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0 VOL. XXIX. WALTERBORO, S. C., AUGUST 22, iqo6. NO. 5 CROWD LYNCHES iNEGRO BRUTE. For Governor Fiends in Vain Legal Thai. & fjjwnwood, 0.. Augugt / Within bear:ng distance of the liroekt? home, where Miss Jennie fsarfnl negw seemr anxious enough and he eat on the ground to wait it was L> rfChur* are Determined V<^|en Governor Heywunh- J?rrjvx;d at the !3.ocks home the’e wa»*at hard work to keep from ahoct- rea«iv a crowd oi fifty or more there. t ; .cg him, but the wait continued. The store m which the outage wa* Crowds camu up, some from (liven- attem}»t*Hi was o;>en aud across the- * wcod and some from the neighbor~ roa*i was the neat cottage m whiuk ; hood, and most of them with guns Mif? Jennie brooita lay. Thete w*;r»., and piitolf. Then- appeared to be I women folk shout- Governor liey-1 no hope to aaro the name’s life. which will be a great benefit to this section. Our old friend J ButcheA Wil liam!; and Mrs L f! S}iell wefelintted in the tionda of wedlock last week Hev J K Sojourner prtormed the ceremon y. ctli^u of Charleston, S C. # lea^inir to mourn her lost h* r beloved busbaud atNl her affectionate so«l devoted ctuirimi, six aoa« and three daughters. She wa* truly a noble woman, and will he nd***! by many ouhride the family circle, xrh«r were the recipieuU of her many kiad- neseee ansparinglv and generooety be- Tae crowd would listen to nothing Brooks laj sn/feriDg fron^ a fsarfu. j wart j nimself sm. his miation wound, which he bad mfllicted, ^o^|kjown. He was cordially received. Negro ^i^caer l > niys Pans, the negro who on luca ay at- bat was frankly told that there waa-j While Bob Davis was Rittir.g on !: J ‘' - T;i '' r - u - r hei» 00 yoptbiy chance for hi'M to save ' the ground awaiting his fate he was was Ijn hed about bah ^fter 7 the nea’ro shonld he prove to l*e the i asked abogt the crime. H? admitted jciook tiiisevemug. The negro had j i: j e weu i about in tiio jtbat be had be*u in the ftore and irst bfon identified by Alias Brooks, ind the governor of the Mute of 3outh Carolina had made a futile vppcal x the- uetermined n.en who vere leaders in tne lyuckng to allow ) he law to take us course. yiA lynching was sc deienr, or- Itvlyai.d matUr of-fact n*) afla.r of he kind as xiuld he wnagmod. Of '. :*)inst- it was cold-blooded, nnlnwlbl •an evivlencc of the savage that is in i«nk:ud. Ths Crims PevlewwJ. The deed for which Bob Ihivis to- ight paid the penalty witn bis liie ^as committed Tuesday afternoon. Ie wwot to the store of J i* Brooks, lie father of Miss Jennie Brooks, be was waiting on some customers, v (atber being away from home, j l* iixjnirad if her father were about, nd, upon being advised that he was ot, he left the store, returning resently and pretending to purchase ims goods. Finally he staled that swished to buy some meat, which as in the rear of* the small store, vs Brooks came forward to wait pen him, and then it was that he ssed at her “It is yon that 1 want, >t meat!” and grappled her. Mias Brooks. is a sturdy young Mnan, and she made a brave tight r kfe and honor. Twice the brutal gro slushed her with the meat dfe sad then, thinking to end the liter, be made a third lunge at her roat The girl was wounded, bat warned, and Davis ran. The pass- l of a gentleman at the moment j alarmed him. Miss Brooks t, ggered out of the building and l in a faint She had saved her aor, but almost at the cost of her l There is a pool of blood yet at i scene of the encounter and the mg lady’s clothing tells the story :he terrible ordeal through which passed, 1 The Fiend Is Captured. i\\ this occurred Tuesday in the noon, Almost as if by magic the 'S of the outrage spread, and,a Trained lot of neighbors started nd Davis and punish him. The ng woman was in a desperate con* qh, but the worst is now over and is on the road to recovery. 11 day Tuesday the men searched; 1 followed every trail, and heeded y suggestion. Tuesday night Uioy ted, Wednesday the crowd grewi the searching parties scattered ay and all night They searched nps and houses and never did the siaoasn, They meant to catch negro, and they meant to kill rand that is the whole story. 