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^ .- -V .- ... v' ' * ' . " " ' "rl ~y* -i % / ' v*TlS lamforg i|M*atfi 1 . i ? ? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1910. One Dollar a Year ================== COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ? SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. J News Items Gathered All Around the J County and Elsewhere. a Ehrhardt Etchings. c < Ehrhardt, Feb. 21.?Saturday we c had a little sprinkle of snow, but ? was not enough to play snow ball with. Sunday was cold and damp d all day, with some rain. I s The measles have several of our t little ones closed up. We miss the c little ones on our streets, with their I3 ^ \ plays and laughter. t - t A certain young man in town went r to Saint George Sunday. Must be 1 hard struck on some one down there, r He left Sunday morning in his auto, t facing the cold damp weather. f The show came to town Sunday s afternoon. Don't think the attend* ance will be what the show-men ex- ^ pect, for It is reported that they "have jsmall pox in their gang. a Wood has been in good demand last week. The usual supply was not t enough. 1 Whiskey still comes to town by ex- r press every day. Plenty of it is con- ^ sumed in this section by some; otn- ^ ers make out with jamaica ginger and .water. Fertilizer is the go with our farma ers. They want to get their hauling done so they can be ready for the planting season, when the cold holds I up. j Bill Ealey, who purchased a part T of the Jacob I. Bishop estate lands, is hard at work building himself a nice dwelling upon same. He is a colored t man who uses his money and labor ^ to the best advantage. His house does him credit. . Mr. Henry Ehrhardt has laid the a foundation for another dwelling a house. Hope soon to have it ready to be occupied. ^ Some one on Saturday stole one of Mr. Jerry Chassereau's pups, but was not long before he got on trail of ^ the guilty party. He with the magis trate and his constable went to the t party's home and there found his ^ pup and took him home with him. The guilty party was fined $5.00 and was not bothered further. JEE. 1 Fairfax Fancies. " Fairfax, Feb. 18.?We were not <j very much surprised when told on t Sunday last that Mr. Sam Rouse had \ left for Leesburg, Va., where next morning at 8 a. m. he claimed and obtained his bride, the "valentine" a ! of his life. He married at the home \ of her parents, Miss Blanche Cook- jsey. Mr. Rouse and bride returned s to Fairfax immediately after the s ceremony. They were met at the a depot by many friends, as both had < liVed here long enough to have made * many. Mr. Rouse is our popular depot agent, while his bride resided * her for several years, and had not long returned to the home of her 1 parents. They are boarding at that popular hostlery, the Barber House. a We wish for this beloved couple un - o alloyed and eternal happiness. i Miss Ruby Crim has been spending some time with her life-long friend, c r Mrs. Newton Loadholt. Nothing gives Mrs. Loadholt more pleasure 8 than to get up entertainments at her lovely home?just outside of Fair- 8 fax?for the enjoyment of the young * folks. So Miss Crim and herself ar- 1 ranged a lovely valentine party for * Monday evening. ^Beautiful valen- I tines awaited all of the guests. * Many couples attended from Fairfax. * Delicious refreshments were served, 2 and all seemed to think it was as en- * t joyable affair as any they had ever 1 attended at their ' Pleasant Retreat" * home. ? Miss Haigler, one of our teachers, c left to-day for a visit to her brother 1 at Cameron, S. C. t The infant boy of Mr. and Mrs. \ Fred Lightsey continues to be quite t ill. but perhaps the tender nursing s he is receiving may overcome the "] dangers in the way of recovery. t lif Prv?r?n?? Vlonnr ic vioitina hie V -VI 1 WUilV/1 -VlfefcAAVA Ul^ I, friend, Mr. G. D. Sanders. J * Mrs. M. Move has returned from a f prolonged stay among relatives iii j Georgia, but was made to feel more 1 than at home by taking the prevail- s ing epidemic, grip. J Mrs. Rebecca Mars spent some time i this week with her sister. Mrs. Mary You mans. I i MISS JOHNSON FOUND. j >partanburg Girl Who Disappeared Located in St. Louis. ' Spartanburg, Feb. 21.?Miss Ethel lohnson, who so mysteriously dis- < ppeared from her home here last ^uesday morning has been located in it. Louis, Mo. J. W. Johnson, father if the young lady, left Sunday for it. Louis to bring her back home. Mrs. Johnson received a letter Sunlay from her daughter in St. Louis. ' n speaking with the State's correpondent to-night, Mrs. Johnson said ' hat the letter she had received was >ne of the most touching appeals she tad ever read. She said her daugh- I er hed expressed herself in the let- < er as believing that her father would < tot take her back home, but that if 1 te stoutly refused she asked her 1 other to send her the money to reurn on, and that she would work i or her until she had paid it back. "I am alone in a great city among j trangers," says Miss Johnson in her . etter to her mother; "but I have al- ^ va.ys asked to be shown to good . loarding places all along the line." ] Albert E. Hill has been retained ,s counsel for the prosecution in the ase against Kate Parham and Wal- 1 er Johnson, under arrest on the ( harge of abducting Miss Johnson. \ "he case was to have.been called this 1 corning before Magistrate Kirby. ^ Ir. Hill will ask for a continuance 1 intil Mr. Johnson and his daughter ' rrive. Miss Johnson will be placed ipon the stand and it is believed she < fill tell the whole story of her dis- < appearance. 