The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 10, 1909, Image 7

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''*& *&: ' " V - ; ' : vT; -v > ^ % ASSASSINATION IN HORRY. John Watson, Prominent Young Man, Slain by Negro. Conway, June 2.?Mr. John Watson, a prominent young man of the Greensea section of the county, about 20 miles from Conway, was today waylaid and shot by Melvin Watson, a notorious negro. Mr. Watson died a few hours after being shot. Sheriff Sessions learned of the affair by telegram and went immediately ^ - ? -Mti to the scene or tne Kuuug. i\ews reached here since the sheriff left > that more than 200 people with bloodhounds are in search of the negro, who fled as soon as he fired the fatal shot. What has been learned here of the affair came by telephone from Loris, a railroad station about ; six miles from Greensea, and hence ^ f full particulars have not yet been learned. From the best information obtain^ able it appears that Mr. Watson early this morning had started to Tabor, N. C., in a wagon. When only a short distance from Greensea he was fired upon by the negro, who was crouched in a fence jam. Mr. Watson was superintendent of the large plantation of Hon. J. P. Derham,. and it is stated that a young son of Mr. Derham was in the wagon when the sfcootin* occurred. He was not hurt. Greensea is a populous section and a large posse gathered in a veryshort time and went in pursuit of the negro who, it is said, is a very dangerous character. Mr. Watson was a young man of wide family connection and very popular throughout v the country, and great indignation is felt over the crime. Sayings of Mrs. Solomon. Verily, verily, my daughter, when a man proposeth unto a maiden, why doth she always say, "This is so sudden!" Yea. whv is she so "surprised?" , ? ? For by the time he hath discover| ed that she is "different" from other maidens, hath she not already made up her mind whether to be married in white satin of a going-a-way gown? And by the time he hath begun to > think of a flat for two, hath she not already picked out the flat and decided upon the furnishings? Yet, lo! when, after many weary moons, the proposal cometh, her ears are not prepared for what she heareth and she is astounded! For, mark by what slow degrees? even "by inches"?she landeth him. Behold, how she leadeth him into , cozy corners and beside the still waters of the conservatory fountain, where all is propitious. lei ne speaketh not. She Btandeth with him upon the mountain top and sitteth beside him upon the lonely beach; and she saith in her heart, "now?or never?he will speak up." Yet he remaineth silent. She lureth him into the green > fields at twilight. She becometh affrighted at strange cows and things in the dark. She rusheth unto him for protection and falleth in his arms. Yet his tongue cleaveth unto the roof of his mouth. She maketh him at home in the dining room and feedeth him from the chafing dish. She weareth a dotted Swiss apron and playeth the * "domestic." She introduceth him unto her sister's children and sighest significantly. But he will not be moved! Then, in her despair, she giveth it up, saying unto herself, "Go to! There is nothing doing. Lo! I have wasted my time. Yea, I have eaten of the fruit of the lemon tree!" And in her wrath she picketh a quarrel with him and leaveth him in > a huff. Yet on the following day, when she saileth forth in a mackintosh and rubbers, he meeteth her upon the muddy street corner. And tnen, lo! beneath a dripping umbrella and between two trolley cars, with the eyes of the multitude upon them, he exclaimeth: "Say, I can't stand this thing any longer. When wilt thou marry me?" * Yet, let her gather the fruit of her labors and let her works praise her; for peradventure, in all the days of her life she shall get nothing nearer to a real proposal! Selah. ANXIOUS TO MARRY. Chamber of Commerce Flooded with Applications for Husbands. Spokane, Wash., June 2.?When > Levi Grant Monroe, secretary of the Spokane chamber of commerce, announced a few days ago that there are 2,000 well-to-do bachelors, who are candidates for hymeneal bliss in the Island Empire, in responding to an inquiry from the Halstead Street Institutional church, of Chicago, and let down the bars to all eligible young women, he figured without his -k host. "There are not enough candidates m in the entire Northwest to accommodate those seeking husbands," he said. "If there are, I shall be glad * to hear from them at once." His desk is stacked high with letters from working girls and widows, spinsters and others, of