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(ITntrntii wfjv VV illIII! ^I V VviV^ Per Cent In.crest Allowed in the Savings Department. ?^ ^ M. n. I'OSTON. ^ ^CHAS^M. ?""*y HH _ VOL XIX KiNGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 19, 1905. N0 4i J / Mil. JULIAN WILSON v^BRUTALLY MURDERED. *8F THE BLOODY DEED-CORK JURY FIXES CRIME ON THREE NEGROES. s of the brutal murder of Julian Wilson at Cooper tofiice.last Friday night ached here early Saturday aorning, causing a thrill of horror throughout the whole town. Mr Wilson was well known in Kingstree and had man y friends to whom the details of the horrible manner in which he came to his death were harrowing in the extreme. Coroner Gamble having been notified, that official in company with Dr W V Brockinton repaired to the scene on Saturday afternoon to hold an inquest over the body of the deceased. Sheriff Graham and Solicitor Wilson, who had btfen on a deer hunt, spent Friday night not far \trom Cooper postoftice and as ^oon as they heard of the crime lastened to the scene. yWhat can be learned of the ^edy is as follows: Mr WjIa?_employed as manager of the business of W P Cooper & Co., consisting of a store, grist mill and cotton ginnery, and slept in a room in the rear of the store building. On Sat- 1 urday morning the back aoor of the building was found broken open and on investigation the dead body of Mr Wilson was discovered lying behind and partly under the counter in the * front part of the building.Three K ghastly wounds were visible on ' his head, one of which, inflicted 1 behind, crushed the bones of the skull. Outside the door in the j-ard was found the instrument 1 > ~ of death?a piece of board used for greasing wagons, on which 1 wpre to be seen splashes of blood 1 and hairs from the head of the ^murdered man. The dead man * j ? ji r yeas 11)11}' aresseu anu irum mc fact that a bottle of medicine had.been taken from the shelf and placed on the counter it is Surmised that the treacherous ~ ->r murderers had obthe store ing to buy ? of the been re)robably known oliected parties dollars, 1 taken j e: ^:r?ere ] r" in the ftJITr negroes, Miller liarrisi Jenkins Bur,party about 11 itta plenty of 1 y are said to ' * The investi- ' ^ iu li.ts time seems to 1 ^<e developed the most damping points of evidence against 1 Z1, Arthur Williams. He had been 1 M in the employ WP Cooper & Co., < ftad Mr Wilson recently found it 1 1 ljeeessary to discharge him. For this reason he was heard to ' make threats against My Wilson 1 ^ boasting that he intended to kill 1 him. Moreover tracks were ^ virible leading fro^n the store { across an adjoining field and . these tracks were exactly fitted \ by Wil].mms' feet when the test \ Was made and the marks of a ( \ broken' shoe tallied with the ( pair of shoos worn by Williams , when be was arrested. Another ' aging point of evidence : nst Williams was the tindof a pair of pants missed the store in the house that i occupied. ] ;hen% this vidence was ylught out the large crowd pmt had gathered at the scene I became wrought up to violence against the prisoners and a lynching seemed imminent. Thfc coroner's jury was *sworn in at 0 o'clock p. m. Sat ^rdny and after being in session 2 a. m. Sunday, adjourned , eet again Tuesday. At ,r we }iav?? not learned Av-'f investi- j ; | ^*(VHson was a widower !( as 57 ye^rs old. His impdiate'family consists of three fofts, He was. a Confederate /eteran and a quiet, inoffensive , man, well liked by everyone who knew him. The news of his |ieath traveled fast and when the horrible circumstances were learned men from all parts of1 the county were soon hurrying) to Cooper's store to be present it the inquest. Ho,w Hie sheriff and the solici-1 I tor and those who seconded their efforts prevented a lynching is graphically told by the Kinj^stree correspondent o the Coumbia State, whose story of the night's stirring events is as follows: Kingstree, Oct. lb:?Tile