Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CONGRESSMAN SHOOTS JgKEGRO IN WASHINGTON *pv ReBonted Request of Alabama gMCongro88man Not to Drink in Wm Presence of Ladies. W$*! a 'desperate affray on a Pennsvl. mnui avenue ear in Washington on lPidn.V night. a negro and a white man Wit ot hy c<>?gressman Thomas J, ' of Alabama. Thomas Lnmby, IP? negro, was shot in the head and .'Seriously wounded and Thomas Mca York horse trainer, is ring from a wound in the leg, gPie pooling: of MeCreary was acci. .Rental. Mr. Ileflin was arrested and ^|aken to the sixth police precinct staM?T' ,wl,?rc.the charg? of assault with Mn,fn' to k?H was placed against him, ^jaler lie was released on $5,000 bail The shooting occurred shortly after ? (''0(1k aR 'he car reached <lie corJJIrcr of Pennsylvania avenue and Rixtli \?? l' 1)oulul for c<apitol Hill. jMjit Congressman ITeflin, accompanied Mby Congressman Edwin J. lOllorbo, ol ffi; ,th Carolina, had boarded the <ai fMnt 1 welfth street and Pcnnsvlvanir * i avenue, Mr. TTeflin being on his waj T to "diver a temperance lecture at. th< Metropolitan Methodist Episcopa church, Four-and-a-half street, anc John Marshall Place. Upon board lng the car Ire observed two negr< passengers, one of whom was Thomas Lnmby, and who was in the act o] taking a drink from a bottle of whis key. There was a number of othe passengers, including several ladies Mr. ITeflin says he remonstrated will Lnmby and asked him to stop drink ! ing. saying: "Don't take that drink there are ladies here and it is no iight. I( is against the law for voi to do litis thing in a street ear am 1 hope you will put that botth away." The other negro, who was sober, attempted to take the botth away from his friend, but failed. Il i: , said (hat Lumby became offended a Mr. Ileflin's remonstrances and ap plied vile epithets. As the car reach ed Sixth street and Pennsylvania avc Hue ilr. Ilelf^ and Lumby were en gaged in a desperate si niggle. Mr Ileflin, who is a largo, powerful man succeeded in throwing Lumby off tin \ car as it came to a stop. Most of tin occupants of the car hastily alighted including Mr. and Mrs. MeCreary The negro fell to the ground on being pushed off the car. He ro4se and i is said began cursing Mr. Tleflii again and made a motion for his hi) * pocket as if to draw a weapon, where upon Mr. Ileflin fired at him througl the car window, missing tin; negn and hit ing Thomas MeCreary, win ;i was i,l)oul 20 feet from I he car. Mr u Ileflin fired once or twice again, oiu of the shots striking Lumby in lb. head above the ear. Lumby ran i short distance and fell. An ambul anoe was called and lie. was taken t< the Emergency Hospital. The conduc tor of the car disappeared and Officei George N. Scrivcn took charge of tin car and ran it to Third and Pen nay I i vania avenue. There Representative Hoflin was J|j escorted by Officer Scriven to th. || Capitol Hotel and later was taken t( B the police station in a cab. He was not locked up. Mr. Me e Creary's wound is not serious and afI ter treatment at a hospital he re j' turned to his apartments. At tin Emergency Hospital it was said Lum by, though badly wounded and un conscious, had a chance to recover His skull was fractured but the surgeons were unable to ascertain Fridaj night whether the bullet had entered the head. Mr. Ileflin explained at the station his reason for going armed. He is author of a "Jim Crow" car law in the District of Columbia and says that since he introduced the measure he has received many letters of a threatening Character, and secured permission from (he authorities to go armed. Mr. Tfefliti represents the fifth Alabama district in which the Tuskegee Institute, of which Booker T. Washington is at the head, is located. J 1 ? Victim Will Receiver. Washington, March 28.?Louis Lundy, the negro who was shot by Representative J. Thomas ITeflin, of Alabama, last night after an altercation on a street car, is greatly improved today and will recover, according l-o the hospital authorities. The bullet, which entered his head above the left ear, has not been found, and an X-ray examination will be made tn locale lire bullet. Lundy was unable |o appear in the polie^court and the case was not calli eil this morning-, but ft is believed thai it will ho hoard* Monday morning. Mr. Hofi ill's bail bond of $5,000 ] was continued. Thomas MeCreary, of Now York, who receiver one of the sho^l tired by the Congressman in his log, was only slightly injured. In a statement today regarding last 1 night'* shooting affray on Pennsyl- l vania avenue Mr. Hoflin says: < "I'm glad to say I have not yet I reached the point where I will see a < negro, or a white man either, take a i drink in