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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY AUGUST 26, 1909. One Dollar a Year
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around th<
County and Elsewhere.
? Facts from Fairfax.
Fairfax, August 21.?A protractec
meeting, at the Baptist church, con
ducted by the pastor and Rev. R. L
^ V?qc iiial
. OUUU11, U1 new v/i icaua, uao Juui
* closed. Great interest was manifested
and souls were revived. Several
additions to the church.
t Something unusual for our small
town was a parade by the children oe
election day, the 17th. Beautiful
t temperance songs were sung, anc
they carried standards with appropriate
mottoes for prohibition. Th
Christian ladies?every church was
represented?served lunches to ths
prohibitionists, and everything passed
off nicely. Young Tom Wilsor
made a fine prohibition speech.
K Our town is almost exempt from
l#:*ever ?r any sickness now
Messrs. Sam and Francis Boynton
lately of Orange, Fla., but Barnwell
* raised boys, will spend some time
' here before returning to Florida.
egr.y? Many of our young folks attended
the protracted meeting at Salkehatchie
Baptist church, where bountiful
feasts were spread each day.
* ? Twice a day services were held and
all enjoyed them so much. Miss Annie
Halford assisted much in the
service of song, as she is a recent
graduate of the divine art. We also
met the lively girls from the Olar secr
tion?Misses Mell and Ethel Kearse
and Miss Cressida Breland. My! wnat
a feast Salkehatchians do spread at
i their big meetings. And it often
lasts over a week.
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Mrs. Lizzie Compton, an earnest
Christian worker of our town, will
leave us for Charlotte in a few days.
^ She has been settling up the business
affairs of her late husband's estate.
She will be much missed.
Miss Annye Moye has just gone on
her summer vacation trip, as she
^ teaches music here.
We are informed that Mercedes
Bnckner, one of the brightest girls of
our school here, has won the schol?
arship in Winthrop College.
Mrs. John White, of Cameron, S.
C., has been visiting relatives here
while her husband is in Europe.
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Mrs. Jenny is spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. F. M. Young.
Mrs. Andrew Woodard, of Valdost&,
6a., and daughter, Miss Elizabeth,
are spending some time with rela
i tives here.
Miss Kattie Lightsey visited rela|
tives here recently.
Mr. Jas. Wideman, the popular
clerk of F. M. Young Co.'s store, has
k been laid up recently, but as he has
it not the dreaded fever, we hope to see
t Jiim out in a few days.
Mr. Gordon Boynton, a bachelor,
of the Kline section, gave a barbecue
in honor of the return of his brothers
from Florida. Quite a crowd par%
ticipated in the fine feast of fat and
good things.
Mr. Thomas Hickson, of Kline, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. G. BarWber
Mr. Clafton Harveley, of Parkesville,
is spending some time with his
brother at the Jenkins hotel.
[ V A sister of Mrs. H. M. Harveley,
frftm r>9vichnrn Co ic vioitintr hor
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Little Ronald Preacher has returnfrom
the hospital in Charleston,
*much improved in health, and joined
in the prohibition parade, holding
his little sister's hand.
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. , Mrs. Chas. Turner is visiting at
her old home in Georgia, and her
Jrosband, the loved pastor of the
baptist church, has more time to
visit among his members in several
1 churches.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dowling, after
; f spending two weeks in Varnville
f: have returned here, where they will
remain a week longer,
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The Misses Myrick, of Allendale
j are visiting here.
v~ A niece and sister-in-law of Air
Rentz are visiting him here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Dowling have
returned from a trip to Crocket!>
ville and Varnville, reporting a grand
time.
, Mr. Guy Harveley, who formerly
lived here, visited friends here last
week.
\ We can record a glorious victory
for prohibition in our town.
^ In Jail Twenty-five Years.
After a lapse of twenty-five years
during wnicn ne remained seciuaec
the State prison at Trenton, N. J.
M Patrick Quinn, 90 years old, one ol
the men who was recently parolee
by the court of pardons, was freed or
f Saturday and excited considerable at'
tention in the streets.
1 He had never before seen automo
biles or electric trolley cars, and was
bewildered generally at the changec
appearance of the city since the tim(
when he was imprisoned for murdering
his wife.
| NEWS FROM ALLENDALE. jj
Interesting Items from Thriving
Barnwell County Town.
