The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 07, 1909, Image 6
TIGERS DFENDED BY JURY
NO BILLS RETURNED AGAINST
CHARLESTON "TIGERS."
Lame Excuse Offered by the I>efense.
Dignified Rebuke Administered
by Presiding Judge.
Charleston, Oct. 2.?The grand
jury to-day, in the court of general
sessions, threw out every case of the
24 handed to them by Solicitor Peurifoy
against alleged violators of the
liquor law and the result of their
week's deliberation over the liquor
indictments was 24 no-bills delivered
to the clerk of the court this
afternoon, after Foreman Viohl had
nrPQPntpd somp l F>0 names of revenue
license holders in the county to the
solicitor for indicting and Judge
Dantzler had sent the jurors back to
consider the indictments already before
them and take action upon
them.
To put it mildly, the action of the
grand jury in refusing to find true
bills in any of the liquor cases before
them was a surprise, as this
very body of men, at the last term
of court of general sessions, in their
presentment urged a better enforcement
of the liquor law on the part
of the city and county authorities,
and apparently were in an attitude
to back up any efforts made by the
authorities.
Solicitor Peurifoy this week handed
the grand jury 24 liquor indictments
in all, giving them 14 on Mon.
day and several more the next day.
Yesterday he handed them two more,
to give the grand jury a wide selection
of cases, representing almost all
rkf q 1 Idp-pH nfFpndf?rs.
WfcOUVtJ V* U>*?V0WV?
To-day the grand jury got from
Mayor Rhett a copy of his list of revenue
holders in this county, and presented
to the solicitor this list, with
the request that he indict all holding
these licenses, on the ground that
the possession of a revenue license
was prima facie evidence of breaking
the liquor laws of South Carolina.
Judge Dantzler addressed the jury.
/ He told them that it would be a
physical impossibility for the solicitor
to indict all these persons at this
term of court, and besides that the
mere possession of a revenue license,
while prima facie evidence, was not
sufficient for the State to get convictions
on, and that more evidence
was necessary. He urged that the
u;x solicitor did not have time to work
up this evidence, neither was the so5
licitor a detective at the disposal of
%- the grand jury; that it was their
duty to go out and get evidence
: themselves, if they wished all the
holders of revenue licenses to be indicted.
He then brought to their attention
that they had already in their
possession 24 liquor indictments1 and
that they should take some action on
them. The grand jury was sent back
to act on the 24.
Prompt Inaction.
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it aid not taKe vne grauu juij
vr^. long to act. Perhaps they had ali&p
ready made up their minds what
V \ they would do in case the solicitor
it,:', did not indict the list of persons they
rj- presented as holders of revenue license.
At any rate the grand jury
, returned within half an hour with the
24 liquor indictments all marked
?*'- "No bill, Henry Viohl, foreman."
That threw out every liquor case
brought to the grand jury by the
solicitor this term.
Fifteen of these cases were worked
up by the police of Charleston, one
was brought in by Magistrate Royal
and eight cases were made out by the
' constables, all before magistrates.
When the 24 no bills were brought
in Judge Dantzler gave the jury a
: .dignified talk on their action. He
declared that he was sure there were
< some men in the grand jury room who
->, were anxious to see the law enforced,
v and those who voted against the
liquor indictments would have to
answer to their own consciences. He
made some of the jurors decidedly
r uncomfortable, but their action had
been taken, and the cases thrown
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RESl'LT OF HAZING.
Eleven-Year-Old Lad Severely lieaten
by His Schoolmates.
South Bend. Sept. 30.?As the result
of hazing by four schoolmates,
Alhprt Whirticker. of River Park,
East South Bend, is in a serious condition.
The boy, who is eleven years old,
was stripped of his clothing, tied to
a tree and so terribly beaten with
clubs that he fainted.
When the hazers realized what they
had clone they ran for the woods in
fear, but later one of the boys returned
and released the victim. .
Young Whitticker says he refused
to keep off the forbidden "nutting
ground" and was punished.
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organ and build up brain and body.
J. A. Harmon, Lizemore, W. Va.,
writes: "They are the best pills I
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Bamberg, S. C.
CRUSHED BY TRAIN.
Young Man Killed in Greenville on
Railway Crossing.
