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ulacal us VOL XLVI NO 41 NEWBERRY, S. O.. TUESDAY. MAY 25, 1909 TWICE A WEEK.8$1.50 A YEAR ATER LONG RHE NEGRO GIVES UP FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE WITH OUT FOOD FOR DAYS. Ed Bynum, Who Shot Sheriff Corley of Lexington, Tells of His Trip Through Country. Columbia State, 29th. Hunted by a determined posse for three days, without food and abso lately exhausted, Ed. Bynum, the ne gro who shot and dangerously wound ed Sheriff Corley last Wednesday, gave himself up Saturday to a white 'man whom he knew he could trust, and yesterday morning at 7 o 'clock was landed in the State penitentiary. The escape of Bynum from a mob bent on violence, -his wanderings bhrough a section of country where there was no possible ehanee of meet ing a friend to protect him, and his final surrender formed a story full of human interest. There is likewise a feature, well worth comment, in the action of Gov. Ansel's secretary, Mr. A. J. Bet-hea, who .has been in constant touch with the situation from t'he time of the shooting and in the trip through the country with Bynum by Mr. Jacob B. Oswald. who at personal risk saw that the negro was finally brought here -and placed safely in the penitentiary. It will be recalled t'hat Bynum shot Sheriff Corley last Wednesday when the sheriff rode up to arrest the negro. It was charged that Bynum had been a cropper on the farm of -Mr. C. W. Caughman, had quit his work -and had run .the other hands out of the field, when Mr. Caughman employed them to worik out Bynum's patches. When ,Sheriff Corley, to whom -the matter was reported, attempted to arrest By num, the negro shot him. For three days Bynum evaded an infuriated posse, -all of them armed and many of them with dogs who de termined to hunt him down and kill him. Some of the officers of the law who had been asked for help respond ed with bloodhounds and the chances for Bynum's escape seemed slim. In every direction in Lexington and Sa luda counties the desoription of the negro had been telephoned. His rela tives were known 'and a close watch kept. on -their houses. Gettinug in Touch. . Thursday Seeretary Bethea, in the absence of G'ov. Ansel, sent over Mr. among the white people who could be to get in touch with the situation and if possible get word to Bynum that he could be brought to Columbia and protected. Broom at once 'vent to the father of the negro, Henry Bynum, and asked him to get word to the fugitive that, should he decide to sur render, protection would be guaran teed. Officer'Broom, who had consid era:ble trouble in finding the father of the negro. finally located 'him and ad vised that should Ed. Bynum not care to trust himself wit-h the offieer he should ask him to get some friend among the whtie people who could be trusted to bring 'him over for safe keeping. Word was finally sent to Bynum to this effect and as a result the negro went to thae home of Mr. Oswald Sat urday, after visiting .relatives. This place is near Gilbert 's, about 12 miles from Lexington. Bynum arranged to come to Columbia, -accompanied by Mr. Oswald. The two drove through the country, taking a eircuitous route, and met no one on the road. There was but one accident. The buggy turned over a few miles from Cohun bia but was quickly repaired and the trip resumed. About. '7 o'clock yesterday morning, both being physically exhausted, with the strain and the trip, the two ap peared at the governor's mansion and reported to Secretary Bethea. Ar rangements were at once made to take Bvnum to the penitentiary and he is now in the 'hands of the authorities awaiting the results of the wounds inflited on Sheriff Corley. Bymum's Story. Byvnum, who is -rather intelligent, had very little to say concerning his escape from the mob. In a very calm manner he related 'to Mr. Bethea tlhat he had been without food for three days and to escape the dogs, which e heard once within 100 yards of im he took to water and walked or run up a branch for about t4ree muiles. "Then lie doubled and almost rau into the hunting party. He hid under a bridge which the party passed over a little later. He recognized five of the men -and heard treir threats against him. He then made his way to this brother's house and made arrang ments to give himself up to Mr. Os wald, who stated that he would see that the fugitive was brought over to Columbia for safe keeping. Bynum does not know why he shot Sheriff Corley. He said that he was at work on Mr. Caughman's place as a cropper and asked the latter for some -clothes. Mr. Caughman refused to give him the clothes at that time, remarking that Bynum's account was overdrawn. Then Bynum left and returned Wednesday, finding other hands on 'his part of the farm. He ran the negroes off and Mr. Caugh man went to Lexington after Sheriff Corley. Bynum in the meantime had gone to his house to get breakfast and when Sheriff Corley approached he took up his shotgun and fired, some of the shot striking the sheriff in the face and 100 others in the right fore arm. This is all that saved the sher iff's evesiglit-and probably his