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\ t . ... ?., ............. Hamhmj l|pralii 1. . . . ? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1908 One Dollar a Year -======== IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. j State News Boiled Down for Quick 1 Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. I Governor Ansel has refused to pardon J. M. Way, a white man of 1 Orangeburg. Way killed a young man named Palmer a few years ago, < this being the second man he had killed. < A juror was excused from serving at court in Aiken last week, as he stated that he believed criminals ' should not be punished by the courts, j but that 'their punishment should be left with God. He was given a good lecture by Judge Wilson. ' Geo. M. Stalvey, a white man, was tried in Aiken county this week for | bigamy and was found guilty. . Stalvey married Miss Etta Lightfoot , in Orangeburg several months ago, and a woman who claimed to be his j first wife brought the suit against { him. The testimony showed that he j v-J nrnnnd With thP WOTTiail liau Li CI Y C1CU OiUUUU and passed her off as his wife, and he himself admitted it, but said he had never married her. The couple spent some time in Bamberg a year or more ago, and passed here as man and wife. Mrs. M. B. Varn and son, Herbert, attended the trial as witnesses, Stalvey ? and the woman having boarded with Mrs. Varn while in Bamberg. J. H. Garrison was tried in Laurens last week for the murder of a young man named J. L. Williamson. The case was a very sensational one. Williamson had gone to visit Garrison's daughter, to whom he was en\ , gaged, and the testimony was that he was intoxicated, although Garrison carried him to his home. While in the parlor that evening, it was testified by the girl and her father, that Williamson attempted to take undue liberties with her and Gar- < rison came to the window and shot him. The jury found a verdict of manslaughter with recommendation to mercy, and the judge sentenced Garrison to serve two years in the penitentiary. The case will be appealed to the State Supreme Court. The testimony seemed to make it a clear case of murder, but it is a victory that Garrison was even found guilty of manslaughter. A few years ago he would have been cleared without trouble. DENOUNCED BY BANKERS. Delegates at Denver Opposed to Guaranty of Bank Deposits. Denver, Sepi. 30.?To-day the regular business sessions of the American Bankers' Association opened here in the Auditorium, and the vast hall which echoed with the cheers of the Democrats when in national convention they adopted the platform favoring the guarantee of bank deposit^ by national law, or if this is impossible, establishment of postal savings banks, witnesses the scene of a body of men representing the wealth of the nation, repudiating these ideas as dangerous to the prosperity of the tSountry. The keynote was struck to-day in the speech of President Powers of the association, . who decided the 1 bank deposit guarantee was a danger ous iauacy i . A vote on these tv o propositions > will probably not be taken before11 to-morrow, but feeling is so intense 1 among the bankers that there will ] be scarcely a speech made during the ( convention with the exception of set < addresses that will not be likely to 1 refer to them. President Powers in his annual ad- 1 dress devoted practically his entire 5 time to the recent panic and his op- 1 position to the proposition to the ( guarantee of bank deposits which he ^ said would not have been heard of 1 in the present political campaign had ! there been no financial panic. Of the panic he said that few financial 1 storms occur without attending bene- ' fits, frequently greater than the ! disaster wrought. Unhealthy condi- 1 tions that surrounded many banking ] institutions in New York required 1 just such heroic treatment to allay the money mad fever which had con- ] trolled them. Two-Day Bride Shoots Husband. ' Franklin, La., Oct.3?Jessie Bouterie, aged 19 years, daughter of a ! lumberman at Batterson, near here, is in jail, at that place, while A. ; Sydney Bouterie, editor of the New ! Era, of Patterson, her husband of two days, is lying at the point of death in a sanitarium here with five bullet holes in his body. Bouterie was shot by his bride while ^ a~-3 Ai Viin /tac<1r T? neViin cr in with ' est;a,ecu ai mo ucon. nuumu,, .. three young men attending her, she used a revolver, and