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I ..." ; . . - ; .' .. -., ;... . .. * . ~ . , - - Xv _ . ./V r :v ; 'X -' ?; iambroj fyr&Ut f Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907 One Dollar a Year 'J$m ''wlES i . = ' m i _ ? ? IN THE PALMETTO STATE ^ SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. t Senator Latimer has notified Com' missioner Watson that the congressv ional investigating committee on immigration will come to South Carolina soon to look into conditions down here. A recent disastrous fire with insufficient water pressure has led the city council of Spartanburg to purchase the water plant of that city. 1 It is understood that the price paid ama Rnmethinor like ?200.000. A. B. Williams, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, has been invited to deliver the annual add&ss before . the South Carolina press ^association , at its meeting in Charleston June 13' 15. He has accepted the invitation. C. J. Holroyd, assistant engineer at the waterworks plant in Columbia, was drowned last Saturday in one of the basins at the filter plant. He was subject to attacks of .vertigo . and fell from a narrow ledge into the water which was thirteen feet ^ deep. * Warren Lovingood, a negro mail messenger in Orangeburg, has been bound over to the United States Court on the charge of cutting mail sacks and robbing them. He has been dismissed as messenger. The evidence against him is said to Be very strong. I Wm. S. Green, formerly coroner of Richland county, shot and killed a negro hack driver named Mose f Tucker in Columbia last Friday ? ~ TUa Irilliniv An/innro/) irt Q HlCiriLUl^. JlllC luuiu^ wvuitvu iu u fruit store, and while it seems there | had been some sort of trouble be-1 tween the men the night before, the killing, from the testimony of eyewitnesses, was an .unprovoked mur?: der. Boats To Columbia. : Columbia, April 26.?Capt. Geo. P. Howell, of Charleston, the governK: ment engineer in charge of river work in this state, was in the city yesterday and inspected the progress made in the dredging of a channel from the goverment dam to the foot of Senate street. Capt. Howell was . well pleased with the rapid advance' ment of plans and it is thought that j boats wnl be able to come up to the | x wharves, to be erected near Gervais street, bridge, within a few weeks. Cow Went Mad. Laurens, April 24.?Mr. W. F. Cleveland, a young farmer of the Huntington section of the county, is in Atlanta at the Pasteur institute under treatment to prevent the possible development of rabies, he having been exposed to the disease by making a cow whose calf died a few days ago exhibiting every symptom of hydrophobia. Today the cow went mad and of course the family and friends of Mr. Cleveland are much concerned about him. Fitting School Notes. The lvceum course closed last Wednesday night with the entertain ^nent given by Mrs. Wm. C. Chilton. t Mrs. Chilton with her rich, full voice and graceful rendering of her selecv tions, delighted the splendid audience which gathered to hear her. It was V . a fitting close to the course, which, taken all in all,' has been very good this season. It has given the people some splendid attractions and the , local committee desires to bring ' even better ones next season. \ Baseball has taken quite a hold upon the students, and much enthusiasm is being manifested. The team has received its new suits and is practicing hard.every day. While we were not successful in claiming the first game we showed possibilities of good playing, and expect to have a different record on the tally sheet next time. Prof. Hogan and some of the students attended the memorial exercises last Friday. Among them: Miss Sudie Ritter, Messrs. Ernest and Percy Hiers, Wm. McClam, Rhett Ott, and William Fender. The noted humorist, W. Powell Hale, will give an entertainment in the chapel on May 15th. Prof. Roberts made a week-end triptoOlar. Prof. Hogan spent the holidays at liAm/i k<r 4-1>A V?ic J UO UUU1C UJ U1C UCUOIUC VA uw father, who is quite ill. We hope ?ji early restoration. To Vote on Prohibition. Columbia, April 27.?Of the 24 out of 41 counties in the state remaining "wet" under the CareyCothran dispensary law seven are about to vote on the question, with the almost certain result that all seven will vote out the dispensaries. Although in many of the counties, particularly those embracing the larger cities, the new system is proving successful financially, the tendency throughout the state is steadily toward prohibition. The