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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23,1913. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ' ] SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Social News. i Ehrhardt. Oct. IS.?The season's ^ first social event of much interest 9 was the marriage in the Lutheran r?Vi 11 T*r>V> WoH-noerJov ovoninpr Or>tr>he?r 8, of Miss Ruth Groseclose, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. D. B. Groseclose, to Mr. J. Ben Ehrhardt. A large crowd of friends and relatives assembled to witness the ceremony. The decorations were beautiful and 1^ consisted principally of smilax, ferns K and yellow and white chrysanthejg^ mums. Before the arrival of the JF bridal party, Mrs. W. F. Hiers, of J Florence, rendered several selections c on the organ. The strains of Do- I |f hengrin's March ushered in the bri- r \ dal party in order as follows: Ushers, a F. H. Copeland, Dr. J. H. Hucks, D. f E. Fender and John G. Copeland, who I laid a white carpet for the bridal f party. They were followed by the a ribbon bearers, little Misses Margue- 1 ^ rite Copeland and Hildergarde Dan- f nelly, who looked very fair and fetch- < a ing in white accordion-plaited crepe j ^ L de chine dresses caught with daisies j v S and bearing the white and yellow rib- j Sir bons; the maid of honor, Miss Mamie \ S MR Ehrhardt, who wore a lovely gown of ] h jgf yellow crepe de chine en traine, drap- j i ed with brocaded chiffon, caught with i 1 ? ? 1 . 4- Vi r\ rtf AM Ar I 1' in ptJctl i Ui lla.LJ.lCU L , 1,11c uauic Ul 11U11V1 , | ?, Mrs. F. H. Copeland, wore a gown of j r- crepe meteor en traine, trimmed with j rhinestones and chiffon drapery. The j little ring bearer, Miss Merle Farrell, j t was charming in white accordion- j < ! plaited chiffon over blue satin and j carrying the ring in a huge yellow j L chrysantnemum. The bride entered P on the arm of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Hucks. Mrs. Hucks wore a lovely 1 costume of white brocade satin with j drapery of embroidered lace and J rhinestones. The bride's costume c1 consisted of white brocaded satin en ^ itraine, trimmed in real lace and j \ pearls, with shower bouquet of lilies ! - of the valley and bride's roses. Her j veil was caught with lillies of the , 1 valley. The Rev. D. B. Groseclose, father of the bride, entered from a j S side entrance, followed by the groom and his best man, Mr. A. F. Hender- e son. The beautiful ring ceremony 2 was used, while the sweet, plaintive notes of the "Humoresque" sounded ! v. from the organ. Mendessohn's Wedding March was used as a recession- C ai and tne oriaai pariy repaireu iu , ? the home of the bride, where a re- j a ^ ception was held. Here Mrs. W. F. j t Hiers and Miss Kate Hiers received j at the library door and presented the | ii ? guests to the bride and groom. Salad I and sweet courses were served in the t dining room by Mesdames F. P. (Wichman and Ed Dannelly. Among n the presents displayed were a chest t of silver from the bride's parents L and a piece of gold from the parents * of the groom. The out-of-town guests were Mrs. W. F. Hiers and little daughter, Dorothy, of Florence, r and Mrs. Black, of Prosperity. The a bride is a popular young lady, who v has many friends here, and the groom is a fine young business man. o ^ ~ On Friday evening, October 10, i] Mrs. A. F. Henderson entertained the c bridal party and few other friends at v ^ a delightful party. A salad course (. and mints were served. Mrs. Hen- j s K. derson was assisted in entertaining c B by Mrs. F. P. Wichman. c On Wednesday preceding the mar- s ? - riage Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt a t entertained at dinner in compliment n L to the bride and groom. Those in- 0 m vited were the Rev. and Mrs. D. B. t w Groseclose, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Hucks, l g Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Copeland, Mrs. & ^ VV. F. Hiers and daughter Dorothy. 