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(gK.juV;,.; -V -fv'-.V - v *-' * '- '-v : - ' <?\- & . .. . .\ . , . ... \ j . " ' / -v, ; I * - j r'sgS irggjfl larnbwg S^ratfi V Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1906 One Dollar a Year I ? I crunni DAAVC 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. The time of meeting of the State Press Association has been changed to July 17, 18,19. The meeting will be held at the Isle of Palms. Mr. John J. McMahan, of Columbia, has entered the race for governor, on the dispensary platform, but he wants the institution reformed. Mr. McMahan was formerly State superintendent of education. The passenger train from Darlingtonto Hartsville was wrecked in the yard at Darlington last Sunday night. The cause of the wreck was a half turned switch at the MY," the switch having evidently been tampered with. Mr. C. L. Hayes, a prominent school book man from Tennessee, was drowned in the surf at the Isle of Palms last Thursday. Several others were in bathing at the time, some of whom were rescued with difficulty. William Marcus, a white man, was found guilty of murder in Charleston last week and sentenced to be hanged. Marcus was formerly a soldier, and brutally stabbed his wife with an ice pick at _ Sullivan's Island a few months ago. Insanity was the plea. Judge Hydrick has decided that the dispensary election in Laurens county was illegal, and the dispensaries will again be opened until another election is ^ hel$, unless an appeal is taken by the anti-dispensary people. Irregularities in ; the election caused the contest. V: Jesse Cain, a negro who escaped from a Florida jail 11 years ago while uhder sentence of death, was arrested at Kingstree Friday and carried back to Florida, , after stubborn resistance. Cain had opened a store, rented a four horse farm and was prospering when arrested. W. R. Gilliam, a white man of Union county, has been put in jail charged with ! the murder of Mose Hughes, a negro, | Gilliam's barn was burned some weeks ago and the old negro was arrested for the crime but was released as there was I no evidence against him. Later his body j ''-vp was found in the Tyger river, and it is j thought he was murdered by Gilliam. jP I Dr. J. A. Clifton, one of the prominent ministers of the South Carolina conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, died suddenly of heart failure at his home ?? in Marion last Thursday afternoon. The burial took place Friday at Sumter. Dr. Clifton was well-known and had many gHF^' *' ~r friends throughout the State, having ? served many of the most important charges. At the annnal meeting last week the i board of trustees of Wofford college de ' cided to abolish fraternities in the college. Most of the colleges in the State have done away with Greek letter societies. Members of the present Freshmen class will be allowed to join fraternities, but new students will be required to sign a pledge that they will not become members. This plan will result in the disbanding of the societies in a few years. ri'*- ?; -* ? He Gives Warning. "Now, Grace," commanded her husband, "I don't want you to buy your bathing suit like you buy your shoes." "How's that, dear?" "How's that? You know how's that. Two sues too small." A Foolometer. Some visitors who were being shown over a pauper lunatic asylum inquired of their guide what method was employed to discover when the inmates were sufficiently recovered to leave. "Well," replied he, "you see it's this way. We have a big trough of water ' and we turns on the tap. We leave it running, and tells 'em to bail out the water with pails until they've emptied the "How does that prove it?" asked one of the visitors. "Well," said the guide, "them as ain't idiots turns off the tap." Bomance Shattered. They were standing in the shadows down by the old mill. In the copse a ^ . night bird called. "Parting is such s^eet sorrow," he said with a sigh, as he stood and steeped his soul in the lovelight from her eyes. "Break away, George. Your liver's on the bum. What you need is sassafras tea." FOLLOWING TILL ITiAG. When our soldiers went to Cuba and the Philippines, health was the most important consideration. Willis T. Morgan, / . retired commissary sergeant U. S. A., of Rural Route 1, Concord, N. H., says: "I was two years in Cuba and two years in the Philippines, and being subject to colds, I took Dr. King's New Discovery lor Consumption, which kept me in perfect health. And now, in New Hamp^ -shire, we find it the best medicine in the / world for coughs, colds, bronchial troubles and all lung diseases." Guaranteed at Hoover's drug store and J. B. Black's. f*rice 5Qc and fl.OQ. Trial bottle free. \f ? \ ATTEMPT TO BRIBE. An Effort to Buy Appointment as County Dispenser at Walterboro. Walterboro, June 17.?A