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I? I II ' I ???0 LI., NTUtBEB Si. KEWBERRT, S. C, FRIDAT, SAT 2, 1913. . TWICI A WEES, IUO A YEAS.' ' ^ V ? DESPERADOATBAY j r KILLS HAMPTON MEN r KICHAKD AUSTIN SLAYS J. F. B0? - j ERS ASD F. H EDENFIELD. Breaks Through Line Surrounding Him in Swamp and Gets Away. Three Wounded. ~ " IXoy-alH and News. Special IU lac * Columbia, May 1.?Richard Austin,! i the negro brute who after attempting; I to criminally assault a white^tfoman 1 in Hampton county yesterday, killed ' , - two white men and desperately wound ' ed four more while breaking through a posse which surrounded a swamp in > r^fnee. is at bay in a AVIllCXi lie iuviv - swamp near Estill in the southern section of Hampton county, according to f a report which reached Columbia this morning. The report states that 400 j determined men have the swamp comk pktely surrounded and the capture of . A* the black brute is hourly expected. Warden Richardson,' fVyUlCJ. ~ %vho is Governor Blease's personal repres-entative on the scene telegraphed; \ the governor this morning that the negro was at bay. He stated that' troops were not needed. The requ-est for troops was made to the governor. The people of Hampton, Barnwell and adjoining counties are widely ex- ; cited over the atrocities of the negro j brute and it is reported that they will * wreak summary vengeance on the ne- i gro the moment he is caught. The j neg^o is said to be heavily armed. He ' tok is ihought to be trying to make his (way w ucui gia. The last report as to the negro Austin is that he had -escaped from the swamp and was making toward the Savannah river. i Magistrate Edenfield will be buried this afternoon at his home at Allen- j " QA?Pursued into rtampiuu. Apt ii uV. swamp by a hurriendly organized posse of determined men, Richard Henry Austin, a negro, charged with attempted criminal assault upon the; I wife of a prominent citizen of Luray,! turned upon the hunters and fired shot j j?:er shot from his buskshot loaded Win, two of the loads finding fatal lodgment in the bodies of P. H. Eden"tfeld, magistrate of Allendale, and J. __ Frank Bowers, a farmer of the Luray W section. Four other men?Dr. S. C. I " ?a^ t- . MnToor 1 f iMoore, oi Hampiou wuu IJ y iUV/ i V\/? , * powers, George Hanna and an unident tified white maii?were wounded.! I "Late this evening the negro broke through the line and made his escape, j j He is still being pursued. Mr. Bowers was killed and the other j three were wounded about 4 o'clock ^iis afternoon, when they attempted I to capture the negro, who had been j f > chased into a patch of woods, a low; r?f s>hnnt five acres, four! IllCli OH/ ii av^v vjl m w v% v ?? . k miles from Hampton. Thither they had pursued the negro after he had i attempted to assault the wife of aj k farmer at Luray. After the first fatal attempt, the purWm suers decided to wait for reinforce-: HK ments. Late this evening more men,! W k>d by Magistrate Edenfield. arrived. | The magistrate headed a charge on t^e negro's hiding place, but a shot *rang out and the leader fell dead. I Then the hunters settled down to 1. wait Tn the gathering darkness, how I ever, the negro broke through the! lin , while the guns of the pursu-ers | barked in vain. About 4 o'clock today news reached Allendale that a negro. Henry Austin,' had attempted an assault upon th^! wife of a farmer near Luray, in Hampton county. After the negro was fn'obtpnpd awnv the intended victim Mr telephoned to a neighbor. Gas Folk, who at once went to her assistance.; B On meeting the negro on the road. Mr. V Folk attempted to arrest him. The n^ro, heavily armed, threatened Mr.: i-^Ik's life, saying he had come from j pf Georgia for the purpose of killing H several white men. I B Mr. Folk gave the alarm among his 1^ TAghbors and a posse was quickly ? x ?A. mi [f To fined Dy men or mat secuon. mev trailed the negro and had him located in a small swamp. They announced that they needed help and bloodhounds. Before Judge Edenfield got off with his posse, the .N 7iews came that .T. Frank Bowers had been killed and three others wounded f in their attempt to approach the ne gro in his hiding place. On arriving on the scene, Judge Edenfield formed a skirmish line cf seven volunteers, with himself as the leader, j They were proceeding cautiously] through the dense growth of the swamp when suddenly a shot from the i desperado's gun rang out and the brave Edenfield lay dead. An unidentified white man, who was with the magistrate, is said to have been seriously wounded. How he j joined in the pursuit has not been learned, nor has the extent of his wounds been discovered. Other mem bors of the posse shot in the direction of the