coolly submitted to arrest after she had almost emptied the weapon. One of the cartridges snapped, and she drew this out and cast it in the prostrate body of her husband. Mrs. Bouterie asserts that Bouterie, who is ten years her senior, refused to live with her. SUFFERS TO SAVE HIS SISTER. s Arkansas Boy Furnishes Skin to Cover Burns on Girl. Little Rock, Ark., October 4.?Told that unless the operation of skin grafting was resorted to, his 10-yearold sister, Helen, would die from burns received August 10, Samuel Tenenbaum, aged 17 years, volunteered to furnish the skin and at the St. Vincent infirmary the operation was performed. The boy and his sister were placed on adjoining operating tables, anaesthetics were given and more than eighty square inches of skin was removed from young Tenenbaum's thighs and applied to the unhealed Bores on his sister's breast. I ? CHLOROFORMED HUSBAND. Young Woman From Newberry Arrested in Columbia. "I gave him chloroform, two teaspoonsfuls. I put it on a piece of cloth and held it to his nostrils, but I did not do it to kill him, only to get . my child." This is th? statement that was made by Mrs. Marie Lake, of Newberry to a Record reporter this morning as Mrs. Lake was in the custody of Chief of Police J. C. Adams, of , Newberry, who was taking his prison- . er home on a mid-day train. Mrs. Lake was arrested in this city about 11 o'clock last night, having come here from Newberry on the ' Greenville train which left Newberry . about 9 o'clock. The chloroform was j given about 8 o'clock. Mrs. Lake brought with her a two-year-old baby for the possession of which she de- ; clared that she gave her husband chloroform. Chief of Police Adams made the ' following statement to a Record reporter in reference to the Lake af- ; fair. Mr. Adams stated that Mr. J. dr?ViQrf T.oto io a mill man in New LWVVl b XJUIXV M ? berry, that he was born in Newberry j county and is of a good family and Is highly respected throughout the 1 county. That Saturday last one ' month ago Mrs. Lake became dissatisfied with the life she was leading 1 and separated from her husband tak- ( Ing the baby with her. Mr. Lake went before Chief Justice Pope and 1 the latter ordered that the child be ( turned over to the husband. Then it , was that Mrs. Lake decided to live ^ with her husband again and arecon- i ciliation followed. For the past sev- ' sral weeks, they have lived together ( apparently in perfect harmony. How- ^ jver, last night about 8 o'clock when 1 ;he couple retired, Mrs. Lake, according to her own statement, gave her ausband chloroform, for the purpose >f getting the chid. Besides taking the baby, Mrs. Lake s said to have taken $70 in cash and < a pistol. She then boarded a train ] eaving Newberry at 9 o'clock and < :ame to this city. > < A warrant has been^issued charg- -< ng Mrs. Lake with grand larceny, rhis warrant was in the hands of j A A o Ica . jllltfl AUilliiS. VUlCi nuarno aiou wrought with him here a copy of the >riginal order which is said to have ieen issued by Chief Jusice Pope, denanding that the child be turned >ver to the father. The father, by :he way, came down to this city with Uhief Adams this morning and the ;hild was turned over to him and he mmediately took an early train out )f the city. Mrs. Lake is a native of the town >f Newberry. She is a young woman, veil dressed and of pleasant manner. 5he wore a long white sweater, a 'Merry Widow" bonnet, a blue veil md a dark skirt, and was quite tastW y attired. Her eyes were red from < ;rying and she stated to the police < ;hat her husband beat hei; and mis- 3 ;reated her. . 1 Chief Adams recovered $69 of the < ?70 that was taken. He is showing i lis prisoner every courtesy and the i :wo drove to the union station in a 1 lack about 12:30 o'clock to catch < > train fnr Mowherrv ?Columbia Re- t cord, Thursday, Oct. 1st. < m 1 Negro Kills His Wife. 1 Williston, September 30.?Andrew j Washington, a negro, killed his wife 1 ast night in a most brutal manner. The family lived just beyond the corporate limits on a farm of Dr. W. C. Smith. Just after 9 o'clock those , tvho were attracted to the negro's house by the shots and cries, found her weltering in her blood. Physicians were called in at once, but she 1 lied in an hour and a half. In some < manner the muzzle of the gun was , placed against her abdomen when , bred and the charge not only blew . iway that part of the abdominal wall, ] but entered into the