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Hamburg feralb j One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1912. Established 1891. || COUNTRY NEWS LETTER SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINC IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around tl County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 17.?Thursd* evening at Copeland's hall the bus ness men and base ball players < Ehrhardt met in a mass meeting ai decided to form a base ball team f< the summer months. The merits i base ball were discussed, and it wi 4- A V>OflA Vvo LUC &euciax wptULVU tuac a uaoc uo team was a great asset to a commun ty. Apart from the amusement ai fecreative feature, the advertisir value was considered and a willinj ness was expressed by the businei men present to support the team i a financial way. Mr. H. Karesh, a enterprising merchant, suggested tl idea of forming a base ball associ; tion, to be made up of stock holder each share of stock to be sold at tl par value of five dollars. A commi tee was appointed, made up < Messrs. H. Karesh, W. Max Walke and A. F. Henderson, to put the ma ter before the merchants of the tow and ask their co-operation. Th t was done and the following men wi compose the stock company. H. K; resh, W. M. Walker, A. F. Henderso" J. H. Roberts, M. D., Ehrhardt Hari ware Co.. O. E. Kearse, McKens Bros., Paul Arndt, Jr., J. W. Prieste Copeland& Farrell, C. Ehrhardt * Son, Jacob Ehrhardt, J. D. Dannell R. L. Williams, J. H. Hux, D. D. ? J. M. Dannelly, F H. Copeland. This shows in a true way the ei terprising spirit of the citizens of th growing town, and with Mr. Robe McDowell as president and Mr. A. ] Henderson as manager of the bai ball team, they issue a challange 1 any amateur team in the lower part < the State for a game or series < games to be played either on tt * home ground or on the road. The first game of the season wi be played on the home grounds Tue day afternoon against Walterboro. Our school boys are home, ar of all their studies at school base ba must be participated in and rehear ed. The other studies are of less in ? portance and can be dispensed wit until the session for next year opei again. Glad to see warm weather asse: iself again; will help cotton to g< a hump on it and do something. One darkv grot too much fire wat< or shoomaker under his shirt Sa urday afternoon. His mouth issue > some epithets against qne of tl white race. A half brick administe ed to the side of his head by a whil man humbled the coon to the sic walk and made things quiet unt chief could give them a pass to tt I Red Top Inn. Council will say whi f the board bill will be. Ninety degrees Fahrenheit on ye terday in the shade. Ice water relished. JEE. Ehrhardt News. At the close of the exercises of tt Baptist church last Sunday morninj ' there were six'added to the membe: ship of the church; one by letter an five by baptism. The sides of tt baptistry were ornamented with p< plants, affecting the banks of a rive > where the ordinance was beautiful] and impressively administered by tt pastor. Mr. Robert McDowell, secretary c the boys' department of the Y. M. ( A. of Pensacola, Fla., is at home f( a few weeks' vacation. "Bob" h? "made good" in his work at PensaC< la, and merited well a rest from h ardous labors. While at Ehrhard h? will stir things up some in tt base ball world. i Lonnie Talbert Warren. * ' - Died on Sunday night, about o'clock, May 26, 1912. 'He was tt son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wa ren, who with his young wife, a brie of only a few months, and one sist< and brother are left to mourn h death and to cherish the memory < his bright young life. I Talbert, as he was familiarly calle jP by his intimate friends, was only little more than 19 years old, and seems peculiarly sad that one whos life seemed so full of promise, shoul 1 be so early called away, but "Gc -a xi- -u t"t?/-vl 1 yy uueiu an luiugs *> cn. f He was a member of St. John Baptist church, was an examplai , ' young man, and well esteemed by a who knew him. The sympathy of wide circle of friends is extended I his parents and brother and siste and especially to his bereaved wido\ Ehrhardt, June 17, 1912. Rub-My TIsm will cure you. * ? BULLDOG ATTACKS CHILD. Columbia Lad Pounced Upon by JS Savage Beast. Columbia, June 14.?While passie ing along the street to-day little fouryear-old Finley Owens was pounced on by a savage bulldog which seized the little boy in the throat and iniy dieted seious wounds before it was i? pulled at*jy. A passerby attracted by 0f the cries of the frightened child, l(j ran to the aid of the little one and, 3r after almost superhuman efforts, succeeded in wrenching the bulldog iS loose from its hold of the child's U throat. Doctors gave the little one 1_ immediate attention. The little boy td is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Owens. lg The bulldog belonged to J. B. Heriot, g_ who conducts a meat market. 