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| VOL XIX KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 14, 1905. NO SI f
FOUND THEM GUILTY .
OF MURDER.
OF JURY AGAINST THREE
NEGROES CHARGED WITH THE Ml'R?
DER OF MR JULIAN WILSON.
In the case of the State vs
Arthur Williams, Jenkins Burro^
and Robert Scott, indicted
for the murder of Mr Julian Wilson,
the trial had progressed up
to the time we went to press
last weeK to tue point wnere an
the testimony of the State's witnesses
had been heard and witnesses
for defense were to testify.
The first testimony for defense
was given by Arthur Williams,
who took the stand and re-iterated
h is confession as narrated
Mr H J McFadden. He told
a remarkable story and under a
gjjg " cross-examination adhered
gMip - to the main facts. He described
minutely every movement leading
up to the terrible crime
; ' committed by himself and his
f|v, accomplices that deprived of
' his life one of Williamsburg's
most honored citizens, stating in
8^ " attempted self-justification that
ah- he did not know what was going
I*-: to haDDen when he went in the
^ store and that he took no part
; in the murder, but ran away
when Jenkins Barrows struck
the first blow with the fatal
wagon-jack.
J*. Robert Scott was next put on
. the stand and was the only one
of the defendents who offered a
> , substantial defense. He at?
tempted to prove an alibi,which
was in substance as follows: He
worked at \V W Barr's ginnery
until about 9 o'clock. This was
gH proven by Mr Barr and his two
g|| clerks, Messrs Lovett and KenK
uedy. "Four negroes, who also
JH^^.wopked at Mr Barr's on that
day, testified that they left the
r* store at the same time with
.. Robert Scott and that when
they passed Jenkins Burrows'
.T house Jenkins was at home.
|?icu&.iu> iivcsuuc-uaii uiuc nuui
4 Barr's store and one mild from
Coopers store. Barr's store is
one-half mile from Cooper's.
| The objecf of the alibi was to
1 show that it was impossible for
Scott to have walked from
Barr's to Coopers, to assist Jenkins
in the crime, and then Jenkins
have time to get back to
his house before the negroes
^ who worked at Barr's and left
with Scott could have walked
the half mile to Jenkins' house.
Tom James, one of the negroes
who saw Jenkins at home, tes
. tified that he lived in a hundred
\ yards of Jenkins' and tnat within
five minutes after he passed
Jenkins' house, Jenkins came
over and they went to the party
together. Jenkins stayed at
the party all night.
Defendant Jenkins Burrows
when put on the stand denied
x all knowledge of the crime. He
said that the biood on the shells
. found in his pocket was that of
ft- a squirrel he had killed while'
out hunting. Denied that stains
on his overalls were bloodstains.
baid they were caused
by grease, as he had been
greasing Mr Barr's engine.
When the testimony had all
been heard, Messrs Kelley &
Fairey, counsel for Burrows,
rjSB. and Gilland & Gilland, representing
Williams, stated to the
court that while they felt that
they had conscientiously fulfilled
the duty imposed on them
* * in defending their respective
C11C1119, II1C C> 1UCUVC auuuv.<.u
Iinvolved no question of law,but
was simply a question of fact,
and they could see no ^food in
takiDg up the time of the court
with any argument.
Mr P II Stoll addressed the
jury on behalf of Robert Scott,
basing his argument on the
' alibi produced which implied at
least a doubt. Mr Stoll made
an earnest and eloquent plea
for Scott, holding that while nc
man was more anxious than he
to see the ends of justice sub
-^served, yet in Scott's case there
\was grave doubt as to his guilt
and certainly no man wants tc
. see an innocent man forfeit his
t", life.
For the State * LeRoy Lee,
. RED
K TO ANY CHE WER of tobac
m "
Km|., and Solicitor Wilson both
addressed the jurv. Mr bee reviewed
the evidence against t:ie
prisoners and made an able and
forcible presentation of the,
facts its brought out in the tes-,
1 timony.
