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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The State reunion of Confederate
veterans is being held in Columbia
this week.
The city of Laurens will soon let
the contract for a new graded school
building to cost $30,000. Plans of
architects for the building have been
accepted.
Preston Lowrey, a young white
man, was killed by his brother in
Saluda county last Sunday night.
No motive was shown for the killing.
The slayer was drunk when the
crime was committed, and now,
realizing what he has done, he begs
that he also be killed.
A negro attempted to assault the
12-year-old daughter of Mr. John
Sawyer near Muiiins last Monaay
morning while she was taking a cow
to the pasture. The negro ran after
her and her screams brought her
father to the rescue, when the negro
ran. A posse was quickly formed
and it is said the negro was killed
while trying to escape.
In last week's issue of the Fairfax
Enterprise the announcement is made
that the paper will be discontinued
because of lack of financial support.
The paper was founded
several years ago by Mrs. Virginia
Durant Young, and since her death
!ast year has been continued by her
husband, Dr. W. J. Young, with
Mrs. Sake D. Meehan as editor.
R. T. Wescott, white, was shot and
killed in Waverly, a suburb of Coirrmhin
last. Thursday morning just
before dawn while on his way to his
work. He ran a butcher shop and
went down before daylight to get out
his orders. His son followed a few
minutes later and found his dead
body. Robbery is supposed to have
been the motive for the murder A
young white man named Gardner
has been arrested, but there is no
direct evidence against him.
Negro is Hanged.
I Spartanburg, May 3.?After escaping
the gallows for more than one
year for the murder of Alf Briggs,
his father-in-law, John Shelton col*
* ored, was hanged in jail at noon today,
the execution being carried out
without hitch or accident.
After the death warrant was read
* the doomed man walked to the trap
door as coolly as though he was going
to work. As he passed by the
- cells he waved his hands to the prisoners
and said "goodbye boys."
When the execution room was
reached Shelton stepped on the trap
door with a steady step, and, while
his hands and feet were being bound
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He was asked if he had anything to
say and he replied he had not.
Prayer was then offered by a minister
and at noon the trap was sprung.
The drop of several feet broke the
neck of Shelton. The execution was
witnessed only by officers and newspaper
men.
The Temperance flovement.
, Nine counties in South Carolina
| s voting on the liquor question and
seven or ten probably added to the
prohibition column seems to indicate
J; that not even the "candy-cathar>
tic" law is going to be a stay to
the. prohibition wave that has been
%' rolling over the country recently.
When Tennessee and Kentucky
become practically dry states, and
Georgia, as the Augusta Chronicle
i tells us, sends in the usual report
" county went dry" and on the
other side the Old North state is
rapidly driving the liquor manufacturers
as well as retailers out of her
borders, and congress will probably
pass at its next session a bill that
will put the jug train out of business
?it seems to us that the millennium
L of the cold water army is coming,
and we really tremble to know which
one of our vices it will declare war
on next.?Florence Times.
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Splendid Isolation.
A number of military men in a
V Washington hotel were giving an ac4
count of an incident of the civil war.
H? A quiet man who stood by at last
said:
"Gentlemen, I happened to be
there, and might be able to refresh
your memory as to what took place
in reference to the event iust nar
rated,"
^ The hotel keeper said to him:
"Sir, what might have been your
||; rank?"
"I was a private."
Next day the quiet man, as he
was about to depart, asked for his
bill.
"Not a cent, sir; not a cent," anf
swered the proprietor. "You are the
very first private I ever met.Phila-r
delphia Ledger.
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Two negro women got into a fight
on the street near Mr. F. M. Simrnons's
residence last Saturday night
and Jane Brown cut Rosa Stokes on
the breast and head with a knife,
making painful but not serious
wounds. Mayor Hair gave the
* Brown woman $15.00 or thirty days,
and Rosa Stokes was dismissed.
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MARION WANTS DISPENSARIES.
Petitions Filed Asking for an Election
to Decide the Matter.
Marion, April 30.?Petitions to
which the names of one thousand
and sixty voters were attached were
filed with the clerk of Court to-day
asking for an election on the question
of establishing a county dispensary.
