Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-01-03
PARKsvILLE NEWS.
Joyous Christmas at ParEsyille.
Murder and Suicide. faa-
sonic, Officers Elected.
Union Meeting.


The old year 1911 is gone. he
record is on file 80 to speak. What
has. been written has been irsfYoes-t
bly, written. Many mistake, hegs
been made, but these should help us
to write we'll on5the clean pages of.
the new year just6beginning. = hap
.py new year to each and all d saur
5000 readers with the holg shat
the year may bring prosperity
which alone in its true SEM can
come only from right actioas and
chaste living.
Christmas has come and gene to,
Parksyillians, bringing hapl re-
unions among old Anon's family.
as well as many others, in faat, ali
our people SO far as l know. We
had all our children, grand chs dren
and great grand children with rs to
bless us, and to cheer us, and they
did not forget us in distributing
their tokens of remembrance.
The old and the young wed with
each other in making merry, and
the only catastrophe in our town
was the tearing down of thein
nifcent awning in front of the post
office by the fiery steed belonging
to Mr.. w. w. Fowler. 1t seems
to have occurred in this wise: The
steed, Selem, we will call him, !, IS
spirited, not full of spirits, ano, :
common paper being placed too
near his rear extremities caused him
to rear up behind, and in coming
down be didzit with such force and
emphasis, that he came i. c,p sae-..
with the. aforesaid orpsn4e2 to
Uncle Sans premises with III, ce
suits before mention ~ Tvs n
age done is less t. IN s5oo -
Uncle Sam is able t, bear J
the post mistress is /: .soiuae'
consulate, ape like isachaei &t4
refusss 90 lo o5 .a5infoss su. ~'5-'
Our Masep{o fraternity II gre
cent meeting elected the foliowia2
officers for the ensuing Masonic
year: R. n. Edmunds, w. N W.
M. Robertsen, S, VIZ. W. Chris
tian, J. w: J. r. Blackwell, acc
retary; w. 3. Parks, treasurer; W..
G. Blackwell, S. D.; Kim Holmes,
J. D.; j. B. Dorm, Tyler.
Twiggs Hill on Thursday even
ing last killed Will Jennings wife,
a mulatto woman, who lived in the
Rehoboth neighborhood. 1t seems
from what the negroes say, that
Twiggs tried to get this woman to
ran off with him, and she refusing
he shot her to death, after which
he beat her head into jelly with
q rock. Whereupon Twiggs, wheth-
er hs had in mind the cost of a
trial for murder, and the trouble
to his excellency in pardoning him
out or not, do not know; but l do
know, that Twlggs did with all
haste and dispatch proceed to
Moultrie's mill pond and there i'm
merse himself in its limpid waters
until he was quite dead. This is
proven by the fact, that his dead
body was drawn from the pond on
Saturday, and identified by his rela-
tives. This is the second negro
homicide in the same community
within a few months, and it occurs
to me, that little hanging in this
part of old Edgefeld would be in
order, if his excellency would kind
ly permit. White men, who take the
part of a low down murderer,
whether he be white or black,
should be ostracised from decent
society. Let the lawabiding, who
are 80 complacently resting upon
the certainty and stability of our
civilization sit up and take notice.
Something certainly ought to be
done.
The union meeting of the third
division of the Edgefeld association
convened with the Clark's Hill Bap-
tist church yesterday, and day be.
fore. On Saturday although the
clouds were lowering a goodly num-
Der from the several churches were
in attendance, delegates from all
the churches being enrolled. All
teur OF the queries were thoroughly
discussed by brethren HI E Bunch,
Rev. Mr.. Seago, Rev. P B Lanham,
j G Morgan, ] q McKie, l. G Bell,
and others. By motion it was re-
solved that the collection, after the
missionary sermon by Rev. Earl
Freeman, be given to G. @. Brown
for the old preachers fund.
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