The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 26, 1910, Image 1
VOLUME XLVIM. NUMBER 95. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLLNA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1910.
Victim of Atten
The E
Dead, but with the attempted as
sault unaccomplished, the fourteen
year-old giiqf child of a father and
mother living two hundred yards be
low the Newberry line on the Lexing
ton side lies this morning, and the
,negro who attempted the assault is
dead, speedy vengeance having been
2neted out to him, after his confession.
A Thousand Men Gather.
'There were a thousand men gather
,ed 'at the home of the father and
mother of the victim on Friday night.
They were there for the purpose of
finding out who had committed a
-fiendish assault, and for putting a
speedy end to the man who should be
:adjudged guilty.
The Body Found.
At about 3.30 o'clock on Friday aft
~ernoon a fourteen-year-a&ld girl was
found dead near the entrance to the
cellar of her father's home. Her
Throat had been cut from ear to ear,
and the back of her neck had been
cut, her head being almost severed
from the body. About an hour later
Dr. J. M. Sease viewed the remains.
'There were the marks of the fiend's
~finger-prints upon her neck, and the
circumstantial evidence coincided with
the confession later made by the
iiegro.
-The father of the victim lives some
distance from Little Mountain, off to
-the south, but so close to the Newber
ry line as to bring the crime home to
N4ewberrianls.
Victim at Home Alone.
The father of the child was at workj
in his field about a half mile from his
home with a number of negroes. Of
these he sent Flute Clark to his house
for some tools and to bring a bucket
of water back to the field. He came
back to the field with a bucket of wat
-er from the branch, which he had to
cross in going to the house. While he
was absent from the field two of the
victim's young brothers came home
-from school and found the dead body
of their sister near the cellar door.
They sounded the farm bell, and the
father coming home made the gr-ue
some find.
At the time the mother had gone to
a neighbor's, some two hundred yardsi
distant.
LYNCI
engenance
Frid
ipted Assault F
ody.-A Thousi
the father of the negro who later con
fessed to the crime, and on being
questioned the negro at the telephone
said the young child was paralyzed,
and that he was trying to secure as
sistance.
On immediate investigation the fath
er found the dead body of his daugh
ter, and the facts were evident.
Clark Suspected.
Flute Clark was immediately sus
picioned, and his subsequent confes
sion proved the suspicion correct.
Clark said that he went to the well
to get the water and that he asked
the young girl to bring him a potato.
Then the thought which led to his
summary death occurred to him. Clark
said that he could give no explanation
>f his action except that he must have
been crazy.
.The Lynching.
The lynching occurred some half
ile below the home of the victim,
where she at that time lay cold in
eath. It is stated that a !lantern was
swung to the body of the negro, and
that some several hundred shots were
ired into his body.
Officers Powerless.
Sheriff Corley and his deputies were
at the scene of the crime, but they
were powerless to prevent the lynch
ing. While the officers were watch
ing the regiment of men gathered at
the home a band of determined men
had the negro In the woods and later
the crowd gathered and put him to
death.
How the Niewspaper Men Got There.
Two representatives of The Herald
and News were taken to the scene of
the crime by Mr. J. Frank Browne, of
Prosperity, who was kind enough to
come to Newberry in his automobile
from Prosperity, and to take the
newspaper people to Little Mountain.
The Newberry contingent, including
the officers, had already left, and but
for Mr. Browia' the newspaper peo.)le
would have hadI a rough proposition
in getting to the scene. Mr. Jerome
Harmon was with Mr. Browne, and
assisted him in keeping the car in or
der for the speedy time which It made.
It is due to Capt. W. S. Langford, al
ways- the automobil friend of the
Meted Out
lay Night at
ourteen-Year-Ok
md Determined
The Details 0
An Orderly Lynching.
The lynching was quiet and order
ly, if a lynching may be so denom
Inated.
Clark, it is stated, was a young
negro, short in stature and less thai
25 years of age, and was married. He
had worked on the place where the
crime was committed some eighl
years.
The body of the victim will be bu
ried a-t Mt. Tabor church at 4 o'clocl
this afternoon, with services at the
church.
