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ffiamtorg fjjmtlii Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1910. One Dollar a Year fe COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS j - : i MVS II? SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS! ||j IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. |?P News Items Gathered All Around the ford Bfer", County and Elsewhere. man Govan Letter. aboi ? nigh Govan, Nov. 28.?It has been some h jjpp> time since your correspondent has to d ^ y Vi given the news from this community, site, o will endeavor to give you a few ieft IBs items. * nooi SThe Woodmen of the World of this not SK lodge will unveil the tomb of Mr. and . Luther Lancaster the first Sunday in h December at Georges Creek Baptist afte: church at 9:30 o'clock. The cere- he < monies will be before preaching ser- part vice. Saturday before and Sunday for 1 are the regular preaching service was days.. Everybody, through the cour- hitcl teey of the Go van lodge, is extended appj a welcome to witness the ceremonies. T Dr. Leighton Hartzog, of Olar, has is u been requested to make an address visil appropriate for the occasion. We kno hope not to be disappointed by not ed. having him with us. Our lodge is progressing nicely. , One new memW wah Added to our number recent ly, and there are others desiring F - anion with us, and we hope to ac- ben eept them in the near future. as a It is reported, that the young man past named Spires, of Orangeburg county, of ^ g|r /,,who was wounded on the excursion ther 'train coming from Augusta several Vltei j weeks ago, received another wound You gg| inflicted by a negro Saturday. The new ptj wound was a knife cut, and it is said and that the victim's abdomen was cut L- clear across, making an opening suf- Barl I Helen t for the bowels to protrude. It teac r is said that the young man supported Mis? Li his - bowels with his hands until I reaching a physician, when the wound Mar r was attended to. Suppose the wound Bru was not so dangerous, ' Mr. Howell McCormack will make Ed* Sp^-his future home in the State of Geor- a cl near Guyton. There are several T p families in that community from a fe E around here, and all of them make * l good reports from that section. Su- amo gar cane growing is a special indus- plac try over there, and the syrup pro- piaB L duced is of very excellent quality. mua fcw Farmers here want from 50 to 60 K cents per gallon for syrup, and the ? W. 'Georgia syrup can be bought for 30 sper p cents per gallon. Of course this is Mr8, E||'; | wholesale, but any one purchasing T If as much as 50 gallons can get it at di8tl I that price, and it is not necessary pret ( that he be a merchant. pret f \ Mrs. Helen Hay is visiting her Han |S?1I brother, Mr. W. A. Hay, of this place. I s< ?_ ?in ??i>a fiilnro hnmA in I lum IH* dllt) Will IIW^C uci lukiuv *'* -Py. Arcadia, Texas, in the near future. 00X11 ft Arcadia is a town twenty miles above B l|fe. Galveston, and is situated in the occl ft.<- tropics. Large lumber plants are *am located there, also fig Industries and new I orange groves. Mr. Arthur Hay, wil* 1 Ran ft:> ,. Mrs. Hay's son, who is engaged in p ft the lumber business there, recently F i / visited Galveston and sent her a a11 ft picture of the new sea wall, which lege I has been built since the great storm T |L several years ago which destroyed an(* that city. It is a stupendous struct- leav UTe, costing the government millions ligh v ^ uf dollars, and is an imposing sight and viewed from the giilf. M fete-- ITor one who cast his vote for pro- Peni i?s?r<v. & . hibltion in the last election to behold such quantities of liquor ship- bro1 ped to this little town and a gieat ly n deal of it consigned to strangers who " live away from here, it te quite dis- L | appointing, and it is evidence of the a corruption of our people. There was ton a barrel containing twelve gallons an(j . consigned to a party who does not gjye live in this community. If the town two was large enough to support a law by j and order league no doubt the con- yers difions would be much better here. ?tat Miss Led a Williams came home on the a visit Thanksgiving and returned to and her position near Blackstock this |ng | morning. cere Mrs. W. S. Glover, of Johns