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FORECLOSURE SALE
Stale of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
W. A. Seegars, as Administrator and
Bessie Seegars, as Administratrix
of the estate of W. I). Seegars,
Plaintiffs,
versus
R. L. Seegars and J. C. and E. R.
Miller, doing business under the
firm name of Miller Brothers and
Company, and The Farmers Bank
of Jefferson, S. ('., Defendants.
Under and by virtue of n decree
.of his Honor E. (\ Dennis, judge,
presiding in the Fifth Circuit, I will
offer for sale in front of the Court
H ousc door in the City of Camden.
S. C., on the first Monday in December,
next, being December 0, 1(J2<>.
during the legal hours of sale for
cash to the highest bidder the following
described property:
All that piece, parcel or tract uf
land situate in Kershaw County and
State aforesaid, containing two hundred
and nine acres, more or'less,
bounded on the North by lapds of
C. W. Holley, East by Lynches River,
South ^>y land of John Holley an 1
Pisgah Branch; and West by Pisgah
Church Lands.
R. H. HILTON,
Master Kershaw County
November IS, 1926. *
Notice To Debtors and Creditors
All parties indebted to the estate of
Dr. W. J. Dunn arc hereby notified to
make payment to the undersigned or
T. K. Trotter, attorney, and all pa- ties
having claims against the said
estate will present them likewise, duly
attested.
Dr. J. Ralph Dunn,
Administrator, Estate Dr. W. J. Dunn,
Sumter, S. C.
Canden, S. C., Nov. 11, 1926.
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THK AIKEN AFFAIR
Garrett's Only Danger Would Have
llt-rn From Traffic Accident
By Staff Correspondent
Columbia, Nov/ ^^Publication in
the New York World of a story from
( olurnbiu, in the aerie* of "Aiken
lynching atone*" now being featured
Ion the first page of the World, to
I the effect that Oliver H. P. Garrett,
the World'* staff correspondent who
has been detailed to investigate the
Aiken murders, and who is writing
this series of stories, had been informed
by W. W. Rogers, investigator
from Governor McLeod's office, that
the Ku Klux Klan "intended last
night (several nights ago) and still
may try to usher this correspondent
out of town to prevent further publication
by the World about the Aiken
lynching and the progress of the investigation
into it," led to a request
of Mr. Garrett for any other or further
information which might have
come to him as to any threats of
violence or intimidation of any character
or kind whatsoever. The information
from Rogers, he said, was
all that he had, and he had paid attention
to it because it came from
one officially connected with the governor's
office and with the investigation.
It had been stated by one who was
somewhat in touch with Mr. .Garrett's
investigation that on account of
threats, the World had detailed another
staff man to accompany him in
South Carolina. When seen, Mr. Garrett
had with him Mr. Reagin, who
was introduced as aWo "of the
World."
About the only danger that Mr.
Garrett need apprehend in Columbia,
so far as can be ascertained, is being
accidentally run down by a jitney, or
a truck, or a wild automobile driver,
if he attempts to cross th^ streets
with any great degree of dependence
upon the observance of the traffic
light signals. That, however, is not
a danger peculiar to Mr. Garrett, or
to any one else. Hailing from New
York, he can probably take care of
himself in threading Columbia's
traffic, and<if he can, he is safe.
"Governor McLeod," wired Mr.
Garrett to his paper, "took the story
of Klan interference seriously enough
to offer the reporter 'such protection
as in my power.' And So far as he
was concerned, he explained, any reporter
could come and go as he
pleased. Rogers was equally generous,
hut tempered his offer with a
veiled hint to arrest this correspondent
on his own authority if continued
publication of the story of the lynching*
interferrcd with the investigation.
Under what statute he would
make such an arri*ft was not clear."