the presence of a lady without saying something to him. I did 1 only what any other gentleman placed in similar circumstances would < have done." i In the police court today it was , agreed between Representative Henry i I). Clayton, of Alabama, who appear- < ' ed for Mr. Ilcflin, and Assistant Unit- i ed Slates Attorney Ralph Given, that 1 the cafe should not bp called until a ( 1 | future date. Mr. IToflin appeared on ! ' the floor of the house when that body i met. Ho was a trifle palo. He soon ( was surrounded by a number of his " Democratic colleagues and later ro1 tired to the cloak room. < He gave out for publication copies I of several anonymous letters received - by him since his unsuccessful effort ' of February 22 to incorporate a "jim i crow car" amendment to a local >' street railway trackage bill. Among J those were the following: 1 "Prepare to meet your Cod; go I guarded night and day from now on - mitil your death. Fear and tremble; i there is not a slop between you and 5 death, vile wretch. Every person who f fears Cod and loves justice is against - you, because you desire to add opi' pression to the already unjustly op pressed. i "Co guarded and well armed. Pa tiencc has ceased to lie a virtue. The . South 5c |lir> properly of the colored I race." , 1 Another loiter road : 1 "Assuredly as you attempt to in3 terfcro with the harmonious relations 15 now existing between the races in this ' district, as certainly will your life 5 pay for I lie privilege. 1 "This is applicable to all Southern j " members likely to crave for glory and - a 'halo.' Tt is as easy to 'remove' an - 'objectionable' of your stamp in this - eapitol as a grand Duke of St. Petersburg*. > "You will lve warned no more. Rc? | member Caesar made light of the ? swords soon to be lvoking with his > blood, and an eye has been on you all session in anticipation of Siich out? break. t "(Signed) 1 "One For All and All For One." "> A third letter read: "Let you and your friends sonre 1 fine afternoon in a crowded street 1 j car arise and give a bevy of colored Mladics your seals, not forgetting to i proclaim who you are. and if there 2 should bo any. colored gentleman in 3 the car lie will follow your magnani mous example." > A Question of Occupation. A clothing firm occupying a promr incut corner determined that it would 2 extend its promises by leasing the - quarters then occupied by a German saloon keeper. The clothing people i already occupied the floors above the i saloon, and by a sort of agreement ) with the owner of the house had a call on the ground floor whenever they were ready to pay the rental demanded. This time having arrived, the manager of the clothing place called j on the German-, and, in a friendly way, remarked that lie fancied his firm would take the ground floor after the first of May, and that the dispenser of lager had better be look, ing for new quarters. [ "But I don't vant to move," protested the German. "Well, hut you'll have to. You're a poor man, and wo are rich, and can pay three times as much for this . , room as you can. Tf you tro out quiet| lv and make no fuss about it we'll help you to find a now place. Tf you slay here at all, you'll pay rent that ] will beggar you?wind that." "Well, you come in two weeks, und ^ I dell you vot. I do." Two weeks later the manager called | again. The German was all smiles. "Dot's all right mine vriend. You , may sell lay upstairs und I'll sell lay here. T don't pay no rent at all, but you pay von hundred pounds a year 1 more as you paid last. I liaf bought . do building."?'Tit-Bits. I In Norway they hold balls on" the ice, and the young men and women have reached a point of skill where on the ice they can go through the most; complicated figures of the dance. The only country in the world j where the fashions in women's dress j do not change is Japan. NEWBERRY REPRESENTED. Dr. Bowers' Eoquont Talk On Occasion of Inauguration of President of Presbyterian Colloge. Dr. A. ,J. Mowers represented NewJerry college in Clinton on Friday light at the inauguration of Dr. Kob rt Adams as president of the Presbyerinn college of South Carolina. The >tlrer colleges in the State were also represented. The Columbia Stuite says of I)r. flowers' address on this occasion: "Dr. A. J. Bowers, vice president )f Newberry college, represented that institution in the absence of Dr. Tames A. B. Seherer, who was unaridalbly detained. Dr. Bowers' adIress was one of the best of the evening. lie said it was a good hour for Dr. Adams, for the college and for the Presbyterian denomination of the Slate, and urged liberal support for 'he college, tin- home of Christian . haiacter and Christian citizenship, lie said* one of