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Vo Negroes Died In Electric Chair I South Carolina's legal instrument Bf death this morning claimed its ar d third victims within ih Ba.v> when the lives of Aussie Moore E,<i Ccorge Washington, Allendale Bounty, negroes were snuffed out at B?. state penitentiary between the and 7 o'clock. Silently, B"V(' ^or mumbled prayer, and an B(|monition to "Meet me in Heaven,", j B ' negroes paid the death penalty , | Bor the murders of Frank Harley, ' farmer, and Shan Bates, negro, j B?$t February near Allendale. { I bong before the appointed time [ Bnore than 100 curious spectators had 1 Ksthered in front of the penitentiary, ML. ng admittance. A large dele irBation from Allendale, headed by Kheriff Hugh McMillan, and includBng a brother and several relatives of B'rank Harley, came to witness the H . Admission cards were M out and Col. James N, Pear^B.an, superintendent of the peniten tiary, announced that only half of the crowd could witness each execution. At 0:06 o'clock, al>out 50 people, including one woman, had crowded into the small death chamber. The condemned men could be heard sing ing in their cells not far away, as they counted the minutes that they had to live. The guards were arranging the straps and Sam Cannon, state electrician, was making the last tests on the switchboard while Superintendent James N. Pearman and two negro ministers were talking to the negroes in their cells, Then the death march began. Aussie Moore entered the death chamber at 6:18 o'clock, preceded by the ministers and a guard. Moore paused at the entrance of the little room where he was soon to breathe his last and where the light of day would soon leave him forever. He made a slight how to the spectators as if to welcome them as spectators of a tragic drama in which he was to be the leading actor. He calmly proceeded to the chair and seated himself. He made not a sound and j showed no sign of nervousness. After the negro was securelyI Strapped in the big oaken chair, Col. Pearman's usual question was asked: "Do you have anything else you wish to say before you die, Moore?" "I hope God will meet me in glory," he calmly said. "I am going to my death for telling the truth." Col. Pearman reminded him that he was not dying for telling the truth, but for what he had done. "Yes, sir," the negro replied, "I told everything I know about it and I hope you all will meet me in Heave." Those were his Inst wofxis and not another sound did he utter while the cap was being placed upon his shaven head. Captain J. O. Sanders was standing a few feet from the chair with a small bell at his back and Sergeant Wallace, executioner, advanced toward the switch. A light tinkle of the little bell, and at 6:16 o'clock 1,350 voKs of electricity shot through the body of Moore. The burining of the flesh where contact was made with the electrodes on wrists and ankles created a sickening odor. A young man, standing almost in front of the chair, staggered and fell into a faint upon the shoulder of a friend whom he had jokingly requested, as he entered the -room a* tew minutes before, to "hold me up if I happen to fall." He was carried from the room as Dr. P. E Payne and Dr. M. W. Cheatham were examining the body of Moore. The spectators could see the ne gro'? hand clinch and the thumb of the ught hund moving and the doctors did not have to inform them thai life \vttS not entirely extinct. A second clrarge sent 2,300 more volt* into Moore's limp body and at 0:25 o clock he was pronounced dead. While the doctors were examining Moore after the second charge, the deathly silence in the chamber was broken by the strains of a negro spiritual. It was the voice of George Washington, who was awaiting his fate just a few feel from the dead body of his companion m crime. The condemned man's singing stopped as the officers went to his cell to prepare him for his march to death. The witnesses of the execution of Moore left the room, with the exception of newspapermen, and about 00 new witnesses entered the small death chamber to see Washington die. Among them was a Columbia negro, the first negro to attend an electrocution for a long time, prison officials said. Washington entered the room at 6:32 o'clock, as silently as though he were already the ghost he was destined to be within the next few minutes. As he sat down in the death chair he seemed to lx* more concerned about the manner in which the guards were strapping him in, than in what was to follow. His manner was as calm as that ofvj^oore, who Washington knew had died in the very manner that was about to be his undoing. "All you try to meet me in Heaven," he suid; "Heaven is my