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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 supervisors of registration of
Williamsburg county are revising the
registration books.
Miss Julia Wannamaker, of Orangeburg,
was drowned while bathing in
the surf at Sullivan's Island last FriJ*1"
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There was a wreck of a passenger
train on the Charleston & Western
Carolina railway near Laurens last
Friday. Several persons were injured
but none fatally.
The State phosphate commission
has just completed a survey of the
beds around Charleston and they are
pleased with all that they saw and
especially with the prospects for a
good season.
The town of Darlington has surrendered
its base ball franchise, but
the State league will be continued.
The Darlington team will play on
thp Florence crrounds for the bal
ance of the season.
The News and Courier says that
$40,000 belonging- to the Coast Line
and $8,000 belonging to the Southern
has been lost in the gambling
dens of the city and nobody punished
because the juries would not do their
duty.
Governor Ansel has refused to pardon
Ollie Ponder, a young white man,
who was convicted in Union county
of assault and battery. He figured
in the whipping of Mrs. Harriet Coburn,
a white woman. Again the
governor shows that his head is level.
-A northbound mail train on the
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Southern ran into an open switcn at i
Richland, Oconee county, on ThursM:
day. The engine turned over and the I
four mail and baggage cars left the
track. A few passengers were slightly
hurt. The switch had been tampered
with, and it is thought it was
an attempt to wreck the train.
In their argument filed with the in
ternal revenue commissioner, the attorneys
of the State dispensary commission
charge U. B. Hammett,
former State dispensary constable
and now deputy collector, with obtaining
affidavits from dispensers by
irregular and fraudulent means.
Many of the dispensers say they signed
the affidavits without reading
them.
Columbia must be a poor base ball
town. It is stated that a few days
t since at one of the games in that
city only 350 people were present,
the gate receipts being only $85.00.
The club is losing money ;is well
as games, over $3,000 having been
been lost this season. Several towns
in the State are attempting to cut
i too much of a figure in the base ball
line. It will be a good thing for
them to realize that they are not so
large as they thought.
NO ELECTION FOR BARNWELL.
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Petitions for Vote on Whiskey Question
are Refused.
Barnwell, July 22.?The members
of the registration board for
Barnwell county began the work of
revising the registration bodis on
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P Monday, JUiy 10, anu naviug cvmpleted
that work have addressed the
following letter to County Super?
visor J. B. Morris.
Barnwell, July 22, 1907.
"Dear Sir: Replying to your favor
of July 1 we. the county board of
registration, respectfully submit that
to the best of our belief and information,
being governed by the registration
books in our charge, there
are three thousand two hundred and
fifty legal and qualified electors in
Barnwell county after the revising
of the books."
Upon the receipt of the foregoing
letter Supervisor J. B. Morris passed
the following order:
"Whereas, on the 30th day of
April, 1907, there were sundry petitions
filed in the office of of the
supervisor of said county praying
that I, as the supervisor of said county,
order an election under what is
known as the Carey-Cothran bill to
determine whether the dispensary
system should be continued or
whether we should have prohibition
in this county, and, whereas, the
said petitions, while they contained
817 names, only contained the names
of 622 qualified electors, and, whereas,
I, supervisor of said county, did
on the 1st day of July, 1907, address
| a communication to the supervisors of
registration of said county requesting
them to inform me of the number
of qualified electors as shown by
the registration books for said coun1
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.? ty, ana, wnereas, irie registration
board for said county did, on the 22d
day of July, 1907, over their hands
and seals, report to me as supervisor
that the registration books for said
county, after having been duly revised
showed 3,255 qualified electors,
I therefore find the petitions filed as
aforesaid do not contain the names
of one-fourth of the qualified elecV
tors in the said county. It is therefore
ordered that the said petitions
praying for an election be and the
same is hereby dismissed.
OUTRAGE IN WALTERBORO.
Disreputable Conduct on the Part of
Unknown Parties.
Thursday night about eleven o'clock
Rev. J. L. Daniel was aroused from
his slumbers by hearing noises around
the parsonage. The noises consisted
of an explosion, probably a cannon
cracker, or the discharge of a pistol,
accomDanied bv a rain of missiles on
top of and against the sides of the
house.
Rev. Daniel immediately telephoned
the central office and requested
the operator to get someone to come
to his assistance. Going back to his
room, he fired his pistol to give an
alarm. Soon a crowd had collected,
but the offenders had dispersed.
