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SUPREME COURT XOT XEEliED. liatesburg Factions AgTee to Hold Fi Xew Election. Lexington. January 5.?Both sides having reached the conclusion that neither council was qualified to hold office, the contest that was to have nc been heard before the State Supreme pc Court to-day over the town election muddle at Batesburg has been with- ls drawn, and another election has been nc called for February 3, it is said, at which time it is hoped that a council sv qualified to hold office will be chosen.. The petition was brought by \V. C. Bates, as mayor, and the members of his council, who alleged that M. E. or Rutland, mayor-elect, and the mem- in bers of his council were not qualified ov to hold office, in that they did not hold registration certificates for the de year 1913; and on December 31 an ' order was signed by Chief Justice t0 Eugene B. Gary, of the State 3u- er Y ( preme Court, restraining the new CO council from entering upon the distr< charge of their duties until the question at issue had been passed upon by the Court. a Now that both sides have gotten *** WJ together it is understood that M. E. . * ha Rutland, who was elected over the incumbent, W. Capers Bates, in the 0f election held last year for mayor. in will again be a candidate. Mr. Bates ?n P will not offer for election, it is said, but an effort is being made to get ' Dr. C. M. Cain, head of the Harrisso Cain Drug Company, to become a candidate in opposition to Mr. Rui land, in which event another hot .. 101 campaign will be waged. Both are progressive business men and both have large personal political followings. NEGRO URGED TO BUY GUNS. be te Preacher Advises Breaking Chains of Y( "New Slavery." th at Washington, January 6.?Negroes tie were urged to stop buying musical in- th struments and sending their children hi to dancing schools, and advised to to spend their money for guns and mili- vi< tary education to-night by the Rev. 1. N. Ross, pastor of a Washington ne- th gro church, speaking to a large w? crowd assembled to celebrate the Ne birthday of Charles Summer. ly The preacher pleaded with the ni: audience to prepare for war for their rie social, political and industrial rights, he "Prepare for war in times of peace nn is the policy of this nation," he ah snoutea. "it snouia De your poncy 11 ui you wish to break from the oppres- de sion, from the fettfrs of this era of ha new slavery." tei Cries of "we are with you: that s lo1 right," greeted the speaker, and the ha audience arose, waving handker- he chiefs and urging Ross to go on. 1 ei When Oswald Garrison Villard, of New York, .vigorously dissented from cr< Ross's advice the preacher again th< rose and repeated his declarations, tei drawing another outburst pf ap- ne proval. his . Villard made an address attacking his the attitude of the Democratic Ad- wa ministration toward the negro, de- lat claring that the position 'in which pe the Democratic party finds itself to- an day. with its president preaching "a to new freedom,' and a number of re- av actionary senators, congressmen and tin cabinet officers urging a new slaveryis indeed extraordinary. an "There are no bosses like them,'' th< he continued. "The Vardamans, Till- sh: mans, Hoke Smiths and all the rest to of the negro-baiting crowd, who have in risen to eminence are back of the ne- de< groes, defaming and oppressing crc them, as they went and are the a apostles of reaction. But I ha\e Sii another indictment for these men. I th< claim that they misrepresent the mc / heart and conscience of the true thi South." The speaker denounced the segre- ba gation of negro employees by ofR- an cers of the Federal executive depart- pri ments, declaring that in many in- cci stances the laws of the civil service th< commission and the Constitution had iar been violated. ed Other speakers included Associate sal Justice Stafford, of the District Supreme Court, and Commissioner of tr< Patents Thomas Ewing. his sh Georgia P. M. Assassinated. p0 ? he Rockledge, Ga., Jan. 3.?J. M. h Williams, postmaster at this place, 44 was assassinated in his office at 9.30 o'clock tonight. de A person was seen to enter the postoffice and store operated by Wil- ^ liams just before the shooting occurred. The same person ran from the . ^ building after several shots were fired, it is said. ve A nephew of the dead man rushing into the store found Williams' dead body stretched upon the floor. Officials are investigating. Xo ar- its rests have been made and no motive be has been found for the crime. The as office was not robbed, it was ascer- vi tained. Ti Mr. Williams was a brother of E. po R. Williams, president of two of Lau- cn rens county banks. He was married an and had a family of six children. se HE SEEKS REVENGE. ital Avenger Strikes Death Mail Times?One of Twelve Left. The