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1, qP) VOLUME XLTM. NUMBER 96. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLIhA, %UESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1910. TWCE A WE $1 A LAST SAD CHAPTER Inquests Held and Body of Murdered Child and of Lynched Negro Were Buried. The full story of the horrible crime near Little Mountain, on the Lexing ton side of the line, and the subse quent lynching of the negro, Flute Clark, on Friday night, by the deter mined crowd which gathered as soon as the news of his attempted criminal assault on a 14-year-old white child of the community and the cutting by him of her throat from ear to ear an'i -of thLe bone in the back of the neck. almost severing her head from her body, was given in a special edition of The Herald and News on Saturday morning. The body of the negro was found on Saturday morning, some three hun dred yards on the Newberry side of the 'line, where it had been left after his body was riddled with bullets on Friday night. The negro had been taken to a field on the south side of the mountain, and it is said that a lan ternowas swung on his body in order that the crowd might see where to aim. Of courpe it is problematical as to how many men took part in the kill ing. The body had been pierced with a number of bullets and a good irt of his head was shot off. The inquest over the body of the negro was held on Saturday by Mag istrate B. B. Davis, of Little Mountain, at the request of Coroner Felker,,of Newberry county. After viewing the remains and taking some testimony the verdict was to the effect that Clark came to his death from gun-shot wounds at the hands of unknown par ties. The inquest over the young girl was held by Magistrate R. W. Frick, of Chapin, acting for Coroner Clark, of Lexington-county. No new facts were 1developed at this inquest. The child was buried at Mt. Tabor thurch on Saturday afternoon. The services were held at the church, and were conducted by the Rev. E. J. Sox, assisted by the Rev. 0. B. Shearouse. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity and there was a throng of people outside who could not find standing room inside the church. The negro's remains were buried at a negro church over on the Lexing ton side. The two funerals were at about the same hour. Several Newbarrians attended the funeral of the- young girl, among them Governor-dlect Cole. L. Blease. The funerals on Saturday afternoon added the final chapter to a tragedy which stirred this section of the State as few tragedies have done in ,many years. The attempted assault and the murder occurred at between three and 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon. It -was shortly after 10 o'clock when the iiegro confessed and at about 10.30 o'clock the lynching occurred. When the ne'gro came back to the field after his horrible crime and the alarm was given he went back to the house, and keeping himself under wonderful contrdl, aided around the house and was apparently helping the others to find some cue of the per petrator of the crime. Au suspi cion pointed to him, a chain of evi dence gradually appeared which left no doubt of his guilt, and which was confirmed by his subsequent confes There were men gathered at the scene of the crime from Newberry and Lexington counties to the num ber of more than a thousand. Many of them, however, did not know the negro's whereabouts, he being in the ands of another party some hundred yards distant from the home of the girl's parents. Sheriff Buford, of New berry, and Sheriff Corley and Deputy Sheriff Miller, of Lexington, were pow erless to prevent the liynching. Some Sidelights. It is'no easy matter to handle a lynching sixteen miles from town at 10.30 o'clock at night, send off reports of it to the daily newspapers and get back to the city in time to get out a special edition in time to catch a 5.19 mail next morning. Such was the newspaper feat performed by The Her ald and News. For this good time much of the credit is due the run made from Prosperity to Newberry, to get the newspaper men, from Newberry to Little Mountain, and then back to Newberry by Mr. 3. Frank Browne, ehiving his car and accomrpani d by Mr- jc-ome B. H{arm.U Two Newberry cars went to the scene, that of Mr. Robert Norris, con taining Driver W. C. Waldrop, Con stable Cannon G. Blease, Policeman T. '. Adams, and Mr White Fant, and Mr. Forrest Summer's car, driven by Mr Summer and containing Sheriff t Buford, Deputy Sheriff Pope Buford, N and Mr. W. J. Swittenberg. As stated t there were several officers who came in two Lexington machines. Mr. r Wagdrop's machine was first to reach c the scene. t It is doubtful if any number of of- j ficers or any number of militia, if there had been time to get the militia there, could have prevented the lynch ing. The officers were there to do their duty but to prevent the lynching - was beyond their power. The