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' ^ ' .--'V ' " - ' " . ; ' n - \ ' '. , r .[ / . ? 4 ?ljp lambwg fyraft *" ' V Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1910 One Dollar a Year 4 : . . 1 %-xi COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS / IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, June 27.?The marriage last week at Beaufort of Miss Helen r Hogarth to Mr. Wistar Lewis, of Savannah, was of great interest to their 1 ^ many friends here, where Miss Ho- 1 garth has visited so often and was " - mv ? 1 SUCH a iavome. lilt; cereuiuuji performed by Rev. C. H. Turner, former pastor here. The wedding inarch was played by Miss Annie Moye, in her? usual artistic style, while she played softly and sweetly : during the ceremony "Flower Song." 1 f Mrs. Benj. Brunson was dame of honor,^ while the sweet little daugh- 1 ters of Mrs. Rosa Riley were ring ( bearer and flower girl. The cere- ( mony was at noon at the residence. Th? decorations were white and pink * roses, and prevailed in all the rooms. : The wedding breakfast, consisting of four courses, was served right after 1 the ceremony. The bride in a very 1 stylish traveling suit and groom left 5 fot Asheville and other places that . afternoon. The groom has a re- 1 sponsible position in the bank of Sa- ( vannah, and that place will be their ? future home. The presents were num- ? ??? - ? J f 1 AT r Pn rf i o eruus ctLtu ucaumui. iui. Lewis was best man. . 1 The marriage this week of Miss 'c Lena Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 r Miles Carter, to Mr. L. M. Langford, ( of Pineville, is of great interest here. * Miss Lena has lived quite near Fair- * v { fax all of her life. Was a bright t pupil for years of our high school, 3 and has taught recently the Slanuel Branch school. We wish them many * years of unalloyed happiness as they t ^ journey together through life. * The Misses Young, of Laurens, are 1 ? visiting Mrs. Sam Talley. f Mrs. E. Calhoun Baker, * of McClellanville, spent some time with * her cousin, Mrs. S. L. Sanders, last week. She had just returned from t the commencement at Clemson, where 1 t # Q her son graduated. a v Miss Maude Baber has returned a * after quite a long visit to friends ; ' in Denmark and Columbia. y The new pastor of the Lutheran t church has arrived among us. The manse is ready, but being unmarried t he doesn't wish to be caged yet, so : d * io hnnrrtincr | t The Methodists and Lutherans both a have purchased fine large bells for * 4 their churches. s A reading room has been establish2 ed at the residence of Mrs. S. L. 1 Sanders for the members of the, ? . school literary society. / ? Pleasant Day at St. John's. One of the most enjoyable picnics of the season was that given by the ^ St. John's Sunday school last Thurs- f day, the 23rd. The busy farmers and t housewives left their cares at home ^ and went expecting a day of rest and ^ enjoyment, and they fully realized their expectations when the day was spent At 11 o'clock the exercises were ' begun by tlje choir sinking, "Let the ^ Blessed Sunlight In." Then .followed ' / another hymn and devotional exer' cises by the superintendent, after ^ * * which Mr. Boyce Bishop, a Sunday school scholar, delivered the welcome address, which did credit to one of his age. ^ 1 0 Rev. D. B. Grosclose, next gave us D a talk on "How to Enjoy the Social c Fpfltiirps nf a Finnic." In this talk ? he advised us to leave all ill-feeling f( toward our friends and neighbors at p v home and go to the picnic with the r sole purpose of having a pleasant $ day. He advised us, too, not to criti- a cize the dress and appearance of our r \ friends at the picnic which was, no f. doubt, very timely advice. p Our field secretary, Mr. J. D. t] Moore, then told what the Sun- a day school is doing for our p country to-day. From his talk we C( learned of the men who are now n prominent in Sunday school work, ? ( and he also endeavored to give us an ^ idea of what our land would be with- n out the Sunday school. The choir now sang the beautiful hymn, "After All Eternity," after which followed the benediction by 1 ^ Rev. D. B. Groseclose. > Alier Hie ticruiscs umuci ?as sj served on the grounds. And such i s< feast of good things! It's sure no 1 one went away from the table feeling n hungry. Delicious ice-lemonade was fi t also served. f< All went away voting the picnic ? a success. There was hut one regret ti felt?the absence of Rev. A. B. Wat- h son, who was to have delivered an o address on this occasion. t< i ' / SHOT BY A NEGRO. Harrison Bass, Who is Also of Same Race, Seriously Wounded. ' Florence, June 25.?Harrison Bass, was shot and seriously injured at < Bannocfcburn, about five miles from the city, yesterday afternoon, by Thomas Johnson. Both are Negroes. Johnson used a shotgun and shot Bass four times. Johnson has been brought in and lodged in jail. Bass { was at another man's house and John- . 