various ^ ages, who say they "never had a chance." Thirty-six States and three Provinces in eastern Canada have been heard from to date, the xartuesi east uemg a iuwu uu iub coast of Maine. There are also scores of letters from Boston, Springfield, Augusta, Portland, Worcester, Burlington, Manchester and other cities in New England, but the majority are from * Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Missouri, with a sprinkling from Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. Five came from Washington, D. C., and there are some from Montana, the Dakotas, Washington and Oregon. Old Doctor: "I was successful in my first case." Young Doctor: "Indeed?" Old Doctor: "Yep. The executors of his estate paid my bill without a t murmur." BLOODY BATTLE IS PRISON. j Eight Convicts and Two Wardens! Killed in Fight. Tiflis, June 5.?A desperate battle was fought in the prison here to-day which ended in eight prisoners and two wardens being killed, and four wardens and two soldiers being mortally wounded. Five convicts who were condemned to death, while being transferred to the death cells, overpowered the wardens, wounding and disabling them. They then ran through the corridor, shooting down every one they encountered. They were finally brought to bay by a detachment of wardens, but refused to surrender, fighting until they were [crushed by repeated volleys. ' During the fighting three other ; prisoners escaped from their cells and rushed through the corridors in another direction. They were run down by soldiers, and as they were putting up a stubborn resistance, they were shot to death. BOUND OVER TO COURT. Young Campobello Man Who Beat an Old Soldier. Jones Eubanks, a young white man from near Campobello, was bound over to court by Magistrate Kirby on the charge of beating up TTT " T 1- J n W. r. jeu&ius, du dgcu V/Uuicuciqlc soldier. Wm. Eubanks, the father of the young man, was also arrested, but there was not sufficient evidence to hold him. Young Eubanks gave bond in the sum of $300. It is said that Jenkins made a table for the Eubanks, and was to get his pay when they sold a certain heifer. The heifer was sold, and the old soldier went and asked for his money. An altercation ensued, and Jones Eubanks collared the old man and gave his a thrashing. Wm. Eubanks is said to have stood by and watch his son beat up the old man and never offered to separate the combatants. ?Spartanburg Herald. Killing Near Fairfax. Fairfax, June 3.?Charley Taylor, colored, was shot and killed by Sanders Young, colored, at Zeigler's saw mill, five miles from here, early this morning and ran off, but was pursued by a posse with bloodhounds and caught near here late this afternoon. The dogs belonged to the county and Supervisor Morris and Capt. Fanning, of the chaingang, and Messrs. Alfred Dunbar and John Spann were the posse. A woman was the cause of the trouble and the weapon used was a shotgun. It is said the killing was unprovoked. Child Burned to a Crisp. Dallas, Tex., June 6.?In a fire which started this morning in the kitchen of the Knight apartment house, corner of Elm and Hardwood streets, Herschel Dannelly, 8year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Dannelly, was burned to a crisp, and two others were fatally injured and two seriously hurt. The injured: Charles Candenburg, broken back and other injuries, fatal. D. A. Dannelly, back probably broken, fatal; Mrs. James Morgan, lower limb broken and internally injured; Mrs. E. J. Phillips, back sprained and internally injured; F. A. Harliste and Gus Kartfins, seriously injured. Sixty-two people were asleep in the building when the fire started. A number were forced to jump from windows to awnings and then to the street. Many thrilling rescues were morlo "KTT f V? A fi an TVia uiau^ uj tuc; ui^ux^u. xuc iujuicu were given first aid by physicians, who rushed to the scene shortly after the fire started. The loss is probably $40,000. Mr. Ellerbe Suffers Broken Leg. Washington, June 6.?Representative Ellerbe had an unfortunate accident Friday night. Slipping on the glazed tiled floor of the lobby of the Metropolitan hotel, he broke his leg just below the knee. He was taken at once to the Providence hospital, where he is now. To-day he is reported getting along very well, though suffering considerably from the pain. It is not yet certain whether the small bone (fibia) is broken or not. An X-ray machine will be turned upon it to-morrow to ascertain the exact condition of the fracture. No serious danger is anticipated. Mr. Ellerbe wrote his wife, who is in South