The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 07, 1910, Page 3, Image 3
TROLLEY KILLED CHILD. t
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Little Son of Warrenville Editor I
Meets Death Under Wheels.
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Aiken, March 31.?Little George 8
Robert Webb, .Jr., son of George R. Webb,
editor of The Horsecreek 8
Valley News, was run over and in- 1
stantly killed this morning by a car s
on tbp> Augusta-Aiken railway. The 1
little fellow, who was not quite two *
years of age, was presumably play- c
V ,-v fro f*!' of TVTT 1
iUg UCdl 111C U Ullt.> Litiva, uv i'A>.
Webb's home at Warrenville, and *
* ran on the track. The coming car *
Struck him. mangling the body, and 1
death resulted instantly. Mr. and 8
Mrs. Webb were prostrated by the ^
sudden and fearful death of their c
m bright little son. *
Mr. and Mrs. Webb and family *
reside at Warrenville, near the car 8
line, and Mr. Webb's printing office 1
is facing the track, a platform run- 8
ning to within a few feet of the road. *
The car leaving Aiken at 8.30 this 1
* morning, passing Warrenville about 8
9, was going down grade just before *
reaching Fox's crossing, when, it is *
said the little fellow ran from behind t
the platform on to the track and the
car, being but a few feet distant and
going down hill, could not be stopped
""until the little boy's life had been {
t crushed out under the wheels. 8
The car was in charge of Motor- 1
man Fulmer. Coroner Johnson went T
to Warrenville this afternoon and t
held an inquest. c
, The remains of little George were t
Interred to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Webb
Dntirp X
JLUtvt; cue bj ixiya\.u.j un w.... county
in their bereavement. E
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Two Reminiscences. c
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The good work undertaken by r
large hearted people for the material C
^restoration of the Barnwell Presby- 41
terian church brings afresh to our l
recollection great events that trans- c
pired within its sacred walls that d
should not be forgotten. e
To one we were a witness, having y
been summoned to serve as a petit o
juror in 1869, when the machinery i:
of reconstruction was put in motion t
A
i by the action of Major General E. S. c
R. Canby, Commander of the Military p
District of South Carolina, in remov- y
ing Judge A. P. Aldrich. It was a fc
fair Monday morning as the people h
gathered, but there was in the air r
the apprehension of some strange a
happenings to come, which was in- i:
p. tensified when Judge Aldrich came o
riding in a buggy with Capt. W. A. p
Nerland, who was in command of the t
United States troops then garrisoning
Barnwell. The court was for- t!
mally opened and then the suspense e
was ended as Judge Aldrich, then in s
the full Summer of his physical and s
intellectual vigor, with all the elo- c
quence of a golden tongue, all the r
superb courage of a Roman Senator o
told in ringing words of the passing c
of the old order of things, and yield- e
ing to military power predicted that t
he would live to see the day when he t;
would again preside over the courts ii
of South Carolina, a judge chosen 1<
by bis people alter tney naa tnrown p
off the yoke just placed upon them.
He then ordered the court adjourned p
sine die. His picture as he spoke v
those burning words is still vivid in s
our memory. It was the grandest t3
hour of full life and he measured to t!
it most worthily. There has been no g
more thrilling hour in the history o
of Barnwell. Then he went into b
forced exile, practicing law in Au- s
gusta, but his prophecy came true t]
and he again sat on the bench as a s
judge of South Carolina until the o
burden of the years caused his vol- f
untary retirement7 and he passed s
from life under the shadow of "The ii
Oaks" that he loved so well. f<
A different fate came to General p
Canby. While endeavoring to quiet A
an Indian outbreak in the West he t<
was shot in the back by Capt. Jack, a "
chief who led the insurrection of the n
red men. e
f ? And after all these years comes
into mind this query and reply of the A
late Capt. Bradley, a passenger con- J
ductor of the old South Carolina 1<
Railroad: d
f"Whv in CaDtain Jack not im- ii
i mortal? c
"Because he Canby killed.") si
Seven years later in the same v
church there was another event a
of State wide history making "
importance and influence. On a fall fi
winter morning the court met again, n
; The Judge to preside was Pierce L. p
Wiggin, a Northern attorney who n
had located at Beaufort after the tl
surrender and who had filled the p
office of solicitor with fair efficiency, h
He had been elected judge of the "
Second Circuit by the legislature s<
^ that had elected F. J. Moses, Jr., for w
Sumter and W. J. Whipper for ai
Charleston, whom Governor Cham- p
berlain refused to commission. News
of rioting on the Upper Three Runs
had reached Barnwell and upon being
brought to the attention of gi
Judge Wiggin he issued an order h
directing the then sheriff, James Pat- b
terson, Esq., to summon a posse un- tl
der the direction of Gen. Johnson h
Hagood and go to the scene of the p
trouble and restore peace and good cj
order. The court was adjourned and w
>y the next morning's sunrise there
vere hundreds of citizens at the apjointed
rendezvous, Joyce Branch.