The dispensary was voted
out of Marion county over a year
ago, owing it is said, to the alleged
corruption in the State dispensary
system, but Marion being on the
North Carolina line, the county has
been flooded with blind tiger whiskey
for some time, and the people
are tired of it. There will doubtless
be little opposition to the dispensary,
system in case an election is ordered.
?News and Courier.
?
Want Duncan Reinstated.
Union, May 2.?Petitions are being
circulated in Union among the
mill people and all classes of citizens,
addressed to the directors of the
Union-Buffalo Cotton Mills Company,
asking that Thomas C. Duncan
be reinstated as president of
these two mills. The directors met
Saturday and a committee has been
appointed to present the petitions,
which have, been signed by about
thirty-five hundred people.
This unusual proceeding is exciting
considerable interest and the.
outcome is awaited with a good deal
of curiosity. It is said that the
operatives of the Union and Buffalo
mills will go on a general strike if
the petitions are turned down by the
directors.
Woman's Opportunity.
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Meeting a negro, a certain soutnern
gentleman asked him how he
was getting on. The negro assumed
a troubled look and replied:
"Oh, so far's physicality goes Pm
all right, but I sure do have ma troubles
wif ma wife."
j "Well Sam, I am sorry to hear
I that. What seems to be the matter?"
"She thinks money grows on trees,
II reckon. All de time she keeps pesterin'
me for pinch o' change. If it
ain't a dollah it's half or a quarter
she wants."
"What on earth does she do with
the money?"
| "I dunno. Ain't nevah give her
none yet."?Philadelphia Ledger.
Don't Want Dispensary.
Newberry wants dispensary.?
Headline in Spartanburg Herald.
No; Newberry doesn't want anything
of the kind. She demonstrated
that less than two years ago; and the
people here are not so fickle as to
change their mind that quick, withI
out good reason?and they have no
good reason. Prohibition has worked
well?better than its friends could
have hoped for.
All a mistake about Newberry
wanting a dispensary. Only a minoriI
ty want it?they wanted it before.?
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Pointed Paragraphs.
Some queer birds roost in family
trees.
You can't get the best of some
men?they haven't any.
Life is no joke to the chap who is
forced to live by his wits.
Success has made a fool of many
an otherwise sensible man.
In the bright lexicon of youth
there is no such thing as ignorance.
After a man gets about so drunk,
he thinks other people thinks he
isn't.
When a man has no religion of his
own he is apt to hide behind his
wife's
Another Killing in Columbia.
Columbia, May 5.?There was another
murder in the Waverley neighfhic
inn mi nor hnt. tbp affair
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differed from the recent homicides
in and around this city, being a case
of the "unwritten law" among negroes.
It seems that about midnight
John Jacobs, a negro carpenter, returned
to his home in Waverley and
found it locked against him, but
entering through a window, he discovered
his wife, Bessie Jacobs,
asleep in the same bed with Will
Johnson, a negro. John Jacobs proceeded
to kill both the man and woman,
as he thought, hitting them in
the head with a hammer as they
slept. His blows ended the life, of
his wife, but not that of Johnson,
who is now at Taylor Lane Hospital,
under treatment.
Jacobs went to the home of his
employer, the colored contractor, A.
S. Johnson, and with Johnson went
to the police station and surrendered,
and is now in jail. He was under
the impression that he he had killed
both man and woman, but when the
officers reached the scene the negro
man, Will Johnson, was alive and
was taken to the hospital as soon as
possible. The sheriff, police and
coroner went to the scene soon after
the news reached the city.
Coroner Walker empannelled a
jury this morning and visited the
scene, the inquest being postponed
until Wednesday evening at Ferguson's
undertaking establishment.
At the general sessions court ir
Laurens county this week there are
twelve murder cases to be tried.
Five of the defendants are white.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, May 6.?Heavy rains
fell last week in this section; in
some portions very heavy hail. In
hard places and around stumps the
hail was nearly six inches deep when
it stopped falling. The center was
between here and Olar. Several of
the farmers had corn and cotton up
and ploughed; today they are planting
over as a result of the hail
storm.
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one of the chaingang cut another on
the wrist with an axe. They were
too near together is the cause of the
accident. Was not a serious cut
however and will not be long before
the injured convict can go to work
again.
We hear talk as if several of the
folks will take in the Schutzen this
and next week. Charleston promises
to give visitors a good time
while in the city.
Preparations have commenced to
fill baskets for Mt. Pleasant Sunday
school picnic.
