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' 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.
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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.
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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. ]
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LIVED WITH CUT HEART.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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