negro, but on account of the thick swamp none of the shots took ! effect. I The body of Judge Edenfield being in range of the negro's gun, it was j suicidal for the men to attempt to re- ! move it. The body of Frank Bowers ! also was left in the swamp. Dr. Moore was hurried to a hospital; in Columbia. j Sheriff J. B. Morris, of Barnwell, J passed though Allendale tonight in l an automobile with his bloodhounds, hnnnri fnr the scene. Two 'or three hundred men had the i swamp surrounded and there seemed little chance of the negro escaping1 i alive, but at 12 o'clock news was received that the negro had been routed from his hiding place and the hounds and men were in pursuit. About 9 o'clock tonight, it was learned, the negro, seeing his chance to make off in the darkness, dashed through the lines of men surrounding the swamp and fled, with the men and hounds in full pursuit. When it was seen that the negro was coming out every one of the guns of the pursuers spoke spitefully. Fifty or more shots were fired at him as he fled, but his return fire indicated that none of them had taken effect. Judge Edenfield's body is being conj veyed to his home in this city. The people of Allendale are appalled at the +r.ocrQ^,r TnHcrp Fldfnfield's death Ci Ct&VoVlJ v* and deepest sympathy is expressed for his young wife and two children. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. 0 i\r]UT3riii?inc3 ncicntu iv -/tti j County Oratorical Association Personal. ' | Prosperity, May 1.?Mr. G. D. Brotfn ! has returned from a visit to Due West. Mr. A. H. Kohn, of Columbia, was I a business visitor here Wednesday. I Mrs. R. E. Shealy and little son, Claude, of Savannah, are the guests of Mrs. Delia Shealy. Mrs. Lizzie Boinest, of Pomaria, is visaing ner aaugni^r. Airs. n,. u. Counts. ; Mrs. W. G. Mitchell and daughter, Miss Rosa Mae, spent Sunday at Kinj ards. Misses Y. Genia and Madge Harmon ; were shoppers in Columbia WednesI day. i Mesdames W. W. Wheeler and J. A. ' Counts spent Tuesday in Newberry. Mrs S. -T.. Mr V F! and Miss \Tarie ! Kohn have returned from several days' stay to Columbia, making the ' trip in Mr. Kohn's automobile. Misses IvOla Folk, of Denmark, and , Annie Mae B-edenhaugh, of Pomaria, ; are the guests of Miss ivlen Werts. ! Mr. and Mrs. John Cromer, of Poi maria. are visiting Mr. J. H. Crosson J this week. Mrs. .John Grant spent Wednesday in Columbia. i Mr. W. T. Gibson lias returned from i a short stay to Columbia. The following spent Tuesday at Parr Shoals: Messrs. J. F. Browne, W. H. ! Caldwell, \V. C. Barnes, H. J. Rawl, i .J. B. rTartman, E. M. Cook, J. C. Stone, i B. B. Hair. 0. S. Miller. W. W. Wheeler and V. E. Kohn. The U. D. C. will meet May Tth | with Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. All members i who cannot attend are requested to | notify the hostess. j Mr. Leslie Singlev and Miss Cairo ' Wycne have been chosen to represent I the Prosperity high school at the Xew; berry county oratorical association i May 16, which nu*ets at Chapin. j Miss Julia Maree, en route to Au.gusta, stopped over to see Miss Effie j Hawkins. I Vice President Marshall will deliver the commencement address at the lTnJ iversity of North Carolina. i HARRISON NEELEI AGAIN. The Governor's Chauffeur Arrested and Fined For Speeding?Takes An Appeal. I Columbia Record, W-ed. Harrison Xeely, the negro chauffeur of Governor Blease, is again in the lip- Jght. He was arrested y-esi terda /for specding.on Washington street, and was fined $5.75 by Recorder Vern-er this morning. Xeely im| mediately appealed the case to the cir! pnit f-nnrt of Richland county, paying I his fine. ! In his appeal, which is signed by Harrison Xeely, he specifies that the ordinance under which he is arrested j i and fined is in violation of the con-1 j stitutioa of the State and also in vio- j [ lation of the code of laws of South ; l ; Carolina, 1912; and is therefore null j 1 and void. The third specification reads ; | as follows: I "Because the verdict is contrary to i i ! the evidence in said case and was j [rendered through malice and preju- j dice against the chief executive of this ' State, whose driver the said Harrison ' - I 1 Neely is." I Governor Bl-ease said today that he i | had nothing to do with this case; that! the negro made the appeal himself, j paid his own fine, will hire his own 1 lawyer. The chief executive said that, when his chauffeur violated the speed limit, he should be punished. The Neely appeal in the case, which | was attested to by City ciert uooper, is as follows: State of South Carolina?County of Richland. In Recorder's Court. The City of Columbia vs. Harrison Neely, defendant. To the honorable, the city council of the city of Columbia, S. C., and James S. Verner, recorder: Take notice: ? i That the defendant Harrison Xeely ; intends to and does appeal from the ; sentence of Recorder .James S. Verner I imposed upon him on Monday, April | 28, 1913, for alleged violation of the I ordinance of the city of Columbia in ! driving an antomobil-?, to the court of general sessions for Richland county, j and will ask said court to reverse said ! judgment upon the following grounds: 1. Because t.he said ordinance is null and void in that it is in violation of the constitution of South Carolina, 1895. v ! 