The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 10, 1919, Image 9
NUMBER 27
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1818
EJS HON HiNOKANTIC.
k SfK,v*> Were Vldl.ns of Men
,),t ii, A statninent
tit*' Affoit' W'lis Jill OngHlilxed IH>
(prisi u>r. jt?.v a negro who
rfoa "tlu- ignorance and *uporsti
if t ra?*** of children for monetary
p|( committee, ??>?*??*? ? ? ->
L^t to explain what the commit tee
jfciux] t?? bo the situation leading t<?
Ujjinj (.f live white men and w
Lfcof a score of negroes ?
Jrwrattroiibli' with the negroes
Lgij* omnty is not a raee riot. It
i deliberately planned insurrection of
iWJ** against the whites directed
?jl onraniiation know n a? the 'Pro*
?ire Farmers unci Household IJulon
j^crica," established for the purpose
fc*]ing nets rues together for the. lull
ni white people. This union wa.3
frd by Robert 1.. Hill, a uegro, li(?
b ?f age, of ' Winchester, Ark., who
I U it an opportunity of making easy
ift. He had been a fanner alt his
tkt lately had beeu posing as a "pri
IdftMive doing work in this and all
lip countries."
flfll started his -first union work in
this year" Me. .VHerr-snirt; ? "He
negroes it was- necessary for all
jfcn of the union to aim themselves
preparation for the day When they
llld be called upon to attack "their
fe oppressors.
%gro uirti were charged $1.50 en
i?.f(w and negro women f50 cents,"
i AHfn paid in his statement.
'Aiotker form of extortion was to
l(kirw of $100 each to all the ne
*i ii i proposed building to be erected
{ieuionat Winchester,-'' fcho "state
it ?;?. "Ilill would/find . out what
p 'K-OKst'd thrift stumps and lib*
vi'tj' houiie iilli) wuittd issue n oertlHoate
that many shares lunl been
purchased nt $10 ptf share ami all ne
grpes buying shim** in the amount of
$W or more were toW that their names
would b?*? engraved in the building. In
othgj' words hi" hud planned his ca*n*
paign *;? that any negro possessing from
50 cents to $50 was given an opportuui*
ty to Invent In^Hoiuethlug connected with
the union. 4
, "Anolfhor scheme used by llill to ob
tain money was to appoint leading ne
groes in each lodge as a "private and
foreign detective," furnishing them large
nickel plated, stars and a pair of nickel
plated handcuffs for which they paifl
him $50 each.
"His meeting' at. Winchester in Aug-'
ust was attended and addressed by white
meh. He simply played upon the ignor
ance and superstition of a race of chil
dren? most of whom neither read or
write.
"We have crOs* examined and talked
to at least 100 prisoners at Elaine. They
belong to different lodges in that aec
tlon. ? The stories they* tell are almost
identical as to the promises and repre
mentations made hy Hill. He even told
?them that probably, some of the negroes
would be called upon to die before 'equal
rights' would be assured but. they must
look upon themselves as crusaders and
die if necessary to secure the freedom
of the other membera of their race.
"All lodge meetings were required to
maintain an armed 'outer guard' of nix
sentinels. Hill's usual expression was
'get your rides' filled for the day to
i^tnie'. ?
"As far as oppression is concerned
many of the negroes involved, own
juules, horses, cattle and automobiles
and clear money ^very year on thei?*
crops after expenses are paid."
Authorities today continued their
search for Kd Ware, alleged ringleader
of a band of 20 insurgents, who is still
at large.
Kobert L. Hi W, name<l in confessions
of prisoners as the leader of the negro
organizations, eluded capture in the first
roundup of men wanted by civil and inil
Keeva Greenwood in the Title Hole of the llig Laugh Hit
"THE NAUGHTY WIFE"
At The Opera House Friday Evening October lOtli
itiir.v officers. He is believed to lftive.
I escaped to the canebrakes and a search
for him i.s in progress by soldiers and
deputies. wlw have warrants.
For the benefit of fan? who were com
pelled to attend court Friday Judge Phil
ip C. Gould, who was presiding at a
trial in circuit court at Evansville, I ml.,
announced the world series from the
bench. '
About 10.0(H) printing employees were
lo?kod out and 250 printing establish
ments closed in New York city ThursdAy
and nearly all of the magazine and
t ratio journals of Now York arc put out
of oonrtnixsioii for tin* pro went, at. least.
Nearly. *2,000 worth of diamond rings
and luountpurs, believed to have boor,
stolon from the American Kail way Ks
press <V?mpauy, near Petersburg, ivid
between Richmond and Washington,- hti-e
boon recovered, and W. Olds, 21
years old. of Vine, Va. was arrested
Saturday night in"Vlorence, charg
ed with the thefts, it Waw announced by
> .A;
agouti* of the Washington office of the
express company.
