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?' . :. pi * W . ? /'; ' ' :;/S4 ' ......... * ... l ?h? lamtorg ifmttfi 1 . I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17,1911. One Dollar a Year Jjf ? (COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. s News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. f Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Aug. 14.?Mrs. Jacobj Ehrhardt, her daughter, Mrs. Francis Copeland, and her son, Jacob Lilesj Ehrhardt, went to Newberry, S. C.J to spend a few days at her old home "5 tttT + Vi mnthor Atlrt RifitftrS. I Say, wasn't Sunday a hot day? At least it felt so to me, and heard 7 - others make the same remark. Last week the Walterboro team crossed bats on the Ehrhardt diamond with the home team. Score 5 to 6 in favor of the Walterboro team. Friday night the young folks had . a dance in the hall. Say they had a nice time, notwithstanding the warm weather.jp Mr. J. F. Kearse sent for exhibit three ears of corn of the Shaver big ear variety that measured with the t' largest we have seen this year. Twelve inches long and 3*6 inches in diameter. Says he has four acres of it ^ Fodder pulling has been indulged! ^ in during the last week, and most W of it has been gathered. Cotton is opening fast, and farmers will have | to hustle to gather same in shape g: for market. f Miss Jannette Lentz, of North Carolina, Is spending some time with Misses Ruth and Chloe Groseclose. JEE. t Ehrhardt Social News. |;l ' r - Ehrhardt, Aug. 14.?Mr. and Mrs. - J. J. Hiers entertained a number of their young friends Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Hiers's sister, Miss Connie Carter, of Bamberg. After several interesting games, delightful refreshments were served. The fol* lowing were among those present: Misses Dora Hiers, Sallie Carter, Car' rie Lee Hiers, Lee Carter, Mamie Copeland, Estelle Hiers, Annie Laura piayton, Annie Carter, Bessie Fender, Jannelle Hoffman, Lucy Carter, Grace Hoffman, Connie Carter, Clara Copeland, Messrs. Barney mora "Rob" McMillan. Willie Car : y ^ | ter, Talmage Clayton, Tillman Carter, John Copeland, Hammond Carter, Clemons Carter, Harry Hiers, Isaac Carter and Leroy Smith. Miss Helen Satterwhite, of Newberry, is the charming guest of Misses Ehrhardt and Groseclose. Df. J. H. Roberts and family are on an extended camping tour on the ? seashore. * Miss Janet Lentz, of Concord, N. C., is visiting her school friends, Misses Ruth and Chloe Groseclose. Miss Lucy Carter left last Monday for a month's stay at Glenn Springs. Misses Alice and Marie Sease, of Bamberg, are the guests of Mrs. S. W. Copeland. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Chassereau are spending the summer at Mount Pleasant, S. C. Misses Johnston and Davidson, of Augusth, are visiting their cousin, Mrs. Julius Ehrhardt. Mr. S. W. Copeland has just re turned from a business trip to New York. The Rev. E. A. McDowell and family left Tuesday for the mountains. Among those who have returned from a visit on the Island are: Mrs. * Dr. J. L. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. J. k J. Farrell, Misses Esther, Florence, F and Maude Farrell, and Mr. Clarence I Farrell. After a game of hall with the fast Walterboro team on the local diamond, the young people enjoyed a dance at Copeland's hall. VRW T/RASF FOR "NEAR-BEER." ~ " "" Georgia Legislative Committee Kills Tippins Bill. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 14.?The attempt to extend Georgia's anti-liquor statutes at the present session of the legislature ended in failure to-day. The Tippins bill, prohibting the sale of beverages containing more than one-half of 1 per cent, of alcohol? aimed primarily at the traffic in "near-beer"?was killed in committee, and later failed to be resurrected through a resolution on the floor of the house. mi nnlfl r?f "noar.hppr" "will i IIUS, LllC oaiss v/?. -vi.. continue for at least one year more, as the remaining days of the assembly will be taken up with privileged business. The action of the rules committee, in refusing to allow the measure to come to a vote, was taken early this morning, but the matter was not closed finally until this af[ ternoon. j ...j vji. <i