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3 Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1906 ~ One Dollar a Year |g|
MR. ACHILLES H. KNIGHT DEAD.
He Was Formerly Sheriff of Marlboro County,
' the Father of Several Prominent South
Carolina Newspaper Men.
Bennettsville, August 11.?Achilles
5. Knight, an aged and well known citizen
of Bennettsville, died at his home
here Thursday night, after a brief illness.
^ Mr. Knight was once sheriff of the
county, and had many friends. He had
been prominently mentioned as a candidate
for Probate Judge in the approaching
election. "
Mr. Knight was the father of Col. John
* M. Knight and Furman Knight, of Sumter
Herald, and A. Wilkes Knight, of the
Bamberg Herald. Another son, Arthur
1 ie travpllinff insDector of rural free
v., a r
delivery mail routes for the United States
government. i
The funeral was at Oak Ridge ceme-1
tery yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock.?
News and Courier.
Electric Lights.
The following persons have had their
% residences or places of business wired for
electric lights. Their names, whether
residence or store, and number of lights
follows:
Jones A. Williams (residence) 70
A. W. Knight (residence) 17
Methodist Church 100
W. A. Klauber (store) iv
N. B. Felder (store) 7
J. A. Spann (store and bakery) 16
J. A. Spann (residence) 10
E. C. Hays (residence) 17
Jno. R. Bellinger (residence) 15
R. M. Brace (residence) 8
Bamberg Herald (office) 13
H. J. Brabham (residence) 14
%:lr , Jno. H. Cope (residence) 17
Bamberg Hotel 20
Dr. Geo. F. Hair (residence) 20
W. M. Brabham (residence) 13
Kef J. D. Felder (residence) 10
Methodist Parsonage 11
f J. M. Jennings (residence) 9
Telephone Exchange 6
8. A. Kinard (residence) 9
- J. A. Byrd (store)..: 10
^ : . Mrs. L. E. Livingston (residence) 9
J. A. Byrd (residence) 12
H. W. Beard (market) 6
% F. M. Moye (store, electro fan, 4 lights) 10
J. A. Nimmons (barber shop) 5
J. P. Murphy (post office) 4
"l;r . H. J. Brabham, Jr. (residence) 15
pV- Dr H F Hoover (drug store) 10
* * C. R. Brabham & Sons (store) 10
V-v .. Dr J J Cleckley (residence) 10
GM Dickinson (residence) 10
if . ' fl F Bamberg (residence) . 18
D J Delk (store and residence) 10
% Peoples Bank 9
H C Folk (store, four 105 c. p.) 30
y' ' H C Folk (residence) 15
J. Felder Hunter (residence) 12
fe Geo. F. Hair (cottage) 10
It?#*- Cotton mill (office) 8
Carlisle Fitting School?
Main building 22
?P?p{. Beys' hall 25
Girls' hall 12
Cottage 1 7
Cottage 2 7
Cottage 3 6
Headmaster's residence 9
J. D. Copeland (store) 21
W. D. Rhoad (store) 11
C. W. Rentz (residence) 9
f: Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co (store) 5
E C Hays (store) 4
J D Copeland (residence) 10
W A Riley (residence) 10
E C Bruce (residence) 8
J A Murdaugh (residence) 7
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f VUUOV/U W JLAVSVW* V*
Armstrong-Johnson-Brabham Co IS
J W Pearlstine Co. (store) 10
J A Nimmons (residence) 10
W E Spann (residence) 14
Colored Baptist church .. 15
Matthew Stewart (res) 8
F. "W. Free (res) 12
W. D. Rhoad (res) 12
? Colored Methodist Church 12
D F Hooton (residence) 17
Heyward Johnson (residence) 10
Kary Brabham (residence) 4
Mrs A P Johnson (residence) 17
J F Folk (three cottages) 25
; ? > G. Frank Bamberg (stables) 25
Bpr*!" Town hall .* 11
A. Kirscb (residence) 12
C. R. Brabham (residence) 25
' Jno. F. Folk (residence) 24
Mrs. S. H. Counts (residence) 13
h'. 4 E. O. Kirsch (store) 12
Mrs. J. C. Lewis (res.) 12
W. A. Klauber (res.) 12
L. U. rrice (store) iu
J B Brickie (shop) 4
Total 1186
Negroes Arrested for Rocking Train.
