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PEONAGE CASE AT UNION.
Negro Farmer Accused of Holding
Negro in Involuntary Servitude.
v Union, Oct. 16.?Knight Foster, a
well known and well to do colored
man, living near Jonesville, who is
j about sixty years old, several days
* ago was arraigned before United
States Commissioner W. H. S. Harris,
of Jonesville, on the very unusual
charge of peonage, which is the keeping
of one in involuntary servitude.
B The case is brought under Act of
W Congress, 1867, and so far as can
be recalled, is the only one of the kind
, that has occurred in this State in
years, if ever, and is particularly
l unique in that the party charged is
^ a colored man for holding in involunB
tary servitude a colored person.
[ The person whom it is alleged has
been held in involuntary servitude,
is a young negro, about eighteen
years old, who, it is stated, has been
held against his will since last August,
though there is information to
? the effect that the whole case may be
A the outgrowth of spite work on account
of certain differences, in which
&night Foster was concerned.
" Knight has been released on a $1,,
000 bond and the case will come up
for Hearing at me unuea ouues
| . court in Greenville next week.
. ATTEMPT TO MURDER PRIEST.
? Unknown Man Shoots Twice at Fath<
er Fielding.
? Chicago, Oct. 18.?An attempt to
assassinate Rev. J. K. Fielding, pastor
of the Corpus Christi Roman
Catholic church, was made this afterboon.
After twice shooting at the
priest in the Sunday-school hallway
A of the church, the assassin, knocking
\ down several children that stood in
the way, ran into the street and esi
eaped. The priest was not hurt. The
, shooting and the screams of the children
created wild excitement in one
- of Chicago's fashionable residence
Quarters.
The culprit first attracted attention
"by loitering about the church* and
writing on a sheet of paper which he
v / held against the building. Made cu^
rimiR hv the man's Deculiar actions,
Father Fielding asked him: 'What
are you doing here.
"I'm praying," replied the stranger.
, V As the priest turned his back the
stranger drew a revolver and pressed
it against his intended victim. Father
Fielding immediately knocked the
weapon away just in time to escape
, a bullet, which grazed his head and
3 Clipped a lock of hair from his temple.
The priest then knocked the culprit
down. Hurriedly scrambling to
his feet, the man continued down the
Hallway, pushing and trampling over
/many children. At the bottom of
W the stairway he turned and fired anM
other ineffectual shot at the priest
and then still brandishing the revol;
ver, ran down the street. Children
and citizens, accompanied by Father;
Fielding, pursued the man, but hej
escaped.
The man is described as being eith-;
er Greek or Italian. Corpus Christi
N is at Forty-ninth street and Grand
y' boulevard and includes in its membershiD
some of the wealthiest Ro-i
man Catholics in the city.
V * v. Her Seventh Wedding.
A jLos Angeles, Oct. 15.?Mrs. Grace
Snetl-Coffln-Coffin-Walker-Coffin-Layman-Love
will marry Layman. She
called up the society editor of a morning
paper last night and announced
k her engagement. Then she went to
tjhe theater with her former and
promised husband.
'.She cannot marry for several
months yet, as her divorce from Love
'has not been made final, but as soon
as she is free she will try again. She
is' the champion divorcee of the
United States, and she evidently in"
tends to set a record that will be hard
' to beat.
She is the daughter of Amos J.
r Snell, the Chicago millionaire whose
mysterious murder early in Febru-j
y ary, 1888 at his beautiful home:
^ startled the middle west.
> - Here is the record of her Tnarriages:
Married Frank Nixon Coffin in 1884.
Divorced from Coffin 1894.
- Three years later married Coffin i
? again.
Divorced from Coffin for second:
time in 1898.
Married James C. Walker the same
gpyear.
Divorced from Walker in September,
1901.
Six weeks later married Coffin for
?C^fthe third time.
^ Divorced from Coffin for third
time a month afterward.
Immediately married Perkins A.
Layman.
Divorced from Layman in 1904, 12
% months later.
Married Hugh M. Love in May,
1908.
. Divorced from Love in the same
^ year.
Her second Layman marriage will
he her seventh wedding.
As pretty Grace Snell she eloped
when 16 years old, in 1884, with her
dancing master, Coffin. He wras once
a coachman, but was of good appearance.
They lived together ten years
(her longest period of wedded bliss),
and had three children.
^ . Then she got a divorce. _Four
years later she met Coffin at the bedside
of their dying boy and they were
remarried. In three months she got
_ a divorce in Chicago courts. She
W?S living at the Virginia Hotel, Chi^
rvwAwnflr morribH Tom^c
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C. Walker, clerk at the hotel, whom
she took on a honeymoon to Europe.
