The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 18, 1908, Page THREE, Image 3
DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY 'BLUES'
Georgetown Boarding House Keeper
Puts Bullet Through His Brain.
Georgetown, Sept. 14.-Samuel M.
Tompkins, 45 years of age, committed
suicide this morning at 6.30 o'clock
by blowing out his brains with a .32
calibre revolver. Mr. Tompkins kept
,a boarding house on the corner of
Prince and King streets; he had a
wife and two children; a daughter of
14 and a son 12 years of age.
Tompkins came to Georgetown
about one year ago from Enterprise,
a small village on the Wacama.w
river, and previous to his residence
there he had worked very acceptably
in the store of Messrs. Burroughs &
Collins, at Conway, and had many
friends at that place, and in Horry
county. He was reared from a boy
in Conway by Mr. W. R. Lewis, who
married an elder sister, and who gave
him the benefit of a good common
school education. But untoward cir
cumstantes followed the young man
into later life, his health gave way
and he has suffered- recently from
despondency. For the past six months
he has been out of steady or remun
erative employment, and that fact
seemed to prey upon his mind.
After waiting upon his guests at
the table this morning he stepped in
an adjoining room, when the inmates
of the house were startled by a pis
tol shot. Rushing to the apartment
from whence the sound proceeded,
Tompkins was found lying upon the
floor with a bullet hole in this head
just above the right ear. Physicians
were immediately summoned, but the
unfortunate nian breathed his last
before their arival.
The coroner, Mr. S. A. Parker, held
an inquest this morning, and the jury
of which Mr. J. B. Shackelford was
foreman, brought in a verdict to the
effect that S. M. Tompkins came to
his death by his own hands. The
terrible%deed had evidently been con
templated for some time, as a letter
to his wife, one to a personal friend
and creditor, and one to the local Ma
sonic Lodge asking that it arrange
for the shipment of his body to Con
way, all - neatly and intelligently
written, were found in the dead man's
pockets.
In writing to his wife he stated
-that she and. the children would be
better off without him as he had in
surance in several life insurance com
panies amounting, it is said, in all to
about $3,000, and a portion of this
sum would pay off all his debts. Mr.
Tompkins was a member of tihe or
der of Woodmen of the World, a
member of the Masonic Order., Lodge
No. .65, at Conway. Great sympathy
is felt here for the stricken family
of the deceased.
The remain.s have been taken
charge of by the Masonic Lodge of
this city, and will be taken to Con
way by a deputation of its members
in the morning.
LEXINGTON MAN A SUICIDE.
Prof. John D. Farr, Recently Elected
Superintendent of Education,
* Takes His Own Life.
News and Courier.
Lexington, Sept. 15.-This entire
community was shocked this morning
when it became known that Prof.
John D. Farr. of Chapin, recently
nominated for county superintendent
of education, had committed suicide
some time during the night by shoot
ing himself in the head with a shot
gun. Few were willing to believe
that. one who had just a few weeks
ago been honored by the people of
his county would want to take his
own life.
Coroner Clark, who* went to Chap
-in this morning to hold an inquset,
has just returned. He states that
the only reason assigned for Mr.:
Farr's taking his own life was that
he had not been in the best of health
for the last two weeks. He seemed
to brood over the fact that he would
soon have to move to Lexington to
attend to the duties of the office to
which he had just been elected and
that, his daughter being about to
leave for college, his wife would
ihave to remain alone at her home in
Chapin. This morning at 4 oelock he
left the house, went to his barn,
placed a single-barrelled shotgun to
his right temple and blew off the
whole top of his head.
The burial will take place tomor
row inorning at 11 o'clock.
Prof. Farr was 41. years of age.
He was a man of strong and charm
ing personality, seemingly of sound
mind, and had been prominent in the
afairs of the county for a number
of years. He had served two terms
as superintendent of education. and
had been a successful teacher. His
family relations to all appearances
were very happy indeed. His family
consisted of 'his wife, who was before
.er marriage, Miss Ada Friek, daugh
Pli,s Farr w\ n a Wint}r p :,h, ar- b
ship fro1m this c-ou1nty.. and it is said
that her father wa.s to have accom- h1
panied her to Rock Hill toiday.
