The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 26, 1909, Image 6
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DISPENSARY CASES WILL COME
? UP IX RICHLAND.
Number Under Indictment Will be
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Tried?Much Interest in the
Situation. n
The trial of a number of the ex- n
officials and. others employed at the P
old State dispensary and charged B
with graft as a result will take place Ci
next month, if the plans of Attorney
General Lyon are not sidetracked in u
some way. ?
This is practically an official state- ^
ment given the attorneys represent- ?
ing some of those now under indictment.
Judge Memminger will pre- b
side at the coming term. *
There are now a number under in- H
dictment, all being out on bond, but 11
it has not yet been definitely decided b
which of the cases will be taken up. 11
However, Attorney General Lyon
wishes to clear the docket as rapidly
as possible and he will consult with 11
Solicitor Cobb as to the disposal of a
the "jail cases." It is probable that a
the first week will dispose of these
and the officials will be able to take 0
up the dispensary trials.
Among those now under indict- a
ment are: W. O. Tatum, John Black,
John Bell Towill, L. W. Boykin, Jos. 51
B. Wylie, J. W. Rawlinson, W. A.
Byers, J. S. Farnum and Norton A. G
Goodman. Warrants were sworn out w
for these men at various times, fol- G
lowing the investigation of the legislative
committee and the work of the p
State dispensary commission, after ^
evidence adduced by those interested w
in the investigation.
There is also an order for an indictment
of J. D. Allsbrook, a form- B
er dispenser at Manning, who testifled
before the legislative committee B
and whose arrest was afterwards or- 0
dered for perjury. Allsbrook will be
remembered generally because of his "
remark, "Whose bread I eat his song
I sing." *(
There will be a number of attorneys
on both sides in these cases and
the testimony will be read with in- r'
terest throughout the country, because
of the prominence given the investigation
and the results that follsi-nrori
tho /loath nf tho Stato disnpn- P
!! sary and the adoption of the local op5-iv
ei
tion plan and, later, prohibition in ^
many counties.
In the testimony produced by the
State or the defendants some of the P
most prominent men in the country
will probably be involved. From a
legal standpoint it is expected that
there will be a battle from the start, ^
but the outcome in the lower court
probably rests with the jurors of
Richland. ^
The fall term of the court of gen- t
eral sessions will convene on Monday,
>. September 6.?Columbia State.
Denies the Charge. b
The young man, Alex. Jennings, a
who was arrested, charged with selling
whiskey in violation of law, denies
that he was guilty of any such
. thing. He says he is a member of
the Edisto Social Club, and that the
party for whom he got the whiskey ^
asked him to get it for him, and having
some whiskey in his club locker,
he did not think it was any harm to
let him have a little whiskey to ^
quench his thirst. Mr. Jennings is J
a young man of good family and we n
hope he will be able to make it clear c:
that he did not violate any law.?Or- f<
angeburg Times and Democrat. b
WOMAA KJLLLfcD *UK 2UUAJBX.
Body of Maiden Lady Found with g
Skull Crushed. b
Broxton, Ga., August 19.?News J
has just reached here of the murder S
Of Miss Mattie Grraham, which occur- tl
red some time during last night near n
her home, two miles north of Hokes- ii
boro, in Coffee county. The woman h
Was dragged to a branch half a mile h
from her house, where evidences of a t<
desperate struggle ensued. The f<
body was beaten and the skull crush- tl
ed. C
The object of the murder was evi- n
dently robbery, as she was a rich wo- b
man. An autopsy, however, may re- s<
veal evidence of a more serious &
crime. She was prominent and high- b
?? ? ly connencted. *'
Miss Graham was one of two
maiden sisters who occupied their b
x home alone. The other sister was h
away from home at the time of the
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perpetrators of the deed.
Sheriff Dave Ricketson was at h
once notified and, in company with J
the coroner, went to the scene of the
crime. ^
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An Arrest Made. c
Douglas, Ga., August 19.?Sheriff ^
Ricketson late to-day arrested Wil- ^
liam McLeod, a youth who is em- c
ployed on the Graham farm, and under
a strict examination he confessed
to knowing where the body had B
been hidden, although he denied hav- a
ing murdered the woman. He was S
placed in the Douglas jail. A. Carter,
another white tenant, was also
arrested. s
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DIES FROM LOCKJAW.
harleston Gambler Dies as Result of
Wounds Received in Fight.
