The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, October 30, 1890, Image 1
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cokfidk«a*i ft h«*u foil fcct«* j jf ; • '
and in oth* .“parts of the County j ov.^ Stoto Coc*ra^8
on Sunday et. PnrlinKtoa Countr.
ox andW.
d
for
riiiiif
New ('ape Cod Cxanhenics,
15 cents a quart; West &
Honour.
Quite a number of our people
took advantage of the “Gala
Week” excursion to Charleston.
It Messrs. Nettles and Wiilis
will offer the Welsh property on
Pearl Street for sale at public
auction on Monday next.
Kino Newman, a witness at
tending this session of the
Court, had his harness stolen
from his horse last Saturday
night.
Mr. R. F. Woods has been
elected secretary, and Mr. D. R.
Coker treasurer, of the Euphm-
dian Society of the South Caro
lina College.
Th i re was unusually heavy
frost for the season on Tuesday
morning. Considerable damage
was done to potatoes and to the
top crop of cotton.
“The Racket Store’-* has
handsome family and pulpit
Bibles for sale at i?4.!>5 each of
which far surpass anything of
the kind for that price ever seen
in Darlington.
Messrs. West & Honour,
Fancy Grocers, on Pearl street,
will make an elegant display of
their fine imported goods at the
Fair this week. Look out for
their show case.
We learn through Maj. J. J.
Lucas that his projected rail
road spur from Society Hill to
Bennetsvillc has been abandon
ed, owing to thu fact that it was
found impossible to secure the
necessary right of way without
an outlay of at least ^12,000,
Mr. W. H. Hearon came to
town oh Saturday night, and
hitched his horse in the Enter
prise Grocery lot, but when he
was ready to go home found
that it had disappeared. We
are informed that he succeeded in
recovering the horse, minus the
harness, after a lapse of several
days.
Darlington Sub-Alliance and
several other Sub-Alliances in
the County have given Prof.
Powell orders for jewels for
their officers. The Professor is
the originator of the pattern of
jewel which he manufactures.
He is a hard worker, and de
serves the liberal patronage
whic he receives.
W. H. Gainey, the chief wit
ness for the prosecution in the
Kessiah case, threatened the
life of one of the witnesses on
the other side on Monday night,
and Trial Justice Sanders had
him locked up in jail. He was
released the following day, on
giving his promise to behave
better in the future.
Mr. C. S. McCullough return
ed from the West yesterday,
where'he purchased a large sup
ply of fine stock. A car-load
will arrive today (Thursday),
and a second car-load is expect
ed about Monday next. He will
then have some excellent bar
gains in the way of horses and
mules to offer the public.
Owing to his inability to keep
his regular appointment here on
the third Sunday in October,
the Rev. W. A. Guerry will
preach in the Episcopal Chapel
on Sunday afternoon next, at
4-30 o’clock. The public are
cordially invited to attend. The
regular lay leading will be dis
pensed with on Sunday morn
ing in view of this special ser
vice in the afternoon.
A constable from Florence
came up yesterday and carried
off Hawley, the bigamist, who
will bn tried in that county.
Deas, the aspirant for con
gressional honors, is stumping
the district, and is making
speeches in all thecouuties.
into of thorn. Wg regard the repairy re-1
Midrjfern'dtor.;;«f gnat importance and! -
t rom deaii'iuUiij' irimediatcHttcation from I f
| the (.‘orTi'v ('onimh'rioncra.
. '1 Lq condition of Uv-* '’rMie deads
in ibo County seem; So have-reached
a polat beyond the cad arc nee of a
long-suffering public. Conijaaints
from every nart of the
“A Friend in Nee<?.”
Mr. J. A. White, the efficient
oroman e£ Th:; News, who was
reported in our ia u t issue as be
ing so dangerously ill. is some
what better, though i.
long time before he b
work again. The be
drove up the cart. Raines and
his son went runningup to him.
