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eljf ioimtu Itecotfb. j ^VOL. 36. '" KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 23, 1921. NO. M i TOM POSTON GETS , LIFE-TIME SENTENCE JURY RENDERS VERDICT OF !* r MURDER WITH RECOMMEN- o DATION TO MERCY. n I n The case of the State against Torn j < Po.ston, which was on trial here since jn Thursday evening of last week, was! P brought to a close Saturday afternoon , b when the jury reached a verdict of guilty of murder and asked the mercy v of the court. if This case has teen one of the most h strongly contested ones ever tried in ^ the couurt here, both sides being rep- e resented by able counsel. Solicitor P ?- ?j :~i~J rr p iUCJUCUU VT?S dSi-iaiiru iu mc yi uocvu- ? tion by Mr. LeRoy Lee, Esq., and F Congressman P. H. Stoll, while the ^ defense was represented by Kelley & c< Hinds. Esq. b When the case was called for trial attorneys for the defense made a motion for a continuance of the case un- o: til the next term of court, stating that S the defense had not had time to make li a thorough investigation and procure c< witnesses whose appearance was 01 li material interest to the defendant u The defense pointed out further that ti one of the witnesses?the oijjjy known e< eye witness to the killing?was conlined to her home on account of ill- ii ness. The State elected to admit the ? evidence of this witness as made at w the inquest and the plea for a con- ^ tinuance of the case was rejected, the ti * court ordering the case to proceed. tl Interest centered particularly around the testimony of witnesses brought ir. to prove and disprove statements alleged to have been made by the defendant, both before and after the; ^ killing, tending to show thai the kill-1 ^ . ing was the outgrowth of ill feeilng1 ^ which had originated some months: ago, and culminated with the collisior A" rt VAfl ^ V.O UI U1CU Ulld W? Ul\; yuvuv A VMrU WV | v ^ tween Kingstree dhd Lake City, on ^ the night of May 7 when the shooting > ^ took place. i I W One of the witnesses, M. E. King1 w of Lake City, stated that late one af- j ^ ternoon during last December, he hap. pened to be standing near Tom Poston and two other young men whom he did not know. That while standing there the deceased, J. H. Miller, pass- j.. ed by and he overheard the defendant ^ make the assertion that should he ever meet Miller outside of Lake City ?' that he would kill him. 11 Another witness for the prosecution, Mr. Stephen Bird of Lake City, stated that on two occosions Tom Poston had ^ approached him end told him that he bad a grudge against Miller and that | he was "going to get exen with him.",g Several other Witnesses were also ^ brought in by the prosecution relative ^ to statements Poston was charged * with having mad .J the next morning ^ % after the killing took place. These wit- k nesses made the assertion that Foston did make the statement that Miller a "got hard and he shot ? out of him" and also that Poston stated that "I did not pull my gun for display? w I pulled it to shoot. I guess I will j* get the electric chair for it, but 1 don't care." Several witnesses were put up by the defense to offset this ?' testimony, who stated that they were in the car which Poston occupied from ^ the time he was brought to the scene of the shooting until the sheriff took a him away, carrying him to the jail at Kingstree, and that he postively a did not make the alleged statements. ?. Further testimony by Dr. E. T. Kel- ^ ley, who had made a thorough examination of the wound inflicted in MilJeFs head tended to show that it was ^ a physical impossibility for Miller to be in position to defend himself and J receive a wound inflicted in the manner this seemed to have been dealt. The defendant, when placed on the stand, stated that when the cars collided Miller began to curse him violently. That he (Poston) told Miller to hold on, friend. That Miller said) that he was the friend who was going J tc shoot his?brarrs out. That Miller j got out of his car and begun fiimhfo with his nistol. and that I<3 he (Poston) drew his pistol and began tl firing, shooting three times, the last tc taking' effect. 5. The jury, who were selected after g each side had exhausted their challenges provided by statute, were as follows: J. S. Britton, R. C. Flowers, 1 J. W. Kirby, J. H. Alsbrook, J. C. Mc- n, Clary, H. D. Shaw, S. R. Walters, J. A McCollough, R. H. Ervin, C. J. jr Yarborough. L W. Cockfield, and C. C( Erewster Cribb. q Defendants attorneys have filed notice of appeal to the supreme court jMK for a new trial, which notice will act It as a stay of sentence for a time. vi K. \ - " TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN. 