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WW? : """mw ' " & ' r . . ...... . . -. f ullt? Samfarg 8i?ralii K - ; - ' . . - .. .v, . - , ., ii | Established 1891 ' BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1909. One Dollar a Year | ????^ COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS * * 1 SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS k IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. 1 1 News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. -Ifi . Olar News. Olar, Aug. 31.?Miss Curtis Hughes visited Miss Kate Sadler Satj* urday and Sunday. r- Miss Lucile Rizer returned from New York and other Northern points Sunday morning. Mrs. H. W. Beard visited her sister, Mrs. Joe Kinsey, Saturday and \ Sunday. Miss Ella Bessinger is spending i some time with friends at Bamberg. ^ Miss Kate Sadler spent a few days < L " - *??--t- /\T* A ct o Moiv>oa a. \ OI 1SSI WWK W1 ILL 11 icuua av iivvvv/B. \ Mr. Elmer Mays returned to Savannah Sunday, after spending two weeks at Olar. Mrs. Wilbur Sandifer and Miss Pauline Clayton left Sunday afternoon to visit friends and relatives at Jessup, Ga. * I * .Dr. L. A. Hartzog, of Govan, was | in town Sunday. Mr. Hugh Kearse spent Sunday in L town. a : \ Mr. Grover Kearse, who has been ^ working in Waycross, Ga., has re- a (turned home and gone to work at a > the saw mill of the Saltkeatchie s Lumber company. t Olar and Ehrhardt played a series c of baseball games here Wednesday t and Tuesady. un weaneaaay me i scores were 5 to 11 in favor of Olar, s Ion Thursday, 6 to 7 in favor of Olar. c Much interest was manifested in t both games. Dr. Coleman happened to an acci- a ^ dent Saturday while coming home v from his place. His horse ran into s a wagon and threw him from his a baggy. Although seriously hurt, he a ia up. c Miss Sara Brabham spent Sunday s at her home at Kearse's. E I A number of the Olar boys went E t to Tybee Sunday. 0 > - Country News. 1 Mrs. C. L. Williams, of Harde- ? * vllle, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. L. ? E. Hanberry, near Denmark. Jj Mrs. T. C. Tant, who has been J quite sick, is improving. * Misses Clara and Lucile Williams, f two charming young girls of Hardee- * ville, are spending a while with their ? cousin, Miss Eva Hanberry. ? i Mr. Joe Williams, of Clyo, Ga., ar- J rived Sunday, where he is visiting at the home of Mrs. L. E. Hanberry. ^ Baseball Games. Govan, Aug. 30.?The Clear Pond p baseball team crossed bats with the g J Govan team on the Clear Pond dia- I mond Thursday, the 26th. The score fl ran two to four in favor of Govan. b There were only five innings play- ^ ed. This was an anniversary defeat, G the Govan boys having beaten them E k on their diamond last year the same C ft. day of the Confederate reunion at Bethesda church. * t The Govan team defeated the o | Colston team about a month ago on t the latter's diamond, but the Govan s L . team was beaten by Colston Satur- a day afternoon. It was a very inter- t ? esting game. The score ran two to f four, nine innings. f< E H. e n Country Correspondence. b u We had a nice rain yesterday t evening that makes everything look j better, and the weather a great deal T cooler. j y. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Sandifer, of n Augusta, visited his mother, Mrs. ^ Julia Sandifer, of Bamberg, and y brother, Mr. Simmie Sandifer, near v Springtown, last Sunday and returnved home Sunday night. c > Mr. Steedley Hughes left Saturday a I to go to Spartanburg, where he will v work at the carpenter's trade. Steedley, we wish you much success. David B. Jordan is on the sick list P this week. t Little Misses Virginia and Grace t Hill, accompanied by their brother, Mr. Benjamin Hill, and Mrs. O. T. J Jordan, visited their aunt, Mrs. : Lena Hanberry, one day last week. 1 Mrs. Hanberry has been quite sick, ? ' but we are glad to say she is able 1 ; to be out again. c Mrs. Lelia Padgett and little * daughter, Geneva, and her sister, 8 Miss Lessie Sandifer, of near Spring Branch, visited their uncle and aunt, a I ' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hill, last Sun- 1 day. * JL. Mr. David B. Hill visited friends s * and relatives (and his best girl, I a think) near Clear Pond a few days i t? s Mr. Tommy Tant, from near Den- c mark, visited Mr. O. T. Jordan last r i Sunday. 