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MEETS DEATH ON RAILS.
}; Empty Whiskey Bottle Near Body
Probably Tells Tale.
Newberry, Nov. 10.?Sim Gilliam,
a negro 25 years old, was run over
and killed by an engine on the SouthEB||>.!N-?ern
Railway, near Kibler's Bridge,
this county, last night. The body was
found by the crew of the westbound
passenger train this morning, the
head being crushed in and the right
||p arm cut off. An empty whiskey bot*
.tie was found near the body.
:f'- It is supposed that Gilliam, having
BWf< imbibed too freely, went to sleep on
||?v ; the track and thus met his death.
jgg<: Coroner Chappell went to the scene
i and held the inquest this afternoon,
the verdict being in accordance with
Epgjgf the above facts. j
jpf r JAIL FOR PREACHER.
feV' Giri's Affinity Doffs Ministerial Garb
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\ , Shelby, Nov. 11.?Rev. B. L. Pad??&.*
gett, the holiness minister, indicted j
nhder several charges for illegal relations
with pretty Miss Can-ie Stock-j
Wtf: ton, of King's Mountain, was convict|j|jv
ed of the most serious of the charges
against him in the superior court of
ft. ' ,v Cleveland * county at this place.
, Judge Webb sentenced Padgett to
p< i X two years in the St^te penitentiary,
Jfe.v and Solicitor Wilson cancelled the
ether indictments against him.
pV Padgett is a tall, rather handsome
man, with an intellectual face. He
first knew the Stockton girl when she
fey" i -was a mere child, 12 years ago, and
PC - lias heen going to her home in Kings
Mountain since that time. Some time
X ago he held a series of meetings there
V and boarded at the Stockton home,
several members of the family being
J - - members of his church. He seemed
0\'x to be infatuated with her, took her
on trips with his little daughter and
made gifts of clothing and jewelry.
There are other indictments stand'3ng
against Padgett in Burke county
and Greenville, S. C., both growing
out of his relations with the Stockton
girl. The charge against him at
Greenville is for kidnapping the girl,
the arrest having been made in At?
lanta. He will be turned over to
the Greenville authorities when he
completes his sentence in this State.
The charge against him in Burke
county is a more serious one than
that on which he was convicted here,
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to a change of statute a few years
ago.
During the trial here Mrs. Padgett
and his daughter sat beside him and
listened intently to the evidence.
Many people were here from Kings
Mountain, where the sentiment is
'.strong against him, and the court
room was crowded throughout the
Shearing of the evidence. The Stock'
ton family is well known, Mr. Stockton
holding a position as superintendent
of the spinning room in one
.' of the large mills ttiere.
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CASHIER'S LIFE IN DANGER.
Depositors of Wrecked Arkansas
Bank Make Lynching Threats.
Bentonviile, Ark., Nov. 10.?Sever
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liuuureu pt?nsuu&, piouuuaii; tuc cutire
population of Gentry, 15 mile!
south of here, to-night are lookini
for C. A. Catron, cashier of the Bank
of Gentry, which. failed yesterday
with liabilities of $16,000 and assets
estimated at $ 125,000. The authorities
fear the angry depositors will
lynch the cashier if they locate him
and with that idea in mind have hidden
him in'the village.
Meanwhile an appeal has been sent
Sheriff J. A. Russell, of this city, tc
send an oifcer to protect the cashier.
In response to the appeal a deputy
sheriff is on the way to Gentry. He
also carried a warrant for his arrest,
but on what charge ^the authorities
refuse to divulge.
According to depositors, the failure
of the bank followed a loan of $30,000
four years ago on security
for which the bank has not been able
to realize. Yesterday the crisis came,
and the bank was closed. In the afternoon
a number of armed men procured
a rope and declared their intention
of lynching the cashier. Details
are hard to obtain.
DISAPPOINTED FIANCE.
Young Aiken Woman Elopes on Eve
of Appointed Wedding.
Aiken, Nov. 11.?Tuesday morning
Miss Elizabeth Holley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Spann Holley, was
married to Chas. S. Garrett, who resides
at Hitchcock experiment station,
near Aiken, Rev. M. W. Hitt
performing the ceremony at his residence
at Montmorenci. This tnarriage
came as a complete surprise
to the friends of the young couple,
Invitations had been issued to the
marriage of Miss Holley and a young
man at White Pond, this county, and
. this marriage was to have occurred
I Wednesday afternoon, but Tuesdaj
morning Miss Holley was married
quietly to Mr. Garrett.
Near Lynching in Pennsylvania.
Meyersdale, Pa., Nov. 11.?Isait
Dorman, a negro, charged with attempting
to assault nine-year-olc
I Hitnei Morgan yesuerua.^, v>a? ieixiwcu
! to the jail at Somerset this morning
under a heavy guard.
After an exciting night, the towr
is quiet. After Dorman was held foi
the court, crowds gathered in the
streets and lynching was threatened
The determined position of Chief o]
Police Cramer, who guarded the prisoner
in jail, prevented violence. The
I Morgan child is not seriously injurj
ed.