'resident and Congress Must B< Elected and Installed. Washington, June 14.?A proclama ion formally announcing the decisioi f the United States to withdraw it; lilitary government from the Domi ican Republic was issued there to ay by Rear Admiral S. S. Robinson lilitary governor The text of th< roclamation was made public her< y the State Department. In announcing the decision the hop< ras expressed that the American mil .ary forces could be withdrawn with r. 8 months and the Dominican peoph 'ere called upon to cooperate to thai nd. The executive power, it was ex lained would be exercised by th< lilitary governor until a duly electee roclaimed president of the republi< liall have taken office and until s invention of evacuation shall have een signed by The President anc jnfirmed by the Dominican congress After setting forth the neeessitj f establishing a "duly constitutec overnment of the Dominican Repubc" before the withdrawal may be ime effective, the proclamation outnes in detail the method in which nder the constitution of that coun y, such a government shall be electi. The military forces of the Repubc afe to be officered by natives impetent to hold such positions, but ith the provision that Americar rmy officers are to be used for such mes as fnay be necessary to effect le desired organization of the new >rces. o Confesses Before Being Burned. Moultrie, Ga., June 20.-^-John Henry rii*Aw-iu>, negiu, m? juviciia Wilkes, 12 year old white girl, warned at the stake Saturday by a 10b after he had been convicted ol rst degree murder and sentenced to 5 hanged July 8. The prisoner was iken from the officers as he was beg escorted from the courtroom and as rushed to the scene of his crime here he was tied to a stump of a ee- , Williams calmly smoked a cigarette > the match was applied to the fuel round him and he made but little itcry as the flames slowly burned im to death. It was reported that he ade a full confession. The mob iietly disappeared after the lynchig and thus far no arrests have been ade. Williams, who at the trial denied is guilt, is alleged to have made a ill confession to members of the 10b, even telling how the girl beged him to spare her life. It was when he saw the girl pass is house on her way to a store at .utreyville, Ga., that he planned the ime, the negro is said to have deared. He cut her throat with a nife and then dragged her body intc shallow pond and weighted it down ith water soaked logs, according tc is alleged confession. The negrc aded out into the pond and showed 10b members where he had hid the fdy. He appeared little disturbed he mob stood quietly on the banks f the pond and listened to his story. It was to a big stump near the ige of the pond that Williams wa? lained and burned. Wood was piled round him and gasoline poured or le fuel. Just before the match wai pplied the negro asked for a cigartte and it was put in his mouth and ghted for him. He was calmly pufng smoke when the match was aplied to the stake. As the flames ared up and found their way tc /illiams he made no outcry, but his ody went through horrible contorons. tViA urm/] K1 mirin O r many rvxu,u KVIVUJ vivntug ie smoke and flames away from his ead, making it possible for him tc peak, and the negro .began to sing, >ntinuing until the smoke stiffled im. o Big Day at Cedar Swamp July 4th A big day is scheduled for Cedai wamp and vicinity when the folk of lat community indulge in an old time >urnament, basket picnic and baseall games. Following is the proram of events: Old time tournament at 10 a. m. Basket Pinic?plenty to eat. Two base ball fames in the afteroon. Everybody is invited. Those desirlg to ride in the tournament will jme prepared to do so. Bring yout ueen. Nitrate of Soda. Limited amount 'ft for cash. Call on Geo. A. McEleen. ltc KINGSTREE PCANS : BIG JULY 4TH i AIR PLANE FLIGHTS, BASE BALL 5 GAME AND ATHELETICS TO FEATURE DAY. ?? At a mass meeting of the citizens j ? of Kingstree Monday night, it was > planned to make the coming Fourth i of July a day to be remembered by 4, Kingstree folk and visitors from . j neighboring counties. . < The outstanding feature of the day , j will be the airplane flights by Lieur | tenants Harry 'j. Runser and Roscoc . [ Turner, in their famous British fight; ing plane, tending to demonstrate I that the operation of aeroplanes is a . safe and sane undertaking, and hope { that their demonstration will al^ in ? the fast development of aerial transI portation. So far their demonstrations cover twenty-two States and , Canada and their record for passenII ger carrying is over 2000 without a . sihgle mishap of any kind. The lieutenants hold several re: . |ords, one being tne nrst to ny over the Blue Ridge mountains and over . Mt. Mitchell. They are the only fliers . having flown the entire length of the eastern highlands, taking the aero. plane to the mountaineers. . Passengers will be carried all day ; July 4th. t Lieut, Turner will do his famous ! diving stunt, hanging by his feet when ; 1 plane dives 1000 feet at the speed of . j 200 miles an hour. This is the only fighting plane ever to be no exhibi| tion in the south. A number of Athletic stunts are on the program for'the big day and sev-! eral prizes are being offered by the - merchants of Kingstree for the days >' events. The grounds Jiere have ample shade ; and a large crowd is expected. Prepar1 ations are being made so that those ! desiring to bring dinner with them will have a convenient place to eat, and L arrangements will be made to accom1 modate those who prefer to purchase! t dinner on the grounds. A general admission charge of 55c | i for adults and 30c for children will be: ! charged to defray expenses of the at-l 1! tractions. ' ll * ! , , GETS FIVE YEARS , Florence Jury Convicts Negro of Throwing Switch. 