1 1 Baseball at Olar. j R A Sporting Editor, Bamberg Herald, i Pf' Bamberg, S. C. c Dear Sir:?In two very interest- s ing games of ball the Olar team defeated Ehrhardt in both. The first I 11 to 5, and the second 7 to 6. The second game was marred by a decis- , ion of Umpire Dannelly trying to put { 1 first baseman Ray, of Olar, out of c , the game, something unheard of in t amateur ball games. We are sorry ^ \ that it occurred, as Ehrhardt has a gentlemanly lot of ball players. t Yours respectfully, f | > J. R. McCORMACK, J Manager, Olar, S. C. ? ? C. C. Johnson, a negro who runs s P a drug store in Aiken, was arrested e by the police of that city last week ( on the charge of selling whiskey. He f took pure alchol and mixed it with c water and some coloring matter and sold it for whiskey. The mayor fined ' ^^^^him fifty dollars. i RURAL DELIVERY'S GROWTE r50 Routes Now in Regular Opei tion in this State. Washington, Aug. 29.?The f owing interesting data has just be nade public by the po3toffice depa nent. On March 1, 1899, the rural c ivery mail system was first introdi >d into the State of South Carolii )n that day two routes were ests ished out of Cope, one out )rangeburg, and two out of I leorge postoffice, the routes havi in average length of 23.8 miles. Di ng that fiscal year a total of foi outes, covering nine hundred a wenty-one miles of roads, were < ablished, and during the next fis< rear this number was increased mt ten routes. In 1901 the numt if routes was more than doubh here being 103 in operation on I :ember 2. The increase in the nu: >er jof routes established continu n about the same ratio until 19( vhen there was a marked fall! >ff, due to the fact that most of t erritory available for rural delive lad been covered. On August 2, of this year, Sou Carolina had in operation 750 rui outes, 12 of which were tri-weei md the remainder daily, except Su lays and holidays. These routes cov ibout 17,542 miles of roads, with ; average of 23.39 miles to the roui erving approximately three hundr housand people, with an annual rs >f cost of $668,790 to maintain. 1 0 the present time the service h >een recognized on a county basis ixteen countieg in the State, ai >thers will follow as rapidly as pr? icable. That the people of the State ful .ppreciate the advantages of this s< ice is evidenced by the fact th ince its introduction there has be 1 steady and large increase in -t .mount of mail matter delivered ai ollected, and in the number of su criptions to periodicals and dal iewsp$pers. The postoffice depai Qent has just received a letter frc ne of the leading publishers of t Itate saying that during the perio 904 to 1909, the approximate p? entage of increase in the number lrtna T?rti4 /> Vitft nrrrnn uuoLiipuuuo IU uio >er, a daily, is at least four hundr er cent. If the same or even i pproximate, ratio of increase w njoyed by other papers of the Sta1 q their rural subscription lists, tl howing made would be very signi ant, and the advantages to the se ice, the patrons and the publishe] onsiderable. A Fish Fry. Jditor The Bamberg Herald: As you have your local com ondents in different sections, uess this item will be unexpecte t was my pleasure on the twent rst day of August to attend a neig orhood picnic at Mr. and Mrs. V. Rentz's, given in honor of Miss irace and Quintarro Hoffman of tl Jpworth orphanage, and Miss Lau larter, of Baxley, Georgia. At an early hour the neighborho< oiks began to gather. About 12:1 'clock the dinner was served und he shade of the oaks, in true pier tyle. The crowd seemed quiet f while, but the readers could gue hat they were busy with fish ai atlings, cakes and pies. After tl east the good women, having lear d the lesson our 8avlor taught, 1 othing be wasted, and had in the askets enough to feed as mai aore. Then came the quiet chat he visiting friends, Mr. E. lughes, of Mississippi, whose co ersation interested young and ol lisses Calvitt and Smith, of Sava ah; and Miss Bloom, from Orang >urg; Mr. and Mrs. Long, of Bar rell, and Mrs. Hutto from Ml ray. A merry time, but the sad ho ame when that crowd had to pa: ,nd all of them will never meet aga inder those oaks. Smoaks, Aug. 26, 1909. G. Prisoner Shoots Prisoner. Rock Hill, Aug. 29.?Rola: Iteel, a negro with several alias< vho