Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OanMlldmtod Arne. ?? 1 MTCE1 FUftUSIilM Ct?PA?Y Iffllll S10T BQfW Kl>r>IK BOHKARI) KILLKD AT A. C. 1*. wTATIO*. J. W. Harper. White. the 81a: Taken et Corouer'a In bnnVlet thai the ShnoUof Wee Unprovoked and Without Sem of an VxcuMe?-Harper Fled If after Shooting?R. H. The killing of Eklfe Boaenfd. a well known hackmau. ?-hieb ooeurred at the* Atlantic Coaet Line utatlon about ? JO o'clock flunday evening*, brought m\ a beautiful and peaceful Christmas day to a ead and trv ending; end while the man who wan shot down without warning and plunged Into eternity, occupied an humble station tu life, the manner of his death baa ?'^eer? the cause of general comment end It is deplored by alt good utlserva The story of the killing la told briedy and so vividly In the testimony \f the two sye-wltneeaee eho ap? peared before the Jury of Inquest, that the Thole scene te brought before the mind's eye, and no comment or amplification In neceeaary to make picture complete, is etreumetaaces aatecedent to killing, which may be advanced as cause of or eteuse for, the homl a.jfrdlowta; fairing thai ?rng Mr. R if. Bateman had an ? (Creation with Ab ram Hossard. * a brother of tbe man who waa killed by Harper, and also a hackman; but the difficulty pssasd off without any more seaious reaulte than a war of worda and much profanity, and It was the I^Tjppoeition that the matter waa end Jf. ?d. But that evenleg. at train time, when all the hackmen were gathered at the depot to meet the trains. Mr Batsman, accompanied by his friend. Mr J. W. Harper, appeared on the scene and what followed ts told in the testimony of the eye-wltneasea: ^ Jim William*, being sworn, says y I waa at the depot to help a fellow off. Mr. Bate man came to me an* asked waa Ab ram Bosser .1 there. I fold him 1 did not know, but eould look around and eetv Sem Green then came down and Mr. Bateman T said he could use hi* hack. After awhile Eddie Eoseard came down and drove In front <>.' hie father's horse and Mr. Harper sah "this la Ahrem" and Bdd> said. "no. this la Eddie, this In Ahrem. Mr. Harper said. "I want you ta take back what you said to Mr. Bateoaan this iriornlng; if you do Its all right and if you don't, you D-black-I'll kill you." and then pulled out his pistol and shot him twice. Eddie said. "I haven't eala anything to you." Mr. Bateman waa with Mr. Harper. %Mr. Bateman didn't say anything, and waa Juet standing there like I waa 1 dJd not see anyone hit Mr. Harper. Eddie went after Mr. Harper, about tap or nfteen feet and then full. Weetey Boeeard, being sworn, says: I caught four grips on Harby ave ^nue and then got lady passenger and J Vent to the depot. Took out the four gripe and went In depot and put them In there. Then wont back and Jumps In my carriage and drove out Mr. Bateman came to the carriage and said. "Uncle Boeeard I have always ? n<vnvj you"?and at same time Jim 'UIU?ms asked for Abram. I told him he waa at home. I thought From what Abram told me I saw there would be something. After awhile Kddl* Moenard drove up there,?my barns stood feeing North. Eddie said. J'Fsw It looks like thsre will be trou ?le here tonight." He pulled up and got out of carriage. Mr. Bateman was standing on ths right end Mr. J. W. Iteroer wan etundlng on right, pine. Mr. Bateman advanced a Httle and Mr. Harper advanced to? wards? the carriage, hevneen my car? riage and Eddie's carriage, and said. ?Tou O d ??black-? ? take hack what you said tn me this even? ing" Eddie, with his right hand Holding on to th<* standard of his cmrrlaga. said. "1 havs nothing to take, back, as I haven't said nothing," as* Mr. Harpjer said. "Tou O d? black? ? -and started shoot 881. SU mg. And' I ?Aid "there now he has shot my eon." He (Eddie) seid I'm shot end ran after Mr. Harper, who had startet} to run. In my Judgment Mr. Bateman was eg ting this on. He fired twice 1* m sure. 1 refused to talk to Mr. Bateman the second time. I can't say Mr. Bateman did the shooting, or he didn't have It on the pistol. I took the pistol away from Mr. Harper and threw it away?thvcw It In the body of the carriage and then threw H against the house?took three balls out of the pistol and threw them on the ground. I was right there at Mr. Harper and took the pis? tol away from him. I could have shot him, I was within about two feet of Mr. Harpsr and stepping up to Eddie and told him to stop this, snd as he stepped hack he shot him. After first shot Green whirled and came Into our direction. H. G. McKagen. Police Officer, be? ing sworn, says: I was over between the trains and a little boy told me a man was shot I ran around there and found Eddie Bossard lying on. the ground, and I asked who shot him and they said. Mr. Harper. I got on my wheel and went to hie house and he was not home. I did not see the shooting. This waa