1 t Charged with wrecking the Sea-r i board Air Line passenger train No. . 33, in which Engineer Harmon and his fireman, Joe Jenkins, were hurt, i! and a number of passengers shaken ; I up. William Durant, a negro, was de-! - j clared guilty by a jury in the court j . i of general session at Florence last i week, and sentenced to serve five , years in the ate penitentiary. Du- j ! rent, it wiL be recalled, threv.' the; , switch at a side track near Florence,! , derailing the locomotive and one car, I j of the passenger train. The negro j .'had pasted white paper over the tar-: , get to cover the red signal and this ir.i! dicated a clear track to the engineer, i Durant had no attorney. He showed. .! but little interest in the case beyond i II an unsuccessful attempt, as the jury 11 saw it, to prove an alibi. When i the accused man declared that he i,had witnesses who would testify at! . ithe time it occurred, Judge Shipp [ I granted the time for their summon. j ing. Two of the witnesses were j . brought into court, but their testi-1 i mony held little weight with the jury. I i Senior Wright, negro, was the prin-i ; cipal witness against Durant. R'ei . testified to having seen Durant bendl ing over the switch 30 minutes heroic ; | the arrival of the train, beating on it i j with some heavy instrument. Du(j rant had tried to hide from him, the ,' witness declared. |j I IMPORTANT NOTICE All persons, firms and corpora, tions having cotton stored in the Farmers warehouse are hereby notified that same must be taken out J on or before July 1st, 1921. If not moved by the owners on or before 1 July 1st, it will be moved by the Warehouse company at the expense of the owners. Those having cotton stored in the Farmers ware- j house will please give tms matter j their prompt attention as the tobacco market will open early in July. FARMERS WAREHOUSE CO. t Thos. McCutcheon. Pres. and Mgr. j 6-l&-2t. % >- - k- 1 ' > -V &&&&? . GEN. MOORE DIES AFTER OPERATION ADJUTANT GENERAL PASSES AWAY IN HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA Columbia, June 16.?Brigadier General William Woodbury Moore, fiftytwo years of age and since 1910 the adjutant general of South Carolina, dieel in a local hospital this evening shortly after 7 o'clock. Although Gen. Moore has been ill for several weeks he continued in his office until Monday, when he was forced to go to his home. He was suffering from a large carbunkle on the back of his neck. This was operated upon this morning and he never reained consciousness. The immediate cause of his death, stated his physicians, was diabetes from which he has suffered for some time. Members of his family were at his deathbed. Expressions of regret were heard on all sides when it became known that Gen. Moore had died. He had endeared himself to the members of the South Carolina National Guard, nast and present, for his conscientious work in behalf of the state militia, and the state's official family realized that South Carolina had lost one of its most stalwait officers. Major Rufus W. Grant, assistant adjutant general, early tonight communicated with the members of the deteased's family. Capt. J. T. Moore, the general's only son, stationed at Bingham, Mass., in command of a company of mariifes, is on his way from Boston and Mrs. W. E. Davis, the only daughter, is en route from Clemson College, her home. Gen. Moore is survived by his wi-! dow and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. R. C.Kirkland, Barnwell;) Mrs. W. C. Milhouse, of Barnwell; G ; H. Moore, of Coosawatchie; Haskell,) Moore of Colleton county; Arthur M. i AAt*A a/ D A ! ** H'aI 1 TntMAO XJ \f AAVO I iuuuxC) vi uauivvcjiy uaiuco xx. muvit, j of Gilmania; Mrs. Kate White, of Hendersonville, and Mrs. Ida Moore Norton. Gen. Moore was a decendant of a family which has been identified with the history of South Carolina for more than a century.' Hjs grandfather, John A. Moore, was a native of Peterboro, N. H., but came to this state j in his early manhood, settling at Gil-' lisonville, then a part of the Beaufort district. It was here that the father of the deceased, Dr. Henry W. Moore, was born in 1831. He mar-: ried Miss Mary Elizabeth Rowell, a: native of the old Beaufort district, and from this union Gen. Moore was( born at Hendersonville, Colleton coun- j ty, December 30, 1868. He received his primary education from the com- | mon schools of his native couitty, and | his academic education from the Citadel, which he attended in 1884-85. He left the Citadel when he was seventeen years of age, entering upon > commercial pursuits. In 1887 he moved to Barr.well where he was employed as a derk in a commercial establishment, and was identified with various commercial enterprises there as an lemploye until i89t when he went into the me.