3 Thursday evening, October 9, the c home of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Rob- f erts was the scene of a brilliant event, c the occasion being the celebration of 1 their 12th marriage anniversary. The \ whole first floor was thrown en suite I and was beautifully decorated with a palms, culadums, smilax and Killar- e ney roses. The guests were met on c arriving by Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Chassereau and Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. p Dannelly. Dr. and Mrs. Roberts ana j t Miss Elizabeth Roberts in the draw- n 5 ing room, after which the guests were t conducted into the library and regis- v g ' tered in a guest book presided over i; by Mr. A. F. Henderson and Miss p Ruth Kennedy, of Williston. In this \ apartment also were displayed many <j beautiful articles of linen, the pres- ients from Dr. and Mrs. Roberts's fc many friends. At ten o'clock, to the i ^ strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding y ^ March and other appropriate selec- y tions, played by the Dixie Orchestra, I TOTTOX FIRE AT BKAXCHVILLE. ! I Discovered in Car Containing Forty-Two Bales?Number Damaged, i Branchville, Oct. 20.?Between fif- j een and twenty bales of cotton were ' onsiderably damaged by fire here j ibout 1 o'clock to-day. Fire was iiscovered in a Southern Railway ar containing 4 2 bales, which had ust been transferred from the cars >f the Bowman and Branchville Rail oad. The cotton was brought here torn Bowman this morning and it s supposed that one of the bales vas on fire when put into the South >rn car. Hard work was required o get the cotton out of the car before he entire 4 2 bales were destroyed. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, October 20,?Mrs. J. E. ohnston gave a reception on Tueslay evening to her sisters, Misses Jpscomb and Johnston. Quite a lumber of young folks were invited, md, as they are charming hosts, the louts passed all too swiftly. Misses tuth Wilson and Sadie Harter served ruit nectar all during the evening in . cozy corner. The beautiful bungaow was tastefully decorated in lovely all flowers. Little Lena Johnston .nd little cousin were charming vaitresses. Delicious refreshments rere served. On Thursday evening Mrs. S. L. ianders, assisted by Miss Zelle Load1Lolt, gave an entertainment at school tall for the benefit of the library. "h6 following program was beautifuly carried out: Reading?Mrs. S. Sanders. Music?Miss Padgett. Song?Seeing Nellie Home (illusrated.) Recitation?H. M. Harveley. Song?Little Frances Loadholt. Recitation?Ronald Preacher. Recitation?Marion Simpson. Recitation?Helen Lightsey. Song?Ocean Nymphs. Reading?Mrs. Benj. Brunson. Illustrated Song.?'Scuse Me Tolay?Beautifully rendered by Ruth Vilson, Jamie Carter, and Robbie Vilson. Song?Over the Sea to Nora. Dialogue?Miss Zelle Loadholt, 'hos. Wilson, and Fannie Wilson. Song?Miss Ruth Wilson and Mrs. landers. Poem?Gone Off With a Handsomr Man?Earl Hammond and Miss ,'elle Loadholt. Glee Club Song?Led by Miss Sadie larter. The closing scene, "Such a Bad lold," brought down the house, and fas well acted by W. W. Anderson nd Ronald Preacher. All seemed o eniov the occasion very much. Mrs. Martin Lightsey went to Lexagton Saturday as a delegate to the Lutheran's Young Peoples Federaion. The Lutherans are holding a rumaage sale in a store for benefit of heir church. The Lyceum starts off Tuesday tight. Bronze hose, in which there is no ubber canvas or leather, has been dopted by the British navy for coneying oil fuel to warships at sea. f Bamberg, the guests were ushered ato the dining room, where a salad ourse, followed by a sweet course, ,-as served by Misses Jennie Ramsey, Irace Moore and Grace Hoffman, asisted by Mrs. Max Walker and Miss llem Walker. In an adjoining room offee, fruit cake ana mints were erved by Mesdames B. M. Roberts nd J. M. Dannelly. Miss Alma Furlan presented dainty souvenirs of range blossoms tied with white ribons, bearing the dates 1901-1913. )uring the evening fruit nectar was erved on the wide veranda by Miss Iary Livingston and Dr. Clyde Ariel. )ut-of-town guests were Misses Kate tentz, Mary Livingston, Messrs Bert 'arter, C. W. Rentz and Dr. Faust, of Bamberg; Miss Ruth Kennedy, of Villiston, and Mr. Earle Furman, of Ulendale, About one hundred of Dr. ,nd Mrs. Roberts's friends were presnt during the evening to offer their :ongratulations. On Wednesday afternoon of the ?ast week Mrs. George Kearse enterained at her country place in component to Mrs. Horace Kearse, an Oc-1 Oava^OI foKln? nf rAolr U L)fc!I UI 1UC. t)C*ciai luujtu Ui i*ere played, in which Mrs. Max Waller scored highest and received the >rize. The guest of honor prize ras a beautiful cut glass bon-bon lish and was presented by Mrs. Cearse. A fruit nectar was followed iy a delicious salad and sweet course, "hose attending from town were lesdames Horace and Oscar Kearse, lax Walker, Edward MacDowell, J. Copeland and J. L. Farrell. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Roiled Down for Quirk Reading?Pain graphs About Men and Happenings. Thomas Gardner, aged 60, committed suicide in Columbia on Friday bytaking an overdose of laudanum. John Gilbo, colored, aged 40, fell off a cotton wagon in Anderson county on Thursday, enroute to the circus, and was killed, the wheels run ning over him. . The jury inquiring into the cause of the death of Thomas Edward Lewis near Cayce, Lexington county, Saturday night a week ago, decided that he was killed by a train on the Southern. Lewis McFarland, a young negro man, was badly wounded Friday night by a trap gun set by W. R. White in his home at Manning. Mr. White had suffered from burglars lately. Wm. F. Fraylick, a trestleman for 30 years in the employ of the Southern road, was knocked down and killed by freight cars in the Columbia yards Saturday afternoon. He is survived by a wife and seven children. There was a head-on collision on the Seaboard Air Line about seven miles below Columbia yesterday morning at 10.40 o'clock, between a north-bound passenger train and a South-bound freight train. The collision occurred on a sharp curve between Dixiacn and Gaston. Twelve persons were injured, five passengers nnrt spven members of the train crew. The engines were badly damaged. It is thought that all of the persons injured will recover. NEGRO TEACHER ARRESTED. Prominent White Lady of County Receives Insulting Letter. Mellnot Watson, .a negro school teacher of the Big Creek section of the county, was arrested and brought to jail Tuesday afternoon by Constable J. B. Amaker, charged with sending obscene matter through the mails. It seems that a respected white lady of that section received an insulting letter with the name of another negro, Doc Clary, who is a preacher, by the way, signed to it. As it was known that the letter was written in a better hand than the colored divine could command, and also known that Watson could write a good hand and was at outs with the preacher, suspicion was directed to him. His house was searched and paper was found corresponding to the paper on which the letter was written. He was then taken into custody. It is understood that there was at - * * ? t i. r t first some talk or ivncning, dui ieeiing quieted down to such an extent that the negro was brought here and lodged in jail. Doc Clary, also, probably will be arrested. Watson has been a school teacher in this county for some time and is a graduate of a negro college atOrangeburg.?Saluda Standard. Mrs. Kearse Entertains. Olar, October 18.?On Wednesday afternoon, October 15th, Mrs. G. B. Kearse entertained a number of friends in honor of Mrs. Horace Kearse, of Ehrhardt. At four o'clock the guests were ushered into the parlor where a se ries of tables were arranged for a game of "Progressive Rook." An unusual amount of interest was taken in the game and each participant strove diligently to win the prize, but only one could be lucky, so we were delighted that Mrs. W. M. Walker was awarded first prize, the consolation falling to Mrs. O. E. Kearse's lot. A handsome piece of cut glass was given the guest of honor by our hostess. A delightful fruit and salad course was served in a most graceful manner by little Miss Winnie Kearse, one of our charming young ladies to be. Grape juice and Nabiscos were also J ? m? llnn^n-all Hronl- ! servcu, wimc .ma. .u^jLiuncii | to the health of the bride with witty toast. At 6 o'clock the "Jolly Twelve" disbanded, each departing to their respective homes, voting "Phoebe" a successful hostess. Those present were: Mesdames. H. S. Kearse, J. L. Copeland, J. H. Farrell. B. V. Kearse, 0. E. Kearse, H. M. Brabham, E. A. McDowell, W. M. Walker; Misses Ettie Kearse, Cressida Breland, Irene Keel, Hilda Kearse. BOTTLE ALL NOISE. M I ' By Pressure of Electric Button Any . Boom Made I*roof Against Noise. ! Hartford, Conn., Oct 14.?In less; than one year Hiram Percy Maxim,! * inventor of the Maxim gun silencer, j is going to hush every unpleasant | noise in Boston, New York, Chicago, j or any other place. The cars and j trains will go on thundering, the i 1 wheels will rattle, whistles will j 1 ? < am* A.. ? ? 