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?rr. - . v. ... , ;v-v- - ... ~ ..- . . .. , -,.. ........ .- ,,... . .. . -. 4... . .... ' * . V " i:.. * ' f 3 ^ ' 4 Samhwg ijmlii J One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915. Established 1891. 5 flj - COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. I News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Row Near Govan. v ?__ Govan, June 15.?As the several negro preachers had gathered within the . pulpit Sunday to proceed with services at Sweet Branch church, Dan Bradlef, came upon the scene, and gave peremptory orders to disband. There was a big congregation. He had drunken deep from the ever flowing blind tiger, which has its source in the branch nearby, and which name, Sweet Branch, is applied to the church. Daniel is a bad negro when ne geis the right sort of blind tiger in him. He entered the church with a big \ stick in hand with effort to "revise" the meeting. Things were not going to suit his turbulent "mind, so he cried out: "Get out of here or I'll kill every one of you." It is said that he had discretion enough to say - that he would not hurt the children. > At this moment about five negro men | had him covered, but what did that! amount to with the pugilist? He just: raised and gave one flounce and they escaped from contact with him as if by magic. Finally from repeated cutting upon his big body, and the loss of blood from each attack, he was subdued. But the second attack was the most exciting vet. k The church was emptied. The nearby fields and branch was filled] with neero women and children.' panic stricken. Sheriff Morris, frdm i Barnwell, entered upon the scene, j Then the negro boys began to take :' off their coats and hang them up in! *the church to keep the sheriff from' getting their pistols and little flasks: of blind tiger. It is a common thing | for a negro boy to carry a pistol here,! and as a rule they carry good ones. \ It is said that the man who had the' liquor threw it in the water to save himself. So for the time being the | { ' creek which name is so appropriately applied to the church failed to. fill its mission and holy synonym. It should be noted here that this f church is located just beyond the line in Barnwell county, but it is regretable and lamentable that most of the negro attendants upon this holy service were from the Bamberg side, and especially were the blind ; tiger distributors and pistol toters. . The sheriff returned with three Bamberg negroes. CORRESPONDENT. r. ?? Barnwell Beats Fairfax. Fairfax, June 12.?Barnwell defeated the fast Fairfax team here to day by the score of 15 to 10. The feature of the game was the hitting, of the visitors. Barker for Fairfax; was knocked from fthe box. Barn-,' well has a fast team and has lost only three games this season. Bat-j teries, Fairfax, Barker and Young; Barnwell, Best and Barksdale. f' , ; Better Babies Contest at Fairfax. The ladies of Fairfax are planning 1 a better babies exhibit and contest j ^ to be held on Friday, June the 27th, j under the auspices of the Fairfax chapter, U. D. C. An invitation is extended all par-> ents to visit the exhibit free, and all wishing their little ones tested may J have it done. Children from birth to five vears are eligible. * d I Exhibit and contest to be held at the school building, from three to . eight o'clock, p. m. j Rinnol-Ah School Closes. The Binnaker school closed Friday, June 4, under the management of Miss Elvira Pennell. The school has had a most successful term, and the writer is glad to state that Miss Pennell will return for the coming year to take charge of this school, and consider the trustees very for tunate in getting this young woman f to return. On Saturday, June 5, the annual picnic was held at this place. It was well attended, and the dinner was bountiful. We had with us Messrs J. F. and B. D. Carter, and they both made very interesting talks, which everybody enjoyed very much?Con< . tributed. The increase in the use of nitrate of soda has been remarkable. When discovered in 1830, only a few hundred tons were exported from South ? America; at the present time the exports exceed a million tons a year. I Read The Herald, $1.50 year. - -V-rJ''hy