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MYSTERIOUS CASE IN SALUDA.
Pope Havird Claims to Have Been
Ambushed by Five Men.
Saluda, May 1.?Pope B. Havird, a
white man living about 10 miles from
here in the Havirdsville section,
claims that while plowing in his field
Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock, he
was fired upon from ambush by five
V white men, as he neared the end of
the field next to the woods, and as a
result of the fusillade the mule he
was plowing was killed. Havird escaped
unhurt, although he claims
that the parties who killed his mule
were trying to murder him.
He says he recognized two of the
party as Fred Goff and Joe Rhinehart,
two young men who are close
* neighbors of Havird. He further
* says while not so positive, he believes
* the others were Walter Rhinehart,
Andrew Mitchell and a son of Ben
Brooks.
The sheriff and his deputy went to
Havird's home yesterday morning to
arrest him under a warrant issued
some time ago, charging him with
trespass after notice, and placed him
. t in jail.
According to Havird, after his
mule was killed he left for Prosperity,
14 miles away, on foot and
from there wired Gov.. Ansel for
bloodhounds and also asked for protection
at the hands of the governor.
The bloodhounds were sent up on
yesterday morning's train to Prosperity.
The guard in charge of the
^ dogs, accompanied by Havird, reached
Havird's home yesterday about the
time the sheriff got there. The dogs
struck trail near where the mule was
lying dead but it seems ran each
time in the direction rather of
Havird's home. Nothing was accomplished
and the hunt was called off.
There is considerable doubt in the
mind of most of the people of this
county as to whether Havird really
> was ambushed, as he says, or whether
he himself killed the mule, as a
move to gain sympathy. Havird is
now under bond on the charge of
killing a negro about 10 years ago.
Havird- is in jail here to-night and
expresses great anxiety for the safety
of his family in his absence. When
arrested to-day he was armed with a
magazine pistol and a large improved
v Smith & Wesson.
For 15 years or longer Havird has
been having trouble with his neighbors
and it is a common saying that
it is a wonder some one has not long
ago killed him. A few years ago he
was shot by John Yarborough and
had to have an arm amputated as a
% result of the wound.
He is now charged with killing a
negro 10 years ago and burning his
body. A true bill was found against
him at the December term of court
but the trial was postponed, that a
motion for change of venue might be
considered.
i y Judge Shipp two weeks ago filed
an order granting the change of
venue and the case will be heard at
Edgefield at the next term of court.
The guard wno went mere u>-uay,
Sheriff Sample and Deputy Padgett,
express grave doubts as to the truth
of Havird's statements about being
waylaid and five men shooting at him
at so close range and missing him,
yet evefry charge entering the mule's
.* body.
The whole affair is, to say the
least, mysterious.
No one, so far as can be learned,
believes Fred Goff and Joe Rhinehart,
ihe two young men whom
Havird says he recognized, had anything
to do with the shooting of his
mule.
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Geo. Stalvey Completes Sentence.
Last week George M. Stalvey, the
convicted bigamist, after serving six
months in the Aiken county jail s^nd
paying a fine of $500, the sentence
? imposed when he was tried, was released
from jail. There is yet another
charge against him, for the
non-support of his children. Bond
was fixed in the sum of three hundred
dollars for this offense, which
was furnished.
The fine, which accompanied the
sentence of six months in jail, was
paid Wednesday afternoon by a
brother of Stalvey, from Marion.
, v It will be recalled that Stalvey
married Miss Etta Lightfoot of Orf
angeburg, in this city, last summer,
whereupon the charge of bigamy was
brought against him by Mrs. Stalvey
w No. 1, she alleging that she was the
lawful wife of Stalvey.
This has . been one of the most in5'
teresting cases ever tried in Aiken
county. Stalvey comes from a prominent
Marion county family. The first
wife is a member of a North Carolina
family of some prominence, and
Miss Lightfoot comes from one of
Orangeburg's best families. The case
against Stalvey will probably come
up for trial at the. June term of
wui I.
The question of paying the fine, in
addition to serving six months, has
been the subject of a great deal of
discussion lately. It appeared that
there would be a complication in regard
to this part of the sentence.
However, this was avoided by the appearance
of Mr. Stalvey, from Marion,
with the money.
v Stalvey is in good health, though
some the worse for his half year's
confinement in jail. He remained in
the city until Thursday shaking
hands with old acquaintances. Stalvey
feels confident that he will be
acquitted of the second offense
against him.?Aiken Journal and
Review.
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NEGRO OR INDIAN BLOOD?
Richland Farmer Seeks $10,000 !
Damages from Neighbor.
