The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, December 22, 1910, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 22. 1910. VOL. 16. NO. 45.
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THE AVIATION MEET
WAS HANDICAPPED BY THE HIGH WINDS
AND UNFAVORABLE WEATHER.
ONLY TWO SHORT FLIGHTS
j j
Thousand Persons Wit.He
?a. f S the HiRlits. Aviator May lieturn
2Mth and 'JIM It.
m* Three thousand people shivered in
t.ie biting wind for four hours Tuesday
to see McCurdy fly. and after
_ .. lint iotitlv wullln. r --'-Ii
j -..V.I .i v. uum 111
the afternoon were rewarded
by seeing the aviator make two <
short flights. Kly's mother was
taken 111 Saturday and he was called
to California. In order not to disappoint
the crowd he sent his partner.
McCurdy, a bird man of some
renown in the aviation world. McCurdy
arrived in Dillon Tuesday
morning, his machine and mechanician
having arrived Monday night.
The machine was drawn oui to
the track Tuesday afternoon and at
2 o'clock 2,000 people were waiting
to see the bird-man fly. McCurdy
walked around the track. "took"
the \elocity of the wind and told
the managers of the event that he
could not fly. Finally, after being
prevailed upon to make a flight,
McCurday consented. The machine
was drawn out upon the track but
the motors would not work and
while the aviator and his' mechanir**""
clan were working on the engine
h the wind rose again and the aviator
P? said he could not ascend. The
wA crowd was getting impatient, but
the airman was obudrate About
/ 5 o'clock in the afternoon the wind
/ had calmed and McCurdy decided
^ tli;?4 he would make a flight. The '
motors were put to work after an- i
other delay and two short flights
were made, lasting about two min^
utes each. When the machine rose
in mid-air the spectators could see
that it was battling hard with the
upper currents and that any further
attempts at flight would be
hazardous. McCurdy made the
i flights against his judgment and
srated later that they were the
strongest currents he had ever flown
in. He was very much disappointed
that he was unable to carry out |
the program as advertised and has
agreed to return on the 28th and
^ 5, 29th and fly for gate receipts in or1
1 . dor to give the public an opportunity
to see the aeroplane fully dem !
onstrated. McCurdy left Tuesday
7 1 night tor Norfolk and will leave;
i -4 his machine here, pending the ad.
7 justment of final arrangements for
y return exhibition.
^^^^The Huicide of Susie Gore. ' '
|p On Monday our community was
shocked by the news that Miss SuL.
)f sie Gore had hanged herself. She I
^ / had spent the night at Mr. H. I'. j
Baldwin's and Otto Ward carried
here home the following morning. ;
Sitting on the steps she told him
1,. she was going to hang herself, but
he thought she was talking idly. ;
V A CI I ' ' * *
jkj? r.uu wtui mio me nouse ana got
her cousin's baby and carried it to
?, V its mother in the field and return-!
ing must have gone immediately to1
' the barn. Climbing upon a barrel
\ she tied a rope to the joist and :
' -y arour.d her neck and jumped off.'
) A short while after Mr. Antwine
V' - * ^ came to feed the stock and found
)jp her suspended. Her home was in |
1 Wbiteville, N. C., and Bhe belonged
A f, to a good family of people. Her !
\ 1 mother died when she was only 10
g months old, and her aunt, Mrs.
Rasberry, reared her. She came
here some time since to make her
*ahome with her cousin, Mrs. Antwine.
o^ler father, we bear, is a wealthy
i T?~Jlan *n Carolina.
* The, \ye give below the letter which
wrote explaining why she did
WjJc* deed:
flattie, 1 will write you a few
jv> J 8 to say I think that if 1 will
aanyself that everything will git
'' better, as poor little old Sue's
i * would stop ringing in evt ry-1
8 a vi i mouth. Hut don't think that
- and Eigi jla8 ever done anything to,
- lot on leaBt. Now this is true; i
. " and Eig% ,f
4 1 i?v?i? A** a'l the home folks
' TuunUe'?I> them my fondest rogaids.
^ union -j't gee them here, but 1
k ? ' ^ ~~ %>iee them all above. Carry
FOR S?;nos to bury me, as mj
i tracts of la unknown, 1 think I would
four miles Y dead. So good bye. sis?