about 6: SO p. m. and it was dark good. Dr. 8, C. Baker also testified at the inquest, but his statement was merely a description of the wound and that the death of Bossard waa the result of the wound which he fonnd when hs made the examination. He raid that Bossard was brought to the Sum tsr Hospital about 7 o'clock Sunday night and that he died without ral? lying sufficiently to undergo an oper? ation which hs was preparing to per? form In hope of sav'.ng his life. He heard Bossard say that he was going to dls but heard no statement as to how hs was shot The JurV after hearing the evidence, found ths following verdict: "Eddie Bossard cams to his death by s gun-shot wound at ths bands W. Harper and that It. *~M. Bate? man was accessory to the crime." J. W. Harper, who is charged with killing Boasard, disappeared from the scene immediately after the shoot? ing, and at last reports had not been w arrested, nor had he surrendered to the Sheriff. It is currently reported, however, that he la still In the city and In communication with his friends and attorneys, and will sur? render at the proper time. This is mere rumor and Is reported for what It is worth. To an ordinary cittxon, however. It seems passing strange that a man resting under the charge of so grievous a crime, be he Innocent, or guilty as alleged, as future develop? ments may show. Should be permitted to take his own time about surrend? ering He may be hiding out by ad? vice, but if this be the case, his ad? visors are doing him a great Injustice for In the eyes of the public he is a fugutlve from Justice. If he was Justi? fied in the taking of Bosaard's life, he has nothing to fear at the hands of the law, but If the killing was not Justified by the circumstances, then it Is ths duty of the representatives of the law to bestir themselves a lit? tle and find out where he la Mr. H. M. Bateman. who Is charged with being an accessory, was arrested yesterday morntng snd committed to jail. Both Harper and Bateman have employed counsel, It Is stated, and they were represented at the Inquest. Mr. J. W. Harp jr. the principal In the homicide, Is a contractor and has lived In this city four or five years. Mr. Bateman la at present in the em poy of the Atlantic Coast Line, but until a short time ago was employed by ?'rosswell ft Co. He has been a resident of flumter for several years. Waats So Help Some One. ?For thirty years J. F. Boy er. of Fertile, Mo., nesdsd help and couldn't find It. That's why ha wants ts hslp some ons now. Suffering so long himself hs feels for all distress from backachs. nervousness, los of appe? tite, lassltuds and kidney disorder. Hs shows that Electric Bitters work swnders for such troubles. "Five hottles." he writes, "wholly cured me snd now I am wsll snd hearty." It's also positively gusrantesd for Liver trouble, dyspepsia, blood dis? orders, femsls complaints and ma? laria Try them. BOe at Hlbert's Drug Stors. Hanks on Sure Thing Now. ?"I'll never he without Dr. King's New Life Pills again," writes A. Shlngjeck, 647 Kim St.. Buffalo, N. Y. "They cured me of chronle con? stipation when all others failed*" Unequsled for biliousness, jaundice and debility. 25c at Mbett'l Drug Store. To fall at all la to fall utterly ~ Lowell. _ MTBR. 8. C., WEDNES] MOORE TO SUCCEED BOYD. APPOINTED ADJUTANT GENERAL: OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Harnwell Man to Fill Unexphrcd Term or J. C. Bo>d?O. W. Babb is As? sistant. Columbia, Dec. 23.?W. W. Moore j of Barnwell was yesterday appointed adjutant general of South Carolina for the unexpired term of J. C. Boyd ! by Gov. Ansel. Col. Moore was elect I ed to the office of adjutant general at the last State election and would have assumed the office about Jan? uary 10. He will come to Columbia within the next several days to take up the work as adjutant general. O. W. Babb of Laurens Is the assistant adjutant general, having been appoint? ed to the position by J. C. yBoyd. When Col. Babb was appointed to take the place of W. T. Brock, who resigned. It was announced that he would be reappointed to the position by Col. Moore. It is a strange coinci? dence that both Col. Moore and Col. Babb will take their positions In the office of adjutant general during the present year, taking the place of Ge Boyd, deceased, and Col. Brock, re? signed. Personals From Smlthvllle. 