The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 10, 1915, Image 2
Kl IM>\ \L MOTION.
Mim Elisabeth Brunsen, of Harts
vllle. is visiting Mrs. M. I ClMMKJ un
Warren Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fischer, of
8 immerton. who have been vlsitlnK
Mr a 1 Mrs Willi.? I., Urunson. ha\o
returned homo.
Muw Maggie lloyt. after a pleasant
Stay of several months with relatives
In Wilmington. N <\ hag returned
home.
Mrs. Joseph M. Chandler, of Sum
| ('.is tho guest of her sisters.
Mrs. Armlnlu* Wright und Mrs. H.
M. Dunwoodv in her honor they
will give a series of parties. The first
will be a theater party to see Hlllie
Burke In "Jerry ' on Monday even
?Atlanta Oeorglan.
Mrs. John N* Jackson, of Klloree.
ling a few days with Mrs, C.
W McOrew
Minsen Nancy McKay ami Pauline
Blandina: ??''? "pending the week-end
,-t home from th<j College for W.
men at Columbia.
DI.ATII.
Fr. m The I ?ail> Hem. March rt.
Mr. Walter I. Harb) died last night
at bis home on North Washington
street. In the fifty-fifth year of his
age after a long and painful illness.
He Is survived by his wife and three
brothers, Messrs. Perry Moses. H. J.
Marby and Julian K Harby. and t..o
sisters, Mrs. lt. II Moise and Mrs. C.
T. Schwerin. He was a son of the
late A. J. Mosen ami * an a native of
Sumter. In early life he studied law.
wa? admitted to the bar and practiced
hie profeasion in this city for several
yearn, but later removed to New York
where he resided until a few years
ago when he returned to Sumter to
snake his horn*
In the exciting days of 187(1-80. al?
though but a young man. he took an
active part In the political redem
plon of the Stale, ,-iml won a reputa?
tion for the coolness and Intrepedlty
in all circumstances that were marked
characteristics throughout his life.
The funeral services will be held
from bis late residence. 214 North
?''Washington Ittmet at 11 o'clock to?
morrow, Sunday morning.
^ *" f ? Death ~
FYom The DaJly Item. March I.
flie l*>dy of Henry D. Green. who
died at the Orady Hospital in Atlanta
on Saturday, arrived in the city today
* and will t?e taken from here to Hem
her; church, where the funeral ser
\lc??n will be '-eld and interment take
place this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The masons will conduct the funeral
ei. eetees.
The deceased was a native of
ftttmter county, being a son of the
late Dr. Henry D. Green of the Me
ehantcsvllle section. He is survived
ay one brother. J, T. Oreen. of this
and a sister. Mrs. W. T. Dun?
can, of Chester.
iHmth of Mi IroublollHd.
h. Minnie l?#?e Troublefbld. wife
? I Wade II. Troubletleld. died at het
home on Went Calhoun street gej
Saturday evening at 7.?U o'ejsjtk, af?
ter an lllnenn of some length. The
body was taken to WtslgetleM on
S'u'.l.v moi niiii: and tin- funeral ser
\?ces and interment wer.? held there
Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Trotihlcflold Is nur\ived by her
husband and six small children. She
also leaves her parents. Mr. ami Mrs.
J. F. Mcl?eod. nix brothers. Mesnr*.
Kdward. Frank. Henry. William,
dgeafgjl and Cleveland, ami tWS sls
r. i . Mi ?4 Kurb Kr?v i, ., ml Mi^
\ t lan McLrud.
I'lillaiiiea < las?, I ntrrtaiued.
The Phllathcu elans of the First
PapUst Church Sunday .school were
entertained by Mrs. Lndson Koyle.
at her home on s. Salem Avenue,
Thursday evenlm?. March 4th.
A large number of members of |1 .
class w ? re present ami \it i<ois s re?
jects, within the mope at all work b? -
ing dour, were dl*. uss.-d.