rumor has started up here within the last few days to the effect that an attempt was made by a candidate for dispenser to bribe the county board of control of this county. Several weeks ago the board advertised that they would elect dispensers at Walterboro, Lodge, Jacksonboro, Adams Hun and Rantowles on June 5th. There were quite a number of applications for the va| rious places, but all of the old dispensers were reelected. A report soon gained | circulation that a member of the board | had received a letter from one of the candidates offering him $200 for his vote and tne vote 01 one omer uiemuci, muasauiing bis election. It is said that the letter contained a hard luck story -about there being a mortgage on his place and he wanted to liquidate that the first year, that he did not want the member to consider his letter an attempt to bribe, for it was not so intended, but he thought every man was entitled to pay for his time and influence. When seen by your correspondent, a member of the board admitted that one of their members had received such a letter and that they had decided to turn it over to the grand jury at the approaching term of court. The board of control of Colleton county is composed of C. P. Fishburne, Sr., of Walterboro, W. N. Jones, of Ashton, and H. P. Ulmer, of Getsinger. The letter was written to Mr. Ulmer and shown by him to the other members of the board. The board held a special meeting Thursday and determined to take such action in this case that will convince all parties that they do not belong to the class that can be bribed. They regard the letter as a gross insult to themselves and will see that an example ? + V*ic r?orft? 19 uiauc Ul liuia paikjt The board did not care to give out the letter for publication nor the name of the person, as the matter will soon be before the courts. They admitted, however, that the contents of the letter was substantially as stated above. It was also stated that the person offering the bribe was a candidate for dispenser at Walterboro, which position pays about $80 per month. Col. J. W. Hill of Colleton, formerly a member of the legislature, has been dispenser here for some time and has made a most acceptable officer. He was reelected. There were two candidates opposing him, J. M. Buckner, of Cottageville and G. Albert Beach, of Stokes. Mr. Buckner was seen \ esterday and indignantly denied any such letter written by him. Mr. Beach lives about seven miles from town and could not be seen today. An "Innocent" Letter. The dispensary investigating committee made public the following letter last week. The letter was written by Geo. R. Koester, of the Columbia Record, a daily newspaper in Columbia. Comment is unnecessary: 1 Columbia, S. C., June 19,1902. Dear Farnum:?How about those beer, and whiskey ads. you promised me? OA AAwtv f A T AO ? AAmmonAO nnVi kJCUU bli^ j OK/ M vuia vviuuivuvv ^/v?w? lishing them. Every little helps to make The Record a bigger and stronger paper. The way The Record has made Dukes' fight for him has more than ever demonstrated the value of The Record as a friend and defender of the dispensary and its officers. If The Record were a bigger and better paper, it could more effectively take care of the dispensary's interests. It would be such a paper if all the firms which do business through the dispensary in this State were to give it their patronage. The dispensary people are anxious to sie The Record branch out and are going to take a good block of its stock to help make improvements. As it stands, The Record is a good piece of property, more than paying expenses. With ne * machinery, it can be made a good earner. It will pay you, directly and indirectly, to take several hundred dollars worth of stock. The shares are worth $25.00 each. How many will you take? Yours truly, Geo. R. Koesteb. Will Not Run. The pledge of Mr. Chas. A. Smith, of Timmonsville, was filed by a friend last Monday as a candidate for lieutenant governor, but Mr. Smith will not make the race. He would have done so had a candidate for governor come out who favored his views. Strong pressure was brought to bear on Mr. C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, to enter the race for ? ? a .1? j a _ 3. Ti governor, dud ne aecnneu 10 uo su. it is believed that had Mr. Featherstone entered for governor, Mr. Smith would have made the race for lieutenant governor. We regret that neither of these men can be voted for. They are both strong, brainy men, and it would have given us much pleasure to support them. Mr. Smith is one of the most prominent Baptists in the State, and is held in the highest esteem by all who know him. In sickness or wellness; in gladness or sadness, use SHAW'S MALT. For sale at the dispensary. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN YARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Aronnd the Conuty and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 18?Three cotton blooms have been brought to me. William Ealey, a colored farmer in this section, brought in a full red cotton bloom on last Thursday, Mr. M. A. Kinard one on Friday morning and another on Friday afternoon. The cotton is too small to brag about however and the continued rains makes the cotton crop look disheartening to the farmers. Saw acres upon acres of cotton in my travels that has not had a bit of work done to it since planting. Can't see where more than 50 per cent 01 a couon uruu uau uc wauc with average weather from now on. Messrs. Jacob Ehrhardt and Frank H. Copeland went to Newberry a week ago to attend the commencement of Newberry College and accompany their families home. Say, do you want some rain? We have plenty and will divide. Buford's, Rivers' and Broxton bridges have been washed away by the high water. The Old Mill bridge and bridges at the ford on Little Salkehatchie swamp near the old mill, also the two causeways over Lemon Swamp, one near Mr. Jacob Rentz's, the other near Mr. J. W. Hill's, have also been washed away. Mr. J. W. Priester says it has rained so much at his home until his Irish potatoes have bogged down so deep until he could not dig them up. Mr. Charlie Kinsey is all smiles. All his spare moments are now employed rdcking his boy. The Colleton Cypress Co. isn't worth a dam. The high water broke their dam and most of the logs that they had in their pond are washed back into the swamp. We have another change of schedule on our branch of railroad. We get a train coming in at 12.25 p. m. and leave about 2 p. m. Can't say whether will hav6 the regular daily freight each day or not. Jee. 'Barnwell Wants Union Station. Barnwell, June 14?An enthusiastic gathering of the business men of the city met the representatives of the railroad commissioners and the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern railroads here in the opera house today to lay before them the necessity of the erection of a union depot at the junction of the said roads. All the business men of the town entered into the spirit of the meeting and did their best to convince the railroad commissioners that the depot was an urgent necessity. Able arguments were made by different business men and while nothing definite was accomplished, the citizens of the place feel that they have accomplished a great deal of good and expect to have an order from the commissioners in the near future that will result in the erection of the said building. The State Campaign. The first State campaign meeting was held at St. George Tuesday, the entries having closed Monday at noon. The meeting for Bamberg is to take place next Tuesday. Following are the candidates for State offices, congress, etc. United States senate, B. R. Tillman and W. W. Lumpkin. For congress, First district, Geo. S. Legare, incumbent; Second, J. 0. Patterson, incumbent; G. L. Tcole and B. B. Hare; Third, Wyatt Aiken, incumbent; J. E. Boggs; Fourth, J. T. Johnson, incumbent; W. C. Irby, Jr., G. H. Mahon; Fifth, D. E. Finley, incumbent; T. J. Strait; W. P. Pollock; Sixth, J. E. Ellerbe, incumbent; Seventh, A. F. Lever, incumbent. Governor, M. F. Ansel, C. L. Blease, J. E. Branson, W. A. Edwards, A. C. Jones, R. I. Manning, John J. McMahan, John T. Sloan. Lieutenant governor, T. G. McLeod. Secretary of State, R. M. McCown, J. B. Morrison, L. M. Ragin, and M. P. Tribble. Attorndy general, J. Fraser Lyon, J. W. Ragsdale and Leroy F. Youmans, in cambent. Comptroller general, A. W. Jones, incnmbent; G. L. Walker. State treasurer, K. E. Jennings, incumbent. Adjutant general, J. C. Boyd and L. W. Haskell. Railroad commissioner, J. H. Wharton, incumbent; James Cansler, J. M. Sullivan, J. A. Summersett and J. C. Sellers. State superintendent of education, 0. B. Martin. Brakeman Addison Killed. "Rt> ivrnvTT.T.p .Tnnp 1 fi?.T_ A. Addison. white, a brakeman on a Southern work train, was run over here and killed almost instantly about 8 o'clock this morning. It is not definitely known how the accident occurred, but it is supposed that in coupling cars he fell across the track. Several cars passed over the body, and his neck and one arm were broken. The body will be taken to Charleston to-night, where it is said the deceased had a family. The inquest will be held to-night. WHITE MAN KILLED BY TRAIN. John Thornall Goes to Sleep on Railroad Track at Kingstree. Kingstree, June 18.?John Thornall, a young white man, was killed by a freight train which passed Kingstree about two o'clock this morning. Thornall was in company with a companion, Joe Springs, and left Kingstree about 12 o'clock to go home about two miles out of town. About three hundred yards beyond the old depot they stopped to rest