DENMARK DOINGS. Social and News Items from Our Sister City. Denmark, August 15.?Miss Josephine Faust spent a few days in Bamberg this week, the guest of Miss Thelma Faust. Those of our merchants who recently went to Baltimore have returned, and report a most pleasant triD. Mr. E. D. Felder, of Bamberg, is visiting in the city. Mr. Archie B. Hooton, of Augusta, Ga., spent the day here Sunday. Judge J. D. Milhous, who has been quite ill for several weeks, is rapidly recovering, .which will be pleasant news to his very many friends. Mr. Eugene Brooker has returned home after spending several days with friends and relatives in Blackville. Mr. J. A. Price and family are it home after a stay at the Isle of Palms. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wyman and children have returned to the city from an extended vacation, spent in the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. W. B. Kittrell, who has been on an outing at Sullivan's Island for several weeks, is at home again. Miss Martha Ray is visting Miss Beatrice Armstrong at North Au guswi. Mr. J. Mclver Ray, of Timmonsville, is here on a visit to his father's family. Miss Kitty Hooton, eg Olar, is visiting relatives here this week. Miss Don Ella R\pe entertained most charmingly last Friday evening in honor of Miss Birge. f Ice cream, cake, and punch were served, and those who attended had a delightful time. The Denmark base hall team visited Cope Monday afternoon and were defeated by the team of that town to the tunc of seven to nve. Tne Denmark boys seemed to have had an off day. The batteries were: Denmark, Goza, Baxter, Morris, and Zorn; Cope, Abies and Sandifer. Umpire, Black. Denmark will again cross bats with Cope, but this time on I the home diamond, to-morrow afternoon, and a good game is expected. Mrs. J. B. Gues and daughter, Miss Hattie Lee, leave for the mountains of North Carolina to-morrow. Mr. Arthur Pregnall left to-day for Charleston, where he has accepted a position. Owing to the absence of the pastor, Rev. Frank M. Hauser, Rev. George Hopkins, of Barnwell, will preach at Ghent's Branch Baptist church next Sunday morning, August 20th, and at Lees school house in the afternoon. Holsteins Granted Bail. Aiken, Aug. 11.?A. L. Holstein, Grover Holstein, Sidney Holstein, Richard Holstein, Boyd Holstein and Dock Cockerel, were admitted to bail to-night. A. L. and Griver Holstein were granted bail in the sum of $3, 000 each, the others in $2,000 each. A. L. and Grover Holstein are charged with murder in the death of Mrs. Nettie Spradley and assault and battery with intent to kill in the alleged whipping of Columbus Spradley, Ben Spradley and R. H. Rowe, a young man who was with Columbus Spradley on the night in question. Mrs. Spradley ^died 30 hours after the affair at Monetta last week. It is stated that she was up the following day and went to bed the following night in good health. This will be used, it is said, in the defense of the Holsteins against the murder charge. In regard to Ben Spradley it is now stated that he receipted but one blow and it is denied that he was flogged. The Holsteins are very prominent people and bear good reputations. It absolutely denied that there is any connections of this alleged crime with the much talked-of harness cutting affair of some weeks ago. It is also said that on the night In question Spradley and the Holsteins made friends. f MUST COMPLY WITH LAW. Commission Writes Railroads Concerning "Cinder Deflector" Act. Columbia, Aug. 14.?Full compliance with the provisons of the "Cinder Deflector Act," passed by the State legislature at its session of 1911, will be required of every steam railroad operating in South Carolina, according to an open communication now being sent out by the" railroad commission to railroads throughout the State. The letter contains a resolution adopted by the commission at its meeting of August 10, relating to this Act. i V > : v . r 'o-'-*--y'? 