Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* CAUGHT, STILL HANDCUFFED. Condemned Georgia Murderer whc Escaped on Eve of Execution. .Augusta, Ga., Dec. 3.?T. B. Walker, the negro convicted for the murder of Capt. E. S. Hollinshead, in Wilkes county, and who escaped from [x the deputy sheriff of that county at Barnett Station last Monday night while being taken to Washington for execution the following day, was eaptured in Glasscock county to-daj by former State Senator H. A. Wil ? - ? vx A ,, liams, ana is oeing Drougui iu Augusta. Walker was captured the day after the murder by Deputy Sherifl * Callaway and taken away from him by a mob of lynchers in the town ol L Washington. The negro escaped from them, was later recaptured it Lincoln county, and brought a second time to Augusta for safe keeping pending the date fixed-for his execu; tion. ^ When captured this afternoon he was still wearing the handcuffs with which his wrists were bound las1 Monday when he was taken from th jail here. Sees Strange Sights. Columbia, Dec. 2.?He's 43 years old, has lived within one mile oi Newberry all his life, had never rid/ den on a train before, had nevei f '*? seen a skyscraper or street car, and had never been to Columbia. This is the case of S. D. Price, who came to bring his wife to a local hospital to have an operation performed. | jA\ I I?toe ' f CAROLINA Fl if S39 KING STREET The only direct Importer I . Onr 20 Greephouses contain importation which are cultivate* ion. Our shipments are always ceived. Prices are lowest in th the most artistic. . For the Christmas Holidays v I* lections of ROMAN HYACINT1 * POINSETTIEAS, AZALEAS, LI TIONS AND ROSES. f | Orders are filled the same day \tc=aaoE = 14 i In which to do y * 5 Christmas. Had ] 8 not, it is time yot If you will visit c decide what you a will help you to d long experience in < ! just about what \ '? S have some of the n 3 n, , ? Pictures, Shades, Chairs 1 Tables, Center Tables, Si j J many other t 0 suitable. Come ai H to offer ahd com; 1 others and be conv I you to trade at 1 j| Bamberg Furniture < | M BAMBERG, P ' gr~-"^oca< i The Hardware j * Handles everything the Farm* ? desire, 'stoves and Kitchen ? Jewel, the Laurel, and Buck R & made in the world; Stalk Cutt ga Pasture Fence Wire; Galvaniz j, jjgk Coal Hods, Fire Dogs and Fire 1 J5P Diggers; Harness, Saddles; Br: Lamps and Lanterns; Disc Han ? Glass; Watches; Nails and B t ^ cycles; Automobiles; and Steai KM iur UtMI ur UII CiMJ ivinw. 3k We deliver and set up Stove I J. A. ^ THE HARDWARE MAN. c ?rzasr-T7"! torn 3 Never Leak?Never Need Rej some?Inexpensive?Suitable for i representatives almost everywhe locality, write us direct for sample CORTRIGHT MET A) i h 50 North 23rd Street y x XO BILL AGAINST GILLETTE. > Shaker Case Disposed of by Grand " Jury at Kissimee. Kissimee, Fla., Dec. 1.?The Osce* ola county grand jury completed its h i investigation at 6 o'clock to-night of J t the death of Sister Sadie Marchant a - and failed to find an indictment ts > against Brother Egbert Gillette, who t< has been in jail here for seven weeks, c. * charged with murder. Gillette was a r charged with "assisting her out of b life" at her own request by the ad- d ministering of chloroform. t] The case has attracted nation- r< ; wide attention, provoking consider- T able controversy as to the criminal d i intent in euthanasia practices. The ' sentiment here has been entirely a I with Brother Gillette and Sister g t Sears. b Sister Sears was arrested follow- b > ing the death of Sister Marchant, but si later released on her own recogni- si zance. ii ^ When arrested Brother Gillette a i made no effort to conceal the fact si ' that he and Sister Sears, members of ti ' the same Shaker colony at St. Cloud tl as Sister Marchant, had administered chloroform to the deceased at her o request. She was in the last stages t1 J of tuberculosis and medical authori- h ' ties state that her death was but a a - question of a few days before she h would have died. ii i When he walked from the jail this J -evening Brother Gillette remarked b ' simply: "It is God's will." c I h The Herald, one year $1.50. g 30BCSZ3^k LORAL STOREn: CHARLESTON, S. C. 11? ?