and sat down on the end of the crossties. Both fell asleep, Springs soon lying down on the outside of the ties, leaving Thornall still sitting on the end of the tie. Springs was awakened by the passing of the train and when it passed by he found Thornall lying alongside the track, with his head crushed in. He soon had assist ance, but the poor fellow died in a little while. The coroner is now on the scene holding an inquest. Both of the young men had been drinking. The Careful Motorist #An automobile driver was arrested recently while driving slowly through a village and fined $5. He demanded why he had been so treated, as he had not violated any speed ordinance, but could get no satisfaction. Later a court officer explained the whole matter by saying: "We held a meeting last night and decided I that this speeding must stop. This man was the first to come along slow enough for us to catch, so we arrested him." No Damages from Him. There had been a railway collision near a country town, and a shrewd lawyer had hurried to the scene of disast- r. He noticed an old man with a badly injured head, and hurried up to him where he lay moaning on the ground. "How about damages?" he began. ' But the sufferer waved him off. "G'way, boss, g'way," he said. "Ah nebber hit de train. Ah nebber done such a t'ing in all mah life! Yo' cain't git no damages out ob me." Lend Us a Winchester. The editor of a Kansas paper states that he borrowed a Winchester rifle recently and started up the street to deliver the weapon to its owner. The delinquent subscribe! s got it into their heads that he was on the warpath and every one insisted on paying what he owed him. One man wipep out a debt of ten years' standing. On his return to his office he found a load of hay, fifteen bushels of potatoes, a load ( of wood, and a barrel of turnips that had been brought in. All the country editors are now trying to borrow Winchesters.?Kansas City Journal. A Distinction or a Difference. A congressional committee went to Portland, Ore., to assist in the opening of the exposition on June 1 last, says The Saturday Evening Post. There was a parade in the morning, in which all the visiting statesmen rode in carriages. The local committee brought the carriages around to the Portland Jjotel. The scheme was to have two local men in each carriage. After the vice president and his party bad been sent away a Portland notable, who was acting as majordomo, came into tho lobby of the hotel, where the statesmen were waiting, and bawled: "Two congressmen and two gentlemen, please!" Reunion and Picnic. Camp Rivers Bridge, No. 839, U. C. V., will hold their annual reunion and picnic at the memorial grounds on Thursday, July 5th. The public is cordially invited to attend and join us in the picnic. J. W. JENNY, John F. Bbeland, Commander. Adjutant. Jenny, S. C., June 18,1906. Saying the Sinners. Down in old Virginia the master went to a revival service by a colored exhorter from a neighboring county. The preacher described hell as a gloomy cavern filled with icebergs, frozen streams, snowbanks, etc., without a ray of sunshine or a breath of warmth. His discourse was a corker, and the mourners' bench was rrnwded with sinners. When the serv ices were concluded the master whispered to the preacher: "What kind of yarn wc re you spinning about hell being a refrigerator? Don't you know it's just the opposite? Why, the temperature is at least a quadrillion degrees above zero!" The old darky replied: "That's all right, boss. Ah knows ma biznis. Ise a converter, Ah am. Ah gits 'em in de fold, Ah does. Ef Ah tol' 'em hell wuz not ebery doggone nigger on de place want to go dar; but tell 'em it's er freezeout en dey joins de Lord's army. DEADLY SERPENT BITES are as common in India as are stomach and liver disorders with us. For the latter however there is a sure remedy: Electric Bitters; the great restorative medicine, of which S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville, S. C., says: "They restored myj wife to perfect health, after years of suffering with dyspepsia and a chronically torpid liver." Electric Bitters cure chills i ana fever, malaria, biliousness, lame back, , kidney troubles and bladder disorders. , Sold on guarantee by Hoover's drug store and J. B. Black. Frice 50c. * BLAIK FLALtU UNUCK FCA^C BUnu. He Makes Statement and Waives Preliminary Hearing?Mr. Lyon Dismissed. The affair between Mr. John Black of the dispensary board of directors and Mr. J. Fraser Lyon of the investigating committee, which began on Friday, June 1, by a threatened attack on the latter by the former, was closed by Mr. Black being placed under a peace bond fos $1,000 and Mr. Lyon being dismissed. The hearing yesterday was held in the court of Magistrate Moorman, having been postponed from the day after the trouble. It was set for 6 o'clock, but about 2:30 o'clock Mr. Black, with his attorney, appeared before the court and without any formality waived a preliminary hearing and simply left the disposal of the matter to the discretion of the court. Mr. Black made a brief statement in L!