mosquito has noi (list asIte for
the blood of thle commior IW( nto.
MORE OF YOUNGBLOOD CASE.
Engineer Lyles Denies Rumor That
He Left Country With Forger
Cause of Crime.
Columbia State.
So far nothing has been heard of
Frank Youngblood, the young man
who successfully swindled two of the
Columbia banks and a bank in New
bery some time ago by the aid of a
forged telegram, but last night En
gineer J. I,. Lyles, who works on the
Southern railway, gave some interest
ing side lights oi the character of the
man.
Mr. Lyles has been ill at his home
in Winnsboro for several weeks and
yesterday asked The State to men
tion the fact that he had not left this
country and gone to Panama with
Youngblood as was reported by sev
eral. Lyles became ill just about the
time of the swindle and the fact that
-he diisappeared and was known as a
close friend of Youngblood gave rise
to the rumor.
Youngblood worked as fireman un
der Lyles for several months and the
latter says he was a youth of unusu
al intelligence and his warm personal
friend. le still believes the boy
yielded to temptation because of
gambling debts that grew larger and
larger until the young fireman found
himself involved. Then lie worked out
the scheme of tihe forged telegram,
which required nerve worthy of far
la rgr manl more h11olnorale opera
tions.
Lyles said last night that Young
blood had probably gone to the
Jamestown exposition as his wife was
thlouglIt to he tlere now. While lAyles
statedI that lie would never] a-ain
associate with Youngblood he thinks
that sonic day the accused would set
tle everything and come out all right.
Farmer's Union Bure-)u of
Information
-Conducted by the
South Carolina Farmers' Educa
tional and Co-Operation Union.
&W-Communications intended for this
department should be addressed to J. C
Stribling, Pendleton, S. C.
Good News From All Sides.
Wrom every Soulliern State, conies
. goodi news that a campaign, in the
iterest ot tile Farmers' Union has
been arrange(j for Jily and August
.m South Carolina west, and South
'I rolina is -now arr-angin- for a
'rough Campaign of the Palmetto
Ma ste.
The time is ripe and the farmers
:re m1lore ready to orgaInize than ever
before known. Just one good man in
achi county of the South for one
Imotihl organizing the farmers now,
will prepare the way to save imillions
for the farmer in marketing I lie
SouthIi's niext cotiton crop 'i it is. :ot
enough to oi'ganemize farmer's for' theiri
oIwn prlot(ection anid go back home
thinking thait the thing will work it's
self', it will nol do it ! Evei'y co unty
Uniion ini thle South, should see to it
that at least. one couinty news p)aper',
in each coun ty carry a column oif' di
reet 1 (ews f'romi organ izedl farmercis.
Inisted( of thIiis farmr'sn''' coluiimni work
iniz injury to thle regu lari Farmer 's
IUn ion p)apers, it inicreases thle de
mand( for siuch paper's. Th'le counltry
or' county n iewspaper' is ari e od mcedi
ums for educnat ing the fa.rmer along
the busi ness sidte of' his farim ing, and
in oride' to keep ill with tiIhe priogr'ess
Of thIie organized miovementIs of the
farmeris, everyv f'armei' should take at
least one good paper' that will give
him n t he news di recl, as toi how thi.ngsu
are goinei. Buit ini ease satisf'ietor'y
arra'n gemenlts ('allnot hei made with
thle e!stahl ished prless to) carry these
fa rmerls ' eohunnlils in yourI home pa
pci's, a let ter' addressed to thmis 1Bu
reau setllin'g forthI the facts ini the
case, every local Uniion will be sill
plied with sample copies5 of' the best
and cheapest paper's in thle land of
the SoutIhi, which will en able each Un
ito mi lake its own select.in at
lar'.e ('lub1 rates.
