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VOL. XXV! II.
HOMICIDE IN WALTERBOKO.
II, A. Francis, a Butcher, KilU L.
Crosby In a Quarrel About the -
Price of Two hearta—Self-
defence Is Claimed
There was a senous affray here ou
Saturday night, iu which Lucius
Crosby was killed by H A Francis.
Mr Francis is a batcher and runs a
•tall in the market. Mr Crosby, it
teems, engaged two hearts from
Mi Francis’ clerk on Soturday morn
ing. paying hma ifi*e cents apiece lor
them, leaving them till be called Tor
them later. When heroailed for them
on Saturday night Mr Francis told
him that his clerk was mistaken,
that the hearts were tea cents apiece.
Mr Cro*by, who had been drinking,
became very imich incensed, and be
gan \o curse Mr Francis, who put
him out of his stall, Mr Crosby came
back and, it is said, attempted to cut
- Mr Francis with a knife, when Mr
Francis, seizing the steel on which be
sharpened knives, strock him on the
bead. Mr Crosby lingered till Sun-
May, when be died. His skull was
fractured by the blew.
Mr Francis immediately surrender
ed to the sheriff and was lodged m
jail •
Mr Francis has been a resident of
Walterboro since his boyhood, and
hal been running a butcher stall
he a lor at least IQ years, and this is
the first difficulty he has ever had.
He is about 30 years old, has a
wife one shild* The affair is
much regretted by the citizens of
Walterboro. Mr Francis has employ
ed Messrs Howell A Gruber and Col
J G Padgett to defend him.
Mr Crosby was a young man and
leaves a wife and several children.
Magistrate J £ Bryan acted as
coroner at the inquest, which was
held Monday afternoon. Following
ji the testimony, which was given
by the attending physicians aod
witnesses:
Dr* W B Ackerman and “C II Kb’-
Porn being duly sworn says: Upon
opening the cranium we find upon
the cerebellum, the lefi side of the
bram, a large clot of blood apparent
Jy due to a blow or injury inflicted
upon skull. Said blow in our belief
being sufficient to cause cerebellum
hemorrage, thereby causing clot I
. believe the loregoiug injury to have
earned the death of Lucius Crosby.
The |kull directly over the clot found
on brain was cracked for 1 12 or 2
.inches. The injury was apparently
by some blunt instrument I
sew no other injury or cause for death
other than we have stated.
W R Hickman sworn says: That on
last Saturday night January the 27tfa,
at the town market in Walterboro I
heard load talking over in the mark
et Itdrew^ny attention. I recog
nised Allie Francis’ voice ordering
•ome one out uf the market I went
over to the market and saw Lucias
Crosby making for Allie Francis, as
j Crosby Walked up he said to Fran-
cis, “wait and let me pat mf- beg
down.” As Crosby put the bag down
be went on into the d$or of the mar-
feet From where I 9b standing. !
heard a lick and Cioeby staggered
hack out of the door and Allie Fran-
oil told me to take Crosby away.' It
was in the dark and T did not see any
thing in Crosby’s hands exoept the
iMk. I heard no wordc pan between
Crosby and Francis exoept what I
CB06S KXAXIKID,
When l saw Crosby enter the
qnrket he had^ae hand elevated in
a etrUdng manner. I could not-tee
what be had in the hand if anything.
WALTERBORO. S. C. JANUARY 31, 1906.
NO. 28
to Dr Kleine. Crosby was under the
inJinence of whiskey. HU wound was
dressed at Kleins.
Heury Small sworn says: I saw
Lucius Crosby and Allie Francis
have a little difficulty st the market,
Lucius Crosby was iu the market and
Allie Francis put him out and when
Crosby came back into the market
Allie Francis hit him in the head
with the steel. This steel is used for
sharpening knives on. There was
only one lick struck. At the time
the lick was struck Crosby md Fran
cis was near the outer door of the
market Crosby did have one of hU
hands like he was going to strike a
blow. It was then Allie Francis
struck him. I could not see if Cros
by had anything in his hand. The.
light was dim.
David Brown sworn says: I was at
the market last Saturday night I
«aw the difficulty between Allie
Francis and Lucius Crosby. I first
«aw Allie Francis strike Crosby with
his fist and kick him. And Crosby
went out of the market Then Cros
by started to again enter the market
aud when about to the doer Allie
Francis struck him on the head with
the steel. I was 4 ust about three
feet behind Mr Francis when the lick
was struck. I did hear Crosby tell
Francis to go to hell. I had been in
the market five or ten minutes before
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thedick was struck.
Juno Green sworn says: I was
standing on the street near the mar
ket I heard Allie Francis say to some
one go out of here and was shoving
some one out of the market. A fter
Francis put Crosby out of the mar
ket he started back and I heard the
lick. It was a heavy lick I heard.
Crosby was just ou‘side of the > mar
ket door when Francis hit him. I
was some thirty or forty feet away
when the lick was struck, i saw
'Crosby going back into. the market
it was then the lick was struck.