Allendale, August 21.?The first
bale of cotton of the season was shipJ
ped from here on Thursday, the 19th, St
but since that time it has been coming
in right along, and picking will
become general next week. The prices
. are good. One bale sold here Thursday
brought $76.01. The crop generally
in this section is not very good, ai
^ while some of the farmers have fine
. crops. But if the present prices pre- ot
[ vail most of the planters will probably
come out in very fair shape, m
where they did not start too far be- a
I hind. St
' The dispensary has ben voted out
, The dispensary has been voted out
I been getting a pretty good revenue ?]
from that source and now the ques*
tion of funds to run the town will
' have to be met by the taxpayers. So
, iar very iiuie nas Deen saia aooui
' the matter, but the kicks are bound
" to come when the taxes are raised, pi
Allendale is to have another bank cc
soon. The project was launched on- Bj
ly a few days ago, and it is under- tu
1 stood that practically all of the stock w;
' has been subscribed already. Some
has been taken by Bamberg citizens.
[ Mr. W. A. All is to be president of Wl
, the bank, and Mr. L. Wilson, Jr., ^
' cashier. It is proposed to erect a
fine brick building for the use of
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me DdQK oil me corner 01 ivitiin ana
Bay streets by the stockholders.
The Allendale Cotton Oil and Fer- ga
tilizer Company have secured their w
[ charter and their plant, which they id
' bought from the Seaboard Cotton c.
| Oil Company, is rapidly being put in m
; shape for this season's business. 80
Mayor W. A. All is at Glenn
1 Springs this week.
[ Mr. J. L. Oswald and family have P{
! gone to the mountains.
Mrs. P. H. Tison, Miss Agnes and ed
' Dr. H. R. Tison have gone to Hen- mi
dersonville, N. C. c?
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Googe have re- W]
turned from a visit to their daughter,
' Mrs. Vanderveer, in Texas. Mr. di:
Googe talks very interestingly of his ha
trip, and says that he is very much
pleased with the country, but there pr
is no place 'like home. ai]
Mrs. D. y. iowles, of Young s is- ed
land, is visiting relatives in Allendale
on her way home from the
mountains, where she has been for ca
the summer with her little daughter, Pr
Beatrice. at)
Miss Nell Bostick, of Spartanburg, So
is visiting in Allendale. st<
Mrs. Adam Oliver, of Charleston, t0
is visiting her mother here. nc
Mr. C. B. Farmer has returned
from a trip to Glenn Springs. ni,
The Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Browne ai]
have gone to Asheville, N. C., on a wi
two weeks' trip. Es
The Rev. Paul F. Brown, of Flor- th
ida, has moved into the Dan Ellis cot- rei
tage, and will make Allendale his c0
home for a while. Mr. Brown will inj
serve the Presbyterian congregation
here.
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SUES DRUG STORE FOR $20,000.
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J. M. Styles, of Greer, Seeks to Re- wi
cover Damages for Alleged Mistake.
Greenville, August 22.?A suit has sa
been brought for $20,000 damages
against the Highland Drug Company, co
of Greer, by Mr. J. M. Styles, of that
city, who claims that he had a pre- aa
scription filled which called for a nc
sixtieth of a grain of strychnine and
that the defendant company, which jjj
filled the prescription, made the Wj
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amuuui ui diij^uumc 11a lxj.^ pxxj/- ax*
tion a quarter of a grain. After tak- a?
ing the medicine in the manner pre'
scribed by the physicians, the plaintiff
in the case deposes that he was
taken desperately ill and that his life ci<
was despaired of by his friends and to
his physician. W
Mr. H. P. Burbage represents the efl
plaintiff in the case. This is a very ec
interesting case, though there will T1
probably be very few nice points of fa
law brought out. The case will most Is
; likely be argued mostly on techni- be
' calities. st
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Officers Raid Glenn Springs Club.
Spartanburg, August 23.?"Skeet"
Poat, manager of the Glenn Springs
club house, was arrested to-day on ,w
thp oharero of maintaining a nuisance w
and his place of business raided, the th
officers capturing many bottles of er
beer and a small quantity of whiskey, to
together with packs of cards, poker Ti
chips and other gambling effects. be
The officers making the raid were pi
> Constables John Miller and Moss w;
Hays and Mr. Isom Miller. These w
1 officers went down to Glenn Springs bi
armed with five warrants to search at
r the club house and to arrest those ra
: connected with it. The officers did
not find any gambling going on at the
P time of the raid.