Greenville, October 2.?Asa Batson,
a young white man, was instantly
killed and his father. W. Y. Batson,
was slightly injured near Marietta
this morning by the Greenville
and Knoxville train, the accident occurring
as the two were trying to
cross the track in a wagon. The
train was coming around a curve and
was not seen by the two men until
right upon them. The wagon was
torn to pieces, the horeses escaping
unharmed.
The coroner's inquest "was held
this afternoon, and a full investigation
of the accident was made. The
engineer stated that he blew the
whistle at the proper point, and applied
the brakes upon seeing the
wagon on the track. The train was
going at the usual rate of speed.
The two men saw the train just as
the horses were getting on the track,
tit Vi "h or t n en nn nr
auu iicoiiat^u r uwuvi w 0v
not. The father jumped on the
north side, escaping with slight injuries.
but the son was found on the
south side with the back of his head
crushed in. The accident occurred
about a mile from Marietta, at 10
o'clock this morning.
Sensation in Murray Matter.
Sumter, Oct. 1.?The county board
of commissioners have received a letter
from former United States Senator
William E. Mason, of Chicago,
protesting against the issuance of
requisition for George W. Murray.
Mr. Mason's letter contains some sensational
charges. He writes as the
friend not the attorney of Murray,
and he bases his protest against the
requisition on the grounds that Murray
was never properly convicted;
that two of the prosecuting witnesses
?James Chatman and Scipio Chatman?both
colored, have admitted
since the trial that they were bribed
to testify against Murray; that Murray
paid $3,000 "as a fine" by forfeiting
his bond, and that it was understood
that if he paid this fine he
would be left alone so long as he left
South Carolina.
He says also that Murray was
stripped of his property and "reduced
to poverty." He also charges that
the efforts to bring Murray back
have been instigated by negroes of
Chicago who have borrowed the little
money Murray had left and now seek
to escape payment by having him
extradited and sent to prison. He
asks that the board of commissioners
consider the matter carefully before
having the requisition for Murray
issued.
Accompanying the letters are two
affidavits?one by James Chatman,
stating that Murray had been wrongfully
convicted, the other by Hampton
Peters, stating that Scipio and
James Chatman had told him they
were paid $105 to testify against
Murray.
Saloons Open in Bristol.
Bristol, Va., Oct. I.?After a
drought of more than 18 months,
Bristol is once more "wet," 12 saloons
having opened here this morning.
Others will open Monday and
it is said the number may increase
to 25. The license is $3,000 annual- .
ly.
The return of saloons was not
n-i + V>r>nf ltc tra crip Chas.
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Kenny, a merchant of this county,
fell under his wagon while returning
home from the city in an intoxicated
condition, it is alleged, and was almost
instantly killed. He was well
known and was a prosperous business
man. Until to-day, it is said, he had
not taken a drink in three years.
Some Cotton Facts.
For the second consecutive year
Southern mills have consumed more
cotton than the northern mills, according
to Secretary Hester's report
on the consumption of American cotton,
made public on the floor of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange at the
close of business recently. Southern
mills, up to the close of the commercial
year ending August 31, 1909,
consumed 2,560,000 bales, against
2,500,000 bales consumed in the
North.
When the Hester report a year :
ago showed that the Southern mills
had for the first time gone ahead of
those of the North by a narrow margin,
it was generally attributed to
unfavorable commercial conditions
having had a more serious effect on
the New England mills than those of
the South.
The figures created considerable
stir among cotton men, for such results
were hardly expected, although
it had been reported for some time
that Southern mills were increasing
their spindles at a faster rate than
Northern mills, and that the expansion
of cotton manufacturing in
the South was on a scale seldom
known in any industry.
For years the bulls have been
claiming that the centre of the cotton
manufacturing industry of the world
or T a 11 f?n sh i VO to
\\ clJ5 laot IJlV/VliAj-, x A a&a
the United States, and that eventually
the centre would be established
in the South. Secretary Hester's
statement was taken as confirmation
by the bulls of their prediction.
The total consumption of American
cotton by the world was put at
13.110,000 bales, the largest on record,
larger by 1,004,000 bales than
last year and larger by 505,000 bales
than the largest consumption ever
known before, which was two years
ago. Consumption of foreign spinners
was put at 8,056.000 bales.