Quite a crowd went to the chain
gang camp Sunday afternoon. Rev.
I.' S. Mingo gave notice that he was
going to preach for them; have not
heard whether he did or not.
Rev. P. E. Monroe told his congregation;
Sunday for them not to
stay at home on account of their
children, as they did not worry him
much. Said he would rather have
his' sermons punctuated with the
cries of the children rather than
have the parents stay away from the
church on account of them. I think
the Rev. forgot to tell them however
to leave their dogs at home.
There was a large crowd in town
Saturday afternoon. Soft drinks
were in good demand with some,
?h CI 4-AaIt A? VlAA7n
Willie UUICIO twa VII wvuv.
It is rumored that an unknown
person last night tried to enter Mrs.
Geo. Hughes's bed room though a
window. Suppose the noise aroused
her and she took the gun and fired
at the retreating party twice, with
what effect is unknown. A party
came for the chain gang hound and
if the dog can locate the party it
will fare rough with him. Jee.
Colston Culllngs.
Colston, May 5.?The heaviest
rain and hail storm passed over this
community yesterday afternoon that
has ever been known by the writer.
All cotton lands are under water.
The branch which runs through the
writer's farm, which he has known
all his life and he is now over fifty
years old, could not be forded on
horse back after the rain and hail
had stopped. The writer had a
hand plowing on the opposite side of
the branch from his house and be
had to ride three-quarters of a mile
up the branch to the next ford before
he could cross to bring the horse
home.
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i from school and were caught by the
rain at the writer's house. Mr.
Kearse started to meet them, drove
in the branch and could not ford it,
and by the aid of Joe Bryant, a
colored man who lives on the writer's
place, had to take his horse out,
back his buggy, and return home
without his children. This ford has
never' been known to swim a horse
i before. . .
There was a colored man living on
Mr. J. B. Varn's place near a little
drain who had his dog tied to his
house. When he returned home he
found his dog drowned and floated
- or washed away as far as the chain
i would let him &o.
: The writer measured a bail-bucket
which had no water in it until when
; the rain and hail started. It had
, seven and one-half inches of water
in it. Capt. H. Z. McMillan measured
a box in his yard and it measured
. eleven inches in water.
s Mr. T. D. Beard had some hands
planting cotton in some bottom land
on his place. They left the planter
standing on the cotton bed and the
next morning all you could see of
the planter was a few inches of the
handle sticking out above the water.
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Ail CUtCUli Uiat Wao Up to kA^oi au
badly by the hail until I fear the
most of it will have to be planted
; over. The oldest citizens say that it
was the heaviest rain and hail storm
; that has ever passed over this community.
The writer does not know
when we can plow on our highest
I lands.
i The oat crop is very poor and the
, outlook is for not more than a half
[ crop, if we get that. The farmers
i have done little else but plant and
[ plant over since the middle of March.
The prospect for a crop is the
poorest the writer has ever seen. It
L looks very discouraging, but we
j have the grit to try, try again. We
[ farmers will not give up. We will
. keep planting as long as we can get
seed until it is too late for anything
to mature. Cotton seed is getting
t scarce. J. C.
See the advertisement of saw mill
, outfit for sale.
ELLOREE DISPENSARY CLOSED.
Order of the County Board of Control
Becomes Effective.
Elloree, May 2.?Pursuant to the
order of the county board of control
a few weeks ago the Elloree dispensary
closed its doors Tuesday. There
was $125.25 unsold stock on hand,
and this is at the disposal of the
board. On February 16, when all
the dispensaries were temporarily
closed under the new law, there was
about $700 worth of stock on hand.
When the dispensary was opened
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unuer uie present law a uuiuau vx
whiskey was shipped here, and the
first named figures is what remained
of the old supply and the shipment
when Dispenser Weeks cheeked up
to-day.
The dispensary has been In operation
here a little over thirteen
years, and Mr. J. M. Weeks has
served continuously as dispenser during
that time. He has made a capable
and efficient official, enforcing
the law without fear or favor as applied
to the sale of whiskey under
the dispensary system. He retires
from his position with the respect
and confidence of the people.
There has been a long and continuous
fight here for prohibition and
there are many who believe that the
above action is for the best. The
opportunity for the practice of prohibition
now presents itself.