Fortunately among the first arrivals,
when the alarm was given, were
Drs. EsDorn and Ackerman. Mrs.
Daniel, who_is almost an invalid and
a great sufferer trom nervousness,
was thrown into a convulsion, and
but for the timely arrival of the
physicians there is no telling what
might have been the result. The
guilty parties have not yet been apprehended.
The entire town regardless
of denominational affinities, are
severe in their condemnation of this j
attack upon the home of one of our.
citizens. Resolutions were adopted
Sunday morning at the close of services
by the congregation of the
Methodist church, of which Rev.
Daniel is pastor. The board of stewards
held a meeting Friday in which
they took some action, it is understood.
For some reasons they have
given out nothing as to what they did,
but it is understood that they have
the names of several boys and young
men they think guilty. Their names
are kept secret. It is not known
what action, if any, will be taken.
The effort seems to be to keep the
matter as quiet as possible and to
settle it out of court.
This trouble has been brewing for
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some time, me wmei ?v uiv f>?uvi>
age is a popular place for boys and
young men to congregate, especially
at night. Several weeks ago a crowd
of boys and young men began assembling
there before dispersing for
the night, some of these sometime
more or less intoxicated. They would
while away a time singing, often
sacred songs, interspersed with oaths.
On one occasion, Rev. Daniel found
it necessary to request them to desist,
they were .so boisterous, and his
wife having one of her bad attacks
of nervousness at the time. These
midnight melodies continued, and
Rev. Daniel took occasion to rebuke
it from the pulpit. This Seemingly
incensed the boys or young men,
and it is supposed, this attack of
Thursday night was a consequence.
Sunday morning before services Rev.
Daniel took occasion to comment on
the occurrence. He said that he had
a record of fifteen years in the ministry
and he had never had any trouble
in any of his charges. He did not
think any word of his in the pulpit
could be the cause of this trouble,
and that he should continue to preach
the gospel as he saw it, fearlessly.
At the conclusion of the services a
congregational meeting was held,
presided over by H. W. Black, the
chairman of the board of stewards, at
which the following resolutions were
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unanimously adopted: * * w nereas, we
have heard with much chagrin, not
unmixed with indignation, of a recent
and unfortunate occurrence which
was calculated to annoy and injure
our pastor, Rev. J . L. Daniel, and
his family, not only in his home
sanctity, but personally, and whereas
we have been much concerned at
this demonstration which seemed to
be intended to offend our pastor,
therefore, be it resolved by the congregation:
That we condemn such demonstrations
on the part of of those guilty
as being unworthy of our enlightened
community.
That we commend Rev. Daniel for
his manly and fearless attacks upon
the strongholds of sin and evil-doers;
and assure him of our esteem and
high regard, and that we are in full
accord and sympathy with his efforts
for right-living and that we shall do
all we can to uphold his hands.
That a copy of these resolutions
be placed on the minutes of chis
church, and that a copy be sent the
Rev. J. L. Daniel and published in
the newspapers.?Walterboro Press
and Standard.
Constables captured six barrels of
contraband liquor in Peedee river on
Saturday night, where the Charleston,
Sumter & Northern rail road
crosses. It had been floated down
from North Carolina.
A paymaster in the regular army
contracted blood poisoning a few
days ago from handling money and
died. His fate does not scare us,
however. We'd be glad to run the
risk of blood poison by handling some
money.
We publish the following by way of
warning to the boys who will start
out the first day of August with a
bundle of accounts in their hands:
"Frank Wolliver, of Knoxville, attempted
to collect 25 cents from Mrs.
Jenks. She was walking with Ames
Oglesby, the younger brother of
Wolliver, who knocked him down
with a stone and then shot him, the
ball going through his heart/'.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the j
County and Elsewhere. I
Ehrhardt Etchings. ' ]
Ehrhardt, July 22.?Messrs. Tom *
D. Jones and Jacob Ehrhardt went to j
Newberry. The former to be with J
I his son, Earle, who has fever; the lat- J
ter on a business trip.
Miss Miley, of Brunson, is visiting '
her grandmother, Mrs. R. A. Owens.
Mrs. Farrell and daughters' are
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. L.
Copeland.
Capt J. C. Westerlund has gone on
a pleasure trip to the up country.