The total consumption of Ameri-1
can cotton last year was 12.112,000
bales, while two years ago it was
12.011,000.
The total visible supply of cotton
was put at 3,052,000 bales, against
2.412,000 a year ago and 1.032,000
two years ago. AIill stocks in the
United States were estimated at
4S0,000 bales, against 300.000 a year
ago. and foreign mills stocks were
estimated at 1,1 GO,000 bales, against
1,123,000 a year ago.
It was announced that Ellison's
figures on mill stocks for last year
had been corrected from 1.123,000
to 1,350,000 bales.?Farmers' Union
Sun.
HURT ON POSSUM HUNT.
Laurens Man's Life Hanging in Balance
as Result of Injury.
Laurens, Oct. 2.?An unfortunate
accident occurred last night about
three mils from the city, in which
Mr. Jas. Mundy had his throat cut to
such a degree that his life this morning
is hanging in the balance. Mr.
Mundy, with Mr. Nelson, was 'possum
hunting in the woods near his
home. At about 11 o'clock the two
men "treed" a 'possum, as Mr. Nelson
was cutting down the little sapling
his axe flew off the handle and
struck Mr. Mundy in the left of his
neck, severing a number of veins,
although missing the chief artery. He
was promptly taken home, but before
a physician could be secured suffered
great loss of blood. ,
This morning Mr. Mundy is barely
aiive.
Whiskey Drummer Convicted.
Laurens, Sept. 28.?Mr. Fletcher
Davis, whiskey drummer in the employ
of the North State Distilling
company, was to-day convicted of
soliciting whiskey orders in the city.
A motion for a new trial will be heard
later, pending which sentence has
not been passed. \
It is recalled that Davis was in
Laurens some time ago handing out
circulars and order blanks. His attorneys,
Cannon & Blackwell, argued!
that the act prohibiting this was unconstitutional
in that it conflicted
with the interstate commerce law on J
the subject. They held that their
client was simply advertising his
goods.
Motorists Were Fired Upon.
Lancaster, Oct. 1.?As Col. Leroy
Springs, Capt. S. E. White and a
couple of ladies were returning to
Lancaster last night in the Colonel's
handsome touring car from a moonlight
ride up the Charlotte road, the
party was shot at when a few miles
from town. The bullet, supposedly
from a rifle, came from the direction
of n nnmn of TTrVl o + ann?9rP(1 tr? hp
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gypsy or other horse traders near
the wayside. Fortunately, no one
was hit. Sheriff Hunter is now in
that section of the county investigating
the matter.
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WOMEN AND CANDIDATES.
Suffragettes Plan More Vigorous Efforts
in Politics.
New York, Sept. 30.?The headquarters
of the National Women's
Suffrage moven nt have been moved
from Warren. C\iO. to this city, and
Dr. Anna Shu . Us president, announces
that ti e immediate work of
the association will include the development
Ol political education
through the United States by a systematic
plan of sending out experienced
workers to take charge of affairs in
the network of suffrage associations
] throughout the country, which are
interesting themselves in trying to
influence legislation.
"Candidates for public places will
be questioned as to their atitude on
suffrage and on the economic opportunities
for women which our associa
uuu is lttuuimg iu ux 11x5 auuui,
said. Upon their replies will depend
whether the association works for
01 against their candidacy.
Lunatic Dies of Starvation.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 1.?Adjudged
lunatic and waiting in the county
jail to be sent to the State sanitarium,
Marshall Freeman, a white
man died Wednesday from starvation,
having persistently refused food
since his incarceration.
Freeman was arrested when he
was trying to compel his little
nephew, Radford Simmons Collins,
and another child to remain on a railroad
track until a rapidly approaching
train should strike them. This
led to his trial as a lunatic. His
body will be interred at Statesboro, I
Ga., where he has wealthy kins-i
people. I
No Decision Reached.
Anderson, Oct. 1.?"The commit-;
tee has decided on no nomination. , I
don't know when the trustees will
meet," is what Chairman Alan
Johnstone, of Newberry, wired your
correspondent to-night, when a query
was sent to him to ascertain whether
or not the committee had decided to
recommend to the board of trustees
that Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president
of Wofford college, be elected to succeed
Mr. Mell at Clemson college.
A rumor became current in the
State to-day that the committee had
decided on Dr. Snyder.
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