The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 24, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
GIRL DISAPPEARS. *
Hiss Ethel Johnston, of Spartanburg,
Missing. '
Spartanburg. Feb. IT.?Kate Par- '
ham, of this city, and Walter John- r
son, of Inman, were arrested to-day 1
on the charge of abducting Miss *
Ethel Johnson, the 16 -year-old I
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. John- s
son, who live at 430 Magnolia street. v
Miss Ethel Johnson has been miss- *
ing since Tuesday morning. Her father
is now out in Tennessee look- f
ing for her. there being reason to
believe she is about Knoxville. The
warrants for the arrest of the Parham
woman and Walter Johnson
were sworn out yesterday before *
Magistrate Kirby by Mrs. Johnson,
mother of the young lady, who is 1
supposed to have been abducted, h
Kate Parham's bond, which was fixed 1.
at $200, was made good by J. W. t
.Bryant. Walter Johnson was locked P
up in default of bond. The hearing 1
will be held Saturday. 1
. The abduction of Miss Johnson is e
a.mysterious affair. The young lady s
is of a highly respectable family, s
Her father is a member of the firm of i<
Johnson & Burnett, the well known V
lumber dealers. n
. Miss Johnson left home Tuesday P
morning with her books, presumably tl
for school. She went to Maddox h
drug store, where $10 had been left Q
for her by Walter Johnson, the young ?
man of Inman, who is now in jail on a
the charge of aiding and abetting in g
the abduction. She got the envelope r;
* in which Johnson had placed a $10 is
hill, and was seen to tear open the o
same on the outside and take the a
money out. She went to the South- c<
ern depot and took passenger train N
No. 9. The conductor says that she ii
paid her way to Asheville. Near ti
Asheville Miss Johnson made inquiry c<
\ about the connection for Knoxville. w
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DIES ON GALLOWS. v
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Marietta Negro Says He Died "Just g
Like the Apostles Did." is
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Marietta, Ga., Feb. 18.?Willard C
? Webb, the negro who was convicted ^
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M me i>icn uu aujuuiucu icim ui wuu
auperior court for crimiual assault, w
was hanged in the Cobb jail at 11.24 P'
. o'clock to-day. Sheriff McKinney ei
skv- pulled the trigger.
Webb was composed to the last t?
and walked to the gallows the coolest e:
\ 1 man that witnessed the execution. c<
Webb was convicted on the statement S
of the assaulted party. Two other tl
: X white women swore to an alibi. Pub- a
lie opinion was divided in regard to g
his guilt. He was charged with as- 1*
N saulting a white woman, near Vin- b;
ings. The prompt action of Sheriff c<
*. McKinney saved possible violence at s1
that time. He was brought to At- t?
lanta jail, but has been in Marietta ai
Jail for the last two months. t?
Efforts to secure the intervention c<
of the State pardon board and the n<
governor failed only a few days before
his execution. ei
He made the following statement T
oiF the gallows: P<
"I am glad, cheerfully glad, before g'
God and before the people, and I it
.. would be glad if more people than w
Is here now could hear me. This is v
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my last request or earth before man G
and before God and this is my last a
'v., talk with anybody, and I am dying g
in the truth and I am dying for some- n
v thing I don't know anything more si
\ about than a dead man. b
**I am thankful I am not dying for tl
> erime. I am dying to give satisfac- b
tiori to the people. I am just as clear ri
of ever committing a crime as any o
other man in the world. There is not o
a man in the world more innocent I
than I am. ti
"I have not got any pejudice s<
against you people. I am dying just ii
' like the apostles of the Lord did. tl
They died when they were perfectly v,
innocent, and I am dying the same n
way. I thank you for all your kind- r
Bess." c
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BURIED AT ST. GEORGE. n
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Remains of J. F. Blount, Killed in Q
Wreck, Brought from Macon. c
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St George, Feb. 17.?The remains s
of Mr. J. F. Blount, the young trav- d
eling salesman who died as the re- g
suit of injuries received in the wreck j(
on the Georgia, Southern and Florida
Railroad, near Macon, Ga., were f
brought to St. George this morning ^
for interment. The funeral services ?
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will not be held until to-morrow .
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morning, awaiting the arrival of a a
brother of the deceased, who resides v
in Virginia.
Although Mr. Blount was not a
<5?- n<sf?r?p his familv
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lived here a number of years ago,
and were highly regarded by the
alder citizens of the town. The regains
will be laid to rest in the .T
family plat in the local cemetery. a
The death of the young man was a
doubly pathetic, since, according to a
newspaper reports, he was to have v
been married in about a month. He a
met his death, it is understood, in li
the vicinity of the home of his d
fiance, and she was one of the first 1
to reach his side after the accident, d
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Sherman on the Negro.
