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! TOLOCE un, XUMBEE 61. NEWBEBBY, 8. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 81, 1915. TWICE A WEEK, $LSt A YEAS.
Negro Shot By
Dischargi
PREFERRED DEATH !
TO BEING ARRESTtD
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LY DISCHARGED FROM ASYLOf !
Officers Dorroh, Kinard and ttiappell
Granted Bali by Judge Watts
In Soiuinal Sum.
Deputy Sheriff William M. Dorroh
and Messrs. J. Jti. unappen anu j. a.
Kinard, assisting him in malting an
arrest, had the unpleasant duty on yesterday
of being forced to kill Abram
Hardy, a negro man about 40 years
old. Hardy seems to have been a negro
of rather bad reputation and it is said
:-as been several times lately crazed .
from the use of cocaine. For a while
he was in the Hospital for the Insane,
but the authorities there thought him
sound and released him several months
< ago.
Magistrate Kinara seveiai aays ago
issued a warrant for the arrest of Hardy,
charging him with disorderly conduct
and cursing on the public highway.
Yesterday morning early the
magistrate and his constable, Mr. H. B. J
Richardson, went to arrest Hardy. The j
nporm defied ti e officers. Hoping to j
avoid having any trouble, the magis\
trate telephoned the sheriff's office for
assistance. 'Sheriff Blease could not
go in person, being busy on other im-j
portant matters. He instructed Depf
uty Sheriff Dorroh to go to the assistance
of the other officers and deputized
Mr. J. H. Cl:appell, who has had
much experience as a peace officer, to
go with Mr. Dorroh. (These two gentlemen
were joined by Mr. Kinard and
they went to Hardy's home to put him
under arrest.
When the officers arrived at -Hardy's
. "house they found him coming from
some woods. He was armed witTa two |
large memory slocks, uue an uiu ,
handle. It is thought that Hardy was
trying to get back to his house, where
he had a shotgun. The officers inter- ,
L. cepted I'im, and ordered him to put
down his sticks. The negro immedi- (
ately gave fight, striking at Mr. Dor^r"
roh, whom he just grazed, and giving (
Mr. Kinard a terrible blow. Deputy
Dorroh shot the negro in the leg, hop-1,
ing to stop him, but tf:e shot had no j
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eueui, ituu uc ucgiu wunuu^u
ing. It itook six shots from the wea- .
pons of the officers to stop him, and
then he was dead. ]
B The sheriff and coroner were imme- :
diately notified of the~ killing and botli j
K these officers went to the scene of the 1
difficulty. The inquest over Hardy's '
H body was held "by the coroner and a i
jury. The jury found that the negro
jjfcT came to his death at the Icands of Of- :
Hr ficers Dorroh, Chappell and Kinard, ]
while these gentlemen were discharg- ;
W ing their duty as officers of the Jaw. j
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me XeSULLUWl v wacu <a.t mc iu4u?>^ 10 | ,
published in full. H:e women who i ]
testified were the wife and daughter of ]
. the slain negro. It seems from what
they swore to, as well as from the tes- 1
^ trmony of Mr. Sease and the officers, ;
that Hardy had made up l'-is mind to ?
die rather than be arrested.
Sheriff Blease, under the law, ar- ]
rested Messrs. Dorroh, Chappell and i
Kinard and carried them to jail They
will have to appear before the grand
jury at <ti':e next term of courfc uneirp
attorneys, Messrs. Blease & Blease, ap- :
plied for bond yesterday evening be- .
fore Mr. Associate Justice Watts at ;
i Laurens, and bond was granted in i
L nominal sums. <
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iwr. D. 1. OCdSC iwuucu. KJU, 'T ,
ing from the house. Saw Abram Har- ,
dy running on parties and saw the ;
scuffling. I heard hi'm say tf:is morn- j.
ing that he was no-t going to be ar- ; 1
rested. My father told him tfc'at they <
might kill him; he had better go or <
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DC arres'ieu. iic oaiu uc ui-u uv? ^j
B. I. Sease.
:Carrie Hady, being sworn, says: I
saw shooting when started, but turned ]
and came back to house. Abram said <
k he would not be with us long ^ften he <
A went to house this morning. Three j
H gentlemen came to the house this i i
||p, marring and asked where was Ah ram. j (
T told them he had wa'ked off a piece: j
Officers
ng Their Duty
ad not been gone long. I saw him
turning towards these gentlemen. This
is his stick and axe handle. Daisy j
Hardv was with me at the time, and ;
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Bessie Hardy, Essie Hardy and Ida |
u opdr nr? tViP tvapfc cirtp of the house '
and did not see any of the difficulty.