Island, ton | recently returned from an extended this zsztf visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. edu< M. Eaves. are: Sa Mr. Holland Kennedy made a hur- anxj K. ried visit to friends and relatives in Bp Georgia last week and reports a jolly time. He likes it so well over there 1 that he says he wants to make it his E ; home, but he can't get his wife to Tha : give her consent to go. So he says j den< that does not alter the case a bit, nigt V that he can get a divorce over there chui and it will be recognized socially in Groi I that State. Disgrace to Georgia! H. Plez Some Qnick Work. vjce ^ At Nashville, Tenn., a new church the ?' 4 building was constructed from the helc k foundation painted and furniture in- At P stalled in one day through the com- nan I bined efforts of three Christian amc mkf churches, and a service held in it that j har< m night. There were about 150 work-j last ers and the task was finished in ten j tota hours. | pha: . ' ; .. , .? ~r - *.? LAXGFORD POUND DEAD. J terious Murder of a White Man Near Branson. ? * runson, Nov. 29.?J; R. Lang, a well known hotels and lumber ? of this town was found dead it two miles from his home, tot about 8 o'clock, e left this morning about 8:30 irect the preparing of a- sawmill j four miles from town. The hands ahead of him and returned at ^ i, stating that Mr. Langford had come to tell them what to do they thought best to come home. * is family looked for him this c moon for several hours, and when 1 could not be found a searching * y left town aft 7:30 p. m. to look him. About half an hour later he ? found in the woods, his horse i bed to a tree nearby. He had < irently been dead several hours. < he cause of his death at present ' nknown, there being no wounds < jle. Nothing definite will be wn until the autopsy is perform- ] J Fairfax Fancies. ( airfax, Nov. 28.?Thanksgiving i was enjoyed by the older ones day of rest?and reviewing the they were grateful to the giver ( ill Good for His merciful care of * n. The young folks were in- ( 1 to dinings, etc. Mrs. Frank 1 ng entertained on that day the 5 pastor of the Lutheran church 5 his family, Mr. and Mrs. Martin 1 itsey and others. Mrs. Geneva t>er had with her all of last year's 1 hers. Prof. Riser, Miss Albright, i Goolsby and Miss Haigler. Mrs. 1 ton Loadholt entertained Miss 1 garet Youmans, Misses Zeigler, 1 mmond, Lanham, and Messrs. G. 1 Sanders, W. J. Speaks, and Dr. 1 Kerrison. All report spending harming day. v~* UathnHfato MVP HOI VUV iUWVUVUiBVU QM>T W stlval in the school rooms, while icture by a gent, who had been rng Iindians, of Columbia, took e up stairs. He brought a fine to with him and gave some weird ic as the Indians like it. His and music, both were good, [re. Cammie Sanders Jenniss is iding some time with her mother, , Julia Sanders. he festival given by the Metho3 was quite a success and their ty church will soon be much tier. The pastor came from iipton and assisted in many ways, ome of our citizens went to Cobia and lieard Ben Hur. Of *se they were delighted, oth parsonages here will sOon be ipied, as Rev. W. B. Aull and ily begin to feel at home in their abode, and Rev. J. D. Timmons soon move his family into the tist parsonage. ruit cakes, etc., are being made ready for the return of our colboys and girls at Christmas, he stork visited the home of Mr. Mrs. Sam Rouse on the 25 th, ing a little one to be the life and t of their dwelling. It is a son, a fine boy he is. Dr. Arthur Youmans, lately of sacola, Fla., has returned to the home at "Duck Branch" quite ten in health, but Is being tenderursed by his step-mother. Great Day at Colston, ast Thursday morning there was tianksgiving picnic given at Colschurch in behalf of the orphans a verv liberal collection was n to this cause. Also there were i very interesting speeches made 1 >rof. Davis, of South Carolina Uni- * ity, and Mr. Gunter, assistant e superintendent of education, for 1 purpose of joining Cuffie Creek * Colston school districts and form- ( a rural graded school. We sin- 3 ly hope the good people of Cols- 1 will continue the good work, as f will add greatly to the cause of * nation in that community. We < sure the wise heads of Colston are t ous to improve this great cause. A FRIEND. < ? 