his 1 tory of Williamsburg county i has just escaped a most bloody chapter in the sequel to the death of Mr Julian Wilson, the aged gentleman who was so brutally murdered in the store of W P Cooper & Co., sixteen 1 miles below Kingstree, last Kiiday night. and serious trouble was several times during Saturday night averted by the pres- ! ence of Sheriff Graham and Solicitor John S Wilson. News of the crime was rapidly spread throughout the coun- 1 n.i/l ,->mwrlc r?f mpn rnnlrl hp I \ aiiu vivnuo w? ii*v*? seen making" their way to the scene ali during" the day, from early morning until 2 or 3 o'clock Saturday night.* On all roads leading to the store from every direction, men traveling in every conceivable conveyance, some riding horseback, some in buggies, some in wagons and some walking, made their way to the place of the tragedy. The most serious events of the gathering occurred after dark when several attempts were made to gain possession of the negro Arthur Williams and once he was almost within the hands of the crowd, but by rapid and vigorous work the sheriff secured him again and locked him up in one of the roonis of the store and placed a heavy guard on duty. Solicitor Wilson jumped up on the counter and made an | earnest plea that the law should be allowed to take its couise and promising that he would make every effort to secure a , special term of court for the purpose of giving the negro an immediate trial. The sons of the * * J iu-i 4.1 I dead man oeggeu uiai me pi laoner be not lynched, with an argument that they might not yet have the right man, and even if they did have the right man, a lynching now would cut off the prospects of catching the others who were supposed to be implicated in the murder. The solicitor and the sheriff and his supporters deserve much credit for the masterly manner in which they protected the prisoner and held the maddened crowd at bay, for as the sheriff remarked, "It wjsa hot time," He reached town yesterday ! morning with four negroes, Arthur Williams, Jenkins Burrows, Miller Harrison and John Scott, who were placed in jail and are strongly suspected with having played some part in the tragedy. The coroner reached the scene about 4 o'clock in the afternoon una f.ramediately empaneled a jury of inquest, but although Solicitor Wi'lson examined the ? ?-r t?*1, ^ WlltlCSSSCS CU1U liicilliaicu Lilt I work in making the jnvestiga-1 tions in every manner, the in- i ijuisition is still incomplete, the bearing "having heen adjourned until Tuesday. The remains of the murdered man were interred yesterday . morning at 11 o'clock in the | church yard of the old Indian- . town church in thp presence of the largest crowd ever noted at i funeral in this section of the ( county. VERDICT OP CORONER'S JURY, j The adjourned coroner's in- 1 ^uest met again on Tuesdiy ^nd 1 liter carefully weighing all the evidence,rendered the following verdict: rnat me c.eceaseu :an;e to his death at the hands of Arthur Williams, Jenkins Bur- j rows and Robert Scott. The , jury of inquest was composed of : men of unusual intelligence and discretion, with former super- visor B B Chandler as foreman. The evidence against the fourth > negro Harrison under suspicion j is so slight the jury did not feel j warranted in finding a verdict against him. SOME NEW EVIDENCE. The three negroes implicated by the coroner's jury seem to he nrettv deeDlv in the toils and the chain of circumstantial evi: dence is being forged link by link. When arrested one of the parties, Jenkins Burrows, had several shells in his pocket splotched with bloofj. On Tuesday his House was searched and a shot gun discovered with blood-stains on the stock. Then on the same day, in a thicket near the shanty across the road which had been occupied by Arthur Williams, was fecund a shot-gun identified as one/which had been in the store of trooper & Co. On the stock of this gun i several blood-stains are