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' 'rl;^ * ' . (Tit? iamkrg ISimtlii Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1910. One Dollar a Year ? ? ' rk COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ? ] SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the s County and Elsewhere. ] Ehrhardt Etchings. [ Ehrhardt, Sept. 5.?Sunday was j nearly as warm as a sport said it was ^ in middle Florida. Said you could put out a cake of ice and it would ^ warp in the sunshine before it would 1 melt Well, the carnival company left here this morning for Walterboro, S. C. The old plantation was nearly worn out here last week. Every time they were going to put new features in the play, but was the same old play over and over. Well, we had a very tame election. The candidates did not spend any money on the "good people" at this voting precinct. The "good people" acted very cool to them at the campaign meeting. No dinner on the ground as usual. r Some few bales of new cotton were ' brought to market last week and sold ( for 14 cents the pound; all it was worth, as it was badly worked on account of being too green and damp. Had some regular trash movers last week or would have had several more bales of cotton on our market. Could not gather it from the fields. Mrs Addie B. Hartz, Capt. J. C. Kinard and wife returned from the mountains last Saturday. They seem lively, and in good spirits, and I hope improved. Our merchants expect a large trade this fall. They have immense stocks f ' of goods opened up and more coming every day. Miss Salome Wilson is spending some time with friends in this section. All are glad to see her and enjoy her company. * Mrs. J. B. Ramsey, two daughters ' - ? . ? r ana two sons, nave gone to w imams to visit her mother and friends. c Mrs. Simmons and daughter have f > gone to Branchville to visit her sister, Mrs. Emma Appleby. The railroad company has im- , proved the looks of their yards here. There is room for more improvements. The paint brush would help . the looks of the depot. t Perry Bamberg, a colored farmer of this section grew a pumpkin vine this year on the old Murdaugh plan- t tation that matured five pumpkins, t Weights as follows: 122 pounds, r * 113 pounds, 40 pounds. 20 pounds t and one 20 pounds, makiDg a total of 325 pounds of pumpkin to one I i vine. Who can beat this production? JEE. i ? *- v Govan Letter. t ' r Govan, September 5.?Mr. Ottie a T.nin nnrt Miss Ethel Whitton were r > happily united in the bonds of mat- r > rimony, Saturday afternoon at 2 c o'clock, at the home of the bride in < . Augusta* Ga. t Monnie and Willie Lain were at c home Sunday, but for a short time, t A candidate who is defeated should not feel disappointed at de- r feat. One should work to make a \ sucessful career in any undertaking, * and be contented in the achievement * of success in his particular calling or 1 profession. The preferment of pub- * lie office is for only a few, and some- r times the people make the right se- 1 lection in their opinion, knowing f that it is the wrong selection. This 6 is due to corruption in the people ^ and candidates. Sometimes misin- * M A ti/>? r%e* frv n rrton'c nlo f Arm I lUi iiiauuu as LU a uuau -j piuivi ? causes the wrong man to elect- c ed, but in this case often we have 1 good men elected on the wrong plat- * form. Rev. P. A. Bolen held regular preaching services at Georges Creek t ? Saturday and Sunday. He used the subject: "The value of human life." and preached an instructive sermon. c He emphasized the truth that man has c just begun the journey of life at death, and that God's purpose is for 1 him to understand that he has a duty to perform here below, using strong > p illustrations by naming some active r Hvoc Ti-hn have achieved great things in life, such as inventions that are of i great avail in the establishment of t Christ's kingdom. Also said that God's purpose is that man should be j consecrated. r Cain Moye, an old negro of the i slavery time type, died last week. It g * is a sad condition to see these old c negroes "pass over the river," for 2 with their departure we lose irre- 2 i trievably that type of individuality, c As John Temple Graves said: 1 % . CENSUS ESTIMATES. Durand Thinks Census Will Show 91,000,000. Washington, August 27.?Enthusiastic persons who have been claimng that the