Solicitor Wilson made a vijf-!
orous and telling speech for the
conviction of the defendants, i
His argument lasted for more
than an hour and at times he I
seemed almost overwhelmed;
with emotion as he recalled
harrowing details of the horrible
crime.
At the close of .Mr Wilson's^
argument, it being late in the1]
j afternoon, the court adjourned
until Friday morning-.
When court convened at 9 j'
} a m Friday, Judge Hydrick 1
delivered his charge and the i <
i jury retired to their room. After 11
deliberating for one hour and ; 1
! ten minutes they brought i# a ;
verdict of guilty against all r
three defendants. J
When placed in the aock and |<
. the usual question, whether they (
! had anything to say as to why ;
sentence should not be passed, f
was asked, Robert Scott,* who
seemed to be much affected,was 1
the first to respond. He said: i
"I don't suppose anything I say <
i will do any good. I asked to (
be tried by God and my country, <
j and my country has said that 11'
Jam guilty, but God knows I am i
not guilty. If I am punished I 1
will die for something of which i
I am innocent. My country has 1
found me guilv, but God knows 1
!I am not.'' Jenkins Burrows 1
' spoke next and denied his guilt I
and Arthur Williams also de-. 1
clared his innocence, except as <
to being present at the scene of <
the murder. ]
After hearing the defendants' 1
statements Judge Hydrick sen- 1
tenced each of them to be hanged i
on Friday, January 12, 1906. 1
? i
Cost of Special Term. <
A good many people have ]
asked us* what would be the ^
cost of the special term of court (
recently held here December
to try the murderers of Mr J ulian
Wilson.
The report of the clerk of
court to the county supervisor
shows the amount paid out to
jurors, witnesses and constables
to be $538.30. The pay of the
presiding- judge comes out of
the governor's contingent fund,
I The additional expense, 'we
understand, will not exceed $50,
so that the whole expense of
the county foots up to less than
$600, which will be cheerfully
met by the tax payers as the
price of the vindication of justice
and the triumph of law and
order.
Notice of Sale. i
liv virtue of a {K?\ver of attorney '
triveil to us by Mrs Pauline Smith ana <
others, residuary legatees uniycr the '
Wi/l of the late A J Smith, we will
offer for -ale at public auction in front f
o! the Court Hou-c in Kingstree on
Monday .lanuary lst,HKH5 at 12 o'clock, i
oooij. the following described prem- 1
ises. heing the real estate embraced in
the re-Id nary c!au-e#of said will:
I. AII that certain pieee. parcel or 1
I tract (?f land situate, lying and heing 1
in the county of Williamsburg and ;
Stale of South Carolina containing ,
one hundred and twenty acres more c?r
j les-, and bounded as follows: On the 1
i north by land- now or late of Joseph <
: K Brockinton: on tlie ea-t by lands ol \
' Joseph E Brockinton and J A Scott; .
j on the south by lands of J A Scott and (
on the west by the Darlington Public *
I toad.
2 All that certain piece, parcel or <
tract of land, situate, lying and lieinc .
j in Williamsburg county and State of
' South Carolina,in King township con- 1
1 taining one hundred and thirteen <
aeres. more or less, and Iwnindiitg and i
i touching land- of J K Brocsinton, ,
i the estate of Samuel Mattliews, the '
I estate of E.) C Matthews,Covert Scott.
iW I) f okei. the estate of Calvin
Haines, the estateot Joe Brockinton. j
colored, and the estate of Jimmie (
Brockinton, being the same tract of ,
land conveyed by J K Brockinton.sheriff.
to A J Smith as the property of i
1 K P Bra<llev on the 2nd day of NoVeui- |
ber \ D 1S92.