56 . Fairfax Fancies, m m ie Fairfax, June 17.?Rev. and Mrs. a_ W. B. Aull, with their mother, have _ returned from a visit to Greenwood, s, Mrs. Martin Lightsey and children, accompanied by Miss Pearl Copeland, ^ of Columbia, are visiting at Ehrhardt. / Mrs. Burch and children have returned to Charleston. ' ? TT.i? T + jg Mrs. sam laney ana rxeien U sey, after spending some time with a_ the former's parents at Laurens, have Q returned home. 2[ Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Johnston, ie has been here on a visit to his brothr er, Prof. B. C. Monroe, who has been, ^ and still is, very sick at the residence y of Mr. Frank Young. .' There have been quite a number of parties given recently in honor of a_ Miss Fannie Kate Marsh, of McCorig mick, viz: One at the commercial rt Hotel, Mrs. Myrick's, and Mrs. MariP on Craddock's. They seemed to have je had quite a nice time at all of them. to Messrs. O. C. and Lawton Maner were recent visitors here. There was a picnic at Stokes's mill ie complimentary to Miss F. K. Marsh on Monday. The young folks were H chaperoned by Mrs. Bowles, a recent -who in now "one of US." g_ M*?UVf " *-V Miss Zelle Loadholt is brightening l(1 Fairfax with her sunny presence. U Messrs. Corrin Youmans and Rusg_ sell Loadholt are back from Clemson and Furman, respectively. ' ^ Bamberg Social News. Bamberg, June 15.?Mrs. Janie C. rt Lewis entertained a few of her most intimate friends Tuesday evening in honor of Misses Annie Lou Byrd and Jr Frankie Folk, who left the next day for an extended trip to Europe. The i(1 party sailed from New York Saturie day, and they will visit England, r" France, Germany, and many other ue countries of the Old World. They will be gone three months and ex** pect to reach home the latter part of ie September. Wednesday at the beautiful home of Mrs. M. A. Bamberg, Mrs. Barr ens~ tertained in honor of her charming ?s house guest, Mrs. Reynolds. The front parlors were beautiful in cut flowers and ferns. Six tables were placed for anagrams. The honoree < ie was presented with a dainty china 5, comport. Mrs. Albert Spann made r- the lucky cut and was presented with 1 d a china bonbon dish. A delightful Le two-course luncheon was served. )t Mrs. James Wyman entertained r, with a beautiful porch party Thurs[y day afternoon in honor of Mrs. Reyte nolds. Four tables of bridge were niavcd. After a very exciting game )f Mrs. H. H. Copeland, making the 2. highest cut, was awarded a lovely i >r vase. Mrs. Reynolds was presented ts with a hand-painted plate. An ice > course was served, is Another pretty compliment to Mrs. t, Reynolds was a morning bridge parte tv Saturday, given by Mrs. Jones A. Williams, at her handsome home, on Railroad avenue. Wednesday morning found a large crowd of friends at the depot to see two of Bamberg's most popular girls 16 off for their trip abroad. These charming young ladies will be greatly missed during their three months' * absence. ls Dr. and Mrs. John L. Owens are at home for the summer months with Mrs. Janie C. Lewis. (J Mr. J. D. Copeland, Jr., has gone a to Como, Miss., where he will join 1 Mrs. Copeland for a few days' stay ,e with relatives. d The young folks of the city enjoy,(* ed a dance at Herndon's Hall on Thursday evening. Miss Evelyn Brabham, of Olar, vis*y ited here last week, the guest of Miss 1 Minnie Ayer. a Mr. J. D. Feldcr spent several days -? in Asheville last week. r* Mrs. E. A. Reynolds, of Greenv' wood, is on a visit to Mrs. J. W. Barr.?Sunday's News and Courier. Rub-My Tism will cure you. '1 IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Albert B. Windham, a well known young man of Lamar, Darlington county, was bound over to the sessions court on Wednesday on the charge of attempted assault upon a youne married woman. Laurel Roach, colored, aged about 20, was accidentally shot and killed by his own gun while plowing in a field in Sumter county on Wednesday. He had the gun fastened to his plowstock and it went off. The governor is having a lot of trouDie 11 seems wiui nis omcuii i?tmily. Mayor Grace, of Charleston, a colonel on his staff, testified this week before the dispensary investigating committee that he had practically traced graft up to the governor, and now Col. L. M. Green, editor of the Anderson Intelligencer and a colonel on the governor's staff, is out in a statement saying that Col. V. B. Cheshire, publisher of the Intelligencer, will resign his position on the governor's staff because Blease would not remove a constable when asked to do so by Cheshire. The political situation is growing interesting to say the least. KILLS FATHER AND SON. Georgia Farmer snoots rwo uver Old Trouble