Carolina, that it is not worth while to come up. SHOCKING CRIME AT NASHVILLE Boy of Fifteen Kills Boy of Sixteen Over a Boast. Nashville, Tenn., June 4.?Shortly after 8 o'clock to-night, 16-year-old Edgar Serber was called from his home in West Nashville, and killed in the street by 15-year-old Jessie McPherson. The slayer used a repeating shotgun and fired twice, literally blowing off the top of his victim's head. ^f/>DVtar>onn nrfin ia fVlO cnn nf VI. der Jos. McPherson, a minister of the Church of Christ, was arrested shortly after the tragedy, and is now confined at the police station. Talking of the tragedy to-night, he admitted that he went to Serber's home to kill him, saying that Serber had talked about him and "said what he was going to do" until he was tired of it. Some weeks ago the boys engaged in a fight, during which Serber, it 'is said, used a buggy whip on McPherson. Serber was sitting on the porch of his home talking to his aged father, when McPherson summoned him to his death. A professor has discovered some ancient ruins what is supposed to be the eleventh commandment. The text is as follows: "Emas rof yltpmorp tseyap uoht sselnu repapswen a daer ton tlahs uoht." The commandment is easily translated by beginning at the end and reading backward. CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. Story that He Disguised Himself as a Woman Untrue. Those whose memory can go back to the closing days 01 the war tor the union, will recail how tne attempt was made to render tne expresident of the Confederacy an object of ridicule and obloquy on the nf Viio nantnre Tpffprcnri uutaoiuu v*. mo ww*.*/ww*? v Davis was represented as disguised in a woman's dress when Union soldiers made him a prisoner. The press in the North described at great length the ridiculous appearance the official head of the late Confederacy presented when he fell into the hands of his captors. The illustrated papers presented to its readers comical pictures in which Mr. Davis was depicted as awkwardly disguised as a woman, seeking to elude his pursuers. The impression made at the time in this way survived. Even to-day there are many persons who believe the story about Jefferson Davis's feminine disguise. Yet it was an invention pure and simple. How little truth there was in it is shown in the plain, unvarnished story told by one of Mr. Davis's captors, who, on the forty-fourth anniversary of the capture, told just what happened. It was on May 10, 1865, that the ex-president of the Southern Confederacy was run to earth near Abbeville, Ga. The party of Union soldiers who made him a prisoner numbered fourteen, of whom only one survives. Casper Knobel, who broke the fly fastenings of the tent from which the South's leader emerged. Here is Knobel's description of what occurred: "George Rinke, the horseshoer of Company A, and I were the first to approach the tents. I went to the nearest tent and had just broken the wrhnTl All f TTOllroH ft LlJ laotcuiugo nuvu vuv tt m*uvvk v tall, thin man, wearing civilian clothes. I did not know that it was Jeff Davis. As he walked toward the team Corporal Mungler, of Company A, approached him and asked: "Is that you Jeff Davis?" "When Davis replied, "It's not your business to ask me," Mungler levelled his revolver at Davis's head. As Mungler did this Mrs. Davis rushed from the tent, crying 'Don't.' At the same time, the morning being damp and chilly, she threw her shawl over her husband's shoulder. "There is no truth, by the way, in the report that Davis tried to escape in woman's clothes." This testimony of an eye-witness, which bears the impress of absolute truth, should set at rest forever the story about Jefferson Davis disguising himself in female attire to escape arrest. We think it is due to historic truth that even at this late date the memory of the chosen leader of the South should be freed from aspersions traceable to the embittered feelings evoked by the passions engendered during the mighty struggle for the preservation of the union. Those passions long since died down and to-day, thank God, we are again a united people, held together by the strongest bonds of loyalty to our common country. The changes in sentiment that have taken place since that May day forty-four years ago when the telegraph was flashing all over the land the announcement that Jefferson Davis was a prisoner, are shown by the recent presentations to the battleship Mississippi of a silver service with Mr. Davis's portrait engraved on it. If such a thing had been ever suggested a generation ago, the whole North would have flamed