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TRAIN WRECK AT CHARLESTON. Engineer Hammond and Fireman Buckley Slightly Injured. I Charleston, June 2.?Train Xo. 52 of the Atlantic Coast Line bound for Columbia, sideswiped freight Xo 350 en route to Charleston at the Ashley Junction this morning shortly after 6 o'clock, resulting in the engine of No. 52 and four cars of the freight train being ditched and engineer J. v B. Hammond and fireman R. Buckley of the passenger train being slightly injured. The freight train had taken to the siding when the passenger train came along with the re suit that the time and distance naa not been accurately measured and the big puffing leviathan struck the freight cars a mighty blow, leaving the track and toppling over with 4 of the long train of laden cars. Engineer Hammond and fireman Buckley owe their lives to their jumping from the train.* When they saw the collision was inevitable they leapt , from the cab and saved themselves from being pinioned under the engine and perhaps killed or seriously Injured. The injuries of Hammond ~ ^ and Buckley were declared to-day by the Atlantic Coast Line officials jp to be of a minor character and in substantiation of the statement, it \ was said that the men had proceeded on to their homes at Columbia for such medical treatment as may be necessary. The accident is under investigation and the blame will be \ placed where it belongs. The collision blocked the tracks for several hours but before midday-, the lines were agaiif open and traffic uninter |g|g:- rupted. , S . " THE CORX EXPOSITION. _______ Show to be Held in Columbia in * % December. The South Atlantic States corn exposition which is to be held in Columbia from December 5 to 8 is attracting attention all over the south. jLvt A. D. Hudson, of Newberry, the . president of the exposition, has just returned from Georgia, where he secured the co-operation of all of the papers in that State. Several Georgia papers will offer prizes at the exposition. The following in the Atlanta Journal several days ago, indorsing the corn exposition, will be of interest: |j|&? < "With a view to improving the breed and increasing the production of corn in the South Atlantic States,, ?* v a great corn exposition will be held at Columbia, S. C., December 5-8. The farmers of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are invit* ?3 Tlio mn L'orc nf tU IU ua&c ya.iv. iuv uiuuviH farm implements and fertilizer are asked to lend their aid. A liberal and varied prize list will be open to contestants, s "This will be the first corn exposition in the south's history and it will mark a long stride forward in the section's agricultural enterprise, i As a stimulus to a diversified system of farming, its influence will be particularly strong and opportune. Cotton has heretofore been not only the king, but the tyrant of, southern fields. While it deserves and will doubtless hold the- pre-eminent place among our crops, it should not exelude attention from other crops which are essential to our prosperity and^well being. "The southern farm should be, like the farms of Europe, self-maintaining. Until recent years the farm. \ er of this section has found it necessary to spend the entire proceeds of . v his cotton crop to buy supplies for ^ the new year?such elemental sup plies as grain, meat, and hay. This . is plainly a wasteful and foolish system. It will be discarded as soon as a widespread and intelligent interest in corn breeding is bestirred. "To arouse such an interest*is the prime object of the South Atlantic corn exposition. The project is at once brilliant and useful. It is earnestly to be hoped that Georgia will be well represented at the exposi\ tion." How's This? We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. , F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business tranactions and financially able to corry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDIXG, RINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent tree, rrice ioc per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hail's Family Pills for con? stipation. Home Produce. I 1 s "To succeed as a pianist you must ? have a foreign-looking name." "I would not choose a name belonging to any other country than my own." "Well pick out the name of some throat disease."