TWO I'OIJCKMKN lillXKU
\h Result of Raid on Crap f?ame in
Suburb* of Greenville.
Greenville, ( M. 5.? 4'oustaiit Kcarcb
by officer** ii ikI about citizens
throughout the da y failed to result in
?the arrest up to an early hour tonight
of Joe Turner, a uegro, who early t bin
morning s'b??t ami kiUttl. Polh'Ctuen J. L,
Kitchen and M. niflr, of the Green
ville city police force, while the officer*
Were raiding a gambling game in "ituck
wrtowu", oiio of the negro quartern of
the ejty.
TJhe raid was being made by three
office rk, Sergt. Op o ley, the third of- t
ficor, stood at the window while Kitchen
went into the house, where several ne
groes were engaegd in gambling. Kitchen
wan shot soon an he entered and died
before bo could be takeu to a hospital,
Officer Rlair, breaking into another door,
pu rsutKl Joe Turner, the nogro who did
the shooting, out into the street. The
negro suddenly turned and shot the of
ti<vr, killing him afcnont instantly. VI
Friends of the dejjjd officers say that
thoy are sum that the \>ffieer attempted
to shoot the Meciug uegro, but that his
revolver failed to work.. The negro
nuwjv good his escape and all through
the city ajid county police immediately
instituted a throrough and systematic
search, they have so far failed to catch
him. though it is believed tonight that
his apprehension is certain.
It now sc<?n>N definitely established that
after the shooting the negro made, his
w a y out the Hty a sltort d istance. where
he boarded the tirst I'icdoiout and North
ern Railway train leaving the city about
7 o'clock, paying his fare to the conduc
tor in cash to Spartauburg.
* Learning from the conductor that he
would be unable to make a connection
at Spartanburg with an early Southern
Railway train, the negro got off the train
at Susber Station, not far' from Greer
and made his way toward I'elham. The
conductor notified the Greenville police
immediately of the man'? actions and a
search wa# commenced In that section
cf the eouutj^ . Acting, jupo^i the belief
thut the negro was hiding in the Pel-*
hum vicinity, hundreds of citizens,- iu
eludiug a number of the leading business
men of iJrismvfile am) a large number of
residents v' that section of th? county,
t?M>k part in ? seai$h which kept up
throughout tli*' I'litiio day. Virtually all
won' anned, mrrying tUi varieties of
wcaiHiiiH. A pair of bloodhounds wtuc
brought into thi? egg* during the early
afternoon. but without mikvcs*
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Hairra (Jivwi N?it?iw,
("hiistiuusAiuig, Va., <>et, 0. ? A jury
in the Montgomery county circuit <*ourt,
after Ufllberatiuff an hour ami 15 min
uirx tonight. In on/; hi iii a verdict of
Kuilty against Henjamin Slegal, New
port News ; Kob't. W. Ware, Dunnerviile, ?
Va. jUttorge . W;- licit*, Jr., Hichniond,
Va., and Albert (J. Copelind, Wyanoke,
?Va.i . fowjiar sophmores nt the Virginia
jPolytettfrtri? Institute, chargcd with as
sault in connection with the alleged hav
ing of John Pox, Roanoke, a former
freslunan, and tied Siegel's penalty at
one year in the penitentiary. Ware was
given six months in juH ; B0tt 30 day* ?
iu jail } and <V>pe)and wan lined $50.
Tn the trial which lasted three days
Fox tcvjst i litMl that on May 10 lact Sit^jei
hazed hiin with a bed slat with kugL
force on the nnall of the back that he
nearly : felled him to the floor, the blows
later causing paralysis to the spine and
that the other throe former sophomores
struck him afterwards. but not with the
foive Siogel had eanptayeri.
Says lie Threw Switch.
IVterKhurg, Va., <V-t. 3. ? John Wynne,
a ' negro inmate of the Central Statw
Hospital' for the Insane, has been ar
rested here, charged with nwponsibility
for the wr^-k of Seaboard Air Line train
No. 5 at So a <\>ast, several miles south
of this city, last Saturday night, in
which three person* were killed. It is
charged that Wynne tampered with the
switch at Sea Ooast, causing the de
railment of the train.
Wynne is said to have admitted es
caping from the hospitdl several nights
before the wrwk and breaking the lock,
on the switch, but he dM not ojjen it
at the tune, lie again ewoap?sl Saturday
night, he said, and' threw the switch.