Mr. Witherspoon said to Janies
Raines, “don’t crowd on Lee
Parnell, hear!*’ Raines wheeled
will be a around and shot at Mr. Wither-
able to! spoon, and his son shot twice at
him. Dump then fired. Mr.
fighting
son
almost impossible, [u ilie opinion
of many of our cUkeas the rood laws
of the .Slate are inad'etjuute to the
urf^ent state of our country: but the
going to press !
i last week, and again this week,
but oar troubles are about over
! Grand Jar
“The Peoples Encyclopedia of; the present kiv..s, ,
Universal Knowledge,” contain- u t
V a:\
&
reed,
ast be suffioient to give to Hit*
the people of every part of the eounty
me. roads that would admit of truvt i with
Sanders have i !!!1 ordinary load, and without dan-1
ing 700 pages, for "sale at
Book Store, pricetjd.oOa vol
Mesbrs. Jove
a new
week.
oon
and
nines
to stand off once, not to “double
time.” After Mr. Witherspoon
; now, as we have secured the shot Raines he broke his gun
, services of a first class printer ov er him; hit him on the shoul-
;i riml f rom Columbia. But for our der one time. I can't tell where
would brother of the Darlington Her the next lick hit him". That was
aid we would have been in sorry my gun that did the shooting,
plight for the past ton days. I carried my gun in the field to
With a kindness and generosity protect myself. 1 seen Mr. Par-
„ , -. ^ r ,,. which do him infinite credit,! n ell with a stick standing up,
advertisement out this 1 ? er fo horse or vehicle. fhe prac- anf i f or which we herewiM. M
They .have had an un- 1 ‘ieeof plowing into the limits of the tun; our he-u t v hur H
precented rush of trade this sea-1 labile roads, which h:,.< often been voluntarily rendered us ’
son. complained of, seems to continue.: s i 8tallce which*
Me think it should be the duty of, means of our appea
he County Unumsnoners to prevent the public at all for the last two
there trespasses on the rights of the j, sf -. u b iS
public, and to take legal steps to! ..J t
bring the parties so trespassing to! Red rust-proof oats
, b y C. W. Hewitt.
At the present term ot the Court
many cases have beoa sent un for eg- Aseorted Flavored Preserves
gravated assault and battery." In our
judgment a large proportion of these
cases ought to have been adjudicated „ , "r—**
by tho Trial Justices ;is casus of Fini-; ^ Deas ^ r en S tn «n Darlington
pie assault and battei* 1 / v/ithin thuir Editor DurliTU]lon a cws :
jurisdiction. This oonrse, if pur- 1 Deas has made everv
Mr. Chas. T. Young, of the
Cartersville neighborhood, died
on the 15th inst. Mr. Young
volunteered in Co. “1”, 18th S.
C. V., during the war, and
fought through it gallantly un
til its close. He was wounded
in several battles, and at “The
Crater” had his arm severely
crushed at the elbow.
Messrs Edwards, Norment
& Co. have in new and hand
some lines of dress goods, plush
es, hosiery, gloves, scarfs, &e.,
also a fresh supply of Heiser’s
re-
he
the as-
was the only
earing before
for sale
. . and Jellies by the pound, new
goods just in; West <Y Honour.
C.
Esq.
ire wonr.n
nigh sold offT Call on them if, t,w fTavity of the offence committed P
you wish to secure bargains.
sued, would have uot only saved the Democrat .solid for
expense to the county of the invosti- ; Marlboro County.
and Reed’s shoes,*the stock pur- 1 l? ation ^ tlu ' brand Jury, but would Eol.
chased at the opening of the have promptly administered justice Roger
season having been already well !o the g''!' ,t y parties proportioned to *'
- ■ ' ’ * " “ - - - u '*e gravity of the offence committed. 1
We have heard with interest the Darlin
remarks of the presiding Judge on
r> , . . , , , I the term of service of jurors. Wc
v 0a ^ S ^ or t ’ a ^ e recommend that the lav; requiring
by C. W. Hewitt. petit jurors to serve during the whole
Boston baked Beans and Cod-1 term of court be amended, and that
fish Balls; West & Honour. j the jurors be summoned to *rve ou-
— —-»« — 1 ly for one week.
Death of an Octogenarian. i Thanking Your Honor for the
I clearness of your instructions, and
Tillman in
S. McCall, T. I.
and all the others
rigorously for the
* How is it in
John Raines standing near.
John Raines testified: My
father and myself went to the
field where J. H. Witherspoon
[was picking cotton. Dump
[came out of the field with his
gun cocked, and told my father
he was going to shoot him. My
father made no attempt to shoot
him until after he shot. He
asked Lee Parnell if he was
'going to carry the cotton off; ho
told him no. Leo Parnell had a
big sweet-gum stick in his hand.
: Lee tried to knock m\ father,
I and then my father tried to take
, . [the stick away from him. After
white ! struck him, Dump shot him
Deas is
I than any wl
nown there
:
ise.
