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TOL. XXXVI
BARNWELL. S. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5.1912
MTORJULIN
PATS VISIT TO CBARLESTON DUR
ING FLEET WEEK
TALKS WITH REPORTER
\ s
About Matters Generally and the City
by the Sea Particularly.—Option
of Chairmanship of Three Influen
tial Senate Committees.—Thinks
Wilson's Silence is Wise.
Senator Tillman paid a visit to
Charleston last week while the fleet
was there. While In the city he and
Mrs. Tillman were entertained by Mr.
.lenry P. Williams. Many of the
prominent citizens of Charleston call
ed on Senator Tillman while he was
in the city. He attended the banquet
at the Charleston hotel In honor of
Admiral Osterhaus and paid a formal
rail upon Admiral Osterhaus aboard
the battleship Utah.
In a talk with a reporter of The
News and Courier Senator Tillman
snld: ‘‘I have the choice of the
chairmanship of one of three com
mittees of the sen:it«—three impor
tant ones—the appropriations, the
i aval affairs and the Inter-state com
merce committees ’’ Asked which he
would accept, the senator declared
that he would wait until he reached
Washington upon the convening of
fongresa, when he could thoroughl'
look Into the matter aiVd dec/le,
which committee would he the best i
vehicle with which to serve the coun
try and South Carolina In particular,
end the duties of which hit physical
ftrength could best meet
*'1 do not want to bu-den m'aett
1 do not want to undertake what l
cannot do Justice to. and for some)
FIRST OF THE SEASON
THIN MANTLE OP SNOW COVER
ED THE SUNNY SOUTH.
It is the Earliest Fall of Bnow Ever
Known in Some Section of the
Sooth.
Snow fell Wednesday and Wednes
day night on an area of the Southern
States extending from the Panhandle
of Texas to'central Virginia and the
South felt the effects of a sudden
drop In temperature with prospects
of colder weather.
At Vicksburg the snowfall was the
first recorded there in November and
at Jackson, Miss., it was the heaviest
on record.
At Atlanta, the snow began to fall
shortly after noon and a storm raged
for several hours.
At few places did the white mantle
remain long, In many cases previous
rains being responsible for the snow
melting as soon as It touched the
earth.
Snow, mingled with a drizzling
rain, began to fall In Columbia
Thursday morning, commencing
shortly after midnight and continu
ing for some time. The scattered
flakes melted as fast as they fell.
Spartanburg was visited by a snow
storm Wedneeday night. Bnow be
gan falling at 8:45 o'clock and con
tinued to fall for several hours, tho
it did not stick, melting as fast as It
felr.
The first snow ever seen In Macon.
Ga , In November, according to
weather bureau records, began fall
ing at 7 o'clock Wednesday night
In three hourw there wa* more than
an inch of snow and It was still
snowing hard at 10 p m. The tem
perature Is 3 4.
At Vicksburg, Miss., snow began
! falling about 10 o'clock Wednesday
'.morning and recorded the first snow
fall for November In this section It
melted rapidly.
The heaviest fall of snow ever re
GROWTH OF CHURCH
PROGREESS OF HETBODIST IN
SOUIH CAROLINA
WHAT THEY ARE DOING
SHOT IN HIS OWN YARD
PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN SHOT
BY A NEIGHBOR.
Rev. H. B. Browns Writes Interest
ingly and Entertainingly in the
Anderson Mall of the Meeting of
the South Carolina Confereace «d
the Methodist Church, South.
The South Carolina annual confer
ence of the Methodlat Episcopal
Church, South, is now in sesilon at
Anderson for the third time. I: is a
much larger body than U wag In
1872, or even In 1 890, and the Meth
odists in South Carolina are much
more numerous than in those earlier
years. The following (n’mesti.ig ar
ticle from the pen of Her. K. B.
Browne In the Anderson Main will be
read with interest:
Forty years ago the confemnc,*
met here for the first time. The ses
sions were held In the old wooden
church building that stood on the site!
of the present elegant structure. |
Bishop Robert Paine of Mississippi,
presided. He was not present the
first day of the session and Dr. A. M
Chreltzberg was elected president
The bishop arrived on the second day
December 13. and presided for the re
mainder of the session Dr WIIHm
C Pooser was the efficient secretary
with O A Darby. A J Stafford and
W D Kirkland as his assistants.
At the conference of 1872, there
were 147 clerical members enrolled
and 32 lay members Of the 147
WANT TO KEEP THEM
REPDRUCANS WILL TRY TO BOLD
ONTO THE OFFSICES.
TAFT SAID TO FAVOR IT
Elaborate Republican Scheme for
General Shifting of Important Of
fices During the Last Daya of Pres
ident Taft’s Term, But Democrats
May Retaliate Should It Be At
tempted.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says evidences
multiply that It is the purpose of the
Thought He Was a Thief Trying to
Help Steal His Ducks in the Night.