Writi Susie Rasberiy. j
vTell Otto goodbye and '
1 at I wish that I could j
| On StindaA talk a while with him. \
'' In Mrs. A nut A" has come. No one will
liddy's Mill, I row. Bury me at home
ttfttiffi-rs ?'d. If\)n't mess about dress- \
11 for sanie\am a11 riKht. bo good- .
j^?Mscribed by A- K'88 little Hen y
] at public a?H htm that poor old
bidelt r for dand Koup fling
the e\peViy fondt8t regards to
HB'tinder will \nc'l and all of the !
' ,1J^W^El?roper auth<*?odh>re-"
ltos Clrd later that SuBie
K pln-ied Otto Waid on
A they were not mai\orXlhe
put on to hang
i? i ? .? lle one 8he had
yii'ors of the\rrjed in lagt Sun.
V* 'cfa8ed, 4 at otto was with
I Pi rt>" , r ai) \ eaday before the!
| ds duly uttc(ft* ?._w ;
UJUI i iaf,c, VIO't>ed,
and if lhlV and that she
2 ice will be pl^viies that it was
^ \ day she c v? r,
110. C.? Bethea.^t jB aig0 said
j nistraior of B4as been found,
deceased. \ on the case.
, 8. C., Nov. ae from Mr. H.
?- . 4le they sat on
4ALB.?Six roAhe told him
h avenue. rself and the)
ation. Re iaonA?or his depar- i
f W V. L. Mel*/ I
I A I *
* '$**?- ?% '..-g
<;k\. iiovi? i?iki> sati i:i>a> . ill
Sl'CCUIIlhs lO Stroke III \|M?|?l?-\\ Shi- 111
fpivd h'riilii) on Train.
Columbia. Dccenilipr IV?Spe- yn
rial: J. C. Rnyd. for four years
Adjutant General of South Carolina,
died to-night at his residence on
Hampton aveuue. following a stroke
of apoplexy on Fridax while on the III
ir; in coming from Charleston to III
Columbia. He never gained consciousness
following his sudden i 11Wss.
?
^ffhe funeral will be held in
Grsgnville Tuesday afternoon with
military honors. The body will be
escorted to the train Tuesday morn- j,,
ing by the military con. pnnies of jih
this city. He was recently retired eri
by Governor Ansel, a major general t,f
of the National Guard of South pol
Carolina. He was (12 years old. Of- Cm
ficers of the National Guard resid- -jv
ing in Columbia and not on duty y,,
will act as pall-bearers.
J. C. Boyd, one of the youngest thi
so'diers in the war between the cai
umo ? ?-l ? * '
imiiii .11 nt-iuiu, /Mil., t :t 1
November 15. 1S4S. His father was y(.
William Henry Boyd, a native of
Chester county, in this State; his pi
mother was Martha l.ee. of Ogle- clm
thorpe county. Georgia. At the ape jj,.
of I t years, in iSCIi, lie ran away
ftom home and enlisted in Com- m.
panv A. ('apt. (' S. l.ee. :>f the rttli
Aiiibama cavalry. Col. . 11. Calvin.
commanding, and served in this
regiment until istit. when he join- h;.
?d Company l>. t;2nd Alabama iii- w;
I.?ntry, under the command of ("apt. | i
C.. 1) Shortridge. At tlie* fall of fi
Mobile lie was taken prisoner at j,,t
Spanish Fort and subsequently en tinned
on Ship Island until .lime
18G5.
At the age of IT years lie enter- f0i\.
upon it business career trom Vi
' Sr,fi to 1875 lie resided in Atlanta, on
lit was engaged as a commercial
traveller; while there lie served as .j
2ifd lieutenant of the Governor's
Guards, of Georgia, In 1S75 Gen.
Uovd removed to Greenville, where tt,
he embarked in business as a bro- )u,
her. He served as first serpent of (,l'
the ludepi lident Kife Club during i nit
the "Reconstruction" days and in n)
187C reorganized tlie Butler Guards, ,IU
of which lie was elected captain. ??
In 1877 be carried the company ,Aj
to Philadelphia to participate in
the military functions of the Con- t).
tonnial. lie was elected lieutenant
colonel of the 5th regiment in 1888 1 UI1
and in 1810 was promoted to col-; ^
onel. the rank he still holds Tint-. '
-- . sp<
in;, the Darlington riots lie was nj;
second in command.
In 1905 he was appointed l?*;hi>
Gcvernor Hey ward to take charge j8jj(
o: the South Carolina troops at; t|la
tltfe Manassas nianoeuvers. In 1906 (
my J^'ub elected to the office of Ad- mj
zJufent General. Two weeks before
yrking the oath of office ho suffer-' p.,,
^ed a etroko of paralysis from which ,j1;
he never fully recovered.
