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TEN KILLED IN RACE RIOT % WHITES AM) BLACKS CLASH AT HAKKISTOX, MISS. Keign of Terror Started by 1 hugCrazed Mulatto Boys, Both of Whom were Lynched. ""Harriston, .Miss., Sept. 28.?Two - drug-crazed mulatto boys, brothers, began a reign of murder here this s-? morning that ended only after three white men, three negro men and a neho/I VkAArr eh A+ t A rlnotll giy wuuiau nau uctu onvt iu utum, several wounded and the two boys lynched. A serious clash between the races was prevented by the arrival, on a special train, of a company of National Guardsmen from Natchez. The trouble started at about 2 o' clock Sunday morning and continued intermittently until 10 o'clock to-day, when Walter Jones, the elder i 9 of the two boys, who started the firing, was lynched just after the soldiers arrived. His brother, Will, had j t been shot by citizens earlier in the j day. Soon afterwards persons who | had barricaded themselves in their homes began to emerge cautiously ~ from their hiding places, and by noon the town was quiet. No more trouble ! . is feared. Dead and Wounded. The dead: Sheriff G. B. Hammett, of Jefferson county, shot as he was leading a posse to where the negroes were hiding: former Constable Frank j Keinstly, shot at his home after being called to a door; Claude Freeman, j / white, of Fayette, shot at railway station while waiting for a train; j Johanna Aiken, Tom Weeks, Jesse! Thompson and Thead Grayson, negroes, Killed during promiscuous shooting: Walter and Will Jones, negroes lynched. Wounded: Orrin Gillis, former sheriff, shot in shoulder and may die; E. B. Appleby, conductor of the Ya* zoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, j ( shot in breast, leg and arm, danger-; ous; William McCaleb, shot in leg: and thigh; William Keinstly, son of j! Frank, shot in hand; William Dennis,j ( shot in leg: W. C. Bond, shot in leg. J. After it was assumed the death list j was nine the body of Teller Warren, j a negro, was found in a hut in the j , negro quarter where Walter Jones: first began firing. Evidently Warren j was one of the first victims but just!. when he was shot is not known. Twenty persons were injured, six- i teen of them being negroes. None of j the negroes were dangerously hurt. | ] Beginning of Riot. The shooting was started by Wal- j' * % ter Jones in the negro quarter, where i the negro woman and Thead Grayson |1 were shot and killed. Walter then ! went to the home of his mother and j aroused his brother, a boy 18 years j i old. Together they went through the j i main street of the little town firing ! j at every one in sight. Citizens arous- | < ed from their slumber by the shots j; peered out of the windows and then j; hastened to cover. 1 The two boys, soon after leaving ! s their home, went to the home of for-1 mer Constable Frank Kienstly, who, 1 when he replied to their call, was ; shot through the head by Walter 1 Jones. Death was instantaneous. ] Keinstly's son, William, grabbed for a gun when -he saw his father fall, j Before he could fire he received a < bullet in one of his hands. , Fired into Train 1 , The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley s depot is near the Keinstly home and 1 the two negroes walked in that direc- ] tion. A train Had arrived rrom .\ar- ? chez just a few moments before and i E. B. Appleby, the conductor, was < standing at the station talking to W. < C. Bond, the flagman. Without warning the two negroes fired on them and both fell. The boys then direct- ] ed their fire at Claude Freeman, who ; was waiting for a train to take him * to his home at Fayette, Miss. He , was killed. The negroes turned to ; the train, firing into the cars. Pas- \ sengers became panic-stricken. A j sleeping car from Natchez, left standing at the station until the through } train from Memphis to New Orleans arrived, was a target for the fire of ( the negroes. i Many windows were broken but no t one in the car was hurt. ] The two slayers made their way to j a cotton seed house nearby. It is be- ] lieved they then realized the whole- 2 or nmilA ?-?<-*+ Inner nnntinup ' IV mm & wuau uvv ivu^ vvuv?mv?w without opposition, and determined 1 to make their last stand at the seed , * " house. Officers Killed. 