At the conclusion of the meet in.:
dainty refreshments were served if
ti e hosten? to those present. A very
? i vable evening, and one out sjf
\* hieb much' good should ensue, was
the verdict of the members attend?
ing.
s.inner t o.npnnv Granted < limier.
Thn secretary of Stat?* has IgSSJCd
I charter to the fttgatCf Transfer
Company, with l4 rapital of $2.000.
Tho officers are L. I? Jennln's. pre-i
ident. and F.ugcne St.?nsill. vice pies
Mont, secretary an I treasurer. The
ft.in|u?nv win de i georal iransfei
lo sin ens.
Ii it. Hyfaii. ?1 Aid..Miie. fee wer?
ly a railroad engineer tunidni: out ol
? harleston. e..inniitted suicide hi
I.Miebburg. V? Tbursdiiv. He w ?
uul of Sfertl and de-pondeid.
?ii KV ltlTlHN VERDICT THAT
\v. s. joxks, .m.. CAMS To
DEATH niOll woi NDS
im i m i BD nv do.
t.ix TKii?i?r.n.
Wounded Man Muli Statement In
Moi-ulni; After Shooting? Numlitj'
of Witnesses ut Inquest Teil or
Tragedy ??? Tliey Saw It?Hearing
Tonight Probably.
From THt Dally Itain. March I.
The hMiiiaal " at tht body i 1 W s.
Jones, Jr.. was hehl on Saturday
evening by former W? J. Scale al
the Oeo. II. Hurst undertaking estab?
lishing nt. where the body had hem
I aim after death at the Tourney hos?
pital, and the Jury returned a ver?
dict that W? S. Jon? s. If . came to
hin death from wounds indicted by
Bgsjftg Trippelt. A warrant was at
once taken out by Coroner Scale for i
the arrest of Trlppett on the charge
of murder and turned over to the
sheriff to serve. Trippett was re-ar?
rested and has been confined since at
the residence of J. C. Huger on Wash?
ington street.
W. S. Jones. Jr.. died on Saturday
afternoon from the effects of the
uoun'1'. death coming at about 3.5",
? < I?m k Inning the morning the
wounded man had given a statement
of the shooting and Just before he
<io d. after Dr. Baker had told him
that he was in a dying condition, he
stated that he would sign an affidavit
that the former statement was true,
but before Dr. Baker could write ou1
the second statement, Jones was too
far In his extremis to sign the state?
ment.
At the inquest the statement of "W.
8. Jones, Jr., was rend and was as
follows: "I was sitting in King's
Cigar store and pool room along with
Julian Seule. Isham Lenoir, and Uregg
Wright about 11 o'clock last night
when in walked Bogin Trippett and
Arthur Haynsworth. Arthur asked
if I wanted a drink of whiskey. 1
said no.' Bogin Trippett sa'.d to
A- hur Haynsworth 'Why do you al?
ways come In here to start a fuss.
8o they left (Arthur and Bogin) and
went to the dance hall. A little later
\\ hen I got there. Arthur said to me
again 'come on let's take a drink.' I
said. 'I don't want one.' He said In
a joking way To hell with you
then Then Begin Trippett jumped
Into i he conversation and said; 'You
go? ihai de'i.'t you'." t said I'rippeti,
you look like you want to get s fuss
out of me for the last couple of
months. I said I don't go with you.
Please keep my name out of your
mouth. I don't want to get Into uny
trouble with you. but if 1 do, it's goinn
to be trouble.' I then turned ami
went out and down to the cigar store
and sat down, in a tew minute:
Trippett walked in and said Can 1
speak to you out on the sidewalk a
minute?' He then stepped out of the
door and I went with him. He said
You Insulted me up In the dance hall
a while ago.' I said, 'I did not sa>
anything to you except to say I did
not want anything to do with you and
If that mxults you. you will have to
stay lr.3ultcd. He said 'well, yon
-, if you want trouble, you can
get it.' and he backed off against the
wall of the store. When he said -
I ran into him. I did not have
anything In my hand at all and no
pistol on my person. He drew a pis?
tol and shot me. the ball striking me
In the leg; then we clinched and I
pulled him in to me so as to koep him
from shooting again. Ho pushed the
end of the pistol against my side
Sad Rred again. He got loose then
and 1 Stood ami drew up in a knot
land grabbed my stomach. Julian
S. ale and (iregg Wright came up to
me then and helped me to a carriage
snd brought me to the hospital.