Rushed to the Hospital.
Mistaking Fred A. Outtenberger,
president of Guttenberger's Music
company, and a prominent business
man of Macon, Ga , for a burglar,
Mallory Beddlngfleld, manager at
Schofield's Iron works, shot him thrc
the stomach Wednesday night about
10:30 o’clock.
He was immediately rushed to the
city hospital, where he now lies In a
critical condition. Attending doctors
stated Thursday morning that
chances of recovery were against
him. The Atlanta Journal says:
Mr. and Mrs. Guttenberger had
Just returned to their Napier avenue
home from down town in their auto
mobile. Mr. Beddlngfleld, who lives
next door, was eating supper at the
time of their arrival.
His ducks in the bar! yard made
considerable noise as If l elng molest
ed. Mr Beddlngfleld seized his pis
tol and fired four shots at Mr. and
Mrs Guttenberger, who were In their
hark yard on their way Into the
house One of the shots struck Mr.
Guttenberger Just t>elow the heart
and lodged In the back.
Mrs Guttenberger hastened to a
neighbors house across the street,
an 1 summoned a physician. Hazel
Sterns a sixteen year-old lad. TTving
Hcro“s the street from Outtenberg-
er s home, was the first to reach ttv
side of the wounded man
With the assistance of neighbors
who quickly gathered, tho wounded r.esseo.^was ^° rCP w* 0 DP*
man was carried Into the house and
later to the hospital. At 2 o'clock
i Thursday morning, an operation was
HE WEDS HU NEV UTE
Taft administration to make hay In
the way of Presidential patronage* persons caught In th# plutlgs o'
during the few harvest months that other coaches. The Injured were
remain to the Republican party be- oarp fl f or j n nearby farm house# un-
fore the Democrats take charge of
the Government next March.
The plan Is not only to make every
possible appointment that may be
reached in the regular course, but to
create a number oLadditlonal oppor
tunities by the device of having pres
ent office-holders resign, so that their
til the arrival of relief trains which
were loaded, then hurried heck to
Westcheeter or Harrisburg.
A remarkable feature of the wreck
was that so many of t^s passengers
regained their baggage Sleeping car
occupants said that after the first
v . ... . , shock when the cars toppled over
successors may be nomina ed for long! nd thpy foun(J nQ ^ Qr
terms, or so that the prestige of bav- rt to the Btructurfti of the oari
Ing held - — k„
distributed
among ‘ the faithful 1|pht of 1(intf>rn , Bom „ ^ th *
An Instance of the last named lar-l j,,,,.,, hustled Into their clothes whl
gesee is to be found In cases like that standing In vestibules,
of the newly appointed Treasurer of Thp acc)d< . nt nMr q**-
the l nlted States, Carmt A Tbomp- Wk 30 WflBt of Philadelphia,
son. of Ohio. I-^e McGlung of Ten- p u |i mani w< . r<l steel cars of the
Sixteen of the Injured
w.av, lur i d!)mafrfl to tbe Btructures of the ears
Important positions may be abl# to th#!r
8 " T'. d *!? r “ l>0 “ t ,l8 ' way back to berths and drees by thf
TRAIN LEAVE THE RAILS
THREE PEOPLE KILLED AND
FORTY INJURED.
The Westbound Express on the
Pennsylvania Wrecked When the
Engine Hits Broken RnAL
Three sleeping cars end e day
coach. detached themselves from e
derailed Pennsylvania express et
Glen Loch, Pa„ Thursday, plunged
down e, .20-foot embankment end
landed on top or e string of coal cars
on a parallel track. The accident
took at least the three llvee as toll,
while 40 or more paseengere were
hurt. Probably some of these are fa
tally injured.
The heavy train, known as the
Cincinnati Express, was hauled by
two locomotives. It is the belief of
railroad officials that a broken rail
was responsible for the wreck
Passengers In the cars that had
remained on the roadbed hurried to
-pasons I am Inclined to the na ^'' rord< , (1 at jsrkson. Miss . began at 11
affairs committee, but the snpronrlH
* on* committee carries with It so
much more of Influence and pres-1
* ge that Just now I am rather 1n-
c'lned »o It. But of course, remem
ber that I retain membership on all
thr^B of the commltees, no ma'ter
which 1 am chairman of. I' af’er I
ti.veetlgate thes fuaMon 1 bellevethaf
I can do th#> work I will tak- 'he
appropriations committee, otherw'se.
