The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 23, 1903, Image 1
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
▲ White Kan Shot by a Segro' With
His Own Gun.
TWO IIGROES WERE KILLED
By Vlmj of Ucuiltatlon, and the Rest
•f the NeKroen Are Afraid
to Go Near The
Place.
A social dispateh to The State from
Batesbur^ says news has Just reached
there that Willie Hall, a young white
man living eight miles south of this
: ’ place 4 juat over the Aiken county line,
was killed Wednesday afternoon by a
negro, George Edwards. <* Hall kept a
country More and was postmaster at
fxcn
m
mile from Hall's horned The negro
was in the honae of Lewis HeatT,
another negro, and Hall was In the
yard. Edwards used a single barreled
shot gun, and after tiring on Willie he
assaulted Judson Hallr a younger
brother, and would have killed, him
had not others prevented. Edwards
escaped to the swamp nearby. Blood
hounds have been wired for and mifch
excitement prevails.
nother dispatch to The State says
meagre particulars can be gatbcr-
from the tragedy. Tersons coming
to twon for a coffin for Hall Thursday
morning said the parties had had an
old trouble that was renewed Wednes
day morning at Hall’s store, the negro
tiring off a gun and acting defiantly.
After that Hall and his brother, Jud
son, went a mile or so over in Lexing
ton and came up with Edwards in the
house of Lewis Head, colored. The
Halls had each a single 1 barreled
breechloader. \ --
They got betweert the negro and his
gun, and a colored woman ran in be
tween the parties, and the negro
reached around her and jerked Willed
gun, and turning it on tts owner tired,
shooting him through the heart and
killing him instantly. He then sprang
at the younger Hall and a fierce strug
gle endued for the possession of Jud-
son’s gun. Edwards dragged young
Hall and jeat and kicked him. but the
latter held on to bis weapon till the
negro .left and H all, ran off for help.
Young Judson Hall, seeing the clothe?'
of his brother on fire, thus showing the
close quarters of the parties at the
time of the shooting, told the woman
to throw water on him to put it out.
THE HEGRO MUST GO.
That Is the Meaning of the Kaee War
In Indiana.
It Is a common error for negroes in
the South to believe that their best
friends are at the North, and that no
matter what they did down this way
to the white people would be endorsed
by tbe white people of the North.
For the benefit- of this class of ne
groes we publish tbe extracts from
Northern papers. In speaking of the
race trouble in Indiana the New York
Herald says:
“It has remained for a Northern
State to institute a crusade against
the negro race. The sporadic cases
of peonage brought to light Ln Ala
bama—and which her own citizens,
grand juries and judges are denounc
ing and punlshibJrHure of trafflhg
.significance compared with the out-
Chinquepln, in Aiken county. The
killing was on the Lexington side, one- *fsg c s and deliberate cruelties reported
in -bur dispatches from Indlapa._
-Droves of inoffensive negroes driven
from their homes in Evansville are
making their ^ t^^.wns in .the , t(ie K ul ^ out
southern part of the State, pleading i n *,, vut. awnid nMrm wnman
for work and -shelter. These desti
tute and unfortunate refugees are
met outside the towns and villages by
“committee" which turn thep away
with threats of violence: inn places
where laborers are urgently needed
aud-men of any kind with white
skins Would lie gladly employed, the
^pleadings of these starving black men
for a chance to toll are brutally re
jected. It is incredible th^t civilized
communities -living under the stripes
should be no inhuman, and we are
forced to the conclusion that the
“committees” are constituted by the
more ignorant and turbulent element
in the population of the places from
which these homeless wanderers arfc
driven away." ~
- FOOLED THEM.
SLAIN BY A MOB.
Citixens Lynch the Kan in Whose
Yard Hall Was Killed.
A SEQUEL OF THAT MURDER.
Head Wae in Conspiracy to Murder
Hail. Details of the I latest
Appeal to Judge
Lynch. , "
The Batesburg correspondent of
The State says just across the line in
Aiken county Willie Hall was burled
•Thursday morning in Mountable
churchyard. Not two miles away lies
the dead body of Dennis Head, a ne
gro, shot to death in sight of his home.