fact that Joseph Farino wa und dead in the hallway of a vacaa lilding in Brooklyn recently doc >t carry with it a great deal of in rtance. But behind the finding c e bullet-riddled body of the Italia the story of an avenger that ha >t been equaled in many years. It i e story of a man, who, bavin rorn a terrible oath, has about fu led it. His hands are dripping wit ood, but he has kept his word. The death of Farino leaves aliv ily one of the dozen men arreste 1903 for the death of Francisc adenio, a crime famous the countr er at that time as the "barrel mui sr." It was believed at that tim at Madenio was a member of a nc rious gang of Italian counterfeit s, operating in and about Xe^ )rk city and that he was slain by hi mrades who feared he would be ay them to the police. The twelve men were held nearl year while detectives worked o e case. They were released fo ant of evidence. Since then 1 .ve been murdered in various part the world?one in Chicago, on Palermo, Italy, four in Brooklyc e in New York city, and several ii mnsylvania towns. But one re ains, "Lupo, the Wolf," now serv g a long term in the Federal pri n at Atlanta following a convictio; r counterfeiting. But he will b leased some day, and the myster lis avenger?for it is practicall rtain that it is just one man?is a >erty and it waiting to fulfill hi th. Guiseppe De Primo is believed t the mysterious avenger. He is bet r known to the Italians of Xe> irk and Brooklyn as the 'man wit e crooked smile." Xot only is h liberty but the Brooklyn authori >s have no idea where he is, and i ey did would hesitate to arres m. as they have no direct evidenc connect him with any of the pre ous crimes. It was ten years ago last Apri at the body of Francisco Madeni is found stuffed in a barel in sw York street. It had been literal cut to pieces and the mystery fur shed one of the principal news stc ;s of the day. The body was identi d finally by a crucifix the youn in wore about his neck, and it wa so established as a moral certaint at he was a member of a band o speradoes whose chief occupatio d been making and passing coun rfeit bills. The twelve arrests fol sved, but proof of the crime wa rd to establish, and, after bein Id eleven months, the men were re ised. De Primo. the "man with In loked smile," was in Sing Sing a e time, serving a sentence for cour. "feiting, for, he, too had been con cted with the band. .Madenio wa > cousin and his closet friend, am > rage at the news of the killinis only exceeded by that 11 month er when he learned that the sus cted men had been released. The] d there he swore a horrible yet Italians, sacred oath to full; enge his kinsman's death or die n 3 attempt. He was released in the fall of 190d secret service men met him a = door and placed him on board ; ip bound for Italy with a warnini keep away from the United State the future. But Broklyn Italian clare that the "man with tin >oked smile" was back in less tha: year after he had been deported ice then his sole business has beei 3 carving out of his vendetta. On< >re death and he will have ende< is horrible, self-imposed task. The members of the counterieiun; nd had heard of De Primo's oath d by the time he was released fron ison they had separated to the fou rners of the globe. But the smile 01 5 pale face of the undersized Itai 1 only became a little more crook as he set about his task of whole le blood-letting. The first to fall was Tomasso Pet ), known as "the Ox" because o 5 great size and strength. He wa ot to death outside his home ii ittstown. Pa., in 1905. It was sai< had heard of De Primo's oath am d fled New York following th rooked man's release. Then cam to Laduca, who was shot as he wa parting from a theatre in Carini ily, in 1907. Next came Miola Tes , summoned outside of a cafe in th ntral part of Italy, and shot. Sine 5 death eight others have died. Jc ph Farino added another to the re ngeful list which is now almos mplete. The Atlantic Coast. Line has pi? i regular tourist train on its Tin tween Sumter and Augusta, know tUa "Poimattn T.imitPiL" the sei ce being inaugurated this weel lis train stops only at junction? lints. It arrives at Denmark a'oou ie o'clock p. m. going to August? d returning reaches Denmark abou ven o'clock. GEORGIA MAX KILI>S WIFE. ! y Member of Prominent Family Blood-1 , thirsty When Mind Fails. .s Augusta, Ga., January 1.?Claude | iz Jordan, aged 43 years, member of one j is of the most prominent families of i i- Columbia county, this afternoon kill- j u ed himself, after having shot and n probably killed a negro, shot a white j .s man through the neck, killed his is wife and terrorized the entire town S of Grovetown, fourteen miles from I- here, for nearly five hours by threat11 ening to kill anyone who came near enough. e Jordan has twice been in a sanid tarium for insanity, and it appears o that