visible. There were also found in the same spot several boxds of shells exactly lik^ the b~ stained ones in the negro Bur rows' pocket and also a new hat. The strongest evidence against Robert Sc. .1 is the fact that a pair of broken shoes was found j in his house which titted tracks: in the tie Id near the store, the j breaks being distinctly shown- I in the tracks referred to and ex--1 actly corresponding to those in the shoes. Solicitor Wilson was here yes- j terday enroute to his home in: Manning, lie is pretty well 1 done up from the physical and * mental strain undergone, but will go to Columbia to-morrow 1 to lay the facts before Governor 1 IT J iL _ _ r 4 neywaru wun xnc view m getting tile governor to order a j special term of court to try the , parties suspected of the murder of Mr Wilson. FULL OF TRAGIC MEANING ! are -these lines from J II Simmons of Casey, la. Think what might have resulted from his terrible . cough if he had not taken the med- < icine about which he writes: "I had a fearful cough that disturbed my 1 night's rest. I tried everything, but nothing would relieve it, until I took l)r King's New Discovery for ( Consumption, Coughs and Colds, . which completely cured me." Instantly relieves and permanently cures all throat and lung diseases; prevents grip and pneumonia. At l)r W V Brockington's drug store; guaranteed; 50c and $1.OO.Trial hot- i tie free. Two Approaching Weddings. The friends of the contracting parties have received the following cards of invitation: J Mr W D Brian invites v(-n to be 1 present at the ma Huge of bis daughter, Leila, to Mr Bennett A Brown n Tuesday evening, October 31, 1905, at 7:30 o'clock, at Union ' Church. Mrs A J Smith invites you to be ] present at the marriage of her daugh ( ter, Carrie Viola, to Mr James P ; Adams, on Wednesday afternoon, November 1, 1905, at 3:30 o'clock, j at her residence, Kingstree, S C. NEW CURB FOR CANCER. < All su;face cancers are now ki ow n 1 to he curable, by Buck Jen's Arnica Salve. Ja^Walters, of Dullield, Va., ' writes: "I had a cancer on my lip for years, that seemed incurable till Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it, 1 and now it is perfectly well." Guaranteed cure for cuts and burns. 25c at Dr \V V Brockingtun's drug store. Lake City Drug Co. We are requested to announce that Rev E E Ervin will preach at Kingstree on Sunday, October 22, at 11 a. m., and at Central Church the same afternoon at 3:3U o'clock. Good advice to women. If von want a beautiful complexion, clear skin, bright eyes, red lips, good health,take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. There is nothing like it, 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Lake City I)i ug Co. The Kingstree Bottling Works. Opr enterprising townsman, Mr, P S vfourtney, has installed his botr tling w< >rksj>iMrt*juid is now putting up soda water, ginger ale, coco>*ola 1 and other popular beverages The. capacity of Mr Courtney V plant is i 1 ibout forty crates a day, and the i ^ product turned 'out is in every res I pect equal to that shipped here from ( other towns. Every industry of this 1 kind helps the town and keeps!1 money at home that has been going j elsewhere. Here's succeas to Mr Courtney. ' Age may tell on a \yonian but J 4- 4-^allo fliu fenf L i I It aciuuui ItllO (IMlt ll Ukll. Indigestion. constipation, dys- < pepsin, kjiluey anil liyer disorders Find all stomach troubles positive- ] ly cured by using Hollister's Rocky < Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or j Tablets Dike City Drug Co. 1 For Sale. j Family or work horse. Price i reasonable. Applv at this office, i 2t 1 Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Williamsburg. It II Kellnhnn v's It E MrElveei). By virtue of a judgment for fore- closure to me directed and tilei| it; this ( cause I will oiler for sale at public auction i'j front of the court house ! d<M>r in Kingstree. S C within the le- 1 >r;il ll.Hir, nf sale to the hiirhest bidder 1 for cash on the tirst Monday in November next, tjeing the (5th day J1HIT? all that tract of |and situate in thctoiinty and State .'