J any veterans of the Civil War were
here, men who had learned to obey
ind whose examples influenced the
ounger men to preserve perfect orler
and discipline. As Gen. Hagood
>!anned and expected the presence of
o long a mounted calvacude, riding
eisurelv to the scene of the trouble
lad a most soothing effect and good
>rder was quickly restored, to be folowed
by a long and yet continuing
>eriod of peace. The only member of
he posse injured was Sheriff James
5atterson, who, riding in his buggy
ifter nightfall near the residence of
Jr. Joseph Ashley, was shot from the
larkness, receiving several painful
lesh wounds in the side and breast
rom the slugs fired by his would be
issassin. The late Arthur M. Owens,
Ssq., who was with Sheriff Patteron,
had the bow of his necktie
>y one of the slugs. The sheriff w<xs
mable to continue with the posse
md deputized the writer to act in
lis stead. On the afternoon of the
'oJlowing day the posse clubs reurned
to their homes. Nobody may
>ver know, but the impression was
mtertained that reckless Republican
missaries had planned the Runs riot
or political effect?with the purpose
ind expectation of causing so much
iloodshed that the Northern heart
vould be fired that the coming elecion
would be held under military
ontrol or so managed as to defeat
he Hampton revolution.
The circumstantial evidence suplorting
such a belief was strong, to
any minds conclusive. Under the
.dministration of the three Republian
Governors, R. K. Scott, carpettagger,
of Ohio, F. J. Moses, Jr.,
enegade, of South Carolina, D. H.
Jhamberlain, of New England, the
'grand old party" had gone from
ad to worse and its corruption
aused it to be discredited abroad,
letested and despised at home. The
yes of many colored Repulicans
fere opening to the true situation,
ver six hundred voters of that race
n this county alone having turned
heir backs upon the scalawag and
arpet bag missionaries that had
tlundered the prostrate State to the
rery verge of bankruptcy. The
:indly feeling and confidence that
lad so long existed between the two
aces was rapidly returning and the
,dventurers saw that the hand writQg
of their overflow was on the wall
f the future and that Only a des
lerate remedy could save them furher
fattening.
In the yellow journale of that
[me up North there were exaggeratd
reports of losses of life and deduction
of property. As deputy
herifT it fell to us to arrest numbers
harged with participating in the
ioting and to inquire into the facts
f each case. In every instance these
harges were found to be groundless,
ach charged person furnishing writen
or oral evidence from employers
bat he had never left his home durQg
the trouble but had remained
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eyal to his contracts with his emloyers.
The influence of this brief camaign
for peace and good order had
ride spread influence for Democratic
uccess. The perfect organization
bat had within twenty hours after
be issuing of Judge Wiggin's order
athered seven hundred men, withut
the aid of telegraphic facilities,
efore the telephone was dreamed of,
howed a touching of elbows from
be hills to the tide line that made
uccess a surety. The good conduct
f that neace making posse made
riends for1 Carolina in every Northern
tate, and the training to obedier.ee
1 the camps and campaigns of the
our years war won the victory of
eace in the redemption of the State, j
Lfter all was gained Governor Hampon
spoke to us of Gen. Hagood as'
the great organizer of victory." and *
0 nobler and higher encomium was
ver more worthily bestowed.
One more incident and we stop.
X the assemblying of the posse at
oyce Branch only one man waf the
;ast under the influence of the arent.
He had been a gallant soldier
1 many hard raids and stubborn
lose fights in Virginia. On his peron
were the scars of honorable
-ounds. At sundown Gen. Hagood,
ailing him by his given name, said,
, get your horse, ride to ,
nd out what is going on, stay all
ight in that neighborhood, and reort
to me here at sunrise tomorrow
lorning." Handing him a biscuit
le General said, "Here's your super?go!"
As the scout rode out of
earing Gen. Hagood said to us:
Responsibility and a biscuit will
ober him." And it was a true
ord. Next morning he came back
a crthor n<s a indee.?Barnwell Peo
le.
Retires from Ministry.
Rev. R. A. Hafer, of Trinity, Evanelical
Lutheran church, Jersey City,
as written his congregation that
aldness forces him to retire from
le ministry. He cannot wear his
at in the pulpit and he cannot
reach bareheaded, he says, without
itching cold. He preached his fareell
sermon last Sunday.
PATTERSON OFFERS PRIZE.
South Carolina Representative Stimulates
Interest in Agriculture.