A case 01 an unusual character has
been brought in this county, a suit
ior damages on the ground that the (
defendants had stated that the plaintiffs
have negro blood in their veins.
The suit grows oat of an appeal from
the action of the Hood Plateau
school trustees, which had excluded
two daughters of Mr. Roach W. Wil- ,
son on the ground that they had ne- !
gro blood in their veins, the county '
board declined 10 raKe <tcuuu, an ,
agreement being reached between ,
the warring factions whereby the
children were taken back into the <
school. It is claimed by the Wilson J
side that this action by the trustees
was done for spite and malice, and 1
was inspired by Charlie Haithcock,
one of the trustees, who secured the ]
action by his own vote and that of (
Trustee William Dowdy, who, it is ,
claimed, reversed his vote when he j
learned the true conditions. The ,
claim is that Mr. W. D. Davis, the j
third member of the local board of .
trustees, was not notified by Mr. ]
Haithcock of the meeting at which ,
the action was taken, and that he (
was against taking such a course.
It was admitted in the trial of the
appeal that the Wilsons had Indian ,
blood in their veins, Mrs. Wilson tes- 1
tifying that her grandfather was half 1
Indian, but it was mosit emphatical- 1
ly denied that any of the family was <
tainted with negro blood. County \
Attorney Thomas took the position ,
for the county Doara tnai iaumu ,
blood being shown, the action of the
trustees should be sustained, but the 1
other side strongly objected to this. .
What would- become of the social ,
standing of the numbers of charm- j
ing people over the State, whose \
proud boast is their direct descend- ,
ance from the Pocahontas Smiths, of:.
Virginia, if such a contention were , ,
sustained in the courts, it is argued. !
It is claimed that the charges be- ('
fore the trustees and the effort to .
have the county board decide against
the Wilsons have their foundation in
a property division. It was freely
admitted in the testimony before the
county board that up to recently the ,
other side freely mingled with the .
Wilsons without question, went to (
church and to picnics with them and j
treated them in every way. as social
equals. A few days ago some one J
"shot up" the home of Mr. Haithcock
in the night time, and the governor (
was appealed to and offered a reward
for the perpetrators.
Now the Wilsons hive retaliated against
Charlie Haithcock by bringing
a suit for slander through their
attorneys, DePass & DePass, against j
him for $10,000 damages for telling j.
people about the neighborhood that} (
the Wilsons had negro blood in their
veins and for his work in having the
daughters of Wilson dismissed from ,
the schools.?Columbia Record.
Report on Temperance.
At the recent session of the Charleston
district conference, the following
report on temperance was adopted.
It was requested that every
newspaper in every county where {
there was located a charge of this j
district, be asked to publish this report.
Therefore, as the Ehrhardt
charge is in Bamberg county, Mr. J.
G. Rhoad asked that the report be
published. The report was signed by
H. B. Browne, W. M. Williams, S. A.
Marvin, and Henry J. Cauthen, and
is as follows:
A canvass of the reports of the
several charges of the Charleston district
reveals the fact that practically
every charge is cursed with a dispensary
in its bounds. This should
serve to awaken the church to unusual
activity.
The growth of the anti-whiskey
sentiment in other sections of the
State and South has been notable.
Nearly all of the Southern States
have become prohibition and the
Piedmont section of our ow;n State
has voted out its dispensaries. Our
section is the stronghold of whiskey
in South Carolina.
A map of the State, on which the
whiskey territory is indicated by
black and prohibition by white,
shows the lower section of the State
to be solid black. There is only one
exception?the county of Clarendon
has recently become a prohibition
county. This should provoke the
church to serious thought.
Reports of the charges indicate
strong and growing sentiment
against whiskey. If this be true,
nrV.v fhp ft isnpn sarins continue?
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Cannot the vote of the church determine
this matter? The vote of our
Methodism, if cast in accord with
our religion could solve the liquor
question. Would it not be wise for
our preachers to throw themselves
into the coming fight?the August
fight?and endeavor to influence the
vote of our membership in favor of
prohibition? Could we not, by a
wise and tactful campaign, do God
and humanity a great service during
the coming summer? We need not
be offensive in a political way, but
we may by prudence and tact lead
our membership to right voting and
let the world know where Methodism
stands on the liquor question.
We would suggest that the month
of July be utilized as a season of special
activity by the church in a campaign
against whiskey, preaching
and working especially to this end.
As soon as the weather is warm
enough to warrant it, I will start
my ice wagon regularly. Until that
time customers can have ice delivered
during the mornings in lots of
twenty pounds and upwards.
L. C. PRICE.
SOUTH AND WEST. j
Senator Smith Thinks Their Political
Interests Are Alike.
