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THE BAMBERG HERALD.
Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1905 One Dollar a Year
KENNETH KEARSE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. 1
; Member of the Bamberg Company Shot in the
Breast?A Somewhat Mysterious Affair. I
4 .Kenneth Kearse, a young soldier who
is in camp with the Bamberg Guards, was ,
seriously shot in the left side by an un
known negro about 11 o'clok last night.
The affair occurred at the corner of lower
Main and Divine streets.
The bullet penetrated the chest cavity
but the physicians state that there is
nothing to indicate that it entered the
1 lungs. The wounded man was taken to
the Columbia hospital soon after the
shooting.
. ?. 1'- I*" V?ll ^
J&e&rse &qq L/Dsni^ iJDimiftxi) a ui^iu wi
of the Richland Volunteers, were coming
up Main street from the union station
and when they reached the corner of
Main and Divine a negro, who it is said
was being chased by persons in civilian
clothes, ran past them and had not gone
far when he turned and fired. The negro
: was not known to the soldiers, and after
the shooting disappeared mysteriously.
* Kearse's friend, Marshall, took him immediately
to the office of Dr. Rice, which
is only a few blocks away from the scene
A of the shooting. When they reached the
office of the physician the wounded man
> was suffering considerably and an anodine
was administered to alleviate his
A pain. Both Kearse and Marshall were
unarmed when they reached Dr. Rice's
v office. At the hospital the physicians
!T probed for the bullet but could not find
it. Later the patient was said to be resting
very well, although suffering from
the shock. No definite opinion as to the
?v result of the wound can be given at this
A/ time. The ball entered the cavity but
there is no trace of hemorrhage nor do the
- lungs appear to be affected.
; . r . Patrolman Ford was on that beat at
the time*the shooting occurred. He stated
that he heard one shot and after an inter?:
val of about a minute three others. He
: was then near the corner of Main and
College streets and hurried on down in
SI-' the direction from which the shots were
coming. At the corner of Main and
f <Jreen streets he passed a street car condoctor
named Martin who told the officer
in answer to his inquiry that it was some
" soldiers shooting at a negro. The policeman
ran on to the corner of Main and
Divine one block farther down.. Here he
| met several negroes who told him that.
b some soldiers had been shooting at a
b negro and that they had gone on down
-' Divine street. Ford then ran down Divine
for three blocks to Lincoln and did
; not see anybody but one man who was
?' coming toward Main street. He was
dressed in civilian clothes and said he
P- had not seen any soldiers or anybody on
v that street.
When Officer Ford returned to the
r; corner of Main and Divine the negroes
^ irere still there and told him that the
^ .aoldiers were coming along Main street
^ and met a negro who was on the inside
? of the pavement next to the fence and
that they began to abuse him and he ran
v ont in the middle of the street and opened
' Are on the militiamen.
These two accounts are totally differ>
eat and neither of them explains the
series of shots heard by the policeman.
Kenneth Kearse is a son of Mr. Andrew
Kearse, a respected farmer who lives on
? the Atlantic Coast Line about seven miles
from Denmark. A telephone message
fronkDenm&rk last night states that KenIJ
neth Kearse has always been regarded as
a quiet and orderly young man in that
community. During a part of the last
I three years he has lived in Columbia,
, being employed at first one thing and then
f another. For a while he worked at the
glass factory and subsequently in a drug
store. Kearse has an uncle at Denmark
f who was apprised of the shooting so that
he could inform the parents at once
The State, Friday July 28.
^
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at G.
Prank Bamberg's.
Life in Allendale.
Allendale, July 29.?Good rains have
U- fallen in the past two days and crops
have improved very much. Old corn is
fully matured and the little young com
planted is doing nicely. Cotton is doing
well. Melon shipping continues. In
some cases prices are very fair, but some
i cars bring very poor prices. A few cantaloupes
were planted in this section. The
yield was good and the prices received
were fairly good.
