The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 03, 1910, Page 6, Image 6
UHNiTON NEttO BANGED'
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"COOT" LEVER EXECUTED FOR i
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT RAPE. 1
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Assailant of Dutch Fork Farmer's J
Wife Pays Death Penalty on 1
the Scaffold. 1
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Lexington. Feb. 25.?Declaring !
that the Judge, jury and solicitor
that tried his case will see their mistake
in the day of judgment "Coot"
Laser, who was convicted of attemptad
rape upon the person of the pretty
wife of a prominent farmer of the
Dutch Fork, on the first day of last
November, went to his death on the
gallows to-day. It was 12.24 when
Sheriff P. H. Corley commenced the
reading of the death warrant. At the
conclusion of this Lever was given
permission to make any statement he
desired. At 12.32 the drop was
sprang and 11 minutes later his body
was cut down. Drs. E. P. Derrick
and F. O. Roberts pronounced life
extinct
Lever, while somewhat nervous,
was composed to the last and walked
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declared to all callers that he was t
ready to die, and had no tears of the
hereafter. He ate a hearty breakfast
this morning, bat although a t
most tempting dinner was offered t
him, he refused to eat. ;
This morning when The News and
j&v Courier eorrespondert called to see <
Lever he acknowledged his guilt and
repeated the same story he told on ^
the witness stand at the trial. He
said that a negro doctor, "Lem"
Judge, was responsible for his crime,
p|&and that he, Judge, would have to s
share in the punishment He said
that if it had not been for Deputy c
he could get his man in jail several r
been permitted to get right with
God. v
. \ On the gallows he made the fol- f
|p * lowing statement: "Of course, I was
in the fault but I want all to take ?
notice. The Judge, jury and solidtor
did me wrong, and they will see ^
[wmmmm hiiwb vm uiv uaj vi jhu?- ^
it TtO everybody to meet me in ,
>m Mr. Miller end his family
and Sheriff Corley have shore been t|
Alee to me, end hare treated me
light. I hope God will bless them u
Jest after Sheriff Corley had placed *
jibe Mack cap oyer his forehead Lever c
askel for some preacher to pray for u
him, and at Sheriff Ooriey's request
Bar. W. W. Keel, of the Baptist 2
Chmrch, came apon the scaffold and ^
affiled a firrent prayer for the eon- n
! damned man. Then the knot was
thrown. Betas tied Lever exclaimed: b
l1t5i too tight hoes." Jest ss the
[tariff was about to annoance that c
em j thing was ready Lever asked to Q
he allowed to say Jest one more word. .
Be mid: "Tell oer race for God's
sake to keep oet of troeble. Tell #
everybody to let thia be a warning. b
Bverybody pray for me. May God
Um Sheriff Corley, Mr. Miller and
Lever was bidden good-by by Sher- C
Mf Ooriey and Dapety Sheriff Miller
and a second later his body was
winging in we nr. tie oiea witnout
u Bore, Us neck bting broken by T
tbe teD. The body wis est down and t
turned over to tbe coroner. c
Early this morning the crowds be- n
gn to pour Into town end by 11 t
o'clock four or fire hundred people ^
bed arrived. Everybody was admit- ?j
|, ted to the jail yard, but tbe actual t
banging was witnessed by only tbe a
nasal number allowed by law. j,
Bouse tops, tences and trees were in
pv demand, but tbe utmost quiet pre- f
nailed. Tbe husband of tbe victim e
of Lever's brutal attack witnessed tbe t
banging He said that he was satis- c
led and was glad that tbe law bad t
been allowed to take its course. p
A day or two ago Lever made a
wEl in which be requested that tbe
amount of $650, which be claimed
teat be would get from tbe Society ^
of Sons and Daughters, of which he
was a member, be equally divided
between bis stepmother and hie wife. 1
Story of the Crime. J
T)M crime for which Lever paid
the death penalty on the gallows today
was one of the most revolting in
the annals of the county. On the
first day of last November, while the
husband of the victim was ploughing
In a field near his home, Lever slipped
np to the house and entered the
yard, where the woman was hanging
oat clothes, with her innocent little
two-year-old child playing by her
side. Lever, without warning of his
Intention, grabbed her around the
neck in an effort to choke her into
insensibility, at the same time throwing
her to the grodnd. So tightly
did he grasp her throat that the
blood flowed freely from the wounds
Inflicted by the linger nails of the
brute.
Nearly every garment was torn
from her body, and it was only by
the most seemingly superhuman effort
that Lever was prevented from
accomplishing his purpose, the cries
of the woman bringing her husband
to her rescue.