3. All that certain piece, parcel or '
tract of land, lying, being and situa'e :
j in the county of Williamsburg ai d
I State of South Carolina containing
Eighty-fouracres more or less and
I bounded a- follows, to wit: North by
lands known as the Staggers or Bur
1 gess tract: e;w by lamb of s 1" brockinton
and McKeu/ie lands; south by
, j lands of the estate of McKenzie and
on tlie west bv lands (it A \\ MeClaoi,
the above described lands being originally
a part of Solomon MeClaut's plan;
tation
,1 4. All that certain piece, paicel or
tract of land, lying. I*eing and situate
-1 in the county of Williamsburg and
1 State of South Carolina containing!
: Fifty (*?0) acres more or less ami |
. t bounded on the north by land- of It F)
J Duke, on the south by lands of Hiiz- j
J abeth A Nelson. on the east by lands
' of J L Stnckey and on the west by
('lands of William Thompson. Terms
; of sa.e ra-h. Purchaser to pay tor
', papers. John A Kelley,
Robert J Kirk.
, 12-14-3t. Attorneys in fact.
TO THE ME
MEA
;co who will cut out and mail us this
; ^
SPLENDID SUCCESS OF
FORMER KINGSTRtE BOY
WHAT MR J. V. WALLACE HAS ACHIEVED
AS MANAGER OF CABLE
PIANO CO.
The Cable Piano Company
has just closed a contract for
the building on the North-east
Amur r*f IC i r. < r : nd finrintv St<
for their Charleston branch
house. This is the largest and i
anions the tirst deals made by
the Charleston Improvement
Company, who at a lar^e cost, j
purchased this magnificent j
piece of property to remodel
ind rent to the Cable Piano j
Company. This means that;
Charleston is to have the most I
ileffant and complete, as well!
is one of the largest music!
stores in the United States.
The Cable Company, when i
die}' ^et in their new quarters 1
kvili have occupied three differ- 1
;nt stores, since they opened in j
Charleston five years ago, each |
store larger tnan tne lormer one.
Thev first occup'ed a small store
rnder the Y M C A building,
which soon proved too small
or their growing business, so
:hey moved to 282 King 8t.
three years ago, but soon found <
this store too small, and for the
ast year they have been trying
:o lind a suitable building. He- j
rently the}' enlisted the services !
?f Redding & Pinckney, the <
live and energetic real estate ;
brokers, who promptly secured
diem a desiraole location, imnediately
negotiating the deal
with the Charleston Improve- <
nent Company, which have re:ently
organized for the im- <
provement of Charleston real i
?state. This, among their first i
transactions, will give an idea J
A what this wide-awake and i
lp-to-date Improvement Company
will be able to accomplish.
Notice has been served on J
:he present tenants of the prop- '
?rty bought by the Charleston J
Improvement Company and !
leased to the (.'able Piano Com-, 1
pany, to vacate on Jan. 1st,
next, at which time work will 1
begin on the remodeling of this '
store, and within ninety days
from that time the store is to
ae rebuilt completely, to suit
the demands of The Cable Piano
Jompany. The plans call for <
:ommodious and handsome ware- '
rooms for pianos and organs, as '
well as a recital hall with a 1
seating capacity of nearly one
thousand persons, the stage to
- ~ + n winrrrin I
ue trquippcu ?vitu a. pip. ui^uui
md suitable for concerts, re I
:itals and chamber concerts. I
There will be special attention i
riven to the acoustic properties,
>o that the most delicate qualty
of tone and shading will be 1
possible. 1
From time to time a series of
nusicals will be given by home
nusicians, as well as the best i
irtists from all countries. There
will be waiting-rooms, writing
*oom and parlors for visitors, |
^specially for ladies, who when i
tired of their shopping mayj
rest apd be entertained at the |
>ame time by sweet melodies.
Besides pianos, The Cable j
Company will carry at all times, j
3. complete line of organs, pipe j
organs, uiano players, mechani-!
:al players of all kinds for |
pianos and electric pianos, btj- j
sides music boxes,phonographs,
talking machines and a com- j
plete line of small musical instruments,
such as violins, mandolins,
guitars, banjos and band
instruments, as well as the sep
irate parts for same. In sheet
music and books they will carry
all the best in the classics from
American and European pub-!
lishers, and of course all the
new and popular operatic and j
ragtime airs.
