Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 17, 1909, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES
VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 19Q0 NO. 0
THE OLD VETS
Get Through With Thete Reunion
and Adjourn.
% MEET NEXT IN MOBILE
/ Gen. Kvnai, tho Aged Commanderin-Chief,
Declined m Re-election to
His Office, But the Honor is Thrust
I'pon Him Again bjr His Old
Comrades.
The rounlon of the Old Confed.
Veterans for 1909 at Memphis, Tenn.,
la over. After re-electing Gen.
Clement A. Evans commander-inchief
over his vigorous but futile pro
test, and selecting Mobile, Ala., as
the next place of reunion, the United
Confederate Veterans adjourned their
business meeting Wednesday on the
heels of a very stormy session. The
" i only candidate for conimander-lnchief
placed iu nomination was Gen.
Wm. M. Cabell, commander ot the
jjySL ~ - t5%T&-Mis<,.s?5lpcl division. Just be55r
fort- nominations were in order. Gen.
Evans read an announcement to the
convention, in which he declined re
. election. He said he had served in
every capacity, from the lowest to
Jm the highest, and that ho felt that the
highest honor in the Veterans' gift
should be passed from one Ex-Confederate
to another in turn.
Hut the delegates disagreed with
him, and by a vote of 1,5 4 0 to 744
for Cabell, re-elected Geu. Evans to
command. With tears streaming
down his cheeks and shaking with
emotion, the stately and aged soldier
bowed to the commands of his comrades.
After Mobile, Houston, Nashville,
Chattanooga and Oklahoma City had
been put in nomination for the next
reunion, some one began to introduce
outsido speakers. Sweltering in a
temperature of over a hundred degrees.
the Veterans delegates objected
strongly and yelled vigorously for
a vote. Finally John W. Apperson,
commander-in-chief of the United
Sous of Confederate Veterans, secured
the floor and introduced Conor<?cmaii
T IT Slstnn nf MinslKsfniji.
r? .. w. ? r 4?
as the spokesman of the Sons.
Nearly every one thought Sissou
was to spring a "dark horse" candidate
for the next meeting place,
but as it became evident that the
young Congressman merely desired
to make a speech, the delegates became
noisy and calls of "sit down
and "vote" were insisted. Sisson
was game, however, and won out ou
a test of endurance. He annouuced
that ho wished to repeal his speech
in Congress, delivered in answer to
Congressman Calderkead, of Kansas,
who charged that the Southern
people were lazy. Sisson received
tome encouragement and some hisses,
but ho persevored. -Finally his
concluded In a burst of eloqueuce,
saying:
"Thie principles you fought for
were right In 'CI and are right today.
You were not conquered then,
you are uoi tumjui'ii'u uun, mm iU<
greatest monument in your honor
are the millions of pensions the Federal
government pays to the widows
and orphans your valor made and
the forty-six thousand graves in Arlington
Cemetery, which the Federal
government decorntea each 10th 01
May. As long as these monuments
are perpetuated to your honor, you
need erect no others."
Kisson'a speech was received with
< mingled cheers and hisses, and many
.Confederates left the hall in tiiev
ifiB)st. Others crowded around him
/ ^ 3limd swamped htm with congrntulaMeantltne
Mrs. Moore Murdotk. or
Italian, Texas, was endeavoring to
.??' heard. She wanted to second
the nomination of Houston, Texas,
for the next reunion. She possesses
a very masculine voice and manner
of delivery, and she soon quieted
the assembly. The Veterans listeueo
iti patience until she declnred:
"We have lived as rebels, We are
still rebels, and we will die as
rebols."
Then pandemonium broke loose.
It was difficult to tell whether the
majority favored her sentiments or
opposed them. CheerB were mingled
with cat-calls nnd hisses and above
all reverberated tho ear-splitting
rebel yell.
Several other speakers were Introduced
but no one heard their
names or what they eaid until Governor
Haskell, of Oklahoma, was Introduce.