1* 1? AM/N /V n /I /\1? i 1 r* I 1 ani itJK, cues Ui na.\\ivcis <uiu uunuicu ; ' will fill the streets; but you, sitting i at home, in your office, in a railway 1 train, or in the street cars, will 1 hear none of this. The cars will < neither rattle nor thunder. The streets will bear only dead silence 1 to you. 1 It sounds Utopian?like one of the i dreams of a Wells. It is a reality. < Maxim, son of Hiram Maxim, the '< machine gun wizard, not only prom- < ises all this, but in his home, at 550 s Prospect avenue, here, he has the device with which he has proved that it < can be done. 1 By the mere pressure of an electric < button, any single room or section of 1 a room, can be made absolutely proof ' against noise. 1 There is something almost uncanny f about this wonderful silencer, which < in less than ten months from now, ] the inventor will demonstrate pub- i licly by first installing it in the ward < of a New York hospital. < The moment it is in place in this i ward every outside noise heard there ? will cease. ' The secret of the wizard's inven- 1 tion, which is to bottle up the noise ? of the world, is simple. The human t ear receives sound vibrations and distinguishes them as sound up to a rate of 30,000 per second. Beyond '< that rate of vibration there is no ? sound to the human ear. 1 The average vibrations of the street ? ..... 1 ?the street hum or the street note-- | 1 is low, as about 450 vibrations. Mr. j Maxim, with his silencer, will accelerate the speed of these vibrations be- I yond the ear vibration speed limit, j That carries them beyond the range of the ear drum. In other words, you don't hear them at all. A noiseless world! It is a large order?one of the biggest ever?but Hiram Percy Maxim is going to fill it. There is not the shadow of doubt in his mind that he can. Corn?Cat tle?Cot ton. Georgia will possibly raise sufficient corn this year to last for one year. I This is quite an unusual thing for Georgia to ever do?this being her bumper crop?placing her in this re- , spect in fine condition. . As to the cattle proposition, she is t simply "killing the goose that laid ( the golden egg," or committing an act ( of personal injury to all her subjects. } The scarcity of cattle, the high cost , of beef, the heavy advance in leather. A all is owing to the fact that too many z cows and heifers are slaughtered in , the state. At the price of beef, it ? seems reasonable that quite a profit- j able undertaking would be to engage < in cattle-raising for the market, as j every farmer could raise yearly one or more for beef, and thereby reduce ^ th cost of living. Make cotton the j surplus crop and the farmers will ( then realize more money on that ( crop than they now do as a main J s crop. Make the demand for cotton great by cutting off the supply, and prices will always go high. , All farmers should make corr-cat- * tie-cotton their slogan?and live cp j to it. j g Avo Sentenced to Federal Prison Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 18.?E. L. j Hendrey of Lonoke, Ark., and J. M. j McDonald of La Kemp, Okla., con- j victed of conspiring to use the mails j in an attempt to defraud, today in r the federal court each were senten' - 11.. ced to serve '6 years in me icuciai ^ prison at Atlanta and to pay fines of ( $1,000. Notice of appeal to the { United States court of appeals was f given. Hendrey's bond was fixed at < $5,000 and McDonald's at $7,000. < Both were furnished. { Hendrev was a director and Mc- j Donald was president of the American Trust company, a Memphis institution which closed its doors about a year ago. Its capital was $500,000, $200,000 was supposed to have been j issued to promoters, but that I 1 none of the money had been paid in. s The trust company was allied t with a chain of "night and day" I banks located in Memphis, Oklahoma 1 City and other places, which have been subject to scrutiny by the fed- ? eral