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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
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“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.
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“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.
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