Mr. Garrett had just returned from
one of his daily visits over to or
towards Aiken county. In connection
with the Aiken mob, he has been rofei
ring in his stories to the "famous
seventeen." He was asked if by this
expression ho meant to convey that
the eiitiie mob consisted ot 1 i members.
or it there were 17 leaders, or
just what it was all about. It was
thought possibly that in leafing back
through the files of the South Carolina
newspapers to get an angle oil
local affairs, he might have been confused
by the of'-repeated references
to tlie famous "committee of seventeen"
which was going to revise the
tax laws of the state. This, however,
was not suggested to him. He said
that he had no direct information of
an\ kind, other than he had published,
about the "seventeen"?that in Aiken
eoun,ty, and over in that section, the
expression had frequently been used
in speaking oT" the lynching and those
who participated in it.
Mr. Garrett himself had a good
many questions to ask. He wanted to
know what the sentiment of the state
generally was towards the lynching,
and he was informed that the people
of South Carolina generally did not
regard it as a "lynching," in the old
meaning of the word, but simply as
a cold-blooded murder of three
negiocs, which ought to be punished
i u > t as other murder ought to bo
punished. Then he wanted to know
I if Aiken county would he loss likely
to convict, if proper evidence should
bo presented, than the majority of
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other counties, and he was informed
'that Aiken county was composed of
the same kind of people as the other
(counties of the st-ntc, aud?that if sufticient
evidence should be produced
there was no reason that convictions
1 should not follow.
He wanted to know why the South
Carolina Gazette and the Yorkville
i Knquirer and some .of the other
papers in South Carolina "resent the
World's investigation," and he was informed
that Any fair and honest investigation
of any crime was not resented
in South Carolina, but reflections
upon the state as a whole?holding
the entire sentiment of the
state to be in league with that of a
hand of murderers?was naturally resented.
Attention was called to Mr.
the lawlessness which reared its ugly
head in Aiken county that October
morning, and of his declaration that
"it is the truth that is being sought,
that and that ouJy"?of hia call to the
authorities that "something rrtuat be
done." Attention was called to the
Yorkville Enquirer's long and honorable
career us an upholder of law and
order, and of its condemnation of
crime in any .form. And then attenlion
was called to the World's cartoon,
taking several columns across
and nearly half a column deep, picturing
South Carolina as a monster
of a man, rifle in hand, standing in
a pine thicket, with' the body of a
negro woman swinging from a limb,
entitled, "South Carolina, Is That
Where She Stands" South Carolina,
it was pointed out, is no more to be
held responsible for the Aiken lynching
than Illinois for the Herrin riots
- provided, always, of course, the authorities
of South Carolina do their
duty to apprehend and punish the
murderers. The World paid its respects,
editorially, to the Enquirer, in
its issue of a few days ago. The Enquirer
can take care of itself. It has
already paid its respects to the
World. That is what brought on the
World's editorial.
Sentiment throughout South Carolina
is demanding that Governor MeLeod's
investigation be pushed to the
finish, and that every resource of the
state be exhausted to apprehend and
bring to trial those guilty of the
atrocious murder. That, it was pointed
out, is whut ull the newspapers
and all the good people of the state
have demanded, and are demanding.
Mr. R. Charlton Wright, editor and
publisher of the Columbia Record,
has strongly and eloquently called
for action, but he has not been able
to keep his temper, and naturally
there is some resentment among the
"country" press in South Carolina
against his assertion, in a communication
to the New York World, that
"there are some small country weeklies,
some of them of the familiar
'nigger-baiting' type, that disgrace
the South, that have pandered to the
mob and the cowardly officials, but
they do not represent the press of
South Carolina. I cannot maintain,"
Mr. Wright goes on to say, "that the
better newspapers have done their
full duty, because I feel that they surrendered
too quickly to the supincness
of the Aiken county officials and
did not prod the amiable and very
weak gentleman who sits in the governor's
chair and twiddles his thumbs'
the while he ponders how he may
escape doing anything decisive." All
of which, it is .felt, will not go very
far in helping the cause of South
Carolina in this mess.
ports and rumors arc persistent1
here at this writing that warrants
are soon to be served in Aiken county,
as a result" of Governor McLeod's
investigation. Warrants may be
sefved before this article sees the
light of publication?or they may
never be served. Nobody knows.