In 1876 Gen Boyd married Miss ow
101!a Woern, daughter of the late j,G
Richard Woern, of Columbia. She (*j,
di<d in 1904. He is survived by ' ri(j
Richard L. Boyd, of Atlanta and ( 0
Rosa Moreton Boyd of Columbia;
a sister, Mrs. E. V. Wyatt, of Fori
Smith, Arkansas; a brother, V. H.
iloyd, of Atlanta.
The successor to Gen. Boyd will Ik
ne named by Governor Ans 1. His
term of office expires on January
10th.
THRKK NKUOJBS 111'UN Tt) wc
DKATH. I if I
48
Horrible Occurence on i' nn in
Aiken County. (,'s
Aiken, Dec. 17.?Special: Yester- i
day afternoon a most horrible accident
occurred at the plantation of ^
Mr .D. I). Lamar, at Beech Island, .
which resulted in the death of three
negroes, who were burned to death I
in a house. The following story : 0r
was gotten from Coroner Johnson, i -t,;|
who was notified of the affair and j ,.-1
went to the scene to hold an ini|U<
st. There was no way of got- j we
ting the facts and how the fire , t; ;
originated cannot he learnt d.
William Gardner, an old negro,
who is paralyzed and unable tolJr(,
walk, lived on the plantation of Mr. xa|
hrmar, next to another family of j>0,
i.tgrcts, and it was the custom,
when they all went to the field to ve
work, to leave John Petty Roy- p.,
ru Ids and Charity Reynolds at ;iJ.j
home with the old man. YtSterda)
afternoon the usual custom was carrit
d out and, while the other work- wt
on.11 were in the field, one of tin m . ,
hnnm nort <?
. . i??i r\ HI LH'" )
house and discovered that it was
n fire, and almost burned down. %ve
'I hoy all rushed back to ti e ho..se ] ?u)
und got there just in time to sec the i t.* ,
.oof fall in. There was no possible
chance to go into the burnh.g build- Wf
digs to make an attempt' to rescue ,;u
the unfortunate ones. j Ul t
When the coroner arrived to hold
the inquest he reports that it was we
a mest horrible sight, all three of l<(,
the bedies being bunud to a c is,*, ?'M
Lt re eeing no way of recognizing j
any of them. How they were all wc
humid up will always remain a ,at
ni.vstery, as it seems that they would
..ave discovered that the house was t
ori file in time to get th .nrselvcs j ^
and the old invalid out bt fore the
-oc.f fell In. t0,
A man by the name of Horn in . H,)(
Lhe Pages Mill section went home '
ir.toxiiaud a few nights ago, lay '*
down by the fire to warm and was en
iwtrtly burned. He yelled for help, igi
but the neighbors were accu>;om? d c< ,
to hiaili g his yells and did not
Kfiond. As no one came lo aiis as- ! -vri
slstei ce It spent the gicat r part!
of the night in agony but was suf .iri.nlly
r covered the nix m ining
tc silk .hi services of a physl- no
cicn. fu
topp
The IHII?n Herald SI.no jear. en
UMAN INTEREST STORY
UNG WASTER TAKES SLAVE BACK Tl
JAIL
S FATHERS' BODY SERVANT
ii'ciuloii Mnit (irn-s t<? \n\ ^ url
With ('onstnhlc anil Iti'lugs
Hack l-'otiniM Slav**.
There is a story of the kind lifters
call "human interest" he
id the requisition made by Gov
lor Ansel upon Governor WhiU
New York for Anthony llurgess
lored, wanted in Clarendon foi
aliened murder last .lanuan
of liis son-in-law. The New Yorl
arid tells the story as follows:
"Many years ago old black An
>nv Burgess used to nurse am
re for L. It. Mcintosh on the plan
ion down in Manning. S. ('
sterdav that same 1-. It. Mclntosl
eared with requisition papers am
eriff K. 15 Gamble, of Clarendor
unty and started back to Mann
; with the old negro. who wil
ve to stand trial on the charge ol
irdering his son-in-law.
The negro was arrested a weel
i> on description sent by Sherif
mhle, but he refused to admii
; name or that he was the mat
ntcd. Yesterday when Mr. Mc
losh apea red at police hendqunr
s and Anthony -.as brought be
e him he said:
"It's all right: I knows that man
I missed him when he was ;
ny and I knowed his father be
him. Thev's entlcnien, and
n't ]>ut no gentleman t:> buthei
my account."