Carrie Hardy.
Daisy Hardiy, being sworn, says: I
am Abram Hardys' daughter and stepdaughter
of Carry Hardy Moll er says,
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"Yonder comes somebody of Dr. as ;
sure as you are born." They call fa-1
ther "Dr." I saw father running to- !
wards the three gentlemen that had
come to arrest him. I turned away ;
when they were about three feet away !
and I did not see an/ more. "Wf en he I
left this morning he had the walking ;
stick with him. He said wnen ne leu
this morning that he would not be with i
us long; tfat he was readv when his
time came. Daisy Hardy, j
J. H. Chappell, being sworn, says:
The sheriff deputized me to assist
Deputy Sheriff Dorroh 'to make this
arrest. When we got here we found
the me.n coming out ot patch of pines j
near jy?stick in evidence. He had j
them two sticks in l:is hand. "He got
about one-half way across the cotton
patch and he begun to run toward us.;
Mr. Dorroh told him that he had a ,
warrant for him and to put the sticks
down. He still advanced on us. We
drew our guns and Mr. Dorrch told
him to stop. He said, "Put i>t to me, i
I am coming;" He made a terrible |
strike at IMr. Dorrch and I put it to!
him and Mr. Dorroh did too. He then ,!
b'roke stick over Mr. Kinard's head.
Mr. Dorroh and I put it to him again. !
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When Mr. Kinard got up he fired. The
negro fell. I considered all of us to be
in danger. He is the only person I j
ever saw tf~at a bullet won't stop.
J. H. Chappell. |
Wm. M. Dorroh made oath, says: I
am deputy sheriff of Newberry county.'
Sheriff received phone message tnis
morning from Magistrate J. Alonzo !
Kinard to come down, he wanted us j
to help him arrest Abram Hardy. He
sent me, Mr. Chappell and Mr. Workman.
We came down to Abram Hardy's
house and asked fcis wife where
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Abram was. She said he had gone
down "through the pines. I came out
the back door and saw Abram coming
out of the pines nearby. His wife saia,
please don't kill him. I told her that
we were not going -to l:urt 'him, and j
about that ti^ne Abram begun to move j
toward the house and said what in the j
hell are you all doing up there? Then j
Mr. Ghappell, Mr. Kinard and myself j
started out to meet him. &e said, |
"Wihat in tfte hell do you want?" I said,
'I have come down to arrest you,
throw down your sticks." He said, "I
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I am not going no De arresiea, anu
made toward me with a stick. I shot
him in the leg to stop him and then
[ shot him in ti:e breast. iMr Chappell ,
also shot at the same time. He turned 1
and hit Mr. Kinard in the head and :
knocked him down. We continued to i
keep shooting. Mr. Kinard also shot
at him after he got up from tf:e lick, i
rhe stick he had"Vas. a hicitbry"stick;
and an old axe handle, each stick being [
about three feet long. One of these j
was broken over the head of Mr. Ki- j
nard. Hardy came toward us in a
fighting manner.
Wm. Dorroli.
C. G. Blease, sheriff, being sworn,
says: This morning about 10 o'clock
J tv? c,r? cr^ Mo cric?d r*Q f a T
reueivcu puuuc mcooa^c iuagun utt v
Al. Kinard stating tEaYhe wanted me
to send at least two men in this comrrmrntv
at r>nne Xo one was in the
office who is connected with the office
except Mr. Wm. Dorroh and myself.
Dn account of the fact that I had five |
or six long distance phone messages
in trying to locate a man who had |
stabbed a woman in this county, I;
told Mr. Dorroh to get ifme one to
50 with him. I started out to hunt
some one to drive my car for Mr. Dorroh
and I met Mr. J. H. Chappell,
whom I requested and deputized to go 1
with Mr. Dorrcl . I then went and got .
Mr. J. R. Workman to drive the car j
iown here. I also deputized him as
special deputy sheriff.
I am sheriff of Newberry county and
iVm. H. Dorroh is the duly appointed j
leputy sheriff of Newberry county. j
Cannon^?. Blease.
J. Alonzo Kinard, being sworn, says: |
I am magistrate for Newberry county, J
Xo. 10 township There was a warrant !
issued for Abram Hardy before me and
I and H. B. Richardson, my constable,
went to arrest bim this morning and
he resisted arrest. He cdrsed and
said he would not be arrested and that
he would die before he would be arrested.