-cantiie Business for himself. From 1901 to 1910 he was a cotton buyer and a traveling salesman for various firms. Active in the Militia. Since his college days the deceased v.as actively engaged with and displayed intense interest in the organized militia of his state. He became a member of the Barnwell Guards in 1<*89. Later he was first sergeant of the Brown Guards, of Barnwell, and from 1891 to 1893 he was second lieutenant of this organization. He was elected captain of Company E, Third regiment, iNationai eiuara, iviay 14,, 1904, resigning this commission Feb- j ruary 16, 1907, at which time he was | appointed on the staff of Governor Ansel. He held this appointment for four years, until 1910, when he was elected Adjutant General of South Carolina, to fiil out the unexpired term of the late Gen. J. C. Boyd. He was successively reelected Adjutant Gen-j oral in all the biennial elections since, and at his death was in the first year cf his fifth term. November 5, 1890, Gen. Moore mar- i lied Miss Louise M. Peoples, and to! this union were born two children,' Miss Catherine Moore and Capt. | James Tillinghast Moore. The daughter was married to the Rev. W. E. Davis, pastor of the Firs: Presbyterian church, Clemson College,; August 1, 1917. Gen. Moore married J his second wife, Miss Florella M. Saunders, October 29, 1900. The deceased was an indefatigueable work\ " \ v ,2fc \; * LEGION'S NEW HEAD. Has Good Record for Service in the A. E. F. In First Division. John G. Emery, the new national commander of the American Legion: hails from Grand Rapids, Mich. He was born on the Fourth of July forty years ago. His election, which was by .acclamation of th* national evecutive committee, took place at the national headquarters at Indianopolis. At the same time Thomas J. Bannigan, oi Hartford, Conn., was elected vice commander, succeeding Mr. Emery, who now fills the vacancy caused by tho death of F. W. Galbraith, Jr. Mr. Emery is a real estate operator. He has served as president of the Grand Rapids Real Estate Board and as one of the commissioners of that city. He is president of the First Division club. His military record dates from his entrance to the second officers training camp at Fort Sheridan, 111, August 27, 1917. He attended various schools in France ana was assigned to the 18th Infantry of the First Division. He commanded F. company of this regiment in the Montdidier-Noyon and Ainse-Marne offensives and became a major September 1st, 1918, following the St Mihiel and Argonne offensives. He was severely wounded by shell fire October 9, and was immediately sent to the United States. He was discharged from the hospital and from the army March 31, 1918., He has been active in the American Legion affairs ever since. Mr. Bannigan, the new vice-commander has served as adjutant of the Connecticutt department of the American Legion three years. Daring the war he served as a captain. He is a member of the Legion's national committee on war risk insurance, and compensation. o 450 MILES OF STATE HIGHWAY. 4 Receiving Federal Aid Under National Road Building Act. South Carolina has more miles of federal aid roads completed or under construction than any of the five southestem states, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, with the exception of Georgia, which has many times the road milage and a larger population arid area. On July 1 there were under construction or completed in this state 450 miles of federal aid highways, at a total cost of $4,951,753, according to figures made public by the bureau of public roads, at Washington. The comparison with the states mentioned shows the following: States. Miles. Total Cost. Alabama 383 $3,764,425 Florida 185 5,490,690 South Carolina __450 4,951,753 Tennessee 357 8,391,886 Georgia 1,085 15,019,165 The total for the entire nation on June 1 was 23,210 miles of federal aid roads, costing $386,186,130. It is expected that from pending legislation in congress will come a system of federal highways, to be constructed by the states and within the states, but with also a system of interstate roads, interlinked with county seat-to-county-seat road3, but not subject to crazy-quilt local construction as is now possible, according to advices from Washington. It i3 expected that congress will appropriate aid for roads on the basis of $100,000,000 a year. o The body of J. Foster Howie, who was killed in an automobile wreck near Camp Bragg, Fayetteville, N. C., Saturday, was brought to Florence last night and carried to his home. I .1 =T er in behalf of the National Guard, to which he devoted his life and wa sa conscientious public officer. One of the greatest disappointments in his later years was that his physical condition would not permt him to enter the army and participate in the world war. However, he made up for the fervero with which he labored for his ? 