Democrat.
fire off on
T'.is KtihTig of James G. Raines. (Witness identifies his father’s
The recent killing of Mr. pistol.) Rachael came up to the
James G. Raines by Mr. J. H. fence, and lays, “ —you,
Witherspoon having aroused | I’m right here.” I heard Rachael
Dr. Benjamin Simons Lucas, j cteamess of your ms tractions, and | considerable interest throughout j Neale threaten my father,
one of the leading citizens of ; ^ or cour ty s y end. assistance ex-j the county, we have succeedecl I threaten "to cut his
Kershaw county, died at his | to ns in the discharge of our j in obtaining for the benefit of I throat.” That was about a
; once. There was one pistol shot
iand two gun shots. Dump
i broke his gun over my father’s
j head after ho shot him, and
i struck me once. Lee Parnell
[ shot me once after Dump shot
my fath r. My father pulled
out his pistol and started to
shoot, but he was too weak; he
couldn’t hold his pistol up, hut
it did fire off on the ground.
home near Tiller's Ferry on the
duties
19th instant, ami was buried on
the 21st, his 8Gth birthday. Dr.
Lucas was the father of* Major
J. J. Lucas, of Society Hill,and
had four sons who served in the |
Confederate army. Up to the
very hour of his death, lie re-1
tained the use of ail his facul
ties, and during his long and
useful life he gained the respect tv
and esteem of all who
him
Feet;
Respectfully submitted,’
Wm. A. C.utuwi in, Foreman.
Spiced
Honour.
Roll Beef; W,
&:
Managers o
The following have k
as Managers of the that
Election, to behthl;
Election.
company
week i n
A manufacturing
was organized last
Florence, the general purposes
of which are to manufacture
doors, sashes, blinds, &c., to
erect buildings for sale or rent,
to operate grist mills, and to
purchase timber lands and other
property. The capital stock of
the company is $2,000, in shares
of $25 each. The corporators
are John P Coffin and William
Lynch.
The Phoenix Bridge Co., of
Phoenix Pa., who undertook
the contract fo r „ th ® construct
ion of the C. S. & N. Railroad
bridge over the P 66 D® 6 * h *y, e
hwn “nlftvimr in hard luck ,
Ai.
L. Bass and R. A. Wilds.
Lydia—H. J. Lee, Jr., 1!
and*J. T. Suggs.
Clyde—B. N. Stuckey, M ' >:*1.'
Outlaw and J. J. Smith.
Hartsville—H. hide Law, V . S.
McIntosh and S. E. Kelly.
Lamar—Dr. J. A. Cole,* Levi (ray
and E. M. Rogers.
Leavensworth—Walter L. King, j
wound would M. M. Cox testified: I know
un was dis- nothing about the shooting. 1
our readers the testimony given I week ago. I had a gun and
before the coroner. shot once, after Witherspoon
Dr. W. J. Garner testified as shot my father. I didn’t hit
I follows: I have examined the him. I expected there might
| dead body of J. G. Raines, and I be some trouble, the reason why
as a result of such examination, 11 carried my gun. They both
I find externally over the left struck me after I shot at Dump,
breast, just below and near the j Witherspoon was about six feet
i i poointed 1 '-■outer of the left clavicle, or from my father when he shot
. wf Y'oun- collarbone, about two-and-a him, and was in his field when
•- i Tmvdav half or three inches from the! my father and I went up, some
knew I at the virious precinct m karlimV-j n&ediau line of the body, a gun- twenty or twenty-five yards off.
ton Conn tv .shot wound about twO-and-u When ho came up to the road
Darlimr'ton—D S. 'ri -Cnlteagli, ■ ’ ia ^ inches in circumference, : where my father and i were, he
f> r' Hr,l r' \v 'm . -' i v'lV " 'circular in form, with irregular | brought his gun and it was
i'cSv imJ-E. T. CM ;i i : Frank , and jagged edges. The size and • cocked.
