The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 14, 1908, Page SEVEN, Image 7
big pot OF GOLD ]
DUG UP AT NIGHT? I
^piilinuoil from page two.)
of him by giving the negro j
'' 0,iflO, chnii?o with which to buy wliis- i
1 say i as soon as I
tho money ho went straight to
'm|Jw^?|?]>25,sary and bought his wliis- i
when lie returned the man
more was seen of h'm by the
^Smmjboits about tho phie" and nothwSHmNi})'v
strange was alia:?'.uJ to his ]
|g|QgHons iwril lata it: Jay aL'ternoon of ]
* .mm fallowing day, wht i i: was dis- ]
M^mM^vCi'cd that a hole had been dag nil- i
the house, on th west side, near 1
^ron^ iUK' about eight feet from I
(^' tlie buihling?in otlier I
tf?ords lUhont centre of the west front i
^^P^ioni. An examination of the hole |
^^p^lovelopcd the fact, according to those
^m^vlio inspected it that evening, that a 1
pot or other vessel had been removed I
from the bottom of this hole, which 1
was about four feet in depth. A ;
pick, which had been used in digging
the hole, was found lying nearby,
but there was nothing to indicate
just what the "diggers" got by their
?m forts.
"Dat Strang man/' as the negroes
refer to tho gentleman seen around
the premises Monday afternoon, has.
1:vot been seen 'since, and they conneel;
the hole in the ground under tire
house with his presence there the afternoon
before its discovery. And '
they are positive that what came out
of that hole under the house was noth- '
ing less than a pot of gold.
rills house, which is just now sur- ?
rounded with so much mystery, is
probably SO years old. It has been
right there as long as the oldest inhabitant
can remem'ber. And there
have been stories passed around
among' certain families in the city of |
Columbia for years that there was a
pile of money buried somewhere
about this house. Mart'na llolmcs, .
who has owned the house for more *
than 30 years, says that she has been '
told by many people that money was 1
buried about this place, but she paid ^
no attention to the stories, and now
she is grieved by the visions of 1
thousands of dollars oif gold and sil- j
ver coins nestling snugly in an old ,
rusty pot right beneath the house '
which she has owned so many years. ]
She is worried because she feels .
that other parties have secured the '
wealth that was really hers. She went
down yesterday and took a look at
the hole. She saiw nothing but the
hole, and then she went back home
and began to see the visions of the
pot of gold'that might have been bars .
if she had only "investigated" just
a little. She is worried no little. *
Two Prominent Citizens.
There is no "story" better iluv.i
a pot-of-gohl story. The reporter
followed the trail persistently, and
the further he went the more the
mystery deepened. Instead of two |
iht i strangers with dip needles, he foun.l
that the .men whom the Holmes woIman
told about were South Carolin- i
ians and one a Columbian?and both
prominent citizens. The "Mr. Fuller"
is none other than Mr. W. \V.
Fulmer, member of the Columbia po- (
liee department, who lives at 121")
F/lmwood avenue. The "Mr. Blackwell"
is in reality Mr. .1. A. Mack- .
wel&er, president of the Bank of j
Cliapin and superintendent of the
Newberry knitting mills.
Mr. Blackwelder could not be ]
readied by telephone last night at
his home in Newberry, it being slated
that he had left there last night
for Chnirleston, but Mr. Fulmer was
seen and readily gave a statement (
about tho matter. He said that he
and Mr. Blackwelder had called at
the Holmes woman's home about renting
the house at 1100 linger street
and admitted that be called a number
of times later and funally closed the
trade with her for the house and delivered
her the check of Mr. Blackest
welder for the first, month's rent. He >
$|v: says lie gave the keys to Mr. Black welder,
but denies any knowledge of
Ajtf the hole in the ground or of any pot
gold. He says that Mr. Blackly
welder spent Monday night of this (
Mf week at his house, going home with
|v|k him from the police station at mid- ^
night. He says he. and Mr. Black ||||
welder went "straight" homo and
Hp that if the latter left his house at ^
ffl: any time, during the night he was npl
B< aware of it. (
Mr. Fulmer stated that if Mr.
|| Blackwelder did the diggings under
the house on Hugcr street~H was for
the purpose of testing the soil to sea
M if a cellar could be put in. He was 1
& -asked if he knew what Mr. Blackwelder
rented tire house for and why ]
he was so anxious for it to pay the ^
| rental charged. He replied that: ha A
v nndeivtood that Mr. Blackwelder was
going to move to Columbia and would ^
pt himself occupy the house. In regard
|| io tha statement, made by Martha
p| Tfolmea that, he told her that Blackwelder
was from North Carolina, Mr.
Fuluier said: "Well, that is whore v
lie was 1 rom boioro ho moved to <?
SWberry." He said he had known f
Mr. I Mack welder J'or a number of ,|
\oni\s and that- they were guod c
Lriends. lie was asked about (lie statement
regarding Blackwoldor 's coming- v
liere to work for the New York, Co- n
liimbia & (Jeorgetown Steamship j
company, lie said: "Well, 1 hoard e
liwn say something n])oul (lu, ,)().l( (
company and thought maybe Hint is e
what ho was coming Jiere to live lor." d
Mr. Fill me r stated that he had not '
loard until las.t night about a bole n
having been discovered under the s
house named. He said that he had ?
not been at the house and if Mr. '
Black welder had anything' to (|t, with s
Lho of the hole it was more ''
than lie knew. And he doesn't think ''
lhat Mr. lilaekwelder carried any I'
[>ot .of old away with him.