4- '? Lie onrl fliA cuuiicry in iuo viuw c*.*v? ? ance and advice he gave to the military authorities. Marked by the solemn splendor of the military funeral service, the firing of guns, the khaki escort of honor, the gathering of hundreds of friends come to pay their last tribute to an honored soldier and beloved friend, the funerai of Brig. Gen. William W. Moore, the adjutant of South Carolina, was held Sunday, services being conducted both in Columbia and in Barnwell. Interment was in Barnwell. /' / , LYNCHING FOLLOWS! 'LI CAPTURE OF NEGRO I : /j MOB RIDDLES BODY OF FUGI! tlYE SWINGING FROM A TREE. , McCormick, Jane 19.?A posse of I citizens this afternoon lynched Her, bert Quarles, a negro, charged with \ criminal assualt on a white woman of i 'S . this county. The negro was identi- ? ' , fied by the victim and was ordered , to climb a tree. His body was then riddled with ballets. The posse was hourly increased in - ' numbers and at the time Quarles was caught at S o'clock this afternoon J, there were probably 2,000 men engaged in the mob. The negro was found hiding under some brush about fifteen miles from the place where the crime was committed and aoout one mile from where he was reared. v When a party of men was in about i ten feet of him be jumped up out of , the brush. Hundreds of shots were , fired in the air as an alarm and the news spread faster than the local telephone company could get it through the country. Members of the posse soon gathered >n the scene. Men from Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield, Aiken, Abbeville, Newberry and Lincoln county joined McCormick county in the hunt. From the spot where he was found Quarles was taken to the home of the v "J. victim. Says "This is Wrong" The negro himself, it is declared, *' admitted having committed the crcime and while he gave no reason for committing the .deed, he issued this state- 4 ment: "Tell all the colored people that this is the wrong thing and tell them to try and be better people and never try the deed I tried." Alter being identified by the victim and making a full confession the negro was taken to a point within the Robinson graveyard in the slump of ' c woods where the deed was committed, about 100 yards from his home, and with a plow line around his neck and a trace chain around his body he was ordered to climb a cedar tree. With the same degree of coolness he might have gone about climbing for an o'possum, he broke the limbs and climbed the tree about fifteen feet When he had reached this point someone went up and chained and tied him to the tree. When all was in readiness a volley of probably 5,000 shots was fired. He was left hanging to the tree by the mob. This is the first lynching that has ever occurred in McCormick county, and although the regular June term of the Court of General Sessions for McCormick county is to begin here tomorrow, the appeal of the officers 'ig and those who do not favor lynchings fell on deaf ears as the quiet, undemonstrative assemblage of men went about their work. ( J In fact, no more than half the number in the hunt were present when the negro was put to death, it is said. Those in charge of the negro, who had taken him to the home of his victim to be identified, had stated, it is alleged, that they would return to the town before going about the work of lynching him. O 1 i Postoffice to Change. $ Washington, June 16.?Effective on July 1st, Florence, Greenwood, and Rock Hill, will be raised from second to first class post offices; Batesburg, Easley, Mullins, St. Matthews, Sen eca and Timmonoville will be raised from third class to second class; Barnwell will drop from second to third class and Moultrieville from third to fourth class. o A resolution declaring Rear Admiral Sims "an undesirable alien" and denying him readmittance to any American port, was introduced iii the house j last week, by Representative Gallivan, Democrat, Massachusetts. The resolution offered by Mr. Gallivan, referred to Rear Admiral Sims as "a foreign citizen of the United States, but now connected, unfortunately and unhappily, with the naval establishment of this country." On other occassions, it added, he had "publicly stated that in case of a war between the United States and Great Brittian, one British ( J ship could easily dispose of four or five American ships of corresponding type." and it charged that "Sims has publicly depreciated his superior officers in the naval establishment and the government of this republic." ' a