Your correspondent vislted the scenes,
of the recent tragedies Friday, going
first to the home of Dennis Head, col
ored, where the Hall murder was com-
mitted. The house, a tiny lOjr cabin,
stands on a hill in the middle of a
awaiting the coroner. la the house
at the time of the crime were two ne
gro women, four children and the
two men. „. a
FIRST K11.LI No PLANNED.
"“ Judson'TTaTl, a brother of the dead
man, told a gentleman of Batesburg
DennlrfTIfc&d, Lonney Johnson C
iuto the west, sat arcold negro woman,
wizened id years, the mother Of Den
nis Head. Near, her-on a bench was
an nged man, her husband. He is so
old that he site in a half stupor and
cannot answer * a >y questions pu t to
him. Elsie Head, tlie sister or Dennis
Head, a negro girl of about 25 years,
told Tiie State representative Friday
of the killing of Willie Hall, giving in
subsj^nce the same account as already
printed in The State.
THE XURDKK OF HALL.
Edwards,
!
fit 6
mi
Beale tbe Jliu Crow.
i
■The Columbia ^tate says a year
ago a white man was killed by a negro
in Linton, lad. Since that time no ne
groes have been Allowed in Linton.
On Monday tbe Wallace circus was
billed in that town and the manage
ment was warned in.advance that the
05 negroes connected with the show
should not he brought to Lenton, so
the negroes were taken to a town six
mi]es"~sotrth of Linton and left while
the circus went on. A crowd met the
train and several hundred men In
spected the outfit to see that there
were no negroes along. Special
coaches were fcCTTtr for the negroes left
hind and this train was rnn up to
inton at night when the circus was
^eady to leave and as the train passed
through the town the negroes crouch
ed behind the seats to avoid danger.
This mode of traveling In a northern
State- is a little worse than the Jim.
•Crow cars Sown south, isn’t it?
Assault on Negro GJrt.
At Charleston Dan Sumters, a negro
criminal, was arrested Tuesday morn
ing of the charge of rape and commit
ted to jail without bail. The crime
was committed on Victoria Grants a
16-years-old girl of his own race.
•Another negro, whose napae is Uf>- became kuown
known, is Implicated In the crime.
The girl allegfes that Sumter and an
other negro, whose name she does not
know, forced thtfrwaytnto her room
Tuesday morning about 2:10 o’clock
and ravished her, one holding her in
turn while the other committed crimi
nal aasult upon her. She made an out-
when fiumter drew a knife and
A Supposed Corpse Runs Aaway As
■* ^ »- . ^ ,
Jury Write* Verdict.
T ’ ' - 4 "‘ • . - — _ ’
Henry Hines, Charleston, S. C. who
several days ago was declared to have
been murdered by a negro named Ish-
mael, is today a well man and in per
fect condition,, with the exception of
a scar in his head inflicted with a
brick in the hands of Isbmael. Hines
came to life while the ^oroner was
busy Inquiring into the cause of bis
death, and jumped the inquest.
At a picnic given at Pedee, S. C.,
several days ago Hines was struck in
the head with a brick by Ishmael,
who was promptly arrested and lodged
n jail on the charge of murder. Coro
ner Dolliver was summoned, and ar
rangements were made for holding the
inqflest.- A jury was sworn, and after
viewing the body it was removed un
der a clump of bushes to pruteet it
from the sun. The Jury repaired- a
short distance, away under the shade
of a large oak, there to hear the testi
mony. Seyeral witnesses- were ex-
ainined r -Ail of whom testified that
Hines was struck in the head with a
brick or rock liy Ishmael. While tbe
jufj^vfas writing the inquest Hines
came to life, the blow having stunned
him, and he decamped without giving
an explanation to the coroner or the
jury that declared him dead officially.
When the coroner discovered that
his corpse had disappeared there was
great consterhatloff and surprise.
Many believed that Hines’body had
been carried into a sv<amp near bv hv
a targe alligator. The mystery was
explained the following day when
Hines -called at the coroner’^ office
and told him that while he and his
jury were declaring him dead he was
busy coming to life. Ishmael was
released from prison when the facts
r,'
cry
stabbed her In the thigh.' Both made
their escape, but Sumter was arrested
by the police several hours afterwards.
