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WALTERBORO.'. C WSOfiESDAY, JUNE 28. 1911.
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LLSKEGRO CONVICT
•IXrLE JACK- WRm».
SERVING 20 YEAR SENTENCE
Still Imm a Uood Natarrd iliac
■ ■■ ■■■■■■■ I “Boaas Antirux.**
V J. W. MKHHERVEV KIU.S NKX.RO | Bell Hall, Cope June 2:.—Cpec-
IX PKX1TKXTIAKY. lal: , Editor The Prem and Stand-
ard. 1 did not do it, or if I did,*
I did not mean it, and I believe
“Bonus- knew it. Why. bless his
sweet soul, I had no reference to n-d
Mesaervry Already Serving 20 Year article about me when I accused hi|
Sentence for Killing Con- of going to h—I for vocubola hot
stable Fishhurne. enough lor relief. (Yet as soon as
_____ I reau his article of today Hooked
Columbia June 26 —Special: J. “P le,ter alluded to( and found
W Messervey, a white convict serv-^l’ 31 I had inadvertently left the
lag twenty years for manslaughter, * ta P open for one as cunning as
killed V’an Clanton, a negro, who
HANDSOME
ADORNS
MONUMENT
HOUSE SQUARE
waa serving
slaughter.
ten years for man-
’Bonu«" to .ee through.
Why, “Ponut,” you must
re»«.
THE UNVEII IMG (XEROSES KU THURSDAY WERE WITNESSED
DY HUNDREDS OF Pan?' FttM OVER THE COUNTY
ElDQUBir NATIDNS.
The killing took place ■«a* n a“d I you to put on the
this afternoon within the walls of ° ,h * r hat . or Rla««e». and come
the State Penitentiary. A shovel ‘“l uar »* l >ont y ou see I was only
was used as the weapon. punching you a bit, or your ic- j
Van Clanton was from Darlington l « 0, V* a "d lhe brought it
county. The white man was from for,h - When >00 express your
Colleton county. The man who did v,ews through the Press and Stan-!
the killing has served only about dar ' 1 in8t ead of debating the sub- ,
two years of his sendee according Jwt a * requested by The Press and
sent mice,
to the prison reeor ^1. The negro
had served half of his ten years.-
It is somewhat of a coincidence j
that both men were already serving
: utiu.ard i did not mean to con-
ve: the idea that you had done
>iong in fact, I believe I should
have done the same, but I'm very
sentences for manslaughter at the 1 8 ° rr > that I ve "lisplaced that com
munication of yours on the debate,
hut if you will produce it and it
does not contain the hot word that
t . , I charged you'^rith using I II buy
>< u a nice Sunday-go-to-meeting
At last. Colleton county has »'
Confederate monument. The dream
of years by a few patriotic citi
zens has been realized. The youtb
of ‘be laud may turn to this gran
ite shaft for inspiration to lead
them on to worthy deeds and to
show them they are the sons of
noble sires. .
Fully fi%e hundred people from
all over the county were in town
j Thursday to attend the unveiling of
! this monument. The monument cot
mittee had pro\ tded a splendid pro
gram for the day. consisting of
orations interspersed with music.
These exercises were held in the
time of the affray this afternoon.
Hives .Meuaervey's Version,
Superintendent Griffith was ask
ed about the killing tonight and ex
plained it about as follows:
a white con- ha '< iuul if you (an P rove b >' an ar *
killed a ne- j of n ' in< * of I ev
er wrot< or said a word in favor of
blintl tigers I’ll, pay parr of you;
“J. W. Messervey,
vict In the penitentiary,
gro convict. The two men were
cleaning up the barber shop, which ,
, " * . . A, salary for this years work. Why
i* lined for the convicts^ under tne , m ...
hospital, when the negro convict.
tnined his reputation on this occas
ion as an orator, and his address
which is published in full In this is
sue, will he read with great Interest
and enjoy«nent.
One of the most interesting feat
ures of the day^ in connection with
the exercises was the presentation
of the crossts of honor to three
prominent veterans, given by the
Alar:ha Washington ( hapter of U.
V s. of Charlerton. This pre
sentation was made at the con-
cinsion of I>. B. Peurifoy's address,
by Kev. F. O. S. Curtis. The fol
lowing well-known Veterans were
the recipients of these ^crosses:
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without saying a word cut Messer
vey twice with a knife and Messer
vey struck the negro twice with a
shovel and killed him.
“This Is what Messervey says
about it and no one saw the dif
ficulty.''- News & Courier,
MKM. W. C. BRA XT DEAD.
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Passes Away Suddenly at 8 O’clock
Friday Morulas.
Ruffin, June 14.—Special: The
sews that Mrs. W. C. Braat, of Sni
ders had died eaHy Friday morning
was received in the community ns
a great shock. Mrs. Bmnt was n
great favorite and waa loved by all
who knew her. She had no ene
mies for everyone was her friend.
