The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 21, 1915, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915. Established 1891.
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New* Items (dithered All Around the
* County ami III*. "\\ here.
% Khrhardt I\trhi.iu*?.
Khrhardt, .Ian. In.?Mr<. Mary K.
Heard, at Iter residence in the <'<>!<roti
coethm experts to tiive ;i re
union on her sstlt birthday, the 'rd
j: day ot' January, l sin- invites
y all of her children, grandchildren
small and great. to he present. al<o
all of her friends interested, and help
her enjoy the day. While site says
though she doesn't espect to live
another SJ> years, still she say- that
she feels a good bit stronger at the
beginning of the second ^ year>
^ than site did at the beginning of the
+S first ss years of her life. We all
hope she may enjoy many more years
with us.
Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt went to
spend a short time with her aged
mother in Newberry last week.
Mrs. W. H. Kinar.i went to Xew\
berry la>c week to visit relatives and
J friends.
. *l*!ie continuous rains have about
put the autos out of business, too
mii.-h water and mud for tiieni on our
roads.
Have heard the rumor that the
Hacker Lumber company intended :<>
sell their plant to the highest bidder
at this phue in the near future.
Quite a lot 01" cotton changed
hands the latter part ot last week.
Don't hear of so much fertilizer
going to be used this year by the farmers:.
Will take some of them another
year to pay for that they used
last year.
From the quantity of whiskey that
is bought from the dispensaries in
the county, don't look like hard times
are doing much with our people.
Several of our fanners made more
corn last year than they have ever
made since they have been farming,
but say they can't soil it. Our farmerms
want $1."" per bushel for corn
and don't think any less titan $1.0"
is any money for it. Farmers are
trying to get war time prices for all
the provision kind that they have to
. sell. .IFF.
" Honor Foil Hunters Chapel School.
The following is the honor roll of
Hunter's Chapel school for month
ending January
Ninth grade- Marie Steeu'.y. Kate
Steedly. Horace Rent/..
Sixth grade- -Katherine Rhoad. .1.
* I). Fa trie?..
Fifth grade -Hetty Steediy. Hetty
Knitna Steedly.
Fotirth grade Annie Rhoad. Olive
| Steedly. Lena Rhoad.
Third grade Lottie Steedly. Klise
? Smoak. Kuiiice McConniek.
Smoak. Kunive MeCermick.
Second grade ? W. i. Hunter.
Rhoad McConniek.
First grade I. C. Stnoak. Mary
Rhoad. Agnes Stokes. Leila Rhoad..
Hoy Kicked by Mule.
Cope, January ?Clyde Stack,
the little son of Mr. and Mrs. D. 1).
Stack, of this place, came very near
being killed, or seriously injured,
yesterday afternoon by being kicked
in the stomach by a mule he had just
turned out of the stable. The force
of the blow felled him and his breath
was nearly knocked out of him:
luckily no bones were broken, and
he is fast srettin? over his scare and
narrow escape.
U1KT IN \l TO W'liKOK.
Young Lady's Arm llroken.?Car
Turns Turtle.
harnwell. Jan. 1". An autonio.
bile accident occurred near Dun barton
Sunday, which resulted in the occupants
of The car. Misses Lillie
f- Owens and (loolshy ami Nir. hartley
m Owens, beina mo".- or less seriously
. injured, according to a report received
here. Although the details are
lacking, from what can be learned
in Barnwell the younu people were
enjoying ;i spin when rite front a\!e
of tlie machine broke, causing the
car T'? turn t;? tI and pinning the
riders to the ground. The; were uti
:> 1 to extricate ti:oin?'i1 :r:<; ucrc
forvM !' > vail until a i;;s? rhy ? ? 'p?-?!
tli'Mii ?"5i. Mis.- Ootes'.y ; ? ,
arm lo'oi "11 i! i- !' :; ! : I:. t V,.\
Owens sufi'i r<-: iiir'*rn;:' : :rie<. T!:<>
, ?*\t? !!T of Miss Oueiis's ir:i- net
known. Mr. Owens ami iiis
resi'le net. r intninrfn ;! !>! Mi-Ooulshv
is a teacher in t??* s-iin^ at
.that piace. Her J:ome is in Denmark.:
\Kt.ii*JS.S \:;I: uii:t
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Two Occur in i J.t ?,?! i
( v.
