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tElip Utamterg feralti | One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13,1912. Established 1891. / j| COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 10.?You have heard the remark that it would he a cold day in July before or when they would do so and so. It did not reach July but it's certainly cold weather we are having in June. The northeastern rain we had lost week has done the little cotton harm as well as making too much water on the ground for it to thrive. Was expecting a cotton bloom to send to you to-day, but expect the rain and cold weather made the bloom slow to open. On Friday afternoon, on its return, the freight engine was derailed at Williams. Had to send to Charleston to get the wrecking crew to help * them on again. Mrs. F. T. Moore died very suddenly last week and was laid to rest by the side of her husband at Pleasor> Will r>Vin-rr?h <rrnvo vnrri Mr. Fennell's, the sawyer for Hacker Manufacturing plant,, at this place, youngest child, an infant, died t last week and wras buried at Walterboro, or near there. The trustees of Ehrhardt graded school will have to get a principal for the school, and perhaps two or three teachers, as Mr. Charley Shealy will attend the theological seminary another year and Miss Jenny Milling will take a special course in some school. Who they will be is the que&tion for the mto decide. > y JEE. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, June 10.?Jaff Davis's birthday was observed here by the U. D. C. Fairfax Chapter. Mrs. L. t W. Youmans, Sr., presented nine t crosses of honor to veterans. Mr. Sam. Talley introduced Hon. Gilmore toVia modo O find flHltrPKR U*1H IUO) TV UV UJUKiV u> uuv WW. About thirty veterans partook of the dinner, which was an elepant picnic spread. ; Mrs. Lilly Myrick entertained quite > -.a number of young folks recently at her home. Prof. Munroe has been detained re for several weeks shrdlu cmfwyp here by illness for several weeks. At a game of ball on the school grounds a young son of Mrs. Burch, of Charleston, who is visiting Mrs. Lily Preacher, was seriously injured " by the fall of the large school bell, which was hung outside. It injured his head and broke one of his ribs. Dr. Tuten though is very attentive, , and his father come from Charleston v " to help nurse him. The Baptist Missionary Rally was conducted in the school auditorium recently. The music was led by Miss Padgett at the piano, and Mesdames Talley, Lane, Loadholt, and Sanders singers. Mrs. R. P. Searson was "2^ president and Miss Ennill Williams ' secretary. Interesting papers were read by ladies from Allendale, Beaufnrt Martin. Fairfax. Meyers, etc. A splendid dinner was spread down stairs, which all enjoyed. Mrs. S. L. Sanders and G. D. Sanders have just returned from a visit to Ulmer and thereabouts. The Bapists are about to erect a new church. Dr. Buist Kerrison just from Atk lanta dental college, is settled here. ; Miss Lucile Youmans, after graduating at Converse, is with us again. Miss Zelle Loadholt is charming us with her sweet smiles, apain. , .3 Denmark News. F - Denmark, June 12.?Miss Lula P ; Hightower gave quite a pleasant entertainment on Tuesday evening in honor of her guest, Miss Hiers, of St. George. A very amusing contest was entered into", the prize being won by Miss Hiers. During the course of the evening a delicious salad course was served. Those enjoying Miss Hightower's hospitality were: Misses Hiers, Marion Riley, Ina Califf, Sadelle Guess, Edna Steadman, Lola ? _ Folk, Olive Pearson, sanaers. Messrs. Ralls, of Georgia; Walker, of Batesburg; R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg; Elbert Steadman, Wesley Folk, Kennerly Mayfield, Doc Gillam, St. Clair Guess, William Mayfield, Randall Gillam, of Bamberg. Miss Irene Andrews returned to \ J her home in Charleston on Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Doris I Goolsby. i Miss Ada Sanders, of Greenville, is spending some time with Miss Olive Pearson, of this city. The Denmark high school held its k graduating exercises at the school " f r | DENMARK SCHOOL ( LOSES. Crowd Braves Weather for Commencement Exercises. Denmark, June 8.?Despite the inclement weather the auditorium of the Denmark high school was well filled by a large crowd Thursday night for commencement exercises. The programme was opened with an invocation by the Rev. T. E. Morris, followed by a chorus by high school girls. The class history was read by Miss Lois Ray. Next came the class prophecy by Miss Mamie McKenna and class will by Miss Annie Lou Collins. A violin solo was then rendered by T. B. Wilkinson, Jr. The valedictory was then read by T. E. Steadman. Superintendent McCown read the names of those who were on the yearly honor roll. J. E. Swearingen then delivered a forceful annual address to the graduating class. The