She had not been Inr good health
for some time, but waa getting on
as well as usual. No apprehension
was felt as to her condition. She
retired Thursday night as usual
and at 3 o’clock Friddy morning
called her husband and told him
that something serious was the mat
ter, but before he could aumhion a I
lo her she had passed away., Mi-
Brant'* parents were in the house
and his mother got into the room
* just as she breathed her. laat.
The funergl was held Saturday
morning at 9 o’clock In the Pine
Grove Baptist church in the r pres-
ence of n large number of sorrow
ing relatives and friend*. Rev. S.
W. Ackerman, of Round conducted
the funeral services.
Mr*. Brant was 50 years of age,
•nd had she lived-till July she
would have celebrated her 3 2nd
anniversary of her marriage. She
left no children and 1* survived by
her husband and two brothers, H.
A. Cummings, of Dodge, W. F. Cum
miuga Hampton.
Mr* Brant was a devoted Chris
tian and had been for many years
■M constant member of Pine Grove
Baptist church and was generally!
considered one of the best work
ers tti the community. She was of
a cheerful disposition, always in a
good humor. '*
The sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out especially to the
bereaved husband, who will per
haps feel the blow more keenly
than anyone else.
MaMonic Meeting* Changed.
At the regular 'comiuuniratlon of
D’»lty Lodge, No. 55, A. F. M.
held Friday* evening. It was decld-
bless your old heart, arc you stih
so hot under the collar as to for
get your man?
Bid you evti pear ol Cm-le Jack
fivonr.g sin or law I leaking of m.’-
kind? I do nr? claim to be per
fect in all things * ut would nevei
face one of your congregation again
•f ! was an advocate o f sin, and
now, brother Bonus Amicus, we had
better read a let tie moYe carefully
future, for 1 have discov
ered plenty of beet in you and you
know It Is jetd where there is so
Much smoke there oust be fire, and
It Is so. And let us not let e
little desire to beat a fellow over
blend that latsing irtedshpni of our
that must remain to the end of
lime and then ripen. I must beg
pardon of th.* editor and readers
ol The Press ard Standard'for this
long and disimcresting letter and
for not fulfilling my last promise
to write of better things ,as if
would make this <(ter too long to
do so today.
I will Ray to yotr smd the editor,
shoot straight ind string at the i«-
,ers. I’m with you Here, but I 'ilka
in :.co our armament of warfare In
creased we can spare a big gun
or so to check the rapid progress «■:
sin in other directions and not
have io use all our force to bat-
:le ag limit the ruin* of the old
whiskey fort that has proven al
most impregnable, for as 1 see it.
the very life of tl e church, society
atid all, are^peing sapped out of
one peopl**, white thousands of *0-
v-alied Christians fc-d their hands
■ind groan as if thet was all they
owed their couut) or their God.
We had a good rain last night
that broke the long dry spell that
threatened to ruin «>ne of the best
pr ispect of crops fir-years. I th.i.k
that I can beat the county with
cotton. Hope Pot-os Amicus will
cotitwue C' ghe us some of his
sound preaching, .tnd remain ce jl
I'm slnted to be at < . e of bis led
best charecs cn ne\; Sunday fo-- -
don't feel much 'ike it now as 1
am sick. ' I '-'U E JACK
Cottagevillc v*. Walterboro.
Wednesday afternoon an Interest- ;
Ing game of ball was played be-^j
tween teams from Cottagevllle and
Walterboro which resulted in a
score of 9 to 4 in favor of Walter
boro.
The line-up follows;
Walterboro.
Patterson c; Crosby, p; Gru-
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<’ol. Jsnsrv AroMtroag
Orator of Mm* Day.
Col. C. G.
it Committee
•ourt hou-«- imTicdisTeic after wht I
the unveiling of the monument twos , ** r > an . J-
place on court house square. Space ; 0I * B . Georgs Sullivan.
8lo-
nad been reserved for ;he Veter
4ns the ladles of the unveiling c*»...
Col. Henderson after this intro-
Juced Col. James Armstrong who
mittee the delegation and members ot ‘» ia characteristic
s,. ,. . addresses which will be'published
in full in this Issue.
Following the address of Col
\ruitsrong Col. Hendsrson announc
of tne Civic league.
The meeting was called to oruei
promptly at 1 I o'clock h> .V i’
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The Confederate Mum meat t nveilnd ThursiUy at Walterltoro.
<*d to change the time of meetings per. lb.; Griffin G. 2b: Anderson,
from the 4th Friday to 2nd Tues. *s; Griffin, P., 3b.: Shiloh, If; How-
<iay evenings in each month. e |i P f ; witsell, rf.
There will be two candidates for CoUagerille.