ihv. greatest assets of NVwberry college was the affection >f tne Lut'heran <lenomiii.ilion for its welfare. It was the business of this institution, he said, to send out Chrislinn gentlemen rather than scholar.?. He said this was a greater .lay than the fourth of March when a president is inaugurated because it means much to the future of the Stale. He pnid a beautiful tribute to his late eollegemate and friend. l)r. Neville, and grew eloquent as lie recited his virtues." Ba.ck in Washington. A\ ash i nut on, Mar. l(i.?'Congressman AVyall Aiken is again on the floor of the house after a few days absence. Mir. Aiken occupies a peculiar relation to the members of congress in that he is a friend to everybod\ and one o| the bus'esl men in W a^hingl'in. It will be remembered ' hat in the last session he. in! rodnccd. and succeeded in having passed, the largest number of measures of anv member in congress, not excepting the Republicans. I l is closest running mate for this enviable honor and distinction is lion. Don. C. F.dwards, of Kenutucky, who had enacted itilo law 2!) bills, while Congressman Aiken numbers to his credit. This count does not include t.he two magnibeen I buildings constructed in his district he has had money appropriated lor, as they come under an Omnibus bill. Upon his return this week, it possible, he is even more active than ever, and is wearing a "smile that won't come otY."?Uonea Pirtli Chronicle, Mar. 1!), 1S10S. ? Putting It Up to Him. If was his keen sense of humor ami ilis brilliant conversation thai mad.1 the returning minister from China s< popular with the intellectual eoterfc of Washington. The wife of a California congressman who met Ministei W u many times during his former re sidence in the nation's ca.pital, when he had a home in New Hampshire avenue, told me that he was regarded as a delectable tonic among the jaded wits of Washington. Y\ u is a great believer in homes and families and is with Roosevelt ir his views of marriage. Tt is owing tc a suggestion of Wu, by the way, Ilia! Robert us Love, the clever St.* Louis correspondent, became, a benedict i-rove was detailed by his paper (o interview the distinguished Oriental but as usual with the astute diploma! it was the latter who did the interviewing. "Are you married?" lie asked the newspaper man. "No," replied Love. "And why not?" " My salary is too small ?" "Why is it too small?" "I'm sure I don't know." "Would you marry if they gave you mora salary?" "Yes." That was all of the interview, and when Love returned to the office he liad lo confess that if he wrote out what Wu had said to him it would be too personal. "Never mind," said the city editor, "that will make it. more elinraeleristic. ,Tns| write down the exact words the old chap said." The interview appeared in (he paver just as Love wrote it, and in the afternoon his managing editor called him to the inner sanctum, greeting tiim with a large, generous smile i nd I he words: "Your salary is raised." And Love got married.?.San Francisco Call. 10,000! Agents wanted at once, previous experience is not essential, write soon if you wish to make money fastei than you ever did before. Address J. l'. Clark. Conway, Ark. % |THE PASTIME THEATRE, i Next door to the Povtoffico Is open for the season. Doors open from 10 a m. to 10 p. m. Continuous performance. All children, school children and college students admitted for five cents All other persons ten cents. Come one and all and make this a place of pleasure and pastime. In connection with the pictures I intend to have vaudeville performances as often as 1 can get them, as I have stage and scenery fixed up for that purpose. Remember the I*cati?n?next door to the Postoffice. FRED J. RUSSELL, Manager. Hoadache HelpB. When T foci a 'heaxlaclie coining on, says a writer in tlio April Designer. I look around foT tdie caiuse. Usually I loosen my hair. It ds not generally known that liarir done up tightly ami pinned close to the head will cause hoadaehe. Try letting the hair fall loose, or braid or pin it loosely in a a different style. Sometimes it is' i my collar which is too tight, and i when I lake il off my headache disappears. Again it is caused by tight lor uncomfortable shoes, or by higii* heeled shoes, which may feel com for*.: able bill which will cause (lie trouble. I FOR SALE. For the purpose of liquidating the j Prosperity Canning Co., the board of j directors will ..ell to t he highest bidjder on Saturday. April IS, l!)()S. all j the property of the said Canning Co., i consisting <?I' one lot, 79-100 of an I I acre and 2 houses, one upright boiler, scanning house outfit. I Terms ??f sale cash. A. IT. Kohn, Secretary. j.3-24-11 a w-41. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ! STATK OK SlM'TIl CAKOL1NA. COl*XTV OF XllWIHKlMiV. All persons holding claims against, i the estate of Sallie Tidwell. .leecasicd, are iierclbv rcipiested to present J same, duly attested, to TTon. Frank M. j Sclunnpert. probate .judge for Newberry county, on or bofore Die said | i d:i v r f A pi il. l!IOS, i j And all persons indebted to 'said j estate are hereby required to pay same to the probate judge for Xew, berry count, on or before the said loth day of April, J!)()S. I. Brooks Wingai'd, i Qualified Fxecutor of the last will and testament of Sallie Tidwell, | deceased. , |3w. | CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA IIY. , Schedule in effect November 3rd, 1907 I*v. Newberry ^0 N & L.) 12:40 p. m. , | Ar. Laurens 1:52 p. in. |: Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:15 p. m. j Ar, Greenville 3:40 p. m. i Lv. Laurens 2:07 p. n,. I Ar. Sparta.iburg 3.35 |?. in. J Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ity.) 3:40 p. m. Ar. Jlendersonville 0:25 p. m. | \r. Asheville 7:30 p. m. ^ I v. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. m. Ar. Greenwood 2:50 p. m. Ar. McCormick 3:55 p. m. r Ar. Augusts 5:40 p. m. Note; The above arrivals and de; partures, as well as connections with 1 other companies. are given as infor) mation, and are not guaranteed. " ErneBt Williams, 4 Gen. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Goo. T. Bryan, > Greenville, S. C. Gen. Agt. )] Plant Wood's {T II Garden Seeds l\ FOR SUPERIOR VEGETABLES & FLOWERS. Our bualnoss, both in Garden and Farm Seeds, is one of the largest in this country, a result duo to the fact that 8 Quality is always our Jl first consideration. X We aro headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seod Oats, Seod Potatoes, Cow Peas, Soja Beans and other Farm Seeds. Wood's Desorlptive Catalogue is tho boat and most practical ofsood catalogues. An up-to date and re- J I cognized authority on all (lardon / i and Farm crops. Catalogue mailed / 1 1 'ro?on r?(iucst. Write for It. t \ T. W. WOOD & SONS, (/, /j^ SEEDSMEN^ - Richmond, Ya Jj^ wy?biwmmat ??? i bbct itt>.***?** REPAIR SHOP?Furniture, lounges, and parlor suits, 'each upholstered, retraining chairs, repaired; making and laying carpels and mailings, cleaning old furniture. In Sunlight 'Fall, near old colored I'.mtis! i church. { Wesley Cleans. ) aiA * -iii'.w-xV rtku ;^r?r%3?as?aBapi 1 E ( YOU Should itli a Bank. ?y is safer in a Hank )ills by check is the and best method. t recept in the world. on better standing ly among business j than cash. Think te your opening a vings Deposits. j Prosperity, /, S. C. )R. J. vS. WHKl-XKR, V. President. . A. COUNTS, Assistant Cashier. NKING! AVINSS DM. Surplus $30,000 Nr? Matter How Large, avings Dank iion. fhis message 3 women alike. J. E. NORWOOD, Cas'aler." ? mn?wa?an?? \ s. c. - $25,000 00 'ofits $6,000 00 . . $25,000 00 :>rs. A. Cap.! isi r;, Vlce-Preslclent >. Johnston k, Attorney, oi your deposit with its safe itc and a feeling of doubt it. Government supervision of Directors is a guarantee nt. >RS: W. P. Pugh. Jno. B. ellers. W. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. C. Moseley. vers. mnum in our Savings /able semi annually" tPwry/Miuir l? r^wmgrrmMMmTwnaBBWBMawMB NT NOW. I T H Ri Excellent Reasons wh> open an account w First: Because your monc than anywhere else. Second: because paying 1 ! simplest, most convenient i Your check is always thebes i Third: Because it gives y i in the community, especial j men, to pay by check rather j it over. We will appreeia ; savings account. We pay 4 pr. ct. onSa The Bank of i Pi osperit> DR. GEO. Y. IIUNTKR, 1 President. J. V. BROWNK, j Cashier. YOUR BA THE NEWBERRY S Capital $50,000 No Matter How Small, I The Newberry S vill give it. careful at'v.n ipplies to the rnon and th< IAS. McINTOSH. President, ???MMWBMOBMBWBBBBMBMIBI?? T ITo. 5S?< i a|\j $ byaIj w i Prosperitv Paid Up Capita! Surplus arid Individual Pv Stock hold ersr Liabilities For protection of dopon'? H. C. Moseley. President. W\ W. W. Wheelfr, Cashier. Gf.c Better a conservative Interest return when wanted, than a high r; about the principal. A National Bank Is a safe Depos makes It so. Likewise our Board of prudent conservative manageme DIRECTC G. W. Bowers. 1 J. A. C. Kibler. R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. i J. H. Hunter. J. P, Bo\ We allow 4 per cent, per a Department, interest pa> *1",eBemlBa<*?^*l^DW" ,*e ""e?a**i3^eeTEOznzn?niS j j IT'S DIFFERE ' 1 Hubby stays at if listens to the 1 VICT iHSo do the boys, jllother boys com fgThat suits Sis. fl We not only p; g week. 'Most paid | Got it from SAI/I | and Variety Store 194^ Main St.,