authorities in connection with stock selling and other operations t connected with banking which the t government alleged were fraudulent- i ly carried on through the use of the mails. a SVATSON PLEADS OWN CASE FEDERAL JUDGE THROWS OUT INDICTMENT. Jurist Points Out That Former Populist Leader May I5e Haled to Court Again. Augusta. Ga., Oct. 21.?Holding :hat the indictment charging Thomas E. Watson, historian, editor and forner presidential candidate, with sendng obscene matter through the mails vas illegal, Federal Judge Rufus E. Poster today ordered the case thrown )ut of court. In sustaining the motion of the defense, made yesterday, asking that the indictment be quashed, Judge Poster brought the trial to an abrupt ind unexpected close. The largest ludience ever asembled in the federal ;ourt room here attended today's session, and when the judge announced his ruling dismissing the charges igainst the Georgia editor, the spec:ators broke into thunderous cheers. Judge Foster paid no attention to :his demonstration!, which quickly subsided. It was solely upon the connention raised by Mr. Watson himself nhat under the federal statute the entire alleged obscene article, and iot portions of it, must be included n the indictment, that the court or jerea tne case dismissed, nixteuueu argument upon the motion had been made by S. G. McLendon, Mr. Watson's principal attorney, and at the :lose of this the defendant asked permission to present what he described as "other phases" of the mat:er. Pleads Own Case. This being granted, Mr. Watson addressed the court briefly, laying stress upon his claim that the indictnent should not select certain passages of the article written by him, jut should include the entire matter, de said that unless this were true, it ;vould be possible to indict persons nailing copies of the Bible or the criminal code of Georgia. Argument against the motion by he United States district attorney, Alexander Akerman, was brief and vas limited to a defense of the government's position that the indictment need merely indicate the alleged obscene passages and not the enire article in which they appeared. Je said that he had decisions to support this, but did not produce them n court, and Judge Foster ordered he indictment quashed. In announcng his decision, Judge Foster said: Must Be Complete. "It appears in this indictment, in ill three counts, that the publication alleged to have been sent through he mails in violation of the law is an >xtract from a complete article. It is .dearly my opinion that the governnent is required to plead the entire irticle. The article is obscene as a , vhole or is not obscene, and we can lot take out a few paragraphs here ma there and charge them as obscene and make them the basis of an rdictrrent. It may be that a para-1 T'aph here and- there is sufficient to mpress the whole publication with obscenity, but the defendant is entitled :o be charged with sending the complete article. The publication is an mtire thing. It is not part or ex:ract. We would be able to indict a sender of the Bible on this theory. Can be Reserved. "I am not pretending to rule on my other feature of this indictment, rhe question of whether it is obscene f set out in a dead language is not lassed upon. On this view I will sustain the motion o quash. "No proscription will have run. It s possible for the government to rendict and make these entire articles )art of the indictment. I think that s due to the defendant in this case. That will be my ruling." What course the United States disrict attorney will pursue still is in ioubt, as he has refused, so far, to iiscuss the matter. Mr. Watson, be'ore leaving Augusta for his home at Thompson, Ga., expressed himself as satisfied with the outcome of the rial. He apparently was greatly ileased. Xot Yet. Mrs. Brown could only buy two lisle seats, one behind the other. Yishing to have her sister beside her >he turned and cautiously surveyed ;he man in the seat next. She finaly leaned over and timidly addressed lira. "I beg your pardon, sir, but are you ilone?" ? The man. without turning his head he slightest, but twisting his mouth o an alarming degree and shielding t with his hand, muttered: "Cut it out, kid; cut it out?my vife's with me." ?? HAS