^ J- i.U. Ot.i. | I s aim uruwere ui uic ounc. ^ over 400,000 bulbs of our own U d under the most expert supervis- t< fresh, being cut when order is re- tl e South and our work and design j* ii ve have especially beautiful selec- a ?S, PAPERWHITE NARCISSUS, tl LLIES of the VALLEY, CARNA- J n c< S b received or held until directed. JV ?ho==| I More Days n j our shopping before ti jrou thought of it, if j I i were getting busy. 2 ? >ur store before you u ire going to give we p ecide. We have had ' our line and we know s< rill please you. We 5 o icest ! b Bed Room Suits, Dining a deboards, Stoves, Crockery * hings that would be U fi id see what we have O t( tare our prices with inced that it will pay & Hardware Company , | S- fj I )oooE=adl o Man of Bamberg I I ?r, Merchant and Housewife may * n Utensils of the best quality, the ? anges, the three best Steel Ranges @ p ers, Chattanooga Plows, Field and @ i< ed and Rubber Roofing; Heaters, gS Tongs; Axes, Shovels; Forks; Hole Ss idles; Buggy Robes; Flower Pots; 5c ws and Sulky Plows; Clocks; Cut \5/ e uilders' Material a Specialty; Bi- @ d n Engines. All articles sold cheap A a s in the city. Call 'Phone No. 85. j in TMTrn I ? nun i IL.IV ? t BAMBERG, S. C. * ? ~ ~j? I ^ I I L ^/^/-ryrrjAk a Y / // //////// A , jairs?Fireproof?Stormproof?Hand- B a all kinds of buildings. We have local B C re but if none in your immediate R c s, prices and full particulars. B f L ROOFING COMPANY I Philadelphia, Pa* I e mbhhmbbbbbbhhhbI % REFUSES TO INDICT FELDER, No Bill" Returned by Grand Jur; at Newberry. Newberry, Nov. 29.?Shortly afte earing an additional charge fron udge Gage, delivered in response b n inquiry as to whether they couh ike into consideration the expens* 3 the county and the moral and so ial effect of a prosecution of Thom s B. Felder, of Atlanta, for allege* ribery in connection with old Stat ispensary affairs, the grand jury ii rm cocoinne mnrt hpre this momini eturned "no bill" in the Felder case he jury had had the bill since Mon ay morning. It is understood that there wa onsiderable division among th rand jury upon what finding shouli e made. From the question askei y the jury, and from other circum tances in connection with the con ideration of the bill by them, it i lferred that the jury looked no lone to the question of the evidenc nbmitted in support of the allega ion, but took under consideratioi he wisdom of a prosecution. Attorney General Lyon stoppei ver in Newberry for a short time be *Teen trains to-day, on his way i is home in Abbeville. He did no ppear in the court room. In fact e reached Newberry after the find lg in the Felder case. Fred H. Dominick, Esq., a mem er of the dispensary winding-u; ommission, said to^night that h ad no statement to give oiit in re ard to the jury's finding. Judge Gage's Charge. Judge Gage, in replying to th rand jury's question, said that thi ase arose "out of that terrible ex erlment wnicn tne stare was inauc d to make some twenty years age nd that was an honest effort t lake respectable a nefarious busl ess, that of selling liquor to men. I trust," he said "the State ,ha ried that experiment to its heart' ontent." He said the grand jury was bourn d know the public history of all o tiese dispensary prosecutions, am e gave the jury a brief history o le prosecution and the results, nam ig among the others, the prosecutioi gainst Boykin, Towill and Evans ae three witnesses on the Felde ill, the prosecution against Evan aving been brought in the Newberr; aurt and having been nolle prossei y the State. Not Question of Expense. With reference to the matter o xpense, he said, "If it is true tha 'elder offered these men a bribe nd if the testimony so satisfies you nd if the testimony satisfies yoi lat this prosecution is in good faitl > vindicate the law of the land, yoi ught to find a true bill, no matte hat the expense is. But, on th< ther hand, if you are not satisfiei lat the prosecution is for public pur oses, or, to put it differently, i ou are satisfied that the prosecu on is not for the public good am ill not end in public good, you hav< wide discretion in the matter; yoi an either find no bill, or you can re irn the bill to the solicitor unactei pon, stating to him that you wil ot make any finding upon it, bu refer it to stand until more satis actory proof comes to your hands. Seek Only the Truth. "Rut nhnvp nil thincs. gentlemen.' aid Judge Gage, "you should mak ue thing your pole-star and unles ou do that you will he wrong. Pu ehind you every personal considera on and look to the truth and th< *uth alone, and plant yourselve rmly upon the truth, and go to tha oal to which truth leads you. I