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/ A TRIPLE HANGING ; FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The Last Legal Execution Is Recalled. McCRAVY WAS SHERIFF. I'iiN ss Staying Order Secured in v miii??<iii Case, La lire us Will Have Hanging Frida;. Unless an order slaying execution is secured from one Of the' Judiciary Of the SiatC ; ltd ail tlppeal taken to the supreme court, .John Henry An derson, cohvlctcd of murder, will hang >>:i Friday of this week. How ever* '!??' attorneys Iii the eiise have by no means given tin hope, even af ter the ?? 'ufial of (;,>' Ansel to inter fere !:. tii" case and grant a commu tation. Messrs. lllacUwell and lllclu ey state that they will leave no device unused In their efforts to save the negro from the gallows. The deep Interest attendant upon n possible hanging lias recalled th< last icj-.ii execution in this county, which lias been n topic of general discussion on the streets hero during the several <iay< past. !t was on Friday, Sep tember t. during tii? administra tion of Col. 0. s. McCravy. now post mastor Laurens, its sheriff, that three negroes were hanged from the sinn?' gallows a: the sitine nioment. oiio tor the murder of his wife ami the bther two for tin' burning <jf the residence of Mr. ,1, l>. Halrstoh at Ooldvillc. >.Kii.i: ?ii> tl.Id files n!" 'I i.,. Advertiser. the Reporter finds a column story cone* rnlng *'.:?? execu ? Tim crime ??:" .lohii Ferguson, e'on* m< :. Of kil!:r;L his wife was a lielh bus one, i:i that he dragged her from 'he home of a friend to wood-pile in ?!..? ba< yard and cut her throat* ''At the trial", says Tim Advertiser, "the defense undertook to prove that the prisoner was subject to epileptic ills and wa^ not responsible ;it the time of the killing, but the Jury promptly found .*i verdict ol guilty. The presiding Judge and the solicitor declined to Join hi a petition for exec utive clemency." As will be noted this case hoars some points of resem blance to the Anderson case, In that the attorneys claim that their client is subject to "spells" and not wholly responsible for his act. On the day of his execution this John Ferguson wrote a letter to The Advertiser In which he acknowledged ids wrong and begged to Bee his wife's mother and get her forgiveness. The other two negroes, hanged for the burning of a residence, protested their innocence to the lust. Their names were Wndc Cannon and George ! Bowers, and they were convicted upon confessions that they claimed were I frighten* d out of I hem, ' Mention of the hanging of Mowers and Cannon for the burning Of Mr. tlnirston's house, which occurred In July Of ivi::. recalls that Mr. Mairston himself was shot and killed while at supper on the night of Friday, Xo\ < hi her !For this killing it ne gro. Wash Owen:-, was convicted and sentenced to hang, hat the attorneys appointed to defend him secured a I commutation to life imprisonment. After serving in the penitentiary, Ow ens escaped and has never been re captured. About tlds case Tho Ad vertiser of November 7 says: "It will be remembersed that George Powers and Wade Cannon, ne groes, were tried In July and hanged in September for arson while, n third negro is n?w in jail undersentence of death for the same crime. In the hitter's case an appeal is pending. It was Mr. Hairston's dwelling that they I confessed to have burned and Mr. I llnlrstOU was the prosecutor and one of the principal witnesses at the trial. .It is conjectured that revenge for his part in the trial may have inspired j his murder." These cases and the triple hang ing IfiVij years ago have Peru called to mind by the Status of the Anderson <asc. and the probability that grim Justice may require another legal ex ecution in the near future. Laymen's Meettnu at Clinton. Clinton, April lit.-The town of .Clinton will have two important con ventions next month. The Mission ary conference of Presbyterian Lay men i:i South Carolina will meet on the seventeenth and eighteenth. On the second Sunday In May in con nection with the regular Presbyterian ?Sunday school anniversary, a confer ence pf Sunday school workers will begbi. it will be conducted by the Rev. Ja-me.v B. Carpenter, a former Orphanage boy POd a graduate of the I Prcsbyiej^afl (y>t}ejgp, and will con i Untie t hree days LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. and Mrs. o. c. Albright stud children spent Sunday in Clinton with relative?. Mr. Card S. (iarrett ar.d two chil dren, Flnley and Grace, of Green - wood, spent Sunday In tin city with Mr. Garrctt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Oarrett. Mrs. Thomas Shaw of Cold Point and her guest, Mis3 Sadie Gregory, (a l^ancaster, spent Sunday in the city, the guest* of Mr. ar.d Mrs. Geo. s. McCravj*. Solicitor Robert A. Cooper i.;.