Manager Poat was arrested, but he hi
gave bond before Magistrate Lancas- th
ter and was not brought to town. A pc
j negro named Nelson, one of the at- ec
taches of the place, also succeeded in ai
f giving bond. Henry Davis, colored, d(
I was the only party locked up. 01
The warrants for the Glenn fa
Springs club house were issued by bi
- Magistrate Kirby. They were sworn fe
5 out at the instigation of a number d<
[ of prominent citizens of the Glenn fe
1 Springs section, several ladies being m
among those who made complaint. fc
V THE PALMETTO STATE
3ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
ate News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Citizens' Social Club, of Orlgeburg,
has also decided to do
vay with the locker system and
>ey the prohibition law.
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Tfie state Association 01 ?.ea omri
en was organized at the reunion in
nderson this week. Col. J. C.
ribling was elected commander.
Meetings were held in Sumter and
rangeburg this week to organize
w and order leagues. Rev. Chas. B. j
nith, presiding elder, was one of
e movers in the Orangeburg meetg.
The sheriff's deputies raided the
emises of "one Becky Wilson,"
lor not stated, near Allendale,
arnwell county, on Friday and capred
four gallons of whiskey and
ine.
Clarence Frazier, colored, aged 18,
as drowned in the pond at the rock
tarry, two miles from Edgefield, on
riday. He could not swim, and
me of his companions threw him in
teach him how.
A law and order league was orinized
in Orangeburg Tuesday. A.
. Summers, Esq., was elected present;
B. H. Moss, vice president; A.
Dibble, treasurer; Jno. S. Bowan,
Jr., secretary; and W. L. Glaze,
licitor.
Both the prohibitionists and dismsaryites
filed contests in Florice
county. Next Tuesday was flxI
for the hearing. Jno. P. Grace
ade a protest in Charleston, but the
unty board turned him down. He
ill appeal.
Since Orangeburg voted out the
spensary the Elks club of that city
tve adopted a resolution that no lilor
of any kind shall be kept in
ivate lockers or otherwise within
y room or place owned or controllby
the lodge.
R. F. Mulligan, a policeman, was
ught at the cash drawer of Due's
book store in Spartanburg
out 3:30 o'clock Tuesday morning,
me one had been robbing the
Dre, and another policeman was set
watch. It is said Mulligan will
?t be prosecuted.
It is stated that in the coming mucipal
election in the city of Origeburg,
a full prohibition ticket
II be in the field. A. W. Summers,
sq., who was county chairman of
e prohibitionists and managed the
cent successful campaign in that
unty against the dispensary, is beS
spoken of for mayor.
Senator B. R. Tillman made a
eech in Greenville county last
iek, and as usual ne cussea out me
iwspapers, especially the State and
e News and Courier. He said he
is glad to see the State going for
ohibition, and he hoped that the
w counties which now had dispenries
would soon vote them out.
The prohibitionists of Richland
unty protested the recent dispenry
election in that county before
e county board, which met Tuesy.
The protest was overruled, and
iw the contestants have appealed to
e State board of canvassers, which
eets to-day. The men behind the
otest seem to be determined, and
ill carry the matter into the courts
case the State board decides
;ainst them.
Sells Some Ancient Cotton.
Orangeburg, August 21.?Two anent
bales of cotton were sold here
-day for 12 cents. Mr. Wade B.
ay had them sold, the sale being
Eected by Maj. Wm. L. Glaze, exutor
of the Jesse J. Way estate,
le cotton was left by J. J. Way,
ther of W. B. Way, who died about
> years ago. The cotton is said to
i over 20 years old. Mr. A. C. Lin
eat, Duyer tor Jonn uart, a local
tton broker, bought the cotton.
Otts Backs Tillman.
Gaffney, Aug. 21.?Solicitor Otts,
ho -was a member of the senate
hen he was appointed solicitor by
e governor, told your correspondit
to-day when asked what he had
- say about the charge of Senator
illman that the senate had been
night, said, "I would not be sur ised
to know that Senator Tillman
as right in making the charge. It
as certainly very hard to get any
11 passed by the senate that was
; all inimical to the interests of the
tilroads."
Positive Proof.