1 will take the na\al affair* commit i
i «e "
In answer to the qne* , ‘on thnt In
r**e he choree the naval a"U'a com
mtttee what would b- h'* at- 'ud<>
•oward the raw vn-d at Charles
ton Senator Tillman aald
"Just wha* It always has been
will ask all that Js decent and reason
able. I have never b-en h'gr'ah
■ibout anything, and I think that Is
•ha reason I uaually got what 1 ask-
-<* for and sometime* a little mnee
You know that I have alwaxs wanted
* he CharWon vard to have 1*s pro
'ata share of #1) the approp-'arions
•hat are made and fo- 't to v 'e de
eloped In 1 • ne wMh all the -ro*'m<«
that l« made tiu? re-nnmher sM ! will
a*k will he w''h!n the counts of de
cency a n d reason
Senator Tllman seemed pa-»|cu>ar-
iv desirous tST* the erroo.*ons Impres-
‘'on cres'ed ??••*• he won' t as- •-o »he
'uture of 'he Charleston ) a ’ t ‘m c<' r
•»cte<l He w S*I. d to he re 'eved o'
■he Imprise'on that he w a - - z
ar ntr of h' a*g*ttg or nv ori. unfi J-T. r e
Vnd at the time lis-'i-''1 'I'm
-eporter that he wou'd '•;«ent
-'outh Carolina's Interes's and Cha-
>ston's as !e had alwav* dor.*' that
,» the pollcv of the Wilson admin's
•ration was to strengthen t v o naw
and to enla-ve (he navy v (f 1 eiiul’v-
•nents. ho would most ass f* Vv ask
‘or all 'ha? con'd he dece- C) asked
for In behalf of the Char'e-'oti \ urd
"As to t v e de\e!o- "■«'’•* of the
r *hRrleston >a r d." sa 1 Senator T il
■nan, "and 'or Its enlargement, that
all depends upon the attitude of the
new secretary of the now and the
general policy adopted by the \\ !l«on
admlnlriraHon Mover vou know,
was rather Inimical towicd this yard
I have romhnt'ed that attitude, and 1
think successfully If the Wilson ad-
mlnistraCon favors a policy of devel
oping of the raw no! naval equip
ment, 1 will want the Clinrbs'on yard
to he developed In proportion to all
others, ns It Is the on’r Southern
yard left, and as It is nearest to Pan
ama ‘
Sign a few weeks ago because ha bad p a „e n gars were placed on a special
crltlclaed the nfliclal temperament oL tra)n and Tew0J ^ to thw Westchester
clerical members composing that con-i ""V "Th “VnT "“a" I’ll" UeallTry ^ 0,r ’ U * , wh ! 1 * Physl-
, .,,, ,, , , , performed and the bullet removed inP ireasury aepanmeni. * >“■ i clans from the surrounding country
m-!' ,rnn ' hi* body. His condition la crlt-j ,er could have been brought to a with lanterns In the midst
•csl with only a fighting chance fori floa< I before the election, but the Ad-| of a b )i n( ji nK pnowstorm In an effort
life | ministration prudently deferred the to „ nrover other turrirors who
connection with the conference: viz
W. A. Clarke Wm C Bower T J
o'clock Wednesday morning and con- Hyde. R A tAeber. R R Dagnall. J | Heddlrgfeld made the following' of Mrt'lung until It was rr(rh( hf) bt , rU , d ln th8 wr *ekags.
tlnued for three hours Rain had fal
len earlier and the anew aoon disap
peared.
The first snow of the season In Bir
mingham, Ala , began falling Wed
needsv Tt'e flake* melted almost aa
qub-kly aa they touched the earth
A light fall Is reported from Au
run's Ga , and that vicinity Arkan
s-i« ws» covered on Tuesday night
The snow »tnnn took In all South
'■'aroMna North Carolina and Virgin
•a The fall seems to have been light
e\ ervw here
Impair Its efficiency The South 1-
j entlfed to tta share of appointment*
a"d other good thing* and ha* as
good men a* there are In the nation ’
Replying to a queetton a« to hi*
eet'mate of Prealdent e'ect W'l*on
Senator THImsa aald he tegarded him
ss a man of Judicial m'nd and a
though"u] man that, as To the ftl
Mir*, with W'leon aa president, he
had a g-est deal of hope and confi
donee a'though poaalbly a little more for f or , r year*
of the former
The mention of the word roneerv*
tlsm led to irqntrie* and d'.acuae'on
«s to what Senator Tillman regarded
a* ronservat'-m and radlcal'am with
the result that It became apparent
senior senaton from South
r.r,v nH now regards Mn-««>'f p* one
H Traywuk. H I. Duffie. G I. Har
man, J S Beas'ey, fjeo M Boyd, To
land Hodr s. D. D I'antzler, J K
McCain. J !' Wilson, R W Barber
J. G fisvls C 1) Mann. Gev) H Poos
er. Only five o'- s'x of these 18 are
on the offer*jve list.
Of the 7 7 lav men who represented
the e'rht p’-esidirg elde'-s district* at
that confer 1 " •• only three are now
living v ? J ?t }Dimb'"-r P H Jen
nines an 1 I>r N F KlrklirMl
At G - corf t» e r e were re
ported 3 A .! ;i » h te niein! er* who
owned churih proper’y valued at
ter: 499
At the conference In Menne'tsvlll.
