The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 31, 1909, Page THREE, Image 3
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THE NATI(
munity. T
tors and oth
and today
SAFE AND
The
R. D. SMITH4
towards the town.
Cheered by "Yanks."
"Almost. as if by magic the Yankee
,ldiers who were all in uniform, re
eeived the order from some one: 'Fall
in, right dress!' As they were al
ready in line it took t.hem only two
or three seconds to get in military
formation and, without counting off,
the order was given: 'Three cheers
for -the men in white!' The answer
ing call of the Northern white man
to the Southern white man was as
hearty and vigorous as our own de
tiance had been.
"I will say in passing. that, while
some of these same men marched six
teen miles to Rouse's Bridge to stop
the Ellenton riot so'me weeks later,
and were held along with a large num
ber of other troops in the disturbed
iregion-one whole regiment being
sent to Egefield Court House in
October-lone of the soldiers ever
displayed any other than the most
friendly and kindly feeling and they
had no stomach whatever for the
dirty work they had been seLt into the
State to do. They obeyed orders,
which is the duty of a soldier. but
they never shdwed any feeling other
than good will and sympathy for our
people. But while the Sweet water Sa
bre Club and its successors in Meri
wether Township. the Democratic
Fighting Club. eaine in contact with
the troops on several occasions after
wards, they were never permitted to
cheer us agami.
''The rioters in their bloody shirts
retrned to their quarters. In this
parade the shirts were worn as
blouses over the pants with pistol
belts outside. Some of the meu wore
them home, and one young man, John
(rawford, I think, caused his sisters
o become dreadfully frightened be
ause they thought lie was wounded.
I carried the flag to my home, and
I have regretted that it wvas destroyed
by ftre when my residence was burned
som three years later.
The Trial.
'It was a unique scene in the Court
room when Judge Mahier 1o:dered bail
to be granted, fixing the sum as I re
call it. at $1,000 eaeb. The argument
of the case had delayed a.ctio~n far
into the night. Lamps had to be
Sbrougint in. and as the restless 'pris
oner3' wo:uld pass in and out of the
Court room and take their seats, the
thud of the ba.trels of their revolvers
could be heard as they came in con
tat with the benehes
"When Court was adjinurned the
mner. begaul to make inquiry of the
~1erk of Court as to when they could
file teir bonds. He. iu a rather petut
lat znd irri:ablie mianner. u-ieh: was
na :al, because he must have been
very mneh fatigued. replied: -Some
tid in thle moring'.' Just then I
ovewa9~rd Sheriff Jo rda n whisper to
h :-You had better let these men
't cut of town tonight. else they
a burn it .and hang von before
morig.' In a trice the mnner of the
cerk chaniged and he beganH to hand(
out blank hail bonds to be signed b.y
al the applicants and their sureties.
re all wvent on each other 's bonds
i: became a joke. causing great
ment. that Walker Mathenv.
id not own teun dollars' worth of
~erty. had sizned h'?ds to the ex
f $20.000. In truth i e whole
e' ~rfmnce was a pertfunctorIy and
n any reper a launhable travestY
r w. for if they had attemptedl to
*u a' i5in jail I am sin e few or nmone
* OUld have acqumie.seed and wa
wold have probably killed every oh
H' xi5 Ratdical in the Court room
an town, and one to Texas or some
oter hiding HlIo- In an hour we had
de I)arted and' gathering up our camp
folloers ere On our wayt home.
n dIn truth wve'd the hloodv
in t e facte ofi the Yankee bull
da ed him to do his worst. It is
less to 5say that this darinig act
if the dread of the negroes.
whle among the wites the band of
.,- drew us closer together. It was
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is institution has stead
er customers. Invaria
she stands as firm as
JUDICIOUS HANDL11
Nat Iona
Cashier
'all for one and one for all' and the
State's motto: 'Animis opibusque pa
rati'-feady with our lives and for
tUnes-pulsated as the sentiment in
every bosom.'
NEWS OF ST. PHILLIPS.
A Chair Over One Hundred Years
Old.-Personal Mention.- Other
Matters. -
St.. Phillips, Aug. 2G.-The weather
is rather cool for the time of year,
and it is ripening the cotton.
On Saturday, August 28. there was
a joint picnic at St. Phillips. The pic
nic was given by New Hope and St.
Phillips singing schools. The singing
is taught by Mr. George Dickert.
I had the pleasure of sitting in a
chair something over a hundred years
old. The, chair belonged to Mr. W.
B. Kibler. It is a strongly made
chair. and no such are made in our
days. As far as we can trace it back,
it. was his mother's grandmother's,
and his mother is now eighty-two
years old.
There will be services at St. Phil
lips the first Sunday at three p. m.
