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' [ ' 0- . * V. mCfjtraU) Oronicle r mmr.> /.. - TP- ' . ': > "Tii Not la Mortal! to Command Success, but Well do Mora, Semjuronious, We'll Deserre it" , i V j*' < 'b~. . Volume 16 CHERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C., MARCH 14, 1912 A / ^ ffamber 20 i' . > MIN? MURDER ' CASE IS REVIVED \ / / V . TITE ARBESTS HAVE BEE>* MADE v' . *6 rand Jnrj Returns Fire True i Bills In the Celebrated Hen.? j i dersonTlUe Murder Mystery. 1 ~ Atheville, Vaich 8.?The mystery of tine death of Myrtle Hawkins, ~wbagq dead lcdy was founl floating in thb waters of Lake Osceda September, "lb,, 1?11, brought a t -step nearer to solution this afternoon wbe|k thb frendterson county grand l&g at Hendersonville, retumgjBtrue bills charging murder -against Abner McCall, his wife, Beatrice McCall, and George Bradley, and , ^ -a woman "unknown to the Jury." "Boney" Bradley, a brother of Georgei -is charged with being an accessory before the fact to the murder, and ' Dan McCall, father of Mrs. McCall, is charged with being an accessory afder the fact , Immediately following the readof the bill of Indictment warrants were Issued for the indicted .parties and all.: were arrested and placed in Henderson county jail. Dan McCall wjtonight admitted -and McCalls will be tried at the llay t^rth of the Henderson county >ksuperior court t The bill of <lndlct|nent specifies that the parties named therein had guilty knowledge of a criminal operation which resulted in. the death of Myrtle Hawkins. "Boney" Bradley, who makes his first appearance in the case, was nmmnnbd before the grand jury Wednesday and partially identified by Dr. J. H. Williams of Ashville as being the man who last June came to his office and asked that he (Dr. Williams) perform a certain operation, a request which was refused. Dr. Williams identified a photograph of Myrtle Hawkins as being that of the girl who called at his office the next day. She left on Dr. Williams' refusal to aid her. The return ' of the true bills, came this afternoon at 5 oclock, after three days' investigation by the grand jury. George Bradley, who is charged with being one of the prin-? 1. ?? nnl/l tn tiaro h o .ill an old U1JJC11&, 19 oaiu w mu.v ?? sweetheart of the, dead girl. No bill was returned against Bradley's wife, who was a bride of only a few weeks at the time of the alleged murder, although she was named in the indictment. Beatrice McCall. wife of Abner McCall, both of whom are charged with being principals to the crime, was an old schoolmate and chum of Myrtle Hawkins. Dan W. McCall. who is charged with being an accessory after the fact, is father of Beatrice McCall. It is alleged that he disposed of the body after death. Feeling is again running high here tonight and it is expected that the name of the person "unknown - ? 1 to the grand jury" win soon ue made public. Solicitor Johnson and other officers and interested parties were In consultation late into the night. More sensational developments are confidently looked for shortly. All of the defendants were suspected of having knowledge of the alleged crime when the two futile Inquests by the coroner were held shortly after the body was discovered, but evidence at that time was not considered sufficient to hold them. The Bradley and McCall home is about two hundred yards from the lake. Abner McCall toContinued on Page 8. CHILD MURDERED IN FLORENCE USTDTEKY DEATH OF LITTLE BOY ' Eight-Year-Old Andrew Jackson Fonl- < If Slalm by Unknown Parties.? Florence Citizens Enraged. Florence, S. C., March 8.?Lying in a pool of his own blood, within five hundred yards of his home, in au old ] box car in the shop yards of the At-' j lantic Coast Line, the body of little 8- i, 'year-old Andrew Jackson was found j today, where he was most foully slain on Wednesday evening by some party or parties as yet unknown. Such is 1 :the sequel to the disappearance, from j | this place, of this child, mention of , which was made in The News and j Courier Nof Saturday. j ' Last Seen Alive. j Ever since <> o'clock on Wednesday i afternoon, when the little fellow left; the home of his grandmother, Mrs. M.'j , L. A. Gardner, in Nvorth Gaillard street, ( to go to his home, which is only next t door, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William j Thomas Jackson, were distressed lest j some person had kidnapped the child ^ and carried him away on some of the , many outgoing trains. It was only a ] 'lew"moments after he left his grant}- ] mother's that his parents made inquiry j that time by anyonewho knew him. j As soon as his father, who is.a ma- } chinist in the Coast Line shops here, t missed him he began a search and was | assisted by a number of neighbors and . friends. Every effort was made to lo-i, cate hira and wires were sent to all E | neighboring towns and cities asking j them to keep a lookout for the boy. j, The Body Discovered. ,j The search was continued Wed-.. t ;2 day night, yesterday, last night j and today. Today Mr. James Evans,;, in charge of the Boy Scouts, volun-j. teered to assist in the search and he , I--,. ^ _x A ,l' 'ana ms coys siarieu oui. auoui * o'clock, while searching' the hundreds' .