Gandy and J. C. Lampley. j character of the
Mechanicsville—C. J. Mi!!i:i-', R.; indicate that the a .
charged m close proximity to saw him just after he was shot,
[..jrjr j the person of the deceased. The j i neV er examined him. I think
circular course of the wound 11 heard Mr. J. II. Witherspoon
.,■ , ,1'indicates that the load ranged gay that he was going to carry
from in front backwards, and j the cotton off, kill, or be killed,
fi. | slightly to the left of deceased. \i so heard Mr. Raines say that
i Internally, as a continuation of ^ifore he should carry it off he
the wound described above, I, WO uld kill, or be killed: that
found that the wound ranged' wa8 £ ] a v before yesterday. 1
through the apex of the left, wante <l * to got the* trouble be-
iaag, causing extensive lacera- < tween Witherspoon and Raines
tion of the upper lobe of the j mat i e Ul)) f or i expected some
to be elected • . lun ff> striking against the inner one t 0 be hurt or killed from
1. Governor and Lieutenant saifa ce of the left scapular or wh at I heard. 1 went to With-
Governor shoulder-blade. I extracted e rspoon, and asked him if he
2 Other State officers. , ahouttweuty-fiveshot of thesize j would ho willing to settle it up.
3*. Senator and Representa- ; known as squirrel or duck shot,, H e finally agreed, but said: “I
tives * trom the substance of the lung, , un go i llg t o carry the cotton
4 County Commissioners. and from against the shoulder- home that was picked to-day.
5 Judtre of Probate. , blade, and from die plural Qn the 20th, the day before Mr.
c! School Commissioners. cavity. I also extracted two Raines was shot, I saw Miss
Also the following will be; wads of cloth of different kinds, Melissa Neale bring a gun into
voted on- one kind corresponding in ap- tlie i couldn’t say that
Constitutional amendment to ; pearance and texture to that of the gun was here, but it looked
aim a.o *'-“****"’■*'•'“ ., r ticle IV of the Constitution of vest on the persoe of the de- a i ong barrel gun I saw in
of V “nfhe^th S ’’ aS ° 011 QCC ^ the State, relating to the judicial ceased, and was probably intro- j Mrs. Neale’s house. Mr. With-
of ill health. department, by repealing section duced int ? ^ wo “ nd b >" , tbe [ erspoon told me that Mrs. Clem-
Raiains Cit^T Currants 19 which provides a Board of 1 pressure of the entering shot !ent Neale said that if Raines
Raitfus^ Citron, Currants, i. , wui.cu jj ; ^ , which, as before stated, entered ! ( . (! , ue here fooling with her she
1 in concentrated form. The oHier wou i d kill him. Mrs. Clement
Spiced Pickled Pi^
West & Honour.
Red rust-proof oats for sale
by C. W. Hewitt.
“The Grand Republican Railly.”
The Republicans had their
“grand rally” for the purpose of
advertising Deas for Congress
on Thursday. Preceded by a
corps of defeaning drums, the
speakers and the rabble accom
panying them marched to Deas’
lot in the southern part of the -Ll. Sumner and \\. 11. Moom.
town, where the exercises were ' dc following are tbo officers
held. Harangues were made by
several of the leaders, the only
feature that marked the occa-1
sion being their general abuse of
Tillman. One of the speakers
was T. B. Gordon, who was once
a Republican, then a Democrat,
and who is now again a Repub-
lichn. Gordon has been princi- i
pal of the colored Graded School |
at this place for the past year,
and tendered his resignation
Prunes; West & Honour.
Red rust-proof oats for
by C. W. Hewitt.
Report of Grand Jury.
• South Carolina, 1
Darlington County. J
To His Honor J. H. Hudson, Pre
siding Judge:
The Grand Jury make the follow- 1
iug as their final presentment:
During the year we have examined)
the offices and hooks of the several
county officers, and find nothing to
briu" to the attention of the Court.
County Commissioners.
The above managers are here-
^ e i by notified of their appointment,
; and are requested to qualify’ at
I once, elect a chairman and clerk,
and to call for boxes, poll-lists,
piece of cloth, I judged to bea j; ea i 0 was picking cotton that
piece of the wadding discharged Mr. Raines was looking after,
from the gun. 1 found the on- Raines was Witherspoon’s
tire plural cavity’ filled with un cleby’marriage. As has been
etc., at Darlington Court House!! blo « d ’ and E ivc as ^ »P inion stated,'the two Neales, mother
v ’ - - 5. , — ’ , that the deceased, J. G. Rames, i — i j —j t „„ —n
on or before Monday, Novem
ber 3.
W. E. James,
J. F. Garner,
T. J. Bell,
Commissioners.
