The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 18, 1913, Image 3

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CONDEMED TO DIE SLAYER OF BARNWELL MERCHANT, FACtS DEATH +. TO DIE BEFORE XMAS ? Trial at Barn well Results in Conviction of Negro, Scott Madison?Testimony Clearly Against llim and Two Said Ho Told Them of Killing a White Man. Scott Madison, colored, will pay the death penalty for tho murder of Mr. E. Peyton Pest in Barnwell on tho night of December 8, between Friday, December 19, and Monday, Decomber 22, inclusive. Such was tho sentence of Judge Ciago lato Monday afternoon, after tho jury had brought In a verdict of guilty of murder as to Madison, and guilty of assault and battery as to Gilbert Miller, also colored. i lie testimony of the rase seemed to show conclusively that Madison %vas the guilty party, although ho denied having committed tho crime. A summary of tho testimony Is given lielow. Ed Durant, a negro, who was tho first witness, testified that Mr. Best pushed Miller, who was standing in tho door of tho restaurant, out of his way, when ho left the building, and that Miller then threw a hottle at him and ran. According to the testimony, Mr. Best turned and asked Scott Madison who hit him, the defendant replying that the man that hit him was the one running down the street. Mr. Best then turned to walk away and tho fatal shot was li red. The testimony of Rufus James, Mitchell Stroy and Julius Williams, tho proprietor of tho restaurant and pool room in question, all corroborated in the main tho statements made hy Durant. Major R. Boyd Colo testified to finding a pistol under tho depot, upon information given hy Andrew Simms, tho same being, it was alleged, the ono with which tho murder was committed. Dr. R. C. Kirkland testified as to tho nature of the gunshot wound on the body of Mr. Rest?that tho bullet entered from the hack and passed entirely through tho body. Mr. Alva Mellett, tho undertaker, testified that there was a small bruise bohind the left ear of the dead man, which could have been caused by a blow from a bottle. Mr. Vince Dunbar, who was standing In the doorway of Hearse's pool room at the time of the tragedy, testified to having seen tho smoke from the pistol immediately after tho firing of the two shots; that Mr. Best staggered towards him and Mr. A. M. Harden, exclaiming as ho fell, "Hoys, I'm aliot." That deceased died immediately thereafter. Mr. A. M. Harden, who was standing by Mr. Dunbar at the time of the shooting, testified to having seen the flash of the pistol in front of tho negro restaurant and that he caught Mr. Best in his arms as deceased was falling. Andrew Sims, a negro section hand, testified that Scott Madison had attempted to buy his pistol?a 3 8oalibre, left-hand Wheeler?from him on the afternoon of tho shooting; that ho refused to let tho defendant hare it and that it was lator stolen from his trunk, presumably by Madison returned the pistol and said that he had killed a white man; that wittioss became frightened and hid the pistol under tho A. C. L. freight depot. (Albert Cave, colored, testified that a negro threw a bottle at Mr. Best, who turned and asked who hit him. No ono replied, and deceased then turned and started up tho street, when a negro snapped a pistol at him thrco times. Another negro, ho said, then fired tho shots, one of which hit Mr. Best in tho back. Witness could not identify tho assailants, who were strangers. Scott Madison is from Remini. Ho was put upon tho stand in his own defence, and told a story entirely at varianco with tho testimony of the witness for the State. So unsupportable was his testimony, that he got badly mixed in tho telling and no weight was given to it whatever. He denied doing the killing, but said that it was done with tho gun ho had gotten" from Andrew Simms. lie accusA r\ v* If /\/\?/\ ^ A uiiu ouaiuaii muuiu UJ. lllU CrllllU. Gilbert Miller testified in his own behalf, and apparently told a straightforward story, impressing his hearers with the truth of his stato? ments. He admitted buying a bottle of whiskey in the restaurant; stated that Mr. Best had pushed him out of the way, and that he had hit tho dead man with a bottle, after which he ran away, and that ho was quite a good distance off when the shots were fired. He later met Madison, who, he said, admitted having shot a white man. Two negro women and Seaman ' Moore were put on the witness stand, hut they denied knowing anything connected with tho tragedy. This completed the case. Tho jury Svas out about twenty minutes, returning tho verdict given above. Miller was sentenced to thirty days on