Mr. Farr wals a p r( IIinent 1i1eIIber I
of the Knights of i'ythias. and his a
bro%theIIr Inits wil! c' 11nut 'he fun- b
eral services tonorrow. 1*
JUDGE POPE'S ORDER. e
a
Proceedings in Jones Case Said to be s
Most Unusual-Lawyers Declare a
Nothing Like it Ever Known d
In South Carolina Before. d
i1
Columbia, Sept. 14.-No decision c
of the State court rendered in a long n
time has caused more general discus- p
sion. especially among the members o
of the bar, than the order of Chief d
Justice Pope staying the trial of W. d
T. Jones in Union. It is said by { b
lawyers that nothing like it has ever
before been done in this State. t;
It will be recalled that Jones, a 1
wealtlhy man, was arrested on the a
charge of having killed his wife, who t
apparently died from poisoning.
Jones. through his attorneys, applied ,
to Judge Hydrick for bail and the e
application was refused. An appeal t.
from the decision refusing bail was b
made to the supreme court, and even
this pro'eedure is said to be doubtful, y
as the matter of granting bail is held i
to be one that is in the discretion t
of the Judge to whom the application h
is made. If one circuit judge refuses S
bail another circuit judge may grant f
it.
The general sessions court for Un
ion opened last week and a motion }
was made by the defence to e mtinue
the Jones ease. which was -overruied !
and the day set for the t'ral. le-n
while application was made to the
chief justice at Newberry for an dr- b
der staying the trial on the ground h
that the case was before the supreme S
court on appeal from the order of
Judge Hydrick.
What is the purpose of bail? It e
is to permit the defendant to go at
liberty until the trial of his case. If
he is innocent and is declared inno
cent by the jury he then has no use b
for bail. If he is guilty and is de- ,
elared guilty by the jury he then has i
no use for hail. When the case
comes to trial the question of thee
defendant's right to bail is a purely Is
academic question, and the courts do t ~
not like to pass on academic ques
tions: in- fact, they have more t>han t:
once declined to do so. s
The 'iheory o'f the law is fthat the o
right of .appeal is for the purpose of s
preserving the frights of a defendant. n
The idea in the minds of the public o
is t>hat many times the purpose of an a
appeal is to secure delay in the ad- 1
ministration of justice. ^t
The supreme court meets in the t~
fall. The order of the chief justice t
may be taken up early or late in :h
the term. and meanwihile Jones re
mains in custody. If the supreme
court decides that Judge Hydrick b
was right in refusing bail Jones will C
have to remain in jail until the next t4
term of court after the decision is "
rendered, which term will probably s
be in February. If the supreme court 0
decides that Judge Hydriek was
wrong Jones may get his liberty un
til the next term of Union county t
court. matter of perhaps three a
months. but if he is innocent he a
might have had his liberty in Setem- ~
berby nin to trial at that time.