. j , . , , and daughter, and Lee Parnell
came to his death from a shock were arrested and placed in jail,
and internal hemorrhages, as a; charged with being accessories
result of the wound above de | before the fact. Witherspoon
scribed. . appeared before Judge Hudson
Melissa Neal, being sworn, (m Saturday night on an appli-
Managers of Federal Election. [ said: . I was in the cotton patch cation for bail, as also did the
. . , m, Peking cotton for Mr. Wither- three others who were charged
The Commissioners of Eketion 8 n Mr R ai nes shot Mr. with nim .- H e and the two
have appointed the following Mana-, Witherspoon, and Mr. Wither- women wore represented by
In the Court House tve find the j gers to serve at the elect urn Novem- S p 0 on shot Mr. Raines. I never Messrs. B. O’N. Townsend and
jury rooms in unsatisfactory condi- ber 4th, 1890, at the various voting seen John Raines shoot at all. p Willcox, of the Florence
tion We reoonMend that *thcy be 1 precincts in the county : ^ _ I heard Mr. Witherspoon say he! bai . ; ' w hile Messrs. Ward &
is not agoing to be run over by j Woods represented Parnell. A
[anybody. I load urn gun my- stack 0 f affidavits were read,
' ■ i self, and put duck shot in it. and t he Judge finally placed the
Lee Parnell testified: I was ainoun t 0 f Witherspoon’s bond
furnished with comfortable settees I Hartsville—J. J. Lawton, Albert
and tables, and that more attention Jordan and J. E. Miller,
be paid to their cleunliness, and es- Leavensworth—J. h. Wilson,
pecially that proper means be taken P. Kirven and W. L. King.
thp iirinals from becoming Lydia—W. H. Husbands, A.
in the shoulder, causing it to
run away after violently break
ing out of the cart. That de
ponent had cultivated the crop
concerning which the difficulty
occurred, on shares with Mrs.!
L. E Witherspoon, and uf ! '-r
some disagreement an
tween her and depou ’ill
articles. The State showed that
the defendant, who did not re-
; side jn that neighborhood, was
same, d
epoi
:ent acted strict I
my pocket, but I won’t show it
to you,” and ho did not. Next
evening,at the same place,a simi- ^ r
liar dispute took place, during | seen hanging around the prem-
tho course of which J. G. Raines ises on the morning of the day
cursed Melissa, and tried to ion which the breaking occurred,
Her [strike her with a paling. Up-1 and further, that some tracks
* m deponent’s interfering he I which were found around the
r?droppe d the paling ami menac-j house afterwards corresponded
■ in <-:i .ier with a* pistol. The de- somewhat with his. The de*
accordance with tho diiiroo of, poneut next day (for drawing | fence set up a very good alibi.
a board of arbitration, and a so: pd-.iol on her) took out a war- The jury retired at about three
under the advice of M »t s. | ran! for j '.nines. On the other 1 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon.
Ward and Woods, attorneys at o casion above mentioned. J. G. At six o’clock they had not
law, of Darlington. S. C.. wigmi i riuimr and his son John Raines [ agreed on a verdict, and the
deponent freely consulted u'rod v/oro walking around llourish-j Judge seeing that there was
the matter twice previous to; ing pistols, and John Raines
Raines’ death. That he was j had a brick-bat in his hand,
advised by said attorneys to go; Two weeks before the killing, j
ahead in gathering the crop as | deponent had her daughter to
his right and duty, but to give | load a gun, which was a single
every opportunity to Mrs. With-'barrel gun, and was the one
erspoon and her agen .s, (includ-1 used by Witherspoon in the kill
ing the said James G. Raines,); ing of Raines. The gun was
to inspect and weigh it, and to! taken by deponent to the field
turn over to her her share of the [ on the day of tho killing to
crop. Deponent was taken by j protect herself with, if Raines
surprise when the two Raineses! again assaulted her. It had
came up to the field and began J been loadad two weeks before
to interfere with Lee Parnell, j the killing and before any diffi-
and when he fired he did so only culty occurred. During t h e
after ho thought himself in! difficulty at the killing, the I
danger of death. After depo- j horse in the cart was shot, and j
nent shot James G. Raines, the \ breaking out the cart,ran away, I
no likelihood of their ever com
ing to a conclusion, ordered a
mistrial to be entered. They
are said to have been nine for
conviction and three for acquit
tal.
The court was engaged on
Wednesday in tho trial of the
ease of the State against David
1 lodge and Willie Beasley,
charged with the burning of a
fodder barn, the property of Mr.