About Hogs. Greenville, Ga.f June 14.?W. 0. Walton shot and killed W. 0. and Oscar Evans, father and son, following an altercation which started in Wheeler's store, several miles east of here. Walton is a nephew of W. O. Evans. About a year ago there was trouble between the two families over straying hogs. Walton lived on the farm adjoining the Evans place, and it is understood that he has since been in fear of them. To-day the two Evanses came into the store, and, finding Walton there, started to pick a quarrel. They levelled their pistols at him and Walton fired three times. Young Evans fell dead and Walton ran out a side door. The elder Evans followed him and then Walton shot hnd killed him. Walton came on into Greenville and gave himself up to the sheriff, claiming self-defense. The families are well-to-do. Bottom of the Sea. j There has been much dispute as to the quantity of light at the bottom of the sea. Animals dredged from below 700 fathoms either have no eyes or faint indications of them, or else their eyes are very large and pro? * ii. i truding. Anotner sirange umg i? that if the creatures in these lower depths have any color, it is orange or red. Sea anemones, corals, shrimps and crabs have the brilliant color, sometimes it is a purplish red; never a green or a blue fish is found. The red and orange shades are for the protection of the deep sea creatures, because the bluish green ligh"; at the bottom of the ocean makes them appear of a natural tint, and thus hides them from their enemies. The surface of a submarine mountain is covered with shells, like an ordinary seashore, showing that it is the eating house of vast numbers of carnivorous animals. A codfish takes a whole oyster into its mouth, cracks the shell, digests the meat and spits out the rest. Crabs crack the shells, and suck out the meat. In this way are formed the mounds of shells that dredges eno/Minfor and not a fish bone has been found among them. Pieces of wood are found, but they are always bored full of holes by the boring shell fish, and crumble at the touch of the hand. Destruction is constantly going on in these depths. If a ship sinks at sea, it will be completely destroyed except the metal parts, and even they will corrode and disappear. No human bones of those who sank with the ship will remain after a while, the creatures' of the deep will devour them. Near Promotion. "Well, Tommy," said the father of a six-year-old youngster, according to the Chicago News, "how are you getting along at school?" "Bully," replied Tommy. "Guess the teacher is going to promote me." '"What makes you think so?" "She said to-day that if I kept on at the rate I was going I'd be in the criminal class,' explained Tommy. TWO PERISH IN FLAMES. Woman Attempted to Save Child. Both Die. Lexington, June 14.?On Tuesday night, about 12:30 o'clock, the residence of the Rev. Faust Strother, a highly respected negro preacher, near the Lexington Fair grounds, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire. One of his children, seven years old, perished in the flames, and his wife was so badly burned trying to save the child that she died this morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. When it was first discovered the flames were bursting from a front room, and in an effort to save her children the woman was severely burned. Faust Strother is a hard-working, honorable negro, and had just finished building his home. The loss is peculiarly neavy, ana ne nas tne sympathy of both white and black in his loss. . Takes Poison in Thicket. Jeffersonville, Ind., June 17.?A tragic sequel to the criminal assault and murder of a 73-year-old woman, came this afternoon when her grandson, George Kelly, aged 20, swallowed poison as a posse of officers was about to capture him in a river bottom thicket. He died in a few minutes. Stabbed through the neck and badly scratched, the body of the old woman wa3 found in a bed in her humble cottage two miles from here last midnight. Evidence showed she had been criminally assaulted and the criminal had torn the clothes from her, probably after she was dead, - * * j -i- a laid tnem on a cnair ana yiaceu me body in bed. Her savings, $100, were gone. George Kelly lived with his grandmother, as did her son, \qho discovered the crime. The former had been at the house during the day and could not be found after the crime had been committed. During the night officers picked up his trail and hunted him through the river bottoms. Several times they seemed close to the fugitive but could not catch a glimpse of him. Late this afternoon one of the men saw him and with leveled pistols the possemen started after the youth. He plunged into a dense thicket. Fearing he might fire, the officers proceeded carefully and soon stumbled upon the boy's writhing f<brm. Afraid he