1 i^iind for Lutheran Orphanage. j hrhardt, Nov. 25.?Observance of i nksgiving was pleasingly in evi- ] je here on yesterday and last t it, notably at the two Lutheran rches of which the Rev. D. B. t seclose i" the pastor. Mount c isant Lutheran church, two miles l of town, held Thanksgiving ser- t in the morning of yesterday, and s Lutheran church of Ehrhardt j I Thanksgiving service last night, t the end of the service that first < led church took up a collection, >unting to $10.50, and the Ehr- j it church took up a collection ( night amounting to $23.20, a < ,1 of $33.70 for the Lutheran Or- 1 a Home, at Salem, Va. 1 ,.T- , *y - . * ' IN THE PALMETTO STATE k)me occurrences op various ( kinds in south carolina. Itatc News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About | Men and Happenings. The handspme home of Morgan 3. Boylston, near Springfield, was ^ lestroyed by fire one night last veek. Governor Ansel has removed Magistrate Lee at Eutawville. The charge against this officer was that le charged delinquents an extra imount in collecting road tax. E. P. Miller, superintendent of the traded school at Bennettsville, hks esigned to accept the position of cashier of the Union Savings Bank^ )f that town. M. C. Foster, first as- * dstant, has been made superintendint. After passing through a number of bands during ine past year, tae Hampton County News, published at Brunson, is now in charge of a stock company. W. M. Bishop is managing editor and J. W. Manuel associate editor. The State Supreme court Tuesday lenied a rehearing in the Carolina llass Company case, and it is said the jase. will now be appealed to the Jnited States Supreme Court. This is the case of the glass company against the State dispensary comnission. A meeting of the citizens of Hampton was held last Monday, at which it was decided to take steps to induce Broxton township, in Colleton, to annex itself to Hampton county. The people of Hampton seem very desirous of adding Broxton to their territory. , Willie JohnBon, a boy .under 18 years of age, is the champion corn 3 grower of Greenville county, having produced 113 bushels to the acre, according to decisions rendered at the jounty corn contest held in that city last Wednesday. Mark Johnson toOk { second prize with a record of 93 < bushels. \ 1 Tuesday J. J. Langford was edect- t )d mayor of Newberry, defeating his c >pponent, P. P. Baxter, by a three i :o one vote. Governor-elect Blease s s now mayor, but resigned because | >f his election as governor. Mr. t l?angford has heretofore served two eras as mayor, but was defeated by l Blease at the last election. 1 Joe Freeman, the negro who shot 1 ind seriously wonnddd Dr. C. B. c ECinsey some time ago, was tried at ;ourt in Walterboro last week and f round guilty. He was given a sen- * :ence of ten years on the chain gang. It will be remembered that Freeman * nade hi8 escape immediately after f :he shooting, and was captured in <3 iiken county only a few weeks ago. i I Thanksgiving and Educational Rally, t Thursday, November 24th, 1910, f ;here were Thanksgiving services t leld at Colston Branch Baptist a ihurch and was immediately fol- t owed by an educational rally. The Thanksgiving services were c jonducted by Rev. S. P. Chisolm. r The speakers for the educational raly were Prof. H. C. Davis, from the t South Carolina University, and Mr. \ junter, the assistant Statfe superin- d ,endent of education. i They both delivered eloquent a speeches on consolidating these little )ne room schools into a graded school. I do wish that all the pat*ons of Cuffie Creek and Colston Sranch school could have heard them. Patrons of the two schools which [ have just mentioned,' a graded a school is what we need. If each one o >f you knew the great disadvantages* a rour children are receiving at these o ittle one room schools and knew the I ?reat advantages they would receive d it a graded school, you would imme- e liataely go to work and erect one in t" ;hi8 community. t Patrons, do you not think that your o children would be better prepared to b "* Ufa oftflr +"hov Viavo fin dUUt'U 111 lis 111U ClX-UVsA VUV; MW* V ?? shed at a graded school, than they vould be if they only finished at a ittle one room school? Of course ;hey would be. t My dear patrons, an education is c vhat your children