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YOLUME I, X Of BEE 95. XEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLISA, 7.1(;| 'tk" HSHKtfAOK MVaiHJ TWICI A TflM, ftM 1 Hil MUCH WORK 90NE BY THE CRIMINAL COURT I I CASE AGAINST B. MAYER HAVIRD | TRIED ON WEDNESDAY. >'u*nber of Other Cases Tried by the \ Court and Several Pleas of Guil- j ty Taken. <S> <?> <5> <S> <S> <$> <S> ^ <$> <$> <?><$><?><$><$> j <s> <S> At 5 o'clock on Thursday af- <S> ternoon the jury still had under <$> ^ consideration the case of the <s> <?> State vs. B. A. Havird, charged <? - - <S> with murder. A mistrial seem- ^; ed probable. ! <?> <S>i The general sessions court, Judge R. I Withers Memminger presiding, has been working steadily during the week, and a great many cases have been dis-j posed of. The case of most general interest taken up was that of the State i vs. Former Mayor B. Mayer Havird, of Silverstreet, charged with murder. This case was given to the jury on Wednesday afternoon, and the jury considered the case all Wednesday night and still had it under consideration on Thursday. Thursday being Thanksgiving, no 1 cases were taken up on that day. On Friday the court will resume the trial of jury cases. When the jurors, except those in the Havird case, were discharged on Wednesday afternoon, the nrturt was pnffaared in the trial of R. VUU* u ?? 0 ? 0 S. Peigler, Wallace Peigler, Ben Norman and Jim Gregory, white, charged with riot and with assaulting Seaboard Conductor Dedwyler at Whitmire re-, gently. This case will be finished when court resumes on Friday. Acquitted of Selling Liquor. Walter Davis was tried in his ab-! sence on Monday afternoon on the; charge of violation of the dispensary law, and was acquitted by the jury. Pleaded Guilty to Store-Breaking. * Silas Spence, colored, pleaded guilty to -housebreaking and larcency, the charge against him being that he entered the store of S. W. Williamson, at Helena, and took therefrom tobacco and other articles, among them two watches. Spence was remanded to jail for sentence later during the term. i Convicted of Deadly Assault. The case of the State vs. Frank Kerr, colored, charged with assault with intent to kill upon Berry Suber, colored, v and carrying concealed weapons, was given to the jury on Tuesday morning. Berry Suber claimed that he and his wife and daughter were behind Kerr and a crowd going from a hot supper in the Maybinton community; that Kerr and his companions were cursing violently, and that when Suber went up to w.nonstrate agair.st their language in the hearing of Suber's wife and daughter, Kerr drew a pistol on him. cursed him and threatened to kill him. Kerr and his companions contended that Suber was the aggressor, that he threatened Kerr with a knife, and that Kerr had only a co^a " J? a n ^ C'OIS UULLit 111 U1S aauu. auu i&ncauii j to get out of the way of Suuer's knife. The jury convicted the defendant of the entire charge?assault with intent \ to kill and carrying concealed weapons. Kerr was sentenced to serve 18 ? months. lie was represented by Mr. B. V. Chapman. < Caught After Twelve tears. Wesley Leapliart, colored, pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny, the offense alleged against hioi being the stealing of a bale of cotton from Dr. J. A. Siigh more than twelve years j ago?in October, 1897. Leaphart told Judge Memminger he haa not had a; "rest day" since his connection with the crime; that he had been in jail ' five months, and asked for the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to serve six months. He thanked the court very heartily a^d promised to' "be a man now." ! Pleaded <*uiity t/ Forgery. Joe Davis, colored, pleaded guilty to ' fftro-incr tho Piirinrspment of H. B. Rik- i &***?> ( ard and Geo. D. F. Lyles on a $65 note payable at the Farmers' Bank of ProsParity. The note was never accepted; ^ by the bank. Davis was sentenced to I ' serve three years. Andrew Pratt Convleted of Murder. | Practically tht entire day on Tuesday was takcar up with the tria.1 of the case cf thf- L Andrew Pratt, James Chick, Sam Chick and Jim McClerkin, charged with murder. The, case was given to the jury on Wednesday morning, the verdict being guilty with recommendation to mercy as to Andrew Pratt, and not guilty as to the three other defendants. Pratt was sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendants, were charged with the killi ing of another negro, Gordon Hodges, at a church in the Maybinton community, in June, 1911, the evidence adduced by the State being to the effect " * "? j i? r*?^4.