Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"* _ " ' - ' See us for Life. Fire, Health, /*"*\ ' Se; us for Life, Fire, Health. Accident Insurance,and Sure. a > ? m /A/A/A ^ Si W ifl ^ Accidsntjlnsurance.and Sureg ty Fords, Real Estate Sold ? j5| ^ ?JiB 0 IS "*C? H / h*/^S jflH J H^k H ty Bonds. Real Estate Sold and Exchanged. A g | | |7 SUf J 3 9 9 E 8 8 18 I If I III II "nd E"Chan"ed' ? ' ,1 lake City Insurance Agency. Inc. J M. I A/ A J* ''k'fr A ty BJP ty/ ^ Lake City Insurance Agency, Inc. J. L. Richardson, Manager. f J. 1. Richardson, Manager. ' ? VOL XXIV. KIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8~ 1910. SO. 39 ^ ??1?^^^ ????? 4?i?i? ir?k-?kr?i?~ir '! MR. 1 i V? Do you know a j * % * The best Plow made tod; M- f?>rice oi Full Combination $0.(X L&j' ^ Remember, we have a cc Call. Phone or write us i I 1 a ijr f tvt r* fcf I u Ui . ' ^^?r?i??? ? ?f?t?: |;segrg wantonly ; p shot to death, BEST PEOPLE OF I.AKE CITY ' * AROUSED OVER MURDER AMD TARE VIGOROUS ACTION. . Lake City, December 7:?"And ^Hfithe jurors aforesai 1 upon their oaths I lo s.r-that H^nry came l<> j p death by a jrunshot or pistol shot f Pv- wound ^t the hands of Will J CockfS field, in Lake City, SC. on the morn-! of December 4, 1910, between hours of 12 and 2 a m, and that: I'^-J H V Gaskins was accessory after ' the fact." ' In those words the coroner's jury, composed of some of the very best If- men of this community,declared that pS two white men are guilty of killing a Bi" negro, and the finding proceeds to j declare that the killing was feionigp ous. This is the first official utterly , ance upon the manner of the killing K. of this man, who was an attache of i 1^;. a traveling show. The following were the jurors, who last night pub- j lished their findings as above: J S1 ?? * McClam, foreman, S W Gowdy, S M j Aafcins, C R Weaver, W T Askins, C MdCelley, L R Truluck, P Jor K dan, J C C Gaskins, D M Epps, Joe i || M Eaddy, S D Caldwell and C C& ^jBehardson. Wollcott's shows spent the week here. Previous to Saturday night ' ^ there had been instances of disorder. I but no one seemed to pay any atten- ( tion to the matter and things grew | steadily worse up to Saturday night when the culmination came. That, night V G Ward, the regular chief of police, was excused and went| home. Intendant Blackwell placed J H V Gaskins at the head of the ! force with authority to appoint special policemen but greeted him to get only sober men. He appointed Bud Godwin, \yill Cockfleld, James Godwin and Corbett Baldr ? ? wm. During the night there were several acts of disorder, among these t. 1 being firing of pistols and holding up some of the show p3ople and rob- j bing them tit the points of pisto'.s. I '? J t A reign of terror was established i and maintained by a crowd of armed ! I men who seemed to have no regard i for law and order, and there seemed j ' to have been little or no effort to I stop or even check this state of af- i fiars. The people connected with; the shows behaved themselves jn j every respect. The disorderly men . were white men of the town and community. YVollcott's men became terrorized by the conduct of * these men and were rushing things to get away from such a lawless j -> At the inquest about twenty wit- j nesse>.were examined, and they de-' HB tabled ft be events of the night; while j ^^Bail tfiis testimony might be interest-1 I^Bng and even necessary to a full [ ^ understanding of the situation, it is! lengthy for this article, and only i I)or^on eye-witnesses I IKng directly with the killing, j I be here given. Two white boys, | wo were eye-witnesses,testified t > 1 | act of homicide itself. The sub-! I / [ki ?*4?ir?ir?4?h?i?< rARMER! jood thing when y PIo ay is the Universal Combination Pk ). >mplete line of Single and Double (i iVhen it is anything in the Hardwai STREE r?