8mlthvllle, Doc. 23.?Dr. T. D. Fox worth and family have moved from McColl to their home at Smlthvllle. Their many friends are delighted to have, them here again. Mr. Sam Boykln and family have moved to the Munnerlyn place. Mr. D. J. Robertson went to Oam den Tuesday. Mr. C. L. Klrkley is visiting Ml uncle, Mr. W. S. Smith. There will be special Christmas ex? ercises on Christmas day at Plsgah church, beginning at 11 A. M. On Monday, December 18th, one hundred gallons of whiskey was put off the train at Rembert. The thirsty folks were grabbing the packages so sagerly that the agent had to draw his pistol and force them to wait until he could check the packages. Of course, that was only a sample of what came later. We are expecting a rowdj time Christmas. Prohibition means free whiskey and plenty of It If you want to see happy creatures Just, watch them as they com?) from the depot with their buggies leaded with booxe. HERE IS A REMEDY THAT WDLiL CURE ECZEMA. "Wo Prove W i _ Why waste time and money ex? perimenting with greasy salves and ! lotions, trying to drive the eczema germ from underneath the skin when i DeLorme'a Pharmacy guarantees Zsmo ,a clean liquid preparatioa for external use to rid the skin of the germ life that causes the trouble? One application will relieve th* itch? ing and otfen times one bottle is suf Iflciont to cure a minor case of eczema. la over 2,000 towns and cities in Amercla the leading druggist has the ? agency for Zemo and he will tell you of the marvelous cures made by this clean, aim pie treatment. Zemo Is rec? ognized as the cleanest and most popular treatment for eczema, pimples,, dandruff and all other forms of skin or scalp affections whether on Infant or grown person. Will you try a bottle on our recom? mendation? DeLorme's Pharmacy. No. 1. PROCLAMATION. State of South Carolina. Executive Chamber. Whereas Information has been re? ceived at this Department that on the 19th day of December, 1910, the gin? nery and saw mill outfit of J. B. McLauchlln near Dalzell, In the County of Sumter were burned, and there being reason to believe that the burning was an act of Incendiar? ism, Now, Therefore, I, M. F. Ansel, Governor of the State of South Caro? lina, in order that Justice may be*" dOttS and the majesty of the law vindicated, do hereby offer a reward of One Hundred dollars for the appre? hension and conviction of the person or persons who committed paid act of incendiarism. In Testimony Whereof, I have here? unto BSt my hand and caused the Great Heal of the State to be affixed, at Co? lumbia, this twenty-first day of De? cember, A. D? 1910, and in the lHf. year of the Independence of the Uni? ted State? of America. M. F. ANS FL. By the Governor, lt. M. McCown, Secretary of State. 12-23-lt.--W&I. and ! uTt M he tmj ChWj'i, 7Vj (Mi am )AT, DECEMBER 28, 1( CHRISTMAS AT CITY SCHOOLS. ROOMS BECOMINGLY DECORAT? ED?CHRISTMAS TREE FOR CHILDREN. Art Work of Original Designs Done i by Sxlth and Seventh Grade Chil dren?K. of P. Give Annnual Christmas Tree for Primary Grades The Christmas season was fittingly observed at the city .schools where the teachers and childen ornamented their rooms with beautiful artistic work, done by the children, and de? signs drawn on the black boards representing Christmas scenes, and more important than all else to the children, was the Christmas tree which is annually given by the Knights of Pythias, where the children of the five primary grades see the tree adorned with all manner of tinsel and colored ornaments and each one is shared out a portion of fruit and candy. In one of the rooms of the pri? mary parades there were Christmas scenes pictured on the black board, chief of which was a beautiful picture of the three wise men with their ' camels, as portrayed in Ben Hur, drawn for the children by their teach? er. Other work of their own hands was to be seen in various parts of the room, all of which was to teach the children the beautiful story of the Christ child. In another room the windows ?vere ornamented with little red Christmas bells, made by the children, and chains made of colored paper arranged altogether by the chil? dren to suit their own taste and after ideas of their own. In still another room, that in which the children com ? mence their school work, was a realistic snow scene made by the children under the supervision of their teacher, showing a little cottage covered with snow*, with all of the surrounding grounds snow covere! and beautifully white. From the sides of the room stretch? ed across to the^ center of the room, where they are fastened to the light fixtures, were garlands of gaily col | ored paper chains, all of which were made by the children. The children are very proud of their work, and especially so, when they know that I their chains and designs are to he put in use for Christmas ornamenta 1 tions, where they will be seen by I those who visit the school. On the black boards were pictures of Santa Clause and his reindeer, while other artistic work of the same nature, done by the teacher, the children or pupils of higher grades, adorned the walls, making the children realize by i pictures as well as by works what Christmas means. All of the work tends to cultivate ideas of originality, and to teach the children sentiments along with growth of heart and growth of mind. Perhaps the