The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-28
And Burn Their House After the Murder.
A Former Friend Of the Rawlings
Gives Some Damag;Bg Test.
mony Against Them, Ac.
cusing Them of Deed.

by the barking OF 8 dog IN bne yafd
surrounding their home and went out
to investigate, followed by younger
child. They we're fred upon by some
one from behind the smokehouse. The
young lady fell dead, the young man
crawled back to the house, where be
lied, and the younger child was
wounded. Carter fred upon some one
proWling in his yard early Wednes-
day. He says the intruder was 3 ne
gro. He believes the assasssins are
negroes, but says others may have
been instigators OF the crime.
A dispatch from Valdosta, Ca, says
Alt. Moore, a negro, who was arrest
ed Saturday in connection with the
assassination Of the two Carter chill.
dren not far from that place last
week, has made q startling confes-
siou. he declares that he was EN-.
ployed Dy Rawlings, a white man. now
under arrest for the crime, to aid In
the bloody murder which resulted In
the assassination Of two children.
The negro says there was plot to
kill the entire Carter family and burn
their home. He declares that Milton
Rawlings shot Carrie Carter and that
Jessie Rawlings shot Willie Carter.
The victims were the Is year.old dau-
ghter and 17-year old son OF W. L.
Cartee against whom, it is alleged,
the eunity OF Rawlingswas directed
on count of long standing feud.
The negro says that Rawlings, be-
fore leaving for Valdosta on the the
afternoon preceding the night OF crime,
carried bis supper to him in order to
keep him from going nome. A gun
with which one OF the children was
killed was found near the scene.
Tim Mcdonald, well known citi.
zen. OF the Hahira district, and q
neighbor to Rawlings, came to Val
dosta on Saturday morning and
made a statement to Solicitor Gene
raj W. E, Thomas, which is more
damaging to the Rawlings. McDon-
aid had been a friend OF Rawlings,
but on bad terms with Carter, he hav.
ing engaged In fight with him a year
or more ago, in which he inficsed .
knife wound on Carter that came near
being fatal. Presuming on McDon-
AIDS bad feeling toward Carter and
friendship for himself, Rawlings talk.
ed freely to Mcdonald OF his eamisy
to Carter. and threatened the latter's
life, and made an implied threat to
murder the entire family. He went
to Mcdonald on the day after tn :
tragedy to borrow money, saying that
he had been to town to get itt,:bat
was unable to do 80, and must have a
considerable sum. Rawlings also went
to Mcdonald on the day Of the TRACE.
dy to get his gun, which he had loan
ed to the latter come time before.
The Carter children were shot to
death last Tuesday night in their yard
at Hahira by assassins who fred on
them under cover OF darkness from b.
hind the smokehouse. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter and their children, uncons eious
OF danger, were pleasantly convers.ng
In the sitting room Of their home.
About 9 o'clock the bark Of the fami1
ly dog was heard and the father rose
to Investigate. At. the same time,
the children, a boy and girl, left their
seats, telling their father that they
would 60. The father remained and,
the children left the house. Hardly
had the boy and girl stepped in the
yard when the report OF a pistol was
heard. 1t was followed by a second
shot. Realizing that something aw-
ful had happened, the father ran TO
the window. Although the night was
dark, Carter saw several men hiding
about the house. BE knew at once
that bis own lie vas IL danger, and
after telling his wife to keep quiet,
be began what afterward proved to be
an all-night vigil.
Groaning with pain, the seventeen.
year.old son OF Carter crawled into
the house. he said he and his sister
had bee:7 fired on by men in hiding
behind the smokehouse and he e1.
pressd the belief that one Of them was
a Rawlings boy. His sister was IN.
stantly killed. The boy fingered but
a short time when he died. Carter
and his wife, seated beside the body
Of their dead son, remained watching
all the night through. AS the streaks
of dawn began to appear they saw fig
ures in the yard stealthily move away.
The body Of the dead girl which was
left on the ground all night, was az
ter daylight removed to the house by
the heartbroken man and his wife.
AS quickly as possible, Carter commu.
nicated with his nearestneighbor and
soon others gathered at his home.
Tracks, made by the imprint Of shoes,
were seen about the smokehouse and
other portions Of the yard. AS these
tracks are Of various sizes, the fact Is
established that several persons were
in the killing. The arrest
II the Rawlings followed. There Is
talk Of lynching, and
,nly the assurance that a special term
II court will be called to try the ac-
used seems to have any effect on the
:nraged men. The Rawlings are all
n jail, where they will 1e1sin until
hey are tried.
Swallowed . Whistle.
Having swallowed tin whistle,
ethel Messer, the three year old
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
lesser, OF Waterbury, Conn.,, Is in
gony at her hcme. The physicians
re at loss for way to remove the