pelvic cavity, 1 causing hemorrhage It seems that . tie had asked her for the key to the ] trunk in which was some money and < she wanted him to wait till morning. ] In the quarrel she started to run and i be caught her and brought her back into the house, where he first choked ] J V.a. in tlia nrafan/>a nf 1UU lllCU OUUl UCl 111 yivovuvv VI. I their children. After getting the j money he armed himself and left for : parts unknown. It will be remembered that several , pears ago he killed a negro at White . Pond, and served two years on the ] :hain gang for the offense. The cir- j 3umstances in each case being simi- . lar in certain respects, both were kill 3d after they had run from him. He ( was one of the best behaved and most respectful negroes to white men in ill this section. His wife, however, ; bore a most excellent reputation. Republican Electors Appointed. A committe of the South Carolina Republican party, selected for the purpose, under the chairmanship of John G. Capers, has named the nine electors for which the few hundred party will vote. According to the statement given out there was ! no friction at the meeting and ; the white people are urged to ; vote the ticket "without fear of negro domination," as is stated by Ponnw T'V,^ n 1 on ctrpceos tVlP uapci O. ? 1AVZ ivauvx U4WV wv* VW?/VW ( fact that the Bryan Democratic committee has three negro bishops, and twenty-five negro preachers urging the election of Bryan and Kern. The electors at large are: L. W. C. Blalock, of Goldville, who has been associated with the party for years, ! and A. C. Kaufman, of Charleston, who has taken a part in the affairs of the Red Cross Society. The district electors are: Isaac H. Norris, Yorkville; George R. Matfield, Greenville; Thomas F. Brennen, Columbia; James Powell, Aiken; L. D. Melton. Columbia; T. S. Grant, Charleston and J. A. Baxter, Georgetown. The name of Brennen was substituted for that of E. J. Best, recently of Asheville, who was private secretary for Judge Pritchard for some time. Baxter and Grant are negroes. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Oct. 5.?Cotton seems to be moving slow. Most of the staple has been gathered and ginned, and sold also. The crop is going to be short and the price seems to be getting shorter. Cool weather coming on now has made some of our farmers look after their hay. Mrs. J. L. Copeland and Mrs. Frank H. Copeland went to Charleston last week. Mr. Adam King, who has been sick for some time, is able to be on our 3treets again. Glad to see him out. Miss Elberta Hill, of Sanford, Fla., is spending some time with Mrs. S. M. Brown. Mr. Tom D. Jones left for his work [n Augusta, Ga., last week. ' Mr. J. D. Dannelly took a lot of [lis mules down to Walterboro, to sell, last week. Several parties are having additions made to their houses in the way Df piazzas. The members of Carter's Ford Baptist church gave Rev. E. W. Peeples Dn yesterday a fine gold headed cane, with the following engraved upon the head: "Presented to Rev. E. W. Peeples by members of Carter's Ford ihurch for 34 years' service. October 1, 1908." This was his last sermon to them. He will now retire from the charge on account of his age. JEE. Death of a Little Girl. On Sunday, September 20th, the ieath angel visited the home of J. EL Hartzog and claimed his eldest laughter, Virginia, aged ten years. She suffered long, though patiently, with typhoid fever. Virginia was a bright girl of much promise. She loved church and Sunlay-school and when possible always attended. She seemed pleased when ler parents' pastor visited the home, ind never failed to invite mm to :ome. Virginia loved to work for a ^ood cause. She left one of Brown's ilbums for aged ministers partly fillid. She was buried at Double Ponds n the presence of a large company >f people. The pastor, S. P. pair, ;onducted the burial service. x A FRIEND. Death of Tommie Clayton. On Sunday morning, September L3th, 1908, the angel of death enterid the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Ulayton and claimed for its own their youngest son, little Tommie, aged Ive years. All was done for him :hat medical aid and kind and loving !riends could do. He was laid to est in the Colston grave yard on Monday. The funeral services were ionducted by Rev. D. L. Roton. May * ~ IHflA ll_ ,116 one w 11 u saiu. ouuci muc vuuiren to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven," heal their broken hearts