his mental balance gave way this >" morning about 10 o'clock as a result of having shot a negro by the name e of Major Green last night. It is gen> erally believed that Green was killed, but his body has not yet been found. ,v This morning Jordan, who is a s brother of the school commissioner of -- Columbia county, began acting queerly about 10 o'clock. Neighbors no>' ticed that he was drilling up and n down his front yard with his wife, r carrying a shot gun over his shoulder. I J. E. Beale, an intimate friend, and s who was supposed to have a strong e influence over Jordan, stopped, enL? gaged the crazed man in conversan tion, gave him a chew of tobacco and started to walk away. When he had proceeded only a few steps Jordan ~ fired on him, part of a load of buckII shot taking effect in the back of the e neck. Jordan then coolly made his wife go into the house with him y and in a short.time two shots and 1 screame were heard. s Saved the Children. It was known that two little cliil0 dren were in the house with Jordan " and his wife, and. when, later, Jorv dan again appeared in front of his house, it was believed that -he had e killed his wife and both the children. l* A crowd from the town formed and f 1 attempted to get Jordan, who threatened to kill the first person who e came within gunshot distance. Fin'' ally, when he went within doors, a number of people, armed with rifles, u drew near enough to fire on the l) house and stood guard while Julian a J. Zachry crawled up and developed the fact that the two little children were alive. He enticed the little girl, between nine and ten years old, ~ to come to him in the back yard, and ? induced her to call the smaller child s out. The moment the children were got I out of the way the crowd began firing II into the house, and when no reply came, the house was rushed, at b.30 this afternoon. Jordan was found ly8 ing in one of the rooms with one side s of his head literally shot away by a 1 load of buckshot from his own gun, which lay beside him.\ .Mrs. Jordan's 2 nude body, horribly shot through the * stomach, was found hidden between two mattresses in one of the bed rooms. s m 1 XEGRO SLA IX AT KINGSTREE. or s Three Colored Men, Brothers, Under Arrest, Accused. i Kingstree. January 3.?Late yes, terday afternoon a negro by the y name of Jacob Epps was shot anu i kil'ed. Joe Pressley, colored, is accused of the crime. The shooting oe1 burred about two miles northeast of t Kingstree in the yard of Pressley's -> ! > ^ Gr\r\T-> Qt'foi- the ell r?r?tin tr n I A ii UWII Uiivi kji* V?*4J3 V4. ? posse began to search for the slayer s with bloodhounds. Pressley, finding s himself unable to escape, surrendere ed to Deputy Sheriff .McCants about l midnight. At the coroner's inquest . this afternoon there was no evidence i adduced to show the cause for the e homicide. The Pressley negro has i served two terms on the county chain gang and was only recently dischargl ed. At the instigation of Coroner , Kinder to-day Willis and Lourie Presi ley, brothers of Joe Pressley, were r arrested, charged with being aecesi sories to the killing. ACCUSED OF ARSON. Negro Suspec ted of Burning Barn in Aiken County. f Aiken, " January 6.?Last night s Sheriff Howard received a telephone Q message telling him that a barn bej longing to Mr. Samuel Thomas, who ^ lives about twelve miles from here, e had been burned, and that it was p thought to have been set on fire. Ears ly this morning Rural Policemen Samuels and Robinson were dispatchI* ed to the scene, with instructions to e make a thorough investigation, and e they returned late this afternoon with a negro, John Henry Williams, evidence against whom is said to be ,* strong. A shoe he had on when captured corresponded, it is said, with a track that led away from the barn to t the negro's house, and then to the e place where he was captured. Wiln liams protests his innocence. He had - been whipped by parties to whom the barn belonged about two years ago. il He left and came back about a month t ago. The officers say they are satist, fied he is the right' man. t It cannot be learned what loss the fire caused. CITY FATHERS REFUSE TO QUI Contest for Offices at Batesbui Court Must Decide. Lexington, January 3.?Allegii that M. E. Rutland, mayor, and F. Ryrd, J. H. Rabon, M. Howard, J. I Hite, L. P. Fox and S. B. Cartledg aldermen for the town of Batesbur are not qualified electors, \V. Bates, mayor, J. R. Unger, Georj W. Rikard, N. Alford, W. D. M. Ha man and D. B. Rawi, comprising t! town council for Batesburg, have r fused to give up their offices, an through their attorney, J. Fras Lyon, of Columbia, ex-attorney ge erai vi ouuin v^aiuiiua, nave seuun a temporary injunction from Chi Justice Eugene B. Gary of the Sta supreme court, requiring the new elected officers to show cause befo the supreme court on Monday