3on came up, he said and with no ^ warning, and for no cause that he knew, opened fire on him. Johnson will, say nothing. 1 1 Kearse News. i Vcnmo Tunc 0 7 Wo ha VP hpflrd J u uuv ? t? v uk* , v ? ? It said very often lately: "There's * ao news in old Three Mile. I see very little in The Heraid from that sec- { tion." Well, this is not true, for our , community is certainly not a dead , ane. I 'Tis true, the Timrod Literary So- j ciety is taking a long nap, and our skating rink has just about breathed its last "flickering sigh-like breath" ] :or the summer, but a few lines will 1 prove to you, Mr. Editor, that there's some life in the old land yet. The day of picnics and fish fries * ias now dawned, and these happy ( jvents make the tired farmer forget 1 ibout the grass at home for awhile it least. Our Sunday school is now doing i good work. We notice our benches i ire filled with the old folks of the '< leighborhood. This is very en- 1 :ouraging1 to superintendent and t eachers, for where the old folks are he little ones will be also. We hope i o have a picnic, but the date is not ^ ^et fixed. i Mr. Carl Kearse, who is now at;ending school at Brunson, visited i he home-folks on the 23rd instant, I ;aking in St. John's picnic. He ^ - ? i vas accompanied by two Brunson * riends. ^ Miss Evelyn Brabham is visiting ^ riends and relatives at Ellenton. Our community was saddened by c he untimely death1 of Mrs. Lewis Iyer. She was an estimable lady, e nd will be sadly missed in her liome t .nd community. t Miss Ettie Kearse paid a pleasant d isit to Ehrhardt friends and rela- o ives last Saturday and Sunday. t Misses Sudie and Leda Hitter at- s ended the Bethel picnic la^t Satur- c lay, and report a big crowd, plenty t 0 eat, and a pleasant time. 'Twas , rainy day, but as the participants r vere not of the so-called "sugar and ^ alt" variety, no damage was done. ^ Messrs. Phillip Murphy and H. N. ^ '"oik, of Bamberg, were recent visi- J ors in this section. n ? 5 Mrs. E. L. Ayer Dead. 0 Mrs. E. L. Ayer, wife of Lewis M. iyer, died suddenly June 21st, and A /as buried in the Ayer cemetery at ^ he memorial grounds June 22n<f, ? lev. J. Earle Freeman conducting 0 he funeral services. She was a uried by the side of her son, Joseph g larle Ayer, who died just three j yeeks before the mother, thus im- j osing upon the family a double be- a eavement. She was the mother of r en children, and her husband and even children survive her. She was n 1 years old, and her life was spent p o as to win the love and esteem of g hose who knew her. ^ Insists on New Station. Branchville, June 6.?The officials T. is i the Southern Railway company let the members of the town coun- ^ il at the old depot here yesterday ? aorning and submitted new plans or the erection of a new freight deot and for the reconstruction and ? earrangement of the old passenger epot here. The council seems to gree with the officials of the raiload company that the new brick 81 reight depot which the officials have romised will meet the demands of n tie public but are not disposed to s ccept the plans submbitted for the A assenger depot which the railroad ^ ompany could possibly carry out by 0 laking an expenditure of $100 to c< 200, but intend to contend for what tiey think is right and fair in the s< latter. A Pleasant Evening. w The box party announced for the 7th instant at the home of Mr. D. I. Smith was a very pleasant occaion, was well attended and all eemed to have a good Yime. All j. otterv schemes and questionable ,, lethods for raising money were care- ' illy eliminated, and the net proceeds A or Bethany church amounted to fl 52.00. These people are