Without Fear, Without Reproach.
Mr. Charles Walters Stewart, remembered
by a few of our older
people, died on March 7th at his
home in Navasota, Texas, aged 75
years and 25 days. Some two weeks
before, while on his kitchen superinv>nr\n!w
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slipped and fell to the ground. No
bones were broken but he was too
old to recover from the shock and
injury.
He was born at Montgomery,
Texas, February 10th, 1837. When
18 years of age he came to Blackville,
and was for many years local
agent there for the old South Carolina
Railroad. He organized the
Blackville Guards before the war,
but resigned to enter the Hampton
Legion, and was made gunner in. its
artillery department. His bravery
quickly attracted the attention of his
commander and he was rapidly promoted.
At the second battle of
Manassas he was desperately wounded
and for nine months he was unable
to return to the ranks. At the
end of the furlough he was made a
Captain in the quartermaster's department
and served in that capacity
to the end of the war.
He returned to Blackville in 1867
and was married to Miss Annie L.
Peeples, daughter of the late Dr. B.
F. Peeples. Two years later he
returned to Texas. There he filled
in succession the offices of county
judge, treasurer and tax collector,
resigning the last office after sixteen
years of consecutive service in favor
of an old Confederate veteran.
He was a son of Dr. C. B. Stewart,
? Kotflo r\f Con To/?infn
a liciu ux uic i/auut vsx kiwi uwvuiw,
and first signer of the Declaration
of Texas' Independence. Through
him the lone star became the seal of
the great state. When the Declaration
of Independence was signed it
was discovered that no seal had been
provided. Feeling in his vest pocket
Dr. SteWart found a brass button
with one star upon it, and that was
used, the first seal, in attesting the
completeness of the Declaration.
Dr. Stewart, besides being a hero
of the Texas struggle for independence,
was a splendid example of
high Southern character.
The story is told in Texas that
while U. S. Grant was President he
heard of Mr. Stewart and inquired
in a letter if he was related
to Josiah Stewart. Mr. Stewart replied
that he was a descendant.
President Grant then wrote that he
too was related to Josiah Stewart,
also stating that if the recipient of
the letter wanted a position it would
be forthcoming, as the president believed
in taking care of his family
and friends. Mr. Stewart wrote
I fhanlrinor thp nrpsidpnt. closintr his
letter with this declaration: "While
I appreciate fully your offer I cannot
bring: myself to accept anything at
the hands of the republican party/'
Mr. Stewart is survived by his devoted
wife, two daughters and several
sisters.?Barnwell People.
A Cowardly Outrage.
Some scoundrels placed a coffin on
the front piazza of Rev. E. M. Lightfoot
in Orangeburg one night last
week. On the lid was a piece of
paper on which was written: "This
will be your box on June 10, 1907.
Si-k rrnnrLVivo fn TT M T,i<rhtfoot. P.
S. Peace to his ashes. Anon."
No motive for such a deed can be
assigned, and the town is greatly
; worked up over the occurrence. The
coffin was a cheap one and was stolen
from a negro undertaking establishment.
A mass meeting of citizens
i was held and the outrage denounced,
while large rewards have been offered
by the citizens and city council.
The meeting passed resolutions endorsing
Mr. Lightfoot. The minister
is a Northern man but has been
pastor of the Baptist church in
Orangeburg for a number of years.
He is an able preacher, and is very
popular. Strong efforts will be made
to apprehend the guilty parties.
THE YARN MURDER CASE.
ADDISON JOHNSON AND FRANK
NIMMONS PUT IN JAIL HERE.
Nimmons Adjudged Insane and Carried
to Asylum in Columbia.
No Preliminary.
The interest awakened by the arrest
of Addison Johnson, charged
with the murder of Mr. M. B. Varn,
has not died out by any means.
When Johnson was brought in from
Columbia Tuesday night by Policeman
Hand there was a large crowd
at the depot, and the same interest
was shown when Magistrate Wright
arrived Wednesday night with Frank
Nimmons, from Jacksonville, Fla.
Nimmons is undoubtedly crazy.
He raves and talks most of the time,
and opiates had to be given him at
night in order to make him sleep, as
he kept up so much noise that the
family of the sheriff could not sleep.