After two years she divorced him.
.A month later she married Coffin
. again, but left him four hours after
^ the ceremony, and in a month got a
divorce.
When her mother died, the then
Mrs. Coffin, &c., inherited her share
of an $800,000 estate and came to
? Los Angeles, where, while living at
the Van Nuys Hotel, she met and
married Perkir ? A. Layman,bell boy,
In two years she divorced him. May
31, 1906, she married H. M. Love, a
local newspaper man and divorced
him last August.
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See Frank Bamberg's line of vehicles
and horses and mules. He is
the largest dealer in this section,
buys in car lots, and can save you
money.
NEGRO MAN RESISTS ARREST.
Kills Two of Party Seeking Him and
Seriously Wounds the Other.
Lithonia, Ga., Oct. 18.?Charlie
Mitchell, a negro, early to-day shot
and instantly killed T. E. Peek, a
bailiff, and C. F. Argo, a young white
man, and after badly beating C. S.
Elliott, deputy sheriff, over the head
with his pistol, escaped.
Peek, Argo and Elliott, it is said,
had a warrant charging the negro
with an attempt to murder G. W.
Brooks, a white man, on Saturday
and went to his home near here to
arrest him. When the negro saw the
officers approaching, it is said he
opened fire on them. The officers
returned the fire and attempted to
rush the negro. Peek and Argo were
killed almost at the door of the
house. The negro then attacked Elliott
and dealt him several hard
blows on the head with his pistol,
and knocked him down. Mitchell
then made his escape.
News of the shooting quickly spread
and several posses are now in pur
suit of Mitchell who, it is said, is;
heavily armed. Bloodhounds have!
been secured from Decatur and Con-!
yer. It is not believed the negro will'
be captured alive.
Deputy Sheriff Elliott says, he
struck the negro several blows on
the head, and also thinks Mitchell
received a pistol wound in the mouth.
Elliott is seriously hurt, but it is
thought he will recover.
Destructive Fires.
Branchville, Oct. 16.?This morning
about 2 o'clock the alarm of fire
was heard and it soon developed that
Branchville had another serious fire.
The warehouse belonging to Mr. P.
C. Dukes, that was situated just in
the rear of his beautiful store, together
with the contents therein, was
a total loss. The loss that Mr. Dukes
sustained was about $4,000, with $1,000
insurance. The store building
that Mr. Dukes occupied as a general
merchandise store was damaged to
the extent of about $300 or $400.
This loss was covered by insurance.
The handsome two-story brick residence
owned and occupied by Mr. J.
B. Henderson, that is situated just
east of the warehouse of Mr. Dukes
that was burned, came very near
burning, and if it had not been for
the heroic assistance rendered by citizens
of Branchville it is almost certain
that Mr. Henderson's residence
would have been destroyed by fire.
Mr. Henderson's loss probably
amounted to $300 to $500, which is
covered Dy insurance.
Another fire that occurred just a
couple of hours earlier, happened at
Farrell'8 cross roads, about four
miles from Branchville. In that fire
Mr. D. T. Rhoad had the misfortune
of losing his entire gin and saw mill
outfit. His loss was one saw mill,
grist mill, gin outfit and several
bales of cotton. Mr Rhoad's loss has
been estimated at $3,000 to $5,000,
with no insurance.
Mr. Dunklin Herndon, of Colleton,
was the unfortunate one to have
three bales of cotton at the gin house
when it burned and it was also burned.
It is reported that during the excitement
of the gin fire, Mr. G. W.
Farrell fell down and dislocated his
shoulder. Mr. Farrell immediately
came to Branchville and called on Dr.
Wimberly, who in a short time administered
to his wants and soon had
his shoulder in its right place again.
Mrr Farrell's many friends in Branchville
and vicinity wish for him a
speedy recovery. 1
It looks like Brancfcyiile is,having
bad luck from a fire standpoint of
vipw.
ELECTION WILL BE HELD.
Laurens County Will Vote November
3 on Removal of Dispensary.
Columbia, Oct. 17.?The supreme
court to-day, after hearing arguments
on both sides, refused the injunction
in the Laurens dispensary case, sustaining
the demurrer filed on behalf
of the county board or election commissioners.
The court in effect holds
that the petitioners have adequate
remedy at law, and the decision
means that if the election is illegally
held the petitioners can after the
election contest it on the ground of
illegality.
