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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1909 One Dollar a Year j?
* COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
* 1 Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, March 8.?Our little
town was alarmed on Wednesday
morning by the alarm of fire. One
of Conrad Ehrhardt Co.'s tenant
houses caught on fire, and was not
long before it" was in ashes. The
wind was high, and did not give
much time to save much that was in
* the house. A few articles were saved,
but very little of the clothing or bedding
was saved, as the fire originated
in the bed room.
About half past ten in the night of
the same day the alarm was repeated,
and we were hustled out of bed,
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pile of old crossties that were rot<
ted and piled at the end of the yard
switch, caught on fire, and the
watchman could not handle it by
himself. Fearing that the fire would
spread, he sounded the alarm to get
help, which soon came and put them
oat.
Mr. and Mrs. McKeithen have
gone into copartnership with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Smith in housekeeping.
\ Mr. I. J. Zeigler has moved his
household goods from Colleton, S.
C., to this place, and hopes soon to
have a house in which to set them
up in.
It is reported that a certain lady
in town was made sick from the
smoke of her neighbor's pipe. Must
\ be strong tobacco, or delicate nostrils,
or both. Buy a new pipe.
Sunday was a regular spring day,
and if it continues some corn will
soon be planted by our early farmers.
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tho 0v1 o 1"n mtip hflr moved to the
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cross roads between town and Mr. D.
C. Copeland's.
Miss Ella Parker, of Rocky Ford,
Ga., is spending some time with
Mrs. Jack Smith.
Miss Juanita Kinsey, of .Williams,
spent a few days with Mrs. Charley
Kinsey.
Mrs. Fannie Copeland, who has
been spending some time in Newberry,
S. C., with relatives, came home
on Tuesday, accompanied by Miss
Leila Groseclose. JEE. ;
Kearse News.
Kearse, March 8.?As we have
formerly stated, the Timrod Literary
Society was to meet and hold its social
meeting at the home of Misses
Eloise and Evelyn Brabham on last
> Friday evening, March 5th.
The attendance was small, but this
was not a case of "the more the merrier,"
for we feel conscientious in
saying that each and every one presorwont
9 vppv eninvahle eveninsr.
x "Father Time" passed us too quick
when puzzling over the "penny for
jour thoughts" questions which were
jrot before us. In this, numerous
questions were given and the answers
were to be found on a penny.
Many other games followed, which
were equally enjoyable.
Music, both vocal and instrumental,
was another feature of the evening.
It will be needless to express
how much this was appreciated, for
where would we go to find one who
doesn't like music?
Even the thrill notes of a bird in a
tree attracts the attention of a passer-by.
Last, but not least, was a delightful
course of refreshments, served in
a most graceful and dignified manner.
The time having passed so rapidly,
we now had, to our regret, arrived at
the parting hour. We then bade our
hostess a fond goodnight, and de?
parted for home, each one having
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a pi^aoaut ^*vutu^.
The next meeting of the society
will be held at the school building on
Friday, March 12th. We insist upon
each member being present, for we
are arranging a program for a public
meeting to be held in the near fu.ture.
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Colston News. _
Colston, March 9.?We are having
-some very pleasant weather this
week. Everybody is getting ready to
plant their corn.
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Mr. Joe Avant and sister, Miss
: Sudia, and Mr.. Frank Padgett and
sister were the guests of Mr. J. C.
Bishop Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. Abner Fender had a pindar
shelling Saturday night. They all
seemed to have a nice time.
Mr. J. C. Bishop went to Bamberg
to-day.
We are sorry to know of the illness
of Mr. Lawrence Bishop. Hope
"he will soon be up again.
We are going to have a picnic at
the Colston, school Saturday, the
13th. Everybody is invited to come
with well filled baskets. We will
have some speaking. We are expecting
to have Prof. J. C. Guilds, and if
we have him we will have some good
talk. L. P.
