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* (Tli? Humbert} feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1913. Established 1891. * .? ? i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS R SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. , m , News Items Gathered All Around the ^ . County and Elsewhere. tc Fairfax Fancies. G st Fairfax, Aug. 25.?The Misses Brunson, of Gifford, were recent ^ guests of Mrs. Benj. Brunson. ^ ? Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ruddell expect pj ; to visit the mountains of North Caro- n( lina in a few days. L Miss Margaret Youmans has left ^ & us to attend the Training School for Wt Nurses at Richmond, Va. g( W Mi6S Mary Harrison left the same q, day for her home at Johnston and p expects to return at the reopening q of school on September 7th. n Dr. Iva Youmans, a Fairfax raised ^ girl, has been made State Bacteriolo- is gist in Florida. In the absence of p >> Dr. Simmons, she will serve at Tarn- fC pa, Pensacola, and other places. q The new editor has arrived and ai brought his press, so The Fairfax T Advance will soon be a familiar ri sheet. > Mrs. Jas. Padgett and son, Sydney, in of Lake Butler, Fla., have returned a; Jiome after a pleasant visit here with p( relatives. -Mrs. Lane's father, Mr. Padgett, has returned to Ehrhardt, after a long stay here with his daughters. * Mr. and Mrs. Judson Lightsey, of sc Brunson, visited Mrs. Martin Light- lt: ^ 01 sey recently, x fr Mrs. Rivers, of Brunson, and little daughter visited Mrs. E. S. Ulmer on Saturday. ^ The Woman's Missionary Society gave a very nice program Sunday af- n< ternoon at the Baptist church. In- bl spiring songs were sung and appro- *a priate pieces were read. ^ The Y. P. U. carried out an interesting program Sunday evening. Mr. J. E. Johnston gave a very fine ad- A dress. , tc in Pi Clear Pond Breezes. fr The farmers are about through th pulling fodder. Cotton picking is now the order of the day. ^ fo % Mr. Ashton Clayton and sister, Julia, of Oak Grove, spent Saturday B. night and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Folk. Mrs. R. F. McMillan is visiting her th mother at Ehrhardt. fr Mrs. Richard Rhoad and Mrs. D. P. Rentz, of Lakeland Florida, are visiting their mother, Mrs. A. R. ? Walker. w The ladies of Bethesdachurch serv- as ed ice cream and cake Saturday evening from four o'clock until six, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Folk, *n after which a box party and cake w walk was enjoyed by all present. The prize box being offered to the U: highest bidder was won by Mr. Con nor Smoak, who chose for his part- n< ner Miss Wilhelmina Folk. aI Tickets were then sold, each young fc man drawing one thus choosing his G partner for the cake walk, which was *D as follows: ' er Mr. Herbert Folk with Miss Marie ei Smoak; Oscar Crider with Florine ^ Hutto; Bennie Folk with Blanche Sl Crider; Grover Crider with Ebbie Goodwin; Oren Drawdy with Julia % Clayton; Monroe Crider with Mamie cc > Morris; Fulton Drawdy with Doris G Folk; Ashton Clayton with Eula SI O'Quinn; Connor Smoak with Wilhelmina Folk; Roy Morris with Inez as Zeigler. The cake walk was won by Mr. Oren Drawdy and Miss Julia Clayton. P< The object of the occasion was e] r to raise money for the church. R Music was rendered throughout* ?* the evening by the Clear Pond band. ai * . G - -m-wT nrl TT. TTI A way mey nave. ? Pi Mrs. Flint came for a visit to her sister's home, and her little niece, o] Charlotte, was delighted to see her. h( "What became of the black kitten that you had when I was here before, w dear?" asked Mrs. Flint. a' i "Why, don't you know?" asked aJ Charlotte, much surprised. "I haven't heard a word," replied A the aunt. "Was he poisoned?" "No, ma'am," said Charlotte. ^ "Drowned?" "Oh, no." "Stole?" "No." U1 * "Hurt in any way?" n: "No. ma'am." ^ "Well," said Mrs. Flint, "I can't guess, dear. What became of him?" "He growed into a cat."