Even he had a stormy
greeting, which might bo construed
one way or another, Finally, however.
ho tired out the crowd and
made a diplomatic, speech, inciting
the Convention to choose Oklahoma
City for the 191 ft reunion.
"You will find Confederate Veterans
in most of tho offices of tho tttato,
from Supremo Court Judges to constables."
ho said, "and you will find
I as hearty a welcome as you will
i'v find anywhere on God's earth."
Immediately after tho Governor's
speech tho vote for the next re
union city began. Every ono picker
Houston. Texas, as the winner, but
Mobile, Ala., seemed to havo con
ducted a gumshoe campaign, an*;
it soon became evident that the Ala
batna city had won. She polle*
1 votes, with y oust on soon*
with ffto Oklahoma City, Xash
ville and Chattanoo?4 received scat
BLACK HAND DOINGS
UNEARTHED AND SEVERAL
RINGLEADER ARE CAUGHT.
Noted Italian Society Ha id to llavo
Practiced Extortion and Murder in
Yurious Cities.
Revelations in the extortion, plotting
and murder by the "lllack
Hand." as uncovered by the postotllce
inspectors from the Cincinnati office,
show conclusively that the gang
in Columbus, Marion. Denulson aud
Dellefontaioe and other Ohio townB
was organized along the same lineB
as the old Mafia, but with a better
system for concealing their movements.
It is now known that the Ohio
Black Hand, or the Society of the
Banana, as its members style themselves.
had a brunch In Pittsburg
and one in Chicago, and u linn that
extended to South Dakota. Regular
meetings were held und the money
obtained by extortion was distributed
to various divisions In this country
and sent to relatives in Italy
for safe-keeping.
"We have found what I believe
to be certain proof that the Black
Hand outrages were committed by
a well organized society,' said Chief
Postolfice Inspector Holmes to an
Associated Press representative.
"It has taken Inspector Oldfleld
and four other men under me six
months to run down the leaders.
"We have no evidence so far that
American Black Hand in the West
is connected with the foreign organization
that killed Lieut. Petrosino
in Sicily."
N'ine arrests have been made thus
far in Columbus, Marion, Dennison
and Hellefontaine, and Government
officers in Chicago and Cincinnati
are looking for Antonio Lima, who
was arrested in Marion. Antonio
Lima iH held to be one of the chief
ring-leaders.
An effort will be made to have
tho prisoners indicted by a Federal
grand jury, at Cleveland on the
charge of conspiracy to commit extortion.
MONUMENT IX) CONFEDERATES
Will r? Erected in Fiuni* Point
CeniPlMTr.
A monument of marble or granite
to cost about $8,000 is to bo erected
lij tho I'nitod States government
in the Confederate section of Flnnis
Point, national cemetery at Salem,
N. J., to mark the resting place
of 2.24C officers and men of the
Confederate army and navy who
died us prisoners of way at Fort
Delaware between 18G2 and 18GT?.
Th?> adoption of a monument for
tho purpose is due to the fact that it
has been found impossible, because
of imperfect records, to place distinctive
headstones at each individual
grave, as contemplated by the act
of Congress.
Commissioner Oats has arranged I
also to place wrought iron fencos |
around Camp Chase Confederate cemetery.
near Columbus. Ohio, and
around the Conefderate cemetery at
North Alton, 111.
CHEWICI) UP I1KKK GLASS
On a Wager and Dies After Suffering
Agony.
A freak wager in New York thai
ended fatally was brought to light
wnen jamea aaea, a laooror, tnirty
eight yearn old. died at his home In
Brooklyn as the result of eating
beer glass on February 10. -Since
ttat time ho autfeied lnteiaely as
r>?e broken gla?s penetrat_rl hit *yfem
and came ont in different parts
of his body. Doctors wanted to nj. rate
upon him. They said he could
lot live otherwise, but Shea won' I
not allow them to do so and the e id
came a few days ago.
tering votes. As soon as it became
tpparent that Mobile had won, there
was a scramble to get into the bandwagon,
and the choice was made
unanimous.