need, and if you \ io not intend sending them to colege, why not give them all the educa- J ;ion you can at home, and by doing e >o a graded school is what you need t 'or the purpose, and also if you in- 1 ;end sending them to college, a grad- v id school will prepare them to enter, o So, now patrons of Cuffie Creek a md Colston Branch schools, why \i :an't we have a graded school in our 1 jommunity? We can if we will come 1 :ogether and say by the help of God p Ne will have it. J. G. CLAYTON- f rAKULK U1VKA ALLUA. * i iov. Ansel Hands Thanksgiving to Greenville Man. It is custom among governors to >arole or pardon one prisoner or teveral on Thanksgiving day and Jov. Ansel yesterday followed this custom by giving Walter Allen his iberty, who is serving a life senenca in the penitentiary for murder 'rom Greenville county, which is the lome of Gov. Ansel. Allen came in:o the limelight where, in 1907, he, ls a trusty, walked early one mornng ont of the prison and to Greenrille to see his wife. Later he reamed on his own accord. He was convicted in 1901 on the charge of tilling Henry Trammell, a neighbor, vho it is charged insulted .the wife >f Allen. Allen is known as a mounainefr, he having resided in the up)er Section of Greenville county. Letters from the officials at the penitentiary to Gov. Ansel say that Mien has made a most excellent pris>ner. He has on several previous occasions asked for a pardon, but was lot successful. Bajck in 1907 Allen grew homesick. 3e wanted to see his sick wife who lad \ removed from the mountain lomd to the city of Greenville and vas employed in. one of the cotton nilla of that city. He was a trusty, laving gained the confidence of all ifficials at the penitentiary. Early >ne morning he walked away with mother prisoner by the name oi luddiith.. Suddi th has never been re:aptured. When Allen's wife heard if h|s escape she wrote a letter to jov.i Ansel stating that wh'6n Allen :ame home that she would send him lack to the penitentiary. He went io see his wife and then came beck x> Columbia. The newspapers faniliar with the case have since then irged the parole. Allen is about 36 rears of age.?Columbia State. Letter from Cemson. Dear Mr. Knight:?As there arc hirteen boys here from Bamberg xronty, I take it that a letter from lere would be of general interest tc he/folks at home in various parti if the cotmty. We have three Senore, three Juniors, one Sophomore, tnd six Freshmen. Mr. Walter Rice roin Denmark, jtfned our ranks as s "reshman Friday. Thanksgiving is over and the felows are looking forward to Xmat yith pleasure. But our exams, come >efore Xmas; and it is up to each one if us tn make the best of' them. We alwayB enjoy reading The Herild, as it is very nearly like a letter rom home. I want to ask the readers of this tem if any one has a copy of the ollowing speeches: "Emmett's. Vlnlication," "Hampton's Salutem," 01 'The Charge of Hagood's Brigade." f you have any of these declamaions the writer will feel very thankul to you for a copy of either ol hese. I well send stamped envelope ind paper to any one who lets me :now. I guess most of you are enjoying &ne grindings and hog killings about tow. Mr. Knight, if we get Warren ownship into Bamberg couhty, we vill get two mighty nice boys from [own there as Bamberg county's repesejtatives up here, S. M. Connor tnd F. W. Risher. Yours, DAVID B. HILL. Clemson College, Nov. 27. Only a Drunken Quarrel. 'Greenville, Nov. 28.?F. A. T. ,nd J. W. Shell, who were cut and therwise Injured in a. cutting affray ,t Taylors, and ^vho were believed at >ne time to be dying from loss of tlood, are reported entirely out of langer and rapidly improving. No aoveJias been made to arrest Petty, he man implicated as having done /-.tiftinor TTVrvm nil information UU VUtViUg* * * btainable, the affair appears to have een only a drunken quarrel. Trains Pass Under River. New York, Nov. 27.?For the first ime in the history of transportation n this continent passengers for Vashington and points to the South and West, walked into a station on Iaphattan Island last night, stretchd out in their berths and rode hrough without change under the ludson river. The new Pennsylania station was formally declared pen at one minute past midnight nd the first train?a local?rolled