So me and my constable go on
up to Mr. Jno. Wheeler's and phoned
to the sheriff to send me some men
down here, that we had tried to arrest j
ti e said negro and wanteT^Help. So j
oVioriff c^nt i\Tt Dormh to come on !
down to his house to arrest negro, but |
he was not in.his home, we looked out j
across field and saw him coming out |
patch of pines; we started in the direction
he was coming and met him.
He l:ad a hickory stick in his right
hand and a axe handle in his left hand. ]
We told him (I and Mr. Dorroh) to j
put down his sticks. He said he wq^ld {
not put down a damn thing. We told
him he had better, and said, "He would
glie and go to Cr.ell before he would be
arrested." At that time, he d^ew a
stick and hit me and then Mr. tforroh
and Mr. Chappell begun firing on him
and when I got up I begun shooting
at him -myself. (Stick offered in evidence.)
I will swear that these are
K-e sticks he had. He continued fighting
until he fell.
I was struck^in the head with the
stick and knocked down and was partly
unconscious. (Hat in evidence.) He
broke the brinTot my hat by the lick
he hit me with the stick. I would
judge Abram Hardy to be about 40
years old and wei^f s about 220 pounds
and about six" feet h^gh.
J. Alonzo Kinard.
I hereby certify that I have examined
the dead body of Abram Hardy
and find he came to his death by being
shot by pistol wounds, one in front
of thigh, front of si oulder, front of
breast, neck and head.
T T RoHon Kq 11 crh \T F)
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In Newberry, S. C., Aug. 30, 1915.
I hereby certify '1-hat I have exam
jnted Mr. J. A. Kinard and gnd that
he has scalp wound just above left eye.
It appears to have been made by a
stick, whicft wound I treated.
J. I. Bedenbaugih, M. D.
In Newberry, S. C., Aug. "30, 1915..
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That the said Abram Hardy came j
to his death in Newberry county, on
Aug. 30, 1915, from gunshot wounds
at the hands of Win. Dorroh, J. H.
Obappell and J. A. Kinard, while acting
in the discharge of their duties as
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B. B. Hair,
H. B. Richardson,
J. D. Lorick,
J. F. Wheeler, 1
B. I. Sease.
Delivered One Lecture 5,000 Times.
In tie "Interesting People" department
of the September American Magazine
appears an article about Russell
H. Conwell, the famous Philadelphia
preacher and educator who has delivered
one lecture,."Acres of Diamonds,"
over five thousand times. He has ap- 1
oil nvor +V10 WrtHd Th P nrO
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ceeds from his lectures !':e devotes to)1
sending poor boys through college. (
Following is an extract from the ar- 1
tide about him:
"Doctor Conwell has delivered this ^
lecture over five thousand times. All
the way from the Dardanelles to the
Yantze, from Cairo to Saginaw, he foas
been flinging out its optimistic philos- (
ophy as prodigally as tne narvesi muuu
pours down -her silver flood. One year ~
he delivered it two hundred times; an- '
other, he filled half a hundred dates so j
near to Philadelphia that he returned
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home each night. ^
'The remuneration for his famous j
lecture has varied greatly. A Virginia c
fonnm fionoo/1 him with , j.
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a smoked ham. (This occurred before
the pork trust had put 'iams on a dia- t
mond basis.) At another time a
preacher gave him a promissory note g
for $4.50?Conwell still has it. ^
"He devotes all of his lecture pro- e
ceeds to assisting poor students E
through college. Usually one delivery c
of the lecture will pay a student's ex- f ti
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penses ror a year. t
"He has known many literary and d
historic men. Jofcn Brown, when about 1:
50 years of age, used to visit his boy- s
hood home, milk the cows and play in ti
the hay the future lecturer/" , n
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Newberry 43 9 "
Laurens 76 4 "
Greenville* 111 7 "
Hendersonville 155 2 "
Asheville 176 9. "
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THE PARTY ALONG THE WAY.
ft'ork Will Commence on September
15 in >ewberry County to Build
Road.
By W. E. Pelham, Sr.
What is a booster? If to be a
Dooster is signified by a deep and abidng
interest in the general welfare of
four community, a willing mind and
:eart to aid in the development of
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lplift, a hearty and encouraging co-1
)peration with others who are more'
'ar-sig'nted and enthusiastic, then I
im a rooster. In fact, I do not ques;ion
but that I have been a booster
jver s'nce I was born. And tfris leads
re to say, Mr. Editor, that as a guest
>f Col. E. J. Watson, State commissioner
of agriculture, I was one of that
>tirrii)g boly of our fellow townsmen
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vno met 1.01. watsuu emu paiuj mui,
Friday morning, and under his pilotige
raaue the booster trip to Sparfan)ing,
via Gibsons,. Whitmire, Union,
Buffalo. West Springs and Glenn
Springs, the famous watering place of
he Piedmont.