'Whether any pot was taken out of d
lhat hole or not and whether or not t!
Inere was any money in (he pot if it
was found, there is an air of mystery I'
'bout the entire transaction. ' ' s
ti
Pots of Gold. ? "
Many Sought, but None Found... ?
Many visitors were attracted yes. },
.01 day to the little four-room housa j,
U the corner of linger and Senate
d roots, where the pot of gold is sup- |'(
!?<)>ed to have been found Monday
night. The hole under the house
was examined by scores of people fi
uul there, were numerous theories :
advanced as to the purpose of the !!
parties who did the diggins,* suppos- j,
idly under the cover of darkness. The j(
Sale of Personal Properly I
Of the 11
ESTATE OF I
Will W. Spearman, Deceased. ?
As executors of the last will
and testament of Will W p
Spearman, deceased, by order of e
ihe Probate court of Newberry
^ounty, we will sell at his late ^
residence, near Silver Street, v
n the County of Newberry, ''
State of South Carolina, to the o
nighest bidder, therefor, at public
auction, on Wednesday,
January 15, 1908, beginning
at 10 o clock A. M., the person- i
al pioperty of which the said "
Will W. Spearman, died, seized \
and possessed, consisting
among other effects of, |
tkn mules,
ONE FINE BROOD MARE,
TWO JERSEY BULLS,
THREE MILK COWS,
four yearlings,
EIGHT FAT IIOGS,
SIX FINE BALTIMORE
-IOCS, !
twenty tons of hay,
four thousand bushels
3F COTTON SEED,
fiv e bushels of wheat
forty bushels of sweet
potatoes.
FORTY BUSHELS OF PEAS,
FIFTEEN HUNDRED BUSH- J
SLS-OF CORN,
five tons oat and .
wheat straw, c
TWO THOUSAND POUNDS
GF FODDER, I
ONE io-HORSE STATIONARY
I^NGINE AND BELTING,
ONI? 60-SAW COTTON GIN, '
ONE CARRIAGE,
ONE BUGGY,
EIGHT HARROWS,
ONE Mc'CORMICK HARVESTER,
THREE MOWERJ3,
2 REVERSIBLE DISE PROWS,
TWO2-HORSE CHATTANOOGA
PLOWS,
ONE LOT OF HARNESS aND
GEARS,
ONE SIXTEEN SHOOTER
GUN,
one breech loader and
gne pistol. C
onf; aermotor and tank
ONE LOT OF COTTON
PLANTERS AND FARMING
MPLEMIvNTSOF ALL KINDS.
ALSO A LOT OF OTHER
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF
WHICH THE SAID WILL V
vV. SPICARMAN DIED, SEIZED
VND POSSESSED. a
TERMS OF SALE: CASH
M. A. CARLISLE, ' J
JNO. C. GOGGANS,
Executors.
N.
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uiblieation in the State yo<!orda\
oncoming titi.s very mysterious a:'
air created a 11itKI sensation and waliscussed
genei-aHy throughout nit
i ty.
Many . stories of hidden treasnn
rere recallod and tihe visit of Slier
nan in 1805 was, perhaps', the sub
ee.t ol discussion in practically ov
ry home in I lie city. Some advancet
iie theory that if there were a ro
eptaele remoVed from the hole un
lernentih the house at 1100 linger, ii
iad contained gold which was for
aerly the property of the Confederal,
tates government, the suggestion be
that it had been hiddey just 1)3
ore Sherman's arrival in the cltv In
ome man connected with the Con'ederate
mint, which was hut- on,
lock away, the old dispensary procity.
The puzzling question to all is how
ill the parties get the informalion a;
his late date which led to the disuvery
of the treasure which it is b eved
was found. Perhaps some <mn|
bowing the exact location of I hi
reasnre was accidentally found, sugested
some; others put forth tiivi
lieorv that perhaps some old colored
erson who knew of the 'aiding place
ait divulged I his knowledge, thinklg
that, if was her duty to tell somv
ne about it before she died. Theor?s,
theories! And tho mystery co.ii
n ues.
Mr. W. W. Fulmer, the police ofcer,
who was instrumental in closig
the trade for (he lease of the proerty,
and to whom the keys of tlu
ouse were delivered Monday tnornig,
staled last night that he had noi
card from Mr. Hlackwelder and did
ot know what kind of statement Ih<
liter would make concerning th.
latter. Mr. Black welder was expectd
in the city last night from Charlesmi,
but he did not come.
It I:as been asked by many person.5
ow the bole under the house camv
i"> be discovered. This is the exlunation:
Mr Wessinger, who had ocupied
that house for 12 years, movd
lo a house on the same street three
oors above this one. His chickens,
n being released at their new lionve,
'cut back ito their old quarters. Mr
Wessinger went, back late Tuesday afprnpon
to this corner house and it
as while chasing some of the chickns
out from under the huose that lie
(Continued on pag'e six.)
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(condensed)
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'erdrafts 8,479 93
irniture and fixtures 3,036 92
.sh and Exchange 10,601 07
$179,508 18
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pital stock $ 50,000 ()0
idivided profits, net 0,094 42
ipald dividends 12 50
shier's Checks 2,049 10
posits, Banks $ 2,779 72
posits, Individual 111,072 44?113,852 16
Is payable 4,500 00
$179,508 18