There is a feeling throughout Smith
Caiolina that the investigation- did
not start as early as it ought to have
started, and that it has not been
pressed as vigorously as it ought to
have been pressed. The sentiment is
expressed by many people that the
governor should have removed the
sheriff imimdiately, ami enforce*! his
removal, and thei^ if the removal
should have been declared illegal by
the courts* let the courts reinstate
him. And the sentiment throughout
the length and breadth of the state
is demahding the piyiishment of those
who participated in the. murders just
as strongly as the New York World
or anybody else is demanding punishment
of them. Equally strong is the
sentiment against holding up the state
at a hot-bed of lawlessness, rifle in
hand with a dead woman swinging to
a limb, om account of a small band
bf murderers who no more represent
the state of South Carolina than do
the gangsters of Chicago and the gunmen
of New York represent the people
there. "At least," said a South
Carolinian here, just as anxious to see
the law vindicated as any citizen could
be, "the Aiken mob stuck to pistols
and did not use machine guns-?maybe
because they didn't have them.
Developments are being awaited.
There is a veil of secrecy around the
governor's investigation, as perhaps,
it is pointccj out, there necessarily
must be. As stated, judging by the
persistent rumors that are afloat, arrests
may come before this article is
published?or they may never conic.
No one knows.
In the meantime, the suits against
Aiken county for the collection of
*2.000 for each of the negroes
lynched, arc expected to he pushed.
It is only necessary to prove the i
lynching and that it occurred in Aiken
county, and then the verdict against
the county automatically fallows by
direction of the court. The constitution
says nothing about holding a
county liable for a lynching by the
cltiMns of that particular county.
The Constitution simply provides that
-in .11 CM, of lynching' wh.n <fcth
ensues, the county where such lynching
takes place shall, without regard
to the conduct of the officers, be liable
in exemplary damages of not less
than two thousand dollars to the legal
representatives of the person lynched:
provided, further, that any county
against which a judgment has been
obtained or damages in any case of
lynching shall have the right to recover
the amount of said judgment
from the parties engaged in said
lynching in any court of competent
jurisdiction." The provision holding
the county liable was written into the |
constitution of 18yf> by Senator B. K.
Tillman. His first draft made the
sum recoverable $1,000. Another
member of the convention offered an
amendment increasing the amount to
$2,000, the amendment was accepted
by Senator Tillman, and it became a
part of the constitution?its intent
being to discourage lynching.
~Jno. K. Aull.
, Sumter Photographer
J. H. Winburn, photographer here
for the last 33 years and one of the
best known figures in Sumter, died
suddenly at his home at 131 N. Washington
street Friday night at 6:30
o'clock. Mr. Wfnburn^ who was 70
years old, was standing in front of the
fire reading the evening, newspaper
when he toppled* over and died in.stuntly.
His daughter, Miss Minnie
W'inburn, was with him at the time.
Heart failure is believed to have been
the cause of his death.
Coming here 3 years ago from Con- |
yers, Ga., his birthplace, Mr. Win- j
burn set up business as' a photographer
and continued in his profession j
up until a few hours before his death.
He was recognized as one of the best
photographers in the state and en- ,
joyed the friendship and respect of !
the entire community.?Saturday's ;
Sumter Item.
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SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Souj/h Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(In the Court of Common Pleas)
Phyllis McGirt, Plaintiff,
versus w wJoe
McGirt, Alice Jackson, George
McGirt,* Herbert McGirt, Bessie:
Scott and Carl McGirt, Defendants.