- pur chased a Maxwell runabout. it s a j beauty; ! I inlrty-thn? automobiles. Row Clarence i'. Parker and bis I mot bei', Mrs. Elizabeth Unat Parker. I arrived It. the city Saturday and are I muking their Lome ;.t |iresent at Gray's hotel. Dr. a. .?. Christopher returned Fri day from N' \\ York, where he tool; a six weeks' course in tin Improved means and methods of treatlnj stom ach diseases. I Among some of the out-of-town at tendants Sunday upon the special ser vices at the i-'iist Itnptist church church were Dr. J, I.. Fennell. Mes srs. \V, C. Wharton and ii. D. Wlnn of Waterloo. U. i). Boyd. s. J. Oavts. a. R. Rarkudale of the county. VY. II. Drummond of Lanford Station, and Victor Weathers o; Oak Gt'Ove. i Miss Kathryn Downing of Atlanta. assisted by Miss Mabel Wallace, daughter of Supt. T. R. Wallace, is ] in charge of the dry goods and m(l inery department of s. u. & .'. E. Dendy. the new merchants a: Watts : mills. Mr Clarehee tlammeit. deputy c lerk I in the Auditor's olliee. has bought the It. It. Donaldson cottage on North Harper street which he will occupy after May 1st. Governor Marlin F. AnSel wns in the city :> few minutes on Monday, on his retitrh to Columbia from Green ville where he attended the Laymen's convention. Mr, Gary Eichelberger went to Co lumbia Monday to attend the gradu ating recital at Columbia eolleg( on Monda> evening. Dr. w. C, Irby left Monday for Greenville to serve as a petit juror in the Federal court now in session. George Uarton, the notorious, one armed yeggman, who is supposed to have been iii l.aureus is to he tried ai this session of the court. Mr. K. A. Cooper made a tine tri11 in his automobile last week, going to his (dd home in the Princeton section. Dr. FcrgUSOU says Mr. Cooper "got ion to" Iiis automobile more readily than any man he ever saw. Col. T. B. Crews left Monday for j Columbia to attend the music recital j on Monday evening, at which Mies Jessie Bolt, his grand-daughter grad-1 uates in music. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. F. Holt, with their daughter. Miss Sarah, left Mon day morning for Columbia to lie pres ent Monday evening at the Columbia College Where Miss Jessie imit gives her graduating recital in piano. Mr. Lynn Kstes of Spartanburg spent Sunday here with his brother, .\lr. Broaddus Estes. Miss Julia Gilkerson haves next Monday for a visit to relatives in An derson. ' Mr. c. c. Featherstoue. who is pre siding over the two weeks' session of court at Greenwood, spent Sunday wit.i his fatnlly here. M< ?? c'. ?i .Roper and ft. \. Coop er went to Princeton Baptist church Sunday afternoon and spoke on tin Laymen's Missionary movement. Rev .:. T. Taylor of Woodruff was in tin- city Sunday for two of the Mil ler revival services. Sept. of Street^ John H, Henderson, , with it largo fore* of hands, began the i work Monday morning preparatory to r< ?macadamizing East Main street. There were no services In any of I the cry churches Sunday night ex cept the First Baptist church, which wa.- taxed to its utmost by an caus ally large c rowd. In fact, mar.y turn ed away, unable to get scats. Mr. Walter S. Gray of Woodruff. v.;,^ In the city cm Monday of this week. Mrs. Manse Greet' and children of Charleston arrived in the city Sunday and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sullivan. The Advertiser i.as received a con tribution of Si fron? Mr W. \V. Jones, in the past we.