Full line men's ow cut shoes for
spring wear at J. A. Byrd's. They
are the Douglas make, no better on
-earth. W$ have them in all colors,
and nobby dressers 9hould see our
line.
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SENATOR SMITH SWORN.
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Took Oath of Office Tuesday Along
With the Others. j
Washington, March 5.?South ;
Carolina's new Senator, E. D. Smith,
took the oath of office yesterday, and
! immediately entered upon the discharge
of his duties. Promptly at
noon, he advanced to the vice president's
desk, and there with many
other new men, took the solemn and
binding obligation of a United States
Senator.
Senator Smith was welcomed to
the upper house and received handshakes
from many of his newly made
colleagues on both sides of the
chamber. Many old South Carolinians
residing in Washington went to
the Senate to see him take the oath
of office and to extend their congratulations..
He returned home tonight,
but will be, back in Washing.?
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lull clgCllU V* lieIX IUC CAll a. OCOOIUU utgins
on March 15. It is understood
that he will endeavor to get on the
committee on agriculture and
finance, but nothing definite can be
learned about this now.
BLACKS AND WHITES IN FRACAS
Fight Near St. Matthew's Results in
Wounding of Two Participants.
St. Matthews, March 7.?There
was the usual Saturday night crowd
out of town, on the Monck's Corner
road last evening, when a general
mix-up occurred among white and
black. It appears that there was
some dispute about the right of way,
which started the trouble.
The whole truth will probably not
be known until aired in the courts,
but a few facts seem established.
Louis Robinson, colored, was severely
beaten over the head by P. B.
Hauser, white, with a stick.
Sam Whetstone, colored, coming
up and supposing that his friend,
Robinson, had been disabled by W.
A. Walsh, white, made a ferocious
attack upon the latter with a knife,
cutting him deeply about the head
and left arm. The knife or razor
was evidently very sharp, as it cut
as smoothly as a surgeon's instru??
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the arm.
A physician was hastily summoned
to repair damages.
Hunter Case Appealed.
Chief Justice Y. J. Pope has stayed
the remittitur in the case of the
State vs. G. W. Hunter, recently affirmed
by the supreme court, for 30
days, upon petition of the defendant,
in order to give time to perfect an appeal
of the case to the supreme court
of the United States.
Hunter, who. was charged with .
murder in the killing of Elbert P.
Copeland, in Laurens county, was
tried four times in Laurens, after
which the venue was changed to
Greenwood, where in February of
last year he was convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to serve
eight years on the public works or in
the State penitentiary.
In his appeal to the supreme court
it was contended, among other
things, that the constitution 01! the
United States gave bim the right to
be tried in the county where the alleged
offence was committed. Other
constitutional questions were raised.
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ever, and the case was recently affirmed.
Hunter's attorney went before
Chief Justice Pope upon a petition
setting forth that in their appeal the
constitution and laws of the United
States were drawn in question, and
that the petitioner was desirous of
having these questions passed upon
by the supreme court of the United
States. The petition prayed that the
remittitur be stayed to give defendant
time to perfect his appeal.
Negro Chopped With Axe.
Spartanburg, March 8.?In a
drunken row at the home of Victor
McBrier, near Cowpens, Raymond
Caskett was chopped in the head
Saturday night with an axe wielded
by Jim Klugh. Both are negroes.
Caskett was to-day arrested and incarcerated
in the Spartanburg jail.
Caskett will die. Both negroes were
employed on the Carolina, Clinchfield
& Ohio construction work.
Deputy and Brother Slain.
Seneca, March 8.?Deputy Sheriff
W. B. F. Corbet and his brother,
Charles, were killed to-night at 10
o'clock at the home of J. B. Palmer,
two miles south of Walhalla.
It is reported that Corbet had a
warrant for the arrest of one Palmer
for shooting up the rural mail box.
Palmer, his wife, daughter and son
are all slightly wounded. Palmer and
two sons are in jail. Particulars are
lacking.