-b?T?b?b?b*?b?b ? stance of the testimony was as follows: There was more or less drinking, and that too even among the policemen themselves. About one o'clock Henry Alfonso, a negro attache of the shows, who was assisting in moving the show property to the cars, sat down on the show grounds by a fire to warm. He was talking to another negro and laughing, when Will Cockfield c.tme up and said something about shooting, Cockfield, as stated in the testimony. ? J. 1 o* r-Amre.r'1 SHIU: IdU mUKIIltl); ni II.t, fou don't believe I would shoot you?" To which Alfonso replied: "Yes boss.I believe you would shoot me." Cockfield jerked out his pistol and tired at the negro. Alfonso ducked his head, and the bullet passed over his head. Then Alfonso raised his head just as Cockfield fired the second time, and the nu!let struck the negro in the left eyebrow, and he fell backwards, dead. The evidence of the eye-witnesses was corroborated in several details and was convincing. J H V G&skins, who was the first witness examined, testified that he ran towards the place where the shooting was going on, and just before refching the dead man, he saw! a man, whose voice he took to be i Cockfield's, coming from under a shed nearby, and he asked this man: j "Where is that shooting?" No re-: ply was made until the question hat) 1 been repeated three times. Then' this same man answered: 'To- j wards the railroad," and went off in a direction away from the dead man and away from the railroad.1 Gaskins went on to the dead man. i Notwithstanding all this, he did not1 Question Cockfield. or arrest him or even hunt for him, it seems. Other, witnesses, who reached the sc^ne: immediately after the shooting.swore they saw Gaskins go off with Cock- j field around a house near the place where the dead man lay. The jury; evidently reached the conclusion j from Gaskins' own testimony and that of other witnesses, that he knew Cockfield shot the negro, yet made no effort to arrest Cockfield and even assisted him to get*off in the dark. Gaskins insisted on an immediate inquest and volunteered to get the jury, and summoned a jury and put on the jury Bud Godwin and John Adams. It was testified that Bud Godwin was standing by Cockfield when the shot was fired, and it is currently reported that j Adams was an active participant in ; the rowdy conduct of the night. The verdict was universally satisfactory, and the better element j stoo'1 as a unit for the vindication of the lawl W L B. When your feet are wet and cold, and your body chilled through and through from exposure, take a big 1 dose of Chamberlain's Cough Rem-; edy, bathe your feet in hot water before going to bed,and you are almost | certain to ward off a severe cold, j For sale by all dealers. Don't miss Jenkinson Bros?They are ready, anxious, eager to show their goods at any and all times. H j i ?1 ? jv 'ji II^? >H?? ! SIT UI ou see it? If so, cs ws, Sulky Plows, >w, consists of a Dixie Sweep stock, mns, Rifles, Loaded Shells, Cartrige e Line?we have it. All we ask is FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF HARDW Wholesale and I H ^SmUND GENERAL NEWS. h The closing session of the 61st Congress of the Unite;! States opened at noon Monday, t A Sl.OtfO fire occurred in Sumter | Sunday night. Henry C Stuart, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 9th Vir- j ginia district, filed an expense account of $1?,00H. He received less ihan 17,(KK> votes, being defeated by his Republican opponent. Siemp. 