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BRUTAL MURDER foauaeat Citizva al Braasoa Found Dead Jasi Oatside Taara. WAS KILLED BY A NEGRO Mary Harris, a Young White Woman, Says She Saw Richard Williams, a Negro Man, Strike Mr. J. R. I*angford from Behind With a Heavy Stick, Causing Death. The tragic death of Mr. J. R. Langford, a prominent resident of Brunson, whose body was found Tuesday night just outside the limits of that town, has created considerable excitement in that section of State. It developed that Mr. mgford had been brutally murderl by a negro man by the name of iohard WHllams, who has been arsted and sent <#> Columbia for safe .jeping in the penitentiary. Mr. Langford left his home about o'clock in the morning to go to hia saw mill, about three miles away, stating his Intention to return, aa usual, at dinner. His absence from home until after dark alarmed his wife, who sent In search of him and learned that he had not been at the mill during the entire day and nothing could be learned of his whereabouts or of his horse and huggy. A search was at once Instigated for the missing man by his friends. After some time the searchers were rewarded with success. In a copse of thickly wooded land skirting the broad road and at a point not more than fifty yards from them and about one-half mile from the town, the horse and buggy were found; tHe horse securely hitched a tree, still harnessed to the bugr. About thirty feet away Lang?rd lay dead. He was lying on bis ick on his buggy robe, which had jparently been carefull spread upon ,ae ground. There were no signs of violence or blood upon the body and the theory of suicide was suggested. There were certain appearances, howt-ver. which reputed the suicide suggestion. and closer examination revealed a bruise on the back part of the head near the ear. Extreme rigor mortis and other apon,an*?s Indicated that death had oc*?rre.l nine o cjock m morning, a short time after he had left his home. News of the And was nwedlhtrly ent Into the town and the resident magistrate and a large number of citizens hastened to the scene. After careful examination of the corpse, the premises and surroundings, the body was borne to the home, wlnen be had V.t In such -t htilth only a few hours before. After the consolidation of certain facts and Indications, suspicion pointad to a negro man, whose home la several miles distant, hut who has been working in the immediate vicinity of the town of Rrunson the greater part of the year. He was nd and arrested and contradictory . vers to questions propounded ngthened the belief of all In 1 guilt. ear where the body was found Mrt-re lives a white man who was a farmer tenant of Langford. His family consists of himself and four daughters?the eldest about 20 and the youngest about eight year of age. The eldest daughter was arrested. and after slight hesitation, admitted that she was present when deceased came to his death, and *k At .1a? I k ...A A t UA ?AA..1t A r a I. 1 ~ mni m-.nil vmn i in- irnini ui ;i um? delivered by the negro under arrest; that ho stole stealthily up behind l.anglord and dealt the blow with a stick; that after the blow deceased did not move nor speak. The crowd of men by this time was rapidly increasing, the negro was dexterously slipped from the crowd, carried beyond the county and lodged In the Harnwell jail, lie Is about 30 years of age and of nver3 Intelligence. The young white man. Mary Harris, was placed In > Hampton county Jail. The deisod was about 50 years of age. was a brother of former County treasurer Langford and leaves a childless widow and many relatives In the county. Fell in * Fit. Pierre Faulk. a well known young man of Abbeville, was drowned in fteen inches of water Friday n.gM. He is supposed to havo be^n ae'.