?Louisville CourierJournal. ? Spre*" i " . ' V . >. . , / ... . . y v-- >? / - . . ... ESCAPES IN CURIOUS WAY. Negro Girl Escapes from Orangeburg C Jail Through Sewer. Through the bars of one of the windows and down the sewer pipe r which is located at that point is r the story in a nut shell of how the y little negro girl now in jail in this r city on the charge of arson made t her escape. It was not long before g she was missed by Jailer Bozard, 1 and he made a hastey search for p OVi/-. Ann 1A r*/\+ ho InnotoH an V- 1 ucl. one iuuiu ui/t, where in the city, so Mr. Bozard fol- t lowed her in his buggy, and she was a found near the residence of Mr. T. c A. Fairy in South Broughton street, p ; and after some difficulty the escape was back once more in jail but not t with the same leniency as was shown her before she ran away. J The girl is a mere stripling and t is said to be about 10 or 11 years of s age. She was committed to jail some days back on the charge of arson, a On account of her age, the jailer 2 was not disposed to be as strict as ( he would have been with prisoners, 1 who are hardened criminals. The s girl was allowed at times the free- r dom of the corridor of the jail, and 1 it was during one of these periods J of partial freedom that she contriv- p ! ed the scheme to escape. The grat- a ing of the windows was somewhat T wider to the windows in the corri- t dors, but even then it' was not sup- i posed that the girl would be able to p slip her body pass them. This is c what she did do, however, and it a seems that it was done with compara- S tiye ease. Opening at this window ? was a large sewer pipe and .down this p nine is how the erirl descended to p the ground. She made the descent in safety, and then all was easy. She got out into the street, and be- r fore any one in the jail was astir she was well on her way. Jailor Bozard on his early morning round discovered the girl was missing and he immediately began a search. She had npt been seen by any one in the city so it was supposed that she c would endeavor to make her way f back to her home. This road was s followed by Mr. Bozard in his bug gy and it was not long before he f found the girl. She made a frantic s effort to get away from him, and did t hide under a negro house near the t residence of Mr. T. A. Fairley. But t with some assistance, Mr. Bozard q finally got the girl in his buggy and a took her back to jail.?Orangeburg I Evening News. <3 ? i $uild Church in Ten Hours. * F Peoria, 111., June 1.?The construe- a tion of a church in ten hours is one c or tne features 01 Memorial ua.y nere.- ? The work was started at 7 o'clock a this morning. y There was no hitch; 125 mem- * bers of the Men's Brotherhood of the 3 Central Christian church worked ^ shoulder to shoulder with the 75 union carpenters. The Rev. W. F. Turner, pastor of the mission, who has just returned from a two months' leave of absence, took off his coat and marched the Men's Brotherhood j to the scene under the slogan "A t man's work in a man' way; we'll build a church in a single day." At 6 o'clock this evening a praise meeting was held. The church will ^ be clear of all indebtedness. t ? _ t Roads Seek to Increase Rates. Washington, June 2.?Undaunted by the government's proceedings under the Sherman ahti-trust act, by * which a part of the proposed increase a of freight rates in the territory west a of the Mississippi was suspended by c injunction, railroads in the East and in the Middle West to-day filed with t the inter-state commerce commission tariffs embodying increased rates. r Attorney General Wickersham de- a clines to indicate what course he will * purpue in behalf of the government. The Senate, on the verge to-day of passing the administration railroad bill, hesitated and finally postponed action until another day. To-night practically every railroad system in 1 the North, from the Atlantic to the a Pacific, has filed with the inter-state 1 commerce commission the legal noti- J fication of proposed increases in com- 1 modity rates. The increases filed to- s day range from 3 to 31 per cent. a Easy Money. c Two Irishmen were in a city bank c recently, waiting their turn at the a cashier's window. * "This reminds me of Finnegan," 0 remarked one. "What about Finnegan?" inquired L the other. " 'Tis a story that Finnegan died, and when he greeted St. Peter he f: said, 'It's a fine job you've had here fi for a long time.' " " 'Well. Finnegan,' said St. Peter, 'here we count a million years as a e minute and a million dollars as a a cent.' e 0 " 'Ah!' said Finnegan, 'I'm needing q cash. Lend me a cent.' " 'Sure,' said St. Peter, 'just wait a minute."?Cosmopolitan. t WOMAN CONVICTED. ?1 iuilty of Arson with Recommendation to Mercy. Henrietta Williams, a negro wouan. who was placed on trial Wed- ! tesday on the charge of arson, was esterday convicted with a recom- i nendation to mercy, thus rendering he punishment from death on the ; :allows to imprisonment at hard iaor in the State penitentiary for a leriod of not less than ten years. ; ^he jury were not out less than an lour. The defendant received the i mnouncement of the verdict with omnosure. a full realization of the >enalty which the verdict carried rvidently not dawning upon her. Afer leaving the prisoners' dock, howiver, she gave way to her feelings, fudge Devore ordered the officials o remand her to jail until to-day for lentence. 