Gen. Evan's re-election likewise
was made unanimous, and the convention,
forgetting its disagreements
of an hour before, adjourned to the
tune of "Dixie," the delegates cheering.
lauding, laughing, crying nnd
even hugging one another.
Clad in the rough gray homespun
which they wore dressed In tho sixties
an carrying ancient rifles, 10.000
United Confederate Veterans
marched in what was probably the
last big parade in which they will
over participate Thursday.
Soma of them wear straggling
beards as arrav as their uniforms and
there were many empty sleeves. The
beat was Intense. At the suggestion
of the parade committee the line ol
march was cut down.
The commanders of divisions and
brigades directed that the old and
feebler members of their command:
drop out, but. the officers reporter
that they could find no men old
enough or feeble enough to take ad
vantage of tho indulgence.
Hands from all over the South
twenty or them, were intersperse*
here and there through parade, an*
when steps lagged or aged limb
trembled, the stirring notes of 'T>ix
,1s" or "My Maryland" were sufticien
to reinvigorate the machrr* Every
J where were flags with the stars am
-1 bars of the lo:t cause.
DOUBLE LYNCHING
TWO NEGROES HANGED AND
RIDDLED WITH SHOT.
They Were t'liarg?"d Willi the Murder
of >Ir. Siuoak and Were Taken
From Officers of the Law.
A dispatch from I3ranchville to
The News and Oourie** says at a late
hour Friday night a crowd of about
one hundred farmers and other citizens
of Colleton county, took two
negroes away from the officers of the
law. hung them to a tree, near the
railroad track, and fired round after
round into thier swinging bodies.
The negroes, who were killed were
Frank Samuels and Quillie Simmons,
and the crime for which death was
meted out to them was the murder
on Mav 2 9 of vounc Mr. Heniamfn
Smoak, a raember of a prominent
Colleton family, and a merchant of
the town, which benrs his name.
The dispatch says early Friday
night word was received at Hrnnchville
from Smoak's stating that Constable
N M. Maxey had arrested four
negroes who, it was alleged, wor?
concerned In the murder of Mr.
Smoak. These four were Frank
Samuels, Qulllle Simmons, .Connie
Stokes and another whose name his
not been learned. It. wll be remembered
that when Mr. Smoak was
killed, just as he was closing his
store for the night, the assassin, or
assassins, secured about 195 in cash
and checks. It was these checks
which led to the arrest of the four
negroes, two of whom met death
Friday night at the hands of the
mob.
Young Ben Minus stepped up behind
the stables of Samuels, who
had a farm about a miles and a half
from the town of Smoak's and saw
him dividing the stolen money with
the other negroes. Minus immediately
returned, told what lie had seen
and heard, and described the hiding
place of the missing checks. A
prompt search led to the discovery
of the checks, nnd Constable Maxey
at one? arrested Samuels. Sub-sequently
the other negroes were also
arrested, and the constable and his
assistants started with his prisoners
for Walterboro.
Meanwhile the mob had been gat.herinc
ranidlv and silentlv. nnrt before
long nearly a hundred determined
men had started in pursuit. The officers
were overtaken near the railroad
line and. being greatly outnumbered.
they were unable to offer
effective resistance. The terrified
negroes were seized, and the
leaders of the mob questioned them
briefly as to their connection with the
killing of Mr. Smoak. Two of them
apparently managed to clear themselves
and were set free. Samuels
and Simmons were then mnrched
to the railroad track, hanged to a
tree and their bodies riddled with
bullets.
At present everything is quiet. It
Is not known whether Samuels and
Simmons confessed their guilt, after
falling into the hnnds of the avengers.
since the mob, as soon as It
completed its work, scattered, and
those who took part in the lynching
returned to their homes. It la
known, however, that the town negroes
had previously admitted that
they knew something about the crb\
though they swore that they did not
do the actual Jshooting . Samuels
stated that he generally used No. H
shot In his gun. and shot of that size
were found In Mr. Smoak s body
Both negroes bore evil reputations. *
SIX lfOKSF?S IitKNHI).
