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» The Established in 1877. < M Ju*t Like* a Member of the Family” People Largest County Circulation. VOLUME XLVI. LYNCHING^ NARtfOWLV — AVERTED IN BAMBERG Thomas Johnson Murdered Aged White Woman Last Week. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1923. NUMBER 2*. CHIROPRACTIC LICENSE BILL TO BE INTRODUCED Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, to Bring Measure Before House. Olar, Jan. 10.—Mrs. J. H. Lan caster, struck over the head yester day afternoon by Thomas Johnson, young negro, who narrowly escaped lynching last night, died from in juries this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Thomas has been lodged in the state penitentairy for safekeeping, he having been taken from the Olar jail last night by a crowd of men and kept in the woods several hours before being turned over to Sheriff Ray of Bamberg county. Thomas was removed to the penitentiary to day as precaution against further possible resort to violence. Authorities here communicated ways and means committee leaders, over the telephone with Governoor ! but was so amended in the senate Representative Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, will father the rein troduction of two ill fated measures of the- last session of the Legislature when this week he plans to introduce lins motion picture bill - and the chiropractic bill. The motion picture bill will 'be similiar to the bill introduced by Mr. Brown last year and will provide for a tax to be levied by the state upon every foot of motion picture film imported into the state, the tax to be paid by the distributors of films. The. measure last year passed the house, despite the - opposition of <» ’ ' v _ - “From Plow Handles to Governor’s =— ■ w -• t ' ° ' .• ■ , Chair” Is Story of McLeod’s Career • NEW GOVERNOR, WHO TOOK OFICE TUESDAY,. IS LEADER IN BUSINESS, CHURCH AND STATE—HAS HAD REMARKABLE CAREER AND NOW STANDS TO FRONT AS CONSTRUC TIVE SON OF PALMETTO STATE v •- . - ' . . \ that Mr. Brown, since no time re mained for the correction of the bill permitted the measure to die on the desk, the senate amendments never j years in service for men. the “From the plow-handles to :he Governor’s chair” is the life story of the man who became the Pal metto State’s, Chief Executive Tues day, and in' between the two extre mes of his career a’^e years of ser vice for his community, his church and his State. Farmer, teacher, lawyer, merchant, statesman, churchman is Thomas Gordon Mc Leod, and when he took the oath of office as the chief magistrate of the commonwealth, before the as semblage of the State’s lawmakers Tuesday, the climax was reached in thi career of one who has spent his dership in the church his parents taught him to love. Mr. McLeod finished Wofford with an A. B. degree in 1892. He took sommer work at the University of Virginia. -He taught for a year each at Bethel Academy and at SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS FROM WILLISTON T. U. Pender Sells Quantity of As paragus Crowns and < Seed. Harvey tonight The chief executive assured the people here that he would take up with Solicitor Gunter the question of a speedy trial, and it is believed that Thomas will be j having been considered by the Mi* McLeod was four year* lieu taken to court with\a the next week house. | tenj|nt ot the ,, ute H e hair «r two, | The chiropractic hill, which l* rl- »erved in both Senate and House of The funeral of Mr*. Lancaster ready prepared for introduction, ia Representatives. He has been a lead- will be held at 4 (clock Thursday i practically identical with the mea»- - er in the Democratic organisation of afternoon, with interment at 1 ure fathered by Claud N. Sspp of the state. He was one of the most (forge’s Creek Baptist church. She Richland last year. The bill last effective platform speakers in was 63 years old besides her_ hu*- j y*ar. reported unfavorably by the movements that aided in the winning of the World War. The new governor wa* born 11 Lynchburg, in Sumter county, «n December 17, IMIS. He is a desend- ani of James Mi Lend, a Scotchman. 