The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 15, 1912, Page 3, Image 3
i NEGRO WAS KILLED.
Young White Man Shot Negro Near
Neeses.
Orangeburg, Feb. 8.?A negro
named James Kennerly was shot
and killed at the Argoe place, near
Neeses, in Orangeburg county, on Saturday
night. It is stated that the
negro became involved in a row with
four white men and cut one of
them in the back, the knife going
through the coat of the young man.
It is also reported that the negro
made other advances toward the
young man. A brother forbidding
the negro to do sp, shot the negro in
protecting his brother. The negro
died almost instantly. The wThite
men are named Williams a^d Hughes
and are prominent in their communi*
ty.
The coroner's inquest was held by
Magistrate. George S. Bonnet and the
# jury returned a verdict cfx "justifiable
homicide." A motion for bail fs.- the
young men implicated in the killing
ill be made to-morrow before the?
supreme court by Simon B. Rich of
I * the local bar. The case may be tried
' at the special term of the criminal
court that convenes in this city on
February 19.
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Accidentally Killed.
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Beaufort, Feb. 8.?Capt. B. B.
Chadwick accidentally shot himself
yesterday morning while sitting in
the office of the Beaufort & Savannah
Steamboat line. The entire load of
shot entered his body just below
the heart, ranging upward, causing
death instantly. There was no one
in the office at the time of the accident,
and it is not known just how
it occurred. Coroner Sams was at
I once notified and an inquest held, the
f-.V; jury rendering a verdict that the deceased
came to his death by misfor>
y v tune or accident from discharge of
gnn.
Capt. Chadwick was about 55 years
old. He had many friends here, where
he had lived for the Idst 30 years,
: . . and his sudden death to-day has
caused much sorrow throughout the
<f\M,W:tfcwn. He leaves a wife and four
0s ; children.
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Transmitter Convicts Murderer.
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' 'V''* ' vAtlanta,
Feb. 5.?By the use of the
- transmitter installed in the Baptist
Tabernacle/ one of three alleged
v \ * North Carolina murderers was maae
to tell the story of the crime, when
v he thought that not a human being
except themselves heard the stategments
that were made,
yfcv The transmitter was borrowed from
the church by the Western Electric
Company and sent to Gastonia, N. C.,
where the three negroes?Will, John
?>* *\ and Hack Ross?were confined. It
was placed in the ceiling of the ceil,
and so arranged on Christmas day
decorations as to allay the sus.
"Y picion of the prisoners. The three
Y\ negroes, believing they were alone,
and that no one cou}d hear them,
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versations convinced the officers of
thje law that John Ross was guilty,
and Will and Hack innocent.
' The ruse was suggested by Detective
Burns, the noted sleuth who pros
' . ecu ted the McNamaras, and carried
v out by Gastonia officials,
s. ' The officers of the Baptist Tabernacle
consented to loan their transmitter
for the purpose. This transmitted
is used in connection with the
. * . Baptist Tabernacle infirmary and other
institutions connected with the
- v church.
When the transmitter had been
carried from Atlanta to Gastonia and
placed in the cell where the three negroes
were confined, a telephone wire
was hung so as to connect the transmitter
with a receiver in a room in
the city hall, across the street from
fioT7o onnip'hta
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> there was a man at the telephone,
f and not for gne moment was a single
/wdrd spoken by the negroes lost. It
is, stated that a record of the transmitter
and telephone showed that
Will and Hack, Ross spent considerable
time in praying to the Lord to
make John confess, if he was guilty,
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so as to save them from an unjust i
fate, and John is said to have at last
admitted his guilt,
j John Ross has since been tried and
sentenced to death, and the other two
negroes have been given their liberty,
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White Woman Shoots Negress.
Mrs. A. B. Ehney shot Ella Graham
on Line street in Charleston
Friday morning. The two women
were in close conversation when Mrs.
Ehney pulled her weapon and fired,
the bullet entering the stomach of
the Graham woman. Mrs. Ehney was
arrested and the wounded woman
sent to the Roper hospital, whe**e her
condition was reported Saturday afternoon
to be serious, but not necessarily
fatal. The cause of the shooting
was hard to get at. Mrs. Ehney
is a respectable woman, her husband
having ldng been employed with the
Consolidated Railway company. Mrs.
Ehney said that the negress had insulted
her, after having annoyed her
for some time, and she shot in selff
defense.
WITNESS DIES SUDDENLY.
Suspicioned That He Was Quietly
Put Out of the Way.
Because Edward Throckmorton's
body was taken from the hospital at
Fort Worth, Texas, where he died, to
an undertaking establishment and
embalmed before the court's order
directing that an autopsy be held was
served efforts to ascertain by this
means whether or not State's principal
witness against J. B. Snead, accused
of having murdered A. G.