Charleston, August 22.?The inuest
was held to-day over the body
f J. C. Jaudon, "policy king" and
otorious among the sporting fraterity
of Charleston, who died last
ight of tetanus, resulting from a
istol wound inflicted by William
yrnes in an altercation at the Palace
afe a couple of weeks ago.
The verdict of the jury placed the
lame for the man's death upon
;yrns, but declared the shooting to
ave been justifiable in defense of
yrns' life.
Bvrns was accordingly admitted to
ond by the coroner in the sum of
500. Byrns was not present at the
lquest, being still in the Riverside
lfirmary under treatment for
ruises and cuts which he received
1 the mix-up with Jaudon and the
itter's friends.
Several police officers, Clerk Stelllgs,
of the establishment, Wallace
nd J. B. Harley and others testified
t the inquest, which took much the
)rm of a trial with the examination
f the witnesses by Attorney George
lomeier, who appeared for defendnt.
The evidence showed, as already
tated, that the trouble arose beveen
Jaudon and Byrnes through
le latter's resenting a vile epithet
men Jauaon applied to Mr. jonn tr.
race, who is a relative of Byrns.
An issue was made as to how many
istols were brought into play. The
vo Harleys claimed that the pistol
hich they passed from one to anothr
and which was used to prevent
telling from assisting Byrns, was
yrns' weapon, w-hile the witnesses
)r the defendant claimed that the
[arleys produced a pistol of their
wn.
Wallace Harley admitted that he
sed the heel of his shoe in forcing
lyrns to let go the hold on his pis>1.
The ante-mortem statement oi
audon, taken under difficulties, was
*ad, in which Jaudon told of the
ause of the trouble and admitted
lat he did strike Byrns with a glass
ottle Jaut said that Byrns threw cusidors
at him.
The autopsy of Dr. W. H. Johnson
stablished tetanus as the cause oi
eath.
The death of Jaudon has renewed
ublic interest and comment in the
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lembers of the sporting fraternits
f Charleston were concerned.
Jaudon did not measure well witfc
tie sporting fraternity and his assoiations
and career had nothing tc
ommend him to the public. Until z
3w days ago, when evidences of teanus
developed, following his reasal
to permit the amputation of the
rm, Jaudon was considered to have
een less badly used up than Byrns
nd if the wounded man had consentd
to allow the amputation of the
rm, he would probably have recovred.
TWO HURT IN WRECK.
liree (Freight Cars were Smashec
Near JonesviUe.
Union, August 20.?A serious
rreck occurred two miles north ol
onesville about 8:30 o'clock this
lorning, resulting in three freight
ars being smashed, the track torn ui
dt quite a distance, and two negroes
adly hurt, one having to have his
2g aniyutaueu.
The train was freight No 62, ir
harge of Conductor Gelston and Enineer
Brownlee, and was southound
for Columbia. When nearing
onesville and when the train was
oing at a moderate rate of speed
tie accident occurred. Will Jeter, a
egro from Carlisle, who was workig
his way from Pacolet back to his
ome, was caught in the wreck and
ad his leg so badly crushed that af*r
being taken to Jonesville it was
Dund necessary to amputate it, and
bis was done by Drs. Southard
lhambers, Douglass and Hames. A
egro named Gilliam was also badlj
ruised about the head, but was nol
eriously injured. They were bott
aken to Jonesville for attention anc
5ft on No. 14 for their homes in Sanuc
and Carlisle.
On account of the wreck the mair
ine was blocked for four or fiv(
ours, delaying trains Nos. 9 and 14
tate of Ohio, City of Toledo, ss
Lucas County.
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RATTLESNAKE ISLAND.
' Lake Winnepesaukee's Snakes All
Concentrated in One Spot.