When asked it he was willing t<
urn with the officers from Soutl
rolina, the old man said:
"I'll do anything they wants m?
do. Ive made enough trouhli
w I run away cos I was afruii
what the niggers down then
cht do to nie. I wasn't afrait
tlie whites, cos they're gentle
*n I'll go back and if they cleai
> all right, and if they don't?
ty, that'll be all right, too.
A.-o - -? ?- -
niviuiu^u aiijijjfu ins arn
roug' that of Anthony and Baid
jme along uncle." Come aloui
cle." To the reporter he said
v father's last dollar will b<
ent, if need be, to clear the ol<
tger."
"Rurgesa is charged with killinf
i son-in-law on January 22 last b;
ooting. The old man maintaini
nt five weeks before that the inai
lied his daughter by mistreat
?nt.
"Anthony had but one regret a
iving New York, and that wa:
;it the llaptist mission church
ere he had acted as janitor
cd him $1.00 for services. H?
ped Pastor Wilson would hear o
i predicament and forward tin
>ney in care of Sheriff Gamble.?
lumhia Record.
FINAL CROP KSTl.MATK.
part men t of Agriculture An
iiounces Its Pinal Ksiinwtis
for the liii|i<iiiaut Far in
Cix.jin for IMIO.
Corn, 3,125.713,000 bushels o
lght, from 114,002,00 acres; to
I fai in value $ 1,623,068,00ij oi
.8 cents per busliel.
Winter wheat, 464,044,000 bush
i of weight, from 29.427,Out
res; total farm value $413,575,
0 or 89.1 cents per buslu 1.
Spring win at, 231,399.000 bush
1 of weight, from 19,778,001
res; total larm value $207,868,
0 or 89.8 cents per bushel.
All wheat. 695.44 3.00n husheli
weight, fiom 4J,20&,000 acres
;il farm value $<*21,44 3,000 01
.4 cents per bushel.
Oats, 1.126,,* Uu.OoO bushels o:
ight, fiom 35,-83,000 acres; to
farm value*$384,i 10,0oo or .'54.1
its per bushel.
Tobacco, 984,34 9,000 pounds
>m 1.233,800 acres; total farn
li.e |91.4i>U,0Ou or 9.3 cents pel
und.
Rice, 24,510,000 bushels o!
igiit, equivalent to 5,930,00<
ps of 18?. pounds, from 722,sot
res; total farm value $lt*,624,oot
67.8 cents pit bushel.
Burly, 162,227,000 bush* Is ol
iglu, fiom i ,2a ?,oo0 ac.es; tota
in value $93,i So,000 or &7->
ts pi r bushel.
Kje, 33,o.,9,00<) bushels it
iglit, from 2,028,000 acres; tota
m value $23,840,000 or 72.1
ts pel bethel.
Buckwheat, 1<,239,000 bushels it
iglit from 826,000 acres; tota!
m vuiue 41 1,321,ooii or 05.'1
its per bushel.
flaxseed, 14,116,000 bushels ir
ight, from 2,916,000 acres; tota
in ?alue $22,654,000 or $2.3t
r bushel.
Potatoes, 338,811,009 bushels lr
ight, from 3,591,000 acres; tola
m value $187,985,000 or 55.1.
its per bushel.
Ha>, 60,978,000 tons, from 45,
1 000 acres; total farm value
47,769,999 or $ 12.20 Cents pel
1.
The total vale of crops abov?
settled on December 1 was $3;
5,464,000 against $3,971.426.0'M
December 1 last year. The aver
e of prices was about 8.6 pei
it. lower on December 1 thli
ar than lust year.
Thft Horn 1*1 lo ro /v\i - 01. ** ^ ? ?
lo . v\. ?'* Oil U IU iiu
unce that there will tx an oysto
ppcr at High Hill school hods
morrow (Friday) night. Th
Dceeds will go to the school an<
erybody Is Invited to be present
f Mnis km !. '!> \ i *n m < ; i
t'sir hi^pwlm i Yii?li?-t| I'n- I
Killi' Mir* \ft?T Operation.