After the reading of the petition
by Mr. Cannon and the demurrer and
return by Mr. Cooper, and after argument
by Messrs. Cannon for the petitioners,
Cooper and Ferguson for the
respondents and Blease for the petitioners,
the court took a recess for
ten minutes, and upon reconvening
the chief justice read the opinion of
the court sustaining the demurrer
and dismissing the case. The elec
tion on the dispensary in Laurens
will accordingly be held on November
3rd, the day of the general election,
and the people will decide whether
or not the dispensary is to be retained
in that county.
Wright Declared Insane.
Bennettsville, Oct. 15.?Application
was made to-day before Probate
Judge Milton McLaurin, looking to
the placing of Mr. Z. P. Wright, 7*ho
is in jail on a charge of arson, in
the State Hospital for the Insane.
Drs. Kinney and Jordan filed certificates
that Mr. Wright is a lunatic and
a fit subject for the Asylum, and the
testimony of Mr. J. H. Lewis and Mr.
W. C. Breeden also was to the same
effect. Judge McLaurin examined
members of Mr. Wright's family. It
was not generally known that such
steps would be taken, though it was
generally understood that there was
no other defence possible except that
of insanity.
T. I. Rogers, Esq., of the firm of
Townsend & Rogers, Mr. Wright's
attorneys, went to Darlington this
afternoon to confer with Solicitor
Spears. It is said that the claim for
insurance has been renounced and
that the insurance companies will
not push the case.
New goods constantly arriving at
The Herald Book Store.
The Herald Book Store will handle
all the text books used in the city and
country schools.
When you want school books for
the children, you can get them -at The
Herald Book Store.
DESTRUCTION IN MICHIGAN.
Refugees Camped in Open Fields and
Box Cars.
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Detroit, Mich., Oct. 18.?Reports
from the forest tire district of northern
Michigan were fragmentary today,
but there were indications of
improvement in the general situation
as far as imminent danger to life and
property was concerned The conditions
of the victims who survived the
destruction of their homes and villages
is pitiful in the extreme, with
the likelihood of greater distress and
many deaths from exposure in the
event of a sudden drop of temperature
falling upon the half-clothed refugees
camped in b x cars and open
fields.
Gov. Fred M. Warner to-day issued
an appeal to the people of Michigan
f^>r contritmtions and Mayor William
B. Thompson of uetroit has called
a special meeting of the common
council for to-morrow morning to
consider the matter of contributing
relief.
Fffeotive measures already have
been taken to relieve the suffering
victims, and dozens of car
loads of provisions lumber and hay
have been shipped to the burned district.
Quartermaster Gen. W. J. Rogers
of the State troops, who was sent into
the district to investigate conditions,
telegraphed Gov. Warner today
that there was no need of troops
as the fire situation is improved, temporarily
at least. The immediate
need is for bedding and food for the
refugees and fodder for horses and
cattle. Gov. Warner has already directed
the sending of several hundred
blankets into the burned district
and all tne blankets on hand in
the armory of the State troops at Alpena
have been forwarded there.
Negro May Oppose Patterson.
Aiken, Oct. 18.?A colored man
prominent in the ranks of the Republican
party in Aiken has informed
your correspondent that the Rev.
Isaac Meyers has been named to make
the race for Congress in opposition
to Congressman Patterson by the Republicans,
whose executive committee
for the 2nd district met yesterday
in Aiken.
But another colored man, a Republican
as well, states that the matter
has not been definitely settled
and that the committee adjourned to
again meet on Tuesday in Beaufort
to finally settle the matter.
It is understood that many of the
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leading uegry xvcpuun^auo cue uu<
in favor of a negro running in opposition
to Mr. Patterson, the Democratic
nominee, this year. It has been stateed
that Dickson, the Barnwell negro,
wno is employed in Columbia as
gauger in a distillery there, is opposed
to Meyers making the race. He
was present at the committee meeting
in Aiken, but did not give open
opposition to Meyer's nomination,
and it is further stated that the reason
why he did not openly oppose his
being named was because he is a native
of Barnwell, Mr. Patterson's
home, and he was afraid that if he
opposed Meyer's nomination fie would
be accused of being in "cahoots" with
the Democrats and would get a black
eye in his party.
Another reason assigned why Meyers
should not run this time is because
they think that the next National
House of Representatives will
be Democratic, in which event they
do not believe that a negro Republican
would be able to collect the
$2,000 as a contestant for Mr. Patterson's
seat in Congress (which is
the primary object of the contest.)