DECISION AGAINST FRANK. j Jj Prison Commission Declines to Rec- j ommend Commutation of Sentence. S< Atlanta. June 9.?By a vote otj two to one the Georgia prison com-j mission today declined to recommend ( S commutation to life imprisonment of j the death sentence pronounced upon ! Leo M. Frank for the murder or'j Mary Phagan. Commissioners E. L. j Rainey and R. E. Davidson voted | ^ against a recommendation for clem-1 ency. Judge T. E. Patterson voted j o-or,i-'c. favftp Thp commission! submitted its report to Governor > Slaton shortly before noon, its con- 1( tents immediately being made pub- 11 lie by the governor. p The matter now is in the hands of Governor Slaton. The recommenda- C( tion of the commission is in no way s< binding upon the governor, who, it S was 6tated, will conduct further hear- c< ings before making his decision. The majority report of the com- e mission was as follows: w "None of the grand jurors who it found the indictment, none of the; fi trial jurors who heard the evidence! under oath nor the prosecuting attorney have asked that the sentence j be commuted. The judge who pre- a sided at the trial, and who had the! n right to exercise the discretion of fixing the penalty at either life im-j ^ prisonment or death, imposed the ^ latter sentence, and overruled a mow tion for a new trial. 0 Several Appeals Taken. w "Several appeals were taken to both the appellate court of the State and the supreme court of the United States, all of which were denied and the judgments of the lower courts ^ affirmed, thus assuring the defendant of his legal and constitutional rights under the laws of the land. It further appears that there has been no B technical proposition of law or of c procedure that has prevented the pe- B titioner from having his guilt or in- j B nocence passed upon by a jury of j P his peers and by the highest consti- j tuted appellate authorities, and no j new evidence or facts bearing upon! h his guilt or innocence having been ! n shown, we see no reason for taking' c< this case out of the ordinary rules of,' si law and justice, and feel constrained is not to interfere with the enforcement F of the ordinary judgments of the a court." e Commissioner Patterson, in his p dissenting report, said that considers- u tion of the nature of the evidence against Frank left the mind open to uncertainty as to whether there is room to doubt the storv told by ^ James Conlev, the negro who was one of the principal witnesses against Frank. "If we take the evidence outside of that or uoniey ana mm*, v, Mr. Patterson's report says, "jve find tl Frank and Conley had equal oppor- e tunitv and motive for committing a the crime, with the possible added s motive of robbery on the part of Con- n ley; that Conley wrote the notes A found by the body; that Conley made ti several conflicting affidavits as to his j T connection with the crime, and that I 1; Conley in making these statements a was trying to protect himself." o Judge Itoan's Letter. Mr. Patterson also says that "the trial judge, the late Judge L. S. Roan, in a letter, which he authorized to be used in the hearing, concern- c ing Conley's testimony, says: 'After * months of continued deliberation I j ** am still uncertain or Frank's guilt.j . ctato nf uncertainty is largely j due to the character of the negro;*' Conley's testimony, by which the ver- s diet was evidently reached.' In the' I language of the supreme court, this ' ! case depends largely upon circumstantial evidence. In my investigaI tion I cannot find where the execuj tive has allowed a man to be hanged ! when the trial judge was not satis- f ' tied as to his guilt, and so communi cated to.the governor. In addition 11 J to the doubt of the trial judge wej11 have the fact that two justices of our i | supreme court say, in their opinion, I this applicant has been denied a fair trial. ,, "In view of these facts in the rec- ? e ord. besides others, I am persuaded d that the governor is authorized to, and should, commute the sentence . of Leo M. Frank to life imprisonment, especially as this does not disturb the verdict in the case found by s the jury, but only substitutes one penalty prescribed by the law for murder, uiai ui mc luiyiiovum^ub. ^ for the extreme