Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-10-18
HERE, THERE AND YoNDeR.
Short News Items Gathered from Daily Papers
oil the Past Week.

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old, was hanged by a mob at Bruins
wick, Tenn, October 10th. He had
attempted to assault white woman.
Supervisor Walker, of Greenville,
has called an election to be held
under the Brice bill provisions for
November IA. An anti-dispensary
victory is assured.
The Supervisor of Fairfield county
has ordered an election upon the
question of the removal of the dis
pensary out of the county to be held
on December 18th.
The dispensary at Marion closed
last Saturday, October 7th, and the
stock on hand was shipped to the
Florence dispensary. However, it is
said that there was very little to be
shipped, and the institution seemed
to gain in popularity after the cleo
ton.
Full returns of the dispensary
election in Darlington county, held
on last Tuesday, October 10th, have
been received from all the precincts.
The total vote cast was 959, of which
6S3 were for 10 aispensary and 2T5
for dispensary, giving prohibition a
ma aiority of 407.
James Bridgeman, a young white
man, was decapitated by passenger
train on the Seaboard Air Line last
Wednesday night, 11th instant. He
had purchased quart of cheap corn
whiskey at the Chersw dispenssry a
few hours previous and was probably
asleep on the track.
Shortly after midnight, October
18th, mob Of about 100 men, sup
posed to be from Trenton, N. j.,
took Frank Leavell, a one-legged
negro, from Jail at Elkton, N. j.,
and lynched him in the woods near
by. Leavell was arrested on the
charge of attempting to enter the
room of young lady at Trenton
Saturday night. He confessed.
The Supreme Court of South Ca
rolina has decided that John Wal
drop must serve ife-sentence in the
penitentiary. Waldrop was con-
victed in Greenville county of the
murder of S. j. Maddox and recon-
mended to the mercy of the court.
He was given life-term and the ap-
peal has been turned down by the
Supreme Court.
The finding of mans head in the
front of 615 East Eighteenth street,
New York, led to the discovery of
the murder, on October 18th. The
head was wrapped in white and
blue shirt and the Sunday supple
ment of German newspaper. Soon
after the head was found man told
the police he believed the murder
had been committed at 149 Third
avenue, and that the body had been
cut up. A search of the house re-
suited in the discovery of the arms
and legs of man in a suit case and
the trunk of the body was found in
the closet.
The law, which was allowed to
take it's course in the Jim Padgett
case, has been vindicated. About
two months ago the negro 30 con-
Quoted himself towards respectable
little girl at Johnston that lynch
ing was avoided by sending Padgett
to the penitentiary for safe-keeping.
He was brought to Edgefeld court
house from the penitentiary and
placed upon trial for assault with in
tent to rape. He is q mulatto, 33
years of age, and his intended vic
tim is white girl, 13 years of age.
She gave her testimony against him
in modest way. The jury retired
to their room only long enough to
write the verdict of guilty. Judge
Gage sentenced Padgett to twelve
years confinement in the peniten.
tiary on October 1lth.