Train Was Rocked.
Williston, March 7.?Last night
about 9 o'clock while the passenger
train from Charleston to Augusta
was passing Reynolds, a small station
between Blackville and Williston, a
rock came crashing through the
glass, breaking it into a hundred
pieces and striking on the left shoulder
Mr. Bates, who is a traveling
salesman for the Drake-Innis Shoe
Company, of Charleston.
The coach was filled with passengers
at the time, many ladies and
children being on that side of the
car. The injury to Mr. Bates was
slight, but had the rock entered the
window two feet higher it might
have been serious. It is to be hoped
that both the State and the railroad
authorities will use every effort to
capture and punish the villain, for
such lawlessness should not go unpunished.
IN TIE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick'
Reading?Paragraphs Ahont
Men and Happenings.
The Citadel cadets will hold their
encampment and commencement
this year at Chester.
There is somewhat of a row over
in Florence county over the appointment
of the county dispensary board.
It is stated in the newspapers that
Fairfield county will vote out the
dispensary, but Richland, the adjoining
county, will retain it.
John Nunn, a young white man of
Rock Hill, was crushed to death between
two cars on the Southern on
Friday while performing his duties
as brakeman.
The town of Greer is soon to have
another 10,000 spindle cotton mill,
local capital to furnish $75,000 of
the capital stock and an outside syndicate
the balance.
It is said that there is a strong
dispensary sentiment in Sumter
county, and it is likely that county
will vote "wet' at the election
to be held in August.
A correspondent writing to the
News and Courier from St. George
says that Dorchester county is likely
to vote out the dispensary at the
election to be held in August.
James Williams, colored, 27 years
old, had his throat cut on Tuesday
night in Charleston by another negro
named Walter Heron, a policy dealer,
and died in a short while.
Two students of Erskine college,
Buchanan, of Charlotte, and Irvin,
of Chester, had a difficulty on Friday,
when Buchanan pulled his gun
and fired at Irvin, and then skipped
for parts unknown. There was no
damage done.
The town of Johnston, in Edgefield
county, suffered seriously by
fire Tuesday night. The fire broke
out in the business section, and a
number of stores and stocks of goods
were destroyed. The loss is estimated
at about $75,000.
It is stated in the dispatches from
Washington that Dr. Edwin W. Durant,
of Charleston, is likely to be
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a^yuiuicu tuimiui ui. tuv pui v iu
that city to succeed the negro, W.
D. Crum. Dr. Durant is a native of
Michigan, but married in Charleston
and has been living there for a number
of years.
The proposition to use $5,000 of
the school money to assist in building
the automobile road from Au- .
gusta-'to Aiken has stirred up the
people of Aiken county. This act
was passed by the representatives of
Aiken county at the recent session of 1
the legislature, and the tax payers
are not at all pleased With their action.
Colston Cullings.
Colston, March 9.?We are having ,
some spring weather. Makes the
farmers want to plant corn, but they
seem to think there is some cold
weather behind yet. ,
There were present fat Mr. J. Q. (
Bishop's last Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Copeland and family and Mr.
J. F. Clayton and daughters.
Mr. E. F. Padgett and sisters,
Misses Minnie and Ollie Mae, and
Mr. J. C.. Avant and sister, Miss
Sudie, visited friends and relatives
on Colston last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Folk and lit- i
tie son, Monroe, were the guests of
Mr. Frank Kirkland last Sunday.
Miss Letitia Bishop visited Mrs. B.
D. Bishop last week.
Mr. J. C. Kirkland and sister, Miss
Minnie, visited Mrs. W. C. Folk last
week.
Miss Thelma Beard spent last
week with her father, Mr. Willie
Beard.
Misses Bertie, Ruth, Flossie, and
Alma Bishop were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Fender last Saturday
and Sunday.