1 ? 1 Olar News. ( Olar, Feb. 21.?Rev. W. C. Kirkand, of Dillon, was in town last < reek. j Mr. and Mrs. G. Victor Kearse, ? ^ ? ~ ^ ^ ?/%! rt f IttOO >i sa.vaiiLia.ji, vja., viancu iciaui^o tere Saturday and Sunday. ' i Mr. B. F. Sadler has bought an : nterest in the store of F. V. Thain, tnd the business is now conducted 1 .s Thain & Sadler. 1 t Rev. E. A. Wilkes did not preach J tere Sunday evening. We suppose i he weather kept him away. i _____ 1 Spring time is coming around a lay or two at the time. Most peo- i tie are planting their gardens, and < f they don't mind they will have to i lo the same thing twice. f Mrs. Neelev, of Denmark, is visit- ' ng her daughter, Mr. U. G. Milhouse. Tomorrow is Washington's birthlay. The bank will be closed and 1 he post office will keep Sunday ? tours. 1 Little Norman Kearse, son of Mr. < nd Mrs. J. Herbert Kearse, who has ? teen sick so long, is no better. We ( tope it is the good Master's will to 1 pare his life, for his fond parents' 1 ake, who are so down cast in their * tffliction. B. G. J. ' ( tev. J. Earl Freeman's Appointments ^ ? ( Cditor The Bamberg Herald: Will you please publish the followng directory of services on my field? St. John's:?1st and 3rd Sundays it 11 o'clock a. m. Hunter's Chapel:?2nd Sundays it 11 o'clock a. m. and Saturday beore at 11 o'clock a. m. 1 Bethesda:?4th Sunday at 11 \ I'clock a. m. . Bethany:?2nd and 4th Sundays < it 4 o'clock p. m. 1 Ehrhardt:?1st and 3rd Sundays 2 it 4 o'clock p. m. ( These churches have recently t ormed a field, and the work prom- ( ses to move on harmoniously. The , )astor*s task is a great one, because ( he field is so large, and thoroughness < r. all its parts is not possible. But j i co-operative people will help much < o lighten the burden, and already ? hey have expressed their apprecia- ? ion of their pastor in a very sub- i ;tantial way; for on the 13th instant i epresentatives from all these ( 'hurches gathered at the pastor's lome, bringing baskets well filled ] nth good things to eat, and favorable i veather made it possible to spread 1 lie feast in the grove near by. and t 11 seemed to have a pleasant day. < - -i? ?Jr ..t-u l ne presence oi *uetuuui&L (tuu .ran pastors and some of their mem- j iers added pleasure to the occasion. < l was a good day for the pastor and i lis family, for when these kind peo- j )Ie left, in his pantry a dozen nice i tarns, a barrel of flour and syrup, ;ugar, rice in abundance, were found. < day the pastor prove worthy of be- ] ng remembered thus. < J. EARLE FREEMAN. Ehrhardt, Feb. 18, 1910. ] I V * IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. state News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The general assembly adjourned last Saturday. No legislation of farreaching importance was enacted, as the members generally seemed to shy iway from important problems, as this is election year. The judiciary committee of the Senate presented a resolution calling Dn Dr. Babcock, the superintendent, md the board of regents of the asylum to resign, but the Senate killed the resolution by a decisive vote. work nas Degun in ureenvme uu a, handsome six-story office building which is to cost $100,000. It will tie known as the Masonic Temple, rhis will be the handsomest office building in the State, except the Loan and Exchange Bank building In Columbia. The legislature passed a resolution providing for an investigation if Clemson college. There are charg?s af extravagance at the institution, it being stated on the floor of the house that it cost more to maintain students at Clemson than at any 3ther State college. Corn clubs for the boys have been organized in Sumter and Orangeburg counties. Prizes of cash and other things will be offered, and there will be a number of contestants in both counties. Bamberg' ought to take iction along the same line. Nothing will give a greater stimulus to corn growing and induce the boys to take in interest in farming. \ Senator "Tillman suffered a stroke [>f paralysis last Wednesday, and since that time has been very ill at his residence in Washington. He was unconscious for some time, and it was feared that he would never recover the power of speech, even should he survive. However, he has regained his speech, and the latest aews from his bedside is that he is Improving, although it will be som> weeks before he can be brought to South Carolina, and