out into indignation. To-day it passes unnoticed. The meaning of this radical change in sentiment is well and correctly interpreted by Mrs. Margaret Jefferson Davis Hayes, the daughter of Jefferson Davis, who commenting: on the silver service of the battle ship Mississippi, says: "The honor came from the State of Mississippi, and I appreciate it the more on that account. We had no part in this matter, and I accepted the tribute to my father's memory as a splendid evidence of a reunited North and South." As symbolizing the full and complete restoration of fraternal feeling between all sections of the country, the silver service presented to the battle ship Mississippi is unique. It proclaims that the sentiment that rendered the lying account of Jefferson Davis's capture so popular has been buried bevond the Dossibilitv of resurrection.?New York Freeman's Journal. HOMICIDE IX BARNWELL. Farmer Kills Another White Man, Thfcn Gives Himself Up. Barnwell, June 7.?Mr. Jut Still shot and instantly killed a Mr. Davis in the Red Oak Township on last Saturday. Davis is said to have been drunk and was advancing upon Mr. Still with a gun, when Still fired. Davis has only been living in that community for a few months, and was from Georgia. Mr. Still immediately came to Barnwell and gave himself up. Mr. Still is a prosperous farmer of the Red Oak Township and has always been considered a peaceable citizen. As yet bond has not been asked for. BODY OF INFANT FOUND. Half Decomposed Remains of White Child Discovered Near Anderson. Anderson, June 4.?The half decomposed body of a white female infant was found in the woods just outside the northeastern limits of the city late this afternoon. It was wrapped in an old checked apron and flour sack, and appeared to have been dead for two days or more. It was hardly more than a few hours old when placed in the woods. The sheriff viewed the body this afternoon, and an inquest will be held tomorrow morning. It is not known whether the child was aliye or dead when left in the woods. CONDEMNED NEGRO LYNCHED. Maik Morris Dragged from Cell and Hanged in Florida's Capital. Tallahassee, Fla., June 6.?Dangling from a limb in the county jail yard, and within sight of the dome of Florida's capitol, the lileless body of Maik Morris, colored, greeted the people of this city this morning. Already condemned to death for the murder of William Langston, late sheriff of this county, this negro on Friday, June 11, would have paid the penalty of his crime with his life at the hands of the law. A mob of not more than 15 men decreed otherwise, however, and at 3 o'clock this morning Morris was dragged from his cell in the jail and strung to the limb of a tree within the jail inclosure. As if to add emphasis to their lawlessness, the masked band emptied a round of cartridges into the lifeless body of the negro and rode away without the slightest molestation. Sheriff Houston was in Georgia and when the lynchers arrived at the jail they brought the jailer to the door with the ruse that they had a prisoner, overpowered him, took his keys, secured the negro Morris, locked the jailer in Morris' cell and soon accomplished their work. Lately Morris had been acting strangely, and it is believed that fear that the negro would attempt to escape the gallows through feigned insanity prompted the act of the mob members who this morning took the law into their own hands to avenge the death of Sheriff Langston. Langston was killed by the negro Morris in March, last, while the sheriff was attempting to arrest him for a crime committed in Georgia. There was considerable excitement following the killing of the officer and for three days posses with blood * 3 ? -? ? ?J ^-Vi ? nounas scwureu LUC luiycuuuv woods and swamps in search of Morris, lynching being recognized as inevitable in case of capture at that time. He was later captured in Georgia and taken to Jacksonville for safekeeping until the date of his trial here. Morris pleaded guilty to the murder charge, received the death sentence, and Gov. Gilchrist named an early date for his execution, since when there has been no intimation of lynching. 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O'NEAL I Real Estate Agent Bamberg, S. C. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new studjents will he held at the county court house on -Friday July 2, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to Presi- , . dent Johnson before the examination for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 15, 1909. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. * .|g