- Save the Birds.
The State says: “Thp first case un
der tbe new gAme law in Virginia
came up in the Richmond police
tbe other day-when the offender was
fined two dollars for capturing two
birds.:'This was the minimmn. tine
hut the justice declared that "next
. time he would give the offender the
limit. We would like toseosome such
regulation as this on our South
Carolina statute books and to see it
strictly enforced. If there Is now
such a law It Is not enforced. An
ibstanoe came under our obseavatlon
recently when two of these matchless j
songsters were sold for 30 cents la this
city.” To which we add, our endorse
ment. b
Paid the Penalty. , \
special dispatch to the Augusta
rontole says after halving been
through seven county among
:t' the swamps of the Altamaha and the
- Ocmulgee by a posse'-of determined
fanners, Ed Claus, who assaulted Miss
m, at Darien Junction, Ga. last
ras caught while asleep, and
sent to bla doom by the mob.
nagro begged piteously for his
at the members of the posse, all
victim, paid no heed to
He was swung from a
with bullets.
m
m
It seems that George Edwards, a
negro came Into the store of the Halls
on Wednesday afterhoon and asked
Willi.! Hall to exchange some tobacco
tags which he had for a small present
of some kind. There had been feel
ing herween tbe negro and Hall for
some lime on account of a previous
dispute concerning a purchase in the
jitore. The negro carried a shotgun
and looking at it, Hall said: “You
have got that gun for me." The ne
gro made some surly reply and going
out of tbe store halted on the bridge
and tired a shot In-the air. He then left
tbe scene, going to tbe home of Dennis
Heid, In Lexington county, about
three-quarters of a mile away. Not
long afterwards, so Judson Hall him
self told your correspondent Friday,
he and his brother loaded thdr shot--
gur.s and followed the negro Intend
ing to whip him and teach him _a4
-lesson. Arriving at the home of.
•Dennis Head they found Edwards
seated r ~'JU8r inside tbe door. Both
men leveled the Irguns at bim.ah^, as
they entered"’the house, Elsie Head
rushed past'2nd out of the door. Ed
wards seized Will Hall’s gun by the
muzzle and a terriffc struggle ensued
In which the negro captured tbe
weapon, and turning, shot his assail
ant through the abdomen. Tbe
Wounded man cried: “I am shot," and
half fell, half walked down the steps
Into the yard, where he expired in a
few minutes. Edwards rushed atrJtrd-
son Hall, the younger-brother, and
tried to wrest his shotgun fron& him,
hut Elsie Head assisted the white man
in tbe struggle and fi bally the negro
looked Hall in the eye and said: “Let
me go; I won’t shoot you.” Judson
and George Edwards had planned the
killing ofnTs brother long before it
was consummated, but this story Is
not generally credited. However, it
shows that there was enmity against
Head by the Halls. Butler Fox also
spoke in violent terms of Lonney
Johnson and said that the crowd
wished to catch him. It is highly
probably that Johnson, if caught,
may suffer the extreme penalty.
A peculiar fact was developed at the
coroner’s Inquest Thursday when Jud-.
son Hall testified that In the struggle
that occurred in the house where his
brother was. killed that his own gun
was discharged. He says that he docs
not know how It occurred. It is pos
sible that he himself unwillingly may
have ‘been the author of his brother’s
death. The negroes-iu the outlying
districts are terrified by the recent oc
currences hut- are not leaving the
county. Tliey refuse to say, anv-
XfiTng about thecrime Shd the white
man are equally as reticlent,
best people of Batesburg itself
deplore the killing of Head I eirtily,
but ridicule the idea of .a race war.
t is thought by many people that
blind , tiger whiskey played a promi
nent part in the homicide. The scene
of the crimes is in the heart of the
sandhills in a lonely and unpopulated
section. —-
Mr. J. R. T. Major drove with your
correspondent through the portion of
the two counties where the homicide
occurred. -Sheriff Alderman of Aiken
county come to the county line Friday
and will probably take active step to
find the men who killed Head. There
ife no fears of further trouble here
<‘rlday night and steps will be taken
mmediately through the governor
and the proper authorltes to deter-
DEADLY TOY PISTOL
A Large Humber of Casualties Fol
lowing the Celebration i- _
OF THE RATION'S RATAL, DAT.
mine who are the guilty parties.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
Spectacular Suicide.
