The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 16, 1895, Image 6
The Murder of Moseley.
Shot Through the Brain from
Behind by a Negro.
Grkenwood, Oct. 13.?State Con
stable J. J. Moseley was brutally
murdered this morning at 1 15
o'clock. He was at the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern depot, where
a large lot of liquor was expected on
the night trains He asked a trial
justice for aid and had the constable
of that officer to accompany him.
While transferring packages, after
he had seized them, a negro grabbed
a jug aud ran. The express dray
mau fired two shots and Moseley fii^d
two shots at the man
A'negro behind Moseley shot at
him at close range, killing him in
stantly. The pest mortem by Dr.
Neel and others showed that the ball
passed through the brain, lodging
"against baseillqr puliver of the ac
ceptical bone/' causing instantane
ous death.
A jury was drawn about an hour
after the tragedy and have been in
session all day, adjourning to night
to meet to-morrow morning Four
negroes are heavily guarded to-night
and ether arrests may be made to
morrow
Our streets have been thronged all
day by people waiting for the coro
ner jury's verdict, and some talk of
lynching has been indulged in, but
wiser council will no doubt prevail,
as the men who are on guard will no
doubt do their duty.
This is to many minds a clear case
of a prearranged assassination, and
the good people of Greenwood are
much incensed, and are doing every
thing in their power to bring the
culprits to justice.
While Mr. Moseley has unnecessa
rily exposed himself on frequent oc
casions, there is no excuse to offer on
behalf of the "dark devils" who per
petrated this dastardly crime Mr.
Aloseiey's life was threatened more
than once, and notwithstanding the
overtures of friends and relatives, he
has persistently laid himself liable t
such fatalities as overtook him this
morning. We can only attribute,
however, this unfortunate affairt o
such iniquitous laws as exist, and the
citizens of Greenwood are now de
termined that ih?re shall be no re
currence of acts of which she will be
ashamed.
Dr. Moseley, a brother of the dead
constable, is here and says he has of I
ten importuned his brother to be very j
careful in the matter of exercising
the functions of his office.
Mr. Moseley, it is-said, has cap
tured more liquor than any other con- j
stable ou the force, and has enjoyed
the confidence of his superiors in the j
dispensary office
Sheriff Nance, a brother-in-law of
the dead man, arrived early this |
morning, and said lie would leave j
everything in the hands of the citi- ?
zens of Greenwood.
Moseiey went to Ninety-Six yester
day and made some seizures there,
arriving here late at night and going
to his oeath
According to Mrs. Moseley's
wishes the body will be buried here
to morrow, instead of at Lowndes
ville, the old home A wife and two
children suivive him He was in
sured for $1,000 in the Order of the
Golden Chain.
Later?Governor Evans has or
dered the militia to be ready at call
of the mayor to protect the prisoners.
Death of Dr. Byrd
A Member of the Legislature and
of trie Constitutional Convention
Timmoxsville. October 13 ?Dr. J.
O Byrd, Senator of Florence County,
and a member of the Constitution! Coo- !
veo'ioo, died suddenly at his home at 6 !
o'clock this evening He bad been j
lightly unwell for a day or two, but it i
was not thought that aoythiog serious ;
was thi* matter. He went out in his i
yard this afternoon and feil in what was
thought to be a faint. In spite of every
effort made to resuscitate bim i: was
impossible Death must have beeu in- j
stantaneous.
Mr .1 0. Byrd. of the Florence !
delegation, is a practicing physician. |
He was born at Timmonsville February j
4, 1S56, and received a common school
education at that place. He began the j
?:udy and practice of medicine very j
early in life. Dr. Byrd's entry into j
politics was in 1886, when he was
elected as a member of the Hcuse of ?
Representatives from Darlington Coun- j
ty. He was re-elected in 1888. After ?
the creation of Florence County he j
continued as its representative. He j
declined to run in 3890, but was
brought out in 1892 and elected to the ;
House f?;r the third time. In 1894 his ;
friends ran him for Senator and be was
elected by a handsome majority. His
political career has been one of marked j
success, having never been defeated
for any office that he has ever aspired j
to. He has also served his town as a
warden and intendati for a number of
years, having been elected three times ;
in succession as intendant. Dr. Byrd is
and always has been a true and stanch ?
Reformer. He was engaged in the
practice of medicine and farming. His
studies in medicine were begun in
Charleston and he afterwards went to
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
io Baltimore, from which institution he
graduated in 1874, taking a very high
stand io a large class. His father, Dr.