-. " with a fit of epilepsy near th? sh ' low pool In which his bodv was found Dying from Itat ftltc. With fourteen rat bites on her hcdy Llebe Lewis, two years old, is dying of blood poisoning at Washington. D. C. Mrs. Lewis was awakened by the child's cries and saw a big lat disapi-ear limiting CntinunltifS. During the deer hunting season, wh'eh opened on November 10 and elosed December 1st. there were 4(? accident In the upper peninsula of Michigan, twenty of which are fatal. Five thousand deer were killed. L>;. ; \ ' "... . ft CORN IS MIGHIV | MO SAYS FRESIOKNT FIN LEY OF j SOUTHERN RAILWAY. II? Thinks More Corn Mesne More Cattle and Hogs and Increased Attention to Stock Raising. W. W. Finley, president of the f Southern railway, spending several days in Columbia, attending the [tearing or me merger suit bas become very much Interested In the South Atlantic Corn exposition to be held In Columbia from December 5 to 9, and has given the movement his oordlal Indorsement, declaring It to bo one of the most helpful ' signs of the times. "Nothing is more important to the i South than an Increasing attention I to raising food supplies at home," ' said Mr. Finley, "and the ilrst move 1 in this direction must be in Increas- < ing the corn crop. South Carolina's 1 efforts alonjj this Hue and the splen- t did results attained have attracted < national attention, both as to the I gross production of the State and I the greater yield per acre, which has t resulted from the Improved methods i of culture now being used. "It is particularly appropriate that C the great advances which have been ? made in this and adjoining States I should be celebrate'd by this corn ex- f position which will at the same time ? "how what has been done and the great opportunities for further ad- ? vancement that lie In the future. The a one great need of the South just now <! is greater diversity in agriculture, j ' More corn will mean more cattle c and ho*s. and increased attention | * to live stock raising will enable the e farmers to bring their lands to a 1 higher state of productivity. 1 "In every proper manner the " Southern Railway company has 1 sought to encourage these important and kindred movements and it is with lecided pleasure that I have heard , t >f the great interest being taken by < the planters of South Carolina, Nor'h 1 Carolina and Georgia in the corn > -how to be held In Columbia. I * sincerely trust and confidently bo- i t II.... . I. - ? 1 1 - ucie nun uie eA|)OBinon will oe 21 | treat success and will prove of lasting benefit to tills and surrounding States." CHILI) EATS MATCHES. Dies of Phosphorous Poisoning In Few Hours. Little Mary Houseal Fulenwlder the two-year-old daughter of the Rev. Edward Fulenwlder, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the the Redeemer at Newberry, died Wednesday as the result of phosp.iorout poisoning, from eating matches Tiie little girl was at the home of a neighbor, Mr. William Ruff, tjrok* the street from the parsonage. While the occupant of the home at-*-, ped out of the room for a moment. Mar? went Into an adjoining ro_>m ant .rot upon a chair, wh^re n.'~ reached a box of matches on the bureau. She ?te the heads of about 20 match*** ind the stomach pump brought forth several p'eces of stems. FOOTHALL STAR KILLED. Wninu right Meets Mysterious Death at Cincinnati. Edward Walnwright, of Hanover, II.. a former Da-tmou h college football player, was found uicouscloua in an alley at Cincinnati, 0., Thursday and died while being re 1> ? j?| A n h Acnli . 'I ? - . <1 >iua;i <l l IHJIC ? 11 ;i ] gash four Inches long over h - icr i * y l Tb'? 's \""\ eved ' have '.a j y ed bis death. Friends of Wain- ( wrlght who Identified tlie l?o1y i.e- j Ueve that he was foully d?alt will ! ( while the police are of the opo'oi , that his death was due to an nc*t- j dent. Walnwright went to Cincinnati from Hanove- two yeirs :mn ?o ( work for the United (las and Electric company. He was graduated :ii the class of 1901 and was i slar I alfhack of the team of 1900. * . I First This Yenr. The lynching of the negro at Utile Mountain was the only record of mob violence in South Carolina during the present year. It was the second lynching to occur in the state within the past four years. There have been several negroes convicted and hanged for the same crime that the Little Mountain negro was lynch <1 VniiNiml Display of -Verve. Cutting off his hand with a razor, after It had been crushed In a corn shredder. J. nruce Vaughn, of Eureka Mills. Charlotte County. Virginia. carefully bandaged the stump and awaited the arrival of a surgeon to put the finishing touches to the operation Man Weds in Hurry. While golnz to Savannah from Beaufort by boat Monday Mr. I. Kerserling. of Dale. S. C.. proposed | marriage to Miss Cecilia Levitt, ot i Yew York and upon ?he arrival of the boat in Savannah they sought a rabbi and were married. COOK _NOT SORE lays He Does Not Know Whether He Di?covered Pole or Not. WILL TELL HIS STORY itatement May Be Startling, bat H? In Willing to Startle the Worle if He Can Present Case end K*gain Sympathy and Confidence ??? Hia Fellowr Men. "Did I get to the North Polt Perhaps I made a mistake in think ng that I did. Perhaps 1 did no nake a mistake. After niatur bought I confess that I do not know absolutely whether 1 reached tb>o!e or not. This n?ay come as ai imazlng statement, but I am will ng to startle the world If, by ?