Bamberg, Aug. 8.?Chief of Police J.
L ' B. Hutto, of Denmark, arrived here late
this afternoon bringing with him six
negroes who are charged with having
thrown stones at an excursion train near
Denmark Monday. The negroes range
from 15 to 22 or 23. They were carried
r to the county jail for safe keeping. The
damage said to have been done by the
stones was only a few broken windows,
but serious injury might have occurred
and it is very probable that the full extent
of the law will be given tie gang.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
More than $340,000 is being put into
buildings in Charleston just now. The
old city is building up and improving
right along.
A negro named Jack McMillan was
killed on the Union and Glenn Springs
Railroad by lightning last Monday. The
negro was standing on a flat car leaning
on a shovel and the train was running
about ten miles an hour.
A pistol fell from the pocket of Judson
Wright as he jumped out of a baggage
car ai me uuiuu auu vicuu uwpot
in Union last Sunday night. The
weapon struck the floor of the car and
fired, mortallywounding Thos. Knox.
Eugene Merritt, a negro convict on the
chain gang of Florence county, was
drowned in Black Creek in that county
last Saturday afternoon. He went in
bathing with his shackles on and the
strong current carried him out of his
depth. Merritt killed another negro and
was serving a sentence of five years.
Bob Davis, a negro, attempted to assault
Miss Jennie Brooks at the store of
her father in Greenwood county Tuesday.
She was alone and he attacked her
with a meat knife which he had picked
up in the store. Her hands were badly
cut and a ghastly wound, about four
inches long was made in her throat. She
finally fought him off and secured the
knife, and a passerby, Mr. Talbert, rode
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up 1U Uib UUggjT JU31 ai lUl? UUIC airu tue
negro ran. He is being tracked with
blood hounds and will be lynched if
caught. After the negro left he assaulted
a negro woman a few miles away.
Although fearfully wounded, it is thought
Miss Brooks will recover.
A Strong Arraignment.
When a candidate for the House of
Representatives comes to you asking
your support and states that he is an
advocate of the State dispensary system,
get him to explain to you his reason for
supporting a political machine tbat is
honeycombed with corruption; that has
contaminated nearly every man who has
been connected witji its management;
that has dragged the name of South Carolina
in the gutter and besmirched her
honor; that has increased, instead of decreased,
the amount of liquor drunk; that
has not reduced the taxes of the poor man
as is claimed; that has flooded our State
with rotgut liquor; that has taken thousands
of dollars from the different counties
in the State for the school fund, returning
only a small per cent, thereof;
that has been patched and doctored since
its inception, aud is now in a worse state
than its first. Ask him how, in heaven's
name: ne expects you, an intelligent
voter, to support him, when he is advocating
a system that is degrading the
morals of our State and is legalizing the
: right to steal!?Barnwell Sentinel.
Equalization a Farce.
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What's in a name?for instance the
State board of equalization? How can
there be any reason or equality in requir- !
ing coiporations with visible assets to
pay taxes on sixty per cent of their total
valuation, while other classes of taxable
property only pay on not over half this
valuation? Granting that they pay on a
forty per cent valuation as is claimed by
the State board, why should there be any
disparity at all? No class should receive
any special favors at the hands of the
board, but all classes of property should
be required to bear its legitimate share of
the burdens of taxation and the present
system of tax dodging should be brought
i to its timely end by the next legislature
in the adoption of a sensible and more
equitable method of assessing property
for taxation. Unless the assembled ingenuity
of the next legislature can devise
some means by which the constitutional
method of making returns at actual value
can be made effective, the name of the
present board should be changed to the
State hoard of favoritism.?Anderson Intelligencer.
For Congress, 2nd District, B. B Hare.