Parnwoil, .Imi. lv. Tun hid:.iridic
have occurred in Pumwell count; in
liit' past lv.n days.
Milton Trotti. a nemo. was si:ot
and killed !?y Henry porter. white.
Saturday night on II. M. Mi\sen">
plantation near Williston. It is said
that Trotti went to Mr. porter's house
| apparently under tin* influence of
liipuor. cursing Mr. Porter and threatening
his life. Efforts to net the negro
to leave the premises failed.!
whereupon Mr. Porter stepped hack;
j into iiis house, got his shotgun and ;
1 came hack out 011 the porch. Trotti (
then attempted to draw his pistol, it l
1
is alleged, whereupon Mr. Porter]
'shot him, the entire load taking ef-j
feet in the negro's stomach. The
jury of inquest brought out a verdict
of self-defense in accordance
1
with the above statement of facts.j
! Application for bail was made this
: morning before the supreme court
and granted in the sum of Sl.-'oo.
On Sunday afternoon Dan Postoll.j
ja negro, was shot and Irilled by j
Sheriff J. B. Morris during a raid on 1
a negro gambling joint about a mile
from town. It seems that Bostell attempted
to escape when the olhcers
first arrived at the hoitsi but was
! forestalled by the sheriff. However.;
I ...1.11_ o- : iV ,M I
! ttiliif r>ii?-:ui
; pi' kinir w;> the money and plnxmg
cards from the floor, foste'.l j uslmJ
him aside and leaped for the door.
Ik- disregarded a command to halt,
whereupon the sheriff tired o?.? shot,
j \vhi<*h took effect in tiie Heine negro's
hip and ranged upward, sink-i
; ins a vital organ and causing death
in about 1 ."> minutes.
Sheriff Morris surrendered to Ooroner
Woodward, who iield the ini|uesr.
The verdict of the jury was
that deceased came to iiis death from
a pistol shot wound at the hands of
j J. 15. Morris, sheriff, in the discharge'
of iiis duty. Application f ?r hail
j was made before Judge Shipp in
i Orangeburg this morning,
j The following negroes were a'rest;
ed and lodged in the county jail on
i the charge of gambling: Dan Major.1
j Joe Kikes. Klliott Clark, Kd Washing-1
I ton. Jack i'.ush. Ohariie Johnson, j
Walter Itrown and Lucius Duncan. I
row r.u siis wiiKCK.
J rireman Fatally Injured and One
Ihivseng**'' Unit in Smashiip.
i '
! Tampa. Kla.. Jan. I The At
j lantic Coast Line Limited. a fast
train between Tan,pa and .Jackson-j
I viile. was wivi kfil this afternoon at
ilielnnd .Inaction. Fireman William;
i .-dintison. of San ford, was fatallv int
i .inred and A. I>. .UcCleilan. of Tampa.
! had a ri 1? broken and suffered oilier
i ...
' minor injuries.
| Tim train was riiuiiinu 1 ? miles'
i an hour when i; struck a cow. Tim j
iee.x was thrown auaiiist a switch:
j stand, the impact o! enina the switch.
: \viii? 11 caused a portion of tlie train
j to dash into 'he sidina. Four pull]
mans turned over. Put no passengers!
were injured, there heina lew on
j board.
j TO HANIlLK COTTON LOANS. !
I l iiion National Bank, of Columbia,!
.Makes Announcement.
!
Columbia .Ian. 1M.?The Fnion .
j National bank, of this city, has!
% - i
agreed to negotiate a loan for
i nob for cotton on State warehouse
receipts, or approved by the State,
1 warehouse commission, for cotton
subscribed by stockholders for the j
Cotton Cooperative Holding com-;
i pany. Mr. .los Norwood, the presij
dent of tiie hank, ajtrecs to handle
1 a liberal line of loans on cotton and
tells President Stackhouse, of tliej
State Cotton congress, that he be-1
j lieves he can set the $."nu,ftiiu loan
for him on cotton stored in State'
warehouses.
l ost \va 1:1:1101 si: systi.m.
j McLaiiriu Say*. Si:?7..'?.:7 App:"pi*iat
ion is Needed.