Washington, March 31.?Congressman
Patterson, of Barnwell, believes
in encouraging the boys and
girls of the country in agricultural
pursuits. Accordingly, he has written
to the superintendent of education
in each of the counties in his
district as follows: "Feeling an interest
in agricultural work, and desiring
to create greater enthusiasm
among the bovs and girls of your
county in this matter, I hereby authorize
you to offer a prize of $10
either in cash or a medal of this
value, as you and the advisory committee
may, in your judgment, think
best, for the best showing made by a
boy or girl, this prize to be awarded
to the contestant making the highj
est general average." This shows
commendable effort on the part of
Mr. Patterson, and his proposition
will no doubt be eagerly accepted,
details being left to the committee
referred to.
Burglar Kills Woman.
Springfield, Mass., March 31.?His
demand for money having been ignored,
a masked burglar, who had
entered the drawing room of the residence
of Mrs. Sarah J. Dow on Round
Hill ( in the northern part of the city,
this evening, shot and killed Miss
Martha B. Blackstone, 39 years old,
a public school teacher, and probably
fatally wounded Miss Harriet
P. Dow, a fellow teacher.
Miss Blackstone was shot through
the heart as she ran screaming into
an adjoining room. Miss Dow's
skull was fractured and trepaning
will be resorted to in an effort to
save her life. With Miss Dow and
Miss Blackstone in the dining room
were the former's mother and sister.
The murder was a most wanton one.
Mrs. Dow, her two daughters and
Miss Blackstone, wno was a guesi
for the night, were seated in the living
room of the home about a small
table, solving a picture puzzle. The
first, intimation they had of an intruder
was a demand for money
from the dining room, just in the
rear. They looked up to see a man
in the dark doorway, threatening
them with a revolver. Mrs. Dow retained
her composure and replied:
"We have no money," but Miss
Blackstone, in fright, jumped to her
feet and ran screaming into a reception
room. The burglar said: "If
you want to be killed keep on
screaming" and fired as he spoke,
the bullet entering Miss Blackstone's
left breast. Death followed instantly.
The murderer hardly paused to
see his victim fall before he turned
the revolver on the group, shooting
Miss Harriet Dow in the head. He
then ran to the front door, leaped
over the piazza railing and disappeared.
The police have no clue to
his identity.
Both Miss Blackstone and Miss
Dow were teachers in the Jefferson
avenue school. Miss Blackstone was
39 years old and Miss Dow about 30.
Walked Out of Jail.
Sylvania, Ga., April 1.?Rufus Lucas,
white, under sentence of life imprisonment
for murder, calmly walked
out of jail here during last night
ana can not oe round.
Sylvester Sasser, who has had a
varied career in the courts and is
under a sentence of life imprisonment,
stated this morning that Lucas
came to him dring the night and
told him good-bye. Sasser refused
to take advantage or the opportunity
to escape as he had done previously.
He locked the door to prevent the
escape of Lewis Bryant, another
white man charged with murder.
To-day Bryant was taken to Savannah
for safe keeping because of
high feeling against him here. He
killed Peyton Connor of this county
recently.
Cattle Raising in Bamberg.
This suggestive paragraph is from
The Bamberg Herald: I
"Eight carloads of beef cattle were
shipped from this point last Thursday.
Bamberg Is not only the largest
market in the lower part of the
State for horses and mules, but it is
getting to be a cattle market as well.
[These cattle were fattened by farmers
near town."
The Herald can perform a public i
service by ascertaining the net profit
1 made by the shippers of these beeves.
We are informed by a local butcher
that home raised cattle is now
bringing 6 cents the pound gross 1
on the hoof. A carload of beeves, j
he tells us, is worth from $1,500 to
$ 1,700. This would mean that there 1
was turned loose in Bamberg last ,
Thursday from this source alone be- i
tween $12,000 and $14,000. The 1
value of this to a community like <
Bamberg is apparent on its face.
vvnat part 01 ine arnuuui. was
profit we do not know, but that it s
was substantial we do not doubt. <
We are glad at any rate to note ]
that cattle-raising is on the increase ]
in this part of South Carolina, and <
we hope that the example of the ;
Bamberg farmers will spread.? ]
News and Courier. <
REMARKABLE SENTENCE.
Pronounced by Judge Benedict on a
Murderer in New Mexico.
Probably the best anecdote of
Judge Benedict, of New Mexico, says
the Green Bag, is that told with regard
to his sentence of death pronounced
upon one Jose Maria Martin,
who was convicted of murder
in the District Court of Taos county
under a state of facts showing great
brutality and with absolutely no
mitigating circumstances. Judge
Benedict said:
"Jose Maria Martin, stand up!