'v* v ' ' ? . > ? ~ 33*3 ;rl: IN IKE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. I*ev. M. B. Anderson, of Lexington, Ky., has been elected president of the new Anderson college. The new postoffice building at Greenwood has been completed, and the inspector has accepted it, with the exception of a few minor changes to he made. The people of Greenwood and Saluda counties last week voted against the proposition to issue bonds for $150,000 to build a railroad from Greenwood to Saluda. Th Jonesville Manufacturing company of Jonesville,' which went into bankruptcy some time ago with assets at $260,000 and liabilities nearly as much, was bid off on Wednesday by Attorney Haynesworth, of Greenville, for $125,000. >R. W. Owens, a farmer living near Honea Path, was. shot in the face with a shotgun a few days ago by Cleve Bagwell in a fuss about a negro hand. Owens, who is a married man and has three little children, will lose the sight of both eyes. Sheriff P. H. Corley, of Lexington, 'has resigned his position, and his deputy; S. J. Miller, has been ap pointed to fill out the unexpired term. Mr. Corley has been sheriff for eight years, and was re-elected last time without opposition. He has made an excellent official. He resigns because of his physical condition, as he is suffering from wounds received from being shot by a negro some months ago. The special election held in Sumter county on the question of issuing bonds to the amount of $150,000 for good roads resulted in a tie, but the county .board threw out the Mayesville box because of irregularities, which gave a majority for the bonds. The opponents of the bond issue are not pleased with this action, and will likely appeal to the State board of canvassers, and no doubt the matter will finally get into the courts. It would have been much better had the whole vote been thrown out and a new election held. A small majority either way should not control in so important a matter. m \ WANTS SABBATH OBSERVED. Governor Blease Orders Sunday Amusements Stopped. Gov. Blease has addressed to Sheriff Coleman, of Richland county, a letter directing him to abate alleged nuisances at Ridgewood, in respect to violations of the Sabbath observance laws; the letter follows: W. H. Coleman, Sheriff Richland County, Columbia.?Dear Sir: I am informed that there is a shooting gallery, which is operated on the Sabbath, at Ridgewood, and I am also informed that there is a game, commonly described as "throwing the babies," which is also operated on the Sabbath at that place. Yon will Dlease eo there and make an investigation and if you find this is the case, close up these places and arrest the operators. Please give this matter your prompt attention, as in my opinion there is nothing more degrading to the morals of -the people than the desecration of the Sabbath day. Very respectfully, COLE L. BLEASE, Governor. GIRL SWIMS 21 MILES. Miss Pitonof Performs Feat*Never Before Accomplished. New York, Aug. 13.?'Rose Pitonof, the 16-year-old swimmer, of Boston, succeeded to-day in her attempt to swim from East Twenty-sixth street, Manhattan, to Coney Island. Last year she had to abandon a similar effort because of adverse tides, but to-day, although forced at times to swim so far out of her course that she is estimated to have covered some tot (n mnlrini. fVio r?l'ctonPO n f ?1 1111 ICQ XXI XXXCLXVXjll^ tu^ uiotnuvv v* 18 miles, she finished strong, actually sprinting as she neared the goal; Miss Pitonof was in the water 8 hours and 7 minutes. She took no * * stimulants or food or any Kma on the long trip. Most of the way she used the breast stroke, but for two stretches she resorted to the speedier over-hand stroke. The young woman's feat of to-day had not -before been accomplished. Several swimmers have made the trip from the Battery to Coney Island, but none from a point so far up the river. /;' \;'A. '/' ' Vi, , : V- ' i ' ' '-,V 7 -v, . .r ,I'M.v FOUR DEAD IS FLYER'S WRECK. Thirty More Persons Injured on Pennsylvania Road. I Fort Wayne, Aug. 13.?Four persons were killed and 30 injured when | the Pennsylvania 18-hour train, en i route from Chicago to New York jumped the track on the western outskirts of this city, at 6:30 o'clock this evening, while going at the rate of 50 miles an hour. In leaving the rails, the two engines pulling the passenger train sideswiped a freight engine and the three piled up in a mass of bent and twisted iron. Dead and Injured. rnv^v Tt7w? "in Ai.wts.'b i uc