W. T. Gilbert, of Ashland, in
this county. The defendants
are both colored youths about
18 years of age. The circum
stances briefly, as narrated from
the stand, arc these: Mr. Gil-
latter made an effort to shoot at and much excitement prevailed, j bert was awakened by his wife
been “playing in ■ , .
and have thrown up th ® ,r ?? n ‘
tract. Most of the work which
had been done was iujumlbya
rise in the river, andaternepoU;
p,*Zn* t h.
Dawson’s
-was
to prevent the urinals from becoming
offensive. Such settees as are pro
vided frequently in the waiting rooms .
at the railroad depots we suggest | Snmncr and J. B. nybee)
would be economical and suitable. Clydes—B. N. Stuckey, John
In the Sheriff’s office wo find there j Woodham and A. M. McNair,
is need of a case fqr the preservation Darhngton—C. Alexander, U. .
of such executions as have to be kept j Galloway and J. N. i ii^gs.
in that office. The one now in use ! MechamcsYilk-Dr. Horace W d-
is in our judgment, not suited forjliamson.E. J.C. Byrd and R Hay. ;i pistol,
Id pose ^ 1 Lamar—T. F. Wilson, J. H. Tay- w Jth a double-barrel gun,
- 1 " examined the Official lor and E. L Gray. , [before Witherspoon fired, and
Harrell and 0. D. Tx-e, Jr.
Society Hill—Willie Wilson, John
E.
We have
Bonds of"all the Comity officers, and j The above managers are here- [ after M r. Raines, his son John
Parnell testified: I was
there until just about sun-set, I; ^ $2,000, Parnell’s at $500, and
was on tae road between Mr. 0 f t be two women at $200
Witherspoon s andMr. Bob Rog-1 eac ij The required bonds were
ere’ cotton patch. The snoot- given, and all four of the parties
mg took place on the road. It were Be t a t lioerty.
was between Mr. James Raines i ai
arid his son John, and Dump Witherspoon’s affidavit on the
[Witherspoon. James Raines '' asas T :ried it to Mr. Withe
fired twice at Witherspoon with > j house, whereupon Miss
and his son John once [ WRherep^n the defendant in , a he(1 and 8a ^ <<Well Dum
this case who on oath says that; jf « u wUl bril ’ cart up [’
in the difficulty in which James ^ lanc> r will ^ t what j p f ck .
deponent a third time, but de
ponent closed with him as he
was cocking his pistol, and a
hand to hand struggle occurred,
in which deponent’s gun w is
broken, either by hitting Raines
or the ground. This ended by
Raines falling while striking
deponent with his pistol, and
still trying L> cock it. Depo
nent then n i iced John Raines
cocking and snapping his gun
fora: ■<• d shot at {deponent,
and said to Parnell, “knock him
down don't let him shoot me
any more.” At this point, how
ever, said John Raines, appar
ently unable to make his gun
go off, desisted, and asked de
ponent and Parnell not to hurt
rendering it impossible to deter- 1 about 3 o’clock on the night of
mine how many shots were tho 17th of October. She was
fired; but deponent remembers j in conversation with some party
on the outside, who stated that
Mr. Gilbert’s fodder barn was
uepi
that James G. Raines fired first,
and that Witherspoon was not
then attempting to assault or
shoot him, and did not present
or throw up his gun until after
he was shot at by Raines.
Deponent did not come up to
fence until after J. G. Raines
fell, and the fuss was practical
ly ended, and she positively
denies cursing and saying that
she was “right there”, and that
she was going to cut
throat.
Preserved Ginger, 30 and CO
cents a jar; West & Honour.
not to
him, that he hail been made to ;*r
come over by his father, and Tho Col,r, of General Sossions -
didn’t want to have anything I In tho Court of General Ses
more to do with it. Parnell and | sions on Thursday morning last
deponent made no further at-j the trial of Kelly Powers was
tempt to hurt said John Raines, j begun. He was charged with
but devoted attention, along! havingmurderedanothorcolored
with him and the two female man named Ben Newsom, near
deponents, to Mr. James G. i Ashland, on the 4th of July last.
Raines, who, however, died ini- j The defendant was without
burning. About that time Mr.
Gilbert’s brother, who lived
near-by, having seen tho blaze,
came up. The parties who had
come to the house to inform Mr.
Gilbert of tho fire were the de
fendants. They all went to
wards the burning house. When
within a short distance, Mr.