'and ia survived by th< m ffjllt iwmg rrxnmil l tee on medical affairs, was child rea: • Mr*. Mamie Trrn holm. killed by thr house aftei r a warm OiarlesU >n; J. J Ian con * I delate. ,. The measures j i roe ides for durtor a f thr £ eabosrd 1 Air Line the rr* >atk $91 0 f a board o f chiropmr • railroad. Savaiuu th; W. w. Li ifk «6i* I tic exr i fjv f irr» who will O rxaminr and ter, Swsi a*ea; J. H. La arastrr Afia i license nil rht rsprartor* i n the state. Mr*. E B Harts og, (Ha r. Ksami Mil r .f! h at present are roa- — — ducted by thr state board 1 of me lira] Thoma s Johns* ia. the negro WW) * examic MFFB hilled M r« Laura Lancaster of Go* I Ban 1 Hr r | il c •unty’s two represents - van. wm ) plaesd Hi tW state pen- . lives f nm i rd try wed ia the amttrr iUnttary yesterdi ly for •afekeepiag . of CO m m it toe sppomtmrnta last having W*a Wsaght kmr by a or. * i %A Bi •aura being glared oa special < raaetaM* of Go liar- the ui tani 1 Judinary Coauuittee wy*a. ill Mr ( 'om mit tee ou Buie*. Mr. Jehaaea told t he go* ■fVhCMF when G. L Weis linger, of Blackville. h* rsachad Wr* 1 that Mrs. Law ratter W%0 E3lfl€l ed oa tha t following *md "We a awaw to him* aad that j f 1 too 01 Agriculture, Cosnmsn s Line Academy and in 1896 was ad mitted to the bar. He stayed at Lynchburg, however and .looked af ter his father’s affairs, until 1903, when he adopted Bishopville as his home, and there he has lived and worked and builded ever since. His law practice there began about the time the county wivs created. In 1901 Mr. McLeod was elected to the House of Representatives from Sumter county; in 1902 he was •* o»en the first state Senator from the new Lee county. He was a dele gate to the National Democratic Covention in 1904 and in 1906 and in 1906 was elected lieutenant gov ernor .Jmth time* without opposition. Mr. McLeod has vntinsive farm interests. He is also attorney and director of the Bishopville National Bank. H# is president of the H.» bopvills Telephone Co* and was who came to the States before the j formerly president of the W. J, M Revolutisnagr struggle. His father Lead Company. He has been William James McLeod, was a mer an active member of tbs Metbodlst rhur> b fee years and aa a district i bant and farmer, and served throu fh the Civil War as captain of Co. “E** | director gave much oi his time Williston, January. 13.—Mrs. J. N. Folk and son, J. N., Jr., have return- from a visit of several weeks to Mrs. Folk’s relatives in Westminister Maryland. Mrs. F. M. Tufts has returned to her home at Mitchell, Georgia, after a visit to Colonel and Mrs. R. M. Mixson. Miss Donnovant spent last week end with Dr. and Mrs. Neal Sanders, of Aikerf. Mr. Alien'd. Weathersbee, of Col- lumbia, spent the last week-end with his mother, Mrs. M. F. Weathersbee Mrs. Allen Weathersbee who has been ill here for several weeks with influenza is much bMter. Q. A. Kennedy has returned from a business tip to Atlanta, Ga. T. R. Pender, an enterprising young farmer and rural mail carrier of Williston, has made quite a suc- MRS. RYAN A. GYLES DIED ^ "IN AUGUSTA LAST WEEK Beloved Blackville Lady Passed A* way After Short Illness. i Augusta, Ga., Jan. 12.—Mrs. Ryan A. Gyles, of Blackville, S. C., died yesterday afternoon at k:30 o’ clock, at a local hospital, after an illness of only ten days. There have been few women who, in life, were better beloved or more highly regarded that was Mrs. Gyles ' She was one of the moat lovable of woman. She was an ardent Chris tian lady and she was known for her kindness, her little charities and her thoughtfulness of others. She went around doing good and spreading sunshine. She was partic ularly active In al| the actlvitMs of the Blackville Baptist church. The devotion to her of the members of that congregation was indicated yesterday by the large number of this, congregation who, learning of her desperate Diners and dying con dition, came to Augusta and pro cess in handling asparagus crowns ; reeded to the hospital as a mark of and seeds on a large scale. He issued their love for her and their esteem a few months ago the most comtre 1 for her. hensivc hand book ever seen in ‘.hi* Her husband. Dr. Ryan A. Gyles, section on the growing of as- >• on his way home from California, paragus as a money crop and this where he had been called on a busi pamphlet has met with a hearty re sponse all over the l*6itcd Steles for it was filled with infoftaation ness mission and ia expected to ar rive tonight. Other than by ,aar