Mr. B. B. Hare, of Saluda county, has
made a record breaking campaign in the
second district for congress. By a persistent,
high-toned, gentlemanly canvass
he has made himself known and felt by
nearly every voter in the district. We
have been in nearly every county in the
district and have vet to find a sinsde man
to criticise his campaign or to speak in
any way disparaging of him. He is looked
upon as being honest, clean and able.
As a stump speaker he easily outclasses
his opponents. Those who are in a position
to know unhesitatingly say that he
will roll up a vote that wfll even surprise
him and his most sanguine friends.
B. B. Hare is in fine position to be the
nest congressman from the second district.
The second district will be worthily
represented.?Leesville News.
Malaria and ague, chills and fever, always
bring down those of low vitalitykeep
up your vitality with SHAW'S
MALT. For sale at the Dispensary.
THE CHICKAMAUGA ENCAMPMENT.
The Bamberg Guards Return After a Week of
Camp Life and Report a Pleasant Trip.
The boys of the Bamberg Guards have
been looking forward with pleasure to
the encampment which was to be held at
Chickamauga Park and it was a happy
crowd that boarded the 8 o'clock train J
Friday morning, August 3rd, for Chickamauga.
We arrived at Columbia about
12 o'clock and the different companies
all formed in line ana marched to the
State House where they were reviewed
by the Governor and General Frost. We
then marched to the depot and boarded
the train for Chickamauga. The railroad
officials did all they could for the com
fort of the boy%. Besides the canned
goods we had en route we were served
with hot coffee at different points which
was certainly eDjoyed by all. We arrived
in Chattanooga Saturday evening
about 12 o'clock and after a stop of a few
minutes proceeded to Chickamauga Park.
After arriving there the rest of the evening
was spent in getting everything in
shape for the week's work. Sunday the
boy's had a quiet dpy. There was religious
services Sunday which was attended
by the Second Regiment in a body.
Monday the boys had a taste of real
army life. We marched out several miles
from camp for practice and as we started
back to camp it commenced to rain and
continued to rain until we reacnea camp,
and everyone got a number one soaking.
Some of the boys were heard singing
"Home Is Nothing Like This" and there
is no doubt some would have liked to
have been at "Home, Sweet Home" then.
The rest of the week was spent in practice
drills in the extended order. There
were two sham battles?one Wednesday
and one Friday. The governor and his
staff reviewed the troops Friday evening.
We broke camp Friday night and left
Chickamauga two o'clock Saturday morning
arriving here 4 o'clock Sunday morning.
Col. Thompson, who was in command
of the Second Regiment, is a favorite
with all the boys. Col. Fuller, who is
well-known and liked by all the boys,
was also there and assisted in the encampment.
The behavior of the boys was worthy
of commendation, as there was no fight- j
ing or rowdyism whatever in our regi-1
ment. '
There are many points of historic in-;
terest in and around Chickamauga and
Chattanooga. Chickamauga Park is dotted
with monuments and slabs. These
slabs mark the spots where different engagements
took place and where the dif- J
ferent generals and troops were stationed |
during the Civil war. There are several
old log cabins in the park which were
used for different purposes by the troops
f)nrinrr tho civties Whori nnp is rrnin cr
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over this ground it brings up to each
one's minds the stories that our parents
and grandparents have told of us those
trying days in the sixties "when many a
mother's husband or boy went out to
fight for the Lost Cause never to return
again. On Wednesday when we were
returning from a march we passed the
slab which marked the spot where Ker-j
shaw's brigade was stationed, there went
up one mighty cheer from the whole
regiment which shows that the younger
generation holds dear the memory of such
men as Kershaw and will honor "them as j
long as their is any Southerq blood in
their veins, and if we are ever called upou
to fight for our country may we be as
true and fight as valiantly for our country
as ourgrandfathers and fathers did
j for the Lost Cause.
Nearly all of the boys took advantage
of the opportunity to visit the city of
Chattanooga and visit the points of interest
there and although we couid only
spend just a short while there each one
made the most of his time and all reported
a very pleasant time. The principal
point of interest was Lookout Mountain.
The trip up the mountain is made up the
mountain on cars cirawn oy large caoies.