The new artesian well recently bored
' hv the town authorities continues to flow
-v
about ten gallons per minute of pure,
tasteless water, cool enough to drink
pleasantly without ice. It is hoped that
the authorities will continue the good
work and pipe the water through the
'principal streets of the town.
Invitations are out for the approaching
marriage of Mr. Jas. L. Oswald and Miss
Bessie Bryan, which takes place on the
4 2d of August.
FLENDISH SUFFERING.
. is often caused by sores, ulcers and can
cere, that eat away your skin. Wm. Be~v
dell, of Flat Rock, Mich., says: "I have
used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, for ulcers
sores and cancers. It is the best healing
dressing I ever found." Soothes and
heals cuts, bums and scalds. 25c. At all
druggists in Bamberg; Felder & Matthews,
Denmark; guaranteed. i
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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 big meeting of farmers was held at
Hyatt Park near Columbia on Tuesday.
Addresses were made by prominent
speakers.
The State farmers' institute is to be
held at Clemson college next week. Addresses
are to be delivered on agricultural
subjects by prominent gentlemen.
The county supervisor of Union county
has called an election on the dispensary
question, to be held on Tuesday, August
15th. The anti-dispensary people say the
dispensary will be voted out of that countv.
-J A
mass meeting is to be held in the
town of Edgefield next Saturday, at
which the dispensary is to be discussed.
Senator B. R. Tillman, Hons. W. J. Talbert,
Jno. C. Sheppard, and the members
of the legislature from that county will
address the meeting for and against the
dispensary.
Mr. J. J. Hull, editor of the Rock Hill
Herald, died at his residence in that city
last Monday night, after a long illness.
He was fifty-four years old. He was
mayor of his town, having been re-elected
some time ago for a second term.
Tom Ross, white, was tried in Greenville
last week for killing Tom Austin,
also white, and found guilty of manslaughter.
He was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. The two men
got into a fight and Ross struck Austin
in the head with a rake and fractured his
skull. The case has been appealed.
Ross is a son of an alderman of the city
of Greenville.
A meeting of the creditors of the Independent
Oil Company was held at Darlington
last week,and the statement of the
condition of the company made by the
receiver shows that the liabilities greatly
exceed the assets. It is certain that the
stock is wiped out, and the creditors of
the company will not be paid more than
33 or 40 per cent. No doubt the plants
of the concern will soon be sold and the
company reorganized by the largest creditors.
Judge Brawley last week made public
his decision in the Laurens cotton mill
case. He dismisses the injuuction granted
by Judge Klugh, which prevented the
Millikens from voting their stock, and he
enjoins them from disposing of their
stock until the further order of the court.
His decision is a victory for Milliken so
far. but what the final outcome of the
case will be is hard to say. There is a
long, hard fight ahead, for neither side
will give in.
BranchYille's Electric Plant.
Branchville, July 29.?The electric
light plant and telephone exchange
erected here by the Piedmont Electric
Company of Anderson is pow in full operation.
This plant, the erection of which
has been in charge of Mr. L. M. Felton,
is up-to-date in every particular and a
more up-to-date plant could hardly be
found in the State. It is expected that
the erection of the electric light plant
and telephone exchange will be the means
of other and equally as valuable enterprises
being erected here.
Mr. Henry F. Walker, of Charleston,
who is manager of the Edisto Lumber
Company and Mr. Limehouse of Summerville
have moved their families here and
will make this place their home for the
present.
Capt. J. R. Hamilton, who has been
visiting relatives near Chester, returned
home a few days ago.
Miss Wieine Jfietcner, or Monroe, n.
C., is here visiting Mrs. W. A. Bass.
Mrs. Alsbrook, of Columbia is here visiting
her brother, Rev. S. A. Nettles.
Rev. S. A. Nettles and family will leave
here Monday for an extended trip west;
they will probably visit the Lewis and
Clark exposition before returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed, of Union are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bass.
