The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 11, 1919, Image 6
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]se(;ro murderer
SOUGHT BY POSSE
Oglethorpe Count) Ablaze Last Night,
Following Murder of Fanner's Wife
by Negro. Beat Over Head with Hoe,
Woman Dies at Athens. Negro
Flees to Swamp.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 8.—One of the
most brutal and heinous murders in
the history of crime occurred this af
ternoon at 2 o’clock, when a negro,
named Abe Cox, assaulted the wife* if
..ii.prominent Oglethori>o county' furm-
er, four miles east of Lexington, Ga.
The negro beat his victim over the
hq^d with a hoe, and although she was
immediately rushed to St. Mary’s Hos
pital, this city, as fast as a speeding
automobile could carry her, medical
skill was of no-avail, the blow causing
concussion of the brain. She died at
8:45 o’clock.
An armed posse consisting of fully
COO men bent on avenging the deed, is
now, scouring the countryside in an ef
fort to locate the murderer. The wires,
connecting the neighboring towns_are
spreading the news of the crime and
every few minutes a new member is
added to the posse. The excitement in
and around Lexington is growing in
yoluAy-ftrp- hdiTfS"
pass, strong, grim, determined men
are silently but surely forming a hu
man net around the murderous fugi
tive and the white light of morning
will probably see the crime avenged.
I^exington is practically^empty to
night save for the old men. women and
children, as almost every able-bodied
man in town has joined the band:
Bloodhounds were sent from Athens
about 8 o’clock but up until 9 o’clock,
the negro had not been apprehended.
The son of a white neighbor was
the only one near the house when the
crime was committed. According to his
story the negro, who was employed as
■> hand on the place, went up to the
farmers wife and asked her for some
turpentine. She gave him the turpen
tine and he walked in the direction
of an outhouse.
The little boy started home and he
saw the negro sit down behind the
house, but thought nothing of it. He
had gone about 200 yards when he
heard a scream. Rushing back to the
house he found the planter’s wife hud
dled on the floor in a dying condition.
The negro had hit her several times
across the head and neck with a hoe
'leaving an awful gash in her head.
Help was immediately summoned but
before the rescuers arrived on the
scene the negro had fled. A posse was
quickly formed and the man hunt be
gun.
work and unselfish devotion to the | As far as individual decorations
comjnon cause when the nation was at were concerned the palm was home by
grips with the enemy aided in the sev
eral Liberty Loan campaigns to fin
ance the-government and to back up
the fighting men on the frontiers of
freedom are asked by Charles H.
Barron, who served as State Chairman
for the Victory Liberty Ix>an ’ Cam
paign in South Carolina, to lend their
efforts as unselfishly and as sincerely
toward the raising of the $400,090 fund
to be subscribed by the people of the
siaip in 1 mo (qtiiiiiiiigir'Trmii sf'iwftr’
the Eighteenth Infantry, every man of
which wore forragere of the Legion
of Honor conferred by the French gov
ernment just before the unit boarded
the Mobile at Brest. Forty per cent
of the machine gun battalion of the
division also has been decorated.
The homeward voyage of the Mobile
was saddened by the death of one
member of the Eighteenth. Private
Floyd I.*aw of Cutler. Ohio, who was
her 29th to November 11th, to erect a
fitting memorial td South Carolina’s
soldiers in the Great War.
Mr. Barron has sent out a letter to
the several county chairmen who
served in the Liberty I>oan campaigns
urging them td assist in the worthy
cause. Obviously it was impracticable
for him to write all the individual
workers and township .chairmen, but
their aid is essential, and it is believ-
'ed, will be cheerfully given,
| Mr. Barron’s letter follows:
“Columbia, §. C., August 29, 1919.
“To County Chairmen in the Liberty
Loan Campaigns:
I “A month from today, on September
29th, the flrk| fippiversary nf thft brvi’i^- ^ «
liTg of the Hindenburg line ’ by the ; Senate. Stands by Committee.
Thirtieth Division, the campaign of Chicago, Sept. 7. In a statement is-
the South Carolina Memorial Commis- sued here today Will H. Hays, chair-
suhenng from blood poisoning when
the transport sailed, but insisted on
being taken aboard because he wanted
to return with his regiment. He was
operated upon by the ship’s surgeon
and failed to rally from the operation.
