The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 07, 1915, Image 1
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| VOL. XXX. KiyGSTREK SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1015. NO. 81
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COURT OF G. S.
HOLDS BUSY TERM
SESSION MARKED FOR RAPID
WORK?MISTRIAL IN ONE
MURDER CASE.
k The fall term of the court of general
sessions convened at 10 o'clock
Monday morning,JudgeS W GShipp
r* of Florence presiding. Court Stenographer
L E Wood of Sumter was
at his post when the crier announced
the opening of the session, as were
also all other officials of the tribunal.
Solicitor Stoll handed the ioreman
of the jury a number of bills
for consideration,among which were
two murder cases.
Judge Shipp .charged the grand
jurymen briefly, and they left the
' court room to take up their work.
The first case brought to trial was
that of the State against Burrell
Kelley, a white man, charged with
the killing of Willie Singletary, a
t negro man, at a lumber camp near
Taft about a year ago. The evidence
in this case was practically the same
as that offered at a former trial,
when the jury failed to agree upon
a verdict. It was shown that the
negro went to the camp of Kelley,
took his stand near the fire where
Kelley was <?oking his supper and
proceeded to roll a cigarette over
the vessels in which the meal was
being prepared, Kelley ordered the
nemro several times to get away
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that Pringle had harassed the defendant
all day and at night went
> into his home and continued to make
abusive threats against Singletaryj
and other members of his family. '
Jeff Prichard.a negro,plead guilty I
indictment for aggrayated as ault
and battery, and the court fixed
his punishment at sixty days on
the chaingang or pay a fine of $50.
Lewis Davis, negro, who claims
Florenre as his home, was arraigned
on a charge of car.breaking and taking
$2 worth of watermelons therefrom j
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from his pots, as the tobacco would
fall into his victuals. The negro refused
to move as ordered and swore
at Kelley, whereupon the latter
struck him on the head with a lightwood
stick, the blow fracturing the
negro's skull. The accused was acquitted.'
David Frazier? a young negro,was
arraigned* on a charge of forgery
and plead guilty. He was sentenced
by the court to a term of two years
on the county chaingang and to pay
j a fine of $5.
Joe Davis, negro, indicted for as,_8aultand
battery, plead guilty, and
the court sentenced him to sixty
days on the chaingang or pay a fine
, of $40.
John Harrington, negro, also plead
guilty to the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill. He was |
sentenced to serve one year on the
chaingang or pay a fine of SI50.
Cinrrlr?torv fl VlflrmlpSslookinC
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young negro with a good reputation,
was arraigned charged with the
murder of Jack Pringle and plead
i not guilty. His case went to trial
r and the jury found in accordance
J with his plea,the evidence in the case
being strongly in favor of their deinocmtmh
no it Hparlv showed
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ervance of this day. We have the
re up in convenient places in your h
ing many thousands of dollars. It
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last July. Davis,who plead his own
case, was convicted and sentenced to
18 months on the county chaining.
Stephen Gude,white,charged with
assault and battery, plead his own
case. He was acquitted by the jury.
In the case of the State against
I James Haines, a young negro boy,
1 charged with breaking into the store
of Mr C H Gordon near Hemingway,
the jury was directed by the
court to write a verdict of not guilty.
The mostjnteresting case to come
before the court at this session was
that of the State against Colon Patterson,
a negro, charged with mur
der.in that he did on Saturday night,!
October 2, wilfully, maliciously and I
with malice aforethought take the |
life of one Lizzie Wilder by shooting
her in the back with a shot gun, and
so far as was proven by the testimony
of six or seven witnesses,with-j
out the slightest cause or provoca-1
tion. To the Solicitor and a large
majority of others who heard the
testimony at the Coroner's inquest
and at the trial in the court of general
sessions Tuesday the affair had
the complexion of a cold-blooded
murder.
When the negro was first arraign- .
ed at the bar he wanted to plead!
guilty in order that he might get off j (
with a life sentence by the court. I ^
TUo QrJi/Mtnr wmilH nnt aor?f?nt his;
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plea, feeling that he deserved the ,
full penalty of the law for his crime,
and the court appointed attorneys to
conduct his case. At best, even they ,
could hope only fov conviction with
a recommendation to mercy.
A jury of twelve intelligent gentlemen
was empaneled and the case (
went to trial on its merits. Every
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scintilla or evidence yoiuieu eiuici
directly or indirectly to the guilt of
the accused. Henry Wilder, the old
father of the dead woman, saw Patterson
as his daughter fell, with the
gun in his hands; Robert Epps ran
out of the house in pursuit of the
murderer and after receiving a severe
blow on his head with the gun,
still in the hands of the fleeing negro,
Patterson, a blow that necessitated
six stitches in the wound and
crooked the barrel of the gun to an
angle of several degrees, captured
him. The gun was identified as bej
longing to Lizzie Wilder, in whose j
house Patterson had made his home
j for some months past.