I notice there are some few pe)ple
in this section that don 't take any
paper at all. I feel sure we are living
in an enlightened countriy. and fori
those that don't take any papec and
cannot receive any news it seems to
me that everything would be dark and
gloomy. We want all to welcome the
county paper in their homes. We have
two eounty papers, and those wno
don't take either one of thaem, do not
tae any interest in the affairs of
the county.
Mrs. Jos. Sligh. of Newberry,
spent last week with her niece, Mrs.
W F. Ruff.
Miss Bessie Seybt, of Green ville.
is visiting her aunt. Mrs. WV. B. Kib
Messrs. James and Willie Kibler
visitedl at Pomaria last week. They
report a pleasant time.
Mr. Earl Livingston and Luther
Aull, of Pomaria, spent Saturday and
Sunday at Mr. WV. B. Kibler 's.
Mrs. Walter Long, and her hus
band .of Saluda, spent the latter part
of last week with her father and
mother.
Mrs. Robert Caldwell and daughters
spent Friday night with ' Mr. and
Mrs. D. A. Ruff.
Mr. J. L. Ruff is building to his
dwelling house.
Mr. J. J. Kibler is building a
d welling house.
Mrs.' W. F. Ruff spent last Mon
day with Mrs. Ri. C. Sligh. and she
m.: onle of her old triends. Mrs.
Tiomasn,. and the' luIl a grand old
Misses Eva and Ber': ba Coleman,
Elmer Pitts. Messrs. Tom Pitts. Will
Coeman and Basil Blezise, from Sa
luda. weer' at Mr. Perry Halfacre's
durag the meeting at Clayton Memo
Mrs. Gleo. K. Wieker is at her fath
Mr. Leonard Sease. Mrs. Ed. Sease
aid daugh ter from Little Mountain,
Mrs. Wyche from Pro.sperity are at
Mr. Ben Halfaere's.
DOUBLE LYNCHING IN GEORGIA
'The Lnching of Two Negroes, and
a Search for the Wife of One of
Them.
Soperton. (Ga.. Aung. 27.-Two nic
xroes lynched andi a po')e inl pursu5iit
of the wife of onue oi the victims;
the killing of a promin~ent planter, a
member of the posse: -he probable
ttal in.iury of thle shIeritI of Mont
omry cout1y, atnd te w xouniding of
tani ever known.oenose
Ben (lar~k, an es"aped convict from
te Bibbh coun ty~ cha gan. was shot
to leathi, after a fierce battle early
o-day .a his body burned. The nle
,OF SU
kat a Recommen
BERRY has this particu
ily grown with the growl
bly it has taken care o
the Rcck of Gibraltar.
qG OF YOUR FUNDS.
il Bank
gro threatened to kill Nicholas
Adams, a merchant of Kibbe. "and
a hundred others.'
Jihn Sweeney, who harbored the ex
convict, was taken from a passenger
train a mile from Tarrytown to-night
.and lvnched.
The posse then set out in search of
Sweeney's wife, who it is said. was
in the neighborhood.
Intense excitement prevails through
out this section.
James Durden, a prominent planter
and member of the posse, which cap
tured Clark. was shot and killed. The
other members of'the posse, who were
shot by Clark, were: Sheriff James
Lester, Walter Simmons and three
others unknown. The officer received
an ugly wound in the breast.
The posse found Clark in Sweeney's
house. Sweeney's wife was at home,
but Sweeney was absent. The sheriff
called on Clark to surrender. For an
swer lie reecived a 44-calibre bullet
fired from a rapid-fire gun. Durden
was shot and other members of th
posse fell before the torrent of lead
dealt by the negro. He conthinued to
tire until his ammunition was ex
hausted. He was then overpowered
and his body riddled with bullets. He
wre a steel breast plate that turned
Winchester bullets. A p)ile of logs was
covered with erudle turpentine, an
the body cremated. In the excitement
the woman escaped. The events of the
day fired the intense spirit of the
posse, and it is expected that she ea
not escape the search that is being
instituted tonight.
Sweeney was caught near here late
this afternoon. He was carried aboard
a north bound train to -a secluded
wood near Tarrytown, where his body
Iwas ri:ddled with bullets, as it was be
ing swung up to a sapling.
TRIUMPH AT RHIEMS.
Glen' H. Curtiss, American Wins
Aviation Cup and Breaks a
Record.
Betheny Aviation Field. Rheims,
Aug. 28.-The international cup of
aviation known as the Gordon Ben
nett trophy, was won today by
Glenn H. Curtiss, the Americain avia
tor, in Ithe fastest aerial jouigney of
20 kilometres (12.42 mire's) ever ac
complished by man. His time, 15
minutes, 5 3-5 seconds, was only 5~
3-5 seconds faster than that made by
Bleriot over the same course.