ou go at it in this spirit, and wit! lis purpose, you are bound to reac) right conclusion. If you go at i 1 any other' spirit, you are boun< ) reach a wrong conclusion." Two Homicides in Laurens. Laurens, Dec. 1.?Two homicides oth of negroes, in the country som ime last night, were reported tc ay to the sheriff and the count oroner. On Dr. W. H. Dial's plants ion, six miles west of the city, Ei ene Davenport shot Levis Elliso t a hot supper at the former's house he shooting taking place about 1 'clock. Ellison died of the woun ix hours later, according to evidenc t the inquest to-day. This morning at 11 o'clock Jes toddard died near Owings statioi i the upper part of the county, froi gunshot which was inflicted las light by Bedie Owingsi, who wa ater captured and lodged in jai harged with the shooting. Daver ort, the alleged slayer of Ellisoi s also behind the bars. "My Wife Won't Let Me." Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 2.?An intei sting suit was filed in court here tc ay by John Ross, a small contractc gainst Joseph C. Trees, millionair il operator, for the recovery of $27 fhich he alleges he loaned Trees i 896, when the present millionair ras poor and had just been marriec In his- bill of complaint Ross say hat after repeated attempts to co ect the debt he met Trees on th treet recently and that Trees mad he following statement: "I know I owe you the money an would pay you, John, because yo efriended me 'when I hadn't anj ? T 1 J "U X J*. [ling, i wouia pay you, uut oiauan ay wife, won't let me." Caldwell Chosen Commandant. Columbia, Dec. 1.?At a meetin if the directors of the Old Soldiers lome this afternoon in the govei [or's office, Mr. J. Pat Caldwell, c ,aurens, was elected commandant c he home and will arrive in a fe1 ays to take up his new duties. H s a prominent farmer of Lauren ounty, formerly served on the boar if registration and was at one tim , candidate for sheriff. Mr. Caldwell succeeds Major F V. Richardson, who was elected a cting commandant on the death c Jol. Mixson a few weeks ago. R( ently Major Richardson notifie hose in authority that it would b mpossible for him longer to act a ommandant and the governor cal d the board together to-day to selec lis successor. ^ FOUR KILLED IN WRECK. y Nine Passenger Coaches Run Into Ditch?Score Injured. r Paducah, Ky., Dec. 1.?Four pera sons were killed and a score or more 0 injured this evening, according to re1 ports received here, when Illinois e Central passenger train No. 101, - bound from Louisville to New Or leans, went into a ditch 28 miles I east of here. The train is one of the e fastest on the system. Spreading a rails is said to be the cause. All the % nine coaches went into the ditch and i. then rolled over. The scene of the wreck is remote from wire facilities. The train, said s to have been running forty miles an e hour, had crossed the Cumberland i river and proceeded about a mile and i a half when it left the track. A relief train, carrying surgeons - and nurses, was sent from here and s tne dead and injured win De Drougni t here. e - ABERNATHY FOUND NOT GUILTY. Q Spartanburg Man Freed of Charge of ^ Murder in 1879. 0 Spartanburg, Dec. 1.?Richard Abt ernathy was to-night found not guil'? ty of murdering William A. Abbott, - at Smutsville, Spartanburg coynty, in September, 1879. The trial'of this - case occupied the entire day in the P criminal court. At 5 o'clock Judge e Gary completed his charge and at 11 o'clock to-night the verdict was rendered. In 1879 William Abbott, a printer, e was found dead on the tracks of the s old Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, what is now the Southern It was said that Abbott had been ) guilty of improper relations with the q wife of a relative of the man who was _ to-day acquitted of his murder. ? Shortly after the body was found s three men were charged with s the killing. David R. Duncan, then solicitor of that circuit, nolle prossed j the cases against two of the men and f the third was acquitted by a jury, j From that time until very recently - thck nahnH hppn fnrfirott.pn. r ? o Richard Abernathy was a manufaca turer of chairs at Blacksburg. He , was a great story-teller and many j were the boys who would gather s around his cabin and hear the weird y yarns that came from his lips, especij ally after he had been drinking. He r told them that he had killed a man " in Spartanburg in 1879 and that he couldn't return to this city. He also f stated the circumstances to them, t vividly picturing how he had placed !