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It was shown by two witnesses
that Patterson had quarreled with
the Wilder woman on the previous 1
Friday night and threatened to "cut
her neck off."
Another witness testified that Sat- *
urday about 11 or 12 o'clock Patter- ;
son came to him and said, "I raised ,
hell last night, but I am going to (
raise more hell tonight." Saturday
afternoon Patterson came to Kings- (
tree; that night he, as was his cus- j
torn, went to Lizzie Wilder's house f
and,not finding her there, he picked 1
up the gun and went inquest of her. t
He found her at the home of Henry *
I Wilder,her father. Leaving the gun J
outside, he went in. After failing in ?
an attempt at reconciliation with i
the woman for the abuse and threats 1
he had heaped upon her the night t
before,he stepped outside, picked up (
the gun and fired its contents into t
her back, inflicting a mortal wound.
>n Dayiition
Friday, October 8, as Fire I
justly celebrated Baxter Fir
ome, place of business, ginnery,
will cosf you but very little to pr
tnd purchase from
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To make room f(
Stoves and wire
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This is purely and simply the sum
and substance of the case without
any legal or technical garnishments
?the plain facts in the case as they
were recited at the Coroner's inquest
and before the jury who heard the
:ase in the court of general sessions
ruesday, composed of men not opposed
to inflicting the death penalty
for cause. Yet after seven hours of
ieliberation a mistrial was announc?d
at midnight.
The evidence in the case was
plain and straightforward; the guilt
the accused was proved beyond a
reasonable doubt. The Judge's
iharge to the jury was as plain and
simple as he could have made it,and
Jespite all this the county must undergo
the expense of trying this
vretched negro again for the same
rrime, all on account of the boneleadedness
of several of the jurors
vho sat upon the case Tuesday.
The six members of the grand
iury to be held over for next year
ire: W H Touchberry, T B Patrick,
W H Parker, H S B Johnson, T B
Feagin and W D Bryan.
Court adjourned sine die yesteriay
at 6 p. m
Grand Jury Presentment.
ro His Honor, Judge S W G Shipp,
Presiding Judge:
We, the Grand Jury of Williamsburg
county, having completed all
)f the business that has come before
is at this term of court, and having
nade the usual investigations, desire
:o herewith make our report:
We desire first of all to express
>ur thanks for the courteous treatnent
that we have received at the
lands of His Honor, Judge Shipp,
ind for the able manner in which he
las explained the law to us and
;hereby assisting us greatly in performing
our duties in an orderly
ind expeditious manner. We also
iesire to express our thanks to the
solicitor, who has, by his advice and
issistance, aided us passing upon all
natters that have come to our at;ention.
1. We have passed upon 17 bills,
)f this number we have found 17
;rue bills.
2. We have examined all of the
-F riday,
Prevention Day. The Kingstree T
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garage, stables or barn may pre
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adquarters for I
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6. Rural Policeman aiancm nas
turned in his report of the work
done by him from the time of his
appointment, October, 1912, to October,
191/). The fines from the
cases that he has prosecuted have
amounted to $2,390.00, and time
served where fines were not paid is
12,175 days. Rural Policeman Allen
failed to hand in an itemized report,
but from the number of cases he
has appeared in, we believe that his
report would be equally as pood.
We desire to commend both of these
officers for the seryices they are
rendering the county in their efforts
to preserve law and order.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W H CaRR,
Foreman of Grand Jury for
Williamsburg County.
Kingstree, S C, October 5.1915.
Chronic Constipation.
"About two years ago when I began
using Chamberlain's Tablets I
had been suffering for 3ome time
with stomach trouble and chronic
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consupauoil. iviy cuhuihuh iui(jiuycu
rapidly through the use of these tablets.
Since taking four or five bottles
of them my health has been
fine," writes Mrs John Newton, Irving,
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section of the County that I
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county offices and find that they are
being regularly and properly kept.
We have examined the accounts of
all of the county officers and find
that they are correct in every detail
and books neatly kept.
3. We have visited the jail and
find same in good condition. We
find that it is clean and the prisoners
are well cared for. We would
recommend, however, that the portion
of the jail in which the prisoners
are confined be screened immediately
on account of the mosquitoes.
which are a nuisance in
that part of town.
4. We find that the jurors' rooms
of the court house are almost filled
with ballot boxes, old stoves, etc,
and we would recommend that the
proper authorities build a small
metal building adjoining the coal
hnilHinir for this nroDerty to be
stored in.
5. We are prlad to report that the
County Commissioner has adopted our
last recommendation and is keeping
a correct record of all county property
that is in the hands of the Road
Engineer.
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[ardware Co., who are always on the i
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the bottom of the cooking utensil.
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the agency for this popular stove.
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