The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 22, 1909, Image 4
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B1SHOPYILLE.
Blahoprllle. 8. C, May 18.?The
friends aad acquaintances by contact
aw reputation, of MaJ. Wilson are In
reeatbly shocked and grieved over
most unexpected end of a repre?
sentative and useful citizen.
We had an extraordinary accident
There yeaterdajr. Mr. V. Bradly and
mm wife, a bride of a few days, were
seat riding whan the horse took fright
and bolted across the side walk and
leaped over a broad, deep ditch, leav
fssj the buggy in the ditch, without
anjurjnt either occupant of the ve?
ssel*.
A hand of bandits was discovered
here yet er day who were systematic il?
ly and scientifically robbing several
grocery stores while acting as potters,
asm four srrests followed.
The wrltet is thus reminded that
taw servante < f the president, cabinet
ssBcera and assistants are negroes and
have two or more carriage horses,
and these negroes have full charge of
purchasing food for the horaea and
groceries for the residences, and that
M takes about $1.000 a year to feed
horse and the fan.Hies of the of
mantloned in proportion, and
Usat these negroes run a wholesale
grain and hay establishment and drive
their friends around between hours in
Hbm aforesaid equipages. It Is also
farther thought that these same ne
servants will eventually bankrupt
United States government.
EGYPT.
Aatloch, May 17.?We sre having
'vary hot weather aow, It's fine on
cotton. The dry weather Is very bad
ass corn and the gardens. Vegetables
*rs> now In abundance. There will be
awaae fruit this year.
On acount <>f the sickness of Rev.
?JL M. Strickland there was no preach
mm st St. John's.
. Mr. J. W. We I don and daughter,
'?las Irene, a so Miss Dorothy Nap
sdsf attended a basket picnic at th<
State Farm Saturday. They report a
Case time.
Little Alma Peebles, who haa been
sick for several weeks, we are glad
to say. Is slowly improving.
Mr. J. R. McLeod spent Saturday
Is Camden
There will be s meeting at Smith
next Friday, the 21st, to orgu
au anti-saloon league. A large
rd Is hoped for.
kr F. O. Peeblea was In Camden
Pridir
Mrs. C. A. Jimcs and Mrs. J. W.
Oibeon spent Thursday and Friday
wrHh their father. Mr. J. W. Wrldon.
Dr. T. D. Fox worts Is spending the
day In this place.
Cotton chopping is about over.
Oats will soon be rlpn.
PRIVATIER.
Privateer. May 19?We had a fine
rain yesterday evening which was
much needed. All crops were
rrked up nicely and are looking
The farmers met at the Pip
Ma*) school house Friday afternoon
and organised a farmers' union. The
next meeting >f the union will be
ess the ISth.
Mtsa Mattle Thomaa who has been
spending some time at Dr. R. B.
Fwrman's leaves for her home in
Charleston today.
The health of the neighborhood Is
good. No sickness that we know of.
RIMBERTS.
Rembert. M ly 19.?It has been
dry here ever since cotton was
planted, and good stands are report
wd everywhere, but the dry spell wus
broken yesterday afternoon by one of
Use heaviest rains I ever saw In this
auction, with some hall, but no dam?
mar t<> rrope. only by washing and
as it Is early I! i >ut plac? -
rar be replanted In time for a crop.
The oat crop is better than usual
and Is nearly ready to harvest. In
fact, some are s elng rut this week
but by next week all will be gath?
ered.
I >rn stands nr.- generally good and
as oat of our planters here are plant
Ins on the Williamson plan, which
will receive the first npplh ath n of
fertilisers next next week.
The Sunday school here at M< -
Leod's church will celebrate chil?
dren's dsy here at the church on Sat?
urday. June )2th. The children are
now practicing their pieces and a
very pretty program will le present-j
ed. This school has invited the Pis- I
gah school also Bethesda Sunday
school to unite with them and the
exercises in the morning will cons
In carrying out the program for the
little folks, after w hich a basket pit -
nlc will be provided and a good din?
ner for all. In the afternoon beveral
speakers have been invited and talks
on the Sunday school work will he
delivered.