Columbia. .Ian. Is. \n appmpria-j
1 t it mi of $ i 7.will be mcfssary'
' for the continuance and development
! of llie State < ?.! 1011 warehouse >>'>tem. j
I ;m-< nrdiiut to ;i;i 'i]? <1 wit::!
I
' ("(ii!i|?tr<>!!? 'iciicni! -loiios, I l"!::i
I.. M? i.;ii:riis. (iissi:uji r. '?!
v.op!il in- tsscil
it'll! v ;::or ousi- in Co! :n;i i.i. To'
: !;.<- ! - oo;lltoo >!' T It
i.niisr J ?r cni! ! ; ;:i ?:i. \;i :ii
! iiv!;i?ion m" i< to t -'
"< ic r 'i? with !'<>ri-U'j! sj.inti."-j
T: *: ts(i t.t ? -!: ! !?-!; ii'" ton.;;- ;!
j ot'!,j cost .5?J".":1". tltc ri'ttort s.iy-. :
IN 1W PALMETTO STATL
so.mi: ?>< ? ; i:s oi- v.\itioi>
KINDS ! \ S: 'li !! \.
St.-.jc \i??n I'.oiled S???x\ n Kir O'.tirl;
lie;oiit:g?rniagraph> \ b?>ut
Mm ;i(id Happening*.
A solid tiwin-load of cotton ?'ii>
shipped from V.'altwboro to Charleston
buyers Friday. There v.s r?
ears of it.
The students of the South Carolinj
university adopted a resolution ot
Saturday endorsing the State wid<
prohibition movement.
Fight cases of whiskey-selling weft
compromised in the Greenville eouri
Saturday, the defendants payint
Shoo, in addition, a negro was
found guilty by a jury and was finer
The following South Carolina post
masters were nominated Saturday
t " ?>' W. 1.. LV-til!- IV 1V1I1
can, Whitmire: I?. .1. ilamnie?t
IMackville: Samuel K. Owen. St. Mat
thews.
Henry James, aired six. was acci
dentally shot and killed at Harts
ville Saturday ! y his cousin. Sidne;
James, also aired six. with a shotirui
that was in toe room where tl:e hoy.
were playinir.
AnotIut kiilini: occurred in ('hero
kee county Thursday afternoon, alum
111 miles from Haffney. wSien San
1'.rown was siiet hy a trim in tin
hands of Henry Smith. The coroner":
jury hrouaht in a verdict of "acci
dent."
Oscar (Iree.n. the two-year-old chih
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. O.reen. of Spar
tanburir, was so i.adly burned Tlinrs
day that lie died Friday. Jiis clothini
havinir caught lire in the room, when
; he had been left for a few minute
with a youmr sister.
Henry Foxworth, n citizen 01 ,\ia
rion. was killed i>y the cars Frida;
| night at Marion. He was senilis? of
the train after it had stopped for tin
I station and started again. Beim
very deaf, he had probably not heart
the porter call the station.
Ceo. \V. Tidwell, the slayer of Km
nietr Walker in Greenville, whosi
case is on appeal to the suprenn
court, was denied bail 011 Friday 1>;
| Judge DoVoie. Tidwell is under sen
! ter.ee of seven years, the sentence o
11' years imposed ' > the court hav
; iriir been coiuinuted bv Blease.
m:.\t movi: is it m m.i wim;
Ste>toiation of Mib'tia Must Beat tin
Initiative of Governor-Fleet.
Washington. Jan. Of.- If tie
South Caro'iiia militia, ordered dis
? . 1. 1 1 .. 1.'.. < 01 ...
naiKK'd n> r..\-imv. DiiMM-, nr.-i-'n,
to its former status. war dcpnrtmen
o!lic*ials said todav. it would he 11
tite initiative of (lov.-elect Manning
Adjt. (ten. Moore eoiieltided eon
ferences \vi'!i oi'Seials here today
making such accounting a.s he eottlt
for federttl equipment issued to Sou11
Carolina. lie has said he had beet
assured Cov.-elect Mantling would d<
what lie could to restore the militia.