It seems plain that some knowledge
of the Varn murder has unbalanced
his mind, for he talks of this most
of the time. He is said to have remarked
that he struck Mr. Varn but
did not kill him, but that he
robbed him. Little or nothing
can be gotten from his talk, as it is
disconnected and rambling, just as
is the case of any demented person.
He has been examined by physicians
and declared insane, and was
carried to the asylum at Columbia
Tuesday nigh t, where it is hoped
his condition will improve so that he
can be used as a witness in the case.
It is the general opinion that there
is something in the case.
Addison Johnson is still in jail. He
protests his innocence, and says he
knows nothing of the murder. He
ltoo amnlA,ro^ on ottAWOir onrl will
IIOO CllipiUJ^U Oil UttVliiVJ y (MiU tTiU
not discuss the matter with anybody.
The trial cannot take place before
the July term of court.
Honor Roll.
Honor roll of Olar graded school
for 8th month.
Tenth grade.?Floyd Chitty, Frank
Starr.
Ninth grade.?Etty Kearse, Evelyn
Brabham, Lucille Rizer, Belle
Cooke, James Chitty, Emma Bessinger.
Eighth grade.?Nora Barker,
Charley Chitty, Anna McCormack.
Seventh grade.?Ellis Barker, Lena
Kearse.
Sixth grade.?Purdy Ayer, Agnes
Kearse.
Fifth grade.?Zelma Rizer, Eloise
Cave, Archie Barker, Bertha Reid.
Fourth grade.?Dewitt Chitty,
Horace Ray.
Third grade.?Edna Morris, Effie
McCormack, Pearle Barker.
Entertainment at Qraded School.
The friends and patrons of the
Bamberg graded school are asked tc
join in an entertainment and ice
cream festival at the school building
this Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock.
Cream and cake will be served bj
young ladies at popular prices. The
proceeds will be used to supplement
the contributions of the friends whe
have already kindly contributed tc
the purchase of the graded school
piano. Remember the date: Fridaj
evening, May 10.
H. G. Sheridan, Principal.
New Advertisements.
W i n t h rop College?Scholarship
and Entrance Examination.
Peoples Bank?Signin g Y o u i
Name.
Caughman Bros.?For Sale.
R. W. Hutson, Clerk ? Bankruptcy
Notice.
Theodore Kohn?Sweet Girl Graduates.
W. A. Klauber?A Great Monej
Saving Sale.
County Dispensary Board?List oj
Purchases.
Colston News.
Colston, May 7.?The rain anc
hail storm that prevailed in this
section last Friday afternoon is said
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Crops are in bad condition, anc
a great deal of cotton, and corr
will have to be planted again, as it
is washed away. The hail did notd<
a great deal of damage, as the crop
were very small. Traveling wa*
almost impossible, as most of the
bridges were washed away.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Padgett, o:
Ehrhardt, were the guests of Mr
and Mrs. J. B. All on Sunday last.
Mr. Duncan Beard, Jr., of Sa
vannah, is spending a few days witl
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W
Beard.
Miss Pauline Clayton, who ha
been spending several days with hei
sister, Mrs. Wilmott Sandifer, neai
Bamberg, has returned home.
Mr. G. W. Beard, Jr., visitec
Bamberg last Friday.
Messrs. Jacob Hiers and Rober
Padgett, of Ehrhardt, were visitors
here Sunday. *
Mrs. B. D. Bishop and Miss Letith
Bishop spent Sunday last at the hom<
of Mr. Thomas Clayton.
Mr. J. J. McMillan, who is a guarc
on the county chain gang, was her<
Sunday afternoon.
?Mr. G. H. Kearse, of the Colstoi
section, was in the city yesterday.
TWO ATTEMPTS AT ASSAULT. >|
Mrs. Charles Sellers Successfully Defended
Herself From Negro.
Muluns, May 5.?Mrs. Charles i ?l]
Sellers, living at Zion, a small station cfi
on the Raleigh and Charleston railway,
was the victim of two bold attempts
at criminal assault on Satur- ,M
day night between 9 and 10 o'clock. 3J
The assailant, a negro, was most per- . M
sistent in his efforts to accomplish his gl
diabolical purpose and his daring
boldness was outwitted by the nerve jj
of the intended victim of his hellish ' Jjj
impulse. Due only to her courage, v
Mrs. Sellers saved herself from the |
fiend.