18 bonn the hunt kept up with* Lbatementi and then it was re ed, thirteen or fourteen miles (torn the little store in the /shall section, where Bob Davis, ipted/his crime and his murder, ill Brooks saw a head close up st a log. The body was prostrate id with cane, but the bead id. Brooks and John Williams it the negro, " * ’* crowd, b-.i goi encouragement The n»»-n were UKff with pietch and guns ready to kill. Th< j y Korc not men* boys on a lark, tv\*. m**n v,- th gray hairs and deter- micaUon. T'hey cairn; with their coats ojT and a deep ser vengeance. Ooverror Heyward wag asked into no sign of nelp or that he had oeen cut with the meat knife- His hand;was lacerated, lie. however, tried to {mplicate some one else, and said that he took the knife away from Mi2s Brooks and that he had not attempted to criminally as sault her He did not talk distinctly, but ra f Jier mumbled his word and very little could kk gotten out of him. While he was sitting listening to the questions he asked for a cigarette and he puffed it with pleasure A colored minister, the Hev J C Goode, pastci of Macedonia Baptist Church, asked if he might pray for the negro, too, wanted j Consent was given, and, as he work- ! od Lis way through the determined He the house to get a bit*; to eat- suggeated that the taw take its course. The women folk Hashed tnat * o they would act as men if need be. Governor Heyward thought he might get. J i*ett blocks, the father oi the young whman, and a sturdy ,raa:», {*.. help bhn: but no, he, the negro ourued. I children's children, her relatives aud friends who were many She had a short time muce passed tbe allotted period of life, the hi blit *1 three scorn and ten. h*»r husband hevirp passed the farther limit of four w^jre years. Hrr mortal remains wore laid to rest in Live Oak Cemetery with those who have gone before, a spot hallowed to many by its associations with their departed ones who repose there in its sarr»y* shades. The immortal spirit lias left it's earthly tenement “An winged ft* flight to those celestial realms where it shall flourish in immortal youth auhnrt amidst the war of elements.” “Shota not dead; (as die poet boa-tifullv says) Who lives in heaths the leaves behind.'• “What hallows ground were monneH) and missed The Nefro Identified ■ 0 It looked bopeiett from the- my Btart. Finally tiie cavalcade ctim-. up to the honee with a burly negro utd. The crowd had grown. The in ws had spread and from far and near came men with their firearms Men from Greenweed, from above and below Greenwood, and even from Ab beville, were there. How many guna ware there, Heaven only knows. At least £00, and-counting pistols, twice that number, and perhaps more. Four men literally dragged David Into the room to snow him to Alias Brooks. The crowd was so thick that it was difficult to get him iiito the house,'hnuliy he t was taken into the room and Miss Brooks identified him beyond question. Bhe had no doubt about his identification, and be was easily recognizable. Davis was then taken b&ck by his captors to the buggy in whicii he was brought. Governor Heyward was asking that the negro be turned over to the of ficers of the law. Some boards were put across the fence at a corner and Governor Hey ward placed thereon that he might be heard. He pleadeft'with the mob to allow the law to take its course and thus save this disgrace to the State. But his eloquence and logic did not avail. Crowd Take Negro Away. Over in the other corner of the fence the crowd with the negro, was getting impatient, and while Gover nor Heyward was talking they drove away Heyward begged that the people turn the negro over to Gapt Evans in whom all had the # greatest confidence, and let him have a trial. On towards the woods the captors led their victim and those around Governor Hey- Foiiocs are quiet around here: the | * ,OWto ^* She lived a qaiet home lif e . . , t • ! devoted to her hnKbaud, children aM only questions that art* being agitated I * 1 tn any extent Dispensarf and Stock law— the Utter mostly. 