counties which will vote on the issue in the near future are, Richland, Chesterfield, Barnwell, Bamberg, Laurens, Kershaw, and Lexington. SHE LIVED WITH NEGROES. Strange Case of White Child Who Was Raised by Colored Woman. Savannah, April 25.?A strange case of a little white girl that had lived all her life with an old negro woman came to light today, and tomorrow the child will be taken from her negro foster mother and placed in an institution. Viola Glover, 8 years old, is one of the prettiest and brightest children (of the first grade of the Bernard school. In some way it became noised about that the child lived with negroes; that, while unquestionably she was white, she yet went by the name of Viola Reddy among the negroes. Captain Sayers, of the Salvation | Army, was advised of the circumi stances. He investigated and found the child with old Mary Reddy, on Duffy street, where none but negroes lived. The old woman's story was that the child had been given her by a negro nurse when but eight days old. Both the woman and child wept bitterly over the prospective separation. The Uses of Adversity. A politician was once making a canvas of a county of Arkansas, stopped at certain farm house for a drink of water. Said he to the woman who answered his knock; "I observe that there is a good deal of ague in this country. A great drawback. It must unfit a man for work entirely," "Gener'ly it do," said the woman. "Still, when my man Tom has a i?ght hard fit of the shakes, we fasten the churn dasher to him, an he brings the butter inside of fifteen minutes. Greenville's Record. Both Kentucky and Tennesse are inclining toward prohibition and other States almost as famous for their liquors are bending in the same direction. It begins to look like pro - - - * j * hibition for the entire couniry a iew years hence. Most of us have grown up with the idea that while prohibition was a mighty good thing it was not practicable. The record Greenville has made since the county went dry, as compared with bar-room and dispensary days, is astonishing?an almost unanswerable argument in favor ^of prohibition.?G r e e n v i 11 e News. AN AGED MAN KILLS HlilSELF. S. H. Moore Blows off Top of his Head With a Shotgun. Spartanburg, April 26.?Mr. S. H. Moore, an old man about 70 years of age, committed suicide by blowing the top of his head off with a shotgun at his home at Glendale this afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. Despondency on account of ill health was the cause of the deed. For some weeks Mr. Moore has been in wretched health, so much so that his mind was affected. He imagined that some one was after him to take his life and requested that a gun be kept handy so that he could defend himself. His condition grew worse yesterday. He became more frenzied and his wife went to call a physician in the afternoon. While sne was gone he deliberately took the gun that had been kept near to satisfy his whim for protection and blew the top of his head off. When his wife returned she found him in his room with the top of his head torn off and the empty gun in his hands. His brains were scattered over the floor and the walls were spattered with blood. Mr. Moore was a feeble old man and for years has not been able to work. He had1 two children who worked in the Glendale mills and supported him. Some years ago he married a rather young woman who cared for him with tender care and protected him from harm. Mr. Moore was a well known character around Glendale, having lived there more or less all his life. The coroner was summoned this afternoon shortly after the tragedy. The verdict was that the deceased came to his death by a shotgun wound, inflicted by a gun from his own hands. Early Closing. We, the undersigned merchants of the city of Bamberg, hereby pledge ourselves to close our places of business at 6:30 o'clock in the afternoon from May 15th to August 15th, except Saturdays, in order that our employees may have some recreation during the summer months. J. D. Copeland, Mgr. C. R. Brabham & Sons. Armstrong-Johnson-Brabham Co. E. A. Hooton. W. A. Klauber. Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co. J. A. Byrd, E. 0. Kirsch. F. M. Simmons. Mrs. Speaks & Co. A. W. Knight. Bamberg Fur. & Hardware Co. C. J. S. Brooker. H. C. Folk. Planters Mercantile Co. W. D. Rhoad. J. B. Black. A. Rice. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt News. Ehrhardt, April 29.?The weather for the past few days has been all the farmers could desire, and they are taking advantage of it too, judging from the forsaken condition of the streets. Misses Janie, Carrie and Ella Moore, and Elouise Stafford went to Lodge last Wednesday to attend the Jones-Cone marriage. The manv friends of Mrs. G. A. Copeland are sorry to hear of her illness. There will be a spelling bee at the school house on the 10th of May. The blue-back speller will be used. ; Friends and patrons of the school , are invited. Mr. W. L. Warren went to Bam; berg last Tuesday. Mr. S. W. Copeland went to Bayard, Fla., last Monday on business. He will be gone about two weeks. The wood rack of Messrs. Bennett and Fox about a half mile from here was burned last Friday. It is near the railroad track, but it is not known how it caught. The train I was delayed about an hour on account of it. The Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Sunday school picnic will be on the 9th of May this year.v This school always gives holiday for this picnic, and the , pupils are looking forward to it with mucii picucuic. Leroy Westerlund. Ehrhardt Graded School. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, April 29.?Sunday was an ideal day, and the young folks i made use of it, driving and prome. nading. M. J. D. Padgett and Mr. Bert Dannelly will leave for Florida today. i Mrs. Lizzie Lane and Miss Joe ! Ella Padgett spent a day or two with their father, Mr. Perry Padgett. Mrs. James C. Bishop was buried Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Donie Chassereau, after a i two weeks' illness, is convalescent, and we hope to see her out on our streets again soon. Mr. Jack Hoffman, of Lodge, is not expected to live. Pneumonia has him in its clutches. Mr. John Hartz is the champion fisherman of Bamberg county. He caught at least one thousand pike ; and perch in three or four days last week. Cotton planting and corn ploughing is the talk of our farmers now. The petition to .do away with the ; dispensaries in Bamberg county was carried around in this section last 1 week. 1 Plenty cross ties coming to market these days. Messrs. Dannelly & Co, bought /four hundred one day last week, and ten is about the largest load they bought at one time.' j The oat crop will be short this sea' son. The weeds are plentiful in them now in most of the fields in mis section. Don't forget Mt. Pleasant Sunday school picnic on ascension day. It is [ useless to say much about what is expected on that day. So don't forget to come and help out with your presence and well filled baskets, and 1 enjoy the day yourself and help to make some one else enjoy themselves. " On ascension day, don't forget it. 1 Jee. 7 1 State Convict Suicides. , Columbia, . April 27.?A white convict named Strickland, sent up from i Anderson county for killing his , wife, committed suicide at the penitentiary yesterday afternoon. He had been confined in the hospital recently, on account of his condition, | which justified treatment, and wnile on the second story piazza he jump. ed over, his head striking the end of the steps below. He lived for about two hours. t Strickland was convicted of mur( der for killing his wife and at the trial his lawyers put in a plea of insanity, but the jury disregarded the plea and found him guilty. He had lately given indication of mental disi order and was under treatment ! when he suddenly exhibited the i i _ ? t suiciaai mania. Where the Money Goes. i We frequently hear the jug trade mentioned as an excuse for the existence of a dispensary in our town. We would like to call the attention of all such to the fact that all the thousands of dollars paid for dispensary liquor goes to the north and west and ? nothing remains here but the profits and that will not nr. mn/iVi no Viarofnfnrfl Snmp nPD UC CIO XXX LiV/11 no nvi v i/v&vi v? iav?4*v ^ ?< v pie seem to think that the whiskey sold in the dispensary is a product of the State and therefore we must buy it. We dare say that the jug trade whiskey of equal quality can be bought for less than the dispensary liquor and it would be a saving to the people of the county, if they must have liquor, to patronize the jug trade.?Chesterfield Advertiser. FAMOUS MRS. THUHB. She is One of the Littlest People in the World. Like a wispy little breeze out of the past, came Mrs. Tom Thumb, Countess Magri, through Shreveport from Kansas City yesterday, on her way to San Antonio, Tex., to join the Gentry Bros. show. Accompanying the wee lady was her husband, Count Magri, and Baron Madri, her brother-in-law. Sixty-five years ago this little woman, who has been one of the world's human wonders, was born. Reaching the age when girls can fall in love, the heart, in her, which was ?