was sent to the chaingang frc his place for larceny, was' shot he stockade, two miles south of tl ity, yesterday morning by Mart W iams, another convict, and 1 hances are pretty slim for getti: veil, so the attending physici tates. Steele naa Deen on tne sick it tnd this morning was left "on t od" under the care of Willian vho is the cook for the gang, ome way Steele got loose and ma l dash for liberty, but Williams ha >ened to see him and grabbed' ihotgun .loaded with buckshot a tailed on Steele to stop, which efused to do, and Williams flr< he load taking effect in the ba >f Steele's head and one side. W iams is a trusty, who has been he gang for some time past, se ip from the Sharon section of tl tounty for being implicated in t ihooting of a negro preacher. Pellagra Not Caused by Corn. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 30.?A case jellagra, the victim of which claim hat she had never eaten corn bre >r any corn products was reveal oday in the death of Mrs. Kate Bi o. Dr. Frank Eskridge, who clai] ;o have treated many cases of t lisease, says he doubted his 01 uo?rtae?ic? fviaiicr^f 0v1 ty*? 1 crv* f i victim of "sprue," a disease knoi ;o the tropics, with symptoms : jembling those of pellagra. He ca ?d in a physician who had had yez )f experience in the tropics a "ound that his original diagnosis t* correct "I am convinced now," he sa: 'that the disease does not come frc nusty corn." 1 IN THE PALMETTO STATE a SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS . KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. olen ?? rt- State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About ic- Men and Happenings. 121 ^ Walterboro is to organize 8, law and order league. St. C. A. Best, Esq., has announced ng himself as a candidate for intendant ir- of the town of Barnwell at the aprty proaching election, nd Dr. F. Williams, secretary of the -s- state board of health, has called a jal meeting of the doctors of the state by in Columbia during fair week to discuss pellagra. ;? The citizens of Blackville Jiave organized a gun club witb Dr. Kyan m" A. Gyles as president. The club will eRa prosecute all violaters of the game and fish laws. ng Mrs. M. A. Gwinn died at her home iry in Chester on Wednesday of pellagra. There are two other undoubted cases of the disease in that city and several ?aj suspected cases. :ly The State board of canvassers is to in- hear the Aiken county contest over er the dispensary election tomorrow. In an the -meantime the dispensaries in te, Aiken county are closed, ed Gus Prather, an employe of the ite Walhalla cotton mill, had his hand LJp crushed in the carding machinery on as Wednesday, and the arm had to be in amputated near the elbow. Q(* Mrs. J. L. Brooks, of Buffalo, Unlc~ ion county, died on Saturday of pellagra. She was about thirty-five years old and was the mother of six *r~ children, the youngest being about a* three years old. en he Clemson college will open the 8th ad of September. More than twelve b- hundred students have been entered ily for the season, and many who have rt- applied have been refused because of >m lack of room for them. k? The bonding company has paid to the county of Hampton $20,000 'll for the shortage of J. C. Langford, ? county treasurer, who was reported ~T short last year and suspended from office by Governor Ansel. The re~~ ported shortage is $24,171.22, and * this leaves a balance still due the : ' county by the bonding company of J? $4,171.22. >r- Dr. W. H. Brown has been arrest's, ed and lodged in jail at Orangeburg, charged with storing liquor, a quantity of whiskey having been found stored at the Edisto Social club, of which he was manager. He ?s- is in jail in default of bond. The I authorities in Orangeburg seem ded. termined to enforce the law, and yl the social club has disbanded. k" Rebecca Taylor, colored, was committed to Richland jail last week on ?8 the charge of poisoning the well of her neighbor, Daphne Summers, likera wise colored. A cow and a pig died after drinking the water, and an investigation found two partly empied 30 bottles in the well with some sort of ?r poison in them, supposed to be biohlic chloride of mercury. Daphne's family or used spout water, and not the well, or they might have suffered the fate of the cow and the