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IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
A severe wind and rain storm did much
damage to growing crops along the Saluda
river in Greenville county last week.
An uglv dispensary scandal has been
unearthed in Spartanburg county, where
it is claimed dispensary positions have
been regularly sold. '
Colclough Stukes, the negro who brutally
murdered Captain David ?. Wells in
Sumter county a few months ago,has been
sentenced to be hanged on Friday,August
18th.
R L. Freeman, of Bennettsville, has
been appointed by the governor to
survey the state line between this state
t and North Carolina which has been in
dispute some time. The governor of North
Carolina, is also to appoint a surveyor.
Special Judge J. P. Carey has denied
^ the motion for a receiver for the $18,000
fund asked for in the suit of Brookshire
against the Alliance Exchange. He decides
that the directors have a right to distribute
the money. It is not saia whether
there will be an appeal.
, Secretary of the navy Bonaparte has
issued an order that Lieuts. Walker and
Harris are to remain in charge of the
work at the Charleston navy yard. It will
be remembered that a few weeks ago the
contractors complained to the government
and had an order issue transferring
the two government inspectors in charge
of the work.
W. H. Cox was struck on the head with
a piece of scantling by W. C. James in
Georgetown last Saturday night. His
skull was fractured and he died the next
day. The men were drinking at a house
of ill fame when the trouble occurred.
Cox was a married man with two small
children. It is said James will claim he
struck Cox in self defense.
Miss Motte Rodgers, 13 years old, was
- killed in Sumter last Saturday in a very
strange way. She was playing hide and
J "L. a forro nnft a
we& 2U1U UIU uctacil 1U a iMgg luiawnu
pipe, where it had been stood on end
alongside of a ditch where it was to be
plac^i. In some way the joint of pipe
fell towards the ditch, and in falling her
head and shonlders caught on the opposite
side of the ditch while the heavy pipe
pressed down on her back, causing the
rupture of internal blood vessels. She
lived several hours after the accident.
Arthur Speegle, son of the ex-supervisor
of Greenville county, was arrested last
week, charged with embezzlement. He
was formerly clerk of the county board
of commissioners while his father was
supervisor. An investigation of the
county's affairs is being had, and much
~ rottenness and stealing of public funds
has been unearthed. It is said that the
young man's father is dying at Hender:
sonville, N. G. Our readers will remember
the contest over this office in the primary
last summer, and Walker was elected
over Speegle in the general election.
P. L. Cannon, formerly of Orangeburg,
was shot and dangerously wounded at
Millicans last week by a Mr. Smith, who
. was a tenant on Cannon's place. The two
men quarreled at Smith's house and Cannon
left for his own home a short distance
awav to ret his pistol, telling Smith he
was coming back and kill him. As he
was leaving, Smith fired at him with a
shot gun, wounding him in the leg but
, not seriously. As Cannon returned,
i Smith fired on him from behind a tree,
the load taking effect in the side and
making a wound which may result fatally.
:
Confirmed The Judge's Tiew.
Jndge Kennedy, of the Newton police
oourt, although a model of courtesy on
the bench, never failes to nail a lie, especiv
ally if the falsifier is on trial for crime,
says the Boston Herald,
An old offender was arraigned be%
fore him, charged with drunkenness.
When the complaint had been read,
the defendant answered, "Not guilty."
"How long since you were drunk?" The
prisoner answered that he hadn't taken
a drink for more than a year.
"That's not true," replied his honor.
"I saw yon drink within a month on the
street in Boston, and you had the impudence
to accost me."
"Did I speak to you, sor?" asked the
prisoner.
"You did," said the court.
"Well, thiu, I must have been drunk,
yer annar "
No one in the court room enjoyed the
incident more than the judge.
Not What Lawyer Wanted.
"Lawyers have some queer experiences,"
said the judge, according to the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. "One of them
was telling of a case heard before me. A
young man had been arrested for larceny
and he sent for his lawyer.