Oh the Mobile was Brig. Gen. Frank
Barker, commander of the First In'-
fantry Brigade. General Barker, whose
home is in Georgetown, S» C., wen^ to
Paris in 1914 as military attache and
was in temporary command of the
First Division in October, 1918, until
relieved by Major General McGlaehin.
WILL HAYS SPEAKS
FOR REPUBLICANS
—Efforts have Tf that the negro was
last seen going toward the swamps
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and every effort is being made for his
capture before morning. The victim
was the wife of a well-to-do Ogle
thorpe farmer. She is survived by her
husband and two children, one thir
teen years of age, and the youngest a
baby of six w-eeks.
sion for $400,000 to supplement $100,-
000 appropriated^ by the General As-
'sembly for the purpose of erecting a'
memorial building to honor the men
from this State who fought in the
Great War and those who made the
supreme sacrifice for the cause of
civilization and human liberty will be
gin. While the campaign will extend,
if necessary, until November 11th, the
anniversary of the signing of the
armistice, it is the hope and belief
of the Memorial Commission that the
fund will be raised in the first few
days. To this end I desire to ask. as
former State Chairman in the Liberty
Loan campaign, that you lend your aid
and assistance, cooperating with your
county chairman and county organiza-
jtion, because I know how invaluable
;to this worth and noble cause your
efforts will be.
"I ask further, *hot so far as pos
sible. you communicate with your
former organization members, enlist
ing them in this fine work. It is a mat-
|ter that, I am sure, Is close to your
.heart, as to the hearts of all loyal and
;true South Carolinians; and in honor-
; ing our soldiers who fought for us in-
this way we shall be only paying them
: a very small part of the everlasting
debt of gratitude and love which we
are due them. —
“Yours very truly,
“Charles H. Barron.”
CAMPAINGN TO BEGIN
FOR MEMORIAL BUILDING
GALLANT SOLDIERS
'BACK FROM EUROPE
Four Hundred Thousand Dollars to be
Raised in South Carolina to Supple
ment $100,000 Appropriated by
Legislature.
All those who by their magnificent
New York, Sept. 3.—Four thousand
officers and men of the famous First
Division of the regular army, veter
ans of some of the bloodiest victories
which ever crowned American arms,
returned home today on the trans
ports Amphion, Suwanee and Mobile.
The little strips of vari-colored rib
bons that decorated the tunics of hun
dreds of returning soldiers bore silent
testimony to the deeds which have
made the division historic.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Peoples bonded Warehouse of
Clinton, S. C., will be held Septem
ber 9th at 5 o'clock p. m., in thte
ft
directors’ room of the First Na
tional Hank, Clinton, S. C., to do-
eide upon an increase of the capi
tal stock, maximum $30,000, and
to transact such business as mav
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come before the meeting.
Peoples Horided Warehouse,
B. II. Boyd, President.
man of the Republican national com
mittee, declared that President Wilson
is pounding against a stone wall in
attempting to have the peace treaty
ratified without reservations.
Chairman Hays’ statement follows:
“I agree with President Wilson that
the treaty will be ratified, but the
ratification will be accompanied by
reservations absolutely safeguarding
the full independence and freedom of
action of this republic. That is the
simple fact which the president may
as well recognize first as last.
“At present he is only pounding
against a stone wall & patriotism
which has already become impregnable
and is daily increasing its width,
strength and height. The committee
reservation constitutes the irreducible
minimum of the requirements of a sub
stantial majority of snators who can
not be coerced or cajoled into violat
ing their oaths of office to hold Ameri-
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ca first. There is no # partisanship in
their position. True, every Republican
senator without exception stands with
the committee, but because he is an
American—not because he is a Repub
lican. I sincerely believe further that
an actual majority of the Democratic
senators feel the same way and evi
dences multiply daily ^Ihat when the
time comeseonsiderabi
vote the same way.
"It is for the president tq^ determine
when the test shall be made. The
treaty will be reported out this week
and a vote can be had as soon as it
can be reached under the rules unless
it is delayed by senators acting under
the direction of the president himself.
It Is simply now up to the administra
tion to decide whether it will or will
not accept at once these essential
guarantees of American independence
which will unquestionably be prompt
ly accepted by the other nations. It
is imperative that this matter be set
tled promptly. The full responsibility
for any delay will rest upon the presi
dent and him alone.” , •
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