The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 30, 1910, Image 4
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
raWBY LETTERS FROM OUK SPE
ClAL tX>RRESPO\DENTS.
Il?ma of Inter*** From all Part* of
jfumtnr and Adjoining Couatlce.
NOT1C? TO CORRKSFONDBNTS
Mall your letter- ? that they will
rtaoli this office not later than Mon?
day whan Intended for Wednesday'*
pevper and not later than Thursday
tar Saturday's Issue. This, af course,
applies only ts regular correspond
aas a la case of Items of unubual
B-rws ralus, ssad In Immediately by
?sail, telephone or telegraph. Such
stwi storlss sre acceptable up to the
hour of folng te press. Wednesday's
paper ts prlatsd Tuesday afternoon
and Saturday's paper Friday after
8TATEBLRG.
Stateburg Nov. ?Mr. and Mi
Guy L. Warren and their little son,
euere the guests of the Misses I'.nr
SJSSO. on Sund ?
Mr. Frsnk P. Harris, of Thomas
vllb\ Oa., paid n short visit to Mr.
and Mis. E. F. Ulm?sj last W
Miss Mint rrls. after a stay
of several wtwks In Columbia, Is
again In the height...rh<>od.
Mr. Frank P. Hurgess. of Manning
apeat Sunday In our midst.
Mrs. B W Anderson. of Rieh
snond, Va.. after a pleasant visit to
relatives here, has returned home.
Mm M. S. r.urgess. of Sumter,
Ofsnt a day o two with the Misses
Burgess during the past week.
Misses Emma nno Bettle Frit rx n.
sjpoat Sunday at "Cherry Vale," their
old home.
Quite a large number from this
nelgh'x hood attended Ben-Hur on
Monday night at the Columbia theate.
The w> ather for the past few days
has been beautifully clear and brac?
ing _
WEDGEFIELD.
Wedgefleld. Nov. ?.?Messrs. W.
D. Wilson and J. M. Davis !eave this
afternoon for Summerton to spend
the holidays.
Messrs. J. H. Aycuck & Sons have
recently bought three carloads of
Ts a n seats cattle to fatten for the
market, one carload were very tine
?to+ra. the largest ever seen In these
parts.
Mr. H. M. McLaurln Is also fatten?
ing a carload.
The following were fortunate to
sjoure tickets for Ben-Hur and went
over on the special from Sumter
Monday evening: Messrs. Sam Weln
burg. E. E. Aycock, II. M. McLaurln,
W. H. Ramsey. H. Chandler, F. Ell?
iott Tbomus, J. B. Crouch and Sin?
gleton Dwlght, Mrs. Sam Welnburg.
Mrs. E. W. Nettles. Mrs. S. It. Flud.
Mrs. J. B. Crouch. Mrs. F. E. Thomas.
Mrs. J. R. Ryan. M?ntes Bettle Ay
?cck. Mettle Fludd. Lee Moore, Sadie
Fin 1 i. \\e...-k. Janet Thomas,
Dr. and Mrs. W. L Parier. Mr. W. 8.
Lykes, Misses Martha Platte and
Maude Chandt
There were others who s/gsa dis?
appointed in not having been aide to
get tickets, hut went later.
Very little cotton is being held In
these parts. Fourteen cents lookl
too pood luff the farmers to refuse.
Mr. J IV l iekllng has put in a
gasoline engine and grist mil In his
?hop which Is a great convenience
to folks who \ ish to get meal and
cracked corn.
A very small vote was ptHtJ here
Tuesday; folks ha\e grown tired of
so many prim an. s and elections.
PJAJtltOU ESCAPE FROM MAD
INK..
The family mi Mr J. L. (Bills,
who lives In the Rembert section of
tbe county had a t*r> narrow es?
cape from a m l dog on last Fri?
day night when th?\ w r. eating
?upper.
It seems that the dog was a great
pet of the ehllrrea in the famllj nad
that It was l\lng under the table
wh'b th.--. mpper, ex?
cept Mr. tllllls. who was In his tton
? fsw feet from the house. Mrs. Oll
lls' attention was attracted by the
dogs scratching and whining under
the tubb- and wh. n she looked. It
s?aa seemingly In the throes ?.f . of>
vulslons. She at once called her
husband who psjsjM as SjUtchly as he
could from the store. The dog. In
tbe meantime ha 1 rls# r front the
floor and was starting at one of the
children with foam running from her
mouth and b? r . \ ? t g'.i^-v gre. n.