2. Because the said ordinance is null and void and of no e:.Tect in that it is in violation of the code of laws of South Carolina, 1912. 3. Because the verdict is contrary | to the evidence in said case and was j rendered through malice and prejuj dice against the chief executive of j this State, whose driver the said Kar! rison Neeley is. 4. Becau&e the sentence is illegal and excessive. (Signed) Harrison Neeley. Defendant. I In the Police Court. Harrison Neel-ey, the governor's colored chauffuer, was convicted this morning in police recorder's court on a charge of violating the ordinance relating to the speeding of automoI biles in the city of Columbia and was I senetnced to pay a fine of $5.75 or j serve 10 days. The^ city jailer, Marion P. Kramer, who enter, d the case against Xeeley, testified that about 12 o'clock yesterday he arrested Xeeley on the 800 block of Washington street. The car i was going at "full tilt" said Mr. Kram' er. Xeelev pleaded not guilty. j The testimony in detail was about j as follows: j Mr. Kramer said: "Don't know Harrison Xeelev. I saw an automobile in the 800 block of Washington street going east. The car was no 664. It seemed to be going at full tilt. Can't say how fast. The muffler cut out attracted my attention. It was going j about as fast as a machine couia go. I looked west and saw the automobile going at a high rate of speed. Would say that the speed was between 30 and 40 miles an hour. I didn't have a stop watch. I watched him (Xeeley) for half a block. Threw up my hand and cried out. He stopped the car. There was no one else in the car with Xeeley. I asked his name and summoned him to court." Harrison Xeel-ey said: "Yesterday at about 11.30 o'clock I was in the automobile going on an errant for Mrs. Btease. I came ^own Gadsden I street from the mansion. Coasted down Gadsden street". I stopped at Washington and Gadsden because of j a ditch. Started up Washington street toward Lincoln a distance of one block at a speed of between 10 and 15 miles f on the speedometer. Ran on to the bridge and stopped when the officer said 'Hey.' If the car had been going at full speed I couldn't have stop-! ped it in the distance across the bridge." NEWS OF BACH.HA> CHAPEL. Grain Crop Not Looking Wei!.?3lrs. ,T. P. Kinard Quite 111?Happy School Closiner. Prosperity, April 30.?The farmers j in this section are nearly through planting but owing to the cool weattrr j the crop is slow about coming up. j What is up looks bad. Fir? hasn't feltj at all uncomfortable for the past ! several days. Grain is also injured and the prospects at present are for a short israin crop. If we get a good vrain and warm weather now soon though everything will "brighten up," and appear so different in a short time. 1 We very often think that our crops j are injured really worse than they are. Something has to occur occasionally ! to show us how helpless we are withI out Divine assistance. We may act i our part well, but it dosen't amount I i to very much alone. j j Have you joined the "brighten up jclub"? Ff not and desire to becom? a !, member the next time you are in j Newberry just go around to Mr. Win. j Johnson and Son. Thos., hardware I j store and they will admit you free by j | presenting you with a "brighten up" i and creed. It is a good soAI Aftr Uicv; f T'nion school Hosed on Friday, the J | 1 Sth, with an exhibition that night in j ; the school house. Not by teacher and i ; i 1 nnnils hut bv a Mr. Jackson and son j of X. C., which consisted of moving: , pictures, etc. 1 1 + Vl rv rvocf QP Q- I j 1116 SGllOOi was i<itut 1/n.