Lightning Fires Stable of u Physio
inn in Greenville County.
The stablo of Br. J. B. Bruce, living
at Sandy Flat, in the upper pari
of Greenville county, was struck bj
lightning Wednesday afternoon, dur
ing an electrical storm, and wm
burned to the ground. Five o
ltruce's horses were burned to death
and tln? feed stuff tn the barn wa
dettroyed. A liorBo of Charlie W
Mitchell, of O'Neal, was burned t<
death also in the barn. Mitchol
was going hionie from Greenville
when tho storm met him near I)r
ltruce's residence. He stopped am
sheltered the animal, and when tie
crash of lightning came and th
building was burned to ashes hi
horsr was burned to death.
KILLS FABMKK AND MI LK.
Man Struck l?y Lightning Willi
Ploughing.
Samuel Itoggs, a well-known an
prosperons farmer, was killed h
I
( lightning late Tuesday, while plougl
p ing in a field a?. his home near Cor
tral, north of Anderson. The mul
I he was working was also struck h
I the holt and instantly killed. M
. Itoggs was about 3f> years old an
I is survived by his wife qnd fou
j children. The funeral was held i
Sharon church Wednesday afternoo
and was largely attended. This
the second man killed in Anderso
j county by lightning in the last tf
j days.
s
('rushed in Elevator,
t On her first visit to New York nr
. ' on her first ride in .in elevator. Mi
d Lena Schoonmaker. was crushed
d.-ith Monday afternoon.
BRUTAL MURDER
Both an Axe and a Raysor Were
Used to Commit It.
BODY CAST IN WELL
The Horrible Crime Is One of the
Worst That Ever Happened in
Columbia^ and for Mystery Surrounding
It Itivnls the Famous
Maud Allen Murder Cuse.
In the revolting killing In the
kitchen of her home at 611 Sumter
street, Columbia. Friday morning
about day-break, of Mrs. Victoria
Griffin. who was struck in the head
with an axe, her throat cut from ear
to ear und her body thrown into the
well on the premises.
The Rtlqqfrd says the Columbia
police have a murder mystery on
their hands, which is a match for
tlio Maud Allen murder mystery,
which has never been solved. In
both the Maud Allen and Grlllln murder
casus the owner of the premises
is a resident of Hrooklaud. This
has no hearing on the case, but is
merely a curious coincidence. The
following particulars of the crime
we clip from tlio Columbia Record:
Five men have been arrested in
connection with this morning's murder,
three of them sons of the dead
woman; the fourth a man said to
have been on friendly terms with the
dead woman up to live mouths ago,
when he ceased hoarding :|t the
house, and the llfth a barber named
Luke Lewis, who was a visitor to the
dead woman's oldest daughter by a
former husband. Eula Thompson.
The three sons are Walter, Jim and
Russell Grifiln. all coton mill opera
lives. They wore all found at the
house by the police, and said they
all slept in their mother's room, the
youngest, Ilussell, in the same bed.
The oldest daughter occupied a room
to the frout. There was still another
daughter in the house, about 13 years
old. There are only throe rooms and
a kitchen in the house. The other
man in arrest is S. Wash Medlin. who
ceased bonrdiug at. the house recently,
but who turned *ip there
shortly nfter the arrival of the police
at about 5:30 Friday morning.
All the arrests made were made at
the house, except that of Lewis, who
was placed In arrest at his barber
shop in the McCreery building, opposite
the union station. He said he |
was not at the house last night, and
Eula Thompson 'says, though last
night was his usual night to be there,
he had sent word that he could not
come.
All the children, except a daughter,
who lives In the country, were at
home, and they advanced the theory
of suicide so strongly, in the face of
the physical facts demonstrating
murder unmistakably, that Coroner
Walker became suspicious of them
and made the arrests as Indicated.