As Mr Olllls ent.T.d the house tin
dog was crouehlng for a spring up?
on one of the ihlldtSg who was pfand?
Ing spell bound with fright Mr
Olltls immediately spring In front
of the child and find several shots
Into the body of the dog g| . |oet
range, killing It Instantly.
The farm \ were rpilte overcome
by their narrow .scape and It was
sometime before an\ of them sTOfi
able to get th.dr wit* logjethsf again
and curry off th. bed)] of the dog
This took pmeg nal] ? short dis?
tance from the ?< , r,.- of n similar
ro ot dog ln< blent h '.out Ihn I \ I I rs
ago. when a dog t . ' ng to n n?
gro went mad and bit several <>f
his children, two of them dying
from ths effects.
MYSTERY IN MARLBORO.
bodies of BKXNfiTTBVUiLE
i.\i>v KiiM) by iHARCH
I KS.
I .cut ing Homo on TlsmhsgUlllg for
TlitmkxKlxiiiK Buy Hunt. Gaj
Roger* and l?n'iitU> Moore I Ha* - |
counted for l'iitll Searching Dar- j
Htg Dtmovcr Honmin* hi Branch.
Death of I'.arli Cuused hy (iunsliot
Wound.
Pf till i Uli Nov. 2?.?The dead1
bodies of Guy Hogers and BrentlM
Moore were found this morning
aw out II o'clock.
As reported In The News and
CotirMr today, these two boys left
hom?' Thanksglfing morning on a
hunting trip. They want to Gard?
ner's Bluff, hitched their horse and
buggy and nothing dellnlte could DC
learned of their wh< ronbouta until
the bodies were found today.
Prenilm Moore, the son of Mrs.
Basil) B. Moore, and the younger of
the two boys, was found King on the
south side of ? branch about five
feel deep, Mis feel wer.- towards the
bottoni of the branch, and he clutch
- I a briar between his fingers. An
examination showed that the load
from a shotgun had entered his body
from the side near the edge of the
shoulder blade, ranged towards the
rn'ddle of the chest, passing through
the body. The entire load, shot and
wad. was 1} ing underneath his
clothes, In front of the cht st.
QU] Rogers, n son of County Treas?
urer N. B. Rogers, and the older of
the boys, Shis found in the bottom of
the branc h, only a few* feet from the
body of young Moore. His face was
turned dow n, his body was nearly in
I Urn 'ing position, with his head in
the edg< of the water. In a puddle Of
blood. He, too, was wounded with a
shotgun, the load entering directly
into the heart from the front, pass?
ing through the eistet, shattering the
ribs on the rear side, some of the
shot buying themselves In the skin of
j the back. One wad, that between the
powder and shot, was found inside
the shirt, near the wound. The
wound In young Rogers' body ranged
slightly down from the front.
A double-barrel shotgun was found
on tbe brink of the branch, the mur?
ale slightly elevated, pointing towards
the ditch, one trigger cocked, and in
the breech was caught a small part
of the shirt of young Rogers. One
barrel, the one with the cocked trig?
ger, was found empty. The second
barrel contained an empty shell, and
another empty shell was found with?
in a few inches of the muzxle of the
gun.
The branch runs through a broad
field. An overgrown hedge covert 1
the banks of the branch, which Is
about five feet deep and about sir
feet wide at the top.
Within about 1M) yards is a negro
cabin. An obi negro woman who
lives out there said that she saw the
b .ys out there shooting, but that
be paid no attention lo them and
knew nothing of their disappearance.
Within one-half a mile are thre.
other houses. The point where tin
boys hitched their horse was within
a qarter of a mile of where their
b.?di*s were found.
Thursday night and Friday mom
ning searching parties were out look
lag for the boys. The party was in?
creased largely last night, and With
lanterns th ? entire swamp on tHis
aide of the river was earctullv search?
ed.