A dispatch from Georgetown to The
State says: “A negro man committed
suicide Thursday by Jumping off the
dock Into the river. He was probably
intoxicated or insane, but the method
and time selected by him for drowning
himself made the deed rather spec
tacular. A steamer load of negro^x-
curslonists was just leaving the dock
when this man, who held a walking
stick in his hand, was seen to leap in
to the river. He apparently made na.
altempt to swim, but rose three
times, each Lime brandishing the cane
in the air, as if saluting some one on
the steamer. At length he disappear
ed, but for a full minute afterwards
the end of the cane was raised above
tlie surface. Men in a boat reached
the spot where the, negto sank too 1
late to save him, and his body has
yet been found.
Eastuhore Terminal Bold.
The East Shore Terminal and tbe
Commercial Compress and Wharf
property in Charleston were sold Tues
day by tbe order of tbe United States
circuit'court to satisfy mortgages of
91,300,000 aud 922,78), respectively.
The property was bought In by
President R. G. Erwin, of tbe Antlic
Coast Line and general Counsel Fair
fax Harrison of thejkxjtherh railway,
as Joint tenants in common. There
was only one bid on both properties,
this being made by Mr. Harrison.
The properties were bought at the up
set prices, 950,000 ahd 920,000, re
spectively, which is extremely cheap.
Whlefir-ftlve* a Different Light to
. - the Affair.
The State correspondent at Aiken
says he drove out to the scene of the
Jail murder Thursday night. The
published reports so far are correct.'
WUUeHall was a.man aboutJia years
oldand was a quiet, inoffensive young
citizen. The whole family are good,
aw-abiding people, and although they
had all beeu warned repeatedly of the
negro, George' Edwards, they had
merely asked him several times to
keep away from their premises. From
what can be learned In the neighbor
hood, Willie Hall had ample provoca
tion to punish Edwards severely sev
eral times, but had not desired, trou
ble, and only asked to be let &lon$.
Young-Judson Hall is only 20 years
old and would, without doubt, have
been killed also-had it not been for
the Interventlonbfthe colored-woman,
Hilsey Head. As. it is, he is badly
beaten up in the face and breast.
Thursday about 1 a. m., a posse in
4Iall took the gun, and, examining it,
said it was not loaded, so he says. In
some way Edwards gained possession
of it and ran across the fields un
molested because his opponent was
physicially exhausted.
The coroner was summoned and
viewed the. body of HalT. but the In
quest was hot held until Friday morn
ing, when a verdict was rendered say
ing that Edwards had committed the
crime. The same afternoon Butler
Fox, a resident of Batesburg, bought
a number ot shotgun shells and some
rifles in the town, saying that his
partner" had been killed, and that
other men were in danger.
• ' DBNNlS HKAD KILLED.
Soon after the moon rose the same
night Dennis Head^a negro living in
Aiken perhaps a mile and a half across
the county line, was called to his door
by a number of white men Wbp asked
fora drink of water. As he ^.opened
the door one of the men clSbched him
by tbe wrtst saying: “You are under
arrest,” and carrrltigj1§iin into tbe
road a few hundred yards away. His
wife tells the rest of tbe story, fbr
Strange though it may seem, no one
else could be-found who' could or
would tell anything about Head’s
killing. Jesse Butler, a negro of 18
years, went with He^d into the road,
says bis wife, but soon ran back cry
ing that he haAheen cruelly beaten
Shots ware beard immediately after
wards and the men left tbe scene.
