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| * The Sad Fate of Mrs. Ben Willis, in Colleton
County.
Walterboro, December 7.?News
reached here this morning of the death
of Mrs. Ben Willis, at her home at Cottageville,
resulting from barns received
yesterday. It seems that Mrs. Willis was
alone at home with a colored woman.
She had given the colored woman some
money to go to a store to purchase some
fruit to make a fruit cake for Christmas,
as she expected her absent children to be
V at home then. While the colored woman
was absent on.the mission Mrs. Willis's
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clothes became ignited and before any
thing could be done for .her she was so
hnrnfid that death resulted in a few
Sp hours. Mrs. Willis was the widow of
? ' Capt. Ben Willis,who died here about two
^ears ago, while sitting on a jury in the
rourt houde. She was-a lady of many
^ - friends and justly popular in her comtuunity,
and her death -will come as a
' severe shock to all who knew her.
Claims Placed on File.
Washington, Dec. 9.?W. Boyd Evans,
attorney, today filed before the court of
C- claims, a claim for soldiers' pay for mem\
hers of the First and Second South Carolina
regiments and heavy artillery batf
4 tery in the Spanish-American war, for
;; r^ ; service from time of leaving home till
mustering in.
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jv As documentary evidence 27 certified
company rolls were filed. Mr. Evans
J|* learned through Attorneys Calhoun and
P | Saizer that the South Carolina soldiers in
Sthe marine service are also entitled to
this hack pay and wired Adjutant
General Frost to request Commander
Pinckney to prepare rolls giving dates of
. leaving home and actual musterings in. j
Applications must be filed by Jan. 1.
Sues Conference for Back Salary.
^ ~ V: A decidedly unusual suit is that which
has been entered against the Palmetto
conference of the African M. E. Zion
church by S. T. Meek of this city, who
seeks to recover $2,100 back salary. The
^5'- : amount named is what he alleges is still
due him on salary, as presiding elder for
|r for eight years' seivice from 1896 to 1904.
This suit, it is believed, is without a
parallel in the history of the church and
** v" and is thonsrht tO be I
; | the result of not being given an appoint- j
&y'; ment by Bishop J. S. Caldwell, of Phlla-j
lP*t delphia, last year, when the bishop de-1
"$T ctined op account of Meek's not meeting |
his personal obligations.?Union Prog-j
y.rass. ._>
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f/:- A gentleman riding with an Irishman
, camo within sight of an old gallows, and,
^ to display his wit, said:
r|5^y ' "Pat, do you see that?''
- - t ?Xo be sure Oi do," replied Pat.
y&i v "And where would you be if the galBp
lows had its due?""Oi'd
be riding alone," replied Pat.
f ^ Vliegro Slew His Son With a Broomstick.
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Anderson, Dec. 8?L.I Jordan, a negro
\ypy 'who lives on South Fant street, this
morning killed bis son, Wesley Jordan,
' a youth 'about 19 years old, with a broomstick.
The boy had been unruly and his
y:'father started to chastise him, using a
broomstick for the purpose. He struck
yv the boy a sharp blow across the head and
the boy sank into a chair and soon beS&y;
came unconscious and died in a few
minutes. Jordan sent for a doctor and
was working over his son's body trying
Kim when thfl nhvsiHftn arrived.
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it The physician says death resulted from a
?y:\ hemorrhage of the brain, caused by the
^ blow. Jordan remained at his house
^ until the deputy sheriff arrived and ar
rested him and carried him to jail. It is
'0. generally believed that Jordan's story of
the killing is correct. i
IN MAD"CHASE.
Millions rash in mad chase after health
when one extreme of faddism to another,
f from, if they would only eat good food,
and keep their bowels regular with Dr.
King's New Life Pills, their troubles
^ would all pass away." Prompt relief and
j* quick cure for liver and stomach trouble.
25c at all druggists in Bamberg; Felder
?' & Matthews, Denmark; guaranteed.
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Big Dam Salt Again Porfjponed.