The other two pilots who represent
ed France, Latham and Lefebvre, fin
ished respectively in 17 minutes. 32
seconds and 20 minutes, 47 3-5 see
onds. Cockburni. an Englishman. ran
Iinto a haystaek as he was mnanoeu
vering for the start and did not cross
the line. Several other machines
which were expectedl to start were
not ready within the time limit.
The race lay between Bleriot and
Curtiss, with Lathami as a possible
outsider. Lefebvre on previous per
formances .apparently had no chanee.
Fortune favored the Ameician.
S. A. L., OR C., C. & 0.
IOne of the Two Roads Sure to Build
Line to Charleston.
Hamlet. N. (C., Aug. 27.-" If the
Carolina, Clinehfield and Ohio Rail
roadl company does not build a line
to Charleston the Seaboard Air Line
will, and arrangements bet wee'n these
systems will be made by which th~e
trains of thLe Clinehfield Road will
be hauled to Charleston over the line
of the Seaboard.'' said an official
of the Seaboard Air Line.. 'Accord
ing to recent developments i the rail
read world it is likely that the
t 'linebheld people will stop) their road1
a Spartaniuirg, and will use that city
as a distrib)uting point for the Pied
Imot country and( for points on the
minif line of t he Sout hern Railway
Seaboard wants to get into Charles
+o.n .anrd has, in fact, suCd.?Vi oult a
CCESSF]
dation It Is for a
larly strong claim on thE
h of Newberry. It has C
f their needs, even in ti
We solicit your busin
of Nex"
E
r6ute, and some of the track to' be
used has been constructed recently.
In the event the Seaboard builds to
Charleston the Clinelifield system will
combine its terminal site there with
that already secured by the Seaboard,
and should the Clinchfield Road go to
Charleston the Seaboard will let that
system have its terminal site."
NEW BARBER SHOP
JUST OPENED
At Dr. Van Smith's Old Stand
in Lower Main Street.
First Class Work
M. C. Hallman
EXCURSION
To Charleston, Wednesday, August
11th, via C. N. & L. R. R.
Wednesday, August 11th, the Co
lumbia, Newberry & Laurens Railway
will run their first Excursion to
Charleston, giving their patrons an
opportunity to visit the City by the
Sea at a very low rate and to spend'
a day at the Isle of Palms where they
can take a dip in the Surf or enjoy
t'he pleasure of the many amusements
provided on the Island. The U. S.
Ship ''Solace" will be in the Naval
Dry Dock and this will be your
chance to get a good look over one of
your Uncle Sam 's vessels.
Schedule Round Trip.
Laurens, Lv.7 :00 A. M. $3 00
Clinton. Lv.7 :25 A. M. 2 75
Goldville, Lv.7 :35 A. M. 2 75
Kinards, Lv.7 :45 A. M. 2 75
Gary, Lv.7 :50 A. M. 2 75
Jalapa, Lv.8:00 A. M. 2,75
Newberry, Lv.8 :15 A. M. 2 50
Prosperi;y, Lv.8 :30~ A. M. 2 50
Little Mtn., Lv.8 :50 A. M. 2 50
C Thapin, Lv.9 :00 A. M. 2 50
Irmo, Lv.9 :30 A. M. 2 50
Columbia, Lv.10 :00 A. M. 2 00
Charleston, Ar.3 :00 P. M.
Artillery Gun Target Practice.
Band Concerts, Dancing, U. S. Solace.
Surf Bathing.
Ask a.gent:; or write:
J. F. Livingston, S. A.,
Columbia, S. C.
T. C. White, G. P. A.,
Wilmington, N. C.
J. W. Denning, G. L. Robinson,
Agent, T. A.,
Newberry, S. C.
Teacher Wanted.
Fork Sechool District No. 55, sala
ry $40.00. Term six months. Lady
teacher preferred. Applicants apply
to eithe.r of the undersigned before
August 21, 1909.
W. G. Metts,
Slighis, S. C.
Q. M. Kinard,
Pomaria, S. C.
D. T. Wicker,
Pomaria. S. C.
Trust-ees.
Soldier Balks Death Plot.
It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil
war veteran, of Kemp, Texas, that a
plot existed between a desperate lung
trouble and the grave to cause his
death. ''I contracted a stubborn
cold,"he writes, ''that developed a
couh that stuck to me, in spite of all
remedies, for years. My weight ran
down to 130 pounds. Then I began to
use Dr. King's New Discoverv, which
restored my health completely. I now.
weigh 178 pounds." For severe Colds,
obstinate Coughs, Hemorr~hages, Asth
ma, and to prevent Pneumonia it's un
rivaled. 60e. and $1.00. Trial bottle
free Guaranted by W. E. Pelham
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