* i that trie latai snot was nrea u> nan and the State contending that the others abetted and encouraged Pratt in the commission of the crime. By ap-1 pointmenc of the court, Mr. B. V. Chapman represented Pratt, and Messrs. { Henry C. Hollo way and Frank W. Fant j represented the two Chicks and Mc| Clerkin. The Havird Case. The case of the State vs. B. Mayer Havird, charged with murder, was tried on Wednesday. Havird shot Luther Bledsoe at Silverstreet on December 23 of last year, with a shot gun, inflicting upon young Bledsoe a j wound in the leg from which Bledsoe j died a day or two later. At that time Havird was intendant of the town of j Silverstreet. The testimony was to the effect that Havird and Luke Sheppard had an altercation in the store of H. C. Lake early in the morning on December 23. The testimony of the witnesses differed somewhat as to the details of this difficulty, but it appeared that Havird and Sheppard were separated by Mr. Lake and Will V. and Luther Bledsoe, in the altercation Havird lost some articles out of his pocket?just exactly what the witnesses did not pretend to be definite about. These articles, or some of them, were pickecLaGp in the store and handed to Havird. Havird and Sheppard then both left the store. Havird went home and secured his shot gun. The testimony of witnesses for the State was to the effect that H. C. Lake | and Luther Bledsoe met Mr. Havird as he was coming back down the street | with his shot gun. The State's con- j teation was that Lake was asking Hav-1 ird to go home and put up his gun, and that Bledsoe went forward to hand Havird some articles which Havird had I lost in the difficulty in the store, when Havird fired upon Luther Bledsoe. W. V. Bledsoe, a brother of Luther Bledsoe, then fired several times at Havird i with a nistol. inflictins one wound iid on Havird, w.oh did not prove serious. Havird said he went home and got his gun with the intention of going back and arresting Sheppard. "I thought," he said, "that I would protect myself and arrest Mr. Sheppard. I went on down street, and when I got down there Mr. Lake and Mr. W. V. Bledsoe and Mr. Luther Bledsoe were coming up the street. I was near the edge of my store yard, or right at the edge of my store yard, and Bill Bled soe was coming on up me street wjtn his hands in his pocket, walking this way, and Luther Bledsoe was commanding me to put up my gun, and I ?avo to him 'What hnvp vnn c-nt tn rin with it?' When I says that he run his hand in his pocket this way (indicating) and the gun fired." He said he was dazed as a result cf the difficulty in the store, and that his hand was numb from a wound inflicted upon his hand in the store. . He said he had no intention of killing Bledsoe. He said his gun was in his hand pointing downwards. As Havird had come out of his home with the gun just before the ! tragedy, it was discharged, Havird ! said he did not know how, the lead go' ing up in the piazza ceiling. Mrs. Hav1 ird and tlleir children then followed him on down the street and witnessed the shooting. The case was ably presented to the | jury by counsel both for the State and j for the defendant. Mr. Harry H. Blease, of Staunton, Va., assisted his brother, Mr. Eugene S. Blease, in the defense. The State was represented by Solicitor Robert A. Cooper. The case was given to the jury after an exceptionally clear and able charge by Judge Memminger. The jury retired at 5.30 o'clock on Wednesday after-! neon. You can always get a lot for your; 1 money it y a: jaitronize a r~u osfrrf : ' dealer FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON. Heavy Downfall in tfost of Southern States?Colder Thursday. AT*nr on o rOQ kSXIO W ieii vv cuiicouaj \j rti uii of the Southern States extending from the Panhandle, of Texas, to Central Georgia, and Wednesday night the South felt the effects of a sudden drop in temperature with prospects of colder weather Thursday. At Vicksburg the snowfall was the first ever recorded there in November, and at Jackson, Miss., it was the heaviest on record. At Atlanta the snow began to fall shortly after noon and a storm raged for several hours. At few places did the white mantle remain long, in i many cases previous rains being re- J sponsible for the snow melting as soon I as it touched the earth. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 27.?The first snow of the season began falling to-; day. The flakes melted almost as ! quickly as they touched the earth. Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 27.?A fu- 1 rious snow storm raged here through- J out the day, and for several hours the ground was covered with a white covering. Late this afternoon, as a result of the rising temperature, the snow had practically all disappeared. r* ,T;11^ XTr->\r 07 Tho fir?t cn- I VX1 CC11 V illC, AlU ? . ^?. J. OX4V- , of the season is falling here tonight following a cold rain early in the evening Columbia, Nov. 28.?Three towns in Northeastern South Carolina?Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg?today reported the first snow of the season. The flakes melted as fast as they fell. It is snowing in this city at midnight. Jackson, Miss., Nov. 27.?The heaviest fall of snow ever recorded in this section began at 11 o'clock this morn ingand continued for three hours. Rain had fallen earlier and the snow soon disappeared. Vicksburg, Miss., Nov. 27.?Snow began falling here about 10 o'clock this morning and recorded the first snowfall for November in this section. II melted rapidly. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 27.?The first snow of the season heean falline here short ly after noon today and raged furiously several hours. iColumbus, Ga., Nov. 27.?Snow fell here tonight for the first time this winter. By 7 o'clock the fall was onehalf inch deep in places. CHARLESTON'S MAYOR WEDDED IN NEW YORK John 1'. Grace Marries Miss Ella B. Sullivan?Will Btk at Home in Few Days. New York, Nov. 27.?One of the most important weddings of the present season took place at noon today in the Church of the Incarnation, at One Hundred and Seventy-fifth street and St. Nicholas avenue, when Miss Ella B. Sullivan, of Charleston, S. C., was quietly married to John P. Grace, mayor of the city of Charleston. The - Ktf f Krt Dfttr C tJI tJUIUil V W cti> pciiuiiiicvi uj mc nc?. J Father P. Mahonev/, rector of thfc church, and only a few friends and immediate relatives of the couple were in attendance. The bride, who has been staying at the home of her brother, J. F. Sullivan, on One Hundred and Eighth street in this city, was given away by her [ mother, Mrs. Herbert Nicholls Lawrence, who has come on from Chicago, her present home, to be present at the wedding. Miss Sullivan was attended by Miss Ada O'Brien, and Dr. Harold Hancock, of Charleston, acted as best man for Mayer Grace. During the ceremony ihe rear of the church was filled with the children from the parochial school in the upper part of the rectory, and they gave the bridal pair a noisy congratu- j lation as they departed. The wedding party left the chu;?h ir% several automobiles, and Mayor Grace and liis bride afterwards departed, on a brief honeymoon trip. In a few day? they, will rp?;;r: tr> Charleston, whore tlio; ' ar ' -yvi . NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Marriage of Miss Lillian Wise and Mr. E. A. Counts?Personal Mention and Other Matters. Mr. A. B. Wise attended the Shriners' meeting in Columbia Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh have returned from Jacksonville. Misses Mary W&rren and Ellen Warts spent Thanksgiving day at Kibler's the guests of Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaugh. Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon spent several days this week at Ninety-Six. J. A. Baker reached home from Tennesse with a fine car of hogs. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise have returned from Columbia, where they attended the funeral of Mr. Abram Stork on Wednesday. Rev. S. P. Koon, president of Summerland college, spent Wednesday ,horo UV/1 \s. Mr. Vance, of Columbia, spent the week-end with Mr. Roy Kohn. Miss Effie Hawkins will entertain the William Lester chapter Friday afternoon at 3.30. Rev. S. C. Morris has gone to Anderson to attend the Methodist conference. Miss Alda Ray Wheeler, of Summerland college, is home for several days' stay. Mr. Guy Maffett, of Charleston, is here on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Maffett. Mr. Charlie Mat.his of Savannah is home, on the sick list. Messrs. Pat Mitchell and Bur Barnes of Wofford college, are home for Thanksgiving. Mr. George Willis, of Newberry college, is visiting Mrs. H. P. Wicker. Miss Lillie Mae Russell, of Carters| ville, Ga., sp?it Tuesday with Mrs. J. I S. Wheeler en route to Hendersonville to see her sister, Miss Janie Russell, ; who is critically ill. ! Mrs. Carrie Moseley and little grandson, Heth Copeland, have returned to Clinton, after a visit to Mr. G. D. 01UWU. Mrs. Delia Shealy and son, Clyde, have gone to Savannah to visit her son. Mr. R. E. Shealy. Mr. Furman Shealy, of Whitmire, has been home for a few days. Mr. Hal Kohn, of Columbia, spent Thanksgiving at the Wise hotel. Mr. J. E. Norwood, of Newberry, spent Thursday with Mr. A. G. Wise. Messrs. H. J. Rawl and Geo. Cook o m rtrvanrlir* or fVi a nr^olr in Vanrhnrr*? ai^ Dj/VUUlU^ U*C '? 