<- V"'" nn hirr rrivl 'c lioa'rt OH uig as auij 5m u uvwvi went out to Charles S. Stratton, generally known to the world as Gen. Tom Thumb, and they were married. In the story books and newspapers, the tiny couple filled many pages and when Gen. Tom Thumb died much sympathy was extended to his little wife by crowned heads, rulers and mere folks. But twenty-two years ago the widow consoled herself by taking another husband, Count Magn. It is years and years since Gen. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, and sweet Minnie Warren, now dead, and the walnut-shaped coach, drawn by his four midget horses, delighted the children and grown-ups of the land as they drove through the streets or presented the story of "Cinderella" in packed theatres.?S h r e veport Times. Liked Old Ways Best. A painfully bashful young man proposed to his girl by means of a phonograph, to the waxen cylinders of which he had previously told his love. The girl was greatly surprised and not displeased to hear her lover's declaration, but the idea of this betrothal did not appeal to her. Accordingly she sent her little brother with a note which read as follows: "Dear Sir?If you have courage enough, you might come over and tell me what you have to say, but if you haven't, stay at home, for I'll be jiggered if I am going to be hugged and kissed by a phonograph if i never get a chance to say 'Yes.'" Why She Was ilad. "Foreign relations,'' said Senator Cullom, the chairman of the senate's committee on foreign relations, "are delicate things, and must be handled delicately. "Foreign relations, in fact, remind me of a newly married couple I heard about the other day. "Their life had been very happy for a year. Not a cloud had marred their perfect felicity. Then, one morning, the wife came down to breakfast morose and wretched. "She was snappish with her husband. She would hardly speak to him. And for a long while she refused to explain her unwonted conduct. "Finally, though, the young man insisting that he be told why his wife was treating him so baaiy, sne looked up with tears in her eyes and said: " 'John Smith, if I dream again that you kissed another woman I won't speak to you again as long as Hive.'" With Dispensary Liquor? On last Tuesday Frank Felder, a colored man from the Bowman neighborhood, undertook to paint Orangeburg red, and as a consequence he fell into the hands of the guardians of the peace. He had acted so outrageously that Mayor Doyle determined to make an example of him. So he fined him on different counts $120, which Felder paid. This is a pretty big sum for a man of Felder's means to blow in in one night. Two other colored sinners contributed thirty dollars to the exchequer of the city for helping FpI Her in his effort to naint thiners red.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Frisky in Her Old Age. A farmer in this county has a mule twenty-seven years old, a gray mule, and a few days ago was offered $175 for it and refused the offer. The mule in former years was a gentle and safe animal but is now so wild it is unsafe to work it to a buggy.? Monroe Enquirer. Parental Law Needed. This is what a rural editor says about young idlers. ' 'We are raising too many society fops, parlor soldiers onrl ninra-rotfo enplriars unH st.rPftt. loafers. When we see a little foppish, short dress, silly girl, just jumping into her teens, gadding up and down the streets, talking slang and flirting with the boys, entertaining young jobless bloods in the parlor in the night time when she ought to be in her trundle bed beneath her mother's tucked snugly in; when we see knee pants kids and beardless youths loafing up and down the streets who are too trifling to think and too stuck up to do odd jobs around home we exclaim it's not statutory law that we need, but it's parental law."