In December. 1911 there wore re
ported S1.2d0 members who owned
rhu r ch property valued at I.' 4 • 4
37P, ehowlng an Increase In member
ship of 5 f> ''37 and an Increase tn
value of church prupertv of |: Sf'i
87«
When the repor** are tahnta'tvd for
19 12 at Anderson the In'--ease w'll be
still greater showing the development
statement Thu r *day morning
•T was evtng supt'er at ld ,30 o’-J
c'oek last night and heard my duck*
making an unusual noise l aeW.i
my pistol and hurried to thv back
porch
' I saw Mr and Mra. Gnt*enhorger'
-’xnd rg !u tho d irk and I took them
• o t>e pals of b irgla-* I thou -ht to le
n mv yard 1 fred four tinea but
no? In their d'-ectinn
"The h-iMot thit struck '4c Gut
• on *'e Ter mu«* t. S v e beep d* flecte t,
is 1 d d rot •hoot In the'r d rectlo.i
It was »,mp'> an accident which I •*-
ret more thau any'hlng In the
world '•
( Other Injured persona ware taken to
ne'ghborlng farm houses snd tom*
were sent on another train to tbe
West
| The bodies of two Follnrae eoedoe-
i tors were found wedged between two
of the sleeping cars. Ths train con
sisted of nine sleepera. one day coach,
a combination baggage and mall cor
and 'he I’nlte'd States mall car Tha
fading locomotive left the track,
supposedly from a broken rail Tha
second locomotive, however, remain
ed on the track
WOMAN (XiNKKHHItn MURDER.
o' the countrv's ponaervetek* or. In
< ' v 'c- wo-d« he Is one of the cogs In
the wWp^'pi that keep ? s e countrv from
l-OTg to the dev'l Put f-om that It
mu-t not be understood ‘hat Hena'or {h „ flr „ ( r o I1 f,.rvi)re’h,. r .'
T "man thinks he has undergone any
rvd’csl changes In nature or p'’b'1c
Rtt'tude fsr from It Senator Till
man th'cks thnt he ts the same to dav
ns he w possibly not In manner or
nub''c bearing In the earlv dav* of
h's senatorial career He does admit
the mellowing and softening Influence
of nee, ’uit he denies absolutely the
charge made bv some of the newspa
pers that he has undergone a
plete metamnrpbls and that he la no
even a reactionary
•T am Just as rad'eal now as I ever
wss" said Senator Tillman doggedlv ^ 22 years over
• I have not changed It Is the countrv ) t b pir labors on earth
At th« conference of 1H'7, there
were only eight d strn's 'there arc
now twelve i in t he eon G fence an 1 '
those were ap, o :.:< d us ; re». !' :.g
rid. ra W l> Morrow H A <
Vkalk.r NS m Mar \\ tu H K>:n
John W Ke y, 7 m He
bert Henry M an I Robert I'
b ran k a Tb.-ee ha • •• ,i!; ,ta-ed a w a v
Tbe method,st Confer*-:, e mu f, -
the second time tn Anderson Novem
ber 2f>. 1 '«»<». eighteen y. ara afe-r
H:*hup
SS Duncau presided and made a p r >
found Impr. sslon bo’h on the confer
ence and on the eutom. ui, D H s ser
n,on on S.. nd.iv w «.s on- of great
power H K ('hre:'zb* -g was se. rtr |
tary with Samuel I.aiuUr. T C I ig
on and F O NL atson as ass s'ants
This conference lasted or.,- day long
er than usual at annual sesM-ns and
so did not adjourn till Thursday, l*v-
com ‘ cemb.-r 2
I Of the 215 clerical members then'
I composing the conference only k a ar*- i
i now members of the body Within
half have ceased
|*OI>4>\ Kl> in < k m K T \ 11.