was shamming and might attack them, the officers watching him closely as the writhing ceased and he died. Still believing nothing was the matter with their prisoner the officer called a coroner before removing the body. He was pronounced dead and the body was brou'ght here. Got His Goat. There are lots of highly educated people with college degrees who do not know the origin of the classic expression, "Got his goat." This fine literary phrase, so far-reaching in its D&vchic import, originated in East Aurora. It was first used by Ali Baba. Living neighbor to the Roycroft Shop was one Ed Geers, horse general and all-round sporty jackanapes, known to the world as the "silent man," on account of a way he has of lifting his voice so you can hear him a mile, and damning the stable boys at inopportunte times. In the stable Ed Geers had a very fast horse, known as Prince Regent This horse was of a very nervous disposition, and when in a box stall by himself?especially in a strange place?fretted and suffered from homesickness. Ed Geers bought a goat from Ali Baba and put it in the stall with the horse, and the horse and the goat became very chummy. When they would take the horse out to trot on the track, he would seemingly look forward to the moment when he could get back and relate his experience to the sympathetic goat. There came a day when this horse was to trot for the futurity stakes in Buffalo. All went well, and it looked as if Prince Regent had a sure thing. The bets were all in favor of Prince Regent. But at midnight on 11? j--. ~~ + Vi/-> -poo/a nnmennp tut; uity UB1U1C iavv, in the barn and stole the goat and the horse grieved so for his mate that he seemed to lose heart, and by the afternoon when the time came for the horse to be called, Prince Regent lost his nerve. "What's the matter with that horse?" somebody said, as they noticed the animal's drooping ears. "Why, somebody's got his goat," said Ali Baba. And so the phrase has gone clattering down the centuries, like a tin kettle to a dog's tail.?Elbert Hubbard in the Fra. TOIIFEDER WILL TESTIFY HEARING TO BE HELD IN AUGUSTA IN JULY. Mayor Grace Tells of Conditions in Charleston and of Break With Blease. John P. Grace, mayor of Charleston, appeared before the legislative investigating committee in Columbia Tuesday and gave some testimony to prove his charge that graft money had been traced practically up to the governor's office. He was on the witness stand for more than one hour and gave a detailed account of his relations with Gov. Blease. At the conclusion of his testimony he read an affidavit by J. J. Miller, of Charleston, in which it was charged that graft had been collected from the whiskey dealers in Charleston and turned over to B. H. Stothart, chief constable. The following charge was contained in the affidavit: "The next day or two this friend, Capt. John Black, came to me along with Jim Crocker and said, 'Miller (or John) as a friend of yours, I feel it is my duty to ad t ri ttam AT? of loOfif TMlf VA11 /Ml VOll V V1DC J\J u Ui at A^aot f/ut ;vu J guard. I did not want to tell you last night, but I have been thinking over the thing and I feel that you ought to know it. Ben Stothart said on the train last night (although drunk; you know sometimes drunk men speak the truth) that he had been promised a pardon by the governor if he would put you and another fellow out ol the way.'" Charged Wholesale Graft. The reading of this affidavit was the main testimony presented by Mayor Grace. He charged wholesale graft in Charleston and requested that the committee go to Charleston i and take testimony from witnesses that he said he would produce. ''Adjourn and come to Charleston and I will furnish the evidence in the interest of truth. I have a power down there which will not require them but prompt them to give the testimony," said Mayor Grace. The committee took the invitation under consideration and decided to meet today in Charleston when the taking of testimony will be resumed. Mayor Grace will be asked to continue his testimony and to produce witnesses to substantiate the charge contained in Common Sense to the effect that graft has been traced to Columbia. To Call Pelder. One of the most important features to the session Tuesday was the annnouncement by H. B. Carlisle, chairman of the committee, that T. B. Felder was to appear before the com"mittee on July 8. In a letter to the committee Mr. Felder suggested Atlanta as the place to take the testimony. , During the morning the following telegram was addressed to Mr. Felder by the committee: "Committee prefers Augusta, July 8, morning at 10 o'clock. Wire answer Columbia." The following reply was received from Mr. Felder: "Prefer Atlanta but will meet committee in Augusta, July 8." The holding of the hearing in Augusta will permit any member