I: rirdler to k eepi in touch with the
lat est prices, phIn, an~ id methods of
comi in g y'our strencugthI for the goodl
of' all, the frmier must read the newsu
f'romi reliable soilrices which will sav~e
moneyr oonh on one bale of' cotn
to pay for five or six good newspa
pers
There are so many - -ades of hu
ianlity, called farniers, that. no one
institution or plan could be expected
to please all. The best evidence in
the world, to p)ove that the Farmers'
Union stands for something is that it
is opposed by some individuals, that
is it doing thing? Of course this don't
suit some folks because they are op
posed to doing anything. Especially
something that they happen to not
originate or that does not give to
them some advantage of their fellow
man. All the ''grafters'' don't hap
pen to be cotton speculators, nor do
they all live in New York. Possibly
one of the niost contemipit.ble brand
is the fellow that. lives next neigh
bor to sone other fellow and is al
ways on the lookout for some op
portunity to work a skin game on his
brother framer, not always in a horse
trade at that. You can always tell
then, for they are opposed to every
thing that goes to make us one great
body of brethren, that don't give
them some special advantage over the
rest. of their brothers. They wont
co-operate, get them'out of the Union
quick, for they will destroy more of
your opportunity to success (hain. all
the host of speculators and gamblers
cominiied. The Farmers Unioii has
nothill.g to I'al. from iniell that have
linot ti pas word but deaith and'l fail
lire Ilr ks ill Yonm Imo-als at all times
141n1 i0norance and d raitors, in the
purity of your locals and the faith
,1li praie 4e of volill inldivi'ual lilem
lers (). Ilie principles 4il co-operation
an sillillissimll Io '' 'mi "' whiell
means the local must follow and prac
tice what the C(Itunlty approve and di
revt and that ithe Couity faithifully
adwinister what is directed by the
Slifit, aid as the members that are
held in the local membership so will
he Union pl0rosper, and its strength
be. Members coulint against the Un
ion when their principles are agai.nst
co-operation, and the means and planis
pilt forwlard to bring resilts. Outside
of this you can not have a Union. Lt
is not expected that every man that
has 'to till Ile soil en.11 or will he Un
ion, nor were Ile priheiples of our
Conslitulim n111 n1tle broadll elough for
every kiiind of isil or I lieorist to get
aboalrd, bull (m tile contrary Confines
its creed t4 spe-ocifie principles and
thoke (hat believe in the doetrilie of
profits and "make mloney" in what
e(er way openl en1 n11ol( he true Imem
hers and should he denied. Nor should
tile Union become the asylum of al
he incmpete.n1l roie. and deadli
beats that enn1 he fulld ".stayini''
on a farm. Union success do(es not <le.
penld oil numb111hers, bIt II ol speifie prin.
eiples and t lie Iiving up o) t hem.
A local ean hle as dead wtih lifly
meibeis as wiili ive. And if they
refise to milperaitv with Ilie otherl
locals tihey are n) longer in file Unl
ion. They have l1hilted, 1111d a1 n011o
longeri entit led 14. lie called Uinioni
Ther is more to tea r from11 one ras
el ini thle Uion,l1i thaniii lai hundred (out
side. Puish t hem all out11side (or they
dlest roy you.
A Call.
TIhe Statec F~a rmers ' Un ion oif S. C,
will meet ini (Greeniwoodi 25th. 2(t h.
111n4 27th of1 duly next.
0. P. Goodwin,
-State President.
As an example of whiat men in the
railroad business have to endure, a
conduclitolr <m1 the Seab)oard Air Line
relates Iliat while thle was passing
through a coach a few dlays ago a
womaun stopped11111 him ad asked how
far they were from Weldon. He re
1)lied that they weer ab)out 55 milesq
from Weldoni. She then asked:
''This side or the other side?''
The public wi-ll be grateful if Col.
Graves will wirte for his i1newspaper'
what lie wouild have snid had lhe de
livered a spech(l on ''Georgia Day.'s
Mark Twain is ini Enlanid, and the
Uniled States is al sadder if not a
wiser' coutry.
Why~ does noit thie (Charlot te Obser..
ver elect somieIIV livin Nor'thI ('*arol
in inn nonCseant'