Hundreds of enraged citizens sur!
rounded the borough jail last night
-threatening to lynch Dorman, agec
22. After making two attempts tc
get the negro to the county jail al
Somerset, the authorities were compelled
to rush the prisoner back tc
; the borough jail..
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MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE.
j Southern Wisconsin's Worst Cyclone
Brings Death and Rain.
t Janesville, Wis., Nov. 12.?Splin
tered timbers, broken furniture,
i crumbled rock and plaster, scattered j
: farm produce and dead farm animals,
: littering the ground of an area a
p quarter of a mile in width and 20
> miles in length, indicate the tremfcn
dous force with which Southern WisL
consin's worst cyclone swept a path
l through Rock county, killing eight
persons, injuring many more, and <}oing
damage to the extent of nearly
; a million dollars. Three members of
> a family named Schmidt were killed
and a fourth will die.
Wire 'Service was demoralized last
> night and it was not until to-day that
, details of the catastrophe were obt
tained. Saturday night the thermometer
dropped nearly to zero, and
' it was a fearful night for grief strick
en survivors, many being left with'
out a roof. The cyclone lasted only
s a few minutes, and although it oc,
curred about the middle of the after
noon, the sky was as dark as night.
The blinding downpour made search
for the dead and dying a terrible
task.
There were many freakish incidents
connected with the cyclone. At
the home of William Little, a six by
six timber was driven through a cow.
> At the Schmidt farm, a hog was cut
in two by a plough. At this same
place a cook stove was carried to an
. adjoining field, and where it was
deposited right side up, apparently )
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Charged with Abducting Girl.
Florence, Nov. 9.?Winston L.
Suggs, a white man about 28 years
of age, was arrested in Darlington
! Tuesday, charged with abducting a
j young white girl who is a member
; of a well known family in this city.
| Suggs was taken up on a warrant
issued by the mother of the child,
J and brought here for a . hearing. A
.r preliminary was held before Magistrate
McClenegan, and Suggs was
committed to jail to await trial. It
is stated that Suggs married into a
prominent family in this town.
Charges Abandoned '
I Spartanburg, Nov. 9.?Mrs. Lel
nora Clack, the 18-year-old woman
,r on whose testimony before Magistrate
D. H. Golightly John Sudduth, 68
i years old, her husband's landlord, i
was committed to jail Wednesday to I
i | await the the action of the grand j
. I jury on a charge of having tried to;
: attack her, made oath to-day that
- the charge was utterly untrue. She
i swore that Mr. Sudduth did not lay
- hands on her or in any way insult
her. Her husband, W. R. Clack, who
- is said to be more than 60 years old,
, requested Solicitor J. C. Otts in writl
ing to drop the case, saying he was
) satisfied there was no ground for a
t warrant and that he regretted hav
ing had one issued. Solicitor Otts
> accordingly directed Sheriff W. J.
White to release Mr. Sudduth.
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Woman Slain While Asleep, Slayer
Refusing to Give Cause.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 12.?Mrs. Lizzie
McCall, aged 70 years, was shot and
killed by her husband, Roger McCall,
aged 71 years, while she lay
asleep in her bed at 'her home, 4th
and Mulberry streets, this evening.
McCall then barricaded; himself in
another bed room, and when thesheriff
arrived on the scene and broke
the door, he was found lying on the
bed sound asleep with a shotgun by
his side and on the floor lay a half
pint bottle, which had contained
whiskey. '
McCall told the sheriff that after
he fired the shot he drank the contents
of the bottle and immediately
went to sleep. The old man declines
to make a statement. He is known
hnvo hp#?n drinkinsr heavilv fori
two or three days.
The only words he uttered before
he was confined in a cell at the jail
after being told that his wife was
dead, were: "Well, I'm d?n glad of
it, for she was mean as h?1 to me."
The couple are said to have quarrelled
during the afternoon about
renting a room to a couple of yoilfig
men, the aged husband protesting.
His action is attributed to the fact
that he was crazed with drink. The
dead woman and her husband had
been lifelong residents of Macon and
the family is well known through
Middle Georgia. Mrs. McCall had
been an invalid for twelve years and
and had been confined to her bed for
several weeks.
NEGRO TAKEN FROM SHERIFF.
Mississippi Mob Makes Short Work
of White Man's Assailant.
. Meridian, Miss., Nov. 7.?"Judge"
Moseley, a negro, was taken from
Deputy Sheriff Brown, near Lockhart
this morning, by a mob of about
four hundred persons and lynched.
The negro's body was riddled with
bullets. Moseley assaulted J. H.
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uovingura, wuiw, ? wnu <% ui.
Lockhart yesterday.
The trouble which resulted in the
lynching, occurred yesterday, at
Lockhart, a station north of this city.
Moseley assaulted Covington with a
stick. The latter was beaten over
the head and also had one arm broken.
A posse searched the woods for
Moseley all afternoon and by quick
work, the negro was placed in jail.