Simeon Gilbert called a halt,
Raines’ [ and proposed to go no further
[ that night, but wait till next
morning to look for tracks.
Next day tracks were found
crossing through tho field, and
passing within twenty feet of
the burnt house. Mr. Gilbert
asked the defendant (Beasley)
to put his foot in the track,
which he did, and the xvitnesses
testified that “it corresponded
exactly.” Beasley denied that
he had been through that field
since the rain of tho afternoon
before. He afterwards said that
mediately. Deponent witnessed I counsel, and tho Judge ap-' he and Hodge passed through
the two difficulties between pointed Messrs. E. O. Woods j there between 8 and 9 o’clock
James G. Raines and Melissa [ and H. T. Thompson to conduct the might before. Mr. Gilbert
Neale and mother, as described I his case, which consumed the made the offer to Beasley the
in the affidavit of Mrs. Rachael j time of the court until midday next morning that if he would
Clement Neale, and did his best [ on Saturday. The State showed tell tho truth and tell all about
to pacify them. In all his deal- that on tho evening of the kill* | it he would make him State’s
ings with Raines deponent en- ing the defendant was beating j evidence. Beasley still persisted
deavored to act peaceably and his wife and threatening to kill that he knew nothing about it.
avoid trouble. The coming of her, and that when some eight When the case was heard before
or nine other colored persons [ the trial justice, Beasley ap-
who were present remonstrated j peared before he was arrested,
with him in regard to his con- After the State closed its case
duct, ho turned on them, and Mr. E. Keitli Dargan. who re
stuck his knife into the breast presented the defendants, an-
had been gathered, for the pur-[ of Ben Newsom, an innocent j nounced that ho would put up
pose of getting said gun out of. by-stander, killing him in- no testimony, so that tho case
the way when the cotton was to | stantly. All of tho eye-witnesses went to the jury upon the State’s
be taken to the cart, and depo- 1 to the killing testified to this in testimony alone. The Ocfen-
Raines and his son on the even
ing of the homicide was just at
the moment that deponent had
picked up the gun of Mrs. Neale
from a sheet on which cotton
nent did not see the Raineses
until after he had picked up the
gun to lay it aside, and he car
ried it with him unconsciously [crowd jumoed on him, one with
and mechanically rather than in- an axe, another with a knife,
tentionally. Deponent had, how-Another with a chair, and a
ever, been told by bis brother, [fourth with a: rail, and that they
R. I). Witherspoon, and others, [were beating him to death when
he struck the fatal blow. Ho
had no witness to corroborate
his version of tho affair, but ho
told his story in a very straight
forward manner, which evident
ly had its effect with the jury,
for after a brief absence they
of threats against his life made
by said Raines, and noticed that
said Raines was undoubtedly
intoxicated when the homicide
occurred. Deponent further says
that, he had always recognized
James G. Raines as Mrs. With
erspoon's agent, although said
Raines had refused to thorough
ly satisfy him on the subject,
substance. The defendant, when [ dants were acquitted,
put on the stand, told a very Samuel Spencer, who pleaded
different story, alleging that the [guilty of larceny, was sentenced
to one month in jail. Only two
prisoners were sent to the peni
tentiary as the result of the ten
days’ session of the court. Ed.
Moses, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of breaking into Mr. F.
T. Wilson’s store at Lamar was
sentenced to eight months, im
prisonment; Thos. Fudge, con
victed of stealing turkeys, was
also sentenced to eight months.
The business of tho Court or
and that he had no intention o£ white, was put on trial for his
preventing him from coming to. life, charged with a grave crimi-
see the cotton put in the cart on | nal assault. He was represent-
the evening of the homicide, nor' ed by George W. Brown, Esq.
from coming in the field, ah | This case occupied tho balance
though he did not mean to allow | of the week, and the whole of
him to arbitrarily and forcibly j Monday, running into Tuesday
verdict of “not! General Sessions was poncluded
yesterday (Wednesday) after
noon. The court took a recess
to-day, and the civil cases will
be begun to-morrow (Friday)
morning.
brought in a
guilty.”
On Saturday Malcolm Kessiah,
PHILADELPHIA.
—Quite
seize the cotton and violate de-1 morning. Tho jury acquitted neighbors
ponent’s rights, which he be- the defendant after an ubs
lieves it was Raines’ intention i of a very few minutes,
to do.