Hrst rank at next meeting. Ackerman, c; Bridge, p; Smith, lb;
— ■ ” 'Reeves 2b; Pierce s*; Ackerman.
“d the order in which th*- audience
would march to the monument
where the unveiling exerciser would
Special services at the Baptist I E 3b; Ackernian L lf; j ordan cf;
church Sunday morning. The sub* Ackeran T rf
Howell, Ksg who presided. Rev. F.
O. S. Curtis opened the exercises
with prayer, after which the « h;*'
man introduced a* the first speaker, 1 <*><e place. The Veterans came
Col. C. G. Henderson This address , first follow* d by the unveiling
was well prepared and received * committee, th«- monument commit-
much applause from the audience the members of the delegation,
1 A copy of this address is published i* 011 citizens in general. Arriving
jeer .1 th. wrmon bjr th. PMtor, j , nd Hw ld.„. “ •"«* 1,1 ‘ trohmr.nt th. ».t.r;.n. torn.
Will be “The Baptist Alliance Meet- : — Following the address by Co'. 'J ■ circle around it and U a glv-
4»C“ held in Philadelphia, ending Mrs. R. L. FraseY *nd son Ludlow Henderson D B. Peurtfoy, F^q wis “ *lsn.il the l idltea of the unveil-
■•unday June 25th. The public Is left Monday for Sullivan’s Island Introduced'a**d delivered a splendi 1 »»' l b conmltt. e pullrM the cords that
♦•rtlaJly invited to attend. jwhere they will spend several weeks, oration. Mr Peurifoy fully mxln ! reieaaed the drapery, which wi s ln«’
the confederate colors and placed
around the bane, a number of .Inar^
ref wreaths and a Urge floral
and laurel wreath was placed eh
the top. After the unvellthg exer
cises, Rev. S. W. Ackerman pro
nounced the benediction
The ladles who had charge of
the unveiling were: Mesdames Jao.
H. Peurifoy Jno. M. Klein, T. P.
Baker, J. G. Padgett M. M. Cor
bett, and B. H. Smith, and Misses
Sue Williams Georgia M. Ackerman
Katherine Howell Alice Sykes.
Dinner at The Knight Howmc.
At the conclusion of the unvellln
exercises, the veterans present were
presented tickets to dinner to the
Knight House, which was very
much enjoyed by all who partici
pated.
Veterans I’resent. ^
The following veteran* were pres
ent during the exercises:
Col. C. G Henderson, Lieut. R. O
VV. Bryan, Rev. F. O. 8. Curtis,
G. W. Way, I. 8. Anderson, J. H.
Marvin 8r. W. N. Jones J. T.
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Folk A. K. Benton, J. E. Bunton,
8. I.'Breland, W. A. Kinard, H. C.
Breland, A. B. Garris, W. R. Hern
don, J. W. Hill, Robt. Black. Geo.
Py<e 8. A. Martin, M. D. Benton.
W. H. Sutcliffe, J. H. Bessteleu.
R. Hlott, Geo. Sullivan, I. N. Riser,
I). May J. W. Grant, J. W All-
ley, J. H. Chuplih H. 1). Padgett,
Henry Martin, Isham, Hopson K.
B. Webb, J. D. Ackerman, J. H.
Hlott, \V. A. Brant J K. Hlott
B. R. Hlott. G. W. 6. Rivers, A. L.
Cannon T. L. Rlsher, J. F. Pellum,
Ellas Crosby, A W. Buton, L.
Herndon, J. J. Folk. J. D. Buchana
John Bennett H. T. Spell, Henry-
Smith, L. C. Robertson A. R. Rit
ter. Rev. S. W. Ackerman.
Delegation l*resent.
The members of the county dele
gation occupied seats of honor In
the court house. The members of
this delegation have agreed to ser
cure an appropriation of $300 to
assist in paying for the monument.
The full delegation was present con
Hinting of Senator J. D. Ackerman,
Representatives, J. W. Hill, J. T.
Polk D. L. Smith.
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History of Man weal.
The erection of a monument on
Court house square in honor of the
survivors of the lost cause fulfills
a desire which has been felt by all
of the people of Walterboro and
Colleton county for many years. Up
on the organization of the Colle
ton County Survivors Association,
great many years ago, a committee
was appointed for the purpose of
raising. a*monument fund. General
William Stokes, the first president,
was very much Interested In this
monument. After his death > he
was succeeded as president, by Rev.
R S.I Williams. He appointed the
following committee to take charge
of what funds were on hand, and
in their discretion to use as desir
ed to further purposes of organis
ation. This committee consisted of
R. S. Williams, M. P. Howell, M.
P. Hlott, who have long since jolne
their comrades on lhe other side.
Col. C. G. Henderson, Capt. G. W.