One of the women ran out Into tbe
road and stumbled over the body o
Head. She threw her arms around
his neck and he muttered some Inco
herent phrase. The woman was ter
rified by the crime and ran away leav
ing the dying man. His body was
not removed until Thursday morning
ahd Friday afternoon it was lying on
the porch qf tbe cabin covered by
sheet and shielded from the sun by
few quilts hung on a chair. A negro
sat near and waved a leafy bough to
keep away tbe incessant swarm of
flies, the while crooningu plaintive
song. Tbe man was shot through
the left side of the stomach and must
have died in agony. Clara Head, his
wife, said that Butler believed that
there were three men In tbe party
At the sale were attorneys and lot r- an( j Head waa tied while they and Jt is hard for^any law-abiding
ested railroad men. The sale waa
made by Capt. Jamas F. Redding,
action for_ Special Master W: E.
Hager. Tbe sale waa confirmed bj
order of thecourt Immediately after
tbe sale. . ’
A Death Dealing Toy That Should
he Legislated to The Rhodes
of Obscurity in ull
States.
The Indianapolis Journal says up to
Wednesday reports from the country
at large showed 28 deaths and 1,485
mutilations, m&ny of which will prove
fatal, f rom fourth of July celebrations.
On the Fourth of July, 1»02, 31 per
sons were killed an^ 2J549 seriously
Injured. The casualties Increase every
year with the growth of population
and the multiplication of dangerous
devices for making noise. A large
proportion of the injured who do not
die will he mutilated for life. In addi
tion to peraonal accidents there is al
ways a list of fires with losses ag-
gregrting'several hundred thousand
dollars caused by..explosions and fire
works. . 'w , •
In view of these annual losses of
life and property and inlUctiou of In
juries and deformities for life, is It
not about time to Inquire whether
our manner of celebrating the Fourth
should not be reformed? Is it not a
barbarous custom that leads us to
identify patriotism with noise and to
celebrate tlie nation’s birthday by
killing or maiming two or three thous
and persons every year? How long
will he before vfe get past -the fire
cracker, the torpedo and the tom-tom
stage of civilization .that can . find no
better way celebrating independence
and expressing patriotism than In the
making Df hideous noises and killing
a large number of men and boys Cvery
year? It'is not only a very senseless
Custom, but a very costly mode of
celebrating, that involves the annual
sacrifice of so many lives.
THE LIST INCREASES.
PARDONS A8KXD FOR.
re a few deaths that
sinc&Hhe above was
search of George Edwards weqt to the died of tetanus as a result of Injury
muse of Dennis Head, a known pal of
Eld wards, and, upon being refusal ad
mittance, broke open the door and
dragged out Dennis and a negro boy
about 18 years of age. The negroes
were told that no harm was intended
and if they would keep quiet the white
M search the house and leave
them alone. As a precaution against
ed in a buggy. Head asked the men
to let the boy .bripg out his clothes so
that he could dress. The men allowed
the boy to go into the house to get
the clothes and when he came back
they told him to toss the bundle to
Head in the buggy. Tbe-boy did so,
and the bundle struck the wheel and
a revolver fell Out. As soon as the
Follow! ug
have occurr
printed. ' -• -
At Pittsburg, Pa., six boya have
died of teanus zinc, all the victims of
Fourth of July toy pistols. ' *■
At South Norwalk, Conn., Arthur
Cuunlugham, aged 12 years, is dead
of lockjaw, resulting from injuries re
ceived from sparks while firing a toy
pistol.
At Detroit, Mich., lockjaw as a re
sult of wounds, from toy pistol on-the
Fourth of J uly claimed two more vic
tims when Israel Ogushavetsz and
William May died.
At Ithaco. N. Y., Harry H.
Bishop, 13 years of age, died of lock
jaw caused by a slight Injury on the
E'ourth of July through the exploding
of a blank cartridge.
At Harrisburg, Pa.,four deaths from
tetanus of boys ranging in age from
to IB years have occurred resulting
from slight injuries received on tbe
Fourth of July from toy pistols.
At Cleveland, Ohio., Charles Hines
Laat Wee k Governor Heyward Acted
cm Several Apyplleatlon.
The Columbia State saya Gov. Hey
ward has declined to pardon E'ennie
Carson, the white woman wlm in 1895
5
was convicted of having participated
in tbe murder of her husband, and is
now serving a life sentence In tbe
penitentiary. The governor received
from Spartanburg county a mass of
petitions containing tbe namep of
many who declared that they panted
to see the woman pardoned. But there
were reasons which the governor did
hot care to express which made him
stay his hand.