There Were StS pistol cartridges in my
eoal pocket when r came to the
hospital. I took them out of Julian
Beale's pistol early in the afternoon. I
was With him when his pistol foil out
of ht? pocket, l picked it up and
took mil the bails and put them in
mv pocket and later gave him back
the pistol. This was several bout a
before tiu^ dlfBeulty with Trippett.
( glgned ? NN'. S. Jones. Jr.
Wllasesii li. M. ituekey, Gary B,
I Kpps, S. t'. linker.
A i I bur Haynsworth s testimony ill
effet I ?ras IhOl Trippett and Jones had
h id some words In ? room adjoining
the -lame hall, when Jones had told
Trippett to leave him alone, as he did
not want to bare anything to do with
him. Trippett had gone out and a
rofl minutes later he and Jones had
gone t?? Kind's pool room. Trippett
rantC in there ? few minutes later
ted for him, llgynsworth, but
iimm seeing Jones, had asked him t<
? mm' outside, as he v.anted to speak
him Two or Ihres minutes la
1? ? QreSgJ Wrlghl bad stated some
ihiii4 about those boys get tins li
trouble and flrogg Wrlghl Isham Lc
ich and Julian Seale had gone out
o le. ||e was still inside when In
to.ml tic shots ami beard soilieoiu
that Trlnneti had shot Jones,
. Lou Uradford test tiled js follows
I was standing at soda fountain in
the pool room drinking a glass of
Water, and I saw Hooks and Bogin
go out the back door of the pool
loom. 1 started back to th? toilot.
When 1 got back there 1 saw Hooks
and Bogin outside the bad; dool
talking. I did not bear what they
were talking about at that time,
About thai time Isham Lenolr and
dregg- Wright came to the back door
and they started out and I followed
them. As 1 pot outside the door, I
heard Hooks say "Bogin, I don't want
to have a thing to do with you. 1
don't want you to call my name." Bo?
gle mumbled something, but i did
not. catch wh t ltd i v stand?
ing just outsid< .?? ack door and
Bogin and Hooks i re standing about
four or the feet from me. I saw Bo?
gin walk up side of brick wall of the
store and said something 1 did not
hear and Hookl said he could go
around to the V. M. C. A. and get
your little gun and come back, but 1
am not scared of you and your little
gun both. As he did, Bogin said
"You are a -.'? Hooks started
at him and as he did, Bogin llred. He
llred once and I got inside of the
door. 1 heard the second shot. Gregg
Wright and myself put Hooks in the
automobile with Mr. Julian Scale and
carried him to the hospital."
(Signed) Lou Bradford.
J. Doby Jennings heard the lirst
shot and started to the rear door of
the pool room. Just before he got
there the second shot was fired and
he heard someone say Bogin Trip?
pett had shot Willie Jones. He saw
them put Jones in a car and Mr. Dun
lap had Trippett.
H. G. Wright's statement was as
follows: "Last night just before
twelve o'clock I was sitting in the
cigar store when Hooks Jones, Julian
Seale and lsam Lenoir came in. Just
after they sat down Arthur Hayns?
worth came in and sat down. Ar?
thur and Hooks were talking about
some words that they had had in the
dance hall. When I asked them about
it. Just then Bogin Trippett walked
in and called for Arthur Haynsworth,
Someone pointed Arthur out to Bo?
gin and Bogin asked Hooks to let him
have a word with him. Hooks got
up and they both went out the back
door, Hooks going first Then I
asked Arthur about the trouble and
he commenced telling me about it and
about three minutes later from that
time 1 said to Arthur ' Let's go out |
and sgS ii they are going to have!