Way L. R Hlott, who still survive
This committee has added the
names of Rev. F. O. S. Curtis, M.
P. Howell Jr., and I). B. Peurifoy,
to take the places of the deceased
members The old committee suc
ceeded In raising nearly $300, but
the movement lagged and little fur
ther was done, till a little more
than a year ago, when The Press
and Standard began the agitation
of reviving this worthy cauae rA
great deal of Interest was aroused
throughout the county and numer-
ous contributions were recelvel. C6I.
C. G. Henderson, the president of
the survivor* Association, and his
CO hi mittee have been active in sea
son and out^ of season , and as a
result of combined efforts. the
monument has been erected.
D«-scri|>Cion of Monument.
The Confederate monument whic
stands on the Court house square,
on the east side of Court house.
Is constructed of gray granite, quar
rled at Mt Airey, N. C. U stands
3 2 feet Jllg^ on a large base^ on
the pedestal Is the inscription above
which are the letters, “C. S. A.”;
underneath, paljn leaves. Above
the pedestal stands a shaft of hewn
granite, around which the oonfed
erate flag Is twined.
On the north side of the monu
ment are these words: “To the
QUID BY (MINING
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TWO MVLE8 AND HORSE KILLBD
STABLES BURNED.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF KEG^
Driver on Wagoa aad At
la Bara Make Mlraral-
ows Escape.
During a thunder shower Thara-
day afternoon, lightning struck the
barn and stables In the rear of
the late residence of Col. Jao. D.
Edwards, which Is occupied by W.
E. Haskell, Jr., and family of Jack-
son boro for the summer, killing one
mule and a fine buggy* horse aad
stunning another mule ao that It
had to be killed to prevent Ita be
ing burned alive, setting fire to the
barn which with Its contents bras
totally consumed.
Mr. Haskell had just sent a load
of provisions up from his plantation.
The negro driver and another negro
had Just finished unloading. They
were both stunned tout miraculously
escaped being killed.
WEEK LEY - ROBERTS. '
Popolar and Aernmplishrd Teacher
Become* Airs. Robert*.
The marriage on Wednesday morn
ing at the home of Mr. Lawrence
Weekly of his eldest daughter,
\n;i« *'arrie K. Weekly* and Mr. It.
T W. Roberts, was characterlxed
by It* beautiful simplicity. The col
or scheme was white and gr«
and under a canopy composed
these colors, their vows were madr
in the presence of a number of
friends and loved ones. The cere-
mony waa performed by Rev. F. O.
8. Curtis of Walterboro, who was
out* Miss ’Weekly's teacher, and
a friend of the family for ysara.
Mr. Roberta is one of Hampton’a
beat clttseaa an'd a prosperous farm
er.
Mrs. Roberta.la.well known in ed
ucational eirclee, for she has given
her life to the work she loved so
well and for which she was so
eminently fitted.
Aftr a real borne wedding dinner
was enjoyed by the many gueota at
the hospitable homo of- Mr. and
Mrs. Weehley, Mr. and Mrs. Roberst
left for their home la Hampton
county. May their lives be uaefal
and happy.
The many friends of Mrs. Rob
erta as a token of their affection 4
ate remembrance, sent her a nura
ber of handsome presents.
W. F. HILL DEAD.
Continued on page Two.
One of Rownd’s Most Prominent Cit-
laras Dead.
Round June 24.—Special: W. F.
Hill, a prosperous farmer and busi
ness man of this community died
suddenly at bis home Thursday
morning at 4:30 o'clock.
Mr. Hill had gotten n^u&o call
the other members of his Tamlly.
and going back to bed, ho sudden
ly expired of heart failure.
Mr. Hill waa 45 years of age and
leaves besides his wife who was n
Miss Padgett, three boys and three
girls, the eldest of whom is Miss
Edith. '
The Interment took place at the
Fox hurrying ground In the pres
ence of a largr concourse 6f mourn
ing relatives and friends. Rev. J.
1C. Lawson his pastor conducted
the funeral services after which
the remains were Interred with Ma
sonic honors by the Round Lodge
of which he was devoted member
.Mr. Hill was a faithful member cf
Bethlehem Baptist church.
MR. DEAN DEAD.
Pass-
Prominent Hpartanbarg <*ltlz
es Away.
Lewis H. Dean, a prominent young
business man of Spartanburg died
at his home there Saturday morn
ing of pellagra. He leaves
a wife and one chidl, a little
girl. He was a brother of Mrs. d J.
B. Liles of Walterboro.' She regrets
very, much that 1 ’ on ,account of be
ing herself confined to her bed on
account of a severe attack of ma
larial fever she was unable to at
tend the burial of her brother.
Jos. M. Moorer, Esq^ H. R. Pad
gett, Esq., and W. W. Smoak at
tended the Citadel banquet last
night. <*• .
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