pig. The two woae men had been on bad terms for a n* year or more, et 5ir The State board of canvassers had Qy a deadlock at their meeting last of Thursday, as Comptroller General E. A. W. Jones absented himself from the meeting when the board begun to d; discuss the constitutionality of the ,n. act under which the elections were ;e. held, he holding that the board had Q. no right to take action on such a id- question. However a mandamus was secured from the Supreme Court ur which compelled his attendance, and rt, the board met on Saturday and dis,in missed all contsts before it.1 The county boards of Florence and Aiken are to hear the contests in those counties to-morrow. The Edisto Social Club at Orangend burg was raided last Thursday morals, ing, and 381 half pints and 32 >m quarts of whiskey, also 49 pints of at beer were seized. The raid was lis made by the policemen of the city, il- The whiskey and beer was in the lis the lookers of members of the club. ng and these lockers were broken open, an Dr. W. H. Brown, the veterinary surgeon, who is well-known in Bamst, berg, is the treasurer of this club h? and appears to be the manager. The 18, officials say the club was selling In liquor. There are cases now against d? Dr. Brown for selling liquor, this not LP- being the first time his club has a been raided, nd m he Curious Advertisement. id, An advertisement that puzzled many readers recently appeared in on the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It ,nt read: "Lost?A local option policy, jjg supposed to be indigenous to the conhe'jstitution; in recent years having a precarious existence in tne eoum. Supposed to have strayed to Pennsylvania. Any one restoring the same to the States of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia will be liberally reed warded." Anti-local optionists are ad of the opinion that it is the begined ning of a campaign by the brewers tr- who aim to increase the number of "semi-wet" States throughout the ms country. "What the advertiser hopes he to gain through this appeal is a mattfn ter of conjecture," says the Ledger.be "He laments the fact that the local ivn option policy has strayed to Pennre sylvania, and the prohibitionists belli lieve that this plaintive appeal is trs practically a call to arms to the sand loon keepers of this State to hold as tight to the local option policies. As the liquor interests believe that ys, half a loaf is better than nothing, >m it is possible that many will take heed of the curious advertisement." i. ,. * .. , - i SCHOOL BUILDING ASSURED. 1 Hampton and Varnville Unite for for Worthy Purpose. 1 Hampton, Aug. 29.?That a joint school building will be erected midway beween the towns of Hampton { and Varnville is now a certain thing. Practically every voter in the two towns has signed the petition circulated by promoters of the Joint school, and they have thereby pledged themselves to support bonds for i the purpose of erecting the building. ( Under the agreement each town is to . vote $10,000 bonds, making the cost of the proposed building $20,000. i Varnville and Hampton are only ] two miles apart, and are connected , by an excellent highway which with a few small improvements would be 1 the equal of any in the county.. The i citizens of both towns seem to be < very enthusiastic over the project I and are co-operatipg for its sue- i cess, one citizen, Mr. E. R. Ginn, of Varnville, having already donated < ten acres of land on which to place 1 the building. ! At a Joint meeting of the two J town councils on yesterday, a com- i mittee of two members from Hamp- I ton, two members from Varnville, 1 and one member to be selected by 1 the four, were elected to represent ] the councils from Dotn towns. Tnis committee is empowered to employ a surveyor to run out the land donated by Mr. Ginn and to select a site for the joint school thereon. This movement on the part of our people was much complimented here at the educational rally a few days ago, and is receiving the hearty support of a large majority. COCAINE CRAZES NEGRO. Victim of Drug Slays Colored Woman in Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 29.?Temporarily deranged, it is believed, by the excessive use of cocaine, Tom Little, colored, tonight shot and fatally wounded Beatrice Williams, colored. Little