The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 06, 1914, Page 7, Image 7
TRYING TO FIND
BABY'S SLAYERS
Mystery So Far is Baffling the Police
of Spartanburg.
LAUNDRY MARK IS ONLY CLUE
Little Body, Richly Clad, Found in
Mill Pond?Great Indignation
at Spartanburg.
SPARTANBURG, Feb. 1.?Speculation
is rife as to the motive which
prompted the murder of the pretty,
dimpled, elegAntly dressed baby girl,
whose body was found in the race of
White's mill pond, near the homes of
the city's wealthiest residents, yesterday.
Seldom has a mystery piqued
the curiosity of Spartanburg as this
' one has done; seldom has a crime
aroused such hot indignation as this.
Spurred on 'by public interest,
Sheriff White and the detectives of
the city police force are making an
exhaustive inquiry in an effort to ascertain
the identity of the parents or
the ill-fated infant, believincr that
when they have been discovered the
apprehension of the slayers will not
be far distant.
Juror Offers Reward.
M. Y. Caldwell, a member of the
coroner's jury who investigated the
case, has personally offered a reward
of $25 for information which -will
fasten the guilt for the child's death
whfere it belongs. It is not improbable
that other rewards will be offered.
Thus far only one tangible clue
has developed. A laundry mark has
been found on one of the baby's garments.
It is said to correspond with
the initials of a young man and his
wife whom the police, it is reported,
are keeping under surveillance. The
officers decline to speak of the matter.
Probably Two Months Old.
In the meanwhile physicians and
mid-wives are being questioned concerning
babies bom between two and
mree monins ago?ior motners who
have looked at the body of the drowned
baby assert that she is not a day
less than two months old.
The police assume that the baby's
mother was an accomplice to her
death, but are puzzled as to why the
parent should have waited until the
little girl was two months old before
suffering her to be put out of the
"a^ ? Awiifci contradiction too,
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richly hand-embroideref. '
It is probable that if the local inquiries
yield nothing definite, the officers
will endeavor to pursue further
the theory that the baby was thrown
Saturday night out of a train on the
'Southern Railway, ^s it was crossing
a bridge over the/creek which forms
the mill pond. The fact that the bnby's
body bears no bruises is pointed
to in controversion of this theory, but
it is suggested, on the other hand,
that the water was deep and the baby
heavily clad, and she might very
readily have escaped contusions.
Truth Ever Known?
.That a wretched story of human
weakness and passion, involving persons
of means and apparent refinement,
lies behind the drowning of the
dainty little stranger, is generally
accepted. Whether the story will ever
be told is another matter.
The tiny unfortunate, with pink
cheeks, chubby arms and firm flesh,
attesting the embalmer's cunning,
lies in an undertaker's morgue. She
wears the same clothing which she
had on when thrown into the creek,
but it' has been newly laundered and
ironed. Many persons visited the
morgue today to get a glimpse of the
mite of humanity whose tragic death
has set a city agog.
TnrifUADT TTTMnrTTAXT
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January has been very mild for a
winter month. A great many folk
thought it would be a bad month and
we have had very little rain. 1 heard
a man say the other day that February
would be a pretty month for the
new moon was like the one in January.
You see some go by the moon.
Some farmers will not plant any seed
only on the full moon, v
Saturday was a beautiful day for
church-going and many came from
other sections to New Hope to hear
Rev. J. A. Cook.
Miss Ergle and Miss Holman, who
are teachers at the Kelly school, in
company with Mr. Camillas Garner
of that section, attended church ~at
New Hope on Sunday.
Mr. G. T. Hyatt, of West Springs,
who has been in Columbia attending
as officer in the legislature, came up
last week nnd ?n?nt iho
with his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Tokens
of this section.
Mr. F. W. Webber, of Jonesville,
was a visitor at the Gault school last.
Sunday afternoon.
The Adult Bible class has grown
so large in number that, it was divided
into two classes last Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Gault, of Kelton, tells us
of a valuable cat he has. This eat
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caught twenty-four moles last year
and one weazel. The weazel had been (
catching and killing his chickens.
Mr. J. C. Garner tells us of a cat
his neighbor gave him some time ago.
The cat seemed to be a little wild
and it ran up the chimney through a
hot fire and came out on top unhurt.
This sounds like a fairy tale?but it
is true.