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A Crit>cS
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What The Augusta Chronicle Said Sept 25, 1919
fa. ijplwyn Comedy by Fred Jackson layed to a
lirhtfni 8 ? Grand last night, and roved to be one of the most de
^?uui surprises of several seasons, _
fn- keen ^ontpared with several of the popular farces of the past
inr o* . ' advance notices, but it was far and away Severer than
nii(l\!'M ? (,SfHVrK' *'nes the I>Iay sparkle from beginning to
tot (IpHVi.w'n sltl,nt'tJ11.8 are not only mirth-j>rovoking in the extreme,
y^nine n ?'! s1' prising, ?he v>nly event of the entire three acts hap
? i c?nild have been foreseen, being the happy ending.
The l ? ^
iCm-nw(D,r .IT .r>r^Kented by n cast <if eight very clever people : Reeva
tafcband I na*. ,'u- Jfigrl wife who gets lonely and bored because her
Knight <u>ll'* rl t/>0 muc^ alone, and ge{s entangled with Darrell Mc
Pl*yc?i ti.,. <al',ld in the program a "philanderer") was delightful, and
: F"u-t to perfection.
L Utural hi! ns *he husband had a hard part to make in any way
t know thfW a>" V' Vrry muc^ wiser and far seeing than husbands as
Wi, I ;."al he is an extremely clover actor and got
all tho tin'!' ? 8*1R*>?' having the sympathy of the audience with
^r'' l" in/i*"' | n,'ber a.s "Darry" wa?> more than good, and it was not so
hiin. ' r ?fter all why the widow said she was a "dam fool
^altbers^'a J',us't people in" the audience enpoyed most, of all Gertrude
?HCfrncxl nh* "k"' ";'dow who certainly was "wise" where men are
P tkem win'. ? ' Particularly clever lines, and knew how to deliver
tr 11,1 tcii]?K
father thf "li!1<>P P?.rt8, in the <^a?t were also well taken, and alto
*W' usually1 an'tV Wife" Proved to be as fascinating as "Naughty
tiaM tothh?.r'Vhn.i,,n ^ t^le dramatic critic of the Chronicle this is des
L 4*ociau>?l ,'Tlost successful of the many successful farce comedies
1 "?h (he Helwyn name. ? T
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What The Atlanta Georgian Said Sept. 26, 1919
Ordluarily, u naughty wife result* in friend hu?4>and getting dwqwrute
and usually concludes with his going hunting for the third member of the
triangle, but under the pen of Playwright Fred Jacfeson all that is .comical
in a situation of this kind has been pushed to. the front, with just enough,
pathos to make his now play, "A Naughty Wife," a flno evening's enter
tainment. . ?
"A Naughty Wifo" opened for a three-day engagement at the Atlanta
Thursday night, and it scored- heavily. It was a tonic to .the habitual thea
tergoer. Its lines are original. The situation* are new and overflowing '
with clean eomedy. " _? j_
IH course, there are some risque situation*, but the edge is taken off
this feature by the laughs they evoke and by the apparent innocence of the
naughty wife. This character is taken by Iteeva Greenwood, and to say '
that she is good in it is putting it mihlly, Hhe in excellent as the spoiled ?
wife of a wealthy novelist. "She wan t? to be .petted and love "ail of the
time," even nt the expense of her husband's reputation and the family
bank account. And when she can't have her tfa.v ? well, she looks elsewhere
wants to be petted and love "all Of the time," even at the expense of her
husband's reputation and the family bank account. And when she can't
have her way ? well, she looks elsewhere.
The play is written and acted in such n manner that one can not for- "
get the wife dido't really mean to be bud. This is emphasized when the
wife says, "Did we, Hilliery?" even ater she has successfully "eloped" with
the other man. <
(iordon Kldrid, as Hilliery Farrington, the noveliwt huefc&nd, is clever.
He has the rare ability of injecting comedy 'into his line* and at the same
time letting it be understood that were he to allow himself to be influenced
by a deep-rooted desire he would wring somebody's nedc.
While Gertrude Walthers has had her mune on many a program and
has acted many parts, she never appeared to a better advantage than she
does as the sophisticated widow, No ra (Jale, in the show now running j
at the Atlanta. Hhe and Farrington conspire against the elopers and she
finally wins the love of the villian just before the na,ughty wife In re
stored to her husband.
It is one of the be*t comedy offerings which has graced the road In :
t-w-o or three seasons, and is fully up to the standard of a $2 show.
One Solid Year^in New York, Eight Months in Chicago, Six Months in Boston; Now in Its Second Year and Still the Reigning Success of London.
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A Di?tingui8hed Cast Includes! Reeva Greenwood, Gertrude Walthers, Harry Keen, Gordon Eldrid, Irma Hea^h, C. Elwood Farber, W. H. Crosby and Edward Ray. ^
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