not sit- ^ ing idly by waiting for their neighors to build their church, but their wn determination is bringing things :> pass. p % - IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down* for Qnick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Mr. W. L. Brooker, who has been plincipal of the Aiken schools for jeveral years, has resigned, he having been elected .superintendent of the graded schools at Florence. Special Judge W. B. Gruber at Union last week refused a new trial .. TTT m T 4-X. ~ .O W. 1. JUlitJS, LliC VJUU V 1LLCU YY itv murderer, and his attorneys at once jave notice of appeal to the State supreme court. Congress adjourned last Saturday, md the South Carolina congressmen ire now at home looking after their political affairs. This was termed ;he long session of congress, it havng lasted seven months. Sumter has inaugurated a campaign. for a Y. M. C. A. building to cost $35,000, and this sveek committees are hard. at vork soliciting subscriptions. That ;he movement will be successful, no >ne who knows the Sumter spirit las any doubt. District Summer School. The teacher-students of the sumner school are having quite a pleasmt time, mingling with other coaborers, studying (?) and learning he various ideas of other teachers. V. The faculty is a very thorough and nstructive corps, rendering every ser'ice to our improvement and pleasire. We were loathe to give up one nember of the faculty on Friday, 5rof. Hadden, of Clemson College, rho has been giving us a series of ectures on agriculture. Some time ve wonder just after his lectures if ye are farmers or school marms. Another teacher will take his place >n some other prevailing subject. There are about seventy-five teachT-students here, all ladies except hree; and suffice it to say those hree gentlemen look lonely. The iifferent homes .in which we board ffer us every pleasure and comfort hat we can enjoy, and in every phere we find the folks of Aiken one >f big hearts ready to assist "the eachers." At the various churches we are oyally welcomed, and it was your tumble scribe's pleasure t'o visit the lethodist church on Sunday where ie heard an eloquent sermon by Rev. . B. Tray wick, formerly of Dennark. who is pastor here of the lethodist church, and like him of Id, is a loved father of his flock. On Friday afternoon, the Ladies' iid Society of the Methodist church, rere "at home" to the teachers and acuity at the home of Mrs. Woods, n Park avenue. Mrs. Woods was bly assisted in entertaining the uests by Mesdames Heath, Murray, Cennedy, Eubanks, and Misses r* rt A i T\ Ar T-I ill /J LiiUO, Vjai UlUVi y XX XXX y TT U^UObVUV nd Kennedy served the courses of efreshments. The beautiful home was one of aerriment, and the daisy was the irevailing flower, each guest being iven a souvenir of daises tied with rhite ribbon. Various parts of the State are epresented; we find that the district > not at all confined to the three ounties but nearly all over the State, 'here are only two or three from lamberg. One of the most interesting and intructive courses here is the excelrnt lectures. We have two and aree a week. Tuberculosis has been iscussed and stereopticon illustra ons snown xo sucn an extern ana in nch an impressive and instructive lanner that I feel we all ought to ladly join the white plague fight. . lecture on hookworm with stereopicon illustrations will be presented n Tuesday night the 28th, at the Durt house. These lectures are atmded by the folks of the city and iem to be enjoyed very much by lose who are not teachers, and sufce it to say we all drink in every ord. Aiken, S. C., June 27, 1910. Marriage in Branchville. TIranphvillP TiinA 97 "\fiss T.il-1 an Black, of this place, and Mr. Lem IcKenzie, of Charleston, were maried here last night by the Rev Allen lacfarlane. They will make their jture home at Ehrhardt, S. C., where Ir. McKenzie has a position with lr. henry Ehrhardt. ~mJ. Watch the date on label of your aper and renew promptly. o v ! . . ' *<* ? ' ..." v - SOUTH CAROLINA AHEAD. j 1910 Crops Aggregated More Than North Carolina. It is rather surprising to learn from official estimates that in 1910 South Carolina's crops of cotton, * corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, flaxseed, rice, potatoes, hay and tobacco aggregated more than