"The vounsr fellow told the attorney
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that he was innocent, bat that he had no
friends in the city and no money. His
mother, however, was in fair circumstances
and he knew she would help him.
What he wanted the lawyer to do was to
defend him and also send a telegram to
his mother telling of his fix and asking
for aid. The lawyer agreed to this and |
made such a good defense that the young
man was acquitted.
"He and the attorney went direct to the
telegraph office to which the message had
been ordered sent and found it. The
young man was so grateful to the lawyer
that he handed him the unopened envelope,
telling him that he must take all the
mosey that his mother had telegraphed
him. The lawyer tore open the yellow
<x)ver and his eyes were greeted with
these words: "Put your trust in God. I
am praying for you. iiother."
STORY OF A CHRISTENING.
How a "Gal Baby" Happened to be Named
"George Washington."
"The funniest story I ever heard," continued
the reverend gentleman, "and they
tell me I am full of funny stories, was
about a brother clergyman, a mother and
her baby girl.' It was during the ordinance
of baptism one Sunday morning, and
my brother minister stood behind the font
when the mother and her baby infant
came before him. 'What name shall I
give this child?' asked he.
"Now, the lady lisped very badly under
ordinary circumstances, and with the
minister in front of her and the whole
congregation behind her, she was perturbed,
and blushingly replied: 'Luthy,
thir.'
" 'What!' exclaimed he, ana tneiaay repeated,'Luthy,
thir', and let fall her modest
glance from his penetrating eyes.
'Never will I baptize a child Lucifer!
George Washington, I baptize thee,' and
so on, and the girl wore that name until
she died."
The above is given by the New York
Herald as an anecdote told by the late
Rev. J. B. Walker, a Methodist minister.
It is a true story, but with some minor inaccuracies.
This remarkable and ludicrous
christening took place in EdentOD, N. C.
The minister was the late Rev. Samuel
Johnston, for many years rector of the
Episcopal church in that town. The editor
of this paper has often heard the story
told by near relatives of the minister.
The mother and child were slaves, owned
by the late James Johnston, who was one
cf the wealthiest planters and largest
slave owners in this State. He made it a
point to have all children born to his
slaves baptized by their near kinsman.
The story as told by the relatives of Mr.
Johnston goes on to state that just as he
pronounced the words, "George Washington,
I baptize thee," etc., the mother called
out "Mas Sam, that boy you baptizing is
o ira\ KoKw" Tho minister did Tint heed
the interruption, though, but went on
with the service and that "gal baby" ever
afterward went by the name of George
Washington. The members of the minister's
family were present, and one of his
daughters was so convulsed with laughter
that she had to rush from the building
to keep from disturbing the religious
ceremony.?Wilmington Messenger.
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at u.
Frank Bamberg's.
Cook Went on Strike.
Herman Klafter of 60 Goerck street had
his wife haled to the Essex Market police
court yesterday, alleging that she was insane.
"What does she do?" asked Magistrate
Flinn.
"I was married to that woman ten years
ago," said Klafter, "and we have three
children. She was a beautiful cook. She
baked the finest biscuits and bread in the
world. She could cook roast beef that
would make your mouth water. She
knew inst when to rmll it out of the oven
and she never bought a tough piece of
beef in her life, or a tough chicken, or a
tough goose. There was not a butcher
in Hester street who could fool her."
During this recital the woman stood
with flashing eves, but no outward evidence
of insanity.
"What have her abilities as a cook to do
with her insanity?" asked the magistrate*.
"Listen," continued Klafter; "about six
months ago she refused to cook anv more
for me. Since then I have had to live on
bologna, cheese, bread and pickles."
"Why don't you cook for your husband?"
asked the magistrate of the
woman.
"Because he only gives me 75 cents a
week," she snapped, "and I have had to
live on the charity of others."
Klafter admitted that she told the
truth.
"She is perfectly sane," said the magistrate.