The petitions, which were presented
by W. K. Dillingham of Spartanburg,
declare that the Woman, who was con
victed In weak of mind, and
that at the time of the muder was un
der the Influence of Eidward Green,
who gained such power of her that he
became master of her will. It was
also declared that she was not actual
ly a participant in the crime. An;
other reason advanced is that she
should be at homd to aid in raising
•her children, who are being cared for
by her father, awldower. Her health
is said to be declining. After mature
consideration the governor decided to
let Uie sentence stand. ^ _
ANOTHER REFUSED.
Another petition for pardon marked
with the endorsement “refused” Wed
nesday was that of Preston Jefferson,
Colored, of Sumter county, who was
chaiged with the worst of all crimes,
he application was presented by
Mrs. A. K. Saunders. The petitions
in support were strong, and man; peo-
)le thiflk that tbe guilt was not en-
, I rely hla. Investigation shows that
the application has been rejected
about six times.
Jackson Alston, who is serving a
ve-year sentence for manslaughter in
Beaufort county, also failed to re
ceive the pardon asked for through
Mr. W. S. Tillloghast and others.
be petition was based on the excuse
of “good behavior" and that others
more criminal than himself had been
>aedoned. The presiding Judge re
used to recommend that the pardon
be granted.
THESE WERE MORE FORTUNATE.
Tony Brown and John McBride of
Charleston were pardoned upon tbe
request of the members of the Char-
eston drainage commission through
2r. James Cogrove. It was shown
that these negroes are in the last
stages of consumption and that they
are of no service to the commission
which is draining Charleston neck
with the use of qonvict labor.
Jacob Epps, a negro’boy of Wll-
iamsburg, was pardoned. He had
served all but three months of a four-
year seoteuce for aesao&wRh criminal
htent. The reason why he was par
doned Is that he, too, is in tbe
stages of tuberculosis.
from a toy,pistol .received on July 4.
This makes the eighth death there
from lockjaw since the Fourth of
July.
At Philadelphia, Pa., two more
deaths from tetanusa result of in
juries received from toy pistols oc-
red making a total of seven death
from this dreaded .disease since the
Fourth of July. The victims today
were William Karmel, aged 10 years,
and Harry Ranks, 6 years old.
A Brute by Nature
he drew!* pistol and fired point blank
at one of tbe white men. The men
shot him to pieces and then killed
Head, who had tumbled out of the
buggy and was trying to re£bh his
pistol on tbe ground. There Is a party
now oui searching the swamps for
George Eld wards, and If he Is caught
he MU be lynched. .
A BAD FELLOW.
Magistrate Sbealy of Lexiqgton
county held the inquest over Willie
Hall’s body on Thursday and tbe jury
brought in the usual verdict in such
cases, viz: ~ “ William Hall was killed
by a gunshot wound at the hands of
George Edwards.’’ ,— . •
The report was current In Aiken
Friday that there was a small race
riot on at Chinquapin. This report
was given color by tbe killing of the
two negroes Thursday morning. But
nothing of the kind is thecase. The ne
groes in the section are quiet aud are
seemingly as grieved at tbe killing of
Mr. Hall as the white people are. The
negro Edwsrds was a terror to tbe
community, being an impudent, lazy
scoundrel of the bully type, and it is
only a surprise that he was sllowed^to
go as far as he did. lie is a very
black, thick set, powerful negro about
20 years old, has thick lips, flat nose
and white rolling eyes. Blood hounds
have been ordered 7)y the community,
and if nothing happens to prevent,
Edwards wi|l be caught and lynched.
Mr. Hall's mother is prostrated,
were whipping the smaller hoy. In
tbe road lay a harness strap tied into
a knot, tbe negro’s hat, boggy whip
broken to pieces, sod a sb ctgon shell
from a 12-bore gun. Head’s body
A dispatch from Gaffney to the
State says Wednesday night about 12
o’clock Goldie Davis, who was drink-
ing ^trthe time went to bis room at
. l_ i ... . , , the Hampton boarding house near tbe
Gaffney Manufacturing company, and
found the electric light globe gone,
He had previously broken two earlier
ip the night Nyt being able to make
light he went to the bed of V. M
Ingram, who was sleeping and cursed
him and then began cutting him with
his knife. Mr. Ingram jumped out o:
bed and grabbed a chair to defend
himself, when he was attacked by
Winner Davis, Goldie’s brother. Both
of tbe Davis hoys made their escape.
