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; r PATHOS MIXED WITH TRAGEDY. ? The Murder of J. R. Langford Due &:m ' to Extraordinary Causes. Brunson, Dec. 10.?There is nothing here in this little Hampton county village to indicate that less than two weeks ago a tragedy was enacted here, which in its infinite sad ness, surpasses any that has been known ?n the State for years. Men Y v and women go about their occupation in the usual way, rise in the morn* ? ~ J n i i^ aaauvma a ins ?uut omuuic ? perpendicular position and at night lie down again and become horizontal. Children play in the streets. C The sun rises and runs his course and the silent stars shine in the A heaven. There is no excitement and ig the murder of one of the town's most v prominent citizens less than two weeks ago is not talked of 'unless a stranger brings up the subject. Yet in the two homes there is a great sorrow and in another?not home, but rather, hovel?there is the ' 'sorrow of shame made bare and exre posed in all its hideousness to the gaze of a public which, now that the | blow has fallen, realizes how little r was done to prevent it. Distasteful Story. Distasteful as is the task it is best that the story of the killing of J. R. Langford be told and necessarily in p" the telling of it there must be related the too tragic story of Mary Harris, the young white girl who is in the J penitentiary at Columbia, an eye-wit| ness of the killing and the occasion of it. There is no charge against her. It is possible there may be one Sp "brought?for by her own admission M she was accessory after the fact to 4 the murder of Mr. Langford. After hearing of the life and en|p vironment of this poor child, one can but recall what was traced in J the dust by Him who came to save sinners: "He that is without sin among ye, let him first cast the stone." \ .AWith hardly an exception the peopie of this place and, indeed, all A who have heard the details of the Wg<- case, think jthe coroner's jury which fixed the killing of Mr. Langford II upon Richard Williams, the negro |? now in the penitentiary, were right WES^fv' ? AV -3^ n? a* m -xi v^.v m mtur iinaing. 1 wo oilier negroes have been arrested and released un'g der bond, to appear as witnesses when the trial is held. These are Ed. Rouse and Jake Brown. The Crime. ffj-gl-;. The evidence adduced at, the inf1 quest in brief is: On Tuesday morning Mr. Langford, who ran a hotel v , at Brunson and also operated a sawmill* left his home iq a buggy, about : 8 o'clock. He drove by the telegraph ^ office and sent a message which was ^ filed at 8:10. This fixes the time essentially. From there he drove to"0 ? ward his sawmill at Bopeep, but |V- stopped a short way from the corjfc, /.' porate limits at the house of Bob p|l Harris, where he talked to Mary Hargfe ris, who was cutting wood in the |p! yard. He drove off a short distance, gj tuined out of the road, tied his horse > and got out of the buggy. The girl having made a fire crossed the field ?rt(t mpt Mr Tj>nrfnr<1 in tVio trAnrii || On her way she saw a buggy coming up the road and recognized the occupants as Ed. Rouse and Richard ?? - Williams, negroes, both of whom she p " knew. She did not know she was r followed by Williams, and did not ^ see him again until he was standing over Mr. Langford with a stick or club upraised. The blow fell and Langford'8 head dropped. He groaned but did not speak, though she called | v to him. The negro upbraided her with being unfaithful. She was frightened and ran home. The negro did not follow. She wanted to tell of the crime but was afraid. . Talked Freely., The girl talked freely when she ^ did tell. Her story was straightforward and , despite traps that were - laid her evidence was never shaken in the least. ^ The story of the search for Mr. Langford and the finding of his body on a buggy road in the woods has been told. ^ Suspicion fell on Williams before Mary Harris told of the part she had % played in the tragedy. While the search v?as being made for Mr. Langford, Williams volunteered the information that he had seen him on the ne^r Fairfax road at an hour when, it was shown by the evidence of the other negro, corrobrating that of Mary Harris, that he could not have been in sight of the road. He V)xt,. did cross the road later in the day. PmiRP tpsifieil that hp W35 driving to Brunson and overtook Williams, taking him in his buggy with him. When they got within sight of the Harris home, Williams v- who is a turpentine scraper, got