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ELIOTION IN EDGEFIELD. Scenes In The Ohronicle Office Hurrahing And Then The "Solemn Mysteries." Edgefield Chronicle. The primary passed off promptly and peacefully throughout Edgefield county. We have heard of nithing strained or unpleasant. Our two town clubs voted on opposite sides of our court room, and white-winged peace presided over the solemn rites The day was comparatively quiet im our town, but towards 5 o 'clock P. M. peo ple began to come in from all points of the Edgefield compass-sovereign voters-free American citizens, freer in - Edgefield than anywhere else in the great Union-brave exercisers of the inalienable right-old men and young men-strenuous boys riding.on wild asses and restive Arabian. steeds. There was much noise, but very little booze. The Edgefield Chronicle had made arrangements to have the most dis tant returns brought in-even from Lincoln and Columbia counties, Ga by 10 o'clock. At 7 they began to come; and every half hour brought a breathless night rider, pregnant with fate and joy and death. And as each wild night rider dismounted and knocked at the iron doors of the Chronicle, the boys who had ridden in on wild asses, shrieked and yelled up to heaven. And now all doors of the Chronielb office are thrown open, and the night crowd surges in. The lights are on, tables are arranged, and the counting begins. The counters soon become wildly engrossed and begin to tear their hair and pull off - their. shirts A new night-rider tramps up the steep stairway, and the boys make the earth tremble even as far as Ceasar's Head and the Isle of Palms. And the crowd surges, twenty-five deep, around the counters. And the counters use violent cuss words, finish up their hair and call for-coca cola. Out upon Hiers root-beer! And so it goes until 11 o'clock when the night riders from distant Washington and Plum Branch and Hibler dash up. And the boys not only shriek, but kick and jump and bump and hump and lump. And coca cola and ginger ale and tinctured ice-water and human perspiration flow down like the turbid Savannah in a fall freshet. And every man and every boy becomes a counter. And every man has pulled off his shirt and his shoes and his stockings and his skin. And raore lamps are lit; and a modern small boy pulls the ancient Chronicle Eitor by the sleeve and says to him: "Geo Quarles, he run like a red dog, didn't hef" And another very small boy, brandishing a coca cola bottle, says to the an cient mariner: ''Tom Pattison, he just everlastingly busted up the whole d-n eounty, didn't he?'' And now comes the awful midnight hour when graveyards yawn, and the weary and naked headeounters begin to announce the result. And-and--but here let us draw a chaste veil over the chaste andl solemn myteries! MADE GIRL DRUNK AND MARRIED HER. Columbia State. A story of immorality and crime that is revolting in the extreme has been brought to light in the cotton mill diatrict in this city. Jennie Bradley, a girl not yet quite 13 years old, was enticed fr'om her home in the Glranb)y Village, to the home of Mrs. Julia Collins on Sixth street in the Olympia village on the night of Aug. 11, on the pretext that the child was to be takeni to. a prayer~ meeting. Instead, however, the child wvas de tained at the Collins house among a party of eauing)i5i meni and womeni. She was giren wvhiskey to drink until she was ini a state of intoxication. While in this condition she was either persuiadled or coercedl into being mar ried to Inaae alias Pat Hallman, the ceremony being performed by Magis trate S. I. Riley. IIaliman is an em ploye in one of the cotton mills anid one of the par'ty at the house of Mrs. Collins duiring the evening. Hlallman, it is alleged, was married at the time and his wife, fr.om whom lhe is living apart, resi des in North Carol ina. Th'le mother of the girl, Mrs. Martha Bradley, sought her daughter the next morning and was informed by Mrs. Collins of what had taken place. The mother was enraged and in spite of the p)rotest of the husband thme Collihs woman took her daughter back to the maternal roof and kept he~r there until later Hallman followed them to the house and remained there several days and nights. Mrs. Bradley sought the advice of an attorney, Mr. John T. Duncan, in forming him of what had taken place and of the fact that the man had' a wife living in North Carolina. She was advised to let the matter rest un til Hallman 's wife could be found. This was done and about two weeks ago he was arrested on' a warrant sworn out lefore Magistrate Lorick, charging hiin with an offense, the piuniyhnint tor which is death. Hall man was plaed in jail. He waived a preliminary hearing and is still behind the bars. On last Tht' rsday afternoon Mrs. Julia Collins Wis arrested, charged with being an aecessory to the crime. She was lodged in jail and yesterday afternoon was given a preliminary hearink before Magistrate Moorman. At this hearing the whole horrible story was told by Mrs. Bradley, bhe mother, and her daughter, the child