< lolng, I can get an opportunity tc present my caae. By my case I nean not my case as a geographies llscoverer. but my case as a man duch as the attainment of the Nortb "*ole once meant to me, the sympa hy and confidence of my fellow m?i nean more." In this way Dr. Frederick A ?ook, the Brooklyn explorer. In as irtlcle which will be published It dampton's Magazine, confesses thai le does not know whether he reacb id the North Pole or not. The publishers of the article Is med a statment Wednesday nigh' aying that nowhere in his narratlv* Iocs Dr. Oook either cast any re lection on Peary or question Peary'i Inlms. Dr. Cook, who has been it tiding for over a year, has Inform id the editors of the magazine pub Ishlng his story that he will returt o the United States with his wlf? md children. December 22, in ordei o spend Christmas here. Continuing Dr. Cook says: "Fully, freely and frankly I thai ell you everything. Tell you ev irythlng?and leave tho decislot vith you. If. after reading my stor* 'on say, "Cook is sincere and hon st: half crazeij hy months of Isola ion nnd hunger, he believed that b? enched the pole; he l? not a faker hen I shall be satisfied." Dr. Cook tells the story of hb Ife and pictures what he calls th? >ver-powcrin? ambition of explore ion, until it finally culminated ti us effort to reach the pole. Dr 2ook declares that at the time h onvlnced his wife that he discover ;d the pole, he was half mad. H> ipent two years In his quest anc luring that time endured hunger anr >rivatlon that, he says, would un lalance any mind. Dr. Cook say* hat It would be Impossible for an> nan to demonstrate beyond oue* Ion that he had been to the Nortt ?ole. He characterizes the reglor. is a region of Insanity, when on* an not believe the evidences gatb ired before one eyes. "I have been called the great st liar in the world, the most mnr imental Impostor In hlBtory," say ")r. Cook. "I believe that In ; mdeslrnble way 1 stand unique tb* )l>ject of Kuch suspicion and vltuper ition as have assailed few men." With this realization. Dr. Cool' vrote his story and says that to u'n he honor of discovering the Nortl ^ole no longer means anytt?:u/?. Th? xplorer has been wo k11 r ? n h>? itorv since last August, ari say* iccording to the editor of Hamp on's Mavazine, "that his sole dt*i-> s to make the peoide of the Dniter states realize just what he wen* hrough during his two and a ha'" rears in the Artie fastness, and t< nake them see whit processes o' thinking?or lack of thinking?' tvas that Innrl lilni in <in t ?v.. -. vhich condrilled to the average inlnc lie worst suspicions against him ' Dr. Cook then tells the story u' he days in Copenhagen and later ;i S'ew York aud of the crUts in lib life that led to his flight from New Vork and his voluntary exile fron 'lie United States. Struck (.'old Mine. While dlging post holes on his farm near. Hendersonville. Ky., Jas. H. I.ove discovered gold in the dirt rjovernment assayists pronounced it worth $1.80 per ton. Since getting the report of the assay office ?t Washington he has taken out dirt in the same locality which he believes will run at least $8 a ton. Iliclitirds Appointed. Governor Ansel Friday appointed John G. Richards. Jr.. of Kershaw county, railroad commissioner to succeed the late J. M. Sullivan. Tlit term Is fo- 26 months. Capt. Richards ran for governor last sj .in if, He was 12 years in the General assembly. Destructive Bomb K\plosion. A bomb explosion early Tuesdai morning shook up one of the niosl populated blocks In New York. Ii did extensive damage and created J panic in the neighborhood. Th? bomb exploded in the doorway of tbt Delia Trlniacin saloon Before taking any action In thi Pink Franklin 'ase Gov. Ansel shoti't look well into it. After doing so, hi ill let the law take Its course. CURE FOR TYPHOID VALUABLE DISCOVERY OP SPARTANBUFO PHYSICIAN. Hire? Hundred Million Dead Typhoid Genu Injected.?Effected Speedy Cure. Dr. J. J. Lindsay, of Spartanburg, has aroused much Interest among 1 h#t m aH irol fra lorn e, P ?Ks* ..Whw.ui*/ VI UMAfc ViVJ by telling of