and feel that they are nearer to him than before. % TOM LAWSON BADLY HURT. ____________ y thrown from Carriage and Kicked by His Horse. Egypt, Mass., October 4.?Thomas W. Lawson, the well-known financier, svas thrown from his carriage while iriving near North Scituate late toiay and severely injured by the fall and by being kicked by the horse. Mr. Lawson was picked up unconscious, taken into a nearby drug store and attended by a local physician. Later tie was removed to his home, Dreamwold, in this town, in an automobile. He did not recover consciousness until late to-night. He was badly bruised about the V>aTrincr q 1 nrnr apaln wmind. One LlUaU)UaT 1U^) U wvM?r .. ^ eye was injured and it was feared at first that he was suffering from internal injuries. Mr. Lawson was driving with his daughter, Miss "Bunnie" Lawson, in a basket phaeton, behind his chestnut cob, "Glorious Dougle." A passing automobile frightened the horse and Mr. Lawson and his daughter were both thrown out. Miss Lawson escaped injury. At Dreamwold to-night his son, Mr. Arnold Lawson, said that, while Mr. Lawson was badly bruised, his injuries were apparently not serious. OHIO GOING DRY. People of the Buckeye State Voting Out the Liquor Shops. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 29.?Twelve counties voted to-day under the Rose law and all went dry by majorities ranging from a few hundred to more (-Vi<>r? 9 nnn (lUUU M) V V V The number of saloons affected is 289. Most of the counties which voted to-day are largely agricultural, but Scioto and Lawrence counties have a large urban population in Portsmouth and Ironton respectively. Altogether 16 of the 88 counties in the state have held local option elections and all have gone "dry." The total number of saloons voted out in 390. Guilty of Manslaughter. Spartanburg, Oct. 3.?Guilty of manslaughter was the verdict of the jury in the case of the State against Henry Fowler, colored, for the killing of Boyce Stone, a white man of Greer. The jury found a verdict of not guilty against Sarah Fowler, his wife. Fowler was sentenced for a term of two years. PROHIBITION A FARCE. Rock Hill Man Tells How Georgia Liqnor Law is Ignored. Columbia, Sept. 27.?Mr. John G. Anderson, president of the Rock Hill Buggy Company, here to-day on his way home from an extended business trip through Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, being a zealous temperance man and a lifelong prohibitionist, closely observed the operation of the new prohibition laws of those three States. Of course, business prevented his making a thorough irPvestigation into all the phases of the problem, but he kept his eyes open and asked many questions of trustworthy business men and others as he went along. The net result is that he is rather disappointed. Not only was he told that the law was flagrantly violated or absurdly evaded at every town or city he visited, seeing evidence to that effect himself, but everywhere he went his observation was that prohibition was a drag to business. "At most of the towns I visited," said Mr. Anderson, "so-called 'near beer' was the principal thing sold? and great guns! how the crowds of young men and others did line, up at the old bar counters to puzzle that stuff. As a matter of fact you could get most any brand of the real stuff that you called for. And all other drinks were almost as easily obtainable through the medium of fake clubs?and I was informed could also be had from violators of the law. "I couldn't say that the law, in spite of all this, does not accomplish something in the way of making it effectively more difficult for negroes and a certain class of whites to get at intoxicants, and in time, if public sentiment is brought to bear more generally, results may become more satisfactory for the cause of temperance, thrift and respect for law. but, according to my observations, the outlook is not encouraging, especially in the larger centres." the; killing of magaha. v Five Negroes Held in Greenville Charged With Murder. Greenville, Sept. 28.?Five negroes were brought to this city to-day and locked in jail, charged with the murder of John Magaha, white, in the lower part of this county on Saturday night. The negroes claim that they were at a hot supper and that Magaha came in the house and began shooting. There was a fusillade of shots and Magaha was "Shot in the breast and died about three hours later. It is not known who fired the shot that killed Magaha. He was a desperate character and had been tried four times for murder. All of the negroes protest that they did not fire the fatal shot. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that the deceased came to his death at the hands of unknown parties. Stories of Magaha's Death. Anderson, Sept. 28.?No less than a dozen different tales have been told of the tragic death of John Magaha, Anderson county's bully, which occurred in Greenville county Saturday night, but the following facts can be accepted as being fairly accurate. They are the boiled down facts of the several stories: John Magaha and Jap Ashley went into Duilklin township in Greenville county to arrest two negroes alleged to be under contract with Magaha. It is not believed that they were armed with a warrant. If they were it is unknown to the people at Honea Path. One of the negroes was arrested on the Augusta road. The other darkey was at Alex. Chapman's, nrtl/M-oH Virtnco Qttf>nrHnc a hot SUD per. Magaha and Ashley proceeded there and Chapman objected to their effecting an arrest on his place. Magaha forced an entrance into the house,, while Ashley remained with the negro prisoner in the buggy. Magaha arrested his man and was carrying him to th? buggy when some one in the direction of the house fired on him. As many as 11 shots were fired and when - the smoke of the melee cleared away it was found that Magaha had been shot in the abdomen. After the shooting Alex. Chapman went up*to Magaha and asked the latter if he recognized him and with an oath Magaha hotly replied, "Yes, you are the damned scoundrel that shot me." Magaha was taken to the home of Mr. Coon Ware and there died three hours later. Magistrate Chastain held an inquest and a verdict was returned that Magaha came to his death from gunshot wounds in the hands of unknown parties. Five negroes, including Alex. Chapman and his son hav" 1 J 1 - J J 1 ? Deen arrestea ana lougea iu mc Greenville jail, against whom indictments' charging Magaha's murder will be made. Magaha killed three persons in his lifetime, and it is thought that he killed another, the murderer of whom was never learned. His known victims were George Clinkscales, colored, Josh Bigby, white, and Bud Sweat. SUICIDE NEAR MARSHALL. Registrar of Deeds of Madison County, X. C., Kills Himself. Asheville, N. C., Sept. 30.?After telling some of his friends that he would rather die than to live to hear the reports which some of his political opponents were circulating about him, W. Reagan Rice, registrar of deeds of Madison county, shot himself to death in a barn in the rear of his home near Marshall at 11 o'clock this morning. Death was instantaneous. The deceased was elected to office on the Republican ticket two years ago. He was 28 years old and leaves a wife and one child, a daughter. A CHURCH MEMBER TRIED VETERAN METHODIST FOUND GULTY BY JURY. Fop "Slandering" His Pasto* in Making a Statement in Reference to Minutes and Collections. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier says a short but spicy little trial occurred at Wesley Chapelr M. E. Church, Wednesday morning. It is unusuai for a man to speak so disrespectfully of his church in general and his own spiritual adviser in particular as to make the matter sufficiently interesting to attract a fair audience. The Rev. G. W. Davis, of Bowman, S. C., acted as referee, Martin Mann, Esq., was the attorney for the committee and the Methodist minister, the Rev. J. H. Thacker, who is now engaged in this circuit. I Mr. Marvin Murphy, a graduate of Clemson College, acted as secretary and stenographer. Mr. John Vaughan, of Jamison, was the defendant and conducted his own case. The following is the jist of the specifications against the accused as preferred by a committee composed of Messrs. T. W. Murphy, D. B. Wolfe and W. W. Staley, to-wit: First. That the said John Vaughan has violated the general rule of the M. E. Church, South, by speaking in slanderous terms of those ministers who sell the minutes of the annual Conference to raise the assessment laid on the charge for the publication of said minutes. Second. That the said John Vaughn stated at Prospect Church in February, 1908, in the presence of several parties, that the preachers who sell the minutes and put the money in their pockets, when there waa an assessment on the charge by the annual Conference to pay for the minutes, and that such was a rascally