1 The woman was indicted for the itt'empted burning of Nos. 209-213 darion street, the property of Mrs. )livia Harmon; on April 18th, last. The examination Mrs. Harmon was 3 subjected to was most rigid and was nade for the purpose of impeaching ler credibility as a witness. City i Jailer Foster, of Spartanburg, was >laced on the stand by the solicitor md testified as to an arrest of the Villiams woman made in Spartan>urg on account of her appearance in nale dress. Several fires of a sup>osedly incendinary nature had oc:urred in the vicinity of Spartanburg Lnd these had been attributed to her. 5he was afterwards released by the Jpartanburg police, her husband ap>earing and stating that she was not )ossessed of her faculties. Threatened Property Owners. Threats made by the Williams wonan in regard to the property of the esidents of lower Marion street were ilso testified to.?Columbia State. Ten Dollars >ot u> leu. Sarah E. Pack, a teacher in Union ollege, Lincoln, Neb., has paid $10 or the privilege of keeping her own ecrets. The census enumerator ask:d her how old she was, and she reused to tell him. Then he asked if he was married, she refused to tell tim. He next asked if she had ever teen divorced and she refused to tell lim. "If you refuse to answer these [uestions I shall have t<i report you nd have you indicted." "Go ahead, don't case," replied the lady. He lid go ahead, and a case was made n the federal court. Without waitng to be arrested Sarah E. Peck apleared before the court and entered i plea of guilty as charged. The ourt assessed a fine of $10. She took , roll out of her pocket and paid it, ,nd walked out of the court room vith a triumphant smile on her face. Lnd so, it will be seen, the new cenus will be incomplete in at least one letail.?Savannah News. *? rrupuscu ncn vuuuij Gov. Ansel has not appointed the ommission to look into the matter of . new county for parts of Aiken and Cdgefield county with North Augusa as the county seat. Gov. Ansel aid: "I will appoint the commision within the next few days." A lumber of recommendations have leen received as to the members of he commission, but no decision has < ieen reached. Wanted Protection. "Pardon me, your honor," said he young lawyer, "but I'd like to , rrange for police protection here.fter when I have business in this ourt." ' "What do you mean, sir?" queried he astonished judge. ( "I mean what I say, your honor," , oonnnHod tho v 1 Yesterday I lost , suit here and to-day my hat is missQg."?Chicago News. Forgery Charged. J. N. Baughman, charged with . orgery, ;as arrested here this mornug by deputy sheriff Tom Salley on , warrant issued in^ Kershaw. The nan reached the city yesterday and fas located this morning and is now u jail awaiting officers from Kerhaw to take him to jail in that place. The man is charged with forgery ,nd is alleged to have forged the tame of the Keystone Company to a ( heck of the amount of $-8^T. The heck was cashed by the express . gent at a point in Kershay county, le left that place yesterday and , ome to this city. He was located , t a boarding house this morning by he officers and placed under arrest. rv- t--- Tn^ v\ or- VAttff ?urangeuuig rjvcmug *>c?o. A Dreauiul Wound rom a knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail, reworks, or of any other nature, demands prompt treatment with Buckm's Arnica Salve to prevent blood oison or gangrene. It's the quick- 1 st, surest healer for all such wounds s also for burns, boils, sores, skin ruptions, eczema, chapped hands, ( orns or piles. 25c at Peoples Drug . o., Bamoerg, S. C. Best binder twine at Hunter's lardware store. j i ...... MAN PLAYS MONKEY. Wife Says he Has Become Animal and Gets Divorce. Can 10 years of making-believe he's a monkey drag a normal human being down toward a simian level? asks the New Orleans States. There's a question for Darwinians and other brands of "missing linkers" to wrestle with for a while. Have 10 years of masquerading as a "monkev man" at fairs and carni vals gradually changed the human instincts of Harry Blitz into those of a brute? Mrs. Blitz says that her husband made a monkey of himself. Harry Blitz says that Mrs. Blitz tried to make a monkey out of him and couldn't. The question of which was right was tested in the Seattle, Washington Courts. Judge Gilliam, of the Seattle supreme court, decided in favor of the wife, giving her a divorce and the custody of her 6-year-old child. For 10 years Blitz has made his living by impersonating an ape. Decked out in a hideous combination of human and bestial regalia, he has chattered his "yaba-yaba-yaba" and pounded a>om-tom. This he has done for eight hours a day. He has worked hard with his incessant babble, blinking his eyes and tossing his head with grotesque energy. All this Mrs. Blitz told on the witness stand. "We were happy when we were first married," said she. "For a year he was as loving a nusband as any woman could wish. The change started a few months after he started imitating a monkey. He became unusually quiet, then melancholy, then irritable. I pleaded with him to get some other line of work. He kept getting irritable until I was actually afraid to talk to him. As the years passed, in his home life he became more that which he imitated in public?a brute. "I am sure the trouble is all due to those years of playing the monkey." Blitz was hopping about in a driving rain in front of a cheap show house in Portland, Oregon, when he was told that his wife had secured a divorce in Seattle. He showed no concern. "Yes, I'm a 'monkey man,' he said, "but^ don't you believe that my occupation has made a brute of me. I'm an actor and when I doff these togs, I leave whatever monkey1 instincts I may have in the dressing room. "I'll tell you," he added, without losing a hop or a beat of the tom-tom, ' what's the trouble. My wife tried to make a monkey out of me when I was home, and she couldn't do ty." Blitz hopped grotesquely away, his incessant "yaba-yaba-yaba" ending the interview. Blackville's Blue Laws. Woe be.