? Kansas City Post. Who's Jolly? What's Jolly? CHARGED WITH MURDER. ADDISON JOHNSON ARRESTED IN COLUHBIA LAST flONDAY. He Is Suspected of Murdering 1*1. B. Yarn In This Town Nearly Four Years Ago. It is an old but true saying that "murder will out". On Thursday night, November 19th, 1903, M. B. Varn, a merchant of this town was murdered while on his way home. He was knocked in the head with some instrument, it was never known what, only a short distance from his home on Carlisle street, and died a few hours afterward without ever regaining consciousness. There was no struggle, the assassin struck a powerful blow from behind which crushed his skull. Suspicion pointed to several par *" J 3 ties, ana two negroes were arresieu and kept in jail for several weeks. Nothing could be proved on them, however, and they were discharged without trial. The crime has often been discussed by our people, but no clue could be found. The citizens of Bamberg have always taken a great interest in this murder, for it was a bold one, occurring on one of the prominent residence streets of the town, but all efforts to appehend the assassin proved futile. Therefore much excitement and interest was created here last Monday when it became known that Addison Johnson, a negro, had been arrested in Columbia charged with the murder of Mr. Varn. Johnson is a cook who formerly lived here. At the time of the murder he was cooking at Johnson's hotel. He has been living in Columbia for some months, working at different hotels. The story is an interesting one. Last week Mayor Dickinson received a communication from the authorities in Jacksonville, Fla? stating that a young negro giving his name as Frank Nimmons and Bamberg as his home, was under arrest there. A few days ago Nimmons dashed into the police station at Jacksonville and cried out that he was not guilty * * . * .1 i 11 : ana a lot 01 otner taiK, giving evidences of insanity. The sergeant in charge questioned him and he told his name, said he was from Bamberg, and wanted to get right with God but couldn't do so until he had told what he knew about a murder. He then went on to tell about the murder of Mr. Varn, and said a negro named Addison Johnson had asked him to go and help knock Varn down and rob him. At first he consented, but later declined, and a short time afterwards Mr. Varn was I murdered. That the matter had preyed on his mind ever since and he could not rest easy until he told it. On account of the startling nature of his story and also because he seemed out of his right mind, the Jacksonville police locked him up and communicated with Mayor Dickinson, who, knowing Johnson was in Columbia, wired there to have him arrested, which was done. When first arrested Johnson claimed he was not from Bamberg. He had been going under the name of Baker for some time. As soon as the arrest was made, Mayor Dickin son was notified, and Chief Hand left here Monday night to bring Johnson back. It was first reported here that Johnson had confessed, but this proved to be a mistake. He did tell the detective who arrested him that he knocked a man in the head in Bamberg, but he was alluding to a gambling row he had here with some other negroes several years ago. Johnson was a well-known character around town. He was a good cook, but a rather trifling negro who loved to gamble. He is about 25 years old. Frank Nimmons is a brother of Arthur Nimmons, the barber, and is about twenty years old. He has been in Jacksonville about a year. Only a few days ago his brother received a letter from some friend of Frank's in Jacksonville saying that he (Frank) was very sick. Arthur then went to Mayor Dickinson and asked that he communicate with the authorities at Jacksonville and have Frank put in the hospital -fnr or spnfc hnmp hp. of OllU ViMVU JkVi V* V 7 course, not knowing anything of the trouble. Last Saturday he sent his brother Purvis to Jacksonville to look after Frank and bring him home, but before Purvis arrived Frank had gone to the police station and told his story. It seems that he had been showing signs of insanity recently, and this led those who knew him to write his brother. Not until Monday did news come here, when Purvis wrote his brother and enclosed a clipping from a Jacksonville paper, telling of Frank's arrest. The paper stated that he had been examined by physicians after being placed in jail and pronounced insane. Magistrate W. R. Wright left Monday night for Jacksonville to bring Frank back. What will be done after he arrives here depends entirely on his condition. If he is really insane he will no doubt be sent to the asylum, but in case his mind gets right he will probably be detained as a witness against Johnson. The story has caused much i comment and some surprise here. ? \ r , C*'' NEGRO KILLS HIS WIFE. Jim Malloy Arrested Near Bennettsville, Charged With Murder. Bennettsville, Apr. 26.?Jim Malloy, a negro, killed his wife Minnie, this afternoon at 2 o'clock by cutting her throat from ear to ear. Jim and his wife quarreled three days ago, at which time he whipped * ? her severely. She