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> ED AND MURDERED WHITE
Sra . SCHOOL GIRL.
It Little Mountain, November 25:? '
IjpV iRiddled by 1,000 bullet wounds, the j
mrbody of Flute Clark.a negro, tonight:
^j|P&ires on tue south side of Little Mounjg&Sf'
tain, mute evidence of the suddenly j
aroused vr..th of a mob of nearly :
K 1,000 Lexington and Newberry citizens,
maddened by the murder of the.
B; 14-year-old daughter of a pro . ins at
BSe farmer of this section,who, Clarke is
Kfr;- said to nave comesse i.mci i.-.-i w-uiu
B& while resisting his attempt to asRXjt
sault her. The girl*s throat was cut!
HE>- from ear to ear, and her bleeding!
body was found about 5 o'clock this j
fe: afternoon near the cellar door of,
fe her home. The negro was caught.
K* and spirited away by half a dozen
lr_ ^ men,who concealed him from the ofa;
{fleers. The nob got wind of this and
3g| ^the negro's alleged confession to his
^;i&captors, and at once went in groups
W^the seduced spot, where the prists.
Jonbr was held.
Rf?; Once the brutal negro was in their
^Hower, the enraged citizens poured
I^^Mleys into his body, nearly 1,000
B?^ppots,it is believed,being fired. With
bloody work over, the crowd beP
gan to dispe-se, and there was little
farther manifestation of disorder.
5$be body was'left where it fell,with
E j?a*ntprn humr on the breast.
Ie young girl,who had two days'
ay from school on account of
ksgiving, was alone at home at
ime of t he attack. Her mother
ust gone to a neighbor's. The
>, who worked for her father,
tached her, according to his alconfession,to
which there is no
bo ration, there being no eyesses,
and asked her for a drink
,ter. She gave him the water,
hen he asked her to bring some
>es also. When she brought
he attacked her. The girl
ned and called out that she
[.tell her father. The negio
dashed her throat from ear to
ie head being almost severed
the body. He then fled,
girl's young brother, returnthe
house a short time afterfound
her body, The alarm
ven, and the father of the vic10
was plowing in a field about
,rds from the fatal scene, rushthe
spot. Medical attention
astily secured, but the little
was dead. Her resistance had
8fjp53hot been in vain, however,as she had j
^thwarted the negro's fiendish purClarke,
with almost consummate
running, returned at once to the
IK ,scene and even assisted in carrying
By the b?dy of his victim into the house.
mEfif When the alarm was given the
W&*- Lexington Sheriff sent the bloodhounds
from the county chaingang
" in charge of (apt Pete Mack. M M
Bujiri, Sheriff of Newberry, also
: hastened to the spot.
Upon arrival at the scene the
dogs at once took up the trail and '
carried it at once to a field where
ir* the negro had been plowing. Here I
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From all reports every pupil thoroughly
enjoyed the holidays. Manxwere
absent Monday on account of
the weather, but the ones that
came continued throughout the day
to talk about Thanksgiving..
Misses Lide and Winburn spent
the holidays at their homes in Darlington
and Sumter, resjieclively.
The following are a few of the
,u?-of-t<n\*n pupils vho spent the
holidays at home: Florence and Ethel
Mcintosh, Strong. Marian
Dukes.David Eppx.Workman Evans.
Marian McFaddin spent from
Wednesday urti! Sunday with Florence
Mcintosh at her home near
Workman
Martha Jenkin?on,one of the most
popular young ladies of the graduating
class, has been absent several
days on account of having mumps.
Mary Vause spent Thanksgiving at
Lake City.
Ends Winter's Troubles.
To many, winter is a season of
trouble. The frost bitten toes and
fingers, chapped hands andlips, chilblains,
cold sores, rough and red
skins, prove this. But such troubles
fly before Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
A trial convinces. Greatest healer
of Burns, Boils,Piles.Cuts, Sores, Eczema
and Sprains. Only 25c at M L
Allen's.
they stopped and the chase was given
up.
Then the crowd, which had been
gathering since the first reports of
the crime had gone forth, separated
to beat the bushes for the negro.
