The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
WAVE OF CRIME
Hasy Violent Deaths Instead 0! Peace
and Gead RD.
MANY LIVES WIPED OUT

and Good Win Season In South
Ca-ouna-So,h Whites and Blacks
involved IN the Tragedies Of the
| Christmas Season
The birthday OF the Prince ,!
| Peace has been day Of b!oo- 10
South Carolina and many Killings.
both accidental and intentional. are
reported IN various parts OF the
State. Al: the details are not IL. but
| Il Is known tha: as many as a dozen
people have lost their lives and many
others have been injured as result
OF the festivities incident TO this
! season. which should bring peaee In
10 the world and good will to men.
Here Is partial list Of the TRACE
dies:
Molly Hancock. I4-yea5-old boy.
whose home Is IN the Highland Park
| village 8. Rock Hill. was shot and
killed By 3 companion OF about the
! same sse. named Adkins The boys
qua.-eled over q small rifle and Ad-
kins used 1t with deadly effect
Neas Hampton. Harry Mason. ssed
III. was accidentally shot BY hts
cousin. William Pr,estes. aged 10. as
the boys were starting Ga bird
hunt Pr:este. became distracted ov-
es the accident aad had 70 be re-
strained from do:sg injury to him
selS.
A: Beaufort, Saturday night. Dan
Middleton. = negro. was shot through
the keyhole .: e house where no wss
visiting and instantly killed. Cornell
rs Thompson, another negro. IS held
for the killing
Clem Dean. negro girl. vas shot
down in the road. about 10 miles
trom Greenville. by Tom Leather
wood. The girl was returning from
party ane her parents were with
her. The slayer has not been caught
At Linton.s place. neaz Cash's De
pot. Chesterfield county. il which. It
IS stated. a man Esmed Copes. while
trunk. shot ard killed travelling
man named Love Particulars OF
the affair are no, obta!nable.
Tie coroner's jury empannelled
10 inquire into the death OF Edward
Soess.d. colored. held J. ". Harper.
ah,te. for the killing. and r T. Bate
man. white an accessory. The de-
ceased was a hack driver and the
shooting followed an alienation at
the Atlantic Coast Line depot In
Sumter Sunday night
On Christmas Eve night there was
. shooting nea: White Pond. Aiken
county. at which several da-kies
-ere reported TO be shot Den vers!o-
is that party OF negroes were 6-ed
into By a negro with 'Aotgun and
one wocaa and three men were h!,
oy the shot High Addison Is charg-
ed with the offence and be made his
escape.
T!!lman Dusaway. young pant
er. sho, and killed Eugene Jones. s
negro. on the Dunaway plantation.
some two or three miles from Hop
k!os. Sunday afternoon. aoort S
o'clock. Dunaway surrendered and
vas committed to the Richlaao
county jail Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas Mackey. a young white
nan. about Is years old. committed
suicide by shooting himself "a the
head with q pistol. the tragedy oc-
curing IN the Charlotte road. about
three miles north OF Lancaster. op-
oos:.e the residence Of Ers. Mary
Aontsone-E.
A homicide occurred IN Charles
eoro section. about 81 miles from
Lancaster. c. c. Faile being shot
,ad killed by Caess. Watts. both
white The difficulty took place in
from, Of the house o. a man oaUed
Tate. in the presence OF seve.a! Wit
aesses.
On Friday night. at DGnoartoo. a
:own about twelve miles from Barn
veil. Henry L!she shot and killed
Hanp Floyd. both negroes. Fro@
what can be learned they were samh-
ing and became engaged II an alter
cation. Lishe is cut in several places.
one finger being almost severed He
was brought to Darnwei! and lodged
Q the county jail.
Saturday night. nea. B!ackviile.
Sd Wicker. colored. who killed an
oshe. negro few weeks ago and es-
.aped. went 10 bis w.te's home and
shot at her. TIE bullet missed tbs
woman and killed BE. child. After
:he killing OF the negro some time
sgo. Wicker is said to have made
:he statement that be would not he
satisfied until ae had killed his wife.
Cnfaithfu!ness on the part o. the
| woman Is said to have caused the
Killings.
Monday morning Tom Push struck
Doi7hus Malloy in tho head with a
piece OF iron. which resulted in Mall
loy's death soon afterwards. the blow
having fractured his skull Both are
| negroes. living near Society Hill and
are considered peaceablc and quiet.
Roger Andrews. negro. n a