Oae luiblt-er Itew.l anil Anothew la tn
a \ cry IU*1 U ay
At Auhrn. N Y a cocktail wht h
two conv'c's 'n tbe Stv.e prNo i p;e
pared *: d drank caused the d.-at u
of r-ne of the men snd drove the oth-
• r in’o c.nvulaors wh'ch threat.-i
to reap!* fv'slly The conrtrf*, Wa’k
er K ng and larr.e* K Gurt's mixed
O-e fa's! d- rk from * quantity of
wool a! 'hoi snd other liquid* used
"i tie ;''.«iin fu r n'tu‘e shop King
pr* ! nr, 1 the "cocktail" and to assure
t * fei * pr'Koper he had faith tn
'he m'vtuT d-»’ik the flrst glass of
if He de«rr b*d it as ' fine" and
t'urin* drunk of it too Both of them
were soon In convuls'nns
too late for him to become an active
Bull Moose, Hke M*. Robert Bacon
Now at considerable coat to t I
Government, (becauaa with every
change of Treiaaurers there must be
a complete apeclal counting of all the
money held by Uncle Ram.) Mr
Thompson la made Treasurer for th"
rest of the term which expire* March
4 1913, In order that he may go Into
private life a* ’-Ex Trea»urer of the
I'ntted State*" ThU distinction
should be worth a fortune to the
owner of It tn the wsy of mak'ng bus
tneM connections for there are *1
w*>* Mg bank* which are ready to
(sy well for the adveitieement ot
having a former National Treasurer
on their ataff
The p-occ** of playing for longer
tenure of good office# for Republican
holder, has been under war for some Goaded by her oonsrlM** after
•'me In the opinion of Democratic *ee1 ng a moving picture In which th*
rbserver# who know "the political killing of a husband by hit wtf* was
game’ Three wacjvera hat# seen, depleted. Mra. MoAfas. S w*ll to 00
s number of resignation* wmv- widow of Miron. Ga . has eonfessad
aroused the atisplrton that they were lh , t , h „ |,t|| #d h * r hnaband In Ir»
submitted primarily for th* pnrpos* land ten years ago. Two wsshs ago
of giving the President an opportun- Mra McAfee saw the moving plcturs.
't) to name new men for fall terms ,he plot of which the thought, cor-
S-jppiute a Presidential po«tma*ter reapnnded tn a measure with th* hld-
rclgna now Th* President will ap- d*-n *tory of h*r life From that day,
r for four year* Of her relative* say. *h* began to worry
Of Her HwabaiKi After
In
U ILL t.O Ol T W ITH TALT
Navannah Collector to Itewinn
Fourth of March.
on
hat has changed Rome of the verv
•h'nps I preached twenty yearn ago
are to-day commonly accepted poli-
rtea.”
Mr \V R l.eaken. collector of the
port of Savannah ha» announced that
i-n Siturd.iy or t.efore he will for
ti ally t.-nder h:* resignation to Pres
l.lent Tuft, effe<'tlve March 4 HI*
con.n,lB»lon does not expire until Au
gust 6. but he does not care to aerve
under a Democratic administration
and will step out when Taft does
This probably means that the Favan-
l< Int a sure
rourse the Incoming Democratic Ad
Ministration can remove such an of
! e holder If the President see-* fit
but th'a power will not always bw a
I rssant or a dclrabt* one to exer
and Republican nominee* arc,
glad to 'ake their O.ance* on being
eble to hold on for at leaat a const 1
erable time after tha t>olHlc*l bal
;ance change*
1 A Reput'Mcao national commlttee-
n'an representing a certain l>emo
I rra’lc State ha# recently eome to
Wsahlngton with a complete plan for
the nomination of over a hundred
regular Republican postmaster* In
that State before the Administration
ends The resignation device will be
employed In many of these caae* It
Is rot atrange that fvemocrs'lc [.op
ticians are alarmed and angry when
they contemplate such proapect*. and
that there are muttering* of sharp
retaliation unless the outlook
changes
One weapon which the Democrats
can use Is that of holding up In the
and weep She summoned fc*r rel*
ttve* and eon'eased that ah* bad been
-.•pone ble for the vloUal death of
her husband In Ireland In 1 902 and
that It was preying on her mind flh*
**14 she would nereis know another
n om.-n' s pear* unless ah* r*turn*d
to Ireland and suffered for her act
She says that ah* wa* ywaloaa of her
husband and brought about hla death
in such a way that it a**msd acciden
tal.
Complete ssK-aseriles «a4
Inconceivable devotion to
Ideals U tbs keynote ot tbs
able atory which Mrs. Marlon
Wentworth, tbs noted dramstts
er, playwright, and socialist, told
her reasons for obtaining
from her hnaband. Dr. Franklin H.
Wentworth, antbor ot tbs "Woman's
Portion, M In order that ho m'gtU to
free to marry the woman he lowed.
When Mrs. Wentworth dlseodorod
tbe love which existed between tor
hnaband and Mias Alice Chapman,
whom Dr. Wentworth has now made
hla wife, the planned to set her hno*
band free. She went to Reno. New.,
established a residence of one year
there and secured a divorce last Jane
on the ground of desertion. On No
vember 6 her husband and Mlaa Chai
rman were married in Washington.
"in order that the slightest hint
of scandal or criticism should attach
Itself to the name of th* woman mf
husband has married,'* sal 1 Mrs. Mo
rton Craig Wentworth. “I think M
only fair that I should make th* exaet
situation known which haa. mp to thin
time, not been understood even by
our most Intimate friends.
"I had known Miss Chapin aa ter
aome years, have alwaye been and
■till ara very, very fond of toff, t
lor# her for tbe very "quality whkh
my huaband aaw and admired In her.