"No further evidence is necessary.
I think you want to get rid of this woman,
but you can't do it here. She is discharged."?New
York Sun.
Ward of Rockefeller.
Cleveland, O., July 14.?Twelve-yearold
Harry Evans will ho longer have to
sing in beer gardens to earn money to support
himself and his widowed mother.
John D. Rockefeller will henceforth be his
guardian.
Harry had been singing in a beer garden
in the East End, where his voice attracted
much attention. Last Sunday he
accepted an invitation to sing before the
Sunday school of the Euclid avenue Baptist
church, of which Rockefeller is superintendent.
He sang one of the oil
king's favorite hymns.
Later Mr. Rockefeller sought an interview
with the boy and his mother. After
hearing their story, he said:
"Madam, do not let him sing in amuse
ment houses again. Harry must be educated.
His voice must be trained for better
service. It shall be, and I shall pay
all the bills and support his mother until
Harry's education is completed."
Always Liberal to Churches.
Every church will be given a liberal
quantity of L. & M. paint. Call for it.
4 gallons Longman and Martinez L. & M.
paint mixed with 3 gallons linseed oil,
will paint a house. W. B. Barr, Charleston,
W. Va. writes, "Painted Frankenburg
block with L. & M. stands out as
though varnished." Wears and covers
like gold. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for
linseed oil, which you do in ready-for-use
paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at
60 cents per gallon and mix it with L. &
M. paint. It makes paint cost about $1.20
per gallon. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy.
CO0NTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrsardt, July 17.?Heavy rains and
lower temperature have been the talk of
the farmers around in this section. The
rains have benefitted the corn crop.
The old soldiers' reunion at Rivers'
bridge memorial grounds was very well
attended, but not as much so as was expected.
The ball on Thursday night in JJannelley's
hall was a failure. The threatening
weather caused people not to attend.
Mr. Henry Chassereau and Miss Cosey
Copeland were quietly married by Rev.
P. E. Monroe at the Lutheran parsonage
Sunday morning about nine o'clock.
We heard a mill man tell of some boggy
lands that he was hauling timber from.
Its location is in Colleton county near
Little Saltkahatchie swamp. He says
that the shadow of birds flying over
would stick in the mire and had to be
removed before the mules could go along.
You know his veracity is not to be
doubted.
Court commenced in Walterboro today.
Mrs. Charles Ehrhardt, who has been
very ill, died today about one o'clock in
the afternoon. Jee.
From Rev. T. J. Sandifer.
S. S. "Celtic," Atlantic Ocean, July
7th, 1905.?Dear Herald: As I cannot
write a personal letter to every individual
in the county, I wish to write to them
through the columns of your paper. I
left Charleston on the morning of June
the 21st at 8.30 o'clock. We sailed from
the port at Charleston under the most
favorable circumstances; the weather was
flne and the sea was calm and the Commanche
was crowded with jolly good
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passengers, auu auuub tuc time tue iauu
began to fade from our view I had met
many of the passengers. There was a
continuous promenading by day and a
concert by night. I had to make a speech
on the subject of love. It was a great
trip. I did not see a sick person on board.
Everybody seemed to have a big time.
We arrived in New York city on Friday,
23rd, at noon.
New York is a great city indeed?22
miles in length and six miles in width,
with a population nearing four millions.
There are many things that Impressed
me. First, the tremendous buildings,
narrow and crowded streets, the rush and
push of the surging multitudes. I visited
many of the places of interest, the statue
of liberty, Grant's tomb, the navy yard in
Brooklyn, central park, the Bronx, and
Zoo. The elevated and subway railways
are wonders to one who never saw them
So, after doing New York proper, on
Friday, the 30th of June, we sailed on the
Celtic, an English steamer, for London.
This is one of the largest and steadiest
boats on the Atlantic. This ship is 700
feet long, 75 feet wide and 100 feet deep,
making about sixteen knots an hour.