life. Bynum left at once and his chase commenced. The saving of Bynum from the mob, his remairkable experiences in eluding the dogs and his confidence that Mr. Oswald would bring him safely to Columbia is one of the re markable cases in a nea-r-lynching. Bynum will be kept here until Sheriff Corley recovers and at the next court will be taken back for trial on the charge of assault and bal4ery with intent to kill. Yesterday at the penitentiary the was well eared for and in a few days will be entirely re covered, despite the privation. Secretary Bethea asked Mr. Oswald to presen<t his clgim for expenses. There was no reward offered, despite the efforts made by some of the posse to make it appear that there had been, a sum of money set aside by the au thorities for the capture of the negro. This, according to Mr. Broom, was put out -to assist in the capture by those bent on lynching. Mr. Oswald was accompanied by his son, Mr. Will P. Oswald, and Mr. Tillman Taylor, in his drive across the country. S. & W. MAP FILED. Marks Out Route For C., C. & 0. From State Line to Spartan burg. Columbia, May 22.-The profile map of the proposed South and Wes tern railway, which will lie a part of the C., C. & 0. railway, was this morning filed in the office of the see retary of State. This portion of the larger roads runs from the North Car olina line througa Cherokee and Spartanburg to the city of Spartan burg. JONES APPEAL GOES OVEE. Supreme Court Not to Hear Union Man's Case This Spring. Union May 22.-The appeal of W. T. Jones, who, last February, was con vited of murdering his wife- in July, 1908, and who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State peniten tiary, will not be heard at the pres ent spring term, as p)redicted last week, the days devoted to appeals from this, the 7th judicial circuit, having now passed without reference bigmade to hi~s case. This means that the appeal cannot be - heard be fore next December. and in all prob ability a decision will niot be handed down until Januiary or February. PLENTY or LIGHT. Main Street in Columbia For Three Blocks a Veritable Great White I Way. IColumbia, May 22.-Main street is tonight as brilliantly'lighted as when the noon-day sun sheds its pure light on a clear day. Hund-reds of large Tungsten lights are stretched across !'from one side of the pavement to the other on three of the pricipal bloe,ks of the street. These lights will be turned on each night at 8 o'clock and will burn until 10, except on Saturday nights, when they will burn for an hour longer. The scene tonight re WILL CAPTURE GREENVILLE. President Aull, of the S. C. Press Association, Declares Meeting i This Year Will Surpass All Others. Newberry. May 22.-President Aull. in speaking today of the annual meeting of the South Carolina Pre-s Association, stated that he would like the members to remember that it is only a little more than a month be fore the gathering of the editor in Greenville. At the last meeting of the executive committee a tentative program for this meeting was agreed upon. and the details were left with Secretary R. L. Freeman. Mr. Aull said in speaking of the program: ''I -have written Mr. Free man in the last few days requesting him to furnish the program as he has arranged it, so that it might be made public. One of the features of this meeting is the annual address of Senator LeGrand Walker, of George town. "The date of the meeting was left to the president after a conference with the local members in the city of Greenville. I have already announc. ed that. after the conference which was had with the good people of Greenville, it was decided to hold the annual meeting on the 6th, 7th. and 8th of July. I hope to announce in a few days some of the attractions to be offered by the people of Green ville in addition to the regular rou tine. Greenville is now about com pleting one of the ihandsomest and most modern hotels in the South. and arrangements are being made to have all of the members of the association quartered at this magnificent hotel. The hotel has not yet been opened. but will be by the first of June. "The associaton has 'held several meetings heretofore in Greenville,,but the Greenville people at this time are determined to make -this one of the most pleasant, attractive and success ful gatherings that the editors o this State have ever had. They are very anxious that every newspaper in Soutfhl Carolina. shall be represented | at this meeting, and I desire to add my most earnest request for every member of the association to come and also for those who are not mem bers to meet with us this time and ident'fy themselves with the associa tion. Arrangements are being made to see.ure transportation in this State for 211 of the members and others who desire to become members and who 'have pot transportation alrea'dy. "1 received a letter the other day from a member, inquiring if we would e:meet the ladies as had been cus*.om arv heretofore. I answered hi'm that we certainly would, and I desi:-e to saiy now that I hope every editor who hs a good wife will bring her along with him and, we will be delighted to have