Mr. Ingram was painfully cut about
the face and neck. Dr. Settlemyer
was called in and dressed the wounds
A warrant has been sworn out-for
the arrest of both of the Davis boys
It Is supposed that they went hack to
North Carolina, they having come
here from E'orest City about ten days
ago.
citizen to bear her screams of anguish lory,
and then blame the people
community of desiring to a
ruthless breaking up of av niA
Honoring Washington.
At Lopdon, England, at a meeting
of tbe executive committee of tbe
Pilgrims Club Wednesday night
commute was appointed to give effect
to tbe recent suggestion to erect
statue to George Washington in Lon
don. It was decided that tbe sub
scriptions should be entirely confined
to British subjects. Archdeacon Sin
clair, in submitting tbe plan to tbe
society, said: “Englishmen have at
last fully recognized tbe great qua!
ittesof Washington. I feel assured
that nothing will be more popular in
this country than such a tribute
that great man of English birth wbo
baa done ao much for tbe world’s his-
THE STATE PRISON.
Vaarly Halt of Um Inmates Convicted
of Crimes Against the Fence.
SEVEN HUNDRED CONVICTS
Large Percentage Beea Convicted' of
Mnrder, There Being
of That dace Last
too
Year.
Of the 716 convlcta In the State
prison 339 have been convicted of
crimes of t violence. - This statement
w HI indeed be surprising—that over 45
per cent bf the prisoners In the peni
tentiary are being punished for mur
der, manslaughter and assault and
battery. Not all of tite convictions
have been made on such charges, how- '
ever, W on the county cbalngangs
there are fewer prisoners who are pay
ing the penalty of violations of tbe
peace of the commonwealth. Tbe fol
lowing statement shows the number
of convicts in tbe prlion and the
crimes which they oommited:
Manslaughter . 7 .. 106
Murder ilo
Rape...... 30
Larceny from the person 3
Housebreaking i
Grand larceny ... tS
Larceny of blpyle. 7. 7
Throwing missile at train. ..... 2
Obstructing railroad 7
Burglary...... 26
Housebreaking and larceny.- 66
Bigamy l
E’orgerv — 7
Housebreaking and com. laroeoy-v 1
Shooting in car .. l~
Larceny. .... 30
Carbreaktng and larceny / iv
Larceny of live stock. ..., 16
Burglary and larceny of live stock. I
Assault and battery with Intent to
, rape.......—
Assault and battery with intent to
ktllj..7h
Assault and battery
Breach of trust ............. ^7 IT
Obtaining goods under false pre
tense ...; T
Housebreaking In night time.
Receiving stolen goods,..
Burglary and larceny ..
Accessory to murder 2
Burglary and attempt to ravish... 3
Violating dispensary law 1
Highway robbery.' L6
House burning .......... t
Arson .. 42
Grimm against morality — 3
•><*
28
31
2
' .
1
. 1
I
85
Total :716
The report of the attorney general
for last year shows that of tbe 1,73-! -
cases tried there were 1,051 convic
tions, and of these eoovictioas there
were 353 cases of violation of tbe
l", I peace. The solicitors'report* show tbe
following 'results in murder trials:
William Talley of Greenville, who I F,r ^ ctrc ? lt ’" eonv,cted 18 » fOtptiUad
had been sentenced to pay a fine dt Second circuit, convicted t3, to
ll 00 or to spend one yeir in Jail, had Q u *tted 27; Third circuit, ooavtate&5,
)is sentence commuted to ode-half of acquitted 0; Fourth circuit, convicted
that term and of that amount. Tbe acquitted 4; E^fth circuit, oonvict-
jetition was presented by Mr. J. 1.1 e( * acquitted 11; Sixth circuit, ooo-
Earie of Greenville. The negro has
served all of the term which tbe com
mutation covered. - - —-
Rev. Joba Attaway Dead.
