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SMALL'S SLAYER HANGED.
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Barnwell Man Preferred Death to
N Life Sentence.
Barnwell, October 16.?To-day at
eight minutes after 12 o'clock for
P the first time in twelve years Barnwell
county witnessed a legal hanging.
Elliott Green, alias Bob Green,
a negro, paid the death penalty fori
the foul murder of Oliver Smalls, an-j
other negro, on the place of Herman'
Brown, near Blackville, last February.
The story of Green's crime for
which he has paid the death penalty
as told by himself to the correspondent
of the News and Courier a few
hours before the execution, is as follows:
"Some time last spring, while living
in Williston, I went up to Blackville.
I found Oliver Small (the dead
man) and went with him to his house
on the place of the Brown's near
Blackville.' There I saw Ed Furgerson
and Cliff Moseley. I did not
know them before. We played cards,
and I lost all my money and pawned
my pistol to Oliver Small for three
dollars. When we stopped playing
I asked him for my pistol, ana wneu
he did not give it to me I hit him in
the head with a piece of iron. I then
set the house on fire. There was no
one there hut me and him. The
others had gone. I did not put kerosene
on him and put him over the
wood box. I left him on the floor by
the fire, and set the house on fire. I
sot the bed on fire that 80t the house."
Green was tried and convicted at
the summer term of court for this
county, Judge Robert Aldrich, presiding.
He was sentenced to be hung
on the eighteenth day of September,
but Governor Ansel upon a petition
signed by many prominent men, the
solicitor and the presiding Judge,
granted him a respite until the sixteenth
day of October. He has since
refused to commute the sentence, and
the sentence of the court was carried
out. The trap was sprung by Sheriff
Creech, at 12:08 o'clock, and he was
pronounced dead by Di. E. L. Patterson
at 12:20.
Green stated that he was ready to
go; that he deserved the punishment
that ne was about to suffer, as he did
it without any excuse, except that he
was mad about the pistol. He stated
that he wanted to die, that he did
not wish to go to jail for life, as he
was ready to die; that he had made
h|s peace with God, and was afraid
that ir he be allowed to live ne migm
not live right. He was very nervous,
notwithstanding what he said about
being prepared and ready to die. Ke
farther said that Sheriff F. H. Creech
bad treated him like one of his own
people, that he had given him everything
that would help him.
When the appointed time came for
the execution to take place, - Green
was cut from his shackles and walked
Out of his narrow cell. He walked
fearlessly up the stairs to the!
scaffold. There was never a quiver
that showed fear of his fate. He was
praying all the time. When the death
warrant had been read and everything
was in readings for the execution,
he was asked if he had anything
to say. He spoke as follows:
"I killed him by myself. I killed
him. I hit him in the head with an!
axe and sot fire to the bed."
He then sang "Nearer, My God, to
Thee, Nearer to Thee." When the;
black cap was adjusted and the rope J
put around his neck and everything
was ready, Sheriff Creech said:
"Green, are you ready?" "I am ready,
let her go," was the reply, and the
drop followed instantly. The body
\ . was turned over to his relatives for
burial, according to his own request.
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Spartanburg Negro to be Hanged for
Murder on November 18.
t. .. Spartanburg, October 17.?Will
Footer, colored, convicted of the murder
of John Young, an aged white
man, has been sentenced by Judge
Klugh to be hanged on November 13.
Foster was convicted last January,
but secured a new tri^l and the case
was heard for the second time recent-1
v. ly, the jury returning a verdict of
guilty He made no reply when asked
why the sentence of death should
not be passed upon him, though when
he was taken back to jail from the
' , court house he told the constable that
he was innocent; that the Judge was
just as guilty as he.
x EXPENSIVE FIRE AT ROCK HILL.
Cotton Worth $35,000 at Local Market
Price Destroyed.