Union, Dec. 8?The proceedings
brought by the Columbia Electric Street
Railway, Light and Power Company,
which involves important riparian rights
and was to permanently enjoin the Union
Manufacturing and Power Company from
restraining the waters of the Broad river
by its big dam at Neals Shoals was not
argued to-day before Judge Townsend as
expected, presumably because he retires
from the circuit bench next Friday and
might not have time to render a decision.
When, and before whom the hearing
will be held is not known to-day as both
. President Duncan of the Union Power
i Com Dan v and his attorney are away..
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FURIOUS FIGHTING
(v- "For seven years," writes Geo. WJ
Hoffman, of Harper, Wash., "I had abiti
- ter battle, with chronic stomach and liver
' tronble, but at last I won, and cured my
diseases, by the use of Electric Bitters. I
v'. ; . recommend them to all, and don't intend
in the future to be without them in the
bouse. They are certainly a wonderful
, medicine, to have cured such a bad case
as mine." Sold, under guarantee to do
" the same for you, by all druggists in Bamberg
;Felder& Matthews, Denmark; at
. 50c a bottle. Try them today.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS \
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading t
Pungent Paragraphs About Men j
and Happenings.
Edgefield county voted out the dispen- 1
sary last Thursday by a majority of about <
two to one. {
The election in Saluda county on the {
dispensary question is to be held on the .
19th instant.
The girls at Winthrop college hissed J
the board of trustees recently because the 1
board would not grant a holiday at Christ- i
mas. 1
Hamp Smith, assistant town marshal of j
Hampton, was shot and killed last Thursday
night by three brothers named Cook. \
The men were drinking and the marshal i
attempted to arrest them. . i
The office of the county treasurer in t
Georgetown was broken into Saturday {
night but only the cash drawer was broken
open and about one hundred pennies
stolen. There is no clue to the guilty j
party. ,
Lewis Broughton, a negro, was shot
and killed by the chief of police of Greer,
Greenville county, last Friday. Broughon
was an all round bad negro and that
policeman was attempting to arrest him t
for selling blind tiger liquor. He opened t
fire on the officer first, and fired three >
times. '
Mr. M. D. Blackmon, of Columbia, was
killed in Lexington county last week by 1
the bursting of a circular saw which was t
being used for cutting wood. When the f
saw flew to pieces one of the fragments ,
struck him full in the face and.cutting
deep into the brain. He lived only a I
short time after the accident. ]
Hon. Altamont-Moses died in Sumter (
last week, and was buried in that city j
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Moses was one f
of the prominent men in public affairs of
this State. He had been a member of the e
legislature for many years, and was chair- g
man of the ways and means committee ?
at the time of his death. He was Past ~
Grand Chancellor of the Knights of c
Pythias. . t
At a special term of court in Williams- *
burg county last week, Arthur Williams,
Jenkins Burrows, and Robert Scott, all 0
negroes, were convicted of the murder of
Mr, Julian Wilson and sentenced to be
hanged on January 12th. Mr. Wilson %
was murdered in a country store in that t
county a short time ago, and the special v
term of court was promised. in order to .
keep the negroes from being lynched.
Williams made a confession. c
Brown Johnson, colored, an employe a
of the Southern Power Company, engaged
in erecting poles between York- t
\ille and Clover, was blown almost to ,
pieces by a discharge of dynamite on 0
Thursday. Johnson was holding a stick a
of the explosive in his hand and was sit- d
tihg with companions near a fi e The ^
dynamite exploded and caused a box containing
a quantity of. the same material 8
standing by to explode also. Johnson c
was so badly injured that he died soon f
after. Alex Steward was painfully hurt.
Others were stunned but escaped injury.
The State Supreme Court last week
passed an order that J. S. Farnum must ?
produce in that court the papers which c
he refused to show the dispensary inves- i
rrk a /Inf A moo
MgttblUK UUUiUllbbUC. UdbU UAWU w?o j
last Monday, at which time Farnum's attorney
appeared and asked for further 8
time, saying that the papers were in the
hands of a man in Georgia, who was now
off on a hunt and could not be reached.