This writer with Mr. J. E. Gault i
visited Rev. W. F. Gault at Buffalo
Friday and Saturday. This is a town 1
of about two thousand population.
Rev. Mr. Gault says he has Rood congregations
at his church.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lancaster,
of West Springs spent Saturday and
Tunday at Mr. A.. J. Gallman's.
Mr. John James has bought a new
buggy.
Messrs J. L. McKinney, C. E.
Gault and R. G. Haney are attending ,
court, this week as jurors.
Misses Lela and Lula Gault of Union
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. <
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d. r. uauit.
Several children in this community
have measles.
I met Mr. W. G. Hancock this
morning. He has been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Beulah Belue of Lockhart.
Mr. Hancock has rented his
farm near Bonham and will be in v!
Union county part of his time and
part of the time in Hampton county.
Mr. Hancock says he has been in
several counties since he left but he
has not found one he likes so well as
old Union county.
A Tribute of Respect.
Be it resolved by Kelly Union, that
in the death of Brother Frank Gallman,
Kelly Union has lost a faithful
member and true brother, one who at
all times was willing and ready to
help in all things for the betterment
of his fellow man and in his untimely 1
death we sympathize with his loved
ones and leave a blank page in our
minutes to his memory.
H. C. Little
W. V. Bentley
C. J. Thomas.
It Committee.
Dr. Harry Hair and Mr. Hervie
Whitlock of Columbia, spent Sunday
in Union with friends.
Mr. T. R. Cash and little son, Leon,
of East Flat Rock, were visitors in
the city last week.
H^s ^mth
At night when the <
the sitting-room table sti
the next day, the telepho
neighbor a mile down th
his school-mates. Childr
fet pleasure and profit fr
>o you know how little tl
valuable it is ?
See the nearest Bell
write for our free booklet
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by me has been lost or destroyed.
I hereby give notice that I will apply
for a new certificate in lieu of the
one lost. K. R. Humphries. tf
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors for their many expressions.
or kindness and sympathy in. the ,rV1
cent illness and death of our little*
son, Harold James.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Adams.
Notice to Stockholders. The
Union county colored fair
held its second annual meeting: in the
Odd Fellows hall, the first Monday
in February. Amount of stock taken
91 per cent. Officers elected: Rev.
H. K. Bates, president; Lou Beaty,
vice president; Walter Farr, secretary;
J. M. Beaty, treasurer. Notice
is hereby {riven that the next meeting
will be held in the Odd Fellows hall
the first Monday in March. I thank
the business men of the. city of Union
for recommending me for president
of the colored fair, and also the
stockholders for the votes I received.
Very respectfully,
H. K. Bates, president.
Attention Masons!
A regular communication of Prudence
Lodge, No. 139, A. F. M., will
be held next Saturday night the 7th
inst. at 7:30 sharp. A good attend
ance is requested.
J. W. Bates, W. H. S. Harris, '
Secy. , Worshipful Master.
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There will be given a minstrel at
the Whitmire high school on Friday
evening. February 6, at 8 o'clock tor
the benefit of the school. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Rto-Fore.
Miss Minnie Rice and Mr. J. E.
Fore were married Sunday evening
at the home of the bride's parents,
by Rev. H. E. Brewington. Only the
families and a few friends witnessed
the ceremony.
QUESTION CLEARED UP
Union Readers Can No Longer Doubt
the Evidence.
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Asraijr and again we have read of
strarigfers in distant towns who have
been cured by this or that medicine.
But Union's pertinent question has
always been "Has anyone here in
Union been cured?" The word of
a stranger living a hundred miles
away may be true, but it cannot have
the same weight with us as the word
of our own citizens, whom we know
and respect, and whose evidence we
can so easily prove.
John Petty, 76 W. Main St., Union,
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The Woman's Civic Improvement
of Chester, has undertaken a campaign
to have the city council at its
February meeting this week to enact
an ordinance forbidding poultry to
run at large.
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Mrs. Jane Adams, of Hull House,
Chicago, will speak to the Atlanta
suffragists on March 11 and will explain
to them her ideas of suffrage
and sociology. Miss Adorns, whose
work is in the interest of boys and
girls and women of Chicago, has
placed her in the front ranks of
Americans who are doing big things.
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The members of the State legislature
spent Friday at Florence, the
purpose of the visit being to inspect
the building and grounds of the
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