A lawyer, going into the parlor ofj
s home noticed pencil-marks on
Le wall, put there, as he rightly sup)sed,
by one of his children. He calll
his little five and six year old son
id daughter in to see which one had
>ne the mischief. Of course each
le blamed it on the other, so the
.ther said, "Well, my son, a little
rd told me he was sitting on the
nee and saw you through the win)w
marking the wall." The little
llow answered, "Get that bird and
ake him prove it."?The Delineator
>r September.
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SHOT BY BURGLAR.
Popular Young Man Wounded at Vai
Wyck by Negro.
Lancaster, August 22.?About twe
o'clock this morning as a party ol
young men were passing the Hyatt
Massey Company's store, in Vai
Wyck, they heard a noise in the
building and started to investigate
As they were about to enter the reai
door a man came out, fired at the
party with a shotgun and then rai
off. The load struck Taylor H. Nis
bet, one of the young men, the shoi
lodging in his shoulder, throat anc
face, inflicting serious wounds. He
was taken on an early train this
morning to Charlotte for treatmeni
by his uncle, Dr. Olin Nisbet.
Immediately after the shooting ?
couple of Van Wyck citizens came tc
Lancaster after Sheriff Hunter, the
officer returning with them to the
scene, leaving nere aDout aayngni.
The sheriff, who is famous for his
shrewd detective work, was not lonj
in laying his hands on the right man
who proved to be a young negro it
the community, Sam Stinson, and h(
is now in jail, having been broughi
here this afternoon by the sheriff.
The clue that led to Stinson's identity
and arrest was an old hat left it
the store by the burglar, who carried
off a new one with him. When firsi
j apprehended he denied knowing any
thing about the affair and started tc
| run, when the sheriff, with drawn revolver,
stopped and handcuffed him
Stinson claimed that he had boughl
the new hat from Dave Foster, another
negro, but later, when confronted
with Foster, confessed that he got 11
in the store and that he alone was
implicated in the robbery. He says
he shot at the young men to scars
them so that he could make his escape
and that he got the gun and cartridges
while in the store.
The feeling in Van Wyck againsl
Stinson is intense, as the young mar
shot is one of the most popular in the
community.
Ex-Convict Charged with Forgery.
Rock Hill, August 23.?John Williams,
a negro of this place, who is
not only well known in police circles
here, but has the notoriety of having
served a term in Sing Sing, was arrested
Saturday night in the store ol
the Roddey Mercantile Company, ol
this place, while attempting to have a
check for $5.25 cashed, to which he
had forged the name of Mr. W. 0
Kimball, of the firm of S. J. Kimball
0? OUilD, live aiutn. ucaicio ui tuio cxtj
Williams had been passing cheeks
with the same signature around here
since August 7, but on account oi
the amounts being small and fron
local men several of the merchants
had cashed them in payment foi
goods, and it was not until the National
Union bank, on whom ths
checks were given, discovered ths
forgery of the signature, that ths
merchants were put on their guard
Saturday night when Williams
walked into the Roddey Mercantils
Company's store and presented ths
I check to the assistant bookkeeper
Mr. Thompson, the latter asked l?in
to wait a minute until he could go uj
to the front to the cash register anc
get some change and he notified Mr
J. A. Black, of the firm, who rai
across the street and got a policeman,
who took charge of Williams
and placed him in the lockup. Ths
total amount of checks that he hac
got cashed before being caught was
about $30.
Williams, four or five years ago
was in the employ of Mr. S. N. Sowel
at his bottling plant in the city anc
at mat time tne postomce nere nac
combination mail boxes and be ii
some way learned the combination o!
Mr. Sowell's box and got out severa
of his letters containing checks
opened them and attempted to casr
them at one of the banks here. H(
was arrested and sent to Greenville
where he pleaded guilty in the United
States court, and was sentenced to on(
year at Sing Sing, which he served
and returned to this city. This morn
ing he was given a hearing anc
bound over by Magistrate T. C. Beck'
man to the circuit court.
Break Records in Mullet Fishing.
Rpjnifnrt. N P. Alienist 23.?A
catch of mullets aggregating half a
million pounds, said to be the largest
ever known along the Atlantic coast
was made off this port by deep sea
fishermen this morning.
The fishermen went to sea early ir
search of menhaden, but their boats
ran into schools of mullets miles
long and each vessel was loaded tc
the gunwales with them.
The catch was brought to markel
here and the entire working forc(
available here will be engaged al
night in preparing the fish for ship
ment.
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BAMBERG SUFFERS AGAIN.
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TWO DISASTROUS FIRES OCCUR,
RED HERE LAST MONDAY.