The court gave him until next Monday
to produce the papers. Farnum is a beer
dispenser in Charleston, and it is thought
these letters, if ever brought to light, will
throw much light on dispensary matters.
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at G.
Frank Bamberg's.
That Train to Bamberg.
Post E., as told of in The Sunday Herald,
is in earnest for better schedule to
Augusta, and from what can be learned,
will continue to lend every effort to get
the Southern to put on a train between
this city and Bamberg. Mr. McGee of the
Southern, when seen to-day, said he
could not yet state if the schedule would
be extended, but talked rather favorable
about it.?Augusta Herald.
One Bonnd of Pleasure.
"Ever have a continuous show here?"
inquired the advance agent, who had con
eluded his business and was waiting for
his train, according to the Smart Set. (
"Heck, yes!" promptly replied the land- ?
lord of the Prunytown tavern. "It began ?
shortly after thin-voiced, stoop-shoulder- \
ed, skimpey little Lester Pinney dyed his j
whiskers a gay and rakish black and ad- <
vertised for a wife. He got her, all right ]
enough, in the person of a broad, com- (
manding-sized widow, with half a dozen t
rampant and nncurried children and an (
old maid sister who was, and still is, addicted
to the elocution, soulfulness and (
spells and a couple of brothers too able* (
bodied to work except at a dinner table <
a nd a miscellaneous collection of mission- i
f *
aries, sigh-collygists, natural bone-setters 1
delsarte chair-setters, hyp-not-nitists and J
other hypochondriconfoundednuisances, ^
who come and go, but seldom fail to keep t
the house full, and all the time have ap- c
petites like dragons. Lester married to
get a helpmeet and got instead a gang of
help-hirp-eats. This happened some four j
.years ago and is still going on?a con- p
tinuous show, for men only, as you might
fi
say, but contrary to custom, at the same ~
time one with a pretty good sized moral I
attached to it, if you just look at it right." I
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Jollyboy?Well, supposing she did a
throw you over because you lost your ?
money; there as good fish in the sea as t
ever came out of it. I
Saddun?I know; hut that's poor con- r
eolation for a fellow who has lost his bait, c
Mistrial Was Ordered.
Columbia, December 6.?The jury in
he State House case against Milburn and
VIcIlvain-Unkefer Company resulted in a
nistrial. After the jury had been out for
,wenty-four hours Judge Gage asked the
jury if there was any hope of agreement
rhe jury did not think so, but he thought
t well after the case bad been before the
jourt for nearly two weeks, to take
mother try. It was a vain hope and afer
noon Judge Gage directed that a misrial
be entered, as it was evident that the
^ a/vkaa TKn follr oKrvnf tVio
lUijr wuiu uw? ogiw. *?<,
range after the jury came out was that
i majority of the members of the jury
vere in favor of a verdict for damages
"or the State agaiDSt Frank P. Milburn
md Mcllvain-Unkefer Company, but that
s another matter and all that the records
lay and all that i3 of moment is that after
;welve days of work the trial resulted in
i disagreement of the jury.
Q. Frank Bamberg handles the best
toggles and wagons, yet the prices
ire reasonable.
Court at Walterboro.
Walterboro, December 6.?The last
iwo days of court were taken up in the
rial of William Cox, William DeHog,
Edward J. Hiott, R. E. Lee, Elliot Macivood.
It will be remembered these men
vere sent to jail here several months ago
iccused of breaking open and stealing
rom freight cars on the Atlantic Coast
'.tn a Poilmo^ Torino f h OT7 QttomntoH tn
JIUU JLIAlXiVaUi A ?? iUV UUVJ uvvvuji^vwm ?v
jreak out of the jail, one of them, J. E
Tludd, succeeding, and being still at large
Juite a number of witnesses were examned
and considerable interest was maniested
in the trial. The case was conclud:d
yesterday and this morning the Judge
jave his charge. The jury was out
tbout fifteen minutes and returned a verlict
of not guilty.
jearch for Treasure Near Columbia.