It's a queer mix-up. and the decis
ion of the supreme, court will bet
awaited with a great deal of interest,
as it will set a precedent in this
State. 0
SETCHES or GENERALI
WADE HAMPTON'S LEGION. a
ow an Edgefield County Boy Secur- og
ed For His Brother a Month's re
Holiday. a
Edited by B. H. Teague, Aiken, S. C. rt
My brother, S. M. Walton. of Edge- w
field distriet, volunteered in Capt. ir
M. W. Gary's company, B. Hampton
Legion, when this was organized in
861. In April, 1863, B. E. Nichol
son was captain, Gary being promoted
to colonel of the regiment. About
this time the war department issued
an order to grant a furlough of thirty
ays to every soldier in ranks, who re
btained a recruit for his command. p:
y brother had been in service two 1N
ears, and in every engagement that tr
the Legion had participated in, and al
was color bearer of the regiment at ti
the time. He had the honor and te
ood luck at the bloody battle of in
Sharpsburg to rescue the flag, after fi<
everal b)earers had been shot down, al
and b)ring it safely out oft the fight. pm
apt. Nie:holson, being at home on ct
furlough at the time I am writing ai
f, I went to see him and told him he
tha T weas nonit old enough to T:
t 1 '' it t _ \'f' 111\' I)1' j1er a I1ir
>i1' i 1. W ai 1ld )t il1 i11t' I.t'!'iil 1 ll1
o\\', a. m I l'l lt'l' s re"'li1t. T 'e
iplaill agreed tl do u. ald weI
e returned to the arm:y' I aceompan
bI l nim. \\e f't1id t he l.e-i1 illn ear
:1frolk. Va.. the Xa1ik'e: in th town1
d our forees outside, in line of
attie. ('apt. Niehoison imaediately
,ported to Col. Gary on arrival. and
aced his agieement with me. The
Dlonel readily consented and issued
n order for the furlough. It was
,on in the hands of my brother,
nd he on his way lhome for thirty
ays. Oh! those blissful furlough
ays at home, when we were heroes
i the eyes of the girls and the re
ipients of every good thing imagi
able, from the hands of the old peo
le. And how we hated the shortness
f the time and had to return to
uty. corn bread and bacon-after
evouring the box of substantial edi
les we always took back with us.
was the first recnuit to the Legion
iat a furlough was granted on, if
of the first in Gen. Lee's army. It
ppealed so forcibly to Col. Gary
iat he forthwith issued regimental
rders urging the men to obtain re
uits and get furloughs. Many avail
1 themselves of this privilege, and
e Legion was greatly strengthened
v the coming to it of fresh new men.
could write many interesting exper
mnees during the term of my soldier
1g from April, '63 to April, '65-.
rvo solid years of excitement and
ardships, common; too, then, but
aaee forbids. Yet, I will detail my
?elings and experience as a 16-year
!d boy the first time under fire.
T e irst day I was in camp I
eard the older soldiers guying some
f the younger ones as to how they
'd acted in .a recent engagement
itlh the enem V. I just thought I
>uld not stand such guying; but my
rother told me when he left me for
ome, to put on a bold front and
Jick to my captain. The next day
Po companies of the Legion were
mt on picket duty, one being my
3mpany. When this detachment got
> the skirmish line, t.he other de
achment went into the rifle pits.
'hile ours was put in reserve, in a
ody of woods, near at hand and con
enient to a railroad cut. As the re
eving of pickets by the other eom
any was taking place, the Yankees
ammenced to throw solid balls and
2ells at us. This stirred u-s up, and
2e men of our company did about
retty considerably in getting into
1at railroad cut. I thought :to my
alf now is the time for me to show
f. my bravery, but for a fact, I was
> seared I could hardly stand. I
ianaged to do so though until all the
thers had gotten in the cut and I
lone, then I leisurely walked into it.
he shelling was so great in my mind
1st I had my doubts of being able
istand it. but I said nothing
iough shaking with fear and appre
ension. Fortunately, it did not last
mg. A short time afterwards while
ia quiet camp and I had become
lack and dirty, I was passing the
iptain, when he said to me, "Wal
m. I think von will make a good
>ldier: I noticed that you did not
~em to mind the shelling we got the
bher day.'' I replied, "the shot and
iell did not pay any att'ention to
te, so I did not care to bother about
iem.'' but I was, feeling one wry
aid talking another. As I had shown
bold front at this first time under
re I was free afterwards when we
at into trouble. to do as I saw best
ith myself andl never was guyed
aout being excited. -I do not mean
>extol myself, but simply say as a
Lt that whenever our company was
1 a march, I always started with it,
2dwas with it when it halted, and
as always on hand to obey orders.
do not know whether I ever killed
Yankee or not. I generally shot
ihit, and there were always dead
1es in the. direction I aimed. Our
inks are yearly getting thinner, and
;we approach the time for the last
>ll call our thoughts are of a happy
-union beyond the river, where there
ill be no more fighting and destroy
g of mankind.
W. T. Walton.
Johnston, S. C.
The Remedy That Does.
