The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 14, 1912, Page 7, Image 7
FLORENCE BOY 3IISSIXG.
Eight-Year-Old Son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Jackson Disappears.
Florence, March 7.?Andrew, the
eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
William T. Jackson, of this city, has
been missing from the home of his
parents since early yesterday afternoon
and his parents and relatives
are greatly distressed as to his where~
u
aouuis.
It is said that he was last seen at
about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon
walking with a negro man going tc
k the Coast Line station, and since that
time he has been absolutely lost
sight of, despite all efforts made by
the parents and relatives of the child,
the sheriff and police department
The child was playing at the home
of his grandmother, Mrs. M. L. A
Garner, on Gailliard street. It was
, then about 6 o'clock and that was the
last seen of him by his family. Per
sistent and continued search has beer
made for the little fellow all last
f night and throughout the day, but
as yet nothing as to his whereabouts
can be ascertained.
The boy is eight years old, rather
slender and has dark h?ir and eyes.
He attended the city graded schools
and is old enough to talk intelligently
and should be able to locate him>
self if he has been stolen or kidnapped.
CHILD MURDERED.
Body of Little Andrew Jackson Found
in Florence.
Florence, March 8.?The body ol
Andrew Jackson, the little boy whc
has been missing since Wednesday
afternoon, was found this aftc noor
by the Boy Scouts, who have beer
scouring this section for trace of him
since his disappearance. He had beer
murdered and the body put in an old
car on a disused track in the freight
transfer yard, and had evidently beer
there since the night of his disappearance.
There were indications on
the body of the child that he had been
? struck in *he back of, probably by a
vehicle, a severe blow, enough tc
have knocked him senseless, but
there were marks on his throat indicating
that he had afterwards beer
choked to death.
There were footprints leading from
a road to the car in which the body
v was found. Evidently one party
waited in an old field between the
road and the transfer yard and was
joined by the other that had taker
the body to the car. There were alsc
prints of a boy's foot, which mighl
have been the foot of the murdered
boy, leading towards the car, but not
away from it.
* Found by Boy Scouts.
The Boy Scouts were scouring the
country round this afternoon, anc
Troop C, with Robert Howell and the
scout chief, were working up the railroad
track. They divded at the transfer
yard and were examining eacl
car. Howell discovered the body ir
^ one of the cars as he climbed into it
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scout master, James Evans, who was
near, was summoned. They tele/
phoned the chief of police and the
sheriff and a physician.
The body was in the car as if i1
had been thrown in from the door
some six feet from the door, parti}
on the right side, with the knees
bent as if they had been hanging ovei
something. There were some olc
clothes in the car, but nothing tc
^ * show that they had any connectior
with the body.
Jury Empanelled.
Magistrate C. S. McClenaghan empanelled
a jury in the absence of the
coroner. The jury viewed the bod}
and is taking all the evidence thai
will throw any light whatever on the
t case.
How such a deed could have beer
done is a mystery and many theories
are advanced. The little boy was evij
dently dead when he was thrown intc
I the car. 'l/nere were indications tnai
: the parties who put him there had
gone to the edge of a ditch six 01
' seven feet deep near the tracks and
contemplated throwing the body in
I there, but changed their minds and
put it in the box car. There is evidence
of the fact that the parties whc
did the deed were familiar with the
conditions about the yards, as they
chose the only way of approach thai
could have been used without exposing
them to view. How the blow came
on the boy's back will explain the
mystery of the murder.
Father and Son Meet in Prison.
Oakland, Cal., March 8.?After
many years of separation, father and
son met in a cell of the city prison
here. Harry Miller, a young tailor
of San Francisco, revealed his identity
to Samuel Miller, a self-confessed
wife murderer wanted in Memphis.
? The young man had gone to the
> jail after reading an account of Miller's
arrest in the daily papers. The
pair were allowed to exchange confidences
for half an hour.
Miller killed his wife nine years
ago after a quarrel. While awaiting
the death penalty he escaped from
prison, and became a wanderer. He
' says he killed his wife in self-de1
fense.
SALE OF DILLON COTTON MILLS.
. Three Mills Bought Over by New
Corporation?Prices Paid.