wife. The girl lias,just been dismiss ed from an inflrma y, where she has been under the treatment of physi cians since the arrest of Hallman. She was the most iiportant witness in the case and told in her ingenuous manner of all that had occurred. She told of the drinking 'at the Collins house that night and ho)v she had been given whiskey to drink 4ntil she "felt so foolish that she did n4t know what she was doing;'" of iow she was dressed in the long skirts and clothing of the groivn woman in order to dis guise her and deceive Magistrate Riley when lie came to prform the marriage ceremony and of i3l the sub sequent humiliating details., Magistrate Riley testifledthat lie married the couple, but did rot recog nize the bride as the chilil Jennie Bradley. He had no record of the marriage. The ceremony took place in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Col lins and several others. The court decided that the state had made out a case and committed the Collins woman to jail in default of $1,000 bail. Mrs. Bradley aud her daughter were represented by Mr. John T. Duncan and Mrs. Collins by. Mr. Pringle T. Youmans, who is also counsel for Hallman. This is not the first case of depravity from this section of the city, which has been heard in the courts. Only a few months ago three young men were brought before Map istrate McMaster for enticing small girls out of the mills and keeping them in a vacant lot all night. They were committed to jail to await court. Two of them managed to avoid coming to trial, but the third was sent to the penitentiary for a short term. Hallman and the Collins woman will probably be tried at the term of court which opcns Monday. When it comes io getting inside in formation the surgeou )Aaves the phy sician at the post. The lucky man can afford to pose as a disbeliever in luck. By dropping a penny in the slot the right, weight may be pointed out. ANNOUNCEMENTS. For the Legislature. I am a candidate for the House of Representatives subject to the rules of the Democratic par-ty. Elbert H. Aull. Arthur Kibler is hereby announced as a candidate for thme legislature and pledged to abide the rules of the Dem ocrati. party. For Supervisor. I hereby annoiunce myself a candi date for Supervisor for Newberry county. Subject to the Democratic primary. J. Chesley Dominick. J. Monroe Wicker is hereby an nounced as a candidate for re-election for the office of county supervisor, and will abide the rules of the democratic party. For Sub-Supervisor. J. P. Cannon is hereby announ ced for re-election as sub-supervisor and is piedged to abide the result of the democratic primary. W. H. Wendt is hereby announced as a candidate for sub-supervisor and will abide the rules of the democratic party. I am a candidate .for the omce of Sub-Supervisor from Newberry coun ty and will abide the result of the democratic primary, Thuos. J. Wilson. We hereby nominate our comrade, Osborne Wells,. for reelection to the omce of Sub-Supervisor and pledge him to abide the result of the Demo cratic primary. No better soldier ev er served in the Confederate army. Comrades. ASCHOLARSHIP! Achance' is still open to the young men of this county to get a Norau seholarship in the University of Soutl Carolina. An examination for thai purpose will be conducted by the Count3 Superintendent of Education, Friday August 81, 1906.. Write at once for application blanks t< BIENJAMIN SLOAN, President, Columbia, S. C. Wood's Seeds "n - FALL SOWINC. Evayfarmer ishoid haeacopy of our New Dant.CataReeue Crimson Clovee Vetches, AIfa Seed Oats, Rye Barley, Seed Wheat Grasses and Clovers Deo piv Pall catalogue mnatiledl, and prices quoted on request. T. W. Wood & S Sdsmen, .. Riahmond a. THE NEW INTERNATIONAL I have arranged with Dodd, Mead & Co. to sell the Irternational Encyclopedia. And for the month of Augus only, I will give The Companion Vol ume and Book Rack free. And for $5.00 extra The Half-Russia Dictionary. The regu lar price of the Diction ary is $16.00. MaYOS IBoot Store. 1 R,L. 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C 48th Year begins Sept. 12t with full faculty of five men an nine women. 145 Pupils, 25 increase over last yea New Carnegle Dormitory with all modern comforts, read for occupancy in the fall. Usual Extras. Board and Tuition $150.01 per year. REV. JAMES BOYCE, Pres., Due West, S. C., Abbeville Co. Brick! Brick! For Sale by C. H. CAN NON. andalth R EVV RESTORES VITA LIT Well Mai poefulan.dqil..re s hn ter oung men can regain th eir lys tmtnulho an using RNCEO.:e I ut Vn italy ri Weaness such as Lost PoworI ailn Monmor: study business or marriage.hih no only e nerv too e and blood bitl der braf gir back the pin lo wto saechees sanr nother. It cn be carried est pocket .I gie fe e advice and countsel toal who wish with gutarantee. Clrculars free. I..dress ROYAL MEDICINE C0., Marine Bldg., Chicago, Il GII.DER & WEEKL. BARBBOUE. We will give a first-class b)arbeenl ant iHlfacre's mill, five miles fret Newberry, on the 7th of Septembei 1906. 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