out, saying he had ieft some of his tools in the woods and had to get them. Rouse did not see Mr. Langford's / horse and buggy nor did he sec the girl. It is supposed that Williams saw both. He described accurately Mr. Langford's dress. On this evidence the negro was charged by the coroner's jury with V ' WJk -. v TWO BULLETS DIDN'T STOP HIM. * Negro Makes Daring Attempt to Escape from Barnwell Gang. Barnwell, Dec. ^0.?Charlie Holman, a negro convicted of cow stealing at the March term of court, and . sentenced to five years at hard labor on the county chain gang, made a <4avincr atfomnt tr? Mu>?no Anrlv Thnrs i"t5 vw - ? day morning. Using a file whicb he claims he got in Allendale he succeeded in filing the shackle from one leg, and while the other convicts were at breakfast, made a dash for the woods and freedom. He was seen and fired upon by Guard Ed Weimorts, the first shot taking off one finger and smashing another, while the second entered his back on the right ,side and went through his body. , Even this did not entirely stop him, but when the third bullet cut a limb above his head he decided that discretion was the better part of valor, ; and stopped. He was taken back to , the camp and given medical attention. While he is in a serious con, dition it is thought that he will re: cover. Holman is the negro who i escaped from the county jail in the spring, and gave the officers and bloodhounds a chase lasting two days, being finally captured in & barn near Blackville. He has served nine months of his sentence. Highest prices paid for cotton seed, oirl will give you a good exchange for C. S. meal. W. G.. HUTTO at j Copeland's store. the crime. The Harris Home. There is pathos immeasurable in the story of Mary Harris and though the mind revolts from degradation such as she has confessed to yet it must be said that she is not all bad and is the result of an environment which is deplorable, and a poverty of the direst. Dwelling in a house so open that, as it was described by a resident here, the birds can fly through it, Mary Harris, herself only 18 or 20 years old now, the eldest of a family of four girls, has had to work like a negro and with negroes. Her mother died two years ago, and her father, a simple half-witted unfortunate, gave eloquent testimony that there is a great deal of good in the girl. "Don't keep Mary long," said the poor man the night she was taken from home. "She has been daddy and mammy both Jo these girls. Seventeen years I ha' worked for Roy Tuten for wages and I are worn out. Mary's a good daughter." That this is true there is abundant testimony in Brunson. Bob Harris is described not as halfwitted but as less than that His wife is said to have been not much above her husband in intelligence. '"PV. /\ siV.41a4wA.vt ftra infalliaant' auon xuu vuxiui vu ai v luvviAigvuv^ w vu bright. They are small. The Reason. In Brunson it is said that Mary Harris, in all probability, gave herself from dire poverty and not from waywardness. She had some schooling, can read and write and some years back the children came to Sunday-school in Brunson. Mary has worked hard for Tuten, who owns much of the land round here and 98 acres within the corporate limits. Since she has grown large enough she has labored in the cotton fields with the negroes, been hauled from one field to another with them in the same wagon, and for some years negroes have been almost her only associates. Jake Brown's wife has been good to her, she said pathetically when asked why she went to the negro's house.' With the care of her young sisters forced upon her without the association of any white woman, is it any wonder this wretched and forsaken child turned to this negro woman who had known her from her infancy? "She was the only one I could go i to for advice; when she told me not to do things I followed her di rections," said the girl, "bne was good to me." Fearful Odds. Battling against such odds, no mother, no friends, a partly helpless father who never was of full intelligence and who had been whipped in the battle with poverty, herself and four others to feed and clothe, can one greatly wonder that thiB child strayed from the right path? And when she had strayed where was there one to direct her to Him who said to another erring woman: "Go and sin no more. Thy sins are forgiven thee?" There be some "blind mouths" who condemn utterly and talk extrava; gantly, but let it be said that it was not due to fear of any violence being offered that the girl was taken