Dillon, March 7.?The plantr. of
Maple Cotton Mills, Dillon Cotton
? Mills, and Hanier Cotton Mills were
> to-day sold at public auction to the
Dillon Mills, a new corporation, form!
ed some time ago with view to taking
over these plants. The prices paid
were as follows:
: Maple Cotton Mills, capitalized at
1 $9S,500, sold for $155,000; Dillon
1 Cotton Mills, capitalized at $125,000,
sold for $50,000; Hamer Cotton
? Mills, capitalized at $100,000, sold
for $190,000. There was a large
. crowd present and several bids were
made. The prices paid were consid>
erably less than the value of several
plants. It is more than probable
( that the pendancy of certain suits in'
stituted in the United States courts
by J. -H. Lane & Co., of New York,
1 and notices made by this concern
forbidding the sale of the property
- had the effect of chilling bids upon
> the property.
. EHKHARDT FIRE LOSS $200,000.
Hacker Lumber Co. Heaviest Loser
in Ehrliardt Conflagration.
Ehrhardt, March 10.?As reported
yesterday, the fire originating in the
plant of the Hacker Lumber Co. had
a little after 2 o'clock, reached its
limit and was confined thereafter to
I the building then burning. The loss
will approximate $200,000, appor:
tioned as follows: Hacker Lumber
> Company, loss $100,000, with insurr
ance to about one-fourth value; the
i Carolina Gin Company, loss $6,000
l total, no insurance; Atlantic Coast
i Line Railway Company, loss about
l $25,000, including platforms, nine
i freight cars, trackage, fertilizers and
: merchandise contained in the cars;
l twelve Dales or cotion on tne picu
form were burned. Other smaller
l losses will run the total to about
l $200,000. As stated in the (^ispatch
l last night, the Atlantic Coast Line's
? depot and passenger station were
; saved, as was the saw mill of the
Hacker Lumber Company.
l One of the most thrilling incidents
of the fire, mentioned in yesterday's
i dispatch, was the saving of eight
r freight cars on the siding by Enr
gineerMiller and Flagman Griffith, of
> the Coast Line. The run with the
> engine was made between the flames
i of the burning buildings on one side
> and the burning railroad platforms
' on the other. In an effort to save
I some tools from one of the burning
- buildings, Jason Fender, a carpenter,
was slightly injured by the explosion
of a tank of gasoline.
> It is believed that the fire was
I started by sparks falling in the waste
room of the Hacker plant.
Mr. G. G. Creighton, of Charleston,
manager of the Hacker Company's
plant here, was at his home in Charleston
last night, but arrived in town
at midday to-day. It is stated, not
authoritatively, however, that the
plant will be rebuilt as soon as practicable.
.Mr. A. D. Coggins, manager
J of the Carolina Gin Company, has
not stated what the intention of his
: company is in reference to rebuild
ing.
s VETERAN BURNED TO DEATH.
I Stephen Lane Meets Tragic End in
> Cartersville Home.
t Florence, March 9.?Mr. Stephen
Lane, of Cartersville, an aged and
well known citizen of this county and
- a former intendant of Cartersville,
; was burned to death in his home last
r night at Cartersville. Mr. Lane had
t been suffering with rheumatism for
? several weeks and had been confined
to his home. He was sitting in an
l easy chair near the fire rubbing him3
self with liniment, in which there
was considerable gasoline. The mix>
ture became ignited and burned M*\
: Lane so badly about his body and
[ face that death resulted.
Mr. Lane lived alone, his wife
1 having died some time ago. He
t leaves three sons, Messrs. George,
1 Ralph and Holland Lane, and three
daughters, Mrs. Charles H. Jones,
> and two Mesdames Severance. Mr.
Lane was about 7S years old, and
was a Confederate veteran, having
lost an arm in the war. The funeral
services were held in Cartersville today,
and the interment followed at
the same place.
SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND.
Young Woman, of North Carolina,
, Makes Herself a Widow.
Walter A. Harrison, 27 years old,
. was shot to death by his 20-year-old
. wife as he lay asleep in bed Tuesday
morning at his home in Asheville, N.
C. The young wife admitted that she
; snot mm, tnougn sne maintained tnat
the killing was accidental. She de,
clared that she was about to commit
. suicide when her husband awoke and
sought to take the pistol from her
; hands. In the struggle, she says, the
r weapon was discharged, the bullet
{ taking effect in the right side.
If you owe us anything, remember
that we need the money and expect
prompt settlement.