Misses Ruth and Ray Garfunkle, of
Savannah, are here spending time with
Mrs. R. Pearlstine and family.
Mr. Harry L. Schlosburg, of Camden,
spent several days in town this week.
The junior baseball team of Charleston
will play a series of games with the
team here next week, commencing Wednesday
afternoon.
Yery Suggestive.
The mother was expecting guests for
the evening, and at 8 o'clock the youngest
son was told that it was bedtime. The
little fellow persisted in sitting up for the
occasion, pleading fear of the darkness.
His mother assured him there was nothing
to fear, saying he would not be alone,
as the angels would be in the room to
guard him. Finally the youngster reluc'
Kod An Vinnr lflfpr a
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little figure appeared in the dining room
doorway, much to the amusement of the
entire company,, saying:
"Mamma!"
"Well, dear?" his mother said.
"May I speak, mamma?"
"Certainly, dear. What do you want?"
"Mamma, are^ the angels in my room
now?"
"Yes, dear."
"Are they in my bed, too?"
"Oh, yes, yes, dear," answered the
mother impatiently.
"Well, then, mamma, the angels are
biting me."
To start the day with a wine glass of
Shaw's Pure Malt gives vigor to carry on
your work; to end it with the same is to
help nature recuperate. For sale at the
dispensary.
WORKMAN FIRES UPON EMPLOYER.
E. G. Biljingsley, Vice President of a Construction
Company, Shot in Darlington by an
Employe.
Darlington, July 27.?A shooting oc- (
curred here today about 12 o'clock which
came near being a very serious and ugly
affair. The difficulty arose between E. G.
Billingsley, of St. Louis, and Joe Brock,
of Kentucky, and the result is that Billingsley
has a serious and painful, but
not dangerous, wound, while Brock has
been lodged in jail.
The warrant issued today was to the
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enect mat isrooas assauneu auu suui johlingsley
inflicting a dangerous and severe
wound and that Brock had disturbed the
peace of the town. Billingsley is the vice
president of the West Construction company,
of Chattanooga, which has the contract
for constructing pavements in Darlington.
Brock is a finishing smith who
has been working for the company. Billingsley
is not the local superintendent of
this job but seems to be a kind of general
supervisor and director of many like this
at Darlington. Billingsley was here today,
was inspecting the work and had occasion
to reprimand Brock as to the character of
his work. At this Brock became infuriated
and warm words passed between the
two men. The superintendent of the
work states that Brock cursed Billingsley
and Billingsley threatened to discharge
Brock because of inferior work. Brock
took offense and quit and armed himself,
after which he sought to renew the trouble.
Billingsley asked him to be quiet and
go to the hotel to talk it over and thereupon
proceeded to go to the hotel. Brock
began firing and Billingsley ran through
the hotel and on into Floyd's restaurant
in the rear. Brock followed and fired
three times. Only one ball took effect
but this inflicted an ugly wound in Billingsley's
face. The doctors probed for
the ball but have not found it. The
wounded man is resting well and his condition
is not considered dangerous.
After the shooting Brock walked delib
erately and bravely up the street, all the
while looking to either side and flourishing
his pistol in his hand. He stopped m
front of the court house and defied the
crowd which, was gathered around.
Policeman Langston came up and tactfully
approached the enraged man by assuring
him of his protection. Mr. Langston
was very cool and brave in the way
he acted and he has been highly praised
for the skillful management of this case.
He arrested the man without any difficulty
but a less brave and composed officer
would have caused much bloodshed.
Brock is in jail awaiting his trial.
It is said that Billingsley was unarmed.
A Shocking Confession.
Benedict is a New Haven man who has
been eight times the father of a bouncing
bounder. In the outskirts of the university
city is a little town among the hills
named Prospect, and last year four of the
children were sent there for the summer.
One day Benedict and his wife entertained
at dinner a new acquaintance, Professor
B. The Professor is a bachelor,
and like many scholarly men, rather ill at
ease in society.