There are about fifteen hundred souls
on board, and since the afternoon of the
30th we have not seen any signs of land.
Occassionally we pass a ship, and when
we do every one rushes to get a glimpse
of some live or moving thing about us.
This has certainly been a great voyage.
The old ocean has been as smooth as
glass, no one has been sea sick as yet, and
we are now about twenty-seven hundred
miles from New York city. We are within
about two hundred miles of Queen's
town, Ireland, and about four hundred
from London. Our ship will touch at
Queen'stown in order to transfer mail,
etc. There are something over two hundred
preachers and delegates to the Baptist
World Congress. We have had service
on board every morning and concerts of
various kinds in the evenings.
We expect to arrive in Liverpool on
Sunday morning, will run over into
Wales and spend Sunday in the valley
district where there is now going on a
great revival. When I arrive in London
I will write again.
Please correct if necessary and publish
the above in your paper, also ask the
Barnwell Pfeople and the Press and
Standard to copy. Yours truly,
T.J. Sandifeb.
Three-fourths of all the cotton grown
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in tne wona is proauceu in wc uuucu
States. % Twenty per cent of the entire
American crop was manufactured in
American mills in 1860. This proportion,
increasing faster than production, had
frown to 37 per cent in 1901. The
outh, which manufactured only 80,000
bales of cotton in 1870, as compared with
770,000 in the North, only 221,000 as
compared with the North's 1,574.000 in
1880, and only 545,000 to the North's
1,780,000 in 1890, was even with the
North in 1903 and 1904, each section
manufacturing slightly less than 2,000,000
bales.
The old farmer had strayed into a music
emporium and was listening with openmouthed
astonishment to a phonograph.
"Wa-all, by grass!" exclaimed the old
man. "That 'ere mercheen certainly do
be a queer sort uv a contraption."
"Can't I sell you one?" queried the proprietor.
"It will store up every thing
ycu say and repeat it to you later."
"Gosh, no!" replied the rural party.
"I've got a wife tew home that kin dew
all uv that, by ben!"?Chicago News.
MEMORIAL TO WOMEN.
Confederate Veterans Engage in the Noble Task
of Erecting a Memorial to the Women of
the Confederacy.
Gen. C. Irvine Walker has sent us the
following resolutions, asking that we publish
same, which we do with pleasure.
They were unanimously adopted at the
Louisville 1905 convention of the United
Confederate Veterans:
Whereas, at our reunion of 1904, our
federation turned over to the sons, the sacred
duty of raising the funds for the
memorial to the women of the Confederacy;
and
Whereas, in so doing we never relinquish
our deep and abiding love for the
cause, or our intention to aid and assist
it by every means in our power; and
Whereas, we have clearly shown this,
by our appointment of a committee to cooperate
and by the work, which this committee
and many other veterans in all
parts of the South, have done during the
past year; and
Whereas, it will ever be our most earnest
desire to see this tribute paid to our
glorious women and we are most anxious
to further co-operate with and give substantial
aid to our sons in the performance
of this sacred duty;
Therefore, be it Resolved:
1st. That each Camp of the United
Confederate Veterans, immediately after
the adjournment of this convention and
the return home of its delegates, shall appoint
a committee to actively canvass its
respective community to raise funds for
this memorial to the women of the Confederacy,
to which noble, worthy and just
object this federation has repeatedly and
solemnly pledged itself and its comrades.
ana. i nai in case any uamp uoes qui
take action within one month by appointing
this committee, it shall then become
the duty of its commander to make ?appointment
of such committee.
If no action is then taken by the commander
any member of the Camp who is
enthused with that high sense of his
duty to this holy cause, and desires to
honor our Godlike women, is urged to
personally take charge of the matter,
secure endorsement of his local Camp or
its officers and make such collections as
he can from his community.