After a short chase he was captured
by a party of half a dozen and hurried
into a place of seclusion. The
negro is said to have confessed his
crime to these men. The mob learned
of the capture and, while the officers
went off on a false scent, quietly
slipped away to where the ne
gro was held. What lollowea cannot
be definitely statedbut ,a fusillade of
shots was heard and shortly after
which the negro was found dead,
riddled with bullets, with a lantern
hanging on his breast.
The girl's body was found lying in
the yard near the cellar door, and
the surroundings show that a desperate
struggle was made by the young
girl. The distance from the well to
where she met her death is about 20
yards, and she was dragged the entire
distance.
Flute Clarke had lived on the place
of the victim's father for 12 years,
having been practically raised by the
family. He was married and is said
to have been about 21 years of age.
Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock D
D Clarke, coroner of Lexington, will
hold an inquest over the body of the
dead girl. The lynching was in New
berry county, while the murder occurred
in Lexington county.
The crime of this afternoon was
committed within less than two miles
of the pl#ce where Coot Lever attempted
to assault the wife of a
prominent farmer about a year ago
for which he was legally hanged.
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THREE NEGROES TO HANG FOR
MURDER OF AGED FARMER
OF FLORENCE COUNTY.
The special term of court ordered
by the Governor to try the negroes
charged with the murder of
riihu Move, a white farmer who
Jived near Ebenezer, in Florence
county. convened at Florence Monday.
special Judge George \V Brown
of I>arlinge>n presiding. The criniv
was committed several wee!us ago
and five negroes were in jail charged
wiih having killed a defenceless
old man, attacking him mercilessly
in I he nie ht time in his own home
jar ! actually shooting him to death
| with his own gun.
The negroes on trial were: Clari
ence H&m, long a trusted employee
iand supposed friend of Mr Moye,
Willie Borroughs and Ellie Weldon.
I The other two suspects, Henry Jones
and Senior Askins, were released, a*
the grand jury found no bills
against them.
The court house and yard were
thronged with eager spectators
from all parts of Florence and adjoining
counties. Judge Brown's
charge was brief, covering the different
degrees of murder, defining
man-slaughter and admonishing the
jurors as to the solemnity of theii
oaths to do their duty.
Attorneys W F Clayton, E S Oliver
and Claude Gasque were appointed
to represent the accused
negroes, each of whom said he was
unable to employ consel.
The evidence adduced was practically
the same as has already been
published concerning the crime.
Clarence Ham, one of the defenA
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Retail Dealers.
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dants, testified that he met Willie
Borroughs and Ellis Weldon, who
told him that Mr Moye had gone to
Timmonsville that day and that
there was money in the house and
they must have it. He was placed
outside the house as sentinel and
was to whistle in case anyone came
; to thf house. When Mr Moye
drove up he whistled. Mr Moye
went into the house and he heard
two shots and saw some-one stagger
< ut of the door. Later the two negro
came out of the house and
gave him $3 and some of the dead
man's clothes. ? offered him 525
and his faro "' wpc.' and Tim;
monsviUe to * . a n'out what
he had wit: . All
thr i '> Fa-\ Forroughs
and Wei*.or. \v e \d guilty
of murder ar.d . e e .enteneed to
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he hanged Friday, December Id.
A motion for a new trial by W F
! Clayton, Esq, was over-ruled.
Hymeneal.
.! Married?At Kingtree Metho;
J dist parsonage, on Wednesday, No.
| vember 30, 1910, at 4 o'clock p. m.,
Miss Esther Odom and Mr Alex SalDq,.
W A TToirv nflR^inf-intr
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, Both the bride and the groom live
. at Salters Depot.
1 Married?At the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. Anna Pen'
dergrass, Kingstree, South Carolina,
1 on Wednesday, November 30, 1910,
at 6:30 o'clock p. m., by Rev. W. A.
Fairy, Miss Pearl Pendergrass and
Mr. W. R. McConnell of Lanes.
When you have a cold get a bottle
i of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
will soon fix you up all right and
will ward off any tendency toward
pneumonia. This remedy contains
1 no opium or other narcotic and may
be given as confidently to a baby as
j to an adult. Sold by all dealers.
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DOTS AND DASHES
FROM TRIO.