By virtue of an execution to me
directed, in the1 above stated case, I
will sell to the highest bidder, at public
auction, within the legal hours of
sale, at Camden Court House, on
Monday, the 6th day of December,
A. D. 1920, the foBewmg <U*cnbe4
property, to wit:
All that piece, parcel or lot of land
lying, being and situate in the City of
Camden, County and State afpreaaid.
fronting east on Broad street of aaia
City, 60 feet, more or less, bounded
North by land of Jim Reynolds and
Delgard Hunter, South by Clybum
Street of said City of Camden and
West by lands of Sam McGee, also,
an undivided interest in and to all
that certain piece, parcel or lot of,
land situate in the City of Camden,
bounded East by Campbell Street of
said City, North by York Street of
aakl City, South by Colored Peoples'
Cemetery and West by lands of Guignard,
containing three (3) acres, more
or leas, levied on and to be sold as the
property of Joe McGirt, Alice Jackson,
George McGirt, Herbert McGirt,
Bessie Scott and Carl McGirt to satisfy
the aforesaid execution and costs.
Terms: cash.
G. C. WELSH,
Sheriff Kershaw County.
NOTICE OF SALE BY MASTER
State of South Carolina,
County of Kersnaw.
Under and by virtue of a decretal
order in the, case of Julius Calu) and
Ellis Cahn, plaintiffs, vs. Henderson
Perkins, Laura Palmer and Molcy
Davis, defendants, in the Court of
Common Pleas for Kershaw County,
South Carolina, I will selL at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash,
in front of the Court House door at
Camden, Kershaw County, South
Carolina, on the sales'.day in December,
1926, during the usual hours of
sale, the following described real
estate, to wit: v
All that certain piece, parcel or lot
of land lying, being and situate in
Kershaw County, South Carolina, being
bounded on the /-North by lands
of K. Tv Estard; on fheTCast by land
of K. T. Estard; on the South by land
of K. T. Estard, and on the West by
land of Cicero Blackmon and >by the
Dick McClusters estate. Said tract
of land containing one hundred acres,
more or less, and being the same land
the said Henderson Perkins, Laura
Palmer and Molcy Davis inherited
from their father, Joshua Perkins.
Also, all that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land containing thirty (30)
acres, more or less, situate, lying and
being in Kershaw County, South
Carolina, being bounded on the
North by land of K. T. Estard; on
the East by lands of K. T. Estard;'
on the South by lands of K. T. Es~tard,
and on the West by lands of
Richard McClusters and E. Huckleberry.
Being the same tract of land
conveyed to Molcy Davis by Mary!
Cam pbel 1. r 1
Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to 1
pay for papers and revenue stamps.
R. H. HILTON,
Master Kershaw County, S. C.
Dated at Camden, S. C., this 0th
day of November, A. D. 1926.
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All parties are hereby warned not
to trespass upon my lands five mile*
south of Camden, for . hunting or for
Any purpose whatsoever. Anyone
found violating this warning will be
fprosecuted to the full extent of the
aw. W. C. SEAQLE.
Nov. 13, 1926. , , 'frlS-iS-pd
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TRESPASS NOTICE.
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Trespassing, hunting or shooting,
day or night, cutting or hauling wood
or straw, cattle or hogs running at
large, on 1 AitfFdtolltCind.posted by
Mr .Ralph ElUs, will be dealt with to
the full extent of the law../
L. A. Kirkland, Attorney.
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" flNAL DISCHARGE TT
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this' date, on Tuesday.
December 14, 1920, at 12 m., I will
make to the Probate Court of Kershaw
County my fihal return as Executor
of the estate of B. G. McLeod,
deceased, and on the same date I will
apply to the said Court for a final
discharge as said Executor. ? '
E. M. WORKMAN, Executor.
Camden^ S. C., Nov. 16^1926.
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FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice !s hereby given that one
month from this date, on Tuesday,
December 7th, 192<b I. "will make to the
Probate Court of Kershaw County my
final return as Guardian of the estate
of Agnes N. Shannon (now Mrs. J.
Nettles Lindsay) And on the same
date 1 will apply .to the said Court.fsr
a final discharge from my trust as
said Guardian. Wm. S. Nelson.
Camden* S. C., Nov. 4, 1926.
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