Whooping cough is on its rounds
among the little folks. Now and
then it hits one that isn't so small,
J 1- ^ rto 4-UA on dA mov VlQ llOQ
(tliU lie KJL one CIO UiC tact 111UJ wv iiHw
to whoop also. (
My! isn't the weather hot! Ice is (
the only luxury suited to the weather, 1
and the people are making use of it.
Big meetings are all the go now. T
St. Johns and St. Nicholas churches i
held forth on yesterday. Mt. Pleas- J
ant will embrace next Sunday. f
Farmers are busy putting the last s
touches to their farms. Some are 2
promising and others are very poor. ?
A few melons are ripening, but {
very few fine ones. Too much rain for '
them. J
A negro, George Kearse, who has '
recently come here from the chain
gang, on Sunday afternoon when Con- 1
rad Hartz was at Sunday school, en- *
tered his house and took several ar- ?
tides therefrom, among them a Smith J
& Wesson revolver, pair ot snoes, <
shirt, and $1.50 in cash. He was ar- ?
rested this morning and no doubt will
have the pleasure of serving another
term on the gang.
Mr. L. A. Brabham commenced
work on J. D. Dannelly's residence
this morning, and expects sOon to
have same in shape for him to occupy.
Jee.
Church Services.
There will be services at Mt. Pleasant
Evangelical Lutheran church next
Friday, July 26,11 a. m. No service
in the afternoon. Two services Saturday
and Sunday at 11 a. m. and
2:45 p. m. Rev. J. J. Long, of Porn
aria, will preach. The public is
Cordially invited to attend the services.
P. E. Monroe,
Ehrhardt, July 18. Pastor.
Bought Telephone System.
Allendale, July 18.?The Southern
Bell Telephone Company has bought
out the Clark Automatic Telephone
Company, of this place, and is now
to*-finor Hown the old line DreDaratorv
to erecting an up-to-date system. All
the material is on the ground and a
large force of hands are at work and
| in a few weeks Allendale will have a
first-class telephone system, with the
long distance connection.
The concrete foundation for the
new union depot is almost complete
and as soon as that is down the brick
work will commence.
Plans are now being submitted to
the building committee of the Allendale
graded school building, and active
work will begin in a short time.
The building when complete will be
up-to-date in every respect.
The farmers of this section are in
much better spirits than they were a
month ago, and while crops are not
as good as they might be, there is a
great improvement within the last
two weeks, and some farmers will
make a very good crop. Melons and
cantaloupes are doing very well; the '<
latter have nearly all been shipped. 1
Dr. H. R. Tison has moved into his 1
pretty cottage on Railroad avenue.
The Rev. and Mrs. T.C. O'Dellare 1
visiting at Blenheim this week.
Mrs. R. P. Searson has returned :
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after having spent about two raontns
with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Atkinson,
of Spartanburg.
Drowning at Rock Hill.
Rock Hill, July 18.? L. Alley, a
young unmarried man, 23 years old,
was drowned in the swimming pool
of the Arcade cotton mills about 9
o'clock Wednesday evening. It is
not known whether he could swim or
not. He was using a plank to float
around in the pool on, which is a
private affair for the operatives.
Those nearby who heard his call for
help were not able to get to him in
time. It was an hour or more before
his body was recovered, dragging
the pool having to be resorted
to.
Walks Out of Window.
Beaufort, July 17.?At 11 o'clock
last night George Watson, the 11year-old
son of Rev. A. B. Watson,
walked in his sleep out of an open
second story window on to a roof
and stepped off into space. He fell
18 feet to the ground, but did not i
dietain anv iniuries that now appear
serious. He has not recovered from
the shock, but the only apparent injuries
are a cut under the chin and
slight abrasions of the nose and ear.
Columbus just landed; meeting a big
! Indian chief with a package under his
arm, he asked what it was. "Great
i medicine, Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea," said the Injun. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. H. F. Hoover.
ARRESTED IN AUGUSTA.
Negro Thought to be the Hurderer of
Willie Cutter.
A negro who gave his name as Sam
Benjamin was arrested last night
by Policeman A. J. Matthews and
CVConnell on suspicion of being the
murderer of Will Cutter, who was
3hot to death at Midway, Bamberg
county, S. C., last April a year ago.
He was pointed out the officers by
Mr. J. W. Dukes, who told them that
nocrrn's rp?l name was John
Anderson, and that for his arrest a
reward of $650.00 had been made up
n South Carolina.