The news of the attack spread like
'
* ildflre before a sweeping wind, and
irithin a very few hoars the asaal
luietness of the neighborhood was
n a roar of excitement. Men who
lad not shouldered a gun in many
rears?some of them probably not
lince the war?scoured the country
n an eaon to get a snot at the fiendish
culprit. Deputy Sheriff Miller
x-as rushed to the scene in an autonobile,
and with the aid of two or
hree men, he succeeded in capturing
>ver and landing him safely in jail
>efore the mob that had gathered
cnew what had happened. The offi?er
arrived at the jail during the
arly hours of morning, but before
ic could get his man i jail several
nen rode up on horseback, and the
leputy had to hide his man for several
hours before placing him behind
he bars.
So wrought up were the pople of
he neighborhood that a second efort
was made to get Lever. On the
!nd of November a posse of from
Ifty to seventy-five men drove up to
he jail with the intention of taking
.ever out at any. and all hazards, but
he officers having heard of the probtble
attack, rushed the prisoner to
he penitentiary, where he was kept
intil the day before he was tried.
That the majesty of the law has
?en upheld is gratifying to the people
of the county, and the husband
if the pretty victim is being comnended
on all sides for the part he
uts played throughout the whole
iroceedings.
CAPTURED SWORD RETURNED.
Woman Ltrtag in Main Sends War
Trophy Back to South Carolina.
Colombia, Feb. 23.?Col. W. D.
IcLaurin has received from a woman
esiding in Maine a sword that was
aptnred in the civil war with the
eqoeat that it be returned to Its
wner or any member of the family. ,
.ho may be able to Identify the
word.
The sword was taken by Charles
L Shorey, first lieutenant of Comany
A, 30th Maine infantry, at the
attle of Five Forks. The weapon ,
ras turned over to Mrs. Charles A. ,
leill, a sister of Lieutenant Shorey,
nd she writes Col. McLaurin to try
9 find the owner.
When the first letters were written ,
> Col. McLaurin about the sword. It
ras stated that the belief was that '{
he sword belonged to Lieutenant ,
Sol. Cobb, of the 23d South Caro- (
ina. An examnatio: of the records j
bowed that no such man was in the
3d, bnt that there was a Col. Cnlp 1
s the 17 th. As both these real- ,
tents were in the same brigade there .
i a possibility that the sword may t
elong to Got Cnlp, and his relatives ,
rite now describing it. It is also ,
laimed as baring been the property ,
f another officer in the 23d. CoL .
fcLaurin wishes information, and
lie ones satisfying him as to the per
on to whom the sword belonged will !
e giren the weapon ss stated abore. ,
MODEL FARMS FOR INDIANS. 1
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lover anient to Teach Bed Skins How
to Tttl the Soil.
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Washington, Feb. 27.?With a
lew of extending a helping hand to 1
he Indian in his advance toward
trie usefulness and to assist him in
testing the competition of the white 1
nan, the bureau of Indian affairs
as issued instructions for the estabIshment
of demonstration farms in
ll. * - - - 1? 1 1. ?
u? niiuiwb ui i|ncoiianu
ectlons, to aenre at models in imiroved
methods of tilling the soil.
The model farm will be conducted
rom the standpoint of simplicity, an
ssential element in the education of
he Indian. They will be placed in
harge of skilled farmers and from
he start will be made as nearly as
KMsible self-supporting.
SHOT UP PAST TRAIN.
When Smoke Cleared Two Passengers
Found Shot.
Three negroes who boarded the
tmoker of a New Jersey Central
rain as it was leaving the Jersey
Jity terminal early Wednesday, pulld
out their revolvers a few minutes
ater and proceeded to shoot up the
ar in wild western fashion.
When the smoke cleared, it was
ound that two passengers had been
seriously hurt. One had a bullet in
Us abdomen and the other was shot
hrough the breast.
The negroes, apparently sobered
>y the result of their work, took to
heir heels, jumping from the rear
>latform as the train whirled through
.he surburbs of Jersey City. The
xain was quickly stopped and the
njured sent to the city hospital. A
iquad of policemen sent posthaste
x. the scene were unable to find any
race of the assailants.
An Awful Eruption
>f a volcano excites brief interest,
ind your interest in skin eruptions
rill be as short if you use Bucklen's
irnica Salve, their quickest cure.
Even the worst boils, ulcers, or fever
tores are soon healed by it. Best for
>urns. cuts, bruises, sore lips, chapped
hands, chilblains and piles. It
fives instant relief. 25c at Peoples
Drug Co., Bamberg, 8. C.
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WANT WACCAMAW DEEPENED.
Representative Ellerbe and Senator q
Smith After Larger Appropriation.