A partj *aas again formed this
morning, many w ho had been out all
night again renewing the search,
which was begun at the place where
the hoys were last seen, with the
understanding that it was to spr. a |
gradually and take in every foot Of
the ground, The portion where the
boy's holies were found was assign?
ed to a party, among whom were
Frank CfOalaad and W. C. Carlisle.
Mr. Cropland was riding horseback
up the branch, when he discovered
the body of young Moore.
The bodies remained as they wer"
found Until Ihs coroner empanell.
bis Jury, When they were moved an<
in examination made by | >r. W. J,
Croolaad. The jury is maknlg ?
thorough examination and taking
the testimony of everyone In the im?
mediate vicinity.
Many think It practlealy ImpOSSthl 1
to reconcile Ihs facts with the theorj
of accident, yet nothing was develop
ed to point conclusively to the the?
ory of murder.
The coroner's jury adjourned late
this aft. moon to meet again nexi
Wednesday, when additional testl
. mony Will taken with I view to
throwing further light upon whi
now seems to h. an impenetrable
m rot cry,
Both gpOad| and Effort I ve.
This Indicates the action of Fola>
Kidney Fills as S. Parsons, Battfv
Crook, Mich., Illustrates: "I have
been afflicted with a severs ease of
kidney and bladder trouble for which
I found no relief until I used Foley
Kidney Pills. These cured mo en?
tirely of all my ailments. I was trou?
bled with backaches and severe ihool
Ing pains with annoying urinary Ir
regUlarRlea The steady use of
Foley KMaey Pills rid me entirely of
sll my former troubles. They have
my highest recommendation " Slbert's
I?rug Store.
I LI TT. ( I'AKU, NEURO BRUTE,
Ml KDIKs WHITE (4 IRL IN
ATTEMPT TO RAVISH
HER.
Negro i- t aptuied by Halt' DOSCII
Cltlsens <? i' Tho Neighborhood?
Confesses to Crime and Is Later
Riddled arlth Bulleta.
Little Mountain, Nov. 25.?RlddU d
by 1,000 bullet wounds, the body of
Flute Clark, ? negro, tonight lies on
tin- lOUth Side Of Little Mountain,
mute svldencs of the suddenly arous?
(i wrath of s mob of nearly 1,000
Lexington and Xewherry cltlsens,
maddened by the murder of the 14
year-old daughter of a prominent
rarmer of thli sectlan, who, (.Marke
is said to have confessed, met liei
leath while resisting his attempts to
issault her, The girl's throat was
iut from ? iii- to ear, and her bleeding
body was found about s o'c lock this
iftecnoon near the cellar door of hei
home. The negro was (aught and
?spirited away by a halt dozen men.
who concealed him from the oth?
ers. The mob got wind of this and
the negro's alleged confession to his
?aptors, and at once went in groups
to the secluded spot, Where tile pris
>ner was held.
< ?nee the brutal negro w as in their
power, the enraged cltlsens poured
rolleys Into his body, nearly 1,000
hots, it is believed, heing tired. With
the bloody work over, the crowd be?
gan to disperse, and there was little
further manifestation of disorder
The body was left where it fell, with
v lantern hung on the berast.
The young girl, who had two day*'
holiday from school on account oi
Thanksgiving, was alone at home at
the time of the attack. Her mother
had Just gone to a neighbor's. The
negro, who worked for her father,
approached her, according to his al?
leged confession, to which there is no
corroboration, there being no eye?
witnesses, and asked her for a drink
of water. She gave him the water,
and then he asked her to bring him
Homo potatoes also. When she
brought them he attacked her. The
girl screamed and called out that she
would tell her father. The negro
then lashed her throat from ear to
ear. the head being almost severed
from the body. He th*n fled.
The girl's young brother, return?
ing to the house a short time after?
ward, found her body. The alarm
was given, and the father of the vic?
tim, who was plowing in a Raid about
200 yards from the fatal scene,
rushed t<> the scene. Medici.\ atten?
tion was hastily secured, but the lit?
tle victim was dead. Her resistance
had not been in vain, however, as she
had thwarted the negro's fiendish
purpose.