When one strikes the incline proper they
don't like to contemplate what would
happen if the cable was to break. The
incline is 67 feet out of the one hundred
feet in height. The scenery from the
top of the mountain is grand. You can
see mountains in seven different states
from this point and below the mountain
the Tennessee river wends its way. To
one who has never been on top of a
mountain (and a good maj;. fhe boys
never had) this was the most interesting
part of our trip.
Our officers did everything they could
to make our trip an enjoyable as well as
an instructive one. We fared very well
and although we did not have a variety
of food it was prepared well by our cook,
Uncle Frank Pugh, and our boys could
sure enjoy it when we had been on the
marches.
Although we had some very bad weather
and some hard work to do, and one or
two cases of sickness, taking the trip as
a whole it was enjoyed by all and there
is no regrets to be heard from any side.
Now boys, let each one take a personal
pride in our company and attend all
drills and work together and when we
go to the Jamestown exposition we can
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nave me uauuei eumpauj ul iuc oiaic.
. Those who attended the encampment
were: Captain Edgar L. Price; First
Lieutenant John S. Jennings; Second
Lieutenant Greaton E. Bamberg; Sergeants
J. W. Price, J. L. Quattlebaum, J.
B. Brickie, Robert Delk, T. B. Harrison;
Corporals E. B. Price, J. D. Elkins, H. B.
Carter, Paul Folk; Privates Alex Barton,
Lee Bloom, J. C. Dickinson, W. C. Dickinson,
Julius F. Ehrhardt, Nat Felder,
Tillman Felder, C. P. Free, Everett Hanberry,
Tom Hadwin, W. R. Hoover, W.
Hughes, William Hutto, Jeff Hunt, Marcus'Jones,
Junior Kinsey, John McCue,
Dan Risher, Wylie Rowell, John Simmons,
Willie Smith, Herbert Yarn, R,
Herbert Young.
R. H. Yoraa.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, August 13.? Mr Wm. R.
Hiers, of Ehrhardt, could have marketed
a bale of new cotton the first of last
week, but says he had to gather his fodder
and would not bother to pick the cotton
until he got through stripping his
A* QA?*A WA ViA0 m AfA f v?nn O Vtalo
luuuci. uaj a uc uaa uivi? iuau t> uuiv
open in his fields now. He has as good
crop of cotton as there is in this section,
and the beauty is, it is his, only used
about $90 worth of fertilizer (commercial)
on his three or four horse farm. Has old
cotton on hand yet and owes nothing on
the growing crop. If all our farmers
were like him. then we could say to the
factory men what will you give us for
f our cotton, and if their offer did not suit,
could tell them you can't get it. This,
however, is not the case. The height of
our cotton is spent before it is made and
papers given over same for supplies, so
when gathered must go on the market
and get what they can for it.
Mr. W. L. Mitchum and Miss Sarah
Beard were married last week.
Miss Mattie Moore and Mr. Ed. Folk
were married at the bride's home last
week. Both couples have our best wishes
for long and happy lives together.
Mr. I. D. Copeland was in town Saturday.
Ikey looks thin; seems as if the
hot weather is doing him one.
Dr. Jessie J. Farrell is all smiles. She's
a nine pound daughter.
Mr. W. L. Mitchum and wife spent a
few days in Charleston last week.
Col. C. Ehrhardt made a business trip
to Charleston last week.
Mrs. John F. Folk and daughter, Willie,
are spending a few days with her
father, C. Ehrhardt.
Mr. Lane, his wife, and her sister, are
spending a few days with her father and
brother, Messrs. Perry and Jim Padgett.
Mr. J. C. McKenzie will open up a general
merchandise business in his store in
a few days.
Last week was dry and hot. Stock
and people gave out one or two days,
overcome by heat.
Mrs. Mary Chassereau was buried at
St. John's church graveyard last week.
She was sick only a short while.
We are listening for a move towards
our cemetery for the town. Haven't
liraru SU^lullig ul iun nuin uciuk ucjuu.
Don't wait too long or will forget where
you left off business.
Spring Branch l)ots.
