The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 13, 1921, Page SIX, Image 6
COLLISION CAUSES
SHOOTING AFFRAY;
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF KINGS-TREE
SLAIN
Tom Poston Brought to Peniten-!
tiary Following Killing of \[
J. P. Miller
The State.
Kingsfcree, May 8.?Kingstree was
thrown into a state of excitement'
early this morning upon receiving in-!1
formation that J. P. Miller, a w*ell- j1
konwn electrician, who has made his
home in Kingstree for several years 1
with his wife and little adopted 1
daughter, had "been found dead by
the roadside one mile south of Cades :
with a bullet hole through his head.
.Mr. Miller had been superintendent of J
the electric plant at Lake City for
some time and it was his custom to
come to Kingstree every Saturday
night to be with his wife over Sunday
and was on his way here when '>
his car was run into one mile south <
of Cades by another car going in op- <
posite direction and occupied by Tom 1
Poston and a young woman. Both i
cars were damaged in the collision J
and were on the road at the scene of *
the killing this morning.
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HIT. Miner s ouuy was uaiuvcicu i'
about midnight by Rural Policeman i
Brockington, who brought the news J
to Kingstree about o o'clock this <
morning informing SheriiF Gamble, c
who at once notified the dead man's t
wife and repaired to the scene. }
The car was soon identified and *
it was stated that Poston was driving 1
it last night. Sheriff Gamble found
Poston at his home a short distance
from where 'the tragedy took place, t
and Prw+rm at nnre admitted that he E
had shot Mifler. When asked whyjl
he shot him, he said that he ran into t
him and he then "got hard" and he t
"just shot the hell out of him." I
- j It was evident from the position of n
the car in the road this morning *
that Mr. Miller had given the right of ^
way by driving his ear very near the *
edge of the ditch leaving 20 feet on "
his left. The girl is said to be the b
only eyewitnesses to the tragedy.
Post&fs revolver, of 45 caliber, jp
was empty this morning. Hje admits
shooting' three times. Only one ball j a
- entered Miller's body and that in thejS
top of the hea?, apparently fired while j e
Miller #as in a stooping posture at ;t!
the front of his car. The ball coursed ^
downward and came out just over the s
left ear, without entering the brain, g
The body was brought to Kingstree
and p&pared for burial and was tak- r
on to Hartsville this evening where S
interment will be mad? tomorrow }j
mornixf?. The body was accompanied n
by a delegation of Masons from Lake j
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City, -where Mr. Miller was a member 't
A coroner's inquest was held on the u
spot th-is morning and a verdict ren-'I
dered the effect that the deceased-t
came to his death at thte hands of .
Tom who was brought to
Columbia later, where he will be
jJlaced in the state penitentiary for,s
safety. p
Mr. Miller is well known in theH
South. He was from Savannah, and
for a number 01 years -was a proies- j
sional baseball player in the Southern c
leaguev He is survived by his wife
and little adopted daughter and one
brother who lives in Savannah. He c
' "was 40 years old.
M'GUIRT TO SPEAK 1
AT ROAD MEETING
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The State, 10th.
W. A. McGuirt, of Wilmington, N. jc
C., president of the North Carolina p
Good Roads association, has accented!
an invitation to deliver an address i
at the ^statewide roads meeting to be 1
held in Columbia at Craven hall next,1
Wednesday, May 18; at noon under;1
the auspices of 16 statewide organ iza-.1
tions. North Carolina is preparing to!
spend $50,000,000 on its highways 1
and it was through the North Caro-|5
lina Good Roads association that the ^ -1
sentiment of the state was worKea up.1
to the importance of expending more.'*
money on the highways.
The promoters of next Wednesday's,'
meeting say that the interest which;
is being taken over the state indicates
that Craven hall will be taxed to hold
the crowd that will be here. Delegates
are being appointed by all the ,
statewide organizations, Kiwanis and!
Rotary clubs and the mayors of all!
cities <ir.d towns.