penalty of death." Branding for crimes is still per- t< formed in some countries and was not abolished in Great Britain until 1 1S22. c An express train has been beaten by twelve minutes by an eagle which raced it over a distance of eighteen e miles. y > *> ... . v " v N THE PALMETTO STATE ?? ; i OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. tate News Boiled Down for Quick ( Reading?Paragraphs About I ] Men and Happenings. | I V I * Miss Zana .McCain, of Orangeburg.1 as thrown from her buggy Sunday|* fternoon and painfully injured in a ' unaway accident. Of the 26 school districts in Dil- . < m county, 18 have met the require-i , lents for putting into effect the com-1 ^ ulsory school attendance law. ^ The tobacco crop in Darlington. < ounty is reported to be the best in ' Dme years.v The prospect for a fine | rade of tobacco is said to be exellent. . ? Enock Jenkins, colored, was jail- j d at Walterboro Sunday charged i ith killing on Saturday night Tilllan Giradeau, at a negro dance and roue near Kiuer. 1 The coroner for the county held no inquests at Fort Mill in one day. he first was over a negro killed by train, and the other was over a egro killed by another of his race. < The total sales in the fifteen "wet" 1 aunties of the State of whiskey dur- , ig May amounted to $212,475.26?''] ith operating expenses of $19,524,9. Charleston county led all others ith sales of $51,101.35. Charles R. Thomas, a wealthy Ab- ( eville farmer, seriously if not fatal- , r wounded R. C. Fields, one of his ] snants on Wednesday. It appears j Hat the two men had a misunder- j tanding concerning a pig. 1 Last week at Manning, Willie ] ethune was resentenced to electroution. This makes the sixth time < letbune has been sentenced to die. 1 lis case has been to the State su- 1 reme court three timfes and also to < ae federal courts. Meyer Caplan, of Newberry, has ad almost his entire stomach re- j loved at a Baltimore hospital, on acDunt of tumor. The operation was uccessful, and it is stated that he j learning to eat without a stomach, 'ood is taken a spoonful at a time, ; nd it requires two hours for him to ' njoy an ordinary meal, although his hvsicians state he has many years of sefulness ahead of him yet. FORD MEETS AWFUL FATE. 'o Chance Against Locomotive.?Oc- 1 cupants Jumps. Spartanburg, June 13.?There is ne less Frod. A shifting engine on tie Columbia division of the South- 1 rn railway completely demolished Ford automobile at Commerce treet crossing here yesterday afteroon and the occupants of the car, ' lercer Ross, a lad, and Fred Shelton, he driver, jumped to save their lives, 'hey drove on the tracks immediatei y in front of the approaching engine nd only by leaping backwards out 1 f the machine escaped death. i A Change of Face. ( ?? ] A well known western senator re- < ently visited a barber shop, where he barber, failing to recognize his ' atron, was very talkative. He ventured on all the timely top- 1 ^s of the day, and although the sena- ! or did not apparently enter into the < pirit of the conversation very keen- ; y, the tonsorial artist's enthusiasm i . as not visibly dampened. Finally e asked:- i "Have you ever been here before?" i "Once," said the senator. i "Strange that I don't recall your ; ace." . i "Not at all." the senator assured im. "'It altered greatly in healOg." ' Carson's Bon Mot. ( Sir Howard Carson, the eminent awyer and leader of the Ulster cov- . nanters, is usually very serious in emeanor, but he is a master of the , rt of making witty and telling reorts. During one ease in which he apeared he had more than one pasage at arms with the judge, who ^ inallv drew attention to a discrepan- ' y between tne eviaence given wo of Sir Howard's principal' witesses, one of whom was a carpen- 1 er and the other a tavernkeeper. "That's so. my lord," instantly reorted Sir Howard. "Yet another ase of difference between the bench nd the bar." ' - <??<?