-L 1 ! J 4^ wuicu lie saiu mat uc was auAiuua tu avoid any farther discussion of the affair and for that reason waived a preliminary hearing, and that while he, of course, did not want to be placed under a peace bond and had no idea of not keeping the peace, he submitted the matter entirely to the discretion of the court and would furnish bond or not as the court deci ed. So far as he was concerned, he said, the matter had passed over. The magistrate announced that he though it best thai Mr. Black should be placed under a bond to keep the peace in the sum of $1,000, but that so far as he could see Mr. Lyon had done nothing for which he should be placed under bond. Mr. Black volunteered the statement that he agreed with the court that Mr. Lyon should not be placed under a peace bond. Mr. Lyon was not present. Mr. Black immediately entered into the bond in the required amount with Gen. Wilie Jones and Mr. J. P. Matthews as sureties.?Columbia State. Tlie Delineator for Jnly. The midsummer fashions with a wealth of illustrations in color and in black-and white are attractively portrayed' in The Delineator for July. Helen BerkeleyLoyd tells how the Summer girl will be frocked and furbelowed, and the Dress of Paris is discussed by M. Edouard La Fontaine, one of the best known critics in Paris. In the literary section the most notable feature is1 the opening chapters of "The Chauffeur and the Chaperon," a new story by C. N. and. A. M. Williamson, authors of "The Lightning Conductor." The story, which deals with a group of interesting people cruising in a motor boat over the quaint waterways of Holland, promises to be the brightest and cleverest novel that these renowned writers have yet produced. Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel contributes a chapter on "Flies and Food" in The Delineator's Campaign for Safe Foods, and Clara E. Laughlin opens a series of "Stories of Painters' Lives," with "Millet?the Peasant Painter." Burton E. Stevenson has the second part of the tale "The Rose of Sharon," and there is a short story entitled "The Baby," by Zona Gale, "The President of Quex," Helen M. Winslow's entertaining club story, is concluded. For the children, there are Stories and Pastimes, among them the first of the series of "Tales of the Mountain Giants" and a clean story by Edmund Vance Cook, "Down the King's Chimney." For the housewife there are manv articles of timely interest, including Novelties for Summer Feasts, Strawberry Favorites and New Vegetables Cleverly Served. Tillman and Roosevelt. Washington, June 17.?There is a prospect that before the end of the Roosevelt administration the President and Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, will shake hands and make up. Recent iemarks made by each of them indicate that no bad feeling would be displayed if the two should happen to come face to face all of a sudden. "I like Senator Tillman," said the President to Senator Gallinger the other day, when the latter called at the White House on a matter in which the South Carolinian was interested. "He couldn't do anything to make me mad any more." In his final speech on the railroad rate bill, Senator Tillman startled his colleagues by commending the efforts made by the President to put an effective rate bill on the statute books. A caller discussed the incident with the [President. "Do you know," said the President, "I didn't think it was possible for Senator Tillman to do anything that [ would surprise me." Senator Tillman was talking about the | President to a friend. "Well, we got a good law," said the friend, "but did you ever think that a commission might be created that would be dominated by the railroads." "Oh!" replied the Pitchfork Statesman, "I haven't got much use for the man in the White House, but I guess he's straight." All of which goes to show that the man from South Carolina and "the man in the White House" may get together and declare by-gones to be by-gones. WANTED AT ONCE-Your order for dry wood, J. H, MVRPHT. u-"-. - : a ' t S JV/I1VUL UWWIW. State Board Adopts This Week.?A Hot Fight Waging. The State board of education will meet in Columbia on Friday to adopt the books for the schools of the State for the next five years. This adoption is always of the greatest interest to the people of the State, for people kick strenuously against having to buy new school books and never see any reason why books should be so constantly changed by the author!