State high school diplomas were delivered to Misses Collins, McKenna, and Ray and T. E. Steadman. The programme was closed with a chorus. The Denmark school has had a very prosperous year under the superintendency of E. M. McCown, of Darling ton. All of the teachers were re-elected but Misses Strait, of Rock Hill, Perritt, of Seneca, and Thorpe, of Aiken, declined re-election. The list of teachers for the coming term in the high school department are: E, ton; Misses Emma Thomson, Rock Hill; Ruth Stokes, Mountville; Priscilla Hart, Estill. The grade teachers will be: Misses Esther Polier, Aiken; Josie Pratt, Greenwood; Lillian Gentry, Florence; Virginia Carroll, Chester, and Sarah Herriot, of Providence. PLAY AT DENMARK. Local Talent Score Big Hit on the Stage. Denmark, June 9.?Wednesday evening the play, "Jack and the Princess Who Never Laughed," was played here in the high school auditorium by members of the Denmark school. The cast of characters were: Jack, Bernard Faust; Dame Teat, Ethel Wicker; the Swan, Witters Califf; King Jolly, T. J. Hutto; Princess Melancholica, Miss Louise Zeigler; Prime Minister, S. T. Califf; Court Ladies?Sobbina, Miss Euine May field; Sniffina, Miss Ruth Guess; Wimperina, Miss Josephine Faust; Polly, Miss Katherine Wilkinson; Chimney Sweep, Wm. Califf; Burgomaster, Samuel Ray; Policeman, E. H. Goza; Clown, Walker Hartzog; Burgomaster's Wife, V Miss Julia Goolsbv; Suitors of the Princess? Prince Orpheus, R. W. Wiggins; Prince Gimaldi, Earl Cain; A Christy Minstrel, F. K. C. Creech; Courtij ers and Attendants, S. B. Wilkinson, Jr., C. I. Garris, T. E. Steadman, J. R. Martin, Jr. Every participant had been well trained to their parts by Misses Lillian Gentry, Rosa Straits, Emma Thomson, and Superintendent McCown. Those deserving special mention for the skill with which they handled their respective parts are: T. J. Hutto, who impersonated King Jolly, and Walker Hartzog, the clown. In addition to this play two drills were given, "Bouquet of Daisies" and "Little Shaking Quakers," both of which reflected credit of the teachers respectively, Misses Perritt and Gentry and Misses Piatt and Stokes. Cut Off Fingers to Stop Gambling. Cleveland, 0., June 8.?When W. L. Bernard stood to receive sentence for having taken $540 of his employer's money to stake himself in gambling, Judge Kennedy hazarded an opinion that Bernard will be will! ing to bet the court on the sentence. Bernard brightened up. He said he would "take a chance" and guessed two years. The judge told him there was a seven-^ear limit, but that he would not play it so strong. Bernard had lost again, however, the court said, and made it three years in the penitentiary at Columbus. Bernard when convicted a few days ago asked that in lieu of a sentence an operation be performed on his brain to cure him of the gambling habit. The alienist to whom his application was referred wanted Bernard's fingers cut off. auditorium on Thursday evening last. The exercises were opened with a chorus by a number of the girls, fol lowed Dv tne reading 01 me ciass win, history, prophecy, and the valedictory. Mr. Swearingen gave an address which was quite appropriate after which the following received diplomas, presented by Mr. J. A. Wiggins: Miss Annie Lou Collins, Miss Lois Ray, Miss Mamie E. McKenna, and Mr. Elmore Steadman. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Qnick j Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. W. H. Black,, a Barnwell county j farmer, reported the first cotton bloom a week ago. Charleston had the heaviest rainfall from Thursday night to Friday in IS years. The fall was 5.93 inches. The delegates from South Carolina! to the national Democratic convention in Baltimore will leave by special train out of Columbia the 24th at 3 p. m. Civine Hutchison, Jr., son of Civile Hutchison, of Greenwood, was drowned Monday night near Blackshear, Ga., while fishing with other young men. It is estimated that 14,000 acres of land in Charleston county will yield this year truck crops valued at. $2,62,500, netting $1,302,500 to the growers. Chester and Rossville townships, iD Chester county, have each bought a traction engine for road-working. They are 25-horsepower, use gasoline and cost $1,700. The bill against the State presented ; by Detective u. w. ureignion, ui Greenwood, has been paid, he having "itemized" it, as requested by the comptroller general. Twelve Charlestonians,' including ex- Mayor Rhett and Editor Thos. R. Waring, were fined $10 apiece in the mayor's court on Friday for over! speeding in their automobiles. Harold Jordan, a young white man, was arrested in Columbia on Friday or. the charge of passing a bogus check on W. V. O'Brien, of Charlestot:. He was taken to Charleston for 1 trial. Mrs. Martha Boyleston died on Sunday at her home near Springfield, 1 Orangeburg county. She was 79 years old, was