Clarke, with almost consummate
cunning, returned at once to the
scene and even assisted in carrying
the body Of hit Victim into tile hOUB< ,
w hen the alarm was given the Lex?
ington sheriff sent the bloodhouds
from the country chaingang in charge
.i Capt. Pete Mack. m. M. Buford,
sheriff of Xewherry. also hastened to
the spot.
Upon arrival at the scene the dogs
U once took up the trail and car?
ried It to a field, where the negro
had been plowing. Here they stopped
and the chase was given up.
Then the crowd, wheh had been
gathering since the first reports of
the crime had gone forth, separated
to beat the bushes tor the negro. Al?
ter a short chase he was captured by
i party of hall a do/en and hurried
into a place of seclusion. The negro
is said to have Confessed bis crime to
these men. The mob learned of the
capture, and, while Toe officers went
? f'f on a false scent, quietly slipped
away to where the negro was held.
What followed can not be definitely
stated, but a fusillade of shots was
heard and shortly after the negro was
found dead, riddled with bullets, with
i lantern hanging on his breast.
The girl's body was found lying in
the yard near the cellar door, and
ill. surroundnlgs show that a des?
perate struggle as* made hy the
young girl. The distance from the
well t<> where the young girl met her
d. ath is about 80 yards, and she was
dragged the entire distance. Her
head was almost severed from the
body,
FlUte < iarke had Ii I ed on I be
place of the victim's father for 1 2
years, having been practically raised
l?y the family, lie was married and
is said t>? have been about 21 yeara
Of age.
Tomorrow morning at '.? o'clock B.
i?. ?Marke, coroner of Lexington, will
hold an inquest over the body of the
dead girl. The lynching was in New
berry county whle the murder oc?
curred in L. xlngton county.
The crime of this afternoon was
committed within less than two miles
of the piac?. where Coot Lever :>t
tempted t<? assault the wife of a
prominent young farmer about a
year ago. for which he was legally
hanged,
<;?mmI Results Always Follow
Th*. use of Folcy Kidney Tills
They are Upbuilding, strengthening
and Mouthing. Tonic in action, quick
In r**suits. Slbert's l>rug Store.
RICHARDS APPOINTED.
JOHN G. RICHARDS SUCCEEDS
J. M. SULLIVAX.
(?OV. Ansel Name* \\?" 11 Known Kcr
hImw County Man to Fill Vacancy
on Railroad Commission?Cnpt.
Richards Was Not Applicant.
Columbia, Nov. 2?;?Governor An?
gel today appointed ai Railroad Com?
missioner, vlc< commissioner James
M. Sullivan, of Anderson, recently de- 1
ceased, Hon. .lohn G. Richards, Jr.,
i
of Kershaw County, who was not one
of the thirty-one applicants for the
unexplred portion <-<*> months) of
Mr. Sullivan's trnn. Capt. Richards
was a candidate in the recent pri?
maries for governor. Previously he
served twelve yearn In the legislature.
Commissioner B. L. Caughman will
probably be the new chairman, vice
John Barle, of Greenville, who re?
tires. The thirl member Of the com?
mission will be George McDuffle
Hampton, recently elected.
DR. CRIPPEX HANGED
NFSDAV.
WED
Without Confessing Murderer Enters
Eternity.
London. Nov. 23.?Dr. Hawlej
Harvey Crippen todaj paid the pena?
Ity for the murder ol Ills wife, Belli
Blmore, the acrtess, within a few
minutes of the stroke of '.?, the morn?
ing hour fixed for the execution. The
hanging was in Pentonvllle prison,
where the prisoner had been confined
ice his return to this country, fol?
lowing his arrest in Canada. The con?
demned man, who throughout his
trial and even until Home Secretary
Churchill had refused a petition for
tils reprieve, had maintained an im?
perturbable calmness. presented a
pitiable appearance, as he was liter?
ally led throughout the short cor?
ridor from his cell to the scaffold.
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?Women desiring beauty get
wonderful help from Bucklen's Ar?
nica Salve. It banishes pimples,
skin eruptions, sores and boils. It
makes the skin soft and velvety. It
glorifies the face. Cures sore eyes,
oold sores, cracked lips, chapped
hands. Best for burns, scalds, fever
sores, cuts, bruises and piles. ZZ
at Sibert's Drug Store.