tho chain gang. After sentence had DEATH LIST IS GROWING LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH TEXAS SHOWS 150. IV?r Frocz? and Famine ? Appeals for Help From Flooded Districts Meets Hearty Response. The number of known dead as a result of tho flood, which was spread over the lowlands in half a dozen counties in South Central Texas, has reached 150, with several thousand i refugees marooned in half-flooded cotton gins and dwelling houses, safe from the water for tho time being, but suffering from hunger and exposure. Four-fifths of the dead and marooned were negro farm hands. Of the dead tho greater number lost their lives in tho vicinity of Bryan, where a thirty-mile stretch of levee along the Brazos river crumbled under tho pressure of the Hood. Hempstead, in Walter county, from which reports up to this time had been meagro, reported twenty drowned and others missing. Reports from half a dozen other small towns in Walter and adjoining counties advanced tho total fatalities to 150 in all. The San Feupo section of Austin county, whero fears were expressed for several hundred persons marooned on a slight elevation, received a ^ l. I smpmeni or motor boats from Houston, which rapidly removed the refugees to safety. The great danger now is freezing and starvation. For tho second successive night ico was forecasted over tho thirty-nine district about Bryan, where 1,800 persons, mostly negroes, are marooned with little food or ilro. Urgent appeals for blankets and food were received from all over the stricken district, from central Texas almost to tho Gulf coast. A trainload of provisions was ordered from Austin to Cause, in Milam county, on tho Bazos for H00 marooned. Close to Simonton, in Fort Bend county, near the mouth of tho Brazos river, fifty persons were shut up in a warehouse without food. Tho Brazos crest went through a dam near Richmond Tuesday, flooding a State convict farm. The prisoners had been removed. Texas cities have all began pouring money and supplies into tho flooded district. Houston raising $8,000 in cash. In the vicinity of Bryan seven of those drowned were members of rescue parties whose flimsy boats woro overturned. Ono of tho most heroic sacrifices was that of three young Bryan business men. all of whom a in a tree north of that city from exposude after their two motorboats had capsized. These three, Howard R. Cavltt, Clifton Elzie and Asa J. Robbins, started Saturday noon with Tom Evans, another Bryan man, to carry provisions to a point about twenty miles north of Bryan. Their boat overturned on a snag. Robbins, Cavitt and Evans got into a tree together with Elzie in a treo fifty yards away. "Would You Only Come Bank! (Ralph M. Thompson, in The Christian Herald.) Would you only como back, little fellow, to mo, From the land where your spirit forever is free. You might muss up my collar and rumple my shirt, You might dent every floor with the point of your top? And though your small fingers might fill mo with dirt, I should nevermore peevishly tell you to stop! Would you only como back, little fellow, to me?Would you heed when I call you, and hearken tho plea? You might load down your pockets with rocks every day? You might spatter your best Sunday garments, my lad; And though you should throw all my trinkets away, I should strivo to ho kind, and should scorn to "get mad". Would you only come hack, little fellow, to me, From that Homo where you romp with tho angels in glee, You might scratch up tho furniture, mark on tho wall, And deface overv vnlnmo _ . j .viuiih; juu found in my den, You might litter the parlor and shout in the hall, But I never should scold you, ah, never again. 1 Could you only come back, llttlo fellow, to me? Could you kneel as you used to, once j more at my knee? ] I should hold your heart close, to atone for my loss, I And should bid you to pray the j dear God, who is good, , lo forgive your poor daddy for hav- j ing been cross? , And I feel if you asked it, my boy, | that Ho would! I heen passed Madison asked permis- 1 sion to speak, and made several re- ' quests as to the disposition of his : body, the collection of some money 1 owing to him, and that he bo allow- 1 ed to thank his friends for what they ( had done. The defendants were then { remanded to jail. < 01NNINQS AHEAD THIS YEAR SHOWS GAIN OVER LAST YEAR'S REPORT OVER TWELVE MILLION According to Government Report Amount Prepnre<i for Miirkot to December 1 is 12,081,100?South Carolina is 120,000 ltules Ahead of Last, Year at This Time. The sixth cotton ginning report of tho census bureau for tho season, issued Monday morning, announced that 1 2,081,1 