'What a fine little family of children
you have," he began with an admiring
glance at the four stay-at-homes.
"Yes, indeed," replied Benedict proudly,
"and we have four more in Prospect."
The Professor blushed his astonishment.
?August Lippincott's.
The Old Time Game.
An Oklahoma paper says it was a baseball
editor with religious convictions who
originated the following:
"The devil was the first coacher; he
coached Eve when she stole first. Adam
stole second. When Isaac met Rebecca
at the well she was walking with a pitcher.
Sampson struck out a good many
times when he beat the Philistines.
Moees made the first run when he slew
the Egyptians. Cane made a base hit
when he slew Abel. The prodigal son
made a home run. David was a long
distance thrower, and Moses shut out the
Egyptians at the Red sea. The game was
called when a flood came, on account of
wet grounds."
Colston News.
Colston, August 1.?We are having
some fine weather now, and the farmers
have begun to pull fodder.
Misses Rebbecca and Bertha All are
spending a few days with their friends
and relatives at Williston.
Messrs. T. D. and J. W. Beard and J.
B. All went to Jennys last Friday night
to attend a K. of P. banquet.
Mrs. T. A. Peeples, of Savannah, returned
to her home last Saturday, after
spending several days with her father,
Rev. S. P. Chisolm.
Dr. E. Kirkland and Mr. T. D. Beard
have the finest cotton we have seen.
Mr. Lonnie Birt and sister, Miss Myrtie,
returned to their home at Elko today,
after spending a few days here with relatives
and friends.
Messrs. J. B. All and R. L. Beard spent
last Saturday at Eamberg.
"My proudest boast," said the lecturer
who expected his statement to be greeted
with cheers, "is that I was one of the
men behind the guns."
"How many miles behind?" piped a
voice in the gallery.
BANK WINS BY ROBBERY, i
1
THE CASHIER TURNED THIEF AND MADE S
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
Lacked Sand to Save Himself?Got Away with j
$70,000.00 But Lost His Nerve and Got <
Seven Years in the Penitentiary. 1
This is the true story of a bank cashier 1
whose speculations with the money of the <
bank that employed him were to the <
profits of the institution, although the ]
cahier himself gained nothing through j
his deals. The story is acccurate in eve- ]
ry particular, and the man who figures in ]
it under the name of "Brown" is a multi- ,
millionaire well known in Chicago and \
New York. He is called Brown for the i
reason that his name is something else. '
When he was fourteen years of age and
attending a winter school in a backwoods
district in New York State, he fractured
some rule of the school and the strongarmed
pedagogue beat the boy nearly to
death. Brown, however, was not the boy
to suffer for nothing when there was a
profit in sight. His father was dead, and
he was his own champion. He visited a
lawyer in the town, to whom he told his
story and showed his bruises. The attorney
brought suit for him against the
schoolmaster and recovered a verdict of
$1,000, which was compromised by the
teacher for $600.
Having obtained this sum, Brown
deemed his education complete, gave up
the school, and launched into business for
himself. He made money steadily, and
within ten years was the proprietor of a
shoe jobbing establishment in a small
town, near Boston, working eighteen
hours a day, saving about all that he made
and climbing rapidly toward the goal of
wealth he had marked out for himself.
ROBBED THE BANK OF $70,000.
One of his closest friends was the cashier
of the bank in which he kept his account.
They were both young men, both
widely ambitious to make money and to
make it quickly. They had many traits
in common, hut when it came to nerve,
Brown, as between the two, had the market
cornered. It was in the days before
the stenographer and typewriter, and <
Brown was one night scratching away at
his correspondence when the cashier
rattled the latch on his office door.
He was admitted, and lost no time in de- i
claring his mission.
"I'm in trouble, Brown, and I want ,
your help." ?
"Money or advice?" queried the cautious
Brown.
"Both."
"I've plenty of the latter," said Brown,
"but I haven't so much of the first; but
I'll do what I can. "What's the trouble?"