road leading up to the home of c the vitim was lined with carriages, c automobiles and buggies, and many i saddled horses stood around. There , were weapons of every conceivable de- t scription. The Inquisition. I Coroner Felker received the follow- b ing report from Magistrate Davis yes- b terday of the inquest and sent a copy o to Gov. Ansel: t Little Mountain, S. C. b Mr. W. E. Felker. Dear Sir: I send b you all the evidence I could get at in- I quest over the body of Flute Clark s and the jury's verdict. Could not find y anyone who knew anything about it Your friend, B. B. Davis. b At inquisition taken at Little Moun- i tain, S. C., on November 26, 1910, the f, jury after getting all the evidence they ii couUd and hearing same renders the t verdict that Henry Clark (alias Flute b Clark) came to his death from gun- i shot wounds inflicted by parties un- r known to jury. d B. B. Davis, n Magistrate, g Acting Coroner for N. C. s November 26, 1910. b Dr. J. M. Sease: sworn, Said that the o deceased came to his death from gun- a shot wounds in head and face sufficient p to cause instant death. b J. M. Sease. d W. F. White sworn: Personally ap- u peared: Says he knows the negro, Hen- n ry Clark, commonly known as Flute. a Didn't see negro yesterday. Been t, knowing negro about two years. Saw a dead body this morning lying just as ti he is now. General appearance he is the same negro. W. F. White. Martin Cannon sworn: Martin Can- e noni says he knows this body to be c Henry Clark. Been knowing him 15 is years. Saw him yesterday evening. ti Saw him again about 11 o'clock last I night. Sure of the body being that of u Henry Clark. Came to see for curios- n ity. Martin Cannon. a Martin Cannon recalled: Says he is d about 22 years old, working for Mr t: Noah Shealy at the time of de1th and p has been employed by Mr. Shealy for a the last seven or eight years. t: Martin Cannon. W. F. White recalled: W. F. White says this negro was married and has c one child. s W. F. White. ~ The deceased, Henry Cannon, came y to his death by gunshot wounds un- t known to the jury. -d S. W. Young, foreman; D. L. Bow- y ers, J. D. Brown, Jr., J. W. Lindler, t: N. B. Wheeler, Norris McIntire, A. A. t, Singley, E. E. Sligh, J. 0. Singley, J. E. Boland, I. I. Hawkins. November 26, 1910. d S LEXINGTONi SHERIFF REPORTS. ,a a Newberry Sheriff Says He Has Xade ~ None, But Will Do So if Caned b Upon- t It was stated in the press dispatches t from Columbia and published in the b Sunday papers that Governor Ansel i: would give out no statement in re- 8 gard to the lynching which unfortu- h1 nately took place in Newberry county c until hie had received report from the t sheriff. The Herald and News yesterday sent a a representative to Sheriff Buford to t ask if he had made any report, and the 8 sheriff said that he had made no report s but would do so if called upon. He y said he thoughit the Lexington sheriff f has to make the report. Sheriff of Lexington Reports. a The State. Lexington, Nov. 27.-When seen to-r day the sheriff, P. H. Corley, stated1e that he had mailed his report to Gov. * Ansel on the lynching of the negro, y "Flute" Clark. whc occurred just t across the Lexington line in Newberry * THE IDLER. * * * * * * * * * * * * * To The Idler: I am requested to say o you that that additional lamp which ras ordered put up at the union sta ion in Friend street has not been put .p for the reason that the Southern ailway gave notice that no lamp pole ould be erected within thirty feet of he ends of the crossties. Alderman axter says all the material necessary as been ordered and is on hand. Citizen. Now, that is very strange. I can not nderstand why the railroad people rould put any obstruction in the way f additional light at the union station. eems to me they would be anxious to ave more light and that if the town rould not furnish the light they would emselves. I know what I will do. see the chamber of commerce has in ited President W. W. Finley to be are on the 20th of December and that e has accepted. I will just take him ver there myself, or have some one do it for me, and let- him see for imseRf how difficult it is to see in the igh officials x1on't really know how hope it will be raining and the treets good muddy and that he may rade over his shoe tops in the water. . -o It really happens that some of these igh officers dont' really know how iuch inconvenience some of us poor )lk have to endure to keep them go ig on big salaries. Yes, I want him' ) get his feet good muddy. Maybe e will realize then how great is this eed. Now, as for me personally, it iakes very little difference, for I on't have to go out at night and fighty little in the day time. I am etting so old and feeble and near ighted that I am afraid that I may e run down by somebody's automobile r motor cycle or mule buggy. nI fact, 11 my efforts have been to help the ulic and for no personal gain or