00 bales of cotton, counting round as half hales, of the growth of 1012 had been ginned prior to December 1, to which date during the past seven years tho ginning average 82.2 per cent, of the entire crop. Last year to December 1 there had been ginned 1 1,854,54 1 bales, or 87.0 per cent, of the entiro crop; in 1011 to that date 12,816,807 bales, or 82.4 per cent., and in 1008 to that date 11,008,661 bales, or 84.1 pur ceni. Included in tho ginnings were 85,7GO round bales, compared with 7 3,030 round bales laBt year, 87,096 round bales in 1911, 101,718 round bales In 1910, and 13 4,393 round bales in 1909. Tbe number of sea island cotton bales included were 61,516, compared with 51,275 bales last year, 87,656 bales In 1911, 77,591 bales in 1909, and 68,396 bales in 1 908. Ciinnings prior to December 1, by states, with comparisons for last year and of the years and the percentage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those years follow: Alabama. Year. Ginnings. Pet. 1913 1,365,888 .... 1 91 2 1,1 61,482 87.4 191 1 1,436,076 84.7 1908 1,175,629 88.3 Arkansas. 191 3. . .... 789,038 191 2 659,505 85.5 1 91 1 680,434 74.9 1908 776,461 78.0 Florida. 1 91 3 58,490 .... 1 912 48,630 82.7 1911 74,056 78.4 190S 58,603 83.0 Georgia. 1913 2,064,792 .... 1 91 2 1,564,428 86.3 191 1 2,339,354 83.7 1908 1,539,657 88.0 I/oiiisinna. 1013 3 4 0,080 .... 101 2 343,323 91.6 101 1 313,624 82.4 1008 304,9 1 8 84.6 Mississippi. 101 3 955,588 .... 1 01 2 817,707 81.4 1 01 1 802,495 76.3 1008 1,207,677 80.1 North Carolina. 1013 622,746 .... 1012 754,569 83.3 1 011 828,660 73.6 1008 554,34 6 81.1 Oklahoma. 101 3 761,439 1 01 2 869,278 86.5 1 01 1 783,989 77.1 1008 505,584 91.5 South Carolina. 101 3 1,161,437 .... 1 01 2 1,04 1,689 85.1 1 01 1 1,31 0,963 77.5 1008 1,051,550 86.5 Tennessee. 1 01 3 304,502 101 2 208,721 78.0 101 1 310,979 74.4 1 008 279,654 83.7 Texas. 101 3 3,571,3 31 1 01 2 4,31 4,821 92.9 1 01 1 3,747,932 91.3 1008 3,1 93,096 88.0 Other States. 1013 85,763 .... 1 01 2 70,388 78.1 1 01 1 89,24 5 64.2 1 00 8 5 6,01 6 7 6.6 i no ginnmgs or sea island cotton, prior to December 1, by states, follow: Year. Fla. Ga. S.C. 1013 23,207 34,81 5 4,400 1012 1 7,820 20,756 3,003 1 01 1 32,250 51,400 3,81 0 1 000 25,005 43,104 8,522 1008 27,007 32,1 40 8,340 HAD DEATH OF LITTLE HOY. +. Died From Hydrophobia After Tteing Bitten Nino Weeks. Tho Greenwood Index says the little seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Rhodes, of Ware Shoals, died Monday from what was reported to have been hydrophoia. The little fellow was bitten nine weeks ago by \ mad dog. Tho dog's head was sent to Columbia immediately after for examination and was found to have been affected with rabies. At once tho parents had tho little boy and his dster, who had also been bitten, Gven tho Pasteur treatment and tho little fellow had seemed to bo getting Gong well until Monday morning when ho had a quick chango for tho worse and passed away despite medical skill. The little girl is getting Gong very well and it is believed hat sho will recover. MAY TAKE THEM OVER 1 GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH OWNERSHIP CONSIDERED. i Postmaster General Burleson Will Submit I^indiiiKH on Question in His Annual Report. Government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines throughout . the eountry is being seriously considered by President Wilson. Conferences between tho president and Postmaster General Burleson have led to a gathering information nbout the practical working of government ownership in thoso nations where such a system is in operation. Tho subect will bo discussed at Rome length in the postmaster general's , annual report, soon to bo made pub- ] lie, though it is by no means assured that ho will make any positive rec- i ommendat ions. I Tho postmaster general saw tho ] president for a few minutes Wednes- ( day and while they did not discuss ( tho subject. Mr. Burleson said as he left tho White House that on previous j occasions when he discussed the sub- i Ject with the president he had found \ his mind open and receptivo to infor mat ion. Though hills have been j drafted by members of congress look- ] ing to government ownership, none | has been agreed upon as an ad minis- ; tration measure, while the result of , Mr. Burleson's investigations are be- < ing awaite(i. < "There is no doubt," said Mr. Bur- j leson, "that the inauguration of the ] parcel post and the postal savings | system have given a tremendous im- t petus to the desire of people all over tho country to have the government own the means of communication | everywhere. It is a subject involv- , ing two or three hundred million ( dollars ami we must go very slowly ( in inquiring into it. Every great | nation except us has adopted it. < "When Sir Herbert Samuels, post- i master general of Great Britain, was i hero recently, 1 had two long talks | with him. It has proved a success in { England. 