When the newspaper men got to the
scene of the crime there was a 1on
string of automobiles and buggies lin
ed up, and the section was full of met
all armed to the teeth. The story of
the crime was secured, and it was
then desired to go back to Little
Mountain, Mr. J. K. Derrick, the tele
graph operator, having promised tc
keep the office open to handle the
telegraphic story. Before the machine
was allowed to leave, it was very
dllosely scrutinized, the crowd having
determined that the negro should not
be spirited away, it seemed. At thai
time, which was about 9.30 p. mn., the
lynching had not occurred. While
the newspaper men were at the tele
graph office word was received that
the negro was dead. This message
was received at 10.16 p. m. The man
ner of his demise is known only tc
those who were present, and no de
tails can be secured.
When the father of the victim sent
the negro Clark to his house for the
tools and for water he observed that
Clark stayed considerably longer that
was necessary. He was gone more
than an hour, when the trip should
not have taken over from twenty te
thirty minutes, at the outside. When
Clark came back, in addition to this,
he brought branch water instead of
wH1 water, and the father questioned
him as to this. Clark claimed that
he had fallen into the branch and thai
Iit was for this reason that he h5ad
brought the branch water.
The young brothers of the victim
met the negro as he was coming bach
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On Newb(
10:16 O'cll
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f The Tragedy.
alarm. The father rushed to the
house thinking there was fire, and
went into the house, where he found
the father of the negro using the tele
phone. The old negro was trying to
'telephone to the victim's grandfather
to tell him that the girl was paralyz
ed. He so tolX the father, and the
father sought his daughter in the
house, and, failing to find her, went
in'to the yard, where he found her
body.
The old negro who was using the
telephone is considered a good negro,
and it is believed that he was honest
ly deceived.
When the father found the body of
his daughter in the yard he rang the
bell a second time, and all the hands
came in from the field, among them
Clark. The father singled out Clark,
and, pointing to him, accused him in
these words: "Flute, you did this."
Clark vigorously denied the charge,
but, as stated above, later confessed.
To cover the story and to publish
a special edition of The Herald and
News furnishing its subscribers with
the story of the lynching has required
effort of a strenuous order, but this
newspaper seeks to give the news
while it is news.
Soldiers on Skates.
IIn the Norwegian army there is a
corps of infantry which can cover a
distance of eighty miles in a day's
march. This extraordinary record,
which equals the performance of the
best-trained cavalry in Europe, is only
possible because every man in the
corps is a higl*ly trained skater and
When in marching trim is provided
with a specially constructed pair of
skates.
The corps can be manoeuvred with
extraordinary rapidity. The heels of
the skates are so shaped as to enable
the men to spin , round as if on a
pivot at the word of command. As
'a matter of fact, they can perform
"right about face" far more quick
ly than any crack regiment of infan
try.
The evolution of the corps are na
turally confined to the great flords
which indent the coast of Norway
and during the long winter season
are frozen solidly over. For patrol
and scout duty these soldier skaters
will be of the greatest service should
Norway ever go to war. The men of
the corps are the pick of a skating
nation, and their commander was once
the champion skater of his enuntry.
Harper's Weekly.
LELESS
nrry Lexingti
)ck.
,ad Was Almos
Men On The
"UNCLE JOE'S" TIE SHORT.
Speaker Prepares For Last Period a
Reign in Three Months of G. 0.
P. Congress.
Washington, Nov. 24-"Uncle Joe
Cannon, who is to lay down the rein
of government in the house on Marc
4, next is about ready to leave hi
Illinois home for Washington to ge
things in order for what remains c
the 61st congress.
Speaker Cannon is expecteo tt reac
Washington about December 1, an,
when he arrives he will confer wit
Senator Aldrich and President Tal
concerning the legislative programm
in: Congress for the next three month
About the time "Uncle Joe" get
here, Senator Hale, chairman of th
senate Republican caucus, and th
head of the senate appropriation
committee, will also 'get to Washing
ton ready to take up the work of th
session. ,Although both house an
senate leaders probably have 'thei
own ideas as to how ilegislation thi
winter shall be conducted, it will de
pend largely upon President Taft at
to what policy shall be pursued. I
is realized that unless the regular:
and insurgents cooperate, at least ti
a certain extent, it wit 'be impossibli
to do anything but pass the regula:
appropriation bills in as much as there
are but about sixty working days 11
the three months session. There are
twelve big supply bills to be frame<
up in committee, considered, and thei
placed before the house for debate
before they can be passed.