1 . One of the two-story dormitories at Connie Maxwell orphanage, the; Baptist home for orphans at Greenwood, was burned to the ground Fri day at noon, causing a loss of four | or five thousand dollars. Only $2,000 insurance was carried. As soon as news of the disaster to their, orphanage reached Laurens,where the] Baptist State convention was in set- j sion, a movement was started to raise money to replace the build-1 ing and in a very short while the ! sum of $4,000 was pledged. i Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science cult, died at | her home in Boston, Mtes, Sunday night. Mrs Eddy was ninety years j old and was loved and reverenced by thousands of disciples who had 1 absolute confidence in her and sincere belief in the doctrine she taught, j Four of the murderers of Paul Williams, who was killed on Hagenback-Wallace's circus train, were convicted and sentenced to life im-1 prisonment at the recent term 'of court in Lexington county. One was! a white man, the others negroes. I ! Jenkinson Bros?Wool and Cotton Blankets. Comforts. Rugs, Art Squares. Mattings. Curtain Poles,; Cotton Batting for Comforts and Quilts. It 1 | THE LUCK! YOU'LL EV IS^HE ^ If you were to deposit only pound intest on it in our bank you were to live that long, you placed in our bank and LEFT , IDOUSLY fast Make OUR Ban We pay liberal interest consis Farmers & M< "Absolut* LAKE CI ?^ ??.j.?Jr?? ?? %*? 5 arid TA ill and look at our Disc Harrows, Etc Shovel Plow, Sub-Soil Plow? s, Etc. a trial and we will convince you. COFFINS AND CASKETS. ARE C< Retail Dealers. t ?4.?4?4?4*?4*? I*? CENSUS FIGURES DISAPPOINJ. State May Lose Congressman? i County Shows Healthy Increase. According to the census figure^ relating to this State, which have' just ty?en made public, the population of South Carolina is 1,515,400 as compared with 1 ,.">40,816 ten years <#0. If the re-apportionment of representatives in Congress is made on the basis of a larger num-' ber of inhabitants it is probable that this State will iose one Congressman. The largest g?.:r was in Spartai^ burg county. 17.0'5, the smallest Kairfielci, which gained only -7. Charleston with ss.5!-t stlh leads in population, but i cl< Jv pressed; by Spartanburg with >>>,465, the former's gain in ten \\ ..rs being 588.j Beaufort, Berkeley, Marion, Orangeburg and Sumter show a loss, owing to their area being reduced to form new counties, in most in-1 stances. Our own county of Williamsburg shows a healthy growth during the past decade, the present population ' 1 .?? /??/. j t_ ot /*or , Oeing compared wixn oi.oo-j in 1900, a gain of about 6.000, or 16 ; per cent, which is above the average [ of 13.3 for the whole State. When you have a cold get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It i will soon fix you up aH right and will ward off any tendency toward pneumonia. This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as, to an adult. Sold by all dealers. , ? . ^ When you want a hot meal to order, drop in at our cafe. The choicest the market affords, prompt and polite seVvice and prices reasonable.1 Cou::t\'ky'3 Ice Cheat Pael">. 1 l 12-8-2t i IESJ DAY 1 ER HAVE S AY YOU j a START ! 4 A m BANK ACCOUNT || 'S:\ . oD<yM~ynvw^ 1; . $5 and leave it and the comfor five hundred years, and could buy the earth. Money ALONE will grow TREMENk YOUR Bank. ( tent with safety: 4 per cent. g jrchants Bank I i\y Safe" ;> TY, S. C | HMHHEEBHBBSEEK2ESEZEEE9K8XLT2 r i -f-tT*? ?Ir?V?v?f*- ?4*KE NOT One and Two H< vhat we would call the most compl DMPAN1 U??? -?1|> iji?<8> A <y > HOGS THRIVE ON j mi PASTURES. l ? ! Many a man has made money in I feeding cheap feed wiio would fail absolutely if the vaiue of bis feed in-! creased 10 cents per bushel. The reason for this is that the real cost of production is not ktnrwu to him. ami he is constantly wasting feed.s but does not know it. lie is inaki ly >? ... ,<:o;ii an ! does not <.* attylne (cs>i; v in tiuii:i:iir any io-;er. Tbej boy afow.