Parties living about twelve miles north
if the city are telling a rather strange
tory concerning a search for $50,000 in
;old supposed to be buried by a paymaser
of Sherman's army.' The land on
rhich the gold is supposed to be buried
3 owned by Mr. Joseph McGee, of this
ity, and, composes a tract of about 1,800
ores.
Mr. McGee purchased the land some
ime ago and recently inspected the bouniaries.
On his drive around he noticed
bout a hundred holes of various depths
lug and naturally inquired the reason for
his work of excavation. It took him
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orae time to find out the history of the
:ase, but he eventually learned that a man
rom the north has been living on propirty
adjoining his for about a year and
his man has done nothing but dig for
fold. The people living in that section
>f the country regard him as a harmless
unatic, and no doubt the man does not
nind this as it lets him go ahead with the
earch undisturbed.:
Upon investigation it was learned that
vhen Sherman left Columbia he marched
oward Winnsboro. All along the way he
yas worried and harrassed by Hampton's
jrigade and a number of skirmishes took
ilace. Man from the north now looking
lor the gold is said to be one of a party
guarding a paymaster once when they
sighted some of the men in gray. Rather
ihan have the gold captured the paymas;er
buried it. In the skirmish that followed
several of the Federals were killed and
ihe searcher for gold escaped.
He afterwards went north and a short
;ime ago managed to get enough money
;o take it easy for some years. He at
)uce came here and since then has been
ndustriously digging for the $50,000.
As proof of the fact that there were a
lumber of skirmishes near there a quaniity
of brass buttons were recently unearthed.
Whether there is that much
noney in the ground or not, however, |is
mother matter.
ttlnner Took Smallpox
Bennetttville, Dec. 6.?The smallpox
epidemic is creating some anxiety not to
lay alarm in some sections of the county,
md vaccination is almost universal. A
'ew days ago Mr. James McDaniel died
Irom the effects of smallpox. A few days
earlier a negro boy by name of Moses
Long also succumbed to the loathsome
iisease. Several cases now prevail in
hat neighborhood; there has been no
quarantine or compulsory vaccination.
Mr. McDaniel was a prominent farmer,
>wner of a public mill and ginnery and
contracted the disease by ginning some
cotton on which a negro had been sleepng
who had the disease, without the
knowledge of Mr. McDaniel. Qis head
ind body swelled abnormally and friends
ind neighbors of course could not jeoparlize
the lives of their families, as well as
heir own, by rushing into the dreaded
Iisease.
TORTURE OF A PREACHER.
The story of torture of Rev.O. D. Moore,
castor of the Baptist church, of Har>ersville,N.
Y.,will interest you. He says:
T suffered agonies, because of a persistint
cough, resulting from grip. I had to
,leep sitting up in bed. I tried many remidies,
without relief, until I took Dr.
king's New Discovery for consumption,
toughs and colds, which cured my cough
md saved me from consumption." A
^rand cure for diseased conditions of
hroat and lungs. At all druggists in
lamberg; Felder & Matthews,Denmark;
trice 50c and fl.00, guaranteed. Trial
tottle free.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Aronnd <
the County and Elsewhere. t
Ehrhardt Etchings. j
Ehrhardt, December 11.?Messrs. j
Frank and Jacob Hiers have hauled the ,
lumber on the ground for their store 4
building. ]
Capt. J. C. Westeriuna win gotounar. <
leston today to buy some Christmas j
goods for his trade during the Xmas j
holidays. He expects to be in his new ]
place of business by then. ]
C. Ehrhardt & Sons will be in want of ,
several mill hands at their saw mill plant |
for another year. Good prices and good ,
quarters are furnished their hands. (
Saturday was a damp, cold day, and the (
dispensary did a good business. Lots of
colored men were rich enough from the :
effect of a half pint to want to buy land, .
others were talking about their wealth, ]
which amounted to five cents when asked
to show up. "Oh, how funny I feel when (
I feel that way," is their song.
Mr. A. W. Brabham is busily engaged
in a legal contest for some lands in his
neighborhood, which caKes an 01 ms
spare time, bat he can't give np his cotton
farm. Says his top cotton has commenced
to open since the last frost.