111 4ltTT VUll ? at* tending court. Mr. E. A. Counts and Miss Lillian Wise were married Tuesday evening at 6.30 at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. W'se on McNary street. Rev. S. C. Mo. /is pastor of the bride performed the ceremony, after which an elegant supper was served. The happy couple have the best wishes of their many friends. SHRINERS WILL HAVE BEER. ^onoriil Tlolirnlil'^ huiiii/kn Tliaf Ilaor V^VIUnil UHI n 1 licit 1/LV1 For .Banquet is >ot Violation of Law. Columbia, November 27.?That it is not a violation of the Gispensary law to order beer and have it shipped in where it is intended for use at a banquet was the opinion rendered by As-cictant Attnrnpv fJpnprnl DpRnibl A quanity of'beer, said to be intended for use at the Shriner's banquet here to-morrow night, was seized by dispensary constables when it arrived, on the charge that it was a violation of the dispensary law. A delegation of the members called on Governor Blease and presented the matter to him and he referred them to the attorney general's office to look into the law. Assistant Attorney General DeBruhl gave a written opinion, in which he said it is not a violation of the dispensary law to purchase beer and use it in the way the Shriners intend, and upon this showing the governor ordered the constables to release the beer, which was done. The matter created much interest. The Shriners will be here from all parts of the State tomorrow and they are making preparations to give an elaborate banquet at Craven Hall. The following is a copy of the letter written by Asst. Atty. General DeBruhl to Governor Please giving his opinion; "Hon. Cole L. Please, Governor cf Soi;'a Carolina, Columbia, S. C. ?Dear Sir: I am informed that Omar Temple of Shriners have ordered and had shipped to Columbia to one of their members a quantity of beer for the use of the Shrine at the'ir meeting and banquet here tomorrow, and that this heer has been seized by one of the dis pensary constables. "The beer is bought by the Temple, will be paid for with funds of the Temple and is to be used by them when assembled here tomorrow, just as supplies of food are to be used at their banquet. It is not to be sold or distributed among members, but sim ply to be drank at the meeting by the members of the Temple present. No charge is made against the members for the beer or any other article served at the banquet; the beer is simply to be a part of the bill of fare. "In my opinion it is not a violation of the dispensary law to purchase beer and use it in ihis way. Yours truly, "M. P. DeBruhl, "Assistant Attorney General." vaiuhn appeals to governor. KIea.se Hears Piteous Tale of Doomed Man?Spends Hour Inspecting State Prison. Columbia, Nov. 27.?Governor Blease made a visit to the State penitentiary today and had an hour's talk with T. U. Vaughn, the Greenville man, under sentence to die in the electric chair, having been convicted of criminal assault on inmates of the Odd Fellows' Orphan Home while he was its super1 intendent. Vaughn has addressed several communications from his cell in the death house to the governor asking f?;r ap opportune 10 ws:h V-m and today the governor visited the penitentiary. Vaughn was brought from his cell u the death hoim to i ? superintendent's office, where he talked with the governor. The governor listened patiently to the piteous story of the condemned man, but all that he could promise him was that, he would think carefully over everything he told him. Vaughu DowiKiast Vaughn shows the strain under v/i V)o? Kaon Hvino- jinrl annears I Winuu lie lias u^vn -s-1 to be very blue and downcast. His eyes are watery and he seems to be living in the deepest kind of gloomy spirits. He is kept confined in the death house within a few feet of the electric ch' ir, where he has been sentenced to die on December 20. However, the appealing of his case to the supreme court has served as a stay of the sentence of the court. The governor, after talking with Vaughn, went out into the penitentiary yard among the prisoners and made an | inspection. He found among the prisoners an old negro who has served already twenty-two years for stealing a $27 watch, and another negro who has served nearly a dozen years for stealing $9. The governor looked over matters around the State penitentiary, i spending considerably over an hour ! thorn Several of those who were among the number of prisoners paroled by the 1 governor for Thanksgiving called by j his office today to express their appreciation of his gift of freedom to them, and several asked the governor ! if they went home and made