mder the river one minute later, " he Southern express followed it at 2:30 and the first incoming express ulled in at 12:50. Thereafter the ull train schedule went into effect. BODIES Of BOYS FOUND. GUY ROGERS AND PRENTISS MOORE KILLED WITH GUN. No One Knows Anything of Death ol Two Bennettsville Youths, Missing Since Thanksgiving. Bennettsville, Nov. 26.?The deac bodies of Guy Rogers and Prentisi Moore were found this morning about 10 o'clock., As reported, these two boys lefi home Thursday morning on a hunt ing trip. They went to Gardner's Bluff, hitched their horse and bugs and nothing definite could be learned of their whereabouts until the bodies were foufed to-day. Prentiss Moore, aged 11, the soi of Mrs. Emily E. Moore, was founc lying on the south side of a brand about five feet deep. His feet wen toward the bottom of the branch anc he clutched a briar between his fingers. Examination showed that th< load from a shotgun had entered th< side near the edge of the shouldei blade and ranged toward the middle of the chest, passing through the body. The entire load, shot and wad was lying underneath his clothes ix front of his chest. The Other Body. Guy Rogers, aged 15, a son of N.' B Rogers, county treasurer, was fount in the bottom of the branch only i few feet from the body of little Moore. 'His face was turned to the ground; his body was nearly in i kneeling positioii, with his head ix the edge of the water in a puddle o: blood. He, too, was wounded with e shotgun, the load entering directl] into the heart from the front, passim through the chest, shattering the rib on the back side, some of the she burying themselves in the skin in th? back. One wad, that between thi powder and shot, was fonnd inside th< shirt near the wound. The wound i| young Rogers' body ranged slightl; down from the front A double bar t reled shotgun was found on th< ) brink of ther branch, the muzzl< slightly elevated, pointing toward thi ( ditch, one trigger cocked and in thi 1 T>iect,li wns^mght a-ramll part of t!* shirt of young Rogers. One Barrel the one with the cocked trigger, wa found empty; the second barrel con ' tained an empty shell. Another empt; shell was found withim a few inch? of-the muzzle of the gun. ( The branch runs through a broai ^ field. .An -overgrown hedge covere* . the banks of the branch, which 1 about five feet deep and about six fee (wide at the top. Within about 151 , .yards is a negro cabin. An old negr< woman who lives there said that Bh< ; saw the boys out there shooting, bu that she paid no attention to then and knew nothing of their disappear ing. Within half1 a mile away ar< three other houses. The point when the boys had hitched their horse wsu within a quarter of a mile of when their bodies were found. Large Searching Party. >. Thursday night and Friday morn ing searching parties were out look ; ing for the boys. The party was in creased largely last nfght and witl lanterns the entire swamp on thii side of the river was carefully search !edi A party was again formed thii - morning, many who had been out al ' night renewing the search, wnich wai begun at the place where the boyi were last seen, with the understand ing that it was to spread gradually and take in every foot of the ground The portion of ground where th< boys were found was assigned to t party among whom were Frank Cros land and W. C. Carlisle. Mr. Crosland was riding horseback up the branch when he saw the body ol young Moore. The bodies remained as tbfey wen found until the coroner empanelec his jury, when they were removec and an examination made by Dr. W J. Crosland. The jury made a thor| ough examination and took the testi mony of every one In the immediate vicinity. Many think it practically impossible to harmonize the facts with the theory of accident, yet nothing hai developed to point conclusively to the theory of murder. The coroner's jury adjourned late this afternoon to meet again next Wednesday. With the closing of the year everyone is winding up the business affain of life, "balancing books." Do youi books balance and do you owe at honest debt that you have made and do not expect to pay? If such be the case your credit will not suffer neai as much as you do. This thing called "conscience" will do its work day 01 night and rightly it should. THREE TO HANG. Slayers of Elihn Moye Found Guilty * of Murder. V Florence, Nov. 28.?For the murf der of Ellhu Moye, Willie Burroughs, Ellie Weldon and Clarence Ham were ~|Sw| convicted here to-day and sentenced . ,^J?