So when I discovered—end I did not
need to be told, for I hav* always
poaaaaaad a remarkable latattlea—
that Dr. Wentworth sad Alio*
on* another I made up my m1a4
th* only fair, th* only
thing for me to do wee ta
divorce and set them tree* to
each other.
‘•My hnaband and 1
attuarion la all Its phaoss, and AMoa
herself was present nt many of wwr
conferences Rha protested et brut
that tha oaly thing for her to do wan
to go away from ua both forever, toft
that would have been uaeleee far M
would not havw bean eliminated thaftr
leva In the slightest Owgree.
‘•Alice la gentle, kind end toeftam
There la nothing whatever to h* Hid
agatnat her or th* step ato looE lb
marrying my hnaband
"1 esnaot conceive of e woOHO
fighting to heep a he*band whH afco
realtars that his love
oth*r or of her trying to
• he love that haa departed. I
far too greet raopoct and
for leva and for tha feelings ef others
to do ench n thing. a»d It far
too much te me to do the thing ttoft
1 feel to he Jnet and right
"I etlll love and reop apt my hum
hand and our Intellectual frtendtolp,
shlrh haa always been one of the
kreneet 'ova of my married life. wtB
not be dealed me. even aadet the eo-
letlng rlrrutnatanree. for 1 have MOO
Dr Wentworth since my reform from
the weet and ahatt aea him and Attee
after their retaru from their
trip I regard my former h«
one of my very beet friends end I
know that be feels th*
I rorall tho fart that thp reports t'^h port office whl be the first flllrd
from the rhuriT.es that y.-ar were ox-' ln Georgia by President \A llson
repttonally good ^ There are already four or five randl-
I recall another fart that the young, ^ or position.'whlrh la the ^^natA those Prealden'lal nomlna-
[rlfy of Anderson was then forging IT > 0 ft desirable Federal appointment tt 0 na which require confirmation If
rapidly to the front as an enterprta-1 * n Savannah
Waldo lee Emerson, sgrd fi years.'progressive, commercial center I tw.M.r.
There had been organized a Board of Rtocklngs ( <>et nfty IKvllars.
Icid Pies From IxK-UJaw.
grand nephew of Gen Rtephen l ee
heart!!.
outburst that Charleston was in all
reality "the most convenient port to
Panama". Again asking to he ab
solved from any assumption of brag
ging airs, the Senator made assur
ance of his friendship to this city and
this port—‘‘Just as I have always
been".
In regard to the cabinet appoint
ment# to he made by Woodrow Wil
son, who will noon assume the reins
of the national government. Senatorj
Tillman thinks that the presldent-i
"last chance" office-grahhlng goes
too far for fhelr patience, the minor
ity In the Senate may come to ahso-
Mlss Laura Merriatn. whose mar- lute loggerheads with the President
ge to Assistant Secretary of the and block all his closing appolnt-
when he fell upon tne upturned •Resolved, That we heartily ap- Treasury. James Curtis took place at ‘ ments. Another weapon la whole-
rori a rakf> Tbp p ronR A pApA-j predate the thoughtful attention of, Washington Wednesday wore at the sale e'ectlon of these swan song se-
wt vneA nnrt loch 'the Board of Trade and the citizens ceremony a pair of white silk stock- lections when the Wllaon admlnlstra-
of Anderson in securing to the mem-! ings given her by Mr and Mrs. Jo#- tlon begins,
bers of this conference a drive thro’jeph I elter. for which they paid |f>n.
their growing city and Its suburbs " [The stocking* are of the finest silk
Senator Tillman ap-esred to Jo'n nf v , r , n j a dif>d ^ a n .- nnn ah Monday| Trade, and the conference pasaed this !
artlly In the reporter's patriotic from in , ur , PB BnBfatnpd i a( , t week resolution of thanks. rla
tburst that Charleston was in all . n lino _ tr .„ unturned ‘'Resolved, That we heartily ap- Tn
YOI N(J UOM4N RANTED.
Hundred* of letter* \waiUa4 Mia*
KjuVrllffe at Elgin.
Th* postmaster at Elfin, 111 , haa
over 4 000 letters addressed to Mias
7 X Radcliffe and ta receiving them
at the rate of more than 300 a day
7 he cause of this flood of mall la a
Utter made public by Mlaa Radellfe
in which she asya 'Tf I do not gat
a huaband by 1913 I will loee a for
tune of fSTOOO and a large estate
I do not care If he I* a hod-carrier or
a bricklayer so long aa he ts well
mannered and kind." The postmas
ter Is waiting for Mlaa Kadcllffa to
call for her mall. Her names does
not appear In the city directory.
trated the hoy's left knee and lock
jaw developed.
Thirty Were Made Hick.