3rd. That all funds collected under
resolutions one and two, shall be deposited
in some home bank?at interest?to
the credit of the chairman of the United
Confederate Veterans committee of cooperation,
(Gen'l C. Irvine Walker,
Charleston, S. C.) and that he shall be
promptly advised of such deposit.
4th. That the above resolutions are
not intended"to be obligatory upon such
Camps as.have already taken similar action
or have already contributed to this
fund $50?or more.
5th. That each Camp is urged to endeavor
to raise from its community, as its
quota, at the very least, the sum of $50.
mL _ii n -.1.-11 ?
om. i nai an i^auips suan uuiupicic uiib
work by January 1st, 1906, and on that
date make a report of the results achieved,
to the chairman of our committee of cooperation,
(Gen'l C. Irvine Walker,
Charleston, S. C.)
Union Meetings on Jnly 29-80.
1 Query. How can your local churches
increase their effectiveness in denominational
work?
A. By forming self supporting fields of
neighboring churches.
B. By systematic giving to all objects
fostered by the denomination.
C. Acts 20-20.
2 Query. The scriptural qualifications
for church membership?
3 Query. What should our pastors require
of each other?
First Division will meet at Fairmount.
Introductory sermon by Rev. C. M. Billings.
Missionary sermon by G. N. Askew.
1 Query, K. M. Mixon, J. M. Hair.
A. Rev. Glover W. L. Meritt.
B. W. M. Cook, G. E. Birt.
C. Geo. W. Boylston, W. 8. Mims.
2 Query, Judson Green, W. M. Akman.
3 Query, Rev. W. D. McMillan, J. N.
Weatherebee.
Second Division will meet at Springtown.
Introductory sermon by Rev. L. Wroton.
Missionary sermon by Rev. J. B. Eolley.
1 Query, C. B. Free, J. Fender.
A. G. W. Beard, L. Clayton.
B. D. O. Hunter, J. B. Hunter.
C. Rev. 8. P. Hair, E. McMillan.
2 Query I. H. Hutto, H. Jones.
3 Query, Rev. L. Wroton, D. Rice.
Third Divison meets at Great Saltkehatchie.
Introductory sermon by Rev. Snider.
Missionary sermon by Rev. W. M. Jones.
1 Query, J. C. McMillan, C. C. Elzey.
A. Richard Morris, J. Herndon.
B. J. A. Chassereau, E. L. 8anders.
C. W. T. Cave, Dr. McCormack.
2 Query, S. G. Mayfield, J. A. Jenkins.
3 Query, W. G. Britton, T. Deer.
Dinner will be expected on the grounds
on Saturday.
Collection is asked for State Missions.
We are greatly behind in our contribu
tions for this object.
W. M. Jones,
C. M. Billings,
W. G. Britton,
Committee.
A SURPRI8E PARTY.
A pleasant surprise party may be given
to your stomach and fiver, by taking a
medicine which will relieve their pain
and discomfort, viz: Dr. King's New
Life Pills. They are a most wonderful
remedy, affording sure relief and cure, for
headache, dizziness and constipation.
At all druggists In Bamberg; Felder and
Matthews, Denmark. Price 25c.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Robt. Keith Dargan, Formerly President of the
Independent Oil Co. and the Darlington
Trust Co., Took Carbolic Acid
to End His Life.
Darlington, July 11.?Mr. Robert
Keith Dargan, formerly president of the
Independent Oil company and of the Darlington
Trust company, committed suicide
between 8 and 9 o'clock to-night by taking
carbolic acid.
Mr. Dargan was on the streets this afternoon
and appeared in his usual manner.
He had been reticent since the recent
troubles of the large concerns of
which he had been the head, and this afternoon
he made appointments to meet
several gentlemen later in the evening,
one of these being Mr. W. F. Dargan,
who states that Mr. R. K. Dargan told
him he would go to Mr. W. F. Dargan's
office within an hour from the time they
were talking.
According to the statement of Dr. Ed.
wards, Mr. Dargan swallowed four ounces
of carbolic acid. When he drank the acid
he was in his father's law office. His
brother was with him when he died.