The woman's husband, David Wesley
Griffin, was a well known resident
of Richland county, and was fairly
successful in business. He was murdered
in a quarrel with his partner
In the turpentine business, by a man
named Dennis, about Ave years ago,
; In Georgia.
The oldest daughter says she dlsi
covered that her mother was missing
about 5 o'clock. Being awakened at
tills time and not hearing her mothei
stirring In the kitchen, the daughter
left her room to go to her mother's
to arosue her. Not finding her mere
she made a fruitless search. The
youngest son then went to me union
station, a few blocks away, and notified
Officer Salter, who. with nnnther
officer went to the house at once.
\ A horrible sight met the officers'
gaze in that back kitchen in the fresh
crisp dawn of the new day. A pool
of blood was on the floor of the
kitchen, a bloody razor, afterward
,! claimed as his by one of the sons,
was on the kitchen table, and in the
corner stood a bloody axe, part of
I the blade being broken off and the
other half very bloody, and blood on
the handle. There were bloody
I tracks about the kitchen. There
,, were also some tracks leading back
L. i into the room where the sons slept,
g 1 but it is thought these were made
1' by the youngest boy in going out
to search for his mother. Prints
of the woman's fingers on the floor
as she struggled in her own blood
woro evident.
o
Finally the officers were attracted
to the well by a few blood staln> or
the side of the well-box. The toj
was down, the dry bucket on th?
y two lids. Further Investigation dis
t- closed the woman, whose body w-at
i- fib-hod tip out of about flftten fee
e of water, though it was not ye
v stiff.
r. The dead woman had a gash it
<1 the top of her head as "If made b;
tv I three licks from the blade of th<
if-! axe. although tho skull was not frac
n tured. Tho wounds on the ?hroa
is reveaiod repeated hackings at it wit!
'n j the razor, the assassin striking th
cartilage of tho Adam's apple an
forriug his way through this wit
fiendish energy. A chip out of th
Adam's apple was found on th
id kitchen floor by Dr. L. A. Grlffitl'
ss who afterward conducted the pof
to mortem
The womau s next door neighbor
GIVEN AN OVATION
GEX. P. I?. GRANT CLASP HANDS <
WITH CONFKD. VETS.
I
They Cheer, Shake Honda and Weep
With the Son of the Man to Whom
Leo Surrendered.
A frenzied demonstration of wel- o
come by the men in grey for the boh I
of the man who conquered them I
marked tho final scene of the nine- a
teenth Reunion of tho United Con- J
federate VcteranB Thursday. It took t
place during the parade. In the re- t
viewing stand stood Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant, of the United States e
army. c
The first few divisions in line pass- c
ed with only a limited number rec- d
ognizing the son of the man who nc- p
cepted the surrender of Lee. But
finally a cavalry division approached, s
and its commanding officer. Gen. p
Tyler, of Hickman, Ky., old and y
grizzled, peered steadily at Gen. $
Grant a moment. Thtr. ho turned p
in his saddle and yelled: i
"Come on, you kids, hero's Gen. w
Grant come to life again in his son." t
With one of tho old-time rebel a
yells, the division, remnants of For- t
rest's Cavalry, charged upon the X
utand on/I t 1 *wl aeeik? - *
OVUUU nuu jvouru WUtJ auuillt'l 1U1 il II I,
opportunity to shako tho hand of o
tho sou of their old-timo enemy, a
From that moment every grey-clad
Veteran who could reach the stand p
rushed up to shake hands with Gen. o
Grant. The stocky army officer's o
gray eyes filled with tears and his t
shoulders shook with emotion as he t
murmured: "God bless you ell, c
hoys, God bless you," giving eajh t
a cordia' hand-grasp. ti
Rattle-torn banners were grouped o
at his feet and waved over his head i
in salute. One old officer rode up to e
the stand, seized Gen. Gram s hand
and kissed him on the cheek, ex- r
claiming: "Gcd blo.a you, boy, I d
fought your father, of whom you a-o f
the image, but he was a gallant, o
magnanimous foe. and I !o/j hts s
son." n
Mure than one Veteran wa.> In i
tears as he saw the famous Feders! c
chieftain s son so touched by tin re- i:
ception. I* is doubtful If any other 1
Northern man, c^n a President,
ever received such an ovntlor aa that 1
which was so generously given to n
Gen. Graut by tho Confederate Vet- 1
erans Thursday. c
The parade over, tho Reunion t
practically ended and Veterans' spec- c
ial trains began to leave Memphis
at 2 p. in. t
I
Rabies in Laurens. t
Mr. Fred W. Green of Laurens 1
left early Tuesday moruing for At- '
lanta to take tho Pasteur treatment {
for a dog bite received last Tuesday. 1
Saturday the head of tho dog was '
sent to Atlanta ?.o bo analyzed and
a teb-grum received jtsterday stated
that the do< had rubies. Hence
Mr. t.iien left ut one.1 for treatment. |
are negroes. They could tell the police
nothing to throw any light on the
mystery. ,
The coroner and police found the
ehtldren nil In tears and tbev anneur
ed to be grlef-Htrlcken in the extreme.