Mrs. Margaret Fahey, mother of
the child which died from ptomaine
po'snnlng, which affected 30 other
persons in Pittsburg, Pa., la out of
danger. The majority of the others ^y,"" and‘'they
are reported convalescing. The au- 1
Flagman Was Killed.
Flagman Worn mock, of the Bee-
hoard. was killed at Alamo. Ge. He
Much depends upon the attitude of waH flagging on an eaatbound freight,
Mr. Wilson himself. That he would «r.d <t Is stated that, while uncoupling
As I recall now. I think that aaonj weave and are Inset with point lace I app^dj^e t,,.j n g relieved by M-.lfars near a aeed house, the doors of
, u : thorltles are Investigating the stores
elect has horn eminently wise In re- : p ^ faml , leB affPct od purchased
frainlng from any statements P^taln- r lfl)onB
Ing thereto. , B ^
‘•Wilson la wise In not making the, ^ ^ Hunt ^
newspapers h's spokesmen In the| A a ~
matter of cabinet appointments." said, Two hunters who wounded a deer
he. "He would be running away in the mountains near Waynesboro,
ahead of his hounds In shooting off|l >a - wer^, treed by the angered anl-
hls mouth prematurely. All the time! mal and compelled to climb into the
now between the convening of Ton- b ranc * lf ' B antlers. Har-
gress and his inauguration Wilson vp y Llfa* flred the shot that wonnded
will have oprmrtunlty to confer with ihe deer. His companion, John H.
the leading Democrats of the country| Schadler. made the kill,
and to make Judicious selections."
‘How about the appointment of
Southern men'" was a question pro
pounded.
"Wilson ought not to appoint an
undue number of Southern men."
said the Senator, "but the South has
been out in the hold so long. I hope
the return of a Southern man to the
presidency after sixty years will be
signalized hv a return to the ante-bel
lum policy Inaugurated bv the Demo
crats coming, and unless Southern
men have lost that characteristic of
honor and honesty, Wilson cannot
make a mistake If he picks Southern
men for any office in his gift, for'th*
Booth Is In favor, aa nndev Jefferson,
of haying a government nrn ta eco-
oomicelly te ponlblt, but set eo ta to
of Abraham was one of the leaders In
that carriage drive. "We will show
you all the varied and dnterestlng
things In the progressive and hustling
did and hosts and
gueats quickly formed a mutual ad
miration society on wheels.
At this conference Bishop Duncan
was presented with possibly the cos/
iiest gavel ever used by a presiding
officer In South Carolina. His friends
among the clergy and laity raised the
money with which to procure this em
blem of authority and the bishop
treasured the gift ever afterwards.
This has been a prosperous year
and the reports from the churches
throughout the State will show decid
ed progress along all lines of church
activity.
The following Items reported at
the Bennettsvllle conference a year
ago will Indicate somewnat the
strength and work of Methodism In
South Carolina:
..91,2P0
804
and embroidered! In rhinestone and
pearls.
Was a >
tslonfid t
a Hfimlerer.
by the belief
Thought He
Remorse oocn
that he had killed \a man caused
Jesse Boykin to shooL himself dead
with a
Wilson
Taft of the burden of mnk- ! house knocked him down
in* Prf*flMf*ntial appointment*, a*; ail d the engine ran over his body. He
Is benevolently suggested around the, lived about one hour. Mr. Wom-
Whlte House offices, Is by no means
probable The situation Is a ticklish
one for bona fide Republican hold
overs who would suffer If retaliatory
Bhotgun at hlk horn < near| Democratic reaction were provoked
N. C.. Thursday. Boykin’ by a policy of greed In tha remain-
quarreled with Jewse Burnett, an ar- Ing Republican months
oualntance, at Simms, a village near
Wilson, Saturday night and'ffhot him
In the hand. Burnett fell\lo the
floor, exclaiming that he had been
killed.
Brutal Act of Brute,
Peter O. Hanson, a farmer of Win
nipeg, Man., Is under arrest, charged
mock had been with ths company for
some time. He married 00s month
ago.
"Both Dr. Wentworth ato III IS
now regard m* In th* tight of aa *44-
*r slater or gaardtan angst Poof Is
need not be In th* leeet sergrlssft K
we are not neen la p«Mt* together. |
have bad several letters from AMso
since their marriage snd I am sU4.
through and through, that they too*
found happiness togsthhr."
Franklin Hareoart WeotwortA.
who was born In Chicago la 1 ICC ato
la a wall known socialist wrltar, ato
Mlaa Marion Jean Craig of BL Pool
were married by Bamnsl M. Jooss>
the "Golden Rais’* mayor of ToMa.
on March 31, 1900. Doth bsliewto
marriage to be a purely eirll
It was the first marriage
performed b*> Mayor Jonsa. and to
did It tn what he called tho »*0eliag
Rule" fashion. Th* parties wore not
required to answer any quest Ions, (to
mayor aaylng their presence ttoftaaft-
ed their deal re to be married. Ho
reviewed the Biblical story of tto cre
ation of woman and quoted from (to
Bible on the subject of marring*. Ha
bads the couple to bo dlltgoat I*
bringing about a better conditio* ot
social affairs. He did not doom It
necessary, he said, to tell thorn to to
faithful to each other, aa anything to
might any would amount to llttlo K
their souls were not congenial.
