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News Stories from Assorted Newspapers
--The Centinel ( Gettysburg , Pennsylvania ) October
14 1807
A duel was fought in Beaufort , South Carolina , lately between
Mr. Arthur Smith and Mr. Thomas Huston. They both fell and both died
the same evening. - contributed by Nancy Piper
--Palmetto Post, February 25, 1886, page
3
Wm. Johnson, assistant keeper of the lighthouse on
Paris Island, died suddenly on Thursday last of heart desease. An
inquest was held. This is the second keeper that has died suddenly
at this place. - contributed by Lois Anderson
--The State, 1913-09-05
Death Penalty
First
Legal Double Electrocution in South Carolina
Murdered
Constable
Jasper Green and Davis Reynolds Were Charges With Killing J.
C. Cooler
Sough Carolina's first double electrocution occurred
yesterday, when Jasper Green and Davis Reynolds were put to death for the
murder of J. C. Cooler, a liquor constable of Beaufort county, last
March. Both negroes went to the death chair protesting that they
were innocent. In reply to Capt. D. J. Griffith's question whether
he had anything to say, Green said; "I didn't kill that man. I don't
know nothing about it. 'Fore God I am innocent" Reynolds also
denied as persistently his having any part in the tragedy.
Green who
was charged as being an accessory to the crime was the first to die, being
led into the death house at 10:51 o'clock. Two minutes later a
current of heavy voltage was shot through his body and kept on for one
minute. Two other shocks were necessary to render life
extinct. Immediately after the body of Green had been removed from
the chair, Reynolds, the principal, was strapped down, the current being
turned on at 11:05 and death being pronounced at 11:09. Three
applications of the current were necessary also in the latter case before
Reynolds was pronounced dead.
The father and three brothers of the
murdered man came up from Beaufort yesterday to see the negroes put to
death.
Allen, William Gaston of Beaufort District was appointed an
aide-de-camp to his Excellency the Gov. with the rank of Lieut. Col.
Laurensville Herald 2/21/1851, p3, abstracted by Edith Greisser.
Transcribed by HC, A Friend of Free Genealogy
January
2, 1916
The State
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA
SOCIETY
BEAUFORT
Special to The State
Beaufort, Jan 1-The annual Christmas ball, which was held
Tuesday evening, December 28, at the court house, far exceeded the
expectations of even the most optimistic. It is generally agreed that it
was one of the best that has ever been given in Beaufort. The music which
was furnished by an orchestra from Savannah was excellent and those who
attended the dance were loath to leave and did not do so until the small
hours of the morning. The ballroom was decorated with Southern smilax,
vines, ferns, Christmas bells and colored lights. On the walls hung
garlands of green vines and when covered with smilax and tiny red, green
and blue lights were suspended from the sides and corners of the hall and
caught in the centre to the large chandelier, beneath which hung a
beautiful Christmas bell. The Christmas bells were attached to the garland
and other greens, and Japanese lanterns shaded the glare of the electric
lights, giving a beautiful soft glow to the whole scene which was one
fairyland enchantment. Many visitors from nearby towns were in attendance
having motored to Beaufort for the occasion. The grand march was led by
Mr. Polici and Miss Isabelle Patterson, and the german by Frederick
Christensen and Miss Edna Lawton. The chaperons of the evening were Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Mulcher, Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Luther, Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Pollitzer, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Townsend.
The committees were made up of
the following Music J. F. Odell, J. Ford Pilolenu , Alexander Sullivan,
Brance Leamond A. Hall, Edgar lilpp, Jr. Alexander Sullivan,
Invitations, Harrison G. Otis, R. P. Paul, C. G. Luther, Hall Haskett, S,
Rhett, Hal Wallace, John Marscher, reception, Charles C. G. Luther,
Frederick Christensen Leamont Hall, H. Otis and Ellis deTreville.
Refreshments of sandwiches and coffee were served at 12 o'clock. Fruit
punch was served all during evening.
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