ucdu aic* vvrn. . u. ai iitu, freight engineer, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engineer of flyer; W. Creich, Fort Wayne, fireman on flyer; unknown passenger, at St. Joseph's Hospital. The following injured are at St. Joseph's Hospital: ? Snyder, Crestline, Ohio,, baggage master, fractured skull, internal injuries, is in a critical condition; F.. C. Burton and H. C. Kohl, negro waiters on passenger train, hands and arms badly cut; ! F. C. Bolyard, Fort Wayne, scalp wounds, eyes injured, teeth knocked out;<$\ B. Broobs, Chicago, steward dining car, right arm broken, scalp wounds; W. E. Thomas, negro, Chipaeto. hands and head hnised! Wil liam Marshall, negro, Chicago, cuts on head and arms; Ed Cohn, New I York city, left eye injured; E. J. Massager, Milwaukee, left hand and I legs crushed; Earl Thomas, East Palestine, Ohio, right hip bruised, cut on face and abdomen bruised; L. B. Havens, aviator, New' York city, hands and arms cut; J. E. Sullivan, New York city, legs crushed; P. J. Dose, New York city, side and head bruised; Le Roy Rense, Chicago, right hand cut; N. H. Crawford, Philadelphia, cut on forehead; R. B. Russell Toronto, right ear torn off, face smashed, left collar bone broken; Sam Rosenthal, Grand Fork, N. D., left hip dislocated; Victor Rorers, Mansfield, Ohio, mail clerk, back and foot injured; James E. Sullivan, New York, internal injuries; William Creig, Fort Wayne, fireman freight i train, scalp wounds. Taken to Hospital. The police department and fire department and every automobile in the city were called to the scene of the accident and the injured were soon taken to the hospitals. At least 50 were on the scene within a half hour of the time the trains came together', and within a short time thousands of people had collected about the wreck. The main track and the track on which the freight,train was standing was torn up for a distance of two hundreds yards. The two engines of the flyer were torn from their trucks and thrown down the embankment, while the engine or the rreignt reared in the air over the trucks of the flyef's engines. Passengers in the seven- rear cars escaped-with only cuts and bruises. Engines Down Embankment. The baggage car, smoker, buffet and two sleepers turned over In the ditch. Most of the injured were seated in the dining car and smoker when the accident occurred. . The two engines of the flyer were torn from their trucks and thrown down the embankment to the park. Th? all-steel pars of the fiver were ' put to the first actual wreck test they have undergone and proved to be all that had been claimed for -them by their designers. Only the first two cars of the heavy nine-car train were much smashed. Passengers in the seven rear cars escaped with only cuts and bruises, whereas, it is declared by railroad men, if the cars had been of the oljl-fashioned wood construction, the carnage would have been frightful. It will -take a day or more to clear away the wreckage, as the cars are extremely heavy. The wrecking crew from Fort Wayne arrived at the scene within a half hour, while the wrecking trains from Crestline and Chicago arrived later in the evening. Thirty more passengers, who are badly bruised and cut, are at the Anthony hotel. Others Expected to JLne. Several of the injured at a late hour to-night are in extremely serious conditions and it is expected that their deaths will occur before the night is over. , Evidence seems to point to the flyer going at an extreme rate of speed over a temporary switch, as being the chief cause of the accident. From Valparaiso to Winona Lake, the engine which brought the train out of Chicago was going badly, so the engine which was to take the train from Fort Wayne to Crestline was sent to Winona Lake to meet i V , . * V'-:-., ' : . ' . 