most interesting of the work done in the school, except to persons especially interested in the children of the primary grades, is that done by the girls of the sixth and seventh grades in original de? signs in art work. In the seventh gurades the drawing from life and the water colors, also from life, all of which are original designs and Ideas of the children, are remark? able for little girls who have not had any more time for special training in those subjects than Is spared for them from other studies. Some of the girls develop remarkable talent In the short time that is spared for these studios at the school. In the sixth grade the children were given lessons in the making of baskets, boxes and other design of a similar nature. After the word lessons they arc given the material and told to go ahead SjHth thoir work lesslon, which is done under the supervision of the teacher. The designs wer? all their own and the work was ai done by the girls, some of them working on the same design, but no two of the baskets or boxes were exactly alike. The coloring was worked In by the children to suit themselves and some of them perhaps heat the Indians themselves who wvre their original basket makers and from whom thev got their Ideas, if not their deslgna The work gives the children a chance to cultivate and show their own ideas, while at the same time it gives them originality, one thing al? ways striven for In the training of the child mind. The whole course is to make the children think that they are as free at school as elsewhere and thnt to go there Is not to shut one's self tip In a kind of jail, hs some of them are prone to regard It, but a pleasure and privilege. Superintendent Bdmunds and his able corpse of assistants have succeeded In this Idea as Is shown by the fact that comparatively few of TWO STRETCH HEMP. Rapist and Murderer Legally Executed Today. Special to the Daily Item. Columbia, Dec. 23.?Minus High tower, colored, aged 19, was hanged in the Richland County jail yard this morning for a particularly diabolical attack about two months ago on a re? spected white woman at her home in the heart of Columbia. Hightower wished to make a speech, but desisted at the suggestion of the officers. James Edwards, colored, was hang? ed toay at Monck's Corner for the murder of his wife, nine years ago. Gov. Ansel had twice refused to re? spite him on the ground of after dis? covered evidence. Pine wood K. of P. Elect Officers. Pinewood, Dec. 23.?Plnewood Lodg-e, No. 124, Knights of Pythias held a banquet at their Castle Hall on Wednesday night which was enjoyed by its members and invited guests. Great regret was expressed at the enforced absence of Brother C. Capers Smith, Vice-Chancellor of Game Cock Lodge No. 17, of Sumter. Informal remarks were made by members of the lodge and by guests. Mr. Isaac M. Loryea ,of Sumter, former secretary of the Fifth District Lodge, delivered an address. Brother William R. Davis, of Silver Is Chan? cellor Commander and Walter Epper? son of Plnewood is Keeper of Rec? ords and Heals. This lodge Is In a flourishing con? dition. Some uncensored Washington cor? respondents are trying to make the country believe that Wade Ellis has declined a Federal Job.?St Louis Republic. THE STORES WILL CLOSE. H __________ Monday Will Be Observed as a Holl ' - uay. All the stores and other business houses of this city will be closed on Monday, 26th instant, an agreement to this effect have been made, as has been customary for many years, when Christmas falls on Sunday. The banks wdll be closed Monday and Tuesday, 26th and 27th. BACK GIVES OUT. Plenty of Sumter Readers nave This Experience. You tax the kidneys?overwork, them? They can't keep up the continual strain. The back gives out?it aches and pains; Urinary troubles set In. Don't wait longer?take Doax a Kid? ney Pille. Sumter people tell you how they act. S. C. Brown, 110 Calhoun St.. Sum? ter. S. C, says: "I used Doan's Kid? ney Pills and they did me more good than all the other remedies I had pre? viously tried. I suffered severely from a lams back and some days was not able to work. I hurt me to stoop or lift, I could not rest well and no position I assumed was comfortable. In the morning upon arising, my back was so lame that I could hardly get about. The kidney secretions also con. tained sediment and were too fre? quent In passage. I finally procured Doan's Kidney Pills at China's Drug Store aid they cured me. I have not had a lame back since and the kid? ney secretions do not annoy me. 1 am in good health at present and give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit" For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's and take no other. No. 28. Take Care! ?Remember that when your kid? neys are affected, your life is in danger. M. Mayer, Rochester, N. T. says: "My trouble started with a