University of South Carolina Libraries
* 'ill lamhmj ifrralii f " ' Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1906 One Dollar a Year ;|j 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 town of Wagener, in Aiken countyis without municipal authorities, four wardens having resigned recently. The governor will order an election to fill the vacancies. In a row over a base ball game at Westminister, Greenville county, last Wednesday, July 4th, Luke Ferguson, a negro was cut to death with a razor. All * parties are negroes. Smith White, a young man, bad bis left leg broken while playing baseball at Saluda last week. In attempting to slide to second base he came in contact with the second baseman and had his left leg doubled under him. M. B. Morris was shot and fatally wounded by his brother-in-law, E. B. Gaskins, near Lake City, last Saturday afternoon. They had a difficulty in Lake City and went out of town to settle it, with the above result. The new Baptist church at New Brookland, just across the river from Columbia, was destroyed in a severe hail and wind QnnHar- ftftprnOOn. Siurui &b bill CC V tivvu This church was burned in the fire of May 4,1905. The loss is $1,800. Several . other buildings were damaged. There was a fire in the business section of the town of Williamston last Thursday night. The loss was about $15,000. A negro prisoner in the guard house was released, as it seemed that the prison would be burned, and he did valiant service in saving property. He will be pardoned on account of his good work. A bulletin issued by the census bureau recently shows that South Carolina is second in cotton manufactures in the United States. The increase in produc? ,n, ing spindles has been from 1,431,349 in 1900, to 2,864,092 in 1905. The number of looms increased from 42,663 to 72,702. . This increase does not include a number of spindles (65,400) and looms (1,678) from idle mills. fiBt? ^ ^ Attorney General loumans renuereu r an opinion last Friday in the famous V Thrailkill case of Saluda, holding that Clarence Thrailkill is not being punished as was intended. The attorney general , - r. has advised the governor to notify the supervisor that the sentence of the court is not being carried out. Thrailkill is a o- young white man who was sentenced to the Saluda county chaingang for participation in the killing of Ben Burton, but was allowed by the supervisor to perform ? light tasks about the county alms house. His prosecutors upon learning of this in/ dulgence raised the point that the sen-1 tence was not being carried out. How Candy is Made. A sanitary inspector in London visited a confectioner who had a case of eggs. Every one of them was rotten. They, were not there by accident or mistake, I but in pursuance of a regular system. Many of the London confectioners, says the Inspector, habitually use rotten eggs in the preparation of their "delicacies." They are cheaper and the customer does not know the difference. There was not v- 4. a good egg in toe wnoie esiauusuweui.. i While he sat on a whiskey barrel at a bar near the Southern depot at Macon, Ga., Friday afternoon, Will Melton, a young negro, struck a match and put the fire inside the barrel through a bung hole. A terrible explosion followed, throwing , the boy high in the air and tearing the barrel into splinters. Alcoholic gas had formed in the empty barrel. The negro ; was painfully hurt. Manufacturers Will be (food. j Washington, July 6.?Although the pure food law does not become effective until January 1, and cannot then be enforced until congress appropriates the necessary money, the activity on the part ( ' of the agricultural department had already exercised a wholesome effect upon the manufacturers of foodstuffs throughout the country. The department has received many samples with request that the department pass upon them to see if they are within the requirements of the law. This action of the manufacturers is taken as a good omen and by the de partment officials is interpreted to mean hat the manufacturers generally intend to "be good." Tax Payer Asks a Question. Tbe chairman of the board of control! of Bamberg county has been in office six years and draws a salary of ten to twelve dollars per month. Having the reports j >. and checks signed and drawing his salary is about all of the duties that he performs. He has been reappointed. Will somebody tell us why? Tax Payer. TWENTY YEAR BATTLE. "I was a loser in a twenty year battle with chronic piles and malignant sores, 'until I tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve; i which turned the tide, by curing both, till not a trace remains," writes A. M. Bruce, of Farmville, Ya. Best for eld ulcers, cuts, bums, and wounds. 