We are having plenty of fever in our
community now. The doctors have visited
every house in this section.
The farmers are having very nice
weather for harvesting their fodder.
Misses Maud and Bessie Crider visited
friends on Clear Pond Sunday.
Mr. J. H. Hutto is all smiles. It is a
girl.
There will be no preaching at Spring
Branch church on the third Sunday in
August, on account of the finishing of
the church.
We are sorry to know that our aged
grandfather, W. M. Bessinger, is very ill.
Colston Callings.
. Colston, August 14?Just as the clock
struck eight last Tuesday morning the
| angel of death visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Clayton and took away
the spirit of Mrs. Mary E. Chassareau.
She was about 69 years of. age, and was
loved and honored by all that knew her,
making friends wherever she went. She
leaves four children, two sons, and two
daughters, besides a host of friends and
relatives to mourn her departure. May
God comfort them in their sad affliction.
Her remains were laid to rest in the St.
John's cemetery, of which church she
was a life long member. . ]
Mr. T. D. Beard attended the district
meeting of the Knights of Pythias held
at Aiken last week.
Mr. W. L. Mitchum, of Ehrhardt, and
Miss Sarah Beard were united in marriage
last Wednesday. The bride is one of
Colston's charming young ladies, and
has many friends throughout the county,
while the groom is one 'of Ehrhardt's
leading merchants and farmers and has
many friends here also.
Misses Beulah and Irene Beard are
spending a few days with relatives at
Olar.
Mr. Perry Fields, of Sanford, Fla., has
been spending several days here with his
sister, Mrs. S. W. Clayton.
GALVESTON'S SEA WALL
makes life now a9 safe in that city as on
the higher uplands. W. E. Goodloe, who
resides on Dutton Street, in Waco, Tex.,
needs no sea wall for safety. He writes:
"I have used Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption the past five years and
it keeps me well and safe. Before that
time I had a cough which for years had
been growing. worse. Now it's gone."
Cures chronic coughs, la grippe, croup,
whooping cough and prevents pneumonia.
Pleasant to take. Every bottle guaranteed
at Hoover's drug store, and J. B.
Black's. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle
free.
CAMPAIGN MEETING AT OLAR. '
Our Correspondent Gives the Views of Legislative
Candidates?Most of Them Follow Till- I
man's Lead as to the Dispensary, Compulsory
Education and Immigration.
The second campaign meeting of Bam- '
berg county was held at Olar last Friday,
the 10th instant.
All candidates, except those for the legislature,
spoke before dinner. Each can- 1
didate earnestly expressed his desire for i
the office he is seeking. ]
The meeting adjourned for dinner 1
about one o'clock. The ladies of Olar <
expressed their hospitality by spreading
a delicious and bountiful dinner. The i
meeting reassembled about two thirty ]
o'clock to hear the speeches of thecanpi- (
dates for the legislature, in which great
interest was taken. 3
The first speaker of the afternoon was <
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appeal in behalf of prohibition. He em- i
phatically stated, "The dispensary is one
of the greatest curses of today. We have e
had the dispensary for fourteen years t
and have had strife. I believe strife will c
last as long as the dispensary lasts." In r
speaking of trying to reform the dispensary
by putting good men in the dispensary
offices, Mr. Felder said, "We have a
plenty of honest men in South Carolina, v
but how are we going to get them? I
don't believe a good man can hold a position
in the dispensary and look a lady J
in the face with a clear conscience. I fr
don't believe a good man can hold a posi- a
tion in the dispensary without feeling
ashamed of himself for holding such a
position. I am in favor of prohibition; b
if we can't have prohibition I am in fav- p
or of high license."
Some one in the audience asked Mr. .
Felder, "If elected, will you try to put tJ
down Tillman?" Mr. Felder answered b
"No; I am somewhat of a Tillmanite my- I
self. I have always voted for Tillman, ^
but he is now out of his place. I have a
bov larger than I, named for Ben Tillman. "
If I go to the legislature, I will go to rep- e
resent my people and not to hunt a posi- e
tion in the dispensary or elsewhere." ;
The second speaker for the house was
B. W. Miley.
He favors improvement of our roads, i
He thinks that we should make a greater r
advancement in the educational world
during the next ten years than we made
during the last ten years. c
He does not favor compulsory educa- 1
tion. He believes in equal taxation; tax- t
es in one county should be same as taxes
in other counties in proportion to value
of property.
