The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 10, 1908, Page TWO, Image 2
TERRIBLE DEATH
IN UNION COUNTY
MIIS. W. T. JONES OF SANTUC
VICTIM OF POISONING.
Coroner's Jtily Finds That Sho Game
to Her Death at the Hands of
Unknown Parties.
The Stale.
I'iiion, .Inly 7.?Mrs. W. T. Jones,
wile of one of (he largest Isind owners
o|' Ciiioti county, died very suddenly
shortly alter 1L? o'clock Sunday
11i111 al her beautiful home in
Saulue. In tlie death of Mrs. Jones
Iliere are <-?nnl>iii<*<| lo ;m unusual degree
t!n? ch-mcnls .if Ira-jedv and
pathos, Inr I'roni Hie evidence of (lie
ill lending physician at Hie iin|iies|, il
appears ) 11at her death w as due to
si rye 11 nine poisoning.
It was shortly before 12 o'clock
Sunday nivhl that Dr. J. T. Jeter
was hurriedly siiuuuoiied by Mr. W.
I. loiies li> hi-'. home i<> see his wife.
Dr. Jeter promptly responded, but II
in i mi I ?'s after his arrival the end
came.
As I he synipotoms point to strychnine
ha vim: proiluced her death il
was derided I hat an inquest should be
held. Coroner J. I,. Ilames went to
the scene about noon yesterday ami
a jury was empaneled to hear the evidenee
al the first hearing', which was
al Mr. Jones' home and which was attended
by a large number of persons.
Dr. J. T. Jeter, the lirsl witness,
under oath testified in snbslanc(> that
wa-' huri'iedlv summoned by !\Tr.
Jones Sund'\ ni<:ht. When lie coached
Mrs. Ji tie-; she was suffering intensely.
He did what he could to relieve
her ami injected morphine. Her
mind was clear and .jus! before shivery
suddenly expired she was heard!
I'eebl \ ; I ml hiokenh re pen I i uv the
l.ord s Prayer. Mr. .^mes ashed the!
^ ill' if he thought -lie died from
lakiug sinchnino. sayimr r.'i.at she
had gone tea bureau, where a boHle
o| si r\ehuiiie was found ami then had
lal en several drinks of water. After
In in down about 1" minutes she called
him. I* com the symptoms the witness
I homrlil she died from srr^'elinine
poisoning.
Drs. |). II. Montgomery and R. T.
Hamilton when sworn testilied that
they concurred in Dr. Jeter's opinion
that it was strychnine noison that
caused Mrs. Jones' death.
A t ier lin* taking of this testimony
the liearim: was adjourned until this
morning. \ est? rday al it- conclusion
Coroner I lame.* communicated
with Solicitor T. S. Sease in Spartanburg.
wlio instructed hivi to have an 1
autopsy I rid. liio e.di Coroner Hauies
had p'Woiislv released the bods. Mr.
I'. D. I'.mitoii ot the 1 iisoii bar was
secured In represent the State. wi;i!o :
Mr. Jones al-o seen lied .oonscl. That '
the attorneys mi-jht he present the
inquest was not resumed until after
the arrival of the noon train today.
Meforc her marriage Mrs. Jones was
Miss Marion Porter, daughter of Mrs.
Auric l'orler. and was marivd to \Y.
T. Jones about I I years ago when she
w as about !I> years old. ( H" t liis union
one son, Harry, was born, who was in
Jonesville at the lime of his mother's
cleat h.
Several years a-_'o Mr. Jones erected
a ver. ha'-d.-'Oiee home ueni ' i-'former
residem e. which lie equipped
with all modern conveniences, and
which Wils regarded as one of the
hamlsomc.-t homes in the whole connt
rv.
A special by telephone |o Progress,
dated Saiiluc, July 7, 11..'{0 p. ni.. said
that the autopsy was performed on
the body of Mrs. \Y. T. Jones after
the arrival of Drs. I). 11. Montgomery
and If. (J. Hamilton and the in- i
quest had just been resumed, as Hie
remains were interred in a churchyard
nearby.
The orpins will he sent to Columbia
to be analyzed by the State chemist.