-k. for the Monument fund. It is learned that the Civic league had ;, conference with Supervisor Humbert Monday afternoon, with the result that the court house square will be fixed up. a:.d planted I i grass. Missis. H. TerrV. R. 3. Tompictoh and Clifton .lories left Tuesday for Abbeville to attend the meeting of the State Council. Jr. O. I*, a M. Among the visitors to the May fes tival ;?? Spartanburg are the follow ing from Laurens: L. c. Gooche, l>. a. Davis. Miss Bessie Todu. Mrs. T. i>. Darlington, Mrs. a. Dial Gray, Mrs. .t. P. Watts. Miss Mayme Ferguson. Mrs. Thos. Ray. Mies Gladys li.in, and Mrs. 11. K. Alken. Miss llattie Kate East er by after spending Sunday and Monday at home, left Tuesday to resume her studies at the Greenville Female college. Kreon Pond School Closes. The Green Pond school will close next Tuesday with a basket picnic. Addresses will tie made hy President Snyder of Woffoi'd and Prof. 1?. W. Dane 1 of Clemsot). The "Briars Hold Animal Reunion. (Continued from page one.) i c?i four months a> a private In the company of Capt. William Lenoir, In Col. Benjamin Cleveland's regiment of North Carolina troops. That he served nine moaths In Capt. Samuel Johnson's company of Col. Benjamin llerndon's regiment and was In the battle of Camden, s. C. That ho ap plied for a pension October 15, 1832, from I.aureus district, s. ('.. where he then resided. Tim pension was granted and reads: "John Burns, .er tiflcate 27S73, Issued -inly 24, 183-1, I under Act of June T. at South Carolina agency." The last payment was $43,33 to the Ith September, 1813. ? The pensioner was living and had lived in Anderson tor seven years and previously in Laurens district. S. C. I The records in the clerk of court I at Laurens show thai John Burns bought <>n January 10. !7s7. 200 acres Of land oil North Creek, for $''(><K and again on Feb. 7. 1807, he bought f?3 acres on Reedy Fork; for $100. in March of hi moved to Anderson county and die.', in iS i". Following Col. Brown, Capt. H. P. Griffith, a native ?>:' Laurens, ami an honored vot? ran of the war. now a ! professor in Limestone < ollego at Gnffney, spoke very feelingly of the struggle and the results of it. Prof. IGrtftlth recall, d many Interesting ar.d amusing events of the war. a 11(1 ' ihr;, urged tue younger people to Pain well the lessons which the struggle taught. After Capt. Griffith's address, a sumptuous dinner was served in the old picnic style. In the afternoon addresses were made by Messrs. VY. C. lrb>\ Jr., and Ja red I>. Sullivan of Laurens. both of which wer.- brlhl fall of common sense and patriotic devotion to the cause lor which the South so valiant ly struggled. A resolution offered by Col Thompson was adopted; this put on record the endorsement of the survivors, of the movement to erect in Columbia a. monument to the worn ? a of the Confederacy, and pledged their support. It was decided to hold the nexi re union at Durbill Creek church on April 14th of next year. The follow ing committee on arrangement was appointed: Messrs. Win. Stewart, T. .1. Hughes, W. It. Parson, .lohn B. .Jones. T. Y. Henderson. W. W. Crum bles. 7. V. Garrett. and S. T. Stewart. ? ? ?' I ?* l <?. * 'i 'i'i* ?:i ??????? :'? ? i t-* * 2 AMONG TttO liXCHANGES :t * J? ?*.???>?-???? ?- ? J- ?? ^ * Mf: V f. * I St Co Didn't Draw It. A teacher asked tier class to ui'iw a picture of that which they wished to be when they grew up. and all went diligently to work except one little giil. who only chewed her pencil, "Don't yen know what you want, to he when you grow up, Anna?'" asked the teacher. "Yes, ! know," replied tho little girl, "hut i don't how to draw it. !. want to bo married."?Success .Mag azine. The Horning Quarrel. "Say. " tailed his wife froia the win dow, you forgot something." 1 le came ba< k. "What did I forget?" "Yott forgot to slam the door.*' He slammed it all right, all right all right. -The Tradesman. Clinton's (?rund (I'd Man. .Messrs. Aiken, Cray. Featherstone Cooper and Boney of Laurens called v} mi Rev. Dr. W. 1'. Jacobs while in . Clinton last week. They pronoun ??? the Doctor a "grand old man."?