any trouble." We all went out, 1. H/j
goals leading the way. Hooks and
Bogin were standing up there talk?
ing together. 1 did not hear what
they said at that time. Julian Seale
says that "Boys, let's don't have any
trouble on the streets. Go on and
let's cut it out." There was some?
thing said about a pistol by Hooks
Jones. I don't know Just what it
was. Hooks said to Bogin "Do not
speak Id me any more, or call my
name" and then something else was
said about the pistol. Then Bogin
stepped Oack and said "I won't speak
to you, you-." Then Hooks
said "What was that you said."
Hooks said " I am not afraid of your
pistol. If you fool with me, 1*11 make
yon oat it." ;.i i v > an In on him.
Just what hap| hen, I don't
know. Bogin bad igalnst the wall
and two shots were llred. 1 did not
see any weapon on Jones.
(Signed' H. G. Wright.
Cyiil Schwurt/ heard Hooks tell
TlipPOtl In the room adjoining the
dance hall that if he didn't go on, he'd
lay him fiat. He was in Charlie's
restaurant and heard the shots fired.
Julian II, Scales testimony was
that when they went out of the pool
room, Jones and Trippett were argu?
ing and he touched Trippett on the
shoulder and told him to come on,
as they didn't want any trouble there.
He and Trippett started off. when
Jones said: "You can't call me a -
and get away with it." Trippett then
turned around and tired twice.
Policeman Dunlap stated that he
had heard the men talking in the
pool room and had heard Jones say
that he would beat his fact off, not
knowing to whom he referred. Af?
ter he walked out on the street he
heard IWO shots fired and Trippett!
came up to him and gave himself up. !
-
Dr. S. C. Baker being duly sworn
said, "I was called to the hospital a
few minutes after twelve o'clock on
Prlday night to see W. S. Jones. Jr..
, Who Wai said to have been sind. I
I found him in a condition of extreme
ihOCk, Dr. Carl Rpps had also been
j ca*ted, Sod was with him when i
arrived. We administered stimulants
to him. and after a time he rallied to
some extent. An examination show?
ed two bullet wounds, one on the up?
per and outer side ol ihe right thigh,
and ihe otln-r on the left side ol the
ihdomrn, * near the point of the hip
?one tnnterioi superior splnnus pro?
cess ? h v\as realised nl once that
I serious Injury had been done to the
Internal organs, and . soon as pre?
parations could be made he was
?pernted upon, We found the Intes
tinea perforated in ten place?, the
bladder wounded, and the lower part
iof the abdominal cavity filled with
clotted blood. We closed the intes
i Una! wounds, in the course of the
operation having to remove about six
1 inches of the bowel, and check the
; hemorage as far as possible. The
'track of the bullet was from the left
? slightly backward and downward,
i but owing to its deep lodgment near
J the right side of the lower part of;
the backbone, the bullet could not bo
extracted. The patient never rallied j
fully from the shock, but lingered
until 3.40 P. M., when he died.
About eleven o'clock Saturday
morning he gave an account of the
shooting, which I took down for him
In writing, and he afterwards signed
it. This was given in the presence of
Dr. H. M. Stuekey. Dr. Carl B. Epps
and myself, who signed it as witness?
es. At the time, he was not told that
he was In a1 dying condition, nor did he
he soy that he believed that he was.
About twenty minutes after three
P. M. his strength began to fail very
rapidly, though he was still perfectly
conscious. I then told him, in the
presence of his father, and the Rev.
.Mr. Marion, that he was failing and
could not recover, and that I wanted
to have him sign an additional state
| ment at the end of the one which he
had given in the morning, reaffirming
what he had said at that time, since
he now realized that he was dying. I
understood him by a motion to give
assent. I said, "Do you understand
,mc," he said "Yes."' I turned to the
bureau, placed the paper upon it and
wrote out this last declaration as
rapidly as possible. But when I
came back to him with it to be sign?
ed, he had already grown uncon?
scious, and he died in a few minute
mere, without having signed it. His
death was the direct result of a bul?
let wound received upon the abdomen
as above described. The wound in the
thigh was a very superficial one. I
cut the bullet out at the time of the
operation, and herewith present it to
the corner to be preserved.