-?t Seventy thousand criminals were < ixecuted during the thirty-eight ' ears' reign of Henry VIII. J * 4 y . ' K . - x fe . v V " v -.Sr/'-; COLUMBIA GETS IX LINE. School District Adopts Local Optioi Compulsory Education. Columbia, June 10.?Columbii school district, which comprises th< nty of Columbia, has adopted th ocal option compulsory educatioi aw, 58 voters favoring the law am inly one opposing. The new la^ &ill be effective after July 1, and al children between the ages of 8 am 14 years, except those exempt, wil lave to attend school. The voters have also ratified th< iction of city council in extendini i 25-year franchise to the Electri Protection company, which propose :o install a system for the protectioi jf property against fire and theft rhe vote was 63 for the granting o :he franchise and 7 against. Voters took very little interest ii either of the propositions and th< general public was hardly aware tha my election was being held. SUFFERED FROM ZEPPELINS. New York Man Says Damage -Mor Extensive Than Was Admitted. New York, June 13.?Deaths am lamage caused by the Zeppelin rail in London the first week in Jun vere much more extensive than th authorities admitted, according to H D. Watson, a New York automobil nan, who arrived tonight on th American liner St. Paul. There is a nervous feeling appar ?nt in London, due to apprehensioi :oncerning Zeppelins, Watson said tfe declared that the rooms of th principal hotels contain respirator for the use of guests, iip fear tha lombs containing gases will be drop ped in the city. Respirators are for sale in man Irug stores and other busines louses, Watson said, |nd a brisl :rade in sucn arucies is Deiug cuu lucted. STRONG HANDS IN GERMANY. Enormous Number Punished for th Most Petty Offenses. In a recent volume by a distin juished prison official he writes thai ifter a careful study of the figure from 1882 to 1910, he has discov >red that one person now living jvery twelve in Germany has bee: jonvicted of some.offense. Dr. Finkelnburg shows that th lumber of "criminals" in German is 3,869,000, of whom 3,060,000 ar male and 809,000 females. Ever forty-third boy and two hundred an thirteenth girl between the ages c 12 and 18 has been punished by fin ir imprisonment. This does not mean that the Get mans are criminal or disorderlj but, on the contrary, it shows hoi absurdly petty are the violations c the law punished by fine or imprison ment. Their whole history, from Charlt magne down until the last 50 years is a series of 'going to pieces th moment the strong hand of authoi Ity is taken away from them. Th German and especially the Prussia nni.'nnmon hnc hoenme the creates official busybody in the world. Xo German's house is his casth The policeman enters at will anc bached by the authorities, question the householder about his religior bis servants, the attendance of hi children at school, the status of th quests staying in his house an about many other matters beside: If one of his children by reason c ill health is taught at home the au thorities demand the right to sen an inspector every six months to es amine him or her. to be sure tha the child is properly taught. The policeman is in attendance o the platform at every public meet ing. armed with authority to clos the meeting if either speeches or dis cussion seems to him unpatriotic unlawful or strife breeding. Professors, pastors and teacher are all muzzled by the State an must preach and teach the Stat arthodoxy or go! The Widow's Offering. A merchant who had been travel ing some months was, on his returr informed of the death of a value friend. A few days later he calle upon the bereaved widow to offer hi expressions of sympathy. During th visit he remarked: "I was a good friend of your lat husband. Is there not something o his which I could have as a mement of him?" She raised to his her velvety brow: eyes, which a few moments befor were moist with tears, and said soft !y, "How would I do?" FAIRFIELD SHERIFF DEA1 I RESULT OF MOB VIOLENCE A DOOR OF COURT HOUSE, a e Negro on Way to Trial Slain and A .j leged Leader of Attacking Par3 ty Fatally Shot. V i 1 Winnsboro, June 15.?Sheriff i i D Hood killed in performance of h H duty. Jules Smith, a negro chargf | with criminal assault, and Clyde Isei e hower, a relative of Smith's allege ? intended victim, dead, Deputy Sheri c Earle Stevenson desperately woum s ed, his left arm being practical a shot off, Rural Policeman J. R. Bou * ware shot in the pit of hie stomac f and barely living, and Jes6e Morr son, brother-in-law of Isenhower ar 1 a member