Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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53: wi fc M An Ope i- H i p 1 mi |? Sell You Goc l~H | : jj|g N. B.?I have h SECOND N. B #52 not sell Pierpont M< "r" TiriT/tnrti n in urrnn AUK LYNII1J& Mil NEUWJ , WILL THOMAS IS TAKEN FROM J MAGISTRATE'S CONSTABLE. t M'. Was Charged YV ith the Murder of Spurgeon Johnson,, Who Was c Killed October 18. t 6-'? ? s . Newberry, Nov. 23.?Will Thomas, a negro, accused of the assassination of Spurgeon Johnson, a white farmer, 1 several weeks ago, was taken from a n magistrate's constable last night by a party of masked men, chained to a c tree and his body riddled with bul- r lets. The lynching occurred about V 14 miles from here, while the negro was being brought to the jail. The 1 constable declares he at first refused * to surrender his prisoner upon the mob's demand and fired his pistol, ? but his "bluff" did not work. He 1 savs he was then surrounded by the * crowd, threatened with dea^h if he 1 resisted, and told to get down the 1 road. He obeyed and a few minutes 1 later heard, he says, over 100 shots. * The negro's body was found' still * chained to the tree this morning. z Charged With Murder. Will Thomas was lynched for the 5 ?^ ^^ ~e ^ "'Vii + A former Cnnraonn ^ JUUL HI UC1 Ut d n xmt: xcti mtx , uj/uibw.. Johnson, at his home, 18 miles west 1 of Newberry, on the night of October , 7, last. Johnson was shot through an open window with a shotgun by some person on the outside while he was sitting in his room with his" family. Will Goggans, a negro, living near the scene of the murder, was arrested ten days ago, charged with the crime in a warrant issued by Magistrate Dorrh, of Floyd township, and committed to jail. The warrant for Will - Thomas was also issued by Magis trate Dorroh and was given to his constable, Carey Johnson. Yesterday the magistrate, while in Newber- j 1 ry, telephoned to his constable to get Thomas and bring him directly to Newberry. Surrounded by Masked Men. 'me consiauie weni arier me ne- j |TOT~and while returning with him, ; 1 when near the Workman bridge, was ; surrounded by a mob of masked men, i who took the negro from him and ! told the constable to go on. After 11 crossing the river, the constable < says, he heard about 100 shots fired j and supposed they were fired into the negro, but did not go back to see nor ] make further inquiries. That his < supposition was correct was confirm- < n I oHaV II LiVtbV/i Dear Fellow Sufferers:? Ha joods galore. I know you r ing Saturday, the 23rd inst Wholesale Cost, plus what j freight, etc., is ten per cent it ten per cent, above wholf jr priced articles in proport worst sort. I've got a big! merits of Men's and Ladies fact the biggest assortment im quoting you below my li Over @ $3.41; $5.00 Walk ( C want all of you people to 1 .utely no profit to me. If an ;hat we will do strictly as v 4 ids At Cost. J ? NEXT DOC ad several head of hor .?Those cut prices are jrgan goods at cost an< id this morning by persons who can .0 town by that spot and saftv tl iead negro hanging by a chai iround his neck from the limb of ree close by the roadside, a few hui lred yards beyond the bridge. What sort of evidence there wj igainst the lynched negro or again he one now in jail charged with tl iame crime has not been revealed. The coroner returned this afte loon from holding the inquest ov< :he dead body of the lynched negr rhere was no testimony except thi )f Magistrate Dorroh. He testified : eference to issuing the warrant ar lis telephoning yesterday from Xe\ jerry to the constable to go after tl nan, thus accounting for the la iour at which the arrest was mad rhe testimony of the constable hir ;elf was that about 10 o'clock la light, about 300 yards beyond tl iricige, a crowa or men came uui i ;he bushes on the roadside and d nanded the prisoner; that he fire lis pistol as a bluff, and was told le did that again he would be sho ;hat they took the prisoner from hi md ordered him to move on. whic ie did, and in a short while heard ?reat many shots. Asked as to ho nany were in the crowd he said tl woods seemed to be full of them. The constable had the prison* :ied around the neck with a trai :hain and another chain was fa :ened to the handcuffs, and the em if both chains were in the constable lands. It was the chain around tl aeck that the negro was hanged wi ?suspended from the limb of a tre with his feet touching the groui 3 ^V\/\nf Tlia Tl* Q c dllU Iiio n.ucca ucuu x n^, uuU>. ?. , Dne said who saw it at the inques 'shot to pieces." As to the evidence against the n ?ro, there is. so far as the pub) seems to know, only the vaguest r mors. Among these rumors is oi that Thomas was heard to say on tl morning of the day that Spurge( Johnson was assassinated that he i tended to kill Johnson that night ai then go home and kill his own wife Kansas Women Will Vote. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 22.?OfFici figures given out to-day on the vo 3n woman's suffrage show that tl intendment carried by a majority 1 6,079. Seventy-four counties vot< for it and 30 against it, with a tie Dne county. Approximately 31,0( voters failed to vote either way. to the Peo ( sn't this year of grace, 1912, t teed them, but lo, the money is ant, I am going to sell you any it actually costs me to sell the g ;. added to N. Y. prices. So to isale cost. Thus, any 25c articleion. Of course the reason I'm s stock of seasonable merchandis ' Sweaters, Knit Headgear of a of Notions to be found in Baifi ne of Walk Over Shoes, the bes )ver @ $4.07; any other article snow that this is a strictly legit aong you there be any doubting je say and BR )R TO G. FRANK 1 ses and mules turned in to s for the cash strictly. If d charge them to him. ie GIVES JEALOUSl* AS CAUSE. ie in North Carolinian's Confession Solves a Mystery of Murder. a~ Warsaw, N. C., Nov. 22.?In a sworn statement made to the district 15 attorney here this afternoon, Althos st: Prince admitted that he murdered his 1C j neighbor, ranK tfenuey, m me | woods near North Java Saturday afr-1 ternoon and attempted to destroy evi3r | dence of his crime by burying the o.! body. Jealousy over Bentley's friendat j ship with his wife, Prince said, was inj the cause. Ld j The confession gave all the details v- i of th6 shooting, but says Prince shot ia Bentlev twice. He then walked about te five miles to Java Lake, where he hid e. ! Bentley's shotgun. It was found n-1 there to-day. Later on Saturday st | night Prince states, he returned tc ie | the woods with a wheelbarrow and of! trundled the body to the place where e- j it was found. He dug a shallow I id i grave and built a fire over the body, if! Fear of attracting attention caused t; him to give up the idea of destroym ing the body and he covered it with ?h earth. Prince denied that he disa membered the body. Following w Prince's confession. Sheriff Bauer oraered the release of the two Webbei hnvs. Mrs. Prince's brothers, whe er were taken into custody yesterday. ce ? g_ Saved Comrade but Lost Life. is ~ " ,, A workman sacrificed his life tc j s rescue a comrade who had been over16 come by fumes in a blast furnace at Daralston, Staffordshire, England e a few days ago. A man named Healc was. descending into the furnace tc clS readjust the chain around the scrap ' ' iron lying in a heap of coke at the bottom when another saw him. fall eoff the chain just before nearing th< bottom. In response to an alarm several men rushed to the top of the 19 furnace. A furnaceman named Jacklie son immediately placed a scarf ovei his mouth and went down on the pul^ ley chain. He tied a rope frounc L Heald, who was pulled up. Ther Jackson ascended on the chain, bui when within a few feet of the surface he called out "Make haste, I'm al I going," and fell backward to the bot te torn of the furnace, rnree workmen named Ince, Darby and Sp^eake mad? of a brave attempt to rescue Jackson 3d Speake managed in the end to get a in rope round Jackson's waist and he )0 was pulled to the top but was already dead. i pie of Bar teen a snorter? Gould crop: woefully short! Well, here is article of Dry Goods, Clotl ;oods. I figure that my clerk make a long story short, for 1 will cost you 21c, any 50c artii sacrificing all my profit is bee ie, besides the staple lines, y ill descriptions, swell lot of L iberg. Just to show you how it shoes on earth: $3.50 Wal of any description at ten per ;imate bona Side sale of seas ; Thomases just come and pri Please Re :"AB] BAMBERG'S SALE > me that can be bought < goods are charged they j WE ARE ALWAYS OX TOP i when it comes to selling a first-clas: ; carriage at a second-class price. Th< , price you can judge by comparison [ The carriage you will have our guar [ antee for. And that guarantee stand: - for something. We are not a thous t and miles away. We are right hen I on the spot and ready and more thai i j willing to make it good. | HORSES AND MULES. G. FRANK BAMBERG, ^ Bamberg, S. C. G. MOYE DICKINSON ;! INSURANCE AGENT Will Write Anything' j i Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most reliable companies. j ! My Motto: "Buy What I Need in Bamberg, and From Those Who Patronize Me. " 'Phone 10-L, or at Oil Mill [ BAMBERG, S. C. j ? ? J|NEWSHOP -! I Our shop is now open n , 9 and we are prepared to I jj| do first-class work on 8 1' Eg short notice. ? ; ' | Remember we make a \ . I B specialty of horseshoe|j ing. 9 Our prices are mod 1 crate and all work is [ i ? ; f DELK & COPELAND s I EHRHARDT, S. C. - -i .v esale Cos nberg and j be much poorer? I've got 3 a part of the remedy. Startling, Shoes, etc., at Strictly s' hire, store rent, including .5 days you can buy my goods lie 42c, any $1 article 84c, othause I need the coin the very ou can find here big assort aces and Embroidery, and in much you save in this sale I k Over @ $2.97; $4.00 Walk cent, above wholesale prices, onable merchandise at absoce the goods and you will see member the Tim HA\ S STABLES cheap?cash or credit, will go on books at regu I MASTER'S SALE. By virtues of the decree of thi Court of Common Pleas in the case o Mrs. Ida