husband, Mrs. Gyles is survived by gnmed from the experiment of as j oneNaon, Dr. Ronald Gyles, of Tar paragus growers of this section. Mr. j boro, N .C. Pender combined ia this handbook i Before bat marriage, Mrs. Gyles a catalog of what ba has to eel) and was Miss Khnme Pollard of An- sent these over most of tbo Uaited t gusto. Mr. Mm. C. Pollard of Au Stales aad aa a result, be has said > fwsta ia her brother. She leaveo two this season 136.000 srewns and two sistera, Mr*. Henry R. Stuart of thnaand pounds of asparagus ved Augusta, aad Mr*. Arthur White of ~be got even with her." Governor Ra rvey's quwh action after be bad been informed of the trouble eurly Tuesday night la all probability pee rentes a lynching. TW go%#rv>af nrvt mfwwtd •y Sheriff Bay of Bamberg, who iold the chief executive that the liar aad Manufartui and Forestry. Senator A. ) j*• * or He*«* * Printing la the on ill** impurti ad Fish, Kennedy, of Wd , Comm Klee male Hr |s el* Finance Commit bo Ferule n PrlivUrges and Election of the Histh South Carolina R* asent This gallant soldtrf ed M tee Amende Rogers, father, William Regers, was England stock and rams to rolians from New England m I6B&. Mr. McLeod wa# wtrtrhly a farm boy, though much of his young life • •sms teas spent in the little town of i Lynchburg. Ho worked in his fbtkers tore as wed Hie home life was °n that of the Christian fireside, where so > parents i net tiled into htm the principles of the Methodist church As e assn he holds a place of lea- marri- nominaUoa. In 1916 Mr McLeod whooe was elected a trustee of Wtntkrop of New College, the dots uf the expimuoa the Ca- of his term being IPS M. He is a Ms negro had been spirited rowd and that he was kicete the crowd. Thr .ff t rr m Unanlr goven A Week of Parties. Ira. Martha I .Kemp. urged the sheriff to swear ia a ■ ■ i ■> M r*. Jof in T Rtevrns. who «e- number of deputies and to scour the Btarkvil lie. January 12.—Mr* ' turn ed to her IhOTdHMp §n Kershaw rotmiy for the negro, but the sheriff Martha 1. hemp, aged 76 year*, ' yest rrday (Wei WsdaJy» morning. >aid he was unable to get thr nrc- w ichiBi of the late Mr. Tin nry Kemp. aftei r a we ek’s visit to he r sister. Tlsary informsti«*n and W left the who piwv eded her to thr grave a- Mr*. I^dgai r A. Broun, was the te scene of the trouble at Olar and lioyt f«»ur year* ago, pdsor *1 away at ! cipic nt of i s number of soci al hon >r* returned to Bamberg, according to ' the home the governor. j mile Mr. H. Jeff Hair. *tx sorth of Blackville, I ndny Governor Harvey wa* not willing night. January 6th. She had during her stay in Bam' iTiursday afternoon, Julien Bush - and Mn Brown entertained at tht son. a Knight af Pythias aad a Woodman af the World. At college he was a Kappa Alpha. Mr. McLeod was married aa Do comber 31, 1P68. to Miss Elisabeth Alford, daughter of W, McD. aad Sarah K Alford, af Marlon eoms- ty. There have been four children. Alferd McD.. Thomae G., Lucy Wsod and Yancey Alford Injured Hi Runaway , Thr little two and a half year old m of Mr. and Mr*. Terrte Richard- in, of this city, suffered a broken. by Mr*. Richardson ran away and threw the occupant* of the buggy ell. I to the ground. The little fellow wa* Mr*. J. p arried to an Augusta hospital in an Solomon automobile and hi* early recovery i* He said a large quantity Hi the elate of Kansas and has filled orders from the state af New Yerh. Deis we re. Maryland and ether Northern aad woe (era statoa. 1b a fast and bard fought gamo ia WUlietea Friday. Jaa. 6th, the ynaag ladles af the Widieton High gthaol won ia • basest ball game frqm the young ladies ef Blackville High, by a score of 7 to 3. Stare the tuns of the new pour j there has beta cons ids re bis activity . ia Wtllistoa with scenes reeembliftg the fall of tto year with almost | spring like weather that has pro veiled here. Several bund vd Hollywood, Cal.; Mrs. Willis Irvtu •f Augusta aad Mrs. Chartaa A Hensley of Bamwu*L are bar aiaeaa. Hot body will ba laid to mat Bua ■ at II o’rtork la the BlarkvMa. any poopfc Ul ba the bales ! ••rriago beer Ji Li Late Nevtls te both of Blackville. toak place at the home ef the bride's parents. Mr. and Mm. V. L. ef cat ton be vo £mn sold oa tbs Willie ton market within the last few day* and the local price reached 27 cents Thursday, January, 