piece of business. There were several witnesses for the prosecution, who testified substantially that Mr. Vaughn had stated that it was a "rascally piece of business" for ministers to sell these minutes. The defendant offered no testimony, but made an impassioned and aggressive speech to the jury. He denied tnat it was sianaerous 10 ien the truth, and that if he had to lie to remain a member of the Methodist Church he would get out. According to Mr. Vaughn's own statement, the ministers for eight or ten years have been selling these minutes and the injustice should be stopped. Attorney Mann, of the prosecution, made a strong statement, from the viewpoint of the law and Church, and was caustic and plain in his statements with reference to the defendant's conduct. Mr. Mann's contention was that the assessment for minutes is levied by the district stewards, and that the ministers violate no law by selling the minutes. By way of interruption the Rev. J. H. Thacker statjed that the money collected from the minutes was turned over to the committee on minutes. The jury, 'consisting of Messrs. J. W. Murphy, J. S. Stabler, Herbert Axan, Moody Goodwin and James Zeieler. after hearing tbe arguments, retired and, after mature deliberation, brought in a verdict of guilty on every count in the indictment. Unless the defendant, Mr. Vaughn, recants, which is not likely, he will be expelled from the Church. He is an old Methodist veteran, who has not only taken great interest in the Church for many years, but made no "bones" of his public advocacy of the good old-time religion. This fact makes his spiritual jar all the more unfortunate. The Church should speedily settle whether the presiding elders have a right to demand payment for these minutes and at the same time levy an assessment for their publication. This correspondent, an unpretentious and unworthy Methodist himself, does not believe the Rev. J. H. Thacker or his fellow ministers have been guilty of any dishonorable conduct; but no further room should be left for any doubt about what is right and reasonable in the premises. Mr. Frank Dukes, of Orangeburg, who formerly lived in Bamberg and has many friends here, was married in Atlanta, Ga., last week to Miss Lucile Lynch, of that city. The Clansman at niacKviuc. On acount of the burning of Folk's opera house in this city Tuesday morning, The Clansman will not he presented in this city next Monday night, hut will be presented at Blackville on that date. Soon after the fire Col. Jno. F. Folk got in communication with the proper authorities and secured the Blackville opera house and wired the manager of the Clansman company, who has agreed to the arrangement, as the following telegram will show. New York, October 5, 1908. To J. F. Folk, Opera House: ? Approve Blackville arrangement. You assure theatre goers this production postively equal every respect to' previous uiansman proaucuou. GEO. H. BRENNAN, Manager Clansman. The Great White Plague. At the International Tuberculosis; convention in Washington. Prof. Irv-| ing Fisher, of Yale, declared that 5,000,000 people now living in the United States are doomed to fill con-! sumptives' graves unless something! is done to prevent it, and that the 138,000 deaths in this country an-; nually from tuberculosis costs, in cash, over one bilion dollars a year. I Very complete line in ladies' fine ' shoes. Golden brown patent leathers j in welts and those soft flexible turn' j soles at W. D. Rhoad's. ' ' * - -/ . -' * CONFLICT EXPECTED. Sheriff's Posse Heady to Disperse Gang of Outlaws. Richmond, Va., Sept. 30.?The news from Avonia, Va., to-night, where the law-abiding element has been for several days arrayed against a gang of law-breakers, is most disquieting, A late dispatch states that Sheriff Williams arrived in Avonia to-night prepared to lead a posse of 100 or more deputies and others against the outlaws. The sheriff announced that the start would be made at daybreak to-mor- v J row and as the rendezvous of Zimmerman-Thomas gang is between the : r{i Snake and James rivers, only a few ^ | miles distant, the most stirring event w in that locality since the War Between the States probably will be witnessed early to-morrow. The forces of outlawry are strongly posted, it is believed, but Sheriff Williams feels confident that upon the approach of his superior force they will break ground and disperse. He hi :X, determined, however, to run them down