to Co1 lumbia. She was as safe in Hampton 1 jail as she is behind the walls of the 1 penitentiary, but to prevent her be; ing talked to by the morbidly curious the sheriff thought it best to send her ! away. Meantime the three little sisters and the father who has worked 17 " years for wages are without the girl who "was a good daughter and both 5 mammy and daddy" to her mother's l children. " -f- ' LYNCHBURG GOES "WET." Result a Surprise as "Drys" W( Confident of a Victory. Lynchburg, Dec. 9.?Lynchburg day turned from the "no licens policy, which has prevailed sir March, 1908, and favored the turn of the open saloon by majority of 85 in a total of 2,6 votes. The result was a great si prise to the "drys" for they were c< fident of victory. The "wets" i ; jubilant to-night over their victo The Anti-Saloon League, it was si to-night, will contest the electit charging unconstitutional regist: tion, in that prospective voters w< not required to make written api cation for registration as provided statute. While the elction was fought hs the spirit between the workers v splendid throughout the day. Banks on Sure Thing Now. "I'll never be without Dr. Kin, New Life Pills again," writes Schingeck, 647 Elm St., Buffalo, Y. "They cured me of chronic cc stipation when all others failei Unequaled for biliousness, jaundi indigestion, headache, chills, mala" and debility. 25c at People's Dr Co., Bamberg, S. C. Boiled Cat Alive. i Spartanburg, Dec. 10.?Tom Hi ter, a superstitious negro, was fin $20 or 30 days in the police court day for boiling a dht alive. Tom Believed that a certain?bo taken from the anatomy of a < that had been boiled alive woi change his luck, so he proceeded boil the cat. Hhe first caught the c placed her in an iron pot, weighti the top down with rocks, and pi ceeded to build a fire under the vi sel. The cat was duly boiled, T< got his bone, but it brought him ha luck and put him in jail. Counterfeiters Caught. New York, Dec. 11.?Secret serv: agents arrested Frank Weber a Ben Letters to-day at Astoria, L. on a charge of making $5 and $ counterfeit pieces. Weber, they si formerly worked in a German mil Seven steel molds, a quantity of go silver, copper and alloys, some ge uine $5 and $10 pieces, several cov terfeit pieces and two elaborate n chines estimated to be worth $2,5 were seized. llfnot r?f tho nrn/1ii/?t nf thp nbi the secret service bureau believ bad been floated in the West, wh gold is in more general circulatloi A TRIPLE MURDER. Three Found Murdered on Farm "Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., vDec. 10.?T bodies of Mrs. Emeline Bernhai 75 years old, her son, George, years old, a trapper named Morgj and a hired man named Worth, wc found on the Bernhard farm, ne Martin City, Mo., 20 miles south here, late to-night. The sheriff of Johnson coun Kansas, is working on the theory ti the murder was .committed by former hired man with whom t owners are known to have h trouble over money. Mrs. Bernha is said to have been wealthy and j cording to her neighbors, has oft had trouble with men who work for her because of quarrels o\ money. Martin City is near the Kam line and the Bernhard farm is Kansas. ' BALES GINNED 10,139,986. Census Bureau Report Covers G ning to December 1. Washington, Dec. 8.?The cott cririnfnor rannrt ftf ponanc V111 i?o S,4"U'"t' - issued at 10 o'clock this morni shows 10,139,986 bales, counti round as half bales, ginned from t growth of 1910 to Dec. 1, compar with 8,876,886 for 1909; 11,008,6 for 1908, and 8,343,396 for 1907. The per cent of the last three crc ginned to December 1 was 88.1 I 1909; 84.1 for 1908, and> 75.5 1 1907. Round bales included this year s 101,652, compared with 134,393 1 1909; 201,480 for 1908, and 15 ' 636 for 1907. Sea Island cotton ginned for 19 was 66,634 bales, compared with 7 591 for 1909; 68,396 for 1908, a 55,299 for 1907, and distributed follows: Florida, 23,649; Georgia, 35,4( and South Carolina, 7,580. By States the number of bales g ned is: Alabama, 1,062,629; Arks sas, 625,030; Florida, 54,307; Gei gia 1,626,499; Louisiana, 218,77 Mississippi, 970,205; North Carolii 615,493; Oklahoma, 828,842; Sou Carolina, 1,036,480; Tennessee, 24 794; Texas, 2,795,330. All ott States 56,605. ' Christmas goods and toys ha i been received at The Herald Bo Store. :??~?. 1 - ' ? "* j" - IID. DELKII CARRIAGE WORKS to- ? When in need of anything in ice my line, don't forget the place, re~ No. 24 Main street, Bamberg, a S. 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