Washington. Feb. 24.?If the ef- jj
forts of Senator Smith and Represen- f(
tative Ellerbe are successful more *
money will be appropriated by Con- j
gress for South Carolina waters. ^
When the House recently passed its 8j
bill some people in the Pee-Dee sec- ^
tion were not satisfied with what
mey receiver, and wrote to Mr. Eller- p
be about it. Since then Mr. Ellerbe tj
Las busily engaged himself in the j
matter. In co-operation with Sena- v
tor Smith he will probably be sue- w
cessful in securing an additional a
amount for that part of the State at ft
an early date. j{
Mr. Ellerbe authorized the fol- ^
lowing statement concerning the matter
to-day. "I am trying to have
the appropriation for the Waccamaw Ci
River increased. When this matter ^
was before the rivers and harbors ^
committee I had tho commit- g
tee endorse the enlarged proJect
and secured an appropriation for h
the amount recommended by the engineers.
n
"The people of Conway and vidnity
were not satisfied with this ap- g
propriation, and I am doing ail in my
power to have it increased. ..(
"I wrote Capt Adams, and am led u
to belie?v from the answer to that j,
letter that a mistake has been made.
1 spent an hour yesterday at the war ^
department arguing the case before g
the engineers with the result thst
they wired the local engineer to know j
how much money conld be profitably
expended on a twelve foot project to
Conway next year. 1 am determined b;
to give Conway twelve feet of water n<
at the earliest possible date. J
"Senator 8mith is co-opejs.ing a|
with me." a]
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JOHNSON FINDS HIS DAUGHTER. **
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Spartanburg Man Leaves SL Louis ^
for Home ^Tith Runaway Girt
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8t Louis. Mo., February 23.?John ^
W. Johnson, a wealthy 8partanbnrg( b:
3. C., lumberman, to-day rescued his in
16-year-old daughter, Ethel, who had 81
been lured to St. Louis by a travel- fc
Lng man. Before kuvin^ Spar- ci
tanburg with his little daughter, H
Johnson requested the police to lo- ^
sate and arrest the traveling salesman,
who, according to the girl, lnitead
of marrying her, as he prom- **
lied, deserted her.
Barney W. Fran thecal, the man
who made the union station informadon
bureau famous, is supposed to
be able to answer all sorts of ques- c~
Lions, but he was not able last week
to answer his wife's Question of nt
'where are we going to get a girl?" D
So Barney passed the question to *
Matron Hunter, of the anion station.
Ethel Johnson had Just told Mrs.
Hunter that she was penniless and
wanted work. Mrs. Hunter told **
Barney of the girl, and he sent her
to his home. There the girl soon
proved herself unfamiliar with house- x
work.
Although Barney's specialty, as
aforesaid, is information, he and his
family got little information from the *
girl about herself. When they asked ^
her where she was from, she said the
South. She was tired of her home, w
ihe said, and wanted to look after
herself. Barney got his first real in- ^
formation about the girl when he 01
read in a newspaper dispatch that lt
her father had traced her to 8t Louis
and was coming from South Carolina 11
to seek her. h
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Money Tendered for School.
Rock Hill, Feb. 24.?In accordance *
with the decree handed down by M
Judge Earnest Moore at Yorkville al
? uiuuutf muuiiwy v.viic?c,
through attorneys, Messrs. McDonald, r
Spencer and Dunlap, this afternoon h
tendered to the board of trustees of *
the Rock HiU school district $20,000 lc
in United 8tate legal tender notes, n
as tne purchase price for the high a
school property. u
The minority trustees, Messrs, J.
M. Cherry and Iredell Jones, who
promptly refused the same, and as W. *
B. Wilson. Sr.. the third minority c
trustee, is in Cuba, of course he could ^
not be reached personally.
The three lawyers mentioned went
out this afternoon to "Strawberry
Hill, the residence of Capt Iredell n
Jones, who is chairman of the board. b
and made the tender to him person- u
ally, and of course he declined the t(
same. o!
Under the decree of the court the
college was ordered to make this n
tender by February 24. ?
The next step to be taken now *
will be to turn the money over to 11
Clerk of Conrt Tate, of this fVnrk* S
county, and ask him as an officer of '
the court to make out a deed of the *
property to Winthrop. 81
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Stubborn as Males r<
are liver and bowels sometimes; t<
seem to balk without cause. Then q
there's trouble?loss of appetite?indigestion,
nervousness, despondency, *
headache. But such troubles fly be- si
fore Dr. King's New Life Pills, the t]
world's best stomach and liver remedy.
80 easy. 25c at Peoples Drag *
Company, Bamberg, 8. C, v
FOREMAN SHOT BT LABORER.
hester Mu Receives Painful Injuries
at Negro's Hand.
Chester, February 25.?What is
kely to prove a very costly and unjrtunate
shooting occurred on Mr.
esse H. Hardin's place near Armenia
uesday evening, Mr. W. Holmes
[udson, Mr. Hardin's foreman, being
hot in the face with a shotgun by
>oc Grant, a negro laborer on the
irm. One of Mr. Hudson's eyes was
ractically destroyed by the shot, and
le other, it is said, will be lost also.
ills is particularly unfortunate in
lew of the fact that Mr. Hudson,
ho is a young man of about 25, has
wife and three children, and his
imily is entirely dependent upon his
ibors for sustenance and support.