completion of the present census will show that the United States has a population of 100,000,)00, will be disappointed when the returns are all in, according to the belief of Director E. Dana Durand. Not counting the Philippines, if the census shows a population in the [Jnited States proper of 91,000,000 census bureau officials will be surprised. "This is only a rough guess," said Director Durand, "but I believe the returns will show there is a population of 90,000,000 in the country, not counting the Philippines. It may *un up to-91,000,000, but I doubt it Df course if the population of the Philippines is included the figures will be close to the 100,000,000 nark. "I expect the tabulation to be jompleted by November 15, and imnediately afterward we will be able ;o announce the population of the country. "The net gains from immigration luring the last ten years has not ieeen so large as would be supposed. "For example, immigration from 1001 tn 1007 into the United States vas only 6,219,000, in round num)ers. Of this number 1,927,000 reurned to the countries from which :hey came, leaving a total of only 1,292,000. "We have been surprised at the )opulation of cities of 100,000 and liore since the figures of many of hese have been announced. The jercentage of increase since the ast census of these cities?that is, hose whose population has been giv;n out is more than twenty per cent. "Whether or not the country disricts will show such a. percentage )f increase in population we do not tnow yet. Some believe that the 'apid rate of increase of the large sities is caused by population drawn rom the country districts." City Council Meeting. City council held a regular monthy meeting Tuesday afternoon. The egular routine business was transited, and Mr. Marion Smoak, night )oliceman, tendered his resignation, o take effect October 1st, as he will mter another line of business. TVio fllorl* onH treocuror rdnnrtnH hat he had writtten the Bamberg >u3iness league in regard to the good oads rally projected by council but lad not heard from that body so far. Jobbers Kill Two?Rob Pay Chest. Hudson, N. Y., Sept. 3.?Masked nen sprang out of the bushes along;ide a lonely lane this afternoon, leld up Dent Fowler, aged 21, paynaster of the Atlas Brick company, md his negro driver, shot the driver lead, wounded Fowler mortally and nade off with the chest of pay envel>pes containing $5,000. George Ragslale, the driver, died instantly, his lead being torn away by two .44 :alibre revolver bullets. He was a rusted employe. Fowler was wound>d over the heart and died without egaining full consciousness. The robbers escaped. Young Fowler went armed and for urther protection took with him lagsdale, who was stable boss at the jrick yard. It was raining and they ode with the buggy top up, the boot veil raised in front, and their heads ar back in the hood. That made it tasy for the robbers. Just what happened when the lold-up came will never be known mtil the murderers are caught and onfess. Fowler died before he could ltter more than a few unintelligble vords. 'There should be a monument erect'd to their memory that would reach o the skies." Cotton fs being gathered slowly >wing to the heavy rains. The pea rop appears to be good. We don't hear much about autonobile road construction. vaooz-vn litltnnwn P P V r ui duuic i wuouu uutkiiv ??. Vilkes didn't fill his regular appointnent at Salem Sunday afternoon. Mr. Alva Rogers, of Atlanta, Ga., s visiting relatives and friends in he community. Mr. Jack Hutto and Miss Mattie ^ena Mather were married Sunday light at the home of Mrs. Luther Lancaster. Rev. P. E. Bolin officiited. We wish for the young :ouple a happy and prosperous life. Jr. Hutto is in the railroad service md located at Hix in Orangeburg :ounty. They left for Hix last light.. OFFICIAL RESULT OF 1 The Following Figuri suits as Declare< i f Blease ! Duncan n r> ? Featherstom For Governor j Hyatt ] McLeod [ Richards , For U. Governor.. . For Sec. of State McCown For Comp. Gen Jones For State Treas Jennings (Moore Adj. and In. Gen.. - Newnham.... (Richardson.. , State Supt. Ed Swearingen . Attorney General., j Lyon8;;;";;;;; f Cansler Railroad Com { [ Scarborough ( Byrnes For Congress - Garris (Patterson.... j Crum tt ? -r, Hunter House of Rep -j Mi)ey 1 Riley For Supervisor -j Kearse"""" For Treasurer. Folk For Auditor Rowell f Bellinger... . I Copeland Folk County Commis...