1 Frightened citizens by this time ] had telephoned for Sheriff Hammett !! at Fayette. Summoning former Sheriff Gillis to accompany him, Hammett 1 started for Harrison 011 horseback, arriving about 5 o'clock. A small < crowd of men were firing into the ' seed house, but no one had ventured 1 to lead the posses to the place. Tak- < ing a few men with him Sheriff Ham- 1 mett started toward the building. See- ) ing this move, it is believed Walter 1 Jones crept to tall grass nearby, and : as Hammett approached the negro } tired, killing him instantly. A shot < TRAIN MARKED WITH BULLETS. ! i Passengers Badly Frightened by! Shooting at Harrison. New Orleans. Sept. 2S.?The Ya- j zoo, and Mississippi Valley train ! which stopped at Harrison, Miss., j through a part of the time of the j slaughter there this morning, arrived j here to-day bringing many badly scared passengers. .Windows in the train showed evidence of the firing of the two negro desperadoes, who caused the death of nine persons, within a few hours. L. D. Jarvis, of Xewellton, La., was in the sleeping car, left to await the through train coming to Xew Orleans. The firing awakened him and he got out in time to see Conductor Appleby and Flagman Bond shot. "Xo one on our car could tell who, why or how many were shooting and all remained mighty close to their berths," said Mr. Jarvis. '"We let only one small light burn after the train that brought us to ! Harriston left. When the through train arrived the shooting still was in progress and it seems as if none of the trainmen cared to find our sleeper, which was almost dark. Our car had not been left where it usually is. Instead of the trainmen coming out to find where we were, they uncoupled their engine and ran it onto X ~ A LAPAVA 4-av fVn >-1 A *1 O I \n O Siuc uaws uciyic mc? iv?uiiu us. Ii was very dark. The trainmen said they would take no chance'- in the open. We learned very little of the real trouble until we got to New Orleans as nearly every one in Harriston seemed to be fighting or in hiding." Governor Brewer, of Mississippi, left here for Harriston this afternoon. Order for Troops. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 2S.?When the call for troops came from Harriston. Miss., where aid was needed to capture two negro desperadoes, Governor Brewer's secretary ordered the Xatchez company of State Guard to proceed at once by special train. The train left Xatchez at $.35 o'clock. No other troops were ordered to Harriston, but Col. E. B. Baker, quartermaster of the State Guard, went to Harriston on a special train, bearing ammunition for the Xatchez Guards. Governor Brewer was in New Orleans today. from the seed house brought down Gillis. By this time the countryside had been aroused and farmers came pouring in from every direction. Everyone opened fire on the seed house. A call was sent to Governor Brewer for troops. One of Desperadoes Lynched. Finding his hiding place too precarious Will Jones started to run towards a coal chute nearby, but had ?one only a few steps when a bullet =nded his life. A rope was placed around the body, it was strung up to a telegraph pole near the scene and became a target for everyone not shooting at the seed house. Soon after Will was killed Walter, svith deadly aim, picked Tom Weeks, a negro, off the coal chute. Either the bullet wound or the fall would have killed him. Not long after Weeks was killed :he special train bearing the Natchez Guardsmen arrived and this seemed :o have cowed the desperado. As they ivere detraining the crowd rushed the seed house. Not a shot greeted them, and as the leaders went into the place with drawn weapons they saw Jones completely unnerved but not njured. They quickly placed a rope around his neck and rushed to the ?oal chute. lt(?l>e Breaks too Soon. The rope was too small and as the legro was drawn up the rope broke and he fell heavily to the ground. Not a word or act of protest came from lonfts as a larger roDe was drawn iround his neck and rushed him to :he coal chute. pulled up?and the crowd looked on is the drug-saturated body writhed mtil life was extinct. The crowd then went to the home Df the negroes, where they found two segro men, and were about to lynch :hem, but were dissuaded by officers. It seems certain that the Jones negroes had planned details of their aiurderous night, as they were well ' irmed and had plenty of ammunition, rheir mother said one of them had -emarked that he was going to "shoot ap" the town, but she thought he was joking. Whether the two negroes found there and who were arrested % new of any had, is not known. Militia Returns Home. As there was no evidence that ihere would be more trouble after Walter Jones was lynched the Xat?hez Guardsmen returned home. Generally the negro population was is much incensed at the Jones brothers as were the whites. They felt no indignation at the lynching tonight. The two bodies still were lianging in the coal chute and probably will hang there all night. Au:horities have decided not to hold a ?oroner's inquest. CLAIMS OF NEGRESS REJECTED. Lucinda Anderson Cannot Share in Win. H. Lee's Will Chicago, Sept. 26.?The claims of Lueinda Anderson, the negro woman, who contended that she was the widow of William Henry Lee, publisher, who died recently, leaving no will and without disclosing the secret of his past, to-day were eliminated from the contest over the remnants of Lee's fortune. l'fte hTODate court aisnnssea uer petition for leave to submit proof of heirship, deciding that she had failed