he will not be ible to again attend this session of congress. MEETS BATTLESHIP COMMISSION Hie South Carolina's Commander at Columbia. Columbia, Feb. 18.?Capt. A. F. Fechteler, commander of the battleihip South Carolina, was here this afternoon, for a conference with the attleship committee. At the conference plans were discussed for the presentation of the silver service and the entertainment to be given in Charleston on the occasion. Capt. Fechteler ?n? nrPRPritprf to the Senate bv Lieu :enant Governor McLeod, the presiding officer, and was introduced by jovernor Ansel to members of the general Assembly and to State officials and visitors to the Capitol. Govenor Ansel stated this afterloon that presentation of the silver service at noon on April 12 would be )n shore in the City of Charleston. 'This will be done because it is r.ore convenient to have these exercises ashore than on the .battleship," le said. "The people will thus have Lhe opportunity of seeing the presentation." On this occasion the State flag will be presented to the Dattleship by the Daughters of the American Revolution. From 1.30 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon a recep;ion will be given by the captain and )fficers of the South Carolina. Boats vill be at the wharf in Charleston to convey guests to the battleship. 2ards will be presented at the landng. The invitations for the silver service presentation exercises will be sent out by the battleship commission. Of course the invitations for :he reception aboard the battleship vill be sent out by the captain and )fficers. The South Carolina will leave ['hiladelphia on March 6, and will go :o Hampton Roads, to coal. Thence the battleship will go to Culebra and :he return trip will be to Charleston, irriving there April 10. Capt. Fechteler is very much pleased with the assignment of the" South Carolina and he is proud of :he "nation's best battleship." There s one South Carolina officer aboard he South Carolina. Capt. Fechteler arrived here at 1 /clock this afternoon and left at 4.10 p. m. for Washington. He met in conference Governor Ansel, Senator Mauldin and Representative E. M. Rucker, members of the commission. HEIRESS TO THOUSANDS FOUND. Birmingham Married Woman to Get Fortune of Former Sweetheart. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 20.?A remarkable romance was unearthed here to-day by the finding of Mrs. Claudie Vester, formerly of Nashville, Tenn., and who is the heiress to an estate of about $235,000. The estate was left by E. D. Ennis, who formerly lived in Birmingham and once was a sweetheart of Mrs. Vester, then Miss Clark. Ennis shot a man here in 1892 j and fled from the city. He went to Jamacia, where he amassed a fortune, and about three years ago he | was fatally injured in a fight with a Spaniard. Before his death he willed his entire estate to Miss Clark, and the Jamaicia authorities have since been trying to find her. Daniel Jones, of the Island of Jamaica, is in Birmingham, and it was due to his efforts that she was found to-day. News from Jenny. Jenny's, S. C., Feb. 21, 1910. "Be still sad . heart, and cease repining Behind the cloud the sun is still shining." O, boys! one Sunday night at home nrMsirmallv keeDs vou from forget ting father and mother's fireside stories. May be next Sunday and Sunday night will be better. "Into each life some rain must fall; some days must be dark and dreary." You know, girls, the swamp is awful dark, in cloudy weather, so don't "kick" tecause he didn't come last night. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Jenny entertained their sister, Miss Sudie Ritter, and cousin, Miss Cresida Breland, of Kearse, last week. We are always glad to have these lively girls in our midst. Cheers us all up and puts new life in the neighborhood. Then, too, the clerk in the store is more polite and tidy. Somehow he hustles about and gets through his day's I work, and is ready to "close up" early in the evening. Mrs. Jenny says its true that "Idleness leads to vice," so she had a quilting party every day, followed by a "pindar poping" Friday night. That's what a head is made for, Rena. 1 The Lutheran Home and Foreign Missionary Society met at the lovely home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jenny on Friday evening last. On account of j the "cold wave," very few were present. This we regret, for these meetings are profitable as well as enjoylable; they bring us together once a | month in a social way; then, too, we I ?