Sr was nnisoned came to
naught. Throckmorton was found
in his apartments at a hotel unconscious
Sunday night. Physicians declared
his death resulted from drinking
liquor, and a grand jury investigation
is anticipated to determine
whether or not the liquor was drugged.
Before he. died Throckmorton
declared that he had been "doped."
Camp Jenkins No. 627.
Dear Comrades:?It was not my
opportunity to be with you at your
last meeting to organize and to elect
officers for another year or to be
present and take part in the anniversary
of our great leader, Robert E.
Lee, whose illustrious name will ever
grow brighter and more extensively
admired as the chroniclers of history
shall only write as truth and justice
shall dictate, and as our crosses of
honor proclaims it, "Deo vindice"?
Let God prove the justice of our
cause. Not that we loved our country
less but that each and every one
that bore arms loved his own beloved
State the more, and it was not presumable
that we could turn' our
sword and thrust the breast of our
own dear Sovereign State and Southern
land.
Yea, sovereign, I repeat, for this
we truthfully believe, that the constitution
was a compact entered into
between sovereign States, each having
equal rights, be they large or
small.' That the great State of Texas,
with its vast territory, had no more
rights than little Rhody, no lhrger
than a county; for each State had for
its representation in the upper house,
two senators, no more or less, and
in the lower house in proportion to
its population. The ''great central
government had no other power or
authority than that which was delegated,
granted or given to it from
the' several States. But those fearful
issues which had so long divided,
distracted, yea, destroyed the peace
of our people, and which our highest
tribunals and greatest statesmen had
in vain endeavored to compromise or
settle, had failed. And now an appeal
to arms, a bloody slaughter of shot
and shell and where might, whether
right or wrong, had to determine.
Thanks to the Great Power above
that ohanPB the destinies of DOWer
and principalities as it does of individuals,
these great issues and differences
are at rest, and with a
broader view of charity one for another
let us consider had we been
living over the line, may we not have
thought it was right to fight for an
indissoluble union, "one and undivided,"
where the flag might do jus- j
tice to all; honored at home, respected
abroad, o'er sea and land, and
free as the waters that roll wherever
the flag unfurls. But pardon this
digression, what I wish to say:
I am glad that the same officers
are in charge and that Capt. Joe
Risher still holds the fort, and' our
hearts are with him, for we justly
appreciate what he has done. I well
remember a few years since, at a
State reunion, that the captain, our
worthy adjutant, Jas. F. Jones, and
e/aif mow! nroQont ns r1plperat.es. The
OVX1 y TT ViV \/WVMV V?W WQW,,
roll was called and we discovered
that our camp was not mentioned.
With our approval, Capt. Risher
promptly went forward and had our
Camp reinstated. We pledged that
our arrears would be paid, not in full
but in proportion to our small number,
then not more than 18 or 19 all
told. Now, notwithstanding our
ranks have been thinned, several
having passed away, I am glad to say
we have on our roll more than 40.
But our camp has been greatly revived,
and for this deeper interest
we are greatly indebted to the excellent
efforts of those most worjthy
U. D. C's. of the Francis Marion
Bamberg Chapter, who have so nobly
come to our rescue. They have erected
a beautiful sha.ft to commemorate
the valorous deeds of those that did
their duty as they saw it. For this
we have no words to express our gratitude
and appreciation. We fully
realize that they have reflected great
honor upon themselves in that they
have built a monument to their credit,
endurable as time.
Let me say in conclusion, for this
monument there are a few hundred
dollars not yet paid in, most of
which has been subscribed. Let those
that are in arrears now come forward
and do the best they can. Once
more to the breach, dear comrades,
and let us not be satisfied until it is
all paid in full.
L. N. BELLINGER.
Bamberg, Feb. 8, 1912.
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NO LONGER CHAIRMAN.
Attorney General Lyon Head of
Sinking Fund Commission.
Columbia, Feb. 8.?For years the
governor has been chairman of the
sinking fund commission. It was
thought that the governor was chairman
by virtue of his office, but as
long as can be remembered, the governor
has been chairman of the commission,
and has so acted. Recently
the attorney general held' that the
governor was not ex officio chairman
of the commission, and that the board
could elect its own chairman.
At a meeting this afternoon, at
which Gov. Blease was not present,
Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon was
elected permanent chairman of the
sinking fund commission. Mr. Mauldin
was not present at the meeting,
as he is sick, but the understanding
oil A+Vior mamhope nf flip hfiard
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were present.
The board passed a number of
resolutions, some of them relating to
the sale of the old dispensary property.
The building is now provided
with sprinklers and is being used as
a warehouse.