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. J. B. Brickie's Repair Shop, Lott's
i Grocery Store, and Dr. H. F.
j Hoover's Residence Burned.
Monday morning about three
r o'clock the small wooden building on
i Main street occupied by Mr. J. B.
{ Brickie as a bicycle and automobile
repair shop and by Mr. J. H. Lott
* as a grocery store, was discovered to
t be on fire. The origin is not known,
I and when discovered the flames had
} gained such headway that nothing
could be saved by either Messrs. Lott
5 or Brickie. It is not known how the
t fire originated.
Mr. Brickie's loss is heavy, for in
addition to a stock of automobile
and bicycle supplies, he lost all his
} tools and a small lathe. He had ini
surance of only $200, but he states
? that this will be entirely inadequate,
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ins LL1B 1U3S HOC uiuvu
building was the property of Mr. G.
3 A. Ducker, and we understand he
; had $450 insurance on it, which
will cover the loss.
This place has long been a veritable
fire trap, being one of the oldest
3 buildings on Main street and very
t much dilapidated. We learn that Mr.
Ducker will erect on the lot at an
early date a commodious brick
store, two stories.
1 The small one-story concrete block
I building next door belonging to Dr.
t J. P. Ott, was also badly damaged
by heat, and it is likely that the
side wall of this building will have
} to come down. His two-story build
ing next to the concrete block build.
ing, was also damaged. This buildl
ing is occupied by the telephone exchange
and Dr. O. D. Faust on the
" second floor, and Mr. E. Bart Price
I uses the first floor as his grocery
t store. He moved out his stock, and
it was damaged in moving. He therefore
has his store closed awaiting
5 the insurance adjuster. The window
> and door frames in the two-story
. building were burned out, as well as
a large skylight used for a former
-v7-,v. trailPrv At. one time it
puuiugiayu
seemed that the building would ,
t burn, and then the remainder of this
t block would have gone, hut by hard
k work it was saved. The telephone
' company lost about twenty feet of
cable in front of the burned buildings,
being melted by the heat. This
was repaired the same day of the
fire.
s Monday afternoon a little after 7 (
; o'clock the alarm was again sounded,
, and this time it was the handsome
' two-story residence of Dr. H. F..
" Hoover, on Church street, near the"
f cotton mill. The fire originated in
I the back part of the house, in the
' top. A crowd quickly gathered, and
the work of saving the furniture was 1
! begun, and while most of the furni.
ture was saved, it was badly daml
aged in moving.
. As soon as possible the cotton
mill put their fire pump to work and
5 stretched two lines of hose to the
? fire, and after some time the flames
i were extinguished, although the
house was badly damaged, all the
1 top story being burned off, and the
? lower floor being partly burned, in
fact from the standpoint of loss, the
house might nearly as well have
burned down, as the part left stand*
Ing will not be of much service in
J rebuilding.
? Dr. Hoover had insurance of $1,800
on the house, and $500 on the
' furniture and household goods, but
3 even with this he will no doubt sus>
tain considerable loss. He and his
; family are at Mr. J. W. Price's for
the present, and he has made no
' plans yet as to rebuilding, awaiting
i the visit of the insurance adjusters.
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I Crazed by Snake Poison.
La Cross, Wis., August 21.?Made
i mad by a combination of bee and
- rattlesnake poison, R. Lane, a farmer
> of French Creek, fought his compani
ions for three hours until medical
1 aid arrived. One of the men killed a
3 rattlesnake and donning a pair of
gloves skinned the reptile.
, In the afternoon Lane borrowed
I the gloves to wear while loading lumi
ber. While engaged in this work he
I disturbed a nest of little yellow bees,
l which stung him on the neck and
t arm and in fighting them he kept
1 rubbing the gloves on the spots
, where the bees had punctured the
l skin.
i The poison took effect at once and
, Lane became a maniac. He is recovl
ering.
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Rioting and Murder at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., August 22.?Short'
ly before 9:30 o'clock to-night a mob
1 gathered about the Shoenville en.
trance to the Pressed Steel Car Company's
works and suddenly made a
concerted attack upon the big swinging
gates of the stockade. The attack
was resisted by the State troopHtld
donntv chpriffR
In the melee, Harry Exeter, a deputy
sheriff, was shot and killed by an
^ alleged strike sympathizer. In an ef,
fort to arrest the man picked out as
L the one who did the shooting, State
Trooper Smith was instantly killed
by a revolver bullet. Two other
1 troopers on foot were shot and kill5
ed.