Rock Hill, October 18.?Seven or
eight hundred bales of cotton, valued
at $35,000, estimating with the local
price of cotton as a basis, were
destroyed in a fire which consumed
Edward Fewell's ware house here at
an early hour to-day. The loss on the
building is placed at inree or four
thousand dollars. Speculating, much
wwvM, wan inst because the cotton
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was for the most part stored because
the owners were not willing to take
the market price. The cotton was
insured upon the above basis. On
the building Mr. Fewell had about
threee thousand dollars' insurance.
This ware house was badly damaged
on the 13th of September, and two
hundred bales burned.
GUN WAS LOADED.
Boy Kills Little Girl at Fernandina,
Florida.
Fernandina, Oct. 17.?A terrible
tragedy was enacted here late to-day
when Christiana Kelly, the eightyear-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Kelly, was accidentally shot by
Barnard Cone, a lad of 14 years,
death resulting immediately. Young
Cone had just returned from a hunting
trip and was in front of his home,
with several children gathered
around him. He playfully raised his
gun, which h thought to be unloaded,
when the trigger was accidentally
pulled, emptying the entire load of
shot in the body of the little girl,
who dropped dead without even a
moan. The lad realized what he had
done and jumped upon a bicycle in
the hope of calling a physician in
time to give the child assistance, not
knowing that she was already dead.
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A CUTTING SCRAPE.
; i>r. EsDorn Cut by Frank Johnson,
j Wound Not Serious.
What came near being a serious
difficulty between Dr. C. H. EsDorn!
and Frank Johnson occurred Satur-j
j day afternoon about one o'clock at
Magistrate Bryan's office. It has
been a little hard to gather the particulars
of the difficulty, but it appears
that Dr. EsDorn several months!
ago loaned Mr. Johnson $25 and that!
Saturday they met at Magistrate
Bryan's office to effect a settlement,
Mr. Bryan naving expressed a willingness
to help Johnson pay the debt.
It seems that Johnson did not wish
to bother Mr. Bryan and said to Dr.
EsDorn that Bryan could not attend
to any business as he was drunk. Dr. j
EsDorn said to him, "well, if Bryan
is drunk, I am not and you are not,
so come on in." With that he walked
in the office. Johnson followed
and sprang, without warning, according
to the statement of several persons
in and around the office, upon
EsDorn's back. EsDorn turned
quickly and striking Johnson a back
handed blow knocked him down and
then jumped on him. An instant later
he sprang back saying he was cut,
and pulled out his pistol. Magistrate
Bryan and others interfered and hustled
Johnson out of the office closing
the door, meanwhile securing Dr. EsDorn's
pistol. It was found that Dr.
EsDorn was stabbed in the lower left
side and cut On tne left thigh above
the knee. It is the opinion of several
that the stab in the side was made
when Johnson sprang on ^SsDorn's
back, and the cut on the leg as he
was getting off Johnson on the floor.
Dr. EsDorn was taken to Dr. W.
B. Ackerman's office where he and
Dr. Stokes dressed the wounds. It
was found that they were not serious
though painful. After dressing them
he was taken to the residence of Mr.
J. R. Lawrence where he was joined
Sunday by Mrs. EsDorn and their
little son from Beaufort. He will be ,
out again in a few days.
Mr. Johnson was taken to jail just
after the affray where he was confined
till yesterday when he was released
on |500 bond,
Mr. Johnson was seer^this noon by
a reporter for this paper and states
that he will make a full statement in
a few days, but does not care to have
anything to say now, except that he
does not owe Dr. EsDorn any money,
and that he was first attacked.?Walterboro
Press and Standard.
The Non-Resident Game Law.
Non-residents who would hunt in
this State the coming season should
read carefully the following section
of the South Carolina game laws:
"It shall be unlawful for any nonresident
of this State except on his
own land, or on the land under his
control or except when accompanied
by resident freeholder by special invitation
for a special occasion, to ,
? A-v l-ill nr nnrsilP with
CiXCUIl, Mil, iujuic ui i/utwwv
such intent any wild turkey, part-,
ridge or quail, in any county of
this State, without a license, and the
clerk of court for such county is
hereby authorized and required, upon 1
the payment to him of a license fee 1
of $25, to issue to any such non-res- 1
ident, a license to hunt in each coun- (
ty which shall he for one year. All
license and fines collected under this
act shall be turned over to the ward- en
pf the county for the enforcement
of the game laws."