Physicians were summoned but it was
impossible to save his life.
Mr. Dargan left a statement that he had
taken his life of his own accord. His
friends think he had hoped to straighten
out his affairs and had expected that the
oil company would be reorganized but after
the action of the federal court he lost
hope and became noticeably despondent.
Mr. Dargan was about 35 years of age.
He was married, his wife being before
her marriage Miss Jermain, of North
Carolina. They have two children.
the inquest.
Darlington, July 13.?An inquest was
held this morning as to the cause of death
of the late Keith Dargan.
The verdict was that Dargan came to
his death through his own hand by taking
carbolic acid.
The note written by him just before he
committed the rash act was read. It was
brief, and confirmed rumors which have
been current that his brother, Pegram,
was cognizant of his suicidal intentions
and had aided him in carrying out his desperate
purpose. The note declared simply
that the writer had taken his own
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me oy armsing carooiic acia, wnicn naa
been procured for him by his brother,
Pegram Dargan. He declared that he
may have mismanaged, but that he was no
coward.
Pegram Dargan was examined and
it was quite evident that he was laboring
under intense nervousness, though he
made a desperate effort to. appear calm
and collected. He first thanked the coroner
and jury for postponing the inquest
until he could attend the funeral of his
brother. In answer to questions he declared
that he had no further statement
to make beyond what was contained in
the note written by his brother and which
was in evidence. That was all that he
would say, and the awful details of the
tragedy may remain forever locked up in
his breast.
Dr. Edwards, the next witness, testified
that he went to the office where the deed j
was committed with Mr. W. J>\ Dargan.
There they were met by Pegram Dargan,
who informed them that his brother had
drunk carbolic acid and that he had seen
him do it and had remained with him until
he died. Dr. Edwards asked Mr. Dargan
whether he could not have prevented
his brother from drinking the poison, but
he made no further reply except to say
that the note left by his dead brother spoke
for itself.
The jury retired and was out some time.
This was long caused by a debate over what
the verdict might be. Some of the jury
wanted to render a verdict holding Pegram
Dargan as an accessory, but as the
verdict shows this was not done and his
name was not mentioned in connection
with the tragedy in the verdict, except as
it was in the note left by the suicide,
which was made a part of the verdict.
G. Frank Bamberg handles the best
buggies and wagons, yet the prices
are reasonable.
Little Whiskey in Hers.
Hudson Tuttle, the Ohio lecturer, made
an address recently wherein he described
the pitfalls of the lecture platform, says
the Philadelphia Record.
"A temperance lecturer wished to prove
to his audience the deadly power of whiskey.
"Accordingly he caused a drop of water
to be magnified and thrown upon a magic
lantern screen. Worms bigger than
pythons, crabs bigger than elephants,
spiders the size of a ship fought together
in the drop of water like fiends in
the infernal regions.
"The lecturer now caused a drop of
whiskey to be added to the water.
"'Watch,friends,' he said, 'watch the
whiskey's effect.'
"The effect was marvelous. The liquor
killed all those ferocious horrors instantly.
Their vast claws and tentacles and
feelers stiffened. All became peaceful
and still.
"An old lady in the front row whispered
hoarsely in her husband's ear;
"'Waal, Jabez, that settles me. I'll
never drink water again 'thought putting
some whiskey in it.
ELEPHANT SWALLOWED WATCH.
Owner of Valuable Timepiece Now Threatens
Sue Bostock.
Tom, the small Chinese elephant at
Bostock's wild animal show, at Coney
Island, is a thief and a gourmand, according
to P. H. Jolly, of Coney Island. The
elephant took a shine to Mr. Jolly's watch
and, grabbing it by the fob, calmly
swallowed it.
Mr. Jolly is up in' arms over the loss of
his valuable timepiece, and has threatened
Frank C. Bostock with a suit for damages.