* ties in charge of the schools. As a mat* ter of fact the State adoption was insti* tuted for this purpose, largely, and it has resulted in very much less change of x books in the State schools. The special, school districts, graded schools and the like, are now exempted from the re* qnirements of this adoption and as a con* sequence the children in the city schools pay a great deal more for books than ' -* those in the country schools. Independent districts are adopting other books because they appear to the superintendent or teacher of the schools to do better. Even with these independent schools using what books they choose, the book business of the State under the adoption is about $150,000 a year. The house that gets readers, that being the more. desirable because of the large sale of readers, every child having to have one and use a reader as long as they are in school, is worth to the successful bidder about $30,000 a year. The history sales in the State will amount to $10,000 to $15,000, and so with grammars. Arithmetics will afford a business amounting to something like $20,000 a year. These big figures attract the very best publishers with the very best books and stimulate the publishers to get books that will have as many attractions for the commission that adopts ' as possible. It has made a wonderful 1 change in the complexion of the histories f a tV?o noAnlo nf fKo t*tV? rvl a 1 >32 V/UViVU KV VUV VI WUV W Uviv VVUU try, north as well as south, for a house that poshes in the north the sale of a book M objectionable to the socith will be mighty n apt to find its representativee treated ' / .J coldly when they come here witjh the books. The matter of the nniform sys* $ tem of books in all the schools has an* "J| other phase and a very important one which should be considered and that is in view of the establishment of high. 1 schools in the State. With books alike '& and course of study alike in country and the town and a course of study generally followed with the college in view there will be many of the impediments to edu* cation removed. Great pressure has been brought to bear 4 on the members of the State board of education, consisting of the "governor, , superintendent of education and one member from each congressional district 3 to keep the books now on the list, but aa \ ";! great pressure has been brought to change them. The outsider has no idea of the ? - 'V.^aa intensity of the school book fight. The book men have been delighted with the }; conditions in South Carolina, where the board is absolutely free from political entanglements and have nothing in view but the best interests of the schools and the school children. If many of the books are changed it will mean the^poiitical death knell of the State superintendent and of many of the county superintendents, the people failing to realize that the ' ^ men who are really responsible are beyond their reach. They are not in poll- ;gj tics. Another matter with all book men, and there is an army camped on our / || soil, is that in this State they have nothing to urge except the excellence of their books. No influence, no pressure otherwise than this, is countenanced. The fight is a straight one on the excellence of the books. The State board is composed of W. K. Tate, of Charleston, J. E. Boland, superintendent of the Blackville schools, D. W. Daniel, of Clemson college, A. G. Rembert, of Wofford college, A. R. Banks, superintendent of the Lancaster schools, Hartwell M. Ayer, editor of the Florence Ttmna A T TV*a/*lrafAn annoW? Lrail J liiUW) auu a* v a uavaonvu^ intendent of the Orangeburg schools. There are hundreds of books offered on every different subject and many for the library and teachers reading circle adoption. As the date of the meeting draws near the book men are making their last and most strenuous efforts to secure their books. Resolutions and testimonials for and against certain books for all sorts of schools and states are presented for comparison. The board will very probably be as conservative as possible in the matter of the adoption, changing as few books as possible but whenever a better book for the purpose can be had they are going to get that book if it is in their opinion worth the expense of the change. As a matter of fact the expense of the people in this State for school books is an average of 60 cents a pupil a year, which is not a very heavy tax. The books offered will be put just as low as , they possibly can but it is really wonderful how beautiful from an artistic stand- . point the school books of today are. The sales are large and profits close, but no expense is spared. Modern methods of printing have brought that condition about in the business. In about ten days now the people of the State will know what books they are to use. The city schools will probably adopt the same books and every effort made to secure uniformity. 0