Their repair shops will be j
large and well equipped, ready,
in tact, if necessary, to com- ^
pletely rebuild a piano or banjo,
and, indeed, having under theirroof
everything known in music.:
Provision for the music teach- >
ers and musical societies will Ipe
made by a number of well appointed
studios and rooms for
rehearsals. "
The Charleston Manager, Mr
J %V Wallace, has the distinction
of having had a larger increase
in business in his territory,since
taking charge here, than any
other branch house of The Cable
Company. This is a remarkable
RCHANT: If you haven't ]
We give you oui
made of better to
l ity than any oth<
^ Write Vamc ud address
advertisement, we viill mail him i
showing, .vhen it is remembered
that The (.'able Company covers
the whole United States with if
chain of branch.houses, linking
together their many territories,
each division having a number
of sub-branch stores, reporting j
to tlie main office, of which the ;
Charleston store is one, th e
other stores in this territory re
porting here.
Mr Wallace is a man of
wide experience in his chosen
line of work, having traveled
extensively for a number of the
best known manufacturers of
pianos, finally joining the Cable
forces from the fact that they
were the biggest in their line,
and offered greater opportuni-!
ties to a young man. He is enthusiastic
and proud of his Com- i
pany as they are of him \ His j
friends in Kingstree, his i ative
town, join in wishing him a con- j
tinuance of his splendid success.
Twenty per cent discount on
stock of Pants and Boys' Cloth-1
in-r. W. T. WILKINS. ;
Holiday Goods! Full line;
Toys, Fireworks and Xmas;
Novelties at
W. T. WILK INS.'
THE ELECTION MUDDLE.
Board of Commissioners Met Thursday
and Declared Result.
As lias previously been stated
when the board of State election
commissioners met on
Tuesday after the recent election
to canvass :he returns, instead
of tabulating the vote and
declaring the result, they postponed
the whole matter for two
weeks, appointing Tuesday,
December 12, as the day to
hear both sides of the question
- -?i
U.I ^ UCU.
Meantime Messrs W L Ba *s
and R J Kirk were retained to
represent the anti-dispensary
side and in response to a notice
from them the board of commissioners
held a meeting- last
Thursday, December 7, and canvasser.
the vote, declaring the
result 588 against, to 447 for
the dispensary. These figures
[jive a majority of 141 votes
against the dispensary in the
county, instead of 85, as shown
by the unofficial returns We
tiave not been able to .secure a
tabulated statement of the official
returns.
After declaring the fesult,
Mr.JKUOx, a memoer 01 mei
board of canvassers, was chos-[
en as messenger and b}* him a ;
statement of the returns trans-1
mitted to Columbia to be passed
upon by the State board of canvassers.
This board, we understand,
will meet tomorrow to
declare the official result in Williamsburg
and Anderson counties.
It appears that the reason
the board of canvassers held
their second meeting- on Thursday
instead of the day appointed
is because under the election
law the statement of the result j
of an election must be made i
within ten days from their tirst!
meeting as a board of canvassers.
The final outcome of the election
is awaited with interest.
Large line of Ladies' Skirts
to be closed out at reduced
prices. Call and see them at
WIL KINS'.
Notice of Electiog,
As to increase of Tax Lery in School
District No 23.
Notice of Election as to increase of
tax levy for public school in School
District No 23.
Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held at Venters. S 0 on
the 30th day ot December, 1905. upon
the question of requesting the General
.Assembly to pass an act authorizing ;
-aid School District No 23 to levy an
annual tax of nine mills in addition to ,
the tax now authorized and levied, for j
the support of the schools of1 said Dis-.;
irier. All electors favoring sii(* Jj
additional levy will, at said election?,
vote ' Yes." and all opposing the same ;
will vote-'No.'' The polls will opt n ;
at 8 o'clock in the forenoon and close
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The following
are appointed managers to
i.nn<liH>r c!iiil of'ctiiin and declare the 1
result of the same, to wit: J H Chapman.
M V (. ?>\ ami R Cannon.
All persons qualified to vote at elec- |
tion, levying special school tax will i
v??t? at the election aUive mentioned.
(' .1 Rollins.
l)r W C Hemingway.
L L Anl.
Trustees of school District No. 23.
