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\ / .r ii \OU xxxiv. PREVENTS LYNCHING * . ^ * hHERIFF OWKNS OF DORfTIEH- Tfclt WA'INKS MOB.- - \ ATTfKIPTtD ASSAULT ON LALY AU*ch* l+dj B«t U Vri#*- eard Aw«r—I-****' r “* ht and Anmlird. # * -y f. r s. .-W' •. L m The following account of an ex citing event which haa greatly attired 3t. George. U taker.- from the Dorchester Eagle of la*t week: The people of 8t. George were startled and thrown Into a state Jt Intense excitement Tuesday night when an attempt of brutal and criminal assault was made upon a well known and respected white woman of this town. As the law forbids, we are unrhle to give the of the person upon whom the attack was made. It was about 10:.TO o'elock Tues day night when neighbors were at tracted by the screams of some one in distress. The residence where the attack was made is in the heart of the town Just one blocH from Main street and near the new school buildii g It required only a few moments to attract assistance and Immediately an organlied *• search was begun for the assailant At 10:30 o clock, a rather early hour for such a crime to be „ at tempted in the very heart of the town, a man entered the bed room of the victim, who was asleep, as •were the several small children whom were all the protect lor- In the house with her at the time. Being awakened by feeling some one clutching at her throaty the lady endeavored to scream, in der to give the alarm and frighten ed off her assailant. As she did sevetw) blows were struck her in the mouth and face, bringing blood ard painful wounds. Fearing that the noise had been heard ^ others and that he was in danger* the negro fled, jumping out of a window. The little boy was awakened and his screams soon brought help at- no time was lost. I'nder and a round the window where the nee- inade his escape was closely guard until the blood hounds could be brought to the scene. The cries of distress were heard in ail directions and the situatioi was indeed critical. CHt-ton Glover, a negro about 1 ^ years of age, a stranger about on yoar ago from Willlston. was seer hanging around the premises wher- the assault was a'teinpted. sev eral hours that day and his action about the place aroused suspicion A search was made by the Sherif f and others and he was found at his home some dlstar-.-e from th scene of the trouble. He denied knowing anything concerning the affair but was carried to the coun ty Jail and locked up, p-nding th« arrival of the blood hounds. Work IVgitw at Colli-toit >tanking Mon«lay Morning. The work of clayic-g Main street has at last been begisn, and U be ing rapidly pushed. D. C. L. Hiers is In charge of the work, and has about fifteen teams hauling clay. < Over a hunderd yards were clayed ! Monday- and Tuesday, and the work will be carried on till the entire street has been clayed. Commission Moore used the county road j machine to shape up the street i Monday morning. It will nor be necessary - to put clay over the entire street, as the part between !. the Brick store and the Episcopal church was graveled several years | ago, and will need only ac- occasion al load ot clay to make it in go<wi ' condition. The proposed route is down the street to the Episcopal church, and on to the corner at Mr. K. W. Fras er’s residence, and thence down hat street to the street going in f'-ott of fol. J. G Padgett's rest-, denoe, and thence down to the (own limit. where the road from Cottageviile will come, thus elvinc a >and-<!ay street and road over h ^ l^uig of llampti n. Innocent A. I*. S. of Smoaks Names Meveral j Walterboro High Sctnml I leg me Nex rst sand between- the court house " 1 WAKTKRBORO, H. C. WEDNESDAY, A CGI NT 2.1, II .k‘-> — ■ i — — 1 —iiw*w ■ essmaamas CLAYING MAIN STREET. av in waltErboro ma.n-bikdh to show people HOW IT IS DONE. AVIATION MEET OCTOBER 2ND. Committee of Business Men Deckle To Bring Aviators to Walterbo* ru So Our People t'au See. -IW—IIII Art ■' AEROPLANE TO FLY IN WALTERHOKO. MOND AY? <MT. a.ND. PKACKMAKFft DIES tiF WOODS. IMH.ITICAL l*t»T NIMMEKINti. UEtilNK SESSION SEIT. and Cottageviile. Xt « lm "< ° K The funds for this work has bee. Hampton, Aug. I *. Special: Mr. I rovided by a special tax for the Manning K. Long, one of the most purpose, supplemented by a popular proullnt . nt ineu of f | lih county died subscription, it is understood that . , . _ i i . s k,. F , at a hospital in Savannah last night t.icre are three streets to be work ed this year, the one begun now be- a* a result of a pistol wound i.