of the attacking part e shot in the head, and several oth< * deputy sheriffs wounded, tell tl horrible results of an attack by email mob on the sheriff here th morning while he was ascending tl e court house steps with the negro wl was to be placed on trial for his lif Sheriff Hood went to Columb ^ this morning and brought Jul< ^ Smith, the negro who was to be trie for the awful crime, back to Winn e e boro to put him on trial for his lif The negro had been in the State pel " itentiary for safe-keeping and tl sheriff was accompanied by sever e deputies. This precaution was take in view of certain threats said i ? have been uttered. The sheriff ar a j his prisoner reached here in safet e With the negro walking between hi and Policeman Haynes, the sheri t had started up the steps to the cou house, his deputies following in tl rear, when a fusillade of^hots brol , out. The first bullet struck the n ' gro prisoner in the stomach wi1 ^ fatal results. The second bull from the mob hit SherifT Hood. Promiscuous Firing. By this time the fusillade had b come general, the mob firing promi cuously into the crowd which w; e following the sheriff and his par up the steps to the court room. J soon as he could draw his pist ~ Sheriff Hood returned the fire ai several of his deputies joined ip tl 3 affray. Sheriff Hood was shot fi1 " times, three times in the stomach, a his right side, in left arm, and b Q tween shoulder and elbow. Depu Sheriff Earle Stevenson who w; e right behind him, was shot twice y the left arm, practically severing e from his body. One bullet stru< y Rural Policeman J. R. Boulware d ! his stomach. Drobablv fatally woun * ing him. Deputy Sheriff B. R. Bee e man was shot in the left leg. Co stable R. L. Kelley was shot in tl thumb and right arm. Deputy She T' iff J. W. Broom received several bi K lets through his pants and one gra ed his left foot. l" From all the information obtai able the consensus of opinion is th Clyde Isenhower began the shootii 5? and it is said that his first bull e killed the negro prisoner. He hii *' self was fatally wounded, being sh e several times, and received thirte* n openings in his body as a result ;t bullets lodging there. It is thoug that Sheriff Hood directed his fire Clyde Isenhower, for the sheriff em tied his pistol. Isenhower, after b s: ing shot to pieces, staggered into tl I sheriff's office and had unbreech* s: his pistol and reloaded it before 1 e fell faint from the loss of blood. Others Wounded. I Jesse Morrison, a brother-in-la ,. ! of Isenhower, and said to have be* i- i ^ | a member of the mob, received , I scalp wound in his head and had I thumb shot away. D. F. Smith; .t bystander, took refuge behind a tr and a bullet just grazed his stomac Probate Judge W. L. Hoi ley w; " standing in the door of the cou house at the time of the shootii , and a bullet buried,itself in the do< facing at his side. Although morta ly wounded, Sheriff Hood took tl ^ negro prisoner, who was sinkii from the effects of the fatal bullet his stomach, up the steps of tl court house and into the room ai pushed him into the dock before 1 succumbed. As he fell to the floe 1- he said to Solicitor Henry: "Th< i, have got me at last." The negi d prisoner lived only about ten mi: d utes. s Sheriff Hood, Deputy Sheriffs J. 1 e Boulware and B. R. Beckman we: Pnlnmhia nn a SDecial trai e reaching there about 1:30 o'clop f Surgeons had Sheriff Hood on tl o operating table several hours ar eighteen perforations were found n his intestines. He was given evei e attention, but his condition from tl first was hopeless, and he died t night at 7:50 o'clock. Deputy Bou jj! BURIED IX SAME GRAVE. j Brother and Sister Who Were IhownT ed at Saluda Tuesday. Saluda, June 10.?The burial of j Harry and Evalina .Minis, who were drowned in Etheredge's Mill pond, i at this place Tuesday, took place yes- , ' Y||a terday afternoon. The services were held at the home and were conducted ^ by the Rev. Amos Clary, assisted by /; the Rev. 0. A. Jeffcoat. The bodies were taken to the town cemetery and -,-J a , interred side by 6ide in one large ,di grave. Six young men acted as pall- .. r:'0 ' bearers for the youth and six young ' ladies carried the Remains of the r M j young girl. The floral