J. E. Byrd, at one time represented
Darling ton County in the General As
eembly Dr. By ni's family comes
from Virgioia, where William and
John Byrd, his ancestors, were well
known patriots '
Good Roads in Virginia.
Richmond, Va., October 11.?The
State Good Roads Convention adjourn
ed this evening after adopting the re
port of the committee on a legislative
plan of road improvement. This report
sav? : "We favor the adoption of a
road by which all the classes shall bear
the burden of taxation for road pur
poses in proportion to the benefits de
rived ; by which State aid wiii be ex
tended to the improvement of the main
reads under equitable conditions ; by
which the counties shall be allowed to
issue bonds for the permanent improve
ment of the public roads under proper
conditions and restrictions ; by which
both State and county convicts or con
victed prisoners shall be employed in
improving the public roads ; by which
the road *?ork will be placed under the
control of the boards of supervisors or
of special road boards of the respective
counties and by which the actual super
vision of the road work will be entrust
ed to county engineers, thus consoli?
dat?Dg the authority and responsibility
and insuring intelligent supervision."
The report then recommends in detail a
State tax of five-tenths of 1 percent on j
the valuation of real and personal prop- j
erty for a State road fund ; that a \
similar amount be pppr.ipriated by the
supervisors of each county for perma
nent road improvement; that a State
highway commissioner be appointed by
the Governor, and that the present laws
in regard to graduates in engineering
education, at the State expense, be !
amended so that such graduates may
serve as county engineer for two years,
when employed by the board of super
visors, instead of teaching for two
years. Provision is also made as to
the form of petition by land o*~ers for
road improvement assessment against
property owners in proportion to bene
fits derived, etc. and the amount to be
paid out of the State fund.
Tbe president of the Convention was j
authorized to appoint a committee to
prepare a bill in accordance with the
suggestions in the report for presen?a
tioo to the next General Assembly
S?ffiro Day at Atlanta.
Presentation of Their Build
ing to Mark an Epoch.
Atlanta, Oct 13 ? "Oct 21 will
mark an epoch in the history of the
negro race," said I Garland Penn,
commissioner of the negro depart
ment at the Cotton States' exposi
tion, to-day. "Tomorrow one week !
will be 'Negro Day.' Our race will i
then formally present our building to
the exposition company. Our rep- j
resentative men will take part in the '
programme, i can assure the conn
try that the address to be delivered
on that occasion will be fully as
memorable as the great speech made |
by Prof. T. Booker Washington on !
the opening day That specoli at- j
traded great attention over the j
whole country. The negro race ac- j
cepts and indorses every word which
Prof Washington spoke on that day
in behalf of his race. I can promise
a* much for what will be said to
morrow week by J W Bowen, I
who is to be the orator of the day. j
He is. professor of historical theology ;
at Gammon school of theology here
in Atlanta, and he is a man of high
attainments, cultured and a polished :
orator He held the distinguished |
position of field missionary of tho
Methodist church prior to hie accept- i
ance of this chair He is a man
thoroughly abreast of the times and
in complete touch and sympathy
with the progressive members of our !
race "
Many not them people wh') have j
contributed money liberally to the
institutions for negroes in the South
are to be present on "Negro Day." j
Commissioner Penn states that he is j
informed that large parties of negroes
from all over the South will attend
the exercises and he predicts the
greatest assembly of his race that has i
ever beeri seen
President Collier, o? the exposi- I
tion, Bishop Gaines and Prof. D.
Webster Davis, of Richmond, will be '
among the speakers on the pro
gramme.
A serious wreck occurred on the
Richmond, Frediicksbuig and Poto
mac R. R , yesterday. Two engines
were wrecked, two men mortally in
jured and a number of cars smashed.
The United States Cruiser Marble
head has been sent to Syria to pro
tect American citizens resident in
that country, who are thought to be
in danger.
Cotton h.hs bpen coin? up persistan t.!y since
tbe decline on las? Saturday, und yestvr.iay i?
wrts sei?ng on ;:;<? siretrt bere a! S.75and
better-.
The firm of D?nki*s k Week? has been
dissolvfi by the withdrawal ot J. ('. I>m
kins. The Livery business -a .: be continued
undf-r tbe firm ? ?? of VVe< .*.s k (Jo.
Alviri Jo?!:r: had one of ?hebest houses of the
season Monday night, and r':><- entire audience
enjoyed the "funniest of farce come lies''
from start to finish Charles L Davis, ms
S Cnc?e Alvio, wh? the attraction ?r'! centre of
I the comedy, but he whs so well supported
! that his great powers hs comedian did not
show to tbe disi? vantile of t;,e j?Ih\ as a
j perfect whole. The special ecen-ry was very
j good, the Brooklyn Bridge by night, in par
, ticuUr. Uncle Alvm Jesi in and his merry
comedians scorrc? a decided triumph, and
there are many who regret that this is his
farewell four and tbey will hare no opportu
nity of seeing him any more
COLORED MASS MEETING.