and effectually rid the comma* J: nity of their presence. All kinds of rumors are rife as to the preparations by the outlaws to ; ^1 resist an attack upon their stronghold, the most fanciful being that they have cut <Jown trees in a densely wooded spot in the wilderness and formed abattis similar to what Gen. Lee was wont to post his army behind in the face of Grant's approach upon Richmond. The hilly and wooden country to which they retired after the shooting oft Gregory last Saturday is only a matter of five miles from Avonia, and if the start ^ is made early to-morrow, as Sheriff Williams has to-night planned, the battle or retreat ought to.be ~on as quickly as the ground between the Snake and the James is gained. bloody"affair. Mean Liquor Cause of Bloodshed In . '4 Tennessee. / Jellico Tenn., Sept. 28.?One of ;-?||| HlnrtHioat nffaira in thp hist.ftlWf%t l(e? east Tennessee occurred north of An- JSj thras postoffice yesterday. The scene ^ was a Baptist church, within/ fifty V;P| yards of which a "blind tiger" has V been operated for months. Services t [cJM had closed, and nearly all the congregation had emerged from the church, when a crowd of drunken men,who had visited the blind tiger, began firing into the worshippers with pistols. John Bonnett, J. W. McKinney and Edward Thomas were shot down /|l|| at the church door and died almost instantly. The preacher was mortally wounded. Another worehijfiHtf was also shot down in front of the church, but is not dangerously wounded. Court at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Oct. 2.?The case of Henry Fowler, colored, charged with killing Boyce Stone, white, at Greer* on the evening of May 25, and that \~j|g of his wife, charged with being an accessory, was tried here to-day. The case was given to the jury at 6 '*?35 o'clock and at 8 o'clock a verdict had *5^8 not been reached. Fowler set up the ,:'M$ plea of self-defence and defending ?$8 his home. It will be remembered that Stone and two friends went to the negro's home on the afternoon of May 25. ""in wrA.VJnw o flolH fltnDA V:''*Se?B it is said, was drinking. Mary Fowler 5 9|S was ordered to cook them food. Stone '/j^gg is said to have attempted to assault the woman and she screamed, her cries bringing her husband to her assistance. A fight took place and Vj^jgg Stone struck Fowler over the head with a bottle. The woman handed &| her husband a gun, and he fired with \/M deadly effect. Fowler came to the % f |jj city and surrendered. Stirs Native Patriotism. The author of "The Clansman** X may well adopt Fletcher of Saltoun's :|p famous motto and say that he would1 rather make a nation's dramas than. its laws. One effect bf this celebrated - y ^ play, which will be presented next Monday evening, October 12th, at the Folk opera house, has been to make the South conscious of its own greatness! In the mirror of the stage ? men and women of Southern descent view the deeds of their fathers during the Reconstruction period, and they are proud of the record. The heritage is a precious one?how precious many did not realize until "The Clansman" came. The peace and prosperity of the present are founded on the heroic labors of the Ku Klux |a Klan and the other secret organise- :vvpj tions that resisted the iniquitous' ;jy-8| measures by which it was sought to reduce the South into mongrel sat-. rapy. "The Clansman" pictures the Ku Klux Klan in a dark crisis 'of * '3 South Carolina history. It shows them riding to the rescue of the gal- 7--*% lant Camerons, the high court of justice of the Klan, the summoning of the order to put down the carpetbaggers, and finally the intervention '? of the Klan when the mulatto Lieu- gs tenant Governor of the State had almost succeeded in his purpose to wed 'i-r a white girl. The play is true to his- ' torical conditions though the details "{s are imaginatively conceived, and it has created a profound sensation wherever it has been played. It will be presented here with a well-balanced company, a beautiful scenic B production and electrical effects, and the noted Ku Klux Klan cavalry of trained horses and expert riders. M It is against the 1 <v to shoot part- 4^ ridges before the 1 ^ of November, ' -' 4 and it is to be hoped taere will be no - 4 violations in this county. The Audubon Society is looking after the violjttions of the game laws, and thoee who shoot partridges before the season opens are likely to get into trouble. x v.v ' . ?