The murder of Will Cutter is still
remembered, not only in Augusta,
3ut in many South Carolina counties.
Be was the manager of a circus.
During a performance at Midway, in
m open lot, John Anderson and an)ther
negro climbed on top of a box
rar belonging to the show and were
>rdered off by Mr. Cutter. They
iursed him, and Anderson drew a
pistol and shot the white man dead.
Excitement ran high, and there
vere threats of lynching if the ne
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jrro was caught, butiie maae nis escape;
for many months nothing was
leard of him. Last night Mr Dukes
aw a negro loafing around the triingular
block who answered the description
of Anderson, and as he had
mown the negro several years ago,
le at once came to the conclusion
hat he was the escaped murderer of
Gutter.
He pointed Anderson, alias Benja- j
nin, out to the two officers, and ,
;he negro was promptly arrested, j
le denies any knowledge of the killng.
One of his arms is off, and he .
ells that it was lost in a railroad :
iccident near Knoxville, Tenn. When ,
:onfronted by the two policemen, '
lowever, het is said to have come (
lear fainting from fright, and the ,
>olice authorities are strongly con- .
dnced that he is the negro who is J
vanted in Bamberg county.?Au- ,
rusta Chronicle, Monday, July 22. J
Replies to Rev. Billings. J
[o the Editor of The State: ;
It has been the purpose of your J
:orrespondent to have nothing more i
;o say in regard to the awful Billings
natter which has been the talk of
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>ur town and tne wnoie* state ana
:&used great grief to Christian peo- ;
)le here and elsewhere. ?
But the statement in your paper to- ,
lay, copied from the Augusta Chroni- i
:le, is so misleading to those people ?
>ver the State who do not know the <
facts in the case and is so totally de- ,
roid of truth until this informant
nust come forth. |
Now, every reputable man in this
x>wn will sign his name to the fact ,
;hat these awful letters written by
3illings to the negro who had been
lis house maid are in Billings' own
land writing. The letters were writ;en
here and mailed to Bamberg, 1
vhere the maid had gone after leavng
his home on account of the fact
eaking out here.
A vftnrnr npwlv married man could
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lot write a letter in more endearing
;erms to his tender bride. The only
word of sympathy for the man here
for his crime is occasionally the statement
that "the man must have lost
lis mind."
This answers Billings' first statement
in regard to his not writing
these letters.
Second, that he had not been allowed
the privilege of seeing them is
false. On the other hand he was
begged to go and read them and he
flat-footedly refused to do so.
His third statement, that he had
absolutely no opportunity to defend
himself or to deny the authorship of
the letters as he was away preaching
for a ^riend and didn't reach home
until o o'clock in the afternoon he
was excommunicated is devoid of
any truth whatsoever. On the contrary,
Billings was notified on Friday
afternoon that he would be turned
out of the church on Sunday and was
asked to be there. This he failed to
do, but on the contrary, took the
train for Augusta, Ga., and preached
there for a preacher who came here
for him and heard the proceedings at
church Sunday morning. This was
not a previous engagement for him
to preach in Augusta, for he had
an engagement to preach in Lexington,
N. C., and wired them, after arriving
in Augusta, he could not come.
This information was in the Charlotte
Observer.
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It mignt aiso de stateu mat duiu^o
was excluded from the church not
only for gross immortality in regard
to his life with the negro but for
prevarication.
A copy of this letter has been sent
to the Augusta Chronicle in reply to
the card appearing in that paper.
Robert B. Fickling.
Blackville, S. C., July 17, 1907.
We wish city council would get
after the railroad authorities and
make them put some decent sidewalks
at the railroad crossings on
Railroad Avenue. The depot ought
also to be lighted by electricity,
The attending physicians of the
late Rev. William Aiken Kelley performed
an autopsy when he died
recently, and their report is that the
abnormal development of his brain
made him irresponsible for his irrational
behavior in recent years.
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A MURDERER ARRESTED.
JOHN ANDERSON CAPTURED IN AUGUSTA
LAST SUNDAY.
He Shot and Killed Willie Cutter, a
White Man, at flidway^Nearly
Two Years Ago.