(foresaid containing two 1 hundred and ninety two (Hii) acres, | more or lesstbounded North by lands . of E W Smith; East by lands of l)uliose: South by land of T R Wilson and West by lands of M K Wells, being 1 the tract of land conveyed tome (.1 K i McElveeu) by deed from Ellison A < "myth ami J E Adger, which deed is . dated the first day of January, A l>, 1 1881,and is recorded in Register's office for said ?s)i' v and Staff* in Vol O. , Page ($61 ror paper. ^ BREEZY BUDGET OF LMTtlTY NEWS. DOOM IN REAL ESTATE SCHOOL PRIKUPAL SECURED PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Lake City, Oct. 17: George Galletly of Florence spent Friflav in town on legal business. Mrs I)r Whitehead has gone to Augusta, Ga., to visit her mother, Mrs Thomas. * Mr 1' I) Cocktield has moved into his handsome new residence [)n Valley street. > Mr J (' Young has let i^e contract for a dwelling house to he built on his lot ofi Williamsburg avenue. Robert H Singletarx, Esq., of the Bishopvillebar, was in town Monday and paid us a pleasant ca,ll. Mr Wm M Parrot of Georgetown has returned home after a visit to friends in this section. Constable JW McCutchen was aut on Pee Pee Monday serving papers. Some of our people went to Florence Monday night to see 'The Clansman.'' Mr .1 E Brunson spent Sunday in .Florence, returning home Monday morning. I>r J B DuKant went out West Monday to buy a lot of horses and mules. Mr W E Severance's dwelling tiouse on Main street is now go^ ing up. Mr Isaac Hardin of Charleston visited t^ie family of his aunt, Mrs T B Hinnant. several days week. Mr H Nachman has returned borne from a trip of about ten iays to New York buying1 Hoods, Mr 0 R Weaver lias bought, from the Knights of Pytliias lodge the lot on Main street next to Mr S L Courtney's store. On this lot Mr Weaver will build a bakery and a store house for the making and sale of bread and cakes. This will meet a positive need, The demand for bread is large and increasing and the want of a good oakery is keenly felt. t Mr R C Bass of Friendfield, j Florence county, was noted here Monday. A principal for our school has. has a: last been secured. He is \f?- "Ptmioc r?nrl lip rnrnps frnm Due West, S C. He arrived here last Wednesday and took charge on the following day. Mr Eppes is well recommended and has made a good impression on the patrons and the pupils. Mr C M Kelley Thursday had eleven half-acre lots laid off on the West side of Acline avenue. Before night three lots werr sold and bv Monday seyenri more were bargained for. The first to purchase were. Messrs L 0 Holloway and L 6 Atkinson a.iul.Mr? y V Carter. We renture the prediction that Lhere will be dv ilings on nine if these lota and a hotel or the tenth before the expiratioi of twelve months. As the den and rails Mr Kelley will lay off oth?r lots we6t of these and put them on the market. The lots that are being sold are bringng four times as much as lots if equal size on the oupcsite iide of Acline avenue went off it four years, ago. This indirates the tremendous Increase n the value of Lake City di.'t ? me hundred per cent a year. Lots are still being sold ra.iidly in the "Kniglitville" sec ion i jf Lake City. Within a few months this section will be dotted with nice dwelling houses, several of which are even l ow in the course of erection. Amor'g those who have secured .s there are Messrs W T AskTfs, > I) Knight. J C Young, J 8 Lynch, 8 TGodwin, Julius Will, Nelson McKenzie,J C McKlveen, W J Godwin, B W Stewart, .1 .J Morris, W L A skins and Dr i Whitehead. It remains to be seen ' which will be the leading residence ;^uartei of Lake City, "Lakeside" or "Knightviile." The! former has the start of the lat-1 Ler, but should another owner )f open lauds in the "Knightvillo'' neighborhood