/v t\ii t?nncta* to holn I liJWL IU1 d UUU1U puiyvs7v. wv "send the light" to those in heathen darkness. Union school boasts a new library. A neat little book-case with 63 nice volumes. Also a large and beautifully polished table. This, with the | new patent desks already here, make ja neat and commodious school-room. Now for a new black-board. Our laudable "Captain" was indisposed several days last week, but we are glad to write, is better now\ His | weakness has been somewhat overjcome by the deal he made last week: sold 80 or 90 bales of cotton at "tipi top" prices. This puts good feelings on anybody, most especially when he' I feels in his pocket. '"Better to be born lucky than rich." I I There has been a great deal of sickness in this vicinity lately. Dr. 1 Loadholdt has been very sociable for ' several weeks, paying daily visits to I almost ever}' home in the community. But, we are glad to chronicle, all are convalescent. I We were all shut in yesterday on account of the inclement weather. No services at St. Nicholas, so our worthy pastor had a rest day. This, however, was a great disappointment to his parishioners, for we always eni joy his splendid sermons. To miss one "preaching" day we then miss four without a sermon at all; this is too long. .Miss Adrine Loadholt spent Monl day night with little Miss Emmie Lynes. Matrimony discontinued her school, so she is finishing the school term at Jenny's. We welcome Miss j Marrie Barnes into the school here, also from the same school. "The i more the merrier.." Last Saturday morning fire broke [ cut in the boys' dormitory of the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute, but by prompt work the flames were ex-J tinguished before much damage was done. The fire was caused by a spark j falling on the roof, which was of wooden shingles. I i CAIRO FEARS ANOTHER RIOT I < FEELING AGAINST NEGROES IS STILL RUNNING HIGH. Excitement Intensified by Alleged ^ Insulting Demonstration Made ( by Negroes. ? 1 Cairo, 111., Feb. 20.?Police offi- i cers are searching the city to-night for a negro suspected of purse snatch- t ing, and another clash between the ^ authorities and the citizens is feared if the man is caught. t Feeling is stil} running high t against these negroes, and intensity < was added to this sentiment this af- i ternoon when negroes, it is charged, i made insulting gestures at the per- i sons in the funeral procession that ? was following the body of Alexander t Halliday, killed Thursday night in ? an attack on the jail, to the cemetery. 1 A large number of persons attend- i ed Halliday's funeral and accompan- ? ied the body to Mounds, 111., in a ? special train. As the train was pass- i ing through the negro district East t of Cairo, negroes collected on the < streets to watch its passing. At 31st < street members of the funeral party charge, an insulting demonstration ? was made. An effort was made to ' organize a party on the train during ] the return to Cairo to wreak sum- 1 mary vengeance on the negroes, but 1 no disturbance resulted. ] An unidentified man created the disturbance at the cemetery by de- * manding permission to make a speech < over the grave but he was hurried 1 away. He said he was a friend of 1 Halliday and that he had been run < out of town by the police. ?' The negro the police are after to- i night is believed to have been asso- 1 ciated with John Pratt, the negro i who escaped lynching when Sheriff I Williams defended the jail at the 1 cost of one life and the injury of several others in the attacking party. 1 If he is caught an effort may be made I to take him away from the police ] before the militia has an opportunity l to interfere. The militia continued to patrol < the streets to-night at regular inter- 1 vals. Several small crowds were dispersed during the day, but no i demonstration took place of any mo- 1 ment. The bitterness of feeling against the negro element is manifested in : threats and rumors of future demonstrations. Women generally are carrying revolvers and urging their hus- i bands and male relatives to shoot to 1 kill if attacked. The special grand jury, which has been instructed to investigate the j riot, probably will be dissolved to- i morrow morning, when it reconvenes. ] Judge William Butler, who instructed the jury, conferred with Sheriff Nell is this afternoon, and later announced that he would decide whetha new jury is necessary. There are four negroes on the jury. The home of Sheriff Nellis is guarded by the militia, and he is given a military escort when he leaves the court house. Popular feeling is intense against him for using negro deputies and allowing Halliday's body to lie in front of the jail for three hours. Adjt. Gen. Dickson, Governor Deneen's personal representative, declared this afternoon that Sheriff Nellis was was not ordered by the Governor to permit Halliday's body to lie on the ground until the militia arrived, as was claimed by the sheriff. .Mrs. Nellis, wife of the sheriff, collapsed this afternoon under the strain, and is now under a physician's care. She is one of the women who are carrying revolvers. The ministers in their pulpits for the most part to-day united in urging the citizens to support the law. Company H, of Shelbyville, of the Illinois National Guard, has been ordered to report here by Adjt. Gen. Dickson. The Shelbyville company will arrive here to-morrow on a special train. $ Adjt. Gen. Dickson and Sheriff ; Nellis conferred to-night and the or- * dering of the additional militiamen r was the result. < ( Xegro Wounds Negress. \ Anderson. February 20.?George ( Brown, colored, is in jail and Claud 1 Tribble, a negro woman, is in a 1 critical condition, as a result of a t general row that occurred at ? negro i dance here. The woman was shot in s the back by Brown, the ball ranging t downward and lodging in the liver, t The Brown woman had engaged in < a row with another woman, and c Brown took the lattcr's part. He 3 first fired into the floor and then at 1 the woman. Attending physicians i say the woman cannot recover. 