This afternoon Arthur l'nglish and
licuheu Johnson, both colored, K. II.
Moss, section mastei, mid Magistrate
H. (I. (Iregory were sworn. Magistrate
(iregocy, in addition to telling
of seeing Jones on Sunday afternoon,
related an incident that occurred at
Jones' home several years ago, but
the otlicial copy of the testimony being
unavailable, details can not be
given. A very large crowd attended
the hearing.
The evidence was completed about
7 o'clock and in a short while the
jury rendered a verdict that the deceased
came to her death at the hands
of person or persons unknown to the
jury.
"Tho Passing of "Uncle Remus."
Probably the prettiest tribute to
Joel Chandler Harris that has been
written is the following from the
Washington Post:
My Lawd, lie (.-alls mo, i
He calls, me by III' llmnd'eh,
Tir I in in | ! ! sou m ' it in mail soul!
All ain' got long to slay heah.
?Camp Meeting Hymn.
Cncle It em us lias loft us. The firelight
in the cabin is dying and his
chair in the chimney dirtier is empty.
He will never come back any more.
And. oh, so empty is the heart of
"the lilt hi boy" whom he loft sitting
in the shadows, and who will ^
never hear any more tales from bis
lips. Kmpty, loo. are the hearts of
many lit lb; boys and girls all over c
this world, which was a more r
blessed world for Cncle Remus' bavin
?< And there are tears c
iii tne eyes i?I ''young missis," the
little boy's mother, and still other
and older grown folks down south
are deeply grieving because they have
lost a very dear friend. There will
never be another to take his place.
I'or he was almost the last of his people?those
gentle, kindly, quaint
black people of the old days "down
south be to ' do wah"?of whom
their masters and history have written
that they wore faithful even unto
deal li.
loci Chandler Harris laid down bis
pen with bis work done. Ho bad
been true to the call of the writer?
that id. making I lie whole world acquainted
with sumo of its own children
who yet were strangers to j|. In
I lie character <d I nolo Renins ho revealed
I be heart of the neirro. the
story of his race, the inhalations of
his spirit. Other men have written
of him. but none with suc!i sympathy
such sure understanding, such truth.
I'nele Remus will live in literature
as I be epic o| (be black man from
whom the shackles of i he curse ot
the centuries since Hani was accursed
in Shinar wore stricken after ho
had served his bondaire in a land far
I com 11 it* cradle ?>f bi> race. What J""
Kipl'ui: did with Ham hex for i he I:tl
iiiM;:le tribes and I lie bazaar-dwellers. '
<>f India, that Joel Chandler Harris R
did with I tide K'ei,i<ts for the old- I
lime (ienrs'ia darkv of the cotton (M
tields and I lie corn bottoms. l'r'er
Rabbit ami llr'er Cox and Ole SR-,|''
I rr >pin are as real as Raula-i ra, the
black panther; Sliere Kran. the lame
i\in?_* o| | he jungle; Kaa. or the Rand- W
erlous. All are out of the same i'
sprint*?the life dreams (traditions) a
ol primitive peoples, whose breasts ei
lie dose to the rank mot ho.* earth and r;
her creatures. The heart of Africa m
and India is one; they who dwell in bi
t liaiched huts live close to the juutrlc !'i
lolk roost i i itr in the civi's or tlie tree- pi
I op>; they speak their laiimiago. and ''(
bave kinship with liini. 11
I nolo Remus' tales came out of
Alrica. Fvery old netrro mammy and
d:??1 d v of I e plant knew them
n?l kne'v ibe\ were n<>| the product : '
"I davc-life in a new world. Tiiev I;
<ve;'e the legends of the (Juild eoa>l. -?
the folklore of ('on<_'o villages, fho'tl
1111 la lily stories ot moonlight nitrhts it
in weird Dahomey forests. Harris 11
saw the Renins of the race in them ai
and gave il to the world. Like Ste- R
plum Foster s songs that caught the io
croon of \ race's bruised spirit brood- tl
iii'j; over its curse, they are pari of ai
an imperishable record. While the d<
black man lives the names of Joel a|
('handler Harris and Stephen Foster ti
will live, end the music and literature d
which these three have enriched no .1
>ne ! 11 ift-? shall b? forgotten. t'
SALARY INCREASE SUSTAINED. is
Supremo Court Decision Favors Contcntiou
of its Clerk that he is Entitled
to Increase Granted
by Legislature. P
News and < 'ourier. ii
Columbia. July 7.?<',,|. \' |{, b
l?rook>, < *i:vie of the suprom'.1 court. ?