They Protest Against Unfair Suf
frage Requirements. Speeches
by J. W. Murray and Rev.
W. E. Johnson.
A mass meeting of nezroes was held at
Walker's Hull last Thursday for the purpose of
considering the suffrage plan now before the
Constitutional Convention, and to jxpress
the sentiment of the negroes of this county
in reference to the regulation of the suffrage
The meeting was not largely attended, but
there was a fairly large audience present.
Speeches were made by Geo. W. Murray
and Rev. W. E. Johnso-i ; and a i>w others
made short talks.
The following preamble and resolutions,
prepared by V/. T. Andrews, were adopted :
Whereas, The committee on suffrage, of
the Constitutional Convention, has reported
a plan of suffrage requiring electors to "read
and write any section of the Constitution or ;
explaiu the sume when read to them," to the j
satisfaction of a partisan board of sopervis- j
ors, aud
Whereas, such requirement is intended to j
deprive every negro not possessed of S300 :
worth of property of the right of suffrage, j
while at the same time enfranchising whites;
in the same condition by a species of fraud j
surpassing, if possible, the most odious and
corrupt methods prevalent in this State for j
nineteen years ; be it
Resolved, that we, in behalf of the Negroes '
of South Carolin*, and all lovers of honect I
elections, condemn this "suffrage plan" as
containing within itself those forces of de- ?
struction which, if set in motion, will sub- ,
vert the liberties of the people of the State, j
Further
Resolved, that its adoption by the Conven
tion will be its badge of infamy, an attempt j
to nullify ihe supreme law of the land. ?nd j
a vile surrender of the commonwealth as a
prey to despotic demagogues.
Tn the oatce of honesty, the spirit of
American institutions and .every considera !
tton of justice and humanity, we enter our j
selemn protest against its incorporation in j
our fundamental law.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Staff Officers Appointed. Conven
tion in Columbia.
Headquarters ?
South Carolina Division V
United Confederate Veterans, j
Charleston, S. C . October 11, 1S95. !
General Order ?
No 15. j
The following complete Staff of the Divis- ?
ion is announced :
Co!. James G. Holmes, Adjt. Gen^. Staff, :
Charleston, S C.
Lt. Co! S. Scot: Carson, Insp Geni ,
Su m ter. S. C
Lt. Coi. E. P. Waring, Q M. Gen].,
Charleston; S. C. .
Lt. Col. Gpo. . Lake, Com3v. Geni.,
Edgefirl.i, S. C.
Lt. Col. J. . Moore, Surg. Geni., Spar- [
tanhurg, S. C.
Lt Col. Robt. W Shand, Judge Adv.
Geni., Columbia. S. C
Rev S ?. E!we!?, Chaplain Geni., Bere
bere, S. C.
Maj . lograhamJiaje?!, Aide, Charles
ton. S. C.
Maj. Louis Sherfrsee, Aide, Rock Hill, S.!
C
Maj U. R Brooks, Aide, Columbia, S. C. I
Maj J. W. Norwood. Aide.Greenville. S. C. 1
Maj. J. D. McLucfls, Aide, Marion S C.
By order of Maj. Gen. C. I. Walker.
Genera! Order ?
No. 16. /
Par. 1.?A convention of the South Caro- :
lina Division United States Confederate I
Veterans is called to meet in Columbia, S- C , i
at the Court House, November 12, 1893, at
12*o'clock noon.
The iow rates of fare offered by 'he rail i
roads for the Stute Fair, will enable the :
Comrades of the United Confederate Veter
ans to meet at a very small expense
P-.r. 2 ?Camps will elect the same number ?
of delegates and alternates as they are eri ti- ;
teled to at the General Convention of the
United Confederate Veterans. Under the
Generai Constitution of the United Confeder
ate Veterans, Camps which liare not paid ;
their dues, are not entitled to representation.
If there ?re any such in this Division ami
they wili forward their dues to Col. Ja3. G. !
Holmes, Adjt Gen.. Charleston. S C , be- !
fere the meeting, said dues will be forwarded
to Gen. Moorman and the Camps wili un
doubtedly be entitled to representation in the
State Convexi?n. The dues are only 10
cents per member.