?Lippin- u cott's. sl m w South Carolina will get one mil- ai lion and a half dollars of govern- ir ment funds to move the cotton crop, a: TO HAVE STATE TICKET. nniored McLaurin's Backers Will Go Full Length. I Columbia, August 23.?Announceent of the candidacy of James H. raig, of Anderson, formerly audi>r of the county, for Comptroller eneral against A. W. Jones, has arted a rumor in political circles at backers of State Senator John L. cLaurin, who is expected to make ie race for governor, contemplate acing a full State ticket in the field ixt summer. The rumor has it that Senator Mcaurin will run for Governor and lat his backers are hoping to have jnator J. Arthur Banks, of Calhoun ounty, the president of the State air, make the race for Lieutenant overnor. They contemplate, it is imored, endorsing Mr. Craig, of Anjrson, for Comptroller General. It said that they plan to place Mr. . H. Hyatt, of Columbia, in the field ?r State Treasurer against Mr. S. T. irter. For Attorney General, they *e expected to endorse General hos. H. Peeples for re-election, the imor assigning as a reason that the cLaurin propaganda looks to currvg favor with the Blease followers, nd hence they will endorse Mr. eeples. May Prove Strong Ticket. This ticket, if there is anything in le rumor, and political circles place >me credence in the gossip, would, is admitted by some, be a strong le. Senator McLaurin himself hails om the rich and influential county : Marlboro, in the Pee-Dee section, jnator Banks comes from Calhoun ounty, not far from Columbia, and jar the influential county of Orangelrg. Mr. Hyatt hails from the Capi1 and his influence would lend great eight to the ticket in Columbia and iroughout the State. Mr. Craig has jen Auditor of the mighty county of nderson and he w*ould be expected bring votes to the McLaurin ticket . the Piedmont. Attorney General geples comes from Barnwell and his iends would be counted on to swing iat section. It is believed here that failing to rce open endorsement of his candiacy for governor from Governor lease that Senator McLaurin and s followers will be contented with itting all the support they can from te Blease following by a display of iendliness to the Administration, tie McLaurin movement is expected play the "peace and harmony" me throughout, but meanwhile flirt ith Bleaseism and anti-Bleaseism ; the revival progresses?at least tat is the gossip. The significant article appearing a strong Blease weekly paper last eek throwing doubts on the candiicy of Governor Blease for the nited States Senate and the eulogisc endorsement of several of Goverar Blease's actions in a later issue e taken to mean that the McLaurin >1 lowers were afraid to "buck" the overnor. It was thought here early 1 . the week that the McLaurin hack's were attempting to force the Gov nor's hand and an open declaraon from him for McLaurin as his iccessor, but it is now believed that te little excursion frightened them T from this move and they now >ntemplate "whooping-em-up" for overnor Blease for the United :ates Senate. "The peace and harmony" slogan > an argument for Senator McLauri's election to the Governorship * is ?ing endorsed by several of his op>nents. At the recent political gathring at Filbert, in York county, epresentative George R. Rembert, : Richland, a stanch Bleasite and an rowed candidate to succeed him as overnor, laughed at "peace and harony" talk and boasted that he was ruuil ox uexixg Know a <xs a. paiusau. The rumor that L. M. Green is to pen a McLaurin publicity bureau ere on the first of next month will Dt down. The arrival of Col. Green ith his bureau is being anxiously svaited.?W. F. Caldwell in News id Courier. N UNKNOWN NEGRO LYNCHED. flicers Unable to Find Out Particulars of Affair in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., August 24.?An aknown negro was lynched last ight near Kilgore, a station on the ouisville and Nashville Railroad, - - ? ?- A ?v\ i 1 r? aP D i vm i r> fy_ <\ tfll I > -11 v I1111CD HWi til VJL UUiiUil^?m. The body was found hanging rider a trestle this morning. The leriff's forces were unable to find ho did it or to get any facts about ny crime in that section which light have led to lynching. They re still working on tfhe case. IN THE PALMETTO STATE T T SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick J di Reading?Paragraphs About jp Men and Happenings. 