the ope of personal gain. But the town oes need more light at night at the nion station, and if the railroad will ot permit this stfeet light then pass n ordinance requiring the railroad ) put up and burn more small lights round the depot. Or stop the night ains. -0 I notice the civic association has lected new officers and appointed ammittees. Now, for instance, what the publIic square committee going > do? or what does it intend to do? ring the wagon yard back to the pper square, of course. Seems to e I heard as long time ago that the ssociation had already given the or er for a nice coping around a por on of the upper square, and that the ortion inside was to be made into a ice little park. Am I right? If so, aen get busy and get busy quick. I am told that the present city coun il has put down some good cement ide~walks in West End. That is theI roper thing to do, and I wish some rere down in some other sections of e city. But they ought to be put own under the direction of some one rho knows what he is doing so that re water would not stand on them af er each rain. -0 By the way, I was thinking the other ay-yes, I am always 'thinking about omething good-I was thinking about1 new postoffice building for Newberry nd I thought what a nice location the Lentral Methodist church lot would e, and all at once it seemed to me dat I had heard or read somewhere, rat once upon a time something had een said about a government build ig for Newberry and that the con ressnan from this district-I forget is name for the moment-had gotten ongress to make an appropriation for at very purpose and it was a good urpose, too. Did the government buy lot? Seems to me I heard some Ling about that. I wonder if the overnment intends to build any time oon. Now, Congressman Aiken, when ou go up to Washington next week or the opening of congress will you e so kind as to let me hear somathing bout that appropriation. If you have Iready sent it to the banks in Newber y the interest on it will add consid iable to the sum. It1 fact the amount i double in a certain number of ears and we could build a building hat would be a credit to thc city. -- the Saturday edition of The Herakl and News and the daily papers. I am sorry they brought the brute over on the Newberry side to shoot him, but I reckon if I had been there I would have aided and abetted and given lit tle thought to county lines. The brutes who commit such crimes may know that certain and speedy justice will be their portion. -0 By the way, Mr. Editor, that was a good piece of work, I mean that Sat urday edition. Your subscribers ought to appreciate that. But, you know, I find that there are lots of people who have very little appreciation. I reck on that is the right word. And, no doubt, you will find some people who will find fault with you, but you just let the heathen rage, and tell them The Idler says he is proud to be connected with The Herald and News. -0 I read the following in Frank Stan ton's column in the Alanta Constitu tion some time ago: Every-Day Philosophy. Arthur Aull is a philosopher who preaches good sermons on the little things that make up life. Here is a bunch of them: "Two women living upon adjacent lots, with children and chickens in each yard, are almost sure to have a row. A whole lot of the time, when you gaze ahead, it looks like it was Indians upon the upper road and cer tain death upon the lower. A young man not far from here, when asked his occupation, answered that he was en gaged in the practice of law and econ omy. Most folks are like a young bird -give them something and their thaniks consist in open4ug their mouths for more." I was wondering if this Arthur Aull was some of the same Aulls we had in this county. I know lots of folks like the little bird. -And if you fail to supply the caftl of the open mouth even one time they get mad and pout like little children. -0 What about my park? The Idler's park? Well, just this, the park is coming and coming soon, too, and don't you forget that. The Idler. Takes in Newberry County. The Spartanburg Herald. which has been doing some admirable work in stimulating the citizens whom it serves so well to renewed activities in various lines of endeavor, prints a very striking map which illustrates at a glance the remarkaule development of the territory in and around Spar tanburg. Within a radius of fifty miles of its city The Herald boasts of an estimated population of 500,000; of $7,000,000 capital invested in water power development; of 70,000-horse power available; of 80,000-horse power available, but not developed; of $50, 000,000 capital invested in textiles, which is allmost as much as in the en tire State of South Carolina, the sec ond matiufacturing State in the Un ion; of 3,500,000 cotton spindles; of 77,000 cotton looms, about one-fifth the entire number in the South; and of superb lands admirably adapted to a wide variety of agricultural