Fruitless Search for Bandits.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 7.?An allday
search of the heavily wooded territory
bordering the Mississippi
River, opposite Memphis, in an effort
to locate the five men who held up
and robbed Rock Island passenger
train No. 43, near Hurlbert, Ark.,
this morning, was barren of results
so far as can be ascertained to-night.
A score or more railroad and private
detectives and several posses under
the direction of local officials threshed
the woods and underbrush to-day,
in the hope of finding the hiding
place of the men, but up to a late
hour to-night no arrests had been
m o rl a
UldbUV*
With the expectation that the men
might attempt to cross to Memphis
to-night, a patrol of the local levee
and along the river with gasoline
launches is being maintained..
It was persistently reported to-day
that a shipment of specie, destined
for an Oklahoma City bank, was in
the safe dynamited. This, however,
is denied by the express company officials.
The amount of loot secured,
they .declare, is small. Postal officials
assert that one pouch of mail is missing.
Tried Hard for Liberty.
Newberry, Feb. 8.?Gray Sanders
and Coley Sheppard, negroes, aged
about 18, were arrested by officers
this morning in the suburbs of the
city on the charge of breaking into
stores in town and were brought to
the guard house. Some of the stolen
goods was found in their possession.
As the officers were putting the prisoners
in the guard house Sheppard
made a break, dodged round a house
and made Ms escape, umcers went
in search of him, and he was found
later in the day near Cline's shops by
PolicenJan Tom Berley. The policeman
ordered him to surrender, hut
he broke and ran .instead, and the
policeman blazed away with his revolver,
and sent a ball through the
negro's thigh from rear to front. He
was brought to jail, where he confessed
that he and his pal, Gary
Sanders, broke into the stores of J.
A. Senn and P. B. Hutchison on Saturday
night and Mr. Senn's again
last night. . Dr. W. E. Pelham, Jr.,
who dressed the negro's wound, does
not regard it as serious, the bone
appearing not to be injured.
Stung.
George Legare, representative from
South Carolina, had occasion a few
months ago to spend the night at
the rude mountain cabin of a backwoods
constituent. The head of the
household proudly brought in a
month-old girl baby to receive the
congressman's blessings.
Legare, thinking of the twenty or
more miles that lay between them
and civilization, remarked:
"Must be hard to get a doctor up
here to take care of a little baby
when it comes."
"Oh, Mrs. Smithson's all the doctor
we ever have," the man said. "She
lives right back of that next mountain
yonder, less'n five miles away.
Yes; she takes care of all the babies
in this part of the country."
"She. mu t make a good deal of
money," commented Legare.
"Hum. Well, I should say she
does," the mountaineer replied. "She
stung me for a dollar and a half."?
Chattanooga Times.
Preacher Had Bottle of Whiskey.
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 5.?Police
surrounded the auditorium here during
a prohibition address by John G.
Wooley, former prohibition candidate
for president, and Rev. R. L.
Davis, secretary of the State AntiSaloon
league, and arrested Mr. Davis
on ad testificandum proceedings
to make him testify as to where he
bought whiskey exhibted by him as
showing how flagrantly the law is
violated in Charlotte. Names of
clubs and drug stores are used. The
affair has created quite a sensation
throughout the community.
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FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS.
The local Bamberg Farmers' Union M
meets at the court house in Bamberg .:i\
on the first and third Friday mornings
in every month. Meeting at <
11 o'clock. Applications for mem- ' -"-'yM
bership received at every meeting.
Let all members be present.
J. W. STEWART,
J. P. O'QUINN, President.
Secretary.
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a goodly variety of carriages in all /styles,
and of the most perfect con.
struction. They are splendid ,-W?: |
hides, ready for the road and per- -^X
feet,in every detail of their build.
Two and four-wheel conveyances for \"i
doctors, farmers and others. We 8
should apprciate your inspection of ^
these carriages, feeling sure that ^''vm
the qualities and prices will tempt
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Car load of Horses and Mnles ar? ;
rived this week. Ten first-class Sad-',
die and Buggy Horses.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE. ~ '
The Auditor or his deputy will be
at the following places on the das? '-&?*
and 'dates named below for the pui^ . '
pose of receiving tax returns of per- ; , |
sonal property: t
Ehrhardt, Tuesday and Wednea- ^
day, February 6th and 7th.
St. John's Thursday, February 6th, ,
from 8 a. m. to 12 m. / f
Camphill, Thursday, February 8th, 1
from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m.
Kearse's Store, Friday, February y *;
9th, from 8 a. m. to 12 m.
All other days to February 20th
at Bamberg.
Fiftv Der cent, will be added afterv ^^l?
20th of February. ^ISGH
R. W. D. ROWELLi^
Auditor- A
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