-r of i hi- present faces a con-.;, dition that demands bis closest atteu-1 ;i< ii ud : n s: intelligent application.' liiow to pfoilt.i e a pottti.l of polk at j tin* 'cast possible ? osi - -that is the j ?j!!! >-i J* ii. ' 'I I : VM i ir? .-4111 nic 1 and < I vrx'st ! o feed, but it tnti-i l e supplemented by other feeds : I ! : v 4mkhp With the tn'v.nce of cohl weather | t!ie hojr mi*?e.s the pastures ot alfalfa. clover or peas >>:i v.hica ae thrives. '1 ..en the fatvn-r * 110 mis a late ileal ot rape re..pa the prof- j Its of 1 { >;uslffht. ~ 1 to m ' -? :'?? most of it. First and ! for?'.i. ? 1 o 1 t.'t.-se siip|4emcuiary feetls 1 is Liv.-ii forage. .Many kinds of plauts J aC'i.r.l .-*?.?:t? of the desired elenieuts. btu She 1 -anmes, such as clovers, alfalfa, fid peas, etc., are the great balancers for corn. Experiment has proved that alfalfa pasture with corn as an exclusive feed produced pork considerably cheaper than when 2."? per cent shorts or 7." per cent skimmilk was fed. Alfalfa pasture seems to be par excellence fur a hog. aiul Itrshould j be grown where possible. Closer is nearly as good a feed for I hogs at all seasous as alfalfa. While j concentrates, such as shorts, tankage. | oil meal, boiiomeul. etc.. will nearly j always cheapen and balance a corn or other carbonaceous ration, it should be borne in mind that far the cheapest gains are made where pasture is the main balancer. Where some of the' legumes are not found to l>e adapted rape will prove a profitable forage plant, and each acre of good rape is worth a t?u of grain for hog feed. f +M++++******* * '? ? * ? ? ?? ; | HORSE LORE. i! I To groom tlie horse well after +j T hard work does not only clean J] X i I,., .'bin I ni it uriii'iinlii Viirlrtns + X parasitic diseases of the sklu. ? | In the purchase of a n?w horse j X always purchase a mare. She 4! T will raise you some Colts, which +! J will increase the farm profits. X + '1 here is no kind of auinihl T 4, breeding that will pay letter ?j than the breeding of horses, but ' I horses 1I1 ; \ iil sell, not dung- * . J liiils or misiiis. J .j. 1?iiii't keep your horse in an * J ove Ileatii! stable and then stand J him for hours in a freezing at- ?! J mospheiv an 1 wonder how he J i became paralyzed. T % Most farm horses get too much J i hay. Cut down the amount and ? jf. feed it mostly at night. Thor- 4. j J m:g!i dampening lessens the dan- * ' t> ger from feed itig dustv hay. >: i ? * ! -> h * ** * *++ ?+ * * ** / / ICE! "7 1 >rse Sub-Soil t i. ^ etc Plow on the market, ?L T - T j J *?4* *i' 4'?*4*?*?*?*4*?it |npwTD%| " Gale & Gale?Hats at Cost. Watts & Watts?Fine Line Xnias and New Year's Cards. ? ; Farmers & Merchants Bank, Lake City?Start a Bank Account Now. Dr H D Reese, Cpticia >, at Watts & Watts'. V:< King^tree Hardware Co?Headquarters for Santa Glaus. O H Patrick?Closinc Out at Gust. D -Auditor's Appointments for Taking Returns. S C Anderson?Fruit Trees Cheap. Johnsonville High School?"Among the Breakers.'' Jenkinson Bros Co?Training Our Guns. w Jjjj Every family has need of a good, reliable liniment. For sprains, bruises, soreness of the muscles and rheumatic pains there is none better than Chamberlain's. Sold by all dealers. , . ' ? I Before ordering Magazines get our big clubbing catalogue and special offers and save Money. Southern Subscription Agency. Raleigh, NO (A postal card will do.) 9-22-ldt / /xfiaN* .-ual Dear Friena Mama said this morning she was very thankful because there was a first-class grocery in town. She never has / to send anything back she gets from there * because they won't send out anything thatis not the best. We get all our nutsy. and celery and* cranVs a m -m ?4 >*-s /4 ^ * r 4 ucn icq anu every for Thanksgiving at this one place. Your friend, Jacob, P. S. That one place / is Wilkins' Wholesale^ Grocery Co's The place where the $ does its duty * S . > ::