The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 10, 1909, Image 3
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These Flowers Will Bloom This Season of 1909
i ne Five Frettrst Roses
( lit i i ? ii > c 101?
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Six Magnificent
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FERNS NO. 104.
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HASl'.lt M.I, l?ROHI?K.Crs.
? oiMllUoo* Ar? Haid to He I n vova hie
For I earn In Kcate League.
From The Daily it.-m, April t.
The Item hae been requested to
state that for the first time this sea?
son conditions favor the re-organisa?
tion of the sumter Baseball Assocts
tlon and the retention of the fran
chlse In ihn State League. The direc?
tors of the Association havs it propo
sltlon before them that. If accepted,
will insure a first class tesm and food
bail thia season. The conditions are
not burdensome and if the fans will
five the expected support the team
will be ready to play ball when the
season opens. It 's stated, however
that what Is done must be done at
once as the Anal meeting to re-orgun
fcse ths Btate League will be held to?
morrow night and Sumter will then
have to say wltat she will do In he
matter. No other Information wa?
volunteered an?I as this paper In not
possessed of all the facts, no further
enlightenment ran be given.
A week or two ego a comm.'tee
made a partial canvass of the city for
funds to finance the Sumter t< n
meeting with considerable encoir?*"
ment. about H00 being sum-cribed.
I' N proposed to complete tfcj canva ?
this afternoon and tomorrow and if
th- response t? "stisfactory the prop
t-i ion will he Accepted and Sumur
w.li be In the league.
A company has organised at Lan?
caster to establish sn leg hi pm > Th ?
cspltal stock In f 10.000. sll of which
has bevn tsken. A contract ban !>#???m
made with the York Manufacturing
Company, of IVnnsJ l\anla. to furnish
aad Instsll th > plant, which Im to he
ready for operitlnn by July lo Mr
T. M II mayor of Lancaster. In
the moving spirit In Ihe n? w Mtef?
prise.
? ? ?
Henry l?tt. colored, was shot by
George Fratler. colored, with a shot
gun at Alken Saturday, and as a re?
sult h#? Is now lying critically wound?
ed and may die. The yhootlna .?< cur
red about 10 oVP?ck near the freight
depot. Fraelrr wan captured a Httfc
later In the night and lodged in the
county Jell to await development*.
The attending pbynhlan says that
Lott Is In a very serious condition
If a girl Is pretty her known-d*.
the fact Is apt to spoil ths effect.
I in tort Mining the Federation.
To the Ladles of Sumter:
On April 27th the Federation of
Women's Clubs of this State will meet
in our city. The Civic League at the
meeting In Greenville a year ago, act?
ing as your representatives, invited
them to come, feeling sure that you
would entertain them with the cor?
dial hospitality for which Sumter is
known throughout the State.
When your delegates have attended
the annual meetings of the Federa?
tion, the towns and cities to which
they have gone have thrown their
homes and hearts wide open to re?
ceive us. They made us feel that
they considered It a pleasure and an
honor to have us with them. And
they have made us their lasting
friends and admirers.
It is now our opportunity to return
this kindness, and we are sure that
you. ladles of Sumter, will avail your?
selves of the opportunity to honor
Iouraelvea and our city by honoring
When we take up the Sunday paper
all first turn to the news from the
towns which we have visited as your
delegates and by which we have been
so royally entertained because we
represented you. We feel a personal
Interest In these towns because In
them are the homes of friends; and
we think this feeling and the kind
words it piompts are of great benefit
to such towns.
We therefore ask that when you
are called upon by our hospitality
committee to entertAln the ladies of
UM Federation, you will respond In
?ueh ??' v. n\ th it e.? ry vlstor may see
t| ii Sumte:- i.-< SeCOUd to no city in
th. -trie in ente-mining strangers
und making of them ltfa?tong friends,
M RS, h w hi:ALL.
p eaftdent Civic League,
Latwyev heu. Maoa sememe.
Meg Orleans), La.. April 2.?Robert
J Uatoney, lawyer and former no
oonvlctod or aWfrnttdlni silent!
Sj| I 1 l. -01m of money, was today
ssntsnssl t?? fourteen 'yanri in the
Mate penitentiary by Judge Haker, of
the Criminal DVrtrMI Oottrl here, it
claimed 11mt Muloney's defalcations
imounted to more tbnn IStMOO,
If a womun Is unwilling to take In
washing and scrubbing to support the
family she has no business marrying
a man to reform him.
our quests.
ALANTA BLACK M AIL PLOT.
Hoy Tries to Fx tort Money From Asa
(i. Famller?Caught In Detectives'
Trap.
Atlanta, Ga., April 6.?Charged
with attempting to blackmail Asa G.
Candler, president of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce and banker,
and Atlanta's wealthiest citizen, out
of $55,000 by "Black Hand" methods,
Daniel W. Johnson, Jr., 18 years old,
and a member of Candler's Sunday
school class, wuh arrested tonight at
the instance of postoince inspectors
and lodged In the Fulton county jail.
Johnson admits writing the letters
and takes his arrest very coolly. He,
however, declares that he was the
catspaw of three strangers, who, he
claims, dictated his every action In
connection with the affair and forced
him to write the demands for money
under penalty of death. He furnish?
ed the officers with a description of
the three men.
On Friday of last week Mr. Cand?
ler received the first of the two let?
ters written by the "Black Hand"
plotters. In which he was asked to
place $35.000 under the steps of the
pastor's study of the Inman Park
Methodist church on Monday night,
April 5, "or you and your family will
meet a horrible death at our hands."
Sunday he received a second letter,
warning him to comply with the de?
mands and further threatening him
and his family if he failed to comply
or If he made mention of the matter
to a living soul.