good men ! if they could hope for full pardonfc.1 Those among the number liberated who I were at the penitentiary were released ; i this morning and departed for their j | homes to eat Thanksgiving dinner with ! their people. There were about fifteen i i I i roiooccH pt thp neniten j in LUC UUILU ICLVUU^U ~- t I I tiary and the rest of the thirty-two ; I who received clemenc^' were scattered ! | throughout the State on various county j I chaingangs and they, . too, received . their liberty today. i A New Telephone. A new telephone station has been added to the farmers' line 3200, which j extends from the Newberry, S. C., ex- j change to Kinards, S. C. The new sub- j scriber, is Mr. J. C. Gary's residence, j The farmers of Newberry coujity are! making excellent progress in the mat- j ter of securing telephone service and ; here is every indication that this coun- ( ty will soon be covered by a net work i of telephone lines. I i Peopfe' will encourage your fads as long-''as yo:i are willing tosouander' ^onr money on them. LYNCHED AMD BODY THROWN IN RIVER BELIEVED NEGBO WAS LYNCHED AT PEAK. Inquiry Appears to Show, It Is Said By Correspondents, That Negro Was Killed by White Posse. t Lexington, November .27.?Further investigations of the hold-up and robbery of P. B. Ellisor, of Newberry county, on last Friday evening, while he was returning to his home from Prosperity, and the subsequent battle which followed at Peak, in this county, between a posse of whites and two negroes, resulting in two white men being injured by pistol bullete from the weapons of the negroes, and the killing of one negro, Richard Speaks, by those who were in pursuit and the admitted shooting of another, reveal the iact mat tne missing negro was lyncned and his body thrown into the Broad river, just below the trestle at Peak. A Useless Search. This is said, on reliable authority, ; to be the opinion of the officers who {have been on the search for the missing negro. It is stated, in fact, that when the officers arrived at the scene, after the occurence on Friday night or early Saturday morning, they were informed by several persons that it Ka ncoloce to malrp an Affnrt tr? WUUIU UV/ UWVIWO vw ?*W.-V . *?. find the other negro. To satisfy themselves, however, the officers did make a close search and did track the negro to a point near the river; but could not find any further clues. Killing of Speaks. The dead negro, Speaks, had in possession when examined by Sheriff Miller, a seven-shooter Iver-Johnson pistol, a long bladed knigfe, as keen as a razor, a hunting case Waltham gold watch, and about $7.50 in money. Speaks body was sent to his relatives | iii Florence, after the coroner's inj quest. Two Lyuchiiigs. | If the other negro, whose name was i given as Brown by the negro who was with him and who died of his wounds, was lynched and thrown into the river, as has been stated, this would make I two lynchings to occur within the same j day and at very nearly the same hour; ' and both having originated in Newi j berry county. It will be remembered that a negro was ta"ken from a magistrate's constable in Newberry county about 10 o'clock Friday night and / his body riddled with bullets. The two j killings at Peak, just below the Newberry line, would make two lynchings within a radiu.? of about twenty-five miles on the same night at about the same hour. One was for the alleged assassination of a white farmer, the other for the hold-up and robbery of j an old man on the public highway of I Newberry county, and for resisting ar?t. ofFr?rt .nade to take j i cot r? a an v**v? v .. him into custody. Whether the second negro was lynched or not, the officers have been unable to secure any further information than the foregoing sets out. DEMOCRACY OX-JJOOR STEPS, j . Newberry Crowd Eats Dinner oh i State House Steps?Greeted by Blease. Columbia, Nov. 27.?A party of Newberry county citizens, who brought their wives and children to Columbia today to shop and see the sights of the city, brought luncheon with them and ate their dinners spread on the steps of the State house. 'That is a striking illustration that this is a Democratic administration," said Governor Blease, as he was going to tinier and stopped to shake hands with the visi tors. They all knew thp governor and informed him that they were going to vote for him for United States senator two years hence. Lyceum. Owing to the serious illness of Mr. Litchfield of the Litchfield of the Trio, our next lyceum number, the entertmr ment will bo postponed. We regret this very much but hope to announce a new date in a few days. | This is our second attraction and we