The affidavit made by Rach
ael-Neale in the habeas corpus
proceedings was as follows : On
Tuesday, Oct. 14, one week be
fore the killing of J. H. Raines,
of our
Charles-
G. Raines was killed by depo- led hj it< „ MelSfia ^
After the pent, deponent acted absolutely jocu j ar Th
three com- m self-defense. That he did i
tod thm,in judgment,^equate ^..w wm.-i , ^ , „ „ , „
once, elect a .chairmen _and; inenced running together, andhi,j<1*^ he callrf her a
a number
will enjoy
senco! ton’s “Gala Week.”
—Mrs. Eliza Parrott, a very
Samuel Spencer, a colored | aget i lady is quite ill at the resi-
man, who seems to bo “daft ’ on I dence of her daughter, Mrs. J.
the subject of religion, was q*. Truett.
charged with housebreaking ,, ' . ,
and larceny, it being alleged | -Some of our farmers hay©
that he broke into a colored man’s a quantity of cotton in the held
dependent, Melissa Neale, Lee - house near Oats some time ago, y et - I he crops will yeud better
Parnell and Mr. J. H. Wither- and stole some beef, which he af- eventmn was anticipated in
spoon were in Mr. Wither- terwards sold Mr. George Mod- September. Ihe potato crop
spoon’s barn weighing cotton, lin, of this place. Under advice, fc ^ems to be excellent.
J. G. Raines was there, and be-1 from one of the members of —The tragic death of Mr. J.
gan to curse Witherspoon, and the bar, who , was im- o. Rains, an account of which
dispute with him concerning a pressed with his unfortunate j was given in the lost week’s
shore crop, in a rough and vio- mental condition, Spencer plead- ; News is sorely regretted here i i
lent manner. Witherspoon be- ed guilty to the charge of lar- the neighborhood of his home,
haved very quietly, and request- ceny, the first count in the in- The family have our sympa-
ed that the matter should be set- dictment, and the other count thies. While Mr. Rains, no
tied in accordance with the ar- against him was abandoned. A doubt, had his failings, it is but
bitration which had been held, jury was then empaneled for just and fair to him to say that
and which Witherspoon was the trial of Modlin, represented he possessed some noble traits
trying to carry out. J. G. by Messrs. Ward & Woods, who 0 f eharacter. He was a good
Raines, in a contrary and vio-1 was charged with having pur- ne i g hbor and a sympathizer and
lent way, forbade him to pick chased the beef from Spencer ready helper of the needy and
i any more cotton unless he car- knowing it to have been stolen, distressed.
After examining the witnesses |
for the State, the Solicitor vol-1
untarily abanded the case
against the defendant, seeing
from the testimony that he hadue^er, Hartorffle, S. €., on Oct.
no ground on xyhich to ask for a 20, 18JO, by the Rev. E. J. For-
conviction. ! raster, assisted by the Rev.
oon’s
elissa
cursed her,
- 1. . , 7
this in
Raines
Married.
At tho residence of the bride's
among
clerk, and to call forboxes, poll- commenced knocking. Dump
Hota fite.. at Darlineton Court cam e out to the road where Mr 80n
MoseaBrown,colored,was tried John Stout, Miss Minni*> Hearon
- - and Mr. A. J. Baird.
lists, etc., at Darlington .IMP
House, on or before Monday, Raines was at
November 3.
said James G j Whereupon both deponent and
the cart. Mr.
ot a bruise on his
(JjsmIx Continued on Next Paye.)
Creditors’ Notice.
Raines first fired twice on depo- i®”'} ^Whereupon
ou uopu*, j replied
nent with a revolver and almost l oo »; b d all p arti e 8 to
simultaneously with deponent s | h J encfu8 «8 Durin £ the ^
firing on said between Witherepoon and
John Rames fired on;£ a . c Witherepoop asked
i i Rainesliy what Uhorit;
JjotSSe. ..ruck '~P2
liatwa. in tho
on Tuesday for house breaking |
and larceny, being represented
v i- Messrs. Nettles & Nettles.
indictment charged that on
the afternoon of September
15tll, the defendant broke into a persons having claims against
■ ‘ Ouse on the plantation the estate of (J. Q. a. Rhodes will
*C. Willcox, occupied please present their claims properly
ored man named Ed. P»A^*“ in ^ k 7 01M lnd * bted to
_ , said estate will make payment to
n, and stole therefrom THOMAS P. RHODES,
shoes, a suit of clothes, Adm’r.
of money and other [ Oct.», -’#o-8t