"It's trouble enough, I can tell you. I
have been speculating with the bank's
money and I'm $70,000 short. The bank
examiner is coming the day after tomorrow;
there will be a meeting of the directors
the same day, anfl there is no way I
can stand off the exposure unless I have
the money to replace what I have taken.
I don't know where to get the money,
and I don't know what to do."
Brown did not answer for a minute.
All his available cash was in that bank,
and there was a chance that it would fail.
The first thing in his mind was to gain
time to save his own money; so he
evaded a direct reply, and asked:
"Where's the money?"
"In stocks."
"What stocks? What shapes are your
deals in?"
SCHEME TO SAVE HIS OWN MONET.
i ne casnier weni luiua lungsiaiemeni,
the gist of which was that by closing out
some of the deals at once he would have
about $20,000, which could be turned into
the bank, leaving him loser and a default*
er to the amount of $50,000. If given
time there were excellent chances that
the other deals also would show a profit,
but timb was the one thing he could not
have.
While the cashier was going through
his story, Brown thought hard and fast,
and when the cashier had finished he had
made up his mind. His own money in
the bank was the first consideration, however,
and he determined to say nothing
until he had secured that. So he said:
"I haven't any $50,000 to give you. I
am not worth that much, but we have
one day in which to raise it. You come
over here at lunch time tomorrow and I
guess we can fix it up so that you will
not have any trouble. The bank may
have a little, but you won't. You come
here tomorrow noon, and in the meantime
for heaven's sake keep your mouth
shut."
As soon as the bank opened in the
morning Brown presented a check for the
full amount of his balance, and carried
off the money, to his own intense satisfaction
and the indignation of the cashier.
At noon the cashier strode into Brown's
nfflpo whitp with wrath and fpar
"What made you pull out all that money,
Brown?" he demanded. "You'll expose
everything and start a run on the bank.
Do vou want to ruin me?"
"If I have no trouble of my own to
bother me," said Brown, grimly, "I can
give all the more time to yours. Now sit
down there and we'll fix this thing up.
How much is there in that bank now? I
mean money that you can get?"
ADVISED A BOLD, CLEAN SWEEP.
"I can't take any more," said the cashier,
"I "
"Never mind that," rejoined Brown.
"How much is there in the bank?"
"About $100,000."
"How much in securities that you can
carry away?"
"I don't know?maybe $50,000."
"Well, now, you do what I tell you, and
you will get out of this thing without be
ing arrested?let alone going to the peni- /
tentiary. When that bank closes tonight \
pou take everything in it?all the money,
ill the securities?everything. Steal s
sverything in the way of'money or seen- k
rities that you can steal."
"I can't," gasped the cashier. "I've
;aken too much now. I'll go to prison j
sure. There isn't time enough for me to
jet away. They'll follow me and bring
ne back."
"It isn't a question of getting away,"
said Brown. "It's a question of getting .
iff. Now, you listen to me, do just what 1
[ say, and you're all right. You have t
stolen $70,000 from that bank, and you've
jot $70,000 now. You can get $150,000 c
more. Get it. Then when the directors
meet tomorrow you walk in and say: 1
Gentlemen, I have robbed this bank of i
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the money in speculation, but my deals
are in fine shape and I can pay it all back
in a short time." (
CASHIER LACKED THE "SAND." 1
" 'If you will agree to give me time, *
and not prosecute me, I can save the <
bank?otherwise it goes under. I can
give you $150,000 now.' That's the mon- (
ey you have to take tonight, you understand.
Then say: 1
" T can give you $20,000 in two days, :
and the balance in a short time after \
that.,
"That is all you have to say to them,"
added Brown,""and they will be tickled 1
to get that $150,000 and that $20,000 that i
they will break their necks to take your
offer."
"I can't do it," moaned the whitefaced 1
cashier. "It won't do. They'll never let
me off."