0] h; The federal department of agricul- m ture has released Abbeville and Ches- ni ter counties from the cattle tick quar- C( antine. q Jas. E. Harper, of Greenville, has ai been appointed appoinment clerk in the treasury department, through the w - ? ^ 11 lLUiUtJUCt: UL l csoiuaii ovuiiiiuii. The place pays $3,000 a year. D1 pi Fred Staffano, a white barber, was shot and seriously wounded in one of the "social" clubs in Spartanburg Sunday night by John Queen. The wounded man will likely die. ^ Hack Scott, a negro drayman, was bi shot and seriously wounded in Green- S] wood Thursday night by Mathews t Smith, a negro painter. Too much hi liquor is assigned as the cause of the p< trouble. ti The three young men, Walker, Grimball and Hernandez, of Char- v' leston, who were thought to have 01 been drowned, have returned to the city after battling for their lives several hours in the sea. c< Calvin Black well, colored, aged f seven, died in Anderson Monday t? night of hydrophobia, having been ^ bitten four weeks ago by the same n; mad dog that bit Dora Cochran, who w died last Thursday night. a Robert F. Bryant was elected mayor of Orangeburg on Tuesday by 292 votes over the incumbent, Wm. M. Sain, who got 197. Orangeburg is to have a commission form of government, with a mayor and two al dermen. it. hi Mr. A. C. VanOrsdell, assistant at 01 the Orangeburg post office, has re- d, signed to accept the position of post office inspector, to which he was ^ recently appointed, and Mr. Joseph Smoak, former registry clerk, has ' been appointed assistant postmaster. A wild horse belonging to George Douglas, frightened at an automobile ^ in Bennettsville on Friday, ran with p the buggy through a plate-glass window into McCall Weatherly's store. J. R. Liles, aged 80, was run over by the horse inside the store and seriously ^ hurt. A telegram from Denever, Col., on o< Friday, reports the drowning of W. tl D. Watts, formerly of Laurens. Mr. b Watts was forty and unmarried, and tl had been out West interested in an g; electrical plant for the past ten years, jc He had just returned to Denver from a a visit to his mother, Mrs. Josephine g; Watts, at Laurens. pi Scrap Jones was shot with a shot- r< gun by John Jones, colored, at Norway, Orangeburg county, Wednesday, lc the wound being in the head. The onlv provocation seems to have been el - , * t( that tne wnite man asKea tne negro to pay for a pair of shoes he had p' sold him or work it out. The shoot- C er was arrested and is in jail. si j Union Meetings. q The union meetings of the Barn-( well Association will be held at e< Kline, Rosemary, and at Colston ^ August 30-31. t] MISSIONARY SERMONS. p Kline?W. L. Hayes; Rosemary? W M. Jones; Colston?F. H. Funderburk. DISCUSSIONS. 1. What are the advantages and D disadvantages of the annual call sys- d tern? ir 2. Are the Baptists of the Barn- d well Association doing their duty to- T ward State missions? If not, why? tl 3. How can the spiritual condi- d tions of our churches be improved? F 4. Siaxe some reasuus wlij cvcij Baptist should take the Baptist tl Courier. ir SPEAKERS?AT KLINE. h 1. W. L. Hayes. W. G. Britton. o 2. J. A. Jenkins, A. P. Manville. 3. W. H. Simpson, W. W. Cope. tl 4. W. G. Britton, W. L. Hayes. w at rosemary. si 1. D. W. Heckle, T. J. Grubbs. o: 2. F. J. Lee, R. R. Johnston. h 3. R. M. Mixson, D. W. Heckle. 4. W. M. Jones, Chester Kennedy, a: AT COLSTON. d 1. W. R. McMillan, Thos. Clayton. 