The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 02, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
TEN KILLED IN RACE RIOT
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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*
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?? 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. ^
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of hogs which were ready to kill. The weather
was so warm that killing was out of the question.
He went to his telephone, called a dealer in
Columbia over Long Distance and sold his hogs
at a good price. He then called the local freight
office and arranged for shipment.
The telephone is now a necessity on the farm.
You can have one on your farm at small cost.
See the nearest Bell Telephone Manager or
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