Dice From Lodge Initiation.
The- authorities at Cumberland,
Md., are investigating the^ death of
Zadock Troxel Offner. 22 years old,
which occurred daring Initiation into
the Loyal Oflder of Moose at Western-
port. While members of the qrganl-
2,780,8
Aged Atlanta Recluse Die*.
At Atlanta, William Franklin, an
aged recluse, who was beaten by rob
bers in his home died Thursday at a
local hospital without regaining con
sciousness. Frank Rlstley, a young|r burr h members. . ..
man, Is being held on suspicion.! Church organizations.. .
Franklin, who lived alone, was sup- Value of church buildings. $1.931.830! an <l foreign missions.
Paid by Sunday schools
GROWTH OF A CHURCH
for missions
Paid by Enworth Leagues
for missions 625.85
Paid for education .. .. 1 4,464.00
Paid for church extension. 8,873.00
The Sunday schools raised over
830.000 for various benevolences and
tho women raised $30,000 for home
with attempting to murder Maggie i zatlon V® r *' t J , r C ’ U J* V
Warnlzlki, who was In his employ. I occurred «uddenly during horse
It is said Hanson tied the girl to the; b ,a y ,n th ®' Initiation »hen *n eleo-
horns of a cow and tho frightened] tr,c tottery wa» used.
anlmaJ ran through the woods, drag
ging the girl for a long distance.
Train Went Down.
Mve men were killed Monday and
tral hurt, some fatally, when a . u. j
logging train went through a !7 5 .; see and practically all ths bird, were
sev«
Thousands of Turkeys*
The "turkey special,'’ a train of
3 4 cars, containing provision for 65,-
800 Thanksgiving tables, reached
Jersey City Wednesday from Tson
foot trestle at Bear Creek, Oregon.)
sold on the New York market before
posed to be wealthy.
Four Bum to Death.
Four persons, on# woman and
Value of parsonages. . 51 2,550j forP S° ln K th » Epworth Orphanage when t
Total churches and par- j was sustained and liberal amounts were
sonages 2,494 370 were raised for other benevolent en-
Buperannuated preachers. 1C,600 uprises.
three small children, were burned to i The amount contributed for mls-j The Methodists of Sonth Carolina
death and one ot^-r woman reoefr- 1 rione. home and foreign, follow* 'own and control three qollegea and
ed probably fatal Injuries in a fire Paid for foreign missions $24,265.58, two fitting schools, valued at $761,-) are no patro
near Newport News. Vs.. Thursday,j Paid for conference mis- | 250. with an endowment at $1 86,900 1 th# police a
slons 23,028.1 9 Sixty-sir professors are employed and ’ frequent the
Besides* the] The boiler of the*"engine"’eroded ^ndown. The shipment Is the larg-
locomotive fell. The bodies eBt /_ ln « 1 ® consignment of birds ever
ed under the wreckage.
New York Gajnblers Qnlet.
Gambling houses In New York are
closing for la^k of patronage. There
practically, because
made.
Woman Married Ten Times,
Ths world's legitimate matrimonial
record is believed to to held by Mra.
Thella M. ds Beer, aged 71 years. 1
a resident of Pretoria. Pa.
she became a widow for tto
time and was married to bar tantb
husband. She was married tto tnl
time at 18 and is mother snd step
mother to 49 children ato grand
mother to 270.
Unhappy Bride Ends LHn
Because her mother threatened 6S
commit suicide if she did not sssfffff
one of her own nationality*
Elisabeth Nardini. 20 yean
American torn daughter of 4
lan fruit dealer at Marion,
nouncod her Amerienn
and married her
Then she drank
died.
wljlph was featured by ths heroism:
of the two mother* In an afort to; Special for missions—di-
thatr ehfldran.
i
Bent to an Aasyluxn.
John Bchrank who shot Col. Rooae
veh, was taken to the Northern Hoe-
^ pltal for the Insane near Oshkosh,
pylng"on"those “who] WU - Monday, Judge Backus haring
and aerving them 1 e4M,m,tte<1 h,m 10 th,lt *n»t!tution «•
When a .
Lansdal*. Pn., a
men found a
step. Inveetigattm
of tto engtah
there are 7,047 pupils In sttsndanbe] with John Do# subpoenas* to appear * eotnmiralon of aUno-j L^ter th#
T.788.1J on these institutions of tnarnlag. I tn court and testify. | iedtf bto adjudged him Inssaa. 1 Haul*