25c at Hoover's drug store and J, B. Black's. ] I . vV . - . "* LIVED WITH CUT HEART. | Remarkable Operation Failed to Save William : Wyatt's Life. Philadelphia, July 5.?After living since June 9 with a gash in his heart, William Wyatt, 21 years old, a negro, j died this afternoon in the Pennsylvania hospital as a result of his injury. When Wyatt was taken to the hospital the physicians said his death was but a question of hours, perhaps minutes, as a ' knife had penetrated his heart. j Nevertheless, they took out that organ and succeeded in taking a few stitches in ^ it. Still, greatly to the surprise of the j' doctors, Wyatt lived, and they begau to ' hope for his recovery, which, had it come about, would have been another signal 1 triumph of surgery. A Dangerous Contrivance. That feminine contraption the peek-aboo waist, described as a number of larjie holes imperfectly surrounded by small 1 threads, is one of the most delectable articles of wearing apparel ever devised by ! the dressmakers. It has probably tangled 1 more men into- the toils of matrimony 1 than the Delia Fox curl, the Marcel wave, J or any of the other weapons with which ' the gentle sex is wont to arm itself when s on conquest bent. New Way to Man's Heart. i "I have found a new way to a man's 1 heart," said the girl who has had three j? proposals this early in the season. "It is i through his socks. The stomach, as a j 1 short cut to a man's affections, is a regular continental railway route compared with the hosiery line of travel. The modern young man is excessively fond of his socks. He exercises his best taste in buying them, and he likes to have that taste appreciated. He gives you every chance in the world to show your appreciation. Invariably he manages to leave a hiatus between his shoe tops and his trousers, aud then, if you have c'esign on this young man, all you have to do is to cast sidelong, but admiring glances, at the revealed expanses of hosiery aud murmur: 'What a pretty pattern,' and the trick is accomplished. You don't need to go into particulars. He understands. Those socks are the pride of his heart, and the minute he finds you admire them, too, he is yours?for the summer season, at least." Anderson White Man Goes to Gang. In the case of the State vs. J. R. Haynes, a white man, of Anderson, the supreme court on Saturday affirmed the opinion of the lower court. Haynes was \ convicted of disposing of goods under j lien, the goods in qnestion being a watch belonging to W. H. Keese, the jeweler. He was sentenced to one year on -the chain gang and will now serve his sentence, having been in jail, nntil this time. ?Anderson Mail. How They Stand. The position of the candidates for governor on the dispensary question may be briefly stated as follows: Mr. Blease is satisfied with the dispensary as it is and insists that there has been no corruption or dishonesty shown. Mr. Brunson is opposed teetotally to liquor selling in any shape or form, and is against dispensaries, state or county, and in favor of straight prohibition. Mr. Ansel and Mr. Jones are in favor of local option?letting each county decide for itself whether it shall have dispensary or prohibition. Messrs. Manning, McMahan and Sloan are evidently convinced of the rottenness, but still insist the dispensary?a "purified" dispensary, they say?is the "best ? ? jj su1uwuu. Mr. Ed wards?we are not sure how he stands, except that he is unalterably against the Southern railroad, but what he proposes to do with it should he become governor is not clear.?Newberry Observer. Faithful "Old Billy/' Washington, July 7.?At the auction sale of the condemned animals by the depot of the quartermaster, "Billy," a great army favorite, which had been on the government's list of public animals over thirty years, was put up at auction with the relics. Rather than allow "Billy" to fall into the hands of some bidder who might abuse him in his old age, the older clerks of the depot quartermaster's office banded together and purchased him. They will put him on a farm for the re mainder 01 nis me. She Had Been Introduced. Senator Hale, apropos of an awkward i remark, said: * "It reminds me of the conversation of 1 two women at a reception. 