^ lag entitled to one-third of the road his neck, received while attempting working fui>1. ^ i to part two of his friends. who Hampton street and Bridge street ; wore fighting. The diffii ulty. re- v.!ll come in for their share next. suiting in the death of Mr. Long i occurred at Lena, in this county, detective work and It wns only ion August 4. Mr. Dan b. Padgett, through his thoughtfulness thatj 0n 0 f the c.oui-ty commissioners of Clinton Glover was not lynched, j this county, and Mr. Luther Crappae Candblates for The Hoom-. ) Kcssh.n In Four Week*. ' Fmoaks.-Aug. 21—Special: The The Walterboro High school will political pot has begun to boll quite commence Its session of 1811-1912 on September, INth. next, the ses sion lasting ^or Mine months. The newly elected principal, Cyrus L. The sheriff wa* gone with hts pris oner about two hours before it was known by those who had determln* «d to lynch. As soot - a* it was learned that the Sheriff had gone. *he party quickly completed their were the participants In the fight in trhich Mr. Long was shot. It seems as if these gentlemen had been deer Stinting an-d bad returned from their hunt and were dividing their game. Mr. Padgett plans and left In pursuit in automo-: called to Mr. Crsppse to come Mies. Sheriff Owens knew that and get his share, whereupon Mr. horse and buggy was the only safe fh-appse It Is reported, flew into •neans of escape, so he proceeded In a passion and said: ‘ The lee* 1 y°u i round about way thereby foil- : say to me the better for you." and early. It is reported that Messrs. Polk and Hill will offer for re- election. Messrs. H. Ky Strickland of lx)dge. and A. P. Smoak. of Shealy, is a man of splendid ln- Smoaks, will be In the race for tellectual trainin*. having graduate vepreeentattve. Also it Is re- vlth distinction at S. ( . I n.versli. ported thet Dan Peurlfoy and He- For the past four years he has been tier K. Padgett, of Walterboro will the pritcipal of the grammar school run j at Camden. He was re-elected to Last Sunday one of the heaviest i *^*1 position for the ensuing year, rains that has fallen this aerjon declined it in order to come fell. It was accompat-^ed by heavy lo Walterboro. He enjoy* the wind. Crops✓ were needing some reputation of being a teacher of rain badly. * -. , marked ability and stands very Protracted meettig began Sunday *“**» matters pertaining to afiecaaon at Tabernacle. t t school management and dlarlpUne There will be preaching atthe He wfP be assisted Ik bis work Baptist church the first Sunday in ^® r ® *>y k corps of well tralend September by Rev. Walter Black, ®ad talented Umchers The teach of Kufflr-. ers are Mine An A** G.vllosmy, Miss Ruffin and SmoeJt? vied with Leonle Padgett, Wise Lillian Farm each other Saturday afternoon on er - Mi 8 * -!»?!»»• Fra*er. Miss Essie the latteifs diamond. The game re- Hyrnc and Mlf-s Agnc-s Sejle. All tng his pursuers. began hitting Padgett with a shot- Ir seems not to have occurred to gun. Padgett had drawn his revolv- •he mob that the prisoi^r * I’ht er after being kr-ocked down, it is ^ * 'to taken to Charleston. The oads said, and at this Juncture Mr. Long eadipg to Branchvllle. Walterboro rushed in to part the combatants, nd all points -vbove St. George Crappse had his hand near Pad- v? re closely gr-»rded. ; get?»s pistol, lu the tussle the pis- Afcr driving sheut four hours it tol fired the bullet going through t-- I'ost out of the way roads, the Crappses hand, between thumb and ber’ff sfopred af Byrd's, a small forefinger, at-d entering the neck •;« i< n four n il» « below St George ' of Mr Long, inflicting the wound •nd hoarded the train for Charles- of which he died last night. It •on and landed his prisoner in safe- seems tha^ another man, Mr. ty. Bowers came into the fight about suited in a. victory for Smoaks. The score being 9 to 1. Fra Garris, of Der-mark. Is vis iting relatives at Smoaks. Henry Varn. of Moselle, had busir-ess at Smoaks last week. of these are teachers of ripe ex perience except Miss Hyrne She graduated with high distinction at Winthrep In the class of 1911 and give** promise of doing ej^o-J- lent work The trustees hope for a roctinu A. E. Varn visited Moselle lr.-st week. ,anoe of Mrs. Morrslls connection Miss Varn. of Bamberg, and her' wi,h the-school as directress of the friend, Miss UJioad, spent some- department, but their ar- time with Miss Yarn's brolher, A. E. nrrar-gements are not yet complete. Varn, of Smoaks. j This dvjariin ui, under h--r mai- Miss Mamie Hiers' cousin of Ai- agement, did a splendid work last This was a clever piece of work this time andniatters were quiet- the >n ihe part of Sheriff Owen«. It is ed. Mr. Long was taken to !