In the face of all theso facts
disclosed by the police they is>tlll
affect to believe their mother committed
suicide. (
Neighbors say the children were
very affectionate towards their
mother.
In support of the suicide theory the
children turned over to the coroner
a two-ounce bottle of lodin \ half
empty, which they said their L'G'iher
bught Thursday. The bottle bears
the imprint of W. C. McMillan's drug
store.
When fished out of the well the
women was clad in two night gowns,
and the small amount of blood on
them gave rise to the suspicion that
the body was thus dressed after the
murder.
Eula Thompson stoutly maintains
to the coroner that she is a good
girl. She went so far as to ofTer
to undergo any sort of examination
at the hands of a physician which
would satisfy the coroner that she
had always been a good woman.
She says she is willing to do this
or most anything else to throw any
light on the mystery of her mother's
murder or suicide, whichever it is.
The dead woman suffered from
' cancer of the stomach, the children
say. and they believe she took her
own life on this nccount, because she
' had been saving lately that if sTIe
could find a good way to kill herI
self she would do it.
' A theory of the police Is that Med>
lin committed the murder in a fit of
> jealous rage. having caught Mrs
- Griffin In company with another man.
* The children admit that Medlln slept
t in the same room with their mother
t when he was hoarding there, but they
deny there had been any qnarrel be)
tween the two, so far as they are informed.
Modlin has been to tho
e house frequently up to within a week
- of the murder, it is said.
t Mrs. Griffin's son Walter, who says
h he slept in the same bed with his
e | mother, although he is fourteen
d ' years old. says his mother had a
h j habit of going out. to the hack steps
e several times a night on hot nights
e I and dipping snuff. She went out.
i. | last night. lie does not recall her
t returning after she had cone out
the third time She was wearing
c dark clothes then. *
SELLS BAD MEAT
30YERNMENT AGENT SAYS INSPECTORS
FARCE.
Ie Makes Grave Charges in a Letter
to Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson.
After eighteen months service as
i United States meat lnspctor In
Jost St. Louis packing bouse, J. F.
{arms has resigned, he says, writing
letter to Secretary of Agriculture
arnes WllBon, demanding an inveslgatlon
of the meat inspection sysein
In the national stock yards.
Mr. Harms asesrts that he resignd
because he could not tolerate
ondtions, and that lnspctors In
hnrge of the bureau of animal inUKtrv
w??r?> too l*?nlt?nf with th<*
ackers. Harms In his letter says.
"The Inspection at the National
tock yards, Illinois, Is costing the
eople approximately $100,000 a
ear, and It Is not actually worth
1 to them. Kor when the word Is
assed from the Inspector In charge
o tho Inspectors actually doing the
.ork on the floors that they ore getlns
too many condemned anlamls,
nd to change the grading, It means
hat the wttQle thing 13 a farce.
Ir. Secretary, the packers are geting
today from 70 to 80 per ceut
f meat that ought to be condemned
nd destroyed.