Sa^nbo Jones sworn says: I was
near the lower market last Batnrday
ni^htand heard a racket oyer in the
market and heard some one say stop
Allie twice, and the man came out
the market and was outside of the
door. IsiwMrAllie Francis strike
him on the head one time. It looked
to me to be with a whip doubled.
After the lick was struck I heard Al-
0 /
lie Francis say he would not take the
son of a off of any man. I heard
no cursing,
The coroner’s jury rendered the
following verdict: That the said Lu
cias Crosby came to^is death en the
28th day of January, 19 )6, by being
struck on the head by some heavy
instrument in the hands of Allie
Francis.
J E Bryan, magistrate, acted coro
ner.
The following was the jury: Charles
Harrison, foreman; F A Rickerbaker,
GEN. JOE WHEELER
das Passed Away—Succumbed to An
Attack of Pneumonia—a Hero
«fTwo Wars.
York, Jan. 25.—Geti Joseph
Wheelfer, the famous Confederate cav
alry leader and a brigadier general ol
the United States army M«ce the war
with Spain, died at 5.35 o'clock this af
ternoon ait the home of his sister, Mis
Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn. The vet
eran of two wars was 6# years old, but
inspite of his age, there was hope until
yesterday of his recovery from the at
tack of pneumonia, which caused bis
death.
It has not yet b°en announced where
the body wilt be buried, but probably it
will be in Arlington cemetery, rear
Washington. Annonaoemeut for the
plans for the funeral wttt be made to
morrow. . \ f
Oen. Wheeler was taken ill six days
ago at his sister’s home, where he has
been living recently. He contracted a
severe cold which developed into pleu
risy and pnenmonia. From the first
bis age told against him but the family
did not give np hope until last night,
when the disease was found to have af •
a
fected both lungs.
Gen Wheeler’s immediate relatives
were all with him. His daughters,
Mrs W J Harris and the Misses Anne,
Lacile and Carrie Wheeler, had been
summoned from the 8outh and arrived
early in the week. His son, Maj Jos
Wheeler, Jr., U. S. A., now stationed
at West Point, was also present, as
well as Gen W heeler’s sister, Mrs Ster
ling Smith, and her son.
The family were summoned to the
bedside of the patient at midnight last
night, when the doctors in consultation
concluded that the end was but a mat
ter cf boors. The general was then
awake and conscious and his mind was
apparently active. He seemed to know
that death was approaching and though
too weak to rpeak, he succeeded in
giving signs of recognition and encour
agement to his children.
Later the general fank into a peace
ful slnmbe r , and at the request cf the
doctors the family quietly withdrew
from the sick min's bedside.
Gen. Wheeler was never again more
than semi-conscious. He lingered un
til this evening and passed away
quietly.
Mr Editor you made a statement
in your town topics last week which
was an error and I think you should
hasten to correct it
Of course you will plead that it
was an oversight, but I think it is a
kin to criminal carelessness to use
the name of your fellow townsman in
such a reckless manner.
. You said that Mr So and So went
to Augusta onq day last week. Dont
you kuow that the distance from
Walterboro is too great to walk and
that the said Mr So and So does not
spend his money riding on cars Dont
you think it was Mr Somebody else
and not Mr So and So.
Now I am fearful that the ’phone
line from Walterboro to Cottageville
will not be looked after as regularly
aud kept iu as good trim in future
as in the past. We will ^ee what we
shall see. J B D.
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
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A Grim Tragedy
is daily enacted* in thousands of homes,
as death claims, in each one, another
victim of Consumption or Pneumonia.
Bat when Coughs and Colds are proper
ly treated, the tragedy is averted. F G
Huntley, of Oakklandon, Ind., writes:
“My wife had the consumption, and
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Chips and £ havings.
I concur with J D Ackerman in
his righteous indignation at that as
sertion of Mr Sellers in the legisla
ture that farmers and saw mill men
cannot get along without cursing. I
too am a farmer and run a aaw mity
and I never use any “cross words”
unless I get cross, and in that case I
, , T . „ - „ . „ think the legislature might' over
D K Cro.br, Inr.DK Buwli. Albert, look „ not ^ ,
Items From Adams Run.
Editor Press and Standard:—If you
will give me space m your valuable
columns I will write a few items from
our section.
The farmers are quite busy now
getting ready for another year’s crop.
Wedding bells are still ringing in
our neighborhood.—Miss Florence
Nekton, the eldest daughter of W J
Newton, was married to Madison
Warren, of Walterboro. The cere
mony took place at the home of the
bride’s father. Mr Riggs officiated.
The bride is one of Adams Run’s
most popular young ladies and the
groom one of'Walter boro’s most pros
perous farmers. The happy oouple
left the next day for Walterboro
where they will make their future
home. All wish them a long and
happy life.
We expect to hear more wedding
bells before long. Look out boys!
You are letting the up country boys
oome and take all of the girls. You
had better put on two spurs or you
all will be left old oachelors.
Misses Julia and Lucy Martin were
in towii Sunday.