All members of Camps of this Division are j
entitled to admission to the Convention and
will be fraternally welcomed
Par. 3?New Camps will be admitted to ?
representation at the Convention of the
Division, if their application in proper form :
and initiation fee, $2 00 per Camp and one 1
year's dues, 10 cents per member, is in the1
hands of the Adjt. Geni., Co!. Holmes, before
the meeting, or satisfactory evidence is sub
mitted that the same has been forwarded to
Geni. Moorman
Par. 4.? Under the Constitution adopted
at Houston, applications for Camps in South
Carolina to join ?ne United Confederate Vet
erans should alwavs be forwarded to the
Adj*. Gen!, of the Division, Col. J. G.
Holmes, Charleston, S. C , (and not direct to
Gen!. Moorman, Adjr. Geni. United Confed
erate Vete ans) who will furnish necessary
blanks and al! information cheerfully.
Part. 5.?Camps of the Sons of Confeder
erete Veterans, who desire toj?in this Divis
ion, will be entitled to senn delegates, in
Dumber equal to that of a Camp of Veter
ans. But it is fair to them to say that while
under the new Constitution adopted at Hous
ton, they are entitled to representation, yet
the Convention must fix ihe number to which
such delegation shall be entitled.
Par. ?*.? Ail Camps will report to 'he
Div. Adjt. Geni., on or before November 1,
1895, the following information :
Name and P. 0. address of Commandant
and Adj:, and when their term of office ex
pires.
Number of Comrades now in their Camp.
Whether annual arrears due up to May,
1895. were paij and for how muoy mem
bers ?
Par 7.?Veterans are earnestly urged to
form Camps la every available neighborhood.
The coming together of old comrades is valu
able to h? of us. valuable in framing j:ist
hts;orj of our strugg?e, vnluab'e :n inspiring
us to help our less fortunate comrades and
fraternally agreeable to us ali to rn^^t hose
with a common interest and who have suf
fered in a common cause tor our l?ved
country.
By order Maj Gen. G. I. Walker.
jav es ( Holmes,
Adjt. Gen. S. C. Div. !'. ('. V.
The Colore 1 Industrial Fair opened yester
day n.orni:;_- with a largeaod more varied lisi
ol exhibits than the officers of the Fair Associa
tion had anticipated. The exhibits in the
Geld crop, live stock, household and other
departments ar- very interesting and are at
tractively arranged for inspection. The Jair
will continue until the 18th instant, and the
crowds of visitors will incie:tse each day.
The people of this city, without respect to
race or coler, should visit this fair'and con
tribute in this way toward making : a sue
Fires in the Country.
The residence of Opt. E. M. Couper of
the Mayesvtlle section whs hurried on Monday
the 7ih. The fire was of accidental origin,
and, occurring at the time it did, a portion
of the household furniture was saved. The
house was a large old-fashioned country resi
dence, whs worth not less than $2000 ; al
though that sum could not replace it with
another of the same size and strie. The
house was insured for $1,100 with the agency
of A. White & Son
The large ginnery and mill of Mr. A.
Sunders, of Rafting Creek, w^sburaed on V-e
\0'Vi. The fire started while the gins were
running, and the only assignable cause, is
that ilipr:- was a match in the cotton which
was ignited wbe^< passing through the gin
Timers were fmeen bales of cotton in the
hou>e >tt the time, besides a large amount of
cotton in the seed. All of the seed cotton
was destroyed and the bales were all either
burned or badly damaged. The ginnery and
mill was one of the best equipped in the coun
ty, and the loss will he quite heavy?not less
than ?3,000 the building and machinery,
besides the cotton. But Mr. Sanders is h
hard-working and progressive man and he
wiil, without doubt, soon rebuild and be
ready for business at the sime old stand.
? mm -
The hot supper season is at hand and the
gentle brigands of the fair sex are preparing
to relieve all who faj! into the:.* hands of
their cash.
The crowd of loafers Elici i ? fest the vicinity
of the A C. L depot. Put them to work on
the street
The reports from soma of the News and
Courier's prize pigs indicate that this county
will have a cumber of verv large hogs for
other counties to neat, if the- priz2 goes else
where than to Sumter CouDty.
The night hawk gang has terrified some of
ine negroes almost as much as the old-time
patrol did.
The stream of visitors to the Atla ta Ex
position is beginning to flow a: a very per
ceptible rate
Street Commissioner Trible has been at
work oil M?in Street 'or the past few days
and It is now tu much better condition.
Court adjourned last Friday morning and j
Judge Watts left on the morning truio for his !
hon.e in Lauren^.
?