Thos G. Prioleau, of Charleston,
was drowned near Georvetown Tues?
day by the capsizing of a boat.
A Household .Medicine.
?To be really valuable must show
equally good results from each mem?
ber of the family using it. Foley's
Honey and Tar does just this. Wheth?
er for children (or grown persons
Foley's Honey nnd Tar Is best and
safest for all coughs and colds.
Sibert's Drug Store.
DON'T WAIT.
Tnke Advantage of a Sumter citizen's
Experience Before It's Too Late.
When the back begins to ache.
Don't wait until backache becomes
chronic;
Till serious kidney troubles develop:
Till urinary troubles destroy night's
rest.
Profit by a Sumter citizen's experi?
ence.
C. H. James, 17 Dingle St., Sum?
ter, S. C, says:
"I can recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills as I have used them with great
benefit. I had kidney trouble for
some time, the kidney secretions being
highly colored and containing sedi?
ment. I suffered from backache and
?harp pains In my loins, could not
rest well and in the morning my
back was so lame and sore that I was
unable to dress myself. If I straight?
ened quickly, sharp, darting pains
shot through my back. A friend fin?
ally told me about Doan's Kidney
Pills and 1 procured a box at China's
Drug Store. They helped me In every
way and I have not had any backache
since. The kidney secretions are now
clear and I feel better than I have in
months. I consider Doan's Kidney
Pills to be an excellent remedy."
For sale by all dealers. Pries 50
oents. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo,
\'ew York, ^ole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other. No.22.
THE imW~
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FOR THE NEWLY WEDS.
( )ur furniture display will be
found to offer the greatest varie?
ty in styles?the lowest prices.
A comprehensive showing of
fine furniture that will enable you
to select the latest and best ?to
save money.
For fine furniture ?o to
Witherspoon Bros.
Furniture Co.
Not Sorry For Blonder.
* "if my friends hadn't blundered
III thinking I was a doomed victim :
of consumption, 1 might not be alive
now," writes 1). T. Sanders, of Har
rodsburg, Ky., "but for yean the-:
saw every attempt to cure a
Lung-racking cough fail. At last 1
tried l?r. King's New Discovery. The
effect was wonderful, it soon stop?
ped the cough and I am now in bet?
ter health than I have had for years.
This wonderful life-saver is an un?
rivaled remedy for coughs, colds, la
gvippe. asthma, croup, hemorrhages,
whooping cough or weak lungs. 50c,
M.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by Blbert'l Drug Store.
?"I do not believe there is any
other mcdiepje so good for whooping
cough as ChamWrlain's Cough Reme?
dy," writes Mrs Francis Turpin,
Junction City, Or?. This remedy is
also unsurpassed for colds and
croup. For sale by all dealers.
The Bank of Sumter,
Sumter, S. C.
I
Capital and Profits,
$140,000.00
C The world owes nobody a living. It
pays you all it owes when it gives you a
chance to hustle for yourself.
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.
Is out for your business, and prepared to
'jive fuli values. Come with us.
?EEC OUR OAN
fiER SIGNAL!
Stop putting your funds In
stocks and bonds, banks etc
where they are at the mercy
practically of the management
of the company or Institution.
Pat your fur ds where they will
earn .?, substantial return .with
?osolute safety, viz :
No. 209 South Main St.. Lot 50 by 208, eight room dwelling, all modern ^eon
venlences. good larn and stable.
No. 211 S Mai n St.. Lot 50 by 208, 8 room dwelling, all modern conveniences.
This Is Main Street Property and very ciose In.
No. 331 W, Hampton Ave., nice six room dwelling.
No. 9 North Salem Ave., nice six room cottage.
We have some very choice country property for sale, that is worth investi?
gating, would be pleased to show you any or all.
Fi* prices and terms, apply to
SUMTER REAL ESTATE ? INSURANCE CO.,
Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. Bldg. Sumter, S. C.
i
O'DONNELL 6 CO.
What About a Cloak
For Your Child
We are show ing a very large
line of all this season's styles
at prices which will please.
We have a special line of
Junior Coats in that smart,
snappy style for the Miss,
from 11 to 15 years.
We find it a pleasure to show
goods.
O'DONNELL 6 CO.