Mrs. M. A. Adams, of Bamberg, passed
through town Friday on her way to visit
her son, Charlie, who lives in Walterboro.
Dr. J. H. Roberts went on a business
trip to Rock Hill last week.
Mr. Charlie Kinsey has concluded to
work for Capt. J. M. Dannelly in his
general merchandise store.
Dr. J. L. Copeland was the busiest man
in town last week. Seems as if every one
in the neighborhood wanted some medicine.
C. Ehrhardt & Sons have a choice lot of
Hawkes' eye glasses.* Don't forget to try
them when your eyesight fails you.
jee.
olston Callings.
Colston, December 12.?Mr. T. D.
Beard is spending this week in Charleston.
He is attending the Masonic grand
lodge session.
Mrs. Kathleen Watson, of Mt. Carmel,
returned home last Sunday, after a week's
visit to her father. Rev. 8. P. Chisolm.
Master Rice Beard, of Bamberg, visited
relatives here Sunday. ^
Cards are out announcing the marriage j
of Mr. James Avant to Miss Blanche ,
Bishop, on December 21st. (
Messrs. H. W. and C. M. Vara visited
Bamberg last Monday. ,
Mr. C. W. Clayton spent last Sunday at
Barnwell.
Mrs. J. B. All and little son went to
Bamberg last Monday.
Mr. Hubert Chisolm spant Sunday
night at Bamberg.
The bird hunters in this sedtion are
having plenty of sport these days.
Bedding for Horses.
It is important that the horse be supplied
with warm, dry bedding, in a close,
well ventilated stable. A horse kept in a
cold damp stable will require fully 25 per
cent more feed to keep him in good condition
or he must call on his own system
to supply the neccessary energy.
It is not necessary to have the most expensive
stables and modern barns to keep
the horse comfortable, for the cheap one
can be just as comfortable. Close up the
cracks in your stable and you will have
gone a long ways towards making it as it
should be.
The cost of bedding on the average
farm is nothing, as there is generally
much material which can be used on the
farm. This is a good way to make use of
a straw stack, or some spoiled hay, which
will dsv better to use for bedding than
feed. Don't make horses eat what is unfit,
and sell the best; the best is none
too good for horses.
Where Are the Books?
There was a hearing in Columbia on
Friday, which is regarded as significant,
before the legislative committee appointed
to check np certain State officials. The
object is to discover the fonr missing
cash books from Secretary of State
Gantt's office covering transactions
amounting to many thousands of dollars.
These are the books about which there was
such a heated controversy at the last sesfi?nn
nf the legislature. The committee
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has information that these books were i
not burned as was intimated. Clerk Mc
Cown testified Friday that he was absent ]
in Florence when the books got lost, and
Clerk McLaurin did not know how the j
books got away. Secretary Gantt is sick ]
and his examinaion along with that of j
Clerk Means, of the sinking fund com- i
mission, is deferred until they can be examined
together.
A FEARFUL FATE.
It is a fearful fate1 to have to endure (
the terrible torture of piles. 'T can t
truthfully sav," writes Hany Colson, of j
Masonville, la., "that for blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, Bucklen s
Arnica Salve is the best cure made." Also
best for cuts, burns and injaries. 25c at
all druggists in Bamberg; Felder & Mat- 1
thews, Denmark. 1
CAN'T HANDLE SKUNK SKINS.
ft F. D. Carrier Musi Cut Out Offensive Side
Business.
Washington, Dec. 12.?A man can not
sell polecat skins and deliver the United
States mail from the same wagon at the
same time without getting in trouble with
(he postoffice department. This was es jihlished
when Mr. De Graw. the fourth
assistant postmaster general, received a I
complaint from a farmer living at Little
Hocking, Washington county, Ohio, who
declares that the rural free delivery carrier
who brings his letters and newspapers
disposes of'polecat skins as a side
line. The complainant further says that
his letters and newspapers exude a very
disagreeable odor as a result of this contact
with the skins, and that he thinks the
department should make the carrier cut
out the side line or resign from the government
service.