1 vi as glad to see the ajt published in your paper two weeks ago as juu-sed by the last legislature allowing the people to vote cn the qreation. 1 think it will be well for voters to look into this matter well beiore they cast their ballots. In the first place there must lie a fence bu|U all round such territory as votes to be exempted f’-om the operation of the general siock Jaw. Bard fence mubt be euifioient- )y tight, high and strong to prevent all stock that are liable to be taken up under the general stock law Uoui depreuatiug on adjoining territory, uud it will be only u law just so long as this penitentiary wall ia kept to a perfect standard from one end tc .the ether. These are the questions: How will tms ieno-i «'or wall) be built? And who is tc be benefited by it? If it can be built by volunteer sub- scnpiiop all right and go'id, but if by taxation then I tay stop uud con sider for we hear on everv hand that our taxes are already too high. 1 lor one say they are plenty high tfnd then we are living in an age of progress, enlightenment and civilization. Just the idea of cutting ourselves off from the progressive world is enough with in itself to make any man, who has the' best interest of his county at heart, scorn the idea; and again, who are to be benefited if the vefers were silly enought to build such a fence I assure you it is noi to the intereet of the farm .T aud lacdo vner and they constitute the muss of our population. Then it must be the insignificant batch of stock racers that will be benefited, and tne idea is absurd to think about making the already down-trodden farmer build fence for the independent stockraiser^ and the land owner, give him *!i ot hit; land except that which he can build a wall aronnd. I say we cannot afford to give our stockraiserA , crowd up to the victim, all uncovered their heads. That was a spontune* out tribute to God, With uncovered heuda. that vast throng, intent on killing a i>oor negro, listened to] the colored man’s prayers, during the long wait there were repeated sugges tions of- burning the negro and of mutilating „ him before killing him. Finally Capt Evans, who had been working to save the negro lor trial and who had been on the hunt for days, got the consent of the crowd that they would do no burning or mutilating. At Last the Negro U Killed. Two men tied a rope on Davis’ arms and he war pulled up about two lengths of his body in a pine trie about a quarter of a mile from the home. He kicked and squirmed, and then his legs were fastened. With his face to the anxious crowd, he was given a moment or two to say some thing, and then at the drop of a hat a thousand bullets were fired into his body. Hundreds and hundreds of halls pierced his body and then after . . . . , , , , the fU.t lusilliu-Je men asked to be '>"5' *"<* P rl ’ lle « the V '' or ' 1 allowed to take shots and in the final round up his head was literally, shot to a pulp, aud with the brain oozing down over his head. With the sun fast sinking over the hills, the thousands or more who had witnessed the miserable affair went home. At the first volley the smoke obscured the hanging body; but the firing kept up, then the smoke lower ed and the shooting continued. with their victim. Governoi ) ^ lfe ' rL wa * li0 hurrahing, no drink ing, no cheering, premeditated. It was quiet and Prof Tyler, of Amherst Collegp, aa'd recenily: “A m&u can live comfortably without hiaius: no man ever existed witboiii a digestive system. The dyspep- 14c has neither faith, hope or charity.” ward realizing the utter hopelessness Dty by day people realize tiM> importance and it was not tefore he was tied and under i started * for the scene of his for identification. • .» > of his mission, urged him to get down, which he reluctantly did. Father Wants Davis Burned. The crowd quickly followed the negro. He was taken down to the first clomp cf trees, below the home bf J Pett Brooks and there a halt was made. It looks as if the execu tion would be swift, but .Mr Brook*, the father of the young girl, rode up and begged that the crowd wait a while. He said that many who bad been on the three days’ hunt had not yel arrived, and to wait on them. He then begged that the crini^ be wiped scoundrel. ,ri out by burning the The ot canag tor their digestion; realize tbo need of tbe ass of a little corrective after oveazung. A corrective like Kwiol For Dyspepsia. It digests what yon eat. Sold by J M Klein. A Few Dots Hers Wad There.