met the woman going to church on a street in a negro settlement and without a word pulled a pistol and fired four times, one ball plunging through the woman's abdomen, and causing a wound from which physicians say she can not recover. The victim's child, who accopanied her, gave the alarm and the negro residents of the neighborhood seized Little, who was attempting to escape, and after disarming him, held him until the arrival of the police. Unable to Make Statement. Spartanburg, Aug. 28.?Mrs. J. H. Thiele, an aged lady of Charleston, lies at the Spartanburg hospital suffering from serious injuries sustained last night by falling. from the window of her room on the second floor of the Glenn Springs hotel. In addition to breaking her left limb, she was badly bruised, and was unconscious for several hours. Her condition has been such that she has never been able to make a statement as to how the accident happened, though it is believed that she; either rolled out of her bed, which was near the window, or got up during the night and sat in the window to cool off and fell asleep and fell to the ground. Lutherans at Greenville to Build. Greenville, Aug. 29.?The Rev. T. B. Epting, of Walhalla, conducted today the services of the Lutherans in the Masonic Lodge. The object of this meeting was to initiate a movement for a Lutheran church building in Greenville. The Lutherans are about fifty or seventyfive strong here, and they have determined to build a house of worship. The church building will not cost less than $10,000, and will probably cost much more than this figure. TRAGEDY IX TENNESSEE. ? Man Found Dead and Woman Dying at Brownsville. Brownsville, Tenn., Aug. 29.?Returning from a drive this evening at 7 o'clock, John C. Pracht and wife found stretched on their sitting room i ^ 11m #/%?.?!/% A r\r\ /I onA A1UUI uwcu laiiaiCHU) u^au^ auu 1UAD. Virgie Reives, dying, from pistol shot wounds. It is believed to be a case of murder and suicide, but which of the couple did the shooting, or what the cause was is unknown. Mrs. Reives died without regaining consciousness. She was Mrs. Pracht's sister, and came here from St Louis a few weeks ago. Her divorced husband lives in California, it is said. Taliaferro, one of the best known men in Brownsville, had been attentive to Mrs. Reives and had called to take her for a drive. Wants no Lawyers on Jury. Durham, N. C., Aug. 30.?Reuben Barbee, a well-to-do white man, to be tried for the murder of Engineer Holt here last winter, caused surprise today when he discharged Attorneys Winston and Bryant from the case and said he would leave the matter to the judge without jury or lawyers. Barbee has been in jail since Denomhop Wo Womo imnafipnt nnfl after discharging his attorneys, told < the court he was ready to draw a venire. The court appointed coun- 1 sel to defend him as required by < law. ] Barbee was tried for murder 10 < years ago and was acquitted without having attorneys defend him. i The present trouble appears to have arisen over the attorneys' refusal ! to ask for habeas corpus proceed- ' ings when Barbee so demanded. ' R iS DRIVEN TO HIS DEATH? DID DETECTIVES CAUSE BICKLE TO COMMIT SUICIDE? Company Says He was Not Suspected, But Detectives Kept Worrying Him With Questions. L. A. Bickle, aged 43 years, a railway mail clerk, cut his throat from 2ar to ear Sunday morning about 10:30 o'clock in the bath room of his residence at No. 11 Greene street. Death resulted almost instantly. It :s thought he was driven to the des* perate deed by ill health and a subsequent nervous breakdown, which, :oupled with several visits of detec:ives, broke him up completely and effected his mind. On the night of May 18 a package containing several hundred dollars was stolen from the express car of a Southern train between Branchville ind Augusta. When the train arrived at the union depot, Express Messenger Hutto was found inside his strong box. He claimed to have been held up- by masked men who knocked him down and imprisoned tiim under the lid before he recovered consciousness. Bickle was mail clerk on that :rain, and George P. Humphreys was baggage master. About six weeks igo Humphreys killed himself by cutting his throat with a razor. He bad been openly suspected by the express company of knowledge of the robbery, or