The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 30, 1911, Image 2
DIES II HANDS OF MOB.
NK.ItO Iii UN F l) AT STAKE BY
CROWD IN PIRCKLL, < ? lv I \.
Cspturvd by Three Black??. Woman's
\?4?nllnnt I- Ilmried to III? IKkdii.
?ogleer* Overpowered.
Purcell. ok la.. Auk. 11.- While
1,000 men, women and children Htood
by. shouting their approval. Peter
Carter, a negro, who had previously
been captured l>y three members of
his own race and Ideutitied as the
man who last night attacked the wifa
wf a farmer, was burner* b> death on
r brush pile In the main street of
Purcell -it 5 o'clock th'a afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff llay.s ,u d I'mbr Sher?
iff Karris, who attempt d to rescue
the negro from the crowd, were over?
powered and :?" k. d in th n
house.
The victim was assaulted while
alone In her home one mile south of
Purcell. After the deed, the negro
set fire to the house. The Vlettm'a
husband saw the flames while work?
ing In the tlelds and rushed into tho
house In time to rescue his wife. She
declared Carter, who formerly worked
on the farm, had attacked her. Of?
cers went to Carter's home and ar?
rested him M. was turned over to
ft constable, but on th< way to jail
eecaped.
When It became known the negro
wa? free, farmers of the neighborhood
organised and an all-night search
was made. The negro was not found.
This afternoon Hlgley Henry^ a
negro janitor, faced a strange negro
riding under a box car near the Ok
lahoma Central railway static n. With
the aid of two other negroes, who
had armed themselves, the ne*:rn jani?
tor pulled Carter from beneath the
ear. He wat< taken to the ma n str?-0t
of Purcell, where a great crowd had
gathered.
"Turn the n<gro over to me." *aid
ft tall farmer who suddenly seemed
to assume command of the crowd
The janitor and his two aides obeyed.
Carter was taken across the street
and In an Instant many men and
boys were gatherelng brush and plac?
ing It at his feet
At this juncture Deputy Sheriff
Haines and Under 8herlff Fatris ar?
rived sad pleaded with the mob to
xuru ?he prisoner to th?- n. The
abgriff and his assistant wer? lor k?- i
sjp end the negro wr?s led out and
pinesd on sn oll-sosaed brush heap,
ttollt around :i t leph ? lb
was tied to u.e pole and the torch
applied. Cheers came from the crowd
as ths flames shot up sround the
wtctlm. and men and women in motor
??ftre watched him die. As he was
lashed to the pole, the negro shrieked
for mercy. After the flames died
down the crowd slowly disperseJ. The
negro's body was burned to a crisp.
I The negro's victim, who Is not ex?
pected to live, said Carter entered
her home last night and struck her
on the head with a gas pipe, beating
her until she was unconscious. An
old mattress was torn up and scat?
tered over her body. After the negTo
had set the mattresa on tire he fled.
As the woman was crawling from
the fire the negro reappeared and
sgsln struck her with the pipe,
hresklng her jaw. Her husband,
rushing to the house, rescued his
wife, ur.nconnctous. In a few minutes
more she would have been dead.
The pile of wood and rrush on
which the negro's body was burned
was still smouldering at 10 o'clock to?
night. The town was quiet.
The cheers of the crowd, as the first
flame* shot up mingled with the pierc?
ing > rles of the negro, and after the
fire had burned for an hour
and the body was nothing but a crisp
the crowd again cheered. Then ir. dis?
persed.
While fie majority of those who
gathered shout to witness the black
man's death were men. there were
many women In the crowd.
A remarkable feature about the af?
fair was that while the crowd was de?
termined on the death of the negro, it
was far more uulet than Is usually un?
der similar circumstance*. Not I
shot was fired.
The escape of the negro folb wing
hi* first arrest seemed to add to the
*ury of ?h,? ?. mhtrs for the dack
nin.
Talk ahout town tonight, folk Wtag
he lvn- hing, that he "was the right
nan." as whispered from Up to Up.
comes from a brief confession. ma do
ts he was |od li his hiMQlftl pyre.