Covington was unable to appear at
the trial to-day and the negro was
ordered taken to Meridian for safe i
keeping. Deputy Sheriff Brown left
immediately in a buggy. When about
two miles out of town l\e was met by
a mob of forty masked men, who demanded
the negro. Brown remonstrated
without avail. Brown says
just after turning back he heard
shots in the woods toward the place
where the negro was taken. There
is much excitement at Lockhart, according
to advices to the sheriff
here, who sent deputies there to-day
to help preserve order.
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PREACHER-CONVICT FREED.
Slayer of Service Disturber Pardoned
by Smith.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10.?With less
than one year of his eight-year sentence
served, the Rev. J. A. Kimmons,
convicted of killing Carter
Lingerfelt, about a year ago, to-day
was pardoned by Gov. Hoke Smith.
The killing of Lingerfelt occurred in
the yard of Mount Pisgah church,
Gilmer county, after Lingerfelt and
several friends had disturbed the services
by shooting pistols about the
building. ' After the meeting Kimr
mons and his brother met the disturbers
in the yard, and in the quarrel
following Lingerfelt was killed.
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nor says:
Gives His Reasons.
"According to the evidence, the
defendant or his brother, whichever
did the firing, shot under circumstances
where they were not legally
entitled to shoot, but it is at least
a question of doubt as to whether
they would not themselves have been
seriously injured had they acted
other wise."
Kimmons will be freed from the
State prison camp to-morrow.
Negroes to Build Theater.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Nov. 6.?
An interesting experiment is to be
undertaken by several well-to-do colored
men here, in erecting a twostory,
brick, composition-roof theater
building for the use of negroes.
Plans have been completed and a
permit was issued to-day for the new
structure, which will be located on
East Fourth street, near the depot.
The building will cost $4,200, exclusive
of equipment. Moving pictures
and vaudeville will hold the boards,
but porbably the place will be used
fn.-* rao-nior dramatip nerformances
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also.
The negroes in Winston-Salem are
a particularly thrifty lot, a good proportion
of them owning their own
homes, and it is believed that the
theater will prove a popular place
with them. The management promises
to cater only to the good element
and says that the project is designed
to be helpful as well as to
pay.
Richardson Elected.
Columbia, Nov. 7.?The commission
charged with the affairs of the
Confederate home, meeting to-day in
the office of the governor, elected H.
W. Richardson, of Columbia, a member
of the commission, as command*
1? i- ~ ? ? fnr t-Vi a novt fwn
anx or xne iiuluc ^
months, to succeed Col. Frank M.
Mixson, who died Sunday. Col. R.
A. Thompson, of Walhalla, was elected
to take Mr. Richardson's place on
the commission. The members of the
commission are: James Crews, Laurens;
R. A. Thompson, Walhalla;
Thomas A. Dickert, Newberry, and
F. S. Earle, Columbia.
The Kelly guaranteed axes and
tools at Hunter's Hardware Store.
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OUTH CAROLINA ;|
TAX NOTICE.
The treasurer's office will be open ?
for the collection of State, -county,
school and all other taxes from the
15th day of October, ,1911 until the -,;/
15th day of March, 1912, inclusive.
From the first day of January, ? '
1019 until fha 91 at ftf JjinHAPr//
1912, a penalty of o?e per cent Trill" ~>;f
be added to all unpaid taxes. From*
the 1st day of February, 1912, until
the 28th day of February, 1912, a ^
penalty of 2 per cent will be added
to all unpaid taxes. Frozn the 1st >
day of March, 1912, hntil the 16tii
day of March, 1912, a penalty of 7
per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes. > .
THE LEVY. .
For State purposes ? 5% xnills ; ' j|
For County purposes ...5% mills '7 JE
Constitutional school tax?3 mills' ^ ^
Total 14% mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills
Biimakers, No. 12 3 mills
Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
Clear Pond, No. 19 ? 2 mills ftp
Colston, No. 18 2 mills ; V*$
Cuffle Creek, No. 17 2 mills / ^
Denmark, No. 21 6% mills..
Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills '
Govan, No. 11 4 mills
Hutto, No. 6 2 mills : /
Hampton, No. 3 ..2 mills ,
Heyward, No. 24 ^2-mills 'J' VW|
Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills tMM
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill " -jW.
Lees, No. 23 - 4 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills-yrt
Oak Grove, No. 20.. ?2 mills
Olar, No. 8 4 mills Mp
St. Johns, No. 10 2 mills ; -J fr-i*
Salem, No. 9 3 mi8s
Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills
All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sail- '
ors, who are exempt at 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of one ||3j
dollar.
A r\rr to* Rft Mnia
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All persons who were 21 yeare of- '
age on or before the 1st day of Jan- v
uary, 1911/ are liable to a poll tax J|:-*
of one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor, are re- *
quested to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1912, '
I will receive the commutation ''ff
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from f #
the 15 th day of October, 1911, until W ,
the 1st day of March, 1912. "f"&
JOHN F. FOLK,
Treasurer Bamberg County. J|,
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