(Signed) S. C. Baker, M. D.
March 6th, 1915.
Today Messrs. I*. D. Jennings, who
was secured as counsel by Trippett's
family immediately after the shooting
and J. H. Clifton, whoso services were
secured upon his return from Wash?
ington Sunday, were busy preparing
for a hearing for bail at Kim scree
ionigh*. when efforts will b#rhade b?
fore .Judge ! low man, who is no
holding OOUrt at that place, to C,
Trippett's release on bond.
An automobile with Messrs. L. D.
Jennings. J. H. Clifton, B. C. Trip
pett and Deputy Sheriff Epperson left
here about 2 o'clock today for Kini;s
tree, where an effort will be made to
have the solicitor consent to a hear?
ing for bail for Trippett before Judge
Bowman in chambers without the re?
quired three-day notice.
CIVIL COURT JURORS,
Court to Convene Here on March
22nd Witli Judge Bowman Presid?
ing*
The following jurors have been
drawn for th lirst week oT Civil
Court which will convene here on
March 22nd, with Judge Bowman of
Orangeburg presiding.
T. L. Kahn.
J. L. Brad ham.
Brent Mellette.
B. L. .Montague.
Carroll M. Burkett.
Thus. A. Moody.
H. F. McElveen.
Isaac Schwartz.
B, H. Spann.
L. B. Philips.
it. E. Bembert.
W. N. McElveen.
S. S. Jennings.
JunlUI Parrott.
W. f. Johnson.
J. W. Norton.
a. f. Neyle.
J. A. Minis.
p. s. Raffleld.
I f. O. Lawson.
N. Q. Ost eon, Jr.
Ii. W. Muldrow.
w. b. Blending.
J. B. Baker.
V. O, Nelson.
j, n-?. Bradford.
J. P. Commander.
Harry T. Jackson,
j J. J. Barrett.
N. Q. BUerbe.
.1 u. Jennings,
i J. D. Bees.
' S. W. Allen.
I (i. E. McWharton.
i
Will Move Into Mansion.
Gov, and Mrs. Richard I. Manning
W ill take up their residence Tuesday
in the governors mansion, which has
undergone the renovation usual be?
tween administrations. They will have
with i hem their two youngest sons,
John Adger and Preston Manning.
Since tlov. Mannings Inauguration
t
.Mrs. Manning has been lit Rutnter
most of the lime and is now at the
lorome, wh?*ro Mr. Manning has been
j making bis home since r ominv to
i luml'hi. The Slate.
CORN CLUB MEETING.
Galled for Saturday, March 13th, at
CoUli House?Good Prises Offered.
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Editor Watchman ami Southron.
There will be a meeting of the
Sumter County Corn Club <>n Satur
dray, March 13th, at the court house'
in Sumter at 12 o'clock for the pur-'
pose of organizing- the Sumter Coun?
ty Corn Club for 1915. I would like |
to have a large club this year. Al?
ready several public spirited men
have voluntarily offered to give pens
of thoroughbred poultry as prizes to
the boys this fall. I think such prizes
are especially appropriate, as it gives
the boys winning such prizes an op?
portunity to start to breeding fancy
poultry which on account of the cost
of getting started he would probably
not otherwise he able to get. Then
there is the four-weeks scholarship
at Clemson college for two hoys next
summer after the report is made, and
the citizens of Sumter have always
responded nobly in contributing prizes
to the boys of the corn club. I am
outlining what you can possibly win.
if you grow an acre of corn and
study it every day from the time you
begin to prepare the soli, reading the
bulletins that will be sent you, until
you gather it, but the most benefit
that you will derive is the knowledge
that, you are sure to gain about seed
selection, seed breeding and growing
corn. I do not solicit the names of |
any boys who arc weak hearted and
have any idea of giving up and not
making a report. I want, only those
boys who will stick to the end and
make a report whether your corn is
burnt up by dry weather, blown down
by storm or any other disaster. Come
out to the meeting Saturday and fa?
miliarize yourself with the rules.