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
Association of Manufacturers' Organ '
Says Outlook is Bright. >
New York, Oct. 18.?The National
Association of Manufacturers an- \
nounced to-day that every branch of 1
industry is showing marked increases '
of business, and that during the past '
three months trade conditions have '
taken on new activity. A canvass
among the 3,000 members of the As
sociation bears out the prediction
that practically every manufacturing j
business will be upon a normal basis '
of production during 1909.
American industries, the official or- .
gan of the National Association of
Manufacturers, prints in the current 3
issues hundreds of letters from lead- '
ing manufacturers of the United 1
States, which are the results of a 1
canvass among the numerous manu- 1
facturing trades. This resume, cov- 1
ering the entire country, shows that !
present conditions of trade in the ma
jority of industries are fair, and that
the possibilities of an increase during j
the coming year are good. The in- J
dustries scheduled are iron and steel, J
machinery, tools and hardware, ag- 1
ricultural implements, textiles, paper
and printing, leather and its manu- ]
factures, lumber and its manufactu- *
res, vehicles, food products and 1
cement and clay products.
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Wright Found Guilty.
Bennettsville, Oct. 19.?Zephry P.
Wright, charged with burning his j
store, was sentenced by Judge Gary
to-day to serve a period of ten years <
at hard labor in the State penitentiary.
The grand jury returned a true bill.
The solicitor empaneled a trial pury, j
put in the evidence for the State and
then announced that the State would i
be satisfied with a verdict of guilty
with recommendation for mercy. j
Attorneys announced that such a
verdict was acceptable.
The foreman was instructed to
write such a verdict. When the de- \
fendant was arraigned for sentence j
his counsel read the proceedings had
before the probate court and made ,
an eloquent and touching appeal for j
mercy on the ground of mental un- ^
soundness of the defendant, basing
his plea upon personal knowledge of
the defendant's mental condition and
the proceedings in the probate court,
whereupon the presiding judge im- j
posed the minimum sentence of ten
years.
The entire community sympathizes \
deeply with the defendant's family, <
but the general opinion is that his ]
counsel acted wisely. <
The handling of the case by Solici- <
tor Spears is highly commended and J
approved by those who know the <
facts and situation. <
G. Frank Bamberg received a car <
load of fine horses this week. This <
is the first car of the season for ]
Bamberg. <
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RESPONSE TO JORDAN'S CALL.
Ten Thousand Delegates Expected to
Attend Convention.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 18.?Men interested
in cotton all over the South
have responded to the call issued by
Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern cotton association, for
a convention on November 1112,
the purpose of which is
to take steps toward getting a
better price for cotton.
The scope of the convention was
explained by Mr. Jordan to-day as
follows:
"This action was taken on my part
in response to a large number of letters
addressed to me from all sections
of the South, asking that a big
cotton meeting be called at Memphis
to stem the tide of low-priced cotton.
I have found cotton factors and business
men generally enthusiastic over
the proposed convention and ready
and willing to co-operate to make
the movement a big success."
Ten thousand delegates are expected
to be present, representing all
classes of business.
Will Lose Seminary.
Savannah, Oct. 9.?The Lutheran
Synod this morning decided to remove
the theological seminary now
at Mount Pleasant to some other
place. The friends of Charleston and
Mount Pleasant put up a hard fight
to retain the college, but the majority
against them was conclusive.
The new site for the seminary ia
to be selected by its board of directors
As the principal, objection to
Mt. Pleasant was its inaccessibility,
it is believed that the friends oi
Charleston on the board will make
a fight to have it moved to the city
of Charleston.
The synod also passed a resolution
endorsing a plan to raise an endowment
of $50,000 for the seminary.