The rules of the department allow a
rural carrier to carry on other business,
provided it does not interfere with his
mail deliveries, and Mr. De Graw is trying
to figure out whether this is a sufficient
"interference."
Jury in State House Case.
The jury in the State house case appears
to have been quite talkative. Some
of the members of the jury have suggested
that if they had been more restricted
that a verdict might have been rendered,
rhe attitude of the jury seems to have
been an entire surprise to the community,
rhe surprise was two-fold, but particularly
that a majority of the jury shouid
aave been in favor of a verdict for
?65,000. This is talk from the jury room
ind may or may not be worth much, but
;he talk that has been circulated as coning
from the jury room is that eight of
;he jurors were in favor of a verdict of
?65,-000 for the State; that one stood for
i nominal verdict, and that after very
ong and very acrimonious discussion the
ofeman of the jury made a tentative offer
io agree to a nominal verdict, which
night approximate the cost of a second
irial, and that two of the members of the
jury would consent to no verdict, and
ind that these two bitterly opposed a
rerdict of any sort, and that they would
lever have consented to even a one cent
rerdict.?A. K. in News and Courier.
A New Excuse. \
There was a man in Atlanta, says the
Woman's Home Companion, who once
suspected a negro in his employ of tampering
with the* contents of his wine cellar,
especially with a certain brand of
whiskey. The employer decided to
adopt measures to verify his suspicions.
He allowed the demijohn holding his
"private stock" to become empty; then,
instead of refilling it, he placed his petbrand
in bottles, labeling each one
"poison."
One evening on returning home suddenly
he caught his servant "in flagrante
delicto." Seizing the bottle from the
darkey's hand the Atlanta man exclaimed
in a 'tone of terror, "Great heavens,
Sam! Do you know what you have been
doing? This bottle is marked 'poison!'"
The negro took the bottle and surveyed
it closely. Then he sniffed at it. A
melancholy smile flitted over his dnsky
countenance. "'Tain't pizen, sab," he
said, dejectedly. "I'se been fooled ag'in."
"Fooled again?" repeated the master
indignantly. "What do you mean?"
"Well, 8ah," continued the darkey In
the same tone of depression: "It am dis
way. I knowed from de fust, from the
way you acted 'bout dat demijohn, dat
you had yo' suspishuns of me, an' dat sho
made me feel pretty blue. I got distressed
an' didn't care. Why, sah, fo' most
two weeks now I'se been trying to commit
suicide outer dat bottle."
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How to Treat Your Town.
Praise it.
Improve it.
Talk about it.
Write about it.
Trade at home.
Tell of its business resources.
Tell of its natural advantages.
Trade and induce others to trade here.
When strangers come to town use them
well.
Don't call your best friends frauds and
impostors.
Support the local institutions that benefit
your town.
Look ahead of yourself when all the
town is to be considered.
Don't forget you live on the people
here, and you should help others as they
help you.
Don't advertise in the local paper "to
+V.O nmnriotnr " hnt tn heln vonrself.
UCip kuv/ -r y
Let's get together and keep things
moving, hustling all the time; cheerfully
keeping a stiff upper lip waiting for the
good time coming for the old town. Let's
Lry it. Do it now.
The Cotton Market.
The price of cotton is still going higher.
The price being paid in Bamberg
ioday (Wednesday) is 11 3-8 cents the
jound, while the receipts of the week are
ibout 175 bales or more.
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at G.
Prank Bamberg's.
A PITIFUL ACCIDENT. Little
Child Killed, While Crossing Tracks, by
Passenger Train.
One of the most pitiful accidents thai
has occurred in this section happened
Thursday about three miles above the
city, this side of Felton's bridge, when
the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon
Thompson was killed by the passenger
train due here at 10 o'clock.