Impelled by a sense of concern for
he advaniage of our and neighboring
iounltes, we were bent upon the preentation
of the Appalachian mountain
lighway, destined to make for the'benfit
of every section visited, for by this
aeans not noly'will the low-county
!ri.>?/-. nnoViIoH tra VPfSd a SPP.
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on of our commonwealth in his mounainward
journey, rich in historic traitions,
entrancing in beauteous woodand
ana shaded valleys, riplpling
treams and rivulets, farm scenes that
ell of joyous plenty, as the husband-!
lan goes forlli to cultivate and gather .
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as the Lord of the Universe may regulate
and yield, out of the abundance of
His good will and pleasure.
We were a jolly and hopeful party,
indeed, as we sauntered forth under
Col. Watson's excellent leadership,
made fl-e more so, indeed, as we encountered
nothing to deter us in our
onward speed over the roads made
good and prepared by the enterprising
spirit that inspired such worthy and
?foi-mart. urVin (inmnnse th P
yiU5i cooi?c iaiui&io i>uu
sections between Newberry and Whitmire,
notably Dr. W. . Brown, the
Ruffs, the Browns, the Subers and others.
It is greatly to't):eir credit and
keen business acumen that the highway
along their plantations was made
, ready and in order, indicating a desire
| to welcome the new mountain highway
l cordially, and not only so, but they
were at Gibsons in propria persona,
and with voice to encourage.
[ (The Whitmire interest was once
more manifested as a large assemblage
of public spirited men and approving
ladies gave us a Icearty wel
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come in the square, wnere remarks
were made by several prominent men
of the respective communities.
With no let-up in our enthusiasm,
we followed our leader and feared no
dangers. Soon across the roaring
Tiger, and with no tiger, either awake
or blind, to enchant us or to m |ie us
afraid, we left "Vtfhitmire to the rear,
and cast our longing glances to the
front in quest of more areas to cover,
wt-ile "distance lent enchantment to
the view and robed the mountain in its
azure hue." As of old, a courier was
sent forth to proclaim our coming, and
so with peals of joyous laughter, and
Tipperary songs that reverberated
from hill-top to hill-top, our lusty
lungs and sonorous voices sounded the
keynote of that popular song, awakening
new interest in the minds of ti':e
expectant denizens of thriving Union.
A whole-souled and hearty welcome
was given to us on the street facing
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JJnion . 81.**
<Jlenn Springs' . 98.1-j **,
Spartanburg .1 .110.3;
Hendersonvllle .159,3: .**,
Asheville .181.0, V
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Newberry :43.9
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the chamber of commerce, addresses
of welcome and responses by Mr. B. C.
Matthews, president of National bank
of Newberry, Mayor Z. F. Wright of
Newberry, Dr. Harms, president of
Newberry college, and others. Refreshments
were served to as many as
were fatigued and cared for them, and
everybody made to feel at l-omo and
i_? i t-i flri/lnnAn fViot fh A
Ll'dL]jy. it wao in wuMb waaw
dewberry contingent made a good impression
upon the citizens of "Union,
betokening the right feeling that
should animate sister counties.
But it were not well to linger here
too long, Lest we forget, and as there
were other fields to conquer and to
interest, on and on our automobiles
and our Fords carried us, checking up.
at West Springs, wi.ere several inspiring
speeches were made by Commissioner
Watson, Dr. Sarins, Mayor
Wright, Sheriff Blease and several
others. Eloquence was not wasted
here upon the desert air, as list/iing
multitudes were eagerly enjoying the
sprightly humor, the witty suggestions,
the avalanche of good sense and advanced
ought. Let me say, en passant
that Commissioner Watson's
speech at this juncture was the best
in my opinion that he had made, replete
with wisdom and sound counsel v
as he depicted the immense need of
good roads to tf'e people of the country
districts, because of the greater
facilities for the transportation of the
farm products, for the arousing of a
livelier appreciation in schools and
making easier the approaches to tne
country churches. Thus our young
men and maidens of the country would
feel less tfce impulse to go to the cities,
which, alas, too often alfure and do
not satisfy. CoT Watson" sounded
like a prophet of old in his warning, as
he branched out upon his subject in
its larger aspect and constructive
view point. It was an admirable address
and will bear fruit.
Glenn Springs reached, our cavalcade
of 20 cars, supported by a band
of music from Union, the mayors of
Newberry, Whitmire and Union, our
delighted eyes feasted upon festoons
of bunting, entwined about with brilCOXTIXUED
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