"I have seen from 1,200 to 1,000
lounds of lard spill and run into an
pen sewer in the floor, the sewer
utlet quickly blocked, and said lard
aken up from the floor and out of
he sewer, both or which were unleau
and unsanitary; and your doeors
passed same to the packers on
ver the protest of the Inspectors
m that floor, and it went to the pubic
market 'L*. S. Inspected and ptusid.'
"Some of the filthiest things ltnugltable
are practiced in the sausage
lepartmenta. such as using bladders
or casing without thorough washing
>r cleaning, the use of filth tripe in
ausage, the use of slimy hog stontiches
tor casing or contaiuera, the
iselng of meats that have fallen
?n the floor und B'o taken up and
i;*>d without uny pretense of cleanllg.
"These are all permitted by those
n charge, if an Inspector calls their
ittentlon to any of the wrongs, bo
? told as 1 was, that the people who
*at such stuff are too lazy to pre>aro
anything for themselves und
?ught to have such stuff.
"I will give you another instance
hat huppened elsewhere. Tho meat
nspector in the department held
tome 6,000 or 7,000 pounds of cured
neatB for being sour, Hnd. mind you,
'our or five other inspectors were
:ulled in and they all pronounced the
neat sour. Your Dr. Meadors released
It to the packer.
KILLKI) ON A TRAIN".
ihot >lnn Who lio Accused of StcalinB
IILs Wife.
C. M. Murphy, a wealthy contractor
and planter, shot Paton Carver,
Murphy's overseer, at his farm at
btortinton, while the latter sat In a
coach of a passenger traiu as It stopped
at llranford, Fla., Thursday.
Carver was carried from the train
to the depot platform, where he
died twenty minutes later. Sheriff
Rlckerson, of Live Oak, Fla., who
was on the train, arrested Murphy.
According to Murphy's story Carver
and Mrs. Murphy eloped from the
Hurtluton farm Wednesday. The
husband learned of this, be said,
and learned that Carver was returning
to burton to get some of his belongings,
which the hurry of the
elopment caused him to leave th?-re.
Murphy met the train and killed
Carver, both men are well known
in that part of Florida and have relatives
there. Carver was unmarried.
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have several
children.
MAItRIKl) IIY WHOLFBALK.
Five Oonplos United by One Hlnglt
Ceremony.
Rev. Alfred W. burroughs, ol
tiristoi, ienn.. weani'suay, wnn *
single ceremony, joined in marring*
live young couples who eloped t(
Bristol from points In Virginia. Th?
five brides, each attired in white
left their respective honied, osten
sibly to attend commencement a
Emory and Henry Colleges at Bris
tol. All the couples arrived on th<
same train. This ceremony bring
Rev. Mr. Burroughs' record up t<
nearly 3.000 couples, and he claim
the world's record for mairiagc oer
emonieB.
Automobile* Not Allowed.
The little town of Reney, Ca.. ha
dorlnrod war on autontohiles. At
meeting of the town council recent I:
after a spirits discussion, an ord
nance was adopted prohibiting th
use of automobiles within the clt
limits, and the town marshal w;
authorized to arrest any one pas
Ing through Renev with such "ei
gines of destruction."
Devastated by Earthquake.
The town of Korinchl. In Suma'r
was devastated by an earthquake r
tbe nlcht of June 3 Two hunrirt
and thivtv were killed and many ot
| ers Inlured.
BACK HOME
After an Absence of ThirtyThree
Years or More
FINDS LOST FATHER
Wilson Bcarboro, of Blshopv ille, S.
C., Goes to Statcsboro, Ga., unil
Take* His long Ix?*t Parent Back
to the Old Home Old Man Bore
the Name of R. Baker.
A letter from Statcsboro, Ga., to
the Augusta Chronicle tells a most
remarkable story. The letter says
after a fruitless search for the where
abouts of his father for thirty-three
yearH, during which time his estate
in said to have been administered
on by members of the family, Wilson
Scarboro. a resident of Rlshopvllle,
S. C., came to this county last
Sunday and carried hla father back
to his South Carolina home to spend
his declining years.