There will he a picnic at the Colston
school house next Saturday,
March 13th, at the close of Miss Mattie
Polk's school. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend it, with well
filled baskets, filled with something
good to eat, Buch as chicken and
ham and all other good things.
Mr. Frank Folk and family were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Folk last Sunday. Mrs. J. Laz
Copeland and Mrs. Martha Hiers
were also the guests of Mr. Folk last
Sunday.
Those who are on the sick list this
week are: Mrs. W. C. Folk and Mrs.
Lawrence Bishop, but we hope to
see them out again soon.
Messrs. Enery and Tomir ie Williams,
from Norway, visited friends
and relatives on Colston last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rentz went to
Bamberg last Saturday.
Mr. Gordon Kearse and mother
and Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Beard and
little son, Jacob, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kearse Sunday
last.
Mrs. Mattie Inabnett is spending
some time with her niece, Mrs. T. D.
Beard. A. L. B.
TO BE TRIED IN CHARLESTON.
Alleged Moonshiner, of Aiken County,
Bound Over to Federal Court.
Aiken, March 7.?Henry Scott, a
white resident of the lower section of
Shaw's Fork, near Scott's Bridge,
has been carried before District Federal
Commissioner Remey, at Edgefield,
and bound over to the Federal
court for trial, at Charleston, on the
16th of March. Scott is known 'by
the constables, revenue officers, and
county officers as the "King Blind
Tiger," and he is now under charge
of the Federal court ior alleged distilling
of whiskey without a government
license.
This charge grows out of a capture
of one of the largest blind tiger
stills ever hauled by the officers. The
raid was made last fall?August 8?
and the still was captured by Officers
Patft onH fiamiialc tho Ailrpn rmintv
constables, near the Residence of
Scott. No witnesses, other than
Messrs. Samuels and Cato, went to
Edgefield to testify at the preliminary
bearing.
On a raid previous to the one
when the still was captured, Messrs.
Cato and Samuels were accompanied
by Sheriff Raborn. They made a
search in the swamps near Scott's
house, where they believed the still
was, and it is said that they were
followed into the swamp by Scott
and several negro men, whom the officers
met as they were emerging
from the swamp. Upon meeting the
men, all of whom were armed with
guns, one negro drew a gun on Officer
Samuels, and was made to lower
it only upon threat of death.
Bond was fixed, and Scott was released.
A Mr. Cook went upon his
bond. This <&?e has attracted widespread
attention. At the time of the
capture of the still, great quantities
of mash were destroyed, and the
surroundings suggested the operation
of a mammoth still. Several
raids have since been made in that
section, and at one time large quantities
of "stores" were destroyed.
The officers have been informed that
Scott has continued his Illicit operations
ever since his alleged "big
still" was demolished.
"NIGHT RIDER" ESCAPES.
nip?rhp1 Hftffjr. Confessed Member of
Band, at Large.
Union City, Tenn., March 7.?
Hirschel Hogg, a confessed member
of the band of "night riders" who
murdered Capt. Quentin Rankin at
Walnut Log in October, escaped from
jail at Dresden last night and has
not been recaptured. He is supposed
to be in hiding in the lake region.
The military at Fort Regan has been
notified and are instituting a vigorous
search for the fugitive.
While Hogg was held a close prisoner
by Sheriff C. A. Brasfleld, he
had recently been accorded the liberties
of a "trusty," and it is now believed
that he was implicated in an]
attack made on Sheriff Bradfield j
Sati rday night by a negro prisoner
with a razor in which the officer was I
severely wounded. That he furnished
the weapon has been admitted by
the negro, and Hogg, believing that
he would again be thrown into close
confinement, made his escape before
the authorities took action in his
case.
The confessed night rider has not
been seen in the neighborhood of
Union City since the news of his escape
reached here. The soldiers here
onH ot Rnnkin harrarka on the lake
have instituted a vigorous search for
him.
Wade Pinson Will be Tried.