excellent results obtained In a typhoid fever case through a new treatment. Serum was Injected after the fever had reached a very serious stage and It caused almost Immediate Improvement. If this treatment proves as effectual In future cases It will prove It*clf to be ono of the great discoveries of modern medicine. The serum treatment has been used in cases I cf erysipelas and possibly one or two other diseases, but so far as in known has never been used in a typhoid fever case before. The patient was a boy of 18 years whoso sister had recovered from typloid fever early in summer and whose younger brother had succumbed to the disease about a week before Dr. Lindsay took hold of the case. At this time the patient's temperature was 103 and waa rapidly rising. By constant use of ice baths the temperature was prevented from exceeding 104 on the three following days. At seven o'clock on the afternoon of the third day 300.000.000 dead typhoid germs were injected into the system . Three hours later there was an evidence of reaction and the 1 patient began to complain of a pain near the heart and one-eight of a ' Main of morphine was injected, after which the patient said that he ' felt much better. At 10 o'clock in the morning of the following day the temperature was 104, and by evening had fallen to 101 1-2. The next morning the ' temperature was 100. and two days later was normal. There is no doubt. Dr Lindsay said, but that the serum treatment has a scientific effect. lie raid that next time, however, he "ould not use as many dead typhoid 1 germs as 300,000.000. ORPHAN IIOI SK Ill'KNKI). A Most Pathetic Sight Witnessed by Kaptist Convention. The cnu6? of Connie Mnxwell Orphanage was presented to the RapMet State Convention at Laurent) Thursday in a most etriking manner. It-nd the response was most hearty and sincere. That morning twentyfour little girls oame from the OrI phanage at Greenwood and were presented to the Convention, while Superintendent Jamison was speaking I .jf the work at that splendid institution. and many eye? were wet with Ifprs when he concluded. I Within an hour afterwards. Dr. I 'emJaon again took the platform I \nd announced that he had just learned by 'phone that the Convention building at the Orphanage was totally destroyed by firb Thursday morning, hut that no one of the lnI mates was injured. I Dr. Jamison left at once Tor fiieenwood, but Thursday afternoon, the Convention took up the matter and In a few minutes subscriptions, aggregating more than $4,000 were secured to replace the burned bundling. Work will begin at once. The II urned building was erected with funds raised at the Convention of J tOM'J. and was valued at $4,000, with insurance for half the amount. SWKl'T INTO TIIK SKA. I Landing Sledge Dragged in Caspian I **en Carrying 5JOO. A dispatch from Astrakahn, Russia, says during a sudden tempest in the Caspian Sea Tuesday a landing sledge on which were three hundred Persian do-k workers was dragged from its moorings and swept out to sea. The storm was so violent that attempts at rescue were futile and all hope that any of the men \\i)i the saved has heen abandoned. Scores I of ships, several with their crews o.> I hoard, were sunk at thetr moorings I at different Caspian coast town3. i Seven towns along the coast were 1 flooded, the inhabitants in hundreds being forced to seek safety. (iiveii llenvy Damage*. Mrs. Georgia Fonville. tm!ow of a ocomotlve engineer. W. J Fonvllie, ( killed on the Southern railway at , Duncan, a year a.?o, got from a , Greenville Jury damages In the sum of $1 5,000. The negro who open, ?d the switch and eauBed the wreck s now serving a life sentence in the penitentiary. Must I'ny &HIO Damages. t Because the Western Union Telezraph Co.. failed to transmit a mcs- i , -ase from Detroit. .Mich., to Kansas I , City, .Mo., after accepting it, the . United Stat?? supreme court held the elegruph company for more than i300 damages. The company recelv, -?d forty cents to send the message. I , f.et everyone start to do their Christmas shopping. > aV'> ^ ' ' AWFUL TIMES Oa the Circas Train on Wbich Yonng William Was Mnrrftred. TRUE BILL IN THE CASE George Nichols, John Wilson, Elijah Clark and Garland Brown Are Charged With the Brutal Murder of the Young Man From Columbia While on the Train. At a special term of court ordered by Governor Ansel, the general sessions covirt for Lexington County on Monday entered upon the