> the body on the railroad and how > the train had run over it. This story 11 was repeated by the boys and it led k to the arrest of the old man. 11 He stated to-day on the stand that r he remembered the day that Abbott e was killed, but at that time he was i at his home, some two miles distant. ~ The State based its case entirely on f circumstantial evidence and the state" ments that Abernathy had made to i several witnesses who testified to-day. e The jury did not think it sufficient to 1 convict. During the trial Richard Abernathy * was the cynosure of all'eyes. He is 1 a little weazen-faced man, about 60 t years old, of the most ordinary non~ descript type. His face is covered with a bristle of beard, sharp and jagged, and his little bead-like eyes " peered from under his shaggy brow, e Very little intelligence beamed from s his face, but when the clerk of court t announced that the verdict was not .- guilty his little eyes shown brightly, e He stated to a correspondent to-night - - ? ? * _ 1*? i s tbat ne wouia prooaDiy move uae?. to t Spartanburg. The case Against Dora f Abernathy was nolle prossed by Soi licitor Otts. ti t REHEARING REFUSED. 1 Garlington and Young Lose on Latest Appeal. Columbia, Dec. 1.?"After due s, consideration, we discover no ground e for a rehearing. It is, therefore, or) dered that stay of remittitur heretoy fore granted be revoked and the pel tition herein be dismissed. Ira. B. i- Jones, C. J.; Eugene B. Gary, A. J.; n C. A. Woods, A. J.; D. E. Hydrick, J, A. J." 0 Such was the order filed in the d supreme court to-day in the case of e John Y. Garlington and James Stobo Young, under sentence of three years is and one year, respectively, for breach l, of trust in connection with the Semin nole case. The remittitur was mail>t ed to-night by Clerk U. R. Brooks, .s of the supreme court, to the clerk of 1, court of Richland county, who in i- turn will hand the papers over to l, Sheriff Coleman, whose duty it will be to apprehend Garlington and Young and commit them to the penitentiary to begin serving their sentences. The remittitur will reach > the clerk of the court to-morrow, and >- it is presuined that it will be executed r at once. e Garlington was here yesterday, 2 and Young, it has been stated, would n be here when needed. He is supe posed to be in the State now. 1. Blease Has Petition, s Gov. Blease said to-night that a I- petition for the pardon of Garlinge ton and Young had been filed with e him, but no action further than filing it had been taken. It will probd ably be referred to the judge and sou licitor who tried the case for their r- opinion. RATS DESTROY HIS FORTUNE. President's Aid Sought in Redempg tion of Pulverized Bank Notes. S ?? r- Washington, Dec. 2.?The life sav>f ings of Jack Simpson, of Aitken, >f Minn., amounting to $2,565, securely sv hidden from burglars, were reduced e to nnIn hv hunerv rats and mice, and ls in a letter received by President Taft d he appealed for the redemption of the e pulverized fragments by the federal treasury. His wealth, accumulated I. to buy a farm, Simpson explains, was .s placed in a box and deposited between ?f the up-stairs floor and ceiling. No i- human being disturbed it, but when d he took it from its hiding place he e found it had been reduced to dust by ,s the ravages of rodents. I- The president has referred the :t matter to the treasury department for investigation. pi IQBOOCaOI?IE H ,1 Fin? line of these p \ 1/ Jyj' 7\ ft TRUE AND TBIED yjMW&<yaaet\ IANOS, also the II ra J U famous BOARDDW A fll MAN AND GRAY, ? J ITjQJ_ _ _* I and other makes in J Wf xrl ^ n I ' | Wiano 1 "*** ' i| I G. A. LUCAS 0 1 fl CORESPONDENCE INVITED. (1 isai~~TOcaooEaoi~~inil I ~ rr&rt r? . _ ___ I reninzers yieia enormous returns on truck crops provided you use the right ' kind A truck fertilizer should contain J far* POTASH or about twice as much Potash as Phosphoric BSC I Potash improves the yield, flavor and ship- || y?ur dealer won't carry Potash Salts or "i ^1 fertilizers rich enough in Potash, write to us for Emqr prices. We will sell any amount from a 200UmSmsslJ? bag up. Wriu jor jra Uo Tnul I Farming and Fertilizer Formulas. g HMtlHtHHHHHHMM | Are You 0 j i A Woman I j A TAKE * Pinniii VflllUUI Jj | Hie | | Woman's Tonic | . 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