$ to be hangeS on Friday, December i 16. The usual motion for a new trial eSH , was overruled. J? I Five negroes were under arrest ' 3 charged with the killing of Elhu l Moye several weeks ago. Of the five . the solicitor helfi three and had no -/sjSjg } bill returned in the case of Henry -viSaS! T Jones and Senior Askins. The negroes on trial were Clarence Ham. long a } trusted employe and friend of Mr. V^SSB Moye; Willie Burroughs and Ellis ||B j The court house and court yard; L were crowded long before the hour ? for trial by people from all over the v j county, who came to hear the case and see the negroes who had com? mitted a crime that shocked the enj tire community. v r Judge Brown's charge to the jury v'^S ? was brief, covering, as usual, the dej grees in homicide cases, and on their duty to the country. [ The solicitor wished to use Clarence Ham as a witness, so did not put him on trial with the other two. W. P. Clayton, E. S., Oliver and Claude Gasque were appointed by the ; court to represent the accused. 3 Deliberately Planned. \ ><^8 > Clarence Ham was put on the stand yffilaH i first. He testified that he had met --?3 i the other two and they told him that.f Mr. Moye had gone to Timmonsville i and that there was money in the j house and they must have it. He V l consented to watch in the road while ; B they went- to get it; He was. to t whistle in case any ope approached ? B and he did so when Mr. Moye drove b in later. Mr. Moye went into b house and struck a match; the other*-) nAtfvAAa 1 him tn m tin tn 2 UO5IWD WW ?M?H WW 0W ?JT P house. He heard one shot, then a . other, then saw some one stagger out : $ g of the door. He grabbed up the gua b for his protection, but they led htm ' B away and offered him a drink and b gave him $3 and told him to .say noth^SB^H b ing about the affair. They offered lt him |25 and to pay his way to PldS^'i^JgH g ence if he would say nothing about, jH| y- Several witnesses were examined 1 in the case, generally in corroboratlon of the evidence given by Ham a?,; 1 to the connection with the trio 1 the killing, and their efforts to cover! t The jury was allowed to go un8 There was practically no testimony ' f for the defense and thongh the coun- t * JijsH 1 sel for the acensed earnestly worked - to prevent injustice or prejudice af- . VraajBB 8 fectlng the case, the jury, withoutv-v|j|gM ? I (Ufflwilfv fnnnH hnth "Wolrinn 3 Burroughs guilty. 1I8| * ' The trial of Clarence Ham was then ^ *$3 entered into. He acknowledged hlf.v'}j9HH guilt and in response to the usual; question by the solicitor said that method of trial would suit him. He ; ; was promptly convicted. Before the close of court shortly after 7 o'clock all three negroes were sentenced to hang on Friday, Decern- ' Mr. Clayton, on behalf of his cli- ^ ents, moved for a new trial on the ground that the evidence did not corroborate the confession of Clarence '--t flgM Ham and that the crowd and pressure of public opinion in the matter was an obstacle to unbiased opinion. Solicitor Wells replied that the jury was ;mJ|E competent to judge the facts as sented and that there had not been : Wjm the slightest success attendant on the 4 efforts of the defense to disprove any J of the statements and that the verdict ought to stand. Judge Brown compli. men ted the crowd _for its order and ||9||s j refused to grant the new trial. 1 BUSINESS LOCALS. g Christmas goods and toys have . been received at The Herald Book |jSjB Reduced prices on every article in . our store. We bought too heavy this ? fall, and the stock must be sold. . , Don't buy anything in fancy china, ? cut glass, or any kind^of Christmas or wedding presents until you ?et our , Money Saving prices. HERALD ? I BOOK STORE. M Highest prices paid for cotton seed, or I will give you a good exchange ' for C. S. meal. W. G. HUTTO at r'*^jP 5- Copeland's store. ..//SsMj i Waitpr H. Hunt, of Newberry, was I elected president of the State Bap- S||H ; tist convention which is in session at I Thomas, editor of the Baptist Cou er, who has been president for so