-! Kinard | Patrick I Phillips i Walker Total vote at WRECK OX SEABOARD, Two Freight Cars Ditched by out Xear Patrick. Patrick, Sept. 1.?Seaboar< Line local freight No. 5 ran j small washout one and a half south of here yesterday. The < and seven cars passed over, but a heavily loaded coal car reachi undermined track it went Only two, the coal car and tl boose went down. But for th that No. 5 had a "wait" order c 66 at, Middledorf, No. 66, pass train, might have run into this out. Only one man, Webber W flagman, was hurt, he not seri * - A ? Tl Tne wrecaer was seni nom n and soon had the track clear. Condition of Cotton. Washington, September 2.crop reporting board of the d ment of agriculture estimates the average condition of the < crop on August 25 was 72.1 pei of a normal, as compared wit! on July 25, 1910; 63.7 on A 25, 1909; 76.1 on August 25, and 73.1 the average of the pa years on August 25. Comparisons of condition States on August 25 follow: 1( States: 1910 1909 Virginia 82 73 North Carolina 76 73 South Carolina 73 74 71 75 UCUI 51a A W Florida 74 75 Alabama 72 66 Mississippi 71 61 Louisiana : 60 48 Texas 69 59 Arkansas 78 60 Tennessee 78 75 Missouri 78 80 Oklahoma 85 56 California 95 ? United States: 1910, 72.1; 63.7; ten-year average, 73.1. While the average condition ( ton on August 25, according 1 figures of the crop reporting bo: the department of agricultui S.4 per cent, better than it was corresponding date last year, lower by 3.4 per cent, than it a month ago. It is 4 per cent, than it was at this time in 190! is 1 per cent, below the averaj the last ten years. Officials of the department < riculture declined to estimate t feet of the figures made by the J * rr-i J , reporting Doara. i ne uiu ci up ton, by reason of existing high i has been practically exha "Twenty-cent cotton" has callet stantially every bale of spot < from its hiding place, accordi the views of the department ofl Just now the new crop is beginn come into the market. In Sou Texas the crop is being picke* ginned as rapidly as possible from now on the crop marketer continue to increase for s< months. 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A filfi ... 21 10 6 94125 2 2 117 1 8 143 c ... 81 19 11 671111 1 7 19 4 6 4 5 246 e ... 27 25 17 15 720 1 2 3 71114 149 J ;... 235 181154 142 59:64 22 44 51 45 33 24 28 1082 1 . \ BUYS PLANT IX GREENVILLE. 2 a Wash- Duke Company Purchases Greenville 3 Street Car System. ^ 3 Air Grenville, September 3.?Follow- f into a the announcement of the pur- , miles chase by the Greenville, Aderson & . engine Spartanburg Interurban Railway com- . when Pany of the Geenville Traction com3d the Pany and light and power plant, came down. the announcement from New York , le ca- that *he directors at a meeting in t e fact that city had decicded to increase the. >n No. capital stock of the interurban qom- . senger pany to $2,000,000 and to begin work wash- on the Greenville-Belton branch at t alton, once. ously. The Duke interests, controlling the t [amlet Greenville, Anderson & Spartanburg TpaIIov nnmnonv nurphospH tbp XI Uiivj vvuij/uu; , | g Greenville electric plant', including) t the traction lines, from the corpora- j tion known as the American Pipe j The company of Philadelphia. The price c epart- Paid f?r the Greenville property is j i that understood to be $500,000. a cotton The dispatch confirming the report c cent, of the sale was received this afteri 75.5 noon by Mayor Marshall from W. S. r .ugust Lee of the Southern Power company j 1908, and reads: "Our interests have to- t st ten day purchased the Greenville railway t and light properties. We wish to ads by vise you of this and assure you and ^ the citizens of Greenville that as soon t )-year as we perfect our organization we T aver, will have our representative call on t 76 you with the end in view of securing f 76 all interests concerned to the best s 76 possible advantage." E 76 The increase in the capital stock, g 78 designed to cover the cost of the 72 Greenville property, and the an- a 75 nouncement of the determination to c 71 begin ^york on the Greenville-Belton v 69 branch assure early developments in 0 73 the project which is designed to link j 81 the leading cities of the Piedmont g 80 with lines which will furnish cheap c 75 and convenient