trial ot several defendants for the murder and robbery of young Paul Williams of Columbia, which occurred October 2 last, on a special train over the Southern railway, carrying the Ha?enbeek & Wallace circus to Augusta from Columbia. Judge George W. Gage of Chester Is presidlug. The evidence Monday gave some idea of the wholesale pillage of the first section of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train by bands of riotous circus employes, white men and negroes, which took place In the early morning of October 2, between Columbia and Augusta, and during which Paul Williams was shot and robbed. The circus men were paid ofT In Columbia on October 1. In the "privilege" car on the first section of the train going to Augusta there was an abundance of whiskey. The | roughs and toughs of the circus gang proceeded to get tanked and robbed or "red lighted" their fellow employes. In circus parlance, "red lightln;" Is throwing a man ofT the | train and letting him see if he is able, the red signal lamps on the caboose. Felton Gilbert, a negro, who testified against Dave Woods and Ed. White, was among thos?"red lighted" during the riot. Masked bands of negroes an>! white men. armed with pistols, roamed the train on the night of October 2, robc'.ng and "red li.-hting" promiscuously. Members of one of thest gangs shot Paul WJUiams and threw his Ivody overboard. George Nichols. Elijah Clark, Garland Ilrown and f rtMi?? - 1 ..... UU..U ?? nrwis iire cuargeu Willi Doing the guilty men. In their stories each excepts himself, but declares that the other three did the bloody work The first indictment handed the grand J?ry by George Ilell Tlmmer man, solicitor, was that charging George Nichols, Elijah Clark, John Wilson and Garland llrown with the murder of Paul A. Williams anu with carrying concealed weapons. The grand jury returned a true bill. The four men charged with the murder are very low types. George Nichols, the white man, about thlrt> years old, has a weak, vicious face On his chin is a heavy growth of beard. Elijah Clark is a coal-black negro, with the features, arms and torso of a gorilla. He was named in two of the true bills returned by the grand jury, besides the one charging that he murdered Paul Williams. John Wilson and Garland Brown are both mulcttoes, John Wilson, the younger of the two is uot over twenty years old. He claimsthat he was born in London, England. He has a letter from his sister, written from Springfield, O In which she advises him to "commend himself to God."\ Garland Brown is a thick-set mulatto, with a low. receding forehead. In the case, the court appointed is counsel rcr tlie dtrenso Messrs .1 II. Winward of Lexington, and H ir rett .tones of Tlatesburg. Solicitor Tlmnierman lias securer] several Important. statements, practically con fessions, from various ones of the defendants and witnesses. The substance of some of these statements 's as follows : Garland Drown. colored: 1 was In it. mo. Elijah Clarke. John Wilson and C.eorge Nicho's. (Nichols is a white man). Nichols said: Connon. I know exactly where he Is Made two fellows jump off. Paul Williams said: "Don't kill me, don'i kill me." John Wilson said: "(J? d? you, I am going to kill you. You are too damned hard on negroes down here In the South." And then ht shot, hiin in the head and Made Cabe (J. O. Cabe, white, a witness) jump, and shot again. I had a pistol Nichols had a sack, making as If tt was a pistol. After that he goes to another wagon, where I work. E. Clark hit another fellow called "Shine" over the head with a pistol. Geogre Nichols was savin*: "Give me the gun." Geoi ee Nichols had on a black shirt with sleeves rolled up and a big black slouch hat. John Wilson, colored: Me. Clark. Garland Brown and George Nichols were tog"fher. At the first stop we | went to the flats. We got to wagon | 78. I saw "Chickens" and Frank Clark in it. Garland Brown and | Georse Nichols hail this strangt fo'low In the corner of the wagon wher. I got up. Garland said: "Give me that pistol," and he said: "I haven't got any." He said: "Let me see," and searched him. Garland had a | pistol. He then reached down and started to take off one of the boy'e shoes. I aaid: "Oh, come on back." IS FOUND GUILTY \1 COMMITTED DARING CIUMB I CIRCUS TRAIN. \' ^ I Young Columbian Met Death oa Stg 1 Train the Same X ight.?Cnnflklt- 1 ing Testimony Expected. j The trial of Roy Rich, one of Ma 1 clrcu? employees on the Hagenneofe- \ ' Wallace circus train, on the night fen \ | which Paul Williams, of ColumMa. met his death, which was began tat the special term of General Session* v\ Court Monday afternoon at LettingI r**w J ? ?