He believes in liberal pensions to Con- <
federate soldiers. Mr. Miley favors a re- \
formed dispensary. He said that if we
coold have prohibition that would run '
whiskey out of the country, he would be ;
in favor of prohibition. He said, "To <
manage this evil we must reform the dis* j
pensary. With graft eliminated and good
whiskey I believe the people will join
hands that the dispensary is the best so- 1
lution." He believes in doing away with j
case goods and buying from the govern- ,
ment ware house." Bring it to Columbia
and erect a bottling plant, then we can
guarantee the whiskey. Voice from the i
audience, "They guarantee it now."
Mr. Miley said, "If we can't purify the
State dispensary, how can we establish
county dispensaries and guarantee no i
graft?'' He believes in taking the profits 1
from the State dispensary, and turning them
into county and school funds. j
He said that he does not want to be ]
elected for any extra reward or job.
Question from audience: "I heard that
during the last campaign you were ap!
proached by the dispensary board and
asked if elected would you be in favor of
reappointing the old "board. Is this report
true?"
Mr. Miley: "I was approached by !
friends of that board and asked that .
question. I told them that I would make (
no promise as to making any appointment."
31 r. Jtl. 31. ijrrauaui was tuc ucai s^icoa- er
introduced to the audience. He fav- <
ors better roads, and pensions to Confederate
soldiers. He believes in abolishing
the immigration law. Thinks we can 1
make out with negro labor. He favors 1
draining these low lands. He is opposed s
to compulsory education. In favor of j
higher education and betterment of common
schools. (
He has always voted for prohibition <
but wants to represent his people, and J
believes that the majority of the people j
of Bamberg county are in favor of the
dispensary law reformed. Voice from 1
audience, 'Til swear I'm not."
Mr. Graham thinks that we can get
honest men to run the dispensary.
He does not want to get to the legislature
to be rewarded with a position.
Mr. C. W. Garris was the last speaker '
of the day. ]
His oratorical powers were in fine trim ,
for the occasion. He stands by the com- '
mon school system. He favors high education
in the State colleges. Not in fav- i
or of compulsory education, and immi- i
gratlon laws. He would like to see evprv
dollar taxed alike.
"ke~ favors the reformed dispensary, i
Says that we can't stop the drinking of
whiskey. <
Question from audience: "How can
one drink whiskey, if he can't get it."
Mr. Garris: "I have a boy; should he be
in a prohibition town and want a drink
of whiskey and could not find a blind
tiger I would want him to go to the asy- ,
lum."
Mr. Garris said that more murders, etc.,
will result from a quart of whiskey sold i
illegally out of the back door than from j
a keg of whiskey sold legally out of the
front door. Mr. Garris was questioned a
great deal.
When he began his speech he stated
that he came in one of being a lawyer
himself and would have been but he reformed
and joined the church before he
was admitted to the bar. Before he
closed his speech he was asked these
questions:
"Do you think the dispensary institution
is anything tending toward spiritual
reformation?" Mr. Garris: "Well, I
don't know about that."
"What are the net profits of the dispensary
and how and where are they applied?"
Mr. Garris: "I don't know. Ttn
per cent goes to the schools."
Leiohton A. Habtzog.
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THE WRONG IAN KILLED. 1
FATHER SLAIN BY MAN WHOM HE FOUNO
IN ROOM WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
\ Shocking Affair in Anderson County, hi \
Which T. F. Drake, a Prominent Farm- # >&ja
er, is Killed by J. Allen Emerson.
Anderson, Aug. 12.?A terrible trage- %
dy took place last night about 12 o'clock,
in which T. F. Drake, one of the moat
prominent farmers in this county, was
killed by J. Allen Emerson, who is in
charge of the county chain gang.