the mother of 12 children, grandmother of 78 and great-grandmother of 24. Dr. F. M. Routh has completed his campaign against the hookworm in Colleton county. He treated 2,658 cases. He found that 80 per cent, of the Colleton people were infected with the disease. A young man named Hayne was shot in the neck in Lee & Blake's . store in Greenwood on Tuesday, by a young farmer, DuPre Shealy. The . young men had farmed together and . fell out over some differences in settlement of their accounts. Capt. J. M. Bell, a prominent and useful citizen of Aiken county, died suddenly on Sunday in the Baptist church at Montmorenci just after completing an address to the Sundayschool, closing with the words, "We all commit ourselves into His hands." A committee from the State sinking fund commission, composed of Attnrnpv ftpnerai Lvon. Comntroller General Jones and L. J. Browning, i chairman of the house ways and means committee, went to New York last week to look after the refunding ' of five million dollars of the State debt. A curious thing happened in the graduating class of the Spartanburg city schools on Thursday. The son of a Converse college professor won the Wofford scholarship, and a daughter of a Wofford college professor won the Converse scholarship. There were 17 in the class? four boys and 13 girls. WELL WAS A DEATH TRAP. Four People Lose Their Lives Trying to Save a Man. Five persons perished as the re, suit of being overcome by gas fumes ir? n trrain wpll at thp dairV Of JaCOb Sach in Fairmount near Cincinnati, i A fireman who went into the pit to get out the bodies also was overcome i and lies at the city hospital in a serious condition. Two of the dead are women. Four of the victims forfeited their lives in efforts to rescue Jacob Sachs 1 the first victim. Henry Estermann, a city fireman, was overcome while being lowered into the well by means - 11 - J 4. of a rope. Me was puueu uui auu rushed to the hospital. The firemen then used grappling ' hooks and brought the bodies to the surface. The well was used by Sachs for the storage of wet malt feed, which he fed to his milk cows. The i grain had fermented and generated , deadly gases. A ladder was the means of entrance and exit. SEIGLER GETS SEVEN YEARS. Convicted of Manslaughter?Withdraws Motion for New Trial. Aiken, June 8.?James G. Seigler, who on the afternoon of November 17, last year, shot to death Policeman Wade Patterson, convicted yesterday of manslaughter, after one of the most noted trials ever held in Aiken county, which had consumed the entire week of general sessions court, was this afternoon sentenced by Judge Rice to serve a term of seven years in the State penitentiary or on the public works of Aiken county. Notice was given yesterday afternoon by attorneys for Seigler that a motion for a new trial would be made to-day. When, a little after 12 o'clock, the convicted man was brought into the court room, however, and the matter came up, Seigler's attorneys retired with the prisoner into the jury room, and after a conference, W. Q. Davis, Seigler's father-in-law. announced to the court that after considering the matter the prisoner had decided to withdraw the motion for a new trial. It had been reported on the street this morning that this action would be taken, and it was not a surprise to the crowd in the court room. A few minutes afterward, James G. Seigler entered the dock and stood up to receive his sentence. TILLMAN ADDS $300,000. Amendment to Naval Bill Would Help Charleston Yard. WashinetoD. June 5.?At a meet ing of the senate committee on naval affairs to-day, Senator Tillman secured the agreement of the committee to an amendment to the United States naval appropriation bill, adding $300,000 for the purpose of affording wharf room and berthing at the Charleston Navy Yard for the torpedo fleetOnly $39,000 was appropriated for the Charleston yard in the hill as it came from the House. Senator Tillman's amendment, if adopted, will make the Charleston appropriation $339,000, and the senator intends to fight for it with all his power. He will he on the conference committe. Marri<js His Donghter-in-Law. Spartanburg, June 8.?Approaching J. J. Burnett, judge of probate, yesterday afternoon, as he was engaged in conversation with another gentleman, a reporter over-heard them speaking of a marriage in which there were legal complications, and asked them about it. He was told that a man living near the city had married his daughter-in-law. Judge J. J. Burnett said that the man, in applying for the matriage license, did not mention the fact that the bride-elect was his deceased son's widow, and the judge issued the license in good faith. Later the record of the marriage was returned to Judge Burnett's ofiice, as is required by the marriage law. Judge Burnett learned that the man had married his daughter-inlaw and, upon investigation, discov