"It's the best thing to do," said Brown,
'and what's more, irs the only thing. It
is your one chance. Play it through, and
you win. If you don't get the rest of that
money they'll send you up sure. You've
got to do it, man."
"And do you know," said Brown, in
telling the story, "that I couldn't make
that fellow see that thing? I argued with
him for hours, but he just hadn't the
sand. He said he would confess everything
and throw himself on the mercy of
the directors, and in spite of all I could
say, that is what he went and did. And !
the funny thing about it was the bank
held onto his $50,000 deals, and the stock |
went up, and the bank cleared about
<?innnn
w(vvu?
"That cashier? What happened to him? !
Oh, he got seven years. He ought to j
have got fourteen. A cowardly cuss like
that."?Chicago Record-Herald.
ASSAILANT OF STEWART GETS TEN YEARS.
Savannah Negro Who Assaulted Young Columbian
Given the Limit of the Law.
Savannah, Ga., July 27.?William M.
Robinson, the negro who struck Archibald
M. Stewart with a shovel and beat
him into insensibility at the new city hall
here June 28, was convicted in superior
court today of assault with intent to murder,
and sentenced by Judge Cann to
serve ten years in the penitentiary, the
limit allowed by law. When Judge Cann
asked the prisoner, after the verdict of
guilty had been read,if he had anything to
say, he answered: "Nothing, only I
didn't strike him while he was on the
ground."
In sentencing the prisoner the court
said: "The evidence shows that it was
an absolutely unneccessary assault. It i
shows, further, that you did strike him '
after he was upon the ground, and it is a
mecciful thing that the boy was not '
killed by you. The court cannot see anything
to mitigate this offence in any way.
He feels it is his duty to the community
to impose a sentence of ten years in the
penitentiary."
The evidence showed the negro struck
voune Stewart from behind and hit him
several blows after knocking him down.
Stewart had told him not to curse a little
white boy employed as water carrier. It
was some time after this that the negro
assaulted him.
Lexington Depot Plundered.
Lexington, July 27.?At about 2
o'clock this morning robbers broke into
the depot here and plundered the express
packages, opened drawers and desks and
broke into the freight room.
Boozer Strother, colored, a hackdriver,
happened to be passing, and seeing the
light under a door and being near train
time, went to the door and swung it open.
Two pistol shots were fired into him at
close range and close together. He is
badly wounded and in a serious condition.
One ball entered the chest, ranging
downward and has not yet been located.
The other entered the right hip and
ranged down the leg, but has not been
removed as yet.
It is supposed that the robbers were
three white men who were seen around
the station the day before, but no trace of
them can be found.
Always Liberal to Churches.
Vvptv rhnrrh will hp ?nvpn a lihpral
quantity of L. & M. paint. Call for it. ;
4 gallons Longman and Martinez L.&M.
paint mixed with 3 gallons linseed oil, i
will paint a house. W. B. Barr, Charles- ]
ton, 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. 1
linseed oil, which you do in read^-for-use (
paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at
60 cents per gallon and mix it with L. & 1
If. paint. It makes paint cost about $1.20 1
per gallon. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy. ;
State Farmers' Institute.
Southern Railway announces rate of 1
one first class fare plus 35 cents, for the i
round trip, (minimum rate 50 cents) to <
Calhoun and Cherrys Crossing, S. C., on
account of the State Farmers' Institute, 1
Clemson College, S. C., August 8-11,1905. ]
Tickets to be sold August 6, 7, 8, with 1
final limit August 13th, 1905, from all J
points in South Carolina, including
Augusta, Ga. For full information consult
ticket agent or R. W. Hunt, Division 1
Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. i
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
JOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
*ews Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Country Correspondence.
The farmers have begun pulling their
odder, and already the fleecy staple is
>eginning to unfold its little pods.
The protracted services at Springtown
dosed last Wednesday. No members
vere added, but much interest was made
nanifest by the large crowds at each service.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner Houser and little
laughter, Erminia, have returned to their
lome in Jacksonville, Fla., after a pleasant
visit to relatives and friends in this
wintv.