[J Sumter, Mi l- I !> Spec.ul John [
.1 Minis, white. car inspeetor on
'!u .Mlautir ('nasi Kim* Itailroail
yi'"(I. lies ili-aii at tin* Sumler Hospital
Ironi shock, ami operation _
tii-iii^- necessary to amputate his L
leas, which were terrihly iiiaiiuh'il
to- an mini tie ilriven h\ Knaineer s
P. I levitie
k The accident occurred .it the railr<
ad crossing on Marvin street sit
jn:"5 o'clock this morning. TIh-iv
- are many different versions of
- l!ie details of tlic accident, hut the <
- st'iry that is given most credence |
is told by Engineer l>ivine He says |
, that Minis was sitting on t hi- rod of t
r .another engine to the right of the t
! one lie was running, and that as p
k me two engines came near oposite s
one another that Minis jumped off t
- the engine upon which he was rid- i
1 ' ir.g and attempted to cross in front t
- of him. He saw that he had no c
. time in which to stop, hut as a pre- i
t cautionary measure blew his whisi
tie to warn Minis. lie saw the en- o
i gitie strike Minis, and the last t
- wheels pass over his legs, lie was r
1 running about eight miles an hour, p
f and it was impossible for liitn to t
bring his engine to a stop in time I
i to avoid the accident. v
I' Tin story <ii tit porti r c
l oil the tiibson train Itiiiies exactly l
i w.lli that of i.uginei r Ihvine. <?\
- eept t hat he is of tin- opinion that e
- il<- engine was running faster .1
Another account is given by a 1
limn who is unite well known and a
. very reliable. lie stat?s that I ?i- <
i v'ty was running bis engine about v
- fifteen miles an hour and that he f
I had just remarked about running :
l too fast when the person to whom
in- was talking exelaimed, "My Hod,
? look there." lie looked and saw \
i Minis, who seemed to be getting i
of! the steps of his engine, fall 1
A Htlfl I )u> ???? .rill..
I nil over II1 III. (ll'SlR- \
? r!iig his body some distance Ho 1
1 1 iediatel.v ran to tin* station, phoned i
s fot a doctor, and sent bystanders in *
J search of other physicians, l>r Clif- i
- ton, of Orangeburg. was tiie first i
r physician to reacii the wounded J
man. and assisted in putting him on 1
a wagon, to be hurried to the Sum- 1
l ti ; Hospital. Other doctors tirriv- i
: j cd just as the wagon sttirted off 1
?j and accompanied Minis, giving him i
all the temporary relief possible. '<
j; Minis bled freely while lying on j
1 the ground, and all the time was f
Serving out, '"Lord look what a fix f
; I'm in now?cant someone get a
f doctor?" At one titnue he said: "I '
? thought I could pass in front of
i thai engine." He was deathly i
- j white, and was suffering terribly
from his mangled limbs. One leg
t was crushed at the hip and the
i knee. Handkerchiefs were tied
, tightly above the wounds to keep
, the man from bleeding to death be?
fore medical aid could reach him.
f A hasty examination a? the llos;
pital revealed a most tei rihiy niangh
d condition of the limbs, and it
was decided to operate at once,
both legs were removed successful'
ly, but the patient could not sur'
vive the shock of the operation,
_! and breathed his iast at a lit11?- aft?
r 1 o'clock, just thirty minutes
alter being removed from the operating
table. "
The* death of Mr. Minis is purlieu- f
f larlv sad. because of tl: fact that i
- j h< leaves a wife and fire little chil- v
f i dren all of whom were entirely cl
entirely dependent upon his labors. 1
- The? funeial service* and inte-rnn-nt t
> arfll he- at the* cemetery to-morrow.
c
MOONSHINKKK Itl.OWN IP. si
' i
Still Kxploele* ami Three Injured, 1
Possibly Fatally, lleputy. t
Reports. a
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ri (.iree-nville, Dec. 20.? ITnite-d .
iiviieral Raiding ueputy U. M<*rf
(k ted.rising here* from a week's .
. ea'iipaigii its the* mountain wilds of '
[ : c.recnville, lie-kens anel Oconee '
counties, te lls e.f the blowing up of j {|
t a distillery ne*:ir the Oconee-Pickens
i line on hist Monday night, in which
- t'sre-e* "moonshiners" received in-1
inrios from which tiie.v are like*ly to J(
[ die An etffort to incre nse* the* out- j,
) put of their "still" by adopting ,
s le Greenville county nie the tl of y
, distilling in preference to Oconee
ine-the.eis, wsis responsible for the j
fI tragedy, it is said. y
I 'I lie* "nioonsb ine i s" heel been ao- .
i i i rst< nied to operating copper ,
"f ills" and while endeavoring tr> <
require the (Jretnville county moth- s
i'(i, which consists of a sin ?i iron I{
icilcr and a wooden beer still with
i i <n pipe conncetK.ns, a J! 00 gallon j
;iitn boiler iilew up and scalded s
I i la three. 'l'he deputy \isit<d the- tl
?ctne e.t the? explosion, found the J
! Jiree "moonshintis " writhing in ,
! s gonv, l*ut failed to find even a v
piece of the b >iler. I
'ihe same xpedition resulted in ,
! 15 distilleries being destroyed in p
j ihat section. A deputy working in
> n opposite direction destioyed six I
utrgc distilleries. a
' s
?| Dillon ranks high not only as a | t
r coin pi educing county hut as a po- p
' .a to p.oducii.g county as well. Some; v
j lisys aRO Mr. John C. Hayes, of
' Fore, sent to The Herald office a
L potato weighing nine pounds and it I
) 1 came from an acre on which Mr../.