5 "They were strangers to each other, i After a moment's desultory talk the first t said, rather querulously: " 'I don't know what's the matter with * that tall, blonde man over there. He was j so attentive a while ago, but he won't 1 look at me now.' t " 'Perhaps,' said the other, 'he saw me j come in. He's my husband, you know.'" * To sta:t the day with a wine glass of t SHAW'S MALT gives vigor to cairy on j s the woik; to end it with the same is to |" help nature recuperate. For sale ft the j? Dispensary. < COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Aroand the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehkhardt, July 9.?A young man from our town claimed to be overworked and isked for leave of absence for a while to recruit. When heard from he was in Saltkahatchie swamp. Rather a novel place for health. However, on his return, said his health was better and felt improvW-'liat'o ttifl Ilea r\ rrr\ (hp miMin? I ^U. ? ff UAl O tut UOW tu gv wv VUW tains and seashore when such improvements can be attained here in our swamps? Mr. David Dannelly and his wife returned from their tiip tothelsleof Palms last week. Several other young folks went to the city for enjoyment last week. Some booze was taken on by some of the colored folk, on the 4th. Next day wheu they wanted to wind up by taking a little more they became boisterous and impertinent, so the marshal gave some of them a warniug tap with his club and locked them up. Order must be maintained or people will get beside themselves. Last week we had quite a number of rery heavy rains, as the farmers say, regular trash movers, and the trash was certainly moved. No farm work could be ittended to in this section last week. The corn crops are good in spots, but the largest spots are very poor, cotton tjrops are small, and as a rule grassy. The tmtlook for a cotton crop is very poormost of our business men think, however, hat it is a riiscnised hlessinor for ns all. Will give us a better hold on labor for mother year. Something is needed in :his direction, as our labor this year has ieen poor and hard to manage. Mr. J. B- Copeland and wife, who spent ast week in Cameron with his wife's parjnts, returned Sunday morning. A young man in town went to see his lest girl Sunday. Says the rain hindered lis returning until Monday morning. Now, we all know it did not rain all light. The ladies of Ehrhardt are talking of a cemetery for Ehrhardt. They mean to lave it, so we all must help them. Their :dea is to get a suitable piece of land and nclose same with a substantial fence; :hen cut up in lots and sell them out to families. Jee. Country Correspondence. Mrs. F. E. Dozier and Miss Eva Hanlerry, of Denmark, spent Friday with Miss G. E. Jordan, in our midst. Miss Sovilla Hughes, of Clear Pond, who has been visiting relatives in Loughnan, Fla., several months, has returned lome. She was accompanied by Mrs. R. M. Hughes, who is at her father's, Mr. F. W. Hill, of our midst. Miss Pauline Clayton, of Colston, is risiting her sister, Mrs. W. M. Sandifer in )ur vicinity. Mr. Sandifer, took them to ;he Isle of Palms Sunday. The fourth of July was enjoyed regardless of the disagreeable weather. The innual Sunday-school picnic at Spring;own was very much enjoyed by quite a ;rowd, and also the annual reunion of Mr. W. M. Besslnger's family at Spring Branch, which enterta ied a larger crowd ban usual. Mr. Bessinger has lived to a ipe old age, being 89 or 90 years >f age, and is the direct ancestor of about L10, while his family numbers between 140 and 150, and the greater number of hem were present at "Grandpa's dinner," jesides quite a number of visitors, candilates, relatives, and family connections vho went to wish the old land mark nany more reunions. Mr. J. W. Hill took a flying trip to Janford, Fla., last week. Miss Georgie Emma Jordan is visiting 'riends at Clear Pond, incidentally at,ending protracted services at Bethesda Baptist church. Protracted services begin at Springown on thethird Sunday. We are sorry to report that Mrs. Clif? ;on Sandifer, of Denmark, who has been it her father's, Mr. J. T. Smoak, for some ,ime past, is very little better, but we lope she will soon be quite her old self igain. We are having plenty of rain and mos juitoes. Several have inquired if the lectures at ;he court house on Friday will be solely 'or gentlemen or will ladies also be en;ertained. Bitten by Mad Dog. Mr. George Strickland, who lives at Storeville, in Hall township, had the misfortune to be bitten by a mad dog on last Sunday morning. He went out to feed lis horses and stock and met a hound in he stable lot. He made some movement r> mn the dog awav. when the animal 1 w " ~? o y t umped at liim and bit him on the upper ip. The dog was killed and its head sent o Baltimore for examination. It was 'ound that the animal was suffering frorr lydrophobia. Mr. Strickland will leave omorrow to be treated in a Pasteur inititute. His many friends hope nothing serious will result from the unfortunate ' jccurreace.?Anderson Mail. J COL LUMPKIN HAS WITHDRAWN. Says His Determination is Due to Changed Conditions in the Campaign. (The State.) Col. W. W. Lumpkin has withdrawn from the race for the United States senate. He has a good reason which he does not care to give to the public, and his withdrawal, he says, is not due in any measure to fear but for reasons over UlnL L? Vaa a AAnfvAl U a hoc Konn ? UiCU UC liAO UU lUUUUl. 