Jose Maria Martin, you have been
lTflintprl trior! nnr! r?rm vir>tori hv n
jury of your countrymen of the
crime of murder and the court is
now about to pass upon you the
dread sentence of the law. As a
usual thing, Jose Maria Martin, it is
a painful duty to pronounce upon a
human being the sentence of death.
There is something horrible about
it and the mind of the court naturally
revolts from the performance
of such a duty. Happily, however,
your case is relieved of all such unpleasant
features and the court takes
positive delight in sentencing you to
death.
"You are a young man, Jose Maria
Martin; apparently of good physical
constitution and robust health. Ordinarily
you might have looked forward
to many years of life, and the
court has no doubt you have, and
have expected to die at a green old
age; but you are about to be cut off
on account of your own act Jose
Maria Martin, it is now the spring
time; in a little while the grass will
be springing up green in these beautiful
valleys and on these broad
mesas and mountainsides flowers
will be blooming; birds will be singing1
their sweet carols and nature
will be putting on her most gorgeous
" J r? ^4-wn i?aKao O /I
dliu LLC! lilUSU avuavutc ivuto, auu
life will be pleasant and men will
want to stay; but none of this
for you, Jose Maria Martin; the
flowers will not bloom for you Jose
Maria Martin; the birds will not
carol for you, Jose Maria Martin;
when these things come to gladden
the senses of men you will be occupying
a space about six by two
beneath the sod and the green grass
and those beautiful flowers will be
growing above your lowly head.
"The sentence of the court is that
you be taken from this place to the
county jail; that you be kept there
safely and securely confined, in the
custody of the sheriff, until the day
appointed for your execution. Be
very careful, Mr. Sheriff, that he
have no opportunity to escape and
that you have him at the appointed
place at the appointed time. Thai
you be so kept, Jose Maria Martin,
until?Mr. Clerk, on what day of the
month does Friday, about two weeKE
from this time come?"
"March 22, your honor."
"Very well, until Friday, the
twenty-second day of March, when
you will be taken by the sheriff from
your place of confinement to some
safe and convenient spot within the
county?that is in your discretion,
Mr. Sheriff; you are only confined to
the limits of the county? and that
you there be hanged by the neck until
you are dead, and the court was
about to add, Jose Maria Martin,
'may God have mercy on your soul,'
but the court will not assume the
responsibility of asking an all wise
Providence to do that which a jury
of your peers has refused to do. The
Lord couldn't have mercy on your
soul. *
"However, if you affect any religious
belief or are connected with any
religious organization it might be
well enough for you to send for your
priest or your minister and get from
him?well, such consolation as you
can?but the court advises you to
place no reliance upon anything of
that kind. Mr. Sheriff, remove the
prisoner."
Mistrial in Harris Case.
Anderson, April 2.?A mistrial resulted
in the Calhoun Harris case.
The case went to the Jury at 11
o'clock this morning and the jury
reported at 7 o'clock to-night, that
an agreement was impossible. This
was after the jury came out to again
hear Judge McDonald state the law
as to forgery.
This disposes for the time being of
one of the indictments against Harris
arising from a shortage of approximately
$50,000 in the funds of
the Orr Cotton Mills, of which he
was secretary and assistant treasurer.
Six other counts, five of which
are for forgery, and the sixth for
breach of trust, with fradulent intent,
wil come up for trial at the
June term of the General Session
Court. Harris will remain under
bond of $28,000.' Judge McDonald's
charge to the jury was considered favorable
for the defence, and tonight
it is learned that the jury
5tood six for acquittal and six for
conviction. Harris and several of
bis friends remained in the Court
room while the jury was out. He
chatted pleasantly with his friends,
md when the jury reported his expression
did not change. The Harris
case began Monday morning.
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"BLACK HAND" IN ST. LOUIS.
Sicilian, who Informed on Members
of Band, Murdered.
St. Louis, April 3.?Peter Cordone,
a Sicilian, was murdered in the
St. Louis headquarters of the Mafia,
this afternoon for informing on the
Black Hand operations of some of its
members.
He was lured to the place used as
' a club room, by the Sicilians of the
> city, with an invitation to attend a
celebration. What happened after
his arrival is not known, but his
body was found in the club this afternoon,
riddled with bullets.
A score or more Sicilians are under
arrest as suspects.
Cardone was charged with informing
on a band of Black Handers,
who attempted to extort $5,000 from
Louis Lumaghi, a wealthy mine
operator, living at Collinsville, 111.,
last December. The gang was captured
through the use of decoy money,
and one of its members, Frank
Secola, is now serving a sentence of
from one to fourteen years in the
penitentiary.
Cardone was notified shortly after
Secola's conviction that he would be
assassinated.
He leaves a widow and three children.
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