*? ?fi? pun auu was concluded Tuesday afternoon with a verdict of guilty. ^ Rich was charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill, and robbery, the direct charge being that ha. together with several ether niea. assaulted Rarlle Hightower, an lfiyear-old boy of Knoxville. Ten a., ? the circus train. The only feature of the trial was the powerful argument of Solicitor Gcor?e Hell Tlmmernian, which was the subjeet *f I much comment throughout the afternoon. N. H. Hullock, Bpeclal agent far the Southern Railway, with headquarters at Washington, stated that he had been in many Court roaaa* throughout the country, but that k? had never heard an argument tha equal of that mnde by the solicitor in this case. Rich was defended t/ Attorney BF. Asbill, who made a strong and able fight In his l>ehalf. The taatiinony in the case was practically tko same as that adduced at the triad of the negroes convicted Monday, and showed beyond doubt that in thw circus crew there must have bee* & number of thieves and robbers. Riofc was charged with having relieved Hightower of forty-five cents in mosey, which he had tied up in bl? shirt. The young man said that Rich covered him with a pistol, whil? others took the money. "Trix" Raker, a nejro, who wns captured by Sheriff Corley in Owen?horo. Ky.. a few days ago, testified that lie saw Rich on one of the w* gems, on a flat car, and that ther*> I were six or eight with him Rtab had a pistol in his hand swinging by his side, but di !n't see him assault anyone or use the weapon all. Clarence I.aniborson. white, wb? had only been with the circus about i month swore that lw. ? > > ?? - ..v ??? ? III I-?V baggage wagon; saw a man with *, white r.ig tied over his fare aid with a pistol in his hand. Didn't recognize Itich, however, as being the man. Special Avent Ehney, of the Southern. testified as to his being on the train on the night in question, and that he saw a number of people on the flat car. when the train stopped at Lexington to get water There was shooting and general rodylsro on the cars; did not recognize the defendant. Deputy Sheriff Miller was the last '"^T* witness for the State. He testified is to having been shown the tor? shirt by Marlie HIghtower. v Frank Anderson, another circa* * hand and a negro, was the firsl witness for the defense. He swore that he saw Roy Rich in bed on the car, that Rich had been sick and hnd left the show before it was over in Columbia. Kiijah Clarke testified the same. Clark said that lie himself slept on a flat car. while HieJ was in the sleeping car. J. S. Rowell, the Southern's a rent at Lexington, saw four men on the '1 >! cars, when the circus tt In paused the depot, one of whom Ir thought was special Agent Ehney. Tho defendant then took th? *tnnd Rich said that lie was sick in lied on a property ear joinec* 'hr circus in May or June and received * ! V I ti. f. - , . ? ?i? Mtr \ in '117 Van's, for furnishing them i.e. .-.oap, towels and $10 per week from tns Vow He denied being drunk on tlie night of the crime denied that l:n I ever be? n drunk in h:s life; ienled th t hi ever gambled in his j ' ' it w( ild ha ^ c |. a lm p > - A id'- i. ba e gone from the < ;?r n? ( was in without going through the boss's ear. and this car was always kept locked. Sets Self on Fire. Because he had a quarrel with hie rife, an aged white man at Augns:a. Ga.t drank whiskey to alleviate lis sorrows and then poured oil on lis clothing and net fire to it. Ne ~ .us rescued with difficulty |H Killed (lie llnndit. At San Francisco, Cal . with oat well directed shot, Augustus Warmbold. a saloon keeper, killed 010 bandit and caused another to m?kt i hastv escape from his snln I had a pistol too. The train gars a jerk and a shot was fired: "Coiao oil, ilium II 1 III Ull. Ill- IUOR f*0 OT6F and said with an nnth: "lie is still on there, and pot down ami threw him off. I had a ..18; Garland had m .32; R. Clark had a .44. Geor.'" Nichols, white; John Ctirley. Wilson, Rlljah Clark, and Garland Grown, all together, -.hot into the wagons-?two shots. Pon't know who did shooting. Clark said: "Throw him off, Grown ' Grow* l said; "The got me all over with blood." Saw all three with pistola. I J to 1- '' ^