11 ' iiuo uvvu very much gratified at the promise of support which he has received from all over the State and he would have been glad to have gone through with the campaign to the end. He was not sanguine enough to predict that he would receive the Democratic nomination, but he said last night that he feels sure that he would have received a much larger vote than a great many people had suspected and he was depending upon circumstauces to pull him through the race, but for reasons which seemed sufficient to himself aud his closest friends he had deemed it best to retire from the campaign. In a signed statement Col. Lumpkin said: "On account of the change of conditions surrounding the senatorial race, I deem it best to withdraw from the contest. I have endeavored to conduct my mriaicrn in ? manlv. straightforward war up to this time, and retire feeling that I hare not intentionally wronged any one. W. W. Lumpkin." Denmark Doings. Denmark, July 10? Quite a lot of cantaloupes "were loaded here last and this week. Mr. J. A. Walker visited Columbia last week on business. Mr. J. Sigmon Walker, who has been book keeper for J. D. Whittle in Blackville for some time, is now with the Georgia-Alabama liquor house at Savannah. R. C. Hardwick, Esq., visited Allendale, Barnwell, and Bamberg last week on professional business. Anyone wishing to see Denmark in its beauty should be here now while it is mantled in its green foliage. Weeds rangihg from 12 inches to four feet high on sidewalks and streets, and still the street tax is $2.00 besides the property tax, all being paid and about twelve'hundred dollars in the treasury and no work done. The tax payers would like to know what they are paying out their money for. J It is a down right imposition upon the citizens to be compelled to pay the taxes and have a wilderness to walk in. Never in the history of .the town has it been in the condition it is in now, and it is certainly not inviting to strangers and will never be as long as it is kept in this condition. The way to advertise a town and make it inviting is to keep the streets in a nice, clean, healthy condition, and when that is done the public at large will advertise it. The rain has done considerable damage to the cotton crop in this section. From the piesent outlook there will be hardly a half crop made. It is rumored that we are to have several more new stores go up in our little city before very long. Let the good work go on and on. "We are in need of some kind of manufacturing enterprises and it would be of great benefit to our little city if some of our monied men would start something of the kind. Denmark is located at the junction of the three largest trunk lines in the South and no better place can be found in the State to locate for business as well as health. James B. Guess, Jr., is attending Eastman Business college in New York. Capt. J. B. Guess is having water works and gas lights put in his residence. An? rtilw fofViQTo oi*n nAtr fimifinor with VU1 Ultj laiUWlo uiv uvn ** ?? Mr. Otis Brabham for the purpose of putting acetylene gas lights.in our little city. The rain has held up now for several days and the fanners are hustling with their work. Mrs. M. R. Hard wick is spending some time on Sullivan's Island. Your correspondent took in the barbecue at Blackville on the 4th. Oh, my, what a good time he had eating 'cue. H. Rewards of Honesty. Having picked up a fat roll of bills, a boy diligently sought and found the owner. Counting the bundle carefully, the owner put it in his pocket. 4,My son," he said benignly, to the boy, "I am rejoiced to see that you are guided by lofty principles, and as an earnest of my approbation shall refrain from charging you interest for the time you have had my money."?Philadelphia Ledger. Looks That Way. "Now I cannot exactly tell whether you are a married man or a roller skater," said the professor, examing the bumps on the man's head, "but from the extraordinary large size of this bump I think you must be both."