^.i. , sion by Miss Jennie Lee Roberts. ! Mrs. .T. P. Kinard continues very j ill with heart dropsy. She at times j ! appears to be improving, but sudden- j ; lv is taken worse. She certainly bears j her afflictions with an unlimited i j amount of patience,, remaining as she! j has b>?en with her trust in the Lord j i whom she knows will sustain any one \ j Ti-iii 'Vast their burden upon; t ilU ?? AXA ! him." Her pastor, Rev. Y. von A. Riser ! j is faithful to visit and render comj forting words unto her. i Mr. mid Mrs. J. E. I^ong have another | daughter added to their family. | Miss Rosa Long has been sick rel tmnvnvlnir I oenuy, uul 10 iuiiuv^ub. j Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Wilson returned home last Monday after spending a few | days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. j S. Franklin of near Leesville. ! Miss Thelma Wilson spent the same | length .of time with Mr. and Mrs. W. i W. Kinard and family of near Pros! perity. I Mrs. T. E* McCullough, of Columbia, spent last Saturday night with Mr. and j Mrs. Levi Schumpert and family. Mrs. R. .T. Watts, of Xewberry, visit! t AT Wilcnn last I ed n-er sieiur, jho. .1. n. j Saturday night. j Wonder if some one won't begin to i believe in the truthfulness of the j "ground hog" prediction? Colony grave yard association will j i re-elect officers on the 4th Sunday in 1 ! May. ' ; The members should feel proud of! I the way our grave yard is kept up j and show an interest in re-electing 1 I officers and also in the financial con- , dition of the association, i ' m College Y. ('. A. >*otes. At 2 o'clock next Sunday R^v. Edw. | Fulenwider will make a talk. Those I who have heard him before will cerj tainly want to hear him again as he i I always has something good. I On Monday Mr. Durant. Y. M. C. A. \ secretary at the University of South | Carolina, will be here to discuss plans * 1 A Af/Minfoin this tor tllP inp 10 niiii;i\ .uuuiKuiu --? | summer. ATI those who have an interest in this should hear him as he will discuss some matters of impor r^.oe. For the last week a movement has hppn carried on to raise money with which to carry on the work this term. 1 Th? management wishes to thank everyone for th-ir support and en; couragement. MARSHAL ADAMS EXONERATES DEPUTY MARSHAL SENN Criticises Sloan For ' fleeting to File Warrant For Ari st of "Portland Ned." Columbia, April 29.?J. Duncan Adams, United States marshal, in a letter to R. Beverly Sloan, United States commissoner, completely exonerates Deputy United States Marshal Senn for neglect in failing to arrest James Johnson, alias "Portland Ned," Saturday, when he made his quick getaway from the governor's office. Marshal Adams says: "I note your criticism of Deputy Marshal Senn as to his incompetency, in which I must say I cannot agree with you. He has acted as deputy for several years ahd the records of this office do not justify your charges. He has performed his duties promptly and efficiently heretofore and I have no doubt would have done so if he had been instructed with ^ the warrant for the arrest of .Johnson, as he should have been." Should Have Filed Warrant Marshal Adams critcises Mr. Sloan for neglecting to file the warrant for the arrest of Johnson with his office, as is required by the regulations. In this connection the letter says: "It seems to me this warrant had been issued 'by you sixty days prior to the release of the prisoner and this office had no information about such warrant; therefore, the records here would not have shown that there was such a warrant for this man. All warrants issued, except those for emergencies, are always sent to tins office for pvPf?n.Hnn nnrl nil warrants under the regulations are placed in the hands of regularly commissioned deputies by me for execution, and I contend that Deputy Senn cannot be held responsible for the execution of a warrant that had been in existence for sixty days unknown to this office. In conclusion, will say that I have no doubt i? i. _ JJ - - J AU ?4- 4-^ it you naa returned una wanam iu this office when the same was issued that Johnson would not have escaped." A New "Development. A new development has arisen in the Johnson case. It seems that B. G. Landrum, a liveryman of Spartanburg, had offered the noted yeggman a job at doing chores around his livery stable. "Portland Ned" had accepted the position with avidity, and voiced his intennf looHino- o notv' lifp nnH henniT! ing a good citizen. If the matter of the new Fed-eral warrant had not come up probably "Portland Ned" would now be working in Spartanburg. When Johnson was talking to Governor Please Saturday he seemed to be overjoyed at the prospects of freedom. He showed the chief executive aome silver and is said to have remarked: / "I have enough money to pay my fare to Spartanburg, where I have secured a position. It is very seldom that, when a man is released from a prison, he has any money. I intend to lead a better life and to try and be come a good citizen." FREE DELIVERY FOR GAFFNEY Has Started With Two CarriersNew Postortite Soon Ready. Gaffney. April 20.?Preparations arc going on in Gaft'n y for the installation of the free delivery of mail system. which will be inaugurated here on Thursday, May 1. Messrs. Gaines ? 