4 '^ ' ' **''4 ^ NEGRO BURNED AT STARE PENNSYLVANIA MOB APPLIES THE TORCH. Negro Had Shot a Policeman?As Many Women as Men Among Executioners. Coatsville, Pa., Aug. 13.?Zacariah Walker, a negro desperado, was carried on a cot from, the hospital here to-night and*burned to a crisp by a frenzied mob of men and boys. The negro, who last night shot and killed Edgar Rice, a special policeman oi the Worth Iron mills, was first dragged to the scene of the shooting, begging piteously for mercy. He ha^ been arrested by a posse late this afternoon after a searcl which stirred the country. The posse finally found him hiding in a cherry tree. The negro with the last bullet in his revolver shot himself in the mouth, falling from the tree. He was removed to the hospital and placed under guard. Thousand People in Mob. t A few minutes after 9 o'clock a crowd numbering almost 1,000 persons appeared at the hospital. The leaders were denied admission but they quickly smashed the window frames and crawled through the corridor'. When Walker was first taker to the hospital he was strapped dowr in order to prevent his escape. The mob, seeing this, gathered up -the bed and placing it on the shoulders ol four men, started for the country, When half a mile from the hospital they enterd a field and quickly gathered up a pile of dry grass and weeds, placed it in the bed containing their victim on it Women Took Part. A match was applied and th flames shot up quickly, entirely, enshrouding the screaming victim. That not a vestige of the murderer be left, the mob tore down the fence along the road and piled the rails on the burning negro. After waiting foj half an hopr the ipob dispersed. A curious feature of the burning was the fafct that there were almost as many women in the crowd as men. During the march from the hospital to the scene of the burning ol the negro, not a policeman was encountered by the mob. Even th< man on duty in the hospital mads no effort to stop the leaders whc gained admittance to the institution The only masks worn by the members of the mob were handkerchiefs drawn ovgr their faces. Coatesville is a town of about 10,000 population and is located on th< main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, about 30 miles west of Philadelphia. Twelve members of the Richlanc Volunteer Rifles were tried by courl martial and were sentenced to paj fines or submit to dishonorable discharge. The offense consisted ii getting drunk?"conduct unbecoming a soldier and a gentleman"?al the 98th barbecue of the company ? few days ago. the flyer. The two engines wer< then coupled togfher and doubleheaded the train towards Fort Wayne at 70 to 80 miles an hour. Jusl east of the western limits a switch was constructed to swing trains from the regular track to another track, This change in routing was made necessary by track elevation work. C. C. Chattell, 3942 Lake avenue Chicago, was in the dining car when the accident occurred. He escaped with only slight injuries to his head and face. "The train was running at a terrific rate of speed," he declared. "The first intimation I had that anything was wrong was wher all the passengers in the diner were thrown headlong the entire length oi the car. Fighting Like Beasts. "The next thing I realized, men were fighting like beasts to get out, and steam escaping-from the kitchen was choking us. Another man and I fell to the floor and crawled along in the semi-darkness and among tl^e cursing, screaming men to a window, through which we made 'our escape." Pnhprt "Rnsspll of Toronto. Ont., V ? and Fred Beckwith, of New York city, passengers on the flyer, were imprisoned in the vestibule, between the diner and coach to the rear, when the crash came, and were unable to escape from their narrow prison. Their cries attracted the rescuers, who, under the direction of Police Sergt. Dan Kintz, began cutting away the roof of the car to reach them. Encouraged by cries from the men inside, the rescuers finally cut away a sufficient section of the roof to drag the men out. Russell was hurt about -the back, while Beckwith escaped uninjured. 1 CONFERENCE ON COTTON BILLS. Vis i .