transportation be- ( ? iween mem. : 1909, Contracts for the grading and t equipment of the line from Greenville s )f cot-i will be let at once. p :o the The lines of the Greenville, Auderard of son & Spartanburg company already ^ re, is extend from Anderson to Belton, and t at the this extension means.one more step s it is in ?he plan of binding the Piedmont r was j yet more closely together. lower | m 3 an(l Drank Laudanum. ;e for Union, Sept. 5.?S. S. Waldrop, a well known operative in the Union-if Buffalo mills, committed suicide Sun- c he ef- day morning by drinking laudanum h } crop and died shortly afterwards. Mr. o )f cot- Waldrop was a prominent member of E )rices, the Second Baptist church of West, h usted. End. Mr. Waldrop was about 46 o 1 sub- years old and is survived by a wife r cotton and several children. He left letters n ng to to his wife and son explaining the e icials. reason of his death, saying that he c ing to had betrayed the confidence of his E ithern family and friends and could not face T 3 and them again. The funeral services t; i and were held this afternoon at the Sec- a d will ond Baptist church by his pastor, n sveral Rev. Mr. Anderson, and his remains a were laid to rest in the city cemetery, n PATTERSON OFFERS REWARD. >peaks His Mind About the Circular With Forged Name of Byrnes. Edgefield, September 1.?Hon. J. ). Patterson, of Barnwell, candidate or re-election to congress from this listrict, spent a portion of the day n Edgefield receiving the congratulaions of his friends upon the splendid ote he received through the district :nd especially in this county. He earned here for the first time that lis name was being connected with he widely discussed Byrnes circular, .s having something to do with its leing sent out. This he denied most mphatically. The county Democratic executive ommittee was in session at the time Congressman Patterson was here, and le was invited to address the committee concerning the circular, which las caused such widespread comment. He accepted the invitation, leing introduced by E. A. Padgett, a member of the committee. He stated that he was surprised 0 learn upon arrival in Edgefield hat his name had been connected nth the circular in any way, and was ;lad of the opportunity to make a tublic denial of having had any inow'edge of the circular which was landerous in the extreme, reflecting n the severest terms upon Mr. Garris :S well as upon himself. Just before eaving Mr. Patterson gave out the ollowing statement to all the newslaper correspondents: "A circular or letter has been cirulated throughout the second congressional district purporting to have >een written and signed by James F. 3yrnes, a candidate for congress, in vhich serious and scurrilous charges ire preferred against C. W. Garris, 1 candidate for congress, and also igainst me. "Mr. Byrnes has issued a circular lenying tne autnorsnip or sucn ieter or circular and declaring the same o be a forgery and Mr. Garris has ikewise issued a circular denouncing he statements made against him and >oth of those gentlemen have offerid a reward for the conviction of the >arty who wrote and circulated the etter referred to. I am informed hat this letter has ben used against ne in the primary election just held, t being charged that such letter was ;otten up and circulated in my inerest. "I desire to say to the people of he second congressional district that uch a statement is absolutely false, nd any intimation from my enemies hat the letter was written or circuated by myself or any friend of mine denounce as untrue and as absurd >n its face, and I further state that have no knowledge or information s to who is the author of the letter ?r by whom it was circulated. "As to the charge of forgery I have 10 knowledge or information. All know of it is I saw a copy of it with he name of James F. Byrnes signed hereto. "I am informed that an effort is >eing made to find out the perpetraor of this crime, which effort I hope rill meet with success. I will bring his matter to the attention of the >ost office department at once and ee that a thorough investigation is nade with a view to having the ;uilty party punished. "In addition to this I hereby offer . reward of $500 for the arrest and onviction of the party or parties rho wrote and circulated the scurrilous letter above referred