PISGA1I.
Plsgah, May 19.?A fine rain fell
in the Rembert section yesterday af?
ternoon. It was needed on oats and
gardens. Hot dry weather is the life
of young cotton.
Cotton chopping the first time is
about finished, and several have start?
ed back.
Labor Is .plentiful, but the quality
Is as usual, poor.
The main cause of the peach trees
dying out Is that they are grafted.
No grafted tree will bear more than
two crops before It Is gone, or such is
the writer s experience.
Judging from the apparel of some
of our ladles they evidently don't be?
lieve In the . old saying 4,that beauty
unadorned adorns the most." Some
of their hats should be sent to the
next world's exposition as specimens
of beauty in size and shape. Because
Queen Alexander and Empress Au?
gusta should wear a certain style
Is no reason that American women
should go cranky to adopt every
fool style that comes along. Benja?
min Franklin stood In his plain
clothes before the haughty French
Court clad In gold laces, the peer of
them all. I hope the power that
shapes the ladles' hats will adopt a
size that we can see the preacher
when sitting In the back of the
church without feeling that we are
behind a Spanish breast work of
tangled wires and shapes.
Here Is the finest one I have read
of in a long time, "I will do anything
I can to make the South blossom as
a rose." So said Senator Aldrlch.
chairman of the finance comimttee of
the Senate. If any of you readers
know anything to beat this let us have
IL
I am authorized by the teacher of
the New Hope public school, nenr
Bordens, to say that a basket picnic
will be held In connection with the
closing of the school on the 28th
inst., and the public is cordially in?
vited to atend.
Lee County Baptist Union will hold
its next session at Swift Creek
church on the 29th and 30th Inst.
The program is quite varied and ln
I teresting.
DALZFLL.
Dalzell, May 20.?We are very busy
now, at least the farmers are. Cot?
ton chopping is still going on yet,
though some have finished getting
over, others have not finished yet, an I
while the crop is growing some now,
the grass is growing twice as fast, so
if we see anyone not at work now we
know its because he don't want to
work and not because he has nothing
to do.
Our merchants are not kept very
busy nor, but trade is picking up
some since the cotton chopping has
been In progress.
Oats are beginning to ripen now and
most of us are thankful they are. At
the price corn is bringing now those
who are so unfortunate as to hav?
to buy need some help and the oats
come In the right time.
Dalzell Is Improving some now.
Mr. E P. Scarborough is adding
some nice additions to his house,
which will Improve It considerably.
The new Methodist church is going
up right along now, which will add
much to Dalzell and make a more
desirable community.
Now If some of our young men will
get married and bul'd nice homes
here it will add still more. There is
shout thirteen young men around
Dalzell, If each would build a nice
home for some one It would add
much to Dalzell and they would he
filling a useful place in life.
The ladles of the Presbyterian
church had an ice cream festival at
the school house at Dalzell on Friday
night last, which all enjoyed and the
proceeds amounted to about twenty
eight dollars, which goes toward help?
ing pay for the repairs on the church.
Rev. F. <J. Whltlock was acconi
panled by Rev. Mr. Philips of ths
Fort Motte circuit on Sunday. Mr
Philips nil.-d the pulpit at Providence
and preached a good s rmon on
"Sowing and Reaping."
If Ins Lena Wlngute's school will
close on Friday, the j 1 ht. Miss Wi i
gate has made a good teacher and
will go to h?r home at Rock Hill with
our hest wishes.
Miss I'aullru Woodley, of Smntei.
vi?lted In the community Inst weak.
Mr. j. m. Woodlay, of luintsfi wss
in our midst on Monday last.
MAX.
Max, May 20.? Mr. Tapseot, of
Stauton, Va., who is Visiting till
daughter, Mrs. M. L. Chandler was c
Bethel Sunday.
Mrs. LoCost has returned to he
home at St. Charles.
Misses Moselle, Marie and Lilll
LEXINGTON SHERIFF SHOT.