tribute was j j unusually large and beautiful. Six >h \ teen girls carried tne nowers to me /js j grave. All were dressed in white. This was one of the saddest funerals ^ ! that has ever taken place in Saluda as both of the deceased were univers*e | ally loved by those who knew them. a | ware has only a fighting chance for is; recovery, the bullet having lodged in : . re: the pit of his abdomen. - ^^3 ro Isenhower Shot Six Times. e. Clyde Isenhower, said to be the ia | principal in the fatal tragedy, and .. ss, Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson were ySji d: taken to Chester on the afternoon s-j train. Dr. S. W. Pryor, their physi- ; v||i| e- clan, said that Isenhower had been a- shot six or seven times, and had re, thirteen openings in his body. Depu- ' I al | ty Stevenson will probably lose his ! to J The other deputies received only , 'd slight wounds. Ernest Isenhower, a _ /ffla y- j brother of Clyde Isenhower, and Jesse cr: Morrison, a brother-in-law, were ar^ rested this afternoon and lodged in :\. s||jj rtj jail, charged with the shooting. ^T5|| ie: Other arrests are expected to follow.' ce. The grand jury has taken cnarge 01 e-f the situation and is making a sweep- " jgfl ; ing and rigid investigation. Foreet man J. H. Coleman and his associ- .^'^?8 ates listened with serious attention this afternoon during the charge by ,'rflg e_ Judge Wilson and the general opin- , i Jjm g.: ion is that those responsible for the lg 1 affair are going to have to answer | Clyde Isenhower, said to be the Jill ol | principal In the shooting was a faridj mer, and resided in the Wateree secle tion, about seven miles from here. ire1 He has a large number of brothers; in; one of them, Ernest, who is in jail . e. i charged with taking part in the at- ' ty tack, has been teaching school in ^ Clarendon county for two years. An- >.V?|0] in'other brother is a rural policeman, tt another pastor of a string of Baptist :k churches in this county. Clyde Isen- - Jijg in hower was put in the baggage car-of IId the north-bound train this afternoon r^jljgas k_ and taken to a hospital in Chester. n. He was accompanied by his wife. hei His aged mother was in tears when ,r_ th^train pulled out. By his side on v ^1 il_ i another cot was Earle Stevenson, one * fw 2.! of the deputies who had helped dej fend the prisoner, bleeding from the n_ bullet wounds in his left arm. Jesse at Morrison, the brother-in-law, is said ig to be from Great Falls, in Chester - ''pijjfi n. I "Assassination," Says Court. ot' "The blood-stained portals of this f 3n temple of justice cry aloud for.the of | vindication of the majesty of the "^Sj ht law," said Judge John S. Wilson in at, his vigorous charge to the Fairfield p- grand jury this afternoon, in which e- he denounced the shooting of Sheriff lie Hood and his deputies as "assassina- ; 3d. tion" and called on the jury to make '' fie a thorough and sweeping investiga j tion and to bHng every one connectj ed with the horrible affair to jus- :\|| I "It is your duty," said Judge Wil" . son, "to act and to act in such a man? ner as to vindicate the law which has j been so greatly outraged this day." | Calling attention to the fact that rajj h j he first presided as Judge in Winnsag| boro in September, 1907, Judge Wil- , rt | son recalled the glorious history of Fairfield county, " a county known . 0r for the manhood of its men and the lj purity of its women, a county where ie law and order reigned, but which this day has been outraged. Did this ?| in happen on the borders of Arizona? Did this happen in Mexico? No, it id i happened in old historic Winnsboro," continued the judge. le | "What man is there whose blood ' does not boil when he hears of the ~o crime of which this poor wretch stood , V j accused?" Judge Wilson asked, addI ing that he had been informed that ^ j the negro had confessed and that re ! everything was in readiness to give him a fair and impartial trial, and n, k that the law would have been vindi' cated and justice done. He said that 16 i(j men should control Jhemselves in n such circumstances, "but this morning men gave vent to their passions and took the law into their own Q hands, and with what result? Your il- (Continued on page 4, column 5) v .