"Dr. King's New Discovery is the
medy that does the healing, others
omise but fail to perform,'' says
rs. E. R. Pierson, of Auburn Cen
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id lung trouble of long standing,
at other treatments relieved only
mporarily. New Discovery is do
g me so much good that I feel con
lent its continued use for a reason
de length of time will resto.re me to
~rfect health.'' This renowned
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d lung healer is sold at W. E. Pel
m & Son's drug store. 50c. and $1.
'ia bottle frnw'
boozer Bros.,
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REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
book-1 of registration for the town of
Newberry, S. C., will be open on Tues
day, September 8th, 1908, and the un
dersigned as Supervisor of Registra
tion for the said town, will keep said
books open every day from nine A.
M. until five P. M. (Sunday excepted)
including the first day of December,
1908.
Eugene S. Werts,
Supervisor of Registration.
td.
AN ORDINANCE.
Fixing the rate and prescribing the
time for the payment of town taxes
for the year 1908.
BE IT ORDAINED by the. mayor r
and aldermen of the Town of New
berry. S. C.. in council assembled and
by authority of the same:
That for the purpose of raising a
revenue and in the exercise of the
taxing power of said town, the fol
lowing taxes are hereby levied for
the fiscal year ending December 31st, r
1908, upon all real and personal pro
perty within the corporate limits of
said Town (except such as is exempt t
from taxation under the constitution
and laws of this State) upon the
valuation thereof as assessed for tax
ation for county and State purposes;
viz: -t
Section 1. That a tax of sixty cents
on each one hundred dollars of real
and personal property within the cor
porate limits of the Town of New
berry in the State of South Caro
lina (except such as is exempt from
taxation under the constitution and
laws of this State) is hereby levied
for the purpose of raising a revenue
to defray the ordinary expenses of
said Town for the fiscal year end- e
ing December 31st, 1908.
Section 2. That a tax of three
fourths of a mill on each dollars'
worth of real and personal property
within the corporate limits of the
Town of Newberry (except such as
is exempt- from taxation under the
Constitution and laws of this State)
is hereby levied for th4 purpose of
raising a revenue to defray the bond
ed indebtedness of said Town for the
Opera House.
Section 3. That a tax of two aad a
half mills on each dollar's worth of
real and personal property within
the corporate limits of the Town of
Newberry (except such as is exempt
from taxation under the Constitution
and laws of this State) is hereby le
vied for the purpose of raising a
revenne to pay the interest on and
reate a .inking fund for the bonded
indebtedness of said Town for the
Water Works and Electric Light
Plant.
Section 4. That a tax of one mill
on each dollar's worth of real and
personal property within the corpor
ate limits of the Town of Newberry
(except such as is exempt from taxa
tion under the Constitution and laws
f this State) is hereby levied for the
purpose of raising a revenue to pay -
the interest of the bonded indebted- .
ess of said Town for the Sewerage
System.
Section 5. That all taxes herein
imposed or levied shall be paid to
the said Town of Newberry in law
ful money of the United States, be
tween the fifteenth day of October,
1908, and the fifteenth day of No
ember, 1908, and a penalty of ten
per cent is hereby imposed upon and
shall be added to all taxes in arrears.
Section 6. That execution issue ac
ording to law for the colleetion of
a.ll taxes, fines or penalties past due
mad unpaid for fifteen days, and the
ost of said executioni.
Done and ratified under the cor
orate seal of the Town of Newberry,
n the State of South Carolina. this
he second day of September, A. D.,
908.J
J. J. Langford,
A.ttest: Mayor.
Eug. S. Werts,
Clerk and Treasurer.
SOME OF O
To be conservative.
To pay four per cent.
To calculate interest sen
To bond every employee.
To be progressive and ac
To lend our money to or
To treat our patrons cou
To be liberal and promp
To secure business from
TO BE THE VERY BE
TO DO BUSINESS
Our institution is under the
examined by the State Bank E:
The Bank of
Prosperi
DR. GEO. Y. HUNTER,
President.
J. F. BROWNE,
Cashier.
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