of the State campaign party to attend. ANNUAL RAT KILLING. In Indiana Counties Results in Death of Thousands of Rodents. Reports indicate that between 3, ~ ~ ~ i ? i-iii- j 500 and 4,uuu rats were Kiueu iu Gibson county as a result of rat-day raids, says a Princeton, Ind., dispatch. Slaughters in other counties of the First Indiana district, which also observed the day, ranged from 500 to 2,500, it being their first year, while for Gibson county it was the third annual killing. Quite a number were killed in Princeton, but most of the slaying was on farms and in small numbers from 5 to 70. James Stevens, near Ft. Branch, killed 72. In parts of the county worked thoroughly in the two years past no rats were to be found. Teacher, to a roomful of pupi's: "And just think! one of you may be president some day. All of you who would like to be president, please rise." All rose except little Willie. "Well, Willie, what's the matter" Wouldn't you like to be president?" "Y-es'm," stammered Willie, b-but I ca-ca-can't." "Why not?" asked the teacher astonished. "Because?because I'm a D-d-democrat," said Willie, bursting into tears. MAIL CARRIED BY DOGS. |j Uncle Sam Operates a 2,000 Mile Route in Alaska. Not everybody knows that the United States has a 2,000-mile mail route operated by dog sleds during a good part of the year. But such is the fact, over the trail between Cordova and Nome, in Alaska. But for these mail facilities the dwellers of the bleak Northern Peninsular during the long winter months would be without mail service, owing to the close of navigation. Even as It is, the accumulation of Alaskan mail in the Seattle postoffice, pending the first steamer's departure for Nome this season, weighed an entire ton. How soon the iron horse will take the * & place of the sled is a question; but Uncle Sam is looking seriously in 1 that direction. And this may even be f v the last year for the sled, if congress gives him power to put his Panama digging outfit to account for railway Dunaing in AiasKa. List of State Candidates. - ||||f The entries for State officers, congress and solicitor closed Monday of this week at noon, and the following is the list of those who filed the pledge and paid the assessment: GOVERNOR. Ira B. Jones, Cole L. Blease, J. T. Duncan. . LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. * C. A. Smith. SECRETARY OF STATE. : R. M. McCown. COMPTROLLER GENERAL. A. W. Jones. ATTORNEY GENERAL. J. R. Earle, Barney B. Evans, Thos. H. Peeples, J. Fraser Lyon. STATE TREASURER. S. T. Carter, D. W. McLanrin. SUPT. OF EDUCATION Jno. E. Swearingen. ADJUTANT GENERAL. TXT TXT w. YY. Jiiuuie. "/MM COM. OF AGRICULTURE. E. J. Watson. RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. Jno. G. Richards, Jr., J. H. Wharton, James Cansler. j 'M UNITED* STATES SENATE. B. R. Tillman, W. J. Talbert, N. B. CONGRESS. First district: Geo. S. Legare, H. ' ^ Leon Larisey. -Sj Second district: J. F. Byrnes, J Harry D. Calhoun. Third district: Wyatt Aiken, F. S. Evans, M. C. Long. Fourth district: Jos. T. Johnson. Fifth district: D. E. FInley, Glenn AfsS W. Ragsdale, W. P. Pollock. Sixth district: J. E. Ellerbe, J. W. '; v'^SB Ragsdale. Seventh district: A. F. Lever. > SOLICITORS. First circuit: P. T. Hildebrand. Second circuit: R. L. Gunter. Third circuit: Philip Stoll, Thoa. 'yfjjjgjgi ' H. Tatum. Fourth circuit: J. Monroe Spears, Geo. K. Laney, T. I. Rogers. #|| Fifth circuit: W. Hampton Cobb. . - '.y| Sixth circuit: J. K. Henry, J. Harry Foster. Seventh circuit: J. C. Otts, A. E. ' Hill, I. C. Blackwood. Eighth circuit: R. A. (Cooper. Ninth circuit: John H. Peurifoy. Tenth circuit: Proctor A. Bonham, John M. Daniel.Eleventh circuit: Geo. Bell Timmerman. ' "* _ Twelfth circuit: Walter Wells, L. M. Gasque. . SENATE CONFIRMS A. W. KNIGHT t |j . As Bamberg Postmaster, Oppositlom Falling Flat. Washington, June 13.?The seni ate has confirmed the nomination of A. W. Knight to be postmaster at , : i Bamberg. This nomination was held . i up for a few days at the instance of parties who professed to be able to show why it should not be confirmed, but no charges were filed and nothing was adduced to Mr. Knight's discredit.?K. F. M. in News and Courier. fix XU1SUA IJ3 -ULLiA. Orphan Admits Trying to Kill Hospital Inmates. Griffin, Ga., June 17.?Fourteeen- . "r3 year-old Bessie Metz, an orphan, today confessed to the sheriff that she attempted to poison officers and pa- , tients at the Griffin hospital yesterday by putting strychnine in the milk at the hospital. Nearly a pint of the poison was used and the milk solution was so strong that it was detected before any one drank of it. The little girl's act was prompted, she said, by a desire for revenge because the superintendent had reprimanded her. She came here a few days ago from an orphanage at Memphis, Tenn. ' ' ' M