< ol. j.\s p. hei.\i (.nn:i:
Was One of IMgofield's .Most Ksteom
ed Citi/ens ami a Legislator.
Kdgefteld. .Ian. 1 ?Col. .laniei
Pickens DeLaughter died at his homi
in the Meriwetlier section Thursday
night at s o'clock. The announce
nient cattsed profound sorrow anion:
his friends here. His illness extend
ed over a period of six months. Karl}
last summer lie began to suffer fron
cancer of the stomach. Throughou
his illness Col. DeDauahter was buoy
ant and hopeful, believing up to ;
short time aito that he would he ahh
to resume his seat in the house o
representatives upon the convening
of the ueneral assembly.
At the time of his death Col. I)e
l.auuhter was in his I'.'th year, lit
married .Miss Dillie lliuhtower am
their home has been blessed wit!
four children. His eldest datmhtet
is attending Winthrop college. It
the death of Col. Del-aughter. striek
en while in the zenith of a usefu
career. I-Tdaefield county has sustain
ed a distinct loss, ilis rucaed honesty.
sonorous nature, uneonipromis
itiit devotion to duty, whether :ts :i
private citizen or jttiMie sonant
oanso'! <'ol. Itol.nn-litor to !io liisilt!y
esteemed !?y a!! who know hi-i:
!! was a I'.ic'nr of inesti:na!.! ve.lm
in '! o el' this coricooaitv. la in-:
one of 1 !:o o ost active i ? - o!
:he .M'TiWol ! r \v :i. : I! i 1-1 '1 !i
:?: ! v as for a !onu w'Plo enp'ain ?t:
Tii.. S'a i ot w a tor l.iali! ! traaoons. !i
was while If was i:i conn; atoi of tititon.
| a a' in 1V'7 * >t:?? t>o v. as elect.
.t o soaol of I'm! rcuiinent. South
Carolina cavalry.
IHiV.l.N \V.\IH.\ ! \!I.! :I
I
I n\\ittii:ii?\ iiii'M* i.aw <?;? !
I < "!:! : ?! in;*'- ? I illif.
, i
>i < Tf'aiy I'.iwan disco.: >u* :
lit- was :nH?\ !?? have j:.i.- 1 -pen i-'
in.; Christmas day in ;i Virginia jiti 1
!';>: a \i:>i;:tioii of the ^aii;t' laws.
Having a day off fiom tin* grind j
al tile Slate department. Mr. llryan l
. put i!]? !?is ploughshares and took :
down his -run. The colonel is a great
, huntsman. lie hants rabbits.
Down in Virginia Mr. I', "an lias a
cousin and early Christmas morning, i
with the snow glistening on the!
ground Mr. P.ryan drove to this eou-j
sin's house an<i the two went rabbit |
t
hunting. It happens that Virginia
has a game law which forbids rabbit j
1 hunting when snow is on the ground:
' but ignorant of this law the hunters J
4 plodded up hill and down dale all
' day.
j Fortunately for .Mr. Fry an not a!
- rabbit could be found which would!
: stand still long enough for him to hit!
-it. It was only this fact that kept
. .Mr. Bryan front breaking the game!
- laws to smithereens. Secretary IJry-j
i an. however, found comfort in the!
. thought today that lie went on this!
_ illegal hunt in ignorance of the law!
i
and that there was no moral wrong
, involved. New York Sun.
TWO AI KMX LABS Ill'llT.
- Both Wounded by Weapons in Their
Own Mauds.
i' Aiken, dan. 1.1.?Henry Halm.
p aged li' years, was accidentally shot
s Saturday afternoon while out hunt
ing, the gun being in his own hands.
He received an ugly wound in the
i i-lipvjt \n oneration was nerform
- ed on Monday afternoon and his con
dition is very much improved. He
is tho son of Mr. Fred Ifahn. of this
e city, and general regret is felt over
s tho occurrence. His only companion
; a' the time of the shooting was a
small negro boy.
j On Monday night, James McOarj
ter. Jr., son of J. L. McCarter. city
n clerk and treasurer, was slightly
z ( wounded by a ball from a 22-ealibre
j pistol, the bullet passing through his
left hand and slightly grazing his left
knee. Tho pistol was accidentally
discharged while in his own hands.
p
?! llSTII.h MAX ForXI) DIIAI).
v
- K. II. Solomons Succumbs to Stroke
f of Apoplexy.