Brown, et al, plaintiffs against Monte Nix et al, defendants I, H. C. Folk, Master for Bamberj County, will sell to the highest bid der for cash at the court house door Bamberg, S. C., on December th< 2nd, 1912, between the legal hour of sale, on the said day the following described tract of land, to-wit: All that certain tract or parcel o land situate in the County of Bam berg, State of South Carolina, con tflininp' two hundred acres (200 more or less, and bounded on th< North by lands of Isaac Dyches, Eas s by Melton Zorn's Hightower place j South by lands of H. J. Faust, an( West by lands of Flem Weeks. Purchaser to pay for papers? H. C. FOLK, 5 Master for Bamberg County MAYFIELD & FREE, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. l A County Fair at Denmark November 28, 29, and 30, 1912. The County Fair Association wiL hold another county fair at Denmari and asks that all the farmers of th< county to turn out, bringing witl -! them the various products of th< ! farm and home. We are making j j special appeal to the demonstrator.' I and co-operators of the U. S. Farm; ers Demonstration work to make i j splendid showing at the ' fair witl | products directly from their demon j stration plats. ' Our object is to stimulate th( j farmers to a greater effort to grov ' larger crops and thereby bring aboui i a greater prosperity and comfort t( j all concerned. J Our white friends of the count] ! have always assisted us each yeai | in securing money to meet our ex ! penses, especially for premium pur ! poses. We ask them to be as gooc j to us this year as they have been ii . past years. -1 We shall have a brass band anc other attractions, also a splendic game of ball each afternoon. E. DOUGLAS JENKINS, Pres. R. W. WROTON, Sec. * , "LOMBARD" ! Improved Saw Ms. {variable friction feed. S?nd2Reli?ble. Best material and workmanship, light running, requires little power; simplej I easy to handle. Are made in several i sizes and are good, substantial moneyj making machines down to the smallest i - rto+oioff flhowinc En I I Size, nraciui 0 I jg-ines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies, I j Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co., 1 I ] f> AUCUATA, OA. it Sale i \t* if* Vicinity |i <iryw ^3 Ik M le and Place | r| ' lar prices. I would jjjjj| 4^ 4 TAX NOTICE. e The treasurer's office will be open f for the collection of State, county, - ^4 ; school and all other taxes from the ' 15th day of October, 1912 until the y 15th day of March, 1913, inclusive. I From the first day of January, 1913, until the 31st day of January, g 1913, a penalty of one per cent, will & be added to all, unpaid taxes. From r the 1st day of February, 1913, until the 28th day of February, 1913, a f penalty of 2 per cent, will be added < , . to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st - day of March, 1913, until the 15th . > day of March, 1913, a penalty of 7 ! g per cent, will be added to all unpaid 4 t taxes. f THE LEVY. 7 1 1 T?Ar? O + ofn r?n rnnono ^ 2/ millc I J l vl KJ la LC V For County purposes 5 % mills ; Constitutional school tax ....3 'mills . . ' Total ...1414 Mills. : SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. . * i Bamberg, No. 14 , 9 mills ! Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills | Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills i Clear Pond, No, 19 2 mills Colston, No. 18 2 mills 1 Cuffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills : Denmark, No. 21 ,?6% mills i Ehrhardt, No. 22. 9 mills . * . 1 Govan, No, 11 4 mills 3 Hutto, No. 6 2mills;#^|f J 1 Hampton, No. 3 2 mills . 5 Heyward, No. 24 2 mills - Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills 1 Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill 1 Lees, No. 23 4 mills ??fil - Midway, No. 2 2 mills . Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills v ] i Olar, No. 8 ...4 mills j r St. John's, No. 10 2 mills / X I - d\ 91% __ ' ' . t Salem, No. 9 6 mnis t i ) Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills | All persons between the ages of t twenty-one and sixty years of age, r 1 except Confederate soldiers and sail- # - ors, who are exempt at 50 years of - age, are liable to a poll tax of one 1 dollar. i Capitation dog tax 50 cents. ? All persons who were 21 years of* 1 age on or before the 1st day of Jani uary, 1912, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not made returns to the Auditor, are requested to do so on or before the 1st of January, 1913. ^ r I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1912, until %: the 1st day of March, 1913. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg Cotinty. Delays Are Dangerous ^ I I represent the Mutual Life In-^^r; I surance Co., of New York, one : strongest old line companies iiWexr"<: istence. Let me snow you our mr, if I attractive policy contracts. I also 1 rpnresent the Standard Live Stock \ Insurance Co., of Indianapolis. This f is a strong company. Insure your r horses and cattle. -A i W. MAX WALKER , EHRHARDT, S. C. ? ; -*'4. V ' V : " \ "c & {