The killing occurred at the home of Mr.
Drake, about four miles below the city.
Pmownn rrnrto t/1 Wr T~lrakp'a hoilflA
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clandestinely, and was discovered in a
:oom with Drake's daughter. Emerson ;Jjjj
claims that Drake discovered him in the
-oom and opened fire, on him, and thai
le had to shoot to keep from being killid.
One shot struck Mr. Drake, entering
he body under the right arm and coming .;|j3
>ut on the opposite side of the body. Mr.
)rake fell and died almost instantly.
Emerson came to the city immediately
iter the killing and surrendered. He
iras kept in jail here until this morning,
rheD he was carried*,to the Greenville * \
ail for safe keeping. Feeling is very bit- ^
er against him. There was no talk of /J
n attempt at lynching, but Sheriff Greene
liought it would be the part of prudence
o have Emerson out of the county for the
resent. .
Emerson has a slight fiesh wound in :/|
tie back, which he says was caused by a A
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)rake's pistol was found on the floor by
is dead body. One cartridge had been 3
Ted. Those who examined the weapon J
xpressed the opinion that it was not fir-* {Ji
d last night, nor for some days previous- ,|
Mr. Drake's daughter left the house - 4
mmediately after the killing, and has
tot been seen or heard of since.
Mr. Drake was 59 years old and was
>ne of the foremost fanners cf the coanty.
3e was a man of a peace] 0 vi ag disposition M
ind one who attended strictly to bis own I
Emerson was formerly deputy sheriff ,
Df the county and was a first cousin to ^
Lhe man he killed. He is?about 35 years v
Did, and has been in a number of difficult- ' ^
ies at various times. He has been in 3
charge of the county chain gang for the
past two years and was a good officer.
Coroner Pruitt empannelled a jury this ^
morning, and after viewing the body the
inquest was adjourned until to-morrow
afternoon at three o'clock.
Mr. Drake's body was buried this after- .
noon at Ebenezer church, about 10 miles
from the city. <
A woman worries until she gets wrinkles
then worries because she has them. If she
takes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea she
would have neither. Bright, smiling face
follows its use. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets.
H. F. Hoover. 'M
A Good Man Gone.
Murty Carrigg died Saturday, August
Llth, 1906, aged 82 years. He was a native
3f Ireland, but came to this country in his
young manhood and married Miss M. J.
idams, of this county, and made America
his home. He was a brave soldier in
:he war between the States, faithful in
service, a true friend to the Southern
;ause and a good citizen.
Honest in his dealings with his fellow
nan, a strict Cktholic, but was always
pleased to see his children unite themselves
with either the Methodist or Bap- '%
;ist church. He was well known in this
lounty. He leaves two sons and three
laughters and 31 grandchildren to mourn
lis loss, besides a host of friends. A
oving husband, a kind father, and a true '-'M
:riend has gone to his reward.
J. Q. Adams.
There are two ways of spending a dollar.
Yon can spend it at home, gain an
easy conscience, make another friend and
perhaps get the dollar back tomorrow, or;
you send it away, feel that you have sinned,
offended the home merchant and
forever lose the dollar and the blessed in- ^
Suence for good to yourself and neighbor.
Artful Alfred. J
"Do you think I look well in this
dress?" she asked.
"Urn," her husband replied, "who made
"I did, but I'm afraid"?
"My dear, I never saw you have on a
more becoming gown than that one is.
By Jove! you look so slim and graceful
and young that I can hardly realize we've
been married seven years."
"Oh, Alfred, do you really mean that?
I believe I'll make all my clothes after
this."
As soon as he could decently get away,
Alfred went out and treated himself to
some of the best cigars he could find.
EN SELF DEFENSE
Major Hamm, editor and manager of the
Constitutionalist, Eminence, Ky., when
he was fiercely attacked, four years ago,
by piles, bought a box of Buclclen's Ar- i
nica Salve, of which he says: "It cured
me in ten days and no trouble since."
Quickest healer of burns, sores, cuts and
wounds. 25c at Hoover's drug store and
J. B. Black's.