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The many friends of Miss Kathleen
Chisolm will be surprised to learn that
she has pat on the sacred mantle of mat*
rimony. She has been on a lengthy visit
to her sister, Mrs, Wertz, in Georgia, and
bas fallen in love with oar sister State
and its folks to the extent of deciding to ,
stay there. Mr. Watson, is exceedingly
lacky (thoagh we do not know him) in
gaining so fair a prize as Miss Chisolm,
and her many friends here extend their
best wishes for a centary of analloyed
bliss and happiness to the happy yoong
conple. They were married last Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. H. H. Hill and daughters, of Sanford,
Fla., are visiting friends and relatives
here.
The union meeting at Springtown was
largely attended.
Little Miss Bessie Sandifer, of oar
midst, is visiting her sister at Spring
Branch.
Mr. Editor, if there is another marriage
to chronicle next week, will write agaan.
Mr. W. M. Hughes killed a rattlesnake
3unday that weighed nearly five pounds
ind had twelve rattles.
Death of Mr. J. T. Hutto.
. Govah, July 28.?Mr. J. T. Hutto, one
)f the best men in this community, died
ast Friday, after an illness of two weeks#
Hemorrhagic fever caused his death.
The funeral services were conducted
Saturday morning from tteorge s ureex
church, Rev. Beckham, of Denmark, officiating.
Mr. Hntto was a good, true man
md leaves a host of relatives and friend*
,o mourn his loss. Springtown,
the lovely and unique new
Baptist church, about five miles from
lere, was dedicated Sunday. A large
crowd attended the pleasant occasion and
;rere highly entertained by an excellent
sermon by Rev. J. K. Hair, of Blackville,
Mrs. Lucy H. Lancaster is visiting her
sister, Mrs. H. H. Walker, of Beech Island.
Mrs. Murray Seabrook of Johns' Island
is the guest of her father, Mr. H. M.
Kennedy.
Misses Jennie Herron and Rosa Hay
hre visiting friends at Dunbarton.
Mrs. Mary E. Glover and her interest- ing
family are at the home of her father,
Mr. U. M. Eaves. 1
Mildred and Lizzie Walker, two little
girls from Beech Island, are the charming '
guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Hutto.
A Loss to Allendale.
Allendale, July 29.?The many
friends of Dr. Walter S. Hay will regret
to hear that he died this morning at Aiken,
S. C., where he went about two
weeks ago hoping to benefit his health by
a change of climate and skilled medical j
attention. In the death of Dr. Hay our
town and county have met with a distinct
loss. He was chairman of the
board of health of Allendale and prominent
in all public enterprise for the upbuilding
of the town. He served his
country faithfully in the war between the
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He had a very large practice in town and
the surrounding country. He leaves a
wife, three sons and two daughters.
The residence of Mrs. Lila Williams
was destroyed by fire about 2 P. M. yesterday.
The fire originated in the kitchen
from a defective stove flue.
Mr. Beckwlth Accepts.
Florence, July 29.?The Rev. John G.
Beckwith, pastor of the First Methodist
church of this city, has been offered the
position of financial agent of the Columbia
College, formerly the Columbia Female
College, vice the Rev. J. A. Duncan
having resigned to go to Montgomery,
Ala.
Mr. Beckwith has signified his intention
of accepting the position upon the
condition that he be allowed to retain the
pastorate of the First Chuith at this place
until the ena 01 me present. uyniereutc
pear and that he be allowed an assistant
in his work at Florence. If the board
has agreed to this request Mr. Beckwith
will give one Sunday in each month
until the end of his term to the Florence
Church.
The work contemplated for Mr. Beck*
with is to canvass the Stdte for the pur*
pose of raising the $100,000 to be used in
;he erection of the new college buildings
aear Hyatt Park at Columbia.
Q. Frank Bamberg handles the best
buggies and wagons, yet the prices
ire reasonable.
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