The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-04-27
HOMICIDE AT ANDREWS.
Negro Shoots Another, Apparent
ly without ProVOcation.

night, the 18th inst, at a pay sup
per" given in town by a negro, Geo
Wineglass, one Jake Rush shot and
killed another negro by the name of
Moyd, The deed was committed as
Moyd was leaving the frolic, it
seems without any provocation. Five
or six negro witnesses say that
Moyd, the victim, was walking about
ten feet ahead of Rush with negro
woman, both talking and laughing.
Rush pulled out a loaded shell,
struck a match and looked at the
shell to see the size of its shot and
said: "I'll stop your fuss" With
that remark he shot Moyd at a
range of about ten feet. The negro
fell in his tracks and died the next
day. Rush has been arrested, given
a preliminary hearing and lodged in
Georgetown Jail to await the June
term of the criminal court. This is
the second murder committed here
within three months. Just a few
months ago one negro deliberately
took q pole and knocked another in
the head in the A C L Corporations
shops. His case was continued last
court. Let the writer predict that nei-
ther of these murderers will be hung.
Georgetown county doesn't molest a
negro, as the writer knows from per-
sonal experience. Our town officers
are somewhat to blame for these
negro frolics and pay suppers.
When the writer held the position Of
intendant we fixed a license Of five
dollars for every supper given. BY
this means we kept them down.
But it seems that our present officers
believe in taxing and putting licenses
On our business men and letting all
such turbulent gatherings go unnotic-
ed. Our town taxes have become a
burden to all. hope the local officers
will awake to their duty and see that
all such nuisances are taxed, or fines
put upon them, and that they will
finally be discontinued in our town.
If more attention were given to
those nuisances and less to taking
up our stock, our town would do
much better. No one knows the
yoke of injustice that our people
along the line of Williamsburg coun-
ty have to bear. We pay eighty
mills on stock for the privilege of
their running at large, yet just as
one enters the woods he is shut up
and we have to pay from one dollar
up per head and still have our stock
tax to pay. This is very unjust. l
think our Solicitor ought to investi-
gate this matter. The law is certain
ly violated here in some way. | fear
this condition will lead to blood-shed
or the destruction of property be-
fore it is ended. The people will
eventually rise up in defense of their
rights.
The pupils of Andrews Graded
school are preparing for the closing
exercises, as the school runs only
about seven weeks longer.
The honor roll for last month is:
First Grade-Clarence Barrineau.
Alice Pipkin, Betty Ballenberger,
Lena Higbe.
Second Grade-Wanda lsokreit,
Gilbert Barrineau.
Third Grade-Lelia Gotten, Doro-
thy Grant, Mabel Wilder, Sarah
Wilder.
Fouth Grade-John Wilder, May
Talon, Mabel Holtzscheiter. Edith
Labreque, Worrine Dixon, Mamie
Barnes, jamie Wilder, Gussie Camlin.
Fifth Grade-Frank Bell, Clifford
Bell. Emma Richardson, Beulah
Rogers, Manning Harrelson.
Everybody is invited to attend
the play entitled THE Dress Re-
Lo,~,,1 - to ba or;yon Of tho cchno1