complicity in the crime, ind his house - was' searched more than once by detectives. Though the express company officals stoutly deny that Bickle was ever suspected, the grief-stricken members of his family tell that he was harassed by repeated visits of ietectives, who subjected him to the nost searching cross-examinations, ind who were finally forbidden by Bickle's physician to molest him igain. They state that on the day ifter the robbery detectives came to :he house and Bickle went away with :hem to make a statement at the investigation. Subsequently, a certain ietective?whose name they do not snow?made three visits to tne louse, bringing with them each time i different associate. Mrs. Bickle asserts that on the de:ective's first visit she gave him pernission not only to search every 100k and corner of the house, but to nake careful inquiry at all the local lanks for deposits of money. He nade no search of the house, but :ontented himself with asking Bickle nany questions. Detectives Accuse. On one of these occasions, the eldest of the Bickle children, a laughter about 16 years of age, overtieard the detective -flatly tell her .'ather that he saw the robbers, and ;ould give their names if he wasn't ifraid. To which Bickle replied that le knew absolutely nothing of the :rime. Following these visits, Bickle inrariably underwent a relapse. He vould suffer the most painful agita;ion, become frightfully nervous, valk in his sleep, go away for long valks, and take but little food. ?- J *Via Va Tne lanniy ueuttie, UUUU6U, uv ?ras improving rapidly up to the last risit by the detectives, which took place about three weeks ago. Its unfavorable effect on his condition vas more pronounced than ever before. In fact, so disastrous were the consequences to his neryes and general health that his physician, Dr. 3. A. Taylor, is said to have forbade :he detective to molest him again. Just a year ago yesterday, Bickle's favorite child, a daughter in her teens, who was the eldest of five, died it the City hospital. Her death cast a shadow over his life, and he was never the same since that bereavement. About the time of that daughter's leath, it is said that four members :>f the Bickles were ill at the same Lime in the hospital. He could not leave his work. His run was between Augusta and Branchville, and tie could only see his loved ones for i brief period each evening. The flood caught him at home, and he svas unable to get to the hospital. It is said that he walked the front verandah in a frenzy. Health Broke Down. On June 27 his health broke down completely, and he had to quit work, On August 14 he tried to go back, but was unable. The doctor recommended that he go to North Carolina, thinking a change of climate and environment would result beneficially. For the last few days Bickle was In deep gloom. He could not keep up a conversation coherently. He ite little, and slept fitfully. He took long walks alone. Friday night at supper he remarked to his wife that be felt like ending it all. Mr. D. G. Stebbins, who is a neighbor, heard screams from the Bickle c.in^oir mArnlnp and ran over J.UI11C o UliUtt; aaavs* - - :o investigate. He found the suicide lying on the floor of the bath room in i pool of blood. In his trembling right hand he held the deadly razor. With one stroke he had almost severed the head from the body. Funeral arrangements were taken in charge by Vigilant Lodge No. 2, Augusta Knights of Pythias, the deceased having been a member of that jrder at Ehrhardt, S. C Services will be conducted from the house Monday afternoon at 5 yclock, Rev. J. B. Derrick officiating, interment will take place at the City cemetery. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Messrs. J. W. Lass, W. Easterling, J. F. Roessler, D. G. Stebbins, Henry Hogrefe and S. E. Marston.?Augusta Herald, Monday, August 30th. COTTON CONDITION. Crop of Only 10,500,000 Bales Now Predicted. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 30.?The reports of the National Ginners* association, made public this evening, gives the condition of cotton up to and including August 25 as 64.1 per cent. ||? "This is the lowest condition^ in 4 number of years," the report says, , "and indicates a crop of about 10,500,000 bales. An early frost would reduce these figures somewhat, and a late frost yield probably increase the total yield to 11,000,000 bales." ? The report of averages by States follows: Alabama 64, Arkansas 59, Florida 76, Georgia 74, Louisana 54, Mississippi 62, Missouri 80, North Caro lina 75, Oklahoma 58, South Carolina 76, Tennessee 75, Texas 57. General average 64.1. This indicates a crop of about 2,000,000 bales for Texas. Ginners report that they ginned 1,565,185 bales last year in Texas, and they estimate they will gin 776,119 bales this year with average weather. .. HILLSIDE GIVES WAY. Part of Scranton, Pa., Sinks Several Feet. _ _ ;J Scranton, Pa., Aug. 29.?Fully $200,000 damage was done to West Scranton property today by a mine " cave, the worst the city has ever experienced. Abandoned workings of the "old cork and bottle colliery" of the Fairlawn Coal company, which ceased operations twenty years ago, gave way under a side hill and an area equal to two city blocks^ sunk from two to eight feet, throwing houses from their foundations, cracking walls and otherwise damaging buildings. Public school No. 16, a $75,000 brick structure, was so badly damaged that it will have to be torn down. The other properties damaged are mostly frame residences on Fairview and Chestnut avenues and Robinson street, with a few small stores. One of the biggest items of losses is the land, which, on account of being steep hillside, is probably made unmarketable. _ -qg The disturbance is estimated to be about 130 feet below the surface. Fissures extending to the surface and three feet across at the tops show* themselves in a number of places. A new three-story tenement on the brow of the hill slid down the threatening to topple with further settling. declivity six or seven feet and is ' ? Gas and water pipes were giving . -j in in all sections of the disturbed J area way. _Rats by the thousands ran through the. fissures and scampered over the streets. fjjB Negro Breaks Another's Neck With a Stick. Spartanburg, Aug. 31.?Sam Ken- ' '['M nedy, colored, was killed by Wallace Carter, colored, near Glendale, this afternoon. Carter used a stick and the blow broke, Kennedy's neck. The negroes were working at Matthis' camp, clearing the right of way 2|j for the Southern Power company. Carter was chased to Spartanburg, where he was caught by Deputy Sheriff Vernon and Police Officer Aiy verson at the home of a kinsman on Evins street, back of Wofford col- ^ i lege. v wM The killing grew out of a dispte over some orders conveyed by Carter to Kennedy. He claims self-defense. . . TRIED TO POISON CHILDREN. Missouri Woman Administers Mot" phine and Attempts Suicide. * ' ,'5fj St. Joseph, Mo., August 29.?In a fit of insanity Mrs. Carrie Sanders,, aged 41, gave five of her six children morphine today. While trying to give the poison to the sixth she was detected by a neighbor and confessed what she had done. o eroH fiuo VPftrS. is dead. HC1UUU( ugvu u. v ^ , but physicians say they will save the lives of the other children. The mother also took poison and cut her throat after making her confession, but is expected to recover. The Country School. While marked improvement has been made in the rural schools of this country, they are yet not all that they should be. Frequently they are woefully deficient in the . matter of equipment Often, too, the condition of the public highways and the lack of other means of transportation make it difficult for pupils to reach these centers of education. - Of course, in the very nature 01 things the rural schools probably cannot be brought up to the high standard of schools in urban centers; but certainly they may be improved in many ways, and there are few more important educational problems than the problem which has to do with the improvement of these educational institutions. The country school is an important and vital factor in our system of education, and we have not paid as much attention to it as its work and worth have merited. The usefulness + and social and economic efficiency of many men and women who must play some part in the affairs of tomorrow will depend wholly upon the kind of training they receive in . country schools, .for circumstances will make it impossible for such as these to get beyond the Tillage schoolroom in their efforts to secure . ^ an education.?Seattle Post-Intelligencer.