New goods constantly arriving at
The Herald Book Store.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina?County
of Bamberg.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for Presidential and
Vice-Presidential Electors and Representative
in Congress will be held
at the voting precincts fixed by law
in the County of Bamberg, on Tuesday,
November 3, 1908, said day being
Tuesday following the first Monday,
as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suffrages are
as follows:
Residence in State for two years,
in the County, one year, in the polling
precinct in which the elector offers
to vote, four months, and the
payment six months before any election
of any > poll tax then due and
payable Provided, That ministers,
in charge of an organized church and
teachers of public schools shall be
entitled to vote after six montns residence
in the State, otherwise qualified.
Registration.?Payment of all taxes,
including poll tax, assessed and collectable
during the previous year.
The production of a certificate or
the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe to the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman of the
Board of Managers can administer
the oath to the other Managers and
to the Clerk; a Notary Public must
administer the oath to the Chairman.
The Managers elect their Chairman
and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
Dpened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed
at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p.
m.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy; and if none of the
Managers attend, the citizens can
appoint, from among the qualified
voters, the Managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
sount the ballots therein, and continue
without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make a statement
of the result for each office,
and sign the same. Within three
lays thereafter, the Chairman of the
Board, or some one designated by
the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners
of Election the poll list,
the boxes containing the ballots and
written statements of the result of
the election.
Managers of Election.?The following
Managers of Election have been
appointed to hold the election at the
various precincts in the said County:
Bamberg?F. W. Free, H. W.
kdams, E. C. Bruce.
Denmark?J. D. Milhous, Asa
Baxter, L. W. Abstance.
Farrell's Store?J. J. England, S.
M. Goodwin, J. I. Dempsey.
Ehrhardt?G. W. Hughes, D. P.
Smith, J. B. Copeland.
Govan?F. Cook, O. L. Lain, J.
A.. Lain.
Hearse's Mill?H. W. Chitty, J. J.
ECearse, G. E. Hearse.
Midway?B. F. Folk, G. W. Dukes,
EL W. Walker.
Olar?A. L. Kirkland, J. G. Brab1am,
W. E. Sadler.
The Managers at each precinct
lamed above are requested to delegate
one of their number to secure
aoxes and blanks for the election at
the Clerk of Court's office in the
lourt house at Bamberg, S. C., on
Saturday, October 81st, 1908, between
the hours of nine a. m. and
ive o'clock p. m.
A. L. MILHOUS,
J. A. WYMAN,
W. H. VARN,
Commissioners of Federal Election
for Bamberg County, S. C.
October 13th, 1908.
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jft and is now on exhibition in our she
w the doll, and one vote will be allow*
chase of $1.00 entitles you to 20 v
!? ets for voting will be furnished by
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} tiful, con\p in and look it over. Thi
t? too when you see the handsome g<
:* embraces coffee aijd tea pots, suga:
:: cups, shaving mugs and brushes, b
ware is made in South Carolina,
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t? in Bamberg. We will not have an;
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?; too busy to open them up. The as
;; toys, engines, automobiles, battles!
; chines, etc. Some toys sell as hig
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:: Buster Brown, Foxy Grandpa, etc
:: New shipment of cut glass expe
13 Another lot of Fancy China wi
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t? est and prettiest assortment ever
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close out the stock. - 9BB
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otes, and so on. Vote early and often. Tick- \ pS
us, and votes to be counted must be on' 1 Ipl
red, and if you want to see something beau- j
e prices are reasonable, and you will say so j fcf ;|j
>ods. It is all quadruple plate, and the line $ , f
r dishes, cream pitchers, puff boxes, baby jg;J|
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read trays, syrup pitcners, etc. jlui? oh voxat
Hartsville, so patronize home industry fjtf'K
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r trashy stuff, but strong, durable toys that 9 '*M
hey are in the store now, but we have been ffegjf
isortment embraces all sorts of mechanical t'!'|
hips, magic lanterns, moving picture mah
as $6.00. See the line. A
of picture books for children, including jn^g
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shown here Presents in the line for every- J IJfi
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