returned home today. Jim said he was sick and stayed at home today. Both were alone in the house, when the woman's ^ screams attracted the attention of neighbors. At first Jim refused to 4-1*^ JAAM U/vnyAiroii Otft. uptu UIC UW1 Tf I1CU, UUncTU) uu mittance was gained the woman's ^ body was found on a pallet near the fireplace. A crowd of some 300 or 400 negroes it gathered and kept Malloy in the loft of his house until he was arrested by ? the sheriff, who arrived shortly afterward. The crime occurred on the planta- . # tion of Messrs. T. S. and E. W. Evans, one of the largest in the county. - J At the coroner's inquest held this J|| afternoon, Malloy refused to make any explanation or give any reason for the crime.. He has been placed ; ;*|| in jail. FIREBURGS CAUGHT IN YORK. jj| Believed to be Members of an Or* . v|| ganlzed Band. Rock Hill, April 26.?The city :|Jg| has been much interested in the re- |1| ports which came here yesterday by telephone and persons coming from * that section of the capture of three , ; negroes, who, it is said, were caught red handed in an attempt to burn -||g the barn of a Mr. Garrison in Steel . ..$Jj Creek, just over the river from here. There seems to have been a . regularly organized band of firebugs at work in that community, there having been seven barns burned j since Jan. 1 of this year. The last ^JjS was that of Mr. Frank Erwin, Which J ' 1 5 _f_Li J , . . -V rlgH was Durnea monaay mgnt ana tat- - ^ tirely destroyed, together with a ' M number of stock. Mr. Garrison, who lives not far from Erwin's, coneluded that he would watch Tuesday night, thinking that an attempt might be made on his property next. t| He did so in company with a nei^hborand about midnight their vigil g was broken by the approach of three \ or more negro men wno came creep- . \-|| ing on all fours toward the barn. : ';M When the negroes were almost to the barn they were called on to halt V ffl and when they broke and ran instead ^ they were followed by loads of shot from the guns of Garrison and his via friend. This failed to stop them, J however, and Mr. Garrison and his \ A partner chased them with hounds and captured three. They were later . .;|? turned over to the sheriff of the county. There are rumors that one ' J of the negroes has confessed. STATE PENSIONS. . Annual Statement is Made Public by the Comptroller General. Columbia, April 27.?The annual Eension statement was made public v vl y the comptroller general today, ^38 I showing a total disbursement of $243, -\jM 755 to the regular six classes. Tfce i jaj appropriation this year was $250,000 as againsl $225,000 last year and ;(}d there was a surplus from last year's disbursements of $2,378.86. $5,000 is reserved this year for the artificial >m limb fund provided for in the new The expense account this year is .'*?8 put down at $3,623.66 which includes the expenses of the county boards. The pensioners get the same as last year except those in classes C 2 and \ a C 4 who.get $21.07 each instead of $18.85. Gass A gets $96. B $72 and , fJ! C 1 and 3 $48 as heretofore. The total roll has the usual pension list habit of steadily increasing, though the net increase this year is only 73, 3 the total number of pensioners being 9,015. The first pension appropriation was $50,000 but the roll was less | than a fifth of its present length and those on it got more. Spartan- . '|1 burg county leads the list of bene- \v|8 ficiaries this year, getting $20,670.28. . 'M Anderson comes next with $14,603.- % 79 and Greenville third with $13,439.- '! 39. None of the others gets as mucn as $9,000. Charleston gets $4,277.34. Drowning at Whitney Mills. Spartanburg, April 27.?J. A. V | Searcy, an employe at Whitney mills, was drowned in the pond at that | place this afternoon and not until late this evening when the water had been drawn off was his body recovered. Searcy was 22 years of age and had been married only a M few months. He was a son of J. D. Searcv. who is also an operative and | came from North Carolina some time ago to work in the mill. Searcy and two companions were fishing. fj He either fell from the boat or jumped in the pond intending to swim to the other side, say those who saw the affair, bnt proceeded only a few yards when he went down never to appear again. ? It's too bad to see people who go from ^ day to day suffering from physical weakness when Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea would make them well. The greatest tonic known. 36 cents, tea or / ? tablets. H. F. Hoover.