One of those strange freaks of animal
and reptile distribution that
puzzle naturalists is found on Rattlesnake
Island, in Lake Winnipesaukee,
N. H. The lake contains 57 islands
of all sizes, from a few square
feet to hundreds of acres, but only on
Rattlesnake is there to be found anything
more alarming than the harmless
and pretty garter snake. The
country surrounding the lake is
mountainous and well wooded, but it
| is free from snakes. Rattlesnake Island
has a monopoly of rattlers.
The island is one of the largest in
| the lake, as well as the most picturesque.
Its name forbids trespass,
1 and it remains to-day as virgin as
when the Indians gave the lake its
musical name.
Just why the snakes should have
* chosen this particular island for their
abode is a mystery, although an event
of a few years ago made it clear how
! they might have reached it. Rattle1
snake Island is some five miles from
the mainland and several hundred
yards from any other island. Some
years ago a fisherman, bolder than
his fellows, landed on the island and
there cooked his lunch.
Perhaps he was a bit nervous for
he forgot to put out his fire, and the
wind fanned it into a blaze. A large
' part of the island was burned over,
and during the next few days many
rattlesnakes were found on the mainland
and the neighboring islands.
Within a week, however, the snakes
were gone from the mainland, and
not one snake of a venomous kind
has been found outside of Rattlesnake
Island since then.
The snakes confine themselves to
' the rocky cliffs that form the uplands
of the island, and are seldom seen.
One doubting Thomas who reasoned
| that there couldn't be any snakes on
' the island because he had never seen
any went ashore there one day and
, tramped about in his bare feet. As
luck would have it, he never saw a
1 snake. The barefooted explorer near'
ly fainted the next day when a friend
; armed with a shotgun explored the
1 place and came back with a five-foot
rattler.
This led to the organization of a
\ huiiting party. The hunters wore
high boots and looked the ground
^ over carefully before taking a step.
They found snakes in abundance, and
[ the numbers of the rattlers got on
their nerves. After killing five unusually
large snakes the party chose
a large flat rock near the water's
1 edge and well out of the snakes' habitat
for a resting place.
One of the hunters is a professor
1 in a New York college. He doesn't
teach natural history, and his knowl[
edge of outdoor life is not very ex|
tensive. As he sat munching a sandwich
a cicada set up its shrill cry.
Still holding firmly to the .sand*
wich, the professor gave a wild leap
that landed him in the lake. < The
cold water and the laughter of his
friends restored his reasoning faculties,
but he is still of the opinion
that all the snakeskins in creation
j wouia not tempt mm to visit itatuesnake
Island again.
The beauty of the island has
3 caused many people to covet it as the
[ site for a summer home, and the sug3
gestion has been made to import a
t herd of hogs to exterminate the
) snakes.
5 JEALOUSY CAUSES MURDER.
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^ Georgia Farm Hand Kills Woman He
Adores.
Douglas, Ga., August 20.?De?
daring that he had rather see her
J dead than married to another, Wil,
liam McLeod, a farm hand, to-day
l confessed to Sheriff Ricketson that
he murdered Miss Mattie Graham, a
s wealthy and refined young woman,
I whose body was yesterday discovered
in a swamp near her home at Hokes3
boro, Coffee county.
I Going into every detail, his statemftrif
io o f n 1 off Vtio on/1
10 mat nc i^it iiio w ui n. auu
l went to the house before dinner.
7 Not seeing her he asked for Miss
t Mattie and being informed that she
t had gone to her field for a melon, he
I followed and found her.
Both started back towards the
house side by side. Coming to a
i branch near the house, he let her
J precede him. When at her back he
. caught her by the left arm and cul
one side of her throat.
She turned and looked him in the
t face and exclaimed: "Lord have
mercy," the only word she ever
i spoke after the attack. Then he fin\
ished cutting her throat, and cut hei
. in the side as she fell,
t He stamped her in the face, wash3
ed the blood from his knife, face anc
overalls and when dry went to th
house and ate dinner. His only motive
for his crime was that he hac
rather see her dead than to see hei
marry Byrd Mobley.
j While he loved her, he had nevei
told her and if she was now alive nc
motive could induce him to harn
her. His only fear appears to be ol
being lynched. He does not shov
any remorse.
