HOMICIDE IN GRANITEVILLE,SC

12-17-1872

A SHOOTING OCCURRED IN GRANTEVILLE, ON SUNDAY NIGHT, WHICH RESULTED IN A TRAGIC DEATH OF A WHITE MAN , CLEM GULLEDGE.  FROM WHAT WAS GATHERED  IT SEEMS THAT A PARTY OF COLORED MEN HAD A QUARREL WITH SOME WHITE MEN ON SATURDAY, WHICH WAS RENEWED ON SUNDAY EVENING. THE PARTIES TO THE AFFAIR COMMENCED TO THE SHOOTING OF MR. GULLEDGE, AN INNOCENT SPECTATOR WAS KILLED.