2. F. H. Funderburk, D. O. Hunt- "w er. b 3. J. D. Huggins, S. G. Mayfield 4. \Y. R. McMillan, J. D. Huggins. n w. l. hayes, w. r. McMillan, geo. hopkins. p Committ?. h I O INVESTIGATE JUDGE SPEER. he House Judiciary Committee Agrees on Thorough Probe. Washington, August 25.?Thorigh investigation of the official conuct of United States District Judge morv Speer, of the Southern District t Georgia, to determine whether he as been guilty of any impeachable misbehavior, was agreed on unanimously to-day by the House judiciary jmmittee. Tomorrow Chairman lavton will introduce a resolution sking the House to investigate the targes and compel the attendance of itnesses. The committee reports to le House its conclusions and recommendations. Such a course follows recedents in the impeachment cases f Swayne, Hanford, Archbald and thers. The investigation probably will be made chiefly through a sub-commitse. Witnesses to be summoned will b determined upon later. Judge peer already has asked the commit;e to allow him to be present at the earings and has requested that, if ossible. he might appear after a me when he is subject to hay fever, udge Speer said his physician adised him that it would be dangerus for him to go to Washington be>re. The committee in all probabilir will accede to this request. Judge Speer has acquainted the Dmmittee with the line of his< de;nce, denying the charges and aticking their authorship. Attorney] uff, of Macon, who made the origi-j al charges against the Judge, has ritten to the committee insisting on full investigation. Other Georgians, lcluding many attorneys, have teleraphed to Chairman Clayton and to tembers of the Georgia delegation >r and against the investigation. The Georgia delegation will meet lis week and receive a report from s dean, Representative Bartlett, who as been going over the department f justice's report, exhibits and affiavits. The committee, after holding that le papers made charges sufficiently rave to win further investigation, Ijourned to-day subject to the call f the chairman. 15,000 BLAZE AT RIDGELAND. ire Destroys Jasper County Dispensary and Residences. Ridgeland, August 25.?Last night t 12 o'clock fire was discovered in le store building of W. S. Cooler, :cupied by O. W. Eibs, which ireatened to completely destroy the usiness section of Ridgeland. At ie time the fire was discoverd it had ained such a headway that the ad)ining building used by Mr. Eibs as residence was also on fire, thus aining a start that all efforts were owerless until three stores and two ssidences had been consumed before ie flames were under control. The >ss is estimated to be about $15,000, ie buildings being only partially covred by insurance. Among the stores ) burn was one occupied by the disensary in Ridgeland for Jasper ounty, and it is stated that about r? nno wnrth nf whiskev was de troyed. It is understood that the ispensary will open up temporary uarters in a few days. The business section was only savd'from being wiped out owing to le rain of the previous afternoon, le calmness of the air and the romptness of Ridgeland's bucket rigade. Matter of Thirst. Senator Thomas Sterling, of South akota, expansively smiled the other ay when one of the party in a Washlgton gabfest referred to the traditional thirst of the Indian, relates he Chicago Record-Herald. He said lat he was reminded of a little incient that recently happened in the ar West. A man who had been traveling irough the Indian country, accordlg to the Senator, met a friend on is return home and was telling him f his experience on the trip. "It is simply wonderful," related ie man, "how those Indians love hiskey. They will make most any icrifice to get it. One day I met ue crossing the plains on a pony and e offered me his bridle for a drink. "Offered you his bridle?" was the mazed rejoinder of the friend. "You on't really mean it!" "Yes," responded the other, "and hen I refused he offered me the ridle and the saddle and the pony." "It seems almost incredible," comlented the friend. "Of course, you ccepted a great chance like that." "Not on your life!" was the emhatic rejoinder of the traveler. "I ad only one drink Uft." I FRANK fiUILTV OF MURBEI I NO RECOMMENDATION BY JUR IX ATLANTA MAX'S CASE. I ?