sharp shooting pain over my back which grew worse daily. I felt sluggish and tired, my kidney action was irregular and infrequent. I started using Foley Kidney Pills. Each dose seemed to put new life and strength into me, and now 1 am completely cured and feel bet? ter and stronger than for years." W. W. Slbert. nie pupilsf after they reach the hlgh er gradei leave the school before their graduation. The good work of the school Is shown In the recent distinct? ion won by two of the graduates, Mr. Irvine Reiser, who won the Cecil Rhode! scholarship with Its appoint* men! to Oxford, and the winning of the appointment to Annapolli by Mr. Hammed Bowman, a graduate of the >lasa of last year. Prof. Edmunds feels proud of these distinctions conferred upon the high ?chool graduates and justly so, for they are ones that tend to show the excellent training given to the minds Of the boys in the primary grades at the city schools. t B SOOTHKON, lUlllHlhtll llM, 1?M Vol. XXXI. Ho. 37. COOK GQMbS BACK. RETURNS TO NATIVE COUNTRY WITH LITTLE TO SAY. Passenger* Divided Into Two Camp? on Question of IDs Reception?His Trip. New York, Dec. 22.?Dr. Frederick* A. Cook, came back to his native ld?V today on the steamship Gear*" ^ ' ington as calmly as^***"^ SSP**^ been a No""^ .V( S 1 _^oyT Ha lool little; in fact a tj -vcn'interview handed the reporters embraced all that he had to say with the exception of tho neces? sary formalities of conversation thrust upon him by interviewers. Of far more dramatic interest was a heated controversy among the steamship passengers concerning the impression he had made upon them. The doctor still asserts that he be? lieves he was at the pole. Dr. Cook in his sUtlement referred to the fact that he was in the United States less than a month ago. "I arrived in Quebec on October 2i, went to Troy, N. c, then to Newburgh and Poughkeepsie," said he. I vas in the two last n^med cities about three weeks, writing, revising r.nd correcting proofs of my stor?. I registered under an assumed name because I was very busy?too busy to receive my many personal friends or newspaper men. No other precau? tions were taken to keep my presence concealed." Dr. Cook said he did not know what his plans for the future will be; that he had no plans whatever for going on the lecture platform. "I have come back solely for the purpose of rehabiHating myself and my family by setting matters right with my countrymen," he declared.. The argument among the George Washington's passengers arose when the doctor's sympathisers aboard wished it understood that he was re? ceived with no shadow of discrimina? tion \>y the **+her passenrers. H\4 enemies wished it made clear that he had been shunned. The minute tho men who had gone down the harbor on the revenue cutter stepped into the saloon, representatives of both sides descended on them. Persons who in ordinary circumstances dodge publicity as they would the plague fairly button-holed the reporters in their eagerness to present their ise first While the dispute in the ladies' sa? loon boiled, more temperate minded passengers elsewhere found time to tell without heat about the doctor's trip. He came aboard at Bremen, they said, wearing a full bea \i. Lut had it shaved off the next day. He was an unostentatious passenger, playing cards of an evening with a few friends ad neither seeking nor avoiding attention. Once when the toasts were going around before bedtime and it came his turn to name a health, he was quick to propose the "Stars and Stripes," a toast that none could re? fuse. "Are you the Dr. Cook who went to the North Pole?" preslsted the questioner. "I have been there" asserted the doctor gravely. The typewritten Interview with the doctor did not satisfy the reporters They plied him with questions, but a'most all of them he parried. "You have -written this doctor: 'After mature thought I confess that I do not know absoultely whether 1 reached the pole or not.' Do you be? lieve that you did?" "I still believe it" "Dees your uncertainty at all ex? tend to* your ascent of Mt. McKin? ley " "Not In the least. I shall have a reply to make to Prof. Herschel C. Parker's latest attack on my ascent of Mount McKinley In a few days? probably next Monday. "Did you still believe in your rec? ords when you sent them to the Uni? versity of Copenhagen?" "Oh, certainly." "Then why did you call Capt. Au? gust W. Loss to aid you In compil? ing them ?" "That Will be answered In the next Installment." "Yet you accept the verdict of the university?" "Yes I think we have accepted that." "And you believe that Peary got to the pole?" "I haare never questioned It" From the steamer Dr. Cook went direct to the Waldorf-Astoria, where he stayed before, on his return from Copenhagen. Mrs. Cook and the children, he said, were still In France where the chil? dren weic going to school.