* &S3 Southerners Discuss the Matter with 1 English Representatives. New Orleans, Aug. 12.?A confer! ence of Southern cotton men and bankers and Charles Haight of NeW' A York, representing the Liverpool cotton hills of lading committee, on the t question of the validations of cotton . bills of lading was held here to-day. i St. Louis and several Texas cities && L were also represented. Mr. Haight * , submitted a proposition, .which in [ brief is to have railroads issue bills ; of lading so that forgeries "will be . remote contingencies." According to the plan two copies S of the bill of lading, signed by the , authorities of the railroad, are to he ' k certified, one of them to go to the act 'counting department -and the other;4 . to a central bureau to be established y V|*|| in New York, as provided for in theK V , plan of the New York bankers . ;/V|g| , against which the Southern bankers vp i protested at the conference held in ' ' V New York some time ago. The gen- ><? tral bureau will be required to make weekly returns on bills of lading re- | ' ceived to the accounting department of the railroads. ^ Although a direct statement could . ' not be obtained to-night, it is under- - stood that tnose representing toe Southern interest impressed upon Mi*. ^S8| 1 Haight that they would continue to f oppose any plan which would force * the cotton interests to guarantee ^ | cotton bills of lading. ^ Sol Wexler, of,New Orleans, ' was chairman of the meeting, would* /S|j8j [ express no opinion on the propped tion. He said that a general conferrt ^ ' 1 ence of representatives of cotton aid' . ;^ banking interests would probably be held later. : M Two Charged Willi, Kilting. Augusta,' Ga., Aug. 11.?Vincent; J mtnAl ?Toa niwaotfiH frL^OT STittriwWt : i&lf? XV11DC1 noo awcab?u bV u?^ f, - -,?ma with the murder of . Robert Shirer, r the Southern railway baggagqmaster, Ictk ! who was found dead in the Savannah . river on the morning of August 2. H. Cunningham, alias Charles O. | } Concknel was arrested two days 5 on the charge of mtfrdering Shirer* |S ":0 Kiisel and Cunningham were the dart ^ .1 persons who saw Shirer alive. Cto?. I ningham admitted this afternoon . that he was a desferten from f5 ? United States army at Fort^creven, ; Savannah, 6a. , ? :??$m > Whatever . the evidence may . upon which the warrants chargin^^^r.^ . Cunningham and Kiisel with murder j are based, it will have to cottie out morrow morning at 10 o'clock when ; ^ . Judge Hammond will hear applies^ ; tion for bond in superior court cbam-vi??| bers. Immediately following' argu- ^ ment on this application, formal d?3|^H mand will be made upon the trate who issued the warrants for V||| ^ I preliminary hearing, and it Is under* >??9 t stood that this will probably be# fixed jJ|| r for the following day. ||f This development came with the i arrest of Kiisel and will be in tbevJ^S nature of forcing the hand of the t tectives' who are working up the^v^w| l case, and who have surrounded their movements with complete ?ys tery. It is, too, rather a surprise to^ggj } them, in that tl/ey had felt thejr J^^B " could take their time in gradually ' * developing the several points oil : which they have been working. 1 While Cunningham seems to be with1 out intimate friends to take an in- ' terest in his case, Kiisel is repre-c^S^ J sented by able counsel and his dofense is already active. [ Fugitive Cashier Arrested, I Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 12. ?After'^ 1 a chase of a. week extending -across ; three States, Deputy Sheriff W. A. Crow, of Gainesville, Ga., this after* : [ noon with the aid ?of local police, ar- -ffijjS i rested George W. Bishop, an > cashier of a Gainesville bank, whoV ^^S ! is chargd with false pretense and vjsgi who it is alleged, secured sumsKjg^fl ranging between $50,000?and $75,- l| t 000 from Georgia people by fraudu, lent representations. Although Dep- , " . uty Crow was armed with requisition papers the prisoner consented to fe- ^^8 turn to Georgia without such and in , ; i a few minutes after his arrest boprd- ' ed a train bound for Georgia. Bishop says he has no fears of ill results ^ when he is Drought, face to race witn his accusers. It is alleged that Bishop promofc ed a company to manufacture a "^SJ drink, "U-Like It," the formula for which he claims to have owned and upon which he placed a value of : $160,000. He claims that the funds V-'dS received from stock sold was in part payment for the formula. It is claimed by the prosecutors that Bishop represented that these funds were intended to be used in promot- Wm ing the company and manufacturing the drink. The assets on which, ha ;:/|jg| worked are said to have been less than $20. " -