John Anderson, the negro who is
charged with the killing of young
Willie Cutter, a white man, at Midway
last April a year ago, was arrested
in Augusta last Sunday. His arrest
was caused by Mr. J. W. Dukes,
of Midway, who happened to be in
Augusta. It seems that Mr. Dukes
was standing on the street talking to
a noliceman about the killing of
Cutter and telling him about the escape
of Anderson, when the murderer
passed along. He at once told the
policeman that was the man wanted
for the crime and he was promptly
arrested.
At first Anderson stoutly denied
his identity, saying his name was
Benjamin and he knew nothing about
Midway or Bamberg county. Sheriff
Hunter was communicated with Monday
morning, and he at once sent
Andrew Bennett, a colored man, to
Augusta to identify Anderson and
bring him back if he was really the
man. Andrew was sure it was Anperson,
and he was brought here
Monday evening and lodged in jail.
He denied that he was Andeson until
after he reached Bamberg, but
now he acknowledges it. His father
came in to see him Tuesday morning.
One of his arms is gone now, and he
had both when he made his escape.
Anderson says he got it cut off in a
railroad wreck near Knoxville, Tenn.,
u,,4- ,*o q rnmnr ahmad that he
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g-ot it shot off in some difficulty.
It will be remembered that Anderson
fled immediately after Cutter
was shot, and rewards were offered
for his capture. Two negroes were
concerned in the killing, John Anderson
and Isaiah Bartley. Anderson
escaped, but Bartley was arrested
and tried. He was found guilty of
manslaughter and sentenced to four
years on the.county chain gang. He
appealed to the State Supreme Court,
and is now out on bond.
Soda Water Religion,
Rev. Jos. A. Serena, a pastor of
Syracuse, N. Y., has established a
soda water fountain in the vestibule
of his church to attract people in
warm weather. Bishop Potter consecrated
a barroom in New York, or
went through the mockery of conse ?
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cration, in oraer to wm urumiug
ple to a life of decency. When
churches called Christian use adventitious
and sensational methods to
draw people to church the inference
is plain that the kind of religion professed
is a very poor sort. People
will never get into the kingdom of
heaven through such circus methods.
The church South as well as North
has to put up with much foolishness,
but it survives all this. The greatest
enemies the church has today
wear ministerial robes, or sit on front
pews. This soda water religion may
attract some people, but the spirit
of love, truth and life is wanting. It
is about as evanescent and worthless
as the foam on the glass.?Carolina
Spartan.
Negro Loses his Leg.
Allendale, July 23.?Jim Lyons,
colored, of Luke, Ga., an employe of
the Charleston and Western Carolina
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Railway company, naa nis leg cut un
by work train No. 1 at this place today.
Lyons is one of Gapt. M. L.
Redd's work force and was trying to
mount a flat car while the train was
moving out of the Allendale yard.
Negro Qirl Assaulted.
Batesburg, July 23.?Two negroes,
John Jay and Smith, were arrested
here this afternoon charged
with criminally assaulting an 11-yearold
negro girl, an adopted daughter
of Jim Wright, colored. It seems
that the assault was committed some
days since. The child for the last few
days has been in a serious condition
and it was not until her foster mother
had made an examination that she
found out what was the matter with
the child. After questioning her she
admitted or told her foster mother
that John Jay and Smith was in the
room and one of them had accom
plishea His miamous puipwc.
The negroes are much wrought up
over the affair.
Vacations for flothers Too.
Peopje who work for themselves,
especially mothers, often glory in not
taking a vacation, in staying forever
at home, in sticking solidly to what
they believe to be their duty. To you,
my conservative reader, vacation is
just as necessary as it is the tired
teacher or the faithful clerk; and for
the same reason?that you may do
?i 1 rJixri-wflr anH Hn
more wont wnwi^uuuu ?
it more effectively. The duty which
holds you will be better performed,
the home that you are guarding will
be better kept, and the-cheerfulness,
and courage, and optimism which
you need will be more readily summoned,
if you take time?not next
year, but in the remaining weeks of
this very summer?to drink in the
stimulant of new faces, new landscapes
and new experiences.?Woman's
Home Companion for August.
NEGRO ATTACKS iYIIINlMbK.
Rev. R. F. Bradley Seriously Cut by
Farm Hand.
| Greenwood, July 18.?Great excitement
prevails at Troy, in this
! county, this afternoon over a murderous
assault made by a negro upon
Rev. R. F. Bradley, the highly esteemed
pastor of the A. R. P. church
at Long Cane.