ered th.it such a marriage was forbidden by the State laws of South Carolina. He wrote to the man, who consulted an attorney in regard to the matter. The attorney to whom the man was referred is acquainted with the laws of North Carolina, and the matter of having the marriage ceremony performed anew in North Carolina, in order to evade the South Carolina I law, was considered. It was found that North Carolina had no law forbidding the marriage of a man and his daughter-in-law. Elephant Needs a Wooden Foot. Atlanta, June 7.?The elephant at Grant Park has worn out one of its feet, anc: is so badly crippled that the menagerie keeper is considering the advisability of petitioning the park board for money to buy it a wooden leg. The left hind foot of the big animal is all worn down on the side, like a fat woman's shoe-heel, and has got so bad that it can hardly navigate without a serious limp. Veterinaries who have looked at the foot express the belief that a wooden foot could be very easily manufactured and attached just as wooden legs are attached to humans in such a way that the big beast would not only be saved from further limping but its very life saved as well, for the keeper believes that if something is not done it will catch cold in the injured foot this winter and die. What caused the left hind foot to wear out before any of the others is something that the zoo keeper is unable to explain. ' . - : V' ' ! ' .. Ctrr TO DEATH BV BROTHER HORRIBLE CUTTING SCRAPE ON SATURDAY EVENING. Arthur Robinson Now Lies in Jail on Murder Charge for Cutting His Brother, Mike. Slashed almost beyond recognition, Mike Robinson, a farmer of the Fork section of the county, was found in the public road early Sunday morning near Shepheard's place in a pool of his own blood, and almost dead. The man was horribly cut about the head and face, and had been in the road for five or six hours before he was found. Medical attention was called in but the condition of the man was such as to be beyond medical skill, and before he could be taken to the hospital for treatment, he died. Arthur Robinson, brother of the dead man, is now in the county jail having been lodged there on the charge of murder, it being alleged that he inflicted the wounds on the dead man which caused his death. Arthur Robinson himself, is badly cut but his wounds are not considered necessarily serious. He has several cuts about the head and face and several stabs in the body. Robinson was brought to this city Sunday afternoon by Rural Policeman T. M. Hall. : It is stated that the two Robinson brothers were seen in Neeses Saturday afternoon, and were seen to leave the town late Saturday night. It is also stated that they appeared to be in an intoxicated condition. The cutting occurred a few miles out from 44- i o Knl i if i\ CCDCSj dilU AO AO wiivi vu wuu v a v took place between 11 and 12 o'clock Saturday night. The dead man was not found until about day break on Sunday omrning, having laid out in the road all that time. He was discovered by a negro man early Sunday morning, who first heard his cries. When the negro came upon the wounded man writhing in his own blood, it is stated that he was unable to tell whether he was a white man or a colored man, he was 4 so covered with blood. The most of the wounds inflicted on Mike Robinson were about his head. Both sides of his face were terribly cut. Two long gashes, one on each side of his face extended from a point near the mouth almost to the back of his head. The remainder of his face was hacked with cuts a short distance apart. He was left bleeding in this horribly lacerated condition for several hours, and had almost bled to death when he was discovered. Arthur Robinson was found in a \ neighbor's house some distance from where the body of his brother was discovered. He was also cut about the head and one of his ears was almost cut away. He was the last one seen with his brother, and he was placed under arrest. When questional onthnritips hp disclaimed VU yj J buv UV4WMW**V.VW any knowledge of the affair. He was also at a loss to tell how he came to be in the house of a neighbor. His wounds were given attention and he was taken in custody to see his brother. When he saw the condition of his brother, he was unable to stand the strain and fainted away. The accused man was very much moved over the affair, and he said that if he did the cutting, he was entirely ignorant of it, and he did not know when it happened or what caused it. So far as is known there were no witnesses to the affair, and it will probably be hard to get any definite information about the killing. The two men are between the ages of 30 and 35 years and Mike Robinson was the elder of the two.?Orangeburg Evening News, June 10. TO EXAMINE HYDE. Fate of Murderer Rests with This Commission. Columbia, June 7.?Gov. Blease has named as a commission