to make a sufficient showing. A witness testified that Lee had said he had never married because of negro blood in his veins. FEAR. A Dreadful Quality that Prevents Achievement. Was there anything ever done by one who was afraid? Would Columbus have made his discovery of the New World if he had been burdened with dark forebodings? Would the gospel ever have been preached to the remotest i^rts of the world if the missionary had feared his mission? Would there have been a United States if the signers of the Declaration of Independence had feared for their lives, as well they might? Would the railroads have crossed the continent and pierced the desert and would our captains of industry lioH tlio r>/-?iiT*s<yo r?f th^ir r>r?n\*ip tions, in building our industries?the wonder of the world in size, output and wages?if they had been timid while risking millions? Was a battle ever won by a general who feared? Was ever a great I cause vindicated by one without a strong heart and undying hope? Was ever a prize secured by a competitor j who did not enter the race believing he must and would win? Is anything mere contemptible than cowardice? Is anything more noble than courage? Is anything more childish than fear, or anything sweeter than confidence in an age of unrest, unreason, suspicion and disturbance? Let us turn from the dismal swamps and lift up our eyes to the hills. Let hope inspire and courage strengthen and the battle will be won. This is the lesson to teach the children in our schools, to tell the patient toiler at his work, to speak to the anxious business man at his desk, to impress upon the preacher in his pulpit and the counselor in the hall of legislation. And a faint heart never won a fair lady.?Leslie's Weekly. JAM BOTTLE ROUTS. Five Men Take Flight When Woman Hurls the Preserves. .Mrs. Jacob Feeley, of Clinton, N. J., saved two young girls and put to rout five men with no weapon other than a bottle of preserves, says The Xew York American. The girls, both of whom are members of respected families of Clinton, were returning from a visit in Lakeview. As they walked along Wallingford avenue toward their home, Mrs. Feeley, returning from a sick friend's bedside, was a block behind them. Suddenly she heard screams and saw five men leap from the shrubbery near the Maybury estate. The men seized the girls and with the latter struggling desperately, dragged them from the walk. "I'm coming! I'm coming! Fight them! Fight them!" cried .Mrs. Feeley, running as fast as she could and unwrapping a bottle of preserves as she ran. With the neck of the botle clenched in her hand, she sprang through the shrubbery. Four of the men fled immediately, but one of the girls was holding the fifth one, Mrs. Feeley set upon him and beat him with the bottle. The bottle broke and bespattered the man with its contents, and he, thinking he was wounded, yelled in fright and scampered off. The police sent out a general alarm for two young men, who, the girls said, were among the five assailants. CARRY VIOLIN TO LONDON. Aged Lutheran Minister's Work to be Inspected by Virtuoso. Dr. C. R. Fisher, a violin teacher of long experience, has asked for and obtained permission from Rev. Dr. S. T. Hallman, an aged Lutheran minister, to carry a violin made by him to London for inspection by a noted virtuoso and collector. Doctor Hallman, who is a Confederate veteran, began to make violins about a year ago. His instruments have a remarkable purity of tone and have received much praise from competent judges. Doctor Hallman conducts two church services each Sunday and attends to many other ministerial duties. He makes violins in his leisure moments. NOTICE OF TRUSTEES' SALE. United States District Court, for | the District of South Carolina?In | Bankruptcy. In the matter of H. C. Copeland & i Company, bankrupts. ! By virtue of an order of Hon. A. J. i Hydrick, Jr., Referee in Bankruptcy, j issued in the above entitled case, the i undersigned trustees will sell at pub, lie auction to the highest bidder for j cash before the Court House door, ! Bamberg, South Carolina, on the 6th day of October, 1913, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a. m., 011 said day, the following real estate, to-wit: All that certain piece or lot of land with the improvements thereon, | situate in the town of Ehrhardt, County of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing two acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of J. H. Roberts and the School property; East by Main or Broadway Street; South by lands of J. Frank Chassereau and J. D. Dannellv. and West by . said lot being the same upon which the said H. C. Copeland now resides. Also all .that other certain piece or lot of land with the improvements thereon situate in the town of Ehrliardt, County of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, having a front on Broadway Street of fifty to0? feet, and running back to a depth of two hundred and ten (.210) feet, and bounded on the North by lot of Mrs. W. S. Folk; East by Broadway Street: South by lot of D. C. Copeland, and West by the Ehrhardt Es-. I yftie lands. J. Y. CARTER, H. H. COPELAND, Trustees of H. C. Copeland & Co., bankrupts. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. Stli., 1913 NOTICE OF TRUSTEES' SALE. In The District Court of the United States, for the District of South Caro- . lina?In Equity. J. F. Carter, et al., Trustees, against D. C. Copeland, et al., De-! fendants. By virtue of a decretal order of j His Honor, Judge H. A. M. Smith,! issued in the above entitled case, the j undersigned trustees will sell at pub-I lie auction to the highest bidder, up- j on terms hereinafter stated, in front j ! of the Court House door at Bamberg, j Smith Fnrnlinn nn thp hth riav nf Or- I | tober, 1913, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a. m., on said day, the following described lands, to-wit: All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in the County of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres, more or less, and bounded as j follows: North by lands of M. A.I. Kinard; East by lands of G. F. Copeland; South by lands of T. P. Rizer and John E. Carter, and West by lands of D. C. Copeland. * Terms of sale: one-half cash, balance payable in one year, with interest from date of sale, payable annually, secured by the bond and mortgage of the purchaser. J. F. CARTER, H. H. COPELAND, Trustees of H. C. Copeland & Co., bankrupts. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. Sth., 1913. NOTICE OF PROBATE JUDGE'S SALE. Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court in the case of W. C. Black, plaintiff, against Maggie Hamilton et al., defendants, I, G. P. Har-1 mon, Judge of Probate in and for the county of Bamberg, will sell at pub- 1 lie auction to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the court house door, Bamberg, S. C., on the 6th. day of October, 1913, between the j legal hours of sale on said day, in aid of the personal assets of the esiate of Martin Hamilton, deceased, the following described tract of land, to-wit: All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in Buford's Bridge township, county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing one hunrirpH nnrt fiftv-pie'ht- Mnftl flOTPS. more or less, and bounded as follows: North by lands of A. F. Free, foredmerly lands of H. M. Ray, and by lands of estate of J. C. McMillan; East by lands of the Halyard estate and lands of H. D. Beard; South by lands of H. D. Beard and lands of , Butler McMillan; and West by lands i of J. W. McMillan and J. C. McMillan. Said tract of land is more fully described on plat made by L. N. Bellinger, Survevor, dated February 21st., 1S94. G. P. HARMON, i Judge of Probate for Bamberg I county. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15th., 1913. < NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of a decree of the court of common pleas in the case of Ida Richardson et al., against Pearl Folk , et al., I, H. C. Folk, Master for Bamberg county, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the court house door, Bamberg, S. C., on the 6th. day of October, 1913, between the legal hours of sale on said day, the following described tract of land, to-wit: All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in the county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing two hundred thirty-two (232) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of the estate of Conrad Ehrhardt, East by lands of W. D. Bennett, South by lands of the estate of C. R. Folk, and West by lands of Wm. L. Warren. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. CARTER & CARTER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Bamberg, S. C., September 15, 1913. ? /iminin li*' * \fiv * nrT/"\V 1 The regular examination for certificates to teach in the public schools of Bamberg county will be held Friday, October 3, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m., at the court house. This will be the last examination held till May, 1914. All teachers who have not certificates will please bear this in mind, as no teacher is allowed to teach who has not a certificate. R. W. D. ROWELL, County Supt. of Education. |Ayers & Williams* 4 "THE SEED AND FEED MEN" J 4 High Grade Seeds. i* ]f Winter Hairy Vetch. f| g. Choice Recleaned Hundred Bushel Oats. ? 41 Apple Oats, best grade. f* 5 Red Rust Proof Oats. J ?? Red May and Purple Straw Wheat. $ J Orangeburg County Rye. f* Crimson Clover and Alfalfa. I, cfl Winter Barley. i> Dwarf Essex Rape and Onion Sets. |* 5 Raw Ground Lime, only $3.65 per ton. ^ 4 When you build get our prices on Doors, fi Sash, and Blinds, you will save money. ?? . Save Your Corn and feed Rice flour to f? 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