Ellenton, S. C.. Feb. 12, 1910.
Editor Bamberg Herald?Dear Sir:
Inclosed you will find letter of Gen.
Sherman . to Gen: Halleck. Secetary
of War Stanton and Comnander
in Chief of the Army
Irant had been urging Sherman to
protect the negroes and enlist those
;uitable for service in the army is
vhat brought forth this letter. It is
s to be found in war records, vol.
CLVII, pages 36 and 37. If of suficient
interest you can publish.
Yours truiy,
R. C. BRABHAM.
Savannah. Ga.. Jan. 12, 1865.
laj. Gen. Halleck?My Dear Friend:
I received yours of Jan. 1st about
he "negro." Since Mr. Stanton got
ere we talked over all matters free
y. and I deeply regret that I am :
hreatened with that curse to all
eace and comfort?popularity. But i
trust to bad luck enough in the '
uture to cure that, for I know 1
nough of "the people" to feel that a
ingle mistake made by some of my 1
ubordinates will tumble down my 1
ime into infamy. But the nigger? 1
vhy in~God's name can't sensible len
let them alone? When the peo- ?
le of the South tried to rule us 1
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arough the negro and became inso- 1
rnt, we cast them down, and on that
noction n/o arp sfrnn? and linani
ious. Neither cotton, the negro nor 1
ny single interest or class should 1
overn us. But I fear, if you be <
ight, the power behind the throne
i growing. Somebody must meet it
r we are again involved in war with (
nother class of fanatics. Mr. Lin- ]
3ln has boldly met the one attack. ?
ow let him meet the other. If it be 1
isisted that I so conduct my opera- 1
ons that the negro is consulted, of j
jurse I will be defeated, and then
here will be Sambo? Don't miliiry
success imply the safety of and
ice versa? Of course that cock-andull
story of my turning back neroes
that Wheeler might kill them
! all humbug. I turned nobody .
ack. Jeff C. Davis did at Ebenezer
reek forbid certain plantation
aves?old men, women and children c
-to follow his column, but they }
ould come along, and he took up his
ontoon bridge, not because he want- ^
I to leave them but because he
anted his bridge. He and Slocum
ill me that they don't believe Wheel- ^
r killed one of them. Slocum's
slumn (30,000) reports 17,000 ne- '
roes. Now with 1,200 wagons and ^
le necessary impediments of an
rmy overloaded with two-thirds ne- }
roes, five-sixths of whom are help- i
iss, and a large proportion of them t
abies and small children, had I en:>untered
an enemy of respectable i
;rength defeat would have been cer- ^
tin. Tell the president tnar m suca ^
ci event defeat would have cost him ^
vn thousand times the effort to over- }
>me that it now will to meet this r
ew and growing pressure.
I know the fact that all natural
motions swing as the pendulum,
hese Southerners pulled Sambo's 1
endulum so far over that the dan- c
er is it will on its return jump off 1
s pivot. There are certain people t
ho will find fault, and they can al- i
rays get the pretext; but, thank 1
od, I am not running for office, and j
m not concerned because the rising s
eneration will believe I burned 500 ?
iggers at one pop in Atlanta or any ;
nch?nonsense. I profess to be the ^
est kind of friend to Sambo, and j
link that on such a question Sam- <
0 should be consulted. They gather
iund me in crowds, and I can't find
ut whether I am Moses or Aaron,
r which of the prophets, but surely,
am rated as one of the congregaion
and it is hard to tell in what
snse I am appreciated by Sambo?
1 saving him from his master, or
tie new master that threatens him
>ith a new species of .slavery. I :
lean state recruiting agents. Poor
egro?Lo, the poor Indian! Of ,
ourse sensible men understand such
umbug, but some power must be
ivested in our government to check
hese wild oscillations of public
pinion. The South deserves all
he has got for her injustice to the ,
egro but there is no reason why we
hould go to the other extreme. I
o and will do the best I can for neroes,
and feel sure that the prob*m
is solving itself slowly and naturllv.
It needs nothing more than our
ostering care. I thank you for the
ind hint and will heed it so far as
riere appearances go, but not being
ependent on votes I can afford to act
s far as my influence goes, as a fly
.'heel instead of a mainspring. With
espects &c., yours,
W. T. SHERMAN.
Hunter Shot by His Dog.