Fo|?-T Kb!' I p I 'III-* | in efts* I: tftS
proST*** Si fowl kidney and bladder
trouble and heal by removing* the
aauss. Try th?*m sibeiis Drug
?essSs
And so LSftSsOf web onu s Steph? n
eon Misery Loves < sjg|
?tab,?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
\cvuH4-d of Stealing.
R. Fl Chamt??Tla?n. of Clinton, Me.,
?Mddty accuses Huckljn's Arnica
SeJvo of otoallng?the sting from
Mirss or scalds?ths pain from gores.
? f ?II Wind*- Ifli distr?NS fror.. Im
ir pi>? v. "it robs cut*, rul.s?
?pratn* and Is lories ol IhelF t? rroi
hp <* ?m ... .
setii*; m.r t ^ ? ?nl/ it
co\imi:m>s WILEY*! KFFORT8.I
I Hooluiiou Indorsing \\ 01 k of Pure j
Pood Champion Vlggggd by rut-1
rlotk- Order, Sons of America.
Pottaville, ra.. Aug. 14.?a reeolu
tlon OOrnWOHdlm l?r. Wiley for his
work In connection with the pure
food and drug law was adopted today
in State convention by the Patriotic
< order Sons of America, In annual
session.
a resolution was also palled thVOF*
Ini; a law to restrict Immigration.
Macadam. Koad Maker.
It has botS Mid that the belt reads
btlilt since the (lays of the Romans
are those known as macadamised
11 uls.
Macadam was a Scotchman who
spent several years in America. On
his return to his native land, to?
ward the close of the eighteenth cen?
tury, he devoted his attention to
read huldtng. His leading principle
was that i mad ought to he consider?
ed as an artificial Mooring so strong
and even as to let the heaviest ve?
hicle pass over it without impedi?
ment.
People, began to hear with wonder
Of roads thirty and forty feet whir
rising only three inches in the centre,
and he propounded the extraordinary
heresy that a better and more lastiag
road could be made over the surface
gf a morass than over solid rock.
Another of his principles was that
the soil Is more resistant when dr>
thin when wet. In order to keep It
ir. s condition of the greatest re?
sist mc??that is to say dry?he ad
\??rated the putting over It of a wav?
ering impervious to rain?the road,
ig BgCt The thickness of this co.'
e.ir.g was to be regarded In relation
to :*m Impervlousness, and not at oil
as to Its bearings of weights.
Instead of digging a trench, there?
fore, to do away with the surface of
the native soil he carefully respected
it and raised the road sufficiently
above it to let the water run off.
Impermeability he obtained by the
practical discovery that stones brok
|g small and shaken and pressed to?
gether as by the traffic on a road
rapidly settle down face to face and
angle and make as close a mass as a
wall. Mankind In gelneral now believes
that this last Is ull that M i adam
Invented] the rest is forgotten. That
important frgyettOfl of his dlacOVerlCI Is
what hns given to us the verb m
macadamize, and <he ?"rench tho!r
nouns macadam, m.icau.un..-.^. and
the verb macadamlser.
It was soon found that roads which
were mere layers of broken stone, six,
four and even as little as three inches
in thickness passed through the
w<?rst winters without breaking up,
while, as the coachman used to say,
they "ran true."
Even In the breaking of stones
Macadam effected a revolution. He
saw that able bodied men standing
up with heavy hammer* wasted the
greater portion of their strength. He
made his stone breakers sit. so that
all the force of the bkaws took direct
effeet on the stone; and the result
was that he found small hammers
did the work perfectly well, and thus
was able to confine It to old men past
hard labor, women and boys, which
reduced the cost of the broken slone
by one-half.
The sfie to which the stone shou'd
be broken he determined In a prac?
tical way by the area of contact of an
ordinary wheel with a smooth road.
This he found to he ubout an Inch
lengthwise, and therefore he laid li
down that "stone which exceeds an
Inch in any of its dimensions Is mis?
chievous"?that is to say that the
wheel In pressing on one end of it
tends to lift the other end out of the
road.
In practice be found it simplest to
fix a weight of six ounces, and hid
BUrVeyON carried scales to test th'j
largest BtonOl in each heap.
Macadam would allow uo large
stones even for 'he foundtion of 1?'*
roads, and he found thai they coil
antly worked upward t\ tbe pres?
sure and vibration "f the traffic. Ths.
whole read Whl of -mal. broken
somes, even over swampy ground.?