ha> wo . bi> >*ase in reyr'' to the ini"
i-.dary and I Ik* position of '
tne attorney general is not sustained
by the supremo court. However, '
the decis is by a courl evenly di- ?
vidod. ' 'iji:Jos'. ico Rope, r.nd Ass iI'iate
Ju-.fi*o fiary deciding in accordance
with the attorney general's
interpretation of the law on one .
point, while Assoviale Justices Jones .
and Woods hold to the opposite view |
on I be v\ hole mat tor. .
Heretofore the salary of the clerk
of the supreme court has boon $SOO |
per year, payable monthly, as are all f
State salaries. This year the salary n
was raised to 1.00(1, or. at least, it |
was provided in the appropriation <.
act that (ho sum of $1,000 should bo
appropriated to pay the salary of the
clerk ''if so much bo necessary." On
the advice of the attorney general I
the comptroller general declined to <
pay the salary at (Tie rate of $1,000 j
per year, and issued warrants for \
January and February at the rate of f
.<S0o per year, or $(>(?.(!(> per month, ]
?".s usual heretofore. Tt was eon- <
tended, in substance, by the attorney
general and comptroller that the saltan
of the clerk was fixed by statute
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mtemled, in support of tins position'
iat ihi1 salary beiuy $800 per year.}
ie siiiii of ?1.1100 per year is not nee- i
*sary to p.-iv that salary. ,
Through hi-: attorm'.vs. Bellinger A; ^
'elch, the clerk insfltuted proceed- ^
iirs before Circuit Judpo Gary for
writ of mandamus compelling the ^
>mptroller general to pay him at tin' ^
ite of $1,000, not only for the re-1
amine months of tne current year,!
it also for the months of January ^
id February. assertintr that the an- .
ropriation act is reh'oactive in this
'sped, iirnl the salaries provided for
lerein are for the entire year, rcurdless
of the date on which the j
*t is approved.
.Indue liary -.'ranted the petition of
let k |>rooks and an appeal was then
iken in In-half of the comptroller
neral hy the attorney treiiornl. In
u- opinion written by .Fust ice Gary x
is held that the clerk is entitled to ^
ie full salary for the entire year. al
ml in this opinion Chief Justice,
ope concurs. In the ofssentinjr opin>n
written hy Justice Jones it is hold
iat the clerk is entitled to the sal- i M
ry of $1,000, hut t riat the increase J#
>es not apply to the time prior to the ' D
>proval of the act, hut b"eins at tliei
me of the act's approval. Ry the j
ivision of the court the decision of
mine I'.rncst Gary is sustained and i
ol. Brooks pels the money. The
"lit agrees, however, that the salary R?
increased. j']
Willie they were not parlie> to the Ey
nit the private secretary to tliejll
overnor and the chief clerk of the'
unptroller peneral are in the same
osition as the clerk of the supreme j ?
nit. as their salaries were increased ' l"*
i the same manner and they will also
enel'it hy the decision. The salary
f the assistant attorney general was
lso increased, hut it was specified in
lie act that the sum named should
e his salary for the year 100S, so
hat there was no room for division
f opinion on that matter.
An Able Man.
The Spartanburir Free Lance,!
houph n supporter of Governor An-j
el, is fair to his opponent, and lias
he following' to say in a recent odiorial:
j ^
Mr. Blease, who is runtime apainst I
iin*, is an able man and lias many
Yietuls all over the State, lie makes!
i pood speech and pives some excelent
reasons why he should be elected I
fovernor.
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Mr. P. B. Kllisor, which means a! ^
food dinner. Admission; Gentlemen ,
10; ladies .'kr>.
M. T{. Sinpley.
T. K. Stone.
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