Tariff Talk.
So far as the tariff is concerned, the
Republican leaders who are getting
here dQ not look for the Democrats t<
do much in the way of revision wheI
they take control of the house. Whilh
'here is a great deal of talk about re
vising the schedules, there is little ex
pectation that it will be done for th
reas'on that the tariff board is not ye
ready to report its conclusions. The
wool schedule has been most talke<
aout for revision this winter, but the
tariff 'board is still working away on i
to find out what are the facts, thougl
it is not liikely that its findings wil
be ready for se'vef-al months. Aa
to the cotton schedule, the tariff boari
has just fairly begun its investiga
tions. It has been looking arount
for experts on cotton, some of whot
are to be called before the board as
witnesses. It has secured valuabl<
expert counsel and wi' , it is believed
obtain much information as 'to th<
workings of the new cotton duties.
It is. believed that the tariff boari
will have before it a powerful show
ing of facts to prove that the ney
cotton duties are operating to effect
enormous increases in rates on cot
ton fabrics.
As to both the woollen and cottor
schedules, there is little question thal
the board will report in favor of low
ering the duties. The board wants it:
report, when submittea to Presiden
Taft, to be complete, and as accurat
as huma~n skill enn' mrake it. so tha
CRIME!
) Line On
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t Severed From
Scene.
Ship Subsidy.
Ship subsidy legislation is one of
f the things regarding which President
Taft Is going to insist this sessim.
The bill will frst be rushed througk
the senate, before the holidays, if pos
sible. Then it will be sent -to the house
s in an effort to get it through there.
i Just what form it will take, no one yet
s knows, though it. may be attached as a
t "rider" to the postoffe appropradon
f or some other measure of the same
kind. It is not believed that a straight
t out bija advocating such a scheme
c would pass this winter, and unless it
b should get through before March 4, it
t may be considered- absolutely dead
e hereafter with a Democratic house as
its guardian. Therefore it stands to
reason that Presid'ent Taft will urge
upon leaders in both bodies of, con
e gress at an early date that they lose
no time in getting this- measure
through and ready for his signature
e if it is possible to do so.
Just as soon as the president is able
to shake the dust of his Panama trip
off and adjust himself to conditions
-that have arisen since the ellection,
definite announcem'ent is expected and . --
this will serve as a line of policy that -
s the administration will probably fo!
low during the coming short session.
The president left Washington before
ethe smoke of the election had cleared
away and though he knows in a gen
eral way what the situation is there
are many sma5l details with which he
Is yet unfamiliar.
NTot the Real Article.
Rider Haggard was traveling across
the United States as the guest of John
SHays Hammond in Hammond's pri
Tate car.
S"What I want to see," said Hag
gard, "is the real tramp. I haven't
a seen one since I reached this country.
. I can't believe you have as many as
. has been stated to be the case."
.Harris Hammond, the eldest son of
t John Hays, promised:
S"I'll show you one at the next stop."
jHe had seen one riding on the
Strucks under the car, and at the next
t station he went down and called the
i hobo out. When the tramp entered
1 the car he vas covered with c.nders
and dust and looked like something
i from the lower regions.
. Hammond shook hands with him
i and introduced him, saying:
1"This is Mr. Rider Haggard."
S"Rider Haggard!" exclaimed the
hobo. "Why, I've read o11 of your
books, and loved every one of .them."
& Than he sat down and discussed
literature with Haggard for half an
1 hour. At the end of the talk Harris
- took him back, let him get some of
r the dust and cinders off and handed
t him a good cigar.
-. "That fellow's not a tramp," said
Haggard. "He's a gentleman in dis
Stress."-Louisvilla Herald.
- Had His Leg Pulled.
SMinnick-I see that they have found
t in Egypt the mummy of a man whose
ight leg is nearly a foot longer than
tthe left one.
Sinnick-Important as evidence that