North Carolina's, although North Carolina led Virginia by not far from t 50 per cent, and Tennessee by a fair c margin. In 1899 the two States ^ stood: North Carolina, $53V214,000; c South Carolina, $51,324,000. In 1909 c the standing was: South Carolina, 1 $109,013,000; North Carolina, $103,- i 148,000. South Carolina has ail area i considerably less than three-fifths as t large as North Carolina's and a pop- p ulation little more than two-thirds as I large. Morever, of South Carolina's population nearly three-fifths are ne groes, while North Carolina's negro i population is in the proportion of c slightly less than one-third. To be ^ sure, North Carolina has much larger t areas of mountain and coast land which have not yet been made pro- ( ductive, but, after all allowances, r South Carolina's record remains the t better. It behooves North Carolina c farmers to catch the pace which r South Carolina is setting.?Charlotte i Observer. ' f Mark Twain and the Burglars. Probably the most startling and picturesque incident during Mr. Clem- ^ ens's short time at Redding was when . / 1 the two misguided young men from New York burglarized the house on the hill. This came very near being t a tragic affair, and our sheriff carries two bullet-wounds to remember it by. ^ The following morning neighbor Lounsburv's stable-yard looked like ^ a field hospital in time of war. The 11 a #v/v nmn Viifltr village uuk/iui nao uuo; umuiu^ the battered head of one of the burglars and caring for the bulletwounds in the leg and thumb of the * doughty sheriff By great good for- a tune I happened to be in the little a town clerk's office when Mark Twain c himself entered. It was a small, o narrow room on the west side of the t little one-story building. A safe stood f at the north end, near a plain deal a table at which the officials sat. ^ At the south end of the room there v was, on this occasion, a small table, t which the two prisoners, with the r gyyes upon their wrists, sat waiting b their fate. One of them had his c head swathed\ in bandages and the n back of hia coat stiff with his own b gore. The other, with an insolent F smile, was smoking a cigarette. Some kind neighbor had supplied them with sandwiches and coffee, g The sheriff was limping around, with g one hand done up in bandages, and, n as he said, "a bootful of blood be- g gob." The officials were in the v clothes they wore at their farm work, 0 and the doors were crowded with g rustics. In strong contrast with the v simple surroundings was the fashion- c ably dressed Miss Clara Clemens and 0 her feminine companions. 1 When Mark Twain entered, array- t ed In his white flannel suit, he stop- ^ ped at the table occupied by the two ^ "yeggmen." This was before any of e the newspaper men had arrived, and t] they njissed a most characteristic and t] interesting heart to heart talk with a 0 live burglar. Said the white philo- f, sopherr "So you're the two Voung ti men who cajled at my house last night and forgot to put your names in my guest book? Now that was a pretty sort of business for you, wasn't 0 it, and a nice way to treat me, after I've been down on the East Side I working for just such fellows as you, and after I made Bingham take back f" what he said about the Jews." "Excuse me, Mr. Clemens," inter- Si rupted the battered and woun|ed 11 prisoner, for the first time showing cLiiy miciCDt IU LUC piuv;ccuiu5oy ui; parents are Jewish." w "Then you're a disgrace to your race!" r' "Well, I guess I am," replied the s* burglar. "Now you two young men," continued Mr. Clemens, "have been up to v< my house, stealing my tinware, and n got pulled in by these Yankees up here. You had much better have stayed in New York, where you have a the pull. Don't you see where you're s* drifting to? They'll send you fromvb; here down to Bridgeport jail, and; the next think you know you'll be in the United States senate. There's ^)1 no other future open for you." *1 Tf a-QQ -a*r?rthv r?f rpmarli that pven bl the burglar treated Mark Twain with ? a deference which was the more al marked because of the sullen con- U1 tempt with which the "yeggmen" greeted every one else.?From "Mark ?1 Twain as a Neighbor," by Dan ** Beard, in the American Review of Reviews for June. GEORGIA MURDERER SLAIN IV. H. BOSTWICK SHOT BY PURSUERS