1 do not want to make any recommendations to congress until I < am absolutely sure of my ground." | Although Mr. Burleson seems to i favor the plan for government owner- ] ship, it is said that it will not meet ] the unanimous approval of President ] Wilson's cabinet. It is believed in of- ] ficial circles Attorney General Mc- j Reynolds, for one, would show his . aversion to such a plan if tho matter ; is seriously taken up in tho White House. * I ] The Hong Ago. A wonderful stream is tho River of Time, . As it Hows through tho realm of tears With a faultless rhythm and musical rhyme. And a broader sweep and a surge sublime, Ere it blends with the Ocean of Years, How the winters are drifting, like flakes of snow, And the summers like buds between, And the years in their shenvna no , they come and go, On the river's breast, with its ebb and 1 flow, t Ere they glide in the shadows and 1 sheen. i There's a magical isle up the Itiver of < Time, r Where the softest of airs are play- ? ing; ( There's a cloudless sky and a tropical ( clime, And songs as sweet as a vesper's j chime, i And the Junes with the roses are straying. ( The name of that islo is The Long ( Ago; We bury our treasures there. There are brows of beauty and bos- f oms of snow; There are heaps of dust; but we love them so; There are trinkets and tresses of :1 hair. There's a fragment of song that no- r body sings, ' And part of an infant prayer; n There's a lute unswept and a harp v without strings? ? Tnere aro broken VOWS and pieces of n rings, r And the garment she used to wear. * F There are hands that wo waved, as n the fairy shore By the mirago is lifted in air; f And sometimes wo hear, through the h turbulent roar, p Sweet voices wo heard, in tho days f gone before, v When tho wind down the river is y fair. I Oh, remember, for aye, ho that fairy (j Tale, p All day of life till night; K When evening comes on, with its f beautiful smiles, v And we are closing our eyes to slum- p her awhile, p May that Greenwood of souls ho in \ sight. i Postmaster at Paxville. T.eila G. Corhett was Tuesday appointed postmaster at Paxville, Olar- .N endon county, succeeding E. M. Brab- h ham, resigned. * T SHOT IN HIS HOME all batesrurg wonders who pulltd trigger MYSTERIOUS SILENCE I. Milton llito Goes to llis Homo for Supper ami is Soon Afterwards Found Wounded?Telephone Idno11tail and Mrs. llito Are in Jail Awaiting Investigation. Mystery shroiuls the shooting of J. Milton llito, of Hatosburg, which occurred Saturday night in the llito home, and in the preseuoo of Mrs. llito and her cight-ycar-old daughter. The wound may prove fatal, for the doctors at Augusta, where Mr. llito was carried, say he has a meagro hanee to live. Walter 10. Gurganmis is held charged with tho shooting. According to information obtainable, Mr. llito left his work a little before 7 o'clock Saturday night to go to ids homo for supper and upon arrival there, It is said, he found Gurgnnous in tho hall and his wife and littlo daughter in the bed room. It Is believed that a quarrol followed ind that Mr. llito ordered tho stranger to leave, and that during a scuffle with Gurganous tho pistol was tired. Sheriff Miller, who made a thorough nvestlgatlon, refused to divulge what be terms as the inside story, saying that ho would hold it until the proper time. Gurganous was arrested Saturday it the home of Mr. llito soon after ho shooting by Chief of Police Darby >f Patcsburg. An automobile was se*ured and Gurganous was brought to Iho Lexington jail, where ho was fll porl Hoi 11 nil lin 1 11% I ^ # IN 1 v.. ... .....v. iiiu w.nn. v HUH I lill liy stated that ho ehoso a circuitous route in order to ho sure th.it no larm would ho dono his prisoner, the reeling at Batosburg being strong igainst tho man. Mrs. Ella Dello TTlte, wife of tho wounded man, was arrested at her ionic hy Sheriff Miller Tuesday and is io\v resting behind the bars of tho Lexington county jail. She was arrested on a warrant sworn out before Magistrate A. H. Blouse hy John (). Darby, chief of police of Batosburg, II which slio is charged with heing III accessory to tho shooting. Tho illldavit sets out: That on Information and belief at Batosburg, Lexington County, State ^foresaid, on tho 6th day of December, 1913, ono Ella Dello llito did unlawfully assist, aid, abet and procure ono WnUnr TO