the daughters of the editors al so. In fact, these annual gatherings are largely social, and I have always felt that we really get more genuine benefit from the social side of the meetings than from any business we~ might undertake or any papers we discuss, but it has been our purpose to mingle both. I "Having 'in mind t'he benefit to be derived by coming in contact with one another, for several years I have always endeavored to have our meet ings so arranged t'hat the entire asso ia:tjon might lUe domiciled in the same house. In this way we are trown together and live for three or; four days as one family, and we come1 to know each other better, understand each other better, and in our discus sions after we return home there is less of bitterness because of this bet ter acquaintance. We come to know and appreciate that there is - some thing good even in the worst of us. I am exceedingly anxious that this shall be one of the best meetings and one 1 of the largest attended, and I feel I that I can assure every member who comes that he will not regret the time I or the expense.c "I would like you to begin thinking about the meeting at this time and be gin your arrangements to meet with us. If you have not transportation i for yourself and some member of your family w'ho desires to come with I ou. advise me a.t once and I will un- t dertake to secure transp)ortation for Is ou. Those of the members who at- t ended the meeting last year and whoi rent on the little outing into North ,arolina, I think will agree with me t was one of the most pleasant and nexpensive trips that the association ias ever taken. "As already announced, I am very tnxious to arrange a similar trip for his year-one that will take about he same time and that will include ,he city of Atlanta and two days at [allulah Falls. Arrangements -have iot yet been perfected, but it had oc urred to me that a trip of this kind vould be within the reach both of the :ime and the means at the disposal of :he majority of our members, and I im sure those who have not been :o Atlanta would enjoy a day in that ity, and I rateher think that a couple )f days could be pleasantly, restful y and profitably spent at Tallulah Falls. "Of course, we cannot take this ;rip unless there are at least twenty ive or thirty who would go. I would )e very glad if those who think they ,vould like a trip of this kind would xrite me to this effect, so that I might inow or have some idea in advance as o whether or not such a trip meets he approval of the members. My on y purpose in arranging for a trip >f this kind is to serve the pleasure )f the members of the Press associa ion, and do not forget that we can ot 'have a meeting unless you bring ome of the lady folk with you. "I expect to go to Greenville in a ew days and will give something of he attractions and entertainments hich are to be provided by the peo >le of Greenville, and we will also ublish in a few days the official pxo ram which has been arranged by the ecretary.' CONVICTED OF MURDER. slayer of Anderson Officer Gets First Degree Verdict. Anderson, May 22.-At 10:30 'clock the jury in the case of Webb 3immons, charged with the murder >f United States Deputy Marshall J. 3. McAdams on February 20 last, re ;urned a verdict of guilty in the first legree. Notice of a motion for a lew trial was given and will be ax rued Monday. The arguments by Attorney Dag 1all, for the defence, 'and Solicitor Bonham, for the State, and Judge antzler 's charge were completed at :45 o'clock this afternoon when the jury ret.ired with the case. Before eaving the court room Judge Dantz er instrueted Sheriff King to notify iim at any 'hour dring the night in ~ase of an agreement. Webb Simmons is a white man of about 22 years of age, and was em loyed at the Orr Cotton mills. While ie was in a drunken condition and while terrifying the mill village, Dep ity McAdams, also a sworn constable ider King, appointed to keep order t these mills, attempted to quiet and ter arrest him. Simmons tresisted Ld fired several shots with a shot un, one load taking effect in Me Adams body, resulting in death short y after. Simmons was brought to ;he county jail, where he has rested itil now, no attempt being made :o get him out on bail. The case was called for trial early ~esterday morning, and during yes erday and today forty odd witness s testified, about half being for the state. The defence was based on temn orary insanity caused by cocaine in he whiskey of which he was under nfluence at the time of the shooting. Dr. Parker, of Charleston, testified hat the whiskey contained a large Juantity of cocaine. Many expert vitnesses took the stand for both sid The trial of Simmons has created nore interest here than any trial in eent years. T'he court room has ~een overcrowded at all times and udge Dantzler caused the doors to e locked and guarded to keep out an iverf low. The jury last night slept mder gard in Hotel Chiquola. Simmons held up extremely well., hen the jary retired he chatted' aerrily with his young wife, who sat t his side during the entire trial. le claims not to have known any hing from tihe