AFTER A BATTLE Vfter Killing Three Officers Georgia i Desperado is Overcome in His J Barricaded Cabin. ] ] Irwinville, Ga., June 27.?Defiant 1 ?ven while the shadows of death ] ilosed around him and volley after rolley from the new Springfield rifles )f two militia companies made a sieve \ )f the walls of his humble home, W. ' 3. Bostwick, the white desperado, 1 vho marked his last Sunday by the ^ nurder of two officers of the law and he serious wounding of three others, s aid the penalty of death shortly after > o'clock this morning. He succumb- * >d to many wounds received from the 1 rolleys fired into the building early n the night by a mob of infuriated :itizens or from those of th^ military, i vhich began an attack after 4 o'clock j ;his morning. 1 Surrounded by his six little chilIren, whom he held prisoners al- 1 nost to the end of the seige, Bostvick had declared his intention of { lying rather than submitting to ar- * est on the on the charge of attempt- 1 ng to murder his brother-in-law, ^ ought the battle oo the last ditch. 1 Released Children. / Knowing that death was near, the ] [esperate man finally allowed the ear-stricken children to leave the < ouse. However, after they were under ^ he protection of the military officers t hey refused to talk of the events of , he night. ,t Capt. Delang's original instructions ^ rom adjutant general Scott were to 1 iwait the arrival of the Albany { Juards before taking any steps to ( apture Bostwick. ^ j Mob Was Angry. i Upon arriving at Bostwick's home, ' lowever, he found the mob in such 1 , temper that he deemed immediate ction absolutely necessary. He first ailed upon Bostwick to surrender, 'ffering him protection from the mob, < lut the demand was stoutly re- * used, even though accompanied by 1 . threat to take the besieged man 1 lead or live. The officer then de- i nanded that the children be allowed J c leave the house, but Bostwick also efused this demand. The little ones i tad spent the entire night huddled < lose to the floor, fearing at any mo- < aent that they would be victims of < ullets from the guns of the enraged j ieople. ^ Fired Into Roof. 1 Capt. Delang, ordered his men to ( re a volley into the roof of ttife * touse, following which another de- . nand for surrender and releas^ of he children was made upon Bostrick, who replied with a shot from ne of the three weapons with which ^ e was armed. Then came another olley from the soldiery, which aused Bostwick to ask that the lives \ f the children be not endangered, 'he six children were then permit- ^ ed to leave the house and were iken in charge by the soldiers. They" rould answer no questions. The old- c st daughter, Jennie, who had spent j, be long night attempting to shield tie younger children, cried because ne of the younger boys, had been Dreed to leave the house without his j rousers and the oldest boy was ill. Replied with Shot. c The children were taken to a place P f safety, Capt. Delang again de- n landed that Bostwick surrender, but le only reply was a shot from the s esieged man. Then the soldiers fired vojley into the lower portion of the & ouse. A moment later officers ob- J' 3rved that a shingle h&d been re- a loved from the roof, this probably P eing done by Bostwick in order to re to better advantage. A hail of lead si as thrown into the roof, followed y a thud, which indicated that ostwick had fallen to the floor. Obirvers then called attention to the ict that an object was seen moving c irough a hole in the floor, and a jlley was fired in that direction. A ish of the troops was then ordered, n le belief being that Bostwick had *en injured, but this was stopped by c shot from the building, which y' ;ruck James Gill, who was cared for f y a physician. ? 