-j Columbia. Jan. Hi.?K. H. Soloi
mons, a traveling salesman, was
found dead in his room at a hotel
here yesterday morning, death hnv
ing been caused l?y apoplexy some
1 time during the day or night before.
The body will be taken to Savannah.
E> Oa.. this morning and the funeral
services will be bold in that city at
' J o'clock this afternoon.
1 Mr. Solomons had been traveling
1 for a Savannah firm for about I"
\ears. A native of Ksiill. Hamilton
county, he had recently returned to
his birth place, lie was t;."i years of
1 ;i"e and expected to leave "the road"
1 at an early date ami live at Estill.
1 He is survived by his wife, who was
' before marriaue Miss Laura Johnson,
j of Allendale, and four children?.Mrs.
Hazel Hurst. Miss lrer.e Solomons,
I Miss Marie Solomons and Charles .1.
! Solomons, of Savannah. His father,
j Elliott (1. Solomons, ho years of aye.
i lives at Estill. Three sisters. Mrs.
R. II. Wick man. of Walterboro. Mrs.
' i C. P. Eishluirne. of Walterboro. and
Miss Susan Solomons, of Estill, also
'survive him. as does one brother. II.
*i Lee Solomons, of Estill, who came to j
j Columbia yesterday as soon as lie
learned of the death.
| Mr. Solomons was a prominent
.member of the T. I*. A. and he was1
popular with h;s fellow travdinn
I 1
(men. A member of the linn for-'
~. \ which he worked. Mr. Enstein. of Sa
; vannaii, can it* id * ouinniui ic-.-n . .
"i 11?? spoke last night in the highest
I terms of .Mr. Solomons' character ami
l of his I<?nix service with the companv.;
i | Submarines in Warfare.
11 It is interesting to note up to the
' present war the Confederate navy;
t still held the record of having the'
- only submarine that ever sunk a vesI
s?-l in time of war. William O.
- Stevens, author <>f "The Story of Our
-j Navy." is the authority for tlie state-j
merit that some of the Confederate!
i ' naval officers looked upon submarine
.! warfare as "cowardly." Put the men
j who volunteered to go aboard the
i'-urious little era'' David, and blow
'I up the Ilousatonie were as brave a
- .. ; 11
'Tew. says 'toi. mi'\hin >
i lie found. Th<> !);ivid"s
i
. -diafi u.is t'ivij<"! :tv')nti<l l>y tinj
<>:" :,h:i witI> tl'oir hands. ;:rii!
| the < :< pt:i iti. si it in ir forward at the
i wlit??-I. handled pijie-: cnTro'lin' }
:i s|>ar th:>t jtrojeeted hrvond the nose
11 of the liont and Ii? T ! :: torpedo at the
| end.
MANNING NOW GGVONOl
MAY .YJSTS! \TS<?;
! \ 1 } I.SI;.\> .
Siinp'e i AiioiiiUmI !i
'J iW'iiinnhia: of
Vc'.v !>a.
Columbia. Jan. i ! . The n<v
Souta Carolina administration, hea'
o<l by Governor lib-hard I. .Mannim
of Sumter, was inaugurated wit
simple ceremonies be?innin? at nuo
Tuesday in tlie hall oi the house c
representatives before a joint meei
in? of the legislature and a crow
of probably .*.,11011 persons compose
of men and women from all parts c
this State.
The oath of ofiice was adnunistei
ed to Governor Manning by Chit
Justice Eugene U. Gary, of the Stat
supreme court. Governor Manuin
delivered his inaugural address in
mediately after inaugurated, speal
ing about minutes. He was r<
peatedly interrupted by spirited a]
plause.
Lieutenant Governor Andrew .