THANKSGIVING PASSED QUIETLY
i -PASTOR'S FAREWELL SERMON
I -PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
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Trio, November 23;?Mr W T
' Rowel! niaue a business trip to
' Georgetown last Monday.
Mr C F Bryan was a visitor to
Georgetown las: Friday.
Rev \V H Purrv, the Methodist
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minister. preached his farewell sermon
her? last night. During the
service some one on the outside of
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the church kept striking matches
fcand had to be called down by the
! preacher. Boys,if you cannot behave
| in church, you should stay away
! The church is no place to go for fur
, or rowdyism.
| Thanksgiving day passed off qui!
etly. There were a lot of hunters
j but if anyone brought back any game
I he must have hidden it. One Nimroc
j said he killed four or five quails bui
: he failed to put them in evidence.
I Mr and Mrs J Waldron of An
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drews spent TnanKsgivmg wun mi
latter's sister, Mrs W E Graham.
Mr Ed Bryan of Salters Depot wa
t noted among the visitors here las
. Sunday.
Mr Ed Shirer, formerly with th<
Trio Mercantile Co, was here Sunda:
to hear Rev W H Perry say farewel
I to the people of Trio. He was ac
companicd by his brother, Mr Elliot
Shirer.
Mr?Norris, who has been paint
ing the house of Mr Jas Bryan, lef
for Andrews last Saturday.
1 DrL W Moore went to Lake Cit:
Sunday to visit his parents and prob
ably some friend.
' Messrs J B McCants and J B
went to KingBtree this morning t<
I attend court, Mr McCants being 01
. the jury.
Mr W B McCants was noted among
the visitors here last Saturday.
Miss Annie Ogburn of Suttons
' passed through town one day lasl
week on her way to Andrews to visit
her brother.
Mr and Mrs Lee Boyd were guest*
at Mr Jas Bryan's home last Sunday,
Mr James Bryan is having his
I house re-modeled and painted. II
surely helps the looks of the old
building, which is one of the most
ancient of which Trio can boast.
There was a little excitement here
Thanksgiving day when it was reported
that two white men were
seen at work. It seems that these
particulor individuals have an insuperable
aversion to manual labor
and some of the people made it their
business to go to see them at work,
Mr J W Register, our R F D carrier,and
Postmaster Files went deer
j driving last Thursday. One deer was
; ail the game they brought back.
The Prodigal.
Every family has need of a good,
reliable liniment. For sprains,
bruises,, soreness of the muscles and
rheumatic pain3 there is none better
than Chamberlain's. Sold by al
dealers.
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A Thanksgiving Function.
Lake City, November 29:?A very
delightful Thanksgiving function
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was ine party given xuuiouoj cicu
ing by Miss Mollie Matthews at the
home of Mrs J F Riekenbaker. The
guests were entertained in beautiful
and unique style. During the eveni:
ing delightful music was rendered by
Misses Floyd, Henderson and Green.
At 10:30 the guests were ushered
J into the spacious dining-room,where
! a delicious salad course was served.
| After an evening of unalloyed pjeas,
I ure the guests departed, each feeling
deeply indebted to the charming
' hosters for a delightful evening.
' Those present were: Misses
i'Muyme Green, Addie Rollins, Anr.ie
; Howie,Rath IVilliams.h .i.u Rodgers,
Delrnonte Floyd,Minnie Carter, Nell .
1 Beavers, Lena Severance. Kennie
t Dunklev, Margaretta Henderson,
Edisto Fulmore, Mrs .J M Truluck
. and little Margaretta Riekenbaker;
Messrs J M Truluck, L R Truluck,
>, T L Carter, W W Singletary, J A
1 Ridley, M Boyd Thomas, Charlie
I Green,B Wallace Jones, Jr, J P
Matthews, Alvin Haselden and William
Winston. W L B
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Dear Friend:
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, Mama, biiiu i/iA?o uiuiii~
t ing she was very thank:
ful because there was
( a first-class grocery
, in town. She never has
i to send anything back
; she gets from there
. because they won't
send out anything that
! is not the best.
We get all our nuts,
. and celery and cran
berries and everything
for Thanksgiving at
t.his one nlace.
Your friend,
, Jacob,
P. S. That one place
is
Wilkins' Wholesale
Grocery Co's
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The place where the $ does its duty
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