The negro, John Suber, who came
from Georgia some months ago, was
[employed by Mr. Bradley upon his
farm. Today the negro resented some
'order or reprimand given by Mr.
[ Bradley and made an attack on him '
[ with a knife. Mr. Bradley was cut
nnpp nn eaeh side of his throat.
and also had a long gash across his ' /.J31
back. The negro at once fled.
Reports from Troy say that every ^JM
man in the town and surrounding
country is searching for the negro.
Sheriff McMillan, as soon as the news ? J
reached him, left in an automobile
for Troy. ITie dogs owned by the . - --m
county were at Epworth some 20 - '
miles from Troy, but they were at once
ordered to the scene.
A later report from Troy says Mr.
n?J1-? fnfollir w/MinHoH
DlHUiey IS UUt laMUIJ nvuuuviu
It is almost impossible to get, com-- . '$
munication witfythe little town this ' * M
afternoon. Every one is beside him- M
self with rage and resentment. Mr.
Bradley is one of the most highly esteemed
citizens of the county. He is
about 60 years old and a leading minister
of his denomination and is ' ^g
known all over the State.
Negro Arrested.
Greenwood, July 20.?The negro,
John Suber, who made the savage
attack upon Rev. R. Foster Bradley
at Troy Thursday, was captured this \ 3
morning at Clinton by Chief Reed of 'M
that place. Chief Reed did a splendid
piece of work in capturing the negro.
He received a postal card description
of him at 7 o'clock this morn ' ;%
ing and at 10 o'clock he had his man
in a cell. He brought him to'Greenwood
shortly after on the Seaboard
southbound vestibule. The negro con/>rn*Tno
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Sheriff McMillan, not knowing that
Suber had' confessed, had a son of
Mr. Bradley to identify Suber.
The young man says his father is
doing as well as could be expected,
but that he gets very little rest
Chief Reed of Clinton says he saw
the negro drinking water at a pump |
this morning and saw that he was a
strange negro. As he walked away
he noticed the bow legs and he felt . M
sure he had the right one. Later on -4
when arrested the negro at first attempted
to get off by plausible tales
of being elsewhere.
When asked why he did it, Suber - ?
told him he had to do it. Said Mr.
Bradley "hollered" at him, that then
he just got mad and "had to do it."
Suber says he is from the Five Forks |
section of Newberry county. This is >
probably not his first offense. He is "i
now in jail and there is no further :'l
excitement. He lately lived in Geor- * '|j
PUT IN PENITENTIARY. *
Yeggmen Begin Ten Year Sentence for
Safecracking.
Spartanburg, July 17.?Charles './S
Howard and Tom Nolan, the cracksmen
convicted here several months
ago of robbing the safe of the Enoree
Manufacturing company in Novem- i'J
ber, 1902, and sentenced to terms of
ten years each, were taken to Colum|
bia tonight by Acting Deputy Irby /Jaj
to begin their terms in the State
penitentiary. * .
The fact that the men were to be J8
taken to the State penitentiary at
this time was not given oufrand it was . Jj
not known that the authorities had
nrw-m snf?h a course until the
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prisoners and guards appeared at the ;V|
station a few minutes before the
train departed. They have been held
in jail here pending their attorney's
motion for a new trial. This has not
materialized, however, though Mr. Sims
declared to-night he would take
the cracksmen's case to the supreme
court. He said he did not know that
Nolan and Howard were to be taken
to Columbia at this time.
Other prisoners in charge of the
officers leaving here to-night were:
Jack Scruggs, sentenced for life for
the murder of C. L. Carver, and
George Barnes and Henry Rumley,
negroes, who go to serve short terms.
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One of the ice factories in Sumter -1
was burned last Monday night. The
company owns two other factories in
the same town. The loss is said to be
$22,000 with insurance of $12,000.
The Fallaws are trying to get a
change of venue from Lexington to
Aiken county, their attorneys basing
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young Mabus, the man they murdered,
was wounded in Aiken county but
died in Lexington. The matter was
argued before Judge Dantzler at
OrangeburgTuesday, but no decision
has been announced.
The town has been exceptionally
liberal in the matter of lighting the
railroad's property, and it is as little
as the railroad can do to light the .
depot properly. Often there are no >
lights in the first-class waiting room
when people want to take the night
trains. The light in the waiting room
should burn all night, as people often
take the three o'clock trains.