nnroonnna ,UI. mt just cause or provocation, to violently assault, shoot, penetrate and wound one J. Milton III to, with intent, him, the said J. Milton lllte, to kill and murder, said aiding, aboting, issisting and procuring being against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against tlio peace and dignity of the State. Mrs. Ilito refused to bo interviewed after reaching the jail, telling Sheriff Miller that she would not nake a statement now, but in a few lays sho would be pleased to talk. (Jurganous, who is charged with the shooting, is occupying a cell on ho upper floor of the jail, while Mrs. Ilito occupies a lower cell just to the right of the cell occupied by the foung man. Carrying out the instructions of Solicitor Georgo B. rimmerman, who accompanied Shorff Miller to Batesburg, Mrs. Ilito and [Jurganous will not bo allowed to talk o each other. A close guard will be placed around the pall during the day n order that no messago may pass between the two. Mrs. llite showed no visible signs >f emotion. She took her arrest salmly, it is said, and the outcome of icr husband's injuries will be await;d before any attempt is niado to )\r\rwl fr\t? /-,{ t 1, ^? * * T A ,wutu uuuu avji uiinur mrn, 11110 or Jurganous. Mrs. 11 i to is a typical >runette, very attractive in personalty. Sho was becomingly dressed in l blue coat suit with a hat to match. Tho shooting for which C.urganous ind Mrs. Tfito aro being held occur ed in tlio homo of Mr. and Mrs. lite, at Ratesburg, on Saturday night ihout 7 o'clock. Mr. Ilito left his vork at the store of L. D. Cullum to :o to supper, a little beforo 7 o'clock, ind a few minutes later a pistol shot ang out. Nearby neighbors rushod o the home only a find Tlite with a dstol wound in tho lower part of tho icck. Ourganous and Mrs. Ilito woro ound in the homo together, it * said, Mrs. Ilito being at tho telehone trying to get a doctor when the Irst person arrived. Tho weapon iritli which tho wound was inflicted /as, it is alleged, tho property of Mr. litft and hnn novnr hf?<>n When seen at tho county Jail Sunay morning, which was two days rior to tho arrest of Mrs. 11 i to, Guranous refused to mako a statement urther than to say that tho shooting fas purely an accident. Ho said also hat he did not do tho shooting; that hero was no ono in tho room at tho imo except himself and Mr. and Mrs. Iito. Two Killed Near Sumter. According to a report from Sumter Toso Dens, colored, shot and killed is wife and a man named Allston, at rovidonce, on Saturday. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Victor-Vlctrol as for saIs by 81m* Hook Store, Orangeburg, S. C. For Sale?Shetland Ponies. W. I. Uclntyro, Thomasvlllo, Ga. For Kale? Poplar and pine treos. Address James A. Clarkson, Hopkins, S. C. I Wanted?Govt peas, all varieties. The H. G. Holding Co., 144 East Hay, Charleston, 8. C. Wanted to Huy?Ten Car Loads well berried Holly. Z. M. L. Jeffreys, Goldsboro, N. C. Oranges?Sweet, fresh from trees. Standard size box, $2. Jas. T. Holnier, Hartow, Fla. For halo?Fruit, Shade Ornamental tree# and shrubs. Catalogue free. Cureton Nurseries, Austeel, Ga. Hurry! Choico Mating, Bourbon Red Turkeys; toms, hens, $5; Pair, $!>; trio, $12. Bourbon Farm, Kemp Mills, N. C. White Wyandottea?Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatch lug. W. P. Causey, 1315 Dickens Bt., Columbia, S. C. Marry?Many rich, congenial, anxious for companions. Interesting particulars, plioto free. Tho Messenger, Jacksonville, Fla. Sixvinl?Pure white and IOxhibittos Fawn and Whito Runners, $5; trio Utility, SI each or $10 doz. Mrs. J. F. Carroll, Ilohennald, Tonn. lloiner Pigeons?50c. Whito Wyandotte, White and Brown Leghorn cockerels, $1. Fine Jersey cows. Ren bow Farmers, Oak Ridge, N. C. For Sale 10 0-ncro stock farm; well improved; lake front; rural route; 3 miles from station. Price $7,000. Terms. Frank Powell, Mlccosukee, Fla. For Sale?One gold trumpet cornet, Holton's; good as now, cost $105. First check for $50 gets it. I guarantee it. Address Box 104, Rock Hill, S. C. Are you umhitioun? Learn salesmanship. I teach you thoroughly by correspondence in twelve weeks and assist you iu securing position. P. 10. Oarrett, Box 188, Chattanooga, j Tenn. Cnbhrtgo Plants?I) irect from Younge's Island; 00c per thousand. Big lots cheaper. Cash with order saves purchaser return charges oil mon&y. Fred F. Pooser, Orangehurtr R C For Bale?Good farms, all Bizes, cotton, tobacco and truck BiicccHBfully grown. Coming Beetion of Horry county. Ten to twenty dollars per acre. ARk ub for Hat. Ream & McKenzie, LoriB, S. 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