[of cars on what is known as the "re-1 'pair tracks," opposite the Coast Line 'passenger depot, near the coal chute,' [young Robert Howell found the bodyj jin Atlantic Coast Line box car No. 18,-1 i 540 and at once gave the alarm. It I required only a few moments for a great throng of people to gather about the car to view the body, which lay 'on the floor of this car, well in the north end of the car. j The door on the north side of the1 car was open, through which young' Howell gained admittance. j | The boy as found was lying on the right side, with face partially upturn-: ed, the left arm over behind and par-' I 18 tially under the body and the knees, . UK. A A At t A uiawu tuiiaiucidUl^. At UUC Weill it !was thought that the child's mouth had been stuffed with cotton, but it was found that, instead, it was badly 'purged. * Swollen and Bruised. The head was somewhat swollen, the face on the right side was bruiesd, and several scars on the neck and face, which resembled tliger prints, showed that the child had evidently been * 'chocked or strangled to death. Around the neck there was a distinct red mark, as if it had been tied with a string, and it is thought that the slayJer muBt have tied a string around the child's neck to stifle him and carried him to this lonely spot and chocked j him to death. Besile the body lay a pair of home-made suspenders, some| old colthes resembling pieces of an old | quilt, and some rags which may have been used In stifling the child to death.! ' \ The Inquest As soon as the body was found, Deputy Sheriff Ed Harrell went to the scene and Bent for Coroner Cooper, Continued on Pago 4. REVIVAL SERVICES I WERE A SUCCESS I rHE MEETDiG A GBAND SUCCESS 5 t . Dver One Hundred Persons An- C nonnoed Tlieir Intention of Leading a Christian Life. AH Here Benefited. (From the Conway Field.) The union revival services closed s last Monday night. Our town has f< perhaps never been so stirred spirit- p aally in all its history. Fully one p lundred persons decided to lead a S Christian life, besides a much larger v lumber of church members who were greatly revived. In a town where the 8 n great majority of the people are al- jready members of some church this ^ neans very much. The beneficial ef-!t( tocts of this meeting will be felt here v tor years to come. The evangelist, Rev. Dr. William jj Black, of Charlotte, N. C., who con- a lucted the meeting, endeared himself B jo all. His sermons were strong and b torceful, and yet so plain and to the 0 point that every one was deeply im- ^ pressed. His engaging personality a nade him very popular both in the a pulpit and out of 1(. Many of our Q lomes enjoyed the" privilege of his b company in a social way. Dr. Black Q luring his brief stay here made a hostp o'/te, is Dr. Black's singer. He Is a\ rery sweet-spirited man, and he is a'b jorn siriger. He had a large platform L juilt in the church for the choir. He q hen organized a chorus choir of forty |c voices and directed it with rare ti skill. Seldom has such singing been a leard here before. The book used a vas The Assembly Songs, many cop- a es of which were purchased by those ,o ittending the meeting. |h The weather was very inclement n nuch of the time, and greatly retard- 't< id the attendance at the services. But g n spite of that the morning services tl vere attended by two to three hun-,o Ired persons, and the attendance at a light was usually five hundred. This h s a good record for a community ourj size, considering the weather. Hon. J. P. McNeil, of Florence n vas in attendance for several days ti ast year, much to the delight of his c nany friends here. He was a boy-,C lood friend and schoolmate of Dr. j Black. When he came, a male quar- la ette was formed' consisting of Dr. u Black, Mr. Burr, Mr. J. P. McNeill tl ind Mr. W. A. Freeman. When Mr. pi McNei'l left, Mrs. M. W Collins te oined :he quartette. The beautiful'b< (elections which they rendered were! tr nspiring and touched the hearts of H ill. Miss Mabel Norton was pianist n< Continued on Page 8. Deposit yo IN The Bank Cheratw, STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER BA1 40 compou 0 in savin IE VIEW OF WORK ' OF ANSEL BOARD 'i ITCH TESTIMONY WAS 6IYEN [orernor Invited Bat Did Not Attond?Legislative Committee to Con* 1 tinae robe.?Charges Denied. $ *?" v f A The members of the Ansel dlspenary winding-up commission worked ar^four years and returned an exense account of $8,000. During that eriod the commission saved to the tate approximately $500,000 which /as turned into the State treasury. The members of the Ansel conunision were all well known business len of the State. The members were >r. W. J. Murray, Columbia; John lcSween, Timmonsville; Avery -Patsn, Greenville; J. Steele Brice, Torkille, and A. M. Wood of Gsffney. The governor of South Carolina was laugurated on January' 17 of 1911 nd several weeks later he sent a peclal message to the general assemly charging graft and wrong doing n the part of the members of the msel commission.