make a break and put his lots on the market, there is no telling what may happen. The town is bound Lo grow, Which way will it go, north or south? South is the natural trend of cities and towns, but the north is humping1 itself. Look out! There is now more activity in real estate and in building- IjfcaA p* ' ' ' hj$orv <*? On Sept b, Sam Daniels sole a bale of cotton here and an other on the 14th. Warrant? are r.ow out for him, issued b) Magistrate I> J JlymanJ of Flor ence county, charging that tin first bale was stolen from Mr W T Daniels by Sam Daniels anci Zingle Hrown. and that the second bale was purloined from Mi tt r 1 urner oy tne same .^ani Diniels. Henry Eddy and Moss Bradford. Constable Mcl'utchen "picked up" Kindle Brown and Henry Eddy here Saturday and Sheriff Burch came down from Florence Sunday and carried them away. Moss Bradford voluntarily came in and notified Magistrate Godwin that he \y"s ready to go along, too, and w. .it Monday night. It seems that Sam Daniels h^ade tools of the other three. Mr T E King presented Mr J C McElveen with two potatoes a few weeks ago that were giants. The two weighed ex actly 12 pounds. They appeared firm, and we can say positively of our owu knowledge that one of them was sound to the center Mr Hide Carter made us feel glad Saturday when he sent tc us a Georgia buck that weighed 6$ pounds. It was sound as ?i dollar and firm to the core, and when cooked made a big meal for a large family. These arc actual ti?rures and not fairv tales. By the way, we believe Mr Carter is. the best farmer"bi his age in Williamsburg county Here is Magistrate Godwin's record for six months in office Amount of money collected ir tines, $235; number of days or the chaining-, 290. This is foi his first* six months as inagis trate. Ls not this right good? Monday night the ?tore houst of Mr J P Sauls, near Cades, was burned. The loss is aboat $450. It is thought that the tire wa.? of incendiary origin. Mr. Guinn, an attorney fron Spartanburg, was in town to day. W. L. B. Rev J A White requests us to givi notice that he will preach at Cedai Swamp church on the fifth Sunday in October at 11 a. in., and atBeuoknroK of A n r*i nf tk, .??% ?,/ uiu v/uiuvu t?u -x |?? *11. vi v*,u cauic day. DON'T BORROW TfcOUBLF. It is a bad habit to burrow anything, but the worst thing you can possibly borrow is trouble. When sick, sore, heavy, .veary and wornout by the pains and poisons of dyspepsia, biliousness, Rright's disease and similar internal disorders, don't sir. down and brood over your symptoms, but tfy for relief to Electrc Bitters. Here you will find sure and permanent forgetfulness of all your troubles, and your boay will not te burdened by a load of dtrbt disease. At Dr W V Brockington's drugstore. Price 50c, Guaranteed. Eternal gratitude is eternal slavery, PLANS TO GET RICH are often frustrated by sudden breakdown, due to dyspepsia or constipation. Brace np and take Dr King's New Life Pills. They take out the materials which are clogging your energies, and give you a new start. Cure headache and dizziness too. At Dr W V Lrockin ton's drug store; 2f*c, guaranteed. Notice. Until further notice the Oil Mill Ginnery will run only two days in each week?Wednesday and Thursday. 11. L Blackmail, 10-11 tf. Mgr. ,. 1 . .. HBBgS WM, littledoGor KNOWS all about Liver Complaints. He says there s no reason to be sick arouse the Liver; up your system wi Ramon's Liver Pills a Tonic i sui f i Ci I c L Horses ai .In?st Pereived HELLER > 1 ' Come and Ge ;m. f. h I KINGSTREE, [Miiiiii i mb qufstion. l ' TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, TRE DA! APPOINTED FOR HOLDING ELECTION. ? T h ^ election commissiQjj^f-' ? muddle having- been ceffected, Supervisor Graharp.