Charleston, April 29.?Senator E.
D. Smith spoke last night at the
commencement of the Medical College
of South Carolina. He comes
fresh from the tariff battlefield, and
will leave this morning to tal-.e up
his fight for free fertilizer products,
bags and ties, and oleo stearine.
Senator Smith is confident that he
will win on the fight for free fertilizer
imports, and says he has about
an even chance at present on the
bags and ties amendment. He is
dubious on the outcome of the oleo
amendment.
"The great West," said Ssnator
Smith, "witn its marvelous resources
and great wealth, is lined up
with the South on the free importation
of fertilizer ingredients. In late
years much of the vast and fertile
territory of the West has been divided
into small farms, and the fertilization
of the land has become an important
factor in agricultural pursuits.
There is a transition stage in
the life of the South to the development
of manufacturing and in the
life of the West to smaller farms
that bring the South and the West
Dloser together than ever.
"1 believe," said the senator, "that
President Taft sees the promising
possibilities of the South for a move
to the Republican party and fears
the wider growth of Democracy in
the West; so that he is bending all
his energies to strengthen his position
with the people of Dixieland,
and keep up his party's balance of
strength."
It is the opinion of the senator
that the income tax is going to be established
firmly, because of the exhausted
patience of the West and the
South in relation to the great protective
tariff which has long fattened
the purses of the opulent East. He
regards the present tariff bill fight as
a crisis in the history of the United
States, with an ultimate tearing
down of many of the bulwarks of
protection.
Sellers Sued for $25,000.
Columbia, April 29.?Wade Hampton
Sellers, known in these parts as
the "king of blind tigers," now out
on bond, awaiting his second trial
for the killiug of Constable J. P.
Farmer, in P'ebruary, 1908, will be
sued by the widow of the man he
killed for damages to the amount
of $25,000.00.
It was on the morning of February
22, 1908, that Wade Hampton Sellers
shot to death Constable J. P.
Farmer. Farmer and Constable Ogg
went to the house of Sellers, armed
with a search warrant, and when
they were refused admittance Farmer,
upon being told by Ogg to do so,
kicked open the door, holding a pis
tol in his hand. As the floor was
swung ajar Sellers fired from within,
the rifle shot passing entirely
through the body of Farmer, killing
him almost instantly. Just a few
weeks before the shooting Sellers'
horse had been shot, when Farmer
fired in an attempt to stop Sellers,
who was racing up the street with
jugs of whiskey received from the
cars of a freight.
Sellers' whole life has been filled
with adventures, ever since the time
he came to Columbia and ran as a
newsboy on trains, and the story
goes that in that time Sellers began
the selling of whiskey.
One of the many incidents that
may be recalled of Sellers' career,
is the occasion when the Seaboard
"Flyer" struck a wagon load of
whiskey belonging to Sellers, killing
the negro driver and; demolishing
the wagon and its contents, save a
few kegs of whiskey, on which it is
said that the "Sandhillers" of Richland
county thrived awhile.
Such has been Sellers' career and
he is yet a young man. At the May
form r?f prnirt hp will hp tried for the
killing of Farmer, the jury being
unable to agree at the first trial.
Sellers is said to be well off, in
fact his numerous fines were always
paid readily. His bond was fixed at
$5,000, when he was released shortly
after the killing.
Governor May Fire Hoards.
Comptroller General Jones said today
that many of the county assessing
boards over the State have
wholly failed to carry out the recent
instructions sent to them by the governor
and the comptroller general as
to assessments of banks, their reports
to the comptroller general showing
that entirely unwarranted deductions
are made in favor of banks, in the
face of the very explicit and emphatic
instructions from Columbia.
United States bonds, and even investments
in cotton mill stocks and municipal
and county bonds and school
bonds are exempted. One bank with
$100,000 capital and nearly $50,000
surplus makes return for taxation of
only $2,500.
The comptroller general will report
these cases to the governor and
request him to remove the county
boards which have refused to carry
out the law. The county boards
are made up from the chairmen of
the township boards, which are all
appointed by the governor, and subject
to removal for cause. Their removal
by the governor would create a
profound sensation in a political way,
but Governor Ansel is a man who
docs not allow politics to interfere
with duty, and a big, sweeping out
of members of county assessing
boards would not create great surprise
in the circumstances.?Columbia
Record.
Texas Lynching.
Tyler, Tex., May 1.?A mob to-day
took from jail Jim Hodges, a negro,
and hanged him to a scaffolding at
the court house now building.
Hodges was charged with assaulting
and seriously injuring Miss Winnie
Harmon near here last night.
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