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' ' y* ' ? > : 1 * _ . ' ' ' -\ ?????? .^????? ?^??????^?? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1906 One Dollar a Year ============= IN THE PALMETTO STATE. J \ ______ INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Botled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. * The plant of the Sumter Lumber Company at Sumter was destroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon, starting in the planing mill. The loss may reach $100,000. W. J. Bryan is coming to Columbia and will speak there next Wednesday, the 19th. Preparations are being made by the citizens for his reception and enterv tainment. Pres Johnson, a negro, shot and mortally wounded his wife at Holly Hill last Saturday. He is a mean negro, and is wanted in Charleston for murder. He made his escape. | Chief Justice Pop* has refused the application for a special term of court at Barnwell, saying: "The legislature refused to make an appropriation for special courts, and I think I must pay attention to legislative action." Manson Hamilton, the Ridgewood club waiter who shot at the Clinton excursionists on a trolley car in Columbia recently, was convicted in the Richland court on Friday and was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. A negro named Bob Johnson, eighteen years old, was shot and killed in Laurens gr. comity last Saturday by a negro nineteen years old named Vandolph Leak. The killing occurred at a negro barbecue about three miles from Clinton. J. M. Way, a white man, was tried in Orangeburg last week for the murder of . J. D. Palmer. The jury found him guilty - of manslaughter. Way shot Palmer in a difficulty which resulted from Way's objections to Palmer visiting his daughter. An appeal will likely be taken. gN' R. H. Covar was tried in Orangeburg last week for the murder of Jas. T. Parks and acquitted. The jury remained in the . 7 room most of the night before agreeing on a verdict. The plea was self defense, and from the testimony it seemed to have been sustained. . M. E. Pepper, white, of Belton, a flagman for the Southern Railway, was killed by a train at Spartanburg last . week. _ He was adjusting the air brakes on some freight cars when the train started and he was thrown underneath the wheels. The train only moved a few feet, but both legs were cut off and he died shortly H&-' afterwards. Chester Moody, a whfce machinist, of Columbia, attempted to kill his wife last Sunday afternoon, but she caught the pisv tol and the bullet went through her arm. Moody escaped. The couple had been separated for some time and he had been trying to get custody of the children. He followed the woman home from the church and shot her. J. C. Courtney, a candidate for the legislature in Aiken county, came out in a < card last week saying he had been approached by certain supporters of the dispensary who offered a cash bribe to get him to withdraw from the second race. Mr. Courtney was a locat option candidate, and his withdrawal would , - have meant the election of the dispensary men. W. W. Prather, a white contractor, of Augusta, was arrested in Barnwell last Saturday, charged with attempted assault upon Mrs. Roundtree near Dunbarton in that county. The lady says Prather made improper proposals and when she refused v.k^/3 v>or (inH tried to oarrr her in lie giauuvu UM J to one of the rooms of the house, the af* fair taking place at her home while her husband was at work in the field. She screamed and called for help and Prather desisted. Prather denies the charge and . says he stopped at the well for a drink of water and talked to Mrs. Roundtree for a few minutes. He was carried to Colum* bia for safe'keeping. Public opinion is . divided asHo the facts in the case. . - v 1' m Cayenne Pepper for Scientists. A friend of mine, says T. P. O'Connor, told me the other day that a patient who had a Christian Science doctor thrust upon him thus addressed the miraclemonger: ? ; . "I understand, madam, that you do not believe in the reality of pain? " It is, you consider, a pure matter of the imagination?" "Certainly." "I should like to be assured of this, madam, before I put myself under your treatment; and I hope, therefore, you ' will not object to my putting some cayenne pepper into your eye." But she aid. THE BREATH OF LIFE. It's a significant fact that the strongest animal of its size, the gorilla, also has the largest lungs. Powerful lungs means powerful creatures. How to keep the breathing organs right should be man's chiefest study. Like thousands of others, Mrs. Ora A. Stephens, of Port Williams, O., has learned to do this. She writes: "Three bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery stopped my cough of two years and cured me of what my friends thought consumption. 0, it's grand for throat and lung troubles." Guaranteed by J. B. Black and Hoover's drug store. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. r"* NEGRO'S VILE ATTEMPT. Excitement in Columbia at Attempted Assault on White Girl. Columbia, Sept. 6.?There is much indignation here this morning oyer an attempt on the part of a negro to assault a 10-year-old white girl, which occurred yesterday morning. The police will not divulge either the name of the girl or that of the negro. A hearing was given the negro today and it was given out from the hearing that under the law the action of the negro could not be construed either as assault or attempted assault, and the heaviest sentence that could be imposed was $100 fine or thirty days. This was given him with ten minutes to get out of A4 *Va AH/1 AP +VkA anntnnno IUVVU at IUC CUU Ul IU? ovuvvuvv. The negro enticed the child into a building. The child reported the circumstance to her father, who went at once after the negro to kill him. The police h&d been informed just in time to get a patrolman on the scene to prevent the father killing the negro. traded School Opening. ' The Bamberg graded school began the fall session in the new building last Monday morning. Parents and business men of the town were there to give the school a good send off, and never in the history of common school education has | a better outlook for success been known in Bamberg. There were about two hun dred pupils enroiiea. - Mr. D. F. Hooton, a member of the board of trustees, presided over the meeting, and introduced the several speakers. Rev. Peter Stokes, of the Methodist church, read the scripture lesson7 and offered prayer. Then the school children all joined in singing with the strength of child like patriotism, ,lMy Country 'Tis of Thee." The old folks joined with them,-but it was the school that did the singing. Superintendent of Education R. W. D. Rowell made some remarks which contained advice disguised in humor, and whicbCappealed to the children. Senator J. B. Black and Rev. Peter 8tokes were pointed in their remarks,and pleased their audience. Principal H. G. Sheridan, as is always the case, made a good practical talk. He gave the children an idea of what would be expected of them; he I made them to feel that they will have a part in the making of a successful scholastic year. Mr. Sheridan is a forceful speaker and entertaining. After the audience had been dismissed the work of classifying the pupils and arranging the order of exercises was undertaken. The graded school has a faculty second ! to none in lower South Carolina. Prini cipal H. G. Sheridan is well known, not only in Bamberg, but in the whole State, as a good teacher/ He is in the work ' with his whole heart and expects to make this the best year of the Bamberg graded school's history. Miss Mamie Connor, who taught here last year, will have charge of the seventh and eighth grades; her work was marked with success during the time she was here last session. Mrs. Mamie Murdaugh will continue in charge of the fifth and sixth grades, with which she has been connected for a number of years. Mrs. Murdaugh's work speaks for itself, and her continual reelection is a high endorsement of her work. Miss Elizabeth Barnett comes highly recommended; she will teach the third and fourth grade pupils. Miss Barnett taught in the Denmark graded school last year, ana was re-eiectea tnere this year, but accepted the position here. Miss Ila Ott will teach the second grade, she having been re-elected from last year. Miss May Zeigler will have control of the first grade; her work during the past year was of a very high order, and she is very popular with her pupils. * SUICIDE IN UNION. Arthur McBride, a Youn* White Man, Ends His Life With Carbolic Acid. Union, Sept. 10.-?Arthur McBride, a young iban 25 years old, of a well known family in the county, committed suicide some time last night and was found dead in bed this moaning. When he failed to respond to a call some of the family went in to see the cause for it. His death was caused by drinking carbolic acid, there being evidence of the terrible fiery fluid from burns on his lips and fingers and an empty bottle by him which had contained six drachms of carbolic acid. This, it was discovered, he bought of a local drug store while in town on Saturday. Mr. McBride attended services at Mon aetna church yesterday morning and on returning to bis home, seeming to be in the usual spirits, retired about bis customary hour to his room. For a long time he had been suffering from melancholia which, it is said, was superinduced by the knowledge that he could not attend college, which it seems was the dream of his life. He was a graduate of the city graded schools some years ago and was considered one of the brightest boys in his class. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Fairview Baptist church, near his home, about four miles east of Union. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN YARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered Ail Aronnd the Cointy and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, September 10.?1The farmers of this section had a good week last week for. gathering cotton. Most of them made good nse of the clear weather. Oar town council are not doing their duty towards our citizens. Everybody in town, even the council themselves, have pronounced the mosquitoes a nuisance, This unanimous opinion has not caused them to arrest their proceedings when our citizens are asleep. Mrs. J. L. Copeland and children spent last week with her father-in-law, Mr. Joe I. Copeland. Several of our young ladies are going to Mount Amoena Female College tomorrow. We will miss them. Our doctors are very busy; have as much work as they can do. Last week a young man accompanied by a young lady visited several stores in search of a certain shade of goods. When going up the steps and the young man assisted the lady, an old lady made it apoint to call the attention of the clerks in two of the stores at least, saying that the young man was pushing the young lady down the steps. She meant what she said, as she appeared to be very in-, dignant and wanted the young men in the store to interfere. C. Ehrhardt & Sons bought the com* plete ginning outnt 01 J. u. mnneuy last week. This outfit will be on the market another year. Rev. Weltner, of Columbia, preached a very good, instructive sermon Sunday afternoon. The same was listened to by an audience that appreciated the lessons set forth by the instructor, in his usual pleasant and forceful style. Up to September 1st, 1906, C. Ehrhardt & Sons were 211 bales behind last year at the same date. Jee. Colston Callings. Colston, September 1L?We are having some fine weather now to gather cotton. Mr. J. B. All visited friends in the Denmark section last week. Mr. T. D. Beard spent last Sunday with relatives in the Ehrhardt section. Messrs. G. W., R. L., and B. W. Beard spent last Sunday in Savannah. Miss Pauline Clayton visited friends and relatives at Ehrhardt last Saturday and Sunday. Brant Gfres Bond. Barnwell, Sept. 11.?Much cotton is being rushed into the market at this Miss Katherine Bennett, of Williston, and Mr. Norman Sneliings, of tbis place, were married yesterday in Williston at the bride's borne, Her. M. M. Benson offidating. M r. Sneliings is one of the highly esteemed business men of this place, and the bride one of the most charming among Williston's host of young women. They will reside here.v The graded school opened this morning under very favorable circumstances, and with promising prospects for a large attendance and good work. A very strongly equipped corps of teachers will direct the work of the school, with Prof. Neuffer as principal. Mr. W. L. Brant, of Ulmer, who has been detained in jail here on account of killing Mr. Smith there, two weeks ago, gave bond last Friday and has returned home. The bond was fixed at $2,000. Editor Sanders Resigns. Greenville, Sept. 6.?J. E. Sanders, for the past 14 months editor of the Greenviile Mountaineer, has resigned to accept a position as school teacher at Ebenezer, Florence county. His successor has not been appointed, but for the present Judge John Bailey will do the local work on the paper. The Mountaineer, which was established in ]?24 --j wnoM rvnrnof^ kTT tvin ttUU IU1 Uiauj J to*o v/ n avu wj buv 4ii?v Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, is now owned by C. R. McJankin and J. H. Ligon. Wounded Youth in Serions Condition Greenville, Sept. 5.?J. M. Raburn, a son of a Georgia preacher, came to Greenville last night and after having a' fight with Ralph McCall of this city was severely cat aboat the throat. Rabarn is a telephone lineman and la6t night hooked up with McCall. The two men got in a hack and there soon arose a dispute as to who should pay the fare. Both men were ejected and the fight continued on Ko Pahnm vas mt nhnnt thp VUC OKA VVp* .? -w MWWW* throat. Today while he was raising money by subscription to get home he fainted on the street. He was taken to the police station where he now lies in a serious though not precarious condition. He is unable to speak and is suffering considerably. The physicians say that he will recpver if he takes the proper care of himself. The recent elections in the State of Maine show that the Democrats, even in that hidebound and rock-ribbed Republican State are not without hope. NEGRO BARBER KILLED. Shot to Death at the Home of a Woman Under Peculiar Circumstances. Laurens, September 6.?"Buck" Stone, a negro man thirty-five years of age, was shot and killed last night at twelve o'clock at the house of a negro woman by the nane of Mary Bullock. The woman was also shot at the same time through the arm. The shooting is a mystery and the circumstances, according to the evidence, are peculiar. The statement of the Bullock woman is that Stone was at her house, and some person raised the window and fired five shots with a pistol at him. One of the shots hit Stone near the mouth and came out at the back of the head; another shot went through the woman's arm near the shoulder. All the others missed. The Bullock woman claims to have recognized a woman by the name of Louise Blakely at the window, but the story is not believed. Instead it is thought to be more likely that the slayer is "one of her other paramours and that she is trying to shield him. Stone was a barber and has been a resident of Laurens for probably thirty years, and had many friends among the white people. Trimmed the Doctor. A North Carolina doctor, inclined to be mindful of other people's business, was riding along a country road. . He drew up where a native was husking corn in a field. "Yon are Catherine vellow corn?" said the doctor/ 1 "Yes sir; planted that kind," came the reply. "Won't ^et more than half a crop?" vol* unteered the physician. "Don't expect to, sir; planted it on half shares." The doctor was somewhat nettled at this and replied: "Yon most be mighty near a fool." "Yes, sir, only a fence between us." Mr. Copelaad Graduates. We have received the following an* nouncement: "The September section of the class of nineteen hundred and seven, United States Naval Academy, announce their graduation, Wednesday, September twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, An* napolis, Maryland." Midshipman D. Graham Copeland, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.