. | Hayes had pioduccd 9^0 bushels, n
. | This is one of the most remarkable s
I potato yields The lit raid has ever fc
8 i beard pi and Mr. Hayes is entitled 1
I u the blue ribon prise as the i
I champie i potato grower of the c
j State. Whe n it is considered that i
- potatoes sell readily at 60 cents (t
riper bushel and can be produced at t
s j !?-ss cost than any other crop it
e appears to us that a potato farm (
d would be a gold mine, provided the c
L. I crop cou Id be disposed of. e
, -i
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JWYER KILLSMERCHj
IISPUTE OVER SETTLEMENT OF
COUNT LEADS TO TRAGEDY.
principals itpromini
llir I'riirlslinc iv Shot to Itcal
i<n\\_v?t Jones in Itranrlivill
l*OSfoft'i?'4'.
Hranchville, December IT.
in I: The quiet lilt 1?* town
tiatichville is in mourning
ight as a result of one of the
errible tragedies ever enacte*
his community. The life of ot
's most prominent citizens has
huffed out from a pistol slit;
he hands ot' another of her
ens, who is behind the bars
tranceburj; jail charged with
rime. llrieflv the facts from
"imnrr's inqu st are as follow
This morning at about
i'? lock Mr Abe I'earlstitie wet
he post office to get his mot
nail, and while in the lobby ol
i?>stoffice Air .iohli .1 Jules. al
oriii'j located here, walked in
'eurlstine handed .loms a p;
ritich it is understood was at
etint Jones had eolieeted
rlst iin* for some foreign
untile *st a Id is |i nieiit. to the am
a $"i>o receipted for in pi
oni s lor which account had t
a < n t tinn d ovi r to i In* I*red
s alleged by l'i at'lstiue, and In
nib avoritig to get this str.i
v hereupon Jones refused to
or satin* and even refused to
i the correspond! lire.
Struck hmcs.
Mr Pearlstine. it appears, a
ated by Mr. Jones' discourt?*ot
ily, thereupon struck him wit
ist, aiul it appears several I
veie passed, when Mr. J M
[?>rd, the postmaster, hearing
toise, rushed out into tile 1
leparating tin* hclligerents. and
ng tin* parties not to have a
:ulty in the presence of his
Mr. I'earlstine apoligized to
Llyrd and while assuring him
ie was very sorry for what h;i
ready happened, Jones, appai
* ?*wi4^; i lit." |iur?iuii* v, Mujijiru
aside o fthe door, whirled,
i pistol from his hip pocket,
tod the gun out of h shield
ired at Mr Pearlstine, who
>ti'l conversing with .Mr. Byrd
The unfortunate man exela
'1 am shot." .Mr. Byrd said. "
to to the doctor." Mr. Pearl
'eplied, "I'm dying." and leant
igainst the door leading into
tost master's private office; a
mint later he fell backward 01
loor, where he breathed his la
ess than five minutes after th
al shot.
Taken to
immediately Mr Jones wa
esti d in his law office h> Mr
fvid, was turned over by M
rate Dukes to Chief of I1
Irowntng. who carried Mr. .1
ii Orangeburg and delivered th
eiulant tc? Sheriff Sally. Mr \
Jartin appeared at the ini|
'presenting the I'earlst ines, i
ilv \V. ('. Wolfe, of O ran gel
vj.s present representing the
etulant. It was brought out a
.nix st from the only three
vit lie est s to the tragedy, that
leeeased was not armed ami die
.eve i ii his person even a
;nife.
Has Hiinrslf i'lioOigraohed
Orangeburg, December 15? ante
to Orangeburg this mor
irriving here about two hours
he difficulty, lie showed sign:
:aving been very roughly ban
line/, Kn(..#r l.ruieo.. ?... Kio f.ww
ivrlvtnt; here he at nice went
thntogiapher, who took his pk
'lowiDg tin* scars Hiitl brwist s
The correspondent of t he
Lit?l Courier calhd on Mr ..loins
oiijrht an interview, out in*, in
11stet (I himself in the hands
tloiinys, had very little th; t
arod to say for publication.