Misses Denes and Pellie Martin
are spending sometime with friends
and relatives at Adams Run—Some
J?
one is all smiles.
Ja« l ostell was in town on busi
ness this week.
Miss Fannie Willis is spending
sometime with her sister, Mrs Dodd.
Mrs Gena Knight and Mrs Lizzie
Keller spent last week with Mrs W J
Newton at Adams Run.
We are glad to see Lucian Platt in
our little town again.—I know some
body is all smiles. Pet
Charleston is to be made a port of
call as soon as the wireless station of
the Charleston navy yard is in full
operation. This action has been de
termined by the Exchange of New
York, which has concluded arrange
ments to receive reports of all passing
vessels through the government sta
tion.
A telephone message was received
in Gaffney Wednesday stating that
Philip Hamberg a gentleman about
60 years of age, living near Kings
Creek in Cherokee county had been
found dead in kis field near his home.
Whether his death was from natural
causes or due to foul play has not
been ascertained. ,
<ar
As a result of reports and rumors
which have gone out concerning th«
death of B T Reed, who died in
Bamberg on the morning of January
14th, after an illness of only a few
hours, an investigation was begun
Thursday by the order of Coroner J
H Zeigler. The coroner’s jury went
to the bnrial grounds at Cope, where
Reed was buried, and there disin
terred the body. Dr J J Ueckly per
formed the operation. At the time
of Reed’s death the commonly accep
ted report wag that he had died of
paralysis of the brain* But G B Kit-
trell, a brother-iu law of the deceased
man, beariiig the rumor that Reed
had been poisoned, carried part of th«
body to Augusta, Ga, where he claims
that a chemist found a large quanti
ty of arsenic iu the stomach. The
investigation now in process is te
clear np all this mystery if possible
and to get the facts of the case.
Pye, George Pye, M L Hiott, J H
Crosby, George Wassen, W H Hick
man, R F Beach and H T Spell*
N«fro Kills College Boy.
Montgomery, Ala? Jan. 26.—A
special to The Advertiser from Flor-
ala, Ala., says: Grady Miller, the
16-yfer old son of Dr R L Miller, was
last night kiljpd by the negro
porter of the Lake View hotel. There
were no eye witnemee to the shooting
bat the ehote were heard. A search
was made and nearby was firand the
negro in a dying condition. He lived
long enough tossy 1 that he and Millef
had engaged inNt pistol duel Than
is no way to ascertain the cams ef the
tragedy.
Young Miller wae al home for a
k S C,
telling tales out of school.
What ia the matter with the young
folks? It seems that they all intend
to marry and not leave enough of
them to make up a respectable candy
pulling.The time has already come in
this community that when a couple
marries they have to foil back on
married ladies for brides maids. ,
, A gentlemen told me of an incident
sometime ago which soTimpreased me
that I most give it plaoe hoc; He
mid ha attended a marriage in an*
other state, and the contracting par
ties wars Mr Oats and Miss Rye, and
immediately after thl ostemony the
whole party joined in singing, “What
Shall The Harttet Be” /
This song bn *aeh an occasion pro-
pounds a mathematical problein that
requires the skill of a specialist
Stokes News.
Editor Frees and Standard:—Gust
Smcak of this place visited Mt Car
mel last Sunday. *
MIsi Mattie Thompson, of Willis
ton, is visiting Mrs I G Sanders of
this place.
Messrs Henry Thornes- and John
Garter, of PomCm Corner, visited Mrs
8. Beach last Saturday night
We all enjoyed a nice time at W F
Smoaks lest Saturday at the “quilt
ing.”
We are having a little rain in our
neighborhood now.
▲ B Strickland, of this plate, visit
ed Cottageville last Sunday.
SFG.
In Memoriam.
Iu loving remembrance cf John P
Carter, who died at his home several
weeks ago, after u short illness of a
few hours. Mr Carter was taken iU
in the woods and when found was
speechless from which he never re
covered. He leaves a mother, several
brothers and sisters, three sons and
two daughters to mourn his loss, be
sides a l*»uge concourse of friends.
His remains were interred at Car-
tersford cent tery among a large con
course of sorrowing friends and rela
tives to mourn his loss. Mr Carter
was three score years old and hat
been a cripple for a number oi years.
He had to work hard for hia living
so we know that he rests >>anpily now
as his labor on earth is done and hie
soul.has taken its flight homeward to-
wardthe pearly gates of heaven,where
there ia rest for the weary.
Dear father thon baa left ua,
And we long for thee in vain,
Bnt we know that thou art freed
From all earthly care and pain.
Freed from suffering the spirit,
And in peaoefal rest thy son),
Dear one thon hast entered iu
ihe blessed heavenly goal
Aud to be satisfied, we are trying,
For we know that God deems it
And know that thou hast found.
In Bis loving arms, sweet rest • .
When we leave this world of change*
When we leave this world of care,
Oh! may we find our miasing loved
one, a
In oar Heavenly Father’s
four. •
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