JUDGE JOXES AT BARNWELL.
Strong Jones Sentiment Found in
That County.
Barnwell, March 7.?Former Chief
Justice Ira B. Jones, now a candidate
for governor, stopped over here
last night on his way hone from f"
Hampton. He was here to-day, renewing
old acquaintances and making
many new ones. Unless appearances
are very deceitful there is a strong
Jones sentiment setting in here. This
county gave Blease a majority two
years ago, but, as has been stated in
a previous item, there has been a reaction
of feeling on account of his
administration of the affairs of the
government.
Four Killed in Wreck.
Social Circle, Ga., March 8.?Four
persons were killed and nine injured,
six of them seriously, when passenger
train No. 4 of the Georgia Railroad,
which left Atlanta at midnight, collided
head-on with a freight train |
three miles from here at 2:15 o'clock
[ this morning.
The dead are three negro men and
one negro woman, whose names are
unknown. The injured are: H. T.
Xelson, mail clerk of Atlanta, se- u
riously hurt; Engineer W. C. Vaugh- ?
an, of the passenger locomotive A
whose home is in Augusta, head and "
body badly crushed. It is thought
he cannot recover; W. E. Cary, mail b<
0
clerk of Atlanta, injuries serious; to
Fred Bailey, baggagemaster of Har- in
lem, Ga., injured in hip and back, D:
wounds considered very serious; S. m
A. Pool, mail clerk of Atlanta, leg ni
broken in three places, injuries se- ai
rious; Joe Brown, fireman on pass- oi
enger locomouve, seriouf-v liuic, pi
George Reid, porter, head and si
knee hurt, wounds not serious; W. S. ci
Clark, of Thompson, Ga., a passenger, ti<
face cut, wounds not serious; negro G
fireman of freight train, slightly hurt, cl
Buried in the Wreckage. ai
Officials of the road stated that the tt
wreck resulted from the overlooking si
of standing orders for freight trains
to take a siding at Rutledge station,
between Augusta and Social Circle 1<
and thus to give the passenger train
the right of way. When news of the a
collision was received here physicians |
and nurses were sent by special train 1
to the scene. Later the injured were I
brought here and given medical at- g
tention.
The bodies of the four negroes
who were killed are buried in the <
wreckage and so far efforts to remove 1
them have failed. They were pinned ?
under the negro coach, which was
telescoped by the baggage car. It is u
understood a wrecking train has
been sCnt to the scene of the wreck ^
from Augusta.
The two locomotives, telescoped by ?
the force of the impact, of the collision,
were practically demolished.
The first-class passenger coach and
the Pullman sleepers remained on
the track and while some of the
sleeping passengers were considerably
shaken up none of them was injured.
Social Circle is 55 miles from At
lanta and 115 miles from Augusta.""
All Quiet at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, March 8.?Quiet prevailed
upon the streets of the city
after 3 o'clock this morning, when T
the last of the crowd, which could hs
hardly have been called a mob, was ir
dispersed. hi
Threatened lynching of the negro, pi
Eugene Baxter, held in the county si
jail on a charge of murdering Simon T
Silverstein, a grocer, and seriously ri
injuring his wife and two small chil- T.
dren, never reached serious proportions.
The crowd was made up for the
most part of warm blooded youths
and sightseers. Police and deputy
sheriffs have full control of the situation
and. no further demonstration
is expected, as the courts have promised
a speedy trial.
Baxter, the accused negro, was
spirited away from the city at an
early hour this morning upon the
order of Judge Call of the circuit
court, and his present whereabouts
are being kept secret by the sheriff's _
office. j
Still Had It.
In the State of Georgia lives a
banker who is known behind his
back as the "Human Safety Clutch."
He lives a mile from town on a
plantation. One Sabbath he remem- _
bered that he had left some import- J*
ant papers on his desk, and he gave
an aged negro servitor on his place
the keys and sent him for the documents.
It was a hot day and the road was g<
dusty, but within an hour the old ?
darkey returned with the papers in- a
tact. The owner felt in all his pock- T
ets.
"That's too bad, Uncle Jim," he 4
said, finally; "I thought I had a ?
nickel here I was going to give you."
"Marse Henry," said Uncle Jim, 4
"you look again. Ef ever you had a J
nickel you got it yit."?Saturday
Evening Post. 44
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