Albany, Ga., Feb. 17.?Paul H.
ones was accidentally shot to-day
nd may lose a hand and part of an
rm as the result. He was riding to
hunting field in an automobile
.'hen his dog pressed the trigger of
shotgun with its paw, sending the
Dad into his master's arm. Presient
Joseph S. Davis of the Albany
["rust company narrowly escaped
eath from the charge.
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CRAZY MAX'S DEED.
Kills His Children, Wounds Nurse,
and Shoots Himself.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 19.?
George Stephens, aged 38 years, engineer
on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, evidently crazy at the .
time, this morning at 6 o'clock shot ;
and killed three of his little children, .
shot and wounded his old negro!
nurse and then blew out his brains.
r-r i.1 r> ^1.
tie was nit; son ui tiuuei l otepu- i
ens, a prominent mine operator of
this district. He did not work yesterday.
but laid off and last night
upon returning to his home is said to
have taken some morphine for some i
reason. He did not sleep any during j
the night.
At 6 o'clock this morning he entered
the room where the old negro ^
nurse had the youngest child, Jamie,
18 months old, on her lap, and pull- 1
ing a pistol, shot the child to death. *
The bullet went through the little
baby's head and struck the nurse in
the head, inflicting a dangerous
wound. The crazed father then shot
lis two little daughters, Mary Elizabeth,
aged T years, and Blanche, aged
1 years, to death and then shot himself.
A 10-year-old son escaped from
the house. A note was left by the f
V? at* po tm n<r I
Latucx iu{^ . "I'm
to blame for it all."
About 15 months ago Stephens'
wife died. This had something to do
with his condition also, the death
iffecting him.
Won't Need a Crutch.
When Editor J. P. Sossman, of
Cornelius, N. C., bruised his leg badly,
it started an ugly sore. Many
salves and ointments proved worth- j
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burns, bruises, cuts, corns, sores, I
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Young Woman Injured.
Orangeburg, Feb. 18.?Miss Kath5line
Castleberry, daughter of Will-1 j
lam M. Castlebrry, a foreman in the j :
Grange cotton mills, was seriously, j i
tud it is feared fatally, injured yesterday
morning at her home on Ame- ,
ia street. '
Miss Castleberry was sitting on the
canister railing, talking to her moth- j
jr and a girl friend, when suddenly j
;he lost her balance and fell back- j
vards to the ground. The unfortun-;
ite young girl struck three sharp j
;ointed sticks which had been placed j
n the ground to trail vines up to the
>iazza, and these sticks penetrated
ler stomach. Her injuries are se-;
ious, and it is gravely stated that I
hey may prove fatal.
Physicians were called in and the
wounds were stitched. If no internal
rnnhlft sets in. it will be only a
natter of a short time before she
vill completely recover. At present,
lowever, only time can tell the final
esult.
President Helps Orphans. I
Hundreds of orphans have been
lelped by the President of the Inlustrial
and Orphan's Home at Ma;on,
Ga., who writes: "We have
lsed Electric Bitters in' this institu;ion
for nine years. It has proved a
nost excellent medicine for stomach,
iver and kidney troubles. We regard
it as one of the best family
medicines on earth." It invigorates
ill vital organs, purifies the blood,
lids digestion, creates appetite. To
strengthen and build up pale, thin,
weak children or rundown people it
has no equal. Best for female complaints.
Only 50c at Peoples Drug
Co., Bamberg, S. C.
BRIDGE WATCHMAN KILLED.
Southern Railway Employee Meets j
Death at Congaree River.
Fort Motte, Feb. 17.?Thomas
Jefferson, night watchman for the
Southern Railway Company, at Contraree
River Bridge, was killed at an
early hour this morning. It is not
known how the accident occurred.
The steamer City of Columbia arrived
at the bridge at about 5.30 o'clock,
and the draw was opened for it to
pass. On arrival of train No. 15 at
(j o'clock no signals were found, and
the draw bridge was partly open.
The crew closed the draw, and seeing
no signs of the night watchman,
passed over the bridge. After this
? freight train from Columbia arrived,
and after a search for the
watchman they found him lying under
the draw on the rock foundation,
with one arm pinioned under a
turn of the draw. He was yet alive, 1
but unconscious and died short- .
draw he fell though on the founda
tion is that while trying to close the
draw he fell through on the foundation
and caught on the iron turn
table to keep from falling to the
river below. On arrival of train No.
15 a few minutes afterwards, when
the draw was closed, it caught his i
arm. It being dark he was not discovered
lying underneath the track.
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