12*14-:ir.
Lace Collars, all the Latest
styles, also a few Fur Collars,
o-oino- cheap at
WILKINS'.
Red Meat Tobacco in stock,
TO THE CONSUMER
absolute guar antee that each |Qc
bacco and conta ins more good solid
:r M)c plug of any weight offered qs
plainly here:
.
i card which will entitle him to oai
, 1
Nev, Advertisements.
H 1) Reddick -Clothing,shoes
Hardware, Xmas Goods.
Kingstree Dry Goods Co.?
Dry Goods. ( lothing. Shoes,'
Millinery, etc.
J H Steele?Clothing, Gents
Furnishings, etc.
_ Lake City Hardware Co..Lake
City?Hardware. Wholesale &
Retail, building Material, Xmas
Suggestions.
Cable Piano Co., Charleston?
Grand Removal Sale & Free Trip
to Charleston.
? S Courtney?Xmas Novelties
m:_ rr<". ('
riicwuina, r oin.) ui mciics.
A A Hirsch, Charleston?
Shoes.
A. L. Railroad?Holiday
Hates.
Pension Notice.
I will be in the county Auditor's
office on each and every Saturday
of January, 11*06, for the
purpose of fixing up pension,
claims. New applicants must
appear in person when physically
able to do so. The county
Pension Hoard will meet on
1st Monday in February, 11106.
Those having* claims to makef
are advised to present them on
that day. H. H. KINDER,
12-14-::t Pension Commis'r. j
I iraim cis
Ihl I !! ITT Jill It jjiiM?Bjp
fj,L. BASS I
Attorney at Law
LAKE CITY, & C.
Dr HJ McCabe
Dentist. 1
KINGST1EE. - S. C.
DR. J. L Bass,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Kingstree, S. C.
W 1 1
II am still Agent for - |
.7he O/fl ?Reliable 1
Florence Steam Luuudry. I
Will call for your laundry or
you can leave package at ]$
Stackley's Cash Store not I
later than 5 o'clock Tuesday I
afternoon. I
IS &*. Stackley, I
Kingstree, S. C- 1
5 \ ?!|
Wanted.
' ree J'arms.!
___ _____ I
IVe lOant to Sbuy at Once
VJexsG sn/xxx ?jums
Jirot
Containing IOC) Acres
With One Horse Farm
Cleared
Second
Containing 1>0 Acres
With Two Horse Farm
Cleared.
TJhird
Containing 200 Acres
With Three Horse Farm
Cleared.
(SacA of TJhcae Places 9f/ust
Jffave 'Dwelling JPouse and Out
\ Putidings and Situated 7/ear
Church and Sc hool.
| Stoll $$r 73.,
Sieal state ffirokerj*
jffingstree, S. C.
write the factory?we will su
plug of Red Meat is
i juicy chewing qual- g?
; sold by any factory wt
^Sccut of Red Meat Tobacc^^g
' _ - - -
jAlso Full Line of 1| V
MEN & BOYS., / * I
irirwr sycawwtA
W,T. Wilkins, Kingstree, S,
? =\ 1 fcfe
? : -j ,
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS |
Will Find What they Want at W
P, S, Courtney's.
j :!
Xmas Toys, 8
Fireworks, -| |IL
Fresh Fruits, \
Fruits for Cakes, ] m
Fine Candies, j
Nuts and Raisins,
i Staple and Fancy Groceries. p
f #'
I Remember the Place. ; ?v
P. S. COURTNEY.
MAIN STREET KINGSTREE, S. C. < |9
"" If
that increased sales prove the worth of any artreleL^ten ...
"LE>jOCO" is proven worthy by an increase of over a tonj^ 'C * jrf
montli. -ASK US ABOUT IT? 71 J
JCinqstree Jfardware Company. Jfe
2 Carload: h
Horses and Mules |
Just Received at |
HPI I PD'^ <*TARI PS
1 IL^L^L^LwlV MS MS A JL 1 fljl <fcnr
I "M
7 ' ; . -M
Come and Get Your Pick
M. F. HELLER. J
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