- The governor, fter making the charges and lnsinutions as to the members of the comlisslon demanded the general assemly to name a special legislative eomliltee to investigate. The resolution y the governor, urged the lnvestigalon. The governor also requested hat he be investigated as private Itizen, State senator and chief execute. The resolution was duly passed nd sent down to the governor for his pproval. He did not approve it but pplied the veto. Following the veto f the resolution for the investigation, e dismissed the members of the comlLsslon on the ground of "incompe?ncy." At the last session of the eneral assembly the vetoed resoluon was returned. It was passed ver the objection of the governor by n overwhelming majority in both ouses. Committee Earned. As a result the following were amed to go on with the investigaon: Senators Sullivan, Cliftoh and arlisle and Representatives Daniel, ary and Evans. The committee met in Columbia ist Thursday to begin the probe as rged by the governor. First of all ie governor was requested to ap ear before the committee and give istlmony. He refused to attend the ;sslons and said that he did not wish > be troubled with the committee.' e was asked to appear because witesses had been called to defend their Continued on Page 5. ur money , ) of Cheraw i i s. c> S'KS IN THE COUNTY COMBINED nded quarterly gs department; i. FELDER HAS WRITTEN HOIK ' .... -4^y if' BET. HJJBIEY BEPORTS READI5G 4 , " V.? / > - Vi V > Said to be Some "Hot StnfP?Reports Say Felder Had W. J. Bunii Shadow Cole L. 1 Bleasei , *vz8 - f. . ' ' J -' (Florence Daily Tim eg.) ? A There has been considerable talk In the Btate. about the book that Mf* vl Tom Felder of Atlanta la Raid to written and a great nmn^ poo^a.MW^^| bluff and they were lndtej)<R?ed to^RT/ any attention to the stories df tha man from Atlanta. The Times 're porter. ,^s had several times been told of tbe book that Mr. Feldefha* written bat always under tbe seal of secrecy, but recently It bas come to the paper in a way that the reporter fee la at liberty to * of the state and he has. tojda-n^tnber of ^Ple^of his^mdlh? of the ljeo* sion could ^ e^hi^ they had gainst the governor, both as a senator from NeT >erry county and in other ways, bnt that in jm Investigating commission the sto~y as Mr. Felder bad it can be used, k, ^ and Mr. Harley says that It is the red hottest thing that ever was put - - - 'm Into a dook. :. ( It, 1b also understood prom several sources^ but none of them what, te vailed official, but the story Is told In places that ought to be Informed ttyat Detective W. J. Burns, the greatest detective on earth has been trailing the^overnor, and that hie report may fossibly constitute a part of the evidence that is <to be submitted to the committee of Inquiry in this investigation./ Vv It Is thought that this book and the stories thefeimcontained, will /be s pari of the testirtppv given by Mr. Thomas Felder at the Investigation . on Thursday; The story of the presence and work of Deteotive Burns in this state as the shadow of Cole L. Flease has been told to the Times twice under the seal of "swear to won't tell," and once without that restrictions, which removes all of the restrictions. If the attorney general or Mr. W. P. Stevenson, or any of the other who have been active in this matter in Columbia know anything about this matter they are as close asv clams and it is impossible to get any thing at all from them. t# fnmor hoi haan wnrbin? on AL UJll* 1' ViUWi umw mwvm u these lines he has been doing it at his own Instance and not at the instances of the winding-up commission, as seems very plain from fh-se attempts to get "a line" on the Burns Btory. It is supposed by some l&owledge of these stories that prompted the editor of the News and Courier to suggest that Oole L. Blease might not be in the race for governor this summer. It is then unquestloaed that Mr. i Felder has a book and that It is a < A red hot book, Md that It (Joes tell ^ things on the gfcmor, but that does not make the things that are^^u|^^M sound as evidence Jn the ~ ?? ContiM|d .'HH