It appears that Mrs. Sellers' hus- ;
band had left his wife at home with
only two little girls, while he had
walked down to the depot on busir%
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ness. ooon aixer nis ueparture xors. :m
Sellers heard a rap upon the bade : fS
door of t^e house and opened it, |j
when a negro sprang at her. Her
scream brought passersby to her
assistance and the negro, hearing ,'/$
the approach of assistance, escaped -.
from the house. When Mrs. Sellers :M
related the circumstances to these
neighbors, who came in response to . jM
her screams, the matter was treated
lightly, thinking that it was only ?-%
prank 6f some neighbor who sought M
to play a joke upon her and she was g||
left alone again. However, she -^Hj
armed herself with an axe and after ::.ym
a short interval the negro returned, ||
forced his way into the home and Jja
sprang upon Mrs, Sellers, grappling' ?
her about the throat. Mrs. Sellers tM
waa in possession of the axe and |ji
fortunately was able to aim a blow
at the culprit, and in dodging he
fell backwards out of the door, >3
when one of the little girls present
closed the door and locked it. In ??
the meantime the screams of Mrs. v
Sellers had attracted assistance,"
whereupon the brute escaped in the J
darkness.
As soon as the story became known JaB
a posse was organized and a system- 'M
atic scouring of the neighborhood %
ensued. A suspicious negro named, ;|I
Malcomb Leggett was apprehended
and carried before the intended .
, victim, who after seeing him prompt- v||
; ly said that he was not the man. 'I|
Leggett was set at liberty and the -r-|
hunt renewed. At 2:30 this afternoon
a negro named William MeL
Duffy was found loitering about the '
neighborhood and could give W
( satisfactory account of his where- ::
abouts during Saturday night. He M.
, was carried before Mrs. Sellers, who
positively identified him as the man M
who made the attempt.
The community was very much
, wrought up and at one time a lynching
was imminent. However, cooler { . 1
heads prevailed and at 5 o'clock this
afternoon a party was sent with
McDuffy to Marion, where he wfll
! be placed in the county jail to await
r trial. |
McDuffy maintains his innocence, ,
but bears a bad reputation though;
out this section and . has served
[ several sentences upon the chain- rM
; gang for various offenses.
' Mrs. Sellers is highly respected in >
1 the community in which she lives. . |
J The news of her experience caused
1 considerable excitement throughout
r the county and that the fiend did
not meet death at the hands of tne i
infuriated people is proof of their -j
high regard for the law. - M
) Liquor Election in Newberry* 3
Newberry, May 4.?The question
of dispensary or no dispensary for $
Newberry county will be decided
again at the polls at an early date,
r petitions containing the requisite
number of names to assure the I
. ordering of an election having been-,
handed in to County Supervisor J.
T Monroe Wicker, who is empowered
to order the election.
P The dispensary was voted out of
Newberry county about two years
ago, $nd since that time the county
has been "dry," with the exception
. of the illicit sale of liquor by "blind
II tigers." The question was supposed
I? to have been decided at that time ;
for four years, but upon the passage
j of the Carey-Cothran law at the last
session of thfe legislature, Senator
! Cole L. Blease of Newberry inserted .
' an amendment calling for another
I election on the question again this
5 year- 7 "f
Retail Orocer Arrested
f - Columbia, May 1.?R. R. Sealey,
. proprietor of a retail grocery store,
was arrester by Detective J. M. Har
rison, of the Seaboard Road, to-day,
i charged with the theft of $300 worth
. of tobacco, sugar and rice, whidh
were located in an outhouse of his
3 relative, Thomas Howell, a farmer,
r living near Jacob Station, sixteen
nf Pa1ii?yiWo nn ftia Sao
[" 1I11ICO 11U1 111 Ui V^Vl uiill/iu U11 vuv luvu
board Road. Other arrests are ex1
pected. It is believed there has been
a conspiracy on the part of several
t men to rob cars in the yards here
3 or at stations near here. Some
of the goods recovered were also
i consigned to points on the South
> ern. The tobacco was due to points
in Georgia and Florida, the rice to
1 points in North Carolina, and the
i sugar was due at Winnsboro. The
, charge against Mr. Sealey is grand
' larceny. Ue has been released on
i a bond of $300. He has borne a good .
reputation and his arrest is a surprise.