Another discouraging feature, says
a negro Republican of the city, is
the $2,000 for making the last contest
by Meyers has not yet been paid,
having been put off from time to
tt'Vi J nVi fe talran oc on nmon that
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the sentiment in regard to these absurd
contests is changing in the National
Congress.
To-day a prominent negro Republican
was asked if there was a faction
among, the negroes in this county
against Taft, and he replied that
there was not, but that a great number
of negroes spoke highly in favor
of Bryan. He said he understood
that in some sections the. negroes
had pulled off their coats and gone
to work for. Bryan. He said that
there was a strong sentiment for
Bryan among, the negroes in some
sections, especially in the West,
where he said, according to the negro
newspapers, there were about
twenty-five negro preachers and
other professional men at work
against Taft.
It will be recalled that the negro
Republican conventions all over the
State had big splits about Taft and
Fpraker, many of them being avowedly
for Foraker because of his attitude
toward the negro soldiers of
Brownsville, Tex. This Republican
stated that he thought Taft was
against the negroes in the Browns
ville affair, and it is suspected that
Taft will lose many thousand negro
votes on this account. From what
can be learned among the negroes
here it is believed that the negroes
of the North and West are not sticking
to the Republican presidential
ticket this year as they have in former
years, and that Taft will not receive
their support as liberally as is
contemplated.
Negro Commits Suicide.
Chester, Oct. 19.?On the plantation
of Mr. J. B. Atkinson, near Lowrysville,
there took . place yesterday
quite an unusual?indeed, a rare?
occurrence, the suicide of a negro.
The victim was James Heatherington,
about 65 years old, industrious
and well-to-do, and respected by all
his neighbors. The act was committed
with a razor, which he had concealed
in a clump of bushes near his
house. The negro had been in impaired
health for several months.
As a consequence, he has been for
some time in depressed spirits, and
this condition is believed to have led
him to take his life. The verdict of
the coroner's jury was that the deceased
came to his death from selfinflicted
wounds.
In these hard times you want to
make your dollar go as far as possible.
Go to Frank Bamberg for
horses and mules, buggies, wagons,
etc., and save money.
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I I Have you heard the latest news of the county?
I I Well, I know some of you have. A man of this I
k a I countv came into mv store last Thursday and ask- | , 3
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ed if this was McGowan's store. 3
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I said, "yes."
"Well," he said, "I have been,trying to get to
this store for the last two months to buy from you;
F"* and have at last. I have just sold a bale of cotton, >'::m
Oand have the money to buy some of those good
shoes and clothing my friends have been telling me
about."
nl said, "Well, I'll assure you that I do appreciate
any one saying anything good about my
^ business, but they could not say anything else and
tell the truth. When I get through selling you, .
you will say I have sold you the best values for the
money you have ever bought." ' ',1 >??3
did not say much after he spent $40.20, but I
that he was pleased with the prices and would see
me again.
Ippi ' i jpn
I j I thought no more about it until I saw him : j|
' Saturday with three of his friends, saying to me
as he entered: MB
^ "These are my friends. I brought them here
to be treated nice in every way, as I was, especially
as to prices. You can look for me again." . .IjHB
v Now, you see that is the talk of my friends. ?,|M
All you have to do is to give me a trial and you will
, say the same thing of me.
I have a very , swell line of NOTIONS, DRY ;||B
O GOODS, ETC., at low prices, but my CLOTHING-, '
SHOES, LADIES', GENT'S, AND CHIL- j|B
DREN'S UNDERWEAR are my specialties. >
o I am going to sell cheaper than ever be- I I
? Immmmimm Pm/lotr Hn+nliar smri pnntin.
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ving for thirty days. -JM
Shoes that were $1.50, at $1.25; $1.75 shoes at ,|jl|
VlA $1.50; $2.00 shoes at $1.75; $2.50 shoes at $2.00;
$3.50 shoes at $3.00; $4.00 shoes at $3.50; $4.50 -IgH
ft at $4.00; $5.00 shoes at $4.50. I pi j
n Children's Shoes at the same rate. I I
Men's tailor made Suits, all wool, that were
^ -y $10.00, at $9.00; $12.50 suits at $11.00; $15.00 suits :M
at $13.00; $17.50 suits at $15.00; $20.00 suits at
$17.50.
Look at those Overalls, that famous pig nose I
brand, the best ever made, going at 75 cents and
$1.00.
v ^ Men's heavy fleece lined Underwear at 85 cents
a suit. Tou have to pay $1.25 a suit anywhere else. 1 " |1
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P| Come to see me. I am selling everyunng uncap. ""'|||
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