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' ' / ' " 7 " ' r" ' " " I Q \ ft I VOL. XXX. KINGSTltEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915. ~ ~ NO. 15 I su m We A H Ice Cream Freezers W Ice Tea Tumblers Hammocks H We have a full and coi I tion. You know we always ? ? I Coffins and Cask I (Morgan i Under the above firn Burlington, N. C., well s successful tobacco ware! smith, merchant-farmer Kingstree, will conduct a ness this season in the K< occupied by Mr. Morgan. They wish to thank th r business given each of th A sure each customer of th 5 tinuance of their influenc Scranton Snao-Shots. Scranton, June 15:?The annual Masonic picnic will take place here p, Thursday, June 24! The public is cor/ dially invited to attend. The only prerequisites are well filled baskets. The annual sermon will be delivered by Rev T G Herbert, pastor of Central Methodist church of Florence. Tuesday night, June 22, the Manning Literary society will hold a 1 public meeting at the school house ^ here. The most interesting number on the programme is the query for debate: 'Resolved,That the Town of Scranton Should Issue Bonds in the Sum of $3,000 for Paving the Streets". As this subject may be put before the town some time in reality, a large audience is expected to attend. Arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs J M Myers, a fine boy. Mr J G Singletary is home for a few days. Dr W S Lynch, president, mid Mr J M Myers, Jr, cashier of the Peo^ pie's bank, are- attending the State Bankers' convention now in session at the Isle of Palms, Charleston. All members of Scranton Cquncil, Jr 0 U A M,are urged to attend the rally meeting and banquet June 18. ' I M G. Bloomlngvale Gleanings. IBloomingvale, J,une 11:?Farmers of this section are very busy trying to rid their crops of "General Green" but some of them are very much , "pifteburgh UALIJY FAR We wish to say that ed our *rew hardware s had calls for "Pittsburg f but as we were not agent tifically designed fence a any in stock, we simply lc of the fence business. T solved. We are agents i fence and can take care ( / are unloading a car of se I When it comes to buyin: wants a fence that has k rability. These are just [ burg Perfect Fence" has perfect. We are satisfiei we now have the f a?. purpose. Just req f ures on what we cj That is all v r MMER tfe Well Prepa Screen W Screen Fly T mplete stock of any of the above have a most complete stock of H ~ i Kin 277- E ? Nesmith) ( i name E. L. Morgan of 5 ind favorably known as a j louseman, and W. E. Ne- ; now of the town of 1 tobacco warehouse busi- j ellahan building, formerly ; 1 i eir many friends for the \ iem last season and to as- ^ eir appreciation of a conic ana business. \ i disheartened over the progress mac by this noxious grass. Mr? R W Smith and little sor Rob, have just returned from a vis 1 to the former's sister, Mrs W ] Foxworth, near Cades. We are very sorry to note th trouble that Mr and Mrs R M Can ley are having with that awful dis ease.whooDincr coueh. Some of thei ! children are critically ill. Mr an I Mrs W G Cantley have also ha , quite a fierce battle with it. Thei baby died Saturday, June 5, and ii 1 terment was made in the Cantle ! burying ground next day at 11 a. n ! Their many friends condole wit them in their bereavement. Among Bloomingvale's most plea; ant visitors last Sunday were Mr . D Brown and Miss Ruth Phillip: Mr Brown is a member of the Unite States navy. He has been visitin friends and relatives at Ceda Swamp. He is always welcome here by his host of friends. Rev W 0 Henderson came ove last Sunday in his new fast Ford t fill his regular appointment,bringin with him his wife and her siste; Miss Dodye Hinnant of Suttons. Miss Anna Smith left today fc Columbia, where she will continu her studies for the profession c trained nurse. Sweet Sixteen. Move lively, girls. Our crop ( marriageable young men may, I considerably reduced before anothe June rolls around. peBjfec^r M FENCE since we open- ^ ;tore we have W.' 1 'erfect