The engine was in charge of Engineer
Hughes and was running on regular
time. The track at that place is perfect'
ly straight and a considerable grade coming
this way. There are high weeds on
both sides of the track at the place where .
the accident occurred, and the first Engineer
Hughes saw was a dog cross the
track just in front of the engine and immediately
the child started to follow his
dog. The train was so close by this time
that no earthly do wer could have stoDDed
it in time to save the child, and it was
terribly crushed by the heavy wheel*The
train was stopped but nothing could ' v.*
be done for the innocent little fellows
Death was instantaneous.
" Mr. Thompson, the father, was at his " . *
mother-in-law's, Mrs. Luther J. Burriss,
when the accident occurred, and was .
soon reached by phone, when he hurried gj!
home to find his child, whom he had left \-ity
only a short time before in health and v
happiness, now cold in* death.
Mr. Thompson is a son of Mr. Bob
Thompson of the Lebanon section, and
his wife is a daughter of the late Luther * -1 j
J. Burriss. They had been married about > : four
years, and this was their only child,
and was about three years old.
Another sad feature is the mother hat y
been very unwell for some months, and
confined to her bed a great deal of the * y
time and was unable to give the child her
company and care as she would like to > t
have done. 9
The Thompsons lived close to the rail-- ^ |
road at the old D. M. Drennan place.
Anderson Advocate. "" { ;: ^
Home Wedding. VvJi
Miss Lillian Bellinger and Mr. W. L .
Faulkner, of Augusta, were quietly mar- [
ried at the home of the bride's parents, ^
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bellinger, in this * ' &
city last Wednesday evening. Rev. 8*
Uarey iSecKwitn, 01 Aisen, rector 01 me
Episcopal v church, was the officiating,
minister. .
The bride and groom left on the evening
train for Augusta, where they will
make their home. Mr. Faulkner is k *
traveling salesman, representing the
Nixon Grocery Company, of Augusta, in
this territory, and is well and favorably ,
known to many people in this section.
The bride is a young woman of the most
admirable traits of character, and she is
deservedly popular among a very large
circle of friends here and elsewhere. Indeed
her husband is to be congratulated,
snd we, in common with all who know I S
her, wish for her a long life of happiness*- ;
She is a very fine woman, and we regret %
that her home is to be elsewhere than in V #
Bamberg. ?*
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Punswav Horses. > ' ' Wn
I There were three runaways on Hals
street this week, one every day for Sunr I'qJ
day, Monday, and Tuesday. Mr. Bipat- ^ ? ^
Brickie's horse ran away Sunday and . - dashed
up on the sidewalk in front of
Rhoad's store. Mr. J. P. Murphy was
passing and he was pushed violently
against the show window, breaking it*
Nobody was hurt much. Tuesday after- 'r.(
noon the same horse ran away again, and - rS
broke up the buggy against a tree near $
Pearlstine's store. Mr. Brickie and- the v
negro who was driving were both braised f *-~h
up some. / .-Jil
Monday afternoon a house belonging - <;
to Black & Black ran into a wagon and > %
demolished one wheel of the road cart to
which he was being driven, but nobody . |
was hurt. : v ^
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Dispensary Matters.'. J/j
Columbia, December 13.?-An effort
was made today'to keep the Anderson
dispensary open under injunction proceedings,
as was done in Greenville and
Spartanburg. The Anderson case was *
argued before the supreme court today.
Woo arc Rp|]!nm>r and Welsh aDDCaTOd
and asked that a temporary injunction be
granted restraining the county board of
Andferson from closing the dispensaries
which had been voted oat. The asnal
grounds of argument were used and the
court postponed a decision in the matter.
The dispensary committee will prob- <*
ably hold a meeting next Monday to plan
farther work before the Legislature
meets. Monday is the day the Farnum
papers will be brought into the Courts^,
and some interesting developments are
expected.
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To Baise Cigar Company's Taxes.
Columbia, December 7.?The Comp- /
trolJer General has raised the assessment
of the American Cigar Company under
the license law of this State from a return
of $174,200 to $812,739. This raise
was made as a result of the investigations
made by the Comptroller on the business
done, in this State, and will result in considerable
more license taxes being paid
in. It is probable that the company will
take the case into the courts.
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