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XEGROES SLASH WHITES.
Two Boys Seriously Hurt in Louisville
Street Car.
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j Louisville, Ky., August 22.?As a
i result of a street car fight between
j prominent white youths and negroes
i early to-day three of the youths are
; in a hospital, including Victor von
Borries, of Louisville, and Edward
Prince, of Wilmington, N. C., son of _
the comptroller of the Atlantic Coast
Line. He may die.
The boys were severely slashed
with razors.
Let's Kill Out the Flies.
Flies are the most dangerous insects
we have. They are much more
dangerous than bees or hornets;
these may sting you, and the sting is
painful, but you soon get over the
pain. Flies do much more harm
than this. They wal1* over filthy
places like sewers and garbage cans,
and after eating the filthy food which
they find there, they come into your
house and walk on the food you eat,
carrying on their feet the tiny germs
which live in filth just as you live in
a house. These germs are not only
filthy and disgusting, but many of
them cause such diseases as typhoid =
fever, cholera infantum and summer
complaint. When the flies bring
them from some dirty place to your
food or leave some of them when
they crawl on your face or hands
you may swallow these germs without
knowing it and be taken ill with
one of these diseases. So the fly that
seems so harmless may do you much
more harm than a bee or a hornet.
Your parents should have screens
at their doors and windows during
the warm weather, to keep the flies
out of the house. If they cannot
screen all the rooms, they should
screen those in which food is kept;
and if anyone is sick in the house,
flies should be kept from the sickroom,
so that they may not carry
germs from the sick person to the
rest of the family.
1 Children may help to keep flies
from swarming in and around
houses, and from carrying germs of
sickness from one person to another.
In the first place, they should
not buy candy, fruit or other food
which is left in front of stores or
anywhere else where flies may feed
and walk on it. Flies lay their eggs
chiefly in stable manure, and if this
is left without screens or other covers
to keep the flies away, great numbers
will be hatched in every stable. If
you know of stores where food is
not covered from flies, or of stables
that have swarms of them around,
get your father dr mother to write
to the board of health about them,
and the board will make the storekeepers
or stable men. obey its rules.
But before you report other people
for being careless and dirty and so
making it possible for flies to become
a nuisance, be sure no garbage cans
or boxes are left uncovered to attract
flies.
If you and all the people you know
will follow this advice, there will not
be nearly so many flies to plague you
1 in hot weather, and there will not be
1 nearly so much sickness and death
especially among children, as now. =
; Kales for Dealing with the Fly Nui
sauce.
Keep the flies away from the sick,
, especially those ill with contagious
diseases. Kill every fly that strays
into the sick room. His body is covered
with disease germs.
Do not allow decaying material of
! any kind to accumulate on or near
your premises.
All refuse which tends in any way
to fermentation, such as bedding,
straw, paper waste and vegetable
matter should be disposed of or covered
with lime or kerosene oil.
Screen all food.
Keep all receptables for garbage
carefully covered and the cans cleaned
or sprinkled with oil or lime.
Keep all stable manure in vault or
pit, screened or sprinkled with lime,
oil or.other cheap preparation.
Cover food after a meal; burn or
bury all table refuse.
Screen all food exposed for sale.
Screen all windows and doors, especially
the kitchen and dining room.
Don't forget, if you see flies, their
breeding place is in nearby filth. It
may be behind the door, under the table
or in the cuspidor.
If there is no dirt and filth there
will be no flies.
If there is a nuisance in the neighborhood
write at once to the board of
health or city council.
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LETTERS DISMISSORY.
On Monday, August 16th, 1909, at
11 o'clock a. m., I "will apply to Geo.
P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for
; Bamberg county, for letters dismis
sory as executor of the estate of An>'na
E. Guess, deceased, at which time
jl will file my final accounting as such
' executor. All claims against said
Restate must be presented on or be>
| fore the date mentioned, and all
t'amounts owing said estate must be
. paid by that time.
[i GEO. W. GOOLSBY,
71 Executor.
Bamberg, S. C., July 24th, 1909.
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