Fence," v! ,|i\ s for this scien- N/* v & nd not having T""f%gj >st the greater part hat question is now for this guaranteed v|| )f the fence trade. We ,jS| veral styles this week. v'f g fence, every person quality, strength and duthe features that "Pitts. Every rod guaranteed dwithout a doubt, that ence for your particular uest us to give you figin do your fencing for. le ask you to do. Hardware Company l 1 Ci ipular naraware otore 5, - - So. Car. \ WILL 5 red to Supply Y rire Doors Wire Windows raps Rubber Garden Hose items. Also any and everything vc [ardwap and Chinaware. At no oil" igstree Hi VENTUALLY-V I BIl j| We have I which we can I of any Twine , I WILLIAM 1 He? JUSTICE 1ERRI :! RAGEDJ | WHS lrlh.L'11 111 view U1 W1MUU wuvmw ^ i said to have been uttered. The Sheriff and his prisoner reached here in safety. With the negro walking between him and Policeman Haynes, the^Sberiff had started up the steps to the court house, his deputies following in the rear, when a fusillade of shots broke out. The first bullet struck the negro prisioner in the stomach "with fatal results. The second bullet from the mob hit Sheriff Hood. PROMISCUOUS FIRING. By this time the fusillade had become general, the mob firing promiscuously into the crowd which was following the Sheriff and his party ud the steps to the court room. As scon a? he could draw his DistoirSheritf Hood returned the fire and several of his deputies join-' ed in the affray. Sheriff Hood was J shot five times, three times in the stomach, in his right side, in left arm, between shoulder and elbow. i ? Sheriff and Prisoner Sli d ir House Steps by a Mc I Wounded?Leader ^ VVinnsboro, June 15:?Sheriff A , D Hood killed in performance of his A duty, Jules Smith, a negro charged 3. with criminal assault, and Clyde d Isenhower, a relative of Smith's al* leged intended victim, dead; Deputy r j Sheriff Earle Stevenson desperately wounded, his left arm being practi>r cally shot off, Rural Policeman J R 0 Boulware shot in the pit of, his ^ stomach and barely living, and Jesse Morrison, brother-in-law of IsenU/.tifAif* on! o mom nf thp afrtaok- I )J* IIMWCl ail<l U UiL in uv i v?. vi.v ie inpr party, shot in the head, and several other deputy sheriffs wounded, tell the horrible results of an attack by a small mob on the Sheriff here ^ this morning while he was ascendV0 ^ ing the court house steps with the negro who was to be placed on trial . for his life. Sheriff Hood went to Columbia this morning and brought Jules Smith, the negro who was to be tried for the awful crime, back to Winnsboro to put him on trial for his life. The negro had been in the State penitentiary for safe-keeping and the Sheriff was accompanied by several deputies. This precaution ? A?''r\? on*?foir\ flirnofc BOON B our Needs With i Cotton Garden Hose Florence Automatic Oil St Florence Blue Flame Oi iu can think of or need in the Hardv ler store will you find as great a vari ardware ( mY NOT NOW; a limited amour . sell for 10c per see ours before ] SBURG HAF ldquarters for G frv-?/v?/v"Ov'?5v-C*v-C?v~C*v42v4*v~&AJv^ _ -- BLY OUT- : IT WINNSBORO; di tot to Death -on Court" >b?Several Deputies t of Outlaws Dead. Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson, who Pr was right behind him, was shot twice in the left arm, practically severing ta it from his body. One bullet struck tri Rural Policeman J R Boulware in CIJ his stomach, probably fatally wounding him. Deputy Sheriff B R Beck- ^ man was shot in the left leg. Constable R L Kelley was shot in the h?i thumb and right arm. Deputy Sheriff J W Broom received several bullets through his pants and one a grazed his left foot. From all the information obtain- W( able the consensus of opinion is that Clyde Isenhower began the shooting nv>/?l if io cnul fhof Kio fircf hllllof ^" ttliu 11/ IO CUI Vi liUit I I I O Ul OV Ik/Ultv. b mm killed the negro prisoner. He him- g self was fatally wounded, being shot II several times, and received thirteen J( openings in his body as a result of 8 bullets lodging there. It is thought w that Sheriff Hood directed his fire at 3 Clyde Isenhower, for the Sheriff n emptied his pistol. Isenhower, af- a ter being shot to pieces, staggered I' into the Sheriff's office and had un- 9 breeched his pistol and reloaded it 3 before he fell faint from the loss of blood. ; OTHERS WOUNDED. Jesse Mofrison, a brother-in-law ! ofi'Isenhower, and said to have been jj a member of the mob, received a J scalp wound in the head and had a jj thumb shot away. D F Smith, a by- M stander, took refuge behind a tree jj and a bullet just grazed his stomach. 