11th., P*as. peanuts, hog* and other farm | Nevila, the affair being a simple roducls am moving rapidly. Mer chants are looking for g«»d busi ness. home of to giv* op in the -effort to pryvent | an invalid since January 8th. ' 1922. a lynching and Jie got into cotnuui- . a* the result of a fall from the the former with six table* of bridge, cation with one of his special con- itep* at the residence of the Rev. , Mr*. Wilcox won the high ycore stable* at Orangeburg and ordered B. W. Heckle, of Healing Spring*. | prizie, the consolation prize wa* cut She was a consistent member of the ' by Mrs. J. O. Patterson, and the vhis officer to get help and go to the scene. The officer; in company with Sheriff Dukes of Orangeburg and one other constable, rushed to the scene, reaching Olar around l •o’clock. Here the constable could not get very much Information, but he remained on the scene and word soon spread that the governor’s men were present. This ia believed to have caused a change in the plans of the mob. Soon after the constable reached Olar the negro jvas carried to Bam berg and turned over to Sheriff Ray by the mah. The governor ordered his constable to carry the negro to Orangeburg,' which was done, but when several suspicious persons appeared on the scene there Johnson was brought,on to the pen itentiary. ~ ^ Johnson was kept in the woods about five hours, hr told the gov- «rnbr. The mob built a fire and talked for hour*,* while he was guarded in an automobile, he said. 1 The negro said he did not ^ know what the men intended to do with the fire. When first arrested the negro was placed in tin* OUr jam, but this was broken down by the mob. j Governor Harvey ia leaving noth- ing undone to find the members of the mob and he has hi* eona^les at work on the caae. One party' in Healing Springs Baptist Church and died as she lived—in the Faith. She bor* her sufferins* with true Christian fortitude. Before her marrlajjce, Mrs. Kemp was a Miss'Reed, the aunt of ^r. J. W. C. Reed, of Barnwell. Words cannot express the praise that Mr. Hair deserves for his at tention and care of Mrs. Kemp for a period of years. He saw .to it that she did- not suffer for anything that was necessary for her comfort. Her body was laid to rest in the family burying ground Saturday af ternoon, Jan. 6th, in the presence of a number of relatives and friends, the services being conducted at the grave by the Rev. D. W. Heckle. Caswell-HQutson Announcement knew nothing of the trouble and Williston, Jan. 13.—Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hutson of Savannah wish to announcement the marriage of their daughter, Maud - Latilia to Mr. James Robert Caswell. The . wed ding ceremony was performed by the Rev. John S. Wilder on Decem ber 23, 1922. » The happyy oung couple are re siding at. 216 ^ast State Street, Sa vannah, Ga. The groomi is a prominent young man of Hinesville, Ga., who ia now p r i Z e t a hand-ipade nckrf^ wa* pre sented to Mr* Stevens. Tuesday morning Mias Harriett Patterson entertained with three connected wTfh the Sfiuptrihe "Drug OUr told the constable that he^ **■**“* ^ Saragjih. TW bride guest prize, a box of candy was pre sented to Mrs. Stevens. Friday morning Mr*. E. Carter Price entertained with two table* of bridge. u Friday afternoon, Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr., and Mrs. Charlie Brown Jr., were hostesses. The high score prize was won by Mrs. R. S. Dicks and the guest prize was presented to Mrs. - Stevens. Saturday morning Mrs. Edgar A. Brown entertained with three, tables of bridge, Miss Harriett Patterson winning the high score prize, Mrs. Wilcox the consolation, and the guest prize being presented to Mrs. Stevens. The same afternoon, Mrs. Brown was again hostess when Mr. R. S. Dicks won the high score prize and Mrs. L. M. Calhoun cut the con solation. The guest prize was a bottle of toilet water. Monday morning Mrs. B. P. Davies entertained with two tables. The high score was won by Mrsr Charlie Brown, Sr., and the guest prize, a deck of cards, was presented to Mrs. Stevens. That afternoon, Mrs. Clark Me- Caslan was hostess, three table* be ing arranged. Mr. Wilcox won the high score prize, Mrs. B. P. Davies cut the consoUtion and the guest hoped for Advertise In THE PEOPLE. Loses Four Mule*. Mr. R. K. Moore of Snelling, had