Laurens, S. C., March 7.?In the
court of common pleas to-morrow
will be arraigned young Wade Cothran
Pinson, on the charge of killing
his friend, Thornwell Boyce, both of
Cross Hill, this county, on the morning
of November 7 of last year. Pinson,
Boyce and Miss Mary Brown
were riding together in a buggy on
the way home from a party and the
tragedy occurred about 1 o'clock in
the morning.
At the inquest Miss Brown testified
that Pinson drew his pistol and
exclaimed: "I am going to shoot
like hell," and fired twice, one shot
taking effect in the back of Boyce's
head, who at the time was sitting on
Pinson's lap. .All the parties concerned
in the case are prominent
families and the case promises to be
the most sensational in the history
of Laurens.
Asks Tillman's Presence.
Washington, March 7.?Senator
B. R. Tillman has just received an
invitation from Former Attorney
General W. A. Barber, of New York,
inviting him to be present at the annual
dinner of the South Carolina
Society of New York, which is to be
given some time during April. Judge
Augustus VanWyck, who is president
of the society, conveys an urgent request
for the Senator's presence,
through Mr. Barber.
Senator Tillman has not yet decided
whether he will accept the invitation.
Glnck Mills Will Expand.
Anderson, March 8.?Two thousand
additional spindles, increasing
the output 10 per cent., will be added
at the Gluck cotton mills. These
spindles will be placed in the cloth
room, the cloth room being transferred
to another building. The mill
village is to be lighted with electricity
and waterworks will soon be installed.
The Gluck mills are located
four miles south of Anderson on the
car line, and are of the best paying
mills in this county. The mill village
has a population of 800.
wiuie carter to be min6
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NEGRO WHO MURDERED WOMAN
IN BARBAROUS MANNER.
Judge Watts Sentences Him to be
Hanged Here on Friday, the
30th Day of April.
When The Herald went to press
last w ednesday the case of Ben Orr
and Seviila orr, charged with ootaining
a signature by false pretenses,
was being tried. They were found
not guilty.
William Williams, a negro, was
tried ior murder and found not
guilty, but he was found guilty of
carrying concealed weapons. He
was sentenced to forfeit the pistol
and pay a fine of 150 or serve thirty
davs on the chain gang.
Theodore Richwine, charged with
murder, was tried Thursday, the
trial consuming all day. This case
was hard tought, as Richwine's employer,
Mr. G. Moye Dickinson, took
a personal interest in the case.
Richwine shot and killed a negro
named Willis Glover, the killing occurring
on the street in rear of
Hays's furniture store, near the elecric
light plant, where it is common
for negroes to congregate and drink
after they have bought whiskey from
the dispensary. No ill feeling between
the two was proven, and they
were laughing together on the street
a few minutes before the killing occurred.
Richwine pleaded self-defence,
claiming that Glover attacked
him with a knife. There seems to
have been no question but that
Glover had been a mean negro in reconstruction
days and afterwards,
but it appears that he had quieted
down in the past few years. The
fact that Richwine had greatly .Assisted
in running down some tif&gro
cotton thieves a few years ago was
brought out as why Glover had ill
will for him. The jury found Richwine
guilty of manslaughter, and he
was sentenced to serve seven years
on the chain gang or in the penitentiary.
This verdict is generally considered
as a victory for the defense,
and the impression is that Richwine
got off light.
Robert Connelly, a negro, was
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with murder. Connelly killed his
wife, the crime occurring in the Ehrhardt
section. This trial consumed
all of Friday, and the jury went into
the room late in the afternoon. They
found it hard to agree upon a verdict,
as it was after daylight Saturday
morning when they agreed upon
a verdict. He was found guilty of
murder with recommendation to
mercy, and Judge Watte sentenced
him to imprisonment for the remainder
of his life, in the State penitentiary.
Connelly claimed that he
shot his wife by accident.