* ► . * • . ' w Editor Press and Standard:, As I have not seen any thing from this section for qaifew while 1 thought 1 would give yen a few dote. ;||Rt | Our farmers are very blue over the crop prospect: We have , bad too much rain. I don't think we can rnafce.inote than sixty per emtofau average crop. » . any material prosperity to our county, but drive it away in a drove qf cattle to other sections. One stockman can manage tec thousand acres of land with his cattle on it and doesn't have any hired help. Let us have stock law and put a hundred fanners on the ten thousand acres of land. Then we will have prosperity, and a cultured people in the near future. Let us on the day of election vote to become a part of the enlightened world and take the general ftcck law before we build a wall around our community. Stock law doesn’t Uke anything from any man that he worked for, it only makes every cue take care of his own. j On the other band if wc cut our selves off we vote a hardship on the masaett for the special benefit of a few stockmen, yea; and is it honest or just tor us knowingly to vote dollars oqt of our neighbors pocket to go jnto ours? Think tbo matter over well and remember the golden rule. “Do onto others as you would that they should uo to you ” _ A Voter. la Departed this life on Moudsy evening, July the 2Srd liTJC, at thio fiuuiij rust- deque in WaJt#rl»oro. S. C.. SJmflxrribri t. (J.over in tbe sevyaty fir»t year of sizz.?*£z;i£r » OJCC *'n.1ge .croe. (be hduto l; r er , D.V.U*, i. iwU keo ia acd • • * M Tbe litw tepoae ai|*i love h&i kisaed, Bnt where'e their memoriee maneion- la it iu yon church yard bovrere* No! in oumelvee their acui exist n part of oori.” Her life wa* a happy one, hrr death wae peaesful though sadden. 8be passed away ‘‘as to a night’s ropost*. lika flowers at set of sau.” 13. • w-S LUt of Managers for Primary tioa. The fcilowing are the managers at. the vanoo spoils for the democratic pri mary electioa to beheld Any. kb, ISM: Ashton—T G U Broxtoa, D M Vaco. M M Key , - Adame Ran—W T Sanders, H D Dodu, T W Umtin. r Belfb—J E Hndsou, Willie M Bryan. B A Hern.lon. Berea—W A Smith, .) M Strickland. Asbury Linder. Cottageville—-T 8 Ackerman, H L* Ackerman, T M Reevee. Colleton—J T Garris, Jasper Strick land, J S Padgett. Doctor’s Greek—J F Fender, B R Griflin, B C Sanders. Green Pond—0 F Thomas, OII Boyo ton, J S Welch. Hendersonville—W W Speights, Jos klarvin.Jr,A H Herndon. Hudson’s Mill—C J Brelaad, W W Bryan, II M Benton. Horse Pen—C L Langdole. C F Kogor, Lncias Linder. Hickory HU1-S G Chaplin, J |£ Wood, H J Perry. Tacksonfioro-S M Crosby, H B Hiotl. O B S Price. * * Lodge—H W Carter. F W Stanley, Robert Hiley. . Maple Caue - W M Jaqoes. M B Hiott. J A Willis. Petite—T E Benton, W W Walker, B E Jones. i Peoples—C L Lovelace, J M Craven, W B Sanls. Rice Patch—H H Rems, O W Camp bell. PL Polk. , Rave lie 1—John Martin, J D Alto: an, R W Chaplin. Ritter—Lee Ritter, Ben Carter, Ji, Cervry Thomas. Ruffin—W J Brabham, J W Smyley, J M Crosby. Smoaks—W B Km oak, Juia*- R Rlshe:, l/«c F Berry. Sniders- J E Harper, J W Oataiuge*-, II P rimer. Sidney-GW Garris, J E Kinsey, J 8 Jordan. Tiger Creek—G R B Linder,.* H' Beech, P Warren. ■' t Wfdterb*>ro—E P Henderson, E B Webb, CDCAdams. Warren’s X Roods—Mgees Bitts, D JR Posted James Hoggett. Wiggins—Dr Sisk, A F Riohordsoo, J L Rickman. Wolf Greek—L U Print, P W CHera. dob, J S Bnchaoan. ^ WiUiaiqs—H B Williams, A J % SteaA> ly, Charles Crosby. <* Voting’s Island—K D Smoak, P T Towles, 1 W Garter. Why does tbe son barn? Why does *. -mnsqiitostinf? Why do we feel. «i». happy in the Good Old Samm Answer; we don’t. We ase DeWl Witch Hssel fielve, and ' donTf X ' ... •. 1