There is ag*;n talk of paving Main street, i
and putting down a complete sewerage system I
for the city. The seworage system is the first
and most needed improvement, and, with the ,
Board of Health in favor of it, it will be put :
down before any great time has elapsed.
?
The oat cmp should be larger this season !
than ever bet?re, and it wili be if talk counts j
for anything. A great many farmers are 1
planing to increase their oat crop to a con- !
siderable extent this season, and they say ;
that they will piant eariy.
The }oung ladies who ride hi cycles have I
threatened to organice and refuse to pay the '
special bicycle license uuless the sidewalks f
are put in "better condition. If they put into !
execution the threat there will he nothing
left to the city save to arrest them, and then
they frill either have to pay the license or
work on the streets What a spectacle !
That will be the new woman, usui ping the
privileges of the males with a vengeance !
The ca^e of John A. Garrett and others vs. j
J. D. Osteen and others, was beard Tuesday |
in the Court of Common Pleas. The taking !
of evidence and the arguments of the attor- j
neys consumed the greater part of the dav, i
and the case whs not given to the jury until !
late in the afternoon. The jury whs out for
considerable time before a decision was ?
reached. The verdict was in favor of the :
defense. A notice of appeal was entered by ?
the counsel for the other side and the case1
will be carried to the Supreme Court.
From reliable reports received there must j
be a great deal of illicit whiskey selling going
00 in various parts cf the county. There arc
large qunn ities of liquor shipped to various !
points in one to five gallon lots, and at those :
places the writer is informed that there is a
great deal of drinking and drunkenness.
This coodition of affairs is very distasteful to
the respect i ble and law abiding citizens, ami
they are impatient that some means be taken
to stop the rowdyism th.u results from illicit
whiskey selling, where there are no police
regulations, and no police protection.
There is a crowd of young men who go |
around at night and whenever the;* C4teh one
of their fellows who does not belong to the '
gang, they pro cet d to seiz; him and i m medi- .
ately conduelan initiation ceremonv with;
paddies. Some of the candidates have cb- j
jectc-J seriously to the torci?le initia'ion. i
nut muscular resistance does not go with the !
gang of night hawks, and the initiation 1
proceeds in due form it: every case. Those!
who ot-ject to becoming memt>ers of the j
night hawk gang are rather timid about trav
eling around after dark, ?ed li IS Said that j
many young men and boys who have here?o- ?
fore been prone to go a-visiting at night have
developed a sudden inclination to pursue a j
cour se of reading and Study, and are staying ;
home in the evening. Thus the night hawk |
gang is having a decidedly beneficial effect, I
besides having lots of fun i:i initiating the j
unfortunates whom they capture. It is to be
feared, however, i'iatsome trouble may re-j
suit i: the joke is earned too fur. as th-re are ;
some people who do not relish some kinds of |
jokes.
The passenger train will be put beck on !
the C. S. and N. R. R. oo the 19th and the ,
people between this city >.rid Bennettsviiie j
wiil unce again be in close h rid quick com
mudicatioo with the remainder ot the State.
The change of schedule, in addition to being
a gre.nt convenience to those who bnve no
other menns of connection with Columbia
and Ctiarieston and the main line of the A :
C. L., will be of great benefit to Sum'.er, as I
Iber? is a large and valuable trude that comes
tu ti : s city troni Darlington and Marlboro j
counties when the railroad schedules aie con- j
venient. But valuable as is the regular j
passenger train over the C S. & N. to Sumter,
Darlington and Beonettsville are the places
thrtt ?re to be congratulated to the fullest ex
tent. To these places news of the change
will lie good news, indeed, for ever since the
passenger trains were taken off, they have
been bewailing the st*te of isolation into
which they had fallen. It is to be hoped that I
the regular passenger tram over the (J S. and
road will now be made permanent, for it ?
s (-oss?r to tins section of the State
1
s - ABOUT- :
DOES NOT
TRADE WITH
We're After That Man !
About one man in ten doesn't
know that the other nine of
his fellow mortals have come
to the conclusion that it:s al
ways safest to trade with us.
We're After That Man !
About one man in ten doesn't
know that his neighbors are
saving money on every deal
because they trade with us.
We're After That 3
About one man in ten can't be
expected to know that we are
headquarters for
PURE DRUGS,
PATE
TOILET ARTICLES
because lie hasn't entered our
tore.
We're After That Man I
ith Low Prices !
itfa Pair Dealing!
and we expect to get his trade.
YOU THE TENTH MAN?
E RE AFTER YOU !
DRUGGIST,
Sum ter,
S. G.
Oct. 9