^the Sunday violator of Blackville blue laws. Not a cold drink or a cigar can you buy on Sunday now. Mayor H. L. DeWitt has issued his edict and Chief of Police J. P. Strobel is enforcing the orders to the letter as far as is in his power. Nothing which comes under his observation of an unlawful nature is allowed to pass. On last Sunday afternoon he noticed the news butcher on the Augusta-Branchviile train doing a land-office business. He promptly boarded the train and arrested the young fellow and carried him before the' mayor, who after lecturing him let him proceed with the train after promising not to do so again.?Blackville Courier. Tombstone Falls on Little Girl. Toledo, Ohio, May 31.?Pinned to the ground by a tombstone which fell on her as she was arranging flowers on a grave preparatoy to Memorial Day, Virola Neumann sustained a broken arm, a dislocated shoulder and severe internal injuries. The little girl had accompanied her mother to the cemetery to aid in the preparation of the graves. While thus engaged she was crushed by the falling tombstone. The mother, lacking strength to remove the stone, was obliged to leave her daughter while she summoned aid. The child's injuries, although serious are not fatal, physicians believe Augusta in Darkness. Augusta, Ga., June 2.?The entire city has been in darkness since 10:13, every street congested with uprooted trees and disabled wires, every telephone is out trolleys disabled as a result of a cyclone lasting about 18 minutes. So far no fatalities have been reported, but half a dozen or more residences have been more or less wrecked and twoA or three 'Warehouses blown down. The casino building at Lake View, where a night performance was just concluding, was completely wrecked, but the audience escaped uninjured. Every nignt enterprise depending an electric power is tied up, and all business houses and residences using current are in darkness. The entire fire alarm system is disabled. {Millinery! H fWe have anoth lfll* ! 1 i? millinery oispiay ?? ????? II your inspection. * . . 3? smart creabon m ? J $ at a minimum cm ?? II be convinced. A* Mrs. P. ? EHRHASDT, S;m'Sl.' ill ilillHll 111 gi aiili DO BUSINESS Wim A GRC Statement of the condition of theEh Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of busi-ne RESOURCES Loans and discounts S34,745J58 nj Banking house , 2,250.00 G Furniture and fixtures ' 1,396.47 Due from banks and bankers 74,531.71 U Currency 2,000.00 D( Gold * 57.5U * Sliver and other minor coin 569.47 11 Checks and cash Items 16.65 T1 Total 8116,557.38 State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. Before me came A. F. Henderson, cashier of the says that the above and foregoing statement Is a the books of said bank. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 31st da Correct-attest: J. ^ J. L. COPELAND, M. D., CHAS. EHBHJ EHRHARDT BANS EHRHARDT t ? wmwMgggww || Horses I | Buggies & || FuD Stock ii i| on hand at II See us befor ? A few Fan* Is Horses on H JONES I B AMBER In Any Emergency The Telephone the . mAnno PA / t^uicivcdL liicaiio uj. ac- j curing relief or calling assistance. In rural districts the doctor or the neighbors can be s moned in less time than il to hitch a horse, Connection with tin in touch with the whole telephone in your home. Millinery! ? er fascinating jg on hand for S Every hat a ? correct style, $ ? i} ist. Call and ii jm ' ? ?: : j Copelandjjfl s. c. | j ! WING AND S1FE BANK. rhardt Banking Co., located at ss March 24, 1910. LIABILITIES . ipltal stock paid In 120,000.00 irplus fund 330030 ndlvlded profits less current exmses and taxes paid 2334.72 I idividual deposits subject to check 50.375A8 me certificates of deposit 39347.18 Total 8115^57.38 above named bank, who, being duly sworn I true condition of said bank, as shown by 1HH A. F. HENDERSON, Cashier. : y of March, 1910. H 1. KIRKLAND. Notary Public for S. a lRDT, J. WMS. CARTER, Directors. 3NG COMPANY. - 1 SOUTH CABOLINA. _ & Mules 11 : Wagons If i Our Line ; tofl all times. | [ |H e you buy. 1 I cy Driving IJ and.'.'.'.'.'.'. 1 BROS., " '/ . s Bell System puts you country. You need a < A Write to nearest Bell lephone Manager for . ; nphlet, or address R v Farmers' line Department I uthern Bell Telephone 8 and Telegraph Co. | ionth Pryor Street A ATLANTA fff gjgfr' JT GEORGIA