II ir|>. i R \\V. kly.
^^?mwxl to (ilre Ulm a New Ktmnjteh.
"I suffered intensely after siting
and no medicine or treatment I tried
ggegggd to do any good," writes H.
ML Tounkpetero, BdJtor of The Fun,
Lake View, Ohio. "The first few
gOOSg of Chamberlain's Stomach and
I.her Tablets gave mo surprising re?
lief and the second bottle soemod to
give Bie h new stomach and perfectly
good health." For Rile by all dealers.
rio re Im < oneldefable difference In
the wny Lorimer and Vardaman were
"put over."-?Memphis Commercial*
\ppenl
M on a Siiffi-ring Wonmn.
iTiigs herself painfully through DOT
taekn suffering from backache,
headache, nervoueneen los? of gp?
petite and p>or sleep, got knowing
*r>m Ml, ..... pi *.,? ?
d.?r. I 'oh , Itidni v Pilll ? I 8
a Iii f fl t. palp and '-.'.eery
hi I m prompt return to he'itt, and
I
jiw w<> iiV""l? < k l'ol e? 7.* in.-v
f* 'J*. oi . - , * M|i io. e.
alleged slave system (on
ducted by wealthy chi?
n ese.
Unfortunate Laborers! it Is Charged,
Arc Itrulully Treated by Orientialfl
on Louisiana islands.
New Orleans, Aug, 24.?A condition
ol alleged peonage and .slavery bor?
dorlng on feudalism, conducted by
wealthy Chinese in and around Bora?
tarla bay, In southern Louisiana, or
?olltary islands, whence escape ii lm
pOSSible. has been unearthed by a
seeret agent of the department of
commerce and labor! who brought to
this city one Chinese prisoner, Joe Lee
who conducts a ti>h canning enterprise
on one of the Islands with which there
is no Communication except by boat.
Many WltnoSOSI who were brought
here today say they have been prac?
tically held prisoners by the Chinees
for months. They say they Were made
alluring promises to induce them to
uo to the place. Upon their arrival
each ' purchased'' a mosquito bar and
a mattress. for which they were
charged exorbitant prices.
Shortly after their arrival they dis?
covered that their meagre rations of
beans and rice was charged against
their account.
They worked all day in all sorts of
weather up to their armpits in water,
SSlning f?>r shrimp. Not enough were
caught to square their accounts with
their Chinese bosses, consequently
hey worked only for their daily ra?
tions. They were unable to buy pas?
sage on passing boats, the captains
refusing to take them aboard without
money. Their bunkhousss, erected
on piling over the water of the bay,
were bare of the ordinary comforts.
Surrounded by the waters of the bay
they found escape impossible.
Many tales of strange murders in
this section have reached New Or?
leans; queer stories of Orlential jus?
tice, bloody quarrels and knife thrusts
likened to the tales of the pirate La
Fitte and his men who once infested
the same uncharted archipelago were
related. The smuggling of opium
through the Innumerable bayous of
the gulf has long been suspected, but
the inaccessibility has prevented sys?
tematic investigation.
Thi matt r was first repotred to the
fedora] officials by Frank M. Mdier.
president "f ths state rish and came
Commission, who rescued two laborer*
n ; sent them to this city.
MOONSHINERS AFTER BU. <. Wfl.
Raiding Revenue Officer.- Rai
MiSS Capture by Steel Trap*
Winston-Salem, N. C, Aug
Internal revenue otlicers. it
of illicit distilleries, have d
that a new weapon is being
discourage their investigati
was admitted today by two
officers that they had just
?topping into a large steel tr;
lumahly set for them by
?miners'* In Iredell County las
The otfleers haa destroyed
licit still .recently and were p
their investigations last night,
?eme neighborhood. when <
them happened to see the tr.
in time to avoid their being cat c
In It.
SHOT AND KILLED BL UNCLE, j
Tragedy Follows Quarrels In th
Kootn of the Slayer's Moth?
Ashevllle, Aug. 23.?Allen T
aged thirty-two, was shot and
by his uncle. W. Pitt Ballow, ?-?"
latter's home at 2 o'clock this i
ing.