enter prises. Within the circle embraced in The Herald's map are in the cbun ties of Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, Laurens and Greenville, in South Car olina, and Rutherford, Polk, (Jleve land and Henderson, in North Caro line, as well as part of the counties of Yorkville, Chester, Fairfield, Newber ry, Greenwood, Abbeville, Anderson and Pickens, in South South Carolina, and Transylvania, McDowell, Bun combe, Burke, Lincoln and Baston, in North Carolina. Of course, -a good deal of this territory is not tributary to Sprtanburg in a business way, but with its railroad connections leading in every direction, "The City of Success" may well take pride in the superb re sources of the rapidly developing dis trict of which it is the centre.-News and Courier. It is getting time to begin to advise the legislature just what the needs of the country demand, and what is ex pected of that body. Query: If a hen should eat poppy seed would the eggs that she laid be doped ?-Greenviille Piedmont. Not be ing intimately acquainted with the hen and being unfamiliar with her whereabouts, etc., deponent saith nothing. It might depend on the so ciety to which the hen belonged or O'1 The Herald an Begins N Several Handsome Prizes Big Subscription Cj About It and G Beginning with this announcement The Herald and News launches one of the newest and best enterprises of its history in the form of a Subscrip tion Campaign and Voting Contest. There will be several prizes award ed to the contestants receiving the highest number of votes, votes to be issued on each subscription, and the winners of the prizes to be decided later-by a committee of men who will act as judges. What the Contest Is For. This voting contest is launched to inrease the subscription list of The Herald and News, and to enable The Herald and News co reach its high aim of the best and newsiest semi-weekly ini Newberir county and a 'S-ond best to none" in South CaroQina. To do this the management of this paper conceived the idea of giving away handsome and valuable prizes to the men, women, boys and girls, who are willing to assist in this. cam paign. This plan has called into con sultation the best newspaper delibera tion The Herald and News affords. How the Contest Will be Conducted. For the purpose of conducting its contest on the best princip%es, and business plan The Herald and News has entered into a contract with the well known contest firm of Jackson ville, Fla., The American Music Co., who are conducting so many success ful contests all over the South, and their integrity and modern business methods are a guarantee to all the contestants of the absolute fairness of the contest. The American Music Co., will be represented by Mrs. Edna Morris, a very competent contest manager of much experience, who will have en tire charge of the contest. Who Can Enter. Any white person of good repute is eligible to ei1ter this race. 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The nominator's naue will not be divulged, so do not be afraid to nomi NOMINATIO I hereby nominate HERALD AND NEWS e Under no circumstan name be divulged. !d News ew Enterprise Will Be Awarded In This 2npaign.-Read All .t In the Race. nate as many as you choose. The Prizes and How They Will be Awarded. The Herald and News has spared no expense in selecting prizes for this contest, and only prizes of worth and value have been selected. The first prize is a handsome Cote piano, a well chosen -prize. This pianosis of the $425.00 size and style, and is guar anteed by the manufacturers for ten years. This piano has a beautiful ;mao gany case, a highly finished case, double veneered, with seven and one third octaves, the keys being of the best imported ivory. Three unison with overstrung bass the strings are of the best German imported wire. The unimpeachabRe workmanship is perfected by the appearance of the in strument, it being of a plainness that always attracts. Other prizes will follow consecutive ly, they are being selected to consum mate the plan of The Herald and News in making this voting contest the greatest of any of Its kind that has been attempted in this section of the country. How Votes Are Obtained. On another page of this paper will be found a scale of votes to be used in - this contest. Votes wil be issued on subscriptions by this scale, and by bonus offers that will be announced later. A free voting "Weekly Ballot" will be published weekly, entitling the re cipint to as many free votes as the ballot represents. As many of these ballots will be accepted as can be collected weekly, but they must be sent to the Contest Department promptly, each week before the ex piration. of the date of publication of the next issue of The Herald and News, unless a change of this rule -is an nounced in the paper. When to Enter. Send in your nominations at once. 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