Advised to Leave,
.lones was so advised by r
nil iit once made arrangements
'utile to this city and put hiins<
he hands of the sheriff. Mi
Volfe iind Herry have been reti
(/ r?-prist nt .lulus and others
in hahly be ingagul also.
Vdfe left tliis morninr for ltr;
ille, but hitd not returned hi
I i ilftl riu.t.n Vliere i? no ii
ml that the bail for Jones wi
ought* at un rl day by his :i
leys.
J. J. Jones is an attorney, r
ug at Hranehville. and Abe |J
tine was a merchant doing bus
t the same place. It is repe
rat Jones as an attorney held
uin claims against I'earls
liich he sought to collect,
ioni this condition of affairs
he terrible tragedy of this n
"g.
Jones of (iooil Address.
Mr. Jones is a young man of
ddrcss and shews a marked dc
if intelligence. He read law
ome years ago nnd has been ]
icing his profession at Rrancl;
or some time. He has a fa
eife and several children .
Juryman Talks of Killing
Dr. B. X. Minus Hnd Mr. I
alrey, of Hranehville, were in
ity last night. Mr. Falrey wt
lu mber of the coroner's jury w
at at the inquest over the
>ody of Mr. Pearlsiine. When
iibt night by a News and Co
?porti r, Dr. Minus told the i
if the tragi dy as he had gatt
t, Mr. Fairey concurring in all
ko said. Dr. Minus, In speakir
he killing said.
"Prarlstine met Jones in
loatoffice this morning about
("clock and handed him a p
in posed to be a letter from
?4-. ?
gj-,
. - :m.
qntT ?>.*'.< 1:1: IN HAND, KILI.KD.
fill I I ? ? !.? Ii '<> Mali's Home ami Wis
Shut In llenlli.
UP Washington. I'll, 2?* ? . is? Wil>'
l?nve, aged ^l?, is dead with
i >" I: -:ti! blown iit f; Gfiirp' llrotul\.
I'haufil wilh tlx- shooting, and
oe. wife ;is a witness ari> in jail,
ri|T A,:' huge dagger that was in
Lll 11 'v* liainl when lie was shut, still
stirkv in the l limr of the Proadnax
h ii'si. where it was plunged into
h l>> he hoards hv rue weight of Iaivo'k
e iod\ when In- fell. The tragedy
v\s the resti-i of a miners' card
? ... ...... i >iin. mis i-iMiiuy.
Spe- As reported to tlio police the fight
of,started in l. ' .e's home, and when
to-' p, drew .1 daggnr Kroadnux rnn out
most ;tI*.! 10 his own house. Ivove followd
in ? d hut found the door barricaded,
e ot II, heat iipun the door until the
been panels splintered, crawled through.
>t at with the dagger in his teeth. Mrs.
eiti- i'-roadnax. terrified, crouched in a
; in corner ?.f the room, while her husthe
hand went into an adjoining room
the t<u a shotgun '
As llroudnax entered the room
1 "> with the gun. I.ove leaped for hint
11 to i.ith the dagger in liis uplifted
tiing l.and There was a flash fro in the
r the gun ,;ud l.ove fell prostrate on the
11 ot- tii< i the dagger sinking deep hito
Mr the hoards .1 few inches from the
apef. . . .a I'.roadtiax. Tin- house was
ae- s?;.|ed 1>>" tie police until an investrotn
ligation is made.
"" 1
I*. py Mt? t' 'I ti'Kerrall will entettoin
.v*t., ).) 1 < a hens, party late n .lanup,,ls
! . wio will lie here to attend tin
w * rystal wedding anniversary of Mr
tiji 1?t 11 ^'lx "'I'errall. which will be
t ' hinted February 4th. N lining
look ' " quests will he Mrs. f. K. Wince
Miss .lauie Wing:.. Miss Inez
Fit/get; Id. of Kiel tuoiid Va . Misses
, ( ;|_ Main I O'Ferrall and l.ueile DunuIS
i . ton. ol Fnrinvllle, Va ; Mrs. Win
,,:a C. Foley, of Palo. Austria. Mr
blows fhaink O'l-'. rrall, ?if Kiehnioud, Va.:
iri'tn Vl' ^ 111 * O'Ferrnll, of Hirming!