of alienists to examine Sam Hyde, the Anderson county man under sentence of electrocution for July 5, Dr. W. J. Babcock, superintendent of the Hosnitni fnr the Insane: Dr. W. G. House, of Newberry, and Dr. Robert Wilson, of Charleston, chairman of the State board of health. With these men the fate of Sam Hyde largely rests. This commission will examine Hyde and report to the governor, recommending whether he be electrocuted, his sentence respited to allow for treatment or the sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. Hyde will be brought to the penitentiary in a few days and the commission will make the examination soon thereafter. % ' - . TRAIN KILLS CONGRESSMAN. Southern Train Kills Representative Wiekliffe, of Louisiana. Washington, June 11.?Representative Robt. C. Wiekliffe, of Louisiana, was run down on the tracks of the Southern Railway in Potomac park \,v J| today and instantly killed. He had left the capitol yesterday to be away to-day on a fishing trip. How he happened to stray on to the railroad > 1 tracks has not been cleared up. The engineer of the train said he saw the congressman too late 10 avoid the accident. News of the tragic death of the prominent Southern representative traveled fast, but did not reach Mrs. Wiekliffe before she had started for the capitol, as was her daily custom, to watch the proceedings in the house. That body, it was said, was 1? TY1 ArAAFTT rtf Ml* j AUVUli IU aujuuiu iu uiciuvi; vi wLtt Wickliffe when several members happened to catch a glimpse of his wife in the gallery. There was a hurried conference. Representatives Estopinal and Cullom, of Indiana, made their way quietly to where Mrs. Wickliffe was sitting and invited her downstairs to "Speaker Clark's of- ^ There, as gently as they could, they broke the news to her. Mrs. Wickliffe fainted. Later she cried to be taken home. *Mrs. Champ Clark, a close friend, was quickly summoned. Immediately after she was seen to leave the gallery the house adjourned at 11:50 a. m. until 11 a. m. to- y*j?g morrow. Memorial services will be . held later in the session. Mr. Wickliffe was alone when kill- i ed. He was paired at the house with Representative Dupre, of Louisiana, ' ^ for to-day and jocularly explained to the pair clerk that he was going on "a fishing trip." - The accident was on the railroad embankment at the north end of the railroad bridge over the Potomac river just at the entrance to Potomac park which borders the river in the vSs southwest section of this city. Despite a sign at that point warn- / : JIH ing against trespassing on the rail- ^ road property, Wickliffe was seen to j-||i climb the elevation, apparently unconscious of an incoming train. He was struck and instantly killed. A deep gash was cut on his forehead -Jg and the body was badly crushed. Mr. Wickliffe's watch had stopped at 9:23 a. m. His body was laid on :|gl the green near the track and later carried to the morgue. PLAYED WITH PISTOL, DEAD. Isaac Mack Shot by Brother, Wound Proving Fatal. Shot in the abdomen accidentally by his young brother, on John's Is- J land, Sunday afternoon, Isaac Mack, colored, died suddenly on a wharf at Chisolm's Mill yesterday morning, shortly after he and his mother had landed there with the intention of > going to the hospital for medical treatment Julia Brown, the mother of the dead neero. said that the two boys were fooling with an old pistol Sunday afternoon when the weapon, held in the hands of Julian Mack, suddenly went off, the ball striking , f; Isaac Mack in the abdomen and in- > dieting what later proved to be a mortal wound. The shot which entered the man's body, was a small 32 ball and the mother states that they were bound for the hospital to have it removed, when Mack suddenly dropped dead on the wharf. Coroner O'Donnell was summoned and viewed the remains and had the body taken to the morgue at the Roper hospital by the police patrol. There the inquest will be held this morning. Julian Mack, who did the shooting, has been sent for and will return with his mother this morning to attend the inquest.?News and Courier, June 11. Had Made Money While Prisoner. Atlanta, June 10.?The story of how Charles W. Morse, behind the bars of the Atlanta federal penitentiary, pulled wires that set deals in motion in Wall street and brought a stream of gold to his cell door, is paralleled in Georgia's own convict system by that of Wood C. Campbell, of Columbus, who had been serving a sentence for manslaughter since 1907 until it was recently terminated by a commutation. During his imprisonment he worked in a convict camp like other Georiga convicts, but was a "trusty" and found opportunity to make hundreds of dollars by dealing in cattle and negotiating loans. Campbell is the ex-convict who has made charges against Hill C. Tuggle, charging that the former prison inspector defrauded him out of % 59 5.