Saturday morning Judge Watta
sentenced Willie Carter to be hanged
on Friday, April 30th, he having
been convicted of murder the first
part of the week. Carter killed a negro
woman in the Hunter's Chapel
section, his crime being a most
brutal one. The woman was not his
wife, but he had been intimate with
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paid her by other negroes, so he went
to her house and broke in and stabbed
her to death.
Perk Copeland, who had been con- ,
victed of manslaughter the early part
of the week, was granted bail on
Saturday in the sum of $1,000, pending
an appeal to the State Supreme
Court. Capt. J. M. Dannelly went on
his bond and he was released from
custody.
It is a fact worthy of note that
the defendant in every criminal case
in this term of court was a negro,
which goes to prove what an expensive
luxury the negroes are, for it is
always the case that the time of our
courts all over the State is for the
most part occupied with trying negroes
for their crimes. The money
paid out for court expenses in trying
negroes is a tremendous drain
on our State, and that is one reason
taxes are so high.
Court adjourned last Saturday at
noon, criminal cases being finished,
the first week jurors were discharged
Court convened again Monday
morning, when civil cases were taken
up, the following being tried to the
time of going to press Wednesday.
Nixon & Danforth vs. S. G. Mayfield
and Kennerly & Mayfleld. The
jury returned a verdict for plaintiff
for $2,466, and a verdict for the defendant,
L. K. Mayfield. The plaintiff
tnnk a non-suit.on their second
cause of action.
Consent verdicts of $75 each were
given in the case of Susie Eaves and
Lucy Eaves against the Southern
Railway Co.
In the case of Florrie McMillan et
al, vs. Clarence E. Hughes et al, the
jury found for the defendant, J. W.
Hill, the land in dispute.
A non-suit was granted in the
case of A. W. Knight vs. the Southern
Railway. This was a suit to recover
for goods burned in the (Jepot
here a few years ago.
J. D. Copeland vs. L. G. Sandifer
resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for
j $153.41.
Colleton Realty Co. vs. J. F. Folk
resulted in the judge granting a nonsuit.
This was a suit for damages on
account of Folk not complying with
a land trade. '
C. J. S. Brooker vs. Southern Railway
Co. There were two suits here,
each being for goods destroyed in
the depot fire. The jury gave a verdict
for plaintiff in both cases, the
amounts being $58.20 and $14.96.
The case of L. K. Mayfleld vs. the
Southern Railway is being tried as
we go to press Wednesday morning.
This is a case for damages for a gin
house being destroyed by fire from
an engine of the company.
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KILLS FATHER-IN-LAW.
Dispute Over Household Belonging*
Leads to Tragedy.
Newberry, March 7.?It usually
happens that just before the criminal
court the negroes begin shooting - A
one another. Of course, this hat
nothing to do with it, but the coincidence
is a little remarkable.
Last night, about 8 o'clock, Lou
Singley shot and killed Lang Singley,
her husband's father. They lived on A
Mrs. N. R. Lester's place, in No. 9 # ;
Township, some eight miles south of
Newberry.
Lang and his wife, Bella, had,-not:
lived pleasantly together and she
had left him. She took some of the
household belongings with her and )g|
left them at the house of Burr Sing- J|
ley,.,the husband of Lou and son of |?
Lang. Last night Lang went over to M
Burr's to get his things. Lou said ' -m
| Lang could not get the things unless 'm
Bella was present. Burr told his :;1?
father, Lang, that if the things wens Jgjk
there he could get them and went jm J~f|
in the loft to get them. While hp AJ|
there, he says he heard the report of
a gun, and when he came down 3
found his father lying, shot to JP
death. A#
Lou admits the shooting, but soys
it was an accident, that she toldLang
that if he broke anything sho '^ja
would shoot him and picked up the
gun, but as she tried to break
gun it went off. There were two ;-.-M
other witnesses?an 8-year-old son \
of Burr and Lou, who swore to abo?t
the same statement as his mother,
and a 7-year-old boy, who says that ^|j
LOu and her boy told him to state ; '^8
that it was an accident. He also ~~
says that Lang said he was going to :"M
have his things and got on a tablo;||B~
to go in the loft, and that Lou picked
up the-gun and told him if he' Agjk'
broke anything she would shoot
and the shot was fired. 4
Coroner Folker and Sheriff Buford
went down this morning and held %
the inquest, the facts brought out bo^'-llH*
lag as stated.