?Yonkers Statesman. N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 31, '08.? I've lived.90 long, I remember well when the Mississippi was a brook. My good health and long life earae by taking Hcl- j iisrer's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. H, F. Hoover. | U ' V i ' . v ...' ' . ) & A "BATHING SUIT" BANQUET. ; Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is Said to be Planning One. Newport, R. I., July 4.?Not since the famed monkey dinner originated and executed by the fertile brain of Harry S. Lehr has Newport been given such a bit of spicy anticipation as in the announcement that the famed cotillon leader and inventor of social diversions for the smart set has been engaged by Mrs Stuyvesant Fish to direct a Fourth of July dinner and dance at the opening of her "short season" at the Crossways. For a week Newport has been lying with jts ear to the ground for the details of this affair. It was given out at the very start that the affair would possess the merit of originality. Only today, since the invitations have been received by the elect of the colony, has it become known what Mr. Lehr has planned and Mrs. Fish accepted. It is to be a "bathing-suit costume" affair. All the guests will be attired in bathing suits. These costumes, and none other, are to be worn at the dance. Newport dressmakers are busy designing weird and fantastic costumes for the nymphs of America's high society who will be Mrs. Fish's guests. "The dresses are to be long, with short sleeves, and cuffs, collars and four-inhand ties are to be provided," says one of Newport's elect who professes to be puzzled as to just what sort of a pattern to direct her dressmaker to cut from. This is the first real sensation Newporters have had this season, which, up to date, has been one of the dullest in years. However, for a time, at least, the bathing costume affair promises to divide the small talk of the colony with the animated discussion of the weather and the ills to which the Pittsburg millionaire colony is heir to. Another Killing in Orangeburg. J. M. Way shot and killed J. D.Palnler in Orangeburg last Monday afternoon. It is stated that the two men had some trouble over Way's objections to Palmer paying attention to his grown daughter. The shooting occurred in Way's store. Palmer opened fire and Way ran behind the counter and got his pistol, firing four times. Palmer's empty pistol was found lying by his body. Way was arrested. In 1891 Way shot and killed a man named Whetstone at Norway in Orangeburg county. He was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, but was finally granted a new trial on after discovered evidence and acquitted. Tax Payer Inquires About Breakage. There is about seventy dollars breakage in the Bamberg county dispensaries per month. Is it carelessness or what? Will those that know please tell us,. Tax Payer. No Breach of Promise. Recently there was tried in Chicago a breach of promise suit that awakened much interest in legal circles. Council I for the nlaintiff had hejmn to read what | was alleged to be the proposal of marriage ! on the part of the defendant. This socalled proposal appeared on a telegraph blank. Turning to the jury, counsel began with "My darling Marie." At this juncture counsel for the defendant interrupted his colleague at the Bar. "May it please the Court, this document, being partly printed and partly written, cannot, by the rules of evidence, be offered in part by plaintiff. Everything on the blank mu9t be read." Notwithstanding the protest of counsel for the plaintiff that the printed matter had no relevancy with the case?the fact being that the proposal was written on a telegraph blank by accident?the ruling of the court was that everything on the blank should be read. Accordingly the reluctant counsel for plaintiff was forced to read the following: . "There shall be no liability on account of this message unless the same shall be repeated, and then only on condition that the claim shall be made within thirty days in writing." Then after the signa* ture followed: "Yours devotedly, Harry," together with this N. B.: "Read carefully the conditions at the top." To the delight of counsel for the defendant the jury gave him a verdict. Proof. Lowe Comedy?If there's any truth in the Bible the people or inai town are thoroughly bad. Hi Tragedy?What has the Bible to do with it? Lowe Comedy?It says "By their fruits ye shall know theft," and I merely judge by the hen fruit they presented to'me on my last appearance there?Philadelphia Press. In Amiens, France, a city which is known to Americans chiefly for its magnificent cathedral, there is a large tailoring industry. Thousands of pairs of trousers are made by women who do the work in their own homes and receive 4 cents a pair. They furnish their own sewing machines, needles and thread. Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these-it must now be Ben. ?News and Courier. FINE GRIT, POOR JUDGMENT. Game Rooster Fights Back at Imaginary Foe, and Dies in an Effort to Settle Things. "Some time ago," said a man connected with the High Shoals cotton mill, in Gaston county, to an Observer reporter yesterday, "the High Shoals Company was putting |in the piers for a new bridge across the South Fork of the Catawba River. A coffer dam had to be built around the foundation space in the middle of the stream, and in order to get the water out of the inside of the dam, a duplex pump was rigged up and steam was carried to it in a pipe which led from the boilers 100 yards away, and lay on top of the ground. This pipe was very hot. "One day a game rooster, accompanied by a number of his lady friends, came along and, in crossing the pipe, stepped - M upon it. The pipe burned his feet and -0 he. jumped off, but turned and stared at f the long, black thing with a look of defiance in his eye. He deliberately jump* ed upon the pipe again. The pipe, know* Jaj ing no better, burned the chanticleer yjj again and, that time, he seemed to^think ' .-,-J he had been attacked, and he went at the* . ' :^f| pipe hammer and tongs fashion, beating it with his wings and pecking it with his :j|| beak as though he were fighting "another cock. The onslaught was fierce and furious and was kept up for an hour or more. Every time he came in contact with the pipe he was scorched] a little, which served only to make him fight all the more desperately, for he seemed to feel that his opponent was getting in ft * vj| blow on him now and then. "The battle continued until the rooster ' was dead and the pipe all covered with v ;|8| blood and feathers for a distance of six v|9 feet. Several times the chicken was , caught and carried away from the pipe, , /M but every time he returned to renew the J|| fight. No animal ever fought a braver ;jl , battle."?-Charlotte Observer. The Retort Courteous. ^ \ |lf! One day a learned professor was ao" -la costedbya very dirty little bootblack: t 3| "Shine your shoes, sir?" 518 The professor was impressed by the -ijfc filthiness of the boy's face. , . \>J|1 5 "I don't want a shine, my lad," said he, .. jjK "but if you'll go and wash your face HI give you a sixpence." "A' richt, sir," war the lad's reply, as y'3sP he went over a neighboring fountain and ' made his ablutions. Returning he held out his hand for the money. , J "Well, my lad," said the professor, "you have earned your sixpence.' "Here "I dinna want it, auld chap," returned the boy, with a lordly air. "Ye keep it f|| 9' and get yer hair cut." Hanged for Murders at Sea. Raleigh, N. C., July 6.?A special ~ from Wilmington, N. C., says: For the W&^ murder of the white crew of the schooner Harry Berwind off ^the North Carolina. " coast last October, Henry Scott, a Balti-. j ; C more negro, was executed here today in ' v??9 the new Hanover county jail and ac- know (edged his guilt. His statement er?* .'Jj - J * ?i- i -J ?J oneratea Airaur aubiqs buu nuucncan* yer, the other two condemned negro e?. '^9 On the strength of his confession Prqii-^ -Jan dent Roosevelt will be asked to pardon ,1 -J Scott's supposed accomplices., "j Scott's deed was committeed on Octo ber 10; 1905. 'Beside Capt. E. B. Rumill, .Jw of Maine, master of the Berwind, he mardered the steward, mate and engineer. At the State convention of the Social- || ist party of Georgia in Atlanta last week Mrs. M. A. Thomas, of Augusta, wag ;'-j| nominated as school commissioner. The nominee for governor is J. B. Osborne, of Atlanta. He is blind and an orator of . unusual ability. Covar Granted Ball. Orangebubg, J nly 6.?J udge Dantzler .^1 to-day granted Robert H. Covar, who shot and killed James T. Parks last Friday,, bail in the snm of $8,000. Wolfe & Berry appeared for Mr. Covar \|| and Solicitor Hildebrand for the State. Bond was given immediately and Mr. ?. Covar released from custody. Mr. Covar is improving but is still con? W fined to his bed. < ..|9 Famous "Texas" to be Retired. Washington, July 7.?The United States battleship Texas is destined to nass forever from the active list of the navy by becoming a station ship at the new navy yard at Charleston. The sir inch guns have been removed, bat the turret guns are likely to remain on board the ship at least for a time. It is propos- ,i|jj ed to have the ship held in reserve and in, such a condition as would enable her to be transferred to the list of active ships at any time with certain necessary pre liminary work. The Texas is popularly 'j known in the service as "hoodoo" of the ?9| navy on account of many accidents that have marked, her career. A HARD LOT of tronbles to contend with, spring from, a torpid live and blockaded bowels, un- * A less you awaken them to their proper action with Dr. King's New Life Bills, the pleasantest and most effective cure for constipation. They prevent appendicitis and tope up the svstem. 25c at | Hooyw's drug store and J, B. Black's. ... r