ne why they should not be restrain) from assuming the duties of tl office of mayor and aldermen. Tl injunction enjoins the new couik from assuming office, and also fro interfering with the old council unl the case has been decided by tl court. The petitioners allege that in A gust, 1911, they were duly elect< mayor and aldermen of the town i Batesburg, respectively, and til; they took the oath of office and wei into the discharge of their duties c January 1, 1912, and that they ha^ continued in office since that da They also allege that at a reguli election held in August, 1913, th the respondents received a majori of the votes cast; that the respon ents intended to assume the duti< of office to which they were elect< on January 1, 1914; and that the r sDondents are not entitled to ho said offices because they are not qua fied electors of the town of Batesbur and that they?the petitioners?a entitled to hold over and contim in office until such time as their su cessors may be legally elected ai qualified. The main clause in the allegatioi [ of the petitioners is that the ne mayor and aldermen do not ho registration certificates issued by tl j registration officer of the town f the year 1913, in which year tl election was held, and under whi? the respondents claim that they a entitled to hold office. It is understood that the respon ents claim that only two members old council?W. C. Bates, mayor, ai J. R. Unger?according to the- recor< held registration tickets for the ve; 1911. Before the general election f< town officers in 1913 a Democrat primary was held, in which two of tl petitioners, Bates and Unger, offer* for re-election for mayor and aide man. and they failed to receive tl nomination, Rutland and his tick having been elected by a substanti majority, after one of the holte elections in the history of Batesbur In the general election subsequent held, it is said that the Rutland tick was elected by unanimous ballot. The case is said to be one of tl most interesting in the history of tl State, and the outcome will be awai ed with keen interest. Every inch . ground will be hotly contested 1 both sides. The new council is repr sented by George Bell Timmerman. In the meantime, until the supren court decides the issue, the old com cil will be in power, the order < Chief Justice Gary carrying with the restraining clause. 1913 town taxes are now due, pa able to town treasurer.?adv. ASSESSMENT NOTICE. The auditor or his deputy will be ; the following places on the days ar dates below for the purpose of fakir returns of both real and person property, polls, commutation ro? tax, dog tax and income tax: Denmark?Monday, Tuesday ar Wednesday, January 12, 13, and 14 T ___ Thurorlav Tflrmarv 15. JUCCO" 1 uui uwu^ j v ?. ? ^ Olar?Monday, Tuesday and \Ve< nesday, January 19, 20 and 21 * Govan?Thursday, January 22. Ehrhardt?Monday, Tuesday ar Wednesday, January 26, 27 and 2 St. Johns?Thursday, January 2 Camp Hill?Friday, January 301 from 9 a. m. until 11:30 a. m. Kearses?Friday, January 301 from 12:30 until 4:30 p. m. Farrell's Store?Tuesday, Febr ary 3. All dates not mentioned above will be at the court house until Fe ruary 20, 1914, after which date z per cent, penalty will be added to a personal property not returned. Each tax payer is urged, if possibl to make his or her returns in perse and thereby save errors and troub in the future. All male citizens between the ag< of 21 and 60 years are liable to a pc tax of $1.00. All ablebodied male citizens b tween the ages of 21 and 55 year (except those living in incorporatf towns) are liable to a commutatic road tax of $2.00. R. W. D. ROWELL, County Auditor. J. P. OTT, JR. CIVIL ENGINEER FARM SURVEYING A SPECIALTY Address: 1341 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. ;; CAN YOyjJOUBT IT? 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E-71 N jj- , NOTICE. th I will be in the Sheriffs office every Saturday in January 1914, except th the 1st Saturday, for the purpose of writing up and reporting applicau_ tions for all Confederate soldiers and their widows that wish to go 1 before th*3 County Pension Board, * b_ which meets the 1st Monday in Feb,0 ruary. And all those that are alLH ready on pension roll will please rennrt in nerson or bv mail. My post- ] e office address is Ehrhardt, S. C. m' C. R. CLAYTON. Pension Commissioner. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 20 1913. es 1 >11 S. G. MAYFTEI/D. W. E. FREE. ?- MAYFIELD & FREE ! 'S. J jn Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. , Practice in all the Courts, both ~~ State and Federal. Corporation practice and the winding up of es- | tates a specialty. Business entrustted to us will be promptly attended to. Sale stables, horses and mules, buggies and harness. RIZER & MOYE, Fairfax, S. C. 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