Mr. Candler called George M. 8ut?
ton. chief poetoflloe inspector of the
\tlanta division, in consultation and
it was decided to trap the blaekmail
sra Mr. Candler drew $16,000 In
h from |he hank of which he Is
president, so as to guard ?against any
possible betrayal of his plans, m m?
day night he made up a package and
plaeed it at the polnl designated, the
real money in the meantime remain*
Ing at his residence) unaided by de?
tectlves, Two detectives kepi watch
near where tin- fake package was
pla< ed but no one appeared during
the night for the package.
This morning Mr. Candler reclved
a message demanding thai lie place
Sl.ono at a secluded spot on More
laud avenue, betweeen Annabel and
Walker avenues. Again a fake pack*
age was prepared and plated at the
spot designated tonight, and Johnson
appeared from the darkness, grabbed
the package and started on a run but
was in tbe grasp of Detectives Lock
hart and Coker before he was aware
that he had been observed.
He was taken to the "Tower" and
after a grueling examination made a
confession, admitting having written
the two letters, but saying he acted
under compulsion. The police give
little credence to his story of having
been forced to write the letters by
three strangers.
The first letter, dated April 1, warn?
ed Mr. Candler that If he failed to
put the sum at the spot indicated
"you alone shall meet death. Tell
any one of it and you and your house
?that is all that live with you?shall
meet the most horrible death at our
hands. Pony up with the sum and
keep your face closed about It and
all will be well. Fail to put the sum
there or blab it and hell will be to
pay. nothing more nor less than
death."'
The second letter advised Mr. Can?
dler to "slide in close up to the side
of the steps and put it under them
and then "23" as hard as you can. Do
not fail or you will be blown to 'king?
dom come' before day Tuesday, April
6."
Mr. Candler was litttle disturbed
over the incident, and it was stated
tonight that he would lose no sleep
over fears of his home being dynami?
ted.
Lynching is Fxpoclctl.
Wilmington. N. ('., April 6.?News
reached this city today Of the killing;
last niuht of John Lon. a constable
and storekeeper, near vVhitevllle, x.
C, by Sam Weeton, whom he had
under arrest and with whom he was
on the way to jail. Sheriff Richard?
son, with bloodhounds, bay gone in
pursuit of tbe negro. Feeling is high
and summary vengeance may be deall
him it' caught.
Cnlhoun Case Delayed Again.
San Francisco, Cal., April 6.?At?
torneys ?ngaged in the bribery trial
of Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railways, have abandoned
hope ??f ttikiuK testimony this week.
The thlrty-flrsl special venire of six?
ty talesmen was exhausted today
without completing tbe jury.
Advice may be too expensive a glfl
? veit for Plutocrats,
The wife of a henpecked husband
Is usually set In bet ways.
PROMINENT MACON LAWYER
SLAIN.
Po|>e Hill Found Demi in Law Office
at MeRnc. La.
McRae, Ga? April 5.?That Pope
Hill, a prominent lawyer of Macon.
who was found shot to death today.
Is the third victim of an assassin in
the Dodge land case, is the belief of
police efficers. A coroner's jury, after
a careful examination, declared that
Jllll was murdered by "parties un?
known."
Hill was found in the office of an
attorney early today, a bullet in his
brain and a revolver, with one cham?
ber discharged, grasped in his right
hand. The condition of the office in?
dicated a desperate struggle. The
stove was upset, the coal scuttle was
crushed and the furniture was brok?
en. On the floor lay an unfinished
court motion in the Dodge case, and
which Hill drafted and brousht to
McRae to file.
Hill arrived in McRae at noon
Sunday, and went into a friend's law
office to work on the case. Later he
went to the home of the proprietor of
a hardware store and said he wanted
B revolver, as he had received some
threatening letters. He was so Insis?
tent that the hardware man opened
the store and sold Hill a revolver that
was found today clasped in his hands.
Today Hill returned to the law of?
fice and was not again seen alive by
friends.
When found Hill had been dead
several hours. Tin? bullet had pierc?
ed the right eye and entered the
brain. From bloodstains on the w ill
he was probably shot while standing.
Hill. wh<> was forty years old, was I
member "f the law firm of Eiarrii &
Harris. A widow and one Child sur?
vive him. His friends aie employing
detectives.
A note which Hill received at Ma
ton yesterday was found on the body
it is believed that 'his li the note
Hill referred to when lie bought tb
revolver on Sunday, ii is written In
a Child leb Scrawl and reads:
"Pope Hiih The next time you in?
terfere without settlement yon will 1 e
broke."
it is signed with a crudely draS n
skull and cross-hones. The autho I
ties are convinced that the no;. ?
ferred to the Dodge case, which w e
on the Verge of settlement when the
new and unknown claimant put in an
appearance. He was represented by
Hill. The authorities are convinced
likewise that Hill was murdered
They point to the warning note, the'
lack ot powder burns on the face an<V
the fact that Hill was in the midst of
preparation of a motion in the ease
when he was killed.
The Dodge land case is one of (he
most famous in the State and three
i persons connected with it have met
tragic and mysterious deaths*- ,
The list of deaths and narrow es?
capes in the Dodge land suit began in?
1S94. In that year Capt. John C.
! Forsyth, representing the Norman W.
Dodge estate, was murdered. After a
j six week's trial five men were *e.ntr
i to prison, charged with the crime.
Shortly afterward Caj>t. F. L, "Will
i iams, one of the claimants In the case,
' was killed. For weeks afterward the
entire neighborhood, embracing four
I counties, was in a fever of excite
j ment.
Heedes these deaths there were
I several encounters, in Vvbich the par
j ticipants received gunshot and knife?
wounds.
The Dodge land suits rover about
four thousand acres. Since 1882:
j there has been almost eonthnous litt
nation over portions of the property
Tell not all you hear, but hear all
you toll.
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