1 -?st' *>&,'' - . .?! ' ' .... . *<ii???? Wm- ; " -iLifc&nti, . CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. Chances for Tillman's Recovery Considered Good. Washington, Feb. 21.?The cour inued improvement in the conditio* ,' q )f Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, has inspired renewed lope of ultimate recovery from his J jresent serious illness. . % In the opinion of his physicians, he chances are now much in his far i 5 ror. There has been some abatement of he paralysis and to-day he regained ;he use of his right arm and leg to i limited extent. The aphasia has narkedly improved, and he is now ^ ible to speak. The change for the jetter was said to be most remark- - ? ible, and was attributed to the Senar ;or's temperate life, strong physique y'j ind his generally good condition. | rhe favorable developments in his 1U- ; \ ;"|j less were considered very exceptionil; in fact, his case was looked upoa is one in ten thousand. He is re- yM >ponding admirably to the medical :reatment, and it is said the power - H )f speech may practically be rejstablished. Jjr. J. w. caucoca was su euuvut- ^-* iged by the present condition of Mr, J Tillman that he left Washington tonight for Columbia, S. C. Befote ; Doarding his train, he gave the following statement to the Associated |i Press: "Mr. Tillman has not lost .any I ground in the last twenty-four hours. Dn the contrary, he has gained some-. what in the use of the right arm and J leg, which have been completely parilyzed heretofore His power of speech - 3 ilso is improving. He is taking nour^ iehment well and his bodily func- y|| :ions are normal The Senator Is . deeping well and the outlook is very much more encouraging in every .. If the Senator's condition continues A .3 to improve he may be able to leave * ~ 'Ja for his home in South Carolina in a : JM month or six weeks, but hardly be- - .Jen fore. In all likelihood he will not he nermitted by his physicians t# , ^ occupy his seat in Congress during ^Jj the present session. Dr. Pickford Visited Senator Tillman at 9 o'clock to-night, after which he issued the following bulletin: /\|?B "The progress of Senator Tillman. toward recovery continues. He is resting comfortably." < v ^1 The News and Courier's Washing- W'Jsg ton correspondent says of Senator Tillman's condition: "Dr. J. W. Babcock, who has been at Senator Tillman's bedside since >:|B| 3aturday, left for Columbia to-night, the Senator having made such rapid progress to-day that the former did vjj not think it necessary to remain longer at this time. Before leaving f Dr. Babcock said that there had been -J marked improvement in his patient's condition since his arrival in Washington, and that he was much grati- Bed at his quick rally. ' y , "Unless there is a backset Senator Tillman will be able to go to South Carolina in probably a month or six weeks, but it is out of the question for him to consider returning to the || Senate at this session of Congress, - J ?ven if he gets along well. .'1 "Continued inquiries have been made at the Balfour all day, and countless telephone and telegraph'' messages 'have been received from all . '|3 pver the country. The members of . "J :he immediate family are greatly re- f*p ioiced at the rapid recovery the Sena- '' ?! ;or has made since he began to mend, and they believe that if they can get 'M fiim home he will make still more ' progress. ' B. R. Tillman, Jr., and . Henry Tillman, who arrived last ?eek, will return to South Carolina luring the next few days. I "Dr. Babcock will not return to ;v Jfi tVashington unless there is a change ^ 'or the worse." Tillman Girls Join Mother. Columbia, Feb. 16.?Two little '/|| jirls were brought here this morn- ~~|j and turned over to their mother. rhey were the children of Mrs. B. R. rillman, Jr., who was awarded their custody by the Supreme court yesterlay. The children were accompanied )y Mrs. S. S. Tillman, and were turned over to young Mrs. Tillman's legal epresentatives, these being Mr. Alva Depass, of Mrs. Tillman's counsel, md Dr. F. W. P. Butler, her cousin, it whose home in this city she i* :V ,JI staying. There were no forma^ies o go through with beyond the actual' , --J ransfer of custody, and Mr. Depass ^ md Dr. Butler hastened with the chil- 'f iren to Dr. Butler's home, where the roung mother awaited them with the latural eagerness born of separation 'rom her babies since November 27,