1 Probate Judge W L Holley was H standing in the door of the court house at the time of the shooting g and a bullet buried itself in the door fl facing at[his side. Although mor- 9 tally) wounded. Sheriff Hood took I the negro prisoner, who was sinking a from the effects of the fatal bullet 8 in his stomach, up the steps of the g court house and into the room and ?j pushed hiin into the dock before he g succumbed. As he fell to the floor, 9 he said to Solicitor Henry: "They 9 have got me at last." The negro pris- g oner lived only about ten minutes. I Sheriff Hood, Deputy Sheriffs J R | Boulware and B R Beckham were 1 taken to Columbia on a special n % V IE HEF Seasonable G< Blue Belle Oil] oves * Water Coole 1 Stoves Refrigerat vare line and will se)l it to you ; pfv hpftpr nnnlitv nr plipsnpr r VV ? WVVWVJ- V V* V.VV^N/* t wO. j We Le. > 838&J888S8388!$S8$8S TWII it of Binder T pound. If yo placing your or tD WARE C uaranteed Go ain, arriving about 1:30 o'clock, irgeons had Sheriff Hood upon e operating table several hours id eighteen perforations were und in his intestines. He was ven every attention, but his concion from the first was hopeless, id he died tonight at 7:50 o'clock. ?puty Buhvare has only a fighting ance for recovery, the bullet hav g lodged in the pit of his abdomen. ISENHOWER SHOT SIX TIMES. Clyde Isenhower, said to be the incipal in the fatal tragedy, and ?putv Sheriff Earle Stevenson were ken to Chester on * the afternoon I ain. Dr S W Pryor, their physiin, said that Isenhower had been ot six or seven times, and had irteen openings in his body. Depy Stevenson will probably lose 3 left arm, 4 The other deputies received only ght wounds. Ernest Isenhower, brother of Clyde Isenhower, and sse Morrison, a brother-in-law, ?re arrested this afternoon and iged in jail, charged with the ooting. Other arrests are expect are you a brick-layer? IF YOU ARE YOU KNOW THAT ER FINALLY BUILDS A HOUSE 1 IF YOU ARE NOT A BRICK-LA\ LAR ON TOP OF ANOTHER BUIl SOME DAY PROTECT AND SHEl PILE UP YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK V WE PAY H PER CENT INTERE Farmers &Merclu "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Branches at Johnsonville i ? \B\ I >ods. I ^Stoves I TS | ors at prices that defy compel- I >rices than at headquarters. i t II ?? ad?Qthers Follow. ] ! SE I ' i! 7';M ' M 1 v'a ed to follow. The grand jury has taken charge of the situation and is making a sweeping and rigid investigation. Foreman J H Coleman and his associates listened with serious attention this afternoon during the charge by Judge Wilson and the general opinion is that those responsible for the affair are going 10 have to answer for it. Clyde Isenhower, said to be the principal in the shooting, was a farmer, and resided in the Wateree section, about seven miles from here. He has a large number of brothers; one of them, Ernest, who is in jail charged with taking part in the attack, has been teaching school in Clarendon county for two years. Another brother is a rural policeman, another a town policeman here | and still another pastor of a string of Baptist churches in this county. Clyde Isenhower was put in the baggage car of the north-bound train this afternoon and taken to a hospital at Chester. He was accompanied by his wife. His aged n.other was in tears when the train r;u!l(Concluded on page 4) __ 1 YYVCWV* 1 f l,t-V | I fi .p*'; ' v. 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