Ilethea. of Columbia, was sworn int
th.at offi'-e by the chiei justice in
mediately after Governor Mannitt
had concluded his inaugural addres
The n.ev. lieutenant governor made
brief address, stating that he won]
address the senate within a sho
time. Lieutenant (lo\*ernor Helix
stated: "! consecrate ti*ys?-lto th
Sta'e. to preserve. protect and <1
fend the eonst::uti<>n of the State at:
i the t'niied States." during his s!i??
address in the hall of the house <
representatives.
Immediatelv after the inaugur
i
tion ceremonies were terminate
(Jovc-rnor .Manning held a reeeptic
in the State library room, at the ea
itol.
A thrii! of fear of possible disa
; ter spread through the crowd dens
ly packing tlie hall of the honse i
representatives, when the sever
j thousand persons in the lobby of t!
| capitol began roughly shoving in ;
effort to obtain a position where C.o
ernor Manning, delivering iiis a
dress, cotild he heard. Quick at
j effective work by the police and fit
i zetis prevented possibly grave cons
| (|tiences to ilie crowd, though sever
' women fainted. I'oliee officials str.
1 <*d that none was injured.
When the crowd in the ioi.by b
came boisterous. ;i genera! surge t
ward the door of the hall of tlie hoii:
Hi representative- UC1III I .i.:u .-v
Till score..- of omen were c: u^i
uiH'Xj p-;e<lly in inn crash f<
lowed. 'I'i.'ir loud. fritihton?
screams caused notireabio nervou
ness in t.1;o led. (lovernur .Mannii
, ordered r11r? serueant-nt-arnis of t'
house and senate to c'ose the <!oo
of the house, which was done at:
aided in restoring order i:i tlie lohb
i After tiie crowd ha;l been 'jiliete
(lovenair Alanniiui continued t<> <1
i liver his address. thoii.trh he w;
| aliotit Fifteen niinnres lat?-r attain ii
' termpted when ire crow 1 becaii
i restless.
I'reparinir for ti:?? openinsr of ;i
inaugural ceremonies. Speaker llo;
| called 'he liouse of representative
| to order ;?t 1 !: *>." o'clock. Tlie t?a
i leries were then tilled, every avai
able space sufficiently la rite io :ri\
! standing room for a person be:::
occupied by possibly (too men and va
men. Several hundred more persot
practically Idled the Floor of the ha
of the house.
( 'ovei-nor's
A summary of Coventor Mannint
recommendations to the general a
semhly follows:
enactment into law for primal
elections such provisions :.s c< itroilc
the ia:-t Democratic primary e!ei
; ions.
Aid to the public schools.
Development of mil! schools.
Knactment of a compulsory educ!
tion law with local option feature.
Amendment of child labor laws h
raising the ate limit from 1 - to I
years.
Creation of a tax commission t
examine into assessments and stu
ues: bill emhodyinu a plan for rt
vision of tax laws.
Repeal of the State law taxiut i:
comes.
Appointment of a commission t
study v or!;men's compensation an
Fi? report to 1!'1session of leaisl;
t Ft re.
i'ln:'' t u'eiit of land rca'stration a<
v. ill a on ran tee titles and !'
boundary 15
Ci'e.i'ion of < ;iiair:>s'ou to revis
rii'i> r laws am! to reoort b\ i.i
to :i< xt session >f I-.trislatnre.
I-Ix.11:ii11:irii.r. of Stato ui>tinirioi'.
ini'l ;ni;lir of accounts.
Knactniont of law providing to
y im;\vi.i\(, to i:i:h n\.
. Olbciul oj I*i?:!< ?! Aumistn liank t<>
( <> ikick l<? <?tMu-i;ia for Trial.
' Augusta. -hiii. !? mnvi- ('. i)owl|
!i:ivc. who was cashier :.a,i vice presi>
| ?!' !?r of i lie citizens' Trust company,
j wiiich tailed here it: i a 11 lor be|
twecn $ I ."' 1,01,(1 and .$200,000, is go|
ii:g to come buck from South Caroi
lina. surrender to the county atuhorLS
ities, give bond for $." .?>' ( and later
'j stand trial on an indictment of 1
"I counts, charging embezzlement and
i. '
I swindling.
"i The Augusta institution was in11
' volved with, and a part of the B.