The killing, which was the
come of frequent quarrels bet
Ballow and Trlvett occurred it
sl?k room of Vrs. Martha Bl
mother of the slayer and g.
mother of his vlctllm. The bi
mother was also present.
It Is said that BalleW had
drinking and he claims that Ti
hol threatened to "do" him.
bullets wore tired by Ballew, all 1
|n| in various parts of Trivett'l b
baseball at bishopvill
Disbopvllle Downs Mechanics?I
son a s<t'oiid Ty Cobb.
Bishopvills, Aug. 84.?The Mecr
us' baSS ball team came over
morning for a three*game ?<?
with Blehopvtlle.
The game played this afternoon '
w on by Blehopvills by a poors of i
<>
Ellison was the Ty Cobh of
game.
I tuBose, pitch, r for Blehopv
trin k bUl I" men.
Batteries: Mechanics' Turner a
Sheely; Bishopvills, DuBooe a
Moore.
Buy It now. N. is tin- Mb o
uy a bottle of Chamberlain's Clol
Iholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
? almost certain to b* Deeded Ksfoi
ho summer is over. This remedy hs
o superior. For sals by all ?lea
INDUSTRIAL TRIP FOR BUMTKR,
Richmond, Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and New York t it.\
to lie \ i*iie?!.
An industrial trip \.o Richmond,
Washington, Baltimore und New
York, for the business men ol Bum
tor IS being arranged by Secretary
Bnell of the Chamber of Commerce
This excursion Will be primarily,
for the purpose; of a visit of investi?
gation to the various large retail,
Wholesale and manufacturing estab?
lishments of th?-se cities. The trip
wdl offer an opportunity for the busi?
ness men of these cities to meet the
business men of Sumter, and for them
to become thoroughly acquainted
with one another. Up-to-date busi?
ness methods will be studied. Sec?
ondarily, it will result in advertising
Sumter and the State ol South Caro?
lina, it is tie- desire of the Chamber
of Commerce to place before the
business men of these cities the op?
portunities offered here for invest?
ment. Tin- city will secure publicity
in the targe daily papers that could
be obtained in no other way. Liter?
ature will be distributed, giving facta
and Hgures as to the raw material and
products of this section, the fertility
of the soil, the undeveloped resour?
ces of the County and State, figures as
to Sumter's various industries, retail,,
wholesale and manufacturing, and
opportunities for purchase of farm
lands, the products raised, and the
general health and living Conditions.
The trip will take ten days. The
party will leave Bumter, May 6, 1912,
and the programme of entertainment
will be arranged by the Chamebrs of
Commerce in the various cities visit?
ed. Already the Secretary has re?
ceived cordial invitations from the
Chambers of Commerce in these
cities to visit them.
The Atlantic Coast Line has offer-1
ed a very low round trip rate for this
excursion. Standard Pullmans will
be used. A number of business men
have been interviewed and have ex?
pressed their intention of making the
trip. A committee will soon be ap?
pointed Who will have charge of the
arrangements. Should a sufficient
number of business men make this
trip, a special train will be engaged.
Unquestionably this excursion will
be Of a grc?at value in advertising
Fnmter In rhe Vr>r*h qnd Fast, and
H is hoped that every buSlneCS man
in the erty will plan v go
WIRLR8LK88 HKS TAKEN TO PEN
Convicted Olli rials Travel To The
Prison In Parlor Car.
New York, Aug. 2L?Christopher
Columbus Wilson, once president of
he United Wireless Telegraph Com
any, Francis X. Butler, counsel for
ie concern, and W. W. Tompkins,
fleer of the New York Selling
fancy, all recently convicted in the
ttferol Court of conspiracy to de
tud investors and sentenced to
rve terms in prison, were taken at
on today from the Tombs to begin
dr sentence in the Federal peni
tiary at Atlanta.
A'ilson and Hutler occupied a
wing room compartment in the
lor car, and Tompkins had anoth
?eetlon by himself. The first-class
eling was paid for by the convict
men. The stock which they sold
he public in the heyday of their
linal career is now worthless.