,j,,. ham, Ala.: Hr. .Ino. O'Ferrall, oi
obbv Orleans Mr and Mrs. .1 TayI
h?r Thompson t nee Miss Helen
il'iftl. ( errnll) are expected for tin- anwife
tiiversary date.
id^ al- 1 <'nrllsle-t'iirtnlchacl.
ently Marlboro Times.
invitations are out announcing
drew
slip- "" approaching marriage of Miss
I an<l Sa'iie Carlisle, ot benuettsville, t
was jp. Kdgar IJ. Camiichael, of I>il)'
*|tni'd county. on Ilecembet 20th, 10)
lx-t'sh" 'he Methodist chv h in be
Istine n? ttsville. Hev. J f Carlisle,
dthe l'!,Ua* u,?ol? ?- tn. prospective
mo- w'l! ;)e.riorm lie marriage
i the I ce. cmony.
st 111
e fa1;
v.- firm of bowman A: bowman, of
Orangeburg. relative of an account
s iir- said lo lie due by Pea rlstine. He
S S. His n (| the paper to Jones three
an is- |i|ns, and eaeli time Jones refuse
'oliee i. accept it. It seems thai Jone
I >nes h,,d some t iin* before presented 1
e lie- iVarlstine with a hill for $27.50 i
V had collected the amount. It is s
uesi, that Perlstine held the receipt
a-bile tl.i paymiH t of the acocunt. '
urn, l, tier from a law firm request
de- Mm to make prompt payment f
t the tied him somewhat, and it is |
e>e- 1 i \ ?e<l that he went to Jones to
the Mdaiuition of the case.
1 not St l in k at Jon?*s.
pen "When Jones refusi d the p|
, fo?- tin third time Pcarlstine st?
I. ai him and brought blood fronH
(ones face. Postmaster J. Martin
ning, f. riirg a Sight in the postoBR
after walked out in the lobby and :0|
s of tnc men not to tight. as Mrs. VI
died, was in the building aiul she |
. ' n veiy nervous. ,
in .? niii'iRimc turned to walk
tii 1 ? . with Postmaster Byrd. He l?
*. Hi. postinasicr's pardon and iske*
News l.ini io ? xcuso him for rais'i g i dis
* and |i:rli?iu'<' in the I "ile ig. v J one
tving start* d out of ' front door Ju*f
liis a*. IVarlstjiie ud Pos mast* Byro
in- were i bout to ent r Pos uast< j
P.* id s private office .louts cat
back, atul stepping in front < Pea
lends stipe drew liis pistol and fn>d, t ?
i and ball taking effect in the rignt sVl?
df in 11.<> wound was fatal IVarlstim.
?ssrs. ui h <1 and fell in half a minute
iin< d .ion*s ran out of the postoffioe
will : nd ?ross tli<* street to his place
Mr. i f h .mss, He stood in the door
inch- aiming his pistol toward the potato
in * ffic* as if he were uncertain of
Ionbt b. \ ing kill?'d Pearlstine and expect11
!)? cd him to follow him.
itlor |)p. Wimberly Close By.
"I)r. .1. S. Wimberly, who was o*
esid- the street, near the pustofflc*
earl- i ?aj*l the pistol shot and ran im
in ss in uiatily in the postoffice to th
>rted wounded man. Postmaster Byr
eer- lis*! called the assistant postniaste
it i?i<?, i rd told hi in to go for a doctoi
and Ui.t before he could start out of th
grew bi dding Dr. Wimberly appeared o
lorn* tin scene. Pearlstine called out to
til"' doctor hnfnp. h.. ........ I.?^ wi ?
i v aturu J11 III
litt he had been shot and wan dygood
, ng. In a few minutes he had
igree buathed his last,
here J Public Sentiment Aroused,
prac-j "Mr. I'earlstine was a very popuiville
: lar man in Branchville, and when it
mily, I wt-R known that he had been shot
1 by Jones many of the citizens.were
1 so aroused that they began to talk
j. H. of taking violent measures with the
i the slayer. In a few moments a big
is a crowd had gathered around the
mien : poETomce. Alderman 8. S. Byrd
d< :?d ; went to Jones place of business and
seen look charge of him. He turned htm
urier o\cr to Chief of Police 11. O.
story Browning, who disarmed him. As
u r? d it was .about train time Office
that Browning decided it would be be
ig of to get Jones to Orangeburg a,
place him in the county jail w' *
the* out delay. According' twit:
45 Howell B' W \M
a per, with Jone
i the l-vrg."
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