J. Frank Wrilliams,
Local Agent.
John o. carman dies.
Spartanburg, March ti.?The Rev. i
John C. Carman, for a year general
superintendent and field worker for
the South Carolina Interdenomina?
tional Sunday School association, died
here about midnight, after a brief ill?
ness of pneumonia. He was About 4j
years of age and came to this State
early last year from Denver, Col. He
had been engaged in Sunday school
work for about 20 years in several
States of the Middle West.
: ir.: : m s in FJ2BRUAR\
Columbia, March 6.?There were
tires in February, entailing a loss
of $85,226.10, according to the
monthly fire loss report made public
this morning by Insurance Commis?
sioner F. H. McMaster. The loss from
fires from preventable causes was
$33,671.04, fires from unpreventablc
causes $14,846.29, suspicious or in?
cendiary $22,209.71, and unknown
$12,498.96.
There were four fires in Charleston
for the month with a loss of $1,
117.95. For the same month Green?
ville reported one fire with a loss of
$4:1.42 and Columbia fourteen fires
w ith a loss of $25,409. .
London, March 8.?"According to
the latest advices received here,"
says a Reuter dispatch from Sofia,
"the sultan and the government still
are in Constantinople. Tho govern?
ment is prepared to cross to Asia Mi?
nor at any moment, but the sultan
wants to remain in the capital.
TO SPEAK AT UISHOPt ILLK.
state Warehouse Commissioner ?lohn
L. McLaurin to Address Lee Coun?
ty I'armors.
Hon. John L. McLaurin, state
Warehouse Commissioner will deliver
um address to the farmers and busi?
ness men of Lee county at the court
house in tnshopville at 11 o'clock
Friday, March 12th. He will explain
the State cotton warehouse system
and his plan for the sale of cotton di?
rect to domestic and foreign mills.
____________________ _______
An involuntary petition in bank?
ruptcy was died in the United States
District Court at Charleston agD'nst
j. L, atllis of Rembert. Claims of
'54GO. 177.01 and $488. respectively,
were filed against the defendant.
NO DIFFERENCE.
The Proof is Here tl?c Same as K\-,
i
cry where.
For those who seek relief from kid?
ney backache, weak kidneys, bladder
ills, Doan's Kidney Pills offer hope of
relief and the proof is here in Sum
ter the same as everywhere. Sum
ter people have used Doan's and Sum
ter people recommend Doan's, the
kidney remedy used in America f r
fifty years. Why suffer? Why run
the risk of dangerous kidney ills
fatal Plight's disease. Here's Sumter
proof. Investigate it.
Mrs. C. R. Elam, 107 Blanding St.,
Sumter, says: "My back ached con?
stantly, and I was sore and lame. I
had nervous headaches and diz/.y
spells. The kidney secretions pass?
ed irregularly. My ankles became
swollen, and nothing I tried seemed
to do me any good. Finally the doc?
tor recommended Doan's Kidney
Pills, and they cured me."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mrs. Elam had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Props., Buffalo, N. Y. C
Special
On Monday, March 8th, we will
show a dollar window?any
article in window on Jhls day
j ivtQ be sold fee One Dollar?
for Cash only. Ever, article
wiii be of .exceptional .value
and we invite your Inspection
of the goods shown on the
above dale.
W. A. THOMPSON,
Jeweler and Optician
Geo H. Hurst)
Undertaker ni Eahilier.
Prompt Attention ts Dai er
Night Calla.
AT J. 0. Crakj Old Stand. N. Main
Phones i%5 "i
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$100,000.00
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EARNED PROFITS
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