Rev. John Attaway died last Tues
day morning at 3 o’clock at bis resi
dence in Willlamston after several
weeks’ confinement to his room, dur
ing which time he suffered greatly-^
but tbe same spirit of Christian re
signatlon which bad characterized bis
life was with him until the last mo
ment. He had been a minister of the
Methodist church for more than 40
yers and was known throughout tbe
entire State-as a zealous, earnest and
consecrated man of God. Tbe funeral
was conducted by Rev. Samuel Lan
der, D. D., asNtted by Rev. A. J.
Cauthen, Jr., and Rev. R, A. Chlld,
Wednesday afternoon ______
st/kn MpthndlAt. Ahuroh after which
‘rlAFll iVA^VlIvMJimv V'tl■ V/tl y C»IVv>l W IlIV/XX
the remains were Interred In the town
cemetery in the presence of a large
gathering of friends and kindred of
the deceased. Besides a wife, several
sons and three daugbters survive him,
three of his sons having been in tbe
active ministry in the South Carolina
conference of tbe Methodist kptscopal
church, south.
victed 22, acquitted 10; Seventh cir
cuit, convictedT2, acquitted 7; Eighth
circuit, convicted 16, acquittal 14.
Total, convicted 101; acquitted 102.
The number of conviction this year
shows an increase over last year, it is
generally stated.—Tbe State.
* He Wm Too Kaah.
The Columbia State says: “Maj.
Vardaman, who Is campaigning for
governor In Mississippi on a platform
of opposition to negro education, de-
Beneflelariea Appointed.
Gov. Heyward has appointed the
beneficiaries who will hold scholarships
In tbe South Carollnla Medical college
at Charleston next year. The State
[says there were over 75 applicants and
tbe governor acted only after very
mature deliberation. Tbe applicants
were highly endorsed as to character
and the recommendations of the
successful applicants were each that
the governor expect* much of them.
Tbe appointees are: William Kershaw
th* wmiUm’ I Ftebbuf 11 . Walterboro, Colleton coun-
Ih S »• ouw'oOooH duirlct; Jotm
G7Vv,„ IK Neece. Monetts, Saluda county,
second congressional district: John O.
Lee, Hodges, Abbeville county, third
congressional > district; Clifford A.
Smith, Glenn Springs, Spartanburg
county, fourth congressional district;
T. E. Wannamaker, Jr., Cheraw,
Chesterfield county, fifth congression
al district; Edward M. Allen, Florence,
Florence county, sixth congressional
district; W. R. Bryant, Orangeburg,
Orangeburg county, seventh congres
sional district.
SoldiSM Fiftht. ~ j .
special from Wilson, Arisons,
dared when be started out that if. _
the negro could be found who had “y® 1 a fight hss occurred between the
graduated at a college and subse- 1 aud M troops on one side
quently worked In the field he would I* 0 ** ® ® troops on the other, all of tbe
eat him and without salt.” Such a
negro has been produced for tbe ma
jor’s dinner but at last accounts he
has not even said grace. Tbe major
must be one of those lovinclbles who
declared before Fort Sumter was fired
on that they would drink all the blood
that would be spilled in a war between
tbe States.”
Fourteenth United States cavitary at.._
Bonita, three miles from Fort Grant.
Corporal Seldensticker of troops M,
was fatally wounded in tbe groin and
trumpeter Davis, also of Troop M, r_
was shot through both legs. The men
wbo did tbe shooting are unknown at
present. One hundred shots were fired
and a bouse wrecked. About fifty
men are implicated.
Bribe Taker CoevksteU.
At St- Louis, Mo.; tbe jury In
case of Julius Lehmann, former
A New Remedy.
The bee sting as a Qe for rheuma
tism has received serious medical en-1
dorse ment. Dr. Here of Warburg, I
Germany, baa announced that he has her of the house of delegates, charged
proven the efficacy of tbe treatment with bribery in connection
in 509 eases, and has cured tbe most passage of the city lighting bill, re
obstinate and painful rheumatism, turned » verdict W« ‘
When tbe sufferer from rheumatism | finding the defer*
is stung, tbe part does not swell until