-?? Motion for Xew Trial Will be Math Verdict Reached at 4 p. ni., | After Tliree Hours. Atlanta, Ga., August 25.?Leo X Frank, convicted late to-day of tb murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagai showed no visible signs of emotio I early to-night when informed that b had been found guilty. The factor superintendent's wife, with him whe the message was delivered, collapse< More than an hour before Fran was notified the jury's verdict ( murder in the first degree was r< ceived with a noisy demonstratio by a crowd estimated at more tha 2,000 persons that jammed the stree All spectators were excused from th Court room before the verdict w* announced. By agreement of coui sel the prisoner was permitted to r< main in his cell at the county jai Only lawyers, Court officials an newspaper men heard the verdii rendered. After listening to the presentatio of evidence and argument of couns< for more than four weeks the jui retired at 12:47 o'clock this afte ncrtm when Judge Roan concluded:h charge. Shortly after 4 o'clock was announced that a verdict ha been reached, but it was nearly o'clock before the Jury returned 1 the Court room. Great Demonstration. At 5 o'clock Foreman Winburr read the verdict. It contained e .n/iAmmonilaHnn + n mprnv As tl 1 CLUiiiill^UUUbAVU vw ? w- . news was flashed to the crowd outsic there was loud cheering. Mounte policemen rode through the crowd 1 disperse it, but the demonstratic continued unabated. Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, who coi ducted the prosecution, was the fin person to leave the Court room. A he stepped into the street he wi lifted to the shoulders of several me and carried for more than a hundre feet through the shouting throng. On account of the demonstratic Judge Roan announced that he wou] not sentence the prisoner until t< morrow, possibly later. The Judj also was cheered when he left tl Court room. Counsel for the defendant to-nigl announced that a motion for a ne trial would be made immediately. Story of Killing and Trial. Mary Phagan's body bearing marl of violence was found in the baseme: of the National Pencil Factory ear Sunday morning, April 27. The gi previously had been employed at tl factory and had gone there at noo: April 26, for her wages. Near h< body was found two notes, on whic were accusations against a "Ion black negroe." Newt Lee, negro night watchma of the factory, who found the bod immediately was arrested on susp cion. Superintendent Frank and se^ * * ? ? ^ ^ J J + V* a rvl o > erai omers couueuteu wim lug pi?,, were detained several days late Among these was James Conley, n< gro sweeper. After an extensive coroner's invest gation Frank and Lee were bour over to the grand jury. Frank wi indicted for murder, May 24. L< still is in jail, as is the sweeper Coi ley. Frank's trial began July 28. Tt State built a basis of circumstantii evidence, and then called James Coi ley to the stand to give the only d rect testimony against the defendan Conley swore he had stood guard ou side the factory office while Fran was closeted with the pretty 14-yea old girl, and that later he helpe Frank- oarrv the bodv to the bas> ment. The negro also told a stoi of other alleged incidents at the fa torv office, 'Charging the defendai with degeneracy. The defence's a torney's attacked Conley's veracil by attempting to prove an alibi f( their client and by producing thre previous affidavits, in which the m gro told widely varying stories < the crime. Late in the trial the defendant toe the stand, making a statement < general denial. He said he paid Mai Phagan her wages on the day she di appeared, and that she left his offi( immediately. Frank asserted to-night to friend who visited him in his cell: "I a: as innocent now as I was a year ago. His general demeanor remained i impassive as throughout the trial. Rabbi David Marx to-night wj quoted as saying: "I am stunned, cannot believe it, I know he is inm cent?I know he is incapable of sue a crime. I ask the public to suspen final judgment until an appeal for U COPPER AT ST. GEORGE. Interesting Discovery is Made as * Well is Drilled. St. George, 'Aug. 23.?Sounding like a rairy taie ar. nrsi, news uuieiuy spread over St. George and the neighboring community yesterday that a copper mine had been discovered I. about 500 yards from the depot at e this place. The St. George Cotton 1, Seed Manufacturing Company had