Lou Single? was arrested and Is is
jail on the charge of murder. Lsnfc ,
Single? was about 65 years old. He jM
is said to have been with a crowd of VI
negroes who, about fort? ?ears ago, |
started out to shoot up the white
people, and a Mr. Cureton was ??{9;
actually killed.
WlLL NOT AFFILIATE.
Southern Masons Object to Action of
New Jersey Grand Lodge. *
Atlanta, Ga., March 8.?Following ^1|
the action taken b? the Masonic '
grand lodge of Masons of Mississippi ^
in severing all relations with the New jjH
Jersey grand lodge, it is expected'
that similar resolutions will be M
adopted at an early date b? Masonic ;
bodies throughout the South. It has 'csjg i
been suggested that an indignation :i
meeting be held in Atlanta to give
official expression to. the horror and
disgust felt by Dixie Masons at the
action of the New Jersey lodge in ad- 5 J
mitting negroes to membership. It is
possible that such a session may be * l
called within the next few days,
Prominent Atlanta members of the |
fraternity declare that-the Southern
lodges will secede from the national ^ ^
organization rather than submit to ^
sustaining fraternal relations with || "?
colored Masons. |
The trouble between the Missis- r|? 1
sippi grand bodies and the New Jer- vjHI
sey jurisdiction began August 22,
1908, when Grand Master William D. -r3
Wolfskeil, of Elizabeth, N. J., was
written to asking if it were true that %
the New Jersey grand lodge affiliated
with negroes. To this letter the grand
master of New Jersey replied that .y|l '
there was a negro lodge at Newark u
(Alpha, No. 166), that was in good v^E
standing, and that there was no law -Ja38
in the New Jersey jurisdiction deny- .3?'
ing to negroes full recognition as^
Masons.
Negro State Fair.
There is now available the appro<1
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puauuil Ul f 1)VVV Uiauv 1/; vuv ' rS&
lature recently for the aid of the col- .'. Aaa
ored State fair?$500 for premiums
and $500 for the rental of the State
fair grounds here. |
President Mobley, of the South H
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanl- ^
cal Society, is opposed, on general
principles, to allowing the negroes
the use of the grounds at any price,
and nothing has yet been done toward
arranging the lease for the cur- - ^
rent year. "Nevertheless," says
Richard Carroll, "we are going to
have a fair this year and a good one.
If we caq't get the fair grounds we ' |||
will look elsewhere." Slays
Wife and Himself.. ;*.|9
Boston, March 8.?Daniel C. Shillane,
a policeman, was found dying
early to-day in his home in East
Boston from the effocts of a bullet
wound, believed to have been selfinflicted,
while the body of his wife \ ^
lay on the floor beside him. Shillane " y|
died later at the hospital. It is said
that Shillane, who had been a policeman
22 years, was deranged from ' V||
two years' brooding over the death
of a X 9-year-old daughter. The . .;7|S
Shillane family occupied the third
floor of a tenement house. Condi- "/$
tions indicated that the tragedy oc-.>ggg
curred while breakfast was being
prepared. Other families in the
house heard two quick revolver shots ' 'Wt
from the kitchen of the Shillane ^
apartment. Taey forced open the
door and found Mrs. Shillane dead -fM
and Shillane still breathing but in- ''M
sensible. In his hand was his pistol,
telling the stor? of what had hap-4
pened.
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