5 State troopers to-night opened a
volley of fire on the mob. Six strikers
fell at the first round. Three others
were fatally shot. Members of
t the mob then opened fire with rifles,
i Two mounted troopers dropped from
1 their horses fatally shot, and were
- taken to the hospital in a dying condition.
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FOUR MEN IN PRISON.
Three Whites and One Negro in Jail
Accused of Criminal Assault.
Cartersville, Ga., Aug. 22.?With
the placing in jail here to-day of
William Golden, a white man, 52
years old, on the charge of criminal
assault, Bartow county jail now .
houses four men accused of this
heinous crime?and but one of these
is a negro. Not before in the history
of the State has such a condition
existed and an attempt at whole- M
sale lynching would not be surprising.
Extraordinary precautions, however,
have been taken by the officers
to protect the prisoners and the sheriff
professes to have the situation
well in hand. v-i
Golden is charged with criminally
assaulting a feeble-minded young
white woman near Taylorsville on
July 22. Golden disappeared shortly
after the commission of the crime
and was not seen again until last
night when he was arrested and hurried
to the jail here. The details of
the crime, as told by the victim and
corroborated in part by her sister,
are revolting in the extreme. It it . .
not doubted that Golden would have
been lynched had he remained in the
vicinity of the crime, great indignation
having been aroused by the girl's
story. There is still much excitement
on account of the crime.
As Taylorsville was also the scene
of the more recent assault upon another
white woman, for which John
and R. J. Worthington, white, are be
ing held in the jail here, the authorities
are apprehensive lest a mob-of
considerable numbers be organized In
that section with a view to storming
the jail and putting to death the
quartet of alleged criminal assailants. t
Howard Stokeley, a negro, is the
fourth man held on this serious
charge. He is charged with assaulting
a 7-year-old negro girl. tr-i
Died at Post of Duty.
Cheraw, August 23.?While on
duty early Sunday morning Policeman
Harris Stanton, age 69, dropped
dead, apoplexy being the cause. Funeral
services were held in the Methodist
church at 4 o'clock this afternoon
and interment was made in the
Cheraw cemetery.
Harris Stanton volunteered when
the war between the States broke 1 i
out, and served to its close. He was
assigned to Hampton's legion, and
was in Capt. Henry Mclver's com
yaiiy. vvutu tapu iuuycit v*as suuv
from His horse, his right arm and leg *$
being broken, in the battle of Hawe's
Shop, Va., Stanton dismounted, tind
although the battle was at its height .
with the air full of bullets, he picked
up his captain, of whom he was very
fond, placed him on his shoulders
and bore him from the field. This act
saved the life of Capt. Mclver, who
long after the war became chief jus.
tice of the State. It was Mr. Stan*
ton's desire, so often expressed, that
he die on duty, and suddenly. He reported
for duty on his beat Saturday . ,
night seemingly in the best of health,
and about 4 o'clock Sunday morning
the fatal attack came suddenly.
The deceased is survived by Mrs.
Stanton, a daughter and a son. *
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RABID DOG BITES MULES.
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Animal Causes Excitement in York*
But is Finally Killed.
Rock Hill, Aug. 23.?A large bull 'V '
dog, belonging to Mr. Cornelius Bigham,
who lives west of this place, in
the Bethesda section, went mad Friday
night and played havoc with other
dogs and stock that came in its
way. At the home of Mr. J. L. Williamson,
one of the most progressive
farmers of the county, it attacked
and killed some of his dogs and bit
four mules valued at from $150 to
$225 each.
From there it proceeded for several
miles, biting everything that it
came in contact with, until it was
finally killed by Mr. Charley Hastings.
Mr. Williamson is consider
ably distressed to know what to do
with his mules. He killed all the
dogs on his place the next day.
Railroad Man Killed.
Lancaster, August 23.?John C.
Bridges, a young white man, a ^ember
of the crew of a Southern freight
train, was instantly killed at the depot
here to-night. He was on top of
a box car adjusting the brake when a
string of cars struck the one on
which he was standing, knocking him
off. Falling on the track, he was
crushed to death by the moving cars,
h*s left arm and leg being cut off and
his face horribly mangled. His home
was in Latimer and he leaves a wife
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and three children. The coroner Is *
now holding an inquest over the
body.