SHERIFF P. II. COR LEY SERI?
OUSLY WOUNDED RY NEGRO.
Pugeg Pursued Fugitive -VII of Yester?
day Hut F>ll6d to Capture Htm?
Lynching Probable if Negro is
Caught.
Lexington, May 10.?Sheriff P. H.
Corely is lying at his home suffering
from a desperate euns^ot wound,
while a posse of several hundred de?
termined men is scouring the country
hunting for his assailant, Ed Bynum,
a negro, whom the sheriff attempt?
ed to arrest at an early hour this
morning. Bynum was a cropper on
the plantation of Mr. C. W. Caugh
man, about a mile and a half from
town. Yesterday the negro gave up
the crop, It is said, and Mr. Caugh
man ordered hands to go to his field
this morning and take charge of the
crop. Bynum interfered and ran the
hands out of the field with his gun.
Mr. Caughman had a warrant issued
for his arrest, and the same was
placed in the hands of Sheriff Corley
for execution. When he went to the
house of Bynum to serve the war?
rant, the negro shot the sheriff
through a window, with about No. 4
shot. Sheriff Corley returned the
fire With his rifle, but his aim went
wild. The entire load took effect in
the right side of Sheriff Corley's face
and breast. His right hand is com?
pletely riddled with shot. When the
sheriff saw that the negro was going
to shu.it he threw his hand to his
face and this, in all probability, is
what saved his life. Bynum escaped
at once.
The news spread rapidly and in
less than an hour hundreds were on
the scene. The sheriff's bloodhounds
and the blood huonds from the
chaingang were carried to the house,
tut they failed to carry the trail suc?
cessfully. At 1 o'clock the dogs from
the penitentiary were brought over
In an automobile in charge of Capt.
Roberts.
All kinds of reports have come to
town since the shooting. The negro
has been tracked to Barrls, a little
station about four miles above Lex?
ington, it is said, and it Is reported
that he scured a mule from his
brother and made his escape. He is
a desperate character and has been
In trouble before. He is described
as being a bright mulatto about sir
feet tall.
Sheriff Corley is resting as well as
could be expectd and the outcome of
his injuries can not be determined at
this time.
Columbia, May 20.?Up to a late
hour last night no definite informa?
tion could be obtained regarding the
whereabouts of the negro, Ed By?
num, who shot Sheriff Corley yes?
terday morning.
One report over the telephone
from Lexington was that It was then
thought that the negro had been
caught at Barrs, near Lexington, and
Truluck returned home yesterday
from Limestone College.
Heavy rains fell here yesterday and
still there are appearances of much
rain today.
Mrs. Junlu8 Finkley, of Hyman, is
visiting relatives at Mott Bridge.
Eugene and Marion Tomlinson. of
Olanta, are at their uncle's, Henry
Tomlineon, helping on the farm since
school closed. They are industrious
boys.
Mrs. B. C. Truluck has returned
from a week's visit with relatives in
Clarendon.
Farmers are setting potato draws,
going to mill and to the store.
Rex, Mr. J. A. M. Carraway's dog.
caught an opossum that had gone for
a chicken, no doubt, one night re?
cently, near the yard.
Early planted oats are ripening.
J. W. Little, manager of the Eddy
Lake Lumber Company near George?
town, had his hand cut off in a piece
of machinery recently.
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would be killed immediately, but la
t< i intelligence was to the effect that
this rumor was unfounded. The de?
nial of the rumor came from Clerk
of Court Frank Shea'.ey of Lexing?
ton, hy 'phorje to Mr. A. J. Eethea,
private secretary to the governor,
who kept closely in touch with the
situation all yesterday. Conserva?
tive citizens of Lexington who wert
interviewed did not think a lynching
likely, hut were of the opinion that
were the negro to show any resist?
ance he would be shot down.
Late last night Sheriff Corley's
condition was reported to be serious.
The city council of Aiken refused
to pass an ordinance requiring drug
stores to close on Sunday.
Florence will have a music festival
May 24 and 25.
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