-fras ordered the election op-ftie question ot ! "dispensary"or "no dispensary" for Williamsburg county to be held % Tuesday, November 21. This will give the voters about 1 p ?ne month more to make up their F minds whether they will vote for or against the legalized sale of whiskey. % ? ? j Local Items of Interest J u Steele, ttie clotlner, lias a new ad this week. Read it. Mr \\ G Carter of Lambert was noted in tow n Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J Y McGill were . in town yesterday from Benson. Mrs Lula Shannon has rei. r a.- 1 i j lurucu uum a visit to ner nome in Charleston. < Attorney Bass and Magistrate ; Godwin of Lake City were in 1 town yesterday on business. Mr S L Montgomery of Foreston was in town Monday and called pleasantly to see us. . >Iessrs G W Johnson and B C Whitehead went to Indiantown Sunday to attend the.funeral of Mr Julian Wilson. The Old Homestead Quartette, under the auspices of the Kingstree Lyceum, gave a first cla-is entertainment in the school auditorium last Thursday night. Mrs George Stackley and daughters, Misses Daisy and Georgia,o also her nt-phew, TV. I? 1 - ? TJH JLUgene i enuergrass, iu nui ence, visited the fatuity of Mr L I Stackley several nays last week. I Messrs. LeK"V Lee and F W I Fairev and Misses Bessie and Alma Ke'iey went to Florence Monday night to see Tom Dixon's much exploited play - 'The Clansman." The extract for building the J \Villiamsburg Livestock Co.?s stables, was let last Monday to * Contractor J M McRoy for $4300. n c+'.kioo u*. u?;n- ^J -i iiv7 ^lauic.^ v> ui uc uuiu ui ui n tv 74x120 feet in size. MrRWSpann of Timmonsville wa,s here last week,having been summoned to the bedside of his mother, Mrs .John McGhee, who is lying critically ill at her home near Greelyville. ^ Mr J A Epps, who is engaged in an extensive business at Red- I land, Ga., visited Kingstreeseveral days last week. He returned to Redland Monday night, accompanied by his mother, Mrs Mary N EpA. The State fair will he field in Columbia October i4-27. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has | made a rate of one fare plus seventy-live cents .for the round' & -*h*ehriacilides one admiso fair grounds. *The fare - 'ipgstre* wNl be $4^35, ~*ie Octo: T- 9,21* 26, ' irload I nd Mules 1 !'S STABLEsJl it Your Pick |1 ELKER. 1 Mr Ohas C Burgess, who has * Yg 1 been residing- in Lake City for ,] some months, has returned to j;|9 | town and is in the employ of the ' 1 Kingstree Hardware Co., having % jw 1 charge of the furniture depart-T: J ipent. "Charles*'is a fine fellow li and we are all glad to welcome J; | him back to Kingstree. ^ j 'l^njin 1 over in town way from G?. H has been bis ho of years, to Ne 9B he will engage in, ^ cut - HH future. Mr Benjai us Dora and reared in Kings- -ee and has . Bfl mAy well-wishers for his suecess rnthe great metropolis. The Lelaiyl Moore Paint Co., whose goods are sold by the, >H '3 rr? i tt ?% ' .1/ ivingstree naraware uo., will have an exhibit of their paints and oils at the State fait in, Columbia next week. We are 3jra requested to extend a special vij invitation to visitors from Wil- - ^ hamsburg to inspect this bobth ' ' while taking in the sights* pf ? The new ACL depot came xijfl near being burned last Tuesday. , *3H About 2 p. m. sparks from the . :jH locomotive of a passitvg ignited a pile of shavings un^fp: > .JS neath \ne wooden. pUiforj? and out for the prompt worfc ?j o?V- ffl ;ral citizens who saw the danger J 1 serious fire would have doubt- ' Jg .ess .ensued. mlTw^S!ry^!^mY^ v S While to Visit Our * Exhibit at THE STATE FAIR We will have in operation on the grounds a nnmber of machines and en-' gines, each the best and most modern of its kind. Competent men will be in charge of the exhibit, and they will be glad to demonstrate any machine, . 'J-9 givf. full information a^d quote prices. " GtBBES MACHINERY CU *| 804 Gervais St., I ^9 - 'rm WHY HANG ON I ro a Piece of Land You' Do 1 Not Need When You Can \" 4 Sell It and By Judicious Investment Get Inters 4 H est on Your Money! 4 ' \i 8? n o^fi u w c 1 ocu 11 :or You and If You Have an Eye For Business ^~?>nce.lt J r - :as