Ane shot struck Mr. Hudson in the
ice, one entering each eye.
It is difficult to get a correct acDunt
of the shooting. It seems that
Ir. Hudson had some kind of toy
hich he had used in frightening neroes
in the neighborhood, and had
lis with him on the evening when
e was shot
The shooting occurred in a field
tidway between the houses of the
wo men, and was done with a shoton
loaded with No. 4 shot
Grant was about his work as usual
Bsterday, and in the afternoon went
> Lowryville for a load of fertiliser,
i the meantime, however, the mat?r
had been reported to Sheriff Colin,
and warrant sworn out By
heriff Colvin's instruction* Grant
as arrested *t Lowryville by Officer
, E. Rush and brought to jail.
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Deafness Cannot be Cared
y local applications, as they canDt
reach the diseased portion of the
ir. There is only one way to cure
?afnees, and that is by constitutionI
remedies. Deafness is caused by
i inflamed condition of the mucous
uing of the Eustachian Tube. When
lis tube is inflamed you hare a
imbling sound or imperfect hearig,
and when it is entirely closed.
*afness is the result, and unless the
lSummation can be taken out and
lis tube restored to its normal conition,
hearing will be destroyed forrer;
nine cases out of ten are caused
r catarrh, which is nothing but an
:flamed condition of the mucous
irfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
>r any case of deafness (caused by
itarrh) that cannot be cured by
all's Catarrh Cure. Send for cirtlars
free. F. J. CHEENET 4k CO.,
oledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for conipation.
Midway
Public School, Colored.
The recital February 21st, 1910,
ven by Miss Carrie Maynard, prinpal,
and Mr. C. P. Robinson, asstant,
and Miss J. Lobby's vocal
ambers, with Misses Rickenbackers,
owllng, Johnson, and others, gave
feeling of a pleasant anticipation to
le musical lovers on that occasion.
The nblnct of thta wm tr?
ngthen the school session.?Adrer ement
NEGRO Df JAIL AT SALUDA.
hreatened White Man's life and was
In D?gar of loosing His Own.
Saluda, Feb. 24.?Hardy Mobley,
young negro was lodged in jail here
uesday, charged with assault and
ittery with intent to kill. He lives
ith J. E. Zeigler, near this town and
KSterday morning Zeigler went to
Is house and told him to go with the
ther hands and cut wood. Mobley,
is said, very impertinently refused
> do so and began cursing Zeigler
tost vilely, and rushing back into
Is house, got his gun and threatened
t lrfll 7?]rl?r nn tho arvnt
Mr. Zeigier was unarmed and abriutely
at the negro's mercy and
iys he had to take the cursing and
buse like a man.
There was no little excitement
hen it was learned how the negro
id acted, but cooler counsel prevail1
and Mr. Zeigier was induced to
it the law take its course and not
sort to rash measures. He then
une and had a warrant issued and
?on Sheriff Sample had the negro
shind the bars.
After being arrested, Mobley claim1
that he did not get his gun, but
ther negroes on the place say he
id.
Attempt to Rob Court House.
Marion, Feb. 25.?An attempt at
>bbery was made in the court house
uilding last night Burglars en;red
the sheriff's office and the audio's
office, entering the safes in both
races and scattering papers over the
oor, bat they failed to find any
toney. The offices of the master and
aunty treasured showed signs of an
ttempt to force the doors, but the
idications are that they failed to
et inside of either of these offices,
here seems to be no doubt that it
as the work of amateurs, and it is
apposed to have been local parties,
g there have been several robberies
ecently. A few nights ago an at?mpt
was made to rob the Atlantic
Oast Line freight depot, and a few
eeks ago $100 was stolen from a
tore. The police are at work on
to cases, and it is hoped that the
uilty parties will be brought to j usee.
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4 with that automobile, bicycle, gun or
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2 prepared to do your work as anyone c
% cities, and my prices are about twice
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T don't forget me. All work guarantee
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I am now representing the Conaolidi
Milling Co., of Cartersrille, and can
in Monuments and Headstones, $7.50
my styles before you buy. I can funis
want in Italian or black marble, or gr
is a most reliable one, annd I guanu
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The ginning mm Is now a boat aver, a
have the engine and boiler and ginning ma
Hon for next season's work so that there
"starting np" with the first bale. Let I
Works take your plant in hand, patting It h
and save 70a dollars and trouble both. 1
paying oat the cash for the work when dc
about it, and, "ten to one," they will man
the work done before the rash, and pay fo
do no harm to inquire about it anyway. 1
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tor uy
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Phone No. 68
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