-D. Cope* land, of this city, is a member of the class and will graduate at the time stated. He will arrive here in a day or so. Mr. Copeland was a cadet at the Citadel, where he graduated before going to Annapolis, and it is gratifying to his home folks that he has taken a high stand at both institutions. Cotton Report for August. Washington. Sept. 10.?The crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics ef the department of agriculture finds from the reports of the correspondents and agents of the bureau that the average condition of cotton on August 25 was 77.3, as compared with 82.9 on July 26, 1906; 72.1 on August 25, 1905; 84.1 on August 25,1904, and a ten-year average of 73.2. The following table shows the condition of the cotton crop by States: Aug- 25 -10 year 1906 av'r'ge Virginia 71 83 North Carolina 71 78 South Carolina 71 76 Georgia 72 76 Florida 70 78 Alabama 76 73 Mississippi " 82 76 Louisiana . * 76 74 Texas 78 68 Arkansas 84 73 Tennessee 88 79 Missouri 94 81 Oklahoma 88 78 Indian Territory 80 77 United States 77.3 73.2 This report is made in conformity with the act of congress requiring condition reports of the cotton crop by this bureau to be issued on the same date as the first ginner's reports by the bureau of the census in the month in which both classes of reports are issued. None of His Business. The woman with thin lips and raspy voice stepped up before the languidly indifferent ticket seller in the railway station. "Where do you want to go?" he asked, as his jeweled fingers riffled a bunch of pasteboards. "Nnnp nf vrmr Vmsinpss whpro T want to go," she snapped. "Just sell me a ticket to New York, but bear in mind that I'm going there because I've got to, not because I want | to." \ ANSEL ELECTED GOVERNOR J. FRASER LYON SWEEPS THE STATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Sullivan Defeats Wharton for Railroad Commissioner by i Small Majority?Li *ht Vote Polled Throughout the State. Tuesday's primary resulted in the election of Martin F. Ansel, of Greenville, for governor, he defeating Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, by a large majority. A much lighter vote was polled all over the State than in the first primary. The total vote in Tuesday's primary will reach about 85,000 votes, and in the first about 100,000 were polled. Still this was a good showing for a second primary and shows that the people were interested. Ansel carried most of the counties in the State by large majorities. He swept the up country and also won in many of the lower tier counties. J. Fraser Lyon, of Abbeville, won a magnificent victory for attorney general, defeating J. W. Ragsdale, of Florence. J. M. Sullivan, of Anderson, will ! be the next railroad commissioner, but J. H. Wharton, of Laurens, made a fine run for re-election. In Clarendon county Louis Appelt is elected to the Senate, and E. H. Aull goes to the house from Newberry. Both of these men are editors and favor local option. In Aiken county anti-dispensary candidates for the legislature were nominated. In many other counties thought to favor the dispensary. local option men were sent to the legislature, and we look for a lively time over the question at the session in January. In Barnwell county Dr. A. B. Patterson was elected to the legislature, defeating J. C. Griffin by a good majority. For auditor Keel and Moody ran close, but it is believed that Keel is elected. Barnwell will have an anti-dispensary legislative delegation. Up to midnight Wednesday night over three-fourths of the vote throughout the State had been reported, with the following results: GOVEROR Ansel, 43,671 Manning, 32,275 ATTORNEY GENERAL Lyon, 44,280 Ragsdale, 29,507 RAILROAD COMMISSIONER Sullivan, 40,509 Wharton, 31,994 The County Election. The second primary Tuesday passed off quietly, and a much lighter vote was polled than in the tirst primary, Ansel carried the county for governor ; Lyon beat Ragsdale nearly two to one for attorney general; and Wharton beat Sullivan about as bad for railroad commissioner. B. W. Miley 'is elected to the legislature, defeating H. M. Graham. H. J. Bellinger is elected county commissioner, and G. W. Folk lacks only six votes of having a majority. At this writing it is not known whether there will be a third primary for this race or not, but surely McMillan will withdraw and not make another election necessary. For magistrate at Olar the vote stands as follows: W. B. Chitty at Olar 102 votes; at Govan 31; at Colston 14; at Springtown 11, total 158. B. J. Brabham at Olar 23; at Govan 27; at Colston 24; at Springtown 14; total 88. Chitty elected. For magistrate at Fishpond: T. J. Rentz, Jr., at Edisto 67 votes; at Fispond 10; total 77. J. W. Zeigler at Edisto 13; at Fishpond 59; total 72. Rentz elected by a majority of five votes. New Advertisements. Breon Lumber'Co.?For Sale. Laurie Hiers?Citation for Letters of Administration on Estate of S. L. Morris. H. C. Folk, Master?Sales of Real Estate. E. J. Putzel?Brick for Sale. Porter-Snowden Co.?Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants. Mrs. Frizelle Garner?Citation for Letters of Administration on Estate of E. D. Steedley. G. Moye Dickinson?Insurance Notice. 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St. .Geobge, September 6.?Caesar JjJj Sheppard, a negro man over one hundred -M years of age, was committeed to the county pp jail here to-day to await the action of the Court of Common Pleas, charged with "*\4 fkvAfltAninA Oft/1 trotl If* Vv vmgoi^uui5 auu iv aiu inn Jno. W. Infinger, a respectable white citizen of the Indian Fields section of this county. This old negro has already served five terms in the penitentiary, and ex- ^ presses himself as being highly pleased with the treatment he received at that institution. He expressed his willingness to return to the penitentiary today, and on his way to jail he asked the constable to hurry on as quickly as possible, m as he would feel better satisfied in jail. During one of his terms in the peniten- J tiary he worked at Cl/smson College, C J where he cooked and waited on the% "boys." Goes to Cope. . Mr. Henry J. Brabham, Jr., will, it is understood, move in the near future to Cope, where he will become partner with ;|| his brother in the firm which is now known as the Green Brabham Co. Mr. Brabham will supersede Mr. Green as 4|j n?rtnpr ^ Mr. Brabham has been assistant cashier M in the Bamberg Banking Company for J| five years, and has won a good name as a || business man. He will be missed and all of his family when they leave for his fur tore home. Mr. M. W. Brabham is working in the . jl bank temporarily. Cottoa Fire Thursday Night. Last Thursday night about 8 (/clock a ' 'M car of cotton was discovered afire; quick JS work soon moved it from the freight de- J|| pot, and it was pushed upthesiding so aa &S to relieve the freight depot and platform of danger. The car contained twenty-five vjj bales, of which some seven were unload- Lraa ed, but badly scorched and a great part . 'Jm burned. The cotton had been bought by Jj|| Messrs. C. R. Brabham and Sons, but was * .St consigned to cotton factors at another ? point. They held bill of lading from the . 3' railroad company, and of course the loes .-W is on the railroad people. . 3| Had the fire broken out daring the late *8" hours of the night, almost inadvertently, <tM there would have been a repetition of hurt Jh[ October's burn, in which the freight de- ^fT' j pot and platform with a large number * of bales or cotton were destroyed. The new freight depot and platform have just been completed, and nice ac- - Jqw commodatidns arranged for the market- ''W[ ing of cotton, and had the fire Thursday - ;-3* proved destructive, the inconvenience * y which would have obtained is incalcul- . ^ able. Ladies, read this catalogue of charms. Bright eyes, glowing cheeks, red lips, a .5$' smooth skin without a blemish, in short, jjja perfect health. For sale with every package Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents.- H. F. Hoover. GREENVILLE GIRLIES BY ACCIDENT. While Removing Articles From Her Trunk the . |gj Weapon Discharged, Pierdng Her Heart. :.J|B Gbeenville, Sept. 6.?Miss Lucile /';:|h Haddon, a beautiful young woman about 19 years of age, daughter of Mrs. Sarah > ?. Haddon, who keeps a boarding house 3 on North Main street, met death in a most shocking and tragic manner early jfl this afternoon. She was shot through :% the heart by the accidental discharge of a \ pistol which evidently fell to the floer ij while she was removing several articles via of clothing from a trunk. . Miss Haddon had only a few minutes before returned from shopping and while < out she bought a bottle of gasoline to | clean a skirt. - :xwk She went to her room and a few mom- 'M ents later the report of a pistol was heard. When members of the family reached the room the young woman was lying on the floor gasping for breath. She never spoke. No one was in the room when the accident occurred. The bottle of gasoline was on the floor near the body and a , , -3j smoking revolver of 41-calibre was near the trunk, which was open and from which the unfortunate girl had removed several garments. Miss Lucile was of a sunny disposition and she was in her usual happy humor today. The pistol was a gift to her two, A.. years ago and she always kept it in her % I trunk. There is not the least ground to support a suicide theory. The Haddons are well known and highly respectable people and live in a very desirable section of the city. Mrs. Haddon, mother of Miss Lucile, I has been a widow for a number of years. She supported herself by keeping boarders. The dead girl was a great help to her mother in running the house. vr WELL WORTH TRYING. W. H. Brown, the popular pension attorney, of Pittsfield, Vt., says: "Next to a pension, the best thing to get is Dr. King's New Life Pills." He writes: "They keep my family in splendid health. 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