n been ginning cotton for a short time e this season when it was found that y on account of the very dry weather n that this section of the State has I. suffered for some time it would be k necessary to drill its well for the >f purpose of getting water much deeper. In an effort to find an abundn ance of water, when the well drillers n reached a depth of about 280 feet t. deep they found something very hard ie at first and it was soon discovered is that a layer of free copper had been i- discovered. After a while it was dis3 covered that the layer of copper was ^ 1. about six inches thick and upon sevd eral reliable acid tests it has been ;t discovered beyond a doubt that it is real "free" copper, n The oil mill where the copper was 3l discovered owns about four acres of y this land and adjoins about 100 acres r- that has been offered for sale for tho is past several years and is known as it the estate of the late Dr. J. P. Minus. id Already those owning land around 5 there are setting about making prep;o arations for the mining of this ore. It is, of course, hard to tell just \ how wide the layer of copper is to be ie found, but it is generally the opinion L0 of many that the same layer of copie per covers the entire field of 100 le acres. :d ROBBERY AT LYNCHBURG. ,n Postoffice Entered and Thief Gets Away With Twenty Dollars. 2 5t Sumter, August 25.?News was rels ceived here to-day of the robbery -* is about 2 o'clock Sunday morning of in the postoffice at Lynchburg. The thief id got away with twenty dollars in cash, which was in the till, and opened m a number of letters, evidently lookid ing for money. The policeman of the o- town heard some one in the building, ;e hut before he could act the thief had ie escaped through the back door and made his get-away. Bloodhounds it were brought from Columbia Sunday w and put on the trail, but it was too dry and stale for them to follow suc" " -1 IrtO/? cessiuny. mere are uu ciuca w icau to the discovery of the thief which V have been found, and it seems that n f there is little reason to believe that , he will ever be apprehended. rl ? 16 SHOT AT HIS POST. u, sr | Telegraph Operator is Killed at His :h J Key in Virginia. Scottsville, Va., Aug. 24.?Richard \V. Harrison, telegraph operator in Ln the Chesapeake & Ohio railway stay* tion here, was shot and killed while on duty early to-day. The train sheets v~ showed that he had copied a train lt; order at 2.23 a. m. and at 3 o'clock r* when a freight conductor went to e" the office he found Harrison lying on the floor dead with an automatic revolver in his hand. The bullet enL(* tered the right shoulder and glanced ls downward and there was nothing to ;e indicate that the weapon had been | discharged, especially when no empty I shell could be found. Nothing in ie the office was stolen, al i- new trial is made." i- Judge's Charge Terse, t. Judge Roan's charge to the jury, i- delivered to-day immediately after ik he had overruled a motion of the der fence for a mistrial, was terse and ;d direct. With reference to "reasone able doubt," he said: 7 "You are not compelled to find c-; from the evidence his guilt beyond it | any doubt, but beyond a reasonable t- doubt, such a doubt as grows out of ty | the evidence, or for the want of evi>r dence;; such a doubt as a reasonable u and impartial man would entertain e- about matters of the highest importif ance to himself, and after all reasonable efforts to ascertain the truth, ik This does not mean a fanciful doubt, if one conjured up by the jury." y During the trial much stress was s- placed by both sides on the question ie of Frank's character. Judge Roan charged the jury that while evidence s, of the defendant's good reputation m previous to the death of Mary Pha gan was to be considered possibly as is creating a doubt of his guilt, such evidence would not suffice to clear is him if, in the opinion of the jury, I other testimony was sufficient to D- show that he had committed the :h crime charged against him. id The reading of the charge required a about twenty minutes. i * ' '43 ?i - i jj.