home." Captain Sanders told him that he had sent the two dollars to his wife us he had been requested ?the last two dollars that the man ever owned. The negro's reply, "Thank you", were his last words, and like Moore, he did not make another sound. The current entered his body at 6:50 o'clock and a minute and a half later the doctors examined his body several times to find that he, too, needed a second charge to entirely exterminate life. Sergeant Wallace released the current the second time and as it entered the body, the dead was jerked clear of the chair. The doctors pronounced him dead and it was 6:50 o'clock. It took exactly 0 minutes to entirely extermiinaIife of each negro, after the current had entered their bodies the first time. Dr. Cheatham said that Moore breathed twice after - 1,350 volts had passed through him body, which was unusual. Penitentiary officials declared that the necessity of sending two charges of electricity through a man's body before death is very infrequent. Sheriff McMillan said this morning that the families of Moore and Washington are selling their hogs in order to raise money to convey the bodies back to Allendale county for Christian burials. Death of George W. Catoe George W. Catoe, aged 79 years, died at the Lancaster county home Monday, May 12th, and his remains were brought to Kershaw in the funeral car of the Kershaw Mercantile & Banking Company on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. M. Neal, pastor of Thorn Hill Baptist church, of which Mr. Catoe was a member. Mr. Catoe will be remembered by very many peopfeTof the town and vicinity as a lifelong resident of this section. He was never married and in the later years of his life all the members of the immediate family had passed away. His sight failed him a few years ago, and during last fall he was admitted to the county home of Lancaster county, being taken there by D. R. Fletcher and Frank Faile. He was not friendless in every sense, however, for kindhearted ones saw to it that he was properly laid away, a very large crowd attending his funeral and the floral tributes were beautiful and numerous, literally covering the mound above him. He is survived by several nephews and nieces, and ,C. S. Catoe and Mrs. Zeb Alverson, nephew and niece, of Spartanburg, came to attpud the funeral of their uncle.?Kershaw Era. Bandit Shoots Cuckoo New York, May 18.?A cuckoo which popped out of its clock to announce the time of day was shot today by a nervous holdup man, who shortly thereafter found himself in the law's clutches. Two youths entered the Travers City Club in Queens. One started toward the cash register, while another held the patrons at bay with a pistol. Just then the cuckoo began his four o'clock song. The robber -whirled about, fired blindly and the bird, wounded, retired to his recess. Two patrolmen, attracted by the noise, captured the pair, who said they were John Bergin, 28, and Edward Helsin, 26. * Four Negroes To Die For Murder of Man Wilaon, Muy 16.?-Four negroes we is! sentenced to death in the electrie chair at Kaleigh, Friday, June lit, by Judge Henry A. Grady, of Clinton in Wilson county superior court here tonight for the murder of Callie C. Williford, aged Sugar Hill farmer, who was beaten to death, his home robbed and burned the night of April 10. Aaron Sharp and Berry Kiehard . son, who confessed their part in the crime and implicated Hynum and Randall were convicted of first degree murder Wednesday night by a jury that deliberated hut seven minutes before reaching a verdict on the first bit Hot cast. Before passing sentence, Judge Grady stated to the large crowd in the courtroom that he believed the negroes had been given a fair and impartial trial. Kundall brokedown and wept when sentence was pronounced, but Bynum and Richardson and Sharp received it calmly. Wives and relatives of the four negroes yelled and screamed hyste rically. Williford was found dead, his head battered in, in front of his house, which was burned to the ground, by a farm boy.. the_morning of April 11. A large amount of money he kept on his person was missing. Officers discovered footprints in newly plowed ground nearby the house and other tracks leadng from the back door. Bloodhounds were put on the trail, resulting in the arrest of Sharp at his home. Oldest City Growing St. Augustine, Fla., May 15.?This most ancient city of the United States, which celebrated its :i05th birthday this year, almost doubled in population during the ten years past. Census figures released today showed a population of 11,9.10, compared with 6,192 for the 1920 census, a gain of 5,738 persons. 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