UNITE DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
m and Chamberlain Promote
?heme for Progressive Polities.
aehtngton, Aug. St.?The found -
i of a Federation of Democratic
s for the country' at large was
today in the adoption here of a
er and by-laws.
e organlaatlon is under the
nee of Senators Owen, of Okhv
, and Chamberlain, of Oregon,
(borge H, Bhlbley, of this city,
purpose is to promote "progres
?ollctes" in the Democratic party,
are to be organised in all vot
recinctl and the initiative, refer
n and recall are to be utilized
! utmost extent.
especially avowed intention is
?vent the undue influence of
1 interests In shaping the policy
party. Partiality towards any
late is disclaimed by the op?
tion.
ell known l>e? Meines womon
suffering miserably for two
rem bowel complaint, was
by one done of Chamberlain's
'in.lent and Diarrhoea EU m
?or aale by all dealers,
n? n on i he Panama Job ha .v
t bidden to swear, the engineers
r that the Gatun sh.iii be the
dam down there.?-St. Louis
people, men and women, ore
from kidney and bladder
than ever before, and each
v of them turn for quick re
permanent benefit to Foley's
Remedy, which has proven
l>e one of the most effective
for kidney and bladd? r all
, that meltcaj science h:is de
i -?? d. Bibatfs r>rug Store,
Familien Hove Out ol Ktorm Path.
Tampa, Fla., Aug. II,?According
to an order just Issued by the Bant
Coast railway of Florida, all employes
<<u the Key West extension work will.
I
have to send their families out of ths
path of the equinoxlal storms for
two months. The order Is intended to
reduce the possible loss of lite to a
minimum and is the roSUlt of ,
experience in which many lost their
Ines. The order is effective imme?
diately; al out 1,000 families are ?f?
fet ted.
Attack Like Tiger*.
lu righting to keep the blood pure
th?- white oorpoocles attach disease
^'.?11115 hk?- t'.gcrs. But Often germs
multiply eo fast the little fighters arc
overcome Then ?ee pimples* boils,
eczema, salt-rheum and sores multi?
ply and strength and api>etiue fail.
This condition demands Hl M trie Bit?
ters to regulate Stomach, liver and
kidaoys and to expel poisons from
thg blood. "Th* y are the best blood
pun her," writes C, T. Budahn, of
T~kcey, Col.. "I ha.ve ever found."
They make rich, red blood, strong
nerves and b jild up your health. Try
thom. >0 cent* at Btheft's Drug
Store.
THAT'S HIM
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"The Man with the RolL"
Remember him?he stands for the
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THE STANDARD PAINT CO.,
100 William Street, New York.
DISTRIBUTORS:
THE BUNTER SASH, BOOK BLIND FACTORY.
Sumtcr, S. C.
Calhoun St. Property for Sale.
ilh< tin street In-i t een recently clayed anc
ing on* of the nicest ?'> mts of the city. We art offering soxn<
good property on this street:
Ix>t 47 f-.c-t by 2'?s feet, with fhre room d betw<
A shington roh ftu* _,t. Price $1,700.
Lot 86 feet by 210 feet, with seven room dwelling, corner Cai
houn street and Haakell street. Price $2,400.
Lot 60 feet by 200 feet, nsar Haskell street Price $600.
SEE US ABOUT THESE
N. B.?Twenty-five or thirty other dealrable pieces of City pro?
perty.
R. B. Belser Co.
26 1-2 N. Main St.
H. B. BELSER,
ERNEST FIELD.
If you lived in a great city you would hare the accommodation
of many large banks, but yeu, would have no better accommoda?
tion th&a you have by living within reach of
THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO.
Our resources are quite as adequate to meet the demand? of oi:r
cust?a?ers as the city baaks are to meet the larger demands of
their city patrons, and there is no bank in the city or elsewhere
that is more willing to accommodate its customers than this Bt
[special,
fjSr
YOU
DON'T
WAIT
\V;iit for next Spring;
Alld higher prices?buy
now and reap the pro?
fit yourself.
Seme ot tbe Cf.oice Properties Listed With Us now at Quick Sale Prices
No. S&l West Hampton Avenue.
No. 212 West Hampton Avenue.
No, 24 Hasltell Street.
SUMTER REAL ESTATE 8 INSURANCE CO.,
Farmers* Bank & Trust Co. Bld?.
Sumter, S. C