• duty of any sheriff to protect j hospital in Savannah. • prisoner, ard the clever manner All of the men Implicated, both 1 which Sheriff Owens evaded ! as combatants and as peacemakers, •hat mob Wednesday 1» proof that are well known throughout this he Is not derelict to the oath of section, and the affair is deeply his office. , I deplored. It Is also said that whls- lendale, is visiting here now. G. W. Lyons, has purchr-sed a fine horse. % I J May is constructing an ad- mlrabe residence. Later the dogs were put on the to the negro Glover s home. From ♦ here they were led on to the coun ty jail, following the scent almost without a break. The negro ronld not be Idet-cificd by his victim as It was In the dafk but sufficient evidence* w - as secur ed to convince the officers and others present that he was the guilty or-e. The husband of the lady who was attacked is employed several miles from town and was away * when the trouble occurred. The victim U the mother of five key figured in bringing or- the dif- n good A special term of court Will be asked for at once, and If possible ficultjx All the men were Mie trial will take place without i friends to each other. From re- delajr: It Is the genera) opinion ports received here there is very hat the negro is guilty and should little probability of any criminal •ac he hanged. Even amor-g the better tion being taken against any of the track at the house a-t they trare,-tt'”" ” f ' ,e,tr0e8 ,he 8,,CCW of i f ° V ,he rrn8on that < ‘ 11 of Sheriff Owens in saving the ptis- them agree that the shooting was oner from mob death, is appreci- an accldei* brought about by tiie ated, sayijig that they would rather scuffle with the pistol. see the hanging done according to Mr. Loi g will be burk-d tomor- )v*ar, and the trustees trust that she will be able to continue* the work. _ ^ , . Tile school is now fully equtppeo and prepared to do a great work. Mrs. J. (\ Counts, of Greensboro, no * only for Who town, but for the X. O., Is spending some time with entire county. Pupils fr^MW-’anx l^r parents, Mr. and Mrs. J M. l r ’ rt Hie county w+tf^be admit- Smoaks. - 'ted without t^irfon charges to P. J. Wqri^n had business In hi * h •cboot department, that iValterboro la-st Saturday. 11*. RPadtS I to in Inclusive. In A. P. Smith, had busness at 'he lower grades pupils entering* ( aldwel. Stephens Cross Roads and f 1-0 ™ other school districts, will l<odge last Thursday. ' be charged a tuition fee of one Quite a number of those who dollar per month. It Is to be hop- partieipate in sports, came from U illiains and Ruffin as spectators to the game of ball Seturday after noon. A. P. S. •aw row at Nlxvllle church, near his Dorchester county has -had only home. The Hev. \V. D. Dowling one hanging sit -e its formation and "ill conduct the funeral serrices. it is now very evident that the after which the remains will be second will take place. The law turned over to the Masons. now- provides capital punishment — for attempt to rape, the purpose S«*n«ling (hit Ih-etiihim Lists, of the Act being to check mob vlo- The secretary of the Colleton lence. Heretofore it was a hang- County Fair Association, is now en ing crime only where the assailant gaged in sending out the premium * accomplished his purpose.,, This lista. A thousand copies are be- ed that the people of the c-mnty * f ‘' r - ’ 'H take liberal advan tage of this rare opportunity for the education of their children. It is the purpose of the board of trus- ! tees to ntake this school as effi- A FUliing Party. ^ient as any. | n the State and the Last week, < apt. (’. ,\ Savage trustees feel that a gre:-t deal is "as the host for an enjoynble ex- being accomplished towards this • ursloi. and fishing party Leaving p nd. The trustees are seriously Monda morning they went down , desires that the influence and work 'he Ashepoo, their, destination be- the school should extend to ing St. Helena Island. the numerous parts of the county* I An abundance of fish was caught ar, d cordially Invite parents to wend ■ •nd despite a few mosquito bites their children and every posal- ihe time was pleasantly spent. Th« °r six children. ] n< *' r P 1 " 0 ' 18 ' 0 ^ of the law is a good Ing mailed to all parts of the roun- ’ ( There was some attempt at lynch-' fhin * Ha<1 U DOt been for ,hiB far ty ’ be «‘d®« others given out at his •ng, but cooler heads prevented *uch action and the negro remaln- * we venture the assertion that not office. | a single man would have raised *''* in Jail until the next day some where about 3 o’clock ir- the after noon. Sheriff Owens had communicated with-the Governor's office and he was advised to take the prisoner to R »fety. An attempt to take the prisoner to Columbia was at once «een to be impossiblf, as the mob that had formed would bare stop ped the sheriff at almost bay point •bore St. George. Sheriff Owens did some excellent J his voice against speedy punish- booklet may obtain same by ment for Clinton Glover plying to the secretary. I Much interest seems to be r ss Blanche Smith of.Smo.vkis Is Tested iH’m <tr>rn ‘ Mrs. W. H.' Pcdgett. return trip was made Friday in he Annie Keith. Those in the party were: Capt. (T .A Savage, o ' •J H. Chaplin, D. J. Chaplin E R Persona desiring copies of this , \v Pljb P ’ “ ap- Frankjin Davis. every hie attention will Ite* given children coming from the country. Ratlsfar factory board, at reasonable rates, ran be had in town. mat i- Mi«s Miriam duBols who . , , visiting her sister at « v ®n r where in ihe coming : d-rsoi-wtiirt . _ c r*®rm»ne • tt-.