( Hil ton Chronicle. (Tinten College Baseball Team. Clinton, April 19.?Tho collego boys are very proud <.:' their hasehall ' ?? this year. They have played three games this season and won only one of them, but tin y have put up a good tight and played a close game e&< h time, I'u:.I.an bent them by a score of five to six. They heat Woftord. score six to two. The Xewberry team beat th<m by a score of six to eight. ?bt Xe v. berry used til;-" pitchers ant) 'he hoys los; the game on their errors childly. There is some doubt about the g: me with K ? - kine which was to have been play i here next Friday afternoon. The K'shim boys will refuse to come un less the Clinton Loy:-: give them !?. iv tti'ii game and '; has not been possi ble io arrange tue matter so far. Winthrop College Commencement. v The Advertiser is in receipt of an invitation to the fourteenth annual commencement of Winthrop college " from May 30th to June ist. The bac calaureate sermon is to be preach id this year hy the Rt. Kev. Thos. F. Gailor, Bishop of Tennessee and Chan cellor of the University of the South. Beats Other OUR RED HOT PRICES IS MAKING IT WARM IN LAURENS RED HOT PRICES acts yard-wide Sea Island, acts (.'hocked Homespun, acts package Celluloid starch, 1 lb 10c Lump Starch Red Hot acts package Washing Powder, acts Cake Octagon Soap, 7 cakes OctOgan Soap, lli cakes Polo Soap, 5cta box Search Light Matches, .'. boxes Search Light Matches, lOcts plug Tobacco, 15cl t plug Tobacco. 1 lb Levering 20c CofTco, Red Hot, 15c 25cls ih Coffee, Red (tot, 17c 10 lbs Granulatod Sugar, Rod Hot, $1.00 i) Ibfl good green Coffee, $1.00 I set nice Plates, Cups and Saucers worth 76ctS per sei, cut price, 45c 4c IOC Se lbe Iset nice Plates, 18c 20c la SU8penders John says sell 'em at Red Hot. 15c RED HOT PRICES 2.">cts ColgatOS Talcum Powders, 16c 20 Talcum Powder, Red Hot. 10< I ih can Airfloat Talcum Powder worth 50ct8, Red Hot, 28c Needles, Pins. Key ("bains, Collar Buttons, Hair Pins lc $1.00 bottle Standard Patent Medi cine, Red Hot, 70c BOcts bottle Standard Patent Med icine, Red Hot. 42c 26cts bottle Standard Patent Med icine. Red Hot. 22c 10c lb. Kpsoin Salts ;.? II pounds for 10c 1 pound 10c Sulphur, fled Hot, 5c Sec our big Values; .Vis, 10ctS. 15ctS and 25ctS Tables. Tin, Class, Crockery and all sorts of UROful articles Rig Values, $20.00 Drop Head Sewing Machine, Guaranteed 12yearsror $12.01 RED HOT PRICES 25 articles at 5 cents cost $1.25. 25 articles at our Red Hot Price at 4 cents cost $1.00. Red Iron Racket saves you 25 cents on $1.00 purchase. Suppose you buy during this year $100.00 dollars worth you would save $25.0?) by buying your gO?ds of Red Iron Racket Cut price Department Store, and we save you more than 25 cents on many articles at Red Hot Prices. Men's Fine Pants We have the finest line of Pants you ever looked at, Red Hot Prices: Tailored Pants, $L39j $1.68, $1.1>7, $2.-is, $:i,rw. We sell the $5.00 kind for $3.89; S7.."(? kind $5.8l?. \\'c nrc always busy but we will wait <?n you. Come mid *ee through tins wonderful bargain house. RED HOT PRICES $1.00 Watch, Red Hot, 68c $1.00 Alarm Clock, Red Hot, 60c $8.50 Bight Day Clock, $1.89 $3.00 Large family Bible we wadt VOU to read, fiSc CLOTHING! Clothing the $10.00 Kind $8.89 Clothing the 12.00 Kind $10.00 Clothing the 15.00 Kind 12.50 Clothing the is.no Kind 15.00 Clothing the 6.00 Kind 2,98 Clothing the 7.00 Kind 4.08 One ThOU8nnd Roys wanted a! Red Iron Racket to wear our Clothing. Can lit all size Boys, $1.2"?, $1,48, $1.97, $2.45, $2.98 to $6.89. Savo money now. One Thousand pairs of Roys' Knee Pants. Red Hot, Urn ing values in Men's and Roys' Dress Negligee shirts. Red Hot, 24ots, SOcts, 48cts, 69cts and 89cts. Don't be a Shirt less Jerry. ltlcts pair Fancy Sox, Red Hot. Sc SHOES AND SLIPPERS You don't have to wear out yonr Snoe soles looking for good Shoes. Come to Red Iron Racket and buy em for Less: $1.40 Men's Plow Shoes, $1.12 $1.25 pair Men's Shoos <j><c $1.26 pair Ladies' Shoes pxc $1.50 Shoes. Red Hot. 1.28 $1.76 Shoes, Red Hot, 1,39 $2.0?) Shoes, Red Hot. L69 $2.25 Sla.es, Red Hot. 1.98 $2.75 Shoes, Red Hot. 2.39 $3.00 Shoes, Red Hot. 2.69 $3.50 Shoes, Red Hot, 2.98 $1.00 si.o. s. Red Hot, a.48 Children's and Baby Shoes all Koing at Red Hot Price-. Millinery! Our line of Ladies, Miss.-, and Children Hats are just, beautiful, come and see and our prices are so low you'll' fool liko buying two hats. We arc located completely out of the High-Priced District, 208 West Laurens St., 2 stores, one on each side; of the street. Don't spend a red cent until you get to the Red Iron Racket and you will wear the smile that never comes oft' and when you get back home with the Goods your sweet wife and children will smile and be happy. J. <!. Bums & Company--Five Red Iron Racket Stores--2 Laurens, I Spart anbury, I Greenwood, I Anderson, S. 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