"j Sherwood Dunn institution of Aiken.
'' The failure here caught several hundred
depositors, mostly in small sav'
ings accounts.
Dowling disappeared a short time
1" j after the affairs or the hank were
M found to he in bad shape and later
ei was found to he in business at Fair^
| fax. S. C. An indictment was pre|
seated to the grand jury here and a
v"j true hill was returned.
The State made efforts to have
Dowling extradited from South CaroI
lina, hut Gov. Blease continuously
' I postponed hearing on the requisition
! from Georgia and finally had it
i pigeonholed.
l~ | Dowling, it is now understood, is
Mill, hut has arranged, through local
* ! friends, to return to Augusta as soon
I'll . ona
I as lie smiii-.euii} iuu.vi.1 v..
1 range to stand trial,
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is| MOI5 LYNCHES I'Ol'K NEC DOES.
id : Two Women and Two .Men Strung l*P
at .Montieello (ia.
of |
Montieello. (la.. Jan. 1.".? Four nei>
! groes, two women and two men, were
taken from tlie county jail here last
,n i night by a mob of about two hundred
p., masked men, marched to a tall pine
tree in the centre of a negro settles
ment on the outskirts of .Montieello,
e_ hanged one by one, and then riddled
0f with bullets.
al The negroes were Daniel Barber,
le his two married daughters, Eula
m Charles and Ella Charles, and his
v- t-on. Jesse. Their bodies were left
,1_ hanging until today, when they were
,,1 cut down by the authorities,
j. i An attack on Chief of Police Wile_
lianis, when lie attempted to arrest
al the negroes Wednesday night on the
t_ charge of sidling intoxicants illegal!
ly,. led to the killings. The officer
was badly clubbed, and claimed Bar0.
Iter's wife, daughters and son attacked
him. while Barber himself threaty.
ened to shoot him. The negro's wife
was shot and badly wounded during
,1_ tlie struggle.
.,1 Sheriff Ezell was notified of the
trouble and hurried to the scene,
forcing the negroes to submit to arrest.
Peeling aroused by the inci;.
dent resulted in the mob forcing its
1(j way into the jail last night.
Sheriff (tverpowei en.
.) In the parly part of last evening
a crowd of I'on men appeared at tlie
ls jail and forced Sheriff Ezell to hand
(1. over the keys of that institution, over
1(. which Kzell had been in charge only
since the 1st of January.
,e The cells of the jail were unlocked
i { and the negroes were marched out in
jS a body, followed l?v the crowd. They
].: were directed to go to Washington
Park, a mile and a half from the jail.
e and on the opposite side from the
j._r road. Near Washington Park is a
[). big negro settlement.
1S Those in t!to crowd were heavily
]] armed, and frequently as they marched
along the street a pistol popped,
j Hut there was no atempt on the life
j of tiie negroes until they reached the
s'heart of the negro settlement at
s_ Washington Park. The negroes made
! no attempt to get a way. it is said.
v! COTTON OVKK !> (TINTS POI ND.
"II
I
- - . - Vmv lli?rh |Set'
Juiy nrmr:,?
oi-(l |'or Season.
Now Vork. Jan. i s.?Cotton went
I to al?ove nine cents a pound here tol"j
day for July de'ivery. a new high reej
ord for the season. Cotton for dej
livery in other active months was up
' J Generally from J" to points a hove
| Saturday's closing. That was about
j Sn a bale more than low p.rices of
c"hast month. Pemapd was active and
"j despite heavy sales all offerings were
j : adi:y absorbed.
1 j ituyers were encouraged bv reports
[ of ( ontitmeib firmness in the Soutlu rn
I st'Ot markets and continuance of
d '
j Heavy export movement.
1 J Four cotton evo':: t r? tr tueniher
slops were so'd at auction today.
' '!" first two brought >'i o.ooo each.
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j tl;o r,t!!?>rs s;!?ul si".::"", tup
i 1." previous v :!s S'i.i'"'i.
j
11 j ins; inri <>'" pupils in tlx.? public
| S. Ik:o!?.
s I 'Ti-ntioii of a cliarifit s l>card.
j appropriation for Xntionrla!
''.uaril.
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