1 ii.r-zi/vaitro/} th o n n ri r\ i n t - cinu fiUftCi a, >> iiu i ul/rv.?. ments as carriers, have been engaged in mapping out the routes and with the exception of th^ placing of the collection boxes for the outgoing mail, all arrangements have been completed. The $:?0,000 federal bjiilding, one of the handsomest in the State, is almost completed and Mr. W. F. Brent, the '^(tractor, says it will be ready fr*7- n^nnanpu hv the middle of June. STEAMER'S SAFE RECOVERED. Divers Find $2,000 In Strong Box Oi Jas. T. Staples. Mobile, Ala., April 29.?Divers representing various business interests Tuesday afternoon recovered the safe of tlit ill-lated steamer James T. Staples, which was destroyed with nin-e* it.,ac ;ovnlnsinn nf unknown ICUii uvco ill cm V . v ^ . - origin last December. The safe contained two thousand dollars and will t>~ 'lrousht to Mobile on a tug boat Wednesday, ? ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM STATE CAPITAL GOVERNOR'S REASONS IN THE JOS QUATTLEBAUM CASE. The Race For Associate Justice Ob In Earnest?Evans Case Again Today. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, ivlay 1.?Following are the reasons stated by Governor Blease for the reduction of sentence of Mr. Joe D. Quattlebaum, convicted at the Xewberrv court of carrying: concealed w weapons: "Quattlebaum, Joe. D. (White).? Convicted at the Maich, 1913. term of court for Newberry county, of carrying concealed weapons, and sentenced to thirty days imprisonment upon the public works or to pay a fine of One*' Hundred Dollars. I "The petition presented shows that this young man had a difficulty with another young man; that he was tried for assault and battery with intent to kill and found not guilty on that charge, but was convicted of carrying concealed weapons, and sentenced aa above. H-e was tried before the recorder of the town of Newberry, and paid a tine of $iu.uu. me juage sentenced him to pay a fine of $100.00 in the circuit court, alpo. "The petition is signed by W. H.. Wallace, editor of the Newberry Ob, server; James Mcintosh, president of | the Newberry Savings Bank; Clerk ! and Treasurer J. R. Scurry, Col. E. . H. Aull, county superintendent of <ed| ucation; W. H. Jernigan*' chief of po| lice; C. T. Wyche,2*nember of the | house of representatives; J. D. Quat- ^ ! tlebaum, Geo. Y. ifunter, Eugene S. ; Werts, county auditor; John L. Epps, ; county treasurerrJSV. A. Hill, county , j supervisor; *^^5^ Neel, B. C. Mat' thews, Alderi&fn and Mayor Pro Tern H. H. Abrams, by nine of the jurors ~ +V?rt nnoo. DQvorol nf tha VV 11U LI 1CU IUC IttOi I iivivkui VI vuu grand jury who found a true bill, and by about one hundred and fifty of my good friends of the town and county of Newberry. ! "Upon this showing, the sentence was commuted to a fine of forty dol'; lars or thirty days imprisonment upon the public works. Commutation dated April 25th, 1913." ' ! Governor Blease is receiving invij tations to deliver addresses at con1 ventions, barbecues and picnics extending entirely through the summer. j The governor goes to Charleston next : week to attend the annual celebration 11 of the German Rifle club, which is al! ways a highly enjoyable occasion. 1 * * * . I The selection of a nan to fill an office of State-wide importance always * ? ?* nf IT* tarpct Qllrf creates u, gicai ucai vi ? speculation in this State, and of course the capital of the State is usually the political headquarters in any kind of a State political campaign. Already several candidates have been "urged" or "mentioned" for the place held by Associate Justice 0. A. Woods, who Kcfin o nnnin tort United States |i.a* u'-'Cii w v> -- - - ?? _? judge. Among these are Circuit i Tprices Gaee. Soase. nnd Prince, For' pipv Govprnor Shenpard, Hon. George S. Mower, and others. The suggestion has also been made that the lawyers of the Bar association meet and agree ! upon a candidate to present to the legislature. * * > The. B. B. Evans <*.ase will come up in the supreme court again tomorrow. * * * " Gen. B. H. Teague, of Aiken, has been appointed by the governor as the South Carolina representative on the Battle of Gettysburg commission in the place of W. J. Talbert, resigned. Genera] Teague 5s commander of the South Carolina Division of I'nit-etl Confederate Veterans. Where the Break Occurred. Birmingham News. With bated breath the mother rushed across the football field to the emergency hospital. "What tiding," she faltered, "of my son?" They looked upon her with compassion. "Well, you seV' explained the contain of the toam. "he lost hi? h< a?i \vh-?n lie tried the flying wedge." Shrieking wildly, she^.sank to ttie a "Tkov mo ifxr.iK onlv & JiiUUl . x uv/j wiu ti ^ broken arm." ^