Mr. Bostock answers that he had no business
going so near the animal, and there
seems to be some reason in this, as a rope
was stretched some seven feet in front of
the herd of elephants.
It has been the custom of Mr. Jolly, who
runs a restaurant on Surf avenue, near
the animal arena, to feed Tom. When he
saw the rope he insisted on going inside,
as usual, notwithstanding the protests of
the keeper. The result was that he lost
a $250 watch. The Bo stock people do
not take the matter seriously and have
promised to return the watch.
Attempted Assault in Sumter.
Jim Taylor, a 19-year-old negro, was
arrested in Sumter county last Sunday
charged with attempted assault upon a
white girl, Miss Wilson, 14 years old, the
day before. He was carried to Columbia
Sunday night and put in the penitentiary
for safe keeping. It seems that the girl
was out walking Saturday morning with
a little child, when the negro sprang oat
of some bushes by the side of the road
and attacked her, but was frightened off
by the good fight she pat up and the
screams of herself and the littlo girl The
negro denied the crime, and said he was
from Euthwville.
i Tuesday Jesse Wilsop, another negro,
was arrested for the crime, and he was identified
by the yonng lady as her assailant.
This capture was made by a crowd
of white men of that section, and they
got Judge Purdy to promise a speedy
trial in order to prevent a lynching. The
negro will be tried in Sumter this week.
Wilson had recently escaped from the
Clarendon county chain gang, where he
was serving a sentence for assault and
battery with intent to kill The first
negro arrested was not identified, as the
sheriff made the capture and hurried him
off to jail.
Senator Knox's Joke. '
This story found its way to Washington
from the north this afternoon, says the
Washington correspondence of the New
York Sun:
President Rosevelt, in a rtcent conversation
with Senator Knox of Pennsyl
vania, asked the senator what he thought
of his appointment of Charles J. .
Bonaparte to a place in the cabinet.
"You have heard of the man McGinnis,"
replied Mr. Knox "who kept a saloon and .
lived with his family up over the saloon.
One day his bartender shouted up the
stairs:
" 'McGinnis, shall I trust Tom O'Leary
for a drink?'
" 'Has he had the drink?' called, back
McGinnis.
" 'He has.'
" 'Thin thrust him.' "
Wanted to be Set Bight.
A minister who had preached a sermon
on the murder of Abel and Cain was
called upon during the week by a worried
looking man with an humble request, says
Tit Bits.
"You mind that sermon you preached
last Sunday forenoon?" said the visitor.
"Yes."
"About a man called Cain that killed
his brother?"
"Certainly."
"Well, next Sunday would you kindly
explain that he's no relative of Caine who
keeps the shop in High street? Yon see
everybody has been thinking it was me or
some friend of mine."
Flew l)own His Throat.
The frightened cries of a small child on
the corner of Halifax and Jones street
late Sunday afternoon soon caused a
crowd of people to gather round him,
and the cause of the little fellow's frantic
screams was a June bug, a very harmless
insect-?unless it does just what that one
very peculiarly and unexpectedly did.
James Enniss, the small boy of Mr.Pinck
Enniss, was playfully engaged in entertaining
his young friends with the amusing
performance of a June bug with a
string tied to its leg, when the thing
against its custom took the wrong direction,
the boy turning opposite, and the
string became entangled around his neck.
Opening his mouth in mute astonishment
Mr. J. Bug took it for an invitation to
enter, which he did without further ceremony,
and went flying down James'
throat It was then he hollered.
After he was made quiet his nurse
gently pulled the bug back into the
world by the string which was still fastened
to the bug's leg.?Raleigh News and
Observer.
"Where's Jenkins these days? I never
see anything of him."
"No he's been in a state of intoxication
since Decoration Day."
"Oh come, now, he dosen't drink at all.**
"I didn't say he did. I merely mean to
say that he's visiting friends in Kentucky"
?Philadelphia Ledger.
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