to, signed ames F. Byrnes and dated Aiken, . C., July 8, 1910 and addressed to enator Geo. H. Bates, Barnwell, S. ., bearing post mark Aiken, S. C., August 29th, 1910 and received at he post office at Barnwell on the ame date. It has always been my urpose and effort to conduct a clean nd high campaign and I feel confient that those who know me.know hat I would not under any circumtances stoop to such dirty and outageous political tactics. (Signed) "J. 0. PATTERSON*." ??? I Committee Meeting. The county Democratic executive ommittee met in the court house ere last Thursday, and on account f the close vote between Messrs. t. W. Miley and W. L. Riley for the ouse of representatives, a recount f all the votes was had. The recount esulted in Riley being elected by a lajority of two. Kearse was declared ^ lected for Supervisor; Kinard for ounty commissioner; Ray, Copeland, lenderson, and Free for magistrates, here will be a second race for coun- < y commissioner between Bellinger : nd Folk, also a second race for lagistrate at Olar between Fields i nd Lain. The primary will be held ext Tuesday. > RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY OFFICIAL COUNT OF DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Hampton in Second Race for Railroad Commissioner?Patterson Leads for Congress. I ' . *'" The State Democratic executive committee met in Columbia last Friday night in the office of the secretary of State at the State house and declared the official results of the re- /' cent primary election. The second primary will be held on September 13. The official returns put Hampton and Cansler in the second race for railroad commissioner, although Scarborough ran close for position. The following were declared to be in the second race: / $$$& For Governor. ' M C. L. Blease. : C. C. Featherstone. '--"'-3 For Adjntant General. W. W. Moore. J. M. Richardson. For Railroad Commissioner. James Cansler. G. McDuffie Hampton. Those Elected. The following were declared as having been elected on the first pri- . -- '4 mary: Charles A. Smith, lieutenant governor; J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general; R. M. McCown, secretary of State; A. W. Jones, comptroller gen- , '' y-'M eral; J. E. Swearingen, State super- ^ intendent. of education; R. H. Jennings, State treasurer. These are declared the nominees of the Demo- KEf cratic party. The following were declared the 4 $11 nominees for congress from the various districts: George S. Legare, ivj first district; A. F. Lever, seventh district; Wyatt Aiken, third district; V5fl Joseph T. Johnson, fourth district; : D. E. Finley, fifth district. A second primary is ordered from cji the following congressional districts: Second district, James F. Byrnes, ' ii| Jas. 0. Patterson; sixth district, J. E. Ellerbe, P. A. Hodges. Official Vote. The following is the official vote J for State and congressional officers: For Governor. Cole L. Blease 33,414 C. C. Featherstone 30,045 Thomas G. McLeod ....25,263 F. H. Hyatt 5,436 John G. Richards, Jr 9,770 * John T. Duncan 1,436 Fnr Tii An tenant Governor. E. Walker Duvall 44,907 Chas. A. Smith 59,017 For Secretary of State. R. M. McCown 92,731 For Comptroller General. A. W. Jones 93,353 For State Treasurer. R. H. Jennings 92,616 ^ Adjutant and Inspector General. W. W. Moore 49,726 Chas. Xewnham 21,483 J. M. Richardson 32,656 State Superintendent of Education. J. E. Swearingen 92,133 For Attorney General. B. B. Evans 27,632 J. Fraser Lyon 73,863 For Railroad Commissioner. Jas. Cansler 41,320 ^ -? r - -r. m _ tt x oo a9a -? u. mcisuuie namyiuu G. H. Mahon 18,350 0. C. Scarborough 21,990 Congress, First District. Geo. S. Legare 7,111 J. H. Lesesne 2,464 Second District. Byrnes 4,897 ' Garris 2,355 Patterson 5,391 Third District. Aiken 12,803 Fourth District, Johnson 10,570 Fifth District. Butler 6,131 y0 O TiZ r Illiey Henry 1,769 Sixth District. Brown 2,621 Ellerbe 7,832 Hodges 3,781 Sellers 2,133 ' Seventh District. Lever 12,760 Hay 1,246 Blackville Woman Takes Deadly Dose. Americus, Ga., Sept. 2.?Mrs. C. A. Parker, of Blackville, S. C., who has been under the treatment of a physician because of her mental condition, suddenly seized a bottle of poison at the home of a relative here to-day and drank its contents. She died in a few minutes. Her family is prominent here and in South Carolina. 'tl > :