It. Scarboro, the father, came to
this county twenty years ugo and
adopted the name of R. linker, tlrst
making his home 011 the furm of
Sol. Aklus, and later with the Aliens
until recently he took up bis
place of abode on the farm of Tom
Moore at Knal, near ltrjan county,
where his sou found him. Domestic
troubles are Bnid to have been the
cause of his leaving his home In
South Carolina. 15?fore he cams
to HuIIoch county he spent thirteen
years within a hundred miles of his
home und was successful in keeping
his wife and four sons from learning
his whereabouts.
Some time ago It is said a traveling
man happened to run ucross Mr.
Scarboro, or Itaker, as he was known
here, and when he went back to
lilshopville he told one of the sons
that he had soeu and spoken to his
father. The traveler remembered
the name of Mr. John M. Jones, a
hardware dealer, and told the son
to write to Mr. Jones for Information.
which the son did, giving a description
of his lather from which
Mr. Jon?*s readily applied tho description
to "linker."
The letter was answered by Mr.
Jones giving the desired Information.
In some way Mr. "Baker" learned
that Mr. Jones had written to his
son and it is said the old mun did
uot relish it very much, evidently
intending to koep his whereabouts a
secret until death. Several letters
pas<-ed between Mr. Jones and the
son iu South Carolina und tlnally the
father was communicated with by
his son and persuaded to consent to
return to his old home and be cared
for the rest of his life.
Mr. Scarboro arrived in Statesboro
Saturday night and proceeded to
Enal without making known the object
of his visit to any one but Mr.
Jones with whom h? had been communicating.
He stated to Mr. Jones
that the four sons were still alive;
that each of them were in good financial
circumstnnces and were desirous
of having their father spend his do
ciiiiiuk *t'uin wuu tiiciii wiu?rr no
could be cared for. When the sou
reached the home of his father at
Enal the meeting is said to have been
a loving one. first handshake and
then throwing their arms around one
another the two stood there and hugged
for some time.
This was on Saturday night and
Sunday morning when they started
for the train they passed through
Jimps, five miles from here a*td some
i time was spent at the hoy.e of Will
Akina while waiting for the Central
train. Mr. Akina was not at home
at the time and when he returned
he walked up and spoke to the father
and cordially bowed to the son.
I not knowing who he was.
At this time Mr. "Haker" said,
"Well, Will. I have fooled you all
for twenty years. I want to introduce
you to my son. Mr,. Scarboro.
I am going back to the old homo
with him this morning and will
spend the balance of my life there
with my wife and children. I ha\o
' I been away thirty-three years, twenty
1 years of which have spent in I'ul'
loch county, where I have made many
' friends and it 's with regret thit 1
* leave now, but l ?uv:'Ose it is ocj t
* for me."
"Haker" is well known In Sfntes1
horo, though his home has always
been in the country noa1- here.
I ing his twenty years in Uullorh Co :ns
j ty it is said he confided in one man
' t Mr. Sol. Akina, when ho first canto
* here, and told his real nnnte an i
the catiso of his leaving homo. Ilo
evidently confided in a safe man for
through a scpro of years Mr. Akin
has told no one the old Tnan's s-<,
epet. "Haker" Is apparently nearlng
^ j his alloted time, three score years
,.t an<l ton, and that ho will receive a
j. loving welcome in his old homo Is
ovidoncod hy tho con tin nous search
y which has boon made for him for
i5 thirty-throe years.
s. Wilson Scarhoro, tho son that
[j. ramo after his father, is now fortvthroo
yoars of age and states that
ho was nearly eleven years old when
his father loft home. Tho location
of his father's whereabouts is proha.
ably due to the traveling man who
>n spoke to him here, calling his real
d naiue, and Mr. .lohn M. .Tones, who
b care ?he ton the necessary iuforma
UOV.