^ with her sister fair and numerous exhibitors ^are j ’ Tuea«Uy. getting ready for sending In th**ir * # * exhibits. It Is expected that there Ml s Crmer Westbury of Grover will bea much greater number and spent a few days last week on Sul-, variety of exhibits of all kinds, that llvans Island. • • e 0 Mi and Mra. A. H. Brant of Sni der* ware among those la - town, V . ’ An ApproM-himr Marringe. The following invitations have haa* been reeelved,_Jn town: Hen- Mrs. E. O B. Gibbs requests the honour of your^rea- Mr. and Mr*. J. H. Dodd of eaC ® at ht, “ n,arrU *e her aiater Round, spem Sunday with their Sadio O'Bryan t lighter Mrs. D. L. Smith. • ’ an4 Mr. Claude Wataofi ever before. Mrs. Julia Thomas, of Savannah, who is visiting her parents near Drawdys, wta in town yesterday. Leon KmPh of Smoaks is spend- • g sori«a time with his sister Mra. ,.H Padgett. Mias Lackte Remley spent a day or two U town last week with rel- atirdu Thursday, the thirty-first of August at high noon Walterboro. South Carolina Walterboro. South Carolina. At horn# after Sept 4th, IIII, ••Hay, n. C. Dr. Scorers—Howell, C„ and Padgett. Rooter—Lace. lUrthflay Cel«<t>ra(ioii. The 89th birthday of Mr. Solomon Hier*. which takes place tvn Sept. 6. will beeelebrrted on the 2nd. at the Hiers Park, in front of the residence of 8. J. Hiers The pnhlic is invited to attend and bring well filled baskets. A Grandson, Austin M. Hiers. Monday. October 2nd. will be a big day for Walterboro and Colleton county. The cltliens of this county have been reading and hearing much about the new science of man flying, but only, a very few 'of he t cltixens have actually seen thin most wonderful performance of the twentieth century. Now the oppor tunity will be presented and the flier* brought to those who could not go to the fliers. A contract has been entered In to between a committee of the citi zens and the Curtiss Aviation Com pany to hare one of their most ex perienced uad renowned aviators • give three flights here salesday In October. The flights will be at the County Fair grounds and the first flight will be at noon; the second about 3 o'clock and the third about 4 or & o'clock. Excursions will be rua to Walterboro from Beaufort, Hamp ton Ehrhadt and other poic<s near by, and thousands of peoplo are expected to see the flight. WALTERBORO VH KIDGELAND. o The Home Team Again Wallop* The Babp CosuMty Boy*. Thursday afternoon the Infants from Ridgeland, after Imbibing n <ood supply of lacteal nourishment, and feeling they would not cry for nulSe before right, went out to the fair grounds and attempted to Interest the Walteiboro bnll team In n game of ball. For the first four inning*, before the Mellina food supply was exhausted, the bm bles played pretty good ball, but after this th^y weakened and cried so much for nurse that the game ••eased |o be iMerestiiiy from thve m * I • •n-loftkcrs point of view. In the seventh inning every man of the home team except one crossed the pLite making eight runs for the inni:*T. The ImMes made four In •he fourth. The total score was. not lt> to 1. but almost—16 to 8. The game was no* especially npte wort ho except as to the number of errors on either side. Gruber I-r ibf home team wr e hit pretty promiscuously, but so was foleman^ for the babies. Howell played a «ood game at first base making sev eral noat cau h< s, Crosby, H.. es tablished his reputation as a sprint- *r—he outran the ball on several occasions. "Mur McKlm^y, the ^ablest (?) baby was also a good runer. Coburn for Ridgeland also handled the mlt with ease. The attendai• e at this game »»» a little disappointing to the management. Whlk there was a Pretty good crowd present, there •"•-ked a lot of being the number present, who, should have been there. The line up was. Walterboro -Griffin, G., c; How- Hl. l b; Crosby, H.. of; Orlfm* f»., -b; Gruber, p; Crosby, J. t r f. Arv •lerson, Hyrne, |f ; Rodgers, 3b. Ridgeland—McTeer. G.. 3b; Cole man, p; Harris, rf; Coburn, c; Fer ry. If; McTfer, W.. ss; McKenny. ef: Ryan, P.. 2b; Ryan, W.. tb. Walterboro—| j 2 220 800 Ridgelaad - 102 401 000 - 3 Empires- Dr. Kershaw and Ryan. OH* Herndon ot Sniders wen Is town Friday. r