the misfortune to lose four mules by poisoning this week. It is not known whether the mules were ac- cidenUUy or ^pteotionally , poiaoped. Mr. Terrio Richardson, of Barn well, also lost a valuable mule Tues day night. The days gain seven minutes in sunshine this week ' Col. Edgar A. Brown came down from Columbia Thursday evening to spend the week-end in the city with his. family. Quite a number of Barnwell peo ple attended the funteral of Mrs. Ryan A. Gyles in Blackville Sunday morning. ' — “i - Mr. C. F. MoUir announces an aluminum ware sale for tomorrow (Friday), beginmng at ten' o’clock. *6ee his large advertisement on last past of this issue. • Mrs. 0. H. Mathis, of Blackville, is advertisire for sale this week the cucumber, cantaloupe, and watermel on seed grown for her late husband at Rockyford, Colo. Sheriff C. Keyes Sstidem ear i visitor in Williston Saturday. Messrs. W. D. Black and A. M Kennedy left Tuesday for a business trip to New York City. Mr. G. A. Gary and family have moved from .Olar and are residing on the Reynolds Farm Corporation place, between Elko and Blackville. Mr. Gary is the new manager of the large farming interests of thi* com pany. Mesdame* Q. A. Kennedy, J. E. Kennedy, W. G. Thompsorw Jr., A. M. Kennedy, W. C. Smith, Jr., Q. A. Kennedy, Jr, and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy Jr., spent Monday in Augusta where thejr saw Olga Petrova in “The White Peacock.” Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Newsom and Miss Mary Harvey Nowwom motored to Columbia last Sunday in Mr. Mat thew’s nerw Franklin car. Miss New som went from there to Hartsviile, where she resumes her studies at Coker College. Miss Quattlebaum has returned to Columbia after spending the holidays in Williston. - Mrs. Eva Mitchell, of Ridge Springs was a visitor in Williston last Sunday. Mrs. A. E. Harley, Miss Mary Har ley, of Columbia, and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Harley, motor ed through the cotintry to spend the week-end with relatives in W r il- listbn. v? 5 ~ Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Woodward, of Spartanburg, apent the holidays with Mrs. Woodward's father, Mr. J. D. home one. The rooms were taste fully arranged with ferns and white candles. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Miller, pastor of the Ffnl Baptist church of Blackvill*. The bride is sn attractive young woman whose charming qualities will insure her pppuiarity in her new home, which will be Windsor, where the bridegroom is principal of the school. Mr. Creech is a graduate of Furman univeratty The bride was a student at Coker at one time. 'H is the attractive daughter of Mr. and later admitted that he knew a lot,! Mr * J L Huteoa aad 6 niece of j uhlea. Mr* R: C. Kirkland won the A was said at the office ef the guv-1 ^ 6* Huteoa of this sertioa. j high score prise and Mrs. B. P. erner He is said to be aa officer j i Devips cut the eaaaotatta ef the law aad the goesma# is m- j boa aad the- gevevuar is satisfied guest prise wa# a sachet hag M RMKtKfffei MMBT' lYRMt Mhi pentad hp the | TV# wash af estart s wimet was | aaas Bridge GMb af Mrs Lears*tee | week mrmaplishsf —TW Btpta. Jaa I oruaght la a daae Tugadtj after I of Mgs Edgar A Brown and Ralph Smith, who went to hospitals in Augusta last week for operations, will he glad to fnbW that they are Kaaaady. _ fcTT. Cnia The Good Roads Program. ‘ A $50,000,000 road program. was given approval byathe second ses sion of the good roads convention in Columbia Thursday of last week, snd the people of the State will probably be given an opportunity to vote on the proposition in the general election in 1924. It is pro posed to raise the money to retire the bonds by doubling the license tax on motor vehicles, increasing the gasoline tax to 3 cents a gallon and levying a N tax of 19 cents per gallon on motor oil. Under the pro posed system, Banmrell County would get 24.4 miles ot hard sur faced roads and 15J miles of other types. w ■ ■ “The First Year,” the attraction at The Vamp Theatre last Thursday, was easily the best show seen <in Barnwell in many years. The cast was well balsnced, the acting well nigh perfect and the humor clean and wholesome. Plays of this character deserve better patronage than they ar* usually given. Us Y I 1« f AJWt-fBsiyqp m'dhv