BOTH BYES GOUGED OUT. Two Lexington County Men Meld in Connection* With Unusual Case. Columbia, Oct. 20.?Logan Branlion and William Trapp, two young white men, are being held by the Richland County officers in connecV-J lion with an unusual case. James Brown is in a local hospital w ith both of his eyes out. Physicians ooiH tA.Hov tViot tho ovnhallc hflH WUiU tv UUrJ i-TAMb bAIVy VJ VWUAAk) **? % been cut out or gouged out by some one. He is totally blind and is considered to be in a critical codition. According to the Richland officials Brown lost hie eyeballs in a general fight in a gin house near Blythewood, in the upper section of the county, Saturday night. Brannon and Trapp were arrested in connection with the affair. A preliminary has not been held. "The two men, Brannon and Trapp, have been placed in the Richland County jail pending the outcome of the injuries to Brown. I do not know yet what charge? they will be held on," said Sheriff McCain, of Richland County, to-day. Reports reaching Columbia to-day were to the effect that there was a general fight Saturday night in a gin house, which was participated in by Brown. Brannon and Trapp, and in the general mixup some one pulled out the eyeballs of Brown. Richland officers are investigating the case. " . Gets Divorce From Sixth Wife. Dalton, Ga., Oct. 21.?Robert S. Knox, who today was granted divorce from his sixth wife, yesterday afteraVi attta/I himoAlf n a moon DTlfoT llUUli 31JV/YTCU UilUiJCll uu mvuu uutui tainer when he rendered to the court officials several songs composed by him while the jury in the case was deliberating over the matrimonial tangle which had been given into their keeping. Among Knox's songs with which he charmed the court was a classic on "Home," in which the delights of genuine home life were strongly brought out. Mr. Knox, who is eighty-nine years of age and a veteran of the Mexican war, was in high spirits. He sang a number of songs and related incidents connected with the Mexican war, stating that if he was a young man again he wouldn't object to going over into Mexico and fighting again. The case attracted widespread attention here, owing to the number of marriages both plaintiff and defendant had contracted. Mr. Knox acknowledged he had been wedded six times, while he was on the witness stand. Mrs. Knox confesses to having been married four times. The defendant was on hand to contest her husband's claim to divorce on the grounds of desertion. While the hearing was in progress Judge Fite dismissed all jurors in stead of those serving in the case, and after he had charged the jury, the court was at ease while waiting for a verdict. Then it was that Mr. Knox freely discussed his matrimonial troubles. Judge Fite tried to af- R feet a reconciliation, but the aged man would not consider it. Judge Fite then advised him to remain in single blessedness if he was given a divorce, but he didn't favor this, insisting that "home was no place without a woman." From his words, it was apparent he was considering taking unto himself his seventh wife. Hobble Skirt Saves Life. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 20.?Grace Stewart, a beautiful young woman, richly gowned in clothing of the latest mode, owes her life *to-night to the fdct that she wore a hobble skirt that had all the buoyant qualities of a life preserver, although its designer never meant that it should be used for that purpose. Shortly after four o'clock this afternoon she walked out on the Smithlield street bridge and, taking a large sum of money out of her waist, mounted the bridge rail and jumped overboard into the Monongahela river. Several pedestrians saw her leap. Striking the water 75 feet below, she sank only half her length and then, buoyed up by the air under her tight skirt, remained afloat. She made several desperate efforts to sink herself below the water, but in this she was unsuccessful. Joseph Baseman, who was rowing on the river, seeing the young wo - * ? u ?^ ^ man struggling in uie waiei, numcu to her aid and after a battle with her succeeded in getting her into the boat. Boseman later stated that Miss Stewart was only half submerged, floating like a cork, and that she stood no chance of drowning while the air remained under her skirt.