time he took the whis :ey on the morning of the fatal day: mtil he awoke under arrest in the' ail a 8 o'clock that night. A DANCE WITH DEATH! By Col. D. A. Dickert. Written for The Herald & News. All rights reserved. (Continued.) We lay a long time, forming and reforming new plans, and talk ing of what we might have done. We saw our mistake, when too late. Had we fired into the troopers .and rusehd on them, even if there were twenty-five or thirty, we could have thrown them in such confusion that we could have mounted our horses before they irecovered themselves sufficiently to think. We had done that sev eral times before. But, then, every one is not gifted with fore sight. Everything now looked dark. To eross the river was now impos Yible, Dixov still insisting that he could swim only in one direc tion-to the bottom-and every boat on the river gone. The Union army left none where they went along. So our entire plans had to be changed, and we must trust to luck again. In that thicket we talked for hours, and in those hours we lived a lifie-time. I had been reared in a pious family, and I was grow ing tired of this double life we were leading. The superstitions of my early youth began to haunt me. I grew weary of .the contin ual grind of danger, excitement and blood. I began to think of our 'end. When and how would it be? Would we, or could we ever hope to get through? I was fast growing despondent and cowardly. Dixon knew it, and he railed at me about it. While I never allow ed him to do any rough work, he being Dry .a ompanion and friend, still I had allowed him to be acoessory. I became sick and tired of the whole undertaking. Not that I had any great remorse;. for we had only taken chances with those who would have taken our lives, and been%-glad of the chance, except for the fact that we got our licks in first. This was right, under -the theory of old David Earum, I believe it was: "Do unto others as they would like to do unto you, but get your .blow in fi-ist. At this point I will digress a moment to note a little- incident that befell us in Lancaster or Chesterfield, I am not positive which, for we ignored all places, distance, and names. This to explain much' that is not understood now of the condition and spirit of the women at the time, and of the feeling of the men who, by chance, were thrown in their way, powerless to protect them, still too ehiv alrous and. with too much Southern blood in their veins to see them abused and insulted with impunity. Tiraveling along one day, tired and hungry, we came to a farm house, the inmates of which were a lady and some small children. T'he negroes on the plaee had taken Freneh leave and gone to the Yankees, or else had .refused to assist the lady. We asked poli-tely for something to eat, stating to her that we would pa'y her in Con federate money or gold for her trouble, and we would wait. (We had been supplied with gold and green-backs). She told us very civ'illy that she did not want our money, in fact, that she would not 'have it, but that by 'waiting we could get such a.s she had. She had been robbed of nearly all the provisions on the place. she told us. We-lolled about on chairs, waiting for our meal a'nd chatting in an undertone of the incidents of the day. The country for five or ten miles on either side of the main army was overrun with Yan kee "bummers,'' pilfering, getting something to eat, and burning. While we were waiting, several of the most vicious, impudent, dis -reputa'ble-looking scoundrels it has ever been my ill fortune to see, came in, and with little ceremony went plundering through the house. After takinig sueh things of value as they 'wanted, they all left but twe. When tihe lady came into the house from the kitchen in the yard, one of the scoundrels said.: "Hey, my woman, get us something to eat, and be quick about it. No fuss and feathers now, but just fall to and cook us a good meal. We can wait a little while, but not long; so skip lively.'' The little woman told them very frankly she would not do it. "You won 't, hey.? Aren't you getting something for these chaps here? Why not for us?'' "Yes,'' cried ti:e l:dy; "I would give food to a hungry dog if it behaved itself; b,t you cowardly ruffians, I'll see you dead first!' I began to toy unasily with the handle of my revolver, but Dixon shook his head, good monitor as he always was, for he knew I o shoot these men in the house would be the ruin of the woman. " Oh. my pree.ious little rebel, what do you say to us burning your - old i.ose over your 'head?'' And they laughed as if it was r. Teat joke. "i Jast gzi:.' me time to get tihose other soldiers their dinner, as I pr'omised. and then I will take my children out and you can go to burnirg,'' sa.id the lady, as she passed back into the kitchen. TIy f'h' eracked jokes about the change of tune the lady wd ig whe:2 :>o match was struck. This is a true incident, given to show the metal the Southern wo men were made of, and also why so many dwellings were burned. I thought surely I would choke with indignation. The soldiers Wer cutnnu fearfully. We whispered to the lady that her