Former Governor U. U. neywara,
temporary chairman yesterday received
a letter from Walter L. Johnson,
secretary of the Florence chamber of j
commerce saying, '"Florence will j
have as strong a delegation as it is j
possible to secure at the roads meet- j
ing on the 18th. Our hearts are with I
any good movement for adequate j
highways throughout the state."
The Rock Hill chamber of commerce
has named a strong delegation
-t "D Will or>r? writes t.Viaf.
xo represent auviv nm -
it will be glad to cooperate with the
organizations calling the meeting.
"I hope the meeting will accom
plish some good results," writes May- j
or Eugene S. B lease of Newberry in '
sending a list of delegates he has appointed
to represent Newberry.
The Charleston Automobile club,
the Charleston Automotive Trade association
and the Charleston chamber
of commerce are all planning to send
^ .1^1 i! i. _ x PL
large delegations iu represent v^narleston.
A. B. Jordan, president of the
South Carolina Press association, J.!
!
D. Hammett, president of the Cotton i
Manufacturers association of South j
Carolina, Niels Christensen, president
of the South Carolina Development
board and W. H. Coggswell, president
of the Travelers Protective association,
have appointed large delegations
to represent their respective organisations.
MAY ALLISON STARS IN
BIG NEW METRO PICTURE
"The Marriage of Wm. Ashe,'' starring
May Allison, will be the feature
attraction at the opera house on Friday.
This new Metro production is
announced by competent authorities
to be one of the outstanding dramatic
pictures of the year, and one of
the best in wfcich the star, Miss Allison,
has yet been seen.
The seenic investiture of the production
is on a scale sufficiently lavsh
to classify it with the superspecial
pictures of tjie season, which
jxcellently complements the strong,
iramatic story, in which is portrayed
;he struggles of a brilliantly clever
roung woman against the machina
ions 01 unscrupulous political true- <
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rues.
Miss Allison will be seen in the role,
if Lady Kitty Bristol, who flees from
he convent in which she has been
ilaced by her parents and travels to
London, where at length she makes
he acquaintance of William Ashe,
he Secretary of Home Affairs in the
Sritish Cabinet, and subsequently
carries him. Following her marriage
o Ashe and their honeymoon abroad,
,ady Kitty meets Cliffe, a radical,
r>ir\ nnicnnc hor mirir? with r>f?litipjil I
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itrigue against the party of her husand.
Influenced by Cliffe, Lady Kitty
ublishes a book dealing with affairs
f state, ^nd fe then discovered in the
partment of Cliffe_ by her husband,
he strives fo square herself, howver,
but is prevented by Ashe. She
hen returns to the convent from
rhich she fled, only to be found there
ome time later by Ashe, who for-f
ives and loves her.
Supporting Miss Allison in the j
ole of Lady Kitty are Wyndham
Itanding, Zeffie Tillbury, Frank Eliott,
Robert Boulder, Lydia Yeanans
Titus, and Clarissa Selwynr.e.
iuth Ann Baldwin adapted the picure
and Edward Sloman eliFected it,
inder the personal supervision of
Jayard Veiller, Director of Producions.
Kiwanis Club
The Kwanians held an enthusiastic
ession at their bi-monthly meeting
^iiiirarfav evening. Much business of i
mportance was transacted, and J. B. j
lunter, president of the club, j>:ave j
m* interesting: report of the district j
onvention held recently at Green-1
rillt, S. C.
The club voted to tender services of
:lub to W. H. Hunt, president Newjerry
College club for commencenent
exercises in any capacity Mr. j
iunt may direct.
A motion was carried that the club!
end its assistance to the reorpanzai
1 Q ..ie !
;ion ana support ui mc k, /m.o i
?lub in Newberry, and a committee j
vas appointed for that purpose.
The club voted to enforce the at-]
endance rule, beginning: at the next
neeting, whereby a member is automatically
suspended from the club
srhen absent from four consecutive!
neetings without a valid excuse.
The club decided to have the Newjerry
College Varsity baseball team
is its guests at the next meeting, May
L 9th.
W. S. Matthews was elected dele-1
*ate to the national convention j
.vhich meets in uieveiana, umo, o uuu
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