9 S Still Resists. . noianor'c mon thpn fired into the ? n ullding several times. Several men e len attempted to enter the building ?, it were greeted by a final shot from I] ostwick. The Albany company then p ppeared on the scene and a rush fi pon the buTfifrhg was made from all v: irections. The doors were broken pen and Bostwick was found upon ie floor dead. a The Casualties. E The dead: J. P. Mclnnis, sheriff of ri -*? . ; ' : " r * TROUBLE IN GAFFXEY. ' % IVhite Man Shoots Another?Whit? Man Cuts Negro. Gaffney, June 26.?0. H. Hendrix, who conducts a store near the Hamrick mills, just outside th? corporate limits of Gaffney, shot Forrest Pennington with a 41 calibre derringer - / pistol at his store about 11 o'clock ^ last night. : . Pennington came to the store somewhat under the influence of whiskey .rj and making some small purchases, had some words with some one in the store. Hendrix became involved in the dispute, going outside witn ? m Pennington, who, it is claimed, had . ^ i knife. Pennington crossed the road while Henrix fired two shots, both going wide. Pehnington then turned rM facing Hendrix with the remark that 'By God, we will shoot time about," ' when another shot from Hendrix struck on the end of the nose, lodg- 'A* ing in the back o( his head. Dr. Nesbitt, who called to see the $ wounded man, says he will recover ' if no complications set in. Hendrix is about 45 years of age 'jM ind has a family. He has not lived * .'% n Gaffney very long. Pennington la ibout 22 years of age and Is married. Hendrix surrendered to the sheriff I mmediat'ely after the shooting and ia ; j low in the county jail. . A white man, named James 3ridges, stabbed a negro boy named Tim Smart last night about dark at .':0 Scruggs's stable in the Gaffney mill |^ tillage. It is said by those who sav ;he affair that the cutting was wholly ... V.' mprovoked; that Bridges was sitting it the front of the stables when the * joy passed and that he stopped him _ - y'S with the question: "Are you look!ngv ifter trouble," when the boy answer- . ''M 2d "No,"and Bridges stabbed him.. 3ridges at once took to the woods ind has not as yet been captured. v rhe negro is said to be dangerously i wounded. : 4, / 'vl S. B. Wright Improving. .$3|j Honea Path, June 21.?The con* lition of Mr. S. B. Wright, who was shot sometime agjo by his wife, con:inues to improve and it seems now that he will recover. He has been, > ? removed to the home of his sister .-* ind all symptoms are favorable. Mrs. 'zM Wright is at the home of her sister \ ind is under bond pending the result )f the wound. There are differences )f opinion here as to her mental conlition at the time of the shooting, v " V|?|| It will be recalled that about three * veeks ago as Wright has getting ..p-Sjjfk eady to go to a funeral at Barker's Dreek church she became enraged be-' ;ause he did not want her to go and ?^|3? ired at him, the bullet taking effect > n his breast and penetrating alarmngly near the heart. It was thought *h|| 'or several days that the wound -jaM vould prove fatal\but it now seems - ^Jlg hat he will get weh. . The shooting caused a good deal of ;xcitement and comment at the time /;Ml ind various theories as to the cause * & vere advanced. It seems that they ? lad had some words the day before - M ind Wright's refusal to permit her to ittend the funeral precipitated the 3s [uarrel. Mr. Wright is a farmer and ivees about four miles from town. Trying to Save Franklin. ./ , v^fjj Orangeburg, June 25. ? Jacob ?Jal loorer and John Adams, attorneys 1 ^3m or Pink Franklin, conferred in this ity to-day, seeking signatures to a etition to Governor Ansel to comaute the sentence of Franklin to ang to allow him to serve a life entence in the State penitentiary. Adams arrived here to-day from : fanning and has secured a list of the / > ':| ury who sat upon Franklin's case' nd will request them to sign the * etition. ' 7 Solicitor Hildebrand refused to #^|f| [gn the petition. A ? ' Branchville Has Candidate. ? ' ' Branchville, June 27.?At a meetig of the Branchvilte Democratic lub, held in the town hall Saturday i Ma ist, Mr. W. j/zeigler, a prominent , irmer of this section, was unani- . lously selected to make the race for ' tie legislature from this county, I rangeburg. It has been several ears since Branchville has even had candidate in the field. Mr. Zeigler > one of the prosperous and proressive farmers of Orangeburg counj, a man